All language subtitles for The Outer Limits s03e10 The Awakening

Now, this is where we work with all our
test subjects.

As you can see, we test the entire range
of emotions, from happiness to sadness

and fear and so on.

It's one of our newest patients,
Jennifer.

Poor dear.

Most kids would be laughing.

Jenny, we call her.

She's also one of our most severe cases.

Hi, Jenny.

That's a perfect example of what I've
been talking about.

She has no desire to play with the puppy
or to cuddle with it or anything else.

Jenny doesn't know what it's like to
laugh or cry or be happy, sad, afraid,

angry.

She doesn't experience any of the basic
emotions, emotions that the rest of us

take for granted.

It's kind of amazing that you would talk
this way in front of her.

Oh, you think I'm insensitive?

No, no, no.

Jenny was born with this condition.

Alexithymia. Primary alexithymia.

Caused by a genetic neurophysiological
defect.

Which means she's never had any feelings
that can be hurt.

Well, if you could graph emotions the
way you graph a heartbeat or a

most of my patients would be flatlining.
If they don't feel anything, how do

they survive in the outside world? Oh,
well, just because they're void

emotionally doesn't mean they're void
intellectually.

But most of them fake it as they grow
older.

They see someone laugh and they laugh.
Or they fake a smile or two.

Yes, come in.

I'm sorry to interrupt, but there's
something on television I think you

see. Excuse me.

You are seeing live pictures of a
hostage taking currently in progress in

downtown core. We go now to our reporter
on the scene, Adrienne Wheeler.

A little over 40 minutes ago, two men,
both of them armed, apparently robbed

store. A shootout with police occurred
outside as the robbers attempted to

escape. As a result, one of the robbers
was dead and the other suspect...

holding a hostage at gunpoint in this
parking lot right next to the store. The

hostage? I think it's Beth.

A police detective is now entering this
parking lot. We believe he'll attempt a

face -to -face negotiation with the
suspect.

The suspect, as I mentioned, is armed.
He's holding a store employee, a woman,

as hostage. Can you zoom in on this,
Jimmy? We have a name now on the

Her name is Elizabeth Carter.

She looks remarkably calm considering
the situation that she's in. She's one

your patients.

She's completely without emotion.

Is the hostage okay?

Yes, she's still standing, but the
robber is down. Once again, the hostage,

Carter, is unharmed, and she looks
surprisingly unaffected by what she's

been through.

There is nothing wrong with your
television.

Do not attempt to adjust the picture.

We are now controlling the transmission.

We control the horizontal and the
vertical. We can delude you with a

channels or expand one single image to
crystal clarity and beyond.

We can shape your vision to anything our
imagination can conceive.

For the next hour, we will control all
that you see and hear.

You are about to experience the awe and
mystery which reaches from the deepest

inner mind to the outer limit.

It is said that emotions are the
language of the soul.

But what happens when that expression is
muted?

What becomes of feelings that have no
voice?

Hi, Beth, how are you?

Fine.

Come in.

Senator. Oh, yes, sure, Senator.

Beth, hi.

Please sit down.

How are you today?

Fine. That was quite an experience you
went through the day before last.

Experience? The armed robbery.

Being held hostage.

The police shot the man.

Yes, I know.

Did you feel anything about that? The
man who held

you hostage being killed?

No.

Well, that's why I brought you in here
today, Beth.

I think it's possible for you to take a
huge step forward in your therapy. It

would require that you undergo an
operation where an implant, a tiny

designed to stimulate the
neurotransmitters responsible for

directly inside your brain.

Emotions? Yeah.

And you'd be the very first person to
try it. Now, this is something we've

working on for a very long time.

For me?

Yeah. Well, your disorder makes you a
perfect test case for the implant.

If we're successful, this could help
many more people.

Millions of people, Beth.

This technology could make
antidepressants, antipsychotics, Prozac,

obsolete.

This would not only change your world,
Beth.

It would change the world.

Okay, everyone.

I'm cutting through the juror now.

How's she doing, Bill?

She looks stable.

Okay. Clamp, please.

You look like an expected father.

Well, if this works... You've reinvented
the treatment of mental illness in one

fell swoop.

Hopefully so.

That's what this is all about, isn't it?

Honestly, I was thinking about that.

A little suction here, please.

We have a chance to introduce
Technicolor into the life of a woman who

ever lived in black and white.

That's what this is about, isn't it?

And the billions of dollars we'll
generate has nothing to do with it.

I'm inserting the implant now.

that were more reliable than others.

But now we use the latest technology to
bring you accurate and up -to -the

-minute weather reporting.

Any change?

No.

Damn!

We checked the implant just before
lunch.

It was working beautifully.

You'd never know to look at her.

Twice the normal amount of snow cover on
the ground.

Last spring, of course, flooding
affected a massive area in the southern

the state.

Flooding fields... Is that something
we've seen before?

Is that an expression?

The program should watch it.

Who wants to change the channel?

They're bored of it. They're
dissatisfied with it.

She did it!

She did it! Look at her.

Look at her. She felt the need. She
expressed a desire.

She did that all on her own.

But the implant's starting to work.

You can't be thinking of going in there.

Okay, now you know the rules.

Smoke before fire.

That means you start.

Did you know a good goat will do that?

What do you think?

Is this really yours?

Come on.

It's so pretty.

One day you'll have a place of your own
just like it.

Hey, Mulligan.

Come here, boy. You have a cat?

Yeah, what's the life without a cat,
huh?

Want to pet him?

Yeah.

Would you like to hold him?

Yeah. Okay.

It's okay, it's okay, it's okay.

There's some workmen, they're doing
renovations upstairs.

That's all it is, okay?

Nothing, I should have warned you, I'm
sorry.

Actually, you know, some of them are
kind of cute.

The workmen, I mean.

Okay, maybe I'm moving a little fast
there, yeah?

You know, I think the first thing we
need to do, we need to do something with

this look of yours.

My look?

Yeah, yeah, come on.

I don't know if I can do this.

Oh, sure you can.

Not like the first day at a new job.

Just picking up where you left off.

Everyone will want to know how I am.

How are you?

I'm scared.

That's good.

That's how it should be.

You look great.

Thank you.

For everything.

I don't know.

We knew that fear would be one of the
hardest emotions for her to deal with.

She's fine. She's showing a tremendous
amount of courage.

Lady, you've got to pay me.

I've never been excited before.

Sorry.

Hello?

You had a real scare thrown into you.

Are you all right?

I think so.

Oh,

you don't have to be afraid of him.

True, that's a face that only a mother
or someone like me could love, but he's

harmless. I ought to know. I've been
married to him for 40 years. I'm sorry I

scared you. The front door was ajar. I
wanted to make sure the place wasn't

getting robbed. We are new neighbors
from down the hall.

I'm Dolly, and this is Mike. Mike
Kellerman. Nice to meet you. And you

Joan's new roommate.

Yes. I don't know who's prettier, her or
Joan.

Oh, Joan is much prettier than I am. Oh,
don't sell yourself short. You're no

slouch in the looks department either.

Beth, what happened? Nothing happened.

Mike saw your front door was ajar and
thought he'd stick his considerably

nose in here to investigate.

Scared her a little.

That's all.

That's all? You left the front door
open?

I don't remember.

I just...

What voices?

Beth.

What voices?

It was nothing. It was nothing.

You need to be a little more careful.

I mean, this is a pretty safe building,
but you should always leave the front

door locked, especially if you're in by
yourself.

Okay. So I see you've met Dolly and
Mike.

Yes, actually, they've been very nice to
me.

The rumors that we're a couple of old
ogres have been greatly exaggerated.

Beth, you still look a little weak.

I'm going to call Kevin and tell him no
about tonight.

Kevin? Yeah, he's a friend of mine who
lives downstairs.

In 1A?

Yeah. He invited us to dinner on his
boat, but I'll tell him we'll take a

check. No!

I'd like to go.

I would really like to go.

So I went from hammering nails for a
living to hiring other people to hammer

nails for me to buying and renovating an
old apartment building, including the

one we live in.

You're a landlord?

You say that with such detail.

No, you don't look like a landlord.

And what do landlords look like, pray
tell?

Like Mike Kellerman now. He looks like a
landlord.

Beth bumped into Mike today.

Oh.

I hope he's okay.

So, who are you?

That's what I'd like to know.

I hear I've been rambling on and on
about myself all night.

Typical. Hey, watch it now.

Besides, you've been hanging on every
word.

You're my mom, buddy.

I love hearing you talk.

I mean, this has pretty much been the
best dinner I've ever had.

The food, the conversation.

I used to pretty much always eat alone.

Well, this...

It may not be the best meal I've ever
cooked, but I can't remember when I've

two more charming dinner companions.

Joan?

I hate doing laundry.

I don't mind.

You still seem sort of jumpy. Is
everything all right?

I think my imagination is playing tricks
on me. Mike accuses me of that all the

time. You know what I tell him?

You believe anything you want.

But I've seen what I've seen.

And I know what I know.

What have you seen?

Would you believe?

The inside of an alien spaceship.

You've heard about people being abducted
by aliens, haven't you?

Well, of course you have.

It's all over the TV.

I thought all that stuff was, you know,
that was made up. That's what the

government wants you to think.

But it's really happening.

Take my word for it.

What do they look like?

Same ones who abduct everybody else.

The grey ones.

Their faces look dead.

Except for their eyes.

And it looks like they could see right
inside me.

Right inside my brain.

What did they do to you?

Anything they wanted.

They had this sort of long metal probe
thing.

I want to go into details, but it
doesn't take much imagination.

You know what I mean?

It's awful.

Awful. Yeah.

I still have nightmares.

I still hear their voices.

Voices?

Yeah, inside my brain.

This constant chattering, like they were
all talking at once.

This is Dr. Molstad. Dr. Molstad, I was
trying to reach Joan.

Are you all right?

I'm fine. I just need to ask Joan
something.

She's already left.

I don't know if she was going straight
home or not, but I'm pretty sure she'll

be there shortly.

You sure? I can't help you.

No. I mean, yes.

I'll just wait till she gets home. Thank
you.

Mulligan!

You're not real.

I'm just hearing this.

There's nobody here. There's nobody else
here.

I'm not going to let you get in the way
of my new life.

This is some stupid mindless chatter
that doesn't really...

But Kevin came up here first. He didn't
see any sign of a cat or an intruder.

And I'm sure he's not dead. He has a
kitty door. He comes and he goes. I'm

he's going to be back.

Yes, I'm sure he will.

She said something. It was in the
apartment with her, not someone. But she

refused to say what.

Whatever it was scared her half to
death.

If there really was something.

Do you think she hallucinated the entire
episode?

She said something to me the other day
about hearing voices.

But you don't want to talk about that.

You need one of my... Super gourmet home
-cooked meal served by Ken Robinson.

What do you say?

We'd like to speak to Beth alone.

Sure, no problem.

Think about what I said.

Tomorrow night, I'll come up here.

Okay.

Thanks, Jeff. No problem. I'll be
downstairs.

It might be a good idea for you to come
back to the Institute for a few days.

Just for observation.

It might be best just for now. It's
possible the implant is creating some

effects for you.

I don't want to go back.

You don't understand.

I never knew how amazing it all was.

How ice cream tastes.

How flowers smell.

How someone smells at your work.

Just because.

Before, people always talked about these
feelings.

Feelings. Feelings I thought they just
seemed to be something that other people

had.

And now I know.

And I know how precious they are.

And I never want to lose them, ever.

I'm not suggesting that the implant be
removed. I won't let you.

I won't let you. I mean, it's mine now,
right? It's in my own head. I own it.

I just need to learn how to control my
imagination a little bit better. That's

all.

What was it you thought you saw?

Nothing.

It was nothing. I just got frightened.

It's over now.

It's over. I'm okay.

And I'm not going to go back.

All right.

I want you to stay here tomorrow. Keep
an eye on her. See how she's doing.

Another incident like that, and I want
her back at the Institute immediately.

No ifs, ands, or buts.

Would you like some water?

Please.

Where's your partner in crime?

She's out with some friends. I could
call on her cell phone if you like. No,

that's okay.

I was just curious.

And I've made enough for three just in
case.

Oh.

You don't like it?

No, it's fine.

Not bad.

Not bad.

I hope you don't think this is the
reason I cooked for you.

No, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to. No,
it's okay. I'm sorry. No, no, no, no,

It's okay.

I just didn't want you to think. I mean,
I didn't expect.

Can you turn the lights off?

Sure. No problem.

This one, too.

No! No!

Beth?

Beth?

Beth?

Beth, look at me.

Look at me.

It's me.

It's Dr. Molstad.

Now, you've got to hold on a little
while longer.

You're going to have to take the implant
out.

Do you understand what I'm saying? The
implant is malfunctioning. We're going

take it out. Take it out?

Yes, it's not working properly.

No! I'm sorry.

The neurosurgeon can't get here for
another hour.

Oh, damn it. That's not good enough.

I'm sorry.

I'm so sorry.

No, I don't want an operation. I know.
It has to come out. It's too dangerous.

Ma 'am, that's not good enough. You're
not listening to me. I need you here now

as fast as you can get here.

It can't wait. It's got to come out now
before something else happens. She wants

to see you right now.

Oh, okay.

Okay, please.

Yes, how long?

20 minutes. Great, get going. I'll be
here waiting for you.

You left her alone?

She got agitated when you weren't there.
I didn't know what to do.

Mulligan, how's it going?

Hey, get back here.

Mulligan, come here, boy.

Come here, Mulligan.

Here, boy. Come here, boy.

How the hell with you?

You can stay in here and rot for all I
care.

How the hell did she escape?

Who knows? Who cares?

The important thing is that she's going
to come back here. And when she does, I

want her to see Mulligan alive and well.

Did you tell Dolly and Mike?

Yeah, they know to keep up the act. They
want more money. It's a prize.

Come on, I'll help you.

Mulligan!

Here, kitty, kitty, kitty!

You know, she might not even come back
here.

I mean, that implant had to be fried
after we put her through.

I can't believe you slept with her,
Kevin. Hey, sorry, babe.

I had to occupy her somehow until the
drugs kicked in.

Besides, she was out of it before we
even met. Yeah, right.

I won't miss these guys.

How much did the corporation spend on
them?

A hundred grand, maybe more.

I can't believe they spent that much.

When most have impact, it's a failure.

Our company has the market cornered with
our own version.

Do you have any idea how much money
we're talking about?

As long as I get a piece.

Mulligan, where are you?

Come on.

Come on, Lord.

Here, kitty, kitty, kitty.

Mulligan, come on out.

Oh, here he is.

Very funny.

Oh, no, there he is.

There he is.

Mulligan.

What are you doing in here, crazy?

Let's get out of here.

Morgan!

Forget about the stupid cat.

We did it. We're rich.

Let's celebrate.

Maybe we should get down.

Quit worrying.

If Beth does show, we'll just wrap her
up again and take her back to Molstead.

He'll dig the implant out of her brain
and slap a label on it.

And that's it.

The results of the hearing are in.

Because of the unusual nature of the
case, and because you've reverted to

old self, and cannot now possibly
understand the emotions behind what you

you won't be held responsible for the
deaths of Joan Garrison and Kevin Flynn.

And the Kellermans' confession helped.

They said they were actors playing roles
they were hired to do. And of course,

with that spaceship and... The
accoutrements right up there in that

That would have been pretty hard to deny
anyway.

But what about you?

Are you all right?

I'm fine.

It doesn't bother you that implant is
still in your brain?

No.

But it's...

It's harmless. It's burned itself out,
and all the behavioral tests confirm

that. There'll be no point in going
through painful surgery to remove it.

I'm truly sorry that it's turned out
this way, Beth.

For both of us.

Don't worry, baby.

I'm home.

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