All language subtitles for The Outer Limits s03e21 In The Zone

Oh, my

God.

I won.

Sure did that. What about your neck,
Matt? You going to be okay? I'll be

yeah.

That was a hell of a throw, Tanner.
Where'd you come up with that one?

It was like I could see it move.

I could see it. It was a white light
from where I was to where I had to be.

I saw it, and I went for it. I was
there.

Thanks, boys.

Man was in the zone.

That's good stuff, Tanner.

Reminds me of that movie we made at
Manila Elkman a couple years ago.

Well, you were still a top ten then,
weren't you?

Yeah.

The tour won't be the same without
Tanner Brooks.

I just hope I get a chance to go up
against him one last time.

Of course.

The only way that'll happen is if we
both make it to the finals.

I'll see you there.

Count on it.

How are you going to prepare for that?

Will it be a grudge match?

Hey, you look good out there. Are you
okay?

Yeah.

Don't let Marcus strike out. He's just a
lot of noise.

Dad, kick his butt.

Yeah, not even on my best day.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Uh, hi.

I wanted to congratulate you on your
match today.

Thanks. If you want an autograph, you
can talk to the lady out front. She'll

send you one. Oh, no, no, thanks, but I
didn't come here for your autograph.

What can I do for you?

Well, um, would you like to win this
tournament?

Of course I would.

You can't.

Is that right?

Mr. Brooks, I've been a fan of yours for
a very long time. I've watched your

progress your entire career.

But your performance today clearly
indicated to me the limits of your

I see. Yes.

Now, if you really, really want to win
this tournament, you need something

extra.

Now, I've developed this treatment.
That's real? And if you come down to my

office... I'll tell you what, Doc. I
don't know what you're selling, but I

want to eat your snake oil, okay? I'm
not talking about taking drugs. I don't

care what you're talking about.

Get the hell out of here.

Why don't you make me?

Come on. What are you afraid of?

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 deluge 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 limits.

Please stand by.

Evolution is guided by the principle of
survival of the fittest. For the human

animal, the urge to compete is ingrained
in our spirit.

But in some arenas, the rules are not
clear, and victory may well be an

illusion.

Loser.

I used to keep my extra bottle under the
flip -flop.

Or have you checked there already?

Looking for my sneaker.

I don't want to wake you up.

Sorry.

You going to the gym?

Yeah.

You can plenty work out the day of the
match.

I just thought I'd try something
different, you know.

Shake things up a bit.

It can't hurt to change a little.

No, I guess it can't.

Tanner, I was thinking that, you know,
between your term and my clients, we

haven't had a lot of time to spend
together lately.

I think we've been doing all right, huh?

Yeah, well, I was hoping that afterwards
we could get away for a while.

Afterwards?

You mean like after I lose the match?

No, I mean after the tournament. Did you
see me yesterday?

Yeah. I really think I can win this one,
Jess.

There used to be a time I didn't have to
try to convince you that. That's not

fair, and you know it.

You're right.

I'm sorry.

But win or lose, you are retiring.

Right?

I said I would, didn't I?

You're late.

You're lucky I came at all.

What are you doing with military
hardware?

Well, you can hardly buy this kind of
stuff at Radio Shack.

You know, for a sports doctor, you look
an awful lot like a rocket scientist.

Yeah.

Well, the defense technology transfer to
the private sector is very commonplace

these days.

You know, microwave ovens came from the
space program. Look, you said you had

some kind of treatment that could
guarantee me to win in the octal.

Huh?

Is it legal?

It's not illegal.

How does it matter?

How does it work?

I thought you were the one that told me
you weren't into drugs. Look, I've never

been on drugs.

I've been in the game a lot of years.

But I'm in top shape now. I've never
felt better in my life. I don't need you

any treatment to win.

I just... You just maybe would like an
edge, perhaps.

Just in case, yeah?

Yeah.

Tell me, have you ever heard the phrase,

Transcortical reflex.

Now, well, it has to do with a high
-speed response to neural stimulation.

You see, when you take a nerve impulse
and allow it to go much faster directly

to the cerebral cortex, it will
influence involuntary muscle control.

Is it?

I'm not a doctor.

What do you say?

Would you turn that switch on for me?

Sure.

Case in point.

You see, your hand reacted before you
even knew what was happening. Before

brain could process the event, the event
was already passed.

You see, now my treatment accelerates
the human neuromuscular system.

so that a person can comprehend and take
part and react to events in a much

shorter time scale than would ordinarily
be possible.

Do you mean like how baseball players
say they can see the ball slow down

they hit it?

Yes, yes, exactly, exactly.

Now, my treatment results in some
remarkable improvements in reflex and

times. Now, this is temporary, of
course.

However, it lasts long enough to make
the difference in the octal.

Hmm.

What do you get out of it?

Well, I get out of it what any couch
potato armchair athlete would in

his favorite sport, a vicarious thrill.

You're going to bet on me, aren't you?

Oh, yeah.

Yes, I am.

But not for money.

Sometimes success alone is indeed its
own reward.

I see.

So, Mr. Brooks.

Tell me.

Do you feel like a winner today?

What the hell is that stuff?

Oh, human nerve tissue.

Genetically engineered.

This stuff is not easy to grow.

But you see...

The energy required to accelerate you
through this whole process, it's got to

come from somewhere. So what I do is I
pull the energy out of the tissue, then

amplify it, and I put it back into you.
The conductive fibers in this special

suit serve to equalize that effect
throughout your entire body.

The hormones that you give off during
intense physical effort will kick in,

trigger that reflex acceleration. So all
you got to do is concentrate and let it

work for you.

Thank you.

Your health insurance paid out?

I feel pretty good today.

You won't be.

Oh, you hit the bag. What happened? I
don't know what happened.

Ladies and gentlemen, the winner once

again, Hannah Brooke!

Hannah.

treatments were wearing off me. What
treatments?

Who's this?

Jessica, this is Michael Chen.

He's a sports medicine specialist.

This is Brooks.

Your husband is an exceptional athlete.
I'm sure you must be very proud of him.

Dr. Chen's been helping me with my
training program.

How long has this been going on?

Not long.

Look, why don't you drop by the office
later this evening? Perhaps we can

discuss the situation further then.
That's great.

That's what I'll do. Come on. I've got
to hit the showers.

I'll meet you outside.

Mr. Brooks?

Yeah. Do you think you could sign this?

Sure.

Thanks. What's your name? Douglas.

Douglas.

Thanks, man.

Hey, guys!

Check it!

I got Tanner Brooks autographed! Look
out!

Kid, you all right?

Tanner! Come on, guys, let's get out of
here.

Are you okay?

Give me the chance to lab.

Hurry.

If you can't do anything for him, I'm
taking him to a hospital.

To see a real doctor.

Mrs. Brooks, please, try to understand.

The treatments your husband underwent,
and quite by choice, I might add, were

enhance his reflexes and his
coordination. Now, on occasion, there

stresses on the body, certain side
effects. Side effects doesn't begin to

what I saw.

Do you remember?

Not all of it.

Man, it was like my senses were on a
rubber band.

I was being snapped from one wall to the
other. One place, everything was moving

real slow.

In the other place, everything was
moving really fast.

Mr. Brooks, it appears that the energy
from my treatments is building up in

system. It's affecting you more than
just on a cellular level.

It's affecting you also on a quantum
mechanical level.

What does that mean?

Well, it means that your body is
shifting in and out of an entirely

quantum phase, a phase where time flows
much differently than here. Can you do

anything about it?

Well, I believe the effects should
dissipate on their own in due time.

It may take a little while, but in the
meantime, no more treatments for you

starting immediately, all right?

Hey, Chen, you can't do that to me.

The finals are tomorrow.

There's no other choice.

Chen said this energy buildup's going to
dissipate.

I can take another treatment.

I'm in great shape. I can take a hundred
more treatments. Will you listen to

what you're saying?

I don't understand any of this.

You've never taken drugs before in your
life. You used to feel sorry for the

players that did. It's not a drug.
There's no difference.

I can't win without it.

Well, then that's something you're just
going to have to accept.

That's easy for you to say.

I have spent my entire life training to
be the best.

Not my best. The best.

And for the first time in my career, I
can actually see it happening.

But you know what? You don't understand
that.

And you never will. You know why?
Because you don't know what it's like to

winner.

You don't know what it's like to be the
best.

Well, I'm sorry, honey.

But you're not best.

And so what if you're not?

This game is not who you are.

Winning only lasts for a moment.

You can't build your life around a
moment.

Because a moment doesn't last.

You know that I love you, right?

Of course.

Then please, forfeit the match tomorrow.

Walk away from this while you still can.

I can't do that.

I can't, Jess. That'd be pathetic.

Everybody would think I was scared. Not
the people that matter. I don't want to

go out that way, okay?

You know, when I nearly drank my way out
of our marriage, you helped me stop.

You stopped me from hurting myself.

I'm just trying to do the same for you.

And with the startling news of Tanner
Brooks' injury just before the finals,

spoke to his opponent in the mat.

Margaret, do you think this is just bad
luck?

Considering the timing of Tanner's
injury, I'd say his luck's holding out

fine. Gotta be honest with you boys, I
mean, look at the man's career.

It's always been second place, second
best.

Never really had what it takes.

He's no different now.

Won't surprise me if he doesn't show, I
mean, look at me.

Can you blame the guy if he's scared to
go up against this?

Here at ringside, time is running out.

And unless Tanner Brooks reports to the
arena within five minutes, by rule, the

match will be declared a four.

Tell me he's coming.

I don't know where he's going.

I don't know where he's going.

Check it first.

Yes, again.

Stay an angel, old man.

What kind of lab is this?

Why did you give my husband another
treatment?

I didn't.

I got here, the locks were cut, the
equipment was all on. Your husband broke

into this place last night.

Then I want to know exactly what's
happened to him.

Look, the treatments were developed to
improve the reaction times of fighter

pilots. There were some side effects,
and the DOD decided to abandon the

project. It doesn't look abandoned to
me. Their decision was premature.

My principles were sound.

And I decided to develop the treatment
on my own.

All it needed was a few refinements. And
a guinea pig.

The treatment works best with
individuals that have a very high degree

athletic ability.

So a professional athlete was the
perfect choice.

You know, you're just like my husband.

Obsessed with victory no matter what the
cost.

No matter who it hurts.

Is Tanner dead?

No. I don't think so.

Mrs. Brooks.

Your husband subjected himself to power
levels even higher than I've ever used

before.

My readouts indicate that the effect has
probably shifted him into an entirely

different quantum phase, another time
continuum, if you will.

And in that state, everything around him
has to be going so slowly that seconds

to us have to seem like hours to him.

How long can he survive like that?

I have to guess that he can't last more
than 10, maybe 12 hours. I mean, the

strain on his body, his cells, his
metabolism has got to be absolutely

incredible. Is it supposed to be doing
that?

We've got to catch this.

It is Tanner.

I thought you said he couldn't interact
with anything.

The chamber is energized the same way
your husband is.

It's been responding to his presence.

If you're right about what's happened to
him, he may have been in that chamber

for hours just to get our attention for
a few seconds.

We did not even realize we saw him.

Can you use the chamber to bring him
back?

It's possible.

Even if it is.

How are we going to let him know he has
to get back in there?

I'll tell him.

In person.

This treatment will shift you into the
same state as your husband, at which

point you will be able to touch and
interact with him.

Assuming you can find him. I think I
know where he might be. Get back as

as possible. Every second counts.

Okay.

Mrs. Brooks.

I'll bring you back, I promise.

Let's do it.

That's it.

She's gone.

Not quite.

You still have to bring them back.

That depends entirely on her.

And Tanner Brooks comes up from behind.

Incredible effort.

He snags the ring.

Nice slam now.

The crowd was alive.

Tanner.

What'd you get here?

The same way you did.

I know everything's going to be okay,
but... We have to get back to the lab.

Why?

Tim thinks he can reverse the process.

We got the idea from you. We saw you in
the chamber when you were calling for

help.

I wasn't calling for help. I was waving
goodbye.

Why?

I thought I'd never see you again.

I was in the chamber. It seemed like...

Forever, I just... Wanted to say
goodbye.

Are you telling me that you don't want
to come back?

You know, when I first started Chen's
treatments, it was like I was

Nobody could touch me in here.

And you know what?

Nobody could.

It was easy.

It wasn't challenging.

It wasn't exciting. It wasn't dangerous.

It wasn't fun.

I managed to take the fun out of the
only thing I was ever really any good

And hurt the only woman I ever really
loved.

Very impressive, huh?

Tenor.

Look, I'm sorry.

I blew it.

Sometimes it's not about winning or
losing.

It's about accepting what's happening.

It's not working.

What's the matter? I should have
realized.

There are two of them.

What are you doing?

The system is designed for only one
person.

There's not enough nerve tissue left to
absorb the energy of two of them.

What are you talking about?

If I'm going to bring them back, I have
to absorb the excess energy.

Please, there's plenty of time left.

On ahead.

All the bugs worked out.

Here, when they get back, give them
that.

What for?

It's an explanation.

I'm so sorry.

It's cold.

I'm okay.

Here you go.

Anna.

What?

Your face.

You've aged.

Aging process.

Even though you were only there a few
hours.

Felt like years.

Jen said to give you this.

I was only 30 years old.

He tested the treatment on himself.

this to myself i can deal with it hey

we'll deal with it

for

the human race life is a ceaseless
competition

for power for fame even love but when
the desire for victory is reduced

to winning At any cost, then we can only
guarantee our defeat.