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Lewis? Lewis, get up here. Yes, sir.

Now, I'll be over at Mrs. Jacobs.

She's having a baby.

I'm not a baby.

Oh, I know that, sweetheart.

Listen to your brother, okay?

Okay, Daddy.

Lewis, keep an eye on her. Yes, sir.
Come on, Cass, get up.

I'm way ahead.

Didn't I tell you? She's having twins.

What?

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 limits.

Human beings naturally fear that which
is unknown or different.

But unless we strive to conquer those
fears, they may exact a price far

than we can bear.

Excuse me.

Hey.

I was wondering if I was in the right
place.

I doubt it.

This is Ptolemy, isn't it? Yeah, but
there ain't much right about it.

You're looking for someone?

Yes. Do you know where I can find Dr.
Broussard?

Better hope you're not too sick.

Thank you.

Dr. Boussard.

My name is Tom Young.

I called several times. I thought I
might be able to... I know why you're

I don't particularly care who you are.

My daughter's been seen by four
therapists in the past ten years. Not

them could do a damn thing for her.

What makes you any different?

Sir, learning disabilities can be a very
tricky thing.

I'm up to date on the latest research.

In fact, I've done some of the latest
research.

And I believe I have some new techniques
that might be able to help her.

Yeah.

Yeah, that's pretty much what the rest
of them said.

All they did was get her hopes up. Sir,
she's going to be 18 in a few months.

In the eyes of the state, that makes her
an adult and no longer our

responsibility.

And at that time, you won't have to
worry about anybody giving her any hope

all.

Come on.

Kathy, someone here to see you, honey.

It won't take long.

That's Lewis.

Yeah.

Her brother.

Thank you.

Children who don't show any evidence of
neurological damage, like Kathy, can

sometimes trace the problem back to a
traumatic event.

Often the memories are suppressed.

Through hypnotic regression, we can
sometimes help them remember.

Recovered memories?

I know it's highly subjective.

But according to...

To Cassie's file, her writing, reading,
and verbal skills were normal until she

was the age of six.

After that, they dropped abruptly.

If Cassie does remember anything, maybe
she can tell us about it.

Okay, Cassie, as we talk, I want you to
keep your eyes on my pen, okay?

Great.

So tell me, Cassie, what do you like to
do?

Well, I like to make things and paint
sometimes.

You're an artist?

Not really.

Well, I'd love to see some of your work.
Where do you keep it? In my room.

It must be a very nice room.

Yes, it is.

I bet you when you're tired, it's the
best place to be.

The best place to sleep, right?

Cassie, can you hear me?

Yes. I want you to remember.

I'm six years old.

Can I go out and play?

Louis will take care of me. He always
does.

Later, Cassie. Right now, I need you to
help me, okay?

Okay. All right.

Your teacher is worried about you
because you're not doing that well in

But something's different.

What's different, Cassie?

I don't know.

Was somebody mean to you?

No. Did somebody make fun of you or make
you feel bad?

I'm different.

How are you different, Cassie?

Because of what I heard.

What did you hear?

I don't know.

Nobody else heard it.

So there was somebody else with you?

Louie, he was keeping an eye on me.

And what happened next?

I found... something.

What did you find?

I don't... Just relax. I

don't... I don't know!

Are you okay?

I feel tired.

I hypnotized you, Cassie, to try to make
you remember, and you were remembering.

Okay. The room's up here.

It's more private.

I see.

Did you make this, Cassie?

You know what I love about sculptures?

The way they give you motion shape.

I'd say you were feeling lonely when you
made this.

Like you didn't belong.

You feel that way now?

Sometimes it's easier than words.

For me.

Well, I would call that a gift.

See you tomorrow, okay?

Uh, you got a place to stay tonight?

Sort of. My truck's a lot more
comfortable than it looks.

I got an extra room if you want it.

Thank you.

Well, Cassie seems to like you.

That's rare enough. She never had many
friends around here.

Except for Lewis.

Her mother died right after she was
born. I had to raise these two

kids by myself.

Malcolm, what happened here?

Oh.

About 12 years ago, there was an
outbreak of some kind of brain cancer.

No one had ever seen anything like it
before. It was relentless.

It only killed children.

We tried everything.

Massive chemo, radiation, surgery.

Kids were all under the age of 10.

Same ones I'd brought into the world
just a few years before.

Like Cassie and Lewis.

They obviously survived somehow, if you
can call what happened to Lewis

surviving.

He went into coma, been stabilized.

He's been that way ever since.

It's been 12 years.

Cassie just got lucky. Few people around
here don't see it that way.

All they see is that the doctor's kids
lived while their kids died.

Didn't the CDC come and investigate?

Oh, yeah, yeah.

They traced it to...

carcinogens in the runoff from the mill,
so they shut the mill down, and that

pretty much shut the town down.

Oh, uh, they did name the disease after
us.

Ptolemy's syndrome.

You can look it up.

Dr. Boussard?

You've been spending too much time with
him.

You got a home of your own, you know. If
the doctor's not under investigation,

he didn't do anything wrong.

Why don't you tell that to my grandson?

Oh, yeah, you can.

He's dead.

Welcome to Ptolemy.

Marie DuPont, County Sheriff.

Tom Young, State Health. Quite an
interesting town here, Sheriff.

Well, Tom, this is a small town. We all
knew those four kids who died.

And some people were reluctant to accept
official explanation.

It's because of microwave radiation,
Sheriff. I saw it on the net. It was at

.gov .conspiracy .powerline. That
computer's rotting your mind, Billy. You

have nearly enough to spare.

Was there ever a recurrence of the
disease in any of the other children?

There were no other children.

Ever since the outbreak, couples who
wanted to have a family went somewhere

to have it.

Once they left, they didn't exactly come
running back.

What the hell was that?

Whoa!

Look sharp.

Watch your step.

Whoa! Do you see something?

What's out there?

I can't see anything.

Hey,

there's something out there!

Trying to, except I couldn't.

I heard this voice.

It's like he's calling me.

I went out into the woods, following the
voice.

That could be a side effect of your
hypnotic treat.

Yeah, maybe.

Or maybe she's continuing to remember
what really happened to her.

The voice.

Was it the same voice you told me about
yesterday? The one that you and Lewis

heard when you were kids?

I think so.

Where did it lead you?

Remember? Rocks.

A wall.

And then there was something else.

Something that seemed like it fell out
of the sky.

Like a meteor?

Maybe.

What did it look like?

I don't... I can't describe.

Sure.

What is that something

not human You

have

to believe me

Cassie, it's okay. If that's what you
saw, then...

Tell me something.

Did you believe her?

Malcolm, your daughter has a vivid
imagination.

The thing from outer space could have
been a metaphor, an image she created in

her mind to help her explain something
she didn't understand.

I mean, things do fall out of the sky.

Things that talk.

Look, I don't know what she saw.

I do believe something happened to her
out there when she was a child.

When she was little, she, uh... She was
always so curious.

Always running up to people.

Always, uh... Playing with anything she
could get her hands on.

She used to love to talk into my
stethoscope.

But then she changed.

Her temper was out of control. She lost
interest in school.

She became distant, unresponsive.

I had to watch Lewis grow up like this.

I don't think I could bear to lose
Cassie, too.

Yes, Tom Young from the HHS. I need to
speak to Dr. Joseph Mitchell, please.

It took me about an hour to get here.

Thanks for coming, Joe.

It sounded like an interesting case.
Excuse me.

Who are you?

Malcolm. This is Dr. Joseph Mitchell.
He's a neurologist with their hazardous

materials division. He came to help us.
Dr. Pissard.

The last work on Ptolemy's syndrome was
done over ten years ago, which, from a

technological standpoint, was
generations ago.

With this equipment, we have an
excellent chance to identify what's

on with your daughter. Okay, okay.

But you can spare me the speeches. I've
heard it all before.

Different doctors, different gadgets.

Same old garbage.

Hope the patient's more enthusiastic.

I hope so, too.

It's basically Ptolemy's syndrome.

There are tumors in several regions of
the frontal lobe, primarily the speech

and language centers, as well as memory,
motor control.

That would certainly explain her
learning disabilities.

How come no one picked up on them
before?

The old imagers wouldn't have had enough
resolution. These tumors are buried

very deep.

What are these structures?

Here and here. Oh, they're neurobundles,
clumps of brain cells.

They seem benign, but the tumors must
have caused them somehow.

When I scanned Lewis, there were similar
structures in his brain as well.

Dr. Mitchell, can you help her?

Possibly.

There's a new surgical procedure which
might be able to excise the infected

areas. That sounds like a lobotomy to
me.

It's nothing as crude as that. It's a
photolytic process, laser surgery.

It's still in clinical trials, but it's
minimally invasive, and our results have

been excellent.

You should consider it, because it might
be our best shot.

Cassie, we're through for the day.

Well, I'd like your dad to stay with you
tonight, if you don't mind.

To keep an eye on me?

Could you do it instead?

I'll talk to your father.

Louie used to keep an eye on me.

I think about him all the time. I can't
stop.

I wish I could help him.

I wish... I wish I could stop his pain.

Say it one more time, Billy.

There's nothing out there.

Yeah, maybe he just didn't go out far
enough.

Hey, Kathy said she remembered rock
walls, right? So did you guys check the

caves? Are you telling me how to do my
job?

No, I'm just asking.

Well, Malcolm's finally getting a taste
of what it was like for the rest of us.

Jim, I know the facts notwithstanding.

You blame Malcolm for your grandson.

But what did that poor girl ever do for
you to wish this kind of grief on her?

She survived.

Welcome bring Mitchell and get over here
as fast as you can

What the hell is that thing?

Let me finish! I have to finish!

Cassie! Are you alright?

Let me help you.

I don't know.

It's what she told us about before, what
happened to her when she was a kid.

It looked like it came straight through
the rocks, fell out of the sky.

Just like she said, not human.

What do you think it is? Whatever it is,
let's get her out of here. I think it's

clearly dangerous.

What the hell?

Here, here.

Here inside.

What happened?

Oh, the whole place was going up. We're
lucky Jim saw it when he did.

Jim, thank you.

I didn't do it for you.

That fire could have spread real fast
and real easy.

Your girl is a danger to everyone in
this town.

And what are you going to do about it?

No question about it.

The neural bundles in your brain have
grown significantly since you were

to that device.

Unless we do something about it, pretty
soon you won't be able to talk or even

move.

Like Lily?

And all the other children?

When I was little, I felt like I had to
touch it.

I had to make it work.

And that's what made everybody sick.

It's possible.

Tumors are often associated with
radiation exposure.

Who knows what kind of energy was
released when that device was activated.

all my fault.

It was the paper mill. You had nothing
to do with it. I thought it was trying

help. You don't understand. Honey,
honey, there was no way you could have

what was going to happen.

We can make it better, Cassie.

We can stop that thing from ever calling
you again.

No.

I want to hear it. Cassie, it's the only
way. No.

I want to hear it. I need to hear it.
Hold her down. You don't understand.

You obviously don't understand.

Cassie.

Daddy. Cassie. No.

No.

No, it's Daddy.

Sonny. Daddy.

It's just a mild sedative. She won't be
out long.

I suggest we keep her in restraints
until we get her into surgery.

Look, you're not for certain that
surgery is even going to help her look

own data.

You said Cassie's exposure to the device
is what increased the size of the

neurobundles, not the tumors.

So maybe the neurobundles are what
slowed down the cancer in the first

You can't be serious. Think about it.
Kathy was the only one who actually

touched the device.

And Lewis was nearby the first time she
did it. The two of them being exposed to

the device may be the only thing that
kept them alive.

Oh, I saw what came out of that thing. I
saw what it did to her.

We all did.

Do you know what's in here?

As near as I can tell, it's a highly
reactive organic acid.

It's poison.

That device compelled Cassie to make it.
Who knows what it was going to make her

do with it. Come on, Joe.

All right, all right. That's enough.
It's my decision. I'm her father.

Now, you make the arrangements.

Yes, she did.

And she drew this picture of it. And she
said it was from outer space, right?

See? It's probably still out there.

Just waiting. You got a very big mouth
for such a small head, Billy.

Hey, listen, Sheriff. When that girl
found that alien thing, that's what

killing our children, right? That's just
a lot of talk. Well, I'm sick of

talking. And I'm going to do something
about it. There's nothing you can do

about it. And neither can I.

So go home. All of you.

I mean it.

Get your flashlight.

Let's check the caves.

Hey, Kath.

What happened to you this morning?

I'm sorry.

If I hadn't have made you remember,
maybe none of this would have happened.

Don't be sorry.

It's helping me.

It could be killing you. I don't care.

Don't you... understand when i'm near it
it makes me feel so good

i don't even worry about louis anymore i
don't feel sad anymore and there's

something else what is it something you
showed me i don't have the words

can i draw

Get away from that thing!

I said move away!

That thing killed my grandson because of
you!

I'm sorry.

Move!

I can't. Move! Take it easy there. Back
off, Jim, right now! Go home, Billy.

Kathy, why don't you just move away?

No. Damn it, Jim. Drop it. I'll shoot
through her if I have to. Now, Jim, I

how you feel about me.

But I also know how you feel every time
I look at my son.

Now, killing Cassie or destroying that
thing, whatever it is, is not going to

bring anybody back.

My little boy never did anybody any
harm.

Neither did Cassie or Louis or any of
those other kids.

Jim, it wasn't anybody's fault.

It just happened.

It was all I had left.

How do I do it?

I can't.

I'll keep an eye on him.

She was heading this way. You sure?

What are you giving him? Kathy, Kathy,
stop!

Stop!

Check his vitals.

He seems to be fine.

We got here just in time.

She, uh... She tried to kill him.

My surgical team is standing by. I can
have them working on Cassie in two

I can't leave Lewis alone.

I'll have to get somebody to stay with
him.

Good. Have Tom bring you when you're
ready. Yeah. We've got to get Cassie to

hospital now.

I just got a hold of this nurse in the
city. She stayed with Lewis before.

We can go to the hospital as soon as she
gets here.

That's good.

Oh, boy.

I just can't believe Cassie tried to
kill Lewis. She loves him.

Yeah, it wasn't her. It was that thing
controlling her.

I don't think it was controlling her,
Malcolm.

I mean, at least not completely.

Kathy said she heard voices.

Now, what if the device was trying to
communicate with her? I mean, maybe some

kind of alien probe.

Why would a probe take over somebody's
mind?

Maybe that's how it gathers its data, by
pulling information directly out of

another species' brain.

Look, take a look at this.

What does it look like to you?

Well, it's sort of mathematical.

Numbers, exactly.

But these are obviously not human.

What if the probe wasn't trying to hurt
Cassie or control her, but rather trying

to transform her?

Transform her into what?

If an alien's brain were different
enough from a human's, how would we be

to communicate with each other?

We wouldn't.

Because on a very basic level, we
wouldn't be able to understand each

But if you could create a being that was
capable enough of understanding both

species, and I mean right down to the
biological level, you'd have a living,

breathing translator.

Human Rosetta Stone.

What's wrong with them?

I don't know.

Some kind of seizure.

I need to speak to Dr. Joseph Mitchell.
It's urgent. I'm sorry, Dr. Mitchell's

in surgery. No,

he doesn't know what he's doing.

I'm sorry, sir.

Tumor area has been marked and targeted.
Laser priming.

Laser ready, doctor.

All right, we're going in.

I'm getting an erratic heartbeat.

Oh, my God. She's up! Shut down the
laser.

Give me a hand. I don't know how I do
it. Get some help in here. Yes, sir.

A blue microphone.

Hold it.

No, but I'm fighting.

Get the strap.

Cassie, please start. It's a surgical
patient. Where is she?

Uh, ORT. Right down the... But, sir, you
can't go in there right now.

Yeah, I'll be... Relax.

You're doing just fine.

Got a bit dicey in here for a couple of
minutes. She came out of anesthesia

kicking.

Louis came out of his coma.

You cured her.

What? The device taught her how.

She got her hands on a pen.

Started writing all over herself. Where?

Do you know what I mean?

It was trying to help her.

It could have helped all of us.

It is said the human capacity for
language is the quality which separates

from all other species on Earth.

Perhaps it is also the same quality
which can link us to those beyond, but

if we are willing.

to listen.