All language subtitles for Alien_Nation_S01E01

[people chattering

(male narrator)
THAT WAS THE SCENE IN CALIFORNIA'S MOJAVE DESER

5 YEARS AGO TODAY.

THE HISTORIC FIRST VIEW
OF THE NEWCOMER SHIP

UPON ITS DRAMATIC ARRIVAL.

THEIR SHIP WAS A SLAVE SHIP
CARRYING 250,000 BEINGS,

BRED TO ADAPT AND LABOR
IN ALMOST ANY ENVIRONMENT.

BUT THEY'VE
WASHED ASHORE ON EARTH

WITH NO WAY TO GET BACK
TO WHERE THEY CAME FROM.

CIVIL LIBERTIES ATTORNEYS
SUCCESSFULLY LOBBIED

FOR THE NEWCOMERS' RELEASE
FROM QUARANTINE

AND IN THE LAST 5 YEARS,

THE NEWCOMERS HAVE BECOME
THE LATEST ADDITION

TO THE POPULATION
OF LOS ANGELES.

[Newcomers chattering
in Tenctonese]

MMM?

[laughing]

LINCOLN?
THAT YOU?

[Lincoln grunting]

[chuckles]
MORNIN'.

IT'S GOOD
TO SEE A HUMAN.

GETTIN' SO YOU CAN'T FIND
A DECENT PLACE

TO CRASH ANYMORE.

DAMN, I HATE THEM SLAGS.

YOU BELIEVE IT?

THEY'RE TRYIN'
TO GIVE THEM THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

SHOOT. THEY CAN'T
EVEN GET DRUNK RIGHT.

WHOEVER HEARD
OF GETTING LOADED ON SOUR MILK

WHEN YOU CAN HAVE
SOME GOOD SQUEEZE, HUH?

[shivering]

[exhales]

HEY, YOU DON'T SOUND
TOO GOOD, LINC.

YOU WANT A TASTE?

NO, NO, NO.
WHY--WHY DON'T YOU KEEP IT, HUH?

COME ON.

WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU,
LINC?

WHAT'S THAT SLIME?

HEY, LOOK, YOU KNOW,
TH-- THERE'S A FREE CLINIC OVER ON 3RD, YOU KNOW.

WE--WE CAN GO OVER THERE
AND SPEND THE NIGHT--

MR. LINCOLN?

I'VE BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU
ALL NIGHT LONG.

WE WERE WORRIED
ABOUT YOU AT THE MISSION.

YOU MISSED SEVERAL MEALS
AND WE WERE WONDERING...

[screaming]

(newcomer)
MR. LINCOLN.

[screaming]

[panting]

[groaning]

OH, NO.

MR. LINCOLN, PLEASE.

MR. LINCOLN.

N-N-NO--NO,
MR. LINCOLN, PLEASE.

PLEASE, MR. LINCOLN, NO.

THAT GOES
IN THE 2ND BEDROOM

AT THE TOP
OF THE STAIRS. THANK YOU.

HONEY, WILL YOU
CHECK ON BUCK?

OH.
HI.

[chuckling]
HI.

UH, THAT GOES
IN THE DINING ROOM, THANKS.

I'M DIANE COOPER,

THE YELLOW HOUSE
OVER THERE.

OH, SUSAN FRANCISCO, HI.

A LITTLE, UH, "WELCOME
TO THE NEIGHBORHOOD" GIFT.

OH, THEY'RE BEAUTIFUL.
THANK YOU.

THAT'S REALLY
NICE OF YOU.

MOM, I DON'T FEEL GOOD.

EMILY, WHY ARE...

IT'S PROBABLY
JUST NERVES, HONEY.

THIS IS EMILY.
THIS IS MS. COOPER.

DIANE. HI, EMILY.

HI.

(Diane)
WOW, YOU SURE LOOK LIKE YOUR MOM.

OH, WELL, I MEAN, YOU KNOW--

THAT'S OK.
(George) SUS?

OH, THAT GOES
IN THE KITCHEN.

SUSAN!
JUST A SEC!

LOOK, I KNOW YOU'RE BUSY.

MY PHONE NUMBER'S
ON THE CARD THERE IF I CAN HELP.

THAT COULD BE DANGEROUS,
YOU KNOW. I JUST MIGHT CALL.

DO.

SUSAN. EXCUSE ME.

WHERE'D YOU PUT MY KEYS?

ON THE BOX.
LOOK AT THIS PLANT

A WOMAN
FROM ACROSS THE STREET BROUGHT US.

MOM,
IT REALLY DOES HURT.

ON THE BOX.
NOW THAT'S HELPFUL.

EMILY, IT'S BECAUSE
IT'S YOUR FIRST DAY IN A NEW SCHOOL.

(George)
WHICH BOX?

IT'LL BE OK.

WHY DON'T YOU HAVE
A LITTLE BIT MORE BREAKFAST, OK?

[sighing]

SOME DETECTIVE!

ARE YOU GIVING ME
A HARD TIME?

YES, ACTUALLY.

YOU GET TO GO OFF
AND PLAY COPS AND ROBBERS, WHILE I--

HAVE THE PLEASURE
OF MOVIN' INTO OUR NEW HOUSE.

WHERE DID THIS PLANT
COME FROM?

OH, GOD HELP
THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.

I JUST TOLD YOU.

AH, ANY SIGNS OF LIFE
FROM THAT SON OF OURS?

BUCK! OFF AND ON!

[speaking in Tenctonese]

ENGLISH, PLEASE, BUCK.

[birds chirping]

(woman #1)
DEBBIE.

(woman #2)
THIS IS SO AWFUL.

AFTER ALL YOUR FATHER AND I
PAID FOR THIS HOUSE,

AND ALL WE PUT INTO IT.

WHAT'S WRONG?

OUR PROPERTY'S
NOT GONNA BE WORTH HALF OF WHAT WE PAID FOR IT.

WHY?

WHY DO YOU THINK, JILL?

CAN'T BELIEVE YOU'VE BEEN
GONE A MONTH ALREADY, TUGGS.

REALLY MISS YOU, MAN.

[sighing]

AT LEAST I NAILED THE SLAG
WHO GOT YOU, HUH?

BIG DEAL, HUH?

NOW THEY GOT ME
WORKIN' WITH A SLAG.

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

[horn honking]

(George)
MORNING, MATTHEW.

HI.

[phone ringing]

[people chattering]

WHAT'S THIS?

BRAN MUFFIN.
A LITTLE PRUNE JUICE.

WAIT, YOU MENTIONED
YESTERDAY--

WHAT ARE YOU,
A POCTOLOGIST?

[snickering]
HERE, LOOK,

WHY DON'T YOU
JUST BE A GOOD LITTLE SLAG

AND MIND YOUR OWN BUSINESS.
OK?

OH, AND MATTHEW,
IF I COULD SUGGEST,

I REALLY DON'T CARE
HOW YOU REFER TO ME PRIVATELY,

BUT WHEN WE'RE QUESTIONING
OTHER NEWCOMERS--

WHAT? WHAT?

THE WORD "SLAG"
EQUATES TO SUCH WORDS

AS KYKE, OR NIGGER,
OR GOOK, OR WOP.

WELL, I THINK
YOU CAN CATCH MORE HONEY

WITH A POUND OF VINEGAR
THAN A POUND OF FLIES.

NEVER MIND.

OH, AND INCIDENTALLY,
I THINK IT'S "PROCTOLOGIST."

WHATEVER.

DISAPPEARANCES ARE
NO GOOD, NO PHOTOS.

MY EDITOR NEEDS
SOMETHING HOT, VISUAL.

YEAH, LIKE
YOUR LAST PHOTO ESSAY?

THE FISH WOMEN
OF LONG BEACH?

SOLD A LOT OF PAPERS.

HEY, YO, LIGHTNIN'.

CAN YOU DUMP
MY CIRCULAR FILE FOR ME?

SURE, UH, IT'S...

TRASH CAN, ALBERT.
MY TRASH CAN. GOT IT?

SURE.
(cop) SERGEANT DOBBS.

I THOUGHT ALL YOU GUYS
WERE SUPPOSED TO BE WHIZ KIDS.

I THOUGHT ALL YOU GUYS
HAD RHYTHM.

[glass shattering]

(Puente)
GOOD GOIN', ALBERT.

I'M S-S-SORRY. I--I...

I DON'T BELIEVE YOU.

I--
LOOK AT IT.

LOOK AT IT!

MY KID HAD THAT MADE FOR ME.

DAMN IT!

[trashcan crashes]

[phone ringing]

[people chattering]

HEY, SIKES, GOT A COUPLE MORE
DISAPPEARANCES IN SLAGTOWN.

CHECK THIS OUT,
SOME OF THESE NAMES KILL ME:

MORT DAKOTA,
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT.

YEAH, I GUESS
THOSE GUYS IN QUARANTINE GOT PRETTY PUNCHY,

GIVIN' THOSE NAMES OUT
TO ALL THOSE SLAG NEWCOMERS.

DISAPPEARANCES?

WELL, THOSE GUYS ARE
ALWAYS KNOCKING EACH OTHER OFF DOWN THERE.

I SAY LET 'EM.

MAY I?

OH, SOME BUM
TOOK A 3-STORY DIVE ON ALAMEDA.

PRETTY GRISLY.

GRISLY?
I HEAR GRISLY?

OH, JEEZ! LOOK AT THOSE SORES.

AND THAT SLIME.

UGH. BAG HIM.

WHAT ARE YOU
THINKIN'?

OH, I WOULD HAVE JUMPED,
TOO,

IF I HAD ALL THOSE ZITS.
SUICIDE.

COME ON,
LET'S GET A DOUGHNUT.

TOO LATE, BURNS,
HE'S IN THE BAG.

HEY, COME ON,
I GOTTA GET SOME PHOTOS.

WHAT AM I
GONNA TELL MY EDITOR?

BEATS THE HELL
OUT OF ME.

WHY DON'T YOU TELL HIM
TO WRAP FISH IN HIS PAPER? THAT'S ALL IT'S WORTH.

I HATE THAT GUY.

AND THE RAG
HE WORKS FOR.

SHOULD HAVE SEEN
THE GARBAGE HE WROTE ABOUT TUGGS

WHEN HE GOT KILLED.

MADE HIM SOUND
LIKE A JERK, OR...

WHAT'S THE MATTER?
THAT IS A WORRIED LOOK.

SOMETIMES
IT'S HARD TO TELL.

I JUST WANNA FOLLOW UP
ON THAT VAGRANT'S AUTOPSY.

WHATEVER TURNS YOU ON.

(woman on radio)
ALL UNITS IN THE VICINITY OF ROOSEVELT ELEMENTARY,

WE HAVE
A MAJOR DISTURBANCE REPORTED.

CAN WE GO THERE?

WHAT? COME ON, GEORGE,
I REALLY WANT A DOUGHNUT.

I'LL BUY YOU
A PIECE OF SPLEEN OR SOMETHIN'--

IT'S MY DAUGHTER'S SCHOOL.

[car horns honking]

YES, I'M A PURIST,
AND I'M PROUD OF IT.

[people cheering]

THESE DAMN SLAGS

WERE BRED TO BE SLAVES,
SO LET THEM BE SLAVES.

THEY BREED LIKE RABBITS,
ONLY 4 MONTHS INSTEAD OF 9.

PRETTY SOON
THERE WON'T BE ANY ROOM FOR THE REST OF US.

WE DON'T NEED
ANY MORE DAMNED ALIENS!

[people cheering]

WE SHOULDN'T GIVE THEM
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

WE SHOULDN'T LET THEM
INTO OUR SCHOOLS.

THIS HAS ALWAYS BEEN
A GOOD SCHOOL.

WE GOTTA KEEP IT THAT WAY.

WE DON'T WANT HER KIND HERE.

BUT SHE'S GOT A RIGHT
TO GO TO SCHOOL.

THERE ARE SCHOOLS
IN SLAGTOWN.

SHE DOESN'T LIVE THERE
ANYMORE.

LET HER MOVE BACK.

THEY'RE UNNATURAL.

THEY'RE ALREADY TAKING
TOO MANY JOBS. OUR JOBS.

[people shouting]

IF WE LET HER IN HERE NOW,

THERE'LL BE 100 MORE
NEXT WEEK.

WE DON'T WANT 'EM
MIXING WITH OUR KIDS.

THEIR QUARANTINE
WASN'T LONG ENOUGH.

THE A.C.L.U. GOT THEM
RELEASED TOO SOON.

HOW DO WE KNOW
THEY'RE REALLY SAFE?

I SAY WE RUN 'EM
BACK TO SLAGTOWN!

[people cheering]

NO!

[gun firing]

WHY STOP WITH RUNNING THEM
BACK TO SLAGTOWN?

WHY DON'T WE JUST KILL THEM?

[gun firing]

[people gasping]

TEACH 'EM A LESSON.

KEEP 'EM IN THEIR PLACE.
KEEP AMERICA PURE.

[people cheering]

WE DON'T EVEN NEED TO PAINT
LITTLE STARS ON 'EM TO RECOGNIZE 'EM, DO WE?

(Matt)
HELL, THEY'LL BE EASY TO ROUND UP.

LOOK AT 'EM.

THEY STAND OUT
EVEN BETTER THAN THE JAPS

THAT WE THREW
INTO CONCENTRATION CAMPS BACK IN 1942.

THIS WILL BE A PIECE OF CAKE.

AND ENOUGH OF US
GET TOGETHER,

IT'LL ALMOST SEEM LEGAL,
WON'T IT?

PUT LITTLE WHITE
POINTY SHEETS ON OUR HEADS

AND HANG US
A FEW SLAGS, HUH?

WELL, LET'S START
WITH THIS LITTLE ONE RIGHT HERE.

(man)
NO.

[people murmuring]

JUST 'CAUSE
SHE'S AN AMERICAN CITIZEN,

THAT DOESN'T MAKE HER
A HUMAN BEIN', DOES IT?

SO WHAT IF SHE'S
A LITTLE BRIGHTER THAN SOME OF OUR KIDS?

WE CAN BEAT THAT
OUT OF HER.

DISCOURAGE HER ENOUGH,
SHE'LL GIVE UP.

SO WHAT IF SHE MIGHT HAVE
COME UP WITH A CURE FOR CANCER SOMEDAY?

SHE'S NOT CIVILIZED LIKE US.

SO WHY DON'T WE JUST
PUT A GUN TO HER HEAD

AND END IT ALL
RIGHT HERE, HUH?

(woman)
CAN SOMEBODY STOP HIM.

COME ON.

COME ON,
PULL THE TRIGGER.

COME ON, TAKE IT!
COME ON!

[people murmuring]

HOW ABOUT YOU,
MS. PURIST?

I KNOW YOU WANNA
COME PULL THE TRIGGER. GET DOWN OVER HERE!

(Matt)
COME ON DOWN!

WHAT, I HAVE TO DO IT
MYSELF? OK.

(woman)
OH.

NO, WE DON'T WANT HER DEAD.

WE JUST WANT HER
BACK WHERE SHE BELONGS.

SHE BELONGS HERE.

AREN'T YOU
ASHAMED OF YOURSELVES?

HUH?

AREN'T YOU?

ANYBODY GIVES
THIS LITTLE ONE ANY TROUBLE

ANSWERS TO ME, GOT IT?

YEAH, I DO.

YOU OK?

GOOD GIRL.

NOW, GO IN THERE
AND SHOW 'EM YOUR STUFF.

[chuckles]

PARTY'S OVER, PEOPLE.
ANYBODY STILL HERE IN 3 MINUTES,

WILL BE UNDER ARREST
FOR THE VIOLATION

OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS ACT
OF 1964.

I'M STARTIN' MY WATCH NOW.

[people cheering]

(newcomer)
THEY BROUGHT THE BODY OF A VAGRANT

WHO'D HUNG HIMSELF
INTO THE MORGUE WHERE I WORK.

NO, A HUMAN.

SORES ALL OVER HIM,
AND THEY LOOKED LIKE...

YES.

NOT YET. THE AUTOPSY'S
NOT SCHEDULED TILL TOMORROW.

THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT WORRIES ME, TOO.

IT COULD BE BIG TROUBLE.
VERY BIG TROUBLE.

OK.

WE WERE BOTH
PROUD OF YOU, HONEY.

I'M NOT SAYIN'
I WASN'T PROUD OF YOU,

IT'S JUST A LOT OF STRAIN
FOR YOU TO BE UNDER.

WAS IT, EMMY?

THEY STARED AT ME.

BUT I FIGURED THEY WOULD,
LIKE YOU SAID.

SEE WHAT I MEAN?

OH, IT'S HER FIRST DAY,
SUS.

YOU HAVE TO GIVE IT
A LITTLE TIME.

YOU THINK
YOU COULD DO THAT, EM?

YEAH. I LIKE THIS SCHOOL.

YOU DO?

YEAH, IT'S NICER
THAN THE ONE I WENT TO BEFORE.

IT'S GOT BIGGER WINDOWS
AND MORE LIGHT,

NOT LIKE THOSE TRAILERS.

AND THERE'S A COMPUTER
RIGHT IN THE ROOM.

MS. MURDOCH TAUGHT ME
HOW TO WRITE MY NAME ON IT.

OH, AND YOU LIKED THAT.

YEAH, IT WAS REALLY COOL.

IS THIS YOUR HOMEWORK?

UH, YEAH. JUST MATH,
IT'S EASY.

WHY DON'T YOU
HELP HER WITH IT WHILE I MAKE DINNER?

I DON'T NEED HELP, MAMA.

(Susan)
HEY, BUCK.

(George)
HOW WAS IT AT YOUR SCHOOL, BUCK?

[speaking Tenctonese]

I WANT YOU TO USE
YOUR ENGLISH NAME NOW.

PLEASE USE IT.

HOW WAS YOUR SCHOOL?

[sighing]
IT WAS OK.

(man)
SO BE CAREFUL.

[people chattering]

(Cathy)
THAT'S IT. JUST...

THAT'S IT.
LITTLE MORE TO THE LEFT.

OK.
COME ON.

COME ON,
THAT'S--THAT'S GOOD.

ALL RIGHT, NOW JUST
A LITTLE BIT TO THE LEFT.

HI.

I'M...

(man)
THIS FINE OVER HERE?

WONDERFUL.
WHY MY BUILDING?

EXCUSE ME.
MATTHEW SIKES?

YEAH.

A WOMAN DROPPED THIS OFF,
ASKED ME TO GIVE IT TO YOU.

THANKS.

NICE MEETING YOU, TOO.

[phone ringing]

YEAH.

MATT, IT'S, UH, LYDDIE.

DID YOU GET IT?

HI, LID.

YEAH, I GOT IT.
WHAT IS IT?

(Lyddie)
I'M NOT SURE.

I FOUND IT BURIED IN

TUGGS' STUFF.

UH, THERE WAS A NOTE
THAT SAID TO GIVE IT TO YOU IF ANYTHING...

HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY, HEY.

I, UH, I SAW THE FLOWERS
YOU LEFT HIM.

HOW YOU DOIN'?

WELL, YOU KNOW.

YEAH, I DO.

WELL, LISTEN,
I'LL GO THROUGH THIS STUFF

AND LET YOU KNOW
WHAT IT IS, HUH?

OK. MATT?
YEAH.

WHEN I CAME BACK
FROM DROPPING THAT PACKAGE OFF TO YOU,

I THOUGHT SOMEONE
HAD BEEN IN THE HOUSE.

WHY? WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I DON'T KNOW, UH,

NOTHING WAS TAKEN.
NOTHING WAS OUT OF PLACE.

IT WAS JUST, UH,

A--A FEELING.

INSTINCT.

WELL, LISTEN,
KEEP THE DOOR LOCKED, HUH?

AND, UH,

CALL ME WHENEVER
YOU NEED TO, OK?

THANKS, MATT.

WHY IS THIS SO IMPORTANT?

WHAT ARE YOU TRYIN'
TO TELL ME, TUGGS?

[birds chirping]

HEY, MATT.

I HEARD WHAT YOU DID
AT THE SCHOOL YESTERDAY FOR GEORGE'S KID.

TUGGS WOULD HAVE BEEN
PROUD OF YOU.

TUGGS WOULD HAVE
BEAT ME TO IT.

HE MIGHT HAVE.

YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE
WHO MISSES HIM, YOU KNOW.

[police siren wailing]

HEY, PUENTE. MARIA.

HEY, DAVE.
HOW YOU DOIN'?

HEY.

(man)
MORNING, SIKES.

MORNING, CAPTAIN.

HEY, SIKES, YOU LIKE ANYTHING
AT SANTA ANITA TODAY?

YEAH, $50 ON HAPPY FACE
TO WIN IN THE 2ND.

(Dobbs)
YOU GOT IT.

MORNING, MATTHEW.

HMM.

THAT WAS THE MORGUE.

THAT BODY OF THE VAGRANT
WE BROUGHT IN?

YEAH?

IT DISAPPEARED
LAST NIGHT.

I WANT TO THANK YOU AGAIN
FOR HOW YOU HELPED EMILY.

JUST DOING MY JOB, MAN.

IT SEEMED LIKE
MORE THAN THAT.

YOU SEEMED LIKE SOMEONE
WHO REALLY IDENTIFIED WITH HER.

SOMEBODY WHO KNEW
WHAT IT WAS LIKE TO BE AN UNDERDOG.

THESE ELEVATORS
ARE SO SLOW.

I KNEW A MAN ONCE
WHO WAS DISCRIMINATED AGAINST,

WHEN HE WAS YOUNG,
BECAUSE HE WAS SMALL FOR HIS AGE.

MADE HIM DIFFERENT
FROM THE OTHERS.

THEY ALWAYS
PICKED ON HIM.

CHOSE HIM LAST
FOR TEAMS.

WHAT?

NOTHIN'.

SUSAN AND I
SINCERELY APPRECIATE IT.

DID YOU
GET HER MESSAGE?

SHE'D REALLY LIKE
TO HAVE YOU COME OVER TONIGHT.

YEAH, MAYBE.
OH, AND MATTHEW--

MATT.

HAPPY FACE IS
STUCK ON THE OUTSIDE GOIN' THE MILE.

SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE SPEED
TO GET POSITIONED FOR THE FIRST TURN.

AH, BUT MIRACLE WORKER,
NOW THAT'S A HORSE.

YOU'RE FROM ANOTHER
DAMN GALAXY

AND YOU'RE TELLING ME
HOW TO PLAY THE PONIES?

[laughing]

[drilling]

HEY, HOWARD.
HEY.

SO I, UH, HEARD
YOU GOT STUCK

WITH ONE OF THEM,
TOO, HUH?

PRETTY, ISN'T IT?

I MEAN, HOW AM I SUPPOSED
TO TAKE ANYBODY SERIOUSLY

WITH A NAME LIKE
AMOS N. ANDY?

OH, BOY.

GONZO.

WHO'D WANNA STEAL
THAT BODY?

BEATS THE HELL
OUT OF ME.

I WAS GONNA
DO THE AUTOPSY THIS MORNING.

I WANTED TO TAKE A LOOK
AT THOSE SORES.

THEY'RE
PRETTY DELICIOUS.

WHO ELSE HAS
ACCESS TO THIS PLACE?

IT'S NOT EXACTLY
FORT KNOX AROUND HERE.

STILL,
CARRYIN' A BODY OUT

WOULD'VE ATTRACTED
SOME ATTENTION.

I CAN SEE
WHY THEY MADE YOU A DETECTIVE.

[laughs]

[chuckles]

HEY, LIGHTNIN',
I GOT SOME QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

WHAT WAS
YOUR REAL NAME AGAIN?

GLENZA MANTWEA.

HE MEANS THE ENGLISH NAME
THEY GAVE YOU IN QUARANTINE.

OH. ALBERT EINSTEIN.

PERFECT.

YOU IN THE MORGUE
LAST NIGHT?

UH, NO.

COME ON,
DON'T GIVE ME THAT, NOW.

WHO TOOK THE BODY?

WHAT BODY?

ALBERT, I HAVEN'T
EVEN HAD MY COFFEE YET.

I GET REAL IRRITABLE.

YOU KNOW DAMN WELL
WHAT BODY. NOW, WHO TOOK IT?

I--I DIDN'T KNOW
ANY BODY WAS--

DON'T...

YOU, UH, WANNA...

SURE.

[speaking
in Tenctonese]

BUT IF YOU KNOW SOMETHING,

IT'S VERY IMPORTANT
THAT YOU TELL ME.

WHAT?

HE TOLD ME
HE HAD A RIGHT TO SEE IT.

NOW, I REMEMBER
FROM THE CONSTITUTION.

HE DID.

HE DIDN'T SAY ANYTHING
ABOUT TAKING THE BODY.

HE JUST-- HE WANTED ME
TO LEAVE THE DOOR UNLOCKED

SO THAT HE COULD
T-TAKE PICTURES OF IT.

HE, WHO? WHAT--

WHO, ALBERT?

THE REPORTER,
MR. BURNS.

OH, THAT SLIMEBALL.

UH, I-- I'M IN TROUBLE, HUH?

I'LL DO WHAT I CAN.

BUT NEXT TIME
YOU'RE NOT COMPLETELY SURE HOW TO HANDLE SOMETHING,

YOU COME
AND YOU ASK ME FIRST.

ALL RIGHT?

S-SURE, GEORGE.

[children chattering]

HI.

HI.

WE'RE GONNA PLAY CATCH.
YOU WANNA PLAY?

SURE.

[all chuckling]

YOU OUGHT TO STICK
TO YOUR OWN SIDE OF TOWN, SPONGEHEAD.

JUST LET IT DRY A LITTLE,
THEN RUB YOUR HANDS TOGETHER.

IT'LL COME RIGHT OFF.

[children chattering]

[boy laughing]

(Dobbs)
MIRACLE WORKER TOOK IT, SIKES.

MIRACLE WORKER WON?
BY HOW MUCH?

2 LENGTHS OVER HAPPY FACE.

$50, BROTHER MAN.

YEAH, YEAH. UNIT 7 CLEAR.

[screaming]

YOU, UH, PICK MANY WINNERS?

ONLY ABOUT 5 OUT OF 7
YESTERDAY.

5 OUT OF...
WHERE'D YOU LEARN?

OH, LOOKING THROUGH
SOME OF YOUR OLD RACING NEWSPAPERS.

IT'S REALLY QUITE FASCINATING,
ALL OF THE VARIABLES,

THE HORSE'S HISTORY,
THE RUNNING STYLE,

WHICH TRACK
IS A SLOW TRACK.

OH, MAN, I DON'T GET IT.
YOU KNOW, HERE YOU ARE, BRED TO BE SLAVES,

AND MOST OF YOU
GOT MINDS LIKE--

WELL, MANY OF THE SLAVES
WERE REQUIRED TO DO

HIGHLY TECHNICAL TASKS
IN OUR CULTURE.

WE WEREN'T ALL MINERS, OR--
YEAH, YEAH, OK.

WHO DO YOU LIKE
IN THE 6TH?

MORNING SUNSHINE.

[laughing]

MORNING SUNSHINE?
GIVE ME A BREAK!

SHE'S BEEN
FALLIN' OFF EVERY...

(George)
WHAT'RE YOU DOING? THIS ISN'T BURNS' APARTMENT.

MATT?

WHAT IS THIS PLACE?

BEATS THE HELL
OUT OF ME.

SOMETHING TO DO
WITH THE VAGRANT'S BODY?

NO.

WHAT, YOU JUST HAVE
A FONDNESS FOR OLD BUILDINGS?

OR A FONDNESS
FOR BEIN' A HORSE'S ASS.

I HATE TO PRY,

BUT IF YOU COULD
JUST TELL ME WHAT IT IS YOU'RE TRYING--

WANNA PRY SOMETHING?
PRY THAT.

DO WE HAVE
A SEARCH WARRANT?

YEAH, I GOT
YOUR SEARCH WARRANT.

OH, ALL RIGHT,
THEN.

[metallic clanking]

[scoffs]

WHAT?
IT'S VERY CURIOUS.

WHAT IS?
NOTHING.

TELL ME
WHAT IS CURIOUS.

TELL ME
WHAT WE'RE DOING HERE.

MY PARTNER, TUGGS,
LEFT ME THIS FILE BOX FULL OF STUFF.

I STARTED GOING THROUGH IT
LAST NIGHT.

MOST OF IT SEEMS TO BE

RESEARCH HE WAS DOIN'
ON SLAVERY.

HE WAS BLACK, YOU KNOW.

YES.

ANYWAY, STUCK IN THE SIDE

WAS THIS PIECE OF PAPER
WITH THIS ADDRESS ON IT.

WELL IT LOOKS LIKE
WHATEVER WAS IMPORTANT IS GONE, SO...

THIS IS PUENTE'S BEAT.
I'LL CHECK WITH HER.

OK, SO NOW TELL ME
WHAT YOU THOUGHT WAS SO CURIOUS.

WELL,

WHEN I FIRST CAME IN HERE

THERE WAS A FAINT SMELL
THAT REMINDED ME OF SOMETHING.

WHAT?

THE ATMOSPHERE
ABOARD OUR SPACECRAFT.

ALL RIGHT,
LET'S GET BACK TO WORK.

I'M TELLIN' YOU I WASN'T
IN THE MORGUE LAST NIGHT.

ALBERT SAYS YOU WERE.

SHIT, WELL, HE'S NOT EXACTLY
A ROCKET SCIENTIST, IS HE?

AND WE FOUND YOUR FINGERPRINTS
ON THE SLAB.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
I NEVER TOUCHED IT, MAN. I JUST...

TOOK SOME PICTURES.

IT WAS ONE OF
THE UGLIEST CORPSES

I'VE EVER SEEN, MAN.
IT WAS BEAUTIFUL.

SO YOU TOOK IT?

WELL, GET SERIOUS!
I GOT COLD-COCKED.

YOU GOT COLD-WHAT?

HE WAS CLUBBED
FROM BEHIND.

BY WHO?
I DON'T KNOW.

I'M TALKIN'
TO SOME MEXICAN GUY WEARING A LAUNDRY JACKET--

WHERE WERE YOU STRUCK?
RIGHT HERE, SEE.

AND YOU DIDN'T SEE
WHO NAILED YOU?

NO.
AND YOU DIDN'T REPORT IT

BECAUSE YOU WEREN'T
SUPPOSED TO BE THERE ANYWAY.

RIGHT. COME ON,
GEORGE, LET'S GO.

OH, AND BURNS,

YOU EVEN THINK
ABOUT SKIPPIN' OUT,

I'LL FIND YOU
A PERMANENT PLACE IN THE MORGUE.

OF COURSE, UH, IT'D
BE AN IMPROVEMENT.

[all speaking Tenctonese]

(man)
HEY! GET OFF ME, MAN!

(man)
DAMN SLAGS! I'LL GET YOU!

(Matt)
SO ONE OF YOUR TRUCKS WAS MAKING A DELIVERY LAST NIGHT--

YEAH, POLICE STATION'S
ON THE SCHEDULE. SOMETHING WRONG?

WE THINK THEY MIGHT'VE
PICKED UP SOMETHING

THEY SHOULDN'T HAVE
BY MISTAKE.

CAN YOU TELL US
WHO THE DRIVERS--

HEY! HOLD IT!

(woman on radio)
THE WINNER WAS MORNING SUNSHINE.

PAYING 16-30, 10-20
AND 4-80.

WHAT, YOU HAVE
SOME MONEY DOWN?

GUESS I SHOULD HAVE.

ANYWAY, WHERE ARE THE GUYS
THAT MADE THE PICK UP?

NEITHER ONE
CAME IN TODAY.

WE'LL NEED THEIR ADDRESSES.
WHERE IS THE TRUCK?

SO WILL YOU BE
COMING TO DINNER TONIGHT?

UH, THANKS, YOU KNOW,
BUT I'M NOT REALLY

INTO RAW BEAVER
AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

OH, NO, SUSAN WOULDN'T
FIX ANYTHING YOU FIND OFFENSIVE.

WE WOULD REALLY LIKE
TO EXPRESS OUR THANKS

AND TO GET
TO KNOW YOU BETTER.

WELL, I DON'T KNOW, UH,
AHEM.

SO, GEORGE, UH,
HOW ABOUT FOOTBALL?

OH, THAT'S THE GAME
WITH THE LITTLE POINTY BALL.

RIGHT,
THE LITTLE POINTY BALL.

YOU YANKIN' MY CHAIN?

DON'T KNOW THE MEANIN'
OF THAT PHRASE.

YEAH. SO, UH,
HOW DO YOU DO WITH PICKIN' FOOTBALL WINNERS?

ONLY ABOUT 82%.

(Matt)
WHAT?

HAND ME A CARD.

YOU'RE KIDDING! 82%?

YES, THE BODY
WAS IN THIS TRUCK.

HERE'S SOME OF THE SLIME
THAT WAS ON IT.

DON'T TOUCH IT.

SO, UH, GEORGE,

WHO DO YOU LIKE
FOR THE RAMS-COWBOYS GAME?

OH, I'D HAVE TO DO
A LITTLE RESEARCH.

OF COURSE,
I COULD TELL YOU OVER DINNER.

AH, YOU CAN TELL ME TOMORROW.

AH, BUT THE GAME IS TONIGHT.

[metallic rattling]

(Cathy)
OH, HERE, I'VE GOT IT. I'VE GOT IT. DON'T WORRY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I GOT IT.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.
I GOT IT.

OH.
OH, I'VE GOT IT.

AH,
OH, I'M SORRY.

NO, I'VE GOT IT.
REALLY I'VE GOT IT.

WHY DON'T YOU LET ME--
NO, I'VE GOT IT.

VERY INDEPENDENT.

STORY OF MY LIFE.

AH, IN THE KITCHEN
WITH ALL OF THIS?

DON'T MOVE.

BUT I'M LOSING MY GRIP.

DON'T MOVE.

TELL ME YOU'RE A COP.

EXCUSE ME, IS, UH,
SOMETHING--

ARE YOU GONNA BE
REALLY UPSET WITH ME

WHEN I DROP ALL OF THIS
ON THE FLOOR?

THANKS.

CAN I PUT
THE REST OF THIS IN--

JUST A SECOND.

ARE ALL COPS THIS CAREFUL
WHEN THEY COME HOME?

A BOOBY TRAP?

JUST TO LET ME KNOW
IF SOMEONE'S BEEN HERE.

YOU EXPECTING
SOMEONE SPECIAL,

OR DO YOU ALWAYS GO...

I'LL JUST PUT THIS
IN THE KITCHEN.

YEAH.

(Cathy)
YOU HAVE A VASE?

NO.

YEAH, I MEAN...

I'M TAKIN' THOSE
TO SOMEBODY TONIGHT.

LUCKY GIRL.

MARRIED GIRL.

EVEN LUCKIER,
TO STILL GET FLOWERS.

IS THAT
YOUR DAUGHTER?

YEAH.

THEN YOU'RE LUCKY,
TOO.

I'M CATHY FRANKEL.

OH.
204.

MATT SIKES.

[laughing]

UH, YEAH, I KNOW.

IN YOUR LANGUAGE,

"SIKES" MEANS
EXCREMENT AND CRANIUM.

UH, WELL,
IT COULD BE WORSE.

THIS IS TERRIFIC.
DID YOU BUILD THIS?

I'M BUILDIN' IT,
FOR ABOUT A YEAR.

IT'S BEAUTIFUL.

IS THAT SEMAPHORE
FACING THE RIGHT WAY?

I'M STILL WORKIN' ON IT.

WHAT ARE YOU,
AN ENGINEER?

A BIOCHEMIST.

THAT'S NICE.

LOOK, UH, THANKS AGAIN
FOR YOUR HELP, HUH?

SURE.

SURE.

DO YOU THINK
ANYBODY WAS HERE?

HE WOULD HAVE BEEN
A REAL PROFESSIONAL.

DO YOU SMOKE CIGARS?

NO. WHAT ARE YOU--

THEN SOMEBODY WAS HERE.

OH, YEAH,
YOUR SEASONED PROFESSIONAL ALWAYS PUFFS AWAY ON A CIGAR

WHEN HE
SEARCHES AN APARTMENT.

SMOKERS GET IT
IN THEIR CLOTHES.

THEY DON'T EVEN REALIZE IT.

AND YOU CAN SMELL IT
EVEN AFTER THEY'RE GONE?

YEP. NOT MUCH HAIR,
BUT I GOT A GREAT NOSE.

LISTEN, UM, NEXT TIME
YOUR BAG'S RIPPIN',

GIVE ME A YELL.

[chuckles]

HEY, SLIME LOVER!

OOH.

I WAS ON A STAKEOUT
WATCHING FOR YOU.

WELL, THEN
YOU'RE A GOOD COP.

ONE IN THE FAMILY
IS ENOUGH.

COME ON IN,
MR. SIKES.

MATT. MATT.

OH, THANK YOU.

EMILY,
WHY DON'T YOU PUT THESE IN SOME WATER, HONEY?

UH,

THANK YOU FOR YESTERDAY,
WHAT YOU DID FOR EMILY.

[sighing]
HOW'S IT GOIN' FOR HER?

NOT GREAT, BUT AT LEAST
YOU GOT HER IN THE DOOR.

NO BIG DEAL.

YES, IT WAS.

LOOK, UH, I DON'T WANT YOU
TO GO TO ANY TROUBLE FOR DINNER, WHY DON'T I--

IT'S NO TROUBLE AT ALL,
REALLY.

GEORGE IS OUT BACK RIGHT NOW
KILLING THE BEAVER.

IT'S A JOKE.

I WOULDN'T DO THAT
TO YOU.

YOU REALLY DO EAT
STUFF LIKE THAT, THOUGH?

WHAT, YOUR BODIES DON'T
PROCESS COOKED FOOD?

RIGHT.

ANY LUCK ON THE DELIVERYMAN?

UH, NO ONE HOME
AT THE ADDRESS I TOOK. WHAT ABOUT YOURS?

THE BUS TERMINAL.

(Matt)
SWELL. OH.

I THOUGHT YOU MIGHT
WANNA KNOW

WHO OWNED
THAT ABANDONED PLANT WE STOPPED AT.

FLETCHER INDUSTRIES.

MEAN SOMETHING?

YEAH, JACOB FLETCHER'S
THIS LOWLIFE MAFIA TYPE

WE'VE BEEN TRYIN' TO NAIL
FOR YEARS.

YOU GUYS WANNA
PUT YOUR GUNS ON?

OH, SORRY.
NO MORE SHOP TALK.

HOW ABOUT FOOTBALL?

GEORGE, LET'S TALK.

ISN'T THAT AMAZING?

AH.

DID YOU
MAKE YOUR CALL?

YEAH, COWBOYS
MINUS 3 POINTS.

IT'S JUST
AN EDUCATED GUESS.

WELL, I DO LIKE
YOUR GUESSES.

OH, THAT'S NICE.

(George)
DO YOU REALLY LIKE IT?

YEAH, IT REMINDS ME
OF THAT FRENCH GUY'S WORK.

RODIN?

YEAH.

WHAT'D I TELL YOU, SUS?
SUSAN MADE IT.

NO KIDDIN'?

THAT'S GREAT WORK.

THANK YOU.

WHAT ABOUT BUCK, MAMA?

WE'LL START WITHOUT HIM,
FOR A CHANGE.

GEORGE?

OH.

[clearing throat]

[speaking in Tenctonese]

(Susan)
SALAD, MATT?

OH, YEAH, SURE.

HMM.

IT'S A GOOD WEEK.

UM,

WHAT EXACTLY WAS THAT?

CAN I TELL?

YEAH.

IT'S A REMEMBRANCE
OF ANDARKO AND CELINE,

A MALE AND FEMALE
WHO LIVED A LONG TIME AGO

AND SACRIFICED THEMSELVES
TO SAVE MILLIONS.

WE TRY TO LIVE
BY THEIR EXAMPLE.

WE TOUCH OUR FINGERS
TO EACH OF OUR 2 HEARTS,

THEN REVERSE THEM
TO SHOW THAT

THE MALE AND FEMALE
ARE INTERCHANGEABLE.

WE TOUCH OUR HEADS
TO BRING THEIR PURITY AND GOODNESS WITHIN US.

SPEAKIN' OF PURITY
AND GOODNESS...

[speaking Tenctonese]

ENGLISH, PLEASE,
BUCK.

THIS IS THE MAN
I WORK WITH, MATTHEW SIKES.

HEY.

YEAH, HI.

(Buck)
NO MEAT?

UH, NOT TONIGHT.

WE INVITED MATT OVER TONIGHT
BECAUSE OF HOW HE STOOD UP FOR EMILY YESTERDAY.

AND TO ALSO THANK HIM
FOR HOW KIND HE HAS BEEN TO ME

SINCE WE STARTED
WORKING TOGETHER.

[speaking Tenctonese]

EXCUSE ME.

SUS,
WHY DON'T YOU TELL MATTHEW ABOUT YOUR CLASSES AT S.C.?

DON'T YOU JUST LOVE
TEENAGERS?

YEAH.
MOST OF THEM ACT LIKE ME.

ARE YOU, UH, STUDYING
SCULPTURE AT S.C.?

YES, AND ENGLISH LIT.

AND ASTRONOMY,
AND ARCHITECTURE...

SHE'S GOT MORE HOMEWORK
THAN ME.

EM!

A RENAISSANCE WOMAN.

WELL, THERE'S JUST
SO MUCH NEW TO LEARN.

MORE AN UNDECIDED WOMAN.

WITH A PROUD DAUGHTER.

[squeaking]

[sighing]

WHAT WAS THE REASON
FOR THAT?

[speaking Tenctonese]
ENGLISH.

...TO WATCH YOU SUCK UP TO HIM
LIKE THAT, DAD.

YOU'RE SUCH A SELL-OUT,
BUYIN' INTO ALL THIS YUPPIE STUFF.

IT'S BETTER
THAN BEING SLAVES.

WE STILL ARE SLAVES.

I MEAN,
YOU KNOW HOW MUCH SMARTER WE ARE THAN TERTS.

YES.
SO WHY STRUGGLE?

WE'RE DIFFERENT, BUCK.

IT'S WRITTEN ALL OVER US.

THERE'S A NATURAL RESENTMENT
AGAINST US.

SO WE HAVE TO BE BETTER,
MORE PATIENT, JUST TO BE ACCEPTED AS EVEN--

THAT'S A LOT OF JUNK, DAD.

WE SHOULD BE ABLE
TO BE WHO WE ARE WITHOUT THE BROWN-NOSING.

IT TAKES TIME.

BUT LOOK AT THE PROGRESS
ALREADY.

WE'RE IN A BETTER
NEIGHBORHOOD.

YEAH, WHERE HALF THE PEOPLE
DON'T EVEN TALK TO US.

CHANGE HAPPENS SLOWLY.

BUT A LOT OF NEWCOMERS
ARE ALREADY CROSSIN' OVER

BECAUSE OF THEIR SKILL
OR THEIR INTELLIGENCE.

LOOK AT, UH,
CHUCK WINSLOW,

HE JUST SIGNED
FOR THE DODGERS.

JUST P.R., MAN.

NO.

IT'S BECAUSE
HE IS A GREAT HITTER.

AND HOW ABOUT MARTINE BENNETT
AT THE L.A. CITY COUNCIL?

RIGHT,
BUT DOES SHE GET TO VOTE?

IF PROPOSITION 16 PASSES,
SHE WILL. WE ALL WILL.

COME ON, DAD, HAVE YOU
SEEN THE OPINION POLLS?

YES, AND THERE'S ALMOST
A 50-50 CHANCE.

A LOT OF HUMANS
WANT US TO VOTE.

YEAH, WELL,
I HAVEN'T MET ANY OF THEM.

WELL,
MAYBE YOU'RE NOT LOOKIN' IN THE RIGHT PLACES.

COME ON DOWN
AND HAVE DINNER WITH US, WILL YOU?

I'M REALLY NOT HUNGRY.

[squeaking]

[all speaking Tenctonese]

WHY DO YOU THINK THAT FACTORY
SMELLED LIKE OUR SPACECRAFT?

I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I'D SURE LIKE
TO FIND OUT

WHAT IT HAS TO DO
WITH TUGGS' DEATH.

WAS MATT IMPRESSED
THAT YOU COULD SMELL THINGS HE COULDN'T?

MORE ANNOYED,
I THINK.

HE SPENDS A LOT OF TIME
ANNOYED.

YOU KNOW DIANE?

THE WOMAN WHO BROUGHT US
THAT PLANT I'M TRYING NOT TO KILL?

MMM-HMM, YEAH.

I SAW HER
IN THE MARKET TODAY.

SHE WAS AMAZED
THAT I COULD SMELL

AND SEE THE PESTICIDES
ON THE PRODUCE.

MADE ME PROMISE TO PICK OUT
ALL HER FRUIT FROM NOW ON.

OF COURSE,
THE PRODUCE MANAGER WASN'T TOO PLEASED.

I HEARD HIM WHISPER
I HAD A HEAD LIKE AN OVERRIPE CRENSHAW MELON.

[chuckles]

YOU KNOW,
I DON'T THINK THEY REALIZE HOW ACUTE OUR SENSES ARE.

NO, THEY DON'T.

THANKS FOR HAVIN'
MATT OVER.

YOU'RE WELCOME.

YOU MADE HIM FEEL
VERY COMFORTABLE.

WOULD YOU LIKE ME
TO MAKE YOU FEEL COMFORTABLE?

WELL...

"WELL?"

I SAW YOU LYING HERE
WITH YOUR BACK EXPOSED

WAITING FOR A LITTLE HUMMER.

♪[humming]

[laughing]

EXCUSE ME?

I'M SORRY.

I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT
THAT X-RATED VIDEO WE RENTED.

DO YOU REMEMBER
HOW FUNNY SOME OF THEIR FOREPLAY RITUALS SEEMED?

DO YOU REMEMBER
THE ONE WHERE...

YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SAY?

NO, WHAT DO THEY SAY?

[speaking Tenctonese]

[exclaiming]

[speaking Tenctonese]

50 BUCKS I LOST
ON THE COWBOYS, MAN!

CAN'T FACTOR
THE TURNOVERS, MATT.

NOBODY'S PERFECT.

(George)
ISN'T THAT THE LAUNDRY MAN BURNS SAW AT THE MORGUE?

EXCUSE ME, YOUNG MAN.
YOUNG MAN!

HEY. HEY! HOLD IT!

STOP, YOU LITTLE...

(Matt)
HEY, HEY! STOP, DAMN IT!

UGH. DAMN IT.

[grunting]

[Matt groaning]

FREEZE.
HANDS ON THE WALL.

[panting]

YOU'RE SUPPOSED
TO BACK ME UP.

I DID.

I ANTICIPATED HIS EXIT.
HE'S IN CUSTODY.

WHAT IF I'D NEEDED YOU
INSIDE?

OH, I WOULD HAVE
COME RIGHT IN.

THAT'S NOT
THE DAMN POINT.

HE'S CLEAN.

MATT, I AM SORRY
IF YOU DID SO MUCH RUNNING AND I DIDN'T

AND I AM SORRY
THE COWBOYS LOST.

ALL RIGHT,
WHERE IS THE STIFF?

[speaking Spanish]

DON'T GIVE ME THAT!

OK, MAN, CALM DOWN.

I SWEAR TO GOD,
I DON'T KNOW

WHAT YOU'RE
TALKIN' ABOUT.

WE ALREADY HAVE
YOUR PARTNER.

YEAH. YEAH,
AND HE'S SAYIN' IT WAS ALL YOUR IDEA.

THAT'S BULL, MAN.
THAT GUY PAID US BOTH.

WHAT GUY?
ONE OF THEM, MAN.

A NEWCOMER PAID YOU?

WOULD YOU
RECOGNIZE HIM?

COME ON,
THEY ALL LOOK ALIKE.

WHAT DID HE WANT
WITH IT?

I DON'T KNOW, MAN.

YOU CLUBBED
THE REPORTER,

HUH?
HUH?

I SWEAR,
IT WASN'T ME.

HE'S TELLING
THE TRUTH.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
WELL, HE'S RIGHT HANDED.

THE ANGLE OF THE BLOW
ON MR. BURNS

MOST PROBABLY CAME
FROM THE LEFT HAND.

YEAH, SEE,
IT WAS A SLAG THAT HIT HIM, MAN.

THE ONE WHO PAID YOU?

NO, A DIFFERENT.
HE WAS SMALLER, ALL RIGHT?

WHERE IS THE BODY?

OH, COME ON.
IF I TELL YOU GUYS,

YOU GUYS GONNA
GIVE ME A BREAK?

OH, YEAH, SURE.

AND, IF YOU DON'T,
I'M GONNA TAKE YOU UP

AND I'M GONNA
THROW YOU OFF THE ROOF!

NO! NO, MATT,
NO! PLEASE.

NO, NO, NO,
HE'S GOING--

NO, NO, NO!
I COVERED FOR YOU THE LAST TIME.

HOLD ON! HOLD ON!
OK! OK! OK!

5TH AND FIGUEROA, MAN.
IT'S A VACANT LOT.

[panting]

I DON'T GET IT.

SHOW ME.

THAT ONE.

YOU SEE, YOU HAVE TO CARRY
THE 2 UP TO THERE,

NOW YOU JUST HOLD IT.

AND THEN YOU MULTIPLY THE 2,

MMM-HMM.

6

AND ADD...

THE 2. 8!

GEE, THANKS.

YEAH.

WOW! YOU'RE
IN THE GIFTED BOOK ALREADY?

TALK TO SPONGEHEADS
AND YOUR HAIR WILL FALL OUT.

SHUT UP, MARK!

HE'S A JERK.
THANKS FOR THE HELP.

SURE.

10-4.

NOTHING OVER THERE,
EITHER.

YOU KNOW, YOU PLAYED IT
REAL SMOOTH BACK THERE.

FELL RIGHT IN
WITH MY PATTER.

JUST LIKE
TUGGS USED TO.

FELT GOOD.
WE GOT SOME NICE STUFF OUT OF HIM.

I APPRECIATE
THE COMPLIMENT.

YEAH, BUT THERE'S SOMETHING
I GOTTA TALK TO YOU ABOUT.

DOBBS JUST SAID,

YOU PAID THE $50
THAT I DROPPED ON THE COWBOYS?

OH, YES. OH, YES.
I FELT RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT.

YEAH, WELL YOU DIDN'T
STICK A GUN TO MY HEAD.

I LOSE, I PAY.

OK?

SURE.
ALL RIGHT?

YES.

YOU'RE A FUNNY GUY,
GEORGE.

DO YOU REALLY THINK SO?

I'VE BEEN TRYING
TO IMPROVE MY SENSE OF HUMOR.

NO, NO, NO, NO.
WHAT I MEANT WAS--

HUMOR IS THE HARDEST THING
TO TRANSLATE, THOUGH.

I--I DID HEAR
A NEW JOKE, THOUGH.

[clearing throat]
OH, YEAH?

YES, SIR.

A MAN CAME UP TO ME
AND ASKED,

"WHICH WAY IS IT
TO CARNEGIE HALL?"

AND I SAID,

"PRACTICE."

IT'S A FUNNY JOKE.

DO YOU UNDERSTAND?

YEAH. YEAH, YEAH.

PRACTICE.
IT'S CLOSE, GEORGE. IT'S REAL CLOSE.

YOU KNOW,
IT MIGHT BE A SMIDGE MORE EFFECTIVE IF YOU SAID:

"HOW DO YOU GET
TO CARNEGIE HALL?"

OH?

TRUST ME.

(both)
"HOW DO YOU GET TO CARNEGIE?"

THAT'S IT.
KEEP WORKIN' IT.

YOU'LL BE READY
TO TAKE IT ON THE ROAD REAL SOON.

(woman on radio)
UNIT 7 REQUEST FOR A DETECTIVE,

UNIT 22, 11-4TH.

10-4.

YOU, UH, WANT TO DRIVE?

OH, SURE.
THANK YOU, MATT.

SURE.

[speaking Tenctonese]

BUT IF TUGGS SUSPECTED
SOMETHIN' UNLAWFUL GOING ON IN THAT BUILDING

WHY DIDN'T HE TELL YOU
ABOUT IT?

I DON'T KNOW.
UNLESS HE DIDN'T HAVE TIME, OR...

HEY, PUENTE,
OLD FACTORY BUILDING AT 26TH AND FIG?

ABANDONED
FOR ABOUT A YEAR, WHY?

AH, JUST CURIOUS.

LOOK,
CHECK THIS OUT.

I LEFT IT
WHERE WE FOUND IT

'CAUSE IT LOOKED
KIND OF PECULIAR.

THERE. WHAT DO YOU
MAKE OF THAT?

(Matt)
BEATS THE HELL OUT OF ME.

HMM.

LOOKS LIKE SKIN.

(Matt)
HUH, HUMAN SKIN?

NO.

SKIN FROM ONE OF US.

WHAT?

[boys chattering]

YEAH, WE GOT THAT GOT
THAT OLD SLAG GOOD TONIGHT, DIDN'T WE?

YOU SHOULD HAVE
SEEN IT, MAN.

JOHNNY THREW
A LITTLE SALT WATER ON THIS SLAG,

AND HE STARTED TO FIZZ!

SALT WATER BURNS THEM
LIKE ACID.

HE MUST HAVE RUN
ALL THE WAY BACK TO SLAGTOWN.

WELL, LOOKY HERE.
MUST BE A MIRAGE.

NOT SUPPOSED TO BE
NO SLAGS AROUND HERE.

EXCUSE ME.
AIN'T NO EXCUSE FOR YOU.

THAT'S MY BUILDING.
WOULD YOU JUST--

THAT'S YOUR MISTAKE,
THAT'S WHAT IT IS.

PRETTY FANCY CLOTHES
FOR A SLAG.

DON'T YOU TOUCH ME.

HE JUST WANTS
TO BE NEIGHBORLY.

YEAH,
GET TO KNOW YOU REAL GOOD.

[exclaiming]
HELP ME!

HELP ME! HELP!

[groaning]

[grunting]

SLAG BITCH!

[panting]

[screaming]

HEY, WHAT'S WRONG,
WHAT'S WRONG?

ON THE GROUND!
FACE DOWN!

COME ON, SIKES.
IT'S ME, JOHNNY.

WE WERE JUST--

GOING SLAG-BASHIN'?
ON THE GROUND!

CATHY, DIAL 911
ON THAT PHONE.

"CATHY"?

WHEN DID YOU TURN
INTO A SLAG-LOVER, SIKES?

WELL, I'M GLAD TO SEE
YOU'RE NO MODEL OF NEATNESS, EITHER.

PARTICULARLY AT PRESENT.

HOW YOU DOIN'?

I'M SHAKIER NOW.

I ALWAYS KNEW
THERE WERE PEOPLE LIKE THAT IN THIS WORLD

BUT IT WAS
JUST HARD TO BELIEVE.

WHY?

DOWN AT THE MEDICAL CENTER
WHERE I WORK,

EVERYONE
IS TREATED WITH RESPECT.

HUMAN OR NEWCOMER,
IT DOESN'T MATTER.

YOU'RE VALUED
FOR WHAT'S IN YOUR HEAD

NOT THE SHAPE OF IT.

LISTEN, THERE ARE
SOME SODAS IN THE FRIDGE.

HELP YOURSELF.

OH, NO, I--I--I SHOULD BE--

WILL YOU GRAB ME
A DIET SOMETHING, HUH?

HOW DID YOU
GET TO BE A COP?

UM,

SPENT SO MUCH TIME
IN JAIL AS A KID, SEEMED LIKE HOME.

SERIOUSLY?

YEAH. RAN WITH A GANG.

THIS ONE OLD COP GOT
SO TIRED OF BUSTING ME, UH,

HE GOT ME INTO
THE POLICE ATHLETIC LEAGUE.

CHANNELED MY, UH,
ANTISOCIAL AGGRESSIVENESS INTO SPORTS.

SO YOU'RE, UH, NOT
ANTISOCIAL ANYMORE?

JUST WITH MY EX-WIFE.

BEEN DIVORCED LONG?

ABOUT A YEAR.

YOUR IDEA OR HERS?

MINE. MINE.

IT WAS TIME, YOU KNOW, UH,

WE GOT MARRIED TOO YOUNG,

HAD OUR DAUGHTER
20 MINUTES LATER,

SORT OF,

SORT OF MISSED
OUR ADOLESCENCE.

THANK GOD,
NO DEAD BEAVERS.

NO.
I'M AN HERBIVORE.

HUH?

A VEGETARIAN?

[chuckling]
OH.

WITH GOOD EARS.

HERE.
THANKS.

WHAT'S THIS?

UM, YOU'D CALL IT
SOMETHING LIKE

A--A FOCAL POINT.

IT'S PART OF MY RELIGION.

WHAT,
LIKE ANDARKO AND CELINE?

YOU KNOW
ABOUT THE CELENUS?

YEAH.

NO, MINE'S DIFFERENT.

YOU'D SAY
IT'S MORE "EASTERN."

INTERNAL.

YOU MEAN YOU ALL HAVE
DIFFERENT RELIGIONS?

WELL, OF COURSE, WHY NOT?
GOOD, SIKES.

OH, WELL.

WEIRD AS IT IS
FOR US TO HAVE YOU HERE,

MUST BE REALLY STRANGE
FOR YOU, HUH?

DID YOU EVER NOTICE
ANY DISTINCTIVE SMELL IN THE AIR, ON THE SHIP?

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

I DON'T KNOW,
JUST ANYTHING DIFFERENT FROM THE ORDINARY AIR

WITH THAT
SPECTACULAR NOSE OF YOURS.

WELL, I DID NOTICE
THAT THE AIR WAS DIFFERENT ONCE WE GOT OFF THE SHIP

BUT I THINK
THAT WAS JUST THE SMOG.

WHY DO YOU ASK?

I WAS JUST CURIOUS.

YOU KNOW WHAT'S ALWAYS BEEN
THE MOST CURIOUS TO ME?

I MEAN, HERE'S THIS SHIP,

WITH OVER
A QUARTER-MILLION SLAVES, RIGHT?

AND IT NEVER GETS
TO WHERE IT'S SUPPOSED TO.

I MEAN,
DIDN'T ANYBODY EVER NOTICE?

YOU'D THINK SO, WOULDN'T YOU?

DAMN RIGHT!

AND AREN'T THEY EVER
GONNA COME LOOKIN'?

MAYBE THEY WILL.

(Tito)
THEY TOLD ME THEY BUSTED YOU, MAN.

(Marcos)
NO WAY!

DAMN THOSE PIGS!

[people chattering]

LOOK,
WE BETTER WATCH OUT, MAN.

THEY KNOW THAT
WE TOOK THE STIFF.

DID YOU TELL 'EM
WHERE WE DUMPED IT?

(Tito)
YEAH, BUT IT WAS GONE.

I NEED SOME BAIL MONEY,
ALL RIGHT, MAN?

YEAH, YEAH.
DON'T--DON'T PANIC.

ALL RIGHT, WELL, HURRY UP.

THEY GOT ME IN THE TANK
WITH A BUNCH OF SLAGS, MAN. ALL RIGHT?

HEY, WHAT'S GOING DOWN,
LIGHTNIN'?

RE-REPLACING THE, UH,
CO2 FIRE EXTINGUISHERS

OH, YEAH.
CAPT. GRAZER.

YOU GUYS
GOT A PROBLEM WITH CO2, DON'T YOU?

JUST WHEN
IT'S CONCENTRATED.

(Matt)
YEAH, SLAVERY.

THAT'S WHAT
MOST OF THE FILES ARE ABOUT.

I HAVEN'T GOTTEN
THROUGH IT ALL YET.

THERE'S A MOUNTAIN OF STUFF.

[sighing]
TUGGS' GREAT-GRANDFATHER WAS A SLAVE.

HE WAS ALWAYS
STUDYING ABOUT IT.

[sighs]

SO WHEN OUR
SLAVE SHIP LANDED,

IT GAVE HIM
A FIRST-HAND OPPORTUNITY.

I GUESS SO.

BUT HOW DOES THAT TIE

INTO THE ABANDONED PLANT
IN HIS NOTES?

HOW EXACTLY DID HE DIE?

[sighing]

WE SPOTTED
A ROBBERY IN PROGRESS.

(Matt)
THEY OFFED THE SHOPKEEPER, THEN THEY OPENED UP ON US.

[glass shattering]

[machine gun firing]

[grunts]

TUGGS DUCKED BEHIND A CAR,
PULLED A GUY OUT.

HI THERE, SIR,
HOW ARE YOU?

YOU MIND STEPPING
OUT HERE FOR A SECOND?

WE GOT A BIT OF TROUBLE.
YEAH, THANK YOU.

THEN THE...

THE NEWCOMER INSIDE

SWITCHED ARTILLERY.

I WAS PINNED DOWN.

COULDN'T GIVE HIM COVER.

[sighing]
SOME PARTNER, HUH?

I'M SURE YOU DID
THE BEST YOU COULD.

YEAH.

ANYWAY,

TUGGS RAN OUT OF COVER.

BACK UP AGAINST THE CAR.

THE LAST SHELL
WENT RIGHT THROUGH HIM.

AWFUL.
DID YOU ACTUALLY SEE IT?

NO.

BY THE TIME I GOT TO HIM
IT WAS OVER.

I'M VERY SORRY.

(Matt)
YEAH.

THE AUTOPSY SHOWED THAT
HE DIED FROM THAT WOUND?

WHAT?

WAS THERE AN AUTOPSY?

HE HAD
A 3-INCH HOLE IN HIS CHEST.

YOU THINK HE DIED
OF AN INGROWN TOENAIL?

[crashing]

[grunting]

(Dobbs)
STUPID IDIOT!

I'M SORRY.

UH, SIKES,

(man)
YOU, OK?

THAT STUFF
YOU FOUND WAS SLAG SKIN

AND, UH,
MY TRUSTY ASSISTANT, STEPIN FETCHIT,

VERIFIED IT HIMSELF.

WHAT ABOUT THE SLIMY STUFF
FROM THE LAUNDRY TRUCK?

THAT'S PRETTY WEIRD CRAP,
BUT WE ARE WORKING ON IT.

DID YOU DO AN AUTOPSY
ON SGT. TUGGLES?

WHAT?

DID YOU DO AN AUTOPSY
ON SGT. TUGGLES?

HEY, GOTTA ROLL ON 602.

THEY WANT YOU THERE, TOO.

[panting]
HI.

[dogs barking]

HI.

HELLO.

[panting]

IT'S NICE TO SEE
ANOTHER HEAD LIKE MINE.

I DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY ELSE
LIVED AROUND HERE BUT US.

YOU LIVE
AROUND HERE?

YEAH. 3RD HOUSE
UP ON THE RIGHT.

OH, WELL, I DON'T.
UH--

(woman)
MIRANDA, GET ON UP HERE, GIRL.

I SUPPOSE
YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME THE BUS WAS LATE AGAIN.

YES, MA'AM--
NEVER MIND.

JUST GET INSIDE
AND GET TO WORK.

AND WHAT DID I TELL YOU

ABOUT NOT BRINGING
YOUR FRIENDS ALONG?

YOU GET ALONG, MISSY.

YOU'RE PROBABLY LATE
FOR YOUR JOB, TOO.

[door closes]

WHAT HAVE WE GOT?

(Puente)
ANOTHER LOVELY.

UGH, JUST LIKE THE VAGRANT.

NO, DOESN'T LOOK THE SAME.
WHAT IS THAT SMELL?

[sniffing]
FORMIC ACID. HE'S, UH...

[men talking]

[siren wailing]

HE'S RIGHT.

THESE AREN'T INFECTIOUS SORES
LIKE THAT BUM HAD.

THEY'RE ACID BURNS.
THAT'S WHAT KILLED HER.

NEVER HEARD
OF FORMIC ACID.

FORMIC. FORMICADAE,
LATIN FOR "ANT."

[police radio chattering

IT'S, UH,

IT'S FOUND IN ANTS, YEAH.

(Lee)
IN A FEW OTHER INSECTS AS WELL.

ANYBODY SEE ANYTHING?

OH, YEAH.

I ONLY SEEN BITS AND PIECES
OF IT IN THE SHADOWS.

BUT IT WAS LIKE SOMETHING
OUT OF A NIGHTMARE.

WHAT? EXCUSE ME.

BLACK. PART SHINY.

ABOUT 7 OR 8 FEET TALL.

WITH PINCER KIND OF THINGS
ON ITS FACE

AND 6 ARMS.

OH, COME ON.

(man)
IT DID NOT HAVE 6 ARMS.

THANK YOU.

NOW--

IT ONLY HAD 4.

AND IT WASN'T
ALL SHINY, EITHER.

PARTS OF IT SEEMED
SORT OF BRISTLY-LIKE.

[sighs]

ALL RIGHT, LET'S FAN OUT.

COVER THIS WHOLE AREA
INCH BY INCH.

PUENTE, LET'S GET
A COUPLE MORE UNITS IN HERE.

[speaking Tenctonese]

...A REAL DANGER,
I'M TELLING YOU--

YES, YOU SAID THAT
AGAIN AND AGAIN,

MRS. BRETT,
BUT IF YOU'LL FORGIVE ME,

IT SOUNDS
A LITTLE HYSTERICAL.

IT'S NOT HYSTERICAL.

WHAT WE PURISTS STAND FOR
IS VERY SIMPLE

AND VERY WHOLESOME.

WE DON'T WANT OUR KIDS
POLLUTED BY THEIR KIND.

AND YOU'LL USE FORCE,
IF NECESSARY?

WE ARE COMMITTED TO USING
WHATEVER MEANS NECESSARY.

(Geraldo)
ALL RIGHT.

[speaking Tenctonese]

BUT DR. HURWITZ,
IS THERE ANY SORT OF

MEDICAL BASIS FOR
MRS. BRETT'S CLAIM

THAT THE NEWCOMERS
COULD BE CARRYING A VIRUS

THAT MAKES AIDS
LOOK LIKE CHICKEN POX?

(Hurwitz)
WE HAVE NO EVIDENCE THAT SUCH A VIRUS EXISTS.

BUT, IT COULD EXIST?

WELL, THERE ARE
THOSE OF US WHO ARGUED

THAT
THE QUARANTINE PERIOD

MAY NOT HAVE BEEN
SUFFICIENTLY LONG ENOUGH

TO THOROUGHLY ISOLATE
EXTRATERRESTRIAL BACTERIA.

BUT WE WERE OVERRULED--

SO, SUCH A VIRUS
COULD EXIST?

THAT'S EXACTLY WHY
WE SHOULD NEVER HAVE LE

THE DAMNED ALIENS OUT.

AND NOW THIS
ELITIST CONSPIRACY TO GIVE THEM THE VOTE--

CAN WE PLEASE
STICK TO THE SUBJEC

WE AGREED UPON TO--

DON'T YOU TELL ME
WHAT TO STICK TO, YOU FILTHY SLAG.

EXCUSE ME--

JUST SIT THE HELL
BACK DOWN THERE, BOY.

WE WANT SOME STRAIGHT ANSWERS
AND WE WANT THEM NOW.

(female announcer)
AND ONCE AGAIN THE 2 NEWEST ADDITIONS

TO THE WARRIORS
PROVED THAT THEIR SKILLS

COULD LEAVE THEIR OPPONENTS
IN THE DUST.

CHIP WESTON AND
NICHOLAS NICKLEBY LED THEIR TEAM

TO A STAGGERING
113-TO-75 UPSE

OVER SOUTHWESTERN,

PROMPTING COACH
JIM HARRIS TO QUIP

THAT OTHER TEAMS
OUGHT TO BE ALLOWED

TO PLAY WITH 7 MEN
AGAINST U.C.M.

I TALKED TO THE 2 NEWCOMERS
AFTER THE GAME.

[speaking Tenctonese]

THEY ATTEMPTED
TO LET DOWN A LITTLE.

(boy #1)
ARE YOU KIDDING?

(boy #2)
ALL THE GUYS...

IT'S A GREAT TEAM.

[audience cheering on T.V.

HEY, EM.

I GOT SOMETHING OUT
OF THE STUFF

WE USE FOR DRAMA CLUB.

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT
MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.

I'M NOT SURE.

OH, GO ON.

TRY IT.

HOW DO YOU PUT IT ON?

LIKE THIS.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

WELL--

I THINK
IT'S HYSTERICAL.

[all laughing]

OVER HERE.

(Puente)
WHAT IS IT?

[coughing]

(Matt)
LOOK AT THAT.

[coughing]

LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING
CAME OUT OF THE SKIN

AND DRAGGED ITSELF AWAY.

WHAT THE HELL
HAPPENED HERE, GEORGE?

GEORGE,
THIS--THIS LOOKS LIKE,

LIKE THERE WAS
SOME KIND OF DAMNED...

METAMORPHOSIS.

WHAT'S GOIN' ON HERE,
GEORGE?

I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.

I'VE NEVER SEEN
ANYTHING LIKE IT.

YOU HAVEN'T?
YOU HAVEN'T?

LOOK AT THAT SKIN.

THAT-THAT'S
ONE OF YOU,

OR WAS.

WHAT WAS INSIDE IT,
GEORGE?

I DON'T KNOW, MATT.

HEY, LEVEL WITH ME.

WHAT WAS INSIDE IT?

IS THE SAME THING INSIDE

ALL-- ALL THE NEWCOMERS?

HUH?

GOOD GOD.

IS THE SAME THING
INSIDE OF YOU, GEORGE?

IS IT?

HOW CAN IT BE?

I DON'T KNOW.
YOU TELL ME.

MATT.

TELL ME,
YOU DAMNED SLAG!

(woman)
YOU'RE PROBABLY LATE FOR YOUR JOB, TOO.

[laughs]

[sighs]
HI, HONEY.

LISTEN.
WE'VE GOT TO TALK.

EMMY HAD ANOTHER
ROUGH DAY.

OH.

AND BUCK'S SCHOOL CALLED.

HE'S NEVER BEEN THERE.

GEORGE.

GEORGE, WAIT.

I WANT US
TO TALK TO HIM TOGETHER.

(Susan)
GEORGE.

WHAT? WHAT? WHAT?

LISTEN TO ME,
YOU LITTLE INGRATE SLAG.

I'VE BEEN WORKING
MY TAIL OFF

TO GIVE YOU
A BETTER LIFE,

SO YOU DON'T HAVE TO
LIVE LIKE A SLAVE.

AND I'LL BE DAMNED
IF I'M GONNA LET YOU BLOW YOUR CHANCES!

YOU LISTENING TO ME?
YEAH, DAD.

YOU LISTENING TO ME?

YEAH, YEAH, DAD. I AM.

ALL RIGHT.

IF I CATCH YOU DITCHING
ANY MORE SCHOOL

OR RUNNING AROUND

WITH ANY OF THOSE
SMART-ASS HOODS,

I'LL HAVE YOUR HEAD
IN A BUCKET.

YOU GOT THAT?

YEAH, DAD. SURE.

YOU GOT THAT?
YEAH.

[mutters]

WHAT?

YOU DON'T WANT TO HEAR IT.

YOU GOT SOMETHING TO SAY,
YOU SAY IT.

DAD, I JUST THINK
YOU'RE JUST DUMPIN' ON ME

'CAUSE OF ALL THE CRAP
AT YOUR JOB.

I'M DUMPIN' ON YOU
BECAUSE YOU'RE

TURNING INTO
A LITTLE SCREWED-UP SLAG

WHO'S DITCHING SCHOOL.

AND BECAUSE CRAP
ROLLS DOWNHILL.

GEORGE!
GO ON, DAD

BUT JUST REMEMBER, I DIDN'T,
LIKE, ASK YOU TO MOVE HERE.

AND I DIDN'T, LIKE, ASK YOU

TO SELL YOUR SOUL
TO THE TERTS.

[sighs]

[ringing]

YEAH, HELLO?

(man)
IS THIS BURNS?

YEAH.

I'VE SEEN IT.

SEEN WHAT?
WHO IS THIS?

THE THING THAT CRAWLED OUT
OF THE SKIN. I'VE SEEN IT.

WHERE?

YOU PAY ME?

IF IT REALLY IS SOMETHIN'.

OH, IT'S

SOMETHIN' ALL RIGHT.

BUT YOU BETTER HURRY.

WHERE ARE YOU?

FIRST AND SANTA FE,

DOWN BY THE BRIDGE.
BUT YOU BETTER HURRY.

[phone rings]

(Cathy)
HI, THIS IS CATHY.

HANG ON. HANG ON.

LEAVE WORD
AFTER THE BEEP.

HELLO?

CATHY FRANKEL?

JELANA VRAY?

[speaking Tenctonese]

[knocking on door]

WHO IS IT?

IT'S ME, SIKES.

YOU GOT A SEC?

SURE.

WHAT IS IT?

WHAT DOES THIS WORD MEAN?

"KLEEZE-ANTZ-UN."

TUGGS HEARD IT
FROM SOME OF YOU.

SAID IT FRIGHTENED THEM.

"KLEEZE-ANTZ-UN."

WHAT IS THIS PAPER?

MY PARTNER WAS WORKIN' ON THIS
BEFORE HE GOT KILLED.

HE WAS ALWAYS
INTERESTED IN SLAVERY.

[sighs]

HE USED TO SAY
HE WAS GOING TO WRITE A BOOK SOMEDAY.

GUESS HE GOT TO
TALKING TO SOME OF YOU

ABOUT BEING SLAVES.

HE COULDN'T UNDERSTAND

WHY YOU WERE ALL SO...

HERE IT IS.

"ONE OF THE MOST
CURIOUS ASPECTS

"OF NEWCOMER SLAVERY WAS

THEIR APPARENT
SUBMISSIVENESS."

YES, WE WERE,

COMPLETELY SUBMISSIVE.

WHY?

WE JUST WERE.

SINCE THEN,
I'VE OFTEN WONDERED MYSELF.

I CAN'T IMAGINE
BEING THAT WAY NOW.

I CAN'T IMAGINE
BEING THAT WAY AT ALL.

"NONE OF THEM REMEMBERS

"ANY EXAMPLE OF REVOLT
AMONG THE SLAVES.

"SUCH AS SPARTACUS
AMONG THE ROMANS,

"OR NAT TURNER IN AMERICA.

"WHAT'S MORE, NONE OF THEM

COULD REMEMBER ANYONE
TO REVOLT AGAINST."

IS THAT RIGHT?

YES.

SO WHO RAN THE SHIP?

WH-WHO WERE YOU SLAVES FOR?

WE NEVER SAW ANYONE
BUT OURSELVES.

WE NEVER FOUND OUT

WHO WERE THE ONES
WHO WERE FLYING THE SHIP

BECAUSE IT BLEW UP
SO SOON AFTER IT GOT HERE.

OF COURSE, WHOEVER WAS
IN CHARGE COULD HAVE JUST

BLENDED IN
WITH THE REST OF YOU.

IF THEY LOOKED LIKE US,
YES.

SO WHAT ABOUT THIS WORD?

IT'S A VERY OLD WORD.

MEANING?

IT'S DIFFICULT TO TRANSLATE.

TUGGS WAS RIGHT.
YOU ARE FRIGHTENED OF IT.

GUESS WE ARE.

IT'S STRANGE.
IT'S A VERY DEEP FEAR.

IT'S LIKE A CHILD
BEING FRIGHTENED OF THE DARK.

WHY?

I DON'T KNOW.

I REALLY DON'T.

IT'S--IT'S ALMOST
SUBCONSCIOUS.

SO, WHAT DOES IT MEAN?

WELL,
THERE ARE REALLY 2 MEANINGS.

ONE WOULD BE LIKE,

"LORD OVER"

OR "SEEING OVER."

OVERSEER?

THAT'S WHAT
THEY CALLED THE MEN

WHO KEPT THE SLAVES
IN LINE BACK IN THE 1800s.

YOU SAID
THERE WERE 2 MEANINGS.

WHAT WAS THE OTHER?

DEMON.

IN THERE?

YEAH.

MUST HAVE
GONE BACK INSIDE.

I SEE IT AROUND THE OUTSIDE.
IT WAS DRAGGIN' SOMETHIN'.

DRAGGIN' WHAT?

I DON'T KNOW.
MIGHT HAVE BEEN A BODY.

HOW LONG AGO?

JUST BEFORE I--

[growling]

[screaming]

[man screaming]

(man)
SOMEBODY, PLEASE HELP ME!

SOMEBODY, HELP!

SOMEBODY, HELP!

AND THAT'S ALL YOU SAW?

HEY, THAT'S ENOUGH.
DON'T YOU THINK?

THEY EVER FIND
THAT OTHER GUY?

(George)
NO. NOT YET.

HEH. GOOD PHOTOS, HUH?

OH, YEAH.

(Burns)
YOU EVER SEE ANYTHING LIKE THAT?

I HAVEN'T.

MR. BURNS,
I'D LIKE YOU TO CONSIDER

ASKING YOUR PUBLISHER
NOT TO PRINT THESE.

THERE'S SOMETHING
DANGEROUS OUT THERE, PAL.

THE PUBLIC'S
GOT A RIGHT TO KNOW.

I JUST THINK UNTIL WE--

FORGET IT.

WE ALREADY GOT
A SPECIAL EDITION HITTING THE STREETS RIGHT NOW

AND IT'S ALREADY
ON THE WIRES.

MATT,

I HAVE AN APPOINTMENT
THIS MORNING.

I'LL BE BACK
AT THE STATION SHORTLY.

BETTER WATCH OUT
FOR HIM, MAN.

WE BETTER WATCH OUT
FOR ALL OF THEM.

(female announcer)
AND SINCE THE RELEASE OF THESE PHOTOS,

REACTIONS HAVE RUN
FROM HUMOROUS SKEPTICISM

TO OUTRIGHT FEAR.

OPINION POLLS SHOW
A MAJOR DROP

IN THOSE WHO ARE
FOR PROPOSITION 16

WHICH WOULD GIVE
A NEW SPECIES,

THE NEWCOMERS,
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

[doorbell rings]
CRITICS OF NEWCOMERS
HAVE BEEN VERY OUTSPOKEN.

WE HAVE EVERY REASON
TO BE FRIGHTENED.

WE HAVEN'T ENCOUNTERED
THEIR KIND BEFORE

AND WE'VE YET TO KNOW

HOW DIFFERENT
THEY MAY BE FROM US.

HI.

OH, HI.

I WANTED TO
BRING YOU THESE.

THEY'RE FROM THE PLANT

THAT YOU BROUGHT
THE OTHER DAY.

OH, GREAT.

THANKS.

I WAS REALLY PLEASED.

I USUALLY HAVE
SORT OF, UH, A BLACK THUMB.

I JUST LOOK AT A PLANT
AND IT KEELS OVER.

I'M SORRY, I LEFT SOMEBODY
HANGING ON THE PHONE.

OH, UM, WELL, SURE.

THANKS AGAIN.

YEAH.

[birds chirping]

RIGHT DOWN THIS WAY.
GETTIN' A COLD, HUH?

YES.

JUST GOT OVER ONE.

AIN'T ONE THING,
IT'S ANOTHER.

YOU SEE THAT BUG STORY
THEY'RE LAYIN' ON US?

WHAT A LOAD.

HERE IT IS.

POOR GUY.
WHAT WAS HIS NAME?

SGT. TUGGLES.
YEAH.

TUGGS.

DIDN'T HAVE A CHANCE.

JUST LOOK AT
THEM HOLES.

ONE DOWN THERE IS
WHERE HE BOUGHT IT.

YOU KNOW,
YOU'RE LUCKY IT'S STILL HERE.

ORDER CAME DOWN
TO SCRAP IT A WEEK AGO.

I'VE JUST BEEN
TOO BUSY.

WHO SIGNED THE ORDER?

DON'T KNOW. I HAVE TO
TRACK IT DOWN.

WOULD YOU?

SURE. YOU TAKE CARE
OF THAT COLD.

[people chattering]

[siren wailing]

(George)
MATT.

ANOTHER REPORT
OF SLAG-BASHING.

DO YOU MIND?

HEY, WHAT CAN I TELL YOU?

YOU CAN TELL ME
IT'S AN ASSAULT.

(Einstein)
SIKES, IS THIS WHAT YOU HAD IN MIND?

OOH, YEAH, YEAH,
IT'S PERFECT.

HERE, TRY THESE ON.

WHAT'S THIS FOR?

SOMETHIN' THE MATTER
WITH YOUR EYES?

WHAT IS THIS FOR?

TAKING YOU TO
A DRESS-UP AFFAIR TONIGHT.

I WANT YOU TO FIT IN.

HEH, IF THAT'S POSSIBLE.

WHAT'S WRONG
WITH YOUR EYES?

I HAVE A COLD.

WHAT ARE YOU
TALKIN' ABOUT?

WHEN YOU HAVE A COLD,
YOU HAVE A RUNNY NOSE, YOU SNEEZE.

WE BLINK.

[laughing]
COME ON, GIVE ME A BREAK.

HATE TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS
WHEN YOU'RE CONSTIPATED.

WHEN WE GET CONSTIPATED,

WE GO INTO CATALEPTIC FITS.

WE USUALLY GRAB
THE NEAREST HUMAN,

PARTICULARLY IF HE'S
A SMART-ASS COP

AND WE THROW HIM
OUT THE WINDOW.

I CAN'T HELP BEING
A NEWCOMER ANY MORE

THAN YOU CAN HELP HAVING
A SKULL FULL OF MANURE.

SO LET'S TRY TO OVERLOOK

EACH OTHER'S PECULIARITIES,
SHALL WE?

[woman exclaims]

WHAT'S THIS?

I FOUND IT INSIDE THE CAR
TUGGS WAS HIDING BEHIND.

WHAT?

IT CAME FROM IN FRONT,
NOT FROM BEHIND.

I THINK IT'S THE BULLET
THAT KILLED HIM.

TOO BAD THEY WEREN'T
AIMING AT YOU.

WHAT A KIDDER, HUH?

WHAT'S THE PROBLEM?

JUST WHAT HAPPENS

WHEN YOU PROMOTE THEM,
CAPTAIN.

THEY GET UPPITY.

[speaking Tenctonese]

YOU PICKED THE WRONG PLACE
TO HUNKER, SLAGS.

HOW ABOUT A LITTLE SALT WATER,
SPONGEHEAD?

[screams]

[shouting]

[all clamoring]

[glass breaks]

[grunts]

[groans]

[screams]

[gags]

[screams]

LET'S GET OUT OF HERE!

YOU'RE DEAD, SLAG!

DON'T. PLEASE!
DON'T. PLEASE!

[boys screaming]

[siren wailing]

JELANA, PLEASE.

I ASSURE YOU, IT'S A MATTER OF
GREAT IMPORTANCE

OR I NEVER WOULD HAVE COME.

PLEASE,
PUT THE PAST BEHIND US.

IT'S TRULY A MATTER
OF LIFE OR DEATH.

MOST PROBABLY DEATH.

MAYBE THE GIRL,
UH, JILL...

YEAH.

MAYBE SHE WAS TRYING
TO HELP YOU BEFORE

WHEN SHE GAVE YOU
THE WIG.

BUT THEN SHE LAUGHED
WITH THE REST OF THEM, DADDY.

YES, AND THAT HURTS,
I KNOW.

I FEEL BADLY
AT WORK SOMETIMES.

I GET A LITTLE BIT
ANGRIER THAN I SHOULD.

IT'S GOING TO
TAKE SOME TIME.

[sighs]

BUT IT'LL...

IT'LL CHANGE, YOU'LL SEE.

DO YOU HAVE
MUCH HOMEWORK?

A LITTLE. ABOUT INDIANS.

OH, I WANT TO HEAR
ABOUT THAT.

HEY, MOM,
HOW'S IT GOING?

ABOUT LIKE USUAL.

[panting]

GIVE ME THAT JACKET.

WHAT'S THIS GUNK
YOU GOT ALL OVER IT?

I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S SLIME.

HEY, DAD,
BE DOWN IN A SEC, OK?

SUS,

WE'VE REALLY BOTH
GOT TO GET TOGETHER--

GEORGE.
WHAT?

IT'S HARD FOR ME
SOMETIMES AT S.C.,

BUT AT LEAST I'M OLDER.

DOES EVERYONE
TREAT YOU SO BADLY?

NO, OF COURSE NOT.

AND THOSE THAT DO,
I CAN DEAL WITH.

BUT EMILY'S ONLY
9 YEARS OLD, GEORGE,

AND I HATE IT
WHEN PEOPLE TREAT HER--

SO DO I, SUS.
SO DO I. BUT--

EM!

MAMMA!

YOU DIRTY SLAGS!
WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE.

EM? EM?

EMMY! ARE YOU OK?

GET OUT OF HERE.
WE DON'T WANT YOU HERE!

(woman)
WE DON'T WANT ANY INSECTS AROUND HERE!

[people shouting]

(Susan)
YOU SEE?

DO YOU SEE? DAMN IT.

NO. DON'T START.

IT'S NOT WORTH IT,
GEORGE.

NOTHING IS WORTH THIS.

I DON'T WANT MY KIDS
TO GO THROUGH THIS ANYMORE,

DO YOU HEAR ME?

I WANT TO GO BACK.

I'D RATHER LIVE
IN THAT SLAGTOWN HOVEL

FOR THE REST OF MY LIFE.

AND WHAT ABOUT
THEIR LIVES?

AND THEIR CHILDREN'S LIVES?

IT'S NOT WORTH IT.

NOT TO ME.

NOT FOR MY KIDS.

[panting]

HEY, MATT,
GEORGE JUST CALLED.

HE SAID HE WON'T BE IN
TILL LATER.

YEAH, I FIGURED.

HE TOLD ME
WHAT HAPPENED.

CAN YOU BELIEVE
WHAT THEY DID TO HIS HOUSE?

YEAH, I CAN.

GOD. I MEAN, I THOUGHT

I'D BEEN THROUGH
SOME REALLY ROTTEN STUFF.

YOU KNOW
WHAT IT'S LIKE

GROWING UP A POOR LATINA IN
A PREPPY NEIGHBORHOOD?

HEY, CHIQUITA,
WANT A BANANA?

NICE.

YEAH.

I WAS ALWAYS
BEING HASSLED.

BUT THESE PURISTS,
I MEAN, THEY SHOULD BE

STRUNG UP.

AFTER A FAIR TRIAL,
OF COURSE.

OF COURSE.

AH, HEY, SIKES,

YOU HAVE FUN
PLAYING HOMELESS LAST NIGHT?

OH, YEAH,

ALMOST AS MUCH FUN
AS PLAYING CAPTAIN.

HEY.

I'M SORRY THEY PROMOTED ME
AND NOT YOU, OK?

SO WHAT ABOUT
THIS INSECT THING?

YOU AND GEORGE SEE
ANY BUGS LAST NIGHT?

NO. I WAS OUT ON MY OWN.
HE HAD A PROBLEM AT HOME.

NOW IT SOUNDED LIKE

YOU TWO HAD A PROBLEM
HERE YESTERDAY.

IS THAT WHAT
THIS IS ABOUT?

NO.

I WANT AN AUTOPSY
ON TUGGS.

WHAT?

HE'S DEAD AND BURIED.

THEY NEVER DID
AN AUTOPSY ON HIM.

COME ON, YOU SAW HIM.

SO DID I.

WHAT'S A...

WHAT'S AN AUTOPSY
GONNA SHOW?

CAN I ORDER ONE,
CAPT. GRAZER?

SURE.

THANKS.

[people chattering]

[phone ringing]

I'D LIKE TO SEE
THE PRINCIPAL.

YOU MUST BE
EMILY'S MOTHER.

HOW'D YOU GUESS?

OH, WE ALL KNOW
WHICH ONE SHE IS.

CAN I TELL MR. STEVENS

WHAT YOU WANT
TO SEE HIM ABOUT?

UH, WITHDRAWING MY DAUGHTER.

OH, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT.

WELL, HE'S IN A MEETING
RIGHT NOW.

IF YOU'D LIKE TO WAIT...

YES, I WOULD.

[sighs]

CAN I TALK TO YOU
A MINUTE?

[laughs]

I WAS JUST THINKIN'
WHEN IT USED TO BE

3 KINDS OF REST ROOMS.

3?

MEN, WOMEN, AND COLORED.

REALLY?

I'M OLD ENOUGH
TO HAVE SEEN THEM.

BUT THINGS DO CHANGE.
THEY REALLY DO CHANGE

IF YOU WANT THEM
TO BADLY ENOUGH.

I REMEMBER THIS
OLD BLACK WOMAN,

MISS JANE PITTMAN.
SHE USED TO PASS

A PARTICULAR
WATER FOUNTAIN EVERY DAY.

THE WHITE FOLKS' FOUNTAIN.

YOU KNOW WHAT
SHE DID ONE DAY?

SHE WENT RIGHT UP TO IT
AND TOOK A DRINK.

BUT, LORD,
ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE

WHEN SHE DID.

"A NIGGER TOOK A DRINK
OUT OF THE WHITE FOUNTAIN.

A NIGGER DONE THIS,
A NIGGER DONE THAT."

ONE BECAME
THE MAYOR OF LOS ANGELES.

ONE BECAME
THE MAYOR OF ATLANTA.

ATLANTA!

AND ONE RAN FOR PRESIDENT.

ONE WILL BE PRESIDENT,
SOMEDAY.

[sighs]

BUT IT'S HARD TO TAKE
THAT FIRST DRINK.

IT TAKE LOTS OF COURAGE
TO BE LIKE MISS JANE.

AT LEAST THEY WEREN'T AFRAID
SHE'D TURN INTO AN INSECT.

OH, HONEY, I CAN SHOW YOU
PEOPLE TODAY

WHO STILL THINK
BLACK PEOPLE HAVE

RABBIT BLOOD AND
JEWISH PEOPLE HAVE HORNS.

YOU DON'T LOOK LIKE
NO COCKROACH TO ME.

TAKE A DRINK.

LATE DATE?

OH,

I'M WORKING UNDERCOVER.

LISTEN, MATT, I REALLY
NEED TO TRUST YOU.

CAN I?

(Matt)
WHAT?

YOU STOLE HIM
OUT OF THE MORGUE?

YOU AND WHAT'S-HIS-NAME?
AMOS N. ANDY?

WE HAD TO.

WHAT THE HELL ARE
YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT? YOU CAN'T JUST--

WE WERE AFRAID
HE MIGHT BE HIGHLY CONTAGIOUS.

WITH WHAT?

BOLANICUS.

IT ATTACKS
THE SKIN SURFACE

AND THEN IT ATTACKS
THE NEUROLOGICAL SYSTEM.

IN OUR PEOPLE,
THE DISEASE CAN BE DORMANT

FOR A VERY LONG TIME.

BUT IN YOUR PEOPLE,

IT'S OBVIOUSLY MORE VIRULENT.

YOU GUYS HAVE
A LOT OF IT?

WE HAVEN'T SEEN IT
FOR DECADES.

MUCH LIKE YOUR SMALLPOX.

UNTIL YOUR PEOPLE
PLACED US IN QUARANTINE.

THE SWELTERING PROXIMITY,
THE POOR SANITATION--

WHY THE HELL DIDN'T YOU GO
TO THE CORONER ABOUT IT?

DON'T YOU THINK THAT

WE HAVE ENOUGH PREJUDICE
AGAINST US ALREADY?

RAMNA, PLEASE.

NOW THEY MAY HAVE
MADE A MISTAKE.

THAT'S WHY
I BROUGHT YOU HERE.

THEY WERE JUST
TRYING TO HANDLE IT

QUICKLY AND QUIETLY.

WE'RE ALREADY
WORKING ON A VACCINE.

BUT I NEEDED YOUR OPINION
ON HOW TO PROCEED.

WE GOT TO GET
SOMEBODY DOWN HERE RIGHT AWAY

FROM THE CENTER
FOR DISEASE CONTROL.

[speaking Tenctonese]

LISTEN, PAL--

RAMNA, THEY ARE
SCIENTISTS JUST LIKE US.

THEY MAY LOOK DIFFERENT.

BUT INSIDE THEY FEEL
THE SAME WAY WE DO.

WHAT ELSE?

I'LL START WITH THAT.

BUT LEVEL WITH ME.

DOES THIS STUFF
TURN YOU GUYS INTO INSECTS?

OH, FOR ANDARKO'S SAKE.

OF COURSE NOT.

MATT,
I UNDERSTAND YOUR FEAR.

WE WERE BRED TO ADAPT
AND EVOLVE QUICKLY.

BUT I JUST CAN'T IMAGINE
HOW THAT INSECT CREATURE

COULD HAVE COME
FROM ONE OF US.

(George)
I HATE THE WAY THESE CLOTHES SMELL.

(Matt)
YEAH, BUT MAYBE THE SMELL WILL ATTRACT

THAT INSECT THING.

HMM.

ALL RIGHT.

SO TUGGS WAS
DOING RESEARCH ON

WHY YOU ALL WERE
SUCH SUBMISSIVE SLAVES,

HEARS ABOUT
THESE OVERSEERS

WHO MAY HAVE BEEN
IN CHARGE OF YOU,

GETS AN ADDRESS
OF SOME PLANT OWNED BY

A SLIMEBALL
UNDERWORLD TYPE.

YES.
WHICH SMELLED LIKE

THE--THE INSIDE
OF OUR SPACECRAFT.

RIGHT.
SOMEBODY KILLS HIM

AND MAKES HIM LOOK LIKE
HE DIED IN ACTION.

MAYBE.

DID THEY
EXHUME HIS BODY?

YEAH, AUTOPSY TONIGHT.

LET'S GO DOWN
THIS ALLEY.

NO, THERE IS NOTHING
DOWN THERE.

IT'S PITCH-BLACK
DOWN THERE. HOW COULD...

YOU SEE AS WELL
AS YOU SMELL?

YES.

LET'S TRY OVER THERE.

ALL RIGHT. BUT LISTEN,
YOU GOT TO SHUFFLE.

ALL RIGHT?
SHUFFLE. LIKE THIS.

[knocking on window]

WHAT'RE YOU DOING HERE?

MY MOM WENT OUT TO ONE OF HER
STUPID PURIST MEETINGS.

AND

I WANTED TO SAY
I'M SORRY.

YOU MADE ME
PUT ON THAT WIG

JUST SO THEY ALL
COULD LAUGH AT ME.

NO, REALLY.

I THOUGHT IT MIGHT
MAKE YOU FEEL BETTER.

MORE LIKE ONE OF US,
YOU KNOW?

IT JUST DIDN'T WORK.

YEAH,
IT WAS A DUMB IDEA.

I CAN'T BE SOMETHING
I'M NOT.

WELL, ANYWAY,

I JUST WANTED YOU
TO KNOW I FELT BAD.

THANKS.

MY MOM DOESN'T WANT ME
TO PLAY WITH YOU.

YEAH, OK.

BUT I WANT TO.

WE COULD PLAY AT YOUR HOUSE
OR IN THE PARK.

SHE WOULDN'T HAVE TO KNOW.

IF YOU WANT.

YOU'RE NOT BLINKING
SO MUCH.

YOUR COLD'S BETTER,
HUH?

YES, THANK YOU.

GOOD.

SO WHO SENT DOWN
THE ORDER

TO HAVE THE CAR
SCRAPPED?

CAPTAIN GRAZER?

YES.

[sniffs]

WHAT?

FORMIC ACID.

(Matt)
HOLY...

LOOK AT THAT THING.

THIS IS 13.
WE'VE GOT A TARGET

IN THE FACTORY YARD,
1200 ALAMEDA.

SEND BACKUP AND AIR 10.

COME ON,
WE'RE GONNA LOSE IT.

LIKE HELL.

[speaking Tenctonese]

ENGLISH, GEORGE.

NEVER MIND.

[helicopter whirring]

WHERE'D IT GO?

BEATS THE HELL OUT OF ME.

[screeches]

[guns firing]

[groans]

[snarling]

[grunts]

[screaming]

[groans]

ACID?

YEAH.

HOLD ON.

THIS IS ALKALI,
IT'LL CUT THE ACID...

WHAT?

IS THAT A PIECE OF IT?

SON OF A BITCH.

SON OF A BITCH!

MATT! MATT!

[grunting]

[Matt screams]

(Matt)
IT'S VELCRO.

WHAT?

MY ARM.

(George)
HURRY UP, DAMN IT. HURRY UP!

[yelling]

KILLING NEWCOMERS
JUST TO USE THEIR SKIN.

YOU SON OF A...

STOP FIGHTING OR DIE.

ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT,
DON'T SHOOT.

(man)
BERNIE?

BERNIE? ARE YOU HERE?

ANSWER HIM.

ANSWER HIM.

ALL RIGHT. OVER HERE!

WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?

(George)
YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.

DID YOU HEAR ME?

WALK THIS WAY.

LEADER OF THE PURISTS.

WELL, MR. PURIST,

YOU HAVE WON THE RIGHT
TO REMAIN SILENT.

YOU CHOOSE TO
GIVE UP THAT RIGHT,

EVERYTHING YOU SAY--

"ANYTHING,
ANYTHING YOU SAY CAN..."

ANYTHING. ANYTHING YOU...
THANKS.

(Matt)
MORE IMPORTANT THAN EXPOSING THE HOAX ABOUT THE BUG

IS THAT WE GOT TO NAIL
THESE GUYS.

HEH, KILLING NEWCOMERS
JUST TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE

SOMETHING CRAWLED
OUT OF THEIR SKIN.

[sighs]

WHAT A SICK BUNCH OF...

TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

WHAT?

AUTOPSY REPORT ON TUGGS.

"IN ADDITION TO
THE MAJOR WOUND SUSTAINED

"THROUGH THE BACK,
THERE WAS ANOTHER...

"THERE WAS ANOTHER,
MUCH SMALLER

"ENTRANCE WOUND
THROUGH THE CHEST

PIERCING THE HEART
AND EXITING THE BACK."

MADE BY THE BULLET
YOU FOUND.

FULL METAL STEEL JACKET,
.308 CALIBER.

THAT'S WHAT
THE SWAT TEAMS USE.

YES.

HE MAY HAVE BEEN
ASSASSINATED

BY A POLICE WEAPON.

NO WITNESSES.

WHERE ARE THE DAMN WITNESSES
WHEN YOU NEED 'EM?

MAYBE THERE WAS ONE.

WHAT? WHO?

DIDN'T YOU SAY

TUGGS PULLED SOMEONE
OUT OF THAT CAR

(George)
JUST BEFORE HE GOT KILLED?

(Matt)
YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, HE DID.

LET'S FIND HIM.

(Susan)
GEORGE.

HMM.

I'VE DECIDED

TO LET EMILY STAY
IN THE SCHOOL.

FOR A LITTLE
WHILE LONGER, ANYWAY.

YOU'RE SMILING,
AREN'T YOU?

YES.

WELL, I MIGHT CHANGE
MY MIND AGAIN TOMORROW,

SO DON'T PRESS ME.

NO, I WON'T.

YOU MUST BE PRETTY
HAPPY WITH YOURSELF

AFTER LAST NIGHT.

JUST ANOTHER CREATURE
THAT WASN'T REAL

AND THERE'S NOTHING
SERIOUSLY WRONG.

WELL, I'M PROUD OF YOU.

[people chattering]

[stammering]
EXCUSE ME, SERGEANT?

YEAH, WHAT DO YOU WANT,
LIGHTNIN'?

[stammering]
UM, I DIDN'T DO TOO GREAT A JOB, BUT HERE.

THERE'S STILL A FEW CHIPS.

I COULDN'T FIND
THEM ALL, BUT...

IT'S FINE.

YOU DID A GOOD JOB.

DO YOU REALLY THINK SO?

YEAH. LOOKIT.

UH, UH...

[sighs]

HMM? GOOD AS NEW.

THANKS A LOT.

YOU-YOU'RE WELCOME.

AND I WILL TRY
TO BE MORE CAREFUL.

DAMN IT. ALBERT!

YES, SERGEANT?

[sighs]

THANKS, MAN.

YOU'RE WELCOME,

MAN.

[chuckles]

THIS THE GUY?

RONALD KETNES,
THIS IS MY...

MATT SIKES.

HI.

YOU'RE THE ONE THAT, UH,
TUGGS PULLED OUT OF THE CAR

JUST BEFORE
HE GOT KILLED?

YEAH.

DID YOU SEE WHO SHOT HIM?

YEAH, I GUESS SO.

YOU GUESS SO?

HE SAW SOMEONE
ON A ROOFTOP

AND THOUGHT HE WAS WORKING
WITH YOU AND TUGGS.

WHY?

IT WAS A COP.

I--I THOUGHT HE WAS
AIMING WAY TOO LOW,

YOU KNOW, BUT...

AND THEN HE WAS GONE

BEFORE ALL
THE OTHER SHOOTIN' WAS OVER.

THEN, WHY DIDN'T YOU
SAY ANYTHING BEFORE?

IT WAS UNTIL
HE TOLD ME WHAT HAPPENED

THAT I PUT IT
ALL TOGETHER.

HE IS GOING THROUGH
THE FILES NOW

TRYING TO MAKE
A FACE.

WHAT? ANOTHER COLD?

NO, I JUST HATE
THE SMELL OF CIGARS.

[people chattering]

(Puente)
YOU HAVE TO UNDERSTAND SOMETHING ABOUT ME.

BEFORE I WAS A COP,
I WAS A GUARD.

AT THE WOMEN'S PRISON
IN CHINO.

YOU CAN'T IMAGINE
THE KINDS OF THINGS

THAT GO ON THERE.

WHAT WOMEN WOULD DO
TO OTHER WOMEN.

PARTICULARLY,

IF THEY FIND OUT
THAT A WOMAN WAS A GUARD.

OR A COP.

THE OVERSEERS. YES.

I CAN TELL YOU
ABOUT THE OVERSEERS.

WHEN THEY WERE ON THE SHIP,

THEY USED A SPECIAL GAS
IN THE ATMOSPHERE

TO KEEP
THE SLAVES SUBMISSIVE.

WHEN THE SHIP CRASHED,

THEY SNUCK AWAY
AMONGST THE SLAVES.

THEY FOUND SOME
UNDERWORLD CONNECTIONS

TO MANUFACTURE THE GAS

TO USE ON WHOEVER
THEY WANTED TO CONTROL.

I FOUND OU

THEY WERE MAKING IT
IN THAT FACTORY ON MY BEAT.

AND I WENT ON THE TAKE.

TO KEEP IT QUIET AND
TO KEEP OTHERS AWAY,

THEY PAID ME A LOT.

A LOT.

THEN, TUGGS' RESEARCH

LED HIM TO FIGURE OUT
THE TRUTH ABOUT THEM

AND ME.

HE GAVE ME 24 HOURS
TO GIVE MYSELF UP.

[Puente crying

BUT I HAD SEEN CHINO, MAN.

[sobbing]
AND I KNEW WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO ME IN THERE.

I COULDN'T GO IN THERE, MATT.

I COULDN'T.

WHY DIDN'T YOU LET ME DIE?

[sobbing]
WHY DIDN'T YOU LET ME DIE?

(female announcer)
AND SINCE THE DISCOVERY

THAT THE INSECT-LIKE
CREATURE WAS MERELY A HOAX

CONCOCTED BY RADICAL PURISTS,

THE OPINION POLLS
HAVE SWUNG BACK THE OTHER WAY,

SHOWING ABOUT 54%
OF THE POPULATION

NOW WILLING
TO PASS PROPOSITION 16,

GIVING NEWCOMERS
THE RIGHT TO VOTE.

DOCTORS A

QUEEN OF ANGELS HOSPITAL
THIS MORNING

WERE STILL
KEEPING A CLOSE EYE

ON THAT 16-YEAR-OLD
BLACK YOUTH

WHO WAS WOUNDED

IN A GANG-RELATED
SHOOTING YESTERDAY.

THE BOY REMAINS
ON THE CRITICAL LIST.

AUTHORITIES ARE STILL LOOKING
FOR HIS ASSAILANT,

BELIEVED TO BE A MEMBER
OF A RIVAL NEWCOMER GANG.

ON WALL STREET AT THIS HOUR,

THE DOW JONES IS UP 6 POINTS
IN ACTIVE TRADING.

[birds chirping]

YOU COULD HAVE USED
THE WORD "PARTNER."

WHAT?

AT THE STATION,
WITH THAT KETNES GUY,

YOU COULD HAVE TOLD HIM
I WAS YOUR PARTNER.

ARE YOU SURE?

YEAH.

AND ANOTHER THING.

SORRY I CALLED YOU A SLAG.

SORRY ABOUT
THE MANURE LINE.

SPEAKIN' OF MANURE,

WHERE DO YOU
WANNA HAVE LUNCH?

BEATS THE HELL OUT OF ME.

ACTUALLY THERE IS
THIS LITTLE PLACE

IN THE EAST SIDE
I'VE BEEN MEANING TO TRY.

IT SERVES A REALLY
NICE RING-TAILED SLOTH.

YEAH.