All language subtitles for The Outer Limits_S04E19_Sarcophagus.srt - 2

[eagle screeches]

Could be
an arrowhead.

There was some kind
of settlement here.

This and 75 cents

Wouldn't buy you a coke
at the Smithsonian.

-It's worthless.
-[Natalie] Emmet?

[explosion]

Come here.

Take a look
at these sonar soundings.

Take a look at that.

-[sonar radar scrambling]
-That is definitely
a structure,

50 feet under.

[Emmet] That could be
almost anything.

A pocket
of groundwater,

variations
in the substrata.

Or it could be
what we're looking for.

Natalie, this is
the fifth site in two months.

There's no evidence
of an advanced

Neolithic culture
in this area.

Maybe we're not looking
hard enough.

[horn honking]

Hey, guys, it's Curtis.
Come on.

You owe me a dollar.

Man, if she was my wife,
I'd have stayed away.

[Emmet] Hey, Natalie.

I'll be there in a minute.

[computer processing]

[tires squeal]

Hi, guys.

[Emmet] Welcome back
to paradise.

What took you so long?

The weather was hell.

There were mudslides
and washouts

all the way back
from the landing strip.

The drive was supposed
to take ten hours,

it took me 15.

Good to see you.

-How you doing?
-Good.

[grunts]

Where's Nat?

Hi.

Is that all you got?

My plastic's
completely maxed out.

No one will extend
our credits,

so that's it.

Well,

at least you got
the sat-phone.

The radio's been
pulling in nothing,

but static
for the last two days.

Maybe it's time
we consider packing it in.

No, we're not
finished yet.

I just located
a new candidate site.

-Really?
-Yeah.

But we'll have to do
a bigger sounding

to pinpoint
the location.

[Curtis] This whole region's
soft shale--

-it's not stable.
-I know the geology.

Guys, I need some more
blasting gear.

[Faber] All right,
I'll get it.

We were finished here
a long time ago.

Believe me.
Believe me, I know.

We're hot.

[explosion]

How's it look?

[Natalie] Hang on,
I'm getting a fix.

[computer processing]

[Natalie] Come on,
I know you're there.

What do you got?

[rustling]

I knew it, I knew it.

Look at it.

It's a cap stone.

What do you think of that?

It looks Neolithic.

[exhales]
You're damn right--

[yells]

You okay?

[Natalie] Get the flashlight!

These stones were quarried.

[Curtis] This technology's
way beyond

any Mound Builder sites
I've ever seen.

[Natalie] This entire hill
is a burial mound.

We were on top of it
the whole time.

This must be
the antechamber.

So, if the layout
is typical,

the crypt entrance
must be...

There.

[water dripping]

What do you think?

It was human.
Homo sapiens, I think.

Looks like
he was mutilated.

Yeah.

And so do they.

[ominous music playing]

My God.

What the hell is that?

[Control Voice]
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 thousand 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.

[Control Voice]
Humans are driven

to explore their history,

to rediscover forgotten lives
and times,

for deep down
we have always known

that our past
is often prologue.

It's incredible.

[Emmet] Looks like some kind
of sarcophagus.

Maybe, but look
at the texture.

It doesn't look manufactured.

[Natalie] It seems more like
a natural material.

It's glassy.

Probably a fossilized resin

like amber or something.

[Natalie] Amber makes
an excellent preservative.

[Curtis] Could be
a mummification technique.

Like no one's
ever seen before.

Feels like
we're in grad school again.

We're a good team.

[Natalie]
The cranium looks deformed.

That could suggest
some traumatic incident.

You think?

Well, this could be
a sacrificial altar
of some kind.

If we were in Egypt,
I'd say this was a Pharaoh

and these were poor bastards
that built his tomb.

There is no single indigenous
North American culture

with burial rites like this.

Until now.

Well...

you were right.

You found it.

Come on,
we got work to do.

Let's bring
all the gear down here.

I want all
the diagnostic equipment

in the crypt ASAP.

We'll analyze the remains
in situ.

Take the video
and the still cameras.

How much film
do we have?

It doesn't matter.
We're gonna use everything.

Hey, Natalie,
I was thinking,

we don't really have
the right equipment

to deal with something
this big.

Maybe we should bring in
some help.

No, no.

Curtis, what do you think?

I've got this contacts
at Ferritin Laboratories.

-They're good people.
-[Natalie] Emmet.

They can be trusted
to keep everything

strictly confidential.

Maybe Emmet's
got a point.

I said no.

I don't want anybody
near this place.

Not until we have documented
everything ourselves.

And that's the way
it's going to be!

-Sure.
-Nat, Nat.

He's right,

this is too big for us
to handle alone.

I don't see what's wrong
with bringing in outside help.

Curtis, you know
how I feel about this.

There's nothing
to worry about.

This is your discovery.

No one's gonna
take this away from you.

Yeah,
I used to think that too

until Javi Grillo published--

Javi Grillo.

Javi Grillo published
your Linear B translation

and got on the cover
of Geographic History.

That was 12 years ago.

No one's going
to steal your credit.

You're damn right
they're not.

[birds chirping]

[indistinct chatter]

[Curtis] That's everything.

-Ready to go?
-Yeah.

Natalie couldn't wait.

She's already down there
setting up with the boys.

Why doesn't that
surprise me?

Uh, we need to talk.

What's up?

If this thing turns out

to be as big
as we think it is,

there's a million ways

we could still
get cut out of it.

A First Nations lawsuit

claiming the site
for themselves...

I don't need the whole list.
I know the risks.

I'm just worried
that Natalie may not have

the big picture in mind.

Now she's not going
to listen to me...

What makes you think
she'll listen to me?

You did manage
to convince her
to marry you.

It's the last argument
I ever won with her.

[chuckles] That was
a long time ago.

Well, you're still
ahead of me.
I haven't won one yet.

[distant indistinct chatter]

But now,

this time...

I have to come away from this
with something tangible.

Something that's my own.

Don't worry.
It'll work out this time.

We'll take care of you.

Yeah, I understand exactly
how you feel.

I really hope you do.

[camera shutter clicking]

[sizzles]

Negative.

No reaction to HCL
or carbolic acid.

[Emmet] Are you sure
it's organic?

-[Curtis] Let's take
a sample.
-Go for it.

We'll analyze the results

when we get back
to Anchorage.

This stuff's hard.

[clicks]

Damn.

[wet sloshing]

[Natalie] Curtis!

[men grunting]

[snarling]

[yells]

Curtis!

[Natalie] Are you all right?

I don't know.

-[Curtis groans]
-Oh, my God.

-[gasps]
-[resin melting]

There was a tingling feeling
in my hand.

[Natalie] Mmm, well,

that could have been
a thermal release.

You might be
sensing the start

of a chemical reaction.

[Emmet] That cocoon went
from solid to liquid

to who-knows-what
in seconds.

That wasn't like
any chemical reaction
I've ever seen.

I couldn't see anything

except these images
in my head,

these horrible images.

There were these
primitive humans

and they were
being attacked
by something,

tearing at them
with claws.

Like a dream being forced
into my head.

[Natalie] From where?

-From him.
-The skeleton?

-You don't believe me?
-[Natalie] Curtis.

Curtis, you were exposed
to a chemical agent

with effects
we can only guess at.

It was probably
hallucinogenic.

[Curtis] There are cultures
who believe

that the remains of the dead
carry memories

that can be accessed.

Are you saying
that these bones
are telepathic?

That this thing
is communicating with you?

That thing is dead.

Well, it was alive once
and it had intelligence.

Yeah, and one hell
of a temper.

Look,
there's nothing in nature

that undergoes
a metamorphosis

like the one we saw.

Nothing on this planet,
anyway.

Oh, what are you suggesting?

Oh, don't say it.

This thing could be
an alien.

He said it.

[Natalie] All right,
all right.

Let's not jump
to conclusions, okay?

Come on,
you need to lie down.

See if you can get a sample
from the coating.

Come on.

Oh, yeah,
that shouldn't be a problem.

Get me a cotton swab.

A long one.

[eagle screeches]

Your vitals all look good.

I still feel kind of weak.

You better get some rest.

Do you need anything else?

No.

You better go back there

before Emmet
screws something up.

[chuckles]

I'll check on you later.

What do we got?

I'm not sure.

You know we're not equipped
to do much analysis here.

We can do all
the supporting tests
we need

when we get back
to Anchorage.

We came here looking
for arrowheads

and pottery shards,

not alien cocoons

that dissolve
when you poke them too hard.

This is way more
than we can handle.

Oh, don't start
with the corporate
partners routine,

okay, Emmet?

We are as competent

as any of those
Ferritin Lab jockeys.

But not as well-equipped.

Whatever that skeleton is,
it's organically active.

For God's sake,

your husband came
in direct contact with it.

What if he needs
medical attention?

No, Curtis is fine.
He's just a little
freaked out.

You make it sound
like he sprained his ankle.

Extraterrestrial or not,

this resin is probably
thousands of years old.

It could be toxic,
it could be bio-reactive.

Which only supports my point.

If we bring
other people in now,

the government's gonna be
on top of us

before you can exhale.

You want to add
some alien contamination?

They're gonna seal up
this whole place

under the cloak
of national security.

Whisk those bones and us
away to Area 51.

We'll never be
heard from again.

Oh, that's not
going to happen.

Of course, it will.
You know it will.

Maybe.

But sooner or later
with something this big

we're going to need
some help.

I'll go check
on the boys.

[sonar radar beeping]

[electricity crackles]

[beeping]

[electronic whirring]

Anything new?

Well, it hasn't gotten up
and danced the Macarena,

if that's what you mean.

Uh, there's no
observable changes.

I want someone here

to keep an eye
on that...

thing, around the clock.

We'll take shifts.

Faber, you're up first.

Wait a minute.

Suppose it starts changing,

or growing those claws
Curtis saw.

What am I supposed
to do then?

Well,

we're a scientific expedition.

Try reasoning with it.

[panting]

[men grunting]

[exhales]
What's wrong?

Nothing.
It's just been a...

long, strange day.

Yeah, I noticed.

How are you?

Scared.

I got a bad feeling
about this whole thing.

Yeah, no kidding.

If Emmet had his way,
the place would be crawling

with experts
flown in to help us.

[chuckles]

I wasn't thinking
about that.

Forgive me for harping
on my own problems,

but I was the one
who got touched
by an alien.

What do you want me
to do for you?

I mean,
you checked out physically.

If there was
this slightest hint

of an adverse reaction,

I'd have you
on the first plane
back to Anchorage.

But as it is,
our associate is trying

to dictate terms
on our discovery,

and I would appreciate
some support.

What do you think
I've been giving you

for the last ten
and a half years?

I've been tagging along
on your world tour

of every...

godforsaken sand pit
and rock quarry

-for my health?
-You're an archeologist.

At least you used to be.

Do you listen to me
when I'm speaking?

How many times do I've said
that I wanted a posting

in the States,
like that

visiting professorship
at Cornell,

or the workshop
at Florida State?

Do you have any idea
what we've uncovered?

You don't find
alien burial mounds,

you know,
strolling across the quad

in Tallahassee.

If you want to talk
about ancient history,

why don't we talk
about the last time

you cared about me?

Oh, God.

[sighs in exasperation]

That is so unfair.

Why not? It's true.

I could use
a little support right now.

You're more concerned
about getting credit

for your discovery

than you are about
what happened to me

or how it's affecting me.

To hell with what I want.

To hell with what you want.

This discovery is bigger
than both of us.

It could be the biggest find
in human history,

and you're reducing it

to ammunition
in a marital fight.

You're jealous.

[chuckles]

I just figured out
why you're mad.

That sack of bones
down there

is a thousand times
more important to you

than it is to me,
but it made contact

with me, not you.

You're mad.

If that really
was communication

between you
and an ancient presence,

then, yeah, I'm envious.

Unearthing relics
is the closest

to I've ever gotten
to experiencing the past,

and whatever
you might think about me,

the thrill of making
that connection,

of crossing time and space,

to get a glimpse
of how things were...

[sighs]

That is the one thing...

that is the one thing

that still makes me
feel alive.

[Faber]
Emmet! Everybody!

Come quick!

-[beeping rapidly]
-[Faber] The instruments

just started going crazy.

They got worse the closer
I moved the sensors

to the skeleton.

Well, there could be
an energy buildup

in the bones,

which would account
for the liquefying
of the outer casing.

Where is the energy
coming from?

Look at this.

[sonar radar beeping]

[cracking]

What in God's name
is going on?

I think
it's coming back to life.

[eagle screeches]

[sonar radar beeping]

[heart thumping]

I see it,

but I don't believe it.

Never in my wildest dreams

did I ever imagine
anything like this.

I don't know
if we should be trying

to talk to it

or running away from it
as fast as we can.

Nothing in nature
regenerates like this.

Not after centuries
of being dead.

Or dormant.

[sighs] Do you have a theory?

Well, it's more
of a hunch, really.

What if this creature
was never actually dead?

What if it's able to exist
in two different states?

One, the way we found it,

dormant, encased in

an organic
life-sustaining shell.

The other,
an active living state,

and the transition occurs
when the shell liquefies

and gets reabsorbed
into the skeletal structure.

And since the organism
reconstitutes itself

out of its own distilled
raw material...

That would mean that the DNA
for its internal organs,

its brain and all
his other characteristics

would be embedded
in this resinous material.

Protected and stored safely

until the call comes
to wake up.

My God,
think of the implications.

If you could figure out

how that shell works
as a DNA storage bay,

you've got your foot in door
to figuring out

how the spark of life
is transmitted.

[Emmet] And learn
how to cheat the reaper?

Somebody would pay
a pretty penny

for a recipe like that.

That's what I like
about you, Emmet.

Always keeping an eye
on the bottom line.

Nobody else does.

What did you find out?

I've been analyzing
the sample

we swabbed
from the new growth.

The regeneration rate
is phenomenal.

But there's a limit
to what I can do here.

I need a DNA sequencer,
or a wet chem lab.

We have to call in
reinforcements on this.

[Natalie] We've had
this discussion.

[Emmet] And we need
to have it again.

This is getting weirder
by the minute.

We're in over our heads here,
and we know it.

[Natalie] I'm getting
really tired of hearing this.

[Emmet] And I'm getting
really tired of saying it.

What is gonna take you
to make you see

that we're going
to blow this if we--

Curtis,
what are you doing?

-Curtis!
-[exhales]

[panting]

[men grunting, yelling]

[alien grunting]

[snarling]

Curtis.

-Put him down.
-[groans]

That was brilliant,
touching that thing again.

Are you out of your mind?

I think I understand.

[Dean] Understand what?

The hidden health benefits
of anaphylactic shock?

You were
in convulsions, man.

Your eyeballs were rolling
back up in your head.

That thing is killing you.

It just takes
a lot out of me.

I'm okay.

Oh, something incredible's
happening here.

Yeah, some kind
of genetic freak show.

All we need is
a bearded lady

and a Ferris wheel.

[Curtis] It is alive.

It's not from this world,
and it's not a danger to us.

You figure
it said the same thing

to our friends
from the stone age

before it made a meal
out of them?

I saw what happened.

It didn't attack them,
they attacked it.

It fought back
in self-defense.

How do you
know that?

Because it told me,
it showed me.

I don't know. It's just,
I can't explain it.

If it is communicating
with you telepathically,

how do you know
it's not just showing you

what it wants you to see?

It doesn't work that way.

All I know is
that every time

you go near it,
every time you touch it,

-it hurts you.
-Okay.

[Curtis]
I'm just gonna
take a break,

then I'm gonna come back
and learn more.

No way, that's it.

No one touches that thing
until we know more,

especially you.

It's too dangerous.

[crickets chirping]

Your heartbeat's
still racing.

BP is way up.

What's wrong, Nat?
This creature's not dangerous.

No offense,

but have you taken
a look at yourself?

-Mmm-hmm.
-You look like hell.

It absorbs energy from me
to enable it to regenerate.

So it's sucking the life

out of you
to bring itself back?

It's not trying to harm me,

it's trying to interact
with me.

Look,

you're letting your fear
get in the way,

just like
those primitive humans did
when they encountered it.

Nature gave us fear
to keep us alive.

And after
what you went through

from the first contact,

I don't understand
why you want to do it again.

For you.

For us.

What you said
about this thing

being bigger
than the two of us,

this is probably
the first time in my life

that I got a glimpse
at what drives you,

you know.

You're right.
This connection I have,

or whatever it is,
is a gift.

[sighs]

I wanted to know
what it was

that would be
important enough

to make you forget
about me.

Um...

I never forgot you.

I did put you off
to the side, but...

I guess I just
took for granted
that you would be there

when the work was done.
I'm sorry.

When this thing
is over,

I promise
we'll take a breather,

just you and me.

Maybe we'll do
some teaching together.

It's funny, you know.

I had to touch an alien
to get closer to you.

[sonar radar beeping]

Enjoy your watch.

Just remember
not to hold hands with it.

You see?

Not all your ideas
are useless.

[Emmet] Let me ask you guys
a question.

What did you
come here for?

Pursuit of knowledge,
clearly.

We needed the work.

Think you're being paid enough
for this kind of work?

Not by a mile.

If Natalie has anything
to do with it,

you never will.

You're risking your lives
for nothing.

What are you saying?

You think she cares about
what happens to us?

Look at the way
she treats her own husband.

He's obviously sick.

For all we know,
he could be dying.

But she refuses to take him
out of here.

Won't even let us
go for help.

I've worked with Natalie
a long time.

Believe me, she's only in it
for the glory.

And what are you
in it for?

To get what I deserve.

What I've earned.

What we all have.

What have you got
in mind?

[Natalie] Are you sure
you want to do this?

No, but I have to.
We've come too far.

There's so much more
to learn.

[Emmet] Hurry up
with that stretcher.

What's going on?

Oh, my God!

It's completely
reconstituted itself.

Why didn't you tell me?

You snooze, you lose.

What's with the stretcher?

[Emmet] We're moving it.

[Natalie] Oh,
like hell you are.

You can't just
jerk this thing around

like a crash test dummy,
you'll kill it.

I guess I'll just have
to take my chances.

[gun cocks]

-[grunts]
-I told you,

no more touchy-feely
with E.T. here.

-That thing
is dangerous...
-[growls]

...and you're just
making it stronger.

It needs me.

Well, I need it more.

What the hell is going on,
Emmet?

A change of plans
is what it is.

We're calling

Ferritin Laboratories
right now.

If we bring them living proof
of alien life,

I'm sure they'll make it
worth our while.

All you have to do...

is fix the phone.

Oh, it's broken?

-What a cheap piece of--
-Fix it!

This is my discovery,

and we're going to do it
my way.

That's all I've ever done.

All those years digging
until my knees ached

and my fingers bled for you
and your half-assed theories.

And now,
finally by some miracle,

we make the big score
and you want to give it away

for the good of mankind

and your picture
on a magazine cover?

Well, you know something,
Natalie?

Fame doesn't feed you.

Fix the phone.

[grunts] Let me go.

Here you go.

You fix it.

Tie them up.

[growling]

[roars]

Are you sure
this is necessary?

We have to keep the site
covered up

until we get back here
with the Ferritin team.

We'll radio them

when we get
to the landing strip.

I'll set a couple more charges
in the shaft.

Good. I'll start
striking the camp.
Come help when you're done.

We'll bring the alien
up last.

[sighs]

Well, this is what
you always wanted, isn't it?

Tie me up?

I can think of worse forms
of couples therapy.

Oh, like what?

Having to talk,
for instance.

Dean. Dean!

Come on,
don't leave us like this.

We're not.

We're taking you with us.

Emmet's going to give you
a fair share,

whether you want it or not.

That's not gonna
keep us quiet.

You know
somebody's gonna believe us.

Shut up.

[Emmet] Dean,
I'm heading back to the camp.

I'm right behind you.

Dean. Dean!

You're practically
inviting them to kill us.

Emmet's after money,
he's not a killer.

Oh, yeah? Not yet.

Come on, we got
to get out of here.

I don't suppose
you have a knife
in your boot?

Yeah, afraid not.

No, you always were
a more academic archeologist.

[sarcastic laughter]

-[sighs]
-[clicks tongue]

Hey, this is a burial mound,

-isn't it?
-Yeah.

So shouldn't there be
funerary offerings,

academically speaking,
you know,

like totems,
objects of art?

Weapons.

If there were weapons
in here,

where would they be?

Well, they'd be on
the inside east wall

between the crypt
and the entry shaft,

so the ghost warriors

can guard
against grave robbers.

Come on.

-Can you do it?
-Yeah.

-One, two, three...
-Push.

[grunts]

Okay, which way
to the east wall?

Which way
is the east wall?

-I think it's this way.
-Come on, put me over there.

Okay.

-You ready?
-Mmm-hmm.

[grunts]

-It's pretty firm.
-Well, keep trying.

Okay, now come over here.

[groans]

Ow!

That sounds hollow.
[grunts]

[Curtis] Yes!

Whoo.

Those are
Mound Builder weapons.

[Natalie] Everyone said
they wouldn't be

within 3,000 miles from here.

Why don't you quit gloating
and help me out here?

You ready?

[both grunt]

Come on, we got to move!

[exclaims] Lay off,

unless you want to do it
all by yourself.

I will if I have to.

[Curtis] Okay, I got it.

Okay.

Oh, God,
let's get out of here.

Not without the alien.

No, Curtis,
you do not.

It's too dangerous.

That's not what I felt
when I touched him.

He could be controlling
your mind.

There must be some reason
why he was killed

and sealed in a tomb.

No, this wasn't a prison.

Those primitive humans
thought he was a god.

They built this tomb
to honor him.

Are you sure of it?

That's not good science.

You're right. It's not fair
to hold you back.

It will probably
get you killed.

I can't explain it,
but I have to help him.

He's struggling
to stay alive

for thousands of years
in the cocoon.

I gonna let Emmet turn him
into a lab rat.

You go ahead,
I'll catch up
to you later.

If you're gonna do this,
I will too.

Nat.

I'm supporting you
for a change.

Shut up and let me do it.

[labored breathing]

Oh, wow.

He's too weak to move.

What are you doing?

He needs more energy.

[Curtis and alien exclaiming]

[screaming]

Double check the charges.

I'll get Curtis
and Natalie first.

-[Natalie gasps]
-[yells]

Oh, my God. No!

Oh, let's get out of here.

[grunts]

[Curtis] I think that's what
he wants to do, too.

He's coming with us.

-Stop right there.
-[gun cocks]

[alien growling]

[Emmet] Faber, Dean,
the alien's up.

Get down here!

Emmet, he's very weak.
He could be dying.

Giving his life
to that thing?

[alien snarls]

Holy crap.

[snarls]

You know you have
to let us go, Emmet.

It's the right thing to do.

For once, I'm doing
what's right for me.

But there may be others
of his kind.

You don't want
to anger them.

They left him here
for 10,000 years.

I don't think
they miss him very much.

-Emmet.
-Don't test me.

I'll do what I have to do.

Emmet, this is a living,
breathing alien.

Extraterrestrial life.

[Curtis] It's too important
for the planet.

No,

this is far too important
for a pair

of failed archeologists
like you.

[gun cocks]

I'm sorry.

[roaring]

[grunts]

[yelling]

-[bone cracking]
-[screams in pain]

[grunts]

Help me, damn it!

-[gun cocks, fires]
-[growls]

No, you'll hit
the charges! Don't!

-No!
-[gun firing]

-[explosions]
-[alien yells]

[rumbling]

Nat, Nat, look at me.

-[coughing]
-Keep talking.

Talk to me.

Being an action hero
is so painful.

You're bleeding.

Well, call 911.

-How do I stop
the bleeding?
-[sighs] Oh.

I took a lot...

a lot of anatomy
to get this degree.

I am done for.

It ain't over
till it's over.

Dean! Anyone hear me?

Emmet, we need help.

Hey, keep talking to me.

-[gasps]
-That's good.

I'm sorry
I put you through so much.

I can't believe
you never left me.

I'm glad you didn't.

[exclaims, snarls]

Oh! What does he want?

[alien speaking
indiscernible language]

I'm sorry.

We never meant
to hurt you.

[snarling]

It'll be over soon, Nat.

[snarls]

I never stopped loving you.

[grunts]

[humming]

-Easy.
-[gasps]

-[breathing heavily]
-Easy, now.

Can you hear me?

Where am I?

The better question is,
"when"?

It's been nearly
a thousand years.

What?

Natalie...
Where's Natalie?

Her wounds were quite severe,
so we revived her first...

in case there were
any complications.

But fortunately,

our technology
has advanced considerably.

Curtis.

Natalie,
I don't understand.

[exhales]

The alien sprayed us

with his
resinous preservative.

Turns out
he's an anthropologist
of sorts.

A legend among his people.

His fate was never known
until they found us.

And the fact that we tried
to save his life

has made us heroes
on their planet, and here.

Heroes?

[exhales]

Me and him?

Oh, no, no,
he's one of their doctors.

The alien we found is dead.

He sprayed us
with all his preservative.

He only had enough
for two.

He saved our lives, Curtis.

[sobbing]

What is it?

I don't know.

Is this real?

Come here.

I'll show you something.

[birds chirping]

[Curtis] It's incredible.

A new world where humans
and aliens live together,

learning to understand
each other.

That's the good news.

What's the bad news?

[sighs]

Somebody else
published first.

[beeping]

[chuckles]

[Control Voice] They say,
"What you send around
comes around."

Perhaps that is true,

even if it sometimes takes
a thousand years.