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(BEES BUZZING)

(BUZZING GROWS LOUDER)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

TEDDY: It all starts
with something magnificent.

(BUZZING CONTINUES)
(BIRDS CHIRPING)

A flower.
Just a flower.

Then, a honeybee.

Very fragile.
Very complicated.

The bee gathers pollen

and deposits it in
another flower's stigma.

It's like sex,
but cleaner.

Nobody gets hurt.

(CAPTIVATING MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUSIC INCREASES IN TEMPO)

A third of our food
is pollinated this way.

You understand
the scope of that?

That's how vital
the bees are, Don.

And they're dying.

(MUSIC DISTORTING)

DON: Why?

TEDDY: It's like we talked
about, cuz. Remember?

CCD. It's like
a pandemic.

Workers desert
the queen

until she's all alone
with her young.

And the colony
wastes away.

DON: But why do they
leave her?

TEDDY: Well... (GRUNTS)

...people claim it's
pesticides or habitat loss.

Or some people think
world governments

and their
agro-corporate overlords

bioengineered CCD to
manipulate food supplies.

But I knew

there had to be a larger
organizing principle at work.

So I studied.

I observed.

Down.

I searched in the ground
and in the stars.

Until I found it.

(ALARM BEEPS)
(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

It was there all along.
(ALARM STOPS)

Fucking caging us.
Poisoning us.

Choking us out.

One. Two...

We are not steering
the ship, Don.

(GROANS)
Oh, good job.

TEDDY: They are.

(TOOTHBRUSH BUZZING)
And now it's up to you and me

to stop them.

The training
is for a reason, Don.

It's going to try
and dominate us.

But we're not
gonna let it, are we?

(STRAINING) You mean
she'll try to hurt us?

TEDDY". Oh, yes, Don.
It's highly dangerous.

(WOMAN GRUNTING)

TEDDY: So we have to
prepare our bodies... Down. Up.

...and our brains.

Come on. Come on.
Come on. (GRUNTING)

(GRUNTING FIERCELY)

(DON CHUCKLES)
Why are you laughing?

Sorry, you just look a little
funny doing that, to be honest.

Sorry, Teddy.
Okay, well, now you do it.

Okay.

Hey, I think
I look funny too.

Okay.
(CHUCKLES)

See?
It's good.

(MUSIC CONTINUES)

TEDDY: Oh, and don't forget
they track it remotely.

And they'll try
and track us too.

It'll weevil into your brain
box every chance it gets,

so we have to
fortify that shit.

Okay. (GULPS)

I'll try.

Do you hear
that though?

Donny?

In your voice? How they
fucked yourconfidence?

I'm sorry, Teddy.
TEDDY: No.

Donny,
look at me.

Don't you ever
apologize. Ever.

None of this
is your fault. Okay?

(SIGHS)

Thanks.

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

TEDDY: It won't play fair.

(REMOTE BEEPS)
(DOOR LOCKS CLICK)

So we have to be better.
(FRONT DOOR CLOSES)

How can you
tell them apart?

Well, you have to
know where to look.

There
are signs.

(THUDDING NEARBY)

What about
these people?

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

TEDDY: No.
No, they're fine.

I mean, they're
not "fine" fine,

but hollowed.

You know, like
the rest of us.

Harmless.

Hopeless.

("GOOD LUCK, BABE!" BY
CHAPPELL ROAN PLAYING, MUFFLED)

And that's the way
they planned it.

To make us the
same as the bees.

A dead colony,

atomized in a
trillion directions

with no way
home again.

(OMINOUS MUSIC CONTINUES)

GUARD: Morning,
Ms. Fuller.

MICHELLE: Good morning.
Have a good day.

(MUSIC INCREASES IN TEMPO)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

DON: What does
the cream do?

The same.
Mitigation.

Here, get
all of it.

(DOG BARKING IN DISTANCE)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

What if someone finds
out about what we're doing?

They won't. No one on Earth
gives a single fuck about us.

So until the
day comes...

we clear the psychic
cache,okay?

No distractions.

No gaming. No vape.
No whacking it.

No screens whatsoever,
except for research.

You promise, Don?

I know this
is a lot.

But I... I want you
with me on this.

I need
you, Don.

Hmm.

I know you're actually
smart and brave,

and no one else
sees it but me.

No, you're... No,
you're the smart one.

The brains of this
operation, really.

Hmm.

But...

ls something
wrong?

I just... I don't
think I can do this.

Hey.
Come here.

Hmm.

Give me
a hug.

Ah.

TEDDY: I love
you, cuzzie.

I love you
too, man.

You're my best friend
in the whole world.

My only
friend.

And I'm doing this to
save you most of all.

And I won't let anyone
hurt you, okay?

Okay?
Okay,

Never.

Yeah.

Medroxyprogesterone
acetate.

It's a progestin-type
hormonal med.

Chemical castration.

Okay?

Okay.

In order for us
to hit maximum focus,

we have to
clear our heads

of all psychic
compulsions, okay?

What does
that mean?

Hey, buddy.
(STAMMERS)

Trust me, I've done a
shit ton of research on this.

The more of
that fuck filler

we have jamming
up our neurons,

the bigger advantage
it will have over us.

Are you sure?

(TEDDY SIGHS)

Yes, Donny,
I'm sure.

It's really
important, Don.

I just wanted to be
with someone someday.

Bud... you gotta
believe me.

I've figured
it out.

The part of your brain
that distracts you,

part of your brain
that makes you sad,

it's all connected to
the biological imperative.

These synapses firing
off on procreation

and seed spread
and monogamy,

like all these
fucking pain traps.

(LAUGHING) It's all...
It's all neurons, dude.

You just have
to harness them.

And once you kill
the urges, like I have,

you'll be your
own master.

No one can
fuck with you.

You'll be
totally free.

Don't you
wanna be free?

Yes.

So you ready?

(DON GRUNTS)

Let's do this.

Yeah.
Yeah.

Okay, so, uh...

Lean over the chair and
talk to me, it will distract you.

Yeah. How
are you, Teddy?

I'm doing great, man.
How are you?

Uh, I'm
doing good.

So, you excited
to be free?

Yeah.

What does free
feel like to you?

I guess it...
(GRUNTING)

...feels like when
we were little,

before things
got bad.

When everyone
was still here.

Hey, hey.

I know it's
been hard, man.

But we're gonna get it
back again. I promise.

(OMINOUS MUSIC PLAYING)

All we've lost,
all these years.

All the shit that's
been done to us.

We're setting
that shit right again.

And no one
can fuck with us.

Not even ourselves.

Morning, Corey.
Good morning, Michelle.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(MUFFLED CHATTER)

I believe every company should
strive to form a diverse table.

If the people on your team
are from diverse backgrounds,

they'll find new and
creative solutions to problems

rather than just iterating.

We need to find the next
generation of diverse engineers,

diverse biologists,
diverse doctors.

Because it's not just diverse
employees, it's diverse thinking.

It's about using
our corporate resources

to empower people of
different skills andidenflfies“.

Holy fucking fucker.
Jesus Christ.

Every time.
What is it?

"Skills and identities
to foster--"

MICHELLE: "To foster a new
generation of Auxolith talent."

Okay, let's reset.

It's too many
"diverses," Chris.

I'm going, "Diverse,
diverse, diverse."

Like... "Buh-duh,
buh-duh, buh-duh."

Like a fucking
metronome.

Well, uh... (CLEARS THROAT)
...it is diversity training.

Yeah, but it's too
many, Chris.

Can we try to diversify
the language a little bit?

CHRIS: No, sure.

Let's go again.

(ICE CLINKING IN GLASS)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

COREY: Okay,
so that's it then.

You just have
the investor call with Sara

and a VC with
Wieden with Kennedy at 9:00

that you can do remote.

Thank you, Corey.

The 5:30 thing.
Uh-huh?

Look, I know you
sent the email already,

but I need you
to let everyone know

that they are free
to leave at 5:30

from now on,
starting today, okay?

But do it in a way
that's, you know...

What we
talked about.

Yeah,
of course.

We need to send
the message

that we have a new
culture here now.

Where people should,
yes, of course,

feel free
to leave at 5:30

and be with
their families.

No one is gonna be
overworked like in the past.

No more
unpleasant incidents.

But of course,
it's not compulsory.

And, obviously, if people
still have work to do,

they should absolutely stay
and continue to work.

Yeah. But it's not
strictly enforced.

Although, we still do
wanna meet quotas.

So if we can do
that with no pressure,

just remembering,
you know,

we are running
a business here,

so let your conscience guide
you kind of thing, yeah? Good?

I'll definitely
let them know.

Great.

New era.

(ICE CLINKING)
Thank you, Corey.

Thanks, Tony.

Feel free to
leave early.

I mean, unless
you're busy.

Or you have things to
do, but feel free if you can.

Up to you.
Yes, ma'am.

Your call.

("GOOD LUCK, BABE!" BY CHAPPELL
ROAN PLAYING OVER STEREO)

I told you so

You know I hate to say
but I told you so

You can kiss
a hundred boys in bars

Shoot another shot
try to stop the feeling

(MOUTHING ALONG)
Well, I told you so

You can say
it's just the way you are

Make a new excuse
another stupid reason

Good luck, babe
Well, good luck

Well, good luck, babe
Well, good luck

You'd have to stop...

(SONG CONTINUES FAINTLY
IN DISTANCE)

(VEHICLE APPROACHING)

Well, good luck, babe
Well, good luck

You'd have to stop the world
just to stop the feeling...

(SONG CONTINUES FAINTLY)

TEDDY: Come on.

(ENGINE SHUTS OFF)
(some STOPS)

(MICHELLE YELPS)

(ALL GRUNTING)
(SHARP SLAP)

(DON GROANS)

(BOTH PANTING)

TEDDY: Shit!
Fuck, fuck!

(MICHELLE YELLS)

(TEDDY GRUNTING)

(MICHELLE GRUNTING
FIERCELY)

(BOTH PANTING)

(MUFFLED GRUNTING)

(PANTING)

(SINISTER MUSIC PLAYING)

(DON GROANS)

TEDDY: No, no, no!
Stay back with her.

Spray! Spray!
(SPRAY CAN HISSING)

You really have
to hurry, bud.

Um, I know.
I'm sorry.

Okay. Quick
as you can.

It's like GPS, remember?
(CLIPPERS BUZZING)

If its hair is still attached,
they can track us remotely,

so we wanna go
as quick as we can.

DON: Okay.

TEDDY: ls
it working?

DON: Not much
is coming off.

You really... You really
gotta run it through. Harder.

But what if
I cut her?

Don!

Okay. Do it harder!
You won't cut her!

TEDDY: Man, if eel
good. Don't you?

DON: I guess.

TEDDY: You
were amazing, cuz.

DON: I was?

TEDDY: Oh, yeah.

Fucking
alpha king shit.

DON: Well,
thanks, man.

TEDDY: I knew
you could do it.

Sure enough,
fucking crushed it.

Incredible.

DON: What is?

TEDDY:
Just the detail.

The best I've seen.

DON: Uh, how can you
tell she's an alien?

TEDDY: Well, the
signs are obvious.

They did a hell of a job
on it, but the tells are there.

Narrow feet.

Thin cuticles.

Slight overbite.

Semi-obtruding
earlobes.

See?

High hair density.

You won't notice unless you
know what you're looking for.

DON: I guess
I can see it.

It's like, if you don't
cook steaks a lot,

you won't know when
it's cooked medium-rare.

But if you cook steaks
all the time, you just know.

You don't even have to
cut into it. You just... know.

Hey. Hey, um...
(STAMMERS)

Why are we
doing this?

Is she itchy?

No,Don
It's not itchy.

Its genetic structure
is the same as ours,

uh, but its nervous
system is different.

The antihistamine reacts to the
neurotransmitters in its nervous system

and weakens it.

We're just leveling
the playing field.

It's not torture. Torture
is what it's done to us.

Huh.

TEDDY: The sedative
should wear off soon.

Should we go get dressed?
DON: Okay.

TEDDY: Okay, come on.

(FOOTSTEPS ASCENDING STAIRS)

Is it too
tight?

No, man.

No, this was
my dad's shit.

He left it behind
for a reason,

so that it could be
put to good use.

Everything's for
a reason, Don.

It's too tight.

I look stupid.

No,
you don't.

You look fine, honestly.
You look fine.

Anyway... (CHUCKLES)
...what's that swine gonna do,

call the fashion police
and arrest you?

This isn't
abouthen

Hey. (SIGHS)

It is not
in control anymore.

We are.

Besides, I'll be doing
most of the talking anyway.

In fact, maybe don't
say much. (GRUNTS)

Like, you don't really
have to say much.

Okay.

Like, don't talk
at all, maybe.

Oh.

(GATE CREAKING OPEN)

(GATE CREAKING SHUT)

(LIGHT CLINKING)
(DOOR CLOSES)

(FOOTSTEPS DESCENDING STAIRS)

(EARS RINGING)

TEDDY: Welcome.

Are you conscious?

What?
TEDDY: Is she conscious?

(HESITATES)
I can only proceed

if you're fully
conscious, so...

Uh...

What?

TEDDY: Yes. Greetings.

This is my home.

Where...

Is this...
Is this a hospital?

TEDDY: No, this is
not a hospital. Is this...

TEDDY: Fuck it.
I'm just gonna start.

(CLEARS TH ROAT)

"Welcome to the headquarters
of the human resistance.

"Despite our
general suspicion

"and disavowal of all
extant governing bodies,

"and despite the fact that
you, as an Andromedan,

"are not subject to the
human rights guidelines

"detailed in the
Geneva Conventions,

"we nevertheless endeavor
to adhere to those guidelines

out of the humanist principles
to which they aspire."

MICHELLE:
What is happening?

I'm explaining to you that I
would like to keep all of this

very above-board
and civilized. So...

Where's
my hair?

TEDDY: Your hair's
been destroyed.

You shaved off my hair? TEDDY:
Yes, we've shaved off your hair.

Why have you
shaved off my hair?

To prevent you from
contacting your ship.

My ship?

TEDDY: Your ship.

What ship?

Your mother ship.

Okay.

Full disclosure:

I've also applied a thin layer
of antihistamine cream

to your skin...
MICHELLE: Excuse me.

...which we'll need

to reapply every day...
MICHELLE: Listen to me.

...for full effectiveness.
Listen to me.

I'm listening.

MICHELLE; Right.

Here's what's
gonna happen.

And I wanna be clear,
I'm not threatening you.

Or you.

But the following
is my best guess

of how the next 48 hours
are likely to transpire.

The police,
and soon thereafter,

the FBI, will begin
a statewide manhunt

using all of the methods
at their disposal,

and the combined resources
of neighboring jurisdictions.

My company
is a key job creator

and economic engine
of the region.

I am crucial.

Think of it like you've abducted
the governor, but worse.

That's the level of bureaucratic
urgency you're contending with here.

In all humility,
I can say that.

I'm also a high-profile
female corporate executive.

Does that
add a certain,

you know, politicized
optics to this?

I would say absolutely.

I would say that's a tremendous
factor for you to consider here.

Now, I don't make the rules,
and I don't enforce anything,

and I am not in charge of the
situation in this room. You are.

But you are
not in charge

of what is happening
out there.

And what is
happening out there

is a rapid
cross-coordination

of law enforcement
and digital media,

which is all leading quite
inevitably to your imprisonment...

and very
likely worse,

if I can
be frank.

I'm not privy to what their methods
might be under extreme duress,

or yours,
for that matter.

Butlcan
assure you

that there is no
possible scenario

where you benefit
from this incident,

unless you cooperate
with me right now

and negotiate
a deal that's fair

and advantageous
to us both.

(CHUCKLING)

Okay.

(CHUCKLES)

Wow.
(CLICKS TONGUE)

That was
really good.

That was
really good.

My pulse is racing right now.
Um... (CHUCKLES SOFTLY)

Fuck. (SIGHS)

You got a real human
response out of me there,

which is impressive given
your cellular composition and all.

(HESITATES)
It's the truth.

TEDDY: Well, no.
It's not the truth.

Nothing you
say is true.

Objective human truth has no
value in Andromedan cognition.

Let's just unpack
the problem here.

TEDDY: "Unpack"?
Wow, heady shit.

Sure, let's unpack the
old fact bag, shall we?

You are a high-ranking official
in the royal Andromedan court.

And you've aided your species
in the techno-enslavement

and the agro-corporate
disintegration of planet Earth, okay?

And we need you to
bring us to your mother ship

on the night of
the lunar eclipse

to broker a sit-down
with your royal superiors.

How's that? Fucking
unpacked enough for ya?

I hear where you're
coming from. I do.

And I respectfully
disagree.

On which part?

Primarily, I am
not an alien.

You are. I've done thermal
imaging on your face.

There's Andromedan code
all over your Instagram.

You're barely
even hiding it.

I mean,
look at you.

I'm supposed to believe
you're a 45-year-old woman?

Human woman?

I mean, I follow a very
strict reverse-aging diet

and therapy
program.

It's very expensive, as you can
imagine, but I am not an alien.

Well, there's really no
time for this. You are.

I'm not.

(SIGHS)

All right, then.

We're going to
give you the night

to give your
statement.

MICHELLE: My statement?

TEDDY: That you will give
to your emperor...

Uh-huh.

...to grant us
passage to your ship

and negotiate your species'
withdrawal from planet Earth.

MICHELLE: Right. Could we
have a dialogue about this, please?

Because what you're asking
me to do is not quite clear to me.

TEDDY: I think
it is.

And I want
you to know...

this is really difficult
for me as well.

You killed my family.

You killed my community.
You killed my coworkers.

You killed
the bees.

So, given that,

you should
really appreciate

how super professional I'm
being right now by not gutting you.

(INTENSE MUSIC)

So,

your sustenance
and waste disposal

will be attended to
in the morning.

I haven't gathered
adequate data

on what type of sleep
you require, if any,

but you should try
and get some, okay?

I'm very sorry.

I think that we maybe
got off on the wrong foot.

And I would love to keep the
conversation going, please.

Excuse me,
please?

TEDDY: Don. Don.
Don, come on.

MICHELLE: Come on,
let's keep talking.

Please?

Please?

(DON CHUCKLING SOFTLY)

TEDDY: Yeah!

DON: Yeah.

Don.

Don, Don,
Don, Don!

Don.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

(MICHELLE CRYING)

(SIGHS DEEPLY)

Hey.

We can't see it as a
human woman, you know?

It's not a person
named Michelle Fuller.

It's the Fuller Humanoid.
That's all it is.

Even if it was human,
and it's not, it's still evil.

Pure,
corporate evil.

It's killing
our planet, cuzzie.

It was the lead executive on the
neonicotinoid linked to honeybee death.

It only knows cruelty.

Is it an alien?

Yes.

It knows you're
watching right now too.

It's trying to gain
your sympathy.

That shitty way that
you feel right now,

that's how it
wants you to feel.

It's mastered the art
of emotional manipulation.

I'm sorry.

I... I promise I won't
mess this up, Teddy.

Don't apologize,
remember?

We just stick
to the plan.

We have four days
until the lunar eclipse,

when the Andromedan ship
can return undetected. Yeah?

Yeah.

So, we need
the Fuller Humanoid

to help us
make contact,

so we can fight
for our self-worth.

For our material
existence, Don.

You know, lwish I could fix
everything that's been done to you.

This is not
about me, Don.

This is about everyone.

And one day,
very soon, you'll see.

And the world will see
you as you truly are.

A hero.

That's why
we stick to...

We stick to...

the plan.
Plan.

See? You're
listening.

Yeah.

(MICHELLE SNIFFLES)

(INTENSE MUSIC)

WOMAN: I don't even
fucking know what's in it.

I just eat the poison
they give me.

But I know...

they hide shit
in there

to program
my cells,

my blood.

I see what
their plan is, okay?

They sell me the sickness,
then they sell me the cure,

and it's money
on both sides

from the mind control...

Um...

industry, okay?

Get it?

But I'll do
it for you.

You know, if it helps.

If it makes me
not like me.

Like I am, you know?
Like, weak.

Your slob, cunt mom
will do it for you, baby.

Just don't let them
get you too.

(GIGGLES)

TEDDY: You can go faster.
This isn't the spa.

Okay.

WOMAN: (OVER HEADPHONES)
With scientific evidence

pointing to the potential
of other life

even on our own planet
that we can't comprehend yet,

and with unexplainable
phenomenon

experienced by people
daily in the skies,

in the oceans, and even
in their own backyard,

I think it's kind of
just a little uninformed

to not at least
acknowledge the potential

that humankind may not be
the only intelligent life

to ever exist
throughout the galaxy.

(SYMPHONIC MUSIC BUILDING)

MAN: (OVER HEADPHONES) But I
believe that there are definitely other

higher intelligent
beings somewhere.

I don't know if they're coming,
like I said, through the vibrations,

coming through
frequencies into our world...

(POLICE SIREN WAILS)

...or if they're coming through
trillions and billions of miles of space,

which seems kind of ridiculous
when you think about it, but...

There's a whole--
WOMAN: But what if it's--

What if it's both
of those things?

What if it's not
one or the other?

MAN: It could be a mixture
of everything. WOMAN: Yeah.

TEDDY: Hey.

Saw you there.
You all right?

Uh, yeah.
I'm fine.

How are you?

(CHUCKLES)
I'm good.

Off to work,
then, or...

Uh-huh.

I'm sorry, man. I know you're
like, "This fucking guy," right?

TEDDY: No, no.

No, it's all right.
It's just... You know...

we haven't had a chance to catch
up in a while, 'cause, you know...

all the shit,
and, uh... yeah.

Just wanted to
check up on you.

Casey, I'm good.
What's up?

Nothing's up, man.
I just...

I know I wasn't always the best
babysitter back in the day, but, um...

I do want you
to be okay.

You still up
there with Don?

Yep.

Great. Well...

I think about
you sometimes.

Not... Not in a weird
way, just... Yeah.

I'm a different guy
now. I've grown up.

So, if you ever need
help with anything, just...

I'm good.

I just gotta
get to work. So...

Maybe I'll stop
by sometime.

Yeah, I mean... I'm...
I'm super busy right now.

Crazy busy.
Right.

But... Yeah, maybe
sometime later.

Later, yeah.
All right.

Cool. See ya.

Take it
easy.

See ya,
Teddy.

MAN: (OVER HEADPHONES)
Some people say they're all demons.

A lot of people think they're
higher-intelligent beings

from a different
wavelength.

That's a possibility too, I
guess. I don't know anything.

So I'm not saying, like,
one way or the other.

I just, personally,
I have my opinion,

and I think it's somehow
all connected.

WOMAN: I think that
all of those things are

each a small part
of one giant reality...

Ewan! What's up, man?
EWAN: Morning.

MAN: (OVER HEADPHONES)
I honestly start to believe

that we're all in, like,
a simulation.

And I don't wanna say
it's like The Matrix, but...

TEDDY: What's
wrong, Tina?

My frickin' hand
is still killing me.

Christ. Did you file that
shit With OSHA yet?

I looked into
it, but I--

I don't think
it's a violation.

Tina, their machinery cut you, and
you get punished for missing quotas?

That's a...
That's a violation.

Fucking demons.

I just don't
want any trouble.

Don't you worry. One day
soon, it's all gonna change.

They're not going to get away
with this shit in the end, okay?

I promise you that.

On Monday afternoon, following what
coworkers describe as a routine workday,

Auxolith Biomedical CEO
Michelle Fuller got into her car,

passed the security gate at Auxolith
headquarters in Fayette County, Georgia,

and drove
towards home.

That was nearly
48 hours ago.

No one has heard
from her since.

Authorities now believe
there is a strong chance...

Hey.

Oh, yo. What up, Carlos? I brought
some fresh honey in, for toast.

Oh, great. Thank
you, Teddy. Yeah.

NEWS ANCHOR: A furious
statewide manhunt is now underway,

with state police urging
Fayette County locals

to come forward with
any information at all.

Given Fuller's wealth
and high profile,

state police are not
ruling out the possibility

that Fuller is being
held for ransom,

though, as of yet,
there is no evidence

to suggest this
might be the case.

The only clue
authorities have...

(SYMPHONIC MUSIC PLAYS)

(BEES BUZZING)

TEDDY: Hey, cuz.
Did she eat?

No.

Bedpan?

DON: No.

Maybe she's
too scared to go?

TEDDY: No, she's not
too scared to go.

It's trying to
pity-trap our asses.

It's a ploy.
(DOOR CREAKS OPEN)

We're not gonna let
it pity-trap us, are we?

(FOOTSTEPS
APPROACHING)

DON: No.

Just stay
over there.

Okay, Teddy.

MICHELLE: (OVER RECORDING)
Um, I am an alien from outer space.

I live here on planet Earth,
but I am not a human being.

My mother ship
is coming to Earth,

and I would like to bring my
new friend with me. Thanks.

Uh-huh. So...

this is a
joke, then?

You're trying to simulate
sapient humor, or...

That was the
best I could do.

TEDDY: This is the
best you could do?

You didn't even say it
in your own language.

Sorry. That was
the best I could do.

No, it isn't.

What would you
like me to say, then?

Well, I already
did that. Um...

I would like you to request
an audience with your emperor

to discuss the terms of your
species' withdrawal from Earth.

MICHELLE: And I did
that. But convincingly.

Well, I think that's
gonna be difficult. Why?

At the risk
of repeating myself,

I'm not an alien.

(CRASH)

Teddy?

What?

I thought all night
about our situation here,

and I think I know
what's going on.

Okay. Yeah,
please, enlighten me.

So, look, if eel qualified here
because I am a chemist by training,

but I also have
a psych degree.

Oh. Okay.
Wow. Great.

A degree from
a university?

From a credentialist scam for
laundering privilege? Amazing.

Well, yeah,
I do have a degree.

And I also have read
a lot about this.

You can't talk your way
out of this again.

I'm not a
kid anymore.

(GULPS)

I think you're in
a kind of echo chamber.

Echo chamber?
Right now?

Mm-hmm.
Echo?

Yeah, I read the same 5,000
think pieces about that too.

You're consuming
content on the Internet

that is reinforcing
this sort of warped,

subjective idea
of reality.

This is your
best shot at me?

Some "rabbit holes" bullshit
you read in the Times?

Come on.
Come on.

Can we have
a dialogue, please?

Don't call it
a dialogue.

This isn't
Death of a Salesman.

Okay, can we
talk, please?

Or are you just gonna
keep doing this?

Okay. We don't need to talk.

Because I know exactly
what you're going to say.

You're going to say that
I'm in some kind of

Internet-induced auto-hypnotic
feedback loop,

and gatekeepers
and norms,

and all that weak
hegemonic horseshit.

But that is precisely
the limp-dick rhetoric

that you've been
instructed

to counter the
human insurgency with.

That's the fucking
hyper-normalized dialectic

by which you've convinced
seven and a half billion people

that they're not
your captives.

To keep us believing in
these fucking false institutional,

fucking shybboleths.

You mean,
"shibboleths."

That's what
I said.

You said...

Yeah,
whatever.

Sorry. I guess grammar is a
false Andromedan construct as well.

(GRUNTS)

Fucking...

(BANGING)

(OBJECTS CLATTERING)

I'm sorry.

You're angry.

I see that.

I even think you have
a right to be angry.

You do?

Yes! But we need
to have an honest talk

in good faith

about what is
going on here.

TEDDY: Yes. You're
right. Let's talk it out.

Let's create
a safe space,

safe words,
good faith, dialogue.

When you talk about this,
when you talk about that,

and what we talk about
when we talk about

fucking talk, talk, talk,
talk, talk, talk, talk,

talking forever until
we're all fucking dead!

Yeah, I agree.

So, what is this exactly
that you want?

Like, what do you
really want? Is it money?

Your capital
has no value to us.

So, what is it, then?
A power thing?

A sex thing?

We have no interest
in you, sexually.

Irrespective
of the fact

that your
reproductive organs

may not be compatible
with ours,

my cousin and I have also
been chemically castrated.

Oh, Jesus Christ.
Okay.

But I figured you might try
to lure us in that way.

Hence the precaution.
See, Don?

Don. Teddy.

Come on.

We have options here.

We do.
No.

There are
no options.

There are no rules.

There are no deals.
There's no payoff.

There's no money.

There is no legal system.

There's no Congress.

There is no America.

There's no global
democratic order, okay?

So, don't talk to me like
I'm a dipshit,

because I'm
not a dipshit.

I'm a guy that knows
what the fuck is happening,

and you will
not defeat me,

you sick Andromedan fuck!

Teddy, I'm sorry.

You need help.

You're mentally ill.

(LOUD SLAP)

(MICHELLE GROANING)

Everybody denies
it at first,

and then
they confess.

(SYMPHONIC MUSIC SWELLS)

TEDDY: Fucking...
Fucking fuck.

Fucking lie. Fucking...

Fuck! (SCREAMS)

Fuck!

(MUSIC CONCLUDES)

TEDDY: I didn't discover them
on my own.

I stand on the
shoulders of giants.

The PA-99-N2 microlensing event
proved that there was an exoplanet.

And Gideon55's YouTube studies
into Andromedan infiltration

paved the way
for my own research.

But I was the one who discovered
how to identify them, okay?

I created that content.

Obviously I've never been
on the ship before.

But I know enough
to render it on my laptop.

The journey there
will be instantaneous.

But once we're on board,
inside their chemical atmosphere,

they may be able to
hear our thoughts.

So keep your mind clear and
decisive during the negotiations.

They will see

that we are men
of honor and dignity.

And that Earth, with its vast
resources and human ingenuity,

has much that
we can offer.

So much more than this fucking
worthless death spiral into chaos and shit.

And if they won't
listen to reason,

well, I have a plan
for that, too.

DON: What will our
lives be like in space?

In space?

Aren't we going
to live in space?

Well, bud, uh...

we'll only be gone
for a few hours.

We're not leaving Earth
for good. We're saving it.

So we have
to stay here?

TEDDY: Well, yeah.
Of course.

But we're saving it.

So, it'll be a good
place to live again.

So, everything
will be okay.

Yeah. I know.

Sorry.

TEDDY: It's
okay, man.

Ever since those
shots you gave me,

I've felt weird.

And crazy.

And sometimes sad.

Have you felt
that way too?

It'll pass. Don't worry.

It'll pass.

Mmm.

(CHAINS RATTLING)

(MICHELLE GRUNTING)

(MICHELLE PANTING)

(GRUNTING CONTINUES)

(DOOR CREAKS OPEN)

(DOOR CREAKS SHUT)

MICHELLE:
Good morning.

TEDDY: You're
out of breath.

MICHELLE:
Oh, yes. You...

you make
me nervous.

Um, so, I've... I've been
doing a lot of pondering.

And I think we
should start over.

I wanna
help you.

And given that,

there is something that I
should have said to you earlier

that I am finally prepared
to say to you now.

With conviction.

I am an alien.

I admit it.

You were right all along.
I am an alien.

I mean, you can't blame me for
trying to conceal it for as long as I did.

Part of my mission here on Earth
is to blend in and so forth, so...

Look, I'm very tired.

And I know that
this doesn't...

sound as forceful,

or the verisimilitude is not what
you would want it to be necessarily,

but I can assure you
I mean what I say.

And I would like to move
forward now, to a solution.

I'm an alien.

You wanna start over?

Yes.

Good.

Let's
start over.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

TEDDY: I was hoping

we could agree on your
genus and avoid a painful test,

but you forced
my hand.

(MUFFLED) I...
I admitted it. Okay?

I admitted it.

TEDDY: I'm sorry.

I'm a humane person.
I do not want to do this.

I'm an alien.

I am an alien!
I am...

TEDDY: I agree.

("BASKET CASE"
BY GREEN DAY PLAYING)

Do you have the time
to listen to me whine?

About nothing
and everything all at once

I am one of those...

Uh, are you sure
it works?

She already
admitted it.

It killed our
family, cuzzie.

DON: Yeah, but...

this doesn't
seem right.

Please stop.
Please, please.

Don't. Don't.
Don't, don't.

Don't do this.
Don't do this.

Okay, here comes the first
wave. MICHELLE: No, no, no.

Wait! Don't,
don't, don't, don't.

(MICHELLE SCREAMING)

Please don't.

Trust me,
Don.

Trust me!

Second wave.

(MICHELLE CONTINUES
SCREAMING)

(MUSIC STARTS DISTORTING)

(ELECTRICITY BUZZING)

(MICHELLE CONTINUES
SCREAMING)

DON: Teddy, no!

(FAINT SCREAMING)

You'll kill
her, Teddy!

Can you stop?

Teddy, stop!

Donny, back up!

I'm sorry.

(MICHELLE CONTINUES SCREAMING)

(SHORT-CIRCUITING)

What the fuck?

MICHELLE:
That's enough!

What's wrong
with you, man?

She could've
died.

No. No, Don.
You don't understand.

What?

It was off
the charts.

The output, it's never
reached that threshold before.

DON:
"Before"?

TEDDY: Could you get me
a towel, please?

I wish to...
(CUTTING RESTRAINTS)

...apologize profusely.

I did not realize...

Your Majesty.

What?

TEDDY: I stupidly
thought you were admin.

I did
not realize,

at that voltage...

You have the
royal genetic code.

I'm sorry.

I didn't know.

I didn't know.

The most important thing I
want to stress to you right now

is I never want to
put this behind us. Never.

What happened is
part of all of us now.

And it doesn't go away, and it
doesn't get swept under the rug,

and it doesn't
get excused.

Not on
my watch.

This one sticks.
Forever.

I am putting this up

on the corporate
masthead for all to see.

For everyone in
our company

and our industry
to learn from.

That's why I'm meeting all of
the victims' families this week,

to let them know we
are going to do better.

Maybe we don't even try to
market a product like this anymore.

Or maybe... maybe we
take this experience to grow,

and to get this
formula right.

Because I really do think,
if clone correctly, and safely,

this could be a product that
could help someone like your mom.

But right now, we would
like to do what's right,

and cover the expenses
for your mother's treatment,

in hopes that her condition
might one day improve.

We will not
tolerate the idea

of you or your family bearing
the financial burden of this.

We are covering
all of it.

This one's on us.

And, again,
we're just so sorry.

(FAST-PACED MUSIC)

You'll have to
excuse me.

It's my best attempt
to approximate

the royal treatment to
which you are accustomed.

MICHELLE: Oh,
it's great. Thank you.

There was a wig
in the bathroom.

Did you want me to wear that?

TEDDY: No, no.
It's just an option.

MICHELLE; I'm fine.

TEDDY: And I want to apologize

for not approaching you
with proper courtesy.

Not realizing, of course,
what you were.

That you shared blood
with the emperor himself.

MICHELLE: Oh, that's
perfectly all right.

TEDDY: The truth is, we
will never make progress here

if we can't speak
eyeball-to-eyeball,

as the most evolved examples
of our respective species.

MICHELLE: /agree.

TEDDY: Good.
MICHELLE: Excellent.

(THUDDING)

TEDDY: Well,
on that note, enjoy.

It's a lovely home.

Thank you.

Mmm.

Just you here?

Yes.

MICHELLE; Always?

Sorry?

Has-- Has it always
just been you?

Um, well...

I'd prefer if we didn't delve
too deeply into the personal,

if you don't mind.

Mmm. Sure,
that's fine.

Thank you.

So, what...

Why don't you tell me more
about your movement?

My What?

MICHELLE: Your movement.
What you're doing.

Respectfully,
we are not a movement.

Oh.

A movement is made up
of many people.

I did this all
on my own.

MICHELLE: Of course.

With the help of my
colleague, of course.

MICHELLE: Well,
it's very impressive.

TEDDY: Thank you.
MICHELLE: I'm...

I'm all for people
who can do that.

You know, the
activism thing.

99.9% of what's
called activism

is really
personal exhibitionism

and brand maintenance
in disguise.

Mmm. Okay.

TEDDY: I used
to be the same way.

I ran through the whole
digestive tract in...

five years?

Alt-right, alt-lite,
leftist, Marxist.

All those
stupid badges.

I went shopping hungry, and I
just bought the whole store.

(CHUCKLES)

Mmm-hmm.

TEDDY: But I was just
looking in the wrong places.

Until I discovered you.

Well, again, it is
very impressive.

Thank you.

You as well, Don.

TEDDY: You'll...
Um...

You'll have to
excuse my colleague.

He prefers not
to converse.

Uh, can I go
to the bathroom?

TEDDY: in just
a minute, Don.

We're eating
right now.

I see you're apiarists.

TEDDY: Of sorts.

MICHELLE: I've taken
an interest as well.

TEDDY: Hmm.
So I've heard.

MICHELLE: Magnificent
creatures, honeybees.

Very much so.

Earth's most
admirable creation.

Well, shit, I've literally said
those exact words before.

Right, so, um, what is it
that you admire about them?

About bees? Uh...

Complex society.

Work ethic.

They do their duty,
they build their worlds

without complaint or piety
or self-obsession.

Mm-hmm.

All true.

Which is why they're
so easy to exploit, right?

I just admire their
resolve. That's all.

Eveninthe
face of peril.

Well, we can
agree on that.

What sort of peril,
by the way?

MICHELLE: Sorry?

You said bees
have faced peril.

Such as?

Uh, what do you
want me to say?

Well, just say it.

Why don't you say it? TEDDY:
Nah, you should just say it.

(TEDDY CHUCKLES)
MICHELLE: You go ahead.

TEDDY:
No, I insist.

MICHELLE: No,
please. After you.

Colony Collapse Disorder.

Sure, Teddy. Like CCD.

You're a bit of
an expert on CCD.

MICHELLE: Well, I...
lwouldn't say that exactly.

Well, I would
say that exactly.

It's all right.
We're just talking.

So, I take it you're referring
to the neonicotinoids

that my
company makes.

You know what? Let's
just... Let's just leave it.

No, I-- I appreciate
your concern.

I just think your research
is a bit out of date, Teddy.

Uh, CCD has declined
significantly in recent years.

The bees are
coming back.

And there's
no consensus

that pesticides were ever
a real threat to begin with.

Yes, I'm well aware of what
you've all been telling us.

Thank you.

I know you want there to
be a master plan, Teddy.

You want the bees to be dying
so that it can be my fault

and you don't have to think
about the real reasons

why species die.

Immunodeficiencies,
changing habitats,

genetic factors.

Or sometimes a species
just winds down.

(SCOFFS)

"Winds down"?

Maybe something clicks
in their heads.

And they just know.

Or they intuit.

The futility of
the entire enterprise.

Who knows, right?

Right. Who knows?

MICHELLE: That's right.
So hard to say.

(TEDDY GASPS)

Who knows, Don?

We were having
a nice dinner.

We were.

TEDDY: Nice,
quiet, respectful.

But now we're not.

No, we're not.

TEDDY: And why do
you suppose that is?

MICHELLE:
You tell me.

Because you're
lying to me.

Are you sure I
can't use the bathr--

Shh!

MICHELLE: Your
usual conclusion.

TEDDY: You're
murdering the bees.

I am not.

TEDDY: And now
you're lying again.

Lies.
Lies.

Truth.
TEDDY: Lies.

What's the
difference?

I can't change
your mind.

TEDDY: You're right.
You can't.

Because I know
who you are.

I know what you are.

I know you
too, Teddy.

Bullshit you do.

MICHELLE; I do.

You know
how I know?

Fuck you.

Sandy Gatz.

What did you say?

MICHELLE:
I remember, Teddy.

That was your
mother. Right?

She is my mother.

MICHELLE: Right,
yes. Of course.

(CLEARS THROAT)
I'm sorry.

And you will never
say her name again.

Understand?

MICHELLE: That's
fair enough.

But I do think
we need to discuss...

TEDDY: We
actually do not.

Because this
is not about that.

MICHELLE: With all
due respect, Teddy,

how could this
not be about that?

We believed we
were helping, Teddy.

Don't you dare.

MICHELLE: (STAMMERS) Opioid
withdrawal medication like that

could've helped
your mother

and millions like
her. Stop. Just stop.

MICHELLE: And the clinical
trial pay,

that was
helping her, too.

I know it wasn't a
king's ransom, but it...

TEDDY: Stop right now.

Obviously, we did not
foresee the complications,

for Sandy or
for the others.

Do not say her name.

You do not say her name.

We believed we paid your
family a proper reparation,

but now I see
it wasn't nearly enough.

TEDDY: Stop!
Not by half,

not by a fraction.

Stop!
MICHELLE: Teddy...

you're right to
distrust me, you are.

I lost myself somewhere,
okay? TEDDY: Fuck you.

Shut the fuck up.
MICHELLE: I...

I became a human being

that I told myself
I would never become.

Fuck you! MICHELLE:
I'm not denying that,

but I can
help you, Teddy.

I can still
help you.

And I can still help
your mother.

I can help her.

Truly, I can.

DON: I-- I...
I mean,

can you?

You needed a mother.

She was never
there for you.

Fucking die,
you fucker!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(MICHELLE GRUNTING)

TEDDY: Fucking
kill you!

I'll fucking
kill you!

Teddy, stop.

(STRAINED GRUNTING)

DON: Teddy, stop.

(TEDDY CRIES OUT)

(MICHELLE GASPING)

(MUSIC FADES)

(MICHELLE GRUNTING
IN OTHER ROOM)

(MICHELLE GRUNTING)

(MUSIC RESUMES)

(MICHELLE YELLS)

Get Off him!

You can't beat me.

Because you are a loser
and I am a winner.

And that's
fucking life.

(THUDS)

(TEDDY BREATHING HEAVILY)

(DOORBELL RINGS)

(KNOCKING SOFTLY)

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

TEDDY: Hey.
Hey.

How annoying
is this, right?

TEDDY: No, what's up?
Mmm.

No, come on,
dude. I know.

It's like, "Why'd I
even tell this guy

"he could stop by,"
right? (CHUCKLES)

TEDDY: It's fine,
Casey. What's up?

Um, sorry.

I-- I actually do have a real
reason to be here, though.

TEDDY: Uh-huh.

Um, well, you know how
we're all working

this missing
persons thing?

Uh, yeah,

I just had a couple questions
to run by you, actually.

Don't worry.

Obviously, I just, um...

Sorry, could I actually
come in, maybe?

TEDDY: Uh, yeah.
No, sure.

Come on in.

CASEY: Dude, thank you.
I really appreciate that.

(DOOR CLOSES)

"We are not alone."

TEDDY; Huh?

Nothing.
Just, you know,

"We are not alone."

TEDDY: Oh, right.

Well, we're not.

Uh... CASEY: Right.

TEDDY: You want
some water or...

CASEY: That'd be great.
Thank you.

(CASEY SIGHS)

Gotta tell you,
man, it's, uh,

pretty weird
being back in here.

A lot of feelings.

Yeah, well,
same old shit.

CASEY: Hmm.

Thank you.

Scared the, uh,
chair's gonna run away?

TEDDY: What?

Oh. No.

My mom, she used to have
fits or whatever,

so we'd... we'd nail
the chair down.

Yeah.

(CHUCKLES) Uh-oh.

What?

My archnemesis.

TEDDY: Ah.

You want a
piece of cake?

I mean,
if you insist.

(CASEY LAUGHS)

Yeah, I love
this stuff.

(CUTLERY CLATTERING)

So, um, you had
some questions or...

Oh. Uh,
yes, sorry.

Um, you're still
atAuxolith, right?

Yeah.

So you must know all
about the Fuller case?

I mean, I heard
a little, yeah.

On the news?

I don't get the news
from the news.

CASEY: Right. Um,
of course. Sorry.

I'm just here
on a hunch, really.

See, this missing
lady, her phone

pinged a cell tower in the
area the night of the abduction.

Thank you.
Thank you very much.

TEDDY: Oh.

Well, those things have
a pretty wide radius,

though, right? CASEY:
Yeah, no, for sure.

It's just that her car was
also snapped by a speed trap

near the intersection
down the road over here.

TEDDY: Oh, yeah?

I know. I'm, uh...

You know,
long shot, right?

But, I don't know, it's a
sparsely populated area.

Figured I'd check in
with the local residents.

See if, uh,

you or Don seen
anything peculiar.

Uh...

No, no.

CASEY: Well,
uh, hmm.

Let's see here.

For starters,
have you seen...

this car?

TEDDY: Uh-uh.

What about, uh,
this woman?

I mean, yeah, she--
She owns my work, yeah.

But I haven't
seen her, no.

You haven't seen
her in person?

No.

I scan packages, so I
wouldn't. (CHUCKLES)

No,no.Dude, I-- I
know. I'm-- I'm sorry.

Um, how about
your neighbors?

They say anything
about, I don't know,

any out of the
ordinary activity?

Uh, I mean, I don't
know them, really.

Right. I--
I'm sorry, man.

Uh, I'm really
grasping at straws here.

Uh...

Look, I mainly just wanted
to check up on you, man.

I know the last
thing you want

is for your fucked-up
babysitter from 20 years ago

stopping by, feeling
guilty about, um...

you know, whatever
went down, uh, but...

Sometimes I pass
by this place,

and I just get this fucking
sad, awful feeling, like,

"What's going
on in there?"

You know?

Not much.
(BOTH CHUCKLE)

(GROANS)

(SIGHS)

Where is he?

(CHAINS RATTLING)

Don? Look
at me, Don.

Put the gun down.
Look at me.

I know you would
never hurt me.

(PAINED GRUNTING)

(CHAIN RATTLING)

Thank you, Don.

You could've shot me
earlier upstairs, but you didn't.

How you behaved
was honestly heroic.

I don't use
that word lightly.

You have been the only
thing stopping him

from doing
God-knows-what to me.

I don't
talk to you.

That's how it is.

So stay quiet.

But you know
this is crazy, right?

You know this is wrong.

I know you
know that.

Shut up.

MICHELLE: I'm
just saying.

There's a
world, Don.

There is a world
where we help you

and your cousin
and your aunt,

where reparations are paid
and a page is turned.

All of that can
happen for you.

No. You're...

You're gonna get
me and Teddy arrested.

MICHELLE:
No, I wouldn't.

And if
you're right

and Teddy
gets arrested,

it'll all be different
for you, Don.

It will, if you
let me go.

Stop.

I know what
you're doing.

All he does is drag you
deeper and deeper into a pit.

He never actually offers
you a way out for you.

(DON GRUNTS)

I can do that for you, Don.

I want to do that for you.

I said, shut up!

MICHELLE:
It's okay.

I know you're confused
and frustrated.

No one in the universe
could possibly blame you.

Shut up.

MICHELLE:
Put the gun down.

Just talk to me.

DON: No.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Sit down and talk to me.
Put the gun down.

Just shut up,

alien filth.

CASEY: He
ever show up again?

Fucking asshole.

Sorry. I know he's your dad
and you probably love him.

I literally wouldn't
recognize him.

CASEY: (SIGHS HEAVILY)
Look, Teddy, um...

I know it was a
long time ago,

what I did to you, man.

It's fine.

CASEY: No.
It wasn't fine.

It-- it was wrong,
but I promise you,

it's-- It's not
'cause I liked it.

It was just...

you know, probably
some weird power thing.

I was... I was young
and lost, and...

I promise you, dude,

I never, ever did
that to anybody else.

Just forget it.
It's done.

Seriously.

Really?
TEDDY: Mmm-hmm.

(BREATHES DEEPLY)

Hey, you
should read this.

This shit helped
me a lot.

Thank you,
dude.

Hey, you want
to see my bees?

MICHELLE: Someone's
up there, right?

Um... Shut up.

Is it the police?

I said, shut up.

MICHELLE: It is.

And, Don, they're gonna
arrest your cousin.

But it is not
too late for you.

Please, stop.

If you let me
go right now,

everything will work
out for you.

No, it won't.

MICHELLE:
It Will, Don.

I promise.

You don't understand.

There's nothing
left for me.

Teddy is all I have.

We'll find something
else for you.

You don't need him.

Yes, I do.

I love him.

TEDDY: Sorry I couldn't
help you find that lady.

CASEY: It's
all right, man.

(BEES BUZZING QUIETLY)

CASEY:
I got it.

TEDDY: Thanks.

Be gentle. Yep, yep- (GRUNTS)

There is so much else
out there, Don.

No, there's not.

Not here.

MICHELLE:
Then where?

Where do you
want to go, Don?

We can go there.

I'll take you there.

If you are an alien,

will you help me?

Don, that's enough
of that. Please.

You know I'm not an alien.
You know that.

But if you are,

would you take
me with you?

What?

DON: If all of
this is true

and you have
a sh-- spaceship,

would you take me
away from here?

Of course, Don.

Yes, absolutely.

I'll take you
with me.

We'll leave Earth.

I promise that's
what'll happen, okay?

If you let me go.

Thank you...

but not without Teddy.

MICHELLE: Please, Don,
we don't have much time.

Th-- They're gonna
break in here at any minute,

and then I won't
be able to help you.

(DON GRUNTS SOFTLY)

Come on.

(TAKES DEEP BREATH)

Okay.

I'm ready to leave.

Okay.

DON: Can you do
one thing for me?

Tell Teddy
that I'm sorry

and that I love him.

I will.

(YELPS)

(GUNSHOT IN DISTANCE)
CASEY: The fuck?

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

Jesus fucking Christ.

(GRUNTING) Fuck.

(BEES BUZZING)

(PANICKED GRUNTING)

(THUMPING)

(THUMPING CONTINUES)

(LIQUID SQUELCHING)

(RUNNING FOOTSTEPS)
(GATE OPENS)

TEDDY: Don?
(GATE CLOSES)

Don!

Jesus!

Don.

No, no, no, no, no, no.

I swear to you,
he did it to himself.

He thought the police were
coming... TEDDY: Don. No, no, no.

...and he panicked,
and he just freaked out.

Teddy, no. No.

What did you say
to him? Nothing.

(TEDDY PANTING)

What fucking filth did
you fill his sad brain with,

you demon
from hell?

He was under
extreme pressure, Teddy.

He cracked. TEDDY:
And you cracked him!

You poisoned his heart
with lies and bullshit

until his whole fucking world
collapsed, didn't you?

You fed him a
fucking fairy tale.

He did all of this for you,
you fucking maniac.

Don't kill me, Teddy. (STAMMERS)

I have a cure
for your mother.

What? MICHELLE: There's a cure.

You can save her.

What are you saying?

Inside of her,

a big change
is taking place.

It's an entire
rearranging

of her genetic code.
(MACHINE BEEPING STEADILY)

MICHELLE: She was
the first sample.

It's a very important
Andromedan experiment,

and it takes
four to five years.

But if it succeeds,
she will wake up.

Well, what if
it doesn't succeed?

MICHELLE:
Then she'll die.

But if we chemically
terminate the experiment,

she will wake up,
she'll wake up.

Well, how... How--
How do we do that?

MICHELLE: You have my car? Yes.

MICHELLE: Okay.
So, in my car,

in the trunk,
in the back,

there is a bottle.

It's a
yellow jug,

and it says
"monoethylene glycol."

Antifreeze.
But forget the label.

It's not antifreeze.
It's the cure.

I keep it in my car,
in the trunk,

in the antifreeze
jug to hide it.

For safety.

TEDDY: If...

If this experiment
is so important,

why would you allow me
to cancel it? Huh?

MICHELLE: There are
multiple experiments

happening all over the world.

Your mother's one of dozens.

MICHELLE: Just trust me.

I'm chained up here.

I have no way of escaping.
Why would I lie?

(LAUGHING SOFTLY)

(CRACKING)
(MICHELLE CRIES OUT)

That's for Don,
you fucking virus.

(MICHELLE GROWLS)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(CRACKING)
(GASPS)

(SIGHS)

(GRUNTS)

(GROANING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Fuck.

(PANTING)

(GROANS)

(GRUNTING)

(KEYS JINGLING)

(SIGHS, PANTING)

(GRUNTING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(CLICKING)

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

(PANTING)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(AIR WHOOSHING RHYTHMICALLY)
(MACHINE BEEPING STEADILY)

(OBJECTS RUSTLING)

It's not
antifreeze, Mom.

Don't worry.

(MICHELLE GRUNTING)

(WHISPERING) Wake up.

Come on. Come on.

Please, Mom.
Please. Come on.

Come on.
Wake up.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC
CONTINUES PLAYING)

Come on.

Mom? Wake up.
You can do it.

Wake up.

(BREATHY GRU NT)

(BED RATTLING)

(GRUNTS)

(RATTLING CONTINUES)
(RHYTHMIC GRUNTING)

Fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck,
fuck, fuck, fuck, fuck!

(MUSIC ENDS)

(BEEPING)

(FLATLINE TONE SOUNDING)

(SOFT, GASPING BREATHS)

(WHIMPERS)

NURSE: 201, now!
(SOBBING)

(FLATLINE TONE CONTINUES)

(TEDDY GRUNTING, PANTING)

NURSE: Hey! Hey!

Hey!

(DRAMATIC MUSIC RESUMES)

(MUMBLING)

(GATE OPENS)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

You fucking monster.

How many
were Andromedans?

You lied
to me.

How many
were Andromedans?

Two.

Two?

You miserable
fucking idiot.

Do you know
what you've done?

You...

You killed her.

Quiet.

And I'll tell you why it
is I resemble a human.

Our 75th emperor
first discovered the Earth.

This planet was
ruled by dinosaurs,

magnificent creatures with a
complex but stable ecosystem.

(WHIMPERING)

But we inadvertently spread
a fatal virus to the planet.

And the emperor
was struck with guilt,

watching all of Earth's
creatures perish.

So he gave new life
to this planet,

life resembling us.

The early test humans
could barely stand.

But soon they walked
and began to reproduce.

A civilization was born
in harmony with nature.

Atlantis.

We were worshipped
as gods.

But some humans
wished to surpass us.

So they began
creating their own new,

lab-grown humans
that were stronger.

But the new humans
were also more aggressive.

So a conflict
broke out

that eventually resulted
in a thermonuclear war.

And in the
war's wake,

all of humanity
was extinguished,

save for a select few
who built an ark

and traveled the
oceans for a century.

And when it was finally
safe to resurface on dry land,

the leaders of
the ark died,

leaving behind only a
few mutant specimens

of degraded
semi-humans.

The apes.

Evolution resumed,
but toward chaos.

The newly evolved
human beings,

your current
ancestors,

fought amongst themselves
in an endless cycle of war,

genocide,
ecological destruction.

They brutalized
Earth.

They ruined her waters,
ravaged her climate.

Poisoned themselves
with drugs and technology.

And even when presented
with irrefutable evidence

of their own
self-destruction,

the humans
continued unabated.

Even I myself
became more human,

more selfish and cruel,

the longer I stayed here
amongst your kind.

But humans can't
help the way they are.

It's in your genes.

The genes
implanted

by your ancestors to
strengthen themselves.

It gets reproduced in your
bodies, and it grows stronger.

We Andromedans are here
to eliminate that suicidal gene.

To save humanity.

But also to
save Earth

from you and
your kind.

No.

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

No, you came
here to kill us.

You came
to kill us.

MICHELLE: Well, that's
wrong. That's wrong, Teddy.

Some of us would have preferred
to simply eliminate your species.

But the emperor believed
there was still hope. So...

the experiments.

The experiments your mother was a part
of. She was chosen because she was weak.

Because she was broken.

If we could
correct her,

perhaps all humans
could be corrected.

But you“.
You killed her!

You killed her.

I figured you'd be apprehended
feeding antifreeze to a coma patient.

And then I'd be freed

and could return
to my work.

But you actually
got away with it,

you sick ape.

I'm not a sick ape.

MICHELLE: You
are a sick ape.

Listen. There are other test
subjects who are showing progress,

and we must show
the emperor the truth.

Tomorrow.

During the lunar eclipse.

Why? (SOBS)

MICHELLE: Teddy,
listen. I know, I know.

You may hate me.

You may want me dead.
I don't blame you.

But I have the information
you need to save Earth.

And you know I do.

You're a fucking demon.

MICHELLE: This is our
destiny, Teddy Gatz.

Yours and mine.

And the hour
is almost upon us.

Yay.

(DRAMATIC MUSIC PLAYING)

GUARD: Jesus.
Ms. Fuller?

Hi, Ricky.
How are you?

I'm back. Could you
buzz me in, please?

GUARD: Are you okay?
Are you all right?

Oh, I'm all right.
Everything's been sorted out.

Could you just-- Could
you buzz me in, please?

Thank you, Ricky.

(SIGHS)

Park in your
usual spot

Don't worry, Don.

You're coming with me.
I'm taking you with me.

(DRIVER'S DOOR CLOSES)

(PAINED GROANING) Fuck.

Hi, Tony.

There you go.
Have a good evening.

TEDDY: Hello.

(ELEVATOR WHIRRING)

AUTOMATED VOICE:
Doors opening.

Doors closing.

Hi.

Good to
see you.

It's good
to be back.

Hmm...

Oh, it's... it's 5:35, so if
any of you need to go home,

just, you know,
feel free.

Hi, Corey.
Michelle?

Uh, we have some
business to do,

so, um, no
disturbances. Okay?

COREY: Okay?
All right. Thank you.

(BEEP5)

TEDDY: Okay. So, uh, he...
he meets us here, then? Or...

MICHELLE: Oh, we make remote
contact with the emperor here,

and then they
beam us up.

TEDDY:
"Beam us up"?

MICHELLE: Or,
you know, transport.

TEDDY: Okay.

(SIGHS) Uh, it sometimes takes a couple
of minutes to get the link working, so...

TEDDY: Okay.

Uh, and, uh...

how exactly do
we make the link?

Uh, well, this will
sound crazy, but, uh,

I...I punch
in a code here,

and then, um...

it initiates a link
with the ship.

On a calculator?
Yeah. I know. (CHUCKLES)

I know. It had
to look banal.

And human.

And, you know,
inconspicuous. So...

It's a 58-digit code
and I have it memorized,

but it's been a while since I had
to... since I had to type it out, so...

So, is this... is this really
how it works?

You know, it's better
if we don't talk, actually.

Just because
I... Sorry. It's a...

It's this memory, um,
thing that I do,

like a trick for...
for remembering. Um...

(KEYS CLICKING SOFTLY)

Can they see through
here? MICHELLE: Oh, no.

Can they... can they see
in here? MICHELLE: No.

Um...

(CLICKS TONGUE,
WHISTLES SOFTLY)

Why is it so long?

It's... I have a few, um...

Just... (SHUSHES) ...for a...
for a second while I think.

TEDDY: Oh, sorry.
Um...

(KEYS CLICKING SOFTLY)

MICHELLE: Yeah. Okay.

That's“.

That's it. Um...

I mean, I just have to
press "enter," mainly.

So, are you ready?

Yes, I'm ready.

Fuck, wait.

My air tank.

I'll need oxygen, and I
don't have my air tank.

Oh, there will
be oxygen, Teddy.

TEDDY: Okay.

What about Don?

Oh, we'll send for Don.

We may even be able
to revive him.

TEDDY: Right. So,
it's happening. Shit.

Uh... No, I'm ready.
I'm ready. Um...

You should know that I've
prepared for all eventualities.

Okay.
Prepared how?

MICHELLE: Oh, shit, Teddy. Uh...

(BEEP5)

TEDDY: I can't take
the chance of you

just killing me
straightaway.

No. (CLEARS THROAT) That
was smart. That was very smart,

and the emperor will
admire your intelligence.

You're a credit to your
species, Teddy. Truly.

Well, I'm just
trying to help.

I know, Teddy.

Um, so, this... this closet
here is a teleporter.

So, you'll... you'll enter
the closet,

and then you'll close
the door behind you.

And then I'll... I'll count
to three and press enter.

And we'll have to go
one after the other

so that our bodies don't reconstitute
together during teleportation.

You understand?

Uh-huh. Yeah,
I think so.

So I just go
in the closet?

I can go first. I...
TEDDY: No, no, no, no.

I'll go first. I don't want you to
escape and just leave me here.

MICHELLE: Okay.

Ready?

I'm ready.

I'll see you up there.

Three.

Two.

One.

(TEDDY SCREAMING)
(SHARP THUMP, BODY THUDS)

(EXPLOSION, METALLIC CLANGING)

(WHOOSHING)

(INDISTINCT
SHOUTING IN DISTANCE)

(SIRENS WAILING)

(APPLAUSE)

(SIREN WAILING)
(ENGINE REVVING)

DETECTIVE: You're
gonna be fine.

Yeah, I know.

DETECTIVE: I mean,
obviously the shock of it all is...

But you can get plenty of
help for that kind of thing.

So he's dead then?

Okay. DETECTIVE:
Yeah, he passed away.

DETECTIVE: The bomb must've
reacted to his body heat or friction.

It happens a lot
with homemade explosives.

MICHELLE; Right.

Ma'am, please don't
take that off. Look, I don't...

Ma'am, I'm gonna need
you to lie back down. I'm fine.

You need to
stay here.

Can you just stay still? Ma'am.
Please. Hold on. I'm good. I'm good.

Stop!

Wait. Hold on!

Stop.

(SIREN CONTINUES WAILING)

(MELANCHOLY MUSIC PLAYING)

YOUNG DETECTIVE: Hey.
Um, you cannot...

Hey. Sorry,
you're not...

Oh, I just-- I forgot
something. Just really quickly.

One second. You're
not allowed in there.

Just one sec, one sec.
Don't touch that!

Hey! Hey!

Oh, my God.
Jesus. Okay.

Right.

(RUMBLING)

(ELECTRICAL BUZZING)

(GASPS)

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

(HIGH-PITCHED
ELECTRICAL RINGING)

(SOFT, HIGH-PITCHED
ELECTRICAL RINGING)

(MAN SPEAKING
ALIEN LANGUAGE)

(MICHELLE SPEAKING
ALIEN LANGUAGE)

(MAN SPEAKING)

(SOFT, HIGH-PITCHED
ELECTRICAL RINGING)

(BREATH TREMBLING SOFTLY)

(SOFT, HIGH-PITCHED
ELECTRICAL RINGING)

(SOFT POP)

(HIGH-PITCHED
ELECTRICAL RINGING)

(LIGHTS THUMPING SOFTLY)

(SHIP ENGINE RUNNING)

(MARLENE DIETRICH'S "WHERE HAVE
ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?" PLAYING)

Where have
all the flowers gone?

Long time passing

Where have
all the flowers gone?

Long time ago

Where have
all the flowers gone?

Young girls picked them,
every one

When will they ever learn?

When will they ever learn?

Where have
all the young girls gone?

Long time passing

Where have
all the young girls gone?

Long time ago

Where have
all the young girls gone?

Gone to young men, every one

When will they ever learn?

When will they ever learn?

Where have
all the young men gone?

Long time passing

Where have
all the young men gone?

Long time ago

Where have
all the young men gone?

Gone to soldier, every one

When will they ever learn?

When will they ever learn?

Where have
all the soldiers gone?

Long time passing

Where have
all the soldiers gone?

Long time ago

Where have all
the soldiers gone?

(MEOWING)

Gone to graveyards, every one

When will they ever learn?

When will they ever learn?

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

Where have
all the graveyards gone?

Long time passing

Where have
all the graveyards gone?

Long time ago

(BUZZING)

Where have
all the graveyards gone?

Gone to flower, every one

When will they ever learn?

When will they ever learn?

Where have
all the flowers gone?

Long time passing

Where have
all the flowers gone?

Long time ago

Where have
all the flowers gone?

Young girls picked them,
every one

When will they ever learn?

When will they ever learn?

(BIRDS CHIRPING)

(CHIRPING CONTINUES)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(RAIN PATTERING)

(CHIRPING AND RAIN CONTINUE)

(THUNDER RUMBLING)

(CHIRPING AND RAIN CONTINUE)

(THUNDER RUMBLING SOFTLY)

(DOG BARKING FAINTLY)

(CHIRPING AND RAIN END)