All language subtitles for Outer Limits The S05E16

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All personnel, please
report to your stations.

And if you like long odds,

consider when they detonated
the first atomic bomb,

a couple of
manhattan project scientists

thought the explosion
would ignite the atmosphere

and destroy the world.

Except
they were wrong.

Dr. Crest.

Isn't that strange?

I think of this place
as a research facility,

but you think of it
as a casino.

I'm sorry, uh, sir.

I didn't mean any
disrespect. I was just...

put me down for 20.

Yes, sir. What's
your pick, sir?

What do you think?

Daniel gallagher,

please report
to observation room 4.

Good morning,
dr. Crest.

Julie.

You two have fun
last night?

Ooh, don't try
to deny it.

I throw parties
to find out

about people.

She's cute.

Women like brains.

Ha. Maybe
that's my problem.

I always thought
it was brawn.

You nervous, les?

No. Why should
i be nervous?

All we're doing
is transporting

a bunch of animals a few
miles using untried

teleportation
technology.

Of course, it's going
to take the energy

of a tactical nuclear
warhead to do it.

What were we thinking?

Yeah. That's
what you always say.

And as soon
as we get it open,

you have to shut down
magnetic confinement

immediately or the wormhole
will collapse too fast.

And colonel glade doesn't
like wasting his nukes.

No, ma'am, he does not.

Did you
get my e-mail

about the system's
integrity?

Maybe you disagree with me,
and that's fine,

but i really think that
we ought to hash it out.

Yes, mark, i got your e-mail
and i responded,

but do me a favor, will you,
and stop talking at me

in that tone of voice
like i owe you money.

Like l...

do i owe you money?

Well, you owe me, all right,
but it ain't money.

Look, i was just
trying to be sensitive

about what happened
between us.

You know, just
keep things professional.

Oh, i see.

And so, last night,
was that all about

being sensitive
and professional?

What exactly were
you doing with julie

in that cloak room?

I can explain
about last night.

Oh, let me guess.

You wanted to see where
it would take you, hmm?

Don't bother, mark.
I already heard it.

Begin teleportation sequence.

Teleportation sequence
engaged.

Go
for computer hand-off.

Controls are
now fully automatic.

Initiators online.

Standing by
for ignition.

Engaging army sequence.

My key's not working.

Allow me.

Arming sequence engaged.

Standing by to abort.

Teleportation field
is stable.

We got 'em!

Damn it.

Where the hell
did we just send them?

Dr. Crest,
the teleportation field.

It's destabilizing.

That shouldn't
be possible.

The wormhole's expanding.

Shut it down.

Abort! Abort!

Mark: The override
isn't working.

It's not responding.

Power emissions
are spiking.

Oh, my god.

It's coming toward us.

Shut it down!

You ok, sir?

Don't worry,
dr. Crest.

When that bad boy
goes off tomorrow,

we'll all be
a part of history.

History?

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once experienced,

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Or can they?

Dr. Crest.

Is everything
all right?

Mark?

I've just had
the strangest feeling

i've done all this before.

I must be working too hard.

After tomorrow,
you should take a break.

You know,
get away from it all,

relax on a nice beach

with some
stimulating company.

Yeah.

I'll think about that.

So will i.

Pressure on you
must be awful.

Does it
ever scare you?

How do you mean?

I'm just a computer
jockey, you know.

I've got my list
of jobs to do,

and i do 'em.

It's easy.

But you...

you manipulate
the fundamental forces

of nature.

Doesn't that
scare you?

No. No.

It's perfectly safe.

We control the technology.

What if... what if
that technology were to fall

into the hands of someone
less responsible than you?

Colonel glade would
shoot them on the spot.

Would you take care
of this, please?

Absolutely,
dr. Lazar.

Having misgivings,
are you, mark?

Now i've
seen everything.

And the coolant
system redundants,

you checked them
as well?

Uh, the coolant system?

I'm sorry, dr. Crest.
I'm not too familiar

with that system.

Well, look at it anyway.
Do it now.

Nothing personal,
sir,

but we're kind
of swamped here.

Mark, let them get on
with their work.

I want to make sure
it's working properly.

What do you think
they've been doing?

Actually, yeah.

There's a bit of scarring
on the manifold.

Something's
been rubbing against it.

2 seconds to fix.

Cosmetics?

That's what you're
worried about?

Go ahead. Fix it.

And, mark,
may i talk to you?

We go in 17 hours,

and all of a sudden
you don't trust anyone?

Is it just me,
or is the irony

getting so thick in here
it's hard to breathe?

Did i twist your arm?

Did i force you
to be part of this?

No. No. You did it
the same way

you do everything...
on the sly.

Yeah. Like you got me
to go along with you

without telling me
where we were going

until it was too late
for me to turn back.

I gave your energy
technology a practical ap.

It already had one...
the one it was meant for...

vaporizing nuclear waste.

Don't you think
teleportation

has more significance?

Can you imagine
going anywhere

on the planet
in a blink of an eye?

You hijacked my work.

I'm sorry
if you feel that way.

Look, cleo,

we're all in this together.
You know that.

Are we? Truly together?

Really?
She said that?

I had no idea
she felt so... so strongly.

You rescued her from
scientific obscurity.

You did her a favor.
Mind you,

getting emotionally
involved with her

while you did it,
that was a...

tactical error.

Damn, you took the words
right out of my mouth.

You know what we say
in the marines?

"Kill 'em all now!
Let god sort 'em out."

Is that it?

No. That's airborne.

Grab that bottle
of champagne, will you?

Is that what they
say in the marines,

"grab that bottle
of champagne"?

Gather around, everybody.

Mark and i would like
to propose a toast.

Does anybody need
to be topped off?

Uh, me, please.

When did i suddenly
become monkey butler?

Thank you.

Thank you.

Great dress.

Thanks. I just, uh,

wanted to remind you
what you're missing.

Mark, please, have our years
together taught you nothing?

Hold the neck
and the punt.

That way your body heat
won't warm

the very expensive
champagne.

You see,
he can be taught.

Oh, really?

Tomorrow
marks the beginning

of a truly exciting time
for all of us.

In other words,
after tomorrow,

even a trip
to the supermarket

will be a blast.

Hear, hear.

Cheers.

Oh, mark,
i am so sorry.

Oh, no, no, no, no.
That's ok.

The wet look
works for me.

Better put some club soda
on it or it will stain.

No, that's ok.
I think i got it.

You know,
when champagne dries,

it leaves a mark...

on the edges.

That...
that would be tragic.

That's a very nice shirt.

Where'd you buy it?

Actually,
cleo got it for me.

Cleo?

Maybe it would be better
if you just...

took the whole thing off.

Did anyone
ever tell you

you have this effect
on people?

I was just gonna say
the same thing about you.

Well, if you're worried
about the door,

it's locked.

No, it's just that...

i feel like
we've done this before.

Really? Was it good?

As i recall,
it was great.

Maybe we should rethink
the selection of animals

that we're gonna be
using in the experiment.

You know how people...
how they react

to the kinds of things
like the goat.

I mean, you know
how people reacted

to the pony
and the sheep

and stuff
like that?

I'm afraid...

You know what
i'm saying, cleo?

System checks are nominal.

All personnel, please report
to your stations.

And if you like long odds,

consider when they detonated
the first atomic bomb,

a couple of
manhattan project scientists

thought the explosion
would ignite the atmosphere

and destroy the world.

Dr. Crest.

I didn't mean
any disrespect, sir.

I was just having
a little fun.

Would you... would you
like to make a bet, sir?

Not this time.

This time? Sir?

Good morning, dr. Crest.

You two have fun
last night?

Yeah, we did.

You're not supposed
to confess that easy.

It takes
all the fun away.

You look nervous, mark.

Has the fact that
we're about to detonate

a tactical nuke
to transport

a bunch of animals
finally sunk in?

You're supposed to say,
"what were we thinking?"

Yeah, i know.

And as soon
as we get it open,

we have to shut down
magnetic confinement

immediately or the wormhole
will collapse too fast.

And colonel glade doesn't
like wasting his nukes.

No, ma'am, he does not.

Cleo,
can i talk to you?

There's something
strange going on.

Do me a favor,
will you, mark,

and stop talking to me
in that tone

like i owe you money.

Right. And last night,

i was insensitive
and unprofessional,

all because i wanted
to see where it would take me.

That's right.

As a matter of fact,
you were.

Begin
teleportation sequence.

Man: Teleportation
sequence engaged.

Go for computer
hand-off.

Controls are now
fully automatic.

Initiators online.

Standing by for ignition.

Engaging arming sequence.

My key's not working.

Allow me.

Arming sequence engaged.

Standing by to abort.

Teleportation field stable?

Of course. It's working
perfectly. Why wouldn't it?

We got 'em!

It's gonna destabilize.

What are you
talking about?

The teleportation field.

It's destabilizing,
expanding.

That shouldn't
be possible!

We gotta
shut it down now!

Abort! Abort!

It's not responding!

Power emissions
are spiking!

Oh, my god.

Shut it down!

No! Not again!

It happened again.

You ok, sir?

Don't worry,
dr. Crest.

When that bad boy
goes off tomorrow,

we'll all be
a part of history.

Dr. Crest?
Are you all right?

No. I'm sorry,
but i hate the beach.

Cleo, we need to talk.

About?

The fundamental
forces of nature.

I'm just beginning
to wonder,

what if
we missed something?

What if we didn't
really consider

the consequences of
everything we're doing?

Mark, we've
considered everything.

The technology is
completely under our control.

But what if it isn't?
Doesn't that scare you?

You're beginning
to scare me.

Well, fasten
your seat belt,

because it isn't
under our control.

Mark, toss me
a crumb, will you?

What are you
talking about?

We've spawned ourselves
a time loop.

A time loop?

A temporal anomaly.

A one in 10 billion chance,
i agree,

but an anomaly
just the same.

The only anomaly
i'm aware of is you.

Humor me. I'll make it
worth your while.

This is 2-d projection
of the full phase space.

We thought the contours
would look like this...

now, the moment
after we detonate,

the wormhole will
expand exponentially,

devouring everything
in its path.

You know, if anyone else
came to you and...

and put
this chicken scrawl

up on the board,
you'd rip him a new one.

This is guesswork. This
is all shoddy guesswork.

I have seen us
detonate this device twice.

Maybe more,
i don't know.

And 16 hours from now,
it's gonna happen again,

and then again
and again and again.

Ok, mark,
i'll indulge you.

Let's say,
for a moment,

that this
is possible.

How would someone know

if they were actually
inside such a loop?

I don't know.

Hmm.

The transformer.

The transformer.
I ripped out a cable,

and it arced
when everything happened.

The electromagnetic field
it put out

must have partially
canceled out the effect

and let me remember
the previous loop.

You're playing me,
aren't you?

This is some kind
of bone-headed joke.

Why in hell's name
would i make this up?

Gee, i don't know, mark.

Maybe it's because
you like to push buttons

just to see what happens
when you push them.

Let me tell you something.

This teleporter will not do
what we think it will.

It will not be
a controlled reaction.

It'll blow through
this test site, this building.

That damn thing will take out
everything in its path,

and i have no idea
where it'll stop.

Thousands of lives could
be at risk, maybe millions.

You don't mind if i get
back to work now, do you?

Mark.

What are you doing?

I'm putting a hold
on the launch sequence

until we get
to the bottom of this.

Have you lost your mind?
What the hell...

do we have
a problem here?

Mark is suddenly of
the opinion that we do.

Do you know what
a time loop is, les?

No, i don't.

Now, let's
take this upstairs.

Now!

I'm telling you, i know
what's gonna happen.

Shame there isn't
a racetrack nearby.

We could make
a few bucks.

So you know
what's going to happen.

How 'bout...
2 minutes from now?

Anything interesting?

I wasn't
taking notes, les.

But i do know
that in 15 hours...

wait a minute.
Right about now,

oakridge and rutherford
should be checking

the teleporter's
cooling system.

They better not be. They're
totally unfamiliar with it.

Get them up here.
Joe will tell you

that there's scarring
on the manifold.

It'll take him
2 minutes to fix it.

Oakridge and rutherford

to the briefing room now!

What the hell
are you doing, mark?

This is the biggest moment
of your career,

of both our careers.

Why are you
trying to blow it?

That's exactly what
i'm trying not to do.

Colonel,
you wanted something?

Tell me about
the cooling system.

What'd you see there?

The, uh...

i'm sorry, sir,

but we're not that
familiar with it.

No, it... it's ok. They know
i told you to look at it.

I'm sorry,
dr. Crest,

but what are you
talking about?

When did you ask us to look
at the coolant system?

A few minutes ago!
I asked you to...

oh, gee. Gee. Ok.

I didn't do it
this time.

I grabbed cleo
and talked to her.

Do you want to check
the coolant system?

No. No,
it's fine. Just...

you've got enough on
your plates as it is.

Dismissed.

I changed the loop.

I didn't do the same
thing this time.

Les, you've
gotta believe me.

Regardless
of how we get there,

once we set this off,

there's
gonna be a problem.

The wormhole
will destabilize

and start
to consume everything.

Is that possible?

Yes, it's possible,
but it's not likely.

We have so many fail-safes
in the system,

we could shut it down
instantly if we had to.

Except
that won't matter

once we start
the chain of events.

I hate to do this
to you, mark.

I don't get
what's going on here,

but you are clearly not
in the right frame of mind

to be running this test.

Les, this is my project.

Not anymore.

Corporal, we're
running out of time.

You've got to take these
over to colonel glade.

He's gotta know that...

i brought dr. Crest
some breakfast.

I'm gonna have to check
with colonel glade first.

Why? It's just food.
Do you want to see it?

He'll be fine.
Just pepper spray.

Mark, come on, we've got
to get out to the test site

if there's something wrong
with that device.

Arming sequence engaged.

Les! Cleo!

Can you hear me?

Sir?

We've got
a problem.

I can see that.

Mark, you son
of a bitch,

what the hell
are you doing?

Look, les,
i know what's wrong.

You've gotta abort
the test.

The device
is gonna malfunction.

Initiating
shutdown sequence.

What the hell?

The system's
not responding.

Where's the fail-safes?
Why aren't they kicking in?

I don't know.

Damn it, les,
stop the countdown!

Mark, listen to me.

If you don't clear
the blast zone right now,

you're going to die!

Rutherford, abort!

None of the fail-safes
are working.

Something's
overridden the system.

Les, what the hell
is wrong with you?

Mark, run!

Oh, god,
i hope this works.

It's later.

Dr. Crest,
is everything all right?

Yeah. Yeah. I'm just
working too hard.

That's all.

Well, maybe after tomorrow,
you should...

take a break.

Where the hell is mark?

This party's as much for him
as for anyone else.

He was in
the briefing room

all afternoon
working up a lather.

Sorry i'm late.

I had some business
to take care of.

What were we thinking?

Isn't that
your usual line?

Here, hold this
a minute, would you?

Gather around,
everybody.

Mark and i would like
to propose a toast.

Good boy!

I see our years together
have taught you something.

Can we find a quiet corner
to talk in?

About?

Hit me.

Tomorrow marks the beginning
of a truly exciting time

for all of us.

In other words,
as of tomorrow...

even a trip
to the supermarket

will be a blast.

Hear, hear.

Cheers.

Mark, i am so sorry.

No. No. It's ok.

The wet look
works for me.

Maybe it would be better

if you just took
the whole thing off.

Did anyone
ever tell you

you have this effect
on people?

I'm sorry. L... i can't.
I can't do this.

I can't.

Considering our
professional background,

it's just...

no, no. I'm... i'm sorry.

I, uh, practically
attacked you.

We got
a security problem.

What do you mean?

I go to parties to
find out about people.

What you're
doing here is wrong,

morally and otherwise.

You are tampering

with the fundamental
forces of nature!

Corporal, get that
bitch out of here.

Careful, corporal,
she may be packing heat.

Well, pepper spray
at least.

Freakin' tree huggers.

That's good work, mark.

I can't imagine that
would have had much impact.

This is a completely
redundant system.

Well, that's
because you got her

before she could do
any more damage.

Allow me.

Standing by to abort.

Dr. Crest,
the teleportation field,

it's destabilizing.

The wormhole's expanding!

Shut it down.
Shut it down!

What... what
are you doing?!

I'm taking you
with me this time.

You're what? Oh!

What's happening?

Come on, mark,
we're waiting.

Are you toasting
or not?

Wormholes...
they're a bitch.

Wormholes?

They're a bitch.

Cheers. Mark,
this can't be happening.

But it is, and it's even
worse than you think.

Will you excuse us
for a moment, please?

Mark?

Where are
you two going?

Julie's
an eco-terrorist.

She's trying
to sabotage the test.

Deal with her.

And the loop
keeps getting shorter.

First by seconds...

and now hours.

Shouldn't the loop
be constant?

That there's a loop
at all is an anomaly.

It's like... it's like...

it's like a kink
in a piece of string.

Time is trying to resume
its normal flow.

Like someone pulling
on both ends of the string,

the kink will get
smaller and smaller

until there's no chance
of averting... disaster.

Do you think
we should tell glade?

I tried. He put me
under house arrest.

Trust me, it happened.

Look, every time
we start the test,

it goes down exactly
the way we say it will

until the animals disappear.

And then
the wormhole destabilizes

and begins to expand

way beyond
its anticipated radius.

And just as it's about
to overtake the... lab.

Ha ha! We got 'em!

What? What?

It's les.

It's les.

When we set off
the device,

we all turned
to look at the cages

because we were waiting for
the animals to appear there.

But each and every time
i went through that loop,

les was not looking there

because he knew they
weren't gonna show up!

I don't understand.

The second time
i went through the loop,

i found evidence
of sabotage... it was julie.

But the last time
i went through,

i stopped julie,

and the device
still failed.

Mark, you're
losing me. So...

so did julie sabotage
the device or not?

She did, but the last time
i went through,

i tried to stop the test
from happening,

but none
of the fail-safes worked.

No, that's
not possible... unless...

unless julie's sabotage
didn't matter.

The device had already
been compromised.

By who, glade?

Now, why would he
do such a thing?

Let's say a device like ours
was detonated near an enemy.

Like an army division
carrying guns

inside a tank.

And the wormhole
began to fluctuate,

like it has been.

The target wouldn't
be teleported anywhere.

It would just disappear
like the animals,

winked completely
out of existence.

A temporal
displacement bomb.

Like a neutron bomb,

only a thousand times
more efficient.

And it's
my energy technology

that's making this
all possible.

Because
i brought it to les.

You were right, cleo.

We aren't all of us
in this together.

Trust me. You said it.

So les is using
our technology

as some kind
of weapon.

How do we stop him?

Good question.
In this compromised state,

anything we do could
set that damn thing off.

I thought
i'd find you here.

Thanks for the tip, mark.

Our little julie
confessed everything,

but just to be safe,

i thought i'd post a guard
around the device

until we ship it out
to the test site.

By the way, how'd you
find out about julie?

Cleo tipped me off.
She found...

an anomalous code
in the launch sequence.

I traced it back
to julie's console.

It was
the only explanation.

Really?

That's a pretty significant
breach of security.

Why didn't you tell me
the moment you found out?

We weren't sure
what it meant.

You questioning
our motives, les?

Excuse us a minute, cleo.

I'm not questioning
your motives, mark,

but i am concerned.

Call it a hunch.

You know, it's not
like either of us

are oversupplied
with tomorrows.

We need this test
to work.

You... you wouldn't
believe the heat

i'm taking from...
higher up.

Don't worry, les.
You and me,

we're in this
together.

Glad to hear it.

We can't lose
our nerve, mark,

not now. There's
way too much at stake.

I know exactly
what's at stake.

Do you play poker, son?

Afraid not, sir.

Between choir practice
and the pistol range,

i can hardly
find the time.

Heh heh!
You see, mark and i

used to play
at least once a week,

and i whipped his butt
every time.

You see, i could
always figure out

what his
down cards were.

He could never hide
what was in his hand...

or in his head.

With all due respect,
sir, dr. Crest is...

with all due respect...

if there's one rat
in the barn...

there could
just as easily be 2.

We've got
less than 10 minutes.

What have you
been doing?

Input this.
It's a macro virus

that will chow down
on the launch sequence.

Hurry.

Where have you
been, mark?

Cleo said you were
working on something.

Just some
final calculations.

Standing by for ignition.

Engaging arming sequence.

Cleo, any idea
what's happening?

I'm analyzing, but
it could take a few.

All right, sit back, les.
Give us some time.

We'll figure this out.

What did you just do?

This test is
far more important

than you realize, mark.
I've had you and cleo

cut out of the system.

We can't afford any
last-minute glitches.

You know what
they say in the corps

about hesitation?

This is a d.o.e. Project.
It's under my command!

It isn't now
and it never was.

Corporal.

Sir!

Escort doctors
crest and lazar

from the premises
immediately.

Cleo, shut the server
down! Do it now!

Corporal!

Yes, sir!

Cleo! Cleo,
stay with me!

Stay with me!

Colonel glade,
the teleportation field,

it's destabilizing.

But that... that
shouldn't be possible!

Shut it down!
Not responding.

Shut it down!

Dr. Kennedy, line 5.

We're back.

Mark,
look at the clock.

The loop,
it's collapsing.

All right,
you said it yourself.

Now we can't start
pulling wires out of the device

because the bomb
could go off, so i think

we should start by focusing
on stopping the countdown.

That won't solve
the bigger problem.

The bomb
will still exist,

and les will still
try to set it off.

We need to deal with
this permanently

in the next 2 hours.

2 hours? You know
we need more time than that.

Mark.

We keep trying
to stop the bomb

from blowing up,
but we can't.

So let's
stop trying.

Instead, let's
get that damn thing

to work the way
we designed it to.

Can you run a little
interference for me?

We've lost the video feed.

Joe, any idea
what's going on?

I'm getting
error messages.

What just happened
to our eyes?

That's what
i'd like to know.

What the hell
is wrong with this thing?

My keyboard just froze.

Mine, too.

Cleo, talk to me.

Looks like there's
a bug in the software.

Where is mark, cleo?

I just saw him
in the briefing room

running
some calculations.

No way.
I was just up there.

Les, i think maybe

we should put a hold
on this test.

It's not going to happen.
Now i need answers.

What is going on?
Guys?

Looks like we've
got a software problem

somewhere
along the line.

Corporal, i want you

to personally find
dr. Crest right now.

Yes, sir.

What the hell
is that thing?

Dr. Crest
is not on base, sir.

System integrity's
been breached.

There's someone
at the device.

Mark.

Corporal.

I want you to hold on
to dr. Lazar.

Sir.

If you
don't hear from me

by the time the countdown
gets to 30 seconds...

abort.

Damn them, damn them!

back away
from the device, mark.

You've turned this into
a weapon, haven't you?

Ohh. Come on, mark.

You're not that naive.

You didn't really think
this was just about

moving animals
around, did you?

It would've been nice if
you had shared that with me.

I'm not that naive, either.

You wouldn't have
gone along, am i right?

Please, les, i'm just trying
to fix what you've done.

I've just gotta check it.

Oh, you've
already fixed it.

In 10 seconds,
the test will be aborted.

And if you're unclear

on how that's
going to impact on us...

impact?
You want impact?

When that bomb
goes off...

do you know
what you've done to me?

This test was the difference
between moving up

and moving out.

There is no tomorrow
here, not for me.

The only way there's
gonna be a tomorrow

for either of us is
if i finish fixing that.

How dare
you lose your nerve now.

How dare you!

Les,
i'm not lying to you.

You look at that timer.
It's still going!

The abort
supersedes everything.

Who knows
what your fiddling around

has done to the system?

I'm surprised the timer's
not moving sideways.

If you want to piss away
your career,

go ahead.

But do not think that
you can piss away my career

with impunity.

Les, listen to me.

When you did
what you did,

you destroyed all
the fail-safe systems.

That bomb is going off!

What were we thinking?

What the...

what...

To be honest,
i didn't really know

for sure how far
the blast would go.

Guess that last wire
made all the difference.

It's still possible
we could redeem this project.

Heh. I'm not even sure

i want to redeem
this science.

It could take the rest
of our collective careers

to overcome this failure.

I could live with that.

What do you think
happened to glade?

I don't know.

Maybe he's in
another dimension...

somewhere out of
the normal flow of time.

Temporally
out of orbit,

you might say.

We exist in time

moving forever forward

through the moments
of our lives,

moments which
once experienced

can never be relived...

or can they?