1 00:00:02,603 --> 00:00:05,851 Previously on The Outer Limits,,, 2 00:00:05,886 --> 00:00:08,364 Just got word from the clerk, We got a writ of cert, 3 00:00:08,398 --> 00:00:10,307 -Cert? -Writ of certiorari, 4 00:00:10,341 --> 00:00:12,552 It means the Supreme Court's gonna listen to our appeal, 5 00:00:12,584 --> 00:00:16,471 I assume everyone's up to speed on U, S, v, Givens, 6 00:00:16,503 --> 00:00:17,979 Ah, tell me something, Haden, 7 00:00:18,011 --> 00:00:21,729 do you really believe that this woman has time traveled here from the past? 8 00:00:21,763 --> 00:00:23,437 As we sit here today, 9 00:00:23,472 --> 00:00:28,295 the future of the two-decade-old anti-technology codes, 10 00:00:28,329 --> 00:00:29,702 hangs in the balance, 11 00:00:29,736 --> 00:00:31,979 What you see before you, Your Honors, 12 00:00:32,013 --> 00:00:35,062 are nothing less than the detonators of the next, 13 00:00:35,095 --> 00:00:39,416 and most certainly final, technological holocaust, 14 00:00:39,450 --> 00:00:41,862 I'd venture into the future, 15 00:00:41,895 --> 00:00:44,540 A few days at a time at first, 16 00:00:44,576 --> 00:00:46,719 Eventually, I wound up here 17 00:00:46,752 --> 00:00:48,025 and my heart broke, 18 00:00:48,057 --> 00:00:51,977 This couldn't possibly be 2076, 19 00:00:52,011 --> 00:00:55,695 There are no cars, no telephones, 20 00:00:55,730 --> 00:00:57,539 no computers, 21 00:00:57,572 --> 00:01:01,491 No sign of an electronic age, 22 00:01:02,798 --> 00:01:05,644 We haven't lost yet, There's still hope, 23 00:01:05,679 --> 00:01:09,162 Of course, Somebody will find an answer, 24 00:01:09,196 --> 00:01:10,636 Excuse me, Your Honor, 25 00:01:10,668 --> 00:01:12,790 I think there's one more voice that you really should hear from 26 00:01:12,813 --> 00:01:14,498 before you can make an intelligent verdict, 27 00:01:14,522 --> 00:01:17,369 -Who the hell are you? -I am your conscience, 28 00:01:17,401 --> 00:01:20,752 Justice Harbison, but you can call me Ezekiel, 29 00:01:23,700 --> 00:01:24,806 It's a bomb, 30 00:01:24,838 --> 00:01:26,145 Technically it's not a bomb, 31 00:01:26,179 --> 00:01:28,154 it's a cold fusion device, 32 00:01:28,189 --> 00:01:30,241 And I strongly advise you to listen to what I have to say, 33 00:01:30,265 --> 00:01:33,917 otherwise, otherwise I may just have to set it off, 34 00:01:33,950 --> 00:01:36,630 And then you can say goodbye to this courtroom, 35 00:01:36,664 --> 00:01:40,255 this city and, uh, what, maybe half the eastern seaboard, 36 00:01:49,782 --> 00:01:52,606 There is nothing wrong with your television, 37 00:01:52,639 --> 00:01:55,236 Do not attempt to adjust the picture, 38 00:01:55,268 --> 00:01:58,284 We are now controlling the transmission, 39 00:01:58,316 --> 00:02:02,038 We control the horizontal and the vertical, 40 00:02:02,069 --> 00:02:05,117 We can deluge you with a thousand channels 41 00:02:05,149 --> 00:02:09,799 or expand one single image to crystal clarity 42 00:02:09,832 --> 00:02:11,724 and beyond, 43 00:02:11,757 --> 00:02:13,297 We can shape your vision 44 00:02:13,329 --> 00:02:16,921 to anything our imagination can conceive, 45 00:02:18,782 --> 00:02:20,354 For the next hour, 46 00:02:20,385 --> 00:02:24,557 we will control all that you see and hear, 47 00:02:30,971 --> 00:02:34,790 You are about to experience the awe and mystery 48 00:02:34,820 --> 00:02:37,644 which reaches from the deepest inner mind 49 00:02:37,676 --> 00:02:40,468 to The Outer Limits, 50 00:02:41,557 --> 00:02:43,130 Please stand by, 51 00:02:46,867 --> 00:02:48,758 How is the world to survive 52 00:02:48,790 --> 00:02:51,877 once technology makes possible the day 53 00:02:51,910 --> 00:02:56,425 when one man holds our fate in his hands? 54 00:02:56,457 --> 00:02:58,026 Now, I'm sure that all the members of the gallery 55 00:02:58,050 --> 00:02:59,711 will spread the word when I tell you that 56 00:02:59,742 --> 00:03:02,763 there's a second bomb secreted somewhere out there, 57 00:03:02,797 --> 00:03:04,489 It's on a timer, 58 00:03:04,521 --> 00:03:06,811 and there's only one person who can disable it, 59 00:03:06,845 --> 00:03:08,471 Yours truly, 60 00:03:08,504 --> 00:03:10,969 All I have to do is send a little transmission code to the device, 61 00:03:10,993 --> 00:03:12,553 and we render it impotent, 62 00:03:12,586 --> 00:03:15,905 About as impotent as I'm sure that you're all feeling about now, 63 00:03:17,232 --> 00:03:20,186 If anyone tries to intervene, 64 00:03:20,220 --> 00:03:22,211 that's it, game over, 65 00:03:22,874 --> 00:03:24,533 Now, get out! 66 00:03:25,860 --> 00:03:27,587 Everybody out, now! 67 00:03:28,913 --> 00:03:30,905 Bailiffs, leave the court, 68 00:03:38,803 --> 00:03:40,297 What is it you want? 69 00:03:41,691 --> 00:03:43,682 You allow interested parties to file briefs 70 00:03:43,716 --> 00:03:47,499 either for or against the petitioner in these actions, 71 00:03:47,531 --> 00:03:49,323 Friends-of-the-court statements, 72 00:03:49,356 --> 00:03:52,045 -What's the term? -Amicus curiae, 73 00:03:52,079 --> 00:03:53,704 Ah, that's it! 74 00:03:53,737 --> 00:03:56,724 I most humbly submit my amicus curiae, 75 00:03:57,985 --> 00:04:01,005 I mean, I hope that doesn't sound too unreasonable, 76 00:04:01,040 --> 00:04:05,751 You're threatening us with a fusion device capable of killing millions of people, 77 00:04:05,784 --> 00:04:08,607 and you want to know if you sound unreasonable? 78 00:04:08,638 --> 00:04:11,593 The court reporter is not writing, 79 00:04:11,626 --> 00:04:14,546 Please instruct her to take all of this down, 80 00:04:16,771 --> 00:04:18,595 Do as he says, Marie, 81 00:04:19,291 --> 00:04:21,083 Thank you very much, 82 00:04:22,943 --> 00:04:27,025 How do we know this thing strapped to your body is a bomb at all? 83 00:04:27,057 --> 00:04:29,845 Ah, a skeptic, I like that, 84 00:04:29,878 --> 00:04:31,804 Jurisprudence, 1A, 85 00:04:31,836 --> 00:04:33,827 Never accept a fact without corroborative evidence, 86 00:04:33,860 --> 00:04:36,615 Well, if any of you are students of cold fusion, 87 00:04:36,648 --> 00:04:39,611 you may remember the young man who invented it back in the turn of the century, 88 00:04:39,635 --> 00:04:42,821 His name was Seth Todtman, brilliant young man, 89 00:04:42,855 --> 00:04:44,978 Troubled, yes, but brilliant, 90 00:04:45,011 --> 00:04:47,467 Now, Seth, 91 00:04:47,501 --> 00:04:50,721 Seth had the same problem, 92 00:04:50,753 --> 00:04:53,010 He had a classroom full of students held hostage 93 00:04:53,042 --> 00:04:55,499 with a fusion device ticking away, 94 00:04:55,532 --> 00:04:58,419 The problem was that nobody believed him, 95 00:04:59,215 --> 00:05:01,041 At least not at first, 96 00:05:02,999 --> 00:05:05,189 Nobody wanted to listen to me, 97 00:05:05,820 --> 00:05:06,981 but now 98 00:05:08,507 --> 00:05:10,267 you're going to, 99 00:05:12,823 --> 00:05:14,050 Get down! 100 00:05:14,946 --> 00:05:18,165 Settle down! Settle down! 101 00:05:18,199 --> 00:05:21,617 Every way in and out of this building has a trash can, 102 00:05:21,649 --> 00:05:25,201 and every trash can is wired with an explosive device, 103 00:05:25,234 --> 00:05:27,524 which I have just armed, 104 00:05:27,558 --> 00:05:29,581 You won't get away with this, Seth, 105 00:05:29,615 --> 00:05:30,876 Really? 106 00:05:33,233 --> 00:05:34,659 Define cold fusion, 107 00:05:34,692 --> 00:05:37,215 -What? -I said define cold fusion, 108 00:05:37,247 --> 00:05:39,804 Cold fusion is, um, 109 00:05:39,836 --> 00:05:43,786 is a release of thermonuclear energies by devices that operate at 110 00:05:43,818 --> 00:05:45,710 ordinary room temperatures and pressures, 111 00:05:45,743 --> 00:05:48,764 but, but such devices are totally impossible, 112 00:05:48,796 --> 00:05:51,286 -We have proof of that, -Really? 113 00:05:51,319 --> 00:05:53,509 I made this one all by myself, 114 00:05:53,543 --> 00:05:56,563 I did it on my kitchen table, 115 00:05:56,596 --> 00:05:59,418 The people who said it was impossible 116 00:05:59,450 --> 00:06:01,183 were wrong, 117 00:06:01,217 --> 00:06:03,482 and today, 118 00:06:03,516 --> 00:06:05,308 I get to prove that, 119 00:06:07,797 --> 00:06:10,718 Look out the window! Look out the window! 120 00:06:20,840 --> 00:06:24,125 Now, unlike that young man, I have faith in your native intelligence, 121 00:06:24,158 --> 00:06:29,169 No, make that, faith in your ability to judge the difference between 122 00:06:29,203 --> 00:06:31,990 a credible threat and a bluff, 123 00:06:32,023 --> 00:06:35,906 You said you wanted to go on record in this case, Why? 124 00:06:35,938 --> 00:06:40,686 Well, ma'am, because I care, 125 00:06:40,718 --> 00:06:43,306 I care deeply about the issues, 126 00:06:43,340 --> 00:06:44,998 Does that sound corny? 127 00:06:45,032 --> 00:06:46,028 No, 128 00:06:48,949 --> 00:06:51,669 Well, where do I begin? 129 00:06:52,998 --> 00:06:55,420 Ah, perhaps the beginning, 130 00:06:55,452 --> 00:06:58,937 In the beginning, God created the heavens and the earth, 131 00:06:58,971 --> 00:07:02,788 and being rather enamored of his own skills he looked down upon his creation 132 00:07:02,820 --> 00:07:04,746 and he deemed that it was good, 133 00:07:04,779 --> 00:07:06,603 and it was good, 134 00:07:06,637 --> 00:07:08,861 It was damn good, 135 00:07:08,893 --> 00:07:12,179 And then he created the beasts and the forests, the dogs and the dark woods, 136 00:07:12,213 --> 00:07:15,862 and feeling his oats, he set about to create man, 137 00:07:15,896 --> 00:07:20,310 Well, actually man and woman, to be politically correct, 138 00:07:20,343 --> 00:07:25,619 although, I don't believe that God was but, hey, it was his ball game, 139 00:07:25,654 --> 00:07:29,005 And then, he plunked his creation down in the garden of Eden, 140 00:07:29,039 --> 00:07:31,926 for they barely had enough time for a round of croquet 141 00:07:31,959 --> 00:07:35,212 and a conversation with the serpent before they found themselves 142 00:07:35,245 --> 00:07:37,534 pissing God off, 143 00:07:37,566 --> 00:07:42,081 You see, they violated his one admonition, 144 00:07:42,114 --> 00:07:46,694 Don't, I say don't, eat from the tree of knowledge, 145 00:07:48,618 --> 00:07:52,003 But, Adam and Eve, they weren't buying any of this, 146 00:07:52,037 --> 00:07:53,795 and they paid dearly for it, 147 00:07:53,830 --> 00:07:58,275 As a matter of fact, we have all paid dearly for it because you see, 148 00:07:58,309 --> 00:08:00,500 paradise was off-limits to the newlyweds, 149 00:08:00,533 --> 00:08:02,823 It's been off-limits to us ever since, 150 00:08:02,855 --> 00:08:03,918 What is my point? 151 00:08:03,951 --> 00:08:06,407 My point is, it wasn't the snake in the grass 152 00:08:06,439 --> 00:08:09,062 and it wasn't the big, red, juicy, Washington Delicious, 153 00:08:09,096 --> 00:08:10,755 and it wasn't our innate perversity 154 00:08:10,788 --> 00:08:14,305 that draws us to things that we are told to shun that was the problem, 155 00:08:14,339 --> 00:08:16,364 The problem was knowledge! 156 00:08:16,396 --> 00:08:18,585 The problem was that we were thrown headlong 157 00:08:18,619 --> 00:08:20,014 into the same contradiction 158 00:08:20,047 --> 00:08:24,328 that made protoplasmic stew out of 6,8 billion people 159 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:26,419 back in June of 2059, 160 00:08:26,451 --> 00:08:30,501 The problem was we thought that we could handle knowledge, 161 00:08:30,533 --> 00:08:34,450 You're a Luddite, an anti-technology zealot, 162 00:08:34,483 --> 00:08:37,935 I am also living proof of my own argument, 163 00:08:37,968 --> 00:08:39,493 All the best intentions of the world 164 00:08:39,528 --> 00:08:42,847 can be erased in the blink of an eye at the hand of one mad man, 165 00:08:42,879 --> 00:08:45,501 I'm dealing with impulse and capability, 166 00:08:45,534 --> 00:08:47,857 Aren't you forgetting that your side won? 167 00:08:49,517 --> 00:08:52,869 There was a definite roar of anti-technology sentiment 168 00:08:52,902 --> 00:08:55,125 after the new holocaust, 169 00:08:55,159 --> 00:08:58,842 A million man chorus that drowned any voices of opposition, 170 00:08:58,875 --> 00:09:01,531 and that's how we wound up here, 171 00:09:01,564 --> 00:09:04,750 Those 200 years of progress systematically dismantled 172 00:09:04,782 --> 00:09:07,039 and place on the garbage heap, 173 00:09:08,334 --> 00:09:10,556 So, I would ask you, 174 00:09:10,591 --> 00:09:14,174 why do you feel a need to put a nuclear gun to our heads 175 00:09:14,208 --> 00:09:18,655 and beat a drum that hasn't stopped pounding for almost 20 years? 176 00:09:19,551 --> 00:09:20,921 Excellent question, Brother Clayton, 177 00:09:20,945 --> 00:09:23,268 and I think I have an equally artful rejoinder, 178 00:09:23,301 --> 00:09:26,884 You see, I have got a terrible feeling in the pit of my stomach, 179 00:09:26,919 --> 00:09:29,616 I've got the sense that we're about to piss on the closest thing to paradise 180 00:09:29,640 --> 00:09:31,200 since Hotel Eden, 181 00:09:31,233 --> 00:09:35,447 So, all of this is to make sure that Dr, Givens' conviction is upheld? 182 00:09:35,481 --> 00:09:38,501 Dr, Givens isn't important, 183 00:09:38,533 --> 00:09:41,388 I am not important, There isn't a soul in this room 184 00:09:41,420 --> 00:09:43,710 who is important, What is important, 185 00:09:43,745 --> 00:09:46,532 is that we don't tick God off one more time because 186 00:09:46,565 --> 00:09:48,158 as smart as he is, 187 00:09:48,190 --> 00:09:51,643 as good as he is, I get the feeling he's just about run out of patience 188 00:09:51,675 --> 00:09:53,302 with his rather iffy creation, 189 00:09:53,335 --> 00:09:55,458 You were wrong about one thing, Ezekiel, 190 00:09:55,492 --> 00:09:57,549 Ah, Dr, Givens, 191 00:09:58,943 --> 00:10:00,769 I was waiting for you to chime in, 192 00:10:00,802 --> 00:10:02,561 You said this wasn't about me, 193 00:10:02,594 --> 00:10:04,884 I said that you weren't important, 194 00:10:04,917 --> 00:10:06,876 How about the truth then? 195 00:10:06,908 --> 00:10:08,767 Is that important? - 196 00:10:08,799 --> 00:10:11,588 The truth is about the only thing that I have left in my kit bag, Doc, 197 00:10:12,949 --> 00:10:16,135 Then tell them where you came from, 198 00:10:16,765 --> 00:10:19,188 how you got here, 199 00:10:19,221 --> 00:10:23,569 and maybe you should tell them that you were rather infatuated with me once, 200 00:10:28,846 --> 00:10:31,666 A school boy crush on his mentor, 201 00:10:32,794 --> 00:10:36,287 A sentiment alas unrequited, 202 00:10:36,321 --> 00:10:40,005 I believe your last words were, "Go to hell," 203 00:10:41,066 --> 00:10:43,753 Well, I took your advice, Theresa, 204 00:10:43,788 --> 00:10:45,281 and now I'm back, 205 00:10:51,959 --> 00:10:53,587 May I address the court? 206 00:10:53,620 --> 00:10:57,634 I think I may be able to shed some light on what's going on here, 207 00:10:57,669 --> 00:11:01,318 I'm glad somebody can, Go ahead, Dr, Givens, 208 00:11:08,321 --> 00:11:11,871 "Ezekiel" wasn't always his name, 209 00:11:13,100 --> 00:11:15,224 He took it from the prophet, 210 00:11:15,257 --> 00:11:17,912 who implored the Jews in Babylonia 211 00:11:17,944 --> 00:11:20,368 to return to their godliness and faith, 212 00:11:20,402 --> 00:11:23,056 Daniel Faraday is his real name, 213 00:11:24,748 --> 00:11:28,167 When I started developing my temporal transporter, 214 00:11:28,199 --> 00:11:34,008 I enlisted a number of specialists in various fields, 215 00:11:34,041 --> 00:11:36,662 It was a little like the Manhattan Project in the 20th Century, 216 00:11:36,929 --> 00:11:38,123 Hmm, 217 00:11:38,155 --> 00:11:40,545 An apt analogy I must say, Theresa, 218 00:11:41,807 --> 00:11:45,690 Everybody's responsibilities were compartmentalized, 219 00:11:45,722 --> 00:11:49,871 No one knew how the parts would be put together but me, 220 00:11:50,370 --> 00:11:52,029 Daniel, Ezekiel, 221 00:11:53,157 --> 00:11:57,637 was a bio-physicist for a company that had some 222 00:11:57,669 --> 00:12:01,918 highly-classified government contracts, 223 00:12:01,950 --> 00:12:04,738 I believe there's a shorter job-description, uh, 224 00:12:04,773 --> 00:12:07,028 I believe the word, "whore" is what you're looking for, 225 00:12:07,062 --> 00:12:09,218 And so the two of you collaborated? 226 00:12:09,252 --> 00:12:11,010 No, I think that would be over-stating it, 227 00:12:11,044 --> 00:12:14,196 We did share information, yes, 228 00:12:14,230 --> 00:12:15,733 but I made a critical breakthrough that 229 00:12:15,757 --> 00:12:18,378 the government and Daniel never could, 230 00:12:18,412 --> 00:12:20,636 and that's when all hell broke loose, 231 00:12:20,668 --> 00:12:22,427 Shall I tell them or would you like to? 232 00:12:22,460 --> 00:12:25,248 Oh, no, by all means, go ahead, 233 00:12:25,282 --> 00:12:28,202 I always say, why let the facts get in the way of a good story? 234 00:12:31,022 --> 00:12:34,208 That's when Daniel became Ezekiel, 235 00:12:34,242 --> 00:12:36,566 I had no idea what was going on, 236 00:12:37,991 --> 00:12:41,510 And his behavior became erratic, 237 00:12:41,544 --> 00:12:43,999 He would go on these rants, rants against the government, 238 00:12:44,032 --> 00:12:46,055 against science, against technology, 239 00:12:46,090 --> 00:12:49,907 Uh, Dr, Givens, I must confess that I'm confused, 240 00:12:49,939 --> 00:12:52,196 You say that that man 241 00:12:52,228 --> 00:12:55,813 used your machine to enter our time, 242 00:12:55,847 --> 00:13:00,293 but was this with or without you cooperation? 243 00:13:00,327 --> 00:13:04,176 There was no cooperation on my part, 244 00:13:04,210 --> 00:13:07,993 Daniel and I had a terrible falling out and then he disappeared, 245 00:13:08,790 --> 00:13:11,245 First sign that he was surfaced 246 00:13:11,279 --> 00:13:13,900 was when there was an experiment that was sabotaged 247 00:13:13,933 --> 00:13:16,223 at the government lab where he worked, 248 00:13:16,257 --> 00:13:17,915 -The wormhole's expanding! -Shut it down, 249 00:13:17,949 --> 00:13:19,608 Abort! Abort! 250 00:13:19,642 --> 00:13:20,902 The override isn't working, 251 00:13:23,391 --> 00:13:25,450 Power emissions are spiking! 252 00:13:29,332 --> 00:13:30,726 Shut it down! 253 00:13:37,463 --> 00:13:41,678 A man called Ezekiel claimed credit for it, 254 00:13:41,710 --> 00:13:44,167 but I, I knew who was responsible, 255 00:13:44,199 --> 00:13:47,585 Ezekiel was making the world safe for democracy, 256 00:13:47,619 --> 00:13:49,444 and damned if he still isn't! 257 00:13:49,476 --> 00:13:52,861 And then there was a break-in at my lab, papers were stolen, 258 00:13:52,895 --> 00:13:56,346 most of the key documents from my transporter, 259 00:13:56,380 --> 00:13:59,243 They belong to me as much as they did her, I was only taking what was mine, 260 00:13:59,267 --> 00:14:01,657 I knew there was only a matter of time, 261 00:14:01,690 --> 00:14:03,748 before he developed his own device, - 262 00:14:03,781 --> 00:14:05,904 "Just a matter of time," I like that, 263 00:14:05,938 --> 00:14:08,392 He took a number of trips through time 264 00:14:08,426 --> 00:14:14,267 with little or no regard for how he might be affecting history, 265 00:14:14,301 --> 00:14:17,785 Ladies and gentlemen, I believe the pot has just called the kettle black, 266 00:14:19,013 --> 00:14:20,340 Pot meet kettle, 267 00:14:21,370 --> 00:14:23,824 You, uh, don't see the irony here, 268 00:14:23,858 --> 00:14:26,811 Oh, I see irony everywhere, 269 00:14:26,845 --> 00:14:28,738 It's like X-ray vision, 270 00:14:28,770 --> 00:14:30,196 Well, here you were, 271 00:14:30,230 --> 00:14:33,947 a revolutionary railing against the evils of technology, 272 00:14:33,979 --> 00:14:39,490 and you were employing the most sophisticated product of that technology, 273 00:14:39,523 --> 00:14:41,979 To what end am I using that technology? 274 00:14:42,012 --> 00:14:43,804 That is what you have to ask yourself, 275 00:14:43,836 --> 00:14:45,131 Mr, Chief Justice, 276 00:14:45,165 --> 00:14:48,085 Sometimes it is necessary to take up the arms of the enemy, 277 00:14:49,014 --> 00:14:50,208 to defeat him, 278 00:14:50,243 --> 00:14:53,329 You, uh, see technology as enslaving mankind, 279 00:14:53,362 --> 00:14:55,751 -Is that a fair statement? -Ha! 280 00:14:55,783 --> 00:14:58,472 Not only is it fair, I'd say it is pretty damn prophetic, 281 00:14:59,103 --> 00:15:00,795 Look at these things, 282 00:15:00,829 --> 00:15:02,752 Polygraphic generator, 283 00:15:02,787 --> 00:15:04,943 Re-animation lasers, 284 00:15:04,977 --> 00:15:08,761 Artificial intelligence arrays, the new golden calf, 285 00:15:08,794 --> 00:15:12,245 Uh, a little bowing and scraping music, please, maestro, 286 00:15:12,278 --> 00:15:15,763 If you believe machines are the problem, then I can only assume 287 00:15:15,795 --> 00:15:19,214 you place your faith in man's innate goodness, 288 00:15:19,247 --> 00:15:21,903 Only when he is not being crushed by the heavy boot 289 00:15:21,936 --> 00:15:24,293 of science and government, 290 00:15:24,325 --> 00:15:26,018 Only when he has a fighting chance, 291 00:15:26,050 --> 00:15:29,801 If that's the case, then I have to ask you, Ezekiel, 292 00:15:29,833 --> 00:15:32,854 why do you feel the need to force our hand here? 293 00:15:34,149 --> 00:15:36,836 Isn't the highest court of the land, by definition, 294 00:15:36,870 --> 00:15:39,591 a place where human judgment reigns supreme, 295 00:15:39,625 --> 00:15:43,142 That presumes that you haven't been corrupted, 296 00:15:43,174 --> 00:15:45,399 What evidence is there that we have? 297 00:15:48,585 --> 00:15:52,368 That's funny, Chief Justice, because to answer that question, 298 00:15:52,401 --> 00:15:54,392 I'm going to put you on the stand, 299 00:15:54,425 --> 00:15:57,411 You want to interrogate me? 300 00:15:57,446 --> 00:15:59,470 Oh, interrogate's such a nasty word, 301 00:15:59,502 --> 00:16:01,163 No, I just want to question you, 302 00:16:01,195 --> 00:16:03,951 Haden, don't fall into this man's trap, 303 00:16:03,983 --> 00:16:06,108 He's already got his finger on a nuclear trigger, 304 00:16:06,141 --> 00:16:07,933 don't give him anymore power, 305 00:16:07,965 --> 00:16:11,450 And here I thought you were the only cool head in this chamber, Justice Harbison, 306 00:16:11,484 --> 00:16:16,396 I stand before you as only a lowly private citizen advocating his point of view, 307 00:16:16,428 --> 00:16:19,482 A point of view that I believe you share, 308 00:16:19,514 --> 00:16:21,406 I don't believe in using violence 309 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:25,024 to undermine the legitimate authority of this court, 310 00:16:25,057 --> 00:16:26,184 Boilerplate! 311 00:16:26,219 --> 00:16:27,678 Isn't that what you call it? 312 00:16:27,712 --> 00:16:30,932 When you have to plug in standard, legal language when all else fails? 313 00:16:30,964 --> 00:16:32,923 You want to question me? 314 00:16:32,955 --> 00:16:36,175 I have no problem with that, but I think it's only fair 315 00:16:36,209 --> 00:16:38,232 that you give up something in return, 316 00:16:38,266 --> 00:16:40,788 Oh, now we're negotiating, are we? 317 00:16:40,820 --> 00:16:44,770 Well, I hope you will excuse my coarse language when I ask you, 318 00:16:44,802 --> 00:16:47,359 do I look like a gosh darn fool to you? 319 00:16:48,287 --> 00:16:50,843 We're just spinning our wheels here, 320 00:16:50,875 --> 00:16:53,797 -I put a proposal to you, Ezekiel, -Mmm, 321 00:16:53,830 --> 00:16:57,746 Disarm that device, and I will do as you wish, 322 00:17:03,953 --> 00:17:08,035 As a sign of goodwill, I will disarm this bomb, 323 00:17:08,068 --> 00:17:09,627 Ah, to tell you the truth, 324 00:17:11,285 --> 00:17:13,575 it was getting a little uncomfortable for me, anyway, 325 00:17:13,610 --> 00:17:15,367 But I will warn you, 326 00:17:15,401 --> 00:17:19,385 I hold the transmitter that is capable of setting the one off outside, 327 00:17:19,418 --> 00:17:22,106 within a millisecond of my touching any one of these buttons, 328 00:17:22,138 --> 00:17:26,310 or we can just let it tick down on the timer 329 00:17:26,343 --> 00:17:28,441 till it goes off of its own accord, 330 00:17:30,068 --> 00:17:35,311 Now, it's your turn to show me some good will, 331 00:17:35,345 --> 00:17:39,791 All I ask is that you answer my questions fairly and honestly, 332 00:17:42,546 --> 00:17:46,130 Now, then, what did you do on the war, Mr, Wainwright? 333 00:17:46,164 --> 00:17:47,790 I was in the military, 334 00:17:47,822 --> 00:17:51,275 Three-star general attached to NATO troops, 335 00:17:51,308 --> 00:17:54,859 Then I can assume that you had a hand in the strategizing? 336 00:17:54,891 --> 00:17:56,916 Well, it was of very little value, 337 00:17:56,950 --> 00:18:01,032 Few skirmishes in Eastern Europe and Pan Africa, 338 00:18:01,064 --> 00:18:04,051 The submarine was sunk in the Atlantic, 339 00:18:04,084 --> 00:18:09,295 So, you weren't consulted in the possible use of a nuclear arsenal? 340 00:18:09,328 --> 00:18:12,015 I was in communication with the Pentagon, yes, 341 00:18:12,049 --> 00:18:14,305 Ah, such humility, Haden, 342 00:18:14,339 --> 00:18:17,559 The scope of it I heard was, you were personal advisor to the pres, 343 00:18:18,819 --> 00:18:20,446 What was your recommendation? 344 00:18:20,478 --> 00:18:23,234 That we not give in to nuclear blackmail, 345 00:18:23,266 --> 00:18:25,291 Hmm, tough it out, huh? 346 00:18:25,324 --> 00:18:27,647 Give us good as you get, bomb them back into the Stone Age, 347 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:29,308 and let God sort it out? 348 00:18:29,340 --> 00:18:33,389 That's your characterization, not mine, 349 00:18:33,422 --> 00:18:36,408 Sir, Mr, Chief Justice, 350 00:18:36,442 --> 00:18:40,558 you were safely ensconced in a bunker two miles below the earth's surface, 351 00:18:40,590 --> 00:18:43,477 while four-fifth of the world was reduced to radioactive jelly! 352 00:18:43,510 --> 00:18:45,835 You're hardly the one to be sanctimonious! 353 00:18:45,866 --> 00:18:47,826 Well, I learned from the best, 354 00:18:47,858 --> 00:18:51,541 Why don't you tell him that you traveled through time to other wars, 355 00:18:51,575 --> 00:18:57,117 and I don't recall you telling me about any heroic efforts to stop the bloodshed, 356 00:18:57,150 --> 00:19:00,104 Well, that was you job, wasn't it, Theresa? 357 00:19:06,373 --> 00:19:08,331 Hold steady! 358 00:19:12,147 --> 00:19:15,599 - Miriam! Miriam! - Mama! Mama! 359 00:19:15,632 --> 00:19:17,955 Please, my daughter, don't make her watch, 360 00:19:17,988 --> 00:19:19,415 No, Mama! 361 00:19:23,099 --> 00:19:25,223 You were a tourist in hell, 362 00:19:25,256 --> 00:19:27,147 Those were your exact words, 363 00:19:27,181 --> 00:19:29,604 Well, I'm making up for it now, aren't I? 364 00:19:29,637 --> 00:19:33,486 History will number me among the greatest of all humanitarians, 365 00:19:36,042 --> 00:19:39,162 Excuse me, Mr, Chief Justice, 366 00:19:39,195 --> 00:19:41,153 We were talking about the Great War, 367 00:19:41,186 --> 00:19:43,575 Now, in the aftermath, 368 00:19:43,608 --> 00:19:47,723 after all the bloodshed, when the bodies were being counted, what was your job? 369 00:19:47,757 --> 00:19:52,702 I was appointed with the president to a taskforce to examine our options, 370 00:19:52,734 --> 00:19:54,858 Huh, would that be the task force that recommended 371 00:19:54,892 --> 00:19:56,883 the elimination of all weapons of mass destruction? 372 00:19:57,381 --> 00:19:58,443 That's correct, 373 00:19:58,476 --> 00:20:00,998 And when the mandate task force expanded, 374 00:20:01,031 --> 00:20:03,321 to include the consideration of the anti-technology codes, 375 00:20:03,355 --> 00:20:05,910 where did you come down on that issue? 376 00:20:05,944 --> 00:20:08,532 I was in agreement that they be considered, 377 00:20:08,565 --> 00:20:09,969 And when the codes were implemented, 378 00:20:09,992 --> 00:20:13,443 and when the moratorium on all scientific research was adopted, 379 00:20:13,476 --> 00:20:15,070 you were relieved, 380 00:20:15,866 --> 00:20:18,720 -I was in support, -Hmm, 381 00:20:18,753 --> 00:20:20,280 And that support was unwavering? 382 00:20:25,722 --> 00:20:28,179 Shall I repeat the question? 383 00:20:28,212 --> 00:20:31,829 I'm sitting in judgment on that question in this court, 384 00:20:31,862 --> 00:20:34,152 I think you know that, 385 00:20:34,185 --> 00:20:37,305 I think it's inappropriate for me to comment, 386 00:20:37,338 --> 00:20:39,794 All right, let's change the subject, 387 00:20:39,827 --> 00:20:42,582 Are you familiar with research done by Drs, McCamber and Houghton 388 00:20:42,615 --> 00:20:44,274 at the early part of this century? 389 00:20:44,307 --> 00:20:49,186 They were two doctors who discovered a way to revive necrotic tissues and organs, 390 00:20:49,220 --> 00:20:51,078 -And repair them, -EZEKIEL: Uh-huh, 391 00:20:51,111 --> 00:20:53,533 Not just to revive dead tissue, 392 00:20:53,566 --> 00:20:56,189 but to revive dead people, 393 00:20:56,222 --> 00:20:57,748 Zombie time, isn't that right? 394 00:20:59,042 --> 00:21:01,697 It proved to be a flawed technology, 395 00:21:01,730 --> 00:21:04,352 Oh, that is quite an understatement, 396 00:21:04,386 --> 00:21:07,969 because it did have the ability to restore human life, 397 00:21:08,003 --> 00:21:10,326 but not the quality of that life, 398 00:21:17,428 --> 00:21:21,079 Autolysis reversed, rebuilding neuron networks, 399 00:21:39,431 --> 00:21:43,015 -Reflex! -I don't think so, 400 00:21:57,451 --> 00:22:00,405 Hello, Mr, Reynolds, Welcome back, 401 00:22:02,728 --> 00:22:06,644 You lost your wife, Julie to cancer, 10 years ago, am I right? 402 00:22:07,905 --> 00:22:09,830 I don't see that's relevant here, 403 00:22:09,863 --> 00:22:12,253 Oh, it's relevant, Mr, Chief Justice, 404 00:22:12,286 --> 00:22:15,007 because you went to the scientific underground 405 00:22:15,040 --> 00:22:17,164 and tried to illegally bring her back to life, 406 00:22:28,348 --> 00:22:29,942 She was my life, 407 00:22:31,867 --> 00:22:35,384 Nothing I'd ever achieved 408 00:22:35,417 --> 00:22:38,272 meant anything after she was gone, 409 00:22:39,565 --> 00:22:41,789 I was inconsolable, 410 00:22:41,822 --> 00:22:45,871 A friend told me about these renegades in the underground, 411 00:22:45,904 --> 00:22:49,754 They'd actually achieved the promise of Lazarus, 412 00:22:49,787 --> 00:22:52,774 And what else could you do? You plucked the apple, 413 00:22:54,434 --> 00:22:56,856 I would have given my life to save her, 414 00:22:57,586 --> 00:23:00,042 They weren't successful, I take it? 415 00:23:01,635 --> 00:23:04,389 She had a few moments of consciousness, 416 00:23:05,684 --> 00:23:07,012 She looked terrified, 417 00:23:08,372 --> 00:23:10,928 Bewildered, 418 00:23:10,961 --> 00:23:15,507 I'll never forget that look, and I'll never forgive myself, 419 00:23:18,395 --> 00:23:20,584 Never forgive yourself, your Honor, 420 00:23:21,978 --> 00:23:25,364 or never forgive science? 421 00:23:25,397 --> 00:23:28,218 There's always been a double standard, hasn't there, Brother Gannon? 422 00:23:28,251 --> 00:23:32,200 One set of laws for the privileged and another one for the average joe! 423 00:23:32,233 --> 00:23:34,191 Do you honestly believe 424 00:23:34,224 --> 00:23:38,173 that any ruling made under threat, of blackmail, 425 00:23:38,207 --> 00:23:41,293 let alone, nuclear annihilation, 426 00:23:41,326 --> 00:23:42,986 could have any validity? 427 00:23:43,019 --> 00:23:45,142 You're making an assumption, Justice, 428 00:23:45,176 --> 00:23:48,794 Your assuming that I've threatened to use force if the decision doesn't go my way, 429 00:23:48,827 --> 00:23:50,320 And you're saying, you're not? 430 00:23:50,353 --> 00:23:52,776 I'm not a fool! 431 00:23:52,809 --> 00:23:54,402 I grant you my excesses, 432 00:23:54,435 --> 00:23:57,356 my passions, my unorthodox protocol, 433 00:23:57,389 --> 00:24:00,873 I did use my threat to, uh, gain access to this court, 434 00:24:00,907 --> 00:24:02,500 so that you will hear my testimony, 435 00:24:02,533 --> 00:24:05,884 but the final decisions still rest in your hands, 436 00:24:05,918 --> 00:24:09,138 untainted by any sort of intimidation, 437 00:24:09,170 --> 00:24:11,685 Now whatever you decide, I'll accept, 438 00:24:11,719 --> 00:24:14,805 I can't be stupid enough to believe that I can dictate the future, 439 00:24:14,838 --> 00:24:17,493 Isn't that exactly what you're doing? 440 00:24:17,526 --> 00:24:20,878 No, Theresa, it is exactly what you are trying to do by bringing this 441 00:24:20,912 --> 00:24:22,869 poisonous technology into the present, 442 00:24:25,922 --> 00:24:29,406 Excuse me, this is just a little more irony than I can take right now, 443 00:24:29,440 --> 00:24:31,366 Aren't you the one with the bomb? 444 00:24:33,854 --> 00:24:34,882 Actually, no, 445 00:24:37,172 --> 00:24:38,764 There is no bomb, 446 00:24:40,889 --> 00:24:43,213 There never was a bomb, 447 00:24:43,245 --> 00:24:44,773 Now surely, 448 00:24:44,805 --> 00:24:47,924 you won't me begrudge me this little bit of assurance, 449 00:24:47,958 --> 00:24:49,949 No, the only bomb here is the 450 00:24:49,983 --> 00:24:53,002 incendiary ignorance that permeates this courtroom, 451 00:24:53,036 --> 00:24:58,711 this culture, ignorance that would allow you to sink into the mire once again, 452 00:24:58,744 --> 00:25:01,598 Are you telling us that the transmitter that you're holding 453 00:25:01,631 --> 00:25:04,451 is not capable of triggering a cold fusion device? 454 00:25:06,775 --> 00:25:08,036 Boom! 455 00:25:10,061 --> 00:25:11,654 Hmm, 456 00:25:11,687 --> 00:25:14,176 You almost seem disappointed, Chief Justice, 457 00:25:14,209 --> 00:25:17,429 If what you're saying is true, then you won't mind surrendering it, 458 00:25:18,091 --> 00:25:19,851 Well, 459 00:25:19,883 --> 00:25:22,671 there are 20 bucks worth of perfectly good electronics in here, 460 00:25:22,706 --> 00:25:27,119 but I'm sure that once the court assures itself as to its harmlessness, 461 00:25:27,151 --> 00:25:29,210 I'll be justly compensated, 462 00:25:30,504 --> 00:25:32,296 Put the device down, 463 00:25:38,999 --> 00:25:42,253 You realize the gravity of your actions here today? 464 00:25:42,285 --> 00:25:44,608 I absolutely do, Chief Justice, 465 00:25:44,642 --> 00:25:47,231 I only wish that I could be as sure that you did, 466 00:25:47,595 --> 00:25:48,756 What's that? 467 00:25:48,790 --> 00:25:51,080 That's a time travel controller, your honor, 468 00:25:51,113 --> 00:25:54,232 She's right, It operates the temporal transporter, 469 00:25:54,266 --> 00:25:56,887 If you all foolish enough to return to a world where 470 00:25:56,920 --> 00:25:58,812 machines reign over humans, 471 00:25:58,845 --> 00:26:01,965 then I will humbly take my leave through that device, 472 00:26:01,997 --> 00:26:03,625 -And go where? -Oh! 473 00:26:03,658 --> 00:26:05,649 So many destinations! 474 00:26:05,682 --> 00:26:10,130 Ancient Greece, Renaissance Italy, anywhere but the future, 475 00:26:10,161 --> 00:26:11,631 If we let him go now, 476 00:26:11,655 --> 00:26:13,945 what's to prevent him from coming back later on 477 00:26:13,979 --> 00:26:15,605 creating the same havoc? 478 00:26:15,637 --> 00:26:19,090 If he leaves the controller here there is no way that he can return, 479 00:26:19,122 --> 00:26:21,878 What about the damage he could inflict in the past? 480 00:26:21,910 --> 00:26:24,499 He could affect the world for generations, 481 00:26:24,533 --> 00:26:27,055 Unlike the charade of this appeal, 482 00:26:27,087 --> 00:26:29,377 I'm not putting this up to a vote! 483 00:26:29,411 --> 00:26:31,567 I say get him the hell out of here, 484 00:26:31,602 --> 00:26:34,123 Not quite yet, Justice Woods, 485 00:26:34,156 --> 00:26:37,010 I haven't completed my presentation, 486 00:26:37,043 --> 00:26:39,532 -What does that mean? -It means, 487 00:26:39,566 --> 00:26:42,287 that I have special knowledge too, 488 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:44,445 knowledge of the future of mankind, 489 00:26:44,478 --> 00:26:48,293 of the world far ahead of the one visited by Dr, Givens, 490 00:26:48,327 --> 00:26:52,310 I want you to be able to make the most informed judgment that you can, 491 00:26:52,343 --> 00:26:54,235 Why should we believe you, Ezekiel? 492 00:26:54,267 --> 00:26:58,747 Because to not believe me would spell absolute and irreversible doom, 493 00:27:01,734 --> 00:27:05,716 Go ahead, You have five minutes of this court's time, 494 00:27:05,750 --> 00:27:08,439 Thank you, your Honor, That's all I need, 495 00:27:13,582 --> 00:27:15,807 If time travel has taught me anything, 496 00:27:15,840 --> 00:27:18,295 is that the future is malleable, 497 00:27:18,328 --> 00:27:20,750 It can be shaped by our choices, 498 00:27:20,785 --> 00:27:23,472 It's really futures, plural, 499 00:27:23,506 --> 00:27:27,057 The number of possibilities is infinite, 500 00:27:27,090 --> 00:27:29,247 We can change your actions today, 501 00:27:29,281 --> 00:27:34,557 and visit those consequences, 10, 50, 100s of years from now, 502 00:27:34,589 --> 00:27:38,507 Not long ago, I went tripping through one of those possibilities, 503 00:27:38,540 --> 00:27:42,056 into a future where technology was not outlawed, 504 00:27:42,753 --> 00:27:44,645 Deep into the 24th century, 505 00:27:44,679 --> 00:27:48,627 about 100 years after we started to colonize other worlds, 506 00:27:48,662 --> 00:27:51,682 One civilization that we tried to oust from its home planet, 507 00:27:51,714 --> 00:27:53,474 declared war on us! 508 00:27:53,506 --> 00:27:57,456 It not only defeated the human invaders but then it came to Earth to finish us off, 509 00:28:12,987 --> 00:28:15,477 This is impossible, They, they have no technology, 510 00:28:22,876 --> 00:28:24,170 Oh, God! 511 00:28:38,376 --> 00:28:41,993 In the end, it was our false sense of superiority, 512 00:28:42,026 --> 00:28:44,814 our sheer willfulness, our arrogance, 513 00:28:44,848 --> 00:28:46,705 that defeated us, 514 00:28:46,739 --> 00:28:49,758 It is our arrogance that will defeat us, 515 00:28:58,022 --> 00:29:01,674 How did Shakespeare put it? 516 00:29:01,706 --> 00:29:05,921 "Screw your courage to the sticking-place and we'll not fail," 517 00:29:09,206 --> 00:29:11,065 Well, I guess I agree with old Will, 518 00:29:11,729 --> 00:29:13,222 Screw your courage! 519 00:29:21,296 --> 00:29:23,287 Theresa, I believe you're familiar with this, 520 00:29:23,320 --> 00:29:26,241 It's set, I just need you to flick this switch, 521 00:29:26,274 --> 00:29:28,895 You can come with me, you do know that, 522 00:29:28,928 --> 00:29:31,584 If they let your conviction stand, you'll face the death penalty, 523 00:29:32,280 --> 00:29:33,939 I know that, 524 00:29:35,931 --> 00:29:38,254 Are you so confident that you'll be vindicated? 525 00:29:39,216 --> 00:29:42,269 No, not at all, 526 00:30:01,650 --> 00:30:02,679 Last chance! 527 00:30:09,749 --> 00:30:11,242 Goodbye, Theresa! 528 00:30:39,815 --> 00:30:41,940 Is he really gone? 529 00:30:42,703 --> 00:30:45,258 Yes, he's gone, 530 00:30:45,292 --> 00:30:47,648 In the light of these remarkable developments 531 00:30:47,681 --> 00:30:50,203 I'd like to hear from the two councils, 532 00:30:50,236 --> 00:30:52,061 Approach, please, 533 00:30:57,272 --> 00:31:00,624 I assume that these proceedings will be declared null and void, 534 00:31:01,952 --> 00:31:04,242 Is that your feeling too, Ms, Whitley? 535 00:31:04,274 --> 00:31:08,522 I don't know, The question is, has the judicial process been compromised? 536 00:31:08,555 --> 00:31:12,040 Well, of course it's been compromised, it's all poison fruit, 537 00:31:12,074 --> 00:31:14,861 How can the Justices' fair hearing not be compromised 538 00:31:14,894 --> 00:31:16,521 by the presence of a mad man? 539 00:31:16,554 --> 00:31:19,839 A mad man who advocated your position, I'd remind you, Mr, Gannon, 540 00:31:19,872 --> 00:31:22,660 Come on, look, isn't the real question here, 541 00:31:22,694 --> 00:31:25,415 not whether we can unring the bell, 542 00:31:25,448 --> 00:31:30,027 ah, but whether we can make a fair decision in the wake of all this? 543 00:31:30,060 --> 00:31:31,920 What's the alternative? 544 00:31:31,953 --> 00:31:35,404 Put the nation on hold? Put the whole damn world on hold, 545 00:31:35,437 --> 00:31:37,262 while start over from scratch? 546 00:31:37,295 --> 00:31:42,174 And then run the risk of the decision being called double jeopardy? 547 00:31:42,208 --> 00:31:46,356 I say, we take a deep breath and make our decision, 548 00:31:48,148 --> 00:31:49,807 Mr, Gannon? 549 00:31:49,840 --> 00:31:55,515 I, uh, I would like to make some final remarks, before it's decided, 550 00:31:56,345 --> 00:31:57,937 Ms, Whitley? 551 00:31:57,971 --> 00:31:59,099 I'd like some time as well, 552 00:32:01,090 --> 00:32:04,741 I'll allow a brief summary from each side, 553 00:32:04,775 --> 00:32:07,662 -And the appellant? -Yes, 554 00:32:08,591 --> 00:32:09,653 She can speak, 555 00:32:21,036 --> 00:32:26,910 To say that technology is a double-edged sword is beyond dispute, 556 00:32:28,204 --> 00:32:33,116 But to forgo all of technology's gifts, 557 00:32:33,149 --> 00:32:36,468 because we have suffered the consequences of its misuse, 558 00:32:37,696 --> 00:32:41,944 may be the greatest miscalculation of our time, 559 00:32:45,063 --> 00:32:47,220 Your Honors, I believe, 560 00:32:47,253 --> 00:32:51,255 the time for retreat is over, 561 00:32:51,942 --> 00:32:56,357 We have to stop burying our heads in the sand, 562 00:32:56,388 --> 00:32:59,673 Society must act now, 563 00:32:59,708 --> 00:33:02,760 Out of love rather than fear, 564 00:33:04,388 --> 00:33:09,032 The same kind of caring and compassion 565 00:33:09,067 --> 00:33:11,656 that the Chief Justice himself showed, 566 00:33:11,689 --> 00:33:16,168 when he looked to science to rekindle the spark of life, 567 00:33:16,201 --> 00:33:17,529 in his beloved wife, 568 00:33:19,387 --> 00:33:23,204 It's time to show that same compassion 569 00:33:24,464 --> 00:33:26,921 for the future is still unwritten, 570 00:33:30,140 --> 00:33:32,762 You all witnessed Dr, Givens' choice 571 00:33:32,795 --> 00:33:35,217 to face judgment rather than flee, 572 00:33:36,479 --> 00:33:42,054 She acted out of that very love for human kind, 573 00:33:45,108 --> 00:33:50,550 and I hope that will guide your ultimate decision, 574 00:33:53,305 --> 00:33:54,532 Thank you, 575 00:33:56,025 --> 00:33:58,315 Mr, Gannon, your final thoughts? 576 00:34:05,185 --> 00:34:09,964 The, uh, state, as respondent in this appeal, 577 00:34:09,998 --> 00:34:15,573 has been accused in effect of killing the messenger, 578 00:34:15,606 --> 00:34:20,218 As fate would have it today, we heard from another messenger, 579 00:34:20,253 --> 00:34:23,405 one with a very different vision of future, 580 00:34:24,767 --> 00:34:28,516 and while we all deplore the barbaric way 581 00:34:28,550 --> 00:34:34,290 in which this man foisted his testimony upon this august body, 582 00:34:34,324 --> 00:34:38,804 ignore only at your peril, at all our peril, 583 00:34:38,836 --> 00:34:41,624 what his appearance here signifies, 584 00:34:41,658 --> 00:34:47,035 A few computer chips, a mingling of rare elements, 585 00:34:47,068 --> 00:34:50,951 a bit of electronic alchemy and lo and behold, 586 00:34:50,983 --> 00:34:55,696 our cities are held hostage to the threats of a sociopath, 587 00:34:57,752 --> 00:35:02,500 Now, are we really ready to believe that what happened here today 588 00:35:02,532 --> 00:35:04,491 won't happen again? 589 00:35:04,523 --> 00:35:09,800 It is we who are insane by definition, 590 00:35:09,834 --> 00:35:13,782 if we continue to conduct the same experiment, 591 00:35:13,817 --> 00:35:15,773 see the same results, 592 00:35:15,808 --> 00:35:18,461 yet fail to heed its lessons, 593 00:35:20,570 --> 00:35:23,589 Gentlemen, and lady Justices, 594 00:35:25,349 --> 00:35:31,255 we have already found a refuge from the plagues, 595 00:35:31,289 --> 00:35:35,138 that science and technology have visited upon us, 596 00:35:35,770 --> 00:35:38,591 We have found a haven, 597 00:35:38,623 --> 00:35:43,102 Are we ready to give up that sanctuary, 598 00:35:43,137 --> 00:35:45,427 and tempt fate? 599 00:35:46,555 --> 00:35:48,479 I pray that we are not, 600 00:35:55,310 --> 00:35:56,803 Dr, Givens? 601 00:36:08,683 --> 00:36:12,700 Before you reach your verdict, ask yourselves this, 602 00:36:14,724 --> 00:36:17,545 Were human beings put on this earth to witness 603 00:36:17,578 --> 00:36:20,864 the wonders of the universe or, 604 00:36:20,897 --> 00:36:24,148 or to become one of them? 605 00:36:25,443 --> 00:36:30,753 I believe that our innate goodness and strength 606 00:36:31,815 --> 00:36:34,835 are greater than our innate weaknesses, 607 00:36:36,129 --> 00:36:37,955 and our innate evil, 608 00:36:39,713 --> 00:36:42,236 Are the fears 609 00:36:42,269 --> 00:36:48,939 of science reemerging as an uncontrollable monster, legitimate ones? 610 00:36:50,997 --> 00:36:54,382 Maybe so, but I'm 611 00:36:57,302 --> 00:37:00,787 naive enough to hope 612 00:37:00,821 --> 00:37:05,333 that we can overcome whatever obstacles that await us, 613 00:37:05,367 --> 00:37:08,486 that we can take control of our destiny, 614 00:37:10,179 --> 00:37:13,432 and realize in the best in ourselves, 615 00:37:15,390 --> 00:37:18,708 The real miracles are miracles 616 00:37:19,737 --> 00:37:23,388 at the outer limits of our imagination 617 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:26,872 are yet to come, 618 00:37:38,620 --> 00:37:40,678 Don't everybody talk at once, 619 00:37:40,711 --> 00:37:42,769 What else is there to say? 620 00:37:42,802 --> 00:37:44,594 I think we've all staked out our turf, 621 00:37:45,589 --> 00:37:47,813 Just so we're clear, 622 00:37:47,846 --> 00:37:51,232 can we consider the words of a terrorist 623 00:37:51,265 --> 00:37:54,119 who threatened to blow us to kingdom come? 624 00:37:54,152 --> 00:37:56,939 Every case we hear we draw upon the body of the law 625 00:37:56,972 --> 00:37:59,395 and a lifetime of personal experience, 626 00:37:59,429 --> 00:38:03,975 I don't think we can exclude from that experience what we went through today, 627 00:38:04,008 --> 00:38:08,356 So, what does a strict constructionist make of all this? 628 00:38:09,883 --> 00:38:12,637 We pulled the world back from the brink, once in this generation, 629 00:38:12,670 --> 00:38:15,358 I'm not about to push it back in, 630 00:38:15,391 --> 00:38:17,914 If I do nothing else 631 00:38:17,947 --> 00:38:20,435 in my remaining days on this earth, 632 00:38:20,469 --> 00:38:23,290 but negate my good friend Ollie's vote, 633 00:38:23,324 --> 00:38:25,414 I will consider it a life worth spent! 634 00:38:27,273 --> 00:38:30,790 I will not send that woman to her death, 635 00:38:30,823 --> 00:38:36,266 Much less, every child who goes to bed at night praying for a better world, 636 00:38:36,299 --> 00:38:38,656 You're all so full of surprises, 637 00:38:38,689 --> 00:38:40,846 So surprise us, 638 00:38:40,879 --> 00:38:43,301 Tell us you weren't moved by that woman's plea, 639 00:38:43,335 --> 00:38:45,226 Oh, I was moved, 640 00:38:45,259 --> 00:38:46,919 Sick to the stomach, moved, 641 00:38:48,146 --> 00:38:50,636 but you cannot erase the lessons of history 642 00:38:50,669 --> 00:38:52,826 with one emotionally charged speech, 643 00:38:53,656 --> 00:38:55,448 When I came on this bench, 644 00:38:55,481 --> 00:38:58,601 I made one, solemn promise to myself 645 00:38:58,634 --> 00:39:02,948 and that was to always put justice first, 646 00:39:02,981 --> 00:39:07,462 What the hell good is some abstract notion of justice 647 00:39:07,495 --> 00:39:10,117 in the face of everything you've just seen and heard? 648 00:39:10,150 --> 00:39:14,066 Now, you know better than to cross rhetorical swords with me, Kendall, 649 00:39:21,832 --> 00:39:24,387 You're gonna have to break the tie after all, Haden, 650 00:39:26,909 --> 00:39:28,934 Yes, I know that, 651 00:39:28,967 --> 00:39:31,555 So, what do you think, old friend? 652 00:39:40,317 --> 00:39:43,403 We have invented and created 653 00:39:43,437 --> 00:39:46,291 and sought answers to the mysteries of the universe 654 00:39:46,324 --> 00:39:49,410 since we first emerged from the cave, 655 00:39:49,443 --> 00:39:52,430 Some of those inventions were used to enlighten, 656 00:39:52,463 --> 00:39:54,753 Others were used to destroy, 657 00:39:54,787 --> 00:39:59,366 A rose, no matter how enticing, has its thorns, 658 00:39:59,399 --> 00:40:02,818 How are we to know when the torch we've be handed will be used to 659 00:40:02,851 --> 00:40:04,709 light our way through the darkness, 660 00:40:04,742 --> 00:40:08,492 or to burn down our homes and cities? 661 00:40:08,525 --> 00:40:12,010 The truth is, we can't know, 662 00:40:12,044 --> 00:40:16,789 Machines themselves have no intrinsic morality, 663 00:40:16,822 --> 00:40:20,573 It's up to society to invest them with a higher purpose, 664 00:40:23,560 --> 00:40:25,385 In the opinion of this Justice, 665 00:40:25,418 --> 00:40:30,329 the danger of denying our true nature, our natural curiosity, 666 00:40:30,363 --> 00:40:34,910 of denying our thirst for unencumbered freedom, 667 00:40:34,943 --> 00:40:38,062 is one we can no longer ignore, 668 00:40:38,096 --> 00:40:40,385 May we always seek the light, 669 00:40:42,974 --> 00:40:46,458 The vote is three to two, in favor to the appellate, 670 00:40:46,491 --> 00:40:49,744 Congratulations, Dr, Givens, you are a free woman, 671 00:41:01,790 --> 00:41:03,384 I wish that I could be there in person, 672 00:41:03,417 --> 00:41:06,337 but I left behind this holographic message, 673 00:41:06,370 --> 00:41:09,357 Consider it a consolation to our defeat, 674 00:41:09,390 --> 00:41:11,249 I'm sure that Theresa's persuasiveness 675 00:41:11,282 --> 00:41:13,539 and your own gullibility were such, 676 00:41:13,572 --> 00:41:16,459 that her cause prevailed, Well, unfortunately 677 00:41:16,492 --> 00:41:18,517 that victory will be short lived, 678 00:41:18,550 --> 00:41:21,968 Maybe now, the world will heed my warning! 679 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:33,915 Oh, God, no, 680 00:41:33,949 --> 00:41:35,542 What is it? What's happening? 681 00:41:35,575 --> 00:41:37,400 Do something, use your machine! 682 00:41:38,230 --> 00:41:39,225 I can't! 683 00:41:41,416 --> 00:41:42,544 No time! 684 00:41:45,697 --> 00:41:47,057 Ahhh! 685 00:42:22,244 --> 00:42:25,795 I would like to propose a toast, To the future! 686 00:42:28,375 --> 00:42:30,168 Beware of false gods, 687 00:42:30,898 --> 00:42:32,059 false promises, 688 00:42:33,013 --> 00:42:36,497 but most of all, beware of me, 689 00:42:41,021 --> 00:42:43,344 If we fail to be vigilant, 690 00:42:43,376 --> 00:42:45,634 we may find that the same miracles 691 00:42:45,665 --> 00:42:48,951 which define our greatness as a species,