1 00:00:05,839 --> 00:00:08,633 [Patrick] "The cradle rocks above an abyss 2 00:00:09,384 --> 00:00:12,470 and common sense tells us that our existence 3 00:00:12,512 --> 00:00:14,556 is but a brief crack of light 4 00:00:14,597 --> 00:00:17,600 between two eternities of darkness." 5 00:00:17,642 --> 00:00:19,477 Yes, the cradle rocks, 6 00:00:19,519 --> 00:00:22,856 and, I think you'll agree, so does Vladimir Nabokov... 7 00:00:22,897 --> 00:00:24,190 [students laughing] 8 00:00:24,232 --> 00:00:26,609 Every time he sets pen to paper. 9 00:00:26,651 --> 00:00:28,987 But whether old Vlad's description 10 00:00:29,029 --> 00:00:33,491 of the human condition is born of hope or of dire pessimism... 11 00:00:33,533 --> 00:00:37,412 -[watch beeping] 3:56 p.m. -...is the question... [sighs] 12 00:00:38,663 --> 00:00:42,167 [stammers] Is the question we will come back to 13 00:00:42,208 --> 00:00:44,127 when I return from my leave. 14 00:00:44,169 --> 00:00:47,589 Now, before you go, no doubt a lot of you 15 00:00:47,630 --> 00:00:49,632 have heard the rumors circulating around campus 16 00:00:49,674 --> 00:00:51,634 about my upcoming operation 17 00:00:51,676 --> 00:00:55,680 and I figured I'd better set the record straight. 18 00:00:55,722 --> 00:00:59,976 The next time I see you, I may actually see you. 19 00:01:00,018 --> 00:01:03,229 Dear sweet Molly Bloom here may be out of a job. 20 00:01:03,271 --> 00:01:04,856 I know that sounds kind of crazy, 21 00:01:04,898 --> 00:01:08,902 but I volunteered to be a guinea pig 22 00:01:08,943 --> 00:01:12,197 in a medical procedure that I and my doctors hope 23 00:01:12,238 --> 00:01:14,574 will allow me to see for the first time 24 00:01:14,616 --> 00:01:15,825 since my childhood accident. 25 00:01:15,867 --> 00:01:17,911 I could give you the hard science, 26 00:01:17,952 --> 00:01:23,291 but, uh, [sighs] yeah, there's a reason I teach the humanities. 27 00:01:23,333 --> 00:01:28,296 What I can tell you is that it involves a combination of an implant 28 00:01:28,338 --> 00:01:31,674 of some state-of-the-art micro-electronics 29 00:01:31,716 --> 00:01:34,344 and the use of a sophisticated drug, 30 00:01:34,385 --> 00:01:36,471 get this, that could only be manufactured 31 00:01:36,513 --> 00:01:38,932 in the zero gravity of outer space. 32 00:01:40,391 --> 00:01:43,353 So if, uh... If anyone asks you 33 00:01:43,394 --> 00:01:46,231 what the hell good all those space shuttle missions are for, 34 00:01:46,856 --> 00:01:50,151 you can tell them... [sighs] 35 00:01:50,193 --> 00:01:52,821 they may have just made a miracle possible. 36 00:01:54,614 --> 00:01:59,452 [Joseph] You're looking at areas B-1 and 17 of the occipital lobe, 37 00:01:59,494 --> 00:02:02,747 better known as the primary visual cortex. 38 00:02:02,789 --> 00:02:04,707 By removing the damaged portion 39 00:02:04,749 --> 00:02:07,168 of the necrotic area I'm pointing to, 40 00:02:07,210 --> 00:02:09,963 and replacing it with our neural prosthesis, 41 00:02:10,004 --> 00:02:11,589 we expect to fully restore 42 00:02:11,631 --> 00:02:14,008 the patient's visual circuitry. 43 00:02:14,050 --> 00:02:15,718 Syringe. 44 00:02:19,264 --> 00:02:21,766 I'll now be injecting the cerebral sheath 45 00:02:21,808 --> 00:02:23,643 with the same iridium suspension 46 00:02:23,685 --> 00:02:26,771 which has been part of the patient's pre-surgery drug therapy 47 00:02:26,813 --> 00:02:28,523 for the last seven days. 48 00:02:28,565 --> 00:02:30,567 [heart monitor beeping] 49 00:02:34,737 --> 00:02:36,739 Ready for the implant now. 50 00:02:59,262 --> 00:03:00,180 [Doctor] Patrick? 51 00:03:01,181 --> 00:03:02,515 How are you feeling? 52 00:03:02,557 --> 00:03:05,476 Like I parted my hair with a jackhammer. 53 00:03:05,518 --> 00:03:06,769 [Joseph] We've cut down on the painkillers 54 00:03:06,811 --> 00:03:09,022 until we can assess the results of the surgery. 55 00:03:09,063 --> 00:03:11,524 Does that mean you're going to take the bandages off now? 56 00:03:11,566 --> 00:03:13,234 Before we do that, I want to introduce you 57 00:03:13,276 --> 00:03:16,988 to Dr. Louise Burrows, the consulting psychologist I was telling you about. 58 00:03:17,030 --> 00:03:19,699 You're still convinced I'm gonna need therapy? 59 00:03:19,741 --> 00:03:21,951 Oh. Regardless of the results, 60 00:03:21,993 --> 00:03:24,329 you will be facing a period of adjustment. 61 00:03:24,370 --> 00:03:25,121 Hi, Patrick. 62 00:03:25,163 --> 00:03:26,831 It's a pleasure to finally meet you. 63 00:03:26,873 --> 00:03:29,542 Are you as attractive as you sound, Dr. Burrows? 64 00:03:29,584 --> 00:03:32,795 Let's hope you'll be able to answer that question yourself, Patrick. 65 00:03:32,837 --> 00:03:33,838 [Patrick chuckles] 66 00:03:33,880 --> 00:03:35,215 Okay. 67 00:03:43,848 --> 00:03:46,309 [Patrick] Oh, my god, there's light. 68 00:03:46,351 --> 00:03:47,936 I can sense light, Doctor. 69 00:03:49,020 --> 00:03:51,940 That's wonderful, Patrick. Just now... Just take it easy. 70 00:03:52,982 --> 00:03:54,609 [Patrick] Oh, my god, there's light. 71 00:03:54,651 --> 00:03:56,361 [sighs] Oh, my god. 72 00:04:03,618 --> 00:04:05,703 Oh, I can see your face. 73 00:04:05,745 --> 00:04:07,872 I can see your faces. 74 00:04:07,914 --> 00:04:09,499 Oh, it's incredible. 75 00:04:09,540 --> 00:04:11,334 It's incredible. 76 00:04:12,252 --> 00:04:13,711 Thank you, Doctor. 77 00:04:13,753 --> 00:04:15,338 -Thank you... -[whooshing] 78 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:17,882 What is it, Patrick? 79 00:04:17,924 --> 00:04:19,676 What is that? 80 00:04:19,717 --> 00:04:21,261 [woman shrieking] 81 00:04:26,724 --> 00:04:30,895 What is that? Oh, my god! Who are you? 82 00:04:32,230 --> 00:04:33,314 Oh, my-- 83 00:04:33,356 --> 00:04:34,649 [inaudible] 84 00:04:34,691 --> 00:04:36,234 What are you... 85 00:04:37,777 --> 00:04:39,237 [screams, whimpers] 86 00:04:45,410 --> 00:04:46,286 [groans] 87 00:04:48,913 --> 00:04:51,291 [Louise] Patrick, what do you see? 88 00:04:56,796 --> 00:04:59,966 [Control Voice] There is nothing wrong with your television. 89 00:05:00,008 --> 00:05:03,011 Do not attempt to adjust the picture. 90 00:05:03,052 --> 00:05:06,097 We are now controlling the transmission. 91 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:10,059 We control the horizontal and the vertical. 92 00:05:10,101 --> 00:05:13,187 We can deluge you with a thousand channels 93 00:05:13,229 --> 00:05:17,942 or expand one single image to crystal clarity 94 00:05:17,984 --> 00:05:19,861 and beyond. 95 00:05:19,902 --> 00:05:21,904 We can shape your vision 96 00:05:21,946 --> 00:05:26,034 to anything our imagination can conceive. 97 00:05:27,577 --> 00:05:28,995 For the next hour, 98 00:05:29,037 --> 00:05:33,916 we will control all that you see and hear. 99 00:05:39,964 --> 00:05:44,010 You are about to experience the awe and mystery 100 00:05:44,052 --> 00:05:47,597 which reaches from the deepest inner mind 101 00:05:47,638 --> 00:05:50,683 to The Outer Limits. 102 00:05:55,980 --> 00:05:58,232 It is said that what we behold 103 00:05:58,274 --> 00:06:03,029 with our eyes is merely the surface of reality. 104 00:06:03,071 --> 00:06:04,364 But if we could see 105 00:06:04,405 --> 00:06:08,826 beneath that facade, what would lie within? 106 00:06:08,868 --> 00:06:11,662 -[knock at door] -Come in. 107 00:06:11,704 --> 00:06:14,082 Louise, I was hoping it was you. I tell you-- 108 00:06:14,123 --> 00:06:15,041 Remember, you promised, 109 00:06:15,083 --> 00:06:17,418 no more jokes about "a sight for sore eyes." 110 00:06:17,460 --> 00:06:19,253 All right, I'll try to restrain myself. 111 00:06:19,295 --> 00:06:21,714 -Thank you. -Have you talked to Dr. Lennox? 112 00:06:21,756 --> 00:06:23,216 -Yes. -And? 113 00:06:23,257 --> 00:06:24,884 Well, he can't really keep you in the hospital 114 00:06:24,926 --> 00:06:26,135 against your will, 115 00:06:26,177 --> 00:06:28,304 although it is his strong preference, 116 00:06:28,971 --> 00:06:31,057 and I did manage to convince him that 117 00:06:31,099 --> 00:06:33,768 what you experienced is not likely to recur. 118 00:06:33,810 --> 00:06:34,811 So what happens now? 119 00:06:34,852 --> 00:06:37,939 I get remanded to the custody of my personal shrink? 120 00:06:37,980 --> 00:06:38,981 [chuckles] No, Patrick. 121 00:06:39,023 --> 00:06:40,733 I'm only here when you need me. 122 00:06:40,775 --> 00:06:41,818 Just like Molly. 123 00:06:44,153 --> 00:06:49,283 Louise, do you still think it was all a hallucination? 124 00:06:49,325 --> 00:06:52,829 This was the first use of your eyesight in almost 20 years, 125 00:06:52,870 --> 00:06:54,080 and they tell me your brain's 126 00:06:54,122 --> 00:06:56,791 visual cortex is actually being retrained. 127 00:06:58,209 --> 00:07:00,294 It was so damn real. [sighs] 128 00:07:00,336 --> 00:07:01,629 Yeah. 129 00:07:01,671 --> 00:07:02,880 Tell me again, 130 00:07:02,922 --> 00:07:05,425 -What did she look like? -Hmm. 131 00:07:07,677 --> 00:07:09,679 Red eyes. 132 00:07:09,720 --> 00:07:11,347 Red hair. 133 00:07:11,389 --> 00:07:13,266 The rest... 134 00:07:14,809 --> 00:07:16,894 [stammers] Her skin, it was... 135 00:07:16,936 --> 00:07:22,066 It was so pale. It was strange, almost like a ghost. 136 00:07:22,108 --> 00:07:24,986 Is that what you think you saw then, a ghost? 137 00:07:25,027 --> 00:07:25,862 You just got finished 138 00:07:25,903 --> 00:07:28,114 with a perfectly plausible explanation. 139 00:07:28,156 --> 00:07:29,198 Okay. 140 00:07:30,032 --> 00:07:31,159 When you were a child, 141 00:07:31,200 --> 00:07:33,119 when your vision was still intact, 142 00:07:33,161 --> 00:07:36,456 did you ever see anything like... Like this woman? 143 00:07:37,039 --> 00:07:39,000 You mean like the bogeyman? 144 00:07:39,041 --> 00:07:40,877 [chuckles] Give it any name you like. 145 00:07:41,711 --> 00:07:44,046 I had fantasies, phobias, 146 00:07:44,088 --> 00:07:45,548 you know, like any kid. 147 00:07:45,590 --> 00:07:47,175 Such as? 148 00:07:47,216 --> 00:07:48,176 [sighs] 149 00:07:48,217 --> 00:07:50,678 Well, um, I remember lying in my bed, 150 00:07:50,720 --> 00:07:53,848 staring at the half-open closet door. 151 00:07:53,890 --> 00:07:56,601 I swear, the door started to move. 152 00:07:56,642 --> 00:07:59,687 It doesn't mean we're crazy when we see something that's not there. 153 00:08:00,855 --> 00:08:02,315 [sighs] 154 00:08:02,356 --> 00:08:05,109 Well, I think I'm ready to face the world. 155 00:08:05,151 --> 00:08:07,236 You don't mind if I accompany you, do you? 156 00:08:07,278 --> 00:08:09,780 [chuckles] Twist my arm. 157 00:08:09,822 --> 00:08:14,827 [Patrick] The trees, the sky, everything is so beautiful. 158 00:08:14,869 --> 00:08:15,995 [Louise] So they tell me 159 00:08:16,037 --> 00:08:17,663 you lost your sight in an accident 160 00:08:17,705 --> 00:08:20,166 When you were, what, seven? 161 00:08:20,208 --> 00:08:21,792 Going blind was the least of it. 162 00:08:22,835 --> 00:08:25,421 I lost my parents in the same accident. 163 00:08:25,463 --> 00:08:26,881 I'm sorry. 164 00:08:28,090 --> 00:08:31,010 It was a single-engine plane crash. 165 00:08:31,052 --> 00:08:33,054 We were on our way to Alaska. 166 00:08:33,095 --> 00:08:35,223 They wanted me to see the aurora borealis, 167 00:08:35,264 --> 00:08:36,933 the northern lights. 168 00:08:36,974 --> 00:08:40,228 My father was at the controls when we lost power 169 00:08:40,269 --> 00:08:42,730 over Fort Yukon in the Arctic Circle. 170 00:08:43,981 --> 00:08:45,316 So who raised you? 171 00:08:45,358 --> 00:08:48,778 Hmm. My aunt, my mother's sister. 172 00:08:48,819 --> 00:08:51,864 She never let me wallow in self-pity, you know? 173 00:08:52,698 --> 00:08:54,200 If it wasn't for her, I don't think I would have 174 00:08:54,242 --> 00:08:56,911 gone on to college or teaching. 175 00:08:59,288 --> 00:09:02,166 She died of cancer a little over a year ago. 176 00:09:02,208 --> 00:09:04,544 That certainly puts things in perspective. 177 00:09:06,128 --> 00:09:07,588 How do you mean? 178 00:09:07,630 --> 00:09:09,340 [ducks quacking] 179 00:09:09,382 --> 00:09:11,926 Uh, it's just, those kinds of losses, 180 00:09:11,968 --> 00:09:14,220 the emotional trauma can affect us 181 00:09:14,262 --> 00:09:18,099 in ways that are, well, sometimes unpredictable. 182 00:09:18,140 --> 00:09:21,352 That's psychoanalese for "This guy's a whack-job"? 183 00:09:21,394 --> 00:09:23,187 I'm not here to make judgments. 184 00:09:23,229 --> 00:09:25,022 [scoffs] I thought that's exactly-- 185 00:09:25,064 --> 00:09:26,399 [woman shrieking] 186 00:09:26,440 --> 00:09:28,776 [Louise] What is it? What do you see? 187 00:09:29,819 --> 00:09:30,736 Patrick, talk to me. 188 00:09:38,035 --> 00:09:39,787 Did you... 189 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:47,878 She's gone. 190 00:09:50,256 --> 00:09:51,591 Who's gone? 191 00:09:52,466 --> 00:09:53,301 The girl. 192 00:09:53,342 --> 00:09:55,595 You didn't see a girl right there? 193 00:09:57,763 --> 00:09:59,307 [sighs] 194 00:09:59,348 --> 00:10:01,267 [Joseph] No headaches or dizzy spells? 195 00:10:01,309 --> 00:10:02,602 [Patrick] No. 196 00:10:02,643 --> 00:10:06,647 [Joseph] Any discomfort associated with shifting focus from near to far? 197 00:10:06,689 --> 00:10:08,149 [Patrick] No. 198 00:10:08,190 --> 00:10:09,900 Any halos around objects? 199 00:10:09,942 --> 00:10:11,444 I don't think so, no. 200 00:10:12,069 --> 00:10:13,529 Artifacts. 201 00:10:13,571 --> 00:10:15,072 [Patrick] I'm sorry? 202 00:10:15,114 --> 00:10:17,950 Oh, um, spots of light or dark 203 00:10:17,992 --> 00:10:20,077 that seem to float over your field of view. 204 00:10:20,119 --> 00:10:21,996 Not really, no. 205 00:10:24,332 --> 00:10:26,042 Well, everything looks good. 206 00:10:26,083 --> 00:10:27,251 Very good. 207 00:10:27,293 --> 00:10:29,837 No evidence of rejection, no brain swelling. 208 00:10:31,839 --> 00:10:34,467 Except for the restricted peripheral vision, Patrick, 209 00:10:34,508 --> 00:10:37,303 you're doing better than we could have ever hoped for. 210 00:10:37,345 --> 00:10:41,474 So there's... There's nothing abnormal? 211 00:10:41,515 --> 00:10:43,351 Physically, I don't see anything anomalous. 212 00:10:43,392 --> 00:10:46,646 Why? Is there something that you're experiencing that doesn't feel normal? 213 00:10:46,687 --> 00:10:48,564 No, I just... 214 00:10:48,606 --> 00:10:51,984 You know, when the bandages first came off. 215 00:10:52,026 --> 00:10:55,196 Oh. You experience anything like that again? 216 00:10:55,946 --> 00:10:56,739 No. 217 00:10:56,781 --> 00:11:00,326 Uh, no, Dr. Burrows explained how that was 218 00:11:00,368 --> 00:11:02,244 just a figment of my imagination. [chuckles] 219 00:11:02,286 --> 00:11:05,456 Hmm. Vivid as hell from the sound of it. 220 00:11:05,498 --> 00:11:06,582 Yes, it was. 221 00:11:06,624 --> 00:11:10,920 I'm going to, uh, give you another injection 222 00:11:10,961 --> 00:11:13,631 of the iridium suspension. 223 00:11:30,022 --> 00:11:30,898 [groans] 224 00:11:30,940 --> 00:11:32,733 [Joseph] Are you all right? 225 00:11:32,775 --> 00:11:34,276 Yeah. 226 00:11:34,318 --> 00:11:37,029 Not my favorite part of the process. 227 00:11:37,071 --> 00:11:38,280 Yeah. 228 00:11:38,322 --> 00:11:39,865 Look, Patrick. 229 00:11:43,994 --> 00:11:45,079 We're going to have to hope 230 00:11:45,121 --> 00:11:46,706 that your body becomes acclimated 231 00:11:46,747 --> 00:11:48,332 to the side effects 232 00:11:48,374 --> 00:11:50,501 because, without the drug, 233 00:11:52,545 --> 00:11:54,755 the bridge to your neural prosthesis 234 00:11:54,797 --> 00:11:57,216 would quickly disintegrate. 235 00:11:57,258 --> 00:11:59,176 Well, like I said, [sniffles] 236 00:11:59,218 --> 00:12:01,595 best feeling in the world. 237 00:12:03,472 --> 00:12:06,016 You didn't say anything to Dr. Lennox? 238 00:12:06,058 --> 00:12:07,685 I did, actually. 239 00:12:08,936 --> 00:12:10,062 [scoffs] 240 00:12:10,104 --> 00:12:12,231 He pretended he hadn't heard a thing. 241 00:12:12,273 --> 00:12:13,983 Maybe he wanted you to volunteer it. 242 00:12:14,024 --> 00:12:15,818 Why are you all playing games with me? 243 00:12:15,860 --> 00:12:17,987 No one's playing games with you, Patrick. 244 00:12:18,028 --> 00:12:19,113 I think Dr. Lennox just feels 245 00:12:19,155 --> 00:12:22,158 it's best dealt within a therapeutic realm. 246 00:12:23,242 --> 00:12:24,869 Can you go back there? 247 00:12:24,910 --> 00:12:27,204 Do you remember what you saw? 248 00:12:28,330 --> 00:12:29,665 [sighs] 249 00:12:29,707 --> 00:12:31,250 [inaudible] 250 00:12:31,292 --> 00:12:33,461 She's trying to talk to me. 251 00:12:34,086 --> 00:12:35,379 I can't hear her, 252 00:12:35,421 --> 00:12:36,464 um, 253 00:12:36,505 --> 00:12:38,716 [stammering] but I can make out what she's saying. 254 00:12:39,341 --> 00:12:41,051 She's crying for help. 255 00:12:41,093 --> 00:12:44,305 Over and over and over and over and over. 256 00:12:44,346 --> 00:12:45,973 Would you like to help her? 257 00:12:46,015 --> 00:12:48,768 [scoffs] I'm not a child, Louise. 258 00:12:48,809 --> 00:12:50,227 I know what you're driving at. 259 00:12:50,686 --> 00:12:51,604 Which is? 260 00:12:51,645 --> 00:12:55,024 [sighs] Wish fulfillment, unconscious cravings. 261 00:12:55,065 --> 00:12:57,067 I've created an imaginary girl 262 00:12:57,109 --> 00:12:58,736 to fulfill some... Some twisted need. 263 00:12:58,778 --> 00:13:01,155 We do that routinely in our dreams, Patrick. 264 00:13:01,197 --> 00:13:04,116 I wasn't dreaming. Both times, I wasn't dreaming. 265 00:13:04,158 --> 00:13:05,201 You were there. [groans] 266 00:13:05,242 --> 00:13:08,329 Why would my mind fantasize something so terrifying? 267 00:13:08,370 --> 00:13:10,247 Patrick, listen to me. 268 00:13:10,289 --> 00:13:12,500 For 20 years, you were blind. 269 00:13:12,541 --> 00:13:15,294 You lived in a world that was cloaked in darkness. 270 00:13:15,336 --> 00:13:17,129 And then, as sudden as turning on a switch, 271 00:13:17,171 --> 00:13:19,298 your senses are flooded with light. 272 00:13:19,340 --> 00:13:20,299 Assaulted with images. 273 00:13:20,341 --> 00:13:22,510 How can it not be overwhelming? 274 00:13:22,551 --> 00:13:24,094 When does it stop? 275 00:13:25,971 --> 00:13:28,766 I don't think anyone can answer that question but you. 276 00:13:30,768 --> 00:13:35,064 This is everything we could have hoped for and more. 277 00:13:35,105 --> 00:13:37,566 I'm still not persuaded that it is anything more 278 00:13:37,608 --> 00:13:39,985 than an emotionally inspired vision. 279 00:13:40,027 --> 00:13:41,195 The Madonna appearing 280 00:13:41,237 --> 00:13:43,197 in the reflection of an office building, that sort of thing. 281 00:13:43,239 --> 00:13:45,658 Listen to the tape of Dr. Burrows' session. 282 00:13:45,699 --> 00:13:48,828 I defy you to write that off as a fantasy, a mirage. 283 00:13:48,869 --> 00:13:51,372 Maybe you're just seeing what you want to see. 284 00:13:52,039 --> 00:13:56,377 Joseph, I don't have to remind you 285 00:13:56,418 --> 00:13:58,796 that without the iridium we supplied, 286 00:13:58,838 --> 00:14:02,800 your experiment would have had no chance of succeeding. 287 00:14:02,842 --> 00:14:04,093 I would like to be able to report 288 00:14:04,134 --> 00:14:06,595 your continued cooperation to my superiors. 289 00:14:08,472 --> 00:14:09,974 It'd be a shame to have as precious a gift 290 00:14:10,015 --> 00:14:13,352 as your patient's snatched away. 291 00:14:24,113 --> 00:14:24,905 [groans] 292 00:14:31,161 --> 00:14:32,580 [shrieking] 293 00:14:33,289 --> 00:14:35,124 [faintly] Help me, Patrick. 294 00:14:35,165 --> 00:14:36,208 [gasps] 295 00:14:39,587 --> 00:14:41,922 [screaming] 296 00:14:45,551 --> 00:14:46,635 [exclaims] 297 00:14:48,137 --> 00:14:50,264 [panting] 298 00:14:51,098 --> 00:14:52,099 [door clattering] 299 00:14:53,267 --> 00:14:55,269 This isn't happening. 300 00:14:55,311 --> 00:14:56,896 This isn't happening. 301 00:14:58,355 --> 00:15:01,901 [sighing] This isn't happening. 302 00:15:01,942 --> 00:15:04,945 [breathing heavily] 303 00:15:04,987 --> 00:15:06,196 -[whooshing] -[exclaims] 304 00:15:08,324 --> 00:15:09,116 [gasps] 305 00:15:10,326 --> 00:15:11,535 [growling] 306 00:15:15,205 --> 00:15:16,415 [gasping] 307 00:15:17,249 --> 00:15:22,046 [inaudible] 308 00:15:26,592 --> 00:15:28,385 You're not real. You're not real. 309 00:15:28,427 --> 00:15:30,930 You're not real. You can't be. 310 00:15:51,575 --> 00:15:53,911 I'm not dreaming, am I? 311 00:16:03,462 --> 00:16:04,964 Who are you? 312 00:16:12,179 --> 00:16:13,305 Kyra. 313 00:16:14,390 --> 00:16:15,975 It's beautiful. 314 00:16:17,643 --> 00:16:19,979 You said you wanted me to help you. 315 00:16:20,688 --> 00:16:22,064 How can I help you? 316 00:16:34,702 --> 00:16:36,829 You're not alive, are you? 317 00:16:36,870 --> 00:16:39,164 [stammering] You're some... 318 00:16:51,010 --> 00:16:53,554 [dog whimpering] 319 00:17:09,445 --> 00:17:10,446 No. 320 00:17:10,487 --> 00:17:13,282 No... No, Kyra, wait, please. 321 00:17:13,323 --> 00:17:16,618 Kyra. Kyra, don't go. 322 00:17:16,660 --> 00:17:18,245 Will I see you again? 323 00:17:19,663 --> 00:17:21,415 Just tell me that. 324 00:17:30,507 --> 00:17:32,384 All right. 325 00:17:32,426 --> 00:17:34,136 Let's take it at face value then. 326 00:17:34,178 --> 00:17:35,679 -This girl-- -Kyra. 327 00:17:35,721 --> 00:17:38,098 She has a name. She told me her name. 328 00:17:38,140 --> 00:17:40,976 Okay. She appears to you and no one else. 329 00:17:41,018 --> 00:17:41,894 She can't be heard, 330 00:17:41,935 --> 00:17:44,480 so she communicates by writing in the air. 331 00:17:44,521 --> 00:17:45,689 And she tells you 332 00:17:45,731 --> 00:17:49,526 she's from where? Another planet? 333 00:17:49,568 --> 00:17:51,820 Another world. 334 00:17:51,862 --> 00:17:55,240 I never should have said anything. [sighs] 335 00:18:00,913 --> 00:18:03,290 Your mother had red hair, didn't she? 336 00:18:03,332 --> 00:18:04,374 Who told you that? 337 00:18:04,416 --> 00:18:07,461 I read about it in the story of the accident. 338 00:18:07,503 --> 00:18:09,338 She looks nothing like my mother, Louise. 339 00:18:09,379 --> 00:18:12,466 And please stop twisting everything that I say. 340 00:18:12,508 --> 00:18:14,218 I am just trying to make sense of it. 341 00:18:14,259 --> 00:18:16,470 For God's sake, Patrick. I'm not gonna be able to help you 342 00:18:16,512 --> 00:18:19,556 if you don't meet me halfway... Patrick. 343 00:18:19,598 --> 00:18:22,267 Patrick, is it happening? 344 00:18:30,484 --> 00:18:32,027 Kyra, Kyra. 345 00:18:33,320 --> 00:18:34,321 Kyra. 346 00:18:36,073 --> 00:18:39,118 I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I thought you were someone else. 347 00:18:39,576 --> 00:18:41,411 I'm sorry. 348 00:18:42,955 --> 00:18:44,498 It's all right. 349 00:18:44,540 --> 00:18:46,458 Leave me alone, okay? 350 00:18:46,500 --> 00:18:48,127 Get the hell away from me. 351 00:18:48,377 --> 00:18:49,711 All right. 352 00:18:50,754 --> 00:18:52,131 [groans] 353 00:18:52,840 --> 00:18:54,508 [sighs] 354 00:18:54,550 --> 00:18:57,553 [Patrick on recording] I wasn't dreaming. Both times, I wasn't dreaming. 355 00:18:57,594 --> 00:18:58,846 You were there. 356 00:18:58,887 --> 00:19:01,807 Why would my mind fantasize something so terrifying? 357 00:19:01,849 --> 00:19:03,684 [Louise on recording] Patrick, listen to me. 358 00:19:04,643 --> 00:19:06,311 Where did you get that tape? 359 00:19:07,187 --> 00:19:08,772 Oh, Louise. 360 00:19:08,814 --> 00:19:11,024 I never recorded that session. 361 00:19:11,066 --> 00:19:15,529 And if I had, it would have been for my own use. 362 00:19:15,571 --> 00:19:17,698 You were told from the moment you came in 363 00:19:17,739 --> 00:19:19,575 how important this experiment was. 364 00:19:19,616 --> 00:19:22,494 I feel like I've already betrayed Patrick's trust. 365 00:19:22,536 --> 00:19:24,621 He opened up to me with the understanding 366 00:19:24,663 --> 00:19:26,248 that it would be strictly confidential. 367 00:19:26,290 --> 00:19:29,501 Louise, please try to understand that your participation in this 368 00:19:29,543 --> 00:19:31,628 is just one part of a much larger picture. 369 00:19:31,670 --> 00:19:34,882 Well, if you expect me to continue to participate, 370 00:19:34,923 --> 00:19:37,217 I won't have you spying on me or my patient. 371 00:19:37,259 --> 00:19:40,637 With all due respect, I won't have you laying the ground rules. 372 00:19:40,679 --> 00:19:43,807 Now, if you choose to withdraw from this project, 373 00:19:43,849 --> 00:19:46,268 there is no shortage of mental health professionals 374 00:19:46,310 --> 00:19:47,227 who would jump at the chance. 375 00:19:47,269 --> 00:19:49,062 I have a connection to this young man. 376 00:19:49,104 --> 00:19:50,439 There is no way I'm walking. 377 00:19:50,480 --> 00:19:53,734 I mean, after all, this is the kind of case that could make one's career. 378 00:19:53,775 --> 00:19:56,028 Or am I reading between the lines? 379 00:19:57,154 --> 00:19:59,948 Besides, he's not just your patient. 380 00:19:59,990 --> 00:20:02,910 He's our patient too, and something of a milestone. 381 00:20:02,951 --> 00:20:04,745 He's a human being, Joseph. 382 00:20:04,786 --> 00:20:05,954 And a very troubled one. 383 00:20:05,996 --> 00:20:08,707 He insists on going back to the classroom, but he's not ready. 384 00:20:08,749 --> 00:20:09,958 He's clearly delusional. 385 00:20:10,000 --> 00:20:11,877 And if he deteriorates any further, 386 00:20:11,919 --> 00:20:14,296 I'm concerned it might develop into a serious psychosis. 387 00:20:14,338 --> 00:20:16,465 If, in fact, the symptoms that he is exhibiting 388 00:20:16,506 --> 00:20:18,884 truly are signs of a psychosis at all. 389 00:20:18,926 --> 00:20:21,178 Joseph, I have the strongest feeling 390 00:20:21,220 --> 00:20:25,265 I haven't been as thoroughly briefed on this case as I could've been. 391 00:20:25,307 --> 00:20:27,517 You know as much as you need to know for the moment. 392 00:20:27,559 --> 00:20:29,102 [Louise] No, that is not good enough. 393 00:20:29,144 --> 00:20:31,104 I want to know what the hell is going on here, 394 00:20:31,146 --> 00:20:32,481 and I wanna know now. 395 00:20:36,109 --> 00:20:39,238 Louise, have a seat. 396 00:20:40,322 --> 00:20:41,406 Please. 397 00:20:47,120 --> 00:20:49,665 You know the iridium that has been an integral part 398 00:20:49,706 --> 00:20:51,625 of Patrick's post-operative therapy? 399 00:20:51,667 --> 00:20:52,876 The synaptic stimulant, 400 00:20:52,918 --> 00:20:55,254 the one that helps stroke victims. 401 00:20:56,380 --> 00:20:58,715 There's compelling scientific evidence 402 00:20:58,757 --> 00:21:03,845 that it doesn't just enhance the brain's receptivity, 403 00:21:03,887 --> 00:21:07,766 but it enhances perception, heightens the senses, 404 00:21:07,808 --> 00:21:13,438 even in faculties sometimes referred to as extra-sensory. 405 00:21:14,773 --> 00:21:16,066 What are you trying to tell me? 406 00:21:16,108 --> 00:21:18,819 That what Patrick is experiencing, 407 00:21:19,861 --> 00:21:21,822 it just might be real. 408 00:21:26,076 --> 00:21:29,037 [Patrick] Aside from their immeasurable genius, 409 00:21:29,079 --> 00:21:31,581 what Virginia Woolf, William Faulkner, James Joyce 410 00:21:31,623 --> 00:21:36,044 all had in common was their use of a literary technique 411 00:21:36,086 --> 00:21:38,964 that we've come to know as stream of consciousness, 412 00:21:39,006 --> 00:21:43,760 in which the characters' thoughts, their actions, their emotions 413 00:21:43,802 --> 00:21:46,638 all have an associative pattern rather-- 414 00:21:53,854 --> 00:21:55,022 No. 415 00:21:57,607 --> 00:21:59,067 No. 416 00:22:07,492 --> 00:22:08,368 Uh... 417 00:22:08,410 --> 00:22:13,081 Uh, stream of consciousness, right, where... 418 00:22:13,123 --> 00:22:16,752 The characters, their thoughts, their-- 419 00:22:57,417 --> 00:22:58,710 Is everything okay? 420 00:22:58,752 --> 00:23:02,631 If I had a trophy room, I'd probably hang a picture of your brain scan in it. 421 00:23:02,672 --> 00:23:05,717 You are the real-life Six Million Dollar Man. 422 00:23:05,759 --> 00:23:07,511 [Patrick] I better warn my insurance company. 423 00:23:07,552 --> 00:23:09,262 -[Joseph chuckles] -So is that it for today? 424 00:23:09,304 --> 00:23:12,474 Not yet. I'm gonna be giving you another injection. 425 00:23:12,516 --> 00:23:14,142 As a matter of fact, I'd like you to come in 426 00:23:14,184 --> 00:23:17,396 -every day this week for a treatment. -Every day? 427 00:23:17,437 --> 00:23:20,107 Doctor, I don't know if my body can handle that. 428 00:23:20,148 --> 00:23:21,566 You don't want to backslide now, do you? 429 00:23:21,608 --> 00:23:22,609 Of course not. 430 00:23:22,651 --> 00:23:26,738 It's just...The drug wreaks havoc on my system, Doctor. 431 00:23:26,780 --> 00:23:30,367 I can't eat for hours afterwards. The headaches are unbearable. 432 00:23:32,327 --> 00:23:33,745 Something's wrong, isn't it? 433 00:23:33,787 --> 00:23:35,247 No, nothing is wrong. 434 00:23:35,288 --> 00:23:36,915 I don't believe you. 435 00:23:36,957 --> 00:23:40,419 Patrick, you're living proof that the treatment is a success. 436 00:23:41,253 --> 00:23:43,171 It's the drug, isn't it? 437 00:23:43,213 --> 00:23:45,674 It's the iridium that's allowing me to see her. 438 00:23:45,715 --> 00:23:46,842 See who? 439 00:23:46,883 --> 00:23:50,053 Oh, I know Louise has told you everything. This is crazy. 440 00:23:50,095 --> 00:23:51,388 Why won't you tell me the truth? 441 00:23:51,430 --> 00:23:53,223 [Borden] He's right. We should. 442 00:23:57,894 --> 00:24:00,063 It's time you were told the truth. 443 00:24:00,730 --> 00:24:01,815 [Joseph] Oh. 444 00:24:01,857 --> 00:24:05,193 Mr. Borden, I didn't know that you were observing. 445 00:24:08,947 --> 00:24:09,781 [door opens] 446 00:24:11,158 --> 00:24:12,492 What truth? 447 00:24:13,869 --> 00:24:16,788 I wasn't aware there was more than one. 448 00:24:16,830 --> 00:24:18,582 Who are you? 449 00:24:18,623 --> 00:24:21,042 Forgive me. Dwight Borden. 450 00:24:21,084 --> 00:24:23,086 I work with British intelligence 451 00:24:23,128 --> 00:24:24,921 and the National Security Agency. 452 00:24:24,963 --> 00:24:26,089 National security? 453 00:24:26,131 --> 00:24:29,050 The iridium drug that was produced on the shuttle, 454 00:24:29,092 --> 00:24:31,303 Mr. Borden's agency made it possible. 455 00:24:33,680 --> 00:24:36,308 Rarer than a flawless diamond. 456 00:24:37,517 --> 00:24:39,728 And far more costly. 457 00:24:39,769 --> 00:24:42,355 It wasn't developed for your procedure per se. 458 00:24:42,397 --> 00:24:46,276 You might say that its use in your case is one of those unexpected byproducts 459 00:24:46,318 --> 00:24:48,278 of scientific research. 460 00:24:48,320 --> 00:24:50,155 What was it produced for? 461 00:24:50,197 --> 00:24:53,533 Actually, Mr. Tarloff... May I call you Patrick? 462 00:24:55,702 --> 00:24:58,538 Patrick, eight years ago, 463 00:24:58,580 --> 00:25:00,999 a small group of scientists within the government discovered 464 00:25:01,041 --> 00:25:04,169 that a drug originally developed for stroke victims 465 00:25:04,211 --> 00:25:05,545 had some extraordinary properties. 466 00:25:05,587 --> 00:25:08,423 It allowed certain subjects to perceive 467 00:25:08,465 --> 00:25:12,302 faint but consistent signs of what we could only call 468 00:25:12,344 --> 00:25:14,679 a non-visible lifeform. 469 00:25:15,805 --> 00:25:18,141 Now, we surmised that if we refined the drug 470 00:25:18,183 --> 00:25:19,518 and found the right person, 471 00:25:19,559 --> 00:25:23,355 we could track these signals, amplify them, 472 00:25:23,396 --> 00:25:26,233 that he or she might become a receiver of sorts. 473 00:25:26,775 --> 00:25:28,151 A receiver? 474 00:25:28,193 --> 00:25:32,948 We tried it on hundreds of volunteers in a dozen studies. 475 00:25:32,989 --> 00:25:35,742 We never got further than trace evidence. 476 00:25:35,784 --> 00:25:37,285 Until now. 477 00:25:38,286 --> 00:25:41,748 Patrick, these visions you've been experiencing, 478 00:25:41,790 --> 00:25:45,752 we believe they are the first corroborative proof 479 00:25:45,794 --> 00:25:48,463 of the lifeform I'm talking about. 480 00:25:49,339 --> 00:25:50,382 [exhales] 481 00:25:50,423 --> 00:25:53,802 It's... It's... I can't... It's too bizarre. 482 00:25:53,843 --> 00:25:58,098 You are that human receiver, Patrick. 483 00:27:04,748 --> 00:27:06,249 [grunts] 484 00:27:14,215 --> 00:27:15,675 [gasps] 485 00:27:28,146 --> 00:27:30,231 Are you all right? 486 00:27:30,899 --> 00:27:31,858 I can hear you. 487 00:27:32,567 --> 00:27:33,693 That's what I'd hoped. 488 00:27:33,735 --> 00:27:37,280 [stammering] What was that thing? What did you do to me? 489 00:27:37,322 --> 00:27:40,492 It's something I salvaged from my craft. 490 00:27:40,533 --> 00:27:43,620 I can only use it in limited areas like this one. 491 00:27:43,662 --> 00:27:45,914 Magnetic nodes, where currents cross. 492 00:27:45,955 --> 00:27:49,250 I'd hoped it would break down the rest of the remaining barriers. 493 00:27:49,959 --> 00:27:52,295 But you're still visible only to me? 494 00:27:57,300 --> 00:27:59,636 I can feel you. 495 00:28:00,345 --> 00:28:02,305 I can really feel your hand. 496 00:28:03,264 --> 00:28:06,685 It's been so long since I felt another's touch. 497 00:28:07,602 --> 00:28:09,688 I don't know how long this will last. 498 00:28:23,243 --> 00:28:24,869 [Kyra] We were warned about coming too close 499 00:28:24,911 --> 00:28:27,622 to the magnetic field of your planet, 500 00:28:27,664 --> 00:28:30,250 but my father wanted a better look. 501 00:28:30,291 --> 00:28:32,961 I was the only survivor of five. 502 00:28:33,837 --> 00:28:35,588 It was almost seven years ago. 503 00:28:35,630 --> 00:28:38,383 I was orphaned in a craft that crashed too. 504 00:28:38,425 --> 00:28:40,844 It was just a single-engine plane. 505 00:28:40,885 --> 00:28:45,598 All these years, I've wandered your planet, seeing everything 506 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:47,225 but unable to be seen. 507 00:28:49,018 --> 00:28:50,729 Until you. 508 00:28:51,479 --> 00:28:52,897 I still don't understand 509 00:28:52,939 --> 00:28:56,067 how you found me, how you knew. 510 00:28:56,109 --> 00:28:56,860 The system, 511 00:28:56,901 --> 00:28:59,612 the substance that was created in space. 512 00:28:59,654 --> 00:29:01,948 The iridium drug. 513 00:29:01,990 --> 00:29:03,450 As soon as it was returned to Earth, 514 00:29:03,491 --> 00:29:05,618 I found myself drawn to it, 515 00:29:05,660 --> 00:29:09,164 drawn to the people who were treated by it. 516 00:29:09,205 --> 00:29:11,499 I was scared though. 517 00:29:11,541 --> 00:29:13,835 I'd seen so much cruelty here, 518 00:29:13,877 --> 00:29:16,463 so much darkness and suffering. 519 00:29:16,504 --> 00:29:18,131 But when it was used on you, 520 00:29:18,173 --> 00:29:20,300 it was so intense, 521 00:29:20,341 --> 00:29:21,593 became irresistible. 522 00:29:21,634 --> 00:29:22,677 [sighs] 523 00:29:22,719 --> 00:29:25,805 And like a moth to flame... 524 00:29:25,847 --> 00:29:27,640 [Kyra] Why do you say that? 525 00:29:27,682 --> 00:29:30,769 Because I could pose a danger to you. 526 00:29:31,352 --> 00:29:32,771 I don't understand. 527 00:29:32,812 --> 00:29:36,316 [sighs] The people who created it, 528 00:29:36,357 --> 00:29:37,484 they know about you. 529 00:29:37,525 --> 00:29:40,528 They used the iridium before I even saw you 530 00:29:40,570 --> 00:29:43,448 to somehow detect your presence. 531 00:29:43,990 --> 00:29:46,326 The worst... [grunts] 532 00:29:46,367 --> 00:29:48,453 The worst of it is, 533 00:29:48,495 --> 00:29:51,456 now they think I have a way to reach you. 534 00:29:51,498 --> 00:29:53,917 -Through you. -[sighs] 535 00:29:57,545 --> 00:30:00,548 I can't go back to being alone. 536 00:30:01,966 --> 00:30:04,969 You have no idea what it's been like, 537 00:30:05,011 --> 00:30:07,430 to have no one to talk to, 538 00:30:07,472 --> 00:30:10,433 share my feelings, my thoughts, 539 00:30:11,184 --> 00:30:14,562 to touch, to embrace. 540 00:30:23,947 --> 00:30:26,658 It's still so hard to fathom. 541 00:30:26,699 --> 00:30:28,034 We need your help, Louise. 542 00:30:28,076 --> 00:30:31,120 We want him to bring the alien to us. 543 00:30:31,162 --> 00:30:34,123 How can you be so certain that this energy phenomenon 544 00:30:34,165 --> 00:30:37,293 is an alien or a lifeform at all, for that matter? 545 00:30:37,335 --> 00:30:39,045 We've heard them communicate. 546 00:30:39,087 --> 00:30:42,924 Of course, all we hear is his side of the conversation, but... 547 00:30:42,966 --> 00:30:44,217 They speak? 548 00:30:44,259 --> 00:30:46,719 Yes, it's a recent development. 549 00:30:46,761 --> 00:30:50,431 They were up half the night, talking, laughing. 550 00:30:51,933 --> 00:30:54,811 Sensory exchange is even... 551 00:30:55,436 --> 00:30:56,688 tactile. 552 00:30:58,022 --> 00:30:59,399 It's quite astonishing, really. 553 00:30:59,440 --> 00:31:00,733 [Louise] You bugged his apartment. 554 00:31:00,775 --> 00:31:03,528 Louise, the scientist in you has got to realize 555 00:31:03,570 --> 00:31:05,405 the importance of what we stumbled upon here. 556 00:31:05,446 --> 00:31:07,365 -Oh, I do, but-- -[Borden] Louise, 557 00:31:08,199 --> 00:31:10,285 it seems Patrick trusts you. 558 00:31:10,326 --> 00:31:14,747 We want you to assure him that we mean this being no harm. 559 00:31:14,789 --> 00:31:17,917 On the contrary, we want to learn all we can from her. 560 00:31:17,959 --> 00:31:21,129 Eventually we might be able to return the favor. 561 00:31:21,170 --> 00:31:24,424 Our telemetry might be used to signal her world. 562 00:31:24,465 --> 00:31:25,884 We know she wants that. 563 00:31:28,344 --> 00:31:29,846 I just don't know. 564 00:31:30,889 --> 00:31:33,683 Louise, Patrick's psychological state depends 565 00:31:33,725 --> 00:31:36,728 on his being able to help this creature. 566 00:31:37,312 --> 00:31:38,563 And you thwart that, 567 00:31:38,605 --> 00:31:42,901 and he may never recover. 568 00:31:51,284 --> 00:31:53,411 I don't know, Louise. 569 00:31:53,453 --> 00:31:55,371 Bringing Kyra to meet them, 570 00:31:55,413 --> 00:31:56,915 it scares the hell out of me. 571 00:31:58,041 --> 00:32:00,877 What's scary is making the scientific discovery of the century 572 00:32:00,919 --> 00:32:03,880 and not being able to share it with the rest of the world. 573 00:32:03,922 --> 00:32:06,299 [sighs] And you really believe... I mean, you really believe 574 00:32:06,341 --> 00:32:09,677 that Borden is willing to help her make contact with her home planet? 575 00:32:09,719 --> 00:32:12,347 All they want is to be able to ask her questions, 576 00:32:12,388 --> 00:32:13,932 and you'd serve as interpreter. 577 00:32:15,391 --> 00:32:16,517 [sighs] 578 00:32:18,561 --> 00:32:20,647 You're in love with her, aren't you? 579 00:32:23,650 --> 00:32:25,777 You must really think I'm crazy now. 580 00:32:25,818 --> 00:32:27,862 No. No. 581 00:32:27,904 --> 00:32:29,697 On the contrary, 582 00:32:31,324 --> 00:32:33,952 it's enough to make a cynic believe in fate. 583 00:32:38,247 --> 00:32:39,958 [beeping] 584 00:32:51,803 --> 00:32:53,054 Welcome... 585 00:32:54,138 --> 00:32:56,307 to both of you? 586 00:32:57,475 --> 00:32:58,893 What's all this? 587 00:32:58,935 --> 00:33:03,606 [Borden] Oh, uh, some instrumentation. Measuring devices. 588 00:33:11,489 --> 00:33:13,032 She is with you, yes? 589 00:33:13,074 --> 00:33:14,450 She's right here. 590 00:33:16,369 --> 00:33:18,997 Uh, would you direct her to take that seat? 591 00:33:19,414 --> 00:33:20,581 She can hear you. 592 00:33:20,623 --> 00:33:22,625 She can understand everything you say. 593 00:33:23,042 --> 00:33:24,002 [chuckles] 594 00:33:24,627 --> 00:33:29,007 Uh, Kyra, please. 595 00:33:45,773 --> 00:33:47,900 Let's start, shall we? 596 00:33:49,402 --> 00:33:52,030 Ask her where she comes from. 597 00:33:54,490 --> 00:33:56,034 Beyond your reach. 598 00:33:57,243 --> 00:33:59,620 Could she be a little more specific? 599 00:34:01,622 --> 00:34:03,583 You would call it a neutron star. 600 00:34:03,624 --> 00:34:06,544 [chuckles] How is that possible? 601 00:34:06,586 --> 00:34:08,463 The temperatures are unthinkable. 602 00:34:11,507 --> 00:34:13,009 Only by your measure. 603 00:34:19,307 --> 00:34:22,435 What are the coordinates of the star? 604 00:34:29,484 --> 00:34:31,235 Something's wrong. 605 00:34:32,320 --> 00:34:34,530 Something's very wrong. 606 00:34:34,572 --> 00:34:38,076 She's not comfortable giving you that information. 607 00:34:38,117 --> 00:34:41,204 [Borden] Tell her we've been to a lot of trouble on her behalf. 608 00:34:42,497 --> 00:34:45,083 Patrick, please. I want to go. 609 00:34:45,124 --> 00:34:47,418 We're not doing this right now. We're leaving. 610 00:34:51,464 --> 00:34:52,548 [snaps fingers] 611 00:34:53,591 --> 00:34:54,759 [machine whirring] 612 00:34:59,222 --> 00:35:00,389 [screaming] 613 00:35:02,558 --> 00:35:06,187 Don't! What have you done? My God, Kyra! 614 00:35:06,229 --> 00:35:07,105 [gasping] 615 00:35:07,313 --> 00:35:09,065 Patrick. 616 00:35:09,107 --> 00:35:12,860 [Borden] Do you really think that we would do anything to harm her? 617 00:35:12,902 --> 00:35:16,114 This is a strong magnetic field. Nothing more. 618 00:35:16,155 --> 00:35:18,783 -She can't pass through it. -[continues gasping] 619 00:35:18,825 --> 00:35:20,827 Once she's over her skittishness, 620 00:35:20,868 --> 00:35:22,578 we will switch it off. We'll debrief her. 621 00:35:22,620 --> 00:35:24,705 You can... You can both go. That's a promise. 622 00:35:24,747 --> 00:35:27,500 If she's still alive. Turn it off now! 623 00:35:27,542 --> 00:35:29,460 Borden, maybe he's right. 624 00:35:30,711 --> 00:35:35,049 I want you to consider where your allegiance lies, Patrick. 625 00:35:35,091 --> 00:35:38,511 [stammering] With the scientists who gave you back your sight, 626 00:35:38,553 --> 00:35:41,764 or with an interloper 627 00:35:41,806 --> 00:35:43,850 whose agenda you don't really know? 628 00:35:43,891 --> 00:35:47,770 No, when she's ready to talk to us, 629 00:35:47,812 --> 00:35:49,647 we will be ready to listen. 630 00:35:50,481 --> 00:35:53,067 She's not the enemy. We're the enemy! 631 00:35:56,821 --> 00:35:59,157 [whimpering] 632 00:35:59,532 --> 00:36:00,658 [groans] 633 00:36:11,335 --> 00:36:13,254 [sighs] This is all my fault. 634 00:36:13,296 --> 00:36:16,007 I never should have brought you here. 635 00:36:16,048 --> 00:36:18,176 It's the nature of your kind. 636 00:36:18,759 --> 00:36:21,596 Fear what you don't know. 637 00:36:21,637 --> 00:36:23,389 We don't have any choice, you know. 638 00:36:23,431 --> 00:36:25,141 You have to tell them everything. 639 00:36:25,183 --> 00:36:27,894 You know better than that, Patrick. 640 00:36:28,519 --> 00:36:29,353 I'm a trophy now. 641 00:36:29,395 --> 00:36:31,189 They'll never let me go. 642 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,609 How much time do we have? 643 00:36:34,650 --> 00:36:36,277 I don't know. 644 00:36:36,903 --> 00:36:38,988 Hours, maybe less. 645 00:36:44,869 --> 00:36:47,205 Kyra... Kyra. 646 00:36:47,455 --> 00:36:48,706 Kyra, no. 647 00:36:48,748 --> 00:36:50,249 Kyra, you can't. Kyra! 648 00:36:50,291 --> 00:36:52,168 No, no, Kyra. 649 00:36:52,210 --> 00:36:53,211 You can't! Kyra. 650 00:36:53,586 --> 00:36:55,213 You need help. 651 00:37:11,312 --> 00:37:12,605 [machine powering down] 652 00:37:46,055 --> 00:37:47,348 -[door opens] -[Louise] Patrick. 653 00:37:47,390 --> 00:37:48,391 [Patrick sighs] 654 00:37:48,432 --> 00:37:50,017 I have to talk to you. 655 00:37:50,893 --> 00:37:53,020 Just for a moment. 656 00:37:54,063 --> 00:37:58,192 Patrick, I swear, I knew nothing of Borden's plan. 657 00:37:58,234 --> 00:38:00,903 I'm as appalled as you are. 658 00:38:00,945 --> 00:38:02,280 You expect me to believe that? 659 00:38:02,321 --> 00:38:04,282 It's the God's truth. 660 00:38:04,657 --> 00:38:05,992 All right. 661 00:38:06,033 --> 00:38:08,286 All right, you told me. Now go. 662 00:38:09,370 --> 00:38:10,288 [sighs] 663 00:38:12,039 --> 00:38:14,292 I, uh, wanted to leave you with this. 664 00:38:15,668 --> 00:38:18,004 What is "this"? 665 00:38:18,045 --> 00:38:20,923 It's the remaining stores of iridium suspension. 666 00:38:22,341 --> 00:38:25,720 It's all that's standing between you and total blindness. 667 00:38:25,761 --> 00:38:27,638 So you struck a deal with the devil? 668 00:38:28,681 --> 00:38:29,682 Patrick. 669 00:38:29,724 --> 00:38:32,810 As long as there's iridium pumping through my veins, 670 00:38:32,852 --> 00:38:35,229 they figure they've got the perfect bait to lure Kyra back. 671 00:38:35,271 --> 00:38:38,316 They knew about her before you gained your eyesight. 672 00:38:39,567 --> 00:38:42,194 She was only a shadow. 673 00:38:42,236 --> 00:38:44,447 She was a whisper in the void. 674 00:38:45,573 --> 00:38:47,241 She was free. 675 00:38:51,454 --> 00:38:53,080 Thank you. 676 00:38:53,873 --> 00:38:55,166 [sighs] 677 00:38:56,667 --> 00:38:58,336 I better go. 678 00:39:00,755 --> 00:39:02,465 Goodbye, Patrick. 679 00:39:21,567 --> 00:39:22,360 [exhales] 680 00:39:23,027 --> 00:39:24,362 [Patrick] Kyra! 681 00:39:24,945 --> 00:39:26,364 Kyra! 682 00:39:27,698 --> 00:39:29,200 Kyra! 683 00:39:49,136 --> 00:39:50,388 [Kyra] No! 684 00:39:50,930 --> 00:39:52,223 You can't. 685 00:39:53,682 --> 00:39:55,267 I didn't think I'd see you again. 686 00:39:55,309 --> 00:39:58,062 You're the only thing I have in this world, 687 00:39:58,104 --> 00:39:59,814 the only thing that matters. 688 00:39:59,855 --> 00:40:01,732 I thought going home mattered. 689 00:40:01,774 --> 00:40:03,734 It's never going to happen. 690 00:40:03,776 --> 00:40:05,986 The only people who can help me are so ignorant 691 00:40:06,028 --> 00:40:07,363 they'll wind up killing me first. 692 00:40:07,405 --> 00:40:09,073 That's why I'm doing this. 693 00:40:09,115 --> 00:40:11,951 [Kyra] Patrick, please. 694 00:40:11,992 --> 00:40:13,828 The iridium is the only thing preventing you 695 00:40:13,869 --> 00:40:15,454 from being consigned to darkness. 696 00:40:15,496 --> 00:40:16,455 [breathes heavily] 697 00:40:16,497 --> 00:40:18,707 It's also the only thing that's guaranteeing your doom. 698 00:40:18,749 --> 00:40:21,502 As long as there's a link between us, they can track you. 699 00:40:21,544 --> 00:40:24,839 They can hunt you down and imprison you like they did before. 700 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,006 I made that mistake once, 701 00:40:26,048 --> 00:40:28,092 and I'm not gonna let it happen again. 702 00:40:28,134 --> 00:40:30,553 You'd rather lose your sight? 703 00:40:30,594 --> 00:40:33,055 Than to see something so wondrous, 704 00:40:33,097 --> 00:40:36,559 so beautiful picked at and prodded by their damn machines. 705 00:40:36,600 --> 00:40:38,811 [sighs] We have no right. 706 00:40:39,228 --> 00:40:41,272 I have no right. 707 00:40:43,107 --> 00:40:44,984 [breath shaking] 708 00:40:50,614 --> 00:40:51,991 I love you. 709 00:40:52,450 --> 00:40:54,201 That's enough for me. 710 00:40:57,079 --> 00:40:58,330 [men shouting] 711 00:40:58,372 --> 00:41:00,458 I knew I'd be followed. There isn't enough time. 712 00:41:02,751 --> 00:41:03,836 [rock pounding] 713 00:41:06,255 --> 00:41:07,798 -[rock pounding] -[glass shattering] 714 00:41:14,221 --> 00:41:16,390 [man 1] Stop! Stop! 715 00:41:17,016 --> 00:41:17,892 [man 2] Freeze! 716 00:41:18,767 --> 00:41:19,768 [gun cocks] 717 00:41:21,437 --> 00:41:22,563 [whooshing] 718 00:41:25,191 --> 00:41:28,444 [Borden] You have no idea what you've done. 719 00:41:32,072 --> 00:41:33,532 In closing, for those of you 720 00:41:33,574 --> 00:41:37,578 who've expressed concern about my condition, 721 00:41:37,620 --> 00:41:41,248 I refer you to Victor Hugo's Les Miserables. 722 00:41:41,290 --> 00:41:45,586 "Possessing love, he is not deprived of light. 723 00:41:45,628 --> 00:41:49,673 A love, moreover, that is wholly pure. 724 00:41:49,715 --> 00:41:51,717 There can be no blindness 725 00:41:51,759 --> 00:41:53,886 where there is this certainty." 726 00:41:59,808 --> 00:42:01,268 Well... 727 00:42:02,561 --> 00:42:04,104 see you next time. 728 00:42:13,155 --> 00:42:16,534 [students chattering] 729 00:42:34,843 --> 00:42:36,887 [Kyra gasping] 730 00:42:46,605 --> 00:42:50,734 [Control Voice] Of all the gifts his maker has bestowed upon man, 731 00:42:50,776 --> 00:42:56,532 none is more precious than his ability to love another.