1 00:00:03,461 --> 00:00:04,921 after 10 days in orbit, 2 00:00:04,963 --> 00:00:06,965 bearing a very unlikely passenger. 3 00:00:07,007 --> 00:00:08,133 Jacob Worthy, 4 00:00:08,174 --> 00:00:10,593 known for both his bestselling nonfiction 5 00:00:10,635 --> 00:00:12,470 and his audacious personality, 6 00:00:12,512 --> 00:00:15,181 became the first author in space on this mission. 7 00:00:15,223 --> 00:00:18,935 It will be interesting to see how his outsider's take on the experience 8 00:00:18,977 --> 00:00:21,813 meshes with the image conscious space program. 9 00:00:23,690 --> 00:00:25,233 JAKE: As the first author in space, 10 00:00:25,275 --> 00:00:26,776 this the part where I am supposed to get all gooey-eyed 11 00:00:26,818 --> 00:00:27,777 and humble. 12 00:00:27,819 --> 00:00:29,237 Look out at that big blue marble 13 00:00:29,279 --> 00:00:33,158 and wax on and on and wonder about secure blessings 14 00:00:33,199 --> 00:00:35,994 of liberty for generations to come. 15 00:00:36,036 --> 00:00:37,454 Sorry, folks. 16 00:00:37,495 --> 00:00:39,164 But, the account of this experience 17 00:00:39,205 --> 00:00:41,458 isn't going to talk about the tranquil sea of space 18 00:00:41,499 --> 00:00:44,836 or the courage of those landed-god pioneers 19 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:46,838 who explored the unknown. 20 00:00:47,338 --> 00:00:50,759 It's going to be the unvarnished truth. 21 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,303 MAN: Shuttle Inspire, this is Mission Control. 22 00:00:53,344 --> 00:00:57,057 Once you initiate, the burden will last for two minutes and 50 seconds. 23 00:00:57,098 --> 00:01:01,102 Entry interface will occur 28 minutes later. 24 00:01:01,144 --> 00:01:04,230 Now, that's three minutes before communication blackout. 25 00:01:04,272 --> 00:01:05,523 Roger that, Jim. 26 00:01:06,024 --> 00:01:08,401 Tell Cathy to get those ham hocks simmering. 27 00:01:08,443 --> 00:01:11,738 I got a mean craving for some red beans and rice. 28 00:01:11,780 --> 00:01:13,823 Commander McCarty smells home cooking, 29 00:01:13,865 --> 00:01:16,534 I smell a seven figure advance. 30 00:01:16,576 --> 00:01:19,746 Unfortunately, I may have to shatter some illusions 31 00:01:19,788 --> 00:01:21,164 to get there. 32 00:01:22,040 --> 00:01:23,625 It's a dirty job, 33 00:01:23,666 --> 00:01:27,045 but a hero's work is never done. 34 00:01:27,087 --> 00:01:29,756 Jake, I need you to prepare for re-entry. 35 00:01:30,590 --> 00:01:32,133 Time to buckle up. 36 00:01:32,926 --> 00:01:34,344 Whoopie. 37 00:01:35,804 --> 00:01:38,181 And the Inspire is now in its final descent 38 00:01:38,223 --> 00:01:40,767 over the Kennedy Space Center in Florida 39 00:01:40,809 --> 00:01:43,144 All right, we got way too much soup. 40 00:01:43,186 --> 00:01:45,271 So we'll go to instrument approach, 41 00:01:45,313 --> 00:01:47,440 tactical error and application online. 42 00:01:47,482 --> 00:01:48,900 (BEEPING) 43 00:01:48,942 --> 00:01:51,069 Look, your glide slope's just, uh, too steep. 44 00:01:51,111 --> 00:01:53,154 Pitch it up 8 degrees theta. 45 00:01:54,364 --> 00:01:55,907 Runway zone should be appearing 46 00:01:55,949 --> 00:01:57,617 on the top of your combiner. 47 00:01:59,077 --> 00:02:00,245 Prepare to deploy landing gear. 48 00:02:00,286 --> 00:02:01,746 Roger that. 49 00:02:01,788 --> 00:02:03,748 Air speed 300 knots, 50 00:02:03,790 --> 00:02:06,626 altitude 250 feet. 51 00:02:06,668 --> 00:02:08,878 -(ALARM BEEPING) -Control, I am reading hydraulic system one 52 00:02:08,920 --> 00:02:10,839 pressure not available to release. 53 00:02:10,880 --> 00:02:12,048 Uplock hook. 54 00:02:12,090 --> 00:02:14,259 Deploy pyrotechnic initiator. 55 00:02:14,300 --> 00:02:15,468 Repeat. 56 00:02:15,510 --> 00:02:17,095 Deploy pyrotechnic initiator. 57 00:02:17,137 --> 00:02:18,972 -(ALARM BLARING) -Yeah, it won't deploy, Jim. 58 00:02:19,013 --> 00:02:20,473 It's not budging. 59 00:02:23,685 --> 00:02:24,853 Too steep, Inspire. 60 00:02:24,894 --> 00:02:25,937 -(ALARM BLARING) -Okay, okay, uh... 61 00:02:25,979 --> 00:02:27,480 Ears booming... 62 00:02:27,522 --> 00:02:29,274 But, your nose is under the horizon. 63 00:02:29,315 --> 00:02:30,441 Come on, pull up! 64 00:02:30,483 --> 00:02:32,777 Strut failure. Sparks everywhere. 65 00:02:34,529 --> 00:02:37,198 (INDISTINCT CHATTER ON RADIO) 66 00:02:38,741 --> 00:02:40,285 (GASPS) 67 00:02:43,246 --> 00:02:45,498 (SIRENS WALING) 68 00:03:00,597 --> 00:03:03,683 CONTROL VOICE: There is nothing wrong with your television. 69 00:03:03,725 --> 00:03:06,352 Do not attempt to adjust the picture. 70 00:03:06,394 --> 00:03:09,606 We are now controlling the transmission. 71 00:03:09,647 --> 00:03:13,568 We control the horizontal and the vertical. 72 00:03:13,610 --> 00:03:16,654 We can deluge you with a thousand channels 73 00:03:16,696 --> 00:03:21,534 or expand one single image to crystal clarity 74 00:03:22,076 --> 00:03:23,578 and beyond. 75 00:03:23,620 --> 00:03:25,455 We can shape your vision 76 00:03:25,496 --> 00:03:29,584 to anything our imagination can conceive. 77 00:03:31,377 --> 00:03:32,629 For the next hour, 78 00:03:32,670 --> 00:03:37,217 we will control all that you see and hear. 79 00:03:43,681 --> 00:03:47,602 You are about to experience the awe and mystery 80 00:03:47,644 --> 00:03:50,897 which reaches from the deepest inner mind 81 00:03:50,939 --> 00:03:54,234 to The Outer Limits. 82 00:04:01,199 --> 00:04:05,453 CONTROL VOICE: It is said that those who survive a brush with death, 83 00:04:05,495 --> 00:04:07,622 see the world anew. 84 00:04:07,664 --> 00:04:10,541 But what if that second chance, 85 00:04:10,583 --> 00:04:13,086 became a second life? 86 00:04:18,758 --> 00:04:20,301 Welcome back, Jake. 87 00:04:21,928 --> 00:04:23,221 How you feeling? 88 00:04:24,347 --> 00:04:26,891 Like hell. (GRUNTS) 89 00:04:27,392 --> 00:04:28,393 Where am I? 90 00:04:28,434 --> 00:04:30,561 It's our debriefing center, 91 00:04:30,853 --> 00:04:32,063 outside Seattle. 92 00:04:34,399 --> 00:04:35,900 What happened? 93 00:04:37,318 --> 00:04:40,655 The shuttle exploded when it attempted to land. 94 00:04:41,030 --> 00:04:42,240 Exploded? 95 00:04:43,491 --> 00:04:45,034 That's right. 96 00:04:49,372 --> 00:04:50,581 What about the crew? 97 00:04:50,957 --> 00:04:53,251 I... I'm afraid we lost them. 98 00:04:53,918 --> 00:04:55,128 Everyone? 99 00:04:55,169 --> 00:04:56,671 Afraid so. 100 00:04:58,423 --> 00:04:59,924 How did I get out alive? 101 00:05:00,967 --> 00:05:02,969 We're still trying to sort it out. 102 00:05:03,011 --> 00:05:04,220 You walked out of that fire 103 00:05:04,262 --> 00:05:06,097 but other than being covered with soot, 104 00:05:06,139 --> 00:05:09,350 there were no broken bones, no lacerations, no injuries of any kind 105 00:05:09,392 --> 00:05:10,810 as far as we can tell. 106 00:05:10,852 --> 00:05:12,729 You collapsed shortly after walking away from the wreckage 107 00:05:12,770 --> 00:05:16,149 and you've pretty much been asleep for the last 48 hours. 108 00:05:16,566 --> 00:05:17,817 Nothing short of a miracle, Jake. 109 00:05:17,859 --> 00:05:19,444 Don't talk to me about miracles. 110 00:05:19,485 --> 00:05:20,987 What the hell happened? 111 00:05:21,821 --> 00:05:25,241 AGENT: Well, I am afraid we don't have an easy explanation. 112 00:05:25,283 --> 00:05:26,868 That's why you're here. 113 00:05:26,909 --> 00:05:29,370 So as soon as you're up to it, we would like to begin the debriefing. 114 00:05:29,412 --> 00:05:31,289 De-briefing? What? 115 00:05:31,914 --> 00:05:33,333 Why am I in isolation? 116 00:05:33,374 --> 00:05:34,542 What am I, quarantined? 117 00:05:34,584 --> 00:05:36,669 No, it's just a routine precaution. 118 00:05:36,711 --> 00:05:38,838 Nothing showing up on our preliminary tests. 119 00:05:38,880 --> 00:05:41,507 Well, I have got to get to New York, okay? 120 00:05:41,924 --> 00:05:44,260 My editor is expecting pages. 121 00:05:44,302 --> 00:05:45,845 Well, nobody is going anywhere 122 00:05:45,887 --> 00:05:49,849 until Dr. Bader here certifies that you're safe to go home. 123 00:05:49,891 --> 00:05:51,225 So in the meantime, 124 00:05:51,267 --> 00:05:53,728 we'd like to see about getting some answers. 125 00:06:01,694 --> 00:06:04,697 JAKE: It's been days. When do I get out of here? 126 00:06:04,739 --> 00:06:06,866 AGENT: Just, uh, try to relax, Mr. Worthy. 127 00:06:06,908 --> 00:06:08,368 Oh, yeah! 128 00:06:12,830 --> 00:06:15,958 Yeah, right, I'll relax. What are you people? Crazy? 129 00:06:17,293 --> 00:06:20,630 I don't even have a phone. Even a prisoner gets a phone call. 130 00:06:20,671 --> 00:06:23,508 -So, Jake. -(DR. BADER SIGHS) 131 00:06:23,549 --> 00:06:25,009 Let's talk about the mission. 132 00:06:25,927 --> 00:06:28,346 Do you remember an electrical disturbance 133 00:06:28,388 --> 00:06:30,306 that happened on the second day out? 134 00:06:30,348 --> 00:06:31,516 What? 135 00:06:32,183 --> 00:06:33,684 The blackout. 136 00:06:33,726 --> 00:06:36,521 The instruments went haywire for a couple of minutes... 137 00:06:36,562 --> 00:06:37,980 We lost contact with the shuttle. 138 00:06:38,022 --> 00:06:41,109 (CHUCKLES) Oh, right. Yeah, the uh... 139 00:06:41,150 --> 00:06:43,694 Commander said something about hitting an electromagnetic field, 140 00:06:43,736 --> 00:06:46,948 but I am the last one you ask about whatever the hell that was. 141 00:06:46,989 --> 00:06:49,117 Well, at this point, I am afraid you're the only person 142 00:06:49,158 --> 00:06:50,827 that we can ask. 143 00:06:51,744 --> 00:06:53,246 (GROANING) 144 00:06:53,413 --> 00:06:54,747 God! 145 00:06:54,789 --> 00:06:56,416 Are you all right, Mr. Worthy? 146 00:06:56,916 --> 00:06:58,292 JAKE: Yeah. 147 00:06:59,335 --> 00:07:00,795 It's these migraines. I feel like somebody's 148 00:07:00,837 --> 00:07:03,464 lobbing grenades around inside my skull. 149 00:07:06,926 --> 00:07:08,511 The nurse will give you something for it 150 00:07:08,553 --> 00:07:10,513 as soon as the debriefing is over. 151 00:07:10,555 --> 00:07:11,848 This electrical disturbance 152 00:07:11,889 --> 00:07:13,891 what does that, what does that have to do with 153 00:07:13,933 --> 00:07:16,436 whatever happened to me? 154 00:07:16,477 --> 00:07:20,356 We think that there may have been far more serious damage to the shuttle systems 155 00:07:20,398 --> 00:07:22,316 than we had first anticipated. 156 00:07:22,775 --> 00:07:24,402 The navigational controls, 157 00:07:24,444 --> 00:07:26,988 the landing gear, both malfunctioned on re-entry. 158 00:07:27,029 --> 00:07:28,489 Well, that sure as hell doesn't explain 159 00:07:28,531 --> 00:07:30,825 how I survived a blast like that, does it? 160 00:07:31,325 --> 00:07:32,452 No, it doesn't. 161 00:07:37,123 --> 00:07:38,541 The NSA is expecting me 162 00:07:38,583 --> 00:07:42,962 to report on your preliminary findings by 2200. 163 00:07:43,004 --> 00:07:45,465 What am I supposed to tell them? 164 00:07:45,506 --> 00:07:48,885 A man walks through an inferno hot enough to vaporize exotic alloys 165 00:07:48,926 --> 00:07:52,430 with nothing but dehydration and crushing migraines to show for it. 166 00:07:52,472 --> 00:07:54,640 I cannot offer you a scientific explanation 167 00:07:54,682 --> 00:07:56,809 because there is no scientific explanation. 168 00:07:56,851 --> 00:07:59,812 Couldn't something have happened in the explosion itself, 169 00:07:59,854 --> 00:08:02,690 something that shielded him from its fury? 170 00:08:07,695 --> 00:08:09,906 What are you not telling me? 171 00:08:09,947 --> 00:08:13,659 Jake Worthy was given an exhaustive physical before the mission, 172 00:08:13,701 --> 00:08:15,745 just like the rest of the crew. 173 00:08:15,786 --> 00:08:17,747 Dr. Bader can tell you there was nothing abnormal 174 00:08:17,788 --> 00:08:19,499 about the man that we sent up there. 175 00:08:19,957 --> 00:08:21,334 And now? 176 00:08:21,375 --> 00:08:23,044 There were second and third degree burns 177 00:08:23,085 --> 00:08:25,630 that were observed by the emergency workers on the ambulance. 178 00:08:25,671 --> 00:08:28,716 By the time they got to the ER, they were gone. 179 00:08:28,758 --> 00:08:30,176 The skin was virtually unblemished. 180 00:08:30,218 --> 00:08:31,761 DR. BADER: I'm reluctant to speculate, 181 00:08:31,802 --> 00:08:34,430 but somehow his body's natural healing properties 182 00:08:34,472 --> 00:08:36,390 have, uh, accelerated. 183 00:08:36,933 --> 00:08:39,310 Gentlemen, I don't need to tell you 184 00:08:39,352 --> 00:08:41,771 the potential significance of all this. 185 00:08:41,812 --> 00:08:44,023 If you would just allow us to complete our test 186 00:08:44,065 --> 00:08:46,692 before making any report to the National Security agency. 187 00:08:46,734 --> 00:08:48,569 I can stall them a day. 188 00:08:48,611 --> 00:08:49,820 Maybe two. 189 00:08:49,862 --> 00:08:53,157 But eventually, this is going to the president. 190 00:08:57,912 --> 00:09:00,790 Ah, Mr. Worthy has a visitor. 191 00:09:00,831 --> 00:09:02,208 It's his ex-wife. 192 00:09:02,250 --> 00:09:05,086 I don't think we want him talking to the public just yet. 193 00:09:05,127 --> 00:09:06,921 We can make it clear to Jake 194 00:09:06,963 --> 00:09:09,966 what the perimeters are and we can monitor his conversation. 195 00:09:10,007 --> 00:09:12,051 I suggest it would lessen press speculation 196 00:09:12,093 --> 00:09:14,804 if we allow some limited contact with the outside world. 197 00:09:14,845 --> 00:09:16,556 I'll need approval. 198 00:09:24,939 --> 00:09:26,357 (DOOR OPENS) 199 00:09:33,656 --> 00:09:35,157 ALEXIS: Hello, Jake. 200 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:40,288 Well, I'll be damned. 201 00:09:40,663 --> 00:09:41,789 How are you, Alexis? 202 00:09:41,831 --> 00:09:43,541 The question is how are you? 203 00:09:44,709 --> 00:09:46,544 Well, I have always been able to walk on water, 204 00:09:46,586 --> 00:09:48,296 I guess, I am just... 205 00:09:48,796 --> 00:09:50,590 ...expanding my repertoire. 206 00:09:53,676 --> 00:09:55,720 I wasn't even going to watch the landing. 207 00:09:55,761 --> 00:09:58,598 I was afraid that you might say something to the press you'd regret. 208 00:09:58,639 --> 00:09:59,807 Moi? 209 00:10:03,477 --> 00:10:05,438 It was so terrifying. 210 00:10:05,479 --> 00:10:08,232 I sat there and came apart at the seams. 211 00:10:10,735 --> 00:10:13,404 It was like losing Timothy all over again. 212 00:10:14,280 --> 00:10:15,448 Yeah, well, 213 00:10:15,489 --> 00:10:18,492 at least this time God picked on someone his own size. 214 00:10:19,785 --> 00:10:21,495 It wasn't always like this. 215 00:10:21,537 --> 00:10:24,457 When Timothy was alive and I could drag you away from your work. 216 00:10:24,498 --> 00:10:25,833 Yeah, well, it was my work that 217 00:10:25,875 --> 00:10:27,335 put food on our the table. Do you remember? 218 00:10:27,376 --> 00:10:28,878 I never said you weren't a good provider. 219 00:10:28,919 --> 00:10:30,755 No, just a cold unfeeling son of a bitch, right? 220 00:10:30,796 --> 00:10:32,923 I don't believe that for a minute. 221 00:10:32,965 --> 00:10:35,343 Do you want you know what I really think? 222 00:10:35,384 --> 00:10:38,554 I think that if you had let yourself grieve 223 00:10:38,596 --> 00:10:39,847 after we lost Timmy... 224 00:10:39,889 --> 00:10:41,432 I'll tell you what, Alexis, if I want advice 225 00:10:41,474 --> 00:10:44,518 on how and when to grieve, I'll give you a call, okay? 226 00:10:47,313 --> 00:10:48,981 I guess I'll go now. 227 00:10:57,198 --> 00:10:58,532 What is it, Jake? 228 00:10:58,574 --> 00:11:01,118 Headache. I'll get over it. 229 00:11:07,208 --> 00:11:09,251 (GROANING) 230 00:11:14,340 --> 00:11:17,093 You said you were going to teach me how to ride. 231 00:11:17,885 --> 00:11:20,471 (INDISTINCT VOICES) 232 00:11:21,472 --> 00:11:24,558 TIMOTHY: You said you were gonna teach me how to ride. 233 00:11:24,600 --> 00:11:25,559 (LAUGHING) 234 00:11:25,601 --> 00:11:27,561 (INDISTINCT VOICE) 235 00:11:29,563 --> 00:11:32,233 (VOICE ECHOING) Dad. Daddy! 236 00:11:34,694 --> 00:11:36,696 (PANTING) 237 00:11:45,329 --> 00:11:46,747 (EXHALES) 238 00:11:51,377 --> 00:11:52,878 (COMPUTER BEEPING) 239 00:11:57,633 --> 00:11:59,301 (JAKE SIGHS) 240 00:12:29,874 --> 00:12:31,459 Good morning, Jake. 241 00:12:31,834 --> 00:12:33,210 Huh? 242 00:12:37,256 --> 00:12:38,674 I said good morning. 243 00:12:40,092 --> 00:12:43,345 Yesterday you were ravenous, today you haven't touched your breakfast. 244 00:12:43,387 --> 00:12:44,764 That's not true. 245 00:12:45,598 --> 00:12:46,932 I had a banana. 246 00:12:46,974 --> 00:12:49,685 And an entire shaker of salt. 247 00:12:50,770 --> 00:12:52,271 No ill effects? 248 00:12:52,855 --> 00:12:54,315 No. 249 00:12:55,316 --> 00:12:56,859 What about the headaches? 250 00:12:56,901 --> 00:13:00,196 They're getting worse. I hope you got something stronger. 251 00:13:00,237 --> 00:13:01,572 I'll talk to Dr. Bader. 252 00:13:01,614 --> 00:13:02,990 Okay. 253 00:13:03,032 --> 00:13:06,076 Well, that was, uh, quite a creative spurt last night. 254 00:13:06,118 --> 00:13:08,037 I was delirious. 255 00:13:08,078 --> 00:13:10,790 My fingers ran away with me. 256 00:13:10,831 --> 00:13:12,917 So you have no idea what significance 257 00:13:12,958 --> 00:13:14,960 those symbols or those numbers had? 258 00:13:15,002 --> 00:13:16,504 No. Why, do you? 259 00:13:16,545 --> 00:13:19,006 No, it's just that you were very prolific. 260 00:13:19,048 --> 00:13:20,674 It was over 100 pages. 261 00:13:20,716 --> 00:13:22,885 And, uh... What about the drawings? 262 00:13:22,927 --> 00:13:25,888 I was doodling and that's what came out. 263 00:13:30,017 --> 00:13:31,936 When do I get out of this fish bowl? 264 00:13:32,311 --> 00:13:34,438 Listen, Jake, I was wondering 265 00:13:34,480 --> 00:13:36,315 if you would be up to seeing someone? 266 00:13:36,357 --> 00:13:38,734 Is this where you roll out the head shrinkers? 267 00:13:38,776 --> 00:13:41,111 It's Commander McCarty's widow. 268 00:13:43,113 --> 00:13:44,865 Great. 269 00:13:52,289 --> 00:13:56,335 Mr. Worthy, they don't want me to stay very long. 270 00:13:57,461 --> 00:13:58,963 I just wondered 271 00:13:59,004 --> 00:14:02,591 during the mission, if Phil said anything, 272 00:14:02,633 --> 00:14:05,469 anything personal about me or Grady? 273 00:14:05,845 --> 00:14:07,972 To be honest with you, I, uh... 274 00:14:09,640 --> 00:14:10,933 I spent most of my time on my journals. 275 00:14:10,975 --> 00:14:12,268 I was busy writing. 276 00:14:12,309 --> 00:14:13,686 So I don't think your husband and I 277 00:14:13,727 --> 00:14:15,771 exchanged more than half a dozen words. 278 00:14:17,147 --> 00:14:18,691 I see. 279 00:14:21,402 --> 00:14:22,611 Oh. 280 00:14:22,820 --> 00:14:24,572 I don't know maybe if I... 281 00:14:25,364 --> 00:14:27,992 Yeah, he did say something about, um... 282 00:14:28,033 --> 00:14:31,704 ...your son and what a handsome boy he was. 283 00:14:33,747 --> 00:14:35,624 And he got his looks from you. 284 00:14:39,253 --> 00:14:41,171 You didn't have to make it up. 285 00:14:42,798 --> 00:14:43,966 Excuse me? 286 00:14:44,633 --> 00:14:46,302 Grady was adopted. 287 00:14:46,927 --> 00:14:49,013 Phil never would have said that. 288 00:14:50,180 --> 00:14:53,017 It didn't have to be much. I just wanted something small, 289 00:14:53,058 --> 00:14:55,603 something true, something... 290 00:14:56,061 --> 00:14:57,813 ...that I could hang on to. 291 00:15:06,113 --> 00:15:09,116 I didn't ask to be the one who survived. 292 00:15:11,702 --> 00:15:14,955 Well, they tell me that it all happened so fast 293 00:15:14,997 --> 00:15:16,582 that he didn't feel any pain. 294 00:15:16,624 --> 00:15:18,709 I am grateful for that anyway. 295 00:15:20,544 --> 00:15:21,921 My son, 296 00:15:22,546 --> 00:15:23,797 our son, 297 00:15:24,590 --> 00:15:27,051 he wants to go up there like Phil. 298 00:15:29,094 --> 00:15:31,597 That's what kids do, they dream. 299 00:15:33,223 --> 00:15:35,643 (VOICE BREAKING) I don't know what to tell him. 300 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:38,646 I couldn't bear to lose him. 301 00:15:40,147 --> 00:15:42,608 Could you imagine what that would be like? 302 00:15:43,984 --> 00:15:45,819 Yes, I think I can. 303 00:15:48,781 --> 00:15:52,576 As soon as I finish this EEG, I'll give you an injection for those migraines. 304 00:15:52,618 --> 00:15:54,912 I was gonna suggest the guillotine. 305 00:15:54,954 --> 00:15:56,121 (KEYBOARD CLACKING) 306 00:15:56,163 --> 00:15:58,540 You always dress like this for inoculations? 307 00:15:58,582 --> 00:16:00,793 The word around here is you're pretty special 308 00:16:02,044 --> 00:16:03,545 I could have told you that. 309 00:16:03,587 --> 00:16:05,631 (MACHINE BEEPING) 310 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:08,801 What is it? 311 00:16:08,842 --> 00:16:10,803 Nothing. It's just your brain activity. 312 00:16:10,844 --> 00:16:14,223 I don't think I have seen the needles jump like this before. 313 00:16:16,225 --> 00:16:19,103 Better than being brain dead, I suppose. 314 00:16:19,561 --> 00:16:20,896 (CHUCKLES SLOWLY) 315 00:16:29,571 --> 00:16:30,781 The lump. 316 00:16:30,864 --> 00:16:32,491 I'm sorry? 317 00:16:32,533 --> 00:16:34,743 The small lump on your left breast. 318 00:16:34,785 --> 00:16:37,621 It's a fluid filled cyst. 319 00:16:38,455 --> 00:16:40,040 It's completely benign. 320 00:16:41,458 --> 00:16:43,752 -(GASPS) -(OBJECTS CLATTER) 321 00:16:48,632 --> 00:16:50,634 Years ago, the French government funded research 322 00:16:50,676 --> 00:16:53,679 into what was known as the Pre Aura project. 323 00:16:53,721 --> 00:16:55,639 It applied electromagnetic energy 324 00:16:55,681 --> 00:16:57,683 into the terminal tumors of laboratory animals. 325 00:16:57,725 --> 00:17:01,854 Now, by altering the electrical currents within cells, 326 00:17:01,895 --> 00:17:04,273 there were able to time reverse them back 327 00:17:04,314 --> 00:17:07,151 to an earlier state, to a healthy state. 328 00:17:07,192 --> 00:17:09,445 Of course, that explains his cravings for salt. 329 00:17:09,486 --> 00:17:11,280 And potassium rich food like bananas. 330 00:17:11,321 --> 00:17:13,907 All of it increases the conductivity of his blood. 331 00:17:13,949 --> 00:17:16,869 Something occurred during that brief electromagnetic event 332 00:17:16,910 --> 00:17:18,495 on the second day of the Inspire's mission. 333 00:17:18,537 --> 00:17:21,540 Something that, that altered Jake Worthy's body. 334 00:17:21,582 --> 00:17:24,752 You're telling us that his body uses electrical currents 335 00:17:24,793 --> 00:17:25,794 to heal itself? 336 00:17:25,836 --> 00:17:27,838 Reduced to its essence, yes. 337 00:17:28,839 --> 00:17:31,050 And it may have altered more than his body. 338 00:17:31,091 --> 00:17:34,595 My nurse tells me that he diagnosed a medical condition in her 339 00:17:34,636 --> 00:17:39,058 that she only just confirmed with her doctors. 340 00:17:43,562 --> 00:17:44,938 (GROANING) 341 00:17:48,192 --> 00:17:49,735 (TIMOTHY SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY) 342 00:17:49,777 --> 00:17:52,237 I meant to teach you to ride a bike. I swear to God. 343 00:17:52,279 --> 00:17:53,947 DISTORTED VOICE: Daddy. 344 00:17:54,865 --> 00:17:56,825 (ALL LAUGHING) 345 00:17:57,868 --> 00:17:58,952 TIMOTHY: Daddy! 346 00:17:58,994 --> 00:18:01,121 Daddy! Daddy! 347 00:18:01,163 --> 00:18:04,958 (VOICE ECHOING) Daddy! 348 00:18:07,711 --> 00:18:08,962 (MUFFLED) Hey! 349 00:18:09,296 --> 00:18:11,215 Let me out of here! 350 00:18:11,465 --> 00:18:13,008 You hear me? 351 00:18:13,050 --> 00:18:14,927 I can't take it! 352 00:18:14,968 --> 00:18:17,262 I can't take it anymore! 353 00:18:17,846 --> 00:18:19,807 (ALARM BLARING) 354 00:18:30,943 --> 00:18:32,194 I can't see him. 355 00:18:33,987 --> 00:18:35,989 -(JAKE GRUNTING) -(GROANING) 356 00:18:46,333 --> 00:18:48,460 (ELECTRICITY CRACKLING) 357 00:18:55,300 --> 00:18:58,137 You're telling me he survived a hit of 50,000 volts? 358 00:18:58,178 --> 00:18:59,972 If there is one thing we learnt, General, 359 00:19:00,013 --> 00:19:02,641 is that Jake Worthy appears to be impervious to physical injury. 360 00:19:02,683 --> 00:19:03,559 (DOOR OPENS) 361 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:04,977 What about his state of mind? 362 00:19:05,018 --> 00:19:07,104 I'm afraid we can't be definitive, General. 363 00:19:07,146 --> 00:19:08,355 We know that if he tries to harm himself 364 00:19:08,397 --> 00:19:09,523 he won't be successful, 365 00:19:09,565 --> 00:19:11,024 for reasons that are all too obvious. 366 00:19:11,066 --> 00:19:12,651 More to the point, is he a threat to the others? 367 00:19:12,693 --> 00:19:15,487 Ask the security guard he knocked unconscious. 368 00:19:15,529 --> 00:19:16,655 (EXHALES) 369 00:19:16,697 --> 00:19:19,950 I warned them about using civilians on these flights. 370 00:19:19,992 --> 00:19:21,493 Who knows what he'll say to the press. 371 00:19:21,535 --> 00:19:23,912 Can you imagine the panic he will create? 372 00:19:25,497 --> 00:19:26,707 (SIGHS) 373 00:19:26,748 --> 00:19:29,334 Now what do we know for certain about this phenomenon 374 00:19:29,376 --> 00:19:30,711 you have documented? 375 00:19:30,752 --> 00:19:32,713 That it defies all reason. 376 00:19:32,754 --> 00:19:35,132 The real problem is that without further tests 377 00:19:35,174 --> 00:19:36,633 we could never fully understand 378 00:19:36,675 --> 00:19:39,219 how he could be altered so profoundly. 379 00:19:40,220 --> 00:19:42,681 I want Worthy found and brought back. 380 00:19:42,723 --> 00:19:46,018 I'll authorize whatever manpower is required. 381 00:19:46,059 --> 00:19:48,187 Just get the man back. 382 00:19:48,937 --> 00:19:50,022 (DOOR OPENS) 383 00:19:50,063 --> 00:19:51,440 JAKE: Sorry to bother you, Mrs. McCarty. 384 00:19:51,481 --> 00:19:53,984 Mr. Worthy? My God, what happened? 385 00:19:54,026 --> 00:19:55,152 May I? 386 00:20:02,993 --> 00:20:04,244 No one can know I am here, 387 00:20:04,286 --> 00:20:07,456 so I'd appreciate it if you didn't call USAS. 388 00:20:07,497 --> 00:20:09,541 CATHARINE: What's this about? 389 00:20:13,295 --> 00:20:15,005 I'm scaring you, I don't mean to. 390 00:20:15,047 --> 00:20:16,423 No, it... 391 00:20:16,465 --> 00:20:19,051 -They must be looking for you. -This will just take a minute. 392 00:20:19,801 --> 00:20:21,345 Um... 393 00:20:21,386 --> 00:20:24,014 I feel like our conversation wasn't finished. 394 00:20:25,265 --> 00:20:27,351 To be honest I was, uh... 395 00:20:27,392 --> 00:20:30,062 I was completely insensitive. I had no right to patronize you. 396 00:20:30,103 --> 00:20:31,271 You asked an honest question 397 00:20:31,313 --> 00:20:34,024 and you deserve an honest answer. 398 00:20:35,901 --> 00:20:37,027 Um... 399 00:20:37,069 --> 00:20:38,862 You're husband told me a story. 400 00:20:41,240 --> 00:20:43,867 The night before the crash. 401 00:20:44,785 --> 00:20:48,288 I put it out of my mind because I was jealous. I was angry. 402 00:20:48,330 --> 00:20:49,998 Really, I was angry 403 00:20:50,707 --> 00:20:53,085 that he had a wife and child to come home to 404 00:20:53,669 --> 00:20:56,088 and all I had was an impatient editor 405 00:20:56,129 --> 00:20:57,422 and a bunch of so called friends, 406 00:20:57,464 --> 00:20:59,383 who loathe me as much as I loathe them. 407 00:20:59,424 --> 00:21:01,176 You don't have to do this. 408 00:21:02,261 --> 00:21:04,721 He told me about the night that... 409 00:21:05,597 --> 00:21:08,100 ...he told you he was picked for the assignment 410 00:21:08,684 --> 00:21:10,978 and how happy you pretended to be, 411 00:21:11,019 --> 00:21:13,438 even though he knew you were dying inside. 412 00:21:14,439 --> 00:21:16,108 And how brave you were. 413 00:21:18,110 --> 00:21:19,861 And how giving. 414 00:21:21,488 --> 00:21:24,074 And that he was one lucky son... 415 00:21:24,283 --> 00:21:25,659 S-O-B. 416 00:21:26,994 --> 00:21:28,412 (CHUCKLES) 417 00:21:29,079 --> 00:21:30,622 That's all. 418 00:21:32,499 --> 00:21:34,334 Thank you, Mr. Worthy. 419 00:21:36,336 --> 00:21:38,672 You're gonna need some clothes. 420 00:21:38,714 --> 00:21:40,340 You can go through Phil's things. 421 00:21:40,382 --> 00:21:41,717 You'd probably need some cash... 422 00:21:41,758 --> 00:21:43,885 Your husband was a good man, Catharine. 423 00:21:45,887 --> 00:21:48,056 Let's see about those clothes. 424 00:21:54,271 --> 00:21:55,522 Audrey, damn it! 425 00:21:55,564 --> 00:21:58,108 Will you stop worrying about how tough things are for you? 426 00:21:58,150 --> 00:22:01,153 I spent the night on the street. Remember? 427 00:22:01,194 --> 00:22:02,279 Audrey, listen to me. 428 00:22:02,321 --> 00:22:04,531 You're my editor. Listen to me! 429 00:22:05,324 --> 00:22:06,950 If I can get all of this down on paper, 430 00:22:06,992 --> 00:22:08,910 I am going to blow the roof off of the publishing industry. 431 00:22:08,952 --> 00:22:10,287 I am telling you... 432 00:22:11,121 --> 00:22:13,165 No, I can't... (SIGHS) 433 00:22:13,206 --> 00:22:15,542 I can't come to New York, Audrey! 434 00:22:15,584 --> 00:22:18,253 They're all over the place. They're after me! 435 00:22:18,295 --> 00:22:20,088 That's what I'm trying... 436 00:22:22,466 --> 00:22:23,884 Audrey, listen to me. 437 00:22:23,925 --> 00:22:27,012 Something is happening to me, something I don't understand. 438 00:22:27,471 --> 00:22:29,181 I don't know. It's like, uh... 439 00:22:29,222 --> 00:22:30,557 It's like I'm being watched, 440 00:22:30,599 --> 00:22:32,976 it's like I'm being observed. I don't know. 441 00:22:34,394 --> 00:22:35,937 Like I'm being judged... 442 00:22:37,230 --> 00:22:39,066 ...from the inside. I don't... 443 00:22:39,107 --> 00:22:40,359 Look, I can't explain it. 444 00:22:40,400 --> 00:22:42,778 I know it sounds crazy, but it's happening! 445 00:22:45,113 --> 00:22:46,782 You gotta trust me on this. 446 00:22:47,532 --> 00:22:49,451 No, no, no, no, no. 447 00:22:49,493 --> 00:22:51,119 I will call you. 448 00:23:13,683 --> 00:23:15,602 LANDLORD: Rent's paid by the week. 449 00:23:16,061 --> 00:23:18,146 We don't allow any loud music, 450 00:23:18,772 --> 00:23:20,190 or pets, 451 00:23:20,232 --> 00:23:21,608 or any kind of carrying on. 452 00:23:21,650 --> 00:23:24,653 I just need a quiet place to work. 453 00:23:25,112 --> 00:23:27,155 What was it you said you did? 454 00:23:28,532 --> 00:23:29,866 I'm a writer. 455 00:23:29,908 --> 00:23:31,118 Okay. 456 00:23:40,210 --> 00:23:43,630 Uh, sheets and towels, pillow cases, uh, 457 00:23:43,672 --> 00:23:44,756 kitchen things. 458 00:23:44,798 --> 00:23:46,967 You got pretty much everything you need. 459 00:23:47,008 --> 00:23:48,218 (GROANS) 460 00:23:56,476 --> 00:23:57,978 Are you okay? 461 00:24:00,105 --> 00:24:01,565 Yeah, I'm fine. 462 00:24:03,150 --> 00:24:05,444 (CLOCK TICKING) 463 00:24:15,579 --> 00:24:17,831 What am I doing? Why am I doing this? 464 00:24:20,917 --> 00:24:22,961 Why did I call Catharine McCarty? 465 00:24:23,003 --> 00:24:24,337 (SIGHS) 466 00:24:24,379 --> 00:24:27,632 Why the hell were my wisdom teeth extracted without anesthetic? 467 00:24:27,674 --> 00:24:30,093 I'd apologize to someone for being callous. 468 00:24:30,135 --> 00:24:32,262 That's who I am for God sake! 469 00:24:33,638 --> 00:24:35,724 It's always been that way, Jake Worthy against the unworthy, 470 00:24:35,765 --> 00:24:38,018 the undeserving, the unwashed. 471 00:24:40,437 --> 00:24:41,480 (BREATHS DEEPLY) 472 00:24:41,521 --> 00:24:43,273 What's happening to me? 473 00:24:43,315 --> 00:24:46,902 It's unreal, it's a fever, it's a sickness. 474 00:24:46,943 --> 00:24:49,029 It's a nightmare. That's what it is. 475 00:24:51,281 --> 00:24:53,241 And I am going to wake up. 476 00:24:54,409 --> 00:24:56,411 God help me if I don't. 477 00:24:59,581 --> 00:25:02,125 (SIREN BLARING IN THE DISTANCE) 478 00:25:03,543 --> 00:25:05,086 (JAKE GRUNTS) 479 00:25:12,469 --> 00:25:14,095 (GROANING) 480 00:25:16,389 --> 00:25:17,349 (GRUNTS) 481 00:25:18,975 --> 00:25:21,353 It's not the technology that makes these things go, 482 00:25:21,394 --> 00:25:22,479 it's not the gizmos. 483 00:25:22,521 --> 00:25:25,815 It's the humans. Flawed as they may be. 484 00:25:25,857 --> 00:25:27,192 (ELECTRICITY CRACKLING) 485 00:25:27,234 --> 00:25:28,693 (MACHINES BEEPING) 486 00:25:29,653 --> 00:25:31,321 What the hell is going on? 487 00:25:35,700 --> 00:25:36,952 (CHOKING) 488 00:25:37,744 --> 00:25:39,788 (ECHOING) The instruments are going crazy! 489 00:25:39,829 --> 00:25:41,248 (MACHINES BEEPING) 490 00:25:44,334 --> 00:25:45,877 (BEEPING STOPS) 491 00:25:47,128 --> 00:25:48,713 Okay, we're back online. 492 00:25:49,339 --> 00:25:51,258 JIM: (ECHOING) Give me a full system status. 493 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,510 McCARTY: You, okay, back there, Jake? 494 00:25:53,552 --> 00:25:55,011 Yeah. 495 00:25:55,262 --> 00:25:56,555 A-Okay. 496 00:25:58,765 --> 00:26:00,100 (CHOKING) 497 00:26:02,352 --> 00:26:03,395 (GRUNTS) 498 00:26:05,772 --> 00:26:07,148 (COUGHS) 499 00:26:11,319 --> 00:26:12,445 (DOOR OPENS) 500 00:26:27,460 --> 00:26:28,712 JAKE: Here. 501 00:26:28,753 --> 00:26:30,630 Let me help you with that. 502 00:26:37,387 --> 00:26:38,471 I'm telling you, Audrey. 503 00:26:38,513 --> 00:26:40,765 This thing, it's making me crazy. 504 00:26:40,807 --> 00:26:41,933 I see a kid on a bicycle, 505 00:26:41,975 --> 00:26:43,393 I turn into a blubbering idiot. 506 00:26:43,435 --> 00:26:45,520 I'm helping old ladies with their groceries. 507 00:26:45,562 --> 00:26:48,106 Does that sound like the man you know? 508 00:26:48,565 --> 00:26:50,442 (SIGHS) I can't control my thoughts, 509 00:26:50,483 --> 00:26:52,485 I can't control my actions. 510 00:26:52,527 --> 00:26:54,988 It's turning me inside out. 511 00:26:55,655 --> 00:26:56,656 (SIGHS) 512 00:26:56,698 --> 00:26:58,074 (MAN SHOUTING) 513 00:27:01,369 --> 00:27:02,621 Hey, stop! 514 00:27:02,662 --> 00:27:04,497 MAN: Jake! Jake! 515 00:27:05,624 --> 00:27:07,542 Just me your money! 516 00:27:07,584 --> 00:27:09,419 (WHIMPERING) Don't hurt me! 517 00:27:09,461 --> 00:27:10,795 (GRUNTING) 518 00:27:23,600 --> 00:27:26,144 Please help me. 519 00:27:30,690 --> 00:27:33,151 It's all right. We are going to get you help. 520 00:27:33,568 --> 00:27:35,278 You're going to make it. You hear me? 521 00:27:56,591 --> 00:27:58,134 How did you do that? 522 00:28:32,794 --> 00:28:34,254 We got a lead on our man. 523 00:28:34,295 --> 00:28:36,506 He made a series of calls to his literary agent 524 00:28:36,548 --> 00:28:38,925 from a phone booth in downtown Seattle. 525 00:28:38,967 --> 00:28:41,761 Check in every hotel and flophouse in the vicinity. 526 00:28:41,803 --> 00:28:44,764 General, we've finished running, uh, computer programs 527 00:28:44,806 --> 00:28:47,475 on the electromagnetic event on day two of the mission, 528 00:28:47,517 --> 00:28:50,478 -And? -Well, it didn't show up on the instruments, 529 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:52,647 but apparently there was a corruption 530 00:28:52,689 --> 00:28:54,524 of the programing's of the onboard computers, 531 00:28:54,566 --> 00:28:56,651 and once the landing routine kicked in, 532 00:28:56,693 --> 00:28:58,445 the air began to compound. 533 00:28:58,486 --> 00:28:59,988 What was it? Some kind of virus? 534 00:29:00,029 --> 00:29:02,449 I don't know. I wouldn't begin to characterize it. 535 00:29:02,490 --> 00:29:04,367 But it just overwhelmed the computers. 536 00:29:04,409 --> 00:29:06,453 And there's ample evidence it may have infected 537 00:29:06,494 --> 00:29:08,413 more than the shuttle's systems. 538 00:29:08,455 --> 00:29:12,125 Dr. Bader believes the transformation of Worthy's body chemistry 539 00:29:12,167 --> 00:29:15,211 may have happened at the very same time. 540 00:29:18,548 --> 00:29:19,966 (SIGHS) 541 00:30:07,806 --> 00:30:09,808 (BEEPING AND WHIRRING) 542 00:30:15,021 --> 00:30:16,564 (CRACKLING) 543 00:30:17,524 --> 00:30:19,609 (GROANING) 544 00:30:24,531 --> 00:30:27,158 ALIEN: It's all right, Jake! 545 00:30:27,200 --> 00:30:29,410 The pain will subside. 546 00:30:29,452 --> 00:30:31,287 (CONTINUES GROANING) 547 00:30:49,597 --> 00:30:50,932 What are you? 548 00:30:51,432 --> 00:30:52,475 A stranger. 549 00:30:52,517 --> 00:30:54,060 Much like you. 550 00:30:57,897 --> 00:30:59,148 (COMPUTER BEEPING) 551 00:30:59,190 --> 00:31:00,483 (CHOKING) 552 00:31:06,906 --> 00:31:08,575 You saved my life. 553 00:31:08,616 --> 00:31:10,618 I was only returning a favor. 554 00:31:13,913 --> 00:31:15,164 I don't understand. 555 00:31:15,206 --> 00:31:17,417 Our ship collided with a meteor. 556 00:31:17,458 --> 00:31:20,628 Our bodies were reduced to electrical impulses. 557 00:31:20,670 --> 00:31:23,047 The others faded into the ether one by one 558 00:31:23,089 --> 00:31:25,049 and I was the last survivor. 559 00:31:25,091 --> 00:31:28,344 I had only hours left when I found your craft. 560 00:31:29,721 --> 00:31:31,764 So you entered my body? 561 00:31:31,806 --> 00:31:33,016 I had no choice. 562 00:31:33,057 --> 00:31:36,102 I would have died without a suitable host. 563 00:31:37,020 --> 00:31:38,062 Why me? 564 00:31:38,104 --> 00:31:40,189 There were six others aboard that craft. 565 00:31:40,231 --> 00:31:43,526 It could have been anyone. You were the nearest vessel. 566 00:31:44,527 --> 00:31:46,571 (CHUCKLES) 567 00:31:46,613 --> 00:31:48,072 I'm going off to deep end. 568 00:31:48,114 --> 00:31:51,409 This isn't happening. You're a figment of my imagination. 569 00:31:51,451 --> 00:31:54,537 I didn't know beings like you were possible either. 570 00:31:55,455 --> 00:31:56,789 So, you entered my body, 571 00:31:56,831 --> 00:31:58,583 you merged with me, 572 00:31:58,625 --> 00:31:59,542 so you could stay alive. 573 00:31:59,584 --> 00:32:00,793 That's right. 574 00:32:00,835 --> 00:32:02,587 But you are not in me now. 575 00:32:02,629 --> 00:32:03,630 No. 576 00:32:03,671 --> 00:32:05,506 So, you don't need me anymore? 577 00:32:05,548 --> 00:32:07,008 The only way I could leave your body 578 00:32:07,050 --> 00:32:09,594 was through the machine we built. 579 00:32:09,636 --> 00:32:12,680 We have a machine. So, you don't need me anymore. 580 00:32:13,264 --> 00:32:14,933 I'll die, Jake. 581 00:32:14,974 --> 00:32:19,771 If it was the machine, I could only exist outside of you for a short while. 582 00:32:19,812 --> 00:32:22,482 I'm not even sure how long I'll live inside of you. 583 00:32:23,107 --> 00:32:25,360 I find, I'm growing weaker by the hour. 584 00:32:25,610 --> 00:32:26,945 Wait a minute. 585 00:32:28,404 --> 00:32:31,115 You're the reason this... This ship crashed. 586 00:32:31,157 --> 00:32:34,160 That electrical disturbance they were talking about, that was you! 587 00:32:34,202 --> 00:32:36,037 I never intended it. 588 00:32:36,079 --> 00:32:37,288 You have to believe me. 589 00:32:37,330 --> 00:32:39,582 Because of you, six people are dead and... 590 00:32:40,541 --> 00:32:41,960 You almost took me as well. 591 00:32:42,001 --> 00:32:43,586 And in weighs upon me more than you could know, 592 00:32:43,628 --> 00:32:45,713 but together we can make amends. 593 00:32:46,381 --> 00:32:47,840 You've already witnessed a miracle... 594 00:32:47,882 --> 00:32:50,551 I hate what you've done, do you understand? 595 00:32:50,593 --> 00:32:52,679 I want my life back. 596 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:55,515 I wanna be the person I was before you invaded me. 597 00:32:55,556 --> 00:32:58,851 A man who used to care about no one but himself. 598 00:32:58,893 --> 00:33:00,603 I've seen your thoughts. 599 00:33:00,645 --> 00:33:02,647 The anger, the loneliness. 600 00:33:02,689 --> 00:33:03,856 So, that's it. 601 00:33:03,898 --> 00:33:07,402 This guilt, these... These pangs of conscience, 602 00:33:07,443 --> 00:33:08,778 that was made all up... 603 00:33:08,820 --> 00:33:10,321 That's you. 604 00:33:10,363 --> 00:33:11,531 Is that what you believe? 605 00:33:11,572 --> 00:33:14,659 You have no right to take me over! 606 00:33:18,371 --> 00:33:19,580 I'm bleeding. 607 00:33:20,540 --> 00:33:21,791 (GLASS SHATTERS) 608 00:33:21,833 --> 00:33:24,627 -Your powers of healing will disappear. -Good. 609 00:33:24,669 --> 00:33:26,879 I don't wanna be some freak of nature. 610 00:33:28,047 --> 00:33:30,133 You lost your child to cancer, didn't you? 611 00:33:30,174 --> 00:33:31,718 I don't wanna talk about it. 612 00:33:31,759 --> 00:33:34,053 You think about it all the time. 613 00:33:34,095 --> 00:33:35,430 How do you know what I think about? 614 00:33:35,471 --> 00:33:36,597 You don't know anything about me! 615 00:33:36,639 --> 00:33:38,349 Perhaps you're right. 616 00:33:38,391 --> 00:33:40,852 Perhaps I've given you the benefit of the doubt. 617 00:33:41,894 --> 00:33:43,730 Why couldn't I have had the power when it mattered, 618 00:33:43,771 --> 00:33:45,732 when I could save my son's life? 619 00:33:45,773 --> 00:33:48,234 We've both experienced loss, Jake. 620 00:33:48,860 --> 00:33:50,194 My mate, 621 00:33:50,361 --> 00:33:51,946 my child, 622 00:33:52,530 --> 00:33:54,782 both died when that meteor hit our ship. 623 00:33:55,783 --> 00:33:58,786 It was a grief I wish no one else ever has to know. 624 00:33:58,828 --> 00:34:00,288 (MACHINE RATTLING) 625 00:34:00,455 --> 00:34:01,706 (YELLS) 626 00:34:01,748 --> 00:34:04,459 It's overloading! (GROANS) 627 00:34:08,755 --> 00:34:10,131 God Almighty! 628 00:34:18,431 --> 00:34:20,308 -How's he doing? -He's heavily sedated. 629 00:34:20,349 --> 00:34:22,143 Anything turn up on the brain scan? 630 00:34:22,185 --> 00:34:23,770 Yes, and it's quite troubling. 631 00:34:23,811 --> 00:34:26,773 Now, you'll notice the most of the synaptic array reads normal. 632 00:34:26,814 --> 00:34:28,983 That's the blue shades here, 633 00:34:29,025 --> 00:34:30,610 here, here. 634 00:34:30,651 --> 00:34:32,028 And the reddish color? 635 00:34:32,070 --> 00:34:34,238 It's my conclusion Mr. Worthy's neurological engrams 636 00:34:34,280 --> 00:34:37,408 have been hijacked by this, this creature you described. 637 00:34:37,450 --> 00:34:38,618 You're telling us what, 638 00:34:38,659 --> 00:34:40,203 that half his brain 639 00:34:40,244 --> 00:34:43,081 has been taken over by this other being? 640 00:34:43,122 --> 00:34:44,457 Oh, it's more than that. 641 00:34:44,499 --> 00:34:46,584 I believe it's continuing to encroach in every key region, 642 00:34:46,626 --> 00:34:48,878 from the autonomic to motor and the sensory, 643 00:34:48,920 --> 00:34:50,379 to higher cognitive function. 644 00:34:50,421 --> 00:34:51,923 At the rate displacement is occurring, 645 00:34:51,964 --> 00:34:54,634 I would suggest that 72 hours from now, 646 00:34:54,675 --> 00:34:56,302 there'll be no more Jake Worthy. 647 00:34:56,344 --> 00:34:59,555 I can assure you we're not gonna allow things to get that far. 648 00:34:59,597 --> 00:35:02,058 What are you proposing that we do, General? 649 00:35:02,100 --> 00:35:04,185 Find some answers, damn it! 650 00:35:04,227 --> 00:35:06,896 Our best experts have been unable to come up with a reason 651 00:35:06,938 --> 00:35:08,439 for this machine's existence. 652 00:35:08,481 --> 00:35:10,316 We have no idea what the agenda of this creature is! 653 00:35:10,358 --> 00:35:13,277 What we do know, is that it's made the body it's occupied 654 00:35:13,319 --> 00:35:14,821 virtually indestructible! 655 00:35:14,862 --> 00:35:17,073 That's all the more reason to study its incredible properties. 656 00:35:17,115 --> 00:35:19,992 Curing life-threatening diseases, treating injuries. 657 00:35:20,034 --> 00:35:22,078 Don't forget this eerie little sprite of yours 658 00:35:22,120 --> 00:35:24,705 caused a crash that bought down a billion dollar shuttle 659 00:35:24,747 --> 00:35:26,332 and killed most of its crew. 660 00:35:26,374 --> 00:35:28,584 We have no idea what's gonna happen once it gets up ahead of steam. 661 00:35:28,626 --> 00:35:33,422 Worthy will have to be sacrificed so that we can eliminate that threat. 662 00:35:34,507 --> 00:35:36,592 We don't have a whole hell of a lot of choice, do we? 663 00:35:36,634 --> 00:35:40,513 We gotta find a way to reduce the creature in him to dust. 664 00:35:40,555 --> 00:35:43,766 My God! We devote billions in resources, 665 00:35:43,808 --> 00:35:45,810 countless lifetimes of manpower, 666 00:35:45,852 --> 00:35:48,688 in order to look for intelligent life outside our planet, 667 00:35:48,729 --> 00:35:50,940 and what do we do the minute we find it? 668 00:35:50,982 --> 00:35:52,441 We order its destruction! 669 00:35:52,483 --> 00:35:55,111 Look, the MEG gives a pretty good map of the affected areas. 670 00:35:55,153 --> 00:35:56,696 Now, based on that, 671 00:35:56,737 --> 00:35:59,699 I believe that we can selectively target the invading brain activity 672 00:35:59,740 --> 00:36:01,117 with pinpoint radiation. 673 00:36:01,159 --> 00:36:02,493 Now, if my theory is cracked, 674 00:36:02,535 --> 00:36:04,453 we just might be able to rid him of the invader 675 00:36:04,495 --> 00:36:05,955 without irreparable harm. 676 00:36:05,997 --> 00:36:07,206 Theories? 677 00:36:07,248 --> 00:36:08,958 You know what's frightening? Is that nobody can assure me 678 00:36:09,000 --> 00:36:10,251 that we can kill this thing! 679 00:36:10,293 --> 00:36:12,670 But what I do know, is that we've got to try. 680 00:36:17,842 --> 00:36:19,677 (METAL THUDS) 681 00:36:20,678 --> 00:36:22,054 (GASPS) 682 00:36:23,681 --> 00:36:25,766 (SHIVERING) 683 00:36:51,709 --> 00:36:52,960 (SNIFFLES) 684 00:36:53,628 --> 00:36:54,879 ALIEN: Jake. 685 00:36:56,339 --> 00:36:57,924 I'm trapped inside you. 686 00:36:57,965 --> 00:37:00,301 And it's slowly killing both of us. 687 00:37:01,344 --> 00:37:04,138 It's clear now, we can't co-exist. 688 00:37:05,056 --> 00:37:08,017 If you're going to survive this, I've got to die. 689 00:37:09,435 --> 00:37:11,103 He didn't ask for much. 690 00:37:11,687 --> 00:37:13,356 You know, I... 691 00:37:14,065 --> 00:37:15,024 (EXHALES) 692 00:37:15,066 --> 00:37:17,235 He just wanted me to teach about, uh, 693 00:37:18,194 --> 00:37:20,738 how to ride a bike without training wheels. 694 00:37:21,572 --> 00:37:23,950 (SIGHS) I missed his birth because I... 695 00:37:25,868 --> 00:37:27,745 I wouldn't cancel a trip. 696 00:37:29,247 --> 00:37:32,375 Tell me, do I have more of a right to this body than you do? 697 00:37:32,416 --> 00:37:33,834 Listen to me. 698 00:37:33,876 --> 00:37:35,586 We don't have much time. 699 00:37:36,796 --> 00:37:38,047 If you're gonna survive this, 700 00:37:38,089 --> 00:37:40,424 you gotta do exactly as I tell you. 701 00:37:42,927 --> 00:37:45,554 Harold, he's awake. He wants to talk to us. 702 00:37:47,056 --> 00:37:51,352 High intensity meson bombardment to all the, uh, the affected areas. 703 00:37:51,394 --> 00:37:53,479 Well, you should know that, that kind of radiation 704 00:37:53,521 --> 00:37:55,856 holds the risk of serious collateral damage. 705 00:37:55,898 --> 00:37:56,983 Look at me. 706 00:37:57,024 --> 00:37:59,860 It's my only chance. 707 00:38:00,695 --> 00:38:02,655 You have to trust me, it's the only way. 708 00:38:02,697 --> 00:38:05,491 Since when did you become a medical authority, Jake? 709 00:38:05,533 --> 00:38:07,451 Let's just say I was given a crash course. 710 00:38:07,493 --> 00:38:11,789 Why should we believe anything this, this thing communicates to you? 711 00:38:14,709 --> 00:38:16,210 It's benign. 712 00:38:16,877 --> 00:38:19,880 It's more than that, it's good and it's decent. 713 00:38:20,923 --> 00:38:25,511 And it's willing to sacrifice its life to save mine. 714 00:38:25,553 --> 00:38:27,596 We could try a moderate dose of meson radiation, 715 00:38:27,638 --> 00:38:31,434 measure it's effect on the invading engrams and then decide from there. 716 00:38:33,019 --> 00:38:34,562 I won't lie to you, Jake, 717 00:38:34,603 --> 00:38:39,275 if Dr. Bader can't find an effective way to purge this creature, 718 00:38:40,192 --> 00:38:42,945 you are looking at the gravest possible measures. 719 00:38:42,987 --> 00:38:46,073 So I guess I don't have much to lose, do I? 720 00:38:46,324 --> 00:38:47,742 (SIGHS) 721 00:38:48,117 --> 00:38:49,618 Are you ready, Jake? 722 00:38:50,036 --> 00:38:51,454 Hell, yes. 723 00:38:54,999 --> 00:38:57,335 (MECHANICAL WHIRRING) 724 00:39:05,843 --> 00:39:07,219 He's here. 725 00:39:07,803 --> 00:39:09,013 How's he doing? 726 00:39:09,055 --> 00:39:12,016 Jake is doing as well as could be expected, 727 00:39:12,058 --> 00:39:13,726 considering what he's been subjected to. 728 00:39:13,768 --> 00:39:15,061 But even better, 729 00:39:15,102 --> 00:39:19,315 all signs of the invasive brain activity have been eradicated. 730 00:39:19,357 --> 00:39:20,483 You're certain? 731 00:39:20,524 --> 00:39:22,026 Take a look yourself. 732 00:39:22,068 --> 00:39:24,862 Even the moderate dose began to eat away at it, so I went for broke. 733 00:39:24,904 --> 00:39:28,449 The red areas that we determined were the creature's, 734 00:39:28,491 --> 00:39:30,451 are gone completely. 735 00:39:30,493 --> 00:39:34,372 All indications are that the brain, it's back to normal. 736 00:39:34,580 --> 00:39:36,082 Thank God. 737 00:39:36,123 --> 00:39:38,167 The hell we've done the right thing. 738 00:39:38,209 --> 00:39:41,504 I still need one more assurance. 739 00:39:45,174 --> 00:39:46,759 This is gonna hurt, Jake. 740 00:39:48,969 --> 00:39:50,721 God, I hope so. 741 00:39:56,936 --> 00:39:58,312 (JAKE GROANS) 742 00:40:03,818 --> 00:40:05,903 (BREATHES HEAVILY) 743 00:40:16,580 --> 00:40:17,998 No healing, General. 744 00:40:21,085 --> 00:40:22,169 Okay. 745 00:40:22,211 --> 00:40:24,422 But let's give it a few minutes. 746 00:40:26,257 --> 00:40:27,591 It's gone. 747 00:40:28,300 --> 00:40:29,760 I can feel it. 748 00:40:49,113 --> 00:40:50,448 DR. BADER: Oh, my God. 749 00:40:50,489 --> 00:40:51,782 What's wrong? 750 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:55,035 I just had a scary thought. 751 00:40:55,077 --> 00:40:57,580 What if the electrical activity in the red areas 752 00:40:57,621 --> 00:40:59,290 we assumed were taking over his brain, 753 00:40:59,331 --> 00:41:01,459 were actually Jake's? 754 00:41:02,710 --> 00:41:04,086 What the hell are you saying? 755 00:41:04,128 --> 00:41:06,088 If the creature's synapses were actually in retreat, 756 00:41:06,130 --> 00:41:10,468 then we would have killed off the wrong inhabitant of Jake Worthy's body. 757 00:41:22,104 --> 00:41:25,024 Your father loved you very much, Timothy. 758 00:41:26,066 --> 00:41:27,485 And he missed you, 759 00:41:28,235 --> 00:41:30,196 until the day he died. 760 00:41:35,201 --> 00:41:36,827 Tell me what I have to do. 761 00:41:36,869 --> 00:41:38,412 Buy some time. 762 00:41:39,038 --> 00:41:40,873 I'm dying, Jake. 763 00:41:41,248 --> 00:41:44,126 In two-three days the most, 764 00:41:44,168 --> 00:41:45,961 there won't be a trace of me. 765 00:41:46,003 --> 00:41:49,965 Meson bombardment is the only thing that might bring me back. 766 00:41:50,007 --> 00:41:51,842 But you'll never survive it, Jake. 767 00:41:53,177 --> 00:41:54,512 Never. 768 00:41:55,679 --> 00:41:57,056 I understand. 769 00:42:08,067 --> 00:42:11,362 JAKE: "How do you make up for a life time of mistakes? 770 00:42:11,403 --> 00:42:14,156 "A life of squandered opportunities. 771 00:42:14,198 --> 00:42:16,909 "For once I had to make the right choice, 772 00:42:16,951 --> 00:42:19,995 "to leave behind something that could make a difference. 773 00:42:20,037 --> 00:42:21,914 "That legacy, 774 00:42:21,956 --> 00:42:23,791 "my otherworldly friend, 775 00:42:24,083 --> 00:42:25,668 "that legacy is you." 776 00:42:39,974 --> 00:42:44,562 CONTROL VOICE: Few of us have the opportunity to truly begin again, 777 00:42:44,603 --> 00:42:48,857 to redress the flaws that tarnish our souls. 778 00:42:48,899 --> 00:42:52,278 But only when we remake ourselves, 779 00:42:52,319 --> 00:42:54,989 can we remake the world.