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Charlie, Charlie, Charlie...

Adam, we don't have time for Charlie.
Mommy's waiting.

Charlie, Daddy, please!

Adam, how many times
have you seen Charlie?

A hundred times? A million times?
A gazillion times?

Charlie, Charlie, Charlie.

Okay.
Okay, you want to see Charlie?

Come on.

All right, here-
Charlie on Red Bull.

Thank you! Thank you, everybody.
Thank you so much!

Charlie doesn't talk.

You're the only four-year-old

in the world
that knows that!

Mommy's waiting.
Let's go.

I don't know.

All right, you ready?

You ready, Charlie?
Here we go.

Look at this!
There goes Charlie!

I'll call you back.

You drive.
Let's go, buddy.

Hey, I'm fine too, hon.

Adam:
@ The itsy-bitsy spider @

- @ went up the water spout @
- Father: @ -water spout @

@ Down came the rain and... @

- @ Washed the spider out @
- @... washed the spider out @

Both:
@ Out came the sun and dried... @

Father
I can never remember those words.

Both:
@ The itsy-bitsy spider went... @

Father: Ahh!

Adam, hang on!

Where am I?

Adam.

Come on, Maggie,
it may be a jab in the ass to you,

but it could be one large
step for mankind.

Dr. Amanda Mayfield
calling Dr. Eric Norris.

- Come in, Dr. Norris.
- Hey.

You know, I've been in
subterranean passageways

very deep within ancient mountains
that had more light than this.

It's kind of late.
You want to grab some dinner?

The monkeys
will still be here.

No, thanks.

Okay, but then
this is it.

This is absolutely
the last time you will ever

be offered the pleasure
of my company.

- Your loss, buster.
- Thanks.

Do you remember when our families
took us to that podunk circus,

and the clowns came out
and nobody was laughing

so you jumped
in the ring with them?

The audience thought you were
funnier than lipstick on a goat.

Now that was who
you were then.

How come I don't see
a flea-sized portion of that Eric now?

You came all this way
to talk about the circus?

I didn't come just to annoy you.

I came to show you something
that'll make your eyes pop...

stimulate your
scientific curiosity,

make you feel 15 again.

This is going to be more fun
than poking at monkeys.

Look at-
oh, wait a minute.

How can that be?
It wasn't like that when I found it.

Found it?
You found this?

Yeah. The meteor that
burned up last night-

that came down
on my property.

That's what was left of it,

but it didn't look like that
when I put it in here.

Look, Andreas,
I gotta get back to work.

No no no!
I swear-

that damn thing was soft
like a jellyfish or something.

And you could almost see through it.
It had legs-

lots of legs.

Seriously! Really- Eric!

Look, I gotta get
back to work, okay?

The Lord is my rock.

Or maybe we could use it
as a paperweight

for those reports of yours that
must have tumbled from my desk

and lodged themselves in
obscure crevices.

I�ll have them for you.

Oh, I�m sure you will, Eric.

But the inextricable
march of time

thunders in my ears.

No tickee, no washee- no funding.

Who was that guy?

My boss Shilling.

You shouldn't let him
talk to you like that.

I�ll see you later.

The patient's condition
has deteriorated.

Difficulty breathing;
minimal sensory response.

Come on, Maggie.

You can fight this.
Fight it off.

Hey, Tarzan.

How's Cheetah?

Look, I have to talk
to you about something.

Herr Fuhrer has decreed

that I divide my time between
your monkeys and my mice.

He wants me to supervise whatever
it is you're doing here.

Why does he try
to humiliate you?

You're a brilliant scientist, Eric.

Testing these monkeys
with HIV is the way to go.

You're on the right track.

HIV is a mutation of the simian virus.
As soon as you figure out how-

Don't worry about it.
Supervise away, okay?

This rock thing that
your friend gave you?

Andreas.

Yeah.
Did he say where it was from?

Outer space.

Really?

I have to finish this report if I�m
gonna have it on your desk in the morning.

I need to give it
my full attention.

Look, I already told you,
I don't care what Shilling said.

Right.

Okay, I�ll see you
in the morning.

Adam:
@ The itsy-bitsy spider @

@ went up the water spout... @

@ Down came the rain @

@ And washed the spider out @

@ Out came the sun @

@ And dried up all the... @

Oh, God.

Oh, God.

Oh, Maggie.

Look, I�m sorry about Maggie,

but at least there
was some improvement.

The serum strengthened
her immune system

but ultimately
couldn't hold the gains.

The good news is that
you extended her life

by at least three months.
I'd say you're definitely on the right track.

You know, it might be
something as simple

as modulating the dosage.

- Oh.
- What's wrong?

No, nothing. I�m-

What? What?

"Actually, it's your body, Amanda.

I never realized
how attractive you are. "

Wow, uh, yeah.
Um...

actually that's-
that's quite true.

What?

No, um...

- What?
- So, uh...

what are you doing tonight?

So why after six months

have you finally decided
I�m the woman of your dreams?

I don't know. Actually,
I�m surprised it took me this long.

I mean, you are charming,
delightful,

and so darn attractive.

Don't you think I�m just
a little too old for you?

- No.
- No?

Works for me.

- Yours?
- Uh, yeah.

It�s spiffy.

Oh!

Thanks.

- So this thing with Shilling?
- Mmm.

What's that about?

Obviously you pissed him off
royally somewhere down the line.

Ha. Um, reservations
are for 7:30.

How about this?

The first time
I ever kissed a boy,

it was in the dead
of winter and he had mucus

running out of his nose.

Do we really have to do this?

Absolutely. This is all part
of the mating ritual.

We have to tell each other
embarrassing things.

That way our defenses come down
and we trust each other.

That wasn't embarrassing,
that was disgusting.

Oh!

Okay okay.
This one's a biggie:

my left breast grew
before my right one did.

So necking was only permitted
if the boy was on my right.

That way if he reached over,
he got the one with the half.

- Okay okay.
- Pretty good.

I accept that.
Definitely embarrassing.

But do you really want to
tell me a story like that?

You're a son of a bitch.

So in order to look
into the girls' shower

from the boys' side,

you had to jump up,
grab the cold-water pipe...

and peek through
this very small window

near the ceiling, and uh...

well, it was a very-
really good story.

Yeah, well, I think
you're onto something,

'cause that can definitely
count as embarrassing.

That's only the beginning.

The problem is that
the hot-water pipe

ran underneath
the cold-water pipe,

and your arms couldn't help
but swing against it.

I had the absolute worst burns
of everybody who tried it-

practically third degree.

Which means that you
stayed up there the longest,

and that makes you
the horniest voyeur of them all.

Yeah.

Eric, ow.

I was a hero
to my classmates.

You're right-
that is embarrassing.

Eric, Eric.

Look, ah!

Ho ho, wait!
What are you doing?

I need to see
that incredible breast of yours.

Oh, not on our first date.

Not on the first date?
What do you mean, not on the first-

I said one grew fast.

I didn't say the other
didn't catch up.

I want to find out
for myself.

Ahh!

Hey, how you doin'?

Good morning.

Hey, guys.
Fred, how you doing?

Fred:
I�m doing well.

Amanda.

Oh, God.

My my, I had no idea
you were so shy.

Is it modesty, I wonder,

or guilt?

Guilt?

Covering up the scene
of the crime.

You did go out with
Amanda last night, didn't you?

That's what being close to someone
means to you- "the scene of the crime"?

I read your report.

You can't compare one
diseased animal to another.

That monkey might have lasted
three months longer regardless.

Your proof is flawed.

Can you even
remember the last time

you were published in
"The New England Journal of Medicine"?

No.

But I bet you do.

Month, day, hour...

position of the earth, the moon.

Whatever humor you think
you're finding at my expense

has its own very steep charge.

You'll find that out when
your keys don't fit here any longer.

That was perhaps a poor choice
of words back there.

But we both know where
the real scene of the crime was,

don't we?

Yes.

I thought as much.

God.

Oh.

God!

Oh!

Blood work, X-rays,
ultrasound, MRI-

Jesus, a spinal tap?

Is there anything
you didn't order?

Well, I thought it important to be
as thorough as I am with my own subjects.

Well, as far as I can tell,
it isn't a virus

or a bacterial infection.

It�s nothing you
contracted at the lab.

Old tight-ass Shilling won't
have to worry about his insurance rates.

And it's not a tumor.

You've told me what it isn't.

As of now, some form of
as-yet-unidentified parasite...

that is growing inside you
at a very rapid rate.

It seems to have tapped into
the cardiovascular network

through thousands of
filament-like protrusions

that act as conduits.

It has also compromised
your respiratory system.

Like a true parasite
and host,

it is getting everything it needs
to survive from you.

Right-
oxygen, blood, nutrients.

Mm-hmm.

It really is grotesque.

- Yeah.
- A monstrosity.

But evidently, it has a physiology
that's compatible with yours.

Do you have any idea how you could
have come in contact with this?

No.

And to remove it?

Well, that's the bitch, Eric.

It has integrated itself so insidiously
into your biology

that to remove it...

would cause massive hemorrhaging
and instantaneous death.

- Prognosis?
- I�ve never seen anything like this.

Prognosis?

Well, it'd just be a guess,

but I think either way...

it will kill you in
a very short period of time.

Let me talk to Dr. Shilling.

Machine: You've reached Eric Norris.
Please leave a message after the tone.

It�s me, Andreas.
So what'd you find out?

Were you able to crack
that shell or whatever it was?

I tell you, it was
the weirdest-looking thing I ever saw-

all those legs and that spongy body
you could see through.

I�ve been having
nightmares about it, man.

So was it some jellyfish flopping
around 100 miles inland

or was it some creature
from another planet? What?

Andreas?

I�m here.

Tell me again what you found.

What's the matter?

This.

A parasite- something alien.

It bore through the tissue,

formed an opening, created a network
throughout my body,

attaching itself to every organ
required to sustain its life.

It�s nesting in there.

Oh, Jesus.

I asked you here because
I know it's gonna kill me.

And when it does, it needs
to be immediately removed

and placed into an environment
where it can maintain.

I don't trust anyone else
to do it.

No, that can't be
our only option.

It�s gonna need a continuing
blood supply with my blood type,

and an oxygen source if its lungs
haven't matured enough

to function on their own.

I don't think it can survive
outside the host in any case,

but you've got to keep it alive long enough
to conduct some experiments.

You're not making any sense.

We're talking about
extraterrestrial life here.

Eric!

This is going to be
the scientific discovery of the millennium.

How?

How has this thing manifested
itself in you?

It�s of no consequence.

I know it's gonna kill me.

I have accepted that.

Okay, well, humor me.
Okay, tell me:

what symptoms
have you experienced?

I don't know.

Uh, vomiting,

cramps,

um...

- cold sweats, stuff like that.
- Yeah, okay. Okay.

Now what about
the emotional changes?

Eric, you just bought yourself
a sporty new car;

you've got a big hello
for everybody.

You've been practically euphoric.

I think we can attribute that
to other sources.

I believe I�ve fallen
in love with you.

Damn you.

Damn you.
Damn you, Eric!

How dare you tell me
something like that

at the same time you're telling me
you're gonna die?

This thing is not just
a hole in your tissue, okay?

It dilates with
tactile stimulation.

What if there's
another answer, huh?

What if there's another answer to
what this thing is?

- Something that's not gonna kill you?
- What do you mean?

What if this is not
just a parasite?

The vomiting, the cold sweats,
the cramps...

What if this thing somehow

hooked itself into
your vital organs

and then attached itself into
your reproductive system?

Oh my God, this-

this is completely nuts, but-
I�d have to run a whole bunch of tests.

You're saying

that it harvested some
of my sperm

when we made love?

That it somehow enabled me

to impregnate myself?

But if it was true,

it would likely have some

of my genetic coding, wouldn't it?

I don't-
I just threw something out there.

Right now it's nothing
more than a postulation.

What if I�m gonna
give birth to it?

No. No, that can't be.

It probably isn't. The more
I think about it, it's ridiculous.

It�s a monster.

I had a beautiful son.

I can't be the father
of a monster.

Look, Eric,

I promise you
this is not gonna kill you.

And you are not gonna
give birth to it, okay?

I love you, Daddy.

Why did you kill us, Eric?

Are you listening to me?

Eric! Eric?

Eric!

Both: @ Out came the sun @

@ And dried up all the rain... @

Both:
@ And the itsy-bitsy spider... @

- Do you mind?
- Yeah, I do mind!

- Ah! Hang on!
- Ahh!

Oh, my God.

My God.

Norris? Norris!

Andreas's voice: Were you able to crack
that shell or whatever it was?

I tell you, it was
the weirdest-looking thing I ever saw-

all those legs and that
spongy body you could see through.

I�ve been having
nightmares about it, man.

So was it some jellyfish flopping
around 100 miles inland

or was it some creature
from another planet? What?

Eric's voice:
Andreas, I�m here.

Tell me again what you found.

Andreas's voice: You mean it's lost?
You can't find it?

Eric's voice:
No, not lost.

I might know where it is.

Okay okay!

Where have you been?
You know, I�ve been really worried.

What's going on with you?

Eric?

You see this glass?

Whoa, hey!

- Baby. Baby, stop it.
- No, just get away!

Just get away from me.

- What are you doing?
- I can't hurt myself.

Eric, what is wrong with you!?

I drove my car into
the path of a tree.

What?

I took my hands
off the steering wheel.

I stepped down on the accelerator
and I closed my eyes.

- Why?
- And then my eyes were open.

And I was-
I was turning the wheel,

and my foot was
hitting the brake.

I missed the tree.

It�s protecting me.

It won't let me hurt myself.

I have to live...

so it can be born.

Baby, you need to stop.
Let me help you, Eric.

I want to help you.

Don't touch me.
Don't touch me.

Why not?

It needs me alive
to be born.

It needed me in love
to be conceived.

Without it-
without it,

I don't think we would
have been together.

I don't think I would have
let you into my life.

Without it, I�m not sure
I�d be in love with you.

- What?
- I�m sorry.

I�m sorry.

- No, you-
- I�m really sorry.

You-

Norris's friend found a foreign organism
attached to a piece of the meteor

and he gave it to him.

According to what
Norris told him,

that thing has gotten inside of him and
is growing at an accelerated pace.

Norris believes that this is
some sort of alien parasite

that's determined to free itself,
and in the process, kill him.

Didn't I see this on "X Files"?

The question is,
Agent Gerhard,

is Norris the only one
at risk?

Amanda: Eric?

Eric?

You've got to wake up.
You've got to listen to me.

Shilling just brought
the FBI into this.

They just questioned me and now
they're going to come looking for you.

I know why
I�m carrying this monster.

It�s a curse laid on me
by a vengeful God.

Okay. Okay, baby.
Come on, come on.

- You gotta sit up.
- My family died because of me.

I must atone for it.

Okay.

It�s the beast that I must care for
in place of my own child.

You're soaking wet.
Okay, listen to me.

Listen to me: If they find you,
they are going to take it away

and then they're going to conduct
experiments on both of you.

They're going to put you in cages
like- like one of your monkeys.

And they're going to inject you,
draw your blood,

and hook you up to
all kinds of machines.

And I�m not going to
let that happen.

Okay, come on.

Maybe- maybe you don't
really love me.

And maybe when you no longer
have this thing inside you,

you're not going to want to
have anything more to do with me.

But until then,
you need me.

And I am not giving you up
to Shilling

or the FBI.

Now get it together.
Let's go.

You have to get dressed.

Amanda:
My sister lives in Kansas City.

We can stay with her.
I�ll just call from the road.

Do you have any money on you?

Never mind-
I�m loaded.

- Man: Clear!
- Clear!

Man #3:
Clear!

I told you you wouldn't find him here.
Oh, by the way,

Dr. Mayfield has
disappeared as well.

Now where do you suppose
she could be?

Somebody knows, Doctor.

That's what television is for.

Amanda:
All right, hold on, baby. Hold on.

I�ll find us a safe place,
I promise.

Okay now, Eric.

Here here here!
Here!

All right, baby. Okay.

Eric! Eric, it's okay.

- It�s okay!
- Ahh!

My God.

What the hell are you?

I�m not gonna hurt you.

Not gonna hurt you.

Okay. Okay.

It�s all right.

It�s okay. Okay.
Okay okay.

I�m not gonna hurt you.

I�m not gonna hurt you.

Hey, don't cry.

Don't cry.

It�s okay.

You smell like strawberries.

You are...

really something.

I�m gonna touch
your little fingers.

Look at these little hands.

You have really gotten big.

Really big.

Got to have a sense of humor
on this planet if you want to survive,

know what I mean?
Hey, I�m gonna cheer you up, okay?

Check this out.

Hey, what do you think of this?

Hey, is that a smile?

Yes, it is.

Yeah, you're smiling.
You're smiling.

Look at these little things.

I�m gonna call you Benjamin.

It was my
grandfather's name.

He was forever
grabbing at the ladies.

Used to say he was all hands.

You are really something,
you know?

You are really-
really something.

Hey, Amanda.

He's amazing, huh?

I think he understands me.

No!

Hey, get away!

Get the creature.

- Ahh!
- Amanda: No!

No!
Get your hands off him!

Bastard!
Leave him alone!

Get off of him.
Get off.

- No!
- Leave her alone!

Leave her alone!

No!

- Eric!
- Agent: Get it out of here.

- Eric: No!
- Don't hurt it.

- No!
- Agent: Get him out of here.

No!

No!

Ahh!
Get your hands off me.

Look, we don't want to hurt you.

Where are they taking him?
Where are they taking him?

Why don't you go home, Doctor?

Go back to Kansas
or Maryland

are wherever the hell
it is you come from.

Go to hell.

Ahh!

Well, now that we've got it,
what do we do with it?

Well, it could be the next step
in evolution...

or a scientific anomaly-

a bizarre dead-end aberration.

We can't know what we have until
we break down its DNA.

If it is genetically linked
to Dr. Norris,

we have what could
conceivably be called

an offspring.

It could lead to building
a better mousetrap.

Cyborgs,
but not with mechanical parts-

alien parts.

"Homo superior.
Homo extraordinaire. "

It�s not out of the question.

It�s certainly worth the research,
the testing.

Yes, if one is willing to risk
one's professional reputation

that this thing is something
other than...

an exotic parasite.

Are you willing to do that?

And what happens when
the public gets wind of it?

There's no reason it need to.

Oh, give me a break.

For 60 years, they believed in
flying saucers without proof,

and now we've got proof.
And if they get hold of it-

Steps can be taken to ensure
that doesn't happen.

Dr. Shilling, you're here by invitation
of the United States government

because of your past association
with Dr. Norris.

It�s not up to you to decide
how this matter is handled.

Christ, we don't even know
that this is the only one.

Yes, we do. It didn't arrive in
a spaceship, for God's sakes.

It was a meteor-
a shooting star,

a chunk of rock.

I saw what was left of it
after it burned up.

We will never know where it came from,
but whatever it was,

there are no more.

And isn't that reason enough
to try and preserve it?

Or at least what it's become?

Who was that guy?

Who do you think?

Dr. Norris's condition
has stabilized.

You can leave.

They told me how hard
you fought them,

how they had to
rip it from your arms.

And now I�ve got to tell you...

it's not doing well, Eric.

Depressed motor activity,

difficulty breathing,

minimal sensory response.

You know the drill.

Very sorry to have to
tell you that.

All right, come on, pugly ugly,
it's time to eat.

It�s something you like too-
it's bat wings and hyena guts.

There you go.

Now eat.

Don't be cute with me.

There you go.
See how easy that is?

We can keep Dr. Norris alive
using intravenous feedings,

but we have no way to do that
with a child.

Child?

We're using the term "child"
as a shorthand.

What would you call it, sir?

As Dr. Braxton said,
an aberration,

a hideous anomaly,

Beelzebub's whimsy.

Well, the last one is mine.

It is our understanding now
that the subject

be kept functional for
the purposes of research.

Despite our best efforts,
however,

it appears to be failing-

rather rapidly, at that.

The only thing we haven't tried
is what you're about to see now.

Dr. Shilling's objections
notwithstanding...

Please have Emil
ready the video cameras.

Hello?

Yes, ma'am.

Bring them in.

Strawberries.

Oh, God.

I thought Norris was
nonresponsive.

Hey. Hey!

Benjamin.

Jesus Christ.

Hey.

Are you okay?
Huh? You all right?

It�s okay.
Take it easy.

I�m right here.

Hey, I won't let them
do this to you.

You understand?

You got to fight it.

Fight it.

Do it for me.

Don't be scared.
Don't be scared. I�m right here, okay?

You got to fight this.

You understand?

Come here.

Come here.
It�s okay.

Yeah.

Come here.

Yeah, come right here.

There you go.
You all right?

Yeah yeah yeah.
Hang on.

Yeah. Hey.

I�m not gonna let anything
happen to you.

You understand that?

Oh.

I�m gonna take care of you.

We'll be together,
I promise.

I promise.

All right.

Hey, it's okay.

Hey.

Hey, look at that.

Yeah, there you go.

Yeah.

There you go.

Hey, come on,
see if you can get up.

There you go.

Yeah.

There you go.

That's good, Benji.

What are you doing?

Go like that. Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, you're okay.
You're doing good.

Yeah, come here.

Come right here.

Come to Daddy.
Yeah.

Yeah, it's all right.

You're not really thinking of
harming this child, are you?

Imagine that-
just like any father and son.

And you can train lizards
to slither through hoops.

Thank you very much,
ladies and gentlemen.

I think I�ve seen enough.

Maybe too much.

So if the government wants us to
proceed with this program, okay.

But it becomes quite obvious

that if we're going to have
any success at all with this,

they're going to have to
be allowed to be together...

at least part of the time.

- Have some coffee.
- Thank you.

Now how did you
hear about me?

The phone book.

I�m not in the phone book.

The Society for
Alternative Explanations is,

and they recommended you.

Mm hmm hmm.

I asked them for an attorney
with an open mind.

You found one with
a hole in his head.

Beg your pardon?

I keep taking these cases
and I keep losing.

I know there are aliens out there.

At least, I�m pretty sure I know
there are aliens out there.

I mean, how else would you
explain Andy Kaufman or Jim Carrey?

Actually that was meant
to be a joke.

Mmm.

I take pills for my paranoia,

but I still believe in
government conspiracies.

You seem like a reasonable woman-

research scientist,
well-respected,

emotionally stable,

attractive without being
overly cutesy.

I�m starting to believe you.

You say you haven't seen Dr. Norris
since they took him away.

Yes. I told you that.

Mmm.

This alien Benjamin,

do you have any proof
it exists?

Proof?

- Blanket it was wrapped in?
- They took it.

- Baby bottle?
- There wasn't any.

Right back to where we started-

we have no proof it exists.

It�s locked away in
a government installation,

and we don't know where.

Look, this FBI agent knew
where I was from.

I mean, he came to interview me at
my work in Fairfield, Connecticut.

That's not Kansas or Maryland.

Now I�ve got
a stepsister in Kansas, but...

I don't know a soul in Maryland.

Plucked it out of thin air.

That's what
I thought too at first.

And then I got to thinking,
"Why Maryland?"

And then I realized

there's a big federal hospital
in a military base in Bethesda.

There are federal hospitals
all over the country.

I know that, except that
he mentioned Maryland.

So he mentioned Maryland. So?

Jesus, would you
let me finish, please?

Look, I called over there

and I asked if I could
visit Eric Norris.

They said no.

Like I said...

They didn't say he wasn't there.

They just said that
I couldn't visit him.

Hmm.

Why would the FBI guy...

I don't know.

I don't know.

He was doing his job.
You know, maybe...

maybe he just
wasn't happy about it.

Not that it matters anyway

because you think
I�m making this up.

- It�s an impossible case.
- I know.

Impossible.
I�ll take it.

Son of a bitch.

Benjamin! Benjamin!

God!
Son of a bitch!

Ahhh!

Man:
Call for backup!

- What's going on?
- Man, you wouldn't believe it!

Grab the tentacles.

Oh, no. Oh!

Take hold of him!

Stay strong.

Can't breathe!

What did you hope to accomplish?

Did you think you were going to
sneak down the back staircase

with your little freak
and disappear into the night?

Is that what you thought?

And by the way,
after your midnight visit,

Benjamin became quite violent-

tried to kill people,
did considerable damage.

Is there any end to your talent
for causing pain and suffering?

I have something to tell you.

It appears that I�ve been
drafted by our government.

I am no longer an advisor
to this team.

In the matter of Benjamin,
the mad little monster,

I am now in charge.

That information will
remain in this room.

Our new marching orders
are these:

The creature is
a viable threat.

It�s a danger to us all and must
be dealt with accordingly.

It�s growing and gaining
strength exponentially.

We need to push an aggressive
testing regimen

that will show us
how it's happening.

Hopefully it will survive.

If it doesn't, so be it.

Better to err on the side
of the intrepid.

Lawyer:
I�m glad you're here.

I want you to see this.

Eric?

Why was this sent to you?

I posted to the website that
I was representing you

and the reason why.

I was hoping to stir up a bee's nest,
but this...

What?

Well, for one,
there's no name attached to it.

I don't trust anonymous tips.

Could be a fake.

Looks like
computer images to me.

No. No, they're not.

This is exactly how Eric would
try to communicate with Benjamin.

I mean, you saw how listless
Benjamin was.

The poor thing was
practically comatose.

I bet they brought them together
to see if Eric's presence

could- could breathe
some life into him.

And you say you were
there at its birth.

Yeah, I already told you that.

Why would you lie to me?

I can't think of a good reason.
Can you?

A respected scientist-
you have a reputation to consider.

If this were a fake,
it would destroy you and Norris.

It�s not a fake.

It�s a real live alien.

My first fucking alien.

I knew it!

- I knew it, I knew it!
- Okay.

Okay.

Now whoever sent us this

is trying to tell us something.

Okay.

Benjamin's in danger-
imminent danger.

They want us to do
something about it.

They can't go public
with it themselves because...

Because they're too close
to the situation.

And if they were to come forward,
they could be in danger too.

Good.

Who are you calling?

Our first line of defense

is to keep the government from
doing anything to Benjamin.

The way to do that is
to go public with this;

put it out there for
everyone to see

and freeze the feds
in their tracks.

Society of Alternative
Explanations-

they have an uncanny way of
arousing media interest.

Hello, this is Howard Ellis.

May I speak with
General Fragni-aa-ta,

Ambassador to the planet
Na-hu-uu-met?

Thank you.

So here are the DVDs.
Upload them to the Internet,

link to every science fiction
and science fact site there is.

We need to get the word out.

Telepathically,
or a letter-writing campaign?

I think we'll stay
with the letter writing.

I want 20,000 letters
to Amnesty International

and the Council on Human Rights.

If we go to the Justice Department,
they'll just freeze us up.

What about "The Earthling Press"?

Avoid the tabloids
at all costs,

especially "The World," "The Globe,"
and that rag, "The Star. "

- "The New York Times"?
- Mm-hmm.

"Rolling Stone,"
"Wall Street Journal"?

Ahh, I worked for
"The Wall Street Journal. "

Yes, sir?

Man:
Get me Congressman McKinney.

Washington confirms that
it is refusing to deny

the existence or nonexistence
of an alien life form

which may or may not be currently
detained in an undisclosed location.

This comes from a high-level
government source

wishing to remain anonymous.

Stay tuned for more
on this developing story.

And what are we going
to do about that?

True or false-

there are aliens among us.

It is, of course, nonsense.

Crapola!

I�m pretty sure my brother
is an alien.

That little shit never
leaves the hospital.

So is it hot in here, or am I
just eight months pregnant?

I thought I had it bad.
That guy who had the alien?

Can you imagine?

You think he went the natural
childbirth route

or do you think he went
for the epidural?

I�m guessing
he took the drugs.

First of all, he's a man,

and second,
an alien came out of him!

Ow.
If that thing came out of me,

I would still be on the drugs.

Reporter: Speculation among leading
scientific authorities

seems equally divided between
the belief

that this is actually
a creature from another planet

and the notion that this is
just a gigantic hoax

perpetrated on
a gullible public.

So what do we do now?

A writ of habeas corpus.

Can't incarcerate someone
without charging them with a crime.

It�s against the law.
It�s illegal

and has been illegal for
the last 250 years.

232.

Find him, do you hear me?
Find that son of a bitch!

- We can't find Emil.
- Forget Emil.

In case you haven't heard,
the secret is out.

The entire world knows
we have Benjamin.

He doesn't belong here.
He belongs with Norris.

We've made a goddamn
prisoner out of him.

- Now how does that make us look?
- He's dangerous. He's attacked.

Sure, when you take him
away from Norris.

You put them together and
they do soft-shoe numbers.

Now look, we have to
give him back.

I�ve got to make him
understand that.

But we don't know that
he is its father.

It only carries about
12% human DNA.

- And we have to run some tests.
- Why?

To determine why it's growing
at such an extraordinary rate.

Is it a pituitary-like function
or is it something else?

We have no idea how big
it's going to get.

We already know the strength
it has at this size.

Let it free and it'll be like releasing
King Kong into the neighborhood.

If you think we look bad now,
what will the world think of us then?

Christ.

Good news, Dr. Norris.

You're going home.

I�m taking Benjamin with me.

I�m afraid that's
not possible.

Your people filed suit
against the government.

Whether or not Benjamin goes with you
is now for the court to decide.

- They'll side with us.
- That remains to be seen.

I want to talk with him.
I want to talk with my son.

I want to let him know that
he's going to be coming home.

That's not possible.

Why?

Why?

Benjamin has stabilized remarkably
these last two days.

He doesn't seem to
need you now the way he did.

And we're concerned that
if he sees you and then you leave,

it's just gonna get him
all wrought up again.

Then I�ll stay.

I�m afraid that's also not possible.

The suit put you in
an adversarial position.

How would it look if we were to
feed and shelter the enemy?

He's my son.

You're well enough to
go home, Doctor.

And so you must.

We'll take good care of your so-

of Benjamin.

You're coming home
with me, Eric.

Why the hell do you
keep coming back?

How can you not be
fascinated by a guy

who burns his elbows trying
to peer into the girls' shower,

and who's dedicated to
saving a little pink alien

that nobody else in
the world wants?

I�m telling you,
you got to love that guy.

My friend didn't say that
the bedroom was her twin boys'.

You okay with that?

Yeah, it's fine.

Um, Howard Ellis,
our attorney, will be here soon.

- I can't lose him.
- I know.

I can't lose Benjamin.

I know.

I know.

You won't.

Miriam and-

Miriam and I had not been
in love for a long time.

And we were yelling
at each other.

Adam was in the backseat.

He started singing
to distract us.

He made us join him
but I was very angry.

Very angry.

I was pushing hard
on the gas pedal.

And I couldn't let up.

We skidded,

went off the road...

and crashed into a tree.

My family didn't die
in an accident.

I killed them.

Eric. Eric.

Please.

Good evening.
Dr. Norris!

I�m your attorney,
Howard Ellis.

Ooh, um,
hope you take it black.

Thanks.
How'd it go?

Well, the United States government
is holding Benjamin without good cause

and is going to have to
defend its actions.

Even an alien has
inalienable rights.

I filed the writ.

Man:
In the matter of Benjamin Norris

before the United States District Court
for the District of Columbia,

Judge Julia Deville presiding.

Bailiff:
All rise.

Be seated.

I have a writ of habeas corpus.

Who speaks for
the petitioner?

Howard Ellis, Your Honor,
for the petitioner.

Jesus.

And who speaks for
the respondent?

Victoria Barry,

Deputy Attorney General on
behalf of the United States.

Your Honor, the government objects
to this entire proceeding

and moves that this petition
be dismissed.

On what grounds?

The court lacks jurisdiction.

Why is that?

The petitioner is an alien,
Your Honor.

- I know that.
- From another planet.

They usually are.

Not from another planet, Your Honor.
The child was born here.

I know that.

- To a human father.
- We don't know that.

None of this answers my question.

The creature is growing
at an alarming rate

with a proportionate
increase in strength.

He's a healthy baby.

It�s already attacked several
of its attendants.

It�s a bit colicky.

You haven't convinced me,
Miss Barry.

Court will reconvene tomorrow
at 9:00 AM

to hear evidence and argument on
the petitioner's writ.

Court is adjourned.

Bailiff:
All rise.

Well, I think that
covers all the bases.

My three expert witnesses
are gonna kill!

What about the judge?

I don't think she likes us.

We've had a run-in or two...
or three.

But she's basically fair.

Basically?

What about Benjamin?

I don't want him in that courtroom
under any circumstances.

Well, we're certainly not going
to call him to the stand,

and the government's got him
locked away from public scrutiny.

Suits us just fine.

They're holding him without cause.

- That's our case.
- You'd better be right.

Trust me.

Well, better get some rest.
Got to be our best tomorrow.

Not that I think we won't win-
I do think we'll win.

I mean, I know we'll win.

What was that?

What?

Outside the door.
Something-

- Really?
- Something.

Stay here.

There's no one there.

Well, better safe than sorry.

Good night.

- And if we don't win?
- We will.

We will.

The guy's a loser.

Okay?
I mean, he's pathetic.

I know it.

Eric, I am so so sorry.

I just couldn't find anybody else.

It�s okay.
It doesn't matter.

- Of course it matters.
- No, it doesn't.

Eric, you've got to at least
face the possibility-

No, it doesn't matter-
I�m telling you right now-

because we're going to win.
There are no other options, okay?

Benjamin is my son.
He belongs with me,

and that's the way it's
gonna come out.

Okay?

Okay.

Save Benjamin.

The government will argue

that Benjamin is so unnatural
an occurrence-

so abnormal,

despite the presence of
human DNA-

that he has no birthright,
and in fact

belongs to no one.

True...

Benjamin is different.

But so is a Down Syndrome baby or
a child born with a genius IQ.

Would anyone dare suggest
that the United States government

has the right to detain,

conduct experiments on,

and deprive a child
the love and comfort

of a parent just
because he's different?

What does that sound like
to you, Your Honor?

Do I have to kick my boots
to make the point?

We all know the story
of the Elephant Man.

At best, he was a curiosity

who engendered sympathy
in a compassionate few.

At worst,

he was an object of scorn
who was put on display

and cruelly ridiculed
by the public.

And the Elephant Man
was a human being.

He- he could speak, he wore clothes,
he had the power of cognition.

This creature

is not a human being,
not even remotely,

not by any stretch of
the imagination.

For heaven's sake,
just look at him, Your Honor.

This is an alien creature
first and foremost.

Yesterday Mr. Ellis told us

that Dr. Norris
had given birth

to what he calls a child.

But Your Honor, we know

men can't give birth.

They can host parasites.

And parasites being parasites,

they feed off the host.

They can even assimilate
host biology,

even absorb host DNA.

But they are not the host.

They are not men.
They are not human beings.

And they are not
someone's child.

Do you swear to tell the truth
so help you God?

- I do.
- Be seated.

Dr. Lattis, you had an opportunity
to review the X-rays

Dr. Norris took
of himself, yes?

As an expert in
the field of radiology,

what were you able
to ascertain?

Well, I observed
a symmetrically-formed organism

with a beating heart growing
internally near the abdomen.

A beating heart?
How interesting.

And symmetrical is
important because, um...

why?

Well, it pertains to
intentional design,

not chaotic, which it would have been
if we were dealing with foreign matter.

Well, how would you
define it, sir?

Well, beyond all reason,

it- it appeared to me to be
a living embryo.

A human embryo?

- Objection.
- Overruled.

The man is an expert witness.

We're entitled to hear
his professional opinion.

Thank you.

Well, if it was human, it was nothing
I�d ever seen before.

Was it self-sustaining?

It...

did not take nourishment
from a single umbilicus,

but there was no doubt that it was
completely dependent

upon Dr. Norris's body
for its own survival.

Hmm.
So in a loose definition

of the term, sir,

would you consider
Dr. Norris to be his mother?

Um, in a very loose...

definition of the term,
I suppose.

Thank you.
Doctor?

Dr. Lattis,
does Eric Norris have a uterus?

No.

Does he have ovaries?
Produce ova?

Um, no.

And yet you agreed that
he was the creature's mother?

Well, I said in a very loose
definition of the term.

So you're changing
your testimony.

Well, if you- if what you want
is a literal description of the-

Stop tap dancing, Bojangles.
Come to the point.

No.

Uh, Eric Norris is not
the mother of the embryo

that he was carrying.

Wouldn't it be more accurate to say
that he was the host organism

for a parasitic alien that
grew to maturity inside him?

That does sound to be...

a more reasonable explanation.

Thank you, Doctor.

Dr. Mayfield, what is the nature of
your relationship with Eric Norris?

- We're colleagues.
- Anything else?

We were lovers.

To the best of your knowledge,
does he have any other lovers?

No.
In fact, he explained to me

that before our relationship,

he had been celibate
for many years.

Would you care to object to that
as hearsay, Miss Barry?

No, but I wouldn't boast
about it either.

Um...

so would you feel
secure in saying

that Eric Norris became pregnant

on one of the occasions
you made love?

Objection, Your Honor.
We're taking giant leaps here.

If we cannot affirm that what emerged
from his body was a child,

then we cannot affirm that
what led to its creation

was a pregnancy.

I�m thinking about it.

All right.

Strike Mr. Ellis's question
from the court record.

At this point, the only thing
I�m really sure about

is that the alien egg
came before the chicken.

Just one more question.

As a medical doctor
and a respected scientist,

would you stake
your reputation on the fact

that what you participated in
and helped actuate

was in fact a birth,

and that Eric Norris
was the progenitor?

Without qualification.

Thank you, Dr. Mayfield.

No further questions.

You told Eric Norris that
the authorities were looking for him.

And it was your idea
to run away.

To avoid a repressive
government agency

which would surely make him
and his child objects of public ridicule,

which we can see,
they already have.

Your Honor?

Strike "child," please.

Thank you.

You helped extricate
the entity from him.

I helped deliver it, yes.

You jeopardized your reputation-
in fact, your whole career-

to help him, didn't you?

I suppose.

So wouldn't you lie for him now?

Would you have any compunction
about making up some story

- that was consistent with this-
- Objection!

- preposterous notion
that Eric Norris

- conceived this creature-
- Objection, Your Honor.

- was delivered of
this creature,

and is this creature's parent?

No further questions, Your Honor.

For the record, Doctor?

My name is Katherine Magee.

I�m a board-certified urologist with
a specialty in male infertility.

Mmm. Now it's been testified

that the alien egg in question

derives sustenance
and survival capability

through its propensity to...

connect to the vital organs
of Dr. Eric Norris.

Could it have harvested sperm
from his testicles?

Well, considering what else
it was capable of,

I would imagine it could,

but it wouldn't have been able to
inseminate itself- no way.

And why is that?

Sperm in the testicles is immature.

It�s not capable of
fertilization.

Then maybe my worthy
opponent is correct-

this is not an embryo,
just a parasite.

There is a well-documented condition
known as retrograde ejaculation

in which some or all of the semen
flow backward

into the bladder during climax.

Now if this egg phenomenon

were able to make accommodations
with the subject's organs,

as has been stated,

it could conceivably have instigated
this malfunction,

tapped into his bladder
and harvested his sperm.

Are you telling this court, ma'am,

that despite all logic
to the contrary,

Dr. Norris might have
impregnated himself,

and that the result of this union is
none other than his own progeny?

You could very well
make that case, yes.

Huh.

Thank you.

Dr. Magee,

can you say with any certainty

that this rather unlikely theory
of a man impregnating himself

is what happened to
Dr. Norris?

No.

No further questions, Your Honor.

Is there something
I can do for you?

I�m Emil Giddings.

I made that video you saw.
I sent it to you.

How?

Well, I worked at the hospital.

I recorded that session between
your friend and the alien.

Oh.
We're very grateful to you.

- Thank you.
- The government wanted to hush it up,

keep it a secret.

- Yes, we know.
- The people had to know about it.

It had to be exposed for
the public to see, you know?

That's what this hearing is doing.

Otherwise it could have been
experimented on in secret-

made more of them;

made an army of them.

Well, if- when we win,

that won't happen.

So how are you going to
keep it from

laying eggs in other people?

Are you going to put it in a cage,
keep it locked up somewhere?

Look, there's no evidence that Benjamin
is even capable of laying eggs.

So are you going to go away somewhere
in the desert where no one can find you?

Dr. Norris isn't going to
do any of those things.

He's going to raise Benjamin
as his son

the very best that he can.

Now if you'll excuse me.

I loved Miriam.

She should have been my wife.

Adam should
have been my son.

She loved me.

She did...

until you showed up.

Why did she leave me for you?

You know, it isn't so that
life finds its true path,

that everything happens
the way it should be.

Detours, potholes,
bumps in the road-

they change the natural
course of things.

And still,
I was living with it.

And you know why?

Because before the accident,

she confessed to me

that she wasn't happy
in her marriage,

that she made a mistake,

that she should never have
left me for you.

But before we could act on it,

before we could smooth
that bump in the road...

you took her from me
a second time.

When you killed her,

Eric, my dear friend,

you killed the last hope
I�ll ever have.

I�m sorry, Frederick.

I�ve been sorry every minute

for the last eight years
of my life.

I don't know.

Can you ever get even with someone
for the loss of a loved one?

Maybe not.

But seeing you in this courtroom,

knowing that you're
going to lose,

knowing that this monster
you so pathetically call your son

is going to be taken
from you forever,

well...

I guess that's as close
as payback will ever come for me.

Mm, um...

what is your profession, sir?

I was the Carmack Waterhouse

Professor of Constitutional Law
at Georgetown University.

The petitioner maintains that
the United States government

is holding Benjamin
without cause.

This flies in the face
of habeas corpus, does it not?

Well, habeas corpus is
the most important safeguard

of personal freedom we have

against arbitrary state action.

Well, for all practical purposes,

it's 100% more important
than constitutional guarantees

of individual liberty.

Now it's been determined
by scientists

employed by the federal government

that approximately 12% of
the genetic material found in Benjamin

is mirrored in the DNA
of Dr. Eric Norris.

Now in your expert opinion, sir,

would this qualify the subject
in question

to the rights and privileges
of the United States Constitution

and the Bill of Rights, including
the writ of habeas corpus?

Well, when I was younger-

considerably younger-

people's rights in some
states in this country

were determined
by what percentage

of his genetic inheritance

was white, and what percentage
was of another race.

Uh, an octoroon, for example,

is a person whose blood
is 1/8

African-American.

And it was a crime
for such a person

to vote or to marry
someone who was white.

And that racist law

was overturned by
the Supreme Court

in 1967.

Do you see any difference, sir,

in restricting the rights of a person
who is 1/8 black

and denying the writ
of habeas corpus

to Benjamin because he is
1/8 human blood?

I do not.

Thank you.

No further questions.

Could you describe what
you see here, Professor Barnett?

I�m- I�m not quite sure
I can describe it.

Well, with the tentacles
and the huge head, possibly an octopus?

Objection, Your Honor.
Counsel is leading the witness.

Overruled.

Correct me if I�m wrong, Professor,
but when the Founding Fathers

created the Constitution
of the United States,

it was to protect the rights
of human beings,

not octopi.
No further questions, Your Honor.

Dr. Norris, could you tell this court

what your relationship is
with Benjamin,

the subject of these proceedings?

He is my son,

my flesh.

He came from inside me.

He doesn't look like me.

He doesn't look like anybody,
not in this world.

But he is my son.

This videotape showing
you and Benjamin dancing,

how did that happen?

Benjamin had fallen into
a very deep depression.

There was nothing they could do

that would revive him.

When I took him
into my arms, however,

he awakened.

The connection we have had

since he was born-

before that, even-
took over.

There is no stronger bond
in this world,

in any world, apparently,

than that between a parent and
his or her child.

The photos you have
been asked to look at,

and the horror

of the strange creature you saw

dancing with me
on the tape-

this thing

with its long appendages

and large flat face,

that maybe looks like

an octopus to some...

is my son,
Benjamin Norris.

Thank you, Doctor.

No further questions.

Just one question, Your Honor.

Your wife and child
were killed in a car accident

eight years ago
while you were driving.

Do you feel responsible
for their deaths?

Yes.

No further questions, Your Honor.

The court is adjourned until
tomorrow morning at 9:00

at which time the government
will state its case.

You know,
I met someone today.

It was that person that
sent me the video.

How do you think it went today?

Very very well.

You testimony was
straight from the heart.

I�m sorry-
that guy was really creepy.

If Barry had only cross-examined me more,
I could have fought back.

This way I�m just sitting there,
leaving it in someone else's hands-

Ellis, for God's sake.

Jesus.

I can't lose this.

- I can't.
- You won't.

If I lose-

if I lose...

You're not gonna lose, baby.

You know something else?

You don't have to take care
of this all by yourself.

You've never had to
carry this all by yourself-

any of it,

even the events
from eight years ago.

You love me, Eric.

I know you do.

I�m not gonna hurt you.

And you're not gonna hurt me.

But listen to me-
you can't shut me out.

You have to let me
be there for you.

You have to let me help you.

I�ve already hurt you,
and I�m very sorry.

I�m very very sorry.

Do you love me, Eric?

I do.

I do love you very much.

If we have to,

are you willing to go away

with Benjamin and me?

Live by ourselves somewhere,

no one else around,

maybe for the rest
of our lives?

Yes.

- I love you.
- I love you.

Eric.

Miss Barry,

please proceed with
the respondent's case.

Thank you, Your Honor.

Your Honor, no one can dispute
the obvious passion

that Dr. Norris feels
for the subject.

I would consider it irrefutable.

And based on
the video we've seen,

one could argue that
the alien itself,

despite its appearance,
has a certain ineffable charm.

However, Your Honor, there is
more than one side to this alien,

and fortunately, more than
one video of it in action.

The government now seeks to enter
the second video into evidence.

Objection, Your Honor.
We were never apprised of a second video.

We've not seen it, nor were we accorded
any former knowledge of its existence.

- It should be inadmissible.
- Is this so, Miss Barry?

It is not, Your Honor.

Video of the alien subject
was clearly listed

amongst our evidentiary materials.

But- but Your Honor,
we were led to believe

that that was the video
we had already shown.

Be seated, Mr. Ellis.

You may proceed, Miss Barry.

So much for the next generation
of Beanie Babies.

Dr. Norris lost his
wife and son

in an automobile accident
eight years ago.

He's never been able
to let that go.

In what way, sir?

He's a sullen, detached man

with very few friends.

- Objection, Your Honor.
- Overruled.

And yet you've kept him on
all these years.

Why is that?

Well, actually, those are probably
good qualities to have

in a research scientist.

But seriously?

Eric Norris was a fine man...

and once a brilliant scientist.

He suffered a tragic loss
that scarred him badly.

He's riddled with guilt,

consumed by it.

This hearing is a desperate effort
to liberate himself

from the burden that
he has carried for eight years.

He's trying to make of
this alien creature...

a child

to replace the son that he lost.

In his own mind,
I truly believe

he thinks that this...

parasite is his real child.

Wouldn't you consider that to be

extremely unhealthy reasoning?

I feel for the man.

I understand his grief.

The loss of loved ones
is a terrible thing.

And yes, it can distort one's
sense of reality.

And that's the reason
why I keep him on-

because without me,
he'd have nowhere else to go.

Thank you, Doctor.

Your witness.

No. No, please.

- Judge: Mr. Ellis?
- You've got to let me rebut.

No, please.

I have no questions
for this witness.

You may step down, Dr. Shilling.

And after you arrived
on the scene,

could you tell the court what,
if anything, you saw?

The meteor- meteorite-

had pretty well burned up.

But there was this
one large fragment.

When I kicked it over,
I saw this thing inside.

I knew Eric would make
heads or tails from it,

so I...

Were there other fragments?

Yes, but much smaller.

So you don't know
for a fact

that the creature you found
was the only one out there.

When- when I went back
the next day-

The next day?

You said it was ambulatory-
it could move on its own.

What would have prevented
the others from scattering?

How do we know that there aren't
hundreds of them out there?

Hundreds of them burrowing
into people's bodies,

preparing themselves to be
an alien army-

- Objection.
- -all, Your Honor,

with the destructive force
we've just seen on that video?

Objection, Your Honor. Counsel is leading
and badgering the witness.

There is absolutely no proof
such a thing occurred.

Sustained.

- Thank you.
- No more questions.

You don't need to do this.
The case is won.

This is overkill.

There's no such thing
as a little pregnant,

and there's no
such thing as overkill.

In a war, there are
no survivors left behind.

War?

I was instructed to
win this case at any cost,

and that's exactly what
I intend to do.

Your honor,

you've seen the tapes.

You've heard testimony
from scientists,

professors, friends.

You've heard what Dr. Norris
had to say.

No one questions
his passion for his cause.

After what we've heard today,

one could question
his motivation,

but I feel that case has been
sufficiently argued.

I now call for Exhibit A.

No, you cannot do this!
You cannot bring him in here!

You cannot bring him in here!
My God, what have they done to him?

Get him out of here!
Get him out of here!

This is what the petitioner
would have you believe

is someone's child-

a human being's son.

Would you want this thing
crawling around out there?

Would you want this thing
near your families?

"Look on my work, ye Mighty,
and despair. "

This is not God's work!

I�m gonna kill you.

Judge:
Bailiff, retain this man!

- Get away from him!
- Dr. Norris,

- you are in contempt!
- Get away!

- Order! Order in the court!
- Amanda: No!

You're the devil.

That is your spawn.

Judge:
Order now!

Mankind will be overrun!

It�s the ascension of evil.

He'll kill all of humanity!

Oh!

Son of a bitch!

No!

Emil, drop the gun.
Drop it!

No!