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Heat. Heat.

What the hell?

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>> Yeah,

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>> You may last a couple of hours, no more.

Let's see what we can do with the other

car.

>> How many dead, officer?

>> Driver, the pickup and brought with him.

>> What about the car?

>> One guy. He's bought it. Give him a

couple of hours.

My god, that's Senator Wher.

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>> Jake, the story is over here.

How badly is that man hurt?

>> Terminal. He took the steering column.

>> He's a United States senator. You better

get him to Bethesda Naval Hospital.

>> What difference does it make? He won't

last till the corner drugstore.

>> You heard the man. Bethesda.

>> Let's move him.

Jake, put me on camera.

This is Harry Walsh reporting casualties

in the weekend holiday. In critical

condition and not expected to live is a

junior senator from Delaware, Clayton

Zachary Wheeler. He is on his way at

this moment to Bethesda Naval Hospital.

The accident was caused by a pickup

truck crashing over the center line,

colliding head-on with the senator's

car. The driver of the pickup truck and

his woman companion are dead. Stay tuned

to this station for further details.

>> Jake, get that to the station as fast as

possible. Have Dwight put it on the 9:00

news. Now, I'm going to ride with the

senator to the hospital. If anything

comes up, I'll call the station from the

hospital.

>> Okay, Eric,

>> how's he doing?

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>> Heat. Heat.

Heat.

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Heat.

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Heat.

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>> Dr. Farad Dr.

Dr. Keading Dr. Iran emergency 1 urgent

urgent first team emergency one urgent

urgent

>> sir if you'd care to wait would you

please go around to the front entrance

reception hall

>> who is he Senator Wheeler

I'm afraid he's more abundant.

>> Let's get some X-rays.

>> Any word?

>> Well, I'm sorry, Mr. Walsh. I have no

record of the senator being admitted

here.

>> Well, they brought him here. I came with

him.

>> Then his papers just haven't been

cleared through emergency.

>> Could you call him, honey, and see how

he's doing? That would be restricted

information, sir until it comes up

through the proper channels.

Reception.

Uh, no. I have no information about a

senator deer.

>> Oh, yes. Yes, he's here. Just a moment.

It's your office.

>> Thank you. Yeah, Edwin. Yeah, I know.

It's just his papers haven't come up

yet.

>> Put it on. I'll take No, put it on the

air. I'll take the full responsibility.

I'm going to hang around here and see if

I can score in another beat.

>> Okay.

>> Is it normally this quiet around here

this time of night?

>> Normally?

>> Well, in about a half an hour, you're

going to be up to your uh ears in

newspaper man.

>> Keeping a body alive is humanitarian

only up to a point. After that, it

becomes a medical tour to force. And if

that's your game, you don't use a

senator. Death is embarrassing enough as

it is.

Keing here?

>> Yes, Admiral.

>> Captain Keing, I just heard on the 9:00

news that you have Senator Wheeler.

>> Affirmative, sir.

>> Is he still alive?

>> Barely, sir.

>> Is there any brain damage?

>> Sir, that's about the only organ in his

body that seems to be intact.

>> Maintain clinical life at all costs, and

a special life unit will pick him up in

10 minutes.

>> But sir, the man doesn't have a chance.

>> Damn it, Captain. That's an order. Don't

ask questions. Your sole responsibility

is to deliver him alive to the next

unit. This entire matter is to be

considered top top secret. It is not to

be discussed, and any written record is

to be destroyed. The entire incident is

void. Clear? It did not take place. Do

you understand?

>> Yes, sir. I'll see to it, sir.

Disregard what I said. We've got to keep

him alive for 10 minutes.

>> Reception.

Uh but sir, but sir.

>> Oh, I see. Oh, I I understand.

>> Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

Is that about Senator Wheeler?

>> In a way. Well,

>> how is he?

>> Well, I don't know. He hasn't been

admitted aboard [music] yet.

>> What do you mean? They called you up to

tell you that a certain person is not

here?

>> There was a newscast about the senator

[music] being in a car wreck and our

switchboards have been flooded.

>> They brought him here. I came with him.

>> But no such person arrived.

>> The hell he didn't.

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>> Security, there's an unauthorized person

headed for emergency.

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>> You're off limits, mister. Now, just a

just a minute. Where are they taking

him?

>> Mister, I don't know who, why, or what.

Now, let's get going.

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>> Patient is secure. Let's go.

Damn it, Harry. What is all this crap

about Senator Wheeler? Your tape wasn't

on the air 2 minutes before his office

was on the phone to me. Senator's fine.

We're going to error attraction. They're

threatening to sue.

>> You know it was a senator's office.

>> Well, they said it was.

>> All right. If he's fine, get him on the

telephone. I'll be happy to apologize to

him personally.

>> Well, you can't. He took off on a pack

and fishing trip. Wallers Lake, Wyoming.

He left late last night.

>> That's a fast round trip. I can tell you

that. Less than an hour ago, that man

was bleeding to death in an ambulance. I

was with him. Jake, you saw him, too.

Actually, I didn't.

>> What?

>> I was too busy taking pictures. Then

that's it. Look at the film. See for

yourself.

>> Oh, I did. It just shows the back of the

head. It It could be anybody that

knocked you.

>> Wait a wait a minute.

>> Now, there were two highway patrol men.

>> Look, I talked to both of them. Neither

one of them knew the senator. They just

took your word for it. And the same goes

for the ambulance attendants.

>> That car belong to Senator Wheeler. I

saw the registration. They can't dodge

that.

>> Look, Wheeler left his car at the

airport parking lot. When a shovel went

to pick it up this evening, it had been

stolen. He reported it

>> when after the accident.

>> An hour afterward.

>> Is it beginning to stack up for you,

Dwight? It's a cover up. I'm telling you

that man was dying.

>> Look, Harry, we got to face the facts.

Wheeler was a cinch to get the

presidential nomination. We can't fool

around with a man like fooling around

with anybody, but somebody's fooling

around with me.

>> Well, Carrie, station owners called.

They insist you make a retraction on the

11:00 news.

>> I'm sorry, Dwight. I know what I saw and

who I saw.

>> Look, you got a good case, but you got

no corpus delect.

>> There's one out there somewhere, and

it's got to be explained sooner or

later.

>> Look, Harry, the retraction was not a

suggestion. It's a definite order.

>> If the brass questions my integrity,

they can take their job and shove it.

>> Oh, great. Just great. And what do you

do if they take you up on it?

>> I'll get another job.

>> Oh, yeah. Where?

>> Right here. Double a salary. When I

prove I'm right and they're wrong.

Okay, I'll make the retraction.

>> You do that.

>> Somebody going to get egg in their face.

It's better you than me. [music]

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Get that DNA analysis on the radio as

soon as we're in the air.

Alan Mcgordo is going to need all the

time they can get

and tell him to reschedule two sas

instead of one. These injuries are

extensive.

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>> All right. All right.

>> Yeah. Hell of a lot of help you were.

>> What could I say? I didn't see him. I

was busy trying to get an overall shot.

>> Damn it. That was Senator Wheeler.

>> I believe you.

Your belief in a dime will buy me a cup

of coffee. Somebody's trying to pull a

fast one, I tell you. Why would they

take a seriously injured man out of the

best hospital in the area?

>> Take him out.

>> Yeah, I saw them putting him into a van.

>> Why didn't you follow it?

>> A, I was on foot. B, a couple of

linebackers dressed like shore patrolman

clothesline me.

>> You still should have made that

retraction.

>> Yeah, that'll make me look like an

idiot. An idiot nobody would listen to

except to hear his next retraction. I am

going to tear this town apart rock by

rock, leap by leap. I'm going to find

out what's going on tomorrow morning.

I'm going to do that tonight. I'm going

to get importantly splashed. You want

some company?

>> Alma 1. Alma 1, this is DC70. Alma 1,

this is DC70. Come in, please. Over.

>> DC70, this is Alma 1. Come in. Over.

>> We have DNA on patient. Are you ready to

receive? Over.

>> Roger, DC. Hold.

Roger DC, ready to copy.

>> DNA on patient is as follows.

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Yeah,

>> Dwight here. Turn on your TV set and

watch the 11:00 news.

>> You know what you can do with the 11:00

news?

>> Oh, damn it, Harry. Turn on the set,

will you?

>> I'll hold on.

>> 11:00 news.

And that's the news up to the minute on

the international scene. Meanwhile,

closer to home, the management of this

station wishes to apologize for an

earlier story erroneously reporting that

Senator Clayton Zachary Wheeler had been

seriously injured in a holiday traffic

accident. We retract that statement. Our

apologies, Senator, and our

congratulations as well. The senator has

just landed a record catch of lake trout

at Waller's Landing, Wyoming, where

Senator Wheeler and his friends are

spending a few leisurely days.

>> Now, listen to it. If you've got a lot

of I told you so, forget about him

because I saw the senator. I saw the car

registration and that man was close to

death.

>> Well, you heard the story, Harry. That's

the way it stacks up.

>> Yeah. And the more I hear about it, the

more it stinks. Well, I'm going to crack

it with or without you. When I do, you

can tell Nebraska to take my contract

and do with it what I told you before.

>> That's hardly necessary. Oh, listen.

There's something else I got to tell

you. You're fired.

Dr. Ready?

>> Yes. Wheeler's charts.

>> Oh, thank you.

>> I'm surprised they've kept him alive

this long.

>> What time is the operation schedule,

doctor?

>> 900 hours, but it will probably be

later.

>> His DNA molecular structure is unusually

complex. Two sers are being prepared

now. Well, I hope they hurry. The

committee wants top priority on this

one.

>> Yes, feeling told me.

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>> Excuse me.

>> Oh, sorry, sir, but this is a restricted

area. You'll have to use I'm just going

to be a minute. My name's Harry Walsh.

I'd like to get a little information.

>> Yes, sir. I've seen your news broadcast.

What can I do for you?

>> Well, now last night I was parked out

there in the street and evidently one of

the trucks from here, pulled out a dent

of my fender.

>> Well, I'm sorry, sir, but I'm on day

duty only.

>> Well, uh, now they left a note, but I

can't make out the right. So, do you

keep a record of the trucks that pulled

in and out of here, say, between 9:30

and 10 last night?

>> Let me check, sir. Uh, let's see.

Could be Carson truck rental logged out

at 9:15. Carson truck land. Thank you

very much.

>> Yes, sir.

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>> Hi, I'm Harry Walsh.

>> I know who you are, Mr. Walsh. What can

I do for you? I'd like to get some

information about the trucks you rent

around here.

>> Well, we rent anything from pickups to

trailer rigs. What do you need?

>> Oh, no. It's not for me.

>> I'm very curious about one you rented

last night.

>> Business hasn't been that good. Didn't

rent one truck yesterday.

>> You mean nothing went out of here last

night?

>> Just the ready wagon.

>> The ready wagon? What's that?

>> Well, it's a van truck on a monthly

lease. Real weird deal. It's got to be

ready to go at a minute's notice, but

sometimes it's a couple of months

between trips.

>> Who rents that?

>> That's weird, too. Some guy comes in

every Thursday, makes sure it's gassed

up, runs the engine, and then locks it

up and leaves. He pays in cash. That's

good enough for me.

>> What was the mileage on it when it came

back?

>> I don't know.

>> How long was it gone?

>> An hour and 10 minutes. About 10

minutes.

>> 12 minutes to Bethesda.

>> 12 minutes to Bethesda.

>> Yeah. Yeah, that would be about right.

>> What are you talking about, Mr. Walsh?

All right, doctors. You've all been

through this before.

This just happens to be the first time

we're operating in concert. Separately,

these operations are less than major.

More simultaneously, the main danger is

massive shock. Dr. Johnson will monitor

the subject and let me know if any

danger appears. You'll proceed as if

none of the others are present. Is that

clear? All right, then. Let's proceed.

>> Where could they take him around here in

46 minutes? It was better than the place

where he was. The man I saw was dying.

>> Now, wait a minute. Why just in this

area? Just because of the truck? How do

you know they didn't put him on a boat

or a plane?

You ever think of the Mayo Clinic or the

Houston Medical Center?

>> Uh, yeah, that's got to be it, Jake.

He's not around here at all. Let me see

that.

Yeah. Flatland airport. Right distance

20 minutes.

Clean that up.

Dr. Ready, the heart soma has expired,

sir.

>> Very well, doctor. Watch your soma's

heart rate until the lungs, liver, and

spleen can be removed.

>> But don't light planes have to file a

flight plan, too?

>> Oh, no. Not necessarily. As long as our

our weather stays above limits, we go

BFR.

>> Do you have much night traffic out of

here?

>> Some, not too much.

>> What about last night?

>> Have a look.

>> Yeah, we had a beachcraft, an aero

commander, Piper Comanche,

>> a jet saber liner.

>> A jet.

>> Yeah.

>> What time did it leave?

>> 9:52.

Did it file a flight plan?

>> Oh, yeah. We were on IFR here last

night, so they had to file an IFR flight

plan.

>> Where was it going?

>> Alamord, New Mexico.

Alamord, New Mexico.

>> Sit.

>> Well done, doctor.

>> Thank you.

I think he's going to make it.

>> Yeah, I think he will.

Since we lost his backup, some of you

better notify parthogenics to start on a

new one,

>> right?

>> You might need it if there

complications.

Oh, and a half Wheeler systems pipe

through to my office on modern number

three.

>> Yes, sir.

Mr. Premier, I thought you'd left.

>> I just met with your Mr. Fielding and

was debriefed by him. Well, then you

know why this project has to have

maximum security.

>> Of course, living is an addictive thing.

>> For a man about to go home, you don't

seem very happy.

>> I was just wondering if the price of my

life is worth what it might cost my

people.

>> There are no charges here,

>> my dear. Are you naive enough to

consider fielding an altruist?

Money means nothing to him.

>> The most dangerous kind are the men so

rich they no longer care about money.

>> Thank you for everything, Dr. Johnson.

And should I ever find it expedient to

return here, I shall be happy to give

you a short course in international

politics.

>> Dr. Johnson, ICU 1. Emergency. Dr.

Johnson, ICU [music] 1. Emergency.

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>> What is it, nurse? My monitor showed

nothing.

>> He's regaining consciousness.

>> That's odd. He should have remained

comos for another 18 hours.

>> It can't be a rejection. That's

impossible.

>> There's no fibrillation. His pulse is

up, but respiration is deep.

>> [sighs]

>> My god, look at his blood pressure. It's

already normal and holding steady.

>> What do you think it means, Dr. Reading?

>> Well, I don't know, except that in the

past, most of our patients have been

older men. We've tied new transplants

into an older system.

I suppose there's a chance that with all

new organs, recovery is faster.

Well, then wouldn't we do better to

transplant entire internal systems

instead of just individual organs?

>> You know what that would mean?

>> That would mean that except for damage

the brain or the central nervous system,

we'd be dealing with immortality.

I don't like to think about that.

>> Taken to the final decimal point. Isn't

that what medicine is all about?

>> I used to think that. I'm not sure any

longer.

That'll be all right. Thank you, doctor.

>> What do you mean, doctor?

>> Well, would you like to see Fielding

live forever?

>> I see nothing against it.

>> You think about that for a bit.

>> Yes.

On his way here,

Harry Walsh.

Is that SH or CH?

I see you left when

flight number.

Thanks. Have a war photo sent out to all

units. I'll have someone pick up on him

in Albuquerque.

>> Well, doctor Looks as though you'd made

another medical breakthrough.

>> Yeah, perhaps.

Now all I have to do is figure out how I

did it.

>> When you do, will you publish the

findings?

>> No.

>> Well, I don't like to uh renew an old

argument, but uh do you think it's quite

fair to keep so many of these processes

to yourself?

>> After all, you owe it to humanity to

keep

>> Are you really interested in humanity,

doctor, or in yourself?

>> Damn it. And I'm not at all sure this is

good for humanity. I know that certain

members of my staff, including you, have

been skittering around behind my back

trying to get the details of this

process.

>> Yes, I don't deny that, doctor. After

all, if anything happened to you, we

might lose the process.

>> If anything happened to me, I'm sure

that you and Dr. Johnson and the other

members of my dedicated staff would do

all in your power to see that I stayed

alive.

>> We have lost people before. Supposing we

couldn't save you. That'd be just too

damn bad, wouldn't it? That'll be all,

doctor.

[clears throat]

>> Give some idiot 15 or 20 years of

medical training. He thinks he knows

everything.

>> Weren't you a little rough on him?

>> I get sick of them poking around. If

they're not after my processes, they're

trying to see Fielding.

>> Does anyone but you ever see Fielding?

>> Next Thursday morning at 9:00, we all

will.

>> He's holding a conference. No, we're

holding a kidney transplant.

>> You never mentioned he had a problem.

>> That's right. You've only been here 3

years, haven't you?

>> I guess the subject has never happened

to come up before.

>> Well, you see, Fielding was in a plane

crash during the war. He lost one kidney

and damaged the other. He's had four

transplants so far. This will be his

fifth.

>> I think we can remove these external

support systems now. The senator doesn't

seem to need them.

>> His fifth transplant.

He bounced around for four years

existing on such diialysis machines as

they had at the time. Then he heard

about me. I was here at Almagordo

specializing in the genetic effects of

atomic radiation. I gave him his first

kidney.

And that's how this whole thing started.

>> But shouldn't a s kidney last more than

four years?

>> Normally, yes. But you see, Fielding has

a systemic imbalance which attacks the

kidney. We uh could find the cause,

strangely enough, with some research.

But uh rather than bestow another grant,

Fielding prefers it this way. It's

cheaper, you see.

>> Then you and Fielding are symbiotic.

>> Yes, I suppose you could say that we

depend on each other for survival.

All

right. Well,

>> hi.

I'd like to confirm my reservation for

Al Maggoro at 11:30.

>> Your name, sir?

>> Harry Walsh.

>> Yes, sir. You're confirmed at 11:30.

Please check in by 11:15.

>> Thank you. What does a person do around

here when they have a layover for an

hour?

>> The same as they do in New York, only

here at Tequila.

>> Oh,

well, thank you.

Who's here?

>> Give me a double scotch, will you,

please?

>> I tell you it was 35. You're wrong. It

was 1934.

Put your money where your mouth is.

Anybody knows that. I bet this fell

knows that. Okay, you're on. Excuse me,

sir. Maybe you can help us settle a bit.

Well, if I can.

>> What year was the last 30-game season

the winning major league pitcher had

before Denny Mlean?

>> Dizzy day in 1935.

See,

>> bring this gentleman whatever he's

drinking. Bring us a couple of bourbons.

>> Thank you, sir. It's always nice to meet

a man who agrees with me. Jim Collins.

Harry Walter.

My sulking friend here, Phil Bates.

Probably won't speak to me for an hour

or so.

>> You from around here?

>> No, just passing through.

>> Yeah, same here. Where you headed?

>> El Mortal.

>> Hey, how about that? So are we, right,

mate? Yeah, we hit Alamagordo about once

a month.

>> You got business there?

>> Yeah, heavy construction company's under

contract to Hollowman Air Force Base.

Runways. You don't look like you mix

much concrete.

>> No, no, we just drop in from time to

time. Yell a lot. Keeps our

superintendents on their toes.

>> Hey, why don't you come along with us?

We got the company jet. Get you down

there in 20 minutes.

>> Well, that's nice of you, but I got a

reservation. Well,

>> so cancel it. Save your bread. We're

headed out as soon as they get through

refueling and us.

>> All right. I always wanted to ride one

of those personal jets. Good idea.

Excuse me. I'll go cancel my

reservation.

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>> Hi.

>> Did your friends find you? All right,

Mr. Walls.

>> Friends?

>> They said they wanted to surprise you.

>> You have no idea how surprised I am,

lady.

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>> Where too, mister?

>> How far to the library?

>> About 6 miles.

>> I give you 10 bucks, you get me there in

5 minutes.

>> That's what I call a real thirst for

knowledge.

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>> This is Collins. He's left us in the

cab. We're turning on taxi frequency and

following the cab from here.

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>> Look, pal, you aren't any trouble with

the cops, are you?

>> I wish it was that simple.

>> I don't need any trouble.

>> The faster you go, the less chance you

have of catching us, right?

>> Okay.

Hello, Charlie. This is 73. Leaving

[music] the airport, heading for the

library. Over.

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How much spotted in the library? 10

maybe 11 blocks. Okay, here's your tent.

I'll get out right here.

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Heat.

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Heat. [music]

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>> What the hell's going on here?

>> Where'd you drop your fair?

>> You show me a bag and I'll answer your

questions.

I'm on this unit 7. Over.

>> This is Alma. Go ahead.

>> He slipped us. He must have jumped off

downtown somewhere. Over.

>> We'll stake out the bus and train depot.

You check out the car rental agencies in

the area. I'm out.

>> Got you.

>> Anything?

>> I think he's almost out of it. He came

around a couple of times and then

drifted back to sleep.

>> Get your finger out of my eye.

>> Well, now Senator, how do you feel?

>> Horrible.

What hospital is this?

>> You're coming along fine. Are you

comfortable?

>> That's an asine question.

What happened?

>> You were in an automobile accident.

>> Oh, madam. Hi.

>> You're doing fine. Just rest easy. Your

doctor will be in to see you later.

>> Tell him

I'm too sick to see him.

>> At least his sense of humor is intact.

When he comes to again notify me

immediately, I'll be in with Dr. Ready.

Dr. Johnson to see you.

>> Send her in.

Can

>> I see you for a second? You're welcome.

>> I just left Senator Wheeler. He was

conscious and conversant and resting as

comfortably as can be expected. I told

him he'd come by to see him later.

>> Convers? What did he say?

>> When I told him you'd come in later, he

said he was too sick to see you.

>> Sit down.

I want you to schedule a single flexure

transplant for tomorrow morning at 7:00

a.m. and have them stand by for a

complete colon transplant as well.

>> I saw them bring him in. Who is it?

>> General Ali Fernando Munoz. He has a

bullet lodge in his hip, but Fort South

apparently had it carbed around a bit.

There's no exact estimate of internal

damage. Election time in Latin America

could be dangerous.

>> Get me Mr. Fielding, please.

>> Yes, sir.

>> I want Dr. Harris and Dr. marks to stand

by and I'll need the general's DNA in my

lab by 5 to 6.

>> Right,

>> Mr. Fielding is on 12.

>> Reading here.

>> Progress report on Senator Wheeler.

>> He's intermittently aware and

conversant.

>> Well, isn't this about 12 hours ahead of

the usual schedule?

>> Yes, his recovery is phenomenal in other

ways as well.

>> Good. Keep me informed. Since I wasn't

able to speak to him before, it's

necessary that we have our little chat

as soon as he is sufficiently cognizant

to remember it.

>> Have you uh scheduled a Munyard's

transplant yet?

>> Our morning at 7:00.

>> Postpone it indefinitely.

>> The committee voted 6 to 3 for a

temporary delay. The general is proving

most obstinate.

>> Listen, Fielding, he's not on the

critical list, but there's a chance of

perinitis. I can't stand by and see a

man die. That's not our agreement.

>> Good heavens, doctor. We don't want the

man to die. We merely want him a bit

more flexible before we save him.

>> I'm warning you that this man is in

serious trouble.

>> So are we.

>> And as long as he keeps us there, we're

going to keep him there.

However, if you feel the man is about to

expire, you have permission to proceed.

>> Thank you.

The Munoz transplant goes ahead of

schedule.

Heat.

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Heat.

Heat. Heat.

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>> Oh, you

Wait here.

I think you deserve the honor.

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Come on.

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Heat.

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>> Can't What do you have to do to get a

phone around here?

>> Dr. Johnson won't be in in a while.

>> She bringing me a phone.

>> No.

How do we feel now, Senator?

>> This half of us feels [music] lousy.

>> Could I get you something?

>> Roast beef and champagne.

>> Sorry.

>> Uh, a cheeseburger and a bottle of beer.

>> You're going to be on introvenous

feeding for quite a while yet.

>> Well, couldn't you at least put a little

beef bullion in it? Not for a while.

How

>> How long have I been out of it?

>> It's been [music] about 48 hours since

the accident. Oh

>> my god. I've got to have a telephone. I

got a call from

>> Your office has been notified. That's

all been taken care of.

>> Was anybody else hurt in the lake?

>> A man and a woman were killed.

>> I'm sorry. Yes, it is a shame. But it

was his fault.

>> When they brought me in here, were there

any policemen around asking for blood

samples?

>> No. Why?

>> Oh, I had a couple of drinks. I've had a

kind of uh Playboy image I've been

trying to live down for the last 5

years. That kind of publicity could have

hurt.

>> There was practically no publicity and

what there was was covered up. Ah,

so that's why there have been no

flowers.

I was about to ask for a vote of

confidence.

All right. How soon can I get out of

here?

>> Well, you'll have to take that [music]

up with Dr. Reading.

>> Who the hell's Dr. Reading? Why isn't my

doctor handling this? Look, you call Dr.

Evers. You tell him I want him here in

15 minutes.

>> I'm afraid your doctor is in Washington,

[music] DC.

>> Where exactly am I?

You're in um Ela Maggardo, New Mexico.

>> Ela Magordo, New?

>> What in God's name am I doing here?

>> This is the best facility in the United

States for treating you.

>> Treating me for what? What's wrong with

me?

>> You had internal injuries.

>> That could be anything. Be more

specific.

>> You'll have to get that from Dr.

Reading, too.

>> You You tell Dr. Reading to get in here

right now. He's busy now, but he'll be

in to see you later this afternoon.

>> See? See? Yes, I understand.

You do not give me much choice in your

fielding,

>> General. It's merely that these rumors

about your country's intent to

nationalize your oil industry disturbs

us.

>> But in your fielding, I'm only one man.

I cannot speak for the Chamber of

Deputies.

>> Come now, General. We both know better

than that. If you didn't have uh

extraordinary powers of persuasion, you

wouldn't be where you are.

>> Very well, General.

>> I shall do as you ask.

>> I'm sure you won't regret your decision,

General. I'll have the papers ready for

you to sign before morning.

[music]

[music]

Hello.

Collect.

All right, put him on.

>> Harry, what the hell are you doing in

Albuquerque?

>> I'm trying to get out of it. They're

coming at me out of the woodwork.

Dwight,

>> who is?

>> Couple of young guys got bulges in their

coats that don't come from muscles. They

know where I'm heading. Dwight, we've

got to figure out some way to con them

into believing I've given up on the

story.

>> We Well, how?

>> You know those station policy spots I

made last week? Run them tomorrow

morning and run them a lot, but don't

mention at the end that they're taped.

>> What? Have the FCC jump on me? No.

>> And tell Susie if anybody calls and say

I just stepped out.

>> Look, absolutely not.

>> Look, Dwight, we're old friends. I mean

a favor. A big favor. They mean

business. Don't want to sound like an

alarmist, but this could be a matter of

life or death. I mean my death.

>> Oh, I suppose we could do that. But how

are people out there going to know about

a local program back here?

>> Don't you worry about that. There are

communication setup is airtight. They'll

be calling the station because I'm going

to call Alamagordo and uh and tell them

I've canceled my trip and I send my

baggage back to Washington.

>> All right, Harry. I'll handle it as a

favor to you.

>> Hey, but what are you going to do?

>> I wish I knew, Dwight. I wish I knew.

Senator Wheeler, this is Dr. Reading.

>> Well, doctor, I have a few questions

about the high-handed way that you

kidnapped me and hijacked me to this

place.

>> If you can't keep your mouth closed, we

have another method of taking your

temperature.

Thank you.

Excellent.

Senator, by rights, you should have been

dead two days ago. Even if the car

accident hadn't occurred, your life

expectancy was only about three more

years.

>> What do you mean?

Your aorta had a critical aneurysm.

This gray spot in your lungs is

incipient emphyma. This is your dadum.

Those ulcers make it look like a rose

garden.

You mean my insides look like that?

>> Your insides are that. Don't worry,

we've replaced them.

>> You've got to be kidding, doctor. You

mean you're trying to tell me I had a I

had a heart transplant?

>> You have had an entire internal support

systems transplant.

Look, I'll be damned if you're going to

use me for a guinea pig. Afraid you

already have been. We had no choice.

When we got you, we're pretty much of a

mess. Halfway measures wouldn't have

done.

>> So, I was brought here because this is

where the donor was.

>> You might say that.

>> There any chance of rejection?

>> Absolutely not. Cheers, Dr.

>> How can you be so sure?

>> Huh? The donor was your identical twin.

>> Oh, you're lying, doctor. I'm an only

child.

>> But you're not unique to the universe.

I imprinted your DNA molecular structure

on a compatible life form. After

assimilation by osmosis,

I transferred the organs to you.

>> I don't believe you. I don't believe any

of this.

>> No. Here, have a look, Senator.

My god.

My god.

>> Gave it to him pretty straight, didn't

you, doctor?

>> On purpose. Any system as resilient as

his new one can bounce back physically.

But I must push him to the limit to see

how I can take it psychologically.

It's healing nicely, isn't it?

Before you put on a new dressing, you

better have the test team give him a

complete physical tomorrow morning. I'll

arrange for his interview with Fielding

tomorrow afternoon. Right.

Get your finger out of my eye.

>> Hey, Lou. Hold it a second. Give me a

hand.

I don't want you to ring the bell just

yet. I don't want to upset him.

>> How come you're taking him before he's

been fed?

>> For some reason, Reading wants one with

an empty stomach. Just let me get him up

to the Y shed.

>> Yes, Commander.

>> [music]

>> He's all set, sir.

Thank you. That'll be all.

[music]

I'm putting this home into the NAS Moses

now. Hold my calls for half an hour

unless they're urgent. Thank you.

>> [music]

[music]

[music]

>> Uh, good evening. Perhaps you can give

me some information about a certain

party.

>> Well, first you, now the phone's

ringing. What's the matter with

everybody [music] tonight? Just a

minute.

I think it's for one of you.

[music]

Hello. Hold it, will you?

Heat. Heat. [music]

[music]

>> [music]

>> Fill her up, sir. Yeah.

[music]

Almond to all units. Almond to all

units. Subject Walsh is now driving in

our unit 7. Probably heading south on

Highway 26. Intercept. I say again,

Subject Walsh is now driving in our unit

7.

>> [music]

>> Hey, you got a map of New Mexico?

>> Yes, sir. I'll get you one. [music]

>> [music]

>> Good morning, Senator.

>> Come on, wake up.

>> It's breakfast time.

>> Oh, what is it?

>> You're going to be happy with all that

solid food you've been asking for.

>> [music]

>> Well, I still don't know what it is.

>> Beef broth and vanilla custard. I have

something else for you.

>> Well, [music] at least they're in

separate bowls.

>> Where are those from?

>> I don't know. Here.

>> Um, Leo. Who's Leo?

>> Me. [music]

Well, thank you very much, [music] Leer.

Was about to order something for myself.

I thought nobody loved me.

>> I doubt that, Senator. I read the

society [music] columns.

Come on, try it.

>> I just don't think my [music] new

stomach will stomach it.

>> Better than your old one could.

Yesterday, you couldn't even believe you

had a transplant.

>> Well, what was I to think with all that

double talk from Reading? Well, when he

opened those bandages.

See, what did he mean about my twin? I

don't have a twin.

>> Oh, he made you one?

>> He made one.

>> Made two, [music] actually.

>> Sorry I asked.

>> I'm serious.

>> Where are [music] they?

>> Cremated. They were used up in the

operation.

>> Are you trying [music] to tell me that

two people were sacrificed just to save

me?

>> No, not people. Somas.

>> Soma. Now, yes, that's um that's Greek

for body. That's all they really are,

bodies. They have only the most

rudimentary instincts. You see, Dr.

Reading takes synthetic female ova and

artificially inseminates them. Then he

matures them in [music] the ectogenetic

lab.

>> This may come as a shock, but I don't

know what the hell you're talking about.

>> Well, maybe I'm being too technical. You

do know that transplants have been

performed for some time.

>> Well, Dr. Reading has been experimenting

for more than 25 years. He performed his

first transplant. It was a kidney more

than 20 years ago.

>> 20 years. Doctor, I chaired the last

subcommittee on Medicare. There was

never any mention of this [music] sort

of thing.

>> Well, naturally, it was classified top

secret. Dr. Reading answers only to the

committee and Mr. Fielding.

>> Fielding? That wouldn't be Hugh

Fielding.

>> Yes. As a matter [music] of fact, you're

going to be talking to him later this

afternoon.

>> What about

Well, that would be between you and Mr.

Fielding. [music]

>> Dr. Johnson and surgery 1. Dr. Johnson

and surgery 1.

>> I have to go now. You've got your buzzer

if you need anything. I'll get back as

soon as I can.

>> Now, now wait a minute. Who is the

committee?

>> Yes,

>> sir. The committee is here.

>> Thank you. Send them in.

Good morning, gentlemen. Please be

seated.

>> Our first order of business.

>> I am told that my system requires

another kidney transplant. Those in

favor?

>> No abstensions, no denials. Passed. Now,

our progress report.

Premier Mubala has agreed to

stipulations and is now back in his home

country. Senator Wheeler is making a

recovery described as phenomenal.

General Munoz is now in surgery. No

complications anticipated. I direct your

attention to the agenda for the day.

Now, each of you have been supplied with

a complete medical history of these

eight men who might sooner or later be

in need of our services should we be in

need of theirs.

The first is number W32718.

Paul Jackson, theoretical physicist,

electronics road scholar. Tom, Mr.

Fielding, Jackson's unique and proven

talents coupled with the potential

importance of his current projects make

him very necessary to defense and to the

military.

>> Mr. Martin,

>> well, nothing in his dossier gives

Jackson any importance diplomatically.

I say he's um he's unnecessary.

All right. What's your vote, Mr.

Williams?

>> Well, he's a maverick, but a good one.

As an educator,

I think we need one more like him. My

vote is yes.

>> Thompson,

it appears to me that this man is too

far ahead of the facts to be of much

practical use to anybody, let alone to

industry.

On the other hand, he's unquestionably

brilliant.

I abstain.

Mr. Wilson,

>> he seems like a fine person. Has a wife,

a lot of kids.

>> Mr. Wilson, you will find that virtually

every man we consider has a wife and

children, and so do the majority of men

in the world. Now, these assets, no

matter how regarded by him, are of

absolutely no consideration by this

committee.

>> I'm sorry, Mr. Fielding, but it just

seemed to me that

>> since you were new to this committee,

Mr. Wilson, I'm going to restate our

position that all of us are approaching

these decisions on the same ground. Our

evaluation, gentlemen, of every

individual that comes under our

consideration shall be based solely on

whether or not that individual is or

shall become of major importance to this

country or this country's position in

world affairs. Now, I don't and you

shouldn't give a damn about his wife,

his kids, his golf score, or whether he

prefers an olive or a twist. The only

point of your judgment is how important

is he to us? Is that clear?

>> I'm sorry, Mr. Peely. I'll go along with

the majority.

>> What do you say, George?

>> I'm dead against him. He's working as

hard as he can to develop a substitute

for gas and oil. And he's the kind of

theoretical duck that could dump it on

the world without any regard to its

effect on the economy.

>> Definitely no,

Madina.

He's doing nothing to upset the

population control and I have a strong

feeling he may become extremely

important in this field. For the moment,

I'll abstain.

That's too far. Two against. Three have

no interest. [clears throat]

Looks like it's up to you and me, Jerry.

I'll put it to you straight. I don't

like his politics. I think he's

dangerous.

>> No,

>> I tend to agree with that.

Callie two far four against three

abstensions. The motion is not passed.

Next case is W32719.

[bell]

[music]

>> [music]

[music]

>> Yes, Senator.

>> How soon will Dr. Johnson be back?

>> I don't know, sir. She's still in

surgery.

>> But I want to send a telegram.

>> Sorry, Senator. No one here has allowed

any outside committee.

>> I have to break an appointment with the

president of the United States.

>> Well, I'm sure the committee has already

done that.

>> The committee again. Who the hell is the

committee?

>> I'm sorry, Senator. I haven't

>> Leo. Come here. Who is the committee?

>> They are

nine men headed by Fielding. Top men in

international fields, industry,

political, military like that. Among

other things, they evaluate people and

decide who will be eligible for our

services according to their potential

future contribution to the country or to

the world.

>> And what exactly qualifies me for this?

>> Senator, you've worked more than 10

years for your party's next presidential

nomination.

>> It looks pretty iffy right now.

>> I read where it wouldn't be if

if you weren't a bachelor. Oh, they've

shoved every acceptable woman in the

country at me.

>> You've had quite a choice.

>> Well, even when I do get married, I

don't want a a hostess or a showpiece. I

want a wife. Andoop.

And that's something that nobody finds

for you. You have to do it for yourself.

You know, I'm so sick of bright,

gleaming, devious women.

You find yourself grinning like a fool

and bantering along.

And before long, you feel like a like a

swimmer is coming ashore. Everything

gets shallower and shallower.

Suddenly, you're stranded on dry land.

[music]

>> That's an interesting analogy, Senator.

>> Call me Clay.

So, this uh committee of nine decided to

keep [music] me alive, huh? The

>> committee has access to personal [music]

annual checkups. They knew you were

headed for physical trouble. The car

wreck [music] just speeded things up.

>> But they elected to keep me going.

>> Five did. Four didn't. [music]

You were carried by one vote.

They didn't actually want to see you

dead, but they saw no reason to keep you

alive.

No, I [music]

I I don't think I've ever felt more

insecure. There's a reason to keep

everything alive, even if only because

it's already there.

I mean, when I was a little boy, I had a

pet duck named Ernest. Haze me, bit me

three times a [music] day. For a little

thing, he managed to store up incredible

hatred. Thank you. And I also had a

[music] a pony named Gaylord who adored

me. He was 800 lb of love. Well, of

course, the day the [music] Gaylord

died, I cried for hours. But the day the

nasty little Ernest died,

I'd cried just as much.

>> [music]

>> No wonder you're the potential

candidate. Anyone with that broad a view

of both sides of the question has to be

[music] fair.

>> Did you ever have an impact?

>> No.

Dr. Reading [music] has cleared you for

wheelchair. You feel up to it?

>> No, but I'll try. Just don't push me

down any steps.

>> Now everything is flat in New Mexico.

>> Not everything.

Senator, [music]

the gleam in your eye and the condition

of your new heart are not compatible as

yet. [music]

>> Well, I seldom meet anyone as compatible

as you.

>> You mean I don't? [music] What did you

say? Glitter and gleam. I don't think I

like that. [bell]

>> You're more of a soft, warm glow.

>> I think I better [music] go get your

wheelchair. You want to try it?

>> That's a second choice.

>> [music]

>> Well, gentlemen, that concludes our

meeting for today. Thank you very much.

Thank you.

>> Yes,

>> sir. Sir, we have a report that Harry

Walsh was just seen on KRZM news.

>> What was he reporting?

>> It wasn't a news story, sir. Something

to do with city planning.

>> Did you verify it?

>> As best I could, sir. When I called the

station, they said he just stepped out.

>> Keep that station under surveillance.

We've got to get that idiot before he

finds out something or starts airing a

lot of wild suspicions. Get a new uh

press release out on Senator Wheeler's

fishing trip immediately. And get Walsh.

>> Yes, sir.

have my car brought around. I'm going to

project headquarters.

[music]

[music]

>> [music]

>> Heat. Heat.

[music]

>> [music]

>> I love that son.

>> Well, put under the umbrella anyway.

>> Very festive. [bell]

>> There. How's that?

>> Good.

>> You soon your lunch will be along.

>> I can hardly wait. What will it be

today? Yogurt and green tea?

>> Oh, it'll be a little more nourishing

than that.

the Minister of Defense from Haiti.

>> What qualifies him to be here?

>> I can't answer that. That sort of

thing's out of my area.

[music]

>> What's the matter?

>> What are you doing here?

>> You've seen what I do. [music] Besides

assisting Dr. Reading, I uh give you a

pretty good shave, don't you think?

>> No, but I mean, why why you here? It had

to start somewhere.

Well, some time back I wrote a paper on

the psychology of readjusting people

who've been under cryogenetics.

>> Is that where they freeze people?

>> Mhm.

>> And uh thaw [music] them out after they

found a cure for the ailment.

>> Thank you.

>> Dr. Reen got a hold of it and I've been

here ever since.

>> Uhhuh. So, you've been [music] preparing

me for my own death and resurrection.

>> Mhm. Who was it who said [music] that

there's a time to live and a time to

die?

>> Someone who had no choice. Someone who

lived a long time ago.

>> Yes, but I wasn't given a choice. It was

made for me by people that I'm not sure

that I approve of.

>> Do you approve of being alive?

>> Not unless I know the motives behind the

people who arranged it. I don't pretend

to know what's going on here. It's just

that I'm not sure that I like it.

>> Don't you like living?

>> I like the way that it was. I don't know

if I'm going to like it the way its may

be.

>> Don't worry, Clint. Just don't worry.

Dr. Reading will explain everything.

I'll come back for you after a while.

>> Dr. How are you, doctor?

>> I guess you have some questions. Eh,

Senator,

>> you're damn right I have. What the hell

is all this secrecy? If I'm to believe

you as a doctor, you can save just about

every life in the world. So why does

your committee deal only with the

privilege, the select few? If you have

the means to save human lives, you're

bound by the hypocratic oath

>> to do it, to publish the fact and have 5

million people milling around outside

our fences, starving, killing each

other.

>> We couldn't handle that, Senator. We

couldn't even feed them.

>> No, I'm afraid our society is based on

the people's accepting the inevitability

of death.

>> To give them hope otherwise is to invite

anarchy. But how can a group of of men

assume the divine right of life and

death?

>> The only way we found to control the

process. Well, what exactly is the

process?

To put it simply, we can grow human life

or sas as we call them. A soma is simply

a synthetic person, just a body. It

contains all the organs present in a

human being. But aside from having life,

it's not human. It has no mind, no

intellect, no soul, if you will. Every

one of them is identical except that

when one is injected with a DNA

structure of an intended recipient, it

becomes completely compatible with them.

Actually takes on a resemblance. This

compatibility eliminates the rejection

syndrome.

>> Well, what happens to them then after

the operation?

>> They're dead naturally.

>> Well, but then then surely you've killed

them. Well, yes, in a manner of

speaking, but we don't really think of

it that way. They're just organ banks.

>> It's unbelievable. It's absolutely

unbelievable.

>> Do you remember my mentioning your twin

the other day?

>> Oh, yes.

Come on, Senator. I'm going to give you

an experience very few other people have

ever had.

>> [music]

>> Well, you see, when you were brought in,

your injuries were so massive, we

programmed two sas for the transplant.

They both expired and we felt you needed

a third in case complications develop.

That sill program

[music]

yourself. He's conditioned to respond to

the bell.

>> Senator, meet your third [music] twin.

Uh,

he's asking for some sugar

here.

Give him some.

Why does he look like me? Because he's

been injected with your DNA structure.

After administering, it takes

approximately 12 hours for the soma to

adjust and then the physical changes

begin to occur. Since he has your bone

DNA, his bones change the same with

skin, hair color, eyes, and so forth.

In effect, he is you. [music] Not fully

developed, of course. He has a brain,

but it has a very limited capacity. Only

capable of controlling motor activities.

He's completely without experience or

knowledge.

But he's not unhappy. You know, you have

to experience happiness to know the

opposite.

>> Get me out of here.

>> [music]

>> I'm not

[music]

[music]

[music]

Please come with us, Mr. Walsh.

[music]

[bell]

[music]

>> [music]

>> Where are we going?

[music]

You mind if I smoke?

I thought no.

[music]

[music]

>> Well, thanks a lot, fellas. Thank you.

I'll see you,

officer.

How is he?

>> Seems to be coming along just fine, sir.

[music]

>> The hair and eye chromosomes are coming

in now.

>> [music]

>> Looks pretty good for 3 hours after

imprinture.

>> Dr. Reading, please call your office.

Dr. Reading, contact your office,

please.

>> This Dr. Reading.

>> Mr. Fielding is here, sir. Oh,

>> very well, Tom. I'll be right down.

Carry on. If you need me, I'll be in my

office with Mr. Fielding.

Oh, I told you about that.

A kidney lung. What's the difference?

>> I hate waste is all.

>> You look worried.

>> Is anything wrong?

>> We're having a minor security problem. A

reporter happened to witness Senator

Wheeler's admittance into Bethesda.

Naturally, he doesn't buy our cover

story. I just received a report. He's

here in Alamagordo.

>> Not worried about that too much. We've

managed to maintain security for 17

years. Besides, if the senator continues

to improve, he should be able to make a

public appearance in a week or 10 days.

>> Good.

>> We've uh briefed him on what goes on

here, but he doesn't seem to comprehend

it yet. He's been told you'll see him

later today.

>> Fine. Fine. Do you think we can do that

before you shove all those needles into

me?

How are you?

>> Good.

>> Thanks, Red. That's all I need to know.

>> Thank you for making those inquiries.

>> No problem. A flight plan was filed to

hear from Washington DC last Tuesday

night around 11:00. Uh, it was cancelled

3 hours later.

>> You mean the planning to land here?

>> How about Hollowman Air Force Base?

>> I doubt it. They had a civilian license

registration. There is another field out

there though in the old Manhattan

project, but it's under maximum

security. God knows why.

>> Can I get in there?

>> Well, a few years ago, I was coming home

from a story. Hit a storm, ran out of

gas, and had to land there. They didn't

shoot me.

>> What would you take to do it again?

>> The right to release the story you're

after 15 minutes before you put it on

the wire. Okay.

>> It's a deal. And as a capper, we have

just had word that Senator Clay Wheeler

has been fined by conservation officer

Tom Sims of Wallers Lake, Wyoming. His

crime telling tall tales. Wheeler claims

to have caught a 20-in steel head trout

using a magnet for bait. Ladies and

gentlemen, good night.

>> How in the hell did they do that?

Senator Wheeler, this is Mr. Wheeler.

We've met.

>> Dr. Johnson, would you excuse us,

please?

>> Yes, sir. Excuse me.

>> Senator, you uh know what we've done for

you. Now you can do something for us.

I was wondering when I was going to get

the bill. We usually make these

arrangements in advance, but in cases

such as yours, it wasn't feasible.

>> I didn't ask you for anything. But you

don't mind having it.

Staying alive is the most contagious of

diseases.

In the past, Senator, you have been

impossible to deal with. You were only

interested in protecting the people of

your state. That's why they elected me.

>> Your state and your people are part of a

nation.

>> Ah, but my state is what I'm interested

in. Even if your position might not have

been in the best interest of the nation.

>> As senator, I represent my state. As

president, I would represent the nation.

as president.

>> God willing.

God willing.

>> Since you seem to think of yourself as

being in that position, don't do me any

more favors. We were hopeful that you'd

be grateful enough to be a little more

cooperative. Huh? Be a little more

amendable to problems and decisions that

affect the entire nation, even if they

are not so acceptable to your state's

best interest.

>> You know, I've never been compromised. I

never will be. Well, that's because

you're a rich man. Now we're dealing

with a different kind of money.

>> Feeling I won't be a part of it. What

you're doing here is wrong. It's sick.

How can you be so sure that you're

propagating the right people? You're

completely upsetting the balance of

nature. Man was not meant to live

forever. And as soon as I get out of

here, I'm going to do everything I can

to put a stop to this.

Senator,

your cooperation isn't necessary to the

future [music] of this project, but your

discretion is. If you were to expose our

existence, the entire world's economy

would be destroyed. You don't know the

people that have been brought here for

treatment. If you really wish to help

your state and your country, your

silence is mandatory.

>> You're not going to intimidate me,

Fielding, and you're not going to shut

me up,

>> Senator.

You think your party would nominate a

man who has had a heart transplant?

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>> Heat. Heat.

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>> That's This is a restricted area. What

are you doing here?

>> Well, she was missing. I had no choice.

I think I can fix in a couple of

minutes.

>> That's all you have is 2 minutes.

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>> Damn self-important idiot. balance of

nature.

Every time you step on an ant, it

affects the balance of nature.

>> Yes, but uh I sometimes have my doubts

about all this

>> doubts.

I'm afraid that old adage about absolute

power corrupting absolutely may be

coming true.

>> Corrupting? How dare you indict the nine

men assigned to this project?

>> I didn't mean that. Nothing personal at

any rate. But don't you see the awesome

responsibility we face? No matter how

you paint it, it's still blackmail.

>> Doctor, I'm surprised. I thought a man

of your knowledge and experience

wouldn't be so mundainely narrow. The

committee is a democratic body that

votes for the betterment of humanity.

Now, let's not hear any more about it.

It's here. It's reality, and we've got

to make the best of it. Good day,

doctor.

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>> Heat. Heat.

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>> Huh?

Huh?

H.

Uh-huh.

Heat. Heat.

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>> Senator

Senator Wheeler, are you in there?

>> My god.

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>> My god. What the hell have they done to

you?

Uh

uh.

>> Look,

I'm your friend.

I'm your friend. I'm going to get you

out of here.

Come on now.

We should have let you die.

Now look, I'm your friend. I'm going to

get you out of here.

God, you're not much good to yourself,

but you sure as hell can help me.

Go on.

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>> What's going on?

>> I'm sorry, lady. I need your car.

>> Need my car? What are you doing? [music]

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>> Heat. Heat.

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Heat.

[cheering]

It's that damn reporter. I knew it when

security sounded the first alarm

>> writing here.

Where did it happen?

Where is she?

Well, get her to emergency receiving as

soon as you can. Do whatever is

necessary. Did you identify the man?

>> Mhm. Harry Walsh. How is he?

>> Give him first aid, but hold him. It's

too bad about the Wait just a minute.

>> We've got Walsh with minor injuries, but

my assistant, Dr. Johnson, was somehow

involved. She's in critical condition.

Can you get committee permission to

schedule the Soma for her? She's key

personnel.

>> Of course.

>> Let me know as soon as they arrive.

Thank you.

>> Doctor, this may solve a problem for us.

You mentioned a warm relationship

between the senator and Dr. Johnson.

>> What does that have to do with it?

>> He was pretty independent when he

thought he might not need us again for a

long, long time. I'm going to have a

little talk with him.

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Sorry to barge in on you like this,

Senator. What's going on out there?

Well, that's what I want to talk to you

about. When we had our last discussion,

you were quite adamant in your stand

about the balance of nature. We were

wrong, sick. How did we know we were

saving [music] the right people? Or

let's not forget man was not meant to

live forever.

>> All right, what's it all about?

>> As a result of an accident, your friend

Dr. Johnson is in critical condition.

>> You mean that since she might die?

>> That choice is up to you. [music]

>> Me? I'll do whatever you say. Just

remember her continued existence might

upset that balance of nature you're so

worried about.

Damn you feeling

using her life to buy me. As I said,

it's a new kind of money.

What is it you want? I think I made that

plane before.

Fielding, you play a rotten game.

You forced me to adopt your rules.

You put Dr. Johnson's life in my hands.

All right. Tell you what, I'm going to

toss the ball right back at you.

You make the decision.

And if it's possible for you to save her

life and you fail to do so,

that's murder.

And [music] if that happens, I promise

you, I'll spend the rest of my life

blowing the whistle on you in this

entire operation.

You're an ungrateful man, Senator.

[music] And you, sir, are an amoral

swine.

Swine, Senator.

That kind of language seems to be

beneath a presidential hopeful.

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>> What is it?

>> I was just going to call the committee

for approval of a song.

>> Oh, you can hold that off. It appears it

won't be necessary now.

>> Prognosis

>> favorable. She's going to recover.

>> Fine. Where do you have that reporter?

He's still in the examining room.

>> How is he?

>> Well, he's a little groggy. He required

quite a few stitches. Excuse me.

>> Mr. Walsh, listen. You I don't know

what's happening here, but you're not

going to get away with it. I saw the

senator here, and he's very much alive.

>> You're the only one that ever hinted

differently.

>> Why the secrecy here? Why the cover up?

What's going on here?

>> Nothing for you to know. I'm going to

break this all over network television.

>> Just what are you going to break me?

>> Exactly what I've seen about this whole

rotten deal.

>> And just what have you seen?

>> I saw a senator damn near dead in

Washington. I saw him pull out of a

hospital mysteriously at nighttime in a

van. I saw a bunch of freaks out here

caged up like animals. Then I saw a

senator again reduced to a babbling,

drooling idiot.

>> Mr. Walsh, you have already been

discredited once in a report on the

senator's condition. If you should turn

up with such a halfbaked story of what

you've seen or think you've seen here,

they'll probably drop a net over you and

lead you away.

>> I wouldn't bet on that.

>> Face it, Mr. Walsh. No radio or

television network will carry your story

for fear of losing their license. And

all periodicals have been warned away

from you.

>> Oh, I'm quite sure you've thought of

everything.

>> I'm quite sure I have. After your

breakfast in the morning, there'll be a

chartered plane waiting for you. Just go

back to Washington and go to work as if

nothing had happened.

>> Nothing happened, huh?

>> I will arrange for you to be reinstated

with back pay and expenses.

>> Are you crazy?

I saw the senator in Washington almost

dead. I saw him out here and believe me,

he should have been dead. And if he's

not dead after that car wreck we had a

couple of hours ago, he's got to come

back from his fishing trip. And somebody

has got to answer for his scrambled

brains.

>> Perhaps you should know what we're doing

here. Would you like to talk to him?

>> Talk to him.

>> He's a vegetable. After I explain it to

you and you see the senator, maybe

you'll understand our need for complete

secrecy.

Come with me. I'll tell you about it on

the way.

>> Oh, Dr. Wheeler, I have some news. I'm

sure you're welcome. Dr. Johnson is much

better than initially diagnosed. She's

going to recover without any surgery at

all.

>> Thank God for that.

You sure? You sure she's going to be all

right?

>> Positive.

You know, Senator, our work here is to

keep people alive, not to let them die.

And briefly, Mr. Walsh, that's it.

>> Senator Wheeler.

>> Yes.

But I uh

[music] I don't understand. About 2

hours ago, you and I were up. 2 hours

ago. No, no, no. I remember the last

time we met was at least uh 6 months

ago.

>> No, no. Gentlemen, may we please go to

the examining room?

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Mr. Wallace as an honorable intelligent

human being who has the best interest of

this country and [music] the world at

heart. I'm sure you can see now why none

of this can be revealed. No, now hold

on. Hold on. This is uh this is

fantastic. [music]

I mean, this is too big to be locked up

out here in the desert. I [music] can't

sit in this story. Wait a minute. Yes.

You go ahead and you get your story out

and people will listen and they will

believe you because I'm going to back

you every step of the way. I want to

make this absolutely clear for once and

for all. If either of you breathes one

word about this operation or what we are

doing, I will have you totally

discredited and put away.

Is that absolutely and totally clear?

And what does that mean? You got to kill

us both.

>> Excuse me, Dr. Reading. There's an

urgent call for you from [music]

Washington. Oh, excuse me.

>> Yes, Dr. Rening.

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Oh, yes.

Yes, I see.

>> Fine.

>> Yes. Fine.

Thank you very much.

>> You seem pleased about something.

>> Joan Lie has just had his second [music]

coronary. He'll be here in about 12

hours.

>> Good. I knew we'd get to him sooner or

later.

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