1 00:00:20,653 --> 00:00:24,714 2 00:00:25,759 --> 00:00:28,922 - - Commodore, I've got a bogey bearing 2-niner-0. 3 00:00:28,995 --> 00:00:31,555 - I. F. F. ? - Negative, sir. 4 00:00:31,631 --> 00:00:33,622 Scope me. 5 00:00:39,672 --> 00:00:42,937 - It's a Hammerhead. - Still closing. Zero target aspect. 6 00:00:44,878 --> 00:00:48,075 All our birds are accounted for, and there's no other ships in the region. 7 00:00:49,115 --> 00:00:52,642 Any, um-Any intelligence reports of Chigs flying captured SA-43s? 8 00:00:52,719 --> 00:00:55,119 He's headed right for us. 9 00:00:55,188 --> 00:00:57,622 Could be a Silicate suicide bomber. 10 00:00:57,690 --> 00:01:00,022 Deny it. Warn him. 11 00:01:00,093 --> 00:01:04,587 Unidentified spacecraft off my port bow, you're approaching the U. S. naval carrier Saratoga. 12 00:01:04,664 --> 00:01:07,895 - Request you alter course and identify yourself immediately. - 13 00:01:07,967 --> 00:01:10,492 - He's still coming, sir. - Fire a warning shot. 14 00:01:10,570 --> 00:01:15,735 - 2. 6- niner off the port bow. - 2. 6- niner off the port bow. Aye-aye. 15 00:01:22,282 --> 00:01:24,216 Commodore, it's overridden the H. B. D. L. 16 00:01:31,724 --> 00:01:34,352 - It's docking. - Security alert! 17 00:01:35,395 --> 00:01:38,364 - - Master-of-arms, lay it to the third deck. 18 00:01:38,431 --> 00:01:42,765 19 00:01:42,836 --> 00:01:46,636 All security personnel, Code Red. All security personnel, Code Red. 20 00:01:46,706 --> 00:01:51,837 21 00:01:54,447 --> 00:01:58,508 - Pop the canopy. - 22 00:01:59,552 --> 00:02:03,181 - ~~~~ - ~~~~ 23 00:02:08,094 --> 00:02:10,028 He's dead. 24 00:02:15,168 --> 00:02:19,264 - ~~~~ - ~~~~ 25 00:02:22,275 --> 00:02:26,075 ~~~~ 26 00:02:33,453 --> 00:02:36,945 - You all right, sir? - Watch out! - 27 00:02:37,991 --> 00:02:40,585 - - 28 00:02:40,660 --> 00:02:44,096 Kind of a bummer gettin' your butt kicked by a dead guy. 29 00:03:21,601 --> 00:03:24,399 My name is Butts, Raymond Thomas. 30 00:03:25,438 --> 00:03:27,531 My rank is lieutenant colonel. 31 00:03:27,607 --> 00:03:30,599 9247158437. 32 00:03:30,677 --> 00:03:32,645 You're not a prisoner of war, Colonel. 33 00:03:32,712 --> 00:03:38,150 No, Colonel, but I've been a P. O. W. - back in '52, Karakorum. 34 00:03:38,218 --> 00:03:40,311 C. C. 's tortured me for three straight days. 35 00:03:40,386 --> 00:03:42,752 How did you override the hangar bay door lock? 36 00:03:42,855 --> 00:03:44,914 And I never talked. 37 00:03:45,959 --> 00:03:50,123 I was on the bridge. It wasn't activated on our end. 38 00:03:50,563 --> 00:03:55,000 I would advise an immediate investigation of the H. B. D. L. 39 00:03:56,035 --> 00:03:59,801 - Where are your men? - My men are my business. 40 00:03:59,872 --> 00:04:01,601 They're the Corps' business. 41 00:04:02,675 --> 00:04:04,438 You recon? 42 00:04:05,478 --> 00:04:10,245 If I were, I would not be at liberty to address that question. 43 00:04:10,316 --> 00:04:13,649 Butts, I'm not out to bust you. 44 00:04:16,256 --> 00:04:19,885 Joined the Corps at 20. Never married. 45 00:04:20,927 --> 00:04:23,191 Week out of the Space Aviators Academy in Loxley... 46 00:04:23,263 --> 00:04:27,131 you were in Quantico Officers Candidate School, top of the class. 47 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:30,795 Two Silver Stars in Guatemala... 48 00:04:30,870 --> 00:04:33,896 Special Forces in the A. I. Rebellion. 49 00:04:34,907 --> 00:04:38,308 We're two lifers. You got nothin' to hide. 50 00:04:39,879 --> 00:04:42,939 Forget the butter, McQueen. 51 00:04:43,983 --> 00:04:46,213 Maybe we do have the same amount of time in... 52 00:04:46,286 --> 00:04:50,313 and maybe we wear the same ribbons from our nipples when we put on the dress blues... 53 00:04:50,390 --> 00:04:54,793 but don't you think for one second that we are equals, Tank. 54 00:04:57,397 --> 00:05:01,356 - You're hiding something. You screwed up, didn't you? - Ray Butts never screws up. 55 00:05:02,402 --> 00:05:04,495 I think Ray Butts did. 56 00:05:04,570 --> 00:05:07,630 I think men got hurt under your command, and you won't come clean. 57 00:05:07,707 --> 00:05:10,733 Think what you want, but you don't know squat. 58 00:05:10,810 --> 00:05:13,779 Then why don't you tell me somethin'... 59 00:05:13,846 --> 00:05:16,406 like how you got here and why. 60 00:05:19,886 --> 00:05:23,686 Check out how close this Chig missile burn is. 61 00:05:24,724 --> 00:05:27,716 This zoomey was in a serious hand-to-hand fur ball. 62 00:05:27,794 --> 00:05:31,753 - - 63 00:05:31,864 --> 00:05:33,855 Now, look at this. 64 00:05:36,602 --> 00:05:38,866 "The Man in Black. " 65 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:45,936 - Who's "The Man in Black"? - 66 00:05:46,979 --> 00:05:51,882 These readouts indicate that this plane was on the border of the Cerberus Black Hole. 67 00:05:51,951 --> 00:05:53,885 That's Never-Never country. 68 00:05:53,953 --> 00:05:58,253 The optical disc playback should show the flight history. 69 00:05:58,324 --> 00:06:01,293 - Hey! - You touch that O. D. P... 70 00:06:02,295 --> 00:06:06,129 you'll be wearin' your bra backwards after I twist you in half. 71 00:06:06,199 --> 00:06:10,761 Hey, hey. Look at lover boy.| 72 00:06:10,837 --> 00:06:14,068 I think he's got it in his mind to strike a senior officer. 73 00:06:14,140 --> 00:06:18,042 Come on. Come on. Let's go, Romeo. Come on. Come on. 74 00:06:18,111 --> 00:06:21,444 Don't let your better judgment stop you now.| 75 00:06:21,514 --> 00:06:25,575 - Sir, we were just interested- - Hey, man. 76 00:06:25,651 --> 00:06:27,585 You're touchin' me like you love me. 77 00:06:28,087 --> 00:06:32,251 Do you love me? Well, hey, man, I love you. 78 00:06:33,292 --> 00:06:36,955 Maybe we should get married, huh? 79 00:06:37,029 --> 00:06:40,294 - - Maybe you should propose to me. Hey... 80 00:06:40,733 --> 00:06:43,759 why don't you get down on one knee and ask for my hand? 81 00:06:44,837 --> 00:06:48,967 Oh, my God! Another nipple-neck. 82 00:06:50,009 --> 00:06:53,240 This bucket's crawlin' with 'em. Hey, hey, hey! 83 00:06:53,346 --> 00:06:57,009 Ho! Hey, the 58th. Hold up. 84 00:06:58,050 --> 00:07:00,678 You silver bars are the 58th? 85 00:07:00,753 --> 00:07:04,746 The Wild Cards? No lie. 86 00:07:04,824 --> 00:07:08,692 You stopped the Chigs at the Battle of the Belt. That was you? 87 00:07:09,495 --> 00:07:12,521 Man, I heard of you. 88 00:07:13,566 --> 00:07:15,500 Hell. 89 00:07:15,568 --> 00:07:19,368 Well, I didn't know what I was expectin', but it ain't you. 90 00:07:22,475 --> 00:07:26,036 Chigs must not have wanted it that day. 91 00:07:26,112 --> 00:07:28,740 You can take on the entire Chig army... 92 00:07:28,815 --> 00:07:32,911 but let me advise you to stay clear... of me! 93 00:07:33,953 --> 00:07:37,184 How come you just can't punch a senior officer- 94 00:07:38,224 --> 00:07:40,624 like, if he's got it comin'? 95 00:07:40,860 --> 00:07:42,885 Butts couldn't have made lieutenant colonel... 96 00:07:43,930 --> 00:07:46,296 if he was just some long-gone Hard Charger. 97 00:07:46,365 --> 00:07:49,994 No, man. That guy is one Colonel Semper Psycho. 98 00:07:50,069 --> 00:07:54,233 Hey, 'Phousse is right. You guys are overdoin' it just 'cause he gave you a jalapeño enema. 99 00:07:54,307 --> 00:08:00,177 Maybe, it's just-you know- no one is born that mean. 100 00:08:00,680 --> 00:08:04,377 They either put it on for effect, or... 101 00:08:05,685 --> 00:08:10,588 something happened- something turned 'em that mean. 102 00:08:11,657 --> 00:08:13,989 They can never go back. 103 00:08:15,061 --> 00:08:19,623 The worst part is... they know it. 104 00:08:20,666 --> 00:08:23,931 My name's Macbeth. 105 00:08:24,003 --> 00:08:27,404 The devil himself could not pronounce a title more hateful to mine ear. 106 00:08:27,473 --> 00:08:29,498 - No, nor more fearful. - Isn't this great? 107 00:08:29,575 --> 00:08:32,874 I requested it at the beginning of our tour. Took three months to get it. 108 00:08:32,945 --> 00:08:36,381 - ... prove the lie thou speak'st. - I don't know what this guy's sayin', but he means it. 109 00:08:40,152 --> 00:08:45,021 - Come on! Damned Armed Force censors. - 110 00:08:46,058 --> 00:08:49,186 We can kill Chigs, we can earn medals, but we can't watch a fight on TV? 111 00:08:57,603 --> 00:08:59,537 Popped the V-chip. 112 00:08:59,906 --> 00:09:04,468 - Come on. Just in time. - 113 00:09:05,511 --> 00:09:10,039 114 00:09:13,553 --> 00:09:17,353 - - Hey, you idiot, what the hell do you think you're doing? 115 00:09:18,391 --> 00:09:21,155 I saw what you maggots did. 116 00:09:22,161 --> 00:09:24,391 Brass says you're not supposed to see this crap. 117 00:09:30,436 --> 00:09:34,702 - May I speak freely, Colonel? - Speak. 118 00:09:36,309 --> 00:09:39,369 You don't care if we see this. You're just messin' with our heads. 119 00:09:40,413 --> 00:09:43,507 And bein' at war, this could be the last time I hear Shakespeare... 120 00:09:43,583 --> 00:09:45,517 and you took that from me. 121 00:09:45,585 --> 00:09:48,247 And if you weren't wearing those oak leaves, sir... 122 00:09:48,321 --> 00:09:50,653 I'd be kickin' your ass up between your shoulder blades. 123 00:09:52,858 --> 00:09:56,350 - - I'll tell you what. 124 00:09:58,030 --> 00:10:01,329 I'll drop these oak leaves for just 10 seconds... 125 00:10:02,368 --> 00:10:05,269 'cause that's all it'll take to pound some respect into you. 126 00:10:07,740 --> 00:10:10,334 Keep the knife. It'll make things even. 127 00:10:11,377 --> 00:10:13,538 Okay. All right. 128 00:10:23,589 --> 00:10:25,819 - He's worse than you said. - 129 00:10:26,859 --> 00:10:28,793 130 00:10:28,861 --> 00:10:34,822 ~~~~ 131 00:10:37,503 --> 00:10:40,995 ~~ 132 00:10:42,041 --> 00:10:43,975 I want you gone. 133 00:10:44,043 --> 00:10:48,343 I don't know how or why you're here, or what you think you're doing with my people- 134 00:10:48,414 --> 00:10:51,872 - abusing subordinates, disrupting morale and unity. - ~~~~ 135 00:10:51,951 --> 00:10:55,580 Whatever you're doing, I take one look at you, and know that it's only about you. 136 00:10:55,655 --> 00:11:00,354 And anyone pulled in is gonna die while you just drive on. 137 00:11:00,426 --> 00:11:05,125 - ~~~~ - They all passed my test. 138 00:11:05,197 --> 00:11:10,260 They all came runnin' to help their buddies. You taught 'em real good. 139 00:11:10,336 --> 00:11:14,898 Don't butter me. You are gone! 140 00:11:14,974 --> 00:11:18,000 I don't care if you turn out to be the commodore's "bestest'"golfbuddy... 141 00:11:18,077 --> 00:11:20,011 and you bleed scarlet and gold. 142 00:11:20,079 --> 00:11:22,343 You are gone! 143 00:11:22,415 --> 00:11:27,148 I will pull every string to get you away from my people and off this bucket... 144 00:11:27,219 --> 00:11:30,916 and back to the slime pit you crawled out of. 145 00:11:30,990 --> 00:11:35,825 - ~~~~ - Well- 146 00:11:35,928 --> 00:11:39,329 Maybe you can pull every string... 147 00:11:40,366 --> 00:11:42,960 but I pull the rope. 148 00:11:43,703 --> 00:11:48,834 - I'm on a mission- classified, compartmentalized. - ~~~~ 149 00:11:49,875 --> 00:11:53,641 I'm takin' 'em with me. 150 00:11:53,713 --> 00:11:58,582 Course, they're not the caliber that I'm used to workin' with, but that not might matter. 151 00:11:59,485 --> 00:12:03,819 I've gotta go when the tide wanes on the Cerberus Black Hole. 152 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:12,464 - This ain't gonna happen. - I'm in this so deep, so dark. 153 00:12:13,499 --> 00:12:18,436 The Old Man approves anything I request, including this. So deal with it. 154 00:12:18,604 --> 00:12:21,630 You are no longer in command of the 58th. 155 00:12:22,675 --> 00:12:27,078 They're mine now. 156 00:12:27,146 --> 00:12:31,139 ~~~~ 157 00:13:36,982 --> 00:13:38,973 - - Augh! 158 00:13:42,054 --> 00:13:44,488 You shot me in the back. 159 00:13:45,524 --> 00:13:48,015 'Cause you didn't cover it. 160 00:13:49,795 --> 00:13:51,786 Damn. 161 00:13:53,766 --> 00:13:56,462 - Where'd he go? - Sorry, Coop. I'm dead. 162 00:13:57,503 --> 00:13:59,767 Come on. I think you're on your last breath. 163 00:14:00,105 --> 00:14:02,665 - That deck's unsecured. It's outta bounds. - I know. 164 00:14:03,709 --> 00:14:06,371 Oh, good. Butts is breakin' his own rules, huh? 165 00:14:16,689 --> 00:14:18,213 - - 166 00:14:19,458 --> 00:14:21,392 - Aw. - 167 00:14:24,530 --> 00:14:27,897 Oh, man, that's cheap. I ain't goin'out like this. 168 00:14:28,934 --> 00:14:33,064 - If it were real, you wouldn't be able to bitch, so shut up. - 169 00:14:53,692 --> 00:14:56,456 170 00:15:03,936 --> 00:15:06,996 171 00:15:29,595 --> 00:15:34,532 172 00:15:35,668 --> 00:15:40,935 173 00:15:42,207 --> 00:15:44,675 174 00:15:49,214 --> 00:15:51,842 Easy as eatin' pancakes. 175 00:15:56,255 --> 00:16:00,954 Cheap. They were all cheap kills. 176 00:16:02,962 --> 00:16:07,626 - He won't have any dishwashers to hide behind in the thick. - I don't get the point. 177 00:16:08,667 --> 00:16:12,103 He's supposed to be trainin' us to use the skills he knows, not showin' em off. 178 00:16:12,171 --> 00:16:17,370 Exactly. It felt like he was just using us to sharpen his skills. We were clay pigeons. 179 00:16:17,443 --> 00:16:20,344 - Maybe he was trying to lead by example. - Not much of a leader. 180 00:16:20,412 --> 00:16:23,711 I'm in a squad where I'd rather shoot the C. O. than the enemy. 181 00:16:23,782 --> 00:16:26,751 Knock it off. 182 00:16:26,819 --> 00:16:29,014 You know what I'm sayin', sir. 183 00:16:29,088 --> 00:16:31,648 I mean, I never felt like shootin' you. 184 00:16:31,724 --> 00:16:34,955 - Stop it, Hawkes. You're makin' me all misty. - Sir... 185 00:16:35,027 --> 00:16:38,986 we'd all lay down your lives for you, because we know you'd put down for us. 186 00:16:39,064 --> 00:16:41,032 - But Butts- - He wouldn't be there. 187 00:16:41,100 --> 00:16:43,568 Sir, is there something you can do? 188 00:16:43,635 --> 00:16:46,900 We don't want him. We want you. 189 00:16:46,972 --> 00:16:50,339 This isn't a dating service. We're in the middle of a war. 190 00:16:50,409 --> 00:16:54,903 If we stop following orders, there will be no order. It'll all fall apart. 191 00:16:55,814 --> 00:16:57,543 Sir... 192 00:16:58,817 --> 00:17:01,547 would you follow him into a firefight? 193 00:17:03,756 --> 00:17:07,590 He's an officer in the Corps, trained to care about his marines... 194 00:17:08,627 --> 00:17:12,961 and yes, if so ordered, I would follow him- 195 00:17:20,272 --> 00:17:23,264 But I'd watch my 6:00... 196 00:17:24,309 --> 00:17:27,210 and I'd watch each other's 6:00s... 197 00:17:27,312 --> 00:17:29,303 real close. 198 00:17:33,452 --> 00:17:36,944 Maybe we won't have to worry about him. After the way we performed today... 199 00:17:37,990 --> 00:17:40,254 Butts probably won't want us to follow him. 200 00:17:43,495 --> 00:17:45,520 - ~~~~ - ~~~~ 201 00:18:07,686 --> 00:18:10,621 ~~~~ 202 00:18:11,657 --> 00:18:14,888 I was wondering if you still want us for the mission after today. 203 00:18:17,229 --> 00:18:21,029 Most of the units I trained eat it in five minutes. 204 00:18:22,067 --> 00:18:25,434 You've all lasted 10. 205 00:18:30,642 --> 00:18:34,339 What do you think about in the dark? 206 00:18:35,380 --> 00:18:38,713 - - ~~~~ 207 00:18:38,784 --> 00:18:43,448 - I think about the first man I ever killed. - What about him? 208 00:18:44,223 --> 00:18:47,681 I wonder what he's doin' now... 209 00:18:48,727 --> 00:18:51,355 and if he got the better end of the deal. 210 00:18:51,430 --> 00:18:54,092 ~~~~ 211 00:18:54,166 --> 00:18:56,396 212 00:18:56,468 --> 00:18:59,198 I understand your folks were in the Corps. 213 00:18:59,271 --> 00:19:02,866 - ~~~~ - A. I. 's got him. 214 00:19:02,941 --> 00:19:06,672 My father'd be about your age. 215 00:19:07,479 --> 00:19:11,472 Least he died for somethin'. 216 00:19:12,518 --> 00:19:15,544 What would you die for? 217 00:19:15,621 --> 00:19:19,819 - - ~~~~ 218 00:19:19,892 --> 00:19:22,622 Sir- 219 00:19:23,729 --> 00:19:28,359 I know you'd kill for us. Would you die for us? 220 00:19:34,206 --> 00:19:38,768 I'm already dead, Vansen. 221 00:19:39,811 --> 00:19:43,645 - ~~~~ - 222 00:19:43,715 --> 00:19:48,709 Tell 'em to hit the rack. We ship off at 0130. 223 00:19:48,787 --> 00:19:53,224 ~~~~ 224 00:19:53,292 --> 00:19:58,924 ~~~~ 225 00:20:14,513 --> 00:20:17,744 Think he'll ever tell us exactly what our mission is? 226 00:20:20,352 --> 00:20:24,584 - What? Did he tell you something? - No. 227 00:20:25,624 --> 00:20:30,527 It's just- It sounds like he's not planning on coming back. 228 00:20:30,729 --> 00:20:33,789 Well, is he planning on us coming back? 229 00:20:36,568 --> 00:20:40,470 Damphie. Parachutes. We're makin' a drop. 230 00:20:41,506 --> 00:20:45,033 Supplies secured? Load up. 231 00:21:09,701 --> 00:21:12,261 Butts. 232 00:21:20,345 --> 00:21:24,145 I know they're not my children. They're marines: 233 00:21:25,183 --> 00:21:27,674 Life-takers and heartbreakers. 234 00:21:27,753 --> 00:21:31,120 And I know we're at war, and people die. 235 00:21:31,189 --> 00:21:34,920 But if any of my people die because of you... 236 00:21:34,993 --> 00:21:40,488 all your recon skills and black ops training won't be worth a damn. 237 00:21:40,565 --> 00:21:42,556 I'll find you. 238 00:22:31,583 --> 00:22:35,075 - Approaching drop zone, Planet 2063- F. - 239 00:22:36,121 --> 00:22:38,248 - - All right. Listen up. 240 00:22:38,323 --> 00:22:41,815 - You are participating in Operation Get Rhythm. - 241 00:22:41,893 --> 00:22:45,761 The objective is to retrieve six SA- 43 attack jets... 242 00:22:45,831 --> 00:22:49,699 - currently camo'ed deep in enemy territory- - How'd they get there? 243 00:22:51,236 --> 00:22:54,034 And return them safely to the Saratoga. 244 00:22:55,674 --> 00:22:58,302 To achieve optimum stealth, deployment will be made... 245 00:22:59,344 --> 00:23:03,337 via high-altitude low-opening parachute drop. 246 00:23:03,415 --> 00:23:09,376 ISSCV exit will be at 30,000 feet. Chute deployment will commence at 2,000 feet. 247 00:23:09,454 --> 00:23:11,718 We haven't been trained for a HALO jump. 248 00:23:11,790 --> 00:23:15,055 Same as a regular jump. You just wait longer. 249 00:23:15,127 --> 00:23:20,531 - A hell of a lot longer. - It's as easy as eatin' pancakes. On your feet! 250 00:23:20,599 --> 00:23:23,090 Step up to the hatch. 251 00:23:31,176 --> 00:23:36,273 Heads up! We will meet at 30 degrees, five minutes by 75 degrees, two minutes... 252 00:23:37,315 --> 00:23:39,783 at 0634. 253 00:23:39,851 --> 00:23:44,879 That'll be just after sunrise. It is presently 0600. 254 00:23:44,956 --> 00:23:48,323 Ready? Ready, hack! 255 00:23:48,393 --> 00:23:52,295 - - What are you worried about? It's dark. 256 00:23:52,364 --> 00:23:55,891 You won't even know you're fallin' 28,000 feet. 257 00:23:59,037 --> 00:24:03,804 - - 258 00:24:04,843 --> 00:24:06,834 Come on! What are you waiting for? 259 00:24:06,912 --> 00:24:10,575 - - You think you're gonna live forever? Semper fi. Do or die. 260 00:24:10,649 --> 00:24:13,209 Come on. Come on. Let's go. Let's go. Let's go! 261 00:24:13,285 --> 00:24:17,483 Gung ho! Gung ho. Move it. Let's go. Move out. 262 00:24:18,290 --> 00:24:21,885 What is it, Wang? You want me to hold your hand on the way down? 263 00:24:22,928 --> 00:24:26,125 Move o-o-out! Hoo-yah! 264 00:24:51,022 --> 00:24:52,990 Come on, Wang. Let's go. 265 00:24:54,025 --> 00:24:58,121 - What are you doin'? - I'm waiting for my testicles. 266 00:24:58,196 --> 00:25:00,892 They should be dropping in any second. 267 00:25:07,739 --> 00:25:11,505 - - If I were a Chig, I'd be burying you now. 268 00:25:12,544 --> 00:25:15,377 Sir, what are the coordinates of the Hammerheads? 269 00:25:15,447 --> 00:25:18,245 - I've changed the initial objective. - You've changed it? 270 00:25:18,316 --> 00:25:20,841 - What's the call? - Classified. 271 00:25:20,919 --> 00:25:25,481 Classified? There's six of us in Chig territory. Think there's gonna be a breach of security? 272 00:25:25,557 --> 00:25:27,752 We wanna see the orders you're under, Colonel. 273 00:25:27,826 --> 00:25:30,192 We don't believe this new objective's an authorized mission. 274 00:25:30,262 --> 00:25:32,890 A leader can't worry about every order getting the once-over. 275 00:25:32,964 --> 00:25:35,432 You're the one who didn't think he was plannin' on coming back. 276 00:25:35,500 --> 00:25:37,525 You tell us the assignment. 277 00:25:38,703 --> 00:25:41,194 All right. 278 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,175 Vansen, West, stash the mount-out box. 279 00:25:45,243 --> 00:25:49,304 The rest of you cover 'em. The last thing we need is an ambush. 280 00:25:49,381 --> 00:25:53,715 Then we'll meet back here, and you will be briefed. 281 00:26:07,399 --> 00:26:09,390 Vanessa, drop it! 282 00:26:19,010 --> 00:26:22,446 He's gone. He left us here. 283 00:26:25,083 --> 00:26:29,986 What do we do now? He's our only way outta here. 284 00:27:00,118 --> 00:27:03,110 - - 285 00:27:12,464 --> 00:27:14,398 It's a Chig footprint. 286 00:27:34,853 --> 00:27:40,814 West, we just found some bushes he passed through. Alter your position 25 meters east. 287 00:28:17,629 --> 00:28:19,859 What the hell is he doing? 288 00:28:23,568 --> 00:28:26,036 289 00:28:30,975 --> 00:28:33,205 Looks like he's planting some kind of explosive charge. 290 00:28:34,245 --> 00:28:36,543 Maybe he's caching equipment. 291 00:28:37,582 --> 00:28:41,018 - Uh-oh. Whoa. Whoa. - 292 00:28:42,053 --> 00:28:44,613 Over here. I found a body. 293 00:28:53,832 --> 00:28:57,097 No. ! Get away. ! Get away from there. ! 294 00:28:58,136 --> 00:29:00,104 - Get that weapon off him! - Move out! 295 00:29:00,171 --> 00:29:02,162 Get everyone and get the hell away! 296 00:29:02,240 --> 00:29:04,504 - Get that weapon off him! - Identify his body! 297 00:29:04,576 --> 00:29:07,739 Explain this, Colonel! Was this mission a friendly assassination? 298 00:29:07,812 --> 00:29:10,076 Did you kill this man? 299 00:29:14,853 --> 00:29:17,617 They're all dead... 300 00:29:18,656 --> 00:29:20,590 because of me. 301 00:29:35,373 --> 00:29:41,107 In my life, I've killed hundreds: People, aliens, A. I. 's. 302 00:29:42,781 --> 00:29:45,443 The first life you take is hard. 303 00:29:46,484 --> 00:29:48,418 The second one is harder... 304 00:29:48,486 --> 00:29:52,183 but then after that you forget whatever it was that made it tough in the first place. 305 00:29:52,257 --> 00:29:54,384 But then, one day... 306 00:29:54,926 --> 00:29:59,226 you come face-to-face with the other side, and it bites back. 307 00:30:01,232 --> 00:30:05,328 My unit was ordered to bomb a Chig C- 3 tower. 308 00:30:06,371 --> 00:30:08,464 The L. Z. was hot with A. A. G. 's, so... 309 00:30:08,540 --> 00:30:12,806 I ordered we set 'em down and do it, just like the old Corps. 310 00:30:12,877 --> 00:30:16,278 Well, on the ground, things got real hairy. 311 00:30:16,347 --> 00:30:18,872 I felt they cheesed up, got scared. 312 00:30:18,950 --> 00:30:22,886 Said they wanted to wait for reinforcements. So I left them... 313 00:30:24,155 --> 00:30:28,251 ditched 'em here and went in, did it by myself. 314 00:30:29,294 --> 00:30:31,888 On the way back, I could hear they were under fire. 315 00:30:31,963 --> 00:30:36,491 They call it the "mad minute'"- desperately firing at anything... 316 00:30:36,568 --> 00:30:41,904 a violent prayer that you could kill enough of the enemy so you could get out. 317 00:30:41,973 --> 00:30:47,502 Now, I've killed before- Close enough so that I can see that look in the target's eyes... 318 00:30:47,579 --> 00:30:50,013 that moment when they know that they have... 319 00:30:50,081 --> 00:30:53,744 one horrified heartbeat left to live. 320 00:30:53,818 --> 00:30:57,754 - I never knew how sacred that moment was- - No! 321 00:30:57,822 --> 00:31:02,225 - till I saw it in the lives that I was responsible for. - 322 00:31:05,129 --> 00:31:07,689 Look what they've done. 323 00:31:08,733 --> 00:31:13,432 Chigs are afraid of their dead, horrified of ours. 324 00:31:13,504 --> 00:31:17,372 Remove the eyes and the heart. 325 00:31:17,442 --> 00:31:20,570 But all that crap means nothin'. 326 00:31:22,247 --> 00:31:26,707 The finest spirits- six unequaled souls- Are gone... 327 00:31:27,752 --> 00:31:30,277 and that's because of me. 328 00:31:30,355 --> 00:31:34,257 So I came back to lay 'em to rest, because that's how we do it in the Corps. 329 00:31:34,325 --> 00:31:37,886 It's the least I can do for them and their families... 330 00:31:38,863 --> 00:31:42,355 and, unfortunately, it seems like all I can do for me. 331 00:31:44,636 --> 00:31:46,570 You shouldn't have left them. 332 00:31:49,040 --> 00:31:51,372 They should've gone with me. 333 00:31:56,180 --> 00:32:00,139 334 00:32:01,185 --> 00:32:05,645 The final marine that we lay to rest is RobertJoseph Grant. 335 00:32:05,723 --> 00:32:08,214 He grew up in Syracuse, New York. 336 00:32:08,293 --> 00:32:13,492 He has a wife, Karen, and three children. 337 00:32:13,731 --> 00:32:16,598 Bob said, if he could choose how he would die... 338 00:32:17,635 --> 00:32:21,833 that he would go down a black hole while listening toJohnny Cash. 339 00:32:24,142 --> 00:32:27,771 Now, I'm not much forJohnny Cash, but... 340 00:32:27,845 --> 00:32:31,372 well, that's how he wanted to go. 341 00:32:31,449 --> 00:32:34,748 Science- types say anyone entering a black hole will be pulled in every direction... 342 00:32:34,819 --> 00:32:39,415 that time would be so distorted... 343 00:32:39,490 --> 00:32:42,789 that the last second of a person's life would never come. 344 00:32:43,261 --> 00:32:45,491 Bob wanted to believe that you could survive it- 345 00:32:46,531 --> 00:32:51,230 even go back in time... or forward... 346 00:32:51,302 --> 00:32:53,964 or cross over to another universe- 347 00:32:54,038 --> 00:32:58,475 a place where you could... Iook in on this one from time to time. 348 00:32:58,876 --> 00:33:02,368 He may have died in a much less glorious fashion... 349 00:33:03,414 --> 00:33:06,713 but I believe- 350 00:33:06,784 --> 00:33:10,345 I-I have to believe, right now- 351 00:33:10,421 --> 00:33:14,482 that he lives on in each of these possibilities. 352 00:33:14,559 --> 00:33:16,789 I believe they all do. 353 00:33:28,006 --> 00:33:30,873 You were wrong that night in the bunks, Vansen. 354 00:33:31,909 --> 00:33:34,901 Some people like me are born mean. 355 00:33:34,979 --> 00:33:40,440 But you were also right, 'cause there are some things that happen that make them meaner. 356 00:33:42,920 --> 00:33:45,411 Now, let's get those planes. 357 00:33:59,670 --> 00:34:02,036 Sensors say they're operational. 358 00:34:02,106 --> 00:34:05,735 The planes are scattered about 15 degrees from each other. 359 00:34:05,810 --> 00:34:08,404 Everybody strip down to flight gear. 360 00:34:08,479 --> 00:34:11,209 If the Chigs knew they were here, they would've destroyed 'em. 361 00:34:11,282 --> 00:34:14,308 When we start 'em up, they'll be all over our tails. 362 00:34:25,730 --> 00:34:27,721 All right. 363 00:34:29,067 --> 00:34:31,001 You all know your assignments. 364 00:34:32,036 --> 00:34:35,267 Nothin' fancy. Just get back to the Hammerheads and take off. 365 00:34:35,339 --> 00:34:40,072 Now, once we get off this stinkin' cesspool... 366 00:34:40,144 --> 00:34:45,081 the flight path back to the Saratoga requires passage near the Cerberus Black Hole. 367 00:34:45,149 --> 00:34:47,777 Now, you gotta look alive for two reasons. 368 00:34:47,852 --> 00:34:52,346 First, that sucker's got a mass 20 times larger than our sun... 369 00:34:52,423 --> 00:34:54,414 and the Hammerheads do not have the thrust... 370 00:34:54,492 --> 00:34:58,121 to withstand the gravitational pull up to a half a million miles. 371 00:34:58,196 --> 00:35:02,394 So stay clear. And second... 372 00:35:02,467 --> 00:35:06,699 the Chig fighters have a capability of skipping across the black hole wash. 373 00:35:06,771 --> 00:35:09,239 This is the hole... 374 00:35:09,307 --> 00:35:11,605 and this is the Cerberus wash. 375 00:35:11,676 --> 00:35:13,940 This is no-man's-land. 376 00:35:14,011 --> 00:35:16,536 They have these red fighters. 377 00:35:16,614 --> 00:35:21,881 Chigs can cut across here, cutting off your flight path by a quarter of a million miles... 378 00:35:21,953 --> 00:35:23,784 and then they come out ahead of you. 379 00:35:23,855 --> 00:35:28,451 That can be a real brick-passer, unless you're ready. 380 00:35:29,060 --> 00:35:34,430 One more thing. I never got a chance to tell my friends good- bye. 381 00:35:35,466 --> 00:35:38,833 Odds are some of you aren't gonna come back. 382 00:35:38,903 --> 00:35:41,394 Don't spend a whole life regretting. 383 00:35:48,279 --> 00:35:50,543 Good-bye. 384 00:35:51,582 --> 00:35:55,040 If there is a heaven, I hope the Niners aren't in its Super Bowl. 385 00:35:56,754 --> 00:36:00,520 Six years isn't a long time to be alive... 386 00:36:01,559 --> 00:36:05,427 but I'm glad I got to spend it with you guys- Some of it. 387 00:36:08,599 --> 00:36:10,624 Au revoir. | 388 00:36:15,206 --> 00:36:19,370 - I hope you find her. - Thanks. 389 00:36:22,079 --> 00:36:24,070 'Bye. 390 00:36:26,017 --> 00:36:28,247 I know I speak for all of us, Colonel. 391 00:36:30,688 --> 00:36:34,317 I can't say it was great serving under you, but... 392 00:36:35,359 --> 00:36:37,850 we all hope to see you on the other side. 393 00:36:38,696 --> 00:36:41,426 What are you talkin' to me for? I ain't gonna die. 394 00:36:44,202 --> 00:36:48,104 I'll be point. I'm takin' Bob's plane. Move out! 395 00:36:49,140 --> 00:36:52,371 396 00:36:52,443 --> 00:36:54,434 Move! 397 00:37:09,527 --> 00:37:12,963 - Mission computer, check. - Master arms switch, safe. 398 00:37:13,998 --> 00:37:17,991 - I. R. coolant switch, off. - Altitude reference indicator, engaged. 399 00:37:18,069 --> 00:37:23,803 Clearance 58. Clearance on request. Let's blow this joint. 400 00:37:35,987 --> 00:37:40,686 Wild Cards, this is Deuce. Cerberus, 100 K. S. M. 's, 3:00. 401 00:37:41,726 --> 00:37:46,254 Maintain position. Home base is 500 K. S. M. 's. 402 00:37:48,866 --> 00:37:53,701 This is Ace. Got two bogeys, 5:00. There's a whole squadron coming in from behind them. 403 00:37:57,308 --> 00:38:02,143 We got bigger problems straight ahead. Closing fast. They're boxing us in! 404 00:38:08,753 --> 00:38:13,486 I don't know about you guys, but there's a Bears-Lions game on Sunday I don't intend to miss. 405 00:38:14,525 --> 00:38:18,655 - I'll take the Lions and two points for every Chig. - You're on. 406 00:38:29,206 --> 00:38:31,572 I got your 6:00. 407 00:38:33,144 --> 00:38:35,772 - That's a kill. - Good shooting, 58. 408 00:38:36,814 --> 00:38:40,045 - Target approaching, 9:00. - I'm on it. 409 00:38:43,487 --> 00:38:44,886 Nice one, Coop! 410 00:38:51,162 --> 00:38:53,926 They've locked onto me. 411 00:39:03,607 --> 00:39:06,041 - Hoo-rah! - 412 00:39:07,078 --> 00:39:11,538 I'm still reading two Bandits at 5:00 in the wash. Confirm? 413 00:39:11,615 --> 00:39:14,550 They're corrallin' us to the black hole so the Red Bandits can jump us. 414 00:39:14,618 --> 00:39:17,849 At this intercept angle we will not have enough fuel to maneuver when they hit. 415 00:39:17,922 --> 00:39:21,016 Let's take 'em on. Red Bandits are worth three points. 416 00:39:21,092 --> 00:39:24,084 Negative. They're in the wash. We cannot engage. 417 00:39:24,161 --> 00:39:27,062 If we don't E. A. , we're gonna be target practice for these Chigs. 418 00:39:27,131 --> 00:39:28,860 What to you advise, Deuce? 419 00:39:34,572 --> 00:39:37,564 Repeat: What to you advise? 420 00:39:41,912 --> 00:39:44,574 Just fly tight. 421 00:39:45,616 --> 00:39:47,777 Your Hammerheads can outrun their fighters... 422 00:39:47,852 --> 00:39:50,480 and y'all won't have to worry about the Red Bandits. 423 00:39:50,921 --> 00:39:53,651 Negative, Colonel. If you go in, you can't get out. 424 00:39:54,692 --> 00:39:58,992 If anybody can wax their tails and pull out of the wash, it's Lt. Col. Raymond T. Butts. 425 00:40:21,652 --> 00:40:23,415 - Ho-yeah! - Yes! 426 00:40:24,455 --> 00:40:27,856 - It's almost pancake time. - Now! Get outta there. 427 00:40:36,300 --> 00:40:39,736 - - Come on. Come on, you son of a- Come on! 428 00:40:40,771 --> 00:40:43,262 Come on, darlin'. Don't let me go. Don't fall apart on me, now. 429 00:40:43,340 --> 00:40:46,070 Come on! You son of a- Come on! 430 00:40:46,143 --> 00:40:48,373 - Burn 'em! Burn 'em! - Go give it all! 431 00:40:56,987 --> 00:40:58,921 I'm outta fuel. 432 00:41:00,958 --> 00:41:06,225 Well, I guess Ray Butts has ate his last pancake. 433 00:41:07,498 --> 00:41:11,093 It has been a honor, 58. 434 00:41:15,506 --> 00:41:18,339 Good-bye, sir. 435 00:41:19,376 --> 00:41:21,708 Semper fi, Mac. 436 00:41:21,779 --> 00:41:23,804 Ride it for Bob. 437 00:41:24,482 --> 00:41:29,351 - - ~~~~ 438 00:41:30,387 --> 00:41:34,881 ~~~~ 439 00:41:51,709 --> 00:41:55,805 ~~~~ 440 00:41:56,847 --> 00:42:01,841 ~~~~ 441 00:42:02,586 --> 00:42:05,054 Negative, Colonel. If you go in, you can't get out. 442 00:42:06,090 --> 00:42:08,684 If anybody can wax their tails and pull out of the wash... 443 00:42:08,759 --> 00:42:10,920 it's Lieutenant Colonel Raymond T. Butts. 444 00:42:10,995 --> 00:42:14,863 - - ~~~~ 445 00:42:14,932 --> 00:42:18,868 See you soon, Bob. 446 00:42:18,936 --> 00:42:23,737 - Hoo-yah! - ~~ 447 00:42:23,807 --> 00:42:26,298 ~~ 448 00:42:33,183 --> 00:42:38,052 Saratoga, this is the 58th returning... minus one. 449 00:42:39,089 --> 00:42:41,023 Requesting permission to dock. 450 00:42:41,091 --> 00:42:44,117 Roger that. Permission granted, 58th. 451 00:42:45,396 --> 00:42:47,728 Separation sequence complete. 452 00:42:48,766 --> 00:42:53,362 Crews commence diagnostics, refuel and repair. Welcome back, Wild Cards. 453 00:43:20,598 --> 00:43:22,691 Welcome back. 454 00:43:29,039 --> 00:43:31,530 I had the galley make up something special for you. 455 00:43:32,576 --> 00:43:36,137 It'll be in the mess when you get cleaned up. 456 00:43:48,792 --> 00:43:50,726 Pancakes. 457 00:44:16,220 --> 00:44:18,916 ~~~~ 458 00:44:19,957 --> 00:44:24,758 ~~~~ 459 00:44:30,834 --> 00:44:35,601 ~~~~ 460 00:44:51,622 --> 00:44:56,059 ~~~~ 461 00:45:29,693 --> 00:45:32,662 Watch your hands. Watch your hands.