1 00:00:00,353 --> 00:00:04,063 Previously on Gene Roddenberry's Earth Final Conflict: 2 00:00:04,098 --> 00:00:05,768 Why are you pushing this so hard? 3 00:00:05,803 --> 00:00:10,043 It legitimizes my position as a liaison between Doors International and Taelons. 4 00:00:10,078 --> 00:00:12,408 Why the hell would you be breaking into secured area? 5 00:00:12,443 --> 00:00:16,398 Doors has a small fortune invested in these coventures with the Taelons, 6 00:00:16,433 --> 00:00:20,353 not to mention my reputation. Damn right I'm gonna find everything I can. 7 00:00:20,388 --> 00:00:22,923 Focus on your own business, Miss Palmer. 8 00:00:22,958 --> 00:00:24,387 Let us handle ours. 9 00:00:24,923 --> 00:00:28,568 Strength of the Taelons lies in the common purpose. 10 00:00:28,603 --> 00:00:32,803 That is the core of the Commonality. What you are suggesting is blasphemy. 11 00:00:32,838 --> 00:00:35,948 No, the Commonality is our weakness. 12 00:00:35,983 --> 00:00:40,463 We are running from the Jaridians because they are not bound by a commonality. 13 00:00:40,498 --> 00:00:44,740 They are individuals, like the humans. 14 00:01:28,794 --> 00:01:32,271 Please, leave me alone. 15 00:01:32,306 --> 00:01:34,551 Please, leave me alone! 16 00:01:43,364 --> 00:01:44,260 Please. 17 00:01:45,574 --> 00:01:46,883 Leave me alone. 18 00:01:48,204 --> 00:01:50,456 Please, leave me alone, please. 19 00:01:57,784 --> 00:01:58,585 No! 20 00:02:13,300 --> 00:02:15,800 Subtitled by Axarion 21 00:02:16,100 --> 00:02:20,115 They have come to Earth with the promise of peace. 22 00:02:21,500 --> 00:02:25,084 An alien race called the Taelons. 23 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:30,627 But, there are those who resist these Alien Companions. 24 00:02:33,890 --> 00:02:36,319 For the Taelons' true mission, 25 00:02:36,600 --> 00:02:38,970 the secrets they hide 26 00:02:39,429 --> 00:02:41,956 will forever alter our world. 27 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,595 The fate of humanity now relies 28 00:02:54,796 --> 00:02:57,960 on those who dare challenge the future 29 00:02:58,642 --> 00:03:00,089 of Earth. 30 00:03:08,164 --> 00:03:09,164 Let's get press out of here! 31 00:03:09,165 --> 00:03:10,755 Who is this? 32 00:03:10,805 --> 00:03:14,105 Liam Kincaid, I'm with the Companion Protector Service in DC. 33 00:03:14,140 --> 00:03:17,075 Is this official, Kincaid? Otherwise, I'm busy. 34 00:03:17,265 --> 00:03:18,677 I saw it happen. 35 00:03:18,905 --> 00:03:21,181 Security says he was alone in the building. 36 00:03:21,440 --> 00:03:24,457 - How did you get in here? - I didn't exactly. 37 00:03:24,510 --> 00:03:26,001 You saw it, but you weren't here? 38 00:03:27,375 --> 00:03:30,321 I'm trying to get some inkling of how you fit into this. 39 00:03:30,356 --> 00:03:33,680 - If you weren't here, where were you? - In my place in Washington, asleep. 40 00:03:34,855 --> 00:03:36,883 I know how it sounds, but... 41 00:03:37,875 --> 00:03:39,455 I dreamt it. 42 00:03:41,205 --> 00:03:44,027 Look, he was terrified of something. 43 00:03:45,365 --> 00:03:49,920 He ran from it, he broke that vase... 44 00:03:49,955 --> 00:03:54,045 Sweeney, find out if the IO gave any of this to the press, 45 00:03:54,080 --> 00:03:55,907 and if he did, I'll have his job. 46 00:03:56,080 --> 00:03:58,004 The vase wasn't on the news. 47 00:03:59,745 --> 00:04:00,816 I dreamed it. 48 00:04:02,145 --> 00:04:03,546 You found his ring yet? 49 00:04:04,056 --> 00:04:07,026 Solid gold, the design was a... 50 00:04:07,186 --> 00:04:10,400 circle with a dot in the middle, it's under his right arm. 51 00:04:38,146 --> 00:04:40,002 That's the ring I saw. 52 00:04:45,466 --> 00:04:48,640 Can you dream up an explanation for this? 53 00:04:48,706 --> 00:04:51,836 The arson team says the way this circle melted into the floor, 54 00:04:51,871 --> 00:04:54,427 the fire was maybe 2,000 degrees. 55 00:04:55,126 --> 00:04:58,379 Which means the whole carpet would have burned and taken whole building with it. 56 00:04:59,446 --> 00:05:02,574 - It didn't look like a real fire. - I guess not. 57 00:05:03,362 --> 00:05:05,511 Or this ring would be a puddle of metal, wouldn't it? 58 00:05:08,006 --> 00:05:12,023 Mr. Briggs might have had the decency to finish what he was doing. 59 00:05:12,501 --> 00:05:14,245 Briggs can be replaced. 60 00:05:14,406 --> 00:05:18,052 This time find someone with more emotional stability. 61 00:05:19,036 --> 00:05:23,149 Emotional instability is not exclusively human, Zo'or. 62 00:05:23,946 --> 00:05:27,488 - You refer to Ku'don suicide? - And Rho'ha before him. 63 00:05:28,146 --> 00:05:32,125 I might point out, they were both in charge of projects for you. 64 00:05:32,381 --> 00:05:35,934 Both voluntarily left this plane of existence to enter the next level. 65 00:05:36,156 --> 00:05:38,819 Ku'don suffered from prolonged despair 66 00:05:38,916 --> 00:05:43,663 and Rho'ha was polluted with human DNA. They were exceptions. 67 00:05:45,307 --> 00:05:48,615 In any case, my source at NYPD 68 00:05:48,650 --> 00:05:51,855 tells me that the detective in charge is widening his investigation. 69 00:05:51,942 --> 00:05:54,645 Then take the case over and close it. 70 00:05:55,095 --> 00:05:57,131 I do not wish any investigation. 71 00:05:57,166 --> 00:06:00,851 If the FBI strong arms the New York police at this stage, 72 00:06:01,392 --> 00:06:02,705 they'll be suspicious. 73 00:06:03,737 --> 00:06:07,833 Let's wait and see, I can use federal laws to intervene when I need to. 74 00:06:21,417 --> 00:06:25,963 How you do it is irrelevant. Just keep my agenda on track. 75 00:06:47,807 --> 00:06:49,377 Begone! 76 00:06:56,147 --> 00:07:00,387 This is a lot for me to absorb at 10:30 in the morning. I was in Paris until 6. 77 00:07:00,422 --> 00:07:04,148 Well, forget the fact I dreamed it happened. I was shown it somehow. 78 00:07:04,449 --> 00:07:07,942 I saw the look in Briggs' eyes, Renee, he was insane with fear. 79 00:07:10,137 --> 00:07:14,824 Doors maintains a who's who database of financial movers and shakers. 80 00:07:15,007 --> 00:07:17,536 Carson Briggs was definitely in that group. That's him there. 81 00:07:17,602 --> 00:07:20,978 The Wall Street Journal called him a genius at 26. 82 00:07:21,013 --> 00:07:22,801 He saved his bank from going under. 83 00:07:23,908 --> 00:07:28,742 I knew World Commonwealth privately held one of the top five US banks. 84 00:07:28,777 --> 00:07:32,312 It predates the revolution, started by one of those European families 85 00:07:32,347 --> 00:07:34,770 that got rich off of wars and who knows what. 86 00:07:34,805 --> 00:07:37,698 Any idea why you'd have a nightmare about the bank? 87 00:07:37,741 --> 00:07:41,260 It wasn't a nightmare, it was real. There was a blue light and a voice. 88 00:07:41,295 --> 00:07:43,736 Well, you didn't know Briggs, so you couldn't dream him up. 89 00:07:43,743 --> 00:07:44,947 What's the bank's position? 90 00:07:45,118 --> 00:07:46,716 They waved their right to a search warrant, 91 00:07:46,751 --> 00:07:49,441 they sent Briggs' accounts right over to the NYPD. 92 00:07:49,613 --> 00:07:52,202 No search warrant, no search. 93 00:07:52,237 --> 00:07:56,419 Exactly. Now, while I dig in Briggs' personal life, 94 00:07:56,454 --> 00:07:58,897 could you use your Doors cover to get into the bank? 95 00:07:59,328 --> 00:08:02,925 We need to explain why there are Taelon symbols all over it. 96 00:08:04,382 --> 00:08:07,165 Okay. But if I go in through the front door, officially, 97 00:08:09,028 --> 00:08:10,663 I won't find out much. 98 00:08:10,888 --> 00:08:13,784 They usually hide the skeletons behind the back door. 99 00:08:13,963 --> 00:08:16,406 That's why the back door is usually locked. 100 00:10:53,260 --> 00:10:56,202 Exile. 101 00:11:07,010 --> 00:11:08,880 Somebody got here before we did. 102 00:11:09,630 --> 00:11:11,904 A heat signature passed through here not long ago. 103 00:11:12,375 --> 00:11:14,628 Let's lay down that fog of binary shock gas. 104 00:11:15,210 --> 00:11:19,550 He's going to cardiac arrest after his first breath but fire if you have to. 105 00:11:20,220 --> 00:11:22,982 Fan out and search. Do not let him out. 106 00:11:53,910 --> 00:11:55,672 Fan out! Follow me! 107 00:12:19,551 --> 00:12:22,682 Someone broke the police seal. We missed him. 108 00:12:23,236 --> 00:12:26,614 If only you could see this place, Briggs was losing his mind. 109 00:12:26,886 --> 00:12:29,701 Take inventory. If Briggs followed my orders, 110 00:12:29,736 --> 00:12:33,826 we don't have to worry, if not, he didn't died soon enough. 111 00:12:39,751 --> 00:12:43,733 They had M-31 neutron beam guns. 112 00:12:43,768 --> 00:12:46,554 Which the Taelons only issue to Volunteers. 113 00:12:46,589 --> 00:12:50,153 Oh, they weren't in uniform. I called in an anonymous 911, 114 00:12:50,188 --> 00:12:52,142 maybe the cops can find out who they were. 115 00:12:53,481 --> 00:12:55,966 Briggs hid this data log in his cellar. 116 00:12:56,611 --> 00:12:59,763 One symbol stands for impurity, the rest looks like Taelon script, 117 00:12:59,798 --> 00:13:01,114 but I can't read any of it. 118 00:13:01,146 --> 00:13:02,266 Is encrypted. 119 00:13:02,611 --> 00:13:06,131 I've never broken purely Taelon code, but I'd like a crack at it. 120 00:13:06,166 --> 00:13:07,332 Well, be my guest. 121 00:13:09,031 --> 00:13:11,898 Oh, I saw the light again, the one from my dream. 122 00:13:12,211 --> 00:13:15,737 This time I understood what it was trying to say. It said "exile". 123 00:13:15,831 --> 00:13:17,222 I think recognize who it is. 124 00:13:17,223 --> 00:13:19,484 How can you recognize it? It's a light. 125 00:13:20,056 --> 00:13:23,911 And I, for one, am not prepared to start believing in apparitions. 126 00:13:23,946 --> 00:13:26,706 His name was Ku'don, I've seen him a few times on the mother ship. 127 00:13:26,806 --> 00:13:28,170 Ku'don... 128 00:13:28,781 --> 00:13:32,040 Strictly Taelon business, not much human contact, right? 129 00:13:32,075 --> 00:13:33,836 His name was Ku'don? Why was? 130 00:13:33,871 --> 00:13:38,011 Well, he's dead. Or rather, he willed himself to the next plane of existence. 131 00:13:38,046 --> 00:13:41,900 - He killed himself. - Right. Last month, I don't know why. 132 00:13:42,236 --> 00:13:43,358 No one does. 133 00:13:44,311 --> 00:13:46,382 He was a senior member of the Synod. 134 00:13:46,481 --> 00:13:50,472 I met him a few times, and there seemed to be a genuine connection between us. 135 00:13:50,522 --> 00:13:54,136 A dead Taelon showed you where Briggs hid his data log? 136 00:13:54,727 --> 00:13:55,767 Come on, Liam. 137 00:13:55,802 --> 00:13:58,878 We've seen Taelons in any number of strange forms. 138 00:13:58,947 --> 00:14:01,002 We have no idea of their abilities. 139 00:14:02,292 --> 00:14:06,987 This one was translucent, floating through walls. 140 00:14:07,762 --> 00:14:10,702 - Though walls? - Like a specter? 141 00:14:11,147 --> 00:14:13,154 An alien specter. 142 00:14:16,162 --> 00:14:19,000 Let's just call it an entity, for now. 143 00:14:28,322 --> 00:14:31,422 Miss Palmer, I am Samuel Priest, it's a pleasure to meet you.. 144 00:14:31,457 --> 00:14:32,984 Likewise, Mr. Priest. 145 00:14:33,497 --> 00:14:34,520 Thank you. 146 00:14:35,212 --> 00:14:40,012 So, I understand that Mr. Doors is interested in borrowing 60 million 147 00:14:40,047 --> 00:14:41,318 in the next two months. 148 00:14:41,542 --> 00:14:44,426 He wants to include New World Commonwealth into loan syndicate. 149 00:14:44,947 --> 00:14:47,395 That's very gratifying. 150 00:14:48,062 --> 00:14:52,352 I can't tell you how hard we've worked to regenerate trust in the corporate community. 151 00:14:52,447 --> 00:14:56,656 Carson Briggs pulled that off, didn't he? I read about his death today. 152 00:14:56,747 --> 00:14:58,287 It's a tragedy. 153 00:14:58,592 --> 00:15:02,337 A terrible loss. And a personal loss for me. 154 00:15:02,462 --> 00:15:05,563 He was a direct descendant of the original banking family. 155 00:15:05,597 --> 00:15:07,431 Excuse me, Mr. Priest. 156 00:15:07,452 --> 00:15:10,819 My security sweep indicates a radio source in your office. 157 00:15:12,122 --> 00:15:13,696 I'm sorry, Miss Palmer. 158 00:15:13,731 --> 00:15:18,835 Mr. Fisk's system detects everything, beepers, personal digital organizers. 159 00:15:18,870 --> 00:15:21,048 We prohibit unauthorized recordings. 160 00:15:21,114 --> 00:15:22,846 Well, that's very wise, so do we. 161 00:15:26,013 --> 00:15:28,688 My global, it's on standby. Would that do it? 162 00:15:29,104 --> 00:15:30,108 That would do it. 163 00:15:33,543 --> 00:15:38,013 Well, I'm going to recommend to Jonathan that we proceed with the loan. 164 00:15:38,048 --> 00:15:39,088 Wonderful. 165 00:15:39,513 --> 00:15:43,263 And tell your boss I look forward to meeting him. I admire his style. 166 00:15:43,298 --> 00:15:44,379 I will. 167 00:15:46,753 --> 00:15:49,476 - Flemish, correct? - You have a good eye. 168 00:15:49,543 --> 00:15:53,797 It's form the original family castle in Antwerp, 16th century. 169 00:15:55,093 --> 00:15:59,219 And the circle with the mark in it, that's on the building outside? 170 00:15:59,254 --> 00:16:02,832 Family crest. We use that as the corporate signature. 171 00:16:03,713 --> 00:16:08,627 We chose the logo because in the middle ages it was the alchemist symbol for gold. 172 00:16:08,958 --> 00:16:11,064 Which you certainly have plenty of. 173 00:16:11,383 --> 00:16:15,716 Well, thank you, Mr. Priest. I'll be getting back to you when we've crunched the numbers. 174 00:16:16,603 --> 00:16:17,544 Good day. 175 00:16:21,833 --> 00:16:25,582 You had to barge in? The woman had her global on, so what? 176 00:16:25,873 --> 00:16:28,747 - Establishing a relationship with Doors is... - Foolish. 177 00:16:30,433 --> 00:16:32,032 Even dangerous. 178 00:16:33,403 --> 00:16:36,358 Jonathan Doors has coventures with the Taelons. 179 00:16:36,633 --> 00:16:39,186 That's too close to the bone for you to deal with him as well. 180 00:16:39,188 --> 00:16:40,867 But I'm keeping with the Briggs' guideline... 181 00:16:40,868 --> 00:16:42,520 Briggs is dead. 182 00:16:44,373 --> 00:16:48,005 I'm putting Fisk in charge of the agenda. You well defer to him. 183 00:16:53,133 --> 00:16:58,552 Let me remind you. Our control on this project must remain absolute. 184 00:17:02,213 --> 00:17:07,246 We raised your bank from the ashes. We can burn it to the ground just as fast. 185 00:17:12,274 --> 00:17:14,944 My global, is on standby. Would that do it? 186 00:17:14,945 --> 00:17:15,792 That would do it. 187 00:17:16,294 --> 00:17:20,035 If they auto sweep every business meeting for bugs, they are awfully paranoid. 188 00:17:20,070 --> 00:17:24,126 Hm, I'll say. While you were inside, they not only swept you for radio frequencies, 189 00:17:24,161 --> 00:17:27,420 but for infra-red, ultra waves and magnetic residues. 190 00:17:27,455 --> 00:17:28,764 That sounds unhealthy. 191 00:17:29,014 --> 00:17:31,314 How about Priest? Did you get enough to compute his confidence profile? 192 00:17:31,349 --> 00:17:32,282 Yes. 193 00:17:32,914 --> 00:17:36,505 A terrible loss. And a personal loss for me. 194 00:17:36,589 --> 00:17:38,112 Confidence is low. 195 00:17:38,564 --> 00:17:41,205 The man is lying, he hated Briggs, he's afraid. 196 00:17:41,240 --> 00:17:43,154 I'd say terrified. 197 00:17:43,514 --> 00:17:47,373 His bank just posted in the first quarter gain of 17 billion. 198 00:17:47,469 --> 00:17:49,256 What's he got to be afraid of? 199 00:18:02,174 --> 00:18:04,714 Kincaid. I'm glad you could make it. 200 00:18:05,964 --> 00:18:07,895 We talked to Briggs' friends. 201 00:18:08,164 --> 00:18:10,316 He was all smiles till last week. 202 00:18:12,294 --> 00:18:15,208 I don't think anybody knew how far gone he really was. 203 00:18:15,894 --> 00:18:18,735 - Assuming he did this. - Assuming he did? 204 00:18:20,614 --> 00:18:25,660 And the kicker is the circles look burned, but they aren't. 205 00:18:27,354 --> 00:18:28,379 Like Briggs. 206 00:18:28,414 --> 00:18:31,280 Not with any heat source or chemical we know about. 207 00:18:32,654 --> 00:18:34,925 At least now I can open a murder file. 208 00:18:35,914 --> 00:18:37,365 Because of this? 209 00:18:38,234 --> 00:18:40,953 All this proves is that Briggs was deranged. 210 00:18:44,285 --> 00:18:46,336 Because of Briggs' autopsy. 211 00:18:47,265 --> 00:18:49,888 We knew he was burned, I thought it was external. 212 00:18:51,155 --> 00:18:53,158 His organ cavities are charcoal. 213 00:18:54,615 --> 00:18:56,719 How does a man burn from the inside out? 214 00:18:56,775 --> 00:18:59,468 You're the resident Taelon expert, you tell me. 215 00:19:16,315 --> 00:19:17,400 Ku'don? 216 00:19:22,915 --> 00:19:26,304 - Exile. - Ku'don! 217 00:19:32,835 --> 00:19:36,096 Zo'or, the bridge auto lock is disengaged! 218 00:19:36,750 --> 00:19:38,628 Use the manual override! 219 00:19:45,265 --> 00:19:46,791 He'll be blown into space. 220 00:20:22,166 --> 00:20:23,611 Let me take you to the infirmary. 221 00:20:23,716 --> 00:20:27,224 No, I do not require medical help. 222 00:20:28,386 --> 00:20:29,448 What happened? 223 00:20:30,946 --> 00:20:34,485 Zo'or, there are six separate failsafe systems. 224 00:20:34,651 --> 00:20:36,011 There're all disarmed. 225 00:20:36,516 --> 00:20:39,951 I do not wish to discuss this any further, Agent Sandoval. 226 00:20:40,516 --> 00:20:43,418 Make certain the ship's log is purged. 227 00:20:45,186 --> 00:20:47,762 This incident never occurred. 228 00:20:56,536 --> 00:21:00,886 No question. Briggs was burned by Taelon radiation, so were his walls. 229 00:21:01,051 --> 00:21:02,391 Why can't the police detect it? 230 00:21:02,426 --> 00:21:05,156 It's classified, they don't even have the lab gear to measure it. 231 00:21:05,191 --> 00:21:08,356 The Taelons are very touchy on the subject of their radiation. 232 00:21:08,391 --> 00:21:10,351 Too many humans have died of the exposure. 233 00:21:10,386 --> 00:21:13,416 Yeah, the FBI even suppress medical publications from describe it. 234 00:21:13,451 --> 00:21:15,932 Imagine a black-out on medical news. 235 00:21:16,451 --> 00:21:18,334 Better living with the Taelons. 236 00:21:18,369 --> 00:21:21,510 The Taelon anywhere near Briggs or his place was Ku'don. 237 00:21:21,516 --> 00:21:26,216 The specter of Ku'don. Except wraiths and evil spirits don't exist. 238 00:21:26,251 --> 00:21:27,821 Well, it's a Taelon specter. 239 00:21:27,856 --> 00:21:30,542 We don't know enough about energy-based life forms 240 00:21:30,577 --> 00:21:32,476 to be sure how they transmogrify. 241 00:21:32,528 --> 00:21:34,698 You've got more to worry about than Ku'don. 242 00:21:34,733 --> 00:21:37,976 Whoever tried to gas me at Briggs' place cleaned up every trace. 243 00:21:38,311 --> 00:21:40,434 And they were very definitely human. 244 00:21:41,316 --> 00:21:45,088 Ku'don was involved in a special project for Zo'or. 245 00:21:45,266 --> 00:21:49,023 If this was the reason he lost his will to live, 246 00:21:49,181 --> 00:21:50,787 he has hidden the nature of it. 247 00:21:52,086 --> 00:21:56,004 I will tell you in confidence, Ku'don has not rejoined with us. 248 00:21:56,617 --> 00:21:59,706 Rejoined? I thought Taelons left the Commonality when they died. 249 00:21:59,772 --> 00:22:02,359 Their essence rejoins us. 250 00:22:03,767 --> 00:22:05,962 Humans have the same concept. 251 00:22:06,417 --> 00:22:09,246 Of course, humans have to accept what they believe on faith. 252 00:22:10,217 --> 00:22:15,638 The Taelons have a more tangible connection with their spirit selves. 253 00:22:15,867 --> 00:22:20,979 Humanity has this energy as well, but it is less evolved. 254 00:22:21,462 --> 00:22:23,900 You call it a soul. 255 00:22:24,287 --> 00:22:25,878 Like Ku'don, 256 00:22:26,118 --> 00:22:30,387 a few Taelon souls have been banished, some forever. 257 00:22:30,777 --> 00:22:32,952 Banished? You mean an exile? 258 00:22:33,847 --> 00:22:38,534 Ku'don hoped to escape his shame through death, 259 00:22:38,627 --> 00:22:41,970 only to discover his nightmare had just begun. 260 00:22:42,102 --> 00:22:44,918 Exile is purgatory to a Taelon. 261 00:22:46,257 --> 00:22:51,708 Exile, but not gone. What humans call a poltergeist or apparition? 262 00:22:55,347 --> 00:22:59,156 They are simply an altered form of the same energy. 263 00:22:59,377 --> 00:23:03,394 Ku'don wants me involved, he showed me where Briggs hid this. 264 00:23:06,997 --> 00:23:10,792 This is an ancient form of Taelon. 265 00:23:11,197 --> 00:23:14,453 A protolanguage from which ours has evolved. 266 00:23:15,267 --> 00:23:19,874 - These appear to be amounts of money. - The Taelons don't use money. 267 00:23:21,557 --> 00:23:22,677 True. 268 00:23:23,157 --> 00:23:29,038 It is abhorrent for an advanced species to imbue things with power. 269 00:23:29,802 --> 00:23:33,903 But even Taelons did so once. 270 00:23:48,468 --> 00:23:51,192 - Mr. Osori? - That's me. 271 00:23:51,248 --> 00:23:54,072 Renee Hayle, Dave Powers sent me. 272 00:23:54,413 --> 00:23:56,399 I'm your new temp-tation. 273 00:23:56,968 --> 00:23:58,365 Just a little joke. 274 00:23:58,528 --> 00:24:02,518 I believe a casual working environment is essential to employ moral. 275 00:24:02,553 --> 00:24:04,714 Now, what can I do for you today? 276 00:24:05,268 --> 00:24:08,608 Well, Miss Hayle, all you can do for me today is 277 00:24:08,643 --> 00:24:11,332 reconcile these books. 278 00:24:14,128 --> 00:24:15,066 Sure. 279 00:24:32,918 --> 00:24:38,191 Mr. Osori, I'd be so grateful if I could make a short personal call. 280 00:24:38,788 --> 00:24:44,027 I believe perks like that also give a definite boost to employ moral, don't you? 281 00:24:44,818 --> 00:24:48,725 Moral could use a boost around here. Dial 9. 282 00:24:49,608 --> 00:24:50,506 Thanks. 283 00:24:58,358 --> 00:24:59,317 Hi. 284 00:24:59,828 --> 00:25:02,442 Hi yourself. How's the job? 285 00:25:02,477 --> 00:25:04,904 Oh, it's gonna be just fine, real nice people. 286 00:25:06,418 --> 00:25:11,423 Yeah, I'm in that funky old building on Madison, you know, the one with the... 287 00:25:11,424 --> 00:25:12,424 Common-something-bank in it. 288 00:25:15,169 --> 00:25:17,275 Fifth floor. Nice view. 289 00:25:17,310 --> 00:25:19,806 New World Commonwealth, sure, I know just where you are. 290 00:25:20,169 --> 00:25:23,821 - Sorry, no vidcomm. - Well, I'd just have to use my imagination. 291 00:25:23,849 --> 00:25:27,064 Oh, what's your number? Just in case I need to call you back. 292 00:25:27,494 --> 00:25:30,338 Manhattan Sub Area code 0810, 293 00:25:31,049 --> 00:25:36,268 then New York 212-555-0144. Got it? 294 00:25:36,812 --> 00:25:38,531 I got it. Have a good one. 295 00:25:53,519 --> 00:25:54,557 What do you want? 296 00:25:57,619 --> 00:25:59,480 Stop, no more. 297 00:26:00,429 --> 00:26:04,373 - Destroy them. - Destroy who? 298 00:26:21,619 --> 00:26:24,965 You were informed of the incident which nearly claimed my life? 299 00:26:25,039 --> 00:26:30,122 Yes. I am gratified no accident or harm came to you. 300 00:26:30,214 --> 00:26:33,846 Indeed. The harm was not accidental. 301 00:26:34,429 --> 00:26:38,556 It was a failed attempt at murder by the spirit of Ku'don. 302 00:26:39,319 --> 00:26:43,895 I mistakenly put him in charge of securing the financial profits 303 00:26:43,930 --> 00:26:46,144 from our various human coventures. 304 00:26:46,179 --> 00:26:50,670 How can there be profits? We have given this technology to the humans. 305 00:26:50,705 --> 00:26:55,173 The gift is public. The profit is private. 306 00:26:55,430 --> 00:26:59,695 - Your desire for wealth is degenerate. - I do not desire wealth. 307 00:26:59,730 --> 00:27:04,321 I desire to control this planet for our fight against the Jaridians. 308 00:27:04,705 --> 00:27:09,097 Humans respect only one real power: wealth. 309 00:27:09,185 --> 00:27:14,155 They respect noble motives much more. 310 00:27:14,305 --> 00:27:16,323 Read their history, Da'an. 311 00:27:16,650 --> 00:27:21,784 Money is at the root of every war, behind the throne of every king. 312 00:27:22,470 --> 00:27:26,100 With the wealth I control, I can reform their governments 313 00:27:26,135 --> 00:27:28,055 to suit our ends. 314 00:27:29,100 --> 00:27:32,495 The mystery of Ku'don's suffering is now explained. 315 00:27:34,670 --> 00:27:37,553 You made him defile the Commonality. 316 00:27:38,075 --> 00:27:40,709 You doomed him to exile and... 317 00:27:40,997 --> 00:27:43,245 you doomed yourself, Zo'or. 318 00:27:44,060 --> 00:27:47,568 Such lust for money 319 00:27:48,639 --> 00:27:50,227 is blasphemy. 320 00:27:50,255 --> 00:27:51,316 Blasphemy? 321 00:27:53,820 --> 00:27:56,274 Only to a species like ours, 322 00:27:56,275 --> 00:28:00,523 which is dying its own illusion of moral superiority. 323 00:28:01,440 --> 00:28:05,469 We can either be pure until the moment of our destruction. 324 00:28:05,825 --> 00:28:08,064 Or we can survive 325 00:28:08,426 --> 00:28:12,468 by adopting the base values of a species like the humans. 326 00:28:12,552 --> 00:28:18,522 And you expect the Commonality to condone this perversion? 327 00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,890 If I must force them by sheer willpower, I will. 328 00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:27,160 But first, I must rid myself of Ku'don's malevolent spirit. 329 00:28:27,981 --> 00:28:32,106 I wish you to perform the Hjarth'ra for Ku'don. 330 00:28:32,216 --> 00:28:35,397 You would banish Ku'don for eternity, 331 00:28:35,961 --> 00:28:39,051 for a sin you asked him to commit? 332 00:28:39,086 --> 00:28:41,761 If not, he will continue to haunt me. 333 00:28:42,811 --> 00:28:47,476 - I do not have time for that. - I will not perform Hjarth'ra. 334 00:28:47,766 --> 00:28:51,942 I ask you and it is your duty to accept. 335 00:28:51,977 --> 00:28:54,391 Or will you defy the Commonality? 336 00:28:57,821 --> 00:28:59,359 I think not. 337 00:29:01,021 --> 00:29:03,775 You would never risk being a blasphemer. 338 00:29:05,271 --> 00:29:07,131 Not you, Da'an. 339 00:29:22,521 --> 00:29:27,186 - What you got there? - Well, name tofu or tuna. 340 00:29:27,221 --> 00:29:30,101 Yeah, yeah, part of my wage slave cover story 341 00:29:30,136 --> 00:29:32,981 to lose a big blast of protein, but dull. 342 00:29:33,016 --> 00:29:34,244 How about a corny dog? 343 00:29:34,591 --> 00:29:39,412 Extra onions and a vicious looking chili that that guy swears will etch glass. 344 00:29:39,416 --> 00:29:40,886 Fabulous, thank you. 345 00:29:42,331 --> 00:29:44,968 So, Ku'don's apparition visited me. 346 00:29:45,711 --> 00:29:47,895 You're getting to be old friends. What did he want this time? 347 00:29:49,711 --> 00:29:50,792 My God. 348 00:29:51,741 --> 00:29:54,251 He gave me an order. He wants me to destroy them. 349 00:29:54,766 --> 00:29:56,220 I'd say he made his point. 350 00:29:56,411 --> 00:29:58,777 - We've got to get in there tonight. - Tonight? 351 00:29:58,812 --> 00:30:01,695 Find out what Briggs was working on. It's got to be why Ku'don killed him. 352 00:30:02,021 --> 00:30:03,829 How's Augur coming with those plans? 353 00:30:04,052 --> 00:30:07,704 Slow. The bank has the first 3 floors, security is tighter 354 00:30:07,739 --> 00:30:09,361 than your average nuclear plant. 355 00:30:09,396 --> 00:30:12,222 There's a sub-basement beneath the vault, which is totally shielded. 356 00:30:12,257 --> 00:30:13,584 He has no idea what's down there. 357 00:30:13,619 --> 00:30:15,010 We'll have to learn as we go. 358 00:30:15,482 --> 00:30:19,372 Zo'or had Ku'don running a project, but did it involve the bank? 359 00:30:19,557 --> 00:30:21,647 Well, you only need a bank if you've got money. 360 00:30:21,682 --> 00:30:24,329 And the closest the Taelons come are the coventures. 361 00:30:24,364 --> 00:30:26,159 Now, I spent all night in Doors data center 362 00:30:26,194 --> 00:30:29,738 I can't find a single link between the Taelons, Briggs or that bank. 363 00:30:29,957 --> 00:30:31,986 Those coventures turn a lot of profit. 364 00:30:32,232 --> 00:30:35,133 ID portals have already replaced half the airlines. 365 00:30:35,567 --> 00:30:37,693 The Taelons aren't in the profit position, 366 00:30:37,728 --> 00:30:39,741 they make a big point in their benevolence. 367 00:30:40,302 --> 00:30:45,137 But if they wanted to, they could wind up owning the whole planet. 368 00:30:46,642 --> 00:30:50,311 By the ancient right of Hjarth'ra 369 00:30:51,982 --> 00:30:56,519 I am a conduit for all Taelons since the beginning of time. 370 00:30:57,672 --> 00:31:02,095 One of us has profaned our noblest ideals. 371 00:31:02,307 --> 00:31:04,245 Make yourself present. 372 00:31:05,162 --> 00:31:09,910 You have this one chance to appeal the decision of the Commonality. 373 00:31:13,422 --> 00:31:14,575 Ku'don, 374 00:31:15,772 --> 00:31:20,516 - You have blasphemed. - It was not me. 375 00:31:20,822 --> 00:31:24,275 The will of the Commonality is unchanged. 376 00:31:24,627 --> 00:31:27,515 You are banished into eternal exile. 377 00:31:28,207 --> 00:31:31,475 Your essence is cast out. 378 00:31:37,722 --> 00:31:42,357 I will wait you there, Zo'or. 379 00:31:48,393 --> 00:31:51,067 Ku'don can now never return to harm me. 380 00:31:53,423 --> 00:31:56,656 I take this as an endorsement by the Commonality. 381 00:31:56,758 --> 00:32:01,199 Or a paralysis to oppose you. 382 00:32:02,253 --> 00:32:08,149 Either way, it is a frightening glimpse into our future. 383 00:32:11,523 --> 00:32:12,852 Mr. Osori, 384 00:32:13,523 --> 00:32:15,091 I have a proposition. 385 00:32:15,623 --> 00:32:19,170 How about a little overtime? You give me way too much work to do. 386 00:32:19,538 --> 00:32:22,449 Well, ordinarily it's out of the question. 387 00:32:23,823 --> 00:32:28,321 But in this case yes, why not? 388 00:32:30,653 --> 00:32:32,133 I think I'll stay and help you. 389 00:32:33,623 --> 00:32:37,662 You know, I have to make a quick visit to the ladies', but I'll be right back. 390 00:32:47,473 --> 00:32:49,479 Augur, I got 60 seconds. 391 00:32:49,926 --> 00:32:51,252 Take the stairs down two at a time, 392 00:32:51,287 --> 00:32:53,819 their security sweep is scheduled to start anytime now. 393 00:32:56,753 --> 00:32:57,827 Can't go any further. 394 00:32:58,203 --> 00:33:00,980 Opposite the wall on your right is a service shaft. 395 00:33:01,015 --> 00:33:03,619 You'll be aiming down at 45 degrees. 396 00:33:05,823 --> 00:33:06,774 Got it. 397 00:33:21,674 --> 00:33:22,920 Increase the angle. 398 00:33:23,904 --> 00:33:25,372 Bullseye, you're on target. 399 00:33:26,174 --> 00:33:27,264 Fire away. 400 00:33:30,884 --> 00:33:31,977 Good shot. 401 00:33:38,244 --> 00:33:39,184 We're in. 402 00:33:39,644 --> 00:33:42,924 I neutralized the infrared sweepers and the motion detectors, 403 00:33:42,959 --> 00:33:45,585 but I can't swear that they don't have a stealth system somewhere, 404 00:33:45,620 --> 00:33:47,696 so be ready to bail out. Ready? 405 00:33:57,724 --> 00:33:59,066 It seems quiet enough. 406 00:33:59,101 --> 00:34:01,125 They may be using a random patrol as backup. 407 00:34:01,289 --> 00:34:03,195 You won't see them until you see them. 408 00:34:03,564 --> 00:34:06,804 If that happens, there's not a lot more I can do for you from here, 409 00:34:06,839 --> 00:34:08,563 but to put up your bail bond. 410 00:34:17,324 --> 00:34:20,968 Okay, the vault is through the bar door to your left. 411 00:34:21,184 --> 00:34:24,644 Play the recording of Priest's voice to bypass its security lock. 412 00:34:26,154 --> 00:34:27,489 Samuel Priest. 413 00:34:44,014 --> 00:34:48,339 When you're using a weapon like that, Liam, you have to handle it with extreme caution. 414 00:34:54,734 --> 00:34:56,356 You have the room to get clear. 415 00:34:56,565 --> 00:34:59,319 You know, those fusion knives make a serious fireball. 416 00:35:13,825 --> 00:35:16,751 Hands on your head, or I'll shoot to kill. 417 00:35:17,411 --> 00:35:18,129 Liam! 418 00:35:28,825 --> 00:35:32,855 - Disarm that thing. - I can't, the countdown is locked. 419 00:35:33,160 --> 00:35:34,755 We're in the fatality zone. 420 00:35:43,125 --> 00:35:45,967 Exile. 421 00:35:49,475 --> 00:35:50,546 Do something. 422 00:36:41,146 --> 00:36:42,823 We hit the jackpot, Augur. 423 00:36:43,446 --> 00:36:45,243 These accounts have Briggs' name on them. 424 00:36:46,816 --> 00:36:49,909 Begin the download now. 425 00:38:09,186 --> 00:38:11,987 You have cleansed the impurity. 426 00:38:13,117 --> 00:38:14,675 I am free 427 00:38:15,837 --> 00:38:17,733 and eternally grateful. 428 00:38:47,047 --> 00:38:49,905 The examiners found the bank's coffers empty. 429 00:38:49,906 --> 00:38:51,957 By tomorrow they will have closed their doors. 430 00:38:52,655 --> 00:38:55,297 Excellent. And your agent? 431 00:38:56,437 --> 00:39:00,333 Fisk is dead. His security plan failed, he knew the consequences. 432 00:39:01,052 --> 00:39:03,135 I've arranged for the police to find his confession 433 00:39:03,136 --> 00:39:05,583 admitting he killed Briggs as a career move. 434 00:39:06,092 --> 00:39:08,609 We don't need them to worry about that detail. 435 00:39:09,577 --> 00:39:12,509 Fine. I shall deal with the rest. 436 00:39:23,667 --> 00:39:27,068 I sense Ku'don's distance. 437 00:39:29,657 --> 00:39:31,062 As do I. 438 00:39:32,327 --> 00:39:35,505 I assume that in time he will vanish altogether. 439 00:39:36,527 --> 00:39:39,057 He will never vanish, Zo'or. 440 00:39:39,857 --> 00:39:43,910 It may suit your consciousness to think so, but, 441 00:39:44,722 --> 00:39:47,957 energy cannot be destroyed. 442 00:39:48,998 --> 00:39:51,545 Ku'don is not at fault, yet 443 00:39:52,128 --> 00:39:55,501 he will dwell alone forever while you continue 444 00:39:56,043 --> 00:40:01,311 to defile the Commonality. You will destroy us all. 445 00:40:01,463 --> 00:40:03,773 Each of us is held to account. 446 00:40:04,108 --> 00:40:08,854 I will save us from the Jaridians, but if you impede me, Da'an, 447 00:40:09,328 --> 00:40:14,171 you will be the one join Ku'don in exile, not me. 448 00:40:18,698 --> 00:40:21,452 - Do you think Ku'don will be back? - No. 449 00:40:22,758 --> 00:40:24,575 His spirit is at peace. 450 00:40:25,848 --> 00:40:27,290 The bank's destroyed. 451 00:40:29,488 --> 00:40:32,948 that's why he killed Briggs, to get us to look more closely at what they were doing. 452 00:40:34,328 --> 00:40:37,002 He said something to me in Taelon in the vault. 453 00:40:38,718 --> 00:40:39,642 Thank you. 454 00:40:40,328 --> 00:40:42,150 I think he meant it for all of us. 455 00:40:44,198 --> 00:40:47,868 Okay, I've downloaded the bank's mainframe, and I'm counting 3 trillion. 456 00:40:47,903 --> 00:40:50,987 That's trillion with the T, and it's all in gold bullion. 457 00:40:51,022 --> 00:40:53,304 3 trillion in gold to buy you a big bank. 458 00:40:53,339 --> 00:40:56,742 More than one, the New World Commonwealth banking families worldwide. 459 00:40:56,777 --> 00:41:00,362 Western Europe, Asia and hundreds of subsidiaries. 460 00:41:00,468 --> 00:41:03,976 No wonder Briggs was a hero, too bad it all was Taelon money. 461 00:41:04,263 --> 00:41:07,083 Is it just a coincidence that a human symbol for gold 462 00:41:07,305 --> 00:41:09,778 is the same the ancient Taelons used for wealth? 463 00:41:10,278 --> 00:41:13,589 Well, the Taelons used to trade throughout their own galaxy but not this one. 464 00:41:13,813 --> 00:41:15,331 Still, makes you wonder. 465 00:41:15,838 --> 00:41:19,486 Taelon spirits and human souls, gold and alien wealth. 466 00:41:19,928 --> 00:41:23,051 Maybe some things are truly universal. 467 00:41:23,538 --> 00:41:27,905 They don't profit from coventures. How did the Taelons amass such a fortune? 468 00:41:28,094 --> 00:41:29,884 Well, besides the banks, they must have 469 00:41:29,885 --> 00:41:32,540 fleets of attorneys laundering it through shell corporations. 470 00:41:32,549 --> 00:41:35,859 I've got a preliminary report together I'm about to e-mail to the Wall Street Journal. 471 00:41:35,894 --> 00:41:37,178 It'll be on the streets tomorrow. 472 00:41:40,849 --> 00:41:42,169 - Wait. - What? 473 00:41:42,529 --> 00:41:45,547 It's being moved and transferred, and shifted into new accounts. 474 00:41:46,329 --> 00:41:48,403 I don't know, but it's all disappearing. 475 00:41:48,409 --> 00:41:52,061 How? 3 trillion dollars in gold doesn't just disappear. 476 00:41:57,979 --> 00:41:59,299 It just did. 477 00:42:02,299 --> 00:42:04,387 I trust you can hear me, Ku'don. 478 00:42:06,179 --> 00:42:11,564 You understand that one day I will possess this species. 479 00:42:13,129 --> 00:42:17,159 All I must do is buy them. 480 00:42:26,000 --> 00:42:29,000 Subtitled by Axarion