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Stop! Wait, I can't,

DANIEL: Don't wanna be late

for your new life, do you?

Let's go, let's go!

Hustle!

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

-Hey, Tom,

-8:00, huh?

Beth's boss showed up

on our door step,

Oh, gosh! She wouldn't

take no for an answer,

She says I was invaluable

to the school,

Yeah, more like Beth

was the only one who could

put up with that pack

of wild animals,

I mean, she's

an invaluable asset

to the public school system,

Anyway, the principal

showed up on our stoop

at 7:00 this morning,

and she refused to leave,

She grabbed onto her leg,

Beth dragged her

for half a block,

-(LAUGHS)

-Ow!

Just as long as

you guys are here,

For a second I thought you

were gonna back out,

You guys got me into this,

if you didn't show, ,,

Enough with

the cold feet already,

this is gonna be great,

Thomas, trust me,

(CHUCKLES)

Look, I was just laying in for

a winter fog,

that's all,

You will not need

these, Jacob,

Right, who needs

all this crap, right?

Look, I was gonna quit,

as soon as I'm through

with these,

Now, we've discussed this,

It's pollution of the body,

We want you healthy,

we want you strong,

Okay,

FATHER: Good morning, Daniel,

Good morning, Beth,

-Good morning, Father,

-Are you all ready?

Oh, yeah,

Oh, we can't wait,

And you, Thomas,

You don't seem so sure,

He's sure,

The lord wants you

fully committed or not at all,

There's no shame

in turning back,

Just a little

old-fashioned religion

from The Dead, Father,

We'll be making our own music,

Are you with us?

Yeah!

ALL:

♪ On a hill

Let's find our faith

♪ Hallelujah

♪ In a place of peace

and light

♪ Hallelujah ♪

So, I'm back to my desk

and I started a fire in

my waste paper basket,

I tossed everything in there,

including my jacket, my tie,

every card out of my wallet,

I even put my

driver's license in there,

-No way,

-Oh, it's true,

I was hoping a couple

of the other guys

from the training

floor were gonna join me,

just chuck it all,

but, er, security came

and chucked me instead,

That's all right, for the look

on Hammonds face it was worth

every second of it,

-That's great,

-Sure was, Jacob,

I don't know, man,

talk about burning

the bridges,

We're nothing

without our faith, Thomas,

Well, maybe for you,

but I'm giving this a month,

I've kept my apartment,

I've kept my car,

and if this isn't working out

I'm out of here,

We're supposed to, ,,

Yeah, I know, cut all ties,

start a new life,

but, look, this sounds

interesting, but not if it's

some kind of weird cult,

-(CHUCKLES)

-Well, the Christians were

a cult once and so were, ,,

I know, I know, come on,

you know what I mean,

Look, I'm on the bus, okay?

Just say I'm not gonna

be drinking the Kool-Aid,

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

All right, I'm giving you

a 30-day guarantee, Thomas,

But if you're not completely

satisfied I will walk you back

down this mountain myself,

But in the meantime,

I'd like you to meet Heather,

-Hi,

-Heather,

I've been wanting

you two to meet,

-Hi, how are you? Tom,

-Good,

Soon we shall reach

the promised land,

The others are ahead of us,

You are the last,

There is only one thing

that needs to be done,

CONTROL VOICE:

There is nothing wrong

with your television,

Do not attempt

to adjust the picture,

We are now controlling

the transmission,

We control the horizontal

and the vertical,

We can deluge you

with a thousand channels

or expand one single image

to crystal clarity

and beyond,

We can shape your vision

to anything our imagination

can conceive,

For the next hour,

we will control

all that you see and hear,

You are about to experience

the awe and mystery

which reaches from

the deepest inner mind

to

The Outer Limits,

CONTROL VOICE:

Religious devotion

can lead people away

from temptation and evil,

But is the path as clear

if that devotion is blind?

Daniel!

WOMAN: Come quickly,

it's Beth,

(PANTING)

DANIEL: Beth,

-Are you, ,,

Is everything, ,,

-I'm fine,

I'm sorry I wasn't

here sooner, I was working

in the northwest woods,

It's all right,

Your son decided

to come a little earlier

than expected,

BETH: It's okay,

Look at him,

he's a little bruiser,

(CHUCKLES) Tell me about it,

(LAUGHS)

-Oh, come on, baby,

-(BABY COOING)

Yeah,

(ALL CHEERING)

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

He's very, very beautiful,

You and Beth

must be very proud,

Thank you, Father, We are,

The first of our new life,

We shall call him William,

May he be the first

of many, many children,

for us all,

Come here, baby,

THOMAS:

Oh, he's beautiful, Beth,

He's beautiful,

BETH: You're gonna have

one of your own,

-I know, it's hard

to believe, isn't it?

-DANIEL: Yeah, no kiddin',

-Don't listen to him,

-He's right,

You remember me

in San Francisco,

Me and fatherhood, come on,

I owe you guys a lot,

you guys dragged me kicking

and screaming

from my dot-com life,

Not even life, Existence,

Kickin' and screaming

was right,

All right, so the first

few months were difficult,

Come on, life without

Big Macs, The Dead, the 49ers,

New infomercials,

rush hour, mad cow disease,

THOMAS: Yeah, I know,

but still it wasn't easy,

At least I didn't pull

a Jacob,

disowning the community,

Running off in the night,

like a thief,

To be consumed

by the wild beasts

in the forest,

Sorry, bad joke,

Well, anyway, I can't imagine

my life before I found

God's blessings,

William is truly the start of

a new journey for us all,

A new generation,

One that won't have to deal

with the temptations

of the old life,

(LAUGHTER IN DISTANCE)

What is going on out there?

Oh, I hope you're up for it,

We have prepared

quite the celebration,

-(LAUGHS) I'll be there,

-Nice,

-(MUSIC PLAYING)

-(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

(MEN LAUGHING)

-I am so joyous

for the both of you,

-Thank you, Heather,

(SIGHS) I don't remember

feeling so tired or so happy,

(SCOFFS)

What is it?

Just hit me that my son

is never going to have

a hotdog at a baseball game,

or watch cartoons

or even see a city,

Look, ,,

I think it will be great

for my mom to meet

little William,

She'd love him,

But we chose this life,

With all its peace

there are some sacrifices,

There are many obstacles

in our path, Dan,

We have to grapple

with each one of them

in our own way,

I want the best for William,

Just like you,

And he's gonna

get the best,

And besides, you can

always teach him baseball,

(BOTH CHUCKLE)

-Father,

-Daniel, Beth,

Can I speak to you

for a moment?

Of course,

You both know how much

you mean to me,

You have always

led the way for the others,

Are you truly committed

to this new life?

Of course,

Then there is something

that I need you to do for me

and for William,

Anything, Father,

just tell us,

I need you to give him to me,

-Father?

-Only for an hour,

I promise you

that he shall come

to no harm,

I need him, ,,

For a new ceremony,

A ceremony that will

welcome in the new generation,

Um, ,,

It is a ceremony

that must be done

in private,

Only me,

our lord, and your son,

No one else,

We'd be honored, Father,

Yes, thank you, Father,

I'll bring him back soon,

I promise,

I trust him, I trust him,

You're right,

Oh, I know, You, ,,

You're right,

You're right,

You're right,

(SIGHS)

All right,

Where are you going?

I'm going to go

talk to Thomas,

He's on the council,

maybe he knows something

more about the ceremony,

William did very well,

He'll be waking up soon,

I expect him to be

quite hungry,

Thank you, Father,

Daniel, your love for your son

is a wonderful thing,

But please don't let it cloud

your judgment or your trust

and faith in our lord

and our new way of life,

Thank you, Father,

My blessings on you both,

(SIGHS) So, ,,

God, I was just being stupid,

No, you were

just being a father,

I was being stupid,

William, hey,

come here, sweetie,

Hey, ,,

BETH: What's that?

What is it?

DANIEL: I don't know

what it is,

DANIEL: He did something

to the back of my son's neck,

There's a mark there,

that wasn't there before

Father took him,

-Are you sure?

-Yes,

I mean, I'm almost positive,

And you don't think,

just possibly,

that all of this is a reaction

to the stress of the last

couple of weeks,

-With the birth

and the new baby,

-No,

I mean, um, maybe,

All right, Thomas,

look, I know, ,,

It's more than just the

stress, I know that I'm giving

William a better life here,

But what am I

depriving him of?

Careful,

You're starting

to sound like Jacob,

"I want my cigarettes,

I want my movies,

I want my junk food,"

Do you remember

why we came here? Hmm?

My friend, you were

so stressed out

you were throwing up

in the bathroom at work,

I was sleeping under

my damn desk and waiting

for an IPO that never came,

Not sure that's a life

I wanna pass over to my kids,

We are happy here, Dan,

This is the life that

we talked about having when

we were in college together,

Simple, full of hard work,

Happiness,

Love of a good woman,

Yeah, but actually,

I think that was the love

of many good women,

(BOTH CHUCKLING)

We found a new life, man,

Through faith and service,

And I cannot wait

for my child to experience it,

One without crime

and violence,

Built with the strength

of our hands

and purity of heart,

A life of conviction

and principle,

We are nothing

without our faith, Dan,

you taught me that,

You're right,

You're right,

I mean, it's just, ,,

It's just there's a lot

of pressure on you

all of a sudden,

New baby,

new responsibilities,

Believe me,

I'm thinking the same thing,

Heather's right

behind you guys,

Go home,

Sleep on it,

We'll talk tomorrow,

All right,

DANIEL: Father?

DANIEL: I know what I saw,

we've got to go now,

I'm not leaving our home

just because you thought

you saw a flash of light

in the forest,

(WILLIAM CRYING)

Beth, I love this community

as much as you do,

I know how much this place

means to you,

it means the same to me,

Do you honestly believe

that I would jeopardize

all of that

unless I was absolutely sure?

Okay,

(SIGHS)

-Here I go,

-Wait,

I can't, We've been walking

all day, I need to rest,

Come on, just a little

bit further, Come on,

I think I see a clearing,

We should be heading a road

really soon,

-(BREATHING HEAVILY)

-Come on,

There you go,

Look, Wait,

There, I see a clearing,

-(GRUNTS)

-Daniel, are you okay?

What?

(EXCLAIMS)

What is it?

It's a, ,, (STAMMERS)

I don't know,

It's some kind

of invisible wall,

(TWIGS CRACK IN DISTANCE)

What's that?

-There's something there,

-Get behind me,

Jacob?

(SIGHS) Daniel,

Beth,

At first I moved around a lot,

Tried to stay hidden,

Then I found this place,

You can walk right by

that entrance and miss it,

No, it's okay,

I don't go out during

the day, you know,

I'm safe from them right here,

DANIEL: Who are they?

Don't really know,

Looked like Father,

but there were others,

And I never saw their faces,

Then I got scared,

real scared,

I mean, anybody who could

stake out a whole section

of woods like that,

is not human,

Smarts, don't it?

I know, I did the same thing,

Thought I was home free,

flying like a bird, and wham!

What do you mean,

there's a wall around

the entire forest?

It's a big circle, all right,

20 square miles or so,

I walked it once,

I tried

to climb under it,

I climbed as high

in the trees as I could,

there's no way out, man,

This place is tighter

than Alcatraz,

How could they block off

20 square miles of forest

without anyone outside seeing?

I figured, you know, you got

tens of thousands of square

miles of federal forest,

No roads in or out,

Who's gonna notice 20 miles?

But I don't understand,

why trap us?

(CHUCKLES)

See, We're like a big

experiment to them, right,

Like a giant Habitrail,

and we're their lab rats,

When you saw the wall, Jacob,

why didn't you come back

and tell us what you saw?

I thought about it,

you know, Almost did,

Come back, play the whole

mea culpa thingy, I'm sorry,

I repent, please forgive

this sinner,

But then, you know, I realize,

Father would never let me live

knowing what I know,

If you had told

the truth, Jacob,

we would have believed you,

Father would make sure

no one would believe me,

But you already

know that, don't you?

Huh? That's why you ran too,

Well, now there are three of

us, if we all went together

we could tell them,

No, no, I'm not going back,

What, are you just

going to live out here

for the rest of your life?

Yeah, well, it's better than

being roasted on a spit

as a traitor, huh?

BETH: We have to go back

and tell everybody,

And you have

to help us with that,

-Can't do it,

-Yes, you can,

Jacob,

We'll be together,

It will be our word

about what we've all seen,

what we all know

is the truth now,

You can do it,

Maybe, you know, I mean, ,,

Maybe if we all went

back and told them,

Thank you,

All right, let's go,

Daniel, okay, we'll go back,

all three of us,

but not tonight, I can't,

No, no, She's right, man,

It's like 10 miles

back through those woods,

First thing

in the morning, Please?

First thing,

Let me look

at this beautiful baby,

(SCREAMING)

Beth,

Beth, I just had

a terrible nightmare,

Dan,

-(WILLIAM CRYING)

-Beth! Are you all right?

Beth, wake up,

Jacob!

Jacob!

Jacob, what the hell, ,,

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Just as I feared, Help them!

Help them!

Wake up, wake up!

Beth! Please, help her,

-Jacob!

-(WILLIAM CRYING)

Easy now,

Took quite a hit,

(GROANS)

I need to tell you, buddy,

I think it was pretty stupid,

you running off like that,

You're lucky

Jacob didn't kill you,

Where are Beth and William?

William's fine,

Beth's in your cabin,

We brought you here

so you both

could be more comfortable,

-I wanna go see her,

-You will,

She's been unconscious

until about an hour ago,

She's still

a little out of it,

She needs a real doctor,

she's got to get

to a hospital,

Father's administering to her,

She'll be okay,

No, Thomas, I know you

think Jacob attacked us,

but he didn't do this,

Oh, good, You're up,

You gave us quite a scare

running off in the middle

of the night, Daniel,

-Tell him the truth,

-Daniel, ,,

Jacob didn't attack us,

Father did,

What?

He found us

in the middle of the night

and he attacked us,

He set this whole thing up,

Daniel, please,

what are you talking, ,,

It's all right, Thomas,

He's had quite a shock,

it's only natural that he's

a little confused,

No, Father found us

and his staff glowed,

He tortured Beth and I

and then he killed Jacob,

you've got to believe me,

-Don't touch me,

-Okay, Daniel,

please calm down,

All right, everything's

gonna be all right,

We'll sort this out,

It's all right, Thomas,

I need to speak to him alone,

No, don't leave me

alone with him, Tom,

Don't leave me alone,

Please,

Father, he is pretty upset,

Perhaps it will be

better if I stay,

No, Thomas,

he needs my help,

Please go,

Thomas, ,, Tom,

I will be all right,

please wait outside,

Thomas!

(DOOR CLOSES)

I can't say that

I'm not disappointed

in you, Daniel,

You and Beth, ,,

You were among

my very first converts,

And now this, (SIGHS)

What are you?

What did you do to my son?

I am the lord's prophet,

And your son was blessed

with a small gift,

Something that would help him

thrive and grow

and with which we can

keep track of him,

That's how you found

the cave, isn't it?

I am your shepherd,

you are my flock,

I am responsible

for your deliverance,

You call this deliverance?

Trapping and imprisoning

us here?

Please, Daniel,

it's not too late,

Come back to us,

I know what you are,

And as soon as the rest

of the village does,

we're gonna turn against you,

We are his children,

And like children,

you need to be disciplined,

I knew things would go wrong

when Jacob ran off

in the middle of the night,

I knew that it would set

a bad example,

That it would put ideas

in people's heads,

And now I'm going

to have to set

another example,

Unfortunately, that's

going to be you, Daniel,

(GROANS) Thomas, help!

Daniel, what are you doing?

What the hell are you doing?

Have you completely

lost your mind?

DANIEL: It's a trick,

I didn't touch him,

He's bleeding, Daniel,

I hoped to help him

with some counseling,

Unfortunately, I can see

that is no longer possible,

Daniel has broken

our first covenant,

"Above all to do no harm,"

For this,

he must be judged

by the assembly,

FATHER: Today

is a sad day indeed,

And yet like all tragedies,

it is a test

of our true faith,

One of us has strayed away

from the path,

Our beloved Daniel,

FATHER: Where did we fail him?

What do we owe him?

We owe him our compassion,

We owe him our guidance,

but we also owe him

our discipline,

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Beth, Beth,

Are you all right?

We have done

nothing to her, Daniel,

On the contrary,

it's your actions

that have done this to her,

You are responsible for this,

You did this to her,

Tell them,

tell them what you are,

They know who I am,

The question is,

who are you, Daniel?

You were one of the faithful,

one of the believers,

what has happened to you?

-He is a monster,

-(ALL EXCLAIMING)

He did this to Beth,

he killed Jacob,

I saw with my own eyes,

you must believe me,

You are not making any sense!

-I know what I saw,

-Calm down!

-I'm sorry,

-Yes, of course,

The day William was born,

I saw Father

walk into the forest,

He disappeared

in a flash of light,

His staff lit up

and he was drawn up into

a beam from above,

DANIEL: He's tricking us

to keep us here,

he's trapping us,

(STAMMERING)

Look, Beth and I, ,,

We were walking

through the forest

and we ran into a force field,

an invisible force field that

wouldn't let us leave,

No, really, he's using

our own faiths and beliefs

against us,

You've got to believe me,

He's creating the force field,

(ALL LAUGHING)

He's not human, he's an alien,

He's a monster,

No,

Beth, you've got to tell them,

Please, please,

you've got to help me,

I don't remember, Daniel,

Please, ,,

(ALL EXCLAIM)

My son, my son,

I've got proof,

I've got proof!

Father took my son

and did something unspeakable

to him,

No! He put something

into the back of his neck,

No! He did!

Please look! It proves

that what I'm telling is true,

He has been violated,

my son has,

Please help him!

-Look! Look at him!

-Enough!

Thomas, what do you see?

Please,

I'm sorry, Daniel,

I only see a birthmark,

Daniel, ,,

We are nothing

without our faith,

The laws are clear,

and you have broken them,

You have put all of our lives

in jeopardy,

I hoped that

you would come back to us,

That you would

rejoin the fold,

But sadly, ,,

That is not the case,

And so I ask to all

that are assembled here,

What is your will?

ALL: Burn him! Burn him!

(CHANTING) Burn him! Burn him!

No! No!

(CHANTING CONTINUES)

Surely there is a less harsh

punishment to be given to him,

ALL: Burn him! Burn him!

Daniel, ,,

The assembly as spoken,

I must give you the harshest

punishment there is,

Because of your crimes,

Daniel,

you are to be sacrificed

to the lord,

You've got to believe me,

he's a monster,

(SOBBING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

I need a moment

with him, brothers,

God, if you'd told me,

I'd be here a week ago, ,,

I'm still trying

to figure it out,

What happened?

-How did we get here?

-I have nothing to say to you,

Oh, man,

I wanna help you, Dan,

I really do,

But the way you've been acting

it's crazy,

-Then killing Jacob,

-I did not kill Jacob,

Okay, then help me out,

What's my alternative?

Father is an alien,

Do you know how that sounds?

Tom, have you ever wondered

why we have never seen

another human being out here?

We're isolated, sure,

but so isolated

that the stray logger,

or crazed militia man,

or a hunter never wandered, ,,

We're in the middle

of nowhere, Dan! So, no,

No, it never crossed my mind,

Well, what about the bus?

-What about it?

-How did it get here?

It brought us through

the forest,

Oh, yeah, on that dirt track?

Follow that road and I bet you

it stops, I bet it peters out

into nothing,

-That's crazy,

-Is it?

Do you remember driving in?

-Sure, I do,

-Do you?

Because I don't,

I mean, think about it,

Do you remember

driving up the road

into the village?

I'll tell you

what you remember,

you remember falling asleep

on the drive up

and then being woken up

as the bus pulled

in the village square,

Yeah, that's right,

And I'll bet if you asked

everyone else in the village

they'd have the same memory,

So?

So, we don't

remember the ride,

What is that supposed

to tell me?

That we were brought here

against our will,

To some completely remote part

of the country,

Maybe we're not even

in America,

That we're being imprisoned

by some invisible

force field wall

that the aliens created

to do experiments on us,

I've heard enough,

We're nothing

without our faith! Right?

What have you put

your faith into, Tom?

Do you really know?

THOMAS: What am I

doing out here?

Oh, my God,

Daniel was right,

I'll take him out,

Are you sure

about all of this,

everything you've said?

Absolutely, every word,

I believe you,

We've got to tell

everyone now,

You saw how well

that went yesterday,

Father has made us

into the perfect

unquestioning followers,

Gonna get you out of here,

Yes,

(DOOR OPENS)

-Thomas,

-Yes,

Is there a problem?

No, I was just saying goodbye,

I'm sure you can

appreciate that,

Of course,

Thomas, where's Beth?

Thought it best

she not be here,

Good, You'll take care of her,

On my life,

Do you have anything to say

before we carry out

the lord's will?

DANIEL: Yes, Father,

Just one more thing,

-(GROANS)

-(ALL SCREAMING)

(GRUNTS)

(ALL CLAMORING)

MAN: Father, Father,

MAN: It's a miracle,

(ALL CLAMORING)

MAN: It's a miracle,

-Which way now?

-Keep going this way,

I have an idea,

-There!

-(PANTING)

Here,

I saw Father come here

and disappear, To above,

I don't know, maybe to a ship,

If I can get to the ship,

then maybe I can disconnect

the force field,

Maybe I can crash the ship

and we can get the hell

out of here,

Yeah, Here, look,

-Okay, step back,

-What? No,

You're taking me with you,

you might need my help,

Thomas, this is probably

a one-way trip,

I don't even know if there's

a spaceship up there,

But if I can get

this thing disconnected,

I need you to take care

of Beth and William,

Good luck,

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

(GRUNTS)

Well done!

Well done,

You, ,, You can't be here,

I left you in the village,

There are many

of us here, Daniel,

And we take this form,

It's easier that way,

Wait, ,, Who are you?

What are you?

Yes, yes, I know,

many questions,

I promise you

there is an answer,

um, an answer,

there is an answer,

but I think you're going to be

a little disappointed by it,

We're just merchants, really,

We deal in commodities,

Metals, minerals, water,

And in your case, slaves,

Slaves?

You see, we've been watching

your species for quite

a while,

and you have many

of the qualities

that we find desirable,

You're hardworking,

you're relatively easy

to train

and you are obedient

under certain circumstances,

Now, there are these violent

and rebellious tendencies,

but we feel that we can

breed these out of your stock,

By the time we reach

our destination,

we won't even need

the charade forest,

Destination?

Oh, that's right, you still

think you're back on Earth,

don't you?

Well perhaps

this will enlighten you,

You see, Daniel,

you're on a spaceship,

Traveling through space,

The village, the mountains,

20 miles of forest,

it's all one big spaceship,

And in about 500

of your Earth years,

when we finally

reach our destination,

we're gonna have about

100,000

willing, obedient, docile,

profitable slaves,

(BREATHES HEAVILY)

No, we'll never follow you,

No, of course not,

Not if you thought

you were being imprisoned,

We saw how disastrous it was

when your species tried

to enslave each other,

So, we had to come up

with a new ploy,

we had to, um, ,,

Make you want it,

Wait, wait, ,,

Give you a new life,

A new life through faith

and service,

In a few generations

you'll think that you were

born to be slaves,

And I am your lord,

(VOICE ECHOING)

The lord of the manor

as it were,

No! (GRUNTS)

(GROANS)

He refused

to follow the faith,

he shall face

the consequences,

You must listen to me,

he's going to destroy us,

please, we're trapped!

We have to get out of here,

You said it yourself, Thomas,

we're nothing

without our faith,

Please, listen to me,

-Listen to me!

-(SOBBING)

Listen to me, please!

Please, don't do this, Please,

(CRIES) Oh, God, no,

please don't!

Please don't do this,

No! No! No!

-THOMAS: No!

-No, don't kill him,

-Please!

-HEATHER: Don't kill him!

(SCREAMS)

(COUGHS)

A new life through faith

and service,

ALL: A new life through faith

and service,

CONTROL VOICE:

When you

blindly give up your free will

to a higher authority,

be sure you are not

also giving up control