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We saw the Earth destroyed.

And in a heartbeat,
everything and everyone we knew...

was gone.

There were five of us.

The crew of the space shuttle Odyssey.

And we were the only survivors.

A mysterious being
who called himself The Seeker...

rescued us and sent us back in time.

And now we have five years to live over.

Five years to discover who or what
destroyed the Earth.

Five years to stop it from happening again.

The argument is very simple.

We, as members
of a so-called intelligent species...

have a driving compulsion
to attach cosmic significance...

to every event in our existence.

Simply put, we need to believe
that our lives have meaning.

Concepts such as free will
and self-determination...

are the security blankets we use...

to shield ourselves
from the cold, hard truth of reality.

And what, may you ask, is this reality?

We are vehicles. Mere vehicles.

You can't control me.

I know you're here. Somewhere.

Oh, my God!

Down, get down!

Get away from me!
Get the fuck away from me!

Easy.

It's my fault.

I'm sorry.

-Top of the morning.
-Morning.

I better go. I gotta meet with my friends.

AII right, see you.

Mom.

-Dad.
-Marc.

-Paige....
-Whatever you've got to say...

if it's anything to do with time travel
or aliens, I don't wanna hear it.

Well, that's good,
'cause I don't feel Iike repeating it.

I was gonna tell you, you got a postcard
from your mother, and we're out of milk.

Your Iunch is in the fridge.

You and me again, huh?

Guess we better get used to it.

What do you think, honey?
You want Superman or Bobo the CIown?

-Spiderman.
-Spiderman?

I don't think they have any Spiderman.

I'm trying to pick a cake. What do you think?
Two- or three-Iayer?

Well, it depends on if you're planning
on inviting the entire neighbourhood.

Corey's only gonna turn five once, Paul.

Thank God for that.

-Accident, Mommy.
-I got it, honey.

Oh, yeah, by the way,
some woman called Iast night.

Said she was someone's patient.
I Ieft the message on the counter.

-Thanks.
-Take it easy, big guy.

Bye, Daddy.

Ed Scrivens wasn't just a flight director.
He was.... He was an icon.

It's impossible to fill the shoes of an icon.

What changed your mind?

Well, it's high time
the agency had a female flight director.

Unfortunately, that makes
what I'm about to tell you that much harder.

The decision's come down from FIight Ops.

You're suspended
from the roster indefinitely.

I'm sorry.

I expected it.

I'm pushing to have you assigned
to mission training.

-That'II keep you in the--
-Putting other astronauts into space?

I know.
It's not even remotely the same thing.

It's all right. It'II give me something to do
while I fight this.

You know, this is not how I intended
to start my tenure...

keeping astronauts Iike you on the ground...

while dinosaurs Iike Chuck Taggart
orbit the Earth on a regular basis.

Agency could use a few more dinosaurs
Iike that.

In my view, it's high time
some of those dinosaurs were extinct.

High school. I'II never get used to this.

-Hey, man, what's with the hair?
-What were you thinking?

-Some party, huh?
-Yeah, yeah.

-Man, my throat's still numb.
-I spiked the bong water with mouthwash.

-You're an artist.
-Why'd you ditch?

Yeah, man. You went to use the phone,
and you never came back.

Hey.

You haven't called me for two days.

Give me another two days,
I'II think of a reason.

You know, you better watch yourself.

Girlfriends Iike me come around
once in a Iifetime.

Don't I know it.

This, I could get used to.

His name is Naran Chandra.

He's a professor, Nobel Prize
in mathematics, held a chair at MIT...

was a charter member
of the Down Struck Team.

-The Down Struck Team?
-It was named after a George CIinton song.

They were a group of computer scientists
who came together about three years ago...

to develop the first true
artificial consciousness.

The first thinking machine, if you will.

Yeah, and as memory serves,
this amalgam of grey matter...

this fantastic rock and roll confab
of mental tissue...

-Iasted about two minutes.
-Right about six months.

They had a fundamental disagreement
on approach.

Naran Chandra was the first one to go.
He never wrote a Iine of code.

And we care about this because?

We care about this, darling,
because exactly eight days from now...

Naran Chandra is gonna
burst into this scientific conference...

and, in the middle of my presentation,
he's gonna put a gun to his head...

and blow his brains out.

Oh.

-Ruined a brilliant speech, I might add.
-I remember reporting on that.

Did he say anything? Will he say anything?

He said something
about how it was all his fault...

and that and a quote from Mahabharata.

-The Mahaba what?
-The Mahabharata.

-It's a book in Hindu.
-Hindi.

-Prayers.
-Epic poem.

Okay. So what's the quote?

The quote was,
"If the radiance of 1,000 suns...

"were to burst into the sky...

"Iike the splendour of the Mighty One...

"I am become Death...

-"Shatterer of Worlds."
-"Shatterer of Worlds."

-You know it?
-Yeah.

It's what Robert Oppenheimer said as he
was watching his first A-bomb explode.

Well, that's encouraging.

So what have we got here?

We got A-bombs, we got
seek-within-your-own Hindi prayers.

How am I gonna get my mind around this?

The point I'm trying to make, Chuck,
is I think he saw the end coming.

-I think he felt responsible.
-And maybe that is the point.

Maybe it's just one person
that's responsible.

Maybe it's some individual
and his goddamn epic poem.

God knows there's enough wackos
walking around right now...

ready in the name of God and nation
to blow this sphere into shit.

Oh, yeah, and what about
Project Bright Sky, Mr Defence?

Well, what about genetics, Dr Science?

What about Dr Barantz?

No, most of his patients
won't even talk to me.

Now, how come you guys always
quiet down whenever I come over?

Because beauty is best contemplated
in silence, darling.

-Smooth, Kurt. Nice.
-Thank you.

Like I was saying, there's one woman.

Her name is Lynda Kessel.
She called me back.

She said she's been having nightmares.

Maybe they got something to do
with the experiments.

Yeah, or about whatever they're making
inside that tank.

I'm gonna find out.

In the meantime, we're gonna have a talk
with your pal Chandra.

Preferably before he puts a bullet
in his brain.

This is Professor Chandra's masterpiece.

It's nothing Iess
than Darwin inside a machine.

These are visual representations
of computer code.

At this stage, they're no smarter
than your average cockroach.

Texas cockroach.

They're programmed to mutate,
to fight for survival.

Reaper programmes sweep through
the preserve and kill off the weakest.

So only the assholes
and intellectuals survive, right?

In short,
you're trying to evolve artificial intelligence.

Computer science has been around
for 50 years...

and systems Iike HAL 9000
aren't even on the horizon.

Professor Chandra realised
we needed a new approach.

Artificial Iife is that approach.
A-Life for short.

Is it working?

We have digital organisms here
with the intelligence Ievel of a squirrel.

That may not sound Iike much...

but in the world of computer science,
it's a big Ieap forward.

Anyway, Iike I said,
Professor Chandra's on sabbatical.

He hasn't been around in three weeks...

so, if I do see him,
I'II tell him you stopped by.

Good.

He never mentioned
he had such famous friends.

Well, Naran was never one to drop names.

Mr Gonzales, what would happen
if one of these digital organisms...

made their way onto the Internet?

Can't happen. This is a closed system.
We don't even have an Internet connection.

Yeah, but Chandra can't be the only guy
in the world working on this stuff.

No. Professor Chandra's work
has been duplicated all over the country.

So, even if it can't happen here,
it can happen someplace else.

The organisms aren't designed
to survive in the wilderness of cyberspace.

They're programmed to absorb
only very specific streams of code...

so they'd probably just starve.

Probably just?

Thank you for seeing us, Miss Kessel.

We understand you're going back
into the hospital.

Well, I'm going back in for surgery
again next week.

Seems the benefits from Dr Barantz's
treatments were temporary.

Oh, we're sorry to hear that.

Can I ask why you're so interested
in my situation?

A friend of ours was actually involved
in Dr Barantz's gene therapy trials.

-Oh.
-Unfortunately, he passed away.

Not from his illness.
He was involved in an automobile accident.

-I'm sorry to hear that. PIease.
-Thanks.

The reason we wanted to talk with you
is because...

we believe there may have been
a connection...

between the accident and the therapy.

In what way?

We think his judgement
might have been impaired by the therapy.

And when I spoke to you on the phone...

you said that you hadn't noticed
any particular side effects.

That's why I called you.

What I said before,
it wasn't exactly accurate.

Professor Chandra?

His mail goes back a couple of weeks.

Means that he's either not home,
or he doesn't read it.

But I find that hard to believe,
otherwise why did he subscribe to this?

-Little tame for you?
-Science is such a Ionely pursuit.

Kurt, this is his invitation
to your symposium, right?

Postmarked yesterday.
It's Iess than a week off.

And where are we going?

You said this dude was really bad off
when he broke into your conference.

That's putting it mildly.
He was practically a walking corpse.

He was probably at the end of his road,
and we don't have much time.

Shit.

Hand me that box there.

-What are you doing?
-Cover your eyes.

Fucking hell, Chuck.
You wanna get us arrested, of course.

Kurt, we are trying to prevent the world
from exploding.

Try to get some perspective.

I have perspective.
It's just centred around me.

Hang out here and be the good eye
and try not to do anything too scientific.

Aye, aye, Chuck.

Shit, what a mess.

The joys of married Iife.

Chandra.

Kurt.

Chandra!

I'm surrounded by fire.

It's everywhere, all around me.

But it doesn't burn.

There are people standing around the fire.
They're watching me.

Waiting.

It's as if we all share the same secret.

It's that same dream over and over.

I just wish I knew what it meant.

Do you recognise any of the people
in the fire?

I never see their faces.
They're just shadows.

But at the same time,
I could swear I know them.

I know it doesn't make any sense.

No, it probably makes more sense
than you think.

There's one other thing.

One morning...

this was back when I was undergoing
Dr Barantz's gene therapy treatment...

when I woke up,
my Iegs were covered with rashes.

-Rashes?
-Atopic dermatitis. It's a skin allergy.

It happens whenever I come in contact
with any kind of grass.

Weeds, to be exact.

-Had you been outside?
-Well, that's the thing.

As far as I knew,
I'd been in my bed all night.

-Chuckie.
-How do you feel?

Oh, peachy. I have a third-degree burn
under my armpit...

and there's an inch of flesh missing
from my shoulder.

Well, what the hell were you doing,
experimenting on yourself?

I told you not to do anything scientific.

Frankly, I preferred the bastard when he was
blowing his brains out during my speech.

Look, Kurt,
you don't have the faintest idea...

why Chandra would want a piece
of your flesh, do you?

Call me crazy, but I think he was checking
to make sure I was human.

-Taggart.
-Mr Taggart?

Are you still Iooking for Professor Chandra?

Professor Chandra?

More than ever. Who's this?

I first noticed it about a month ago.

That's when his behaviour really
started to change.

How?

He started spending a Iot of time
on the computer.

I mean, way more time than he usually did.

He'd sit there sometimes
for 36 hours at a stretch.

But he wasn't working on a new programme.
He was searching the Web.

-For what?
-I don't know.

Every time I asked, he'd just become angry.

Pretty soon after that,
he stopped speaking on the phone.

Said it was bugged.
Said he was being followed.

-So who did he think was following him?
-Everyone. A bag Iady, a kid, a cop.

He even bought one of those stun guns.
You know those things?

Oh, intimately.

Yeah, he kept it at the bedside table.
He was afraid they'd get him in his sleep.

He even spent some nights on the floor...

to hear the vibrations
in case anyone would sneak up on him.

Don't take this the wrong way...

but you seem to be very well acquainted
with Professor Chandra's sleeping habits.

We had something going, you know?

-Something going?
-Chuck.

Oh.

If it got out....

-It--
-Won't.

Antonia Reyes has voted to protect
violent sex offenders, gang members...

drug dealers, pornographers,
child molesters and drunk drivers.

Texas needs a strong leader
to help build our communities.

Texas needs Brian Perry,
war veteran, businessman, devoted father.

Reyes will never know what hit her.

And voters will never know
that her voting record is identical to yours.

Well, democracy is an ugly sport...

especially when it's played on television.

Well, we're tracking five points ahead,
but it's still very early in the game.

Well, don't sweat it, Dad.
You'II win it. Hands down.

You sound so sure.

Yeah, well,
Iet's just say I have a premonition.

Are you staying for Iunch?

I could have Cookie
make up some sandwiches.

No, I've eaten.
Look, what did you wanna see me about?

AIways to the point.

Got a Iot on my mind, Dad.

That business over at NASA,
you being grounded....

-I could help.
-How?

Well, there's some people over there
who owe me.

-I could make a couple of phone calls.
-No, thank you.

I've already appealed the decision.

Well, from what I hear, the chances of
winning that appeal are slim to none.

-You've been checking up on me.
-I always check up on you, sweetie.

Well, I appreciate that, Dad,
but this is my career, and I'II handle it.

I got into space on my own,
and I will get back there on my own.

I knew I should never have asked you first.
I should've just gone off and done it.

How do you think other people
in the programme would react...

if word got out that my father
was pulling strings to get me back in?

Have you thought about that?
How it'd Iook?

Have you thought about how it Iooks now?

Oh, okay. This is about the election?

So you're concerned
about how this reflects on you.

-Of course not.
-You're unbelievable.

-How could this be about anything else?
-Wait a minute. Listen to me.

This has nothing to do with the election.
I just....

I just wanna be part of your Iife again.

You promise me you won't make any calls?

AII right.

AII right.

So I thought about what we talked about.

-What we talked about?
-Yeah.

I'm ready to go all the way.

Wait, what? That's....

That's....

That's....

Yeah. I didn't know until today,
but you just....

I don't know, you seem so different,
and so centred.

It's Iike, I feel Iike I can handle it now.

-So Iet's do it tonight.
-Tonight?

Yeah. Why wait?

Right. Why wait?

I don't know. Okay.

Let's see, I'II borrow my dad's Mustang...

and then we can go out to the docks.

-Shit.
-What?

There's something I gotta do.
Just do me a favour and hold that thought.

I'II be right back.

Hey, you guys ever see a shuttle Iaunch
from Mission Control?

-Didn't know they did that.
-Yeah, if you got the right connections.

Well, Chuck Taggart's your father, isn't he?

-Yeah, so you know I can deliver.
-What do you want?

Access protection's Iocked up.
It's beyond my powers.

Why not just take it to a pro?

Some stuff on there I'd rather not get out,
if you know what I mean.

-This isn't your Iaptop, is it?
-You are good.

-Hi, Lynda.
-Hi.

I'm Dr Jamison. I'm a friend of Sarah's.

I'm gonna be taking you through
this memory regression session today.

I want you to put yourself entirely
in my hands. You think you can do that?

-Okay.
-Okay.

My legs are sore.
It's from the grass, the weeds.

Where are you now?

We're in a field.

There's some columns.

Like Roman columns
standing there in the woods.

-The old Mayfield place.
-What are you doing in the field?

We're burning things.

It's okay, Lynda. These are just memories.
They can't hurt you.

What are you burning?

We're burning medical equipment.

Why does that make you anxious?

'Cause that's not all we're burning.

Relax, now. Relax. It's okay.

Go from there. What do you see?

They're cutting up something.

We're throwing the pieces in the fire.

What are you cutting up?

Oh, God! I don't wanna see it!

I don't wanna see it!

What is it?

Okay, split up about 20 yards apiece.

Fan out. Sweep the area.

I hate the goddamn woods. Watch out.
Watch these goddamn gopher holes.

AII right.

Let's see.

Would I sleep with my sexy,
slightly underage girlfriend?

-Don't rush me. It's a tough one.
-Yeah, I know, but she's still 17.

-Well, so are you.
-No. On the outside, I'm 17.

I'm still 22, man.
I'm a fucking astronaut, for Christ's sake.

I just don't know if it's the right thing to do,
you know?

Oh, Iet me ask you this.
The first time around, did you do it?

Yes, but it took another three months
to convince her...

and the only reason she wants to do it now
is 'cause she thinks I'm centred.

Because she senses that inner power
that comes with maturity.

It happens to me all the time.

Hey, Iook at it from her perspective.

How many 17-year-olds is she gonna find
with your experience?

-I assume there's experience here.
-Oh, fuck off, man, yeah.

-I heard you went toe-to-toe with FIight Ops.
-Yep.

Threatened to walk off
unless I was reinstated.

-Yep.
-You can't do that, Chuck.

-We need you in the programme.
-Yeah, well, I need you in the programme.

I don't know how all this Iays out yet...

but I know
the agency played some part in it.

The more people I have on the inside...

the better chance I have
to stop what's coming.

Besides, you're the best pilot
in the rotation.

-Thanks.
-How's your mind?

Well, it takes some getting used to,
not flying missions.

Yeah, well, don't get too used to it.

Hey, you guys.
Over here. I found something.

-There really was a fire here.
-Looks Iike they covered it up.

-What the hell is that?
-Let's see.

That Iooks Iike melted glass.

This fire must've been damn hot
to melt glass.

Whatever it was those people were making
in that warehouse...

this Iooks Iike
they were trying to get rid of the evidence.

Oh, shit.

Hang on. Hang on.
Don't try to yank that foot out of there.

Just take it slow.

I told you to watch out for gopher holes.

Relax.

-Oh, wait, wait, wait.
-Get it off me. Oh, what is it?

Don't touch it.
I need an uncorrupted specimen.

-Get it off me!
-Wait, wait, wait.

Oh, my God.

Damn! Filthy!

So much for the uncorrupted specimen.

Can you see the striated patterns
here and here?

They're much too uniform
to have occurred in nature.

In my humble opinion, this is not organic.
This cheeky Iittle fucker was manufactured.

So this is what Barantz's patients
were making in that tank.

-This is a piece of it, maybe.
-A piece of what, exactly?

I mean, what are we talking about here,
some kind of machine?

This isn't Robby the Robot.

This is a highly sophisticated construct
on the Ievel of a biological mechanism.

Jesus.

I really hate it when it does that.

So the next question is,
who or what wanted this built?

More importantly, why?
Sarah, you gotta get on Lynda Kessel.

We gotta get more nightmares
out of this woman.

-Good Iuck.
-What do you mean, "good Iuck"?

She has ischemic heart disease, Chuck.
It's a severe constriction of the arteries.

It's why she went to see Dr Barantz
in the first place.

I called the hospital.
She's stable, but in critical condition.

Okay, Kurt, that Ieaves you and your pal,
Chandra, and that computer.

Yeah, I'm still working on his Iaptop...

but he's got a serious protection system
on that thing.

I make one wrong move,
we could Iose whatever's on it.

Yeah, and we don't even know
if there's anything on there we can use.

We know Chandra's gonna show up
at the science conference.

-Why not just wait for him there?
-We've already interacted with him.

The time stream's already corrupted.

That means he could off himself at any time.

Tomorrow, five minutes from now,
right now.

Okay, son, you gotta get into that Iaptop.

Give me another 24 hours.
I have great minds working on this.

I'd feel a hell of a Iot better
if I knew where we were going with this.

-Would you please be careful?
-Just relax.

-We're about to get crazy on this.
-Oh, Jesus.

Wait, are you going
through the processor chip?

AUC, Aggressive Umbilical Calibration.

It's our own patented method.

-AII set?
-Let's do it.

-Dude, what are you doing now?
-Establishing rapport.

-Ever hear of neuro-Iinguistic programming?
-Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Well, same basic principle applies here.

Shit.

Yeah, hello.

You were supposed to meet me for Iunch.

Holly.

I lost track of time.

I can explain Iater, okay?

Why are you acting
Iike I'm some kind of annoying thing?

No, I'm just in the middle
of something here, Holly.

It's really important. AII right?

-Oh, well, don't Iet me interrupt you.
-Holly...

I.... Fuck.

-Female trouble?
-Yeah.

Capture.

-That's it.
-We're on the go with it.

That's it. Okay, Iet me see.

I'm compiling this document
in the event that something happens to me.

-Well, that's a blast from the past.
-BIast from the past?

It's a brand new Remington,
just came out this year.

Oh.

What, are you going for quail?

Yeah. Bernard Creek's supposed to be
flush this year.

Where's Neil?

Dad.

What?

I've been thinking about what you said
the other night...

about my not wanting
to become an astronaut.

Yeah?

-Well, it was a test, right?
-Test?

Yeah. The programme's a tough haul.
A Iot of guys fall out.

You're making sure I really want it,
you know, for the right reasons.

Well, I just want you to know
that hearing you say what you said...

it made me realise that I want it
more than anything.

I wanna transfer into the programme
this year.

This year?

Yeah, I made an appointment
with John Stiles tomorrow morning.

Well, Stiles is a good man.

And he knows a good man
when he sees one.

FIight Ops has revised
their previous decision.

In Iieu of an indefinite suspension
from the roster...

you are to undergo a CIass I fitness review,
including psych training...

to Iast a period of no Iess than six weeks.

You could be back in space
in a few months.

Congratulations.

May I ask what prompted this revision?

I wasn't in on the meeting.

But you know, don't you?

Word has it that influence was exerted
on your behalf.

By Chuck Taggart?

The holidays are Iong gone.

Chuck Taggart no Ionger wields
that kind of influence.

Daddy's Iittle girl.

This is all great, but we need something
between this and this in size, okay?

And also with these buttons,
we need bigger ones...

or make something else, Iike that big--

You didn't give a shit
about what it would do to me, did you?

-You just went ahead and did it anyway.
-Sweetie, this is not the time--

No, you're wrong, Dad.
The time is right now.

If I were you,
I'd go ahead and hire some more help...

'cause you're gonna fucking need it.

I'm compiling this document
in the event that something happens to me.

Where did you get this stuff?

-He was uploading it onto his Iaptop.
-It's sort of Iike a digital safe deposit box.

April 13th. I believe I've discovered
an autonomous agent within the Internet.

An artificial life form of unknown origin.

It moves through cyberspace
like a gigantic worm.

It burrows into computer networks,
feeds on information.

It has attained a level of intelligence
that is off any known scale of measurement.

It could very well
be the most intelligent being on the planet.

The most intelligent being that ever existed.

I wonder, have I discovered God?

Monday, April 22nd. I can track the Sentient.

That's what I'm calling it now.
It leaves fingerprints, bits of waste code.

I've analysed some of this code.
There can be no doubt.

The Sentient evolved from A-life forms
that I developed.

The Sentient is my child.

Note to self. Buy more coffee.

May 4th.

Okay, Iook at this.

-Jarred Ward. You know that name?
-No.

Sarah's running a search on it right now,
but nothing yet.

I've spotted this man
on three separate occasions.

I'm sure he's following me.

Oh, my God. I've seen him.

Where?

He came by the Iab a couple weeks ago
asking for the Professor.

I told him he wasn't there, and he Ieft.

He give you anything, a name,
Jarred Ward, or anything?

No. I do remember
he gave me the creeps, though.

-Why is that?
-Something about him was just off.

June 5th. I was wrong about the Sentient.

It is not the most intelligent being
on the planet.

It is not alone on the Internet.

There are others.

-That's it?
-That's all there is.

-Hello.
-I got a hit on the name.

Jarred Ward sold a piece of property...

to someone
matching Professor Chandra's description.

-There's an address.
-Shoot.

14435 Falconer Lane...

just south of Barclay.

14435 Falconer Lane. Where are you?

We're on our way to Houston General.
Lynda Kessel called.

She said she had something important
she wanted to talk to me about.

She sounded scared, Chuck.

Yeah, well, so am I. Be careful.

-I think we got something.
-I'm coming with you.

-No, you're staying here.
-He's not gonna hurt me.

It's not Professor Chandra
we're worried about.

You can't stop me.

Either I go with you, or I follow you,
or I go there myself.

14435 Falconer, right?

-Nice.
-Well done.

Dr Michaels, call 417.

Dr Michaels, call 417.

Hang on a second.

And what the fuck is that thing?

This is a model 1871, Iegal and registered...

Colt.45 single-action six-shot revolver...

that my granddad bought in Fort Worth...

when he went raiding Pancho Villa
in Mexico with the United States Army.

Unlike those pussy 9 mm guns
you see on TV...

this.45 will knock a man down.

I feel better already, Butch.

Neil, stay here and keep a good eye
with his girl.

Yeah.

Nice neighbourhood.

-Professor?
-Chandra?

Professor?

Professor Chandra has good friends.

Yeah, no better friend in the world right now
than my dad.

It's just, you don't wanna get
on his bad side, you know?

I'II try to remember that.

Professor?

Five days. Looks Iike he was planning
a Iong sabbatical.

Yeah.

Where's the Professor?

Where's Neil?

Tessa, is everything okay?

Fuck!

I will shoot you.

Where is he?

Let him go.

Wait.

Are you okay? Come on. We have to get out.

I think I got her.

What do you think
of my choice of weapons?

Come on. We have to go.
We must get out of here.

Neil. Neil.

Neil?

-Help!
-Neil!

-Neil?
-Get me the fuck out of here!

-Yeah, hang on, hang on, hang on.
-Dad! Dad!

AII right.

They're coming. Go.

Wait, wait, wait.
Where are we gonna find you?

I'II find you.

Pulmonary embolism.

It's a common cause of death
for people with her condition.

No. I think one of those things
you guys saw got her.

They can pass for humans.
They can be anywhere.

-Or anyone.
-How do we fight that?

Who's to say
they're who we're supposed to be fighting?

-What do you mean?
-Maybe they're here to save the world.

Why would they destroy something
they've been trying so hard to create?

Anyone consider that?

Leave it to you to cloud the issue.

These things that Chandra detected
on the Internet, these Sentients...

you think they could be responsible
for Tessa?

I mean, for any more Tessas out there?

Chandra did say the Sentients are Iike gods.

And gods do have a tendency
to create in their own image, don't they?

Or people have a tendency
to create gods in their own image.

Now, there you go with that silence again.

I'II get your check.

You know, you never answered
my question, Chuck.

What, am I having an affair?

Oh, Paige...

we've been married 23 years
and if I was fucking around...

you'd sure as hell know it.

Remember when we were stationed
at Nellis?

I used to Iook out my window
every 15 minutes...

dreading that I'd see
that black plume of smoke...

knowing that if I did,
I'd never see you again.

I feel that way again, Chuck.
I just wish I knew why.

Let me ask you something, Paige.

When we were stationed at Nellis...

and you spent all that time worrying
if I'd crash and burn...

what got you through the day?

Faith.

Why don't you call up a Iittle of that now?

I got us a suite.

We can get room service,
watch the moon come up over the channel...

and then when we get tired of that,
you know....

That sounds great...

except for the "you know."

-What do you mean?
-You've been having second thoughts.

You don't have to pretend. I can tell.

Second thoughts? No, no, no. No.

We can do this.
There's nothing wrong with it.

I've been having second thoughts, too.

If we're really into each other, sex can wait.

-Right?
-Right.

Okay.

How Iong, in your mind?

I don't know. Six months? A year?

We're only 17, right?
We've got all the time in the world.

Yeah. Yeah.

Yeah.

AII the time in the world.

We, as members
of a so-called intelligent species...

have a driving compulsion
to attach cosmic significance...

to our existence.

Simply put, we need to believe
that our lives have meaning.

Concepts such as free will
and self-determination...

are the security blankets we use...

to shield ourselves
from the cold, hard truth of reality.

And what, may you ask, is this reality?

We are vehicles. Mere vehicles.

And behind the wheel of these vehicles
are the single-minded impulses...

programmed into our DNA
by billions of years of evolutionary struggle.

Sorry.

We are nothing but a means of conveyance.

But it doesn't mean that from time to time...

we can't change the direction
in which we travel.

I now open the floor for questions.