Falling Skies (2011–2015): Season 1, Episode 1 - Live and Learn - full transcript

Falling Skies S01E01 Live and Learn (Vivre et apprendre) (VO&VF+STFR&EN)

I was in school
when the ships came.

They were really big,

and they said that we
weren't gonna attack them

with the nuclear bombs

because they might have
wanted to be friends.

But they didn't want
to be friends.

Not at all.

And then there
was a bright light

that makes, like,
all electronics stop working.

Computers.



Radios.
Satellites.

Cars.
TVs.

Everything.

They blew up army bases,

ships, the Navy,
submarines,

and all the soldiers are gone.

Now moms and dads
have to fight.

After that, they blew up
all the capitals.

New York, Washington, D.C.,
Paris.

To all the major cities.

Then they came.

There were millions of them.
Trillions.

Everywhere.

We call them
Skitters and Mechs.



They killed grown-ups,
and they catch kids.

They put on harness things.

They put it on kids
and control them.

They say
it hurts a lot.

My parents went out
to get some help one day.

And I know
they're gone. They're dead.

Listen, it's okay to cry.

Drawing and talking about it
can make you feel better.

Matt, what have you
drawn here?

My mom.

She was going to get food once
and never came back.

And then we found her.

She was dead.

And then dad said
we had to leave our house.

And Ben was over
at Nick's house,

and we think
they might have got him.

But we're not for sure.

And this drawing?

That's with me
and dad and Hal.

It's all right.

You and your dad and Hal
are okay.

Well, they were okay
this morning.

But I don't know
about now.

They're fighting.

Go.

Go! Take the gas!

Bryan, Mechs!
Stay down!

Aah!

Get the food.

Aah!

Leave it.

Here they come!
Cover them!

Short bursts!
Short bursts!

Ugh!

Aah!

Get up!

Hal, in here.

Ugh.

Skitters.

Aah!

That's Jerrod's cousin.

No. No, don't.

No.
No, no, no, no, no.

Shh, shh, shh.

That's Jerrod's cousin.

Come on.
Come on.

Get up!

Whoa, whoa, whoa!

Mechs -- front.

The Colton Street barricade's down.
Skitters, too.

They're up to the common.
Both barricades there are gone.

We're falling back.
Back Bay is lost.

They take Back Bay,
they take the city.

No kidding.
Porter's calling us in.

Let's go.

South Boston! South Boston!
South Boston!

Quiet.

They got South Boston!
Skitters and Mechs.

Rear guard, come on!

We holding?

Who'd we lose?

Captain Jameson,
Jerrod's cousin,

and a bunch of guys
I didn't know.

Jameson's dead?
Who's gonna command the 2nd?

Excuse me.

You're back
from work early.

Tough day at the office.

We lost
the Widget account.

Oh, rats.

Bad?

Yeah.
They're up to Back Bay.

Any food?

Price of tuna's gone up.

Wait.

Matt drew these.

He's doing much better --
drew his whole family.

That does not
look like me.

Tom, Tom.

Porter wants to see you.

Back Bay was lost.

They let go in South Boston --
one of the big ones.

I told Reed small arms only.
He had those AT4s.

I guess he used them
and pissed them off.

Come on in, Tom.

Gents, the city's lost,
so we're on the move.

We're gonna split up,
go to ground,

where we can hide
and scavenge.

We can't leave the city.

They've got prisoners.
What about the harnessed kids?

Tom, you're not the only guy
with a kid that's M.I.A.

We're all
in this together,

and you've got two other sons
to worry about.

Okay, well, I have to agree
with him there.

We can't leave the city.

We've got no choice.

We picked this area clean
of weapons and food.

And those
skitter aerial sensors

are beginning to pick up units
of 500, 600 humans.

Well, I'll tell you
what we need to do.

We need to stay here,
and we need to fight.

Listen to me, Weaver.

We are splitting up
into units of 300 --

100 fighters,
200 civilians each.

I've already sent out
nine of these units.

You're the last three.

Anderson, I want you to take
the 10th Massachusetts

north along the shore
till you get to Marblehead.

Sam, you got Jeffries
as your second-in-command.

We'll move northwest along
route 3 till you get to Revere.

Weaver.

I'm giving you
the 2nd Massachusetts

to replace Jameson.

I'm also giving you Tom
as your second-in-command.

You move west, go to ground
somewhere around Acton.

What do we do when they start
picking up groups of 300?

Then we break up into smaller
units and we continue, Weaver.

Till it's armies of one and the
start picking us off individually?

Is that how we do it?

Listen, if you've got
a better idea,

I'd damn sure like to hear it.
Oh, I have a better idea.

We got a chance
right now.

That's what I'm trying
to tell you.

Now, I don't know how many
Skitters and Mechs the bastards left,

but it's a hell of a lot less
than it was

and a hell of a lot less
than it'll be

when the mother ships come back,
and they will.

We cannot fight these things
unless we know how.

I know how.
No, you don't.

Nobody knows how,
and that's the problem.

That's the reason we're gonna
split up, we're gonna run,

we're gonna hide,
and we're gonna survive.

Now, all the food stores
have been marked on your maps.

As of last week's recon,
they were all intact and secure.

I'm gonna have the med
and science people with me.

They're still working
on the harness situation.

Lost two more kids this morning

trying to get
the damn things off.

Now, that's it.

Any questions?

No, sir.

Get back to your people.
We move out in the morning.

I'll let you know
the exact time.

Jim, I think
you're making a mistake

to give Weaver
noncombatants -- I do.

Listen,
it had to be Weaver.

He's got eight years
active army,

he's got six years reserve,

and I saw him operate
in Desert Storm.

You, on the other hand,
Professor Mason,

have read a lot of books.

Hey, I'm not asking.

Now, I grant you that
a great deal of those books

were military history,
but I had to go with Weaver.

Understood.

There's a reason why you
are his second-in-command.

You do whatever
you've got to do

to defend those civilians.

I understand.

Good.

And good luck.

Yeah.

It's not over, Tom.

Okay, so, these guys

from the 5th Mass, okay,
down in Dorchester --

uh, out of ammo,

except for, what,
these two bullets

in a clip
in an old .45 automatic?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Right?

What then?
Yeah, come on. What happened?

Okay, so, the guy,

you know, he stands there
like bait, right?

Skitter moved in.

Right. Other guy from behind
the dumpster --

boom! Boom!

Head shot,
point-blank range.

You're dead. Dead.

That's one way to do it.

I'd do it like that.

Man, you would
wet yourself.

Fine, long as I get
that head shot in.

All right, man.
All right, man.

What are you
looking at?

That thing hasn't moved
since yesterday.

I was just wondering
how to get at it.

You know, find my way inside,
head upstairs,

find the lizard in charge,
and just kick some alien ass.

Personally,
I like the idea

of seven or eight
truckloads of C-4

driven in simultaneously
from different directions.
Mm-hmm.

Maybe a couple coming in
on boats across the harbor.

Boom.
Yeah.

How do the drivers
get out of there?

No, no, no, no.

You got it all wrong.

Outside of that thing's
gonna be like a fortress.

You need to get inside --
a trojan horse.

Or, like the World War I
sappers,

tunnel underneath it,

plant the biggest pile of TnT
you've ever seen

right under
the center of it.

Or like the Romans at Pontus,
when they were --

whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa.
There you go, Professor.

Professor kick-ass!

Yeah, well, tomorrow,
we kick ass...

Or maybe the day
after tomorrow.

All right, for now,

let's get that .50 squared away,
get some sleep.

We move out in the morning.

Think that'd work --
heading underground?

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah.
Well, it has throughout history.

Alexander leading
the Macedonians.

What?

I don't know.

You think, dad,

maybe you could, uh, ease up
on the history lessons --

with the guys around,
at least.

Got it.

All right.

Sure, the 250's faster,
but it's just lousy off-road.

Yeah.

Little 175's better
for scouting,

but it's so damn loud.

Well, Scott thinks he can rig up
some sort of muffler for it,

and maybe the --
thought you might be hungry.

Yeah, I was worried
about you.

Oh, really wasn't
that bad.

Glad you're okay.

Yeah.

"I'm glad you're okay."

How long?

Just finishing up.

We got most of the stretcher
cases off already.

You're good.

For a pediatrician.

For any doctor.

Practice makes perfect.

There is a silver lining
in all of this.

Oh, yeah?

If this hadn't happened,

I'd be dealing with flu shots
and neurotic mothers.

I'd be grading midterms...

Or at least staring
at a stack of blue books,

trying to figure out
how to avoid them.

Hey, things
could be worse.

So, what are we doing?
Running? Regrouping?

I just hope Porter knows
what he's doing.

Retreat, regroup,
return...

Revenge.

Forget about
those Shopsmarts.

They're too close in --
traps for sure.

Our best bet is that Sundash
in Belmont.

Yeah, I agree.

You don't have to agree.
You just need to listen.

Those are my orders.
Yes, sir.

Okay, try it again.

You gonna get it going?

Almost there.
I just need to fix the --

You got 10 minutes.

I hated carburetors before
electronic fuel injection,

and I hate carburetors now.
Uncle Scott?

We've got 200 pounds
of medical supplies.

Into the car
or into backpacks?

In the car.
I'll get it going.

Backpacks. Backpacks.

All right, come on,
try it again.

Why are we leaving?

Going someplace better.

But tonight's the 8th.
It's my party.

Oh, sure thing,
your highness.

Hey, you had
a birthday party, too,

and it was
after they came.

We'll try to do a little
something when we get settled.

We're doing the best
that we can.

Hey.

Give him a break,
all right?

Okay, load them up.

What?

I know that house.

My husband has a piece
hanging there.

Painting?
A landscape.

One of my patients --
rich tech guy -- lived there.

To seal the sale, my husband
and I had dinner with them.

I remember going out
that evening,

and, uh,
my son was crying.

He was 3.

You know where we are?

This is Bartlett Hill.

About 400 years ago, this was
all Pennacook settlement.

Smallpox wiped them out.

Ever the history Professor.

Yeah, fat lot of good
tenure got me.

Oh, I wonder what will be here
in another 400 years.

Hopefully humans.

I wish more food.

Dad.

Every food store and cache

between here and Acton's
picked clean.

Too many of us.

If it was
just the fighters,

we could stretch
our provisions.

Well, it's not,
and we need food.

So it's one
of the Shopsmarts, then --

either the store
in West Newton

or the distribution center
in Watertown.

We can't go back,
not with this group --

too many, too slow.

Maybe half the vehicles,
half the fighters go back,

get the food,
and then they catch up?

Yeah.
That sounds great.

Who's gonna
lead them -- you?

Yes.

You want to go back?

Yes.

All right.

But I can only give you
the pickup and six fighters.

Weapons?

What you got and as many mags
as you can carry.

One of the RPGs?
No.

Some C-4?
No.

All right,
we'll make do!

All right!

The rest of us will follow
the commuter rail west!

We'll meet
at the Littleton Bridge!

Pick your squad!
Good luck!

Are you sure about this?

Take care of Matt.

- I will.
- You need a scout?

I want you to stay with the group.
You to stay with Matt.

Weaver's more likely to get me
killed than you are.

You need two scouts!

Yes, I do.

Why don't you find Dai and Click
and Anthony and one other,

see if they'll volunteer?

You go with her.

Thomas.

Dai, you in?

Yep.

Weaver's keeping
all the heavy stuff.

Is that right?

C-4? Where --
where did you get this?

Thanks.

So, you think there will be
a lot of them?

Come on, Jimmy.

Anthony, I need --

7.62. I need a mag.
You got?

I got. Here.

This could be fun.

You'll be there, right?

Will you give
this party thing a rest?

Yeah, I'm gonna try
to be there.

I already know
what I'm gonna wish for.

Oh, yeah? What?

Well, I can't tell you.

Sure you can.
I'm your father.

It's rule 619.
You can tell me anything.

Hand me that sleeping bag,
would you?

Are you sure?
Of course.

How else you think you're gonna
get what you ask for?

Well, I wish everything was
just back the way it was --

our house, my bike, school,
my ripstik,

and Ben...and mom.

I thought
you didn't like school.

Well, I like it now.

Dad, I just want everything
back the way it was.

Come here.

So do I.

So do I.

It's gonna get better.

So slow.

Faster than you,
up here.

Dream on.

Catch you later.

Okay.
See you later.

Thanks.

Hang in there,
old man.

We think there's food
here and here.

There's a store in West Newton

and a food distribution
warehouse in Watertown.

They're both Shopsmarts.

If there's food in them,
they're probably traps.

The main invader force

is either gonna come up
River Road or Blanchard Road.

We need to know which one.

I don't want a bunch of Skitters
and Mechs coming up behind us.

So, Hal and Karen, you guys got
to check that out.

You got to let us know
which way they're coming...

Mm-hmm.

...So we know
where to go.

And we'll be waiting
at the train station.

Got it.

Hey, Hal.

Do you, uh...

Need any more
hollow nose?

Hollow point?

Yeah,
that's what I meant.

Uh, yeah, I could use
an extra clip.

Mag?

Yeah,
that's what I meant.

What?

Just remembering.

What was it --
seven, eight months ago,

you wouldn't let me ride my bike
over to Julien's at night

'cause I didn't have
a bike light.

Now you're offering me
extra ammo.

Things change.

Yeah.

Uh...some things don't.

Be safe.

Yeah, you too.

Somebody tried
to take it off of him.

Killed him.

He's about the same age
as Ben...

...My son.

Ben?

Ben?

Which way
are they coming?

Ben's alive.
I saw him.

I saw him.

What?

He's harnessed,
but he's alive.

Are you sure
it was him?

Dad, he's alive.

Come on,
we got to go get him.

All right, we'll screw
this food thing.

We got to go get him
right now.

Whoa.
Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Dad, it's Ben.
We got to go get him.

I'm in.
Me too.

How many Skitters?
How many Mechs?

There's like half a dozen
in front

with Ben
and the other harnessed kids.

And more coming up
after them.

You said
hundreds in airships.

Who cares?

All right? It's Ben.

I'm there. Let's go.

No, it's too many.
That's way too many.

No, no. We got -- we got
to stick to the mission.

We got to take the food
to the group,

and then I'll get Ben.

No. I'm going to get him
right now with or without you.

No. Hal!

Hey, no.

Get off. Let go of me!

You think I don't want
to go get him right now?

He's my son!
And you're my son!

And Matt is
back there alone!

Aah!

Do you think I want him
to hear

he's lost his other brother
and his father?

We do this the right way,
or we all die!

We get the food,
we bring it to the group,

and then we'll get Ben --

together, you and me.

All right.
We'll do it your way.

Which way
are they coming?

Blanchard.

That's the Watertown Shopsmart.
I know it.

Click, grab that box.

That's the building.

There's a road here.
There's a road here.

We're gonna do our recon
from here.

We'll wait till it gets dark.

Then I go in first
with Dai...and Hal.

If it's clear,
then you guys come in,

we get the food, we get
the hell out of there.

If it's not clear?

If it's not clear,
if it goes bad,

then I want you guys
to take off

at the sound
of the first shot.

Don't wait for us.
You go, and you go fast.

Take the bikes, you take the truck,
and you go to Upland Park.

And go
to the Littleton Bridge.

But w-what
if it's a trap?

Well, we'll see.
Dover was.

That was a Skitter
and two Mechs.

The grocery store in J.P.

Had three Mechs
and two Skitters.

We're never gonna beat them,
are we?

They die, just like us.

Just got to get close.

Listen, I know
that you're scared

and I know it doesn't seem
like it, but we can beat them.

We don't have
to kill them all.

We just got
to kill enough of them.

If we can make it too costly,

too painful for them to stay,
then they'll leave.

They're wolves.
We got to be porcupines.

If we can hurt them,
they'll leave.

It hasn't worked so far.

Well, it will,
'cause it has before.

History is full
of inferior forces

creating so much trouble
that the invading army leaves --

the Athenians at Marathon,

the, uh, Scots against
the British at Stirling Bridge,

and our revolution
fought right here...

...Red Sox/Yankees, '04.

We can beat them.

All right, Anthony, you and
Jimmy guard this entrance,

load the food
as it comes in.

You guys come with me.
Karen, grab that cart.

Okay.
Come on.

We can do this.
We'll be all right.

Go.

Got it? Here.

Ugh!

Hal,
get out of there!

I wonder
what it's thinking.

Nothing now.

Let's go.

They're back!

Thank you.

Well, what took you
so long?

How much did you get?

A truckload,
enough for a few days.

Hmm.

Hal,
why don't you stay?

You guys wait outside.

My son Ben is alive.

What?
Hal saw him.

Did he?

We're not going back.

Our next objective
is the Acton Armory.

I know.

And after we take
the Acton Armory,

I'm gonna be weaponing up
and going back to get him.

So am I.

Are you?

Well, I'm your
commanding officer.

And we're not going back.
You're not going back.

What would you do
if you had the chance

to get your kids back?

He's my son.

You'll never kill enough of them
to get him back.

They die, just like us.

You just have
to get...close.

So, you got to make a wish
and blow it out quick,

'cause it burns out fast.

You know what the wish is.

You sure that's okay?

Yeah.

Yay.
Happy Birthday.

It's all yours.

Matt, I'm sorry.
I don't have anything.

Dad, what's the matter
with you?

What?

You forgot the thing --
the thing we got for him.

You're going senile.

It's from dad.

I know what this is.

A ripstik.

Ride, fool.
We only got 10 minutes.

All right.

It's time to go!

All right!
We're moving out.

I want to make the great meadow
by dark.

We're gonna set up camp there.

There's good cover there.

Karen, you're forward.
Hal, you flank.

Let's go.