Falling Skies (2011–2015): Season 1, Episode 5 - Silent Kill - full transcript
Hal comes up with a risky new plan to rescue captured teenagers from the aliens, but it might require putting someone at risk.
[engines revving]
Thought you were gonna leave me in
the dust back there on that turn.
I paid attention when Pope
taught me how to ride.
Figured I'd have to
outrun him some day.
What do you got?
Well, we're clear on the 111
all the way to the turnpike.
And there's a, uh, a water tower
at the corner of Hosmer
we haven't tapped yet.
- Okay.
- All right?
- All right.
[grunts]
So, are you
ever gonna tell me
how you knew where
all these drugs were?
What were you,
a junior in high school?
Senior.
And you didn't know where
the local dealer kept his stash?
What'd you do
in your free time?
I played lacrosse.
That explains a lot.
Yeah, we --
Percocet
and, uh, Demerol...
Oxycontin.
And heroin.
I don't think I've ever
even seen heroin before.
Looks a lot
like cocaine.
You learn the difference when you
watch a lot of late-night cop shows,
which is what I used to do
when I couldn't sleep.
I once had a student
give a thesis
on the history of
the American police drama.
I graded him down 'cause
he didn't mention "Miami Vice."
ANNE: Really?
TOM: This is amazing.
Thank you.
Thank you, Margaret!
MARGARET:
Yeah.
We need to work these
into a usable form.
Is this all gonna be ready
by tomorrow night?
Look, Tom, harness removal
is not my area of expertise.
You should talk to Harris.
He's the one that figured out
this operation.
I just want you to understand
how risky this is.
It worked on Rick.
It seems to,
but we're not sure yet.
I just...
if something
was to happen to Ben...
You want me to know
that Ben could die.
Okay. I know.
Look, you're worried,
I'm worried.
Everybody's got to
do their best.
I realize
you can't perform miracles.
You know, the other day,
I put a picture of him
up on that bulletin board.
All those kids
are missing...
but Ben --
I know right where he is.
I'm gonna go get him.
And then we'll take it
from there.
We just got the report
from the recon team.
The other group of harnessed
kids didn't come back last night.
Ben's group
is still there,
but we don't know
for how long.
Drugs are ready.
We want to move.
Show me what you got.
Okay. There's a Mech here.
We rip out this window,
eight go in.
We assume that the noise wakes
up the Skitters and draws the Mech.
The Mech comes around.
It gets blown up right here.
Inside, we've got two men on
this door facing the hallway --
continuous fire
once the Skitters show up.
That leaves six men in the room
to kill the Skitters.
Hard to time that.
Grab the kids, get them
back out that window,
and we disappear
into the woods.
Tom, in battle,
the more important
the objective,
the easier it is to overlook
flaws in the plan.
Now, if the Skitters
break through into the room
or circle around outside
to intercept you, you fail.
- I can accept that risk.
- It's not just your risk.
It's the team's risk,
and it's Ben's risk.
What happens to him
if the two of you
get yourselves killed?
Now, with your plan,
the first thing that you do
is you wake the Skitters up.
There goes
your tactical advantage.
You want to keep them asleep
as long as possible.
Hmm.
What if, um...
what if we keep them asleep
the whole time?
'Cause, like, there's just that
one Mech there during the day.
So we send the recon team in.
They break the lock
on the back door.
Then tonight they come in,
and just one guy goes in alone.
You know, he goes in,
goes to Ben's room,
kills the Skitter
while it's asleep.
Well, they're not that easy
to kill, Hal.
Well, you did it. Almost.
WEAVER:
Getting in and out quietly is your best bet.
Probably your only bet.
Figure it out.
[growls softly]
How much water are you gonna
give that damn thing?
Enough to keep it hydrated.
It's not like
it would be hydrating you
if you were its prisoner.
I don't remember Rick being
dehydrated when we got him.
Ah, that's true.
But he did have 12 metallic
spikes bored into his spine
and brain function
at the level
of a moderately
sophisticated tomato.
[snarls]
[bell ringing]
Ooh. Lunchtime.
Why don't you get it
a nosh?
I just don't think we should
be keeping a Skitter here.
MARGARET:
Yeah, it's better in a cage than
out scooping up kids.
Better off dead
if you ask me.
Don't get your blood pressure
up. It's not good for the baby.
What's not good for my baby
is sharing my home
with a killer alien
from outer space.
[chuckles]
Thanks.
Haven't laughed
in a while.
Yeah, well,
I wasn't joking.
It's still funny.
Hey.
I'm Margaret.
Sarah.
# Many rivers to cross #
TOM:
That's an interesting choice.
It's a limited selection
but eclectic.
Tell me you got
something for me.
Okay, well, Skitters communicate
using radio waves --
that much is clear.
If they're transmitting,
I can usually pick it up
on the radio
if they're nearby.
But a single Skitter
walking down a hallway
probably isn't transmitting.
They're just off in their
little Skitter head.
That's too bad.
I was hoping we could use it
Iike an early-warning
detection system.
I know. There's got to be
some use for it.
You see, these components
are from the 1940s,
and, I mean,
what you're talking about,
we're just not there yet.
Well,
if there are sentries,
maybe you should wait
and get Ben later.
No. No, no, no.
We can't wait any longer.
Got to trust
your instincts, Tom.
A lot more reliable
than technology.
Oh, well,
keep your best man on it.
# Well, I guess
I'll have to cry #
# Many rivers to cross #
# rivers to cross #
# But just where to begin? #
# I'm playing for time #
# There have been times
I find myself #
# Thinking of committing... #
SCOTT:
Ooh, Captain Weaver.
What can I do for you?
# Yes, I've got ma-- #
Are you saying
we can't play music?
You can play
whatever you want.
Just not this.
You guys belong
at medieval times.
We're going to get Ben.
Got to kill a Skitter
without making any noise.
These things only give you
one shot.
Let's keep at it.
You got any pointers?
Mm-hmm.
MARGARET:
All right.
You feel that?
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
There.
And it's a slow, steady pull
on the trigger,
and the kick comes
from the front.
Here's another idea --
make sure you're close.
Ben's at the hospital,
right?
Franklin Pierce Memorial
off Route 2?
Yeah.
Yeah, I know that place.
My aunt was there
for a long time,
so I used to visit her.
Are you going
through the rear door?
Through
the ambulance bay.
No, you want to go through
the ER and then turn left.
It'll take you
to the main corridor.
TOM:
Can you show me on this map?
[indistinct conversations]
[children laughing]
Whoop.
You better hurry.
Soup's going fast.
Yeah, not fast enough.
I, uh, wanted to talk
to you, sweetheart.
Uh-oh.
It's a "sweetheart" talk?
[screeches]
[cage rattles]
[squeals]
That's a new sound.
[hisses]
Change your mind?
Ready for Dr. Glass' chat?
Rapid blinking.
[growls]
[screeches]
You remember that time
in Lake Huntington
when Sam was in the boat,
I caught the fish,
but as soon as I pulled
the hook out of its mouth,
i- it swam away, and --
- Uncle Scott, just stop.
Kate and l
spent a long time
Iooking at that bulletin board
the other day.
And tomorrow we are going to
put up something for Sam --
I'm thinking maybe something
from that weekend.
Maybe draw that fish.
We want you
to come with us.
- No.
- Okay. Okay.
Fine.
No, I understand.
You can't go on
like this forever.
I can.
[Skitter screeches]
HARRlS:
No! No! Aah!
[Skitter snarling]
Aah! Aah!
Get a guard!
We need to shoot it!
Aah!
[electricity crackles]
[Skitter screeching]
[Skitter growls]
He's dead.
[cage rattles]
[Skitter snarls]
[grunts]
[growls]
Get a runner out to Porter.
He won't be happy.
We need to form
a burial detail.
And we need to kill it --
now.
AN N E:
Porter wouldn't want that.
Dr. Glass...
when the civilians
find out about this,
they are going to panic,
and I cannot blame them.
We never should have had this
thing here in the first place!
We have it here for a reason,
and that reason is still valid.
Studying them
is our best chance
at figuring out
how to stop them.
And I was making progress.
[scoffs]
I'll tell you what --
I will give you 24 hours
to learn whatever there is left
to learn from that thing,
and then I am coming
to kill it myself.
[Skitter growls softly]
[indistinct conversations]
How you feeling?
You're Hal.
Yeah.
You're not gonna eat that?
I'm not hungry.
That's a little uncommon
around here.
[chuckles]
So, uh...
what's it like --
being with them?
[dish thuds]
Are you, like, with them
all the time?
We stayed together.
All right.
What if you had to
take a piss or something
in the middle
of the night?
You went.
Okay.
What about those harnesses?
You know,
they ever, um...
Iike, break or anything?
You know, I mean, like...
is that how they knew
that you were one of them?
Is it because
of the harness?
They're not like that.
You know, my brother
is in that hospital.
That's where
you were, right?
Now, do they have
any sentries in the hall--
You're going to try and get him,
aren't you?
Yeah.
They'll kill you all.
Margaret, hey.
I wanted to ask you --
we're having a baby shower
for Sarah tomorrow night, and --
Did you get in a fight
or something?
Oh, no, I had to
clean out and re-stitch
an infected wound
this morning.
You a doctor?
I was in med school.
But I'm inviting you
to the baby shower tonight.
For Sarah. Yeah.
I just met her. I'll pass.
I think Sarah would
really like it if you came.
I'm a little busy with
this whole war thing, but --
you're leaking.
You know, it wasn't easy for me
at first, either --
settling into
a new community.
A community, huh?
That's a pretty fancy name
for a bunch of old people
and teachers with guns.
I know that your last place
wasn't one.
How did you end up
with those creeps?
You don't want to know,
sweetheart.
I'm sorry
about Harris.
He didn't deserve to die.
[sighs]
Nobody did.
You'll be fine without him.
I hope so, Tom.
Well, hope's got nothing
to do with it.
You were the one I always
wanted to operate on Ben.
Harris was a great surgeon.
You care.
Surgeons would not
consider that a plus.
Patients do.
Your son's not up there,
is he?
No.
Well, maybe...
I mean, I realize
it's not the same --
Ben's still with us --
but maybe you should
put something up there.
Why?
It's just...
how we are.
[sighs]
[footsteps depart]
HAL:
Between it being nighttime
and them being asleep,
I may be able to go right in.
- What's going on?
Hal's come up
with an alternative plan.
Really?
I'm going in --
with Rick's harness
strapped to my back.
I'm gonna pretend
to be one of them.
Absolutely not.
It's original.
It's crazy.
I don't know
what's crazy anymore.
We're fighting aliens
from outer space.
We got an army
half-full of kids.
Give us a minute.
- Look, Dad, I talked to Rick.
He says the kids wander
around in there by themselves.
You're saying
that they can't tell
whether the harness
is connected or not?
HAL:
I don't think so, not unless they're
trying to communicate with you.
TOM:
This is good. This is great. But you're --
Look, don't!
Dad! Listen to me!
If we had more time,
maybe we could come up
with the perfect plan.
But we have to
get Ben now.
Yes --
when you're young,
you feel like you're invincible...
- Oh, my god.
...and you don't always
use the best --
Y- You gonna give me a lecture
on drunk driving right now?
You don't understand
how easily you can die.
Are you kidding me?
'Cause every last person
who's still alive on this planet
realizes how easily
they can die.
Well, I'm not gonna
let it be you.
I'm not saying this is gonna
work. I'm saying it might work.
But if you go in there
instead of me,
it will not work, okay?
We got to take risks
as a family, okay?
You going in there is no different
than me going in there.
Me going in there is no different
than you going in there.
It's all about who has
the best chance of coming out.
And that's me.
Making yourself invisible
to the enemy
is a basic tactic, Tom.
I think it's your best shot.
But it's your call.
We still don't know
how to kill one of these things
without making any noise,
so until we figure that out,
I don't have to make a call.
- Without making any noise?
- HAL: Yeah.
Do you think
it's gonna be sleeping
in some soundproof chamber
with its head in a guillotine?
Probably not.
There is one thing.
Mike hit him -- it --
in its mouth the other day.
It seemed
to knock it unconscious.
We know
that there's a soft palate.
If the nerve center
is in there,
we know it's connected
to the base of the brain stem.
That means,
theoretically...
Can you open that?
[Skitter snarling, screeching]
Anne.
I'm not gonna let Hal
risk his life on a theory.
Anne, don't!
[grunts]
[screeching]
[grunts]
[thud]
[breathing heavily]
[scalpel clatters]
Okay. That worked.
We had to know
how to do it.
You. Hal. Me.
All of us --
the human race.
I know.
And don't think it was hard
for me -- because it wasn't.
All I had to do
was think about my family.
I just pictured them for one
second, and that's all it took.
You and Kate and Scott --
you guys all want me
to have a picture up here,
but I didn't want to tell you --
I don't have anything.
I don't have one single
photograph.
I don't have a truck.
I don't --
I don't have
a boris bear. I don't --
[gasping]
All I have is this.
[thudding]
[thudding continues]
Okay. Tell me.
Left at the first corridor,
lobby,
Ieft at second corridor,
right.
The next corridor is Ben's,
the south corridor.
Third door on the right.
Reference?
Moon falling
in the east-southeast.
All right, Weaver told you
that the slower you go,
the less noise
you're gonna make, right?
- Yeah. I got it.
- What's the distress signal?
I yell "help" as loud as I can.
Don't joke.
One flash out the window.
- What's the "ready" signal?
- Three flashes.
All right, turn around.
Let me see that thing.
You know, ever since you were
a little kid, you could --
you could do anything with
your body, with your hands.
You threw a perfect football
when you were 2.
It's called a spiral, dad.
Yeah.
And you can be stubborn.
Sometimes
that's a good thing.
Anything you wanted to get done,
you got done.
And if anybody can do this,
it's you.
All right, 15 minutes.
Give me that signal,
or I come in after you.
Well, you give me 10,
and you'll be looking for me.
Hey. Come here.
See you in a few.
[thudding]
[Skitter grunts]
[hinges creak]
No Skitters in sight.
So far, so good.
It doesn't feel like that.
[Skitter hisses]
[Skitter whimpers]
[Skitter whimpers]
[Skitter whimpers]
It's been 20 minutes.
- How long should it take?
- Not this long.
All right.
I'm gonna go check on him.
[thudding]
Tom! We need to wait
for the signal!
Come on.
You got a plan, boss?
If I can get
to Ben's room,
I might be able to find
another entrance.
[thudding, whirring]
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Go, go, go, go, go!
Okay.
I know another way.
Show me.
You guys stay here,
wait for the signal.
Okay.
[Skitter snorts]
Ben.
[grunts, screeches]
[Skitter screeching]
[Skitter wheezes]
- You okay?
- I got him.
Okay.
Ben.
Ben.
Ben, I'm taking you home.
We're taking all of them.
We got to go.
[grunting]
TOM:
Put each kid on a stretcher along the wall.
Monitor all their vitals,
let me know of any changes.
We're doing the surgeries
one after the other.
TOM:
Don't worry, Ben. I got you.
ANNE:
I need 10cc of morphine, stat.
WOMAN:
Hand me another blanket.
You might not want
to be here.
No, this is exactly
where I want to be.
Let's just get this thing
off of him.
WOMAN:
Careful! Careful!
ANNE:
Blood pressure?
110/70.
- MAN: More gauze!
- TOM: I got this.
Let's get the l.V.S
in all the other patients.
WOMAN:
Make sure those needles are sterile!
MAN:
Okay. Let's go! Let's go!
Something's happening.
His pressure's dropping.
- This one's pulse is dropping, too!
- TOM: Hang on, Ben.
[indistinct shouting]
[grunts]
Ben, hang in there.
It's Dad.
Pulse is picking back up.
All right, let's get him down.
Let's get her up.
What's happening?
- This one's pulse is faint.
ANNE:
All right, let's speed up the prep.
Let's get everyone ready.
Tom, I need you
to cut off his shirt.
SCOTT:
This one's having trouble breathing!
They're going
into withdrawal!
All right, lift the harness.
Let's get this done.
BP's 90/50.
Hold her steady.
[gasping]
SCOTT:
No pulse! Somebody give me a hand!
We need to get him
to the table!
This is the last patient!
[ball thuds]
[hissing]
[grunting]
Turn him over.
Watch his head.
One, two, three,
four, five...
eight, nine.
[grunting softly]
I'm not getting a pulse.
I don't have a pulse.
[grunting continues]
He's gone, Anne.
He's gone.
He's gone. He's gone.
[breathing heavily]
I don't know
what went wrong.
TOM:
Anne.
You saved five.
I lost one.
[indistinct conversations]
[door opens]
MARGARET:
You should get that hand looked at.
They've been
a little busy in there.
Hey, um...
thanks for what you did
back there.
It was all your dad.
Yeah, he said that you knew a
different way into the hospital.
Through the nurses'
locker room.
I used to hang out with them
during their cigarette breaks.
So when you were visiting
your aunt at the hospital,
you were hanging out
with the nurses?
Something like that.
Friends with all
the drug dealers in town,
all the nurses
in the hospital --
you must have been
one popular girl.
[chuckles]
I had cancer
when I was 16.
So...
um...
[chuckles]
One of the doctors
told me to smoke pot to --
you know,
for the nausea, whatever.
And, um, so I'd go
to this guy's house, and...
he would, like,
show off for me, I guess.
I don't know why. I wasn't
looking so good in those days,
with the whole no hair
from the chemo and everything.
What kind of cancer?
It was bad.
Had a 50/50 chance.
Those odds make you
think differently.
I'm glad you made it.
[chuckles]
Dad, guard told me Ben
pulled through. How is he?
He's still unconscious.
Probably until
sometime tomorrow.
We got him back.
You did.
[sighs]
You got him back.
You were
incredibly brave tonight.
And I'm so proud of you.
[chuckles]
I know, Dad.
- You don't know.
- That's okay.
You don't know.
[inhales deeply]
You don't know what it's like
to be a father...
...and to see your son
grow into a man.
He's still your kid, but...
a man, like you...
and in so many ways...
better than you.
- I'm not.
- Hey, it's what we want.
We want you
to be better.
[door opens]
[indistinct conversations]
Oh, my God.
It's beautiful.
Every bead
represents a wish
or a good thought...
or a piece of advice...
so that when you go
into labor
and you put
this bracelet on,
you'll have all of us
right there with you.
And you have to remember,
with this child,
it's yours...
and it's not yours.
As soon as it's born, you
have to start setting it free.
I hope that your child
is courageous
and strong and lucky.
And I hope
that they will face life,
the good and the bad...
all of it.
Somebody's up tonight.
Take a listen.
The heartbeat's really fast.
Is that normal?
[chuckles]
It's supposed to
be that fast.
Your baby
sounds just fine.
Come here.
[Jimmy Cliff's
"Many Rivers to Cross" plays]
# Many rivers to cross #
# But I can't seem to find #
# my way over #
# Wandering, I am lost #
# As I travel along #
# The white cliffs of Dover #
# Many rivers to cross #
# And it's only my will... #
[sighs]
Don't you high-priced
surgeons ever sleep?
I'm asleep right now.
Hey.
You did it.
You saved him.
HAL:
Dad!
[sleepily]
Dad?
It's me. It's me.
Thought you were gonna leave me in
the dust back there on that turn.
I paid attention when Pope
taught me how to ride.
Figured I'd have to
outrun him some day.
What do you got?
Well, we're clear on the 111
all the way to the turnpike.
And there's a, uh, a water tower
at the corner of Hosmer
we haven't tapped yet.
- Okay.
- All right?
- All right.
[grunts]
So, are you
ever gonna tell me
how you knew where
all these drugs were?
What were you,
a junior in high school?
Senior.
And you didn't know where
the local dealer kept his stash?
What'd you do
in your free time?
I played lacrosse.
That explains a lot.
Yeah, we --
Percocet
and, uh, Demerol...
Oxycontin.
And heroin.
I don't think I've ever
even seen heroin before.
Looks a lot
like cocaine.
You learn the difference when you
watch a lot of late-night cop shows,
which is what I used to do
when I couldn't sleep.
I once had a student
give a thesis
on the history of
the American police drama.
I graded him down 'cause
he didn't mention "Miami Vice."
ANNE: Really?
TOM: This is amazing.
Thank you.
Thank you, Margaret!
MARGARET:
Yeah.
We need to work these
into a usable form.
Is this all gonna be ready
by tomorrow night?
Look, Tom, harness removal
is not my area of expertise.
You should talk to Harris.
He's the one that figured out
this operation.
I just want you to understand
how risky this is.
It worked on Rick.
It seems to,
but we're not sure yet.
I just...
if something
was to happen to Ben...
You want me to know
that Ben could die.
Okay. I know.
Look, you're worried,
I'm worried.
Everybody's got to
do their best.
I realize
you can't perform miracles.
You know, the other day,
I put a picture of him
up on that bulletin board.
All those kids
are missing...
but Ben --
I know right where he is.
I'm gonna go get him.
And then we'll take it
from there.
We just got the report
from the recon team.
The other group of harnessed
kids didn't come back last night.
Ben's group
is still there,
but we don't know
for how long.
Drugs are ready.
We want to move.
Show me what you got.
Okay. There's a Mech here.
We rip out this window,
eight go in.
We assume that the noise wakes
up the Skitters and draws the Mech.
The Mech comes around.
It gets blown up right here.
Inside, we've got two men on
this door facing the hallway --
continuous fire
once the Skitters show up.
That leaves six men in the room
to kill the Skitters.
Hard to time that.
Grab the kids, get them
back out that window,
and we disappear
into the woods.
Tom, in battle,
the more important
the objective,
the easier it is to overlook
flaws in the plan.
Now, if the Skitters
break through into the room
or circle around outside
to intercept you, you fail.
- I can accept that risk.
- It's not just your risk.
It's the team's risk,
and it's Ben's risk.
What happens to him
if the two of you
get yourselves killed?
Now, with your plan,
the first thing that you do
is you wake the Skitters up.
There goes
your tactical advantage.
You want to keep them asleep
as long as possible.
Hmm.
What if, um...
what if we keep them asleep
the whole time?
'Cause, like, there's just that
one Mech there during the day.
So we send the recon team in.
They break the lock
on the back door.
Then tonight they come in,
and just one guy goes in alone.
You know, he goes in,
goes to Ben's room,
kills the Skitter
while it's asleep.
Well, they're not that easy
to kill, Hal.
Well, you did it. Almost.
WEAVER:
Getting in and out quietly is your best bet.
Probably your only bet.
Figure it out.
[growls softly]
How much water are you gonna
give that damn thing?
Enough to keep it hydrated.
It's not like
it would be hydrating you
if you were its prisoner.
I don't remember Rick being
dehydrated when we got him.
Ah, that's true.
But he did have 12 metallic
spikes bored into his spine
and brain function
at the level
of a moderately
sophisticated tomato.
[snarls]
[bell ringing]
Ooh. Lunchtime.
Why don't you get it
a nosh?
I just don't think we should
be keeping a Skitter here.
MARGARET:
Yeah, it's better in a cage than
out scooping up kids.
Better off dead
if you ask me.
Don't get your blood pressure
up. It's not good for the baby.
What's not good for my baby
is sharing my home
with a killer alien
from outer space.
[chuckles]
Thanks.
Haven't laughed
in a while.
Yeah, well,
I wasn't joking.
It's still funny.
Hey.
I'm Margaret.
Sarah.
# Many rivers to cross #
TOM:
That's an interesting choice.
It's a limited selection
but eclectic.
Tell me you got
something for me.
Okay, well, Skitters communicate
using radio waves --
that much is clear.
If they're transmitting,
I can usually pick it up
on the radio
if they're nearby.
But a single Skitter
walking down a hallway
probably isn't transmitting.
They're just off in their
little Skitter head.
That's too bad.
I was hoping we could use it
Iike an early-warning
detection system.
I know. There's got to be
some use for it.
You see, these components
are from the 1940s,
and, I mean,
what you're talking about,
we're just not there yet.
Well,
if there are sentries,
maybe you should wait
and get Ben later.
No. No, no, no.
We can't wait any longer.
Got to trust
your instincts, Tom.
A lot more reliable
than technology.
Oh, well,
keep your best man on it.
# Well, I guess
I'll have to cry #
# Many rivers to cross #
# rivers to cross #
# But just where to begin? #
# I'm playing for time #
# There have been times
I find myself #
# Thinking of committing... #
SCOTT:
Ooh, Captain Weaver.
What can I do for you?
# Yes, I've got ma-- #
Are you saying
we can't play music?
You can play
whatever you want.
Just not this.
You guys belong
at medieval times.
We're going to get Ben.
Got to kill a Skitter
without making any noise.
These things only give you
one shot.
Let's keep at it.
You got any pointers?
Mm-hmm.
MARGARET:
All right.
You feel that?
Mm-hmm.
Okay.
There.
And it's a slow, steady pull
on the trigger,
and the kick comes
from the front.
Here's another idea --
make sure you're close.
Ben's at the hospital,
right?
Franklin Pierce Memorial
off Route 2?
Yeah.
Yeah, I know that place.
My aunt was there
for a long time,
so I used to visit her.
Are you going
through the rear door?
Through
the ambulance bay.
No, you want to go through
the ER and then turn left.
It'll take you
to the main corridor.
TOM:
Can you show me on this map?
[indistinct conversations]
[children laughing]
Whoop.
You better hurry.
Soup's going fast.
Yeah, not fast enough.
I, uh, wanted to talk
to you, sweetheart.
Uh-oh.
It's a "sweetheart" talk?
[screeches]
[cage rattles]
[squeals]
That's a new sound.
[hisses]
Change your mind?
Ready for Dr. Glass' chat?
Rapid blinking.
[growls]
[screeches]
You remember that time
in Lake Huntington
when Sam was in the boat,
I caught the fish,
but as soon as I pulled
the hook out of its mouth,
i- it swam away, and --
- Uncle Scott, just stop.
Kate and l
spent a long time
Iooking at that bulletin board
the other day.
And tomorrow we are going to
put up something for Sam --
I'm thinking maybe something
from that weekend.
Maybe draw that fish.
We want you
to come with us.
- No.
- Okay. Okay.
Fine.
No, I understand.
You can't go on
like this forever.
I can.
[Skitter screeches]
HARRlS:
No! No! Aah!
[Skitter snarling]
Aah! Aah!
Get a guard!
We need to shoot it!
Aah!
[electricity crackles]
[Skitter screeching]
[Skitter growls]
He's dead.
[cage rattles]
[Skitter snarls]
[grunts]
[growls]
Get a runner out to Porter.
He won't be happy.
We need to form
a burial detail.
And we need to kill it --
now.
AN N E:
Porter wouldn't want that.
Dr. Glass...
when the civilians
find out about this,
they are going to panic,
and I cannot blame them.
We never should have had this
thing here in the first place!
We have it here for a reason,
and that reason is still valid.
Studying them
is our best chance
at figuring out
how to stop them.
And I was making progress.
[scoffs]
I'll tell you what --
I will give you 24 hours
to learn whatever there is left
to learn from that thing,
and then I am coming
to kill it myself.
[Skitter growls softly]
[indistinct conversations]
How you feeling?
You're Hal.
Yeah.
You're not gonna eat that?
I'm not hungry.
That's a little uncommon
around here.
[chuckles]
So, uh...
what's it like --
being with them?
[dish thuds]
Are you, like, with them
all the time?
We stayed together.
All right.
What if you had to
take a piss or something
in the middle
of the night?
You went.
Okay.
What about those harnesses?
You know,
they ever, um...
Iike, break or anything?
You know, I mean, like...
is that how they knew
that you were one of them?
Is it because
of the harness?
They're not like that.
You know, my brother
is in that hospital.
That's where
you were, right?
Now, do they have
any sentries in the hall--
You're going to try and get him,
aren't you?
Yeah.
They'll kill you all.
Margaret, hey.
I wanted to ask you --
we're having a baby shower
for Sarah tomorrow night, and --
Did you get in a fight
or something?
Oh, no, I had to
clean out and re-stitch
an infected wound
this morning.
You a doctor?
I was in med school.
But I'm inviting you
to the baby shower tonight.
For Sarah. Yeah.
I just met her. I'll pass.
I think Sarah would
really like it if you came.
I'm a little busy with
this whole war thing, but --
you're leaking.
You know, it wasn't easy for me
at first, either --
settling into
a new community.
A community, huh?
That's a pretty fancy name
for a bunch of old people
and teachers with guns.
I know that your last place
wasn't one.
How did you end up
with those creeps?
You don't want to know,
sweetheart.
I'm sorry
about Harris.
He didn't deserve to die.
[sighs]
Nobody did.
You'll be fine without him.
I hope so, Tom.
Well, hope's got nothing
to do with it.
You were the one I always
wanted to operate on Ben.
Harris was a great surgeon.
You care.
Surgeons would not
consider that a plus.
Patients do.
Your son's not up there,
is he?
No.
Well, maybe...
I mean, I realize
it's not the same --
Ben's still with us --
but maybe you should
put something up there.
Why?
It's just...
how we are.
[sighs]
[footsteps depart]
HAL:
Between it being nighttime
and them being asleep,
I may be able to go right in.
- What's going on?
Hal's come up
with an alternative plan.
Really?
I'm going in --
with Rick's harness
strapped to my back.
I'm gonna pretend
to be one of them.
Absolutely not.
It's original.
It's crazy.
I don't know
what's crazy anymore.
We're fighting aliens
from outer space.
We got an army
half-full of kids.
Give us a minute.
- Look, Dad, I talked to Rick.
He says the kids wander
around in there by themselves.
You're saying
that they can't tell
whether the harness
is connected or not?
HAL:
I don't think so, not unless they're
trying to communicate with you.
TOM:
This is good. This is great. But you're --
Look, don't!
Dad! Listen to me!
If we had more time,
maybe we could come up
with the perfect plan.
But we have to
get Ben now.
Yes --
when you're young,
you feel like you're invincible...
- Oh, my god.
...and you don't always
use the best --
Y- You gonna give me a lecture
on drunk driving right now?
You don't understand
how easily you can die.
Are you kidding me?
'Cause every last person
who's still alive on this planet
realizes how easily
they can die.
Well, I'm not gonna
let it be you.
I'm not saying this is gonna
work. I'm saying it might work.
But if you go in there
instead of me,
it will not work, okay?
We got to take risks
as a family, okay?
You going in there is no different
than me going in there.
Me going in there is no different
than you going in there.
It's all about who has
the best chance of coming out.
And that's me.
Making yourself invisible
to the enemy
is a basic tactic, Tom.
I think it's your best shot.
But it's your call.
We still don't know
how to kill one of these things
without making any noise,
so until we figure that out,
I don't have to make a call.
- Without making any noise?
- HAL: Yeah.
Do you think
it's gonna be sleeping
in some soundproof chamber
with its head in a guillotine?
Probably not.
There is one thing.
Mike hit him -- it --
in its mouth the other day.
It seemed
to knock it unconscious.
We know
that there's a soft palate.
If the nerve center
is in there,
we know it's connected
to the base of the brain stem.
That means,
theoretically...
Can you open that?
[Skitter snarling, screeching]
Anne.
I'm not gonna let Hal
risk his life on a theory.
Anne, don't!
[grunts]
[screeching]
[grunts]
[thud]
[breathing heavily]
[scalpel clatters]
Okay. That worked.
We had to know
how to do it.
You. Hal. Me.
All of us --
the human race.
I know.
And don't think it was hard
for me -- because it wasn't.
All I had to do
was think about my family.
I just pictured them for one
second, and that's all it took.
You and Kate and Scott --
you guys all want me
to have a picture up here,
but I didn't want to tell you --
I don't have anything.
I don't have one single
photograph.
I don't have a truck.
I don't --
I don't have
a boris bear. I don't --
[gasping]
All I have is this.
[thudding]
[thudding continues]
Okay. Tell me.
Left at the first corridor,
lobby,
Ieft at second corridor,
right.
The next corridor is Ben's,
the south corridor.
Third door on the right.
Reference?
Moon falling
in the east-southeast.
All right, Weaver told you
that the slower you go,
the less noise
you're gonna make, right?
- Yeah. I got it.
- What's the distress signal?
I yell "help" as loud as I can.
Don't joke.
One flash out the window.
- What's the "ready" signal?
- Three flashes.
All right, turn around.
Let me see that thing.
You know, ever since you were
a little kid, you could --
you could do anything with
your body, with your hands.
You threw a perfect football
when you were 2.
It's called a spiral, dad.
Yeah.
And you can be stubborn.
Sometimes
that's a good thing.
Anything you wanted to get done,
you got done.
And if anybody can do this,
it's you.
All right, 15 minutes.
Give me that signal,
or I come in after you.
Well, you give me 10,
and you'll be looking for me.
Hey. Come here.
See you in a few.
[thudding]
[Skitter grunts]
[hinges creak]
No Skitters in sight.
So far, so good.
It doesn't feel like that.
[Skitter hisses]
[Skitter whimpers]
[Skitter whimpers]
[Skitter whimpers]
It's been 20 minutes.
- How long should it take?
- Not this long.
All right.
I'm gonna go check on him.
[thudding]
Tom! We need to wait
for the signal!
Come on.
You got a plan, boss?
If I can get
to Ben's room,
I might be able to find
another entrance.
[thudding, whirring]
No, no, no, no, no, no.
Go, go, go, go, go!
Okay.
I know another way.
Show me.
You guys stay here,
wait for the signal.
Okay.
[Skitter snorts]
Ben.
[grunts, screeches]
[Skitter screeching]
[Skitter wheezes]
- You okay?
- I got him.
Okay.
Ben.
Ben.
Ben, I'm taking you home.
We're taking all of them.
We got to go.
[grunting]
TOM:
Put each kid on a stretcher along the wall.
Monitor all their vitals,
let me know of any changes.
We're doing the surgeries
one after the other.
TOM:
Don't worry, Ben. I got you.
ANNE:
I need 10cc of morphine, stat.
WOMAN:
Hand me another blanket.
You might not want
to be here.
No, this is exactly
where I want to be.
Let's just get this thing
off of him.
WOMAN:
Careful! Careful!
ANNE:
Blood pressure?
110/70.
- MAN: More gauze!
- TOM: I got this.
Let's get the l.V.S
in all the other patients.
WOMAN:
Make sure those needles are sterile!
MAN:
Okay. Let's go! Let's go!
Something's happening.
His pressure's dropping.
- This one's pulse is dropping, too!
- TOM: Hang on, Ben.
[indistinct shouting]
[grunts]
Ben, hang in there.
It's Dad.
Pulse is picking back up.
All right, let's get him down.
Let's get her up.
What's happening?
- This one's pulse is faint.
ANNE:
All right, let's speed up the prep.
Let's get everyone ready.
Tom, I need you
to cut off his shirt.
SCOTT:
This one's having trouble breathing!
They're going
into withdrawal!
All right, lift the harness.
Let's get this done.
BP's 90/50.
Hold her steady.
[gasping]
SCOTT:
No pulse! Somebody give me a hand!
We need to get him
to the table!
This is the last patient!
[ball thuds]
[hissing]
[grunting]
Turn him over.
Watch his head.
One, two, three,
four, five...
eight, nine.
[grunting softly]
I'm not getting a pulse.
I don't have a pulse.
[grunting continues]
He's gone, Anne.
He's gone.
He's gone. He's gone.
[breathing heavily]
I don't know
what went wrong.
TOM:
Anne.
You saved five.
I lost one.
[indistinct conversations]
[door opens]
MARGARET:
You should get that hand looked at.
They've been
a little busy in there.
Hey, um...
thanks for what you did
back there.
It was all your dad.
Yeah, he said that you knew a
different way into the hospital.
Through the nurses'
locker room.
I used to hang out with them
during their cigarette breaks.
So when you were visiting
your aunt at the hospital,
you were hanging out
with the nurses?
Something like that.
Friends with all
the drug dealers in town,
all the nurses
in the hospital --
you must have been
one popular girl.
[chuckles]
I had cancer
when I was 16.
So...
um...
[chuckles]
One of the doctors
told me to smoke pot to --
you know,
for the nausea, whatever.
And, um, so I'd go
to this guy's house, and...
he would, like,
show off for me, I guess.
I don't know why. I wasn't
looking so good in those days,
with the whole no hair
from the chemo and everything.
What kind of cancer?
It was bad.
Had a 50/50 chance.
Those odds make you
think differently.
I'm glad you made it.
[chuckles]
Dad, guard told me Ben
pulled through. How is he?
He's still unconscious.
Probably until
sometime tomorrow.
We got him back.
You did.
[sighs]
You got him back.
You were
incredibly brave tonight.
And I'm so proud of you.
[chuckles]
I know, Dad.
- You don't know.
- That's okay.
You don't know.
[inhales deeply]
You don't know what it's like
to be a father...
...and to see your son
grow into a man.
He's still your kid, but...
a man, like you...
and in so many ways...
better than you.
- I'm not.
- Hey, it's what we want.
We want you
to be better.
[door opens]
[indistinct conversations]
Oh, my God.
It's beautiful.
Every bead
represents a wish
or a good thought...
or a piece of advice...
so that when you go
into labor
and you put
this bracelet on,
you'll have all of us
right there with you.
And you have to remember,
with this child,
it's yours...
and it's not yours.
As soon as it's born, you
have to start setting it free.
I hope that your child
is courageous
and strong and lucky.
And I hope
that they will face life,
the good and the bad...
all of it.
Somebody's up tonight.
Take a listen.
The heartbeat's really fast.
Is that normal?
[chuckles]
It's supposed to
be that fast.
Your baby
sounds just fine.
Come here.
[Jimmy Cliff's
"Many Rivers to Cross" plays]
# Many rivers to cross #
# But I can't seem to find #
# my way over #
# Wandering, I am lost #
# As I travel along #
# The white cliffs of Dover #
# Many rivers to cross #
# And it's only my will... #
[sighs]
Don't you high-priced
surgeons ever sleep?
I'm asleep right now.
Hey.
You did it.
You saved him.
HAL:
Dad!
[sleepily]
Dad?
It's me. It's me.