JAG (1995–2005): Season 1, Episode 11 - Sightings - full transcript

In south Texas residents have reported strange phenomena, stories of supernatural events have abounded, and a 10-year-old girl has disappeared. Harm and Meg investigate; they find the girl, and they solve the greater mystery.

[wind howling]

[panting]

[man chattering on T.V.]

IF ONE TRAIN'S GOING
20 MILES AN HOUR

AND THE OTHER'S GOING 30,

AND THE STATIONS
ARE 80 MILES APART,

WHERE WILL THEY MEET?

CAN YOU TAKE A LOOK AT THIS?

[T.V. chattering]

KID, HOW SHOULD I KNOW? I
HAVEN'T BEEN ON A TRAIN IN YEARS.

THAT'S NOT THE POINT, J.D.



THE POINT IS THAT MRS. GRADY'S
TEACHING US 6th GRADE STUFF.

WELL, YOU'RE IN THE
6th GRADE, AREN'T YOU?

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT GRADE I'M IN?

LOOK, KID, I'M TRYING TO
WATCH THE T.V., ALL RIGHT?

LIKE ALWAYS!

[speaking Spanish]

CATHY, GET AWAY FROM THE
DOOR! GET AWAY FROM IT! CATHY!

[man speaking Spanish]

WOW.

[electronic buzzing]

[screaming]

CATHY?

CATHY!

(Pope) U.F.O.s, GHOSTS,



GIANT INSECTS, CATTLE
DEATHS, YOU NAME IT.

AND I GOT A CITIZEN IN DEL
RIO WHO WILL SWEAR HE SAW IT.

ALL THESE SIGHTINGS IN THE
IMMEDIATE VICINITY OF THIS BASE?

WELL, PEOPLE HAVE BEEN SEEING
THEM FOR YEARS ALL OVER THE COUNTY.

LATELY IT'S THE BASE.

HAVEN'T YOU HEARD? THE NAVY NEVER
REALLY DID SHUT THIS PLACE DOWN,

AND THAT THEY'RE CONDUCTING
SECRET EXPERIMENTS ON ALIENS?

HERE, LOOK AT THIS.

I HAD A SKETCH ARTIST COME DOWN
FROM SAN ANTONE A MONTH AGO.

HE DREW WHAT MRS. DEWALD
SAID SHE, UH, HAD SEEN.

LITTLE GREEN MEN, LIEUTENANT.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'VE COME
ALL THIS WAY DOWN HERE FOR.

LITTLE GREEN MEN.

WE'RE HERE BECAUSE THE NAVY WAS
CONTACTED BY SENATOR DICKSON, SHERIFF.

WHO IS, UH, RILED BECAUSE CATHY
GOLD'S GOING MISSING HAS, UH...

HAS HIT THE NEWS.
I KNOW. I KNOW.

YOU DON'T SOUND
PARTICULARLY CONCERNED.

LIEUTENANT, I HAVE BEEN DOING
NOTHING BUT LOOKING FOR THAT LITTLE GIRL.

I'M WORKING ON 3 HOURS
SLEEP IN AS MANY DAYS.

AND I'VE GOT HER UNCLE J.D. ON
ME LIKE A HOUND ON A HAM BONE.

AND WHEN YOU MEET HIM,

YOU'LL REALIZE THAT U.F.O.s
HAVE NOTHING TO DO WITH THIS.

DO YOU THINK SHE RAN AWAY?

SHE'S DONE IT BEFORE.
WOULDN'T BLAME HER.

LIVING OUT HERE IN THE
DESERT WITH THAT OLD HERMIT.

CAN'T HAVE BEEN MUCH OF A LIFE.

SO SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENON HAD
NOTHING TO DO WITH HER DISAPPEARANCE?

THERE AIN'T NO SUPERNATURAL
PHENOMENON, LIEUTENANT.

CLOSING THIS BASE
KILLED THE TOWN.

WE'VE GOT NO JOBS, NO
TAX BASE, NO MAYOR, EVEN.

YOU KNOW TIMES ARE TOUGH
WHEN THE POLITICIANS PACK IT IN.

NO, THE ONLY THING THAT'S
GOING ON AROUND HERE

IS DESPERATION WORKING
ON PEOPLE'S IMAGINATION.

SO THAT'S JUST
ALL MASS HYSTERIA.

ISN'T THAT MORE LIKELY THAN ALIENS
AND FLYING SAUCERS AND SUCH?

YOU SHOULDN'T DISMISS SOMETHING
JUST BECAUSE WE DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.

MEANING WHAT? YOU BELIEVE
IN THE, UH, LITTLE GREEN MEN?

WHAT I BELIEVE ISN'T
THE ISSUE, SHERIFF.

HOW MANY OF THOSE REPORTS
HAVE YOU ACTUALLY INVESTIGATED?

ENOUGH. THE COUNTY PAYS
ME TO PATROL THIS PLACE.

IF THERE WAS SOMETHING GOING
ON AROUND HERE, I'D KNOW IT.

WHEN THE NAVY CLOSED THIS BASE,

THEY SAID THEY
MIGHT REACTIVATE IT.

THEY LEFT A LOT OF
SYSTEMS BEHIND. THEY...

THEY EVEN MAINTAINED
THEM FOR AWHILE.

SO WHAT IF THE, UH, THE NAVY DID

OPEN THIS BASE BACK UP

AND, UH, THEY JUST
DIDN'T TELL NO ONE?

THE NAVY HAS NO SECRET
OPERATIONS HERE, SHERIFF.

OH.

WELL,

IT'S A BIG PLACE.
YOU WANT TO, UH,

TAKE A LITTLE TIME
TO LOOK IT OVER?

THANK YOU SHERIFF, BUT THE
NAVY'S TAKEN CARE OF THAT.

(pilot) JAG-9. THIS
IS BLOODHOUND.

MAKING MY RUN.

FULL SPECTRUM
SCAN COMPLETE. OVER.

BLOODHOUND. JAG-9.
A.T.A.R.s RECEIVED. OUT.

INFRARED DIDN'T PICK UP ANY WORKING
MACHINERY OR PEOPLE ON THE BASE.

COMPARISON SHOWS NO DEVIATION
WITH AN AERIAL TAKEN LAST YEAR.

EVERYTHING'S IN THE SAME
PLACE IT WAS 6 MONTHS AGO.

WOULD THAT SCAN PICK
UP LITTLE GREEN MEN?

[computer beeps]

VERY FUNNY.

YOU DON'T REALLY THINK A
U.F.O. TOOK THAT LITTLE GIRL.

I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

AND YOU'RE BEING CLOSE-MINDED.

NO, I JUST RESERVE BELIEVING IN
THINGS UNTIL I ACTUALLY SEE THEM.

WHICH IS WHAT EVERYONE
WHO IS CLOSE-MINDED SAYS.

[computer keys clicking]

DID YOU SEE THAT?

NO.

NEITHER DID I.

(J.D.) LOOK, I DON'T CARE
WHAT THE TACO SAID.

THAT MAN'S SO DENSE
HE WOULDN'T NOTICE

IF A BRICK HIT HIM ON
THE SIDE OF THE HEAD.

HAVE YOU WITNESSED
OTHER SIGHTINGS, MR. GOLD?

LIGHTS IN THE SKY, BUT NOTHING
LIKE THAT, AND NOTHING LIKE THAT PAIN.

AND I'LL TELL YOU, THAT MEXICAN,

HE DIDN'T STEAL CATHY. I MEAN, HE
WAS MORE AFRAID OF IT THAN I WAS.

[bottles clinking]

ALL THIS DAMAGE
HAPPENED THAT NIGHT, SIR?

YOU DON'T HAVE TO "SIR" ME,
LIEUTENANT. MY NAME IS J.D.

YOU DIDN'T "SIR" ME WHEN I WAS IN
THE NAVY, NO REASON TO DO IT NOW.

YOU SERVE IN VIETNAM, J. D?

2 TOURS AS A SEAL.

THAT'S WHY I MOVED OUT HERE,
BECAUSE I NEVER WANT TO SEE

ANOTHER JUNGLE
AGAIN OR AN OFFICER.

HOW CLOSE WERE
YOU TO THE U.F.O.?

U.F.O.s? THEY'RE A CROCK, MA'AM.

DO YOU HAVE ANOTHER
EXPLANATION FOR WHAT YOU SAW?

MAYBE. MY LAST TOUR,
THEY, UH, SENT US INTO LAOS.

WITH THESE LITTLE BLACK BOXES.
NOW, I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT THEY DID,

OR WHAT THEY WERE. BUT WE
PLANTED THEM AND THEN WE PULLED OUT.

BUT YOU SEE, CHARLIE, HE NEVER
WENT NEAR THAT AREA AGAIN.

THE MILITARY ISN'T
BEHIND WHAT YOU SAW.

OH, LIKE I THOUGHT YOU'D
SAY SOMETHING DIFFERENT.

ANYTHING BESIDES
THE PAIN AND THE LIGHT?

JUST WHEN THE, UH, NORTH
WINDS BLOW, THERE'S A...

THERE'S A SMELL.
SOMETHING CHEMICAL.

LIKE THOSE LITTLE
BLACK BOXES WE BURIED.

THEY SMELLED, TOO. NOW, YOU GOT
ANY MORE QUESTIONS, LIEUTENANTS?

WAS CATHY HAPPY HERE?

SHE NEVER KNEW MY BROTHER.

AND HER MOTHER DIED
LAST YEAR IN A CAR ACCIDENT

AND IT'S EITHER ME
OR THE ORPHANAGE.

AND SO FAR I AM
WINNING BY A HAIR.

AND UNLESS I'M WRONG,

THE NAVY SENT YOU HERE.
NOT SOCIAL SERVICES.

WE'D LIKE TO GET
CATHY BACK, J.D.

WELL, THEN YOU TELL THE
SPOOKS THAT YOU'RE WORKING FOR...

YOU TELL THEM TO
GIVE HER BACK TO ME.

WE'LL CONTACT YOU TONIGHT BEFORE WE
LEAVE AND LET YOU KNOW WHAT WE FOUND.

ALL RIGHT.

[door closing]

SOMETHING TOOK THAT PLACE APART.
YOU EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE?

NO. BUT FROM THE PAIN HE DESCRIBED
AND THE HIGH FREQUENCY SOUND,

COULD HAVE BEEN CAUSED
BY SONIC PRESSURE.

WELL, THERE ARE SONIC
WEAPONS IN DEVELOPMENT.

NOT HERE, MEG. THEY WOULDN'T
HAVE SENT US OUT HERE TO INVESTIGATE

IF SOMETHING LIKE
THAT WERE GOING ON.

WELL, MAYBE WE
AREN'T DEVELOPING IT.

MAYBE IT'S AN ANCILLARY EFFECT FROM
SOMETHING WE KNOW NOTHING ABOUT.

YOU MEAN LIKE A U.F.O.?

I DIDN'T SAY THAT.

YOU WERE THINKING IT.

LET'S GO BACK TO THE BASE.

SEE IF J.D.'S NOSE PICKED UP
SOMETHING THAT A.T.A.R. SCAN DIDN'T.

I'LL CALL THE SHERIFF
TO UNLOCK THE GATE. NO.

IF THERE IS SOMETHING GOING ON
AT THE BASE, HE MIGHT BE IN ON IT.

I ASSUME YOUR LEGAL
SKILLS INCLUDE PICKING LOCKS.

THEY DO. BUT WE WON'T
BE USING THE GATE.

IF THERE IS SOMEONE ON THE
BASE, THEY'LL BE WATCHING THE GATE.

YOU THINK J.D. WAS RIGHT?

NOT ABOUT THE NAVY.

BUT WHO KNOWS WHO
ELSE MIGHT BE OUT THERE?

OR WHAT.

[sighing]

[birds chirping]

GRAB THE FLOOR MAT.

[bird cawing]

YOU THINK IT'S HOT?

NO CURRENT.

MY 4 BITS.

I NEVER UNDERSTOOD BITS.

IT COMES FROM THE OLD
SPANISH DOLLAR. PIECES OF 8.

2 BITS TO A QUARTER.
4 BITS, 50 CENTS.

MY 50 CENTS WHICH
IS IN YOUR POCKET.

OH. I'LL BET YOU
GO DUTCH ON DATES.

IT'S THE ONLY COIN I'VE GOT AND WE MAY
WANT TO CHECK THE FENCE COMING BACK OUT.

SURE.

LET'S GO.

THANK YOU.

WHERE DO WE START?

LET'S GO DOWN THIS STREET AND
COME BACK ALONG THE FLIGHT LINE.

NOTHING.

DID YOU EXPECT THE SPACESHIPS
TO BE LINED UP ALONG THE TARMAC?

VERY FUNNY.

SERIOUSLY.

I MEAN, IF THERE WAS A
RACE ADVANCED ENOUGH

TO TRAVEL MILLIONS OF
LIGHT-YEARS TO EARTH,

I TRULY DOUBT WE COULD CATCH
THEM NO MATTER HOW MUCH WE WANTED.

THAT'S STRANGE.

WHAT?

WALK TO ME AND LISTEN.

SAND. IT'S EVERYWHERE.

EXCEPT IN FRONT OF THE HANGAR.

THE WIND SWIRLS AROUND THE
HANGAR AND BLOWS IT CLEAN.

MAYBE.

ENGINE OIL.

MAYBE IT'S BEEN
THERE A LONG TIME.

HASN'T DRIED UP.
NO SAND. IT'S FRESH.

[metallic clanging]

CATHY?

THERE'S NO OTHER
WAY OUT OF HERE.

APPARENTLY THERE IS.

DO YOU THINK THIS IS WHAT'S
BEEN FLYING IN AND OUT OF HERE?

WELL, NOT WITHOUT A TAIL ROTOR.

NO ONE'S FLOWN
THIS FOR A LONG TIME.

[crickets chirping]

[humming]

HARM?

[metallic rattling]

DID YOU FEEL THAT?

[electronic buzzing]

[noise stops]

[thuds]

[Meg panting]

IT'S GONE.

[crickets chirping]

(Meg) YOU SAW IT
DISAPPEAR INTO THE HANGAR.

YOU SAID SEEING WAS BELIEVING.

(Harm) BUT WHAT DID WE
SEE? A U.F.O. OR AN ILLUSION?

NOTHING PHYSICAL
COULD VANISH LIKE THAT.

EXCEPT IT DID.

HARM, WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
WE'RE DEALING WITH HERE.

WE AGREE ON THAT. AT
LEAST WE CAN TELL J.D.

CATHY'S HIDING
SOMEWHERE ON THE BASE.

SHE LOOKED SO SMALL AND SCARED.

WELL, DON'T WORRY.

THE NAVY WILL HAVE A SECURITY
TEAM IN HERE BY SUN-UP.

WE'LL FIND CATHY AND
WHATEVER IT WAS WE SAW.

WHY DOESN'T THAT
MAKE ME FEEL BETTER?

[fence hisses]

IT'S HOT! SUPER HOT.

WHERE'S THE BASE POWER STATION?

IT'S HERE.

THERE'S NO LIGHTS. THERE'S
NOTHING ON BUT THE PERIMETER FENCE.

COULD BE A RESIDUAL CHARGE.

CAUSED BY THE U.F.O.?

WHY NOT? WE DON'T
KNOW WHAT POWERED IT.

A STRONG MAGNETIC FORCE COULD
HAVE CHARGED THE FENCE CAPACITORS.

A CHARGE THAT STRONG WOULD HAVE
JERKED THE FILLINGS OUT OF OUR TEETH.

I DON'T HAVE ANY FILLINGS.

NO, NO, NO. THIS FENCE IS BEING
CHARGED BY THE BASE POWER STATION

WHICH SHOULD BE...

THAT WAY. LET'S GO.

SILENT AS A TOMB.

CAN'T SAY MUCH FOR YOUR SIMILE.

[door creaking]

THERE MUST BE ANOTHER
POWER PLANT ON THE BASE.

NOT ACCORDING TO THE PLANS.

WHAT? GET DOWN!

[gun fires]

[cocking gun]

[gun firing]

[glass shattering]

I COUNTED THE BEAMS. THERE'S
AT LEAST 5 OF THEM OUT THERE.

5 WHAT?

MEN. THOSE WERE
TARGETING BEAMS, MEG.

TARGETING BEAMS ARE RED.

WELL, MAYBE THEY DON'T LIKE RED.

OR CAN'T SEE RED.

ALIENS AGAIN?

I'M JUST SAYING MAYBE
THEY CAN'T SEE RED LIGHT.

WHERE'S BASE OPERATIONS?

THERE'LL BE A
COMMUNICATION CENTER THERE.

IF THE FENCE HAS POWER,
MAYBE IT DOES, TOO.

[panting]

GOT IT. IT'S NEAR THE TOWER.

YOU READY?

AFTER YOU.

[gun firing]

[glass breaking]

(Harm) DOWN HERE!

[controls rattling]

NO JUICE.

[glass breaking]

[metallic clanging]

[guns firing]

[metallic rattling]

UP HERE!

[heavy panting]

WHEN I SAW YOU BEFORE, I
THOUGHT YOU WERE ONE OF THEM.

WE'RE NOT, CATHY.

HOW DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?

WE TALKED TO YOUR UNCLE.

HE'S WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

RIGHT.

CATHY, WHO ARE THEY?

I DON'T KNOW.

I FOLLOWED THEM HERE BECAUSE
I THOUGHT THEY'D BE GHOSTS.

YOU WANT THEM TO BE GHOSTS?

UH-HUH.

WHY NOT? YOU WANTED
THEM TO BE ALIENS.

WHY DO YOU WANT THEM
TO BE GHOSTS, CATHY?

IT'S OK. YOU CAN TELL ME.

YOU'LL THINK IT'S SILLY.

NO, I WON'T.

HE MIGHT.

BUT I WON'T.

IF THEY WERE GHOSTS, MAYBE
THEY COULD TALK TO OTHER GHOSTS.

THEN THEY COULD TALK TO MY
MOM AND GET MY MOM TO TALK TO ME.

SEE? YOU THINK IT'S SILLY.

NO.

I'M JUST SORRY I
DIDN'T THINK OF IT.

IS YOUR MOTHER DEAD, TOO?

NO. MY FATHER.

I NEVER KNEW MY FATHER.

BUT I'D TALK TO HIM IF I COULD.

J.D.'S VERY WORRIED ABOUT YOU.

RIGHT.

HE IS. THAT'S WHY
WE'RE LOOKING FOR YOU.

(Cathy) J.D. WOULDN'T CALL
SOMEONE IN A UNIFORM

IF THE HOUSE WAS ON FIRE.

HE DIDN'T. HE CALLED
THE T.V. STATION.

COOL.

CATHY, DID THEY COME IN A, UH...

YOU CAN'T EVEN
SAY IT. A SPACESHIP?

IF THEY DID THAT, I WOULDN'T
HAVE THOUGHT THEY WERE GHOSTS.

THEY'D BE ALIENS.

NO SPACESHIP?

I DON'T THINK THAT
THING IS A SPACESHIP.

FROM THE MOUTHS OF BABES.

WHAT ABOUT THE SOUND?
DIDN'T THAT HURT YOU?

IT'S NOT TOO BAD IF YOU HOLD
YOUR FINGERS IN YOUR EARS.

SONIC PRESSURE.

CATHY, HOW DID YOU
GET ON THE BASE?

SAME WAY I ALWAYS DO
WHEN I COME HERE TO PLAY.

THERE'S THE TUNNEL
UNDER THE FENCE.

IT'S TOO SMALL.

SORRY. I DIDN'T
THINK ABOUT THAT.

IT'S OK, CATHY. DO YOU KNOW HOW
TO OPERATE A CELLULAR PHONE?

PLEASE, I'M 10.

HERE'S THE KEY TO OUR CAR.
IT'S ABOUT A HALF A MILE THAT WAY.

PUT THE KEY IN THE
IGNITION AND TURN IT ON.

THE PHONE WILL LIGHT
UP. PRESS ZERO 3 TIMES.

YOU'LL GET A NAVY OPERATOR.

TELL THEM LIEUTENANT RABB NEEDS
LEVEL RED SUPPORT. CAN YOU DO THAT?

KEY IN THE IGNITION. TURN IT ON.

DIAL ZERO 3 TIMES. LIEUTENANT
RABB NEEDS LEVEL RED SUPPORT.

GOOD GIRL.

DO I GET A RIBBON LIKE THAT ONE?

YOU GET IT RIGHT NOW.

HERE.

GO, CATHY. GO. NOW.

(male announcer) EVERY YEAR,

THERE ARE THOUSANDS OF REPORTS
OF UNIDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECTS.

AS A RULE, PEOPLE WHO ADMIT TO
HAVING AN ENCOUNTER WITH A U.F.O.

OPEN THEMSELVES TO
RIDICULE AND DERISION.

SOME WILL CALL THEM CRAZY.

OTHERS WILL OPENLY ACCUSE THEM
OF CONCOCTING A HOAX. IN THIS STORY...

[T.V. clicks off] (J.D.) BOO!

LORD!

J.D.,

YOU ARE GOING TO GET YOURSELF
KILLED SCARIN' PEOPLE LIKE THAT.

OH, I DOUBT THAT, STU.

YOU KNOW, THESE, UH, NAVY
PEOPLE CAME BY TO SEE ME.

YEAH, I KNOW. I SENT THEM.

WELL, THEY SAID THEY WERE
GOING TO CHECK IN ON ME, UH,

BEFORE THEY TOOK OFF, LET ME KNOW IF
THEY FOUND OUT ANYTHING ABOUT CATHY.

BUT, UH, THEY DIDN'T SHOW.

WELL, THAT'S THE NAVY, ISN'T IT?

WELL, YOU KNOW
WHAT I'M THINKING,

MAYBE WHAT HAPPENED TO CATHY
MIGHT HAVE HAPPENED TO THEM, TOO.

YOU MEAN, THEY RAN AWAY
FROM YOU LIKE SHE DID?

STU.

WHAT IN THE HELL
IS WRONG WITH YOU?

[toilet flushing] I'VE GOT TO
GET ON THAT BASE. ALL RIGHT?

IN THE MORNING. NO,
THE MORNING'S TOO LATE.

J.D., YOU REALIZE THAT
I AM PROBABLY GOING

GET ANOTHER ONE OF THESE
FROM THAT SHERIFF IN SAN ANTONE.

NOW JUST WHERE IN THE HELL
DID HE PICK CATHY UP LAST TIME?

HMM? EL PASO.

EL PASO?

YEAH.

LOOK, UH,

STU,

CATHY DIDN'T RUN AWAY THIS TIME.

YEAH, WELL, WHAT HAPPENED?

SHE... SHE AND I, YOU KNOW, WE'RE
GETTIN' ALONG SO MUCH BETTER NOW.

OH. NO, STU, SHE
IS OUT IN THAT BASE.

I MEAN, SHE MIGHT HAVE A
NEST OR SOMETHING. I DON'T...

WELL, HOW DID SHE GET IN?

WELL, SHE'S CAPABLE.
SHE'S SO CAPABLE... OH, HELL.

STU.

I'LL LOOK.

THANKS.

BY MYSELF.

SHE'S MY NIECE.

I EITHER GO ALONE

OR I DON'T GO.

WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE?

[clears throat]

OK, I'M GOING TO SIT HERE AND I'M GOING
TO WAIT FOR YOU TO COME BACK THEN, HUH?

I WAS AFRAID YOU WERE
GOING TO SAY THAT.

I'LL BE DAMNED. J.D. WAS RIGHT!

ARE YOU OKAY?
THEY'RE AFTER THEM.

LIEUTENANT RABB SAID TO
CALL FOR LEVEL RED SUPPORT.

CALL WHO? THE NAVY.

WHERE IS LIEUTENANT
RABB? ON THE BASE.

ALL RIGHT, LIEUTENANTS RABB
AND AUSTIN, THIS IS SHERIFF POPE.

Y'ALL COME OUT.

COME ON, NAVY. I NEED MY SLEEP!

[metallic clanging]

IS THAT YOU, LIEUTENANTS?

[silenced gun spits]

[groans]

[heavy panting]

IT'S ALL CLEAR.

[panting]

THEY MUST BE SENDING
ELECTRICITY ONLY TO THE FENCE.

IT WAS OFF WHEN SHERIFF
POPE AND I DROVE IN.

HE'S DEAD, YOU KNOW.

THEY'RE NOT GOING
TO GET US, CATHY.

YES, THEY WILL.

NO, THEY WON'T.

DID YOU CALL THE NAVY OPERATOR?

THE SHERIFF WOULDN'T LET ME.

[panting]

HE DIDN'T BELIEVE HER.

I THINK HE'S PAID FOR THAT, MEG.

J.D. WAS RIGHT, WASN'T HE?

THE GOVERNMENT'S DOING
SOMETHING SECRET HERE.

WELL, THERE'S SOMETHING
SECRET GOING ON,

BUT OUR GOVERNMENT
ISN'T BEHIND IT, CATHY.

WHAT IF IT'S AN OPERATION THE
GOVERNMENT DOESN'T KNOW ABOUT?

NEXT YOU'LL BE TALKING
ABOUT BLACK HELICOPTERS

AND U.N. TROOPS TAKING
OVER THE COUNTRY.

YOU'RE RIGHT. THAT ONLY BRINGS ME BACK
TO A POSSIBILITY YOU DON'T WANT TO DISCUSS.

I DON'T THINK ALIENS WOULD BE
TOSSING M-33 BASEBALL GRENADES.

THEY'RE FLESH AND BLOOD, NO
MATTER WHAT THEY LOOK LIKE, MEG.

I KNEW THEY WEREN'T GHOSTS.

I'M SORRY, CATHY.

IT'S OK.

I WOULDN'T WANT GHOSTS LIKE
THAT TALKING TO MY MOMMY ANYWAY.

[sighing]

WHY'D THEY TURN THE
POWER OFF AT THE FENCE?

BECAUSE IF THE SHERIFF FOUND THE
FENCE HOT, HE'D HAVE GONE FOR HELP.

YOU THINK THEY
TURNED IT BACK ON?

MOST LIKELY.

LET ME SEE THOSE, CATHY.

(Harm) NIGHT VISION GOGGLES.

THIS IS HOW THEY'VE
BEEN TRACKING US.

I SEE 3 OF THEM
BY THE BIG HANGAR.

YOU THINK THAT'S ALL THERE ARE?

GOD! AH! THAT WAS BLINDING!

GET DOWN.

THE RADIO.

[airplane approaching] I
HEAR A PLANE COMING IN.

MAYDAY! MAYDAY!
DOES ANYONE COPY?

THIS IS LIEUTENANT AUS...

DAMN.

IT'S AN R5D WITH NO MARKINGS.

PULLED INTO THE BIG HANGAR.

WHERE'S THE SHERIFF'S
CAR? AROUND FRONT.

I DON'T SEE ANYONE.

IF WE CAN GET TO HIS CAR, WE
COULD CRASH THE MAIN GATE.

HE'S DEAD. I DON'T
WANT TO SEE HIM AGAIN.

WELL, YOU WON'T HAVE TO, HONEY.

3 OF US WOULD HAVE A TOUGH TIME
GETTING THERE WITHOUT BEING SEEN ALONE.

I HAVE A BETTER CHANCE.
YOU'RE GOING TO LEAVE US BEHIND?

I WOULD NEVER LEAVE
YOU BEHIND, SWEET PEA.

THE CHAPEL'S ON
THE WAY TO THE GATE.

THERE'S SOME COVER
BETWEEN HERE AND THERE.

WHERE BETTER TO MEET
THAN AT A CHURCH, RIGHT?

RIGHT.

LET'S GO.

MEG, ARE YOU SCARED?

A LITTLE.

ME, TOO.

MY MOM USED TO HOLD
ME WHEN I WAS SCARED.

COME HERE.

YOU KIND OF SMELL LIKE MOM.

ABOUT NOW I SMELL LIKE
A TEXAS BRONC BUSTER.

YOUR MOM BUST BRONCOS?

SHE RODE HORSES. ME, TOO.

REALLY? WHAT KIND?
QUARTER HORSES.

SHE USED TO BARREL
RACE. ME, TOO.

DO YOU HAVE A HORSE?

MMM-HMM. TYREE.

HE'S THE BEST QUARTER
HORSE IN TEXAS.

YOU'RE FROM TEXAS?

MMM-HMM.

A RANCH ABOUT 200
MILES NORTH OF HERE.

AND WHEN WE'RE
ALL FINISHED HERE,

YOU AND I ARE GOING
TO GO RIDING THERE.

CAN I LIVE THERE WITH YOU?

I'M IN THE NAVY, CATHY.

I DON'T LIVE THERE ANYMORE.

BESIDES, YOU HAVE YOUR UNCLE.

J.D. DOESN'T LIKE ME.

HE LOVES YOU, CATHY.

DID HE SAY THAT?

HE DIDN'T HAVE TO.

I COULD TELL.

HE DOESN'T EVEN
KNOW WHAT GRADE I'M IN.

I BET HE DOES.

[airplane engine whirring]

IT'S COMING!

NO, THAT'S THE R5D.

MAYDAY. MAYDAY.
DOES ANYBODY READ ME?

[static buzzing]

CATHY, MEG! MOVE IT!

[gun firing]

[men speaking Spanish]

[gun cocking]

YOU SCARED THE
HELL OUT OF ME, J.D.

THE SHERIFF SAID
THAT TO ME EARLIER.

IS HE OUT IN THE CAR?

NO.

HE'S DEAD.

CATHY?

WE FOUND HER. SHE'S...
SHE'S WITH LIEUTENANT AUSTIN.

THANK GOD.

WHERE ARE THEY?

I DON'T KNOW.

[speaking Spanish]

LOOK, WE HAVEN'T GOT MUCH TIME.
THEY'LL BE GONE WHEN THE SUN'S UP.

WHAT ARE YOU TELLING
ME NOW, THEY'RE VAMPIRES?

NO.

BUT THAT IS A
LOGICAL EXPLANATION.

VAMPIRES.

J.D., WERE YOU HERE
WHEN THE BASE WAS BUILT?

I WAS BORN HERE.

YOU REMEMBER THE
HANGAR EXCAVATIONS?

HELL, YES. THEY DUG
THOSE FOUNDATIONS SO DEEP

YOU COULD FIT ALL
OF SAN ANTONE IN 'EM.

THEY WEREN'T LAYING FOUNDATIONS.

THEY WERE BUILDING
UNDERGROUND HANGARS

THAT WOULD STAND
A NUCLEAR STRIKE.

THAT'S HOW THAT U.F.O.
AND R5D DISAPPEARED.

THAT HANGAR FLOOR IS PROBABLY AN
ELEVATOR, LIKE ON THE DECK OF A CARRIER.

OH, WAIT.

THE GOVERNMENT HAS
GOT A U.F.O. DOWN THERE?

NO.

BUT I'LL BET THERE'S A
COCAINE PROCESSING LAB.

YOU SAID THERE'S A CHEMICAL
SMELL IN THE AIR NOW AND THEN?

WHEN YOU REFINE COCA
LEAVES, YOU USE ACETONE.

WELL, THAT WAS THE
SMELL. IT WAS LIKE ACETONE.

THEY'RE USING UNDERGROUND
HANGARS TO PROCESS COCAINE

AND THEY'RE SCARING THE
LOCALS AWAY WITH THEIR U.F.O.

AND WHAT ABOUT THE SOUND?

HIGH-INTENSITY SONICS.

RUSSIANS HAVE BEEN DEVELOPING
BATTLEFIELD SYSTEMS FOR A DECADE.

WITH THEIR ECONOMY IN SUCH A MESS, THEY
PROBABLY SOLD ONE TO THE HIGHEST BIDDER.

AND GOD KNOWS THE DRUG
LORDS HAVE THE DOLLARS.

SONICS LIKE THAT COULD COVER
THE NOISE OF ANYTHING FLYING.

IT'S PROBABLY JUST A HELICOPTER
WITH LIGHTS TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE A U.F.O.

WITH ALL THE YEARS OF
EVERYONE IGNORING SIGHTINGS,

IT WAS GUARANTEED CAMOUFLAGE.

HOW DID YOU GET ON THE BASE?

WELL, THE GATE WAS OPEN.

IT'S NOT OPEN ANYMORE AND
THE FENCE IS PROBABLY HOT.

YOU THINK YOU COULD
FIGURE A WAY OUT?

LOOK, I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE
UNTIL I GET MY CATHY BACK, ALL RIGHT?

(Meg) LIEUTENANT RABB.

YOU HAVE 5 MINUTES TO APPEAR
AT THE BASE OF THE CONTROL TOWER

UNARMED WITH YOUR
HANDS IN THE AIR,

OR THEY'LL KILL ME.

[both speaking Spanish]

AND CATHY.

NO!

WE KNOW WHERE THEY ARE!

IT'S ALMOST SUN-UP.
WE'D NEVER MAKE IT

TO THE TOWER WITHOUT BEING SEEN.

FOR A SECOND THAT
UNIFORM HAD ME FOOLED.

I THOUGHT YOU WERE NAVY.

BUT I FORGOT. YOU'RE
JUST ANOTHER LAWYER.

A TRICKY LAWYER. J.D., THEY
DON'T KNOW THERE'S 2 OF US.

HUH.

[both speaking Spanish]

[speaks Spanish]

J.D.!

YOU SHOULDN'T
HAVE GIVEN UP, SIR.

I DIDN'T HAVE A
CHOICE. ALL RIGHT?

(J.D.) SO THIS IS HOW
THEY GET UNDERGROUND.

[man speaks Spanish]

[speaks Spanish]

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU
GOING TO DO WITH US?

[door shuts]

(J.D.) HEY, I ASKED
YOU A QUESTION!

[speaking Spanish]

[speaks Spanish]

WHAT?

HE'LL SHOOT US IF
WE DON'T SHUT UP.

WHAT'S THE PLAN?

[snorts]

I THINK WE'RE PLAYING IT
BY EAR, WOULDN'T YOU SAY?

I WAS AFRAID OF THAT.

[speaks Spanish]

(J.D.) THERE'S YOUR
U.F.O., LIEUTENANT.

(Meg) THE HANGAR'S
A GIANT ELEVATOR.

[speaking Spanish]

HE WANTS TO KNOW IF ANYONE
ELSE KNOWS WE'RE HERE.

WELL, HELL, YES. UH, SEAL
TEAM 6 IS ON THEIR WAY.

NAVY SEAL?

[speaking Spanish]

HE UNDERSTOOD SEAL TEAM. HE
WANTS TO KNOW HOW YOU CALLED THEM.

WELL, THE, UH,
SHERIFF'S, CAR RADIO.

REALLY?

[speaking Spanish]

RADIO.

[speaking Spanish]

THERE'S AT LEAST ONE OTHER. HE
JUST TOLD HIM TO LOCK THE MEXICANS UP.

[speaking Spanish]

[groans]

LISTEN, UM, THE SEALs ARE
GOING TO BE HERE ANY MINUTE.

YOU MIGHT AS WELL SURRENDER.

[speaking Spanish]

[speaking Spanish]

HE DOESN'T BELIEVE YOU.

HE'S TAKING ONE OF US
WITH HIM AS A HOSTAGE.

(J.D.) AND THE OTHER 2?

TAKE THE GIRL.

NO!

LISTEN, YOU KNOW, KID?
YOU'RE A PAIN IN THE ASS.

IT'S A GOOD WAY OF
GETTING RID OF YOU.

YOU DON'T MEAN THAT!

THE HELL I DON'T!

I HATE YOU, J.D.!

[speaking Spanish]

I HATE YOU!

I KNOW.

NO!

EASY WITH HER.

[groans]

OW! LET ME GO!

[Cathy screaming]

LET ME GO, YOU'RE HURTING ME!

[groans]

COOL.

SHH.

ARE YOU GOING TO MAKE IT SCREAM?

NO. YOU ARE. TURN
THIS ON IN 30 SECONDS.

[speaking Spanish]

[speaks Spanish]

[man chattering]

SEALs.

[speaks Spanish]

HARM GOT ONE OF THEM.

UH-HUH. YOU GET READY.

[mechanical rumbling]

[machine whirring]

[machine stops whirring]

[electronic buzzing]

[guns firing]

[screams]

[noise stops]

COULDN'T YOU THINK OF A
LESS PAINFUL RESCUE, SIR?

CATHY.

WATCH YOUR HEAD.

[people chattering]

THE D.E.A. FIGURES THERE'S
AN ACRE OF LAB BENEATH US.

THOSE POOR ILLEGALS WERE SUPPLIED
BY BORDER COYOTES AS SLAVE LABOR.

WHY WOULD THEY, UH, BRING THE LEAVES
ALL THE WAY UP HERE FROM COLOMBIA?

COLOMBIANS ARE CRACKING
DOWN ON PROCESSING.

THIS OPERATION COULD HAVE
GONE UNDETECTED FOR YEARS

IF THEY HADN'T GOTTEN
CUTE WITH THE U.F.O.

WHICH IS NOW AN I.F.O.

IDENTIFIED FLYING OBJECT.

[laughing]

YOU KNOW, YOU'RE A PRETTY
SMART KID FOR BEING IN THE 4th GRADE.

YOU KNOW WHAT GRADE I'M IN?

I THINK YOUR UNCLE KNOWS A LOT
MORE THAN YOU CREDIT HIM FOR.

HE KNEW THEY'D SHOOT
WHOEVER THEY LEFT BEHIND.

IS THAT TRUE, J.D.?

HELL, NO! IF I KNEW
THAT, I WOULD HAVE, UH,

VOLUNTEERED TO BE A HOSTAGE.

WHY DO YOU HAVE TO PLAY
THE CRUSTY OLD HERMIT?

YOU KNOW YOU LOVE HER. NOW
STOP PRETENDING YOU DON'T.

[clears throat]

[grunts]

DON'T THINK THIS IS GOING TO CUT ANY SLACK
FOR YOU RUNNING AWAY. YOU UNDERSTAND?

I WON'T.

LET'S GO, LIEUTENANT.

DON'T FORGET, YOU
AND I HAVE A RIDING DATE.

[car door shuts]

[car starting]

(Harm) HOW DO I
WRITE THIS UP, MEG?

(Meg) BY THE BOOK.

YOU REALLY WANT ME TO
ENTER THAT YOU FIRST THOUGHT

WE WERE DEALING WITH A
U.F.O. FULL OF LITTLE GREEN MEN?

SHUT UP AND DRIVE, SIR.

[Harm and Meg laughing]