Millennium (1996–1999): Season 1, Episode 13 - Force Majeure - full transcript

[Air Pumping]

[Woman] PAPA, IT'S BEGUN.

[Shouting]

[Thunderclaps]

[Students Gasping]

[Students Chattering]

[Students Gasping]

LOOK AT THE SIZE OF
THAT. CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

[Boy #2] THAT THING IS HUGE.

LAUREN? WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

COME OVER HERE. HURRY UP!



GOD, YOU MUST BE FREEZING.

LAUREN, ARE YOU OKAY?

[All Screaming]

[Shouting Indistinctly]

[Woman Over TV] SEVEN CONFIRMED
DEATHS AND A NUMBER OF MISSING PERSONS...

CONTINUES TO MOUNT IN THE
WAKE OF THE FREAK STORM FRONT...

THE NATIONAL WEATHER
SERVICE HAS OFFICIALLY LABELED...

"THE WORST OF THE CENTURY."

TWENTY-FIVE INCHES
OF RAIN HAVE FALLEN...

OVER THE PAST 72
HOURS ALONE. HELLO?

HI. IT LOOKS LIKE I'M
GOING TO BE PRETTY LATE.

- I FIGURED,
WITH ALL THE FLOODING.
- ACTUALLY, IT'S THIS CASE.

I'M WITH THE PARENTS OF A GRAD
STUDENT WHO LIT HERSELF ON FIRE.

- DID SHE SURVIVE?
- NO.



AND THE PARENTS KEEP
SAYING THAT SHE'D NEVER

KILL HERSELF, SO IT'S
PRETTY INTENSE HERE.

YOUR GUY HAS BEEN A REAL
COMFORT TO THEM, THOUGH.

I'M SORRY, CATHERINE. WHAT GUY?

DENNIS SOMETHING? HE
SAID HE WORKED WITH YOU.

I THOUGHT FROM THE GROUP. I
PROBABLY JUST HAVEN'T MET HIM YET.

WELL, YOU'D DEFINITELY REMEMBER HIM
IF YOU HAD. MAKE SURE YOU GET HIS NAME.

I WILL.

I'D BETTER GET BACK TO
THE PARENTS NOW. LOVE YOU.

LOVE YOU.

[Sobbing]

WAS THAT MOMMY?
WHAT DID SHE SAY?

I HAVE A SECRET PLAN...

THAT I CAN'T TELL TO ANY SPIES
UNLESS THEY'RE IN THEIR P.J.'s.

HMM? SCOOT. [Giggles]

I'LL BE RIGHT BACK, DADDY.

[Man Over TV] SOME THINK THIS
SELF-IMMOLATION, IF THAT'S WHAT IT WAS,

HAD THE TRAPPINGS
OF A POLITICAL ACT.

BUT NONE OF THE STUDENTS
WE INTERVIEWED HAVE

ANY IDEA WHAT SHE MAY
HAVE BEEN PROTESTING.

[Catherine Clears Throat]

I HOPE HER FAMILY
HASN'T SEEN THIS.

YEAH. IT WAS ON THE NEWS.

SHE REMINDS ME OF THOSE BUDDHIST
MONKS PROTESTING THE VIETNAM WAR.

YEAH, I THINK SO TOO.

RITUALISTIC POSE, FOCUSED
BEYOND HERSELF SOMEHOW.

MAYBE THIS IS WHY THE PARENTS KEPT
SAYING SOMEONE ELSE HAD TO BE RESPONSIBLE.

WHO?

THEY HAD NO IDEA. SO I TOOK
IT AS A DEFENSE MECHANISM.

YOU KNOW, FIND SOMEONE
OUT THERE TO BLAME.

HONESTLY, THAT GUY WHO KNEW
YOU ACTUALLY ENCOURAGED THEM.

- DID YOU FIND OUT WHAT
HIS LAST NAME WAS?
- NO, HE NEVER CAME BACK.

IT'S GOTTA FEEL WORSE
WHEN IT'S AN ONLY CHILD.

I'M GONNA GO PEEK IN ON JORDAN.

I'LL BE UP IN A MINUTE. OKAY.

[Phone Ringing] [Peter] WATTS.

PETER? FRANK. SO, YOU
WEREN'T WASHED AWAY?

NO. STILL HERE.

- DID YOU SEE THE GRAD STUDENT
ON THE NEWS?
- YEAH. PRETTY GRIM.

DO WE HAVE SOMEBODY WORKING
ON THAT? DENNIS SOMETHING?

NO. NO ONE. DO YOU
THINK WE SHOULD?

CATHERINE SPOKE TO THE FAMILY.
THEY SAY IT WASN'T A SUICIDE.

[Peter] IF I WERE THE PARENTS,
I'D BE TELLIN' MYSELF THAT TOO.

IF YOU WANT, I CAN
DO A LITTLE RESEARCH.

THANK YOU. [Computer Beeps]

[Knocking] IT'S OPEN.

FRANK BLACK. I SPOKE TO
YOU ON THE PHONE. RIGHT.

LOOK, COULD YOU CLOSE THE DOOR,
PLEASE? I'M NOT ALLOWED TO SMOKE IN HERE.

YOU THINK I'D QUIT
AFTER YESTERDAY.

IS THIS LAUREN'S DESK?

NOT ANYMORE.

"POINT-SET TOPOLOGY." LAUREN...

SHE WAS MUTANT BRIGHT.

SHE WAS OFFERED A FACULTY
APPOINTMENT AT OXFORD LAST YEAR.

- WHY DIDN'T SHE TAKE IT?
- HER PARENTS.

THEY'RE NICE PEOPLE.
THEY'RE JUST LIKE, UH,

"GREAT BRITAIN, ISN'T THAT
SOMEWHERE NEAR ENGLAND?"

WHAT DO YOU THINK, MAURA?

WERE THERE ANY WARNING
SIGNS BEFORE YESTERDAY?

LIKE WHAT?

WHAT, LITTLE FIRES FLARING UP?

I'M SORRY, BUT DO YOU
PEOPLE NOT COMPARE NOTES?

I MEAN, THIS IS A COMPLETE XEROX OF
WHAT YOUR PARTNER ALREADY ASKED ME.

- SOMEONE WAS HERE?
- A DENNIS HOFFMAN.

YOU KNOW, THE SNAPPY DRESSER.

AND THE ONLY REASON I WAS
WILLING TO GO THROUGH THIS AGAIN...

IS 'CAUSE HE SAID YOU WOULD BE
ABLE TO TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

HE SAID YOU'D BE
INTERESTED IN THAT.

I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. I KNOW.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT TO
MAKE OF IT. IT'S JUST SO WEIRD.

I DON'T KNOW HOW IT HAPPENED.

SHE WAS A GREAT
STUDENT. YEAH, SHE WAS.

[Man] FRANK BLACK?

I WOULD HAVE COME SOONER, BUT I
WANTED YOU TO SEE FOR YOURSELF.

HAVE WE MET? DENNIS HOFFMAN.

I'M GLAD WE'RE
TEAMED UP ON THIS.

THE GIRL, THE ALIGNMENT.

BOOM, BOOM.

IT DOESN'T GET MUCH
CLEARER THAN THAT.

WHAT DOESN'T? ON MAY 5, 2000,

SEVEN INNER PLANETS
ALIGN FOR THE FIRST TIME...

SINCE THE GREAT FLOOD.

URANUS HIT THE
MERIDIAN OF ITS EPICENTER.

EARTH, THE FOCUS OF THE BIGGEST
GRAVITATIONAL TUG-OF-WAR IN 6,000 YEARS.

CATASTROPHIC EARTH
CHANGES ON ALIGNMENT DAY...

PRECEDED BY ABNORMAL WEATHER
PATTERNS NOW AS STRESSES BUILD.

EXAMPLE: HURRICANES EDWARD,

ANDREW, ANDHRA
PRADESH, BAY OF BENGAL.

EXAMPLE: THE SAHARA DESERT
ADVANCING 70.7 METERS PER YEAR.

EXAMPLE: LIMA EARTHQUAKE, 7.3,

LOMA PRIETA,
7.1, IRIAN JAYA, 8.0.

EXAMPLE.

THE HAILSTORM.
EXACTLY AS PREDICTED.

YOU MEAN PROPHECIES?
I MEAN SCIENTIFIC FACT.

ALIGNMENT EVERY 6,000 YEARS.

OBVIOUSLY, LAUREN KNEW.

SHE KILLED HERSELF BECAUSE A HAILSTORM
CONFIRMED THE WORLD WAS ABOUT TO END?

NOBODY KILLS THEMSELVES OVER SOMETHING
THAT HAPPENS THREE YEARS FROM NOW.

I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT SHE
WAS PROTESTING SOMETHING ELSE.

PEOPLE CLOSE TO HER HAVE
NO IDEA WHAT THAT MIGHT BE.

SOMEONE DOES. SO OBVIOUSLY
THERE'S OTHERS INVOLVED.

- SOMEONE BEHIND THIS.
- DENNIS, YOU'VE BEEN TELLING
PEOPLE WE WORK TOGETHER.

- ONLY THOSE
WITH THE NEED TO KNOW.
- I'VE NEVER MET YOU BEFORE.

ASK PETER WATTS. HE'LL CONFIRM.

THERE ARE OTHERS INVOLVED.

THANKS FOR HELPIN'
ME OUT WITH THIS, PETER.

IT WASN'T EXACTLY A PLEASURE
DEALING WITH DENNIS HOFFMAN AGAIN,

BUT I THINK I IMPRESSED UPON HIM THE
NEED TO LEAVE YOU AND CATHERINE ALONE.

HOW'D YOU FIND HIM? E-MAIL.
HE'S ALWAYS EAGER TO TALK.

DENNIS CAME FORWARD ON
A ZODIAC CULT INVESTIGATION

A FEW YEARS BACK,
BEFORE YOU JOINED US.

ONCE HE FOUND OUT ABOUT THE GROUP,
IT TOOK A YEAR TO GET HIM OFF OUR BACKS.

- BUT HE'S NOT DANGEROUS?
- ONLY IF YOU LISTEN TO HIM.

ON THE GIRL, I CAME UP WITH
SOME PERTINENT INFORMATION.

ACTUALLY, A LACK OF
PERTINENT INFORMATION.

THERE'S NO BIRTH CERTIFICATE.
SUBSEQUENT PUBLIC DOCUMENTS...

LIST LAUREN AS THE PADILLAS' GENETIC
CHILD, BUT THAT'S ALL BUT IMPOSSIBLE.

- TOO MANY RECESSIVE TRAITS.
- SO, SHE WAS ADOPTED?

NEVER FORMALLY. MEANING THERE'S
NO RECORD OF HER BIOLOGICAL PARENTS.

THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

SCHOLARSHIPS, APPOINTMENTS,

AN ENDLESS LIST OF SPECIAL
PROGRAMS, STARTING AT A VERY EARLY AGE.

I WAS TOLD THE PADILLAS WEREN'T
THIS SOPHISTICATED. EXACTLY.

THERE'S BEEN A PATTERN OF POSITIVE
INTERFERENCE IN HER LIFE... FROM OUTSIDE.

THE GENETIC PARENTS.

WHOEVER IT IS HAS TAKEN
PAINS TO REMAIN ANONYMOUS.

BUT THERE ARE DEFINITELY
OTHERS INVOLVED.

THAT'S WHAT DENNIS HOFFMAN SAID.

IT'S CARLIN.

SHE'S NOT COMING.

[Low Hum Resonating]

[Woman Grunting Softly]

[Knocking] [Woman]
CARLIN? CARLIN?

HONEY? [Knocking Continues]

ARE YOU OKAY IN THERE, CARLIN?

CARLIN?

[Water Rushing]

CHERYL ANDREWS, M.D.,
CONDUCTING AUTOPSY UNDER

THE AUSPICES OF SNOHOMISH
COUNTY CORONERS.

SUBJECT OF REPORTED SELF-IMMOLATION,
GRAD STUDENT LAUREN PADILLA.

P-A-D-I-L-L-A.

WHITE FEMALE, AGE 25.

ELEVATED CARBOXYHEMOGLOBIN...

CONFIRMS CAUSE OF
DEATH WAS HYPOXIA...

AND SEVERE THERMAL INJURIES.

BONE SHRINKAGE AND FOURTH
DEGREE BURNING OF EXTREMITIES...

CONSISTENT WITH USE
OF ACETONE ACCELERANT.

BODY POSTURE CONSISTENT WITH
USE OF ACETONE ACCELERANT AS WELL.

- THE KNEELING POSITION?
- WELL, KNEELING MAKES
IT SOUND VOLUNTARY.

THIS IS CALLED THE PUGILISTIC
ATTITUDE. IT'S VERY TYPICAL.

IT'S CAUSED BY THE MUSCLES
CONTRACTING UNDER INTENSE HEAT.

- WHAT ABOUT THE HANDS?
- LESS TYPICAL. MUCH LESS.

THE MANDALA POSITION,
IF YOU'RE A BUDDHIST.

WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? PROTEST?

UH, AN OFFERING. A SUPPLICATION.

BEAUTIFUL EYES.

CONGENITAL COLOBOMA
OCCLUSION AT 3:00.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

[Cheryl] IT'S OBVIOUSLY SELF-INFLICTED.
I WOULDN'T CALL IT SELF-MUTILATION.

THE SHAPE MEANS SOMETHING.

IN ASTRONOMY, IT'S THE
SYMBOL FOR CONJUNCTION.

ALIGNMENT.

SHE HAD A MODEL OF THE
SOLAR SYSTEM IN HER OFFICE.

THE SEVEN PLANETS WERE
ALIGNED THE DAY SHE DIED.

HOFFMAN WAS THERE FIRST. HE
PROBABLY ALIGNED THEM HIMSELF.

HE SAID OTHERS WERE
INVOLVED. SOMEONE'S BEHIND IT.

HE ALWAYS SAYS THAT. HE'S
BOUND TO BE RIGHT ONCE IN A WHILE.

I THINK HE KNOWS SOMETHING.

DENNIS? WE HAD AN AGREEMENT!

YES, WE DID. BUT NOW YOU'VE FOUND
SOMETHING ON THE BODY, HAVEN'T YOU?

GET IN YOUR CAR AND GO.

WHAT'S THIS MEAN TO YOU?

IT'S MAY 5. I KNEW IT.

FIVE, FIVE, 2,000.

SEVEN INNER PLANETS ALIGN FOR
THE FIRST TIME SINCE THE GREAT FLOOD.

URANUS AT THE MERIDIAN
OF ITS EPICENTER.

YES. YOU TOLD ME
ABOUT THAT BEFORE.

CATASTROPHIC EARTH CHANGES ON THAT DAY
PRECEDED BY ABNORMAL WEATHER CONDITIONS.

- NOW...
- THE BAY OF BENGAL. YOU SAID THAT TOO.

SEVEN PLANETS ALIGNED.

SEVEN PEOPLE SURVIVE WITH NOAH.

SEVEN SEPARATE PROPHECIES BY NOSTRADAMUS
PREDICTING THE APOCALYPSE IN MAY.

LISTEN, THIS IS THE BEGINNING
OF THE THOUSAND DAYS.

WHEN THE FIRST TRUMPET SOUNDS, THERE
CAME HAIL MIXED WITH FIRE AND BLOOD.

REVELATIONS, VERSE SEVEN.

BLOOD, EXODUS, CHAPTER SEVEN...

"AND THE RIVER WAS TURNED
TO BLOOD." RIVER OF BLOOD.

THERE'LL BE MORE.

[Computer Beeping]

[Man] WE FOUND HER RIGHT
WHERE YOU SAID SHE'D BE.

A FEW HUNDRED YARDS DOWNSTREAM
FROM THE DAM, JUST OFF THE SPILLWAY.

WE LEFT HER THE WAY
WE FOUND HER. GOOD.

IT ISN'T PRETTY.

ANDISOL SOIL. VOLCANIC.

THE RIVERBED RUPTURED
JUST BELOW THE DAM.

THE FISH NEVER
KNEW WHAT HIT 'EM.

THEY SPECULATE THAT
VOLCANIC ASH FROM SANTORINI...

TURNED THE NILE RIVER
RED IN ANCIENT EGYPT.

- RIVER OF BLOOD.
- THAT'S WHAT PEOPLE AROUND HERE
HAVE BEEN CALLIN' IT.

CONNECTIVE APHASIA IS PRETTY DEGRADED.
I'D GUESS TWO OR THREE DAYS UNDER WATER.

UH, SHE WENT MISSING
THREE DAYS AGO.

I FIGURE SHE WAS MURDERED SOMEWHERE
ELSE AND THEN DUMPED OVER THE DAM.

- NO, I DON'T THINK SO.
- SOMEONE WANNA TELL ME
WHAT'S GOING ON HERE?

[Woman] I WANNA SEE MY
BABY! I WANT TO SEE MY BABY!

CRIMINY! ZIP THAT THING
UP. NOW CALM DOWN, LILY.

NO! NO! LET GO! I HAVE
TO SEE MY LITTLE GIRL.

NOW LISTEN... LISTEN TO ME!

NOW, I'M NOT SAYIN'
YOU CAN'T SEE HER.

I'M JUST ASKIN' YOU AS A FRIEND.

PLEASE, LET US
CLEAN HER UP FIRST.

I DON'T WANT YOU TO
REMEMBER CARLIN LIKE THIS.

YOU WERE THE ONE WHO
KNEW WHERE SHE'D BE.

- YES. I'M VERY SORRY.
- HE'S ONE OF THEM.

- NO.
- [Officer] ONE OF WHOM? LILLIAN?

WHO ARE THEY? THE ONES
THAT BROUGHT CARLIN TO YOU?

I DON'T KNOW.

I NEVER KNEW.

MY PERFECT BABY, THEY TOOK HER.

SAME CONGENITAL
COLOBOMA AT 3:00.

CARVED ICON I BELIEVE
WE ALL RECOGNIZE.

THERE'S A DEFINITE
FAMILY RESEMBLANCE.

I'M BETTING THE PELVIC CAVITY
SHOULD BE HIGHLY INTERESTING.

THERE WERE NEEDLE
MARKS IN HER BUTTOCKS.

AND A SLIGHT ABSCESS OF THE
SURROUNDING ADIPOSE TISSUE...

SUGGESTS REPEATED
INTRAMUSCULAR INJECTIONS.

SOMEONE WAS DRUGGING HER?

WELL, BY THE ANGLE
OF THE NEEDLE,

SHE WAS ALMOST CERTAINLY
INJECTING HERSELF.

BOTH GIRLS SHOW EXTREMELY
HIGH POSTMORTEM ESTROGEN LEVELS.

I ASSUMED LAUREN'S WAS A FALSE
READING DUE TO EXTREME HEAT.

BUT SEEING CARLIN'S,

I'M QUITE SURE THEY WERE
BOTH INJECTING MENOTROPINS.

FERTILITY DRUGS.

GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO THE
REALM OF THE TRULY BIZARRE.

SHE'S A HIGH SCHOOL SENIOR,
BY ALL INDICATIONS, A VIRGIN.

AND SHE'S SUPER-OVULATED.

THERE ARE SEVEN.

SEVEN MATURE EGG FOLLICLES,
WHERE THERE SHOULD BE ONE.

THEY'RE THE SAME, THE TWO GIRLS.

RIGHT. THEY'VE GOTTA BE SISTERS.

IDENTICAL TWINS.

FRANK, THEY'RE NOT THE SAME AGE.

SEVEN YEARS APART,
IDENTICAL OFFSPRING,

BEING READIED FOR THE
CATACLYSM ON MAY 5 IN THE YEAR 2000.

LIKE NOAH PREPARING
FOR THE FLOOD.

THEY KNOW ABOUT BOTH
GIRLS... LAUREN AND CARLIN.

- WHAT SHOULD WE DO?
- CALL THE OTHERS.

[Cheryl] THIS IS A TECHNIQUE CALLED
THE BLASTOMERE SEPARATION...

THAT'S BEEN USED FOR DECADES
TO CREATE IDENTICAL CATTLE.

YOU TAKE A FERTILIZED EGG AND
LET IT DIVIDE A FEW TIMES IN VITRO.

THEN YOU TEASE THE CELLS APART.

EACH NEW EMBRYO IS
IDENTICAL TO THE ORIGINAL.

FREEZE SOME FOR LATER AND YOU COULD
HAVE IDENTICAL GIRLS SEVEN YEARS APART.

BOTH PROVIDING EGGS
FOR THE NEXT GENERATION.

"A FEW." HOW MANY IS THAT?

IN COWS, A PRACTICAL
AMOUNT WOULD BE 20 COPIES.

- PROBABLY SIMILAR IN HUMANS.
- SO, WHO DOES THIS PROCEDURE?

NO ONE WOULD ADMIT TO DOING IT IN A
HUMAN, BUT ANY GYNECOLOGIST COULD.

PRETTY UGLY BREEDING EXPERIMENT.

DO YOU THINK THE GIRLS WHO
KILLED THEMSELVES WANTED OUT?

NO.

STAYING IN ASSURED
THEY'D SURVIVE ON MAY 5.

BOTH SETS OF PARENTS
SAID SOMEONE FORCED THEM.

MAYBE THEY WERE
REMOVED FROM THE PROGRAM.

IF YOU'VE GOT THE GENES,
YOU DON'T NEED THE PEOPLE.

TWENTY IDENTICAL HUMAN BEINGS,
NO LONGER NEEDED, NO BIRTH RECORDS,

SCATTERED OVER 50 STATES.

IT'S GONNA BE TOUGH TO FIND.

THE RIVER OF BLOOD HAPPENED
JUST THE WAY YOU SAID IT WOULD.

HOW DID YOU KNOW?
WE'RE AT EXODUS.

WOULD YOU LIKE SOME
WATER? THANK YOU.

DENNIS? THERE ARE OTHERS.

THERE WILL BE MORE DEATHS.

ARE YOU MOCKING ME? IS
THAT WHAT YOU'RE DOING? NO.

THERE IS SOMEONE OUT
THERE WHO BELIEVES IN MAY 5.

HE'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THE
DEATH OF TWO GIRLS ALREADY.

I NEED TO KNOW WHO ELSE
BELIEVES IN EARTH CHANGES.

EINSTEIN DID.

I MEAN TODAY.

I DON'T KNOW ANYBODY LIKE THAT.

WHERE WOULD HE BE?

WHERE WOULD YOU BE?

WHERE WILL YOU BE ON
MAY 5 IN THE YEAR 2000?

I REALLY THOUGHT...

THAT WHEN I FINALLY FOUND
SOMEONE WHO BELIEVED,

THEY'D BE GOOD.

THAT THE FUTURE WOULD
SOMEHOW BE BETTER.

I RESERVED A HOTEL
ROOM IN POCATELLO, IDAHO.

TECHNICALLY, IT'S A MOTEL,

BUT IT'S SUPPOSED
TO BE QUITE NICE.

POCATELLO, IDAHO.

531 MILES FROM
THE NEAREST COAST,

4,448 FEET ABOVE SEA LEVEL.

A SEISMIC OASIS.

- ESPECIALLY COMPARED TO HERE.
- TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

I MEAN, FORGET
THE "BIG ONE" IN L.A.,

WHEN THE CASCADIA
SUBDUCTION ZONE SHIFTS,

SEATTLE'S LOOKING
AT A NINE-PLUS.

ALL THE STARBUCKS WOULD
BE ABOUT 300 FEET UNDER.

SINCE I DON'T BELIEVE IN
TELEPATHY, I HAD TO ASSUME...

THE GIRLS WHO KILLED
THEMSELVES HAD PRIOR CONTACT.

PETER, I JUST WANT TO SAY IT'S
GREAT WORKING WITH YOU AGAIN.

[Inhales Sharply] THEY DID HAVE
CONTACT, BUT IT WASN'T DIRECTLY.

THIS IS A PICTURE OF
THEIR CALLING PATTERNS.

BOTH OF THEM CALLED THIS
NUMBER JUST BEFORE THEY DIED.

[Frank] THE GUY IN THE MIDDLE...
THAT'S WHO'S PUSHING THE BUTTONS.

I DON'T KNOW, BUT WATCH THIS.

ALL IN CONTACT
WITH THE SAME GUY.

ROUGHLY 20 TOTAL.

[Frank] TWENTY. THAT'S
WHAT CHERYL SAID.

I CHECKED A FEW OF THEM OUT.

MISSOURI, BLUE-EYED
BLONDE, AWOL.

COLORADO, BLUE-EYED
BLONDE, MISSING TWO DAYS.

CALIFORNIA GIRL, MISSING 24
HOURS. EACH ONE AN ONLY CHILD.

- THINK THEY'RE BEING RECALLED?
- I THINK WE COULD END UP
WITH A REAL MESS ON OUR HANDS.

WHERE THOUGH?

POCATELLO, IDAHO.

I KNOW MY BUILDING.

I'VE GOT PUMPS, EMERGENCY GENERATORS,
ELEVATOR EQUIPMENT DOWN HERE. NO ELVES.

OUR RECORDS SHOW
A LOT OF ACTIVITY.

NO ONE HAS ANY ACCESS TO THIS
AREA WITHOUT MY KNOWLEDGE.

THE BOTTOM LINE IS
TWO DOZEN PEOPLE ARE

MISSING, AND THEY'RE ALL
FOCUSED ON THIS PLACE.

[Man] CLEAR!

[Man #2] CLEAR!

CLEAR!

- [Man #3] CLEAR! - CLEAR!

SOMEONE CHANGED THE CYLINDER.

[Frank] WHAT'S IN THE BOX?

I DON'T KNOW. NONE OF
THIS IS SUPPOSED TO BE HERE.

IT'S A PHONE SWITCHER. IT COULD BE
FORWARDING LITERALLY ANYWHERE.

WHO DESIGNED THIS BUILDING?
WHERE'D YOU FIND THIS GUY?

WHO DID DESIGN
IT? A LOCAL WOMAN.

WORKED OUT OF AN OFFICE FROM
HER RANCH ABOUT AN HOUR FROM HERE.

I FORGET HER NAME. BUT YOU KNOW, I
STILL REMEMBER THE PHONE NUMBER.

- 5-5-5...
- 2,000.

I KNOW YOU COULD
CARE LESS, BUT I GOT A

DOZEN GUYS ABOUT TO
GO INTO GOLDEN TIME HERE,

SO I SAY WE GO DOWN
THERE AND KNOCK ON THE

DOOR WITH A DOMESTIC
DISTURBANCE COMPLAINT.

THERE HAVE BEEN
TWO DEATHS ALREADY.

THIS COULD BECOME
EXTREMELY VOLATILE.

- WE HAVE MOVEMENT.
- [Frank] THEY'RE IN THERE.

THEY MADE US.
EVERYBODY IN. GO! GO! GO!

[Officer] COME ON, MOVE! MOVE!

LET'S GO! COME ON. MOVE!

[Girls Gasping, Shouting]

[Officer] HEY, I FOUND
SOMETHING UP HERE!

[Officer #2 Shouts] [Officer #3]
LET'S GO, LET'S GO, LET'S GO!

RUN! THIS WAY! HURRY!

[Girls Shouting]

IT'S OKAY. NOBODY'S
GONNA HURT YOU.

A LITTLE MORE. LITTLE
MORE. A LITTLE MORE.

OKAY. GOOD. DRAKE, WHAT IS THIS?

PROTECTIVE CUSTODY.
YOU CAN'T ARREST THEM.

THOSE TEN-YEAR-OLDS IN THERE FOUND OUT
TODAY THEY'RE ABOUT AS INDIVIDUAL AS ANTS.

I'M NOT TAKIN' ANY CHANCES.
THIS IS NOT NECESSARY.

SORRY. NO WAY THERE'S ANY
JONESTOWN ON MY WATCH.

YOU'RE MAKING
THINGS WORSE. FRANK?

HE WANTS TO TALK
TO YOU UPSTAIRS.

I TOLD HIM YOU UNDERSTOOD.

I DON'T WANNA UNDERSTAND.

THEY'RE BEING LOCKED IN A BUS.

SHIPPED OFF.

DO YOU KNOW WHERE?

DO YOU CARE?

COULD YOU GIVE US A MINUTE?

I WANT YOU TO UNDERSTAND.

NOAH WAS AN INSANE MAN...

UNTIL THE RAINS CAME.

AND THAT DAY THE FLOOD BEGAN,

ALL THE PEOPLE WHO
HAD JEERED SHOWED UP.

IMAGINE THAT SCENE.

THE CHAOS, THE VIOLENCE.

PEOPLE WHO HAD TAUNTED NOAH...

JUST HOURS BEFORE,
NOW WILLING...

TO COMMIT ANY VILE ACT...

TO SECURE A SEAT ON HIS BOAT.

I CONTEMPLATED THAT SCENE...

FOR MANY YEARS.

AND I FINALLY ACCEPTED...

THAT THE PEOPLE I WANTED
TO SEE IN THE NEXT WORLD,

PEOPLE WHO WOULD
CARE FOR EACH OTHER...

AS BROTHER AND
SISTER... DID NOT EXIST.

I WOULD HAVE TO MAKE THEM.

WHEN I SAW THE RESULTS,

HOW PERFECT THEY
ARE TO EACH OTHER,

I KNEW THAT THE NEXT
WORLD WOULD BE BETTER.

YOUR DAUGHTERS ARE
CRYING DOWN THERE.

[Groans]

THE ARROGANCE...

NOT TO TAKE RESPONSIBILITY.

NO. THE HUMILITY...

OF ACCEPTING MY
PLACE IN THE UNIVERSE.

YOU WANNA TAKE GOD'S PLACE.

I ACCEPT... THAT ON MAY 5...

THE PLANETS WILL ALIGN...

AND MASSIVE EARTH
CHANGES WILL OCCUR.

NOT AS A REFERENDUM...
ON MAN'S WICKEDNESS,

BUT AS PART OF THE
ETERNAL ORDER...

OF THE COSMOS.

WE CANNOT STOP THIS.

IT IS NOT ABOUT US.

AND ONCE YOU
ACCEPT THIS, MR. BLACK,

IT IS YOUR RESPONSIBILITY...

AS A HUMAN BEING...

TO DO EVERYTHING YOU CAN...

TO PRESERVE WHAT IS
GOOD... ABOUT HUMANITY.

I WAS HOPING FOR THE FUTURE...

THAT YOU WOULD UNDERSTAND.

THE TWO GIRLS... YOU TALKED
TO THEM BEFORE THEY DIED.

THEY WERE YOUR DAUGHTERS.
WHAT DID YOU TELL THEM?

- THE TRUTH.
- WHAT TRUTH?

THAT THE THOUSAND
DAYS HAD BEGUN,

AND THAT I'M DYING.

I WON'T MAKE IT WITH THEM...

TO THE OTHER SIDE.

ALL MY CHILDREN,

I PRAY... THEY'LL BE ALL RIGHT.

[Woman Over Police Radio] UNIT
7-6-3-4-5, PLEASE CALL THE STATION.

[Officer] COME ON.
LET'S KEEP MOVING.

[Peter] A CHANCE TO REMAKE
THE WORLD IN YOUR OWN IMAGE.

MAYBE YOU'D BE
CRAZY NOT TO TAKE IT.

I DON'T THINK THAT'S WHAT HE HAD
IN MIND. WELL, THAT'S WHAT HE GOT.

LOOK AT THIS STUFF.

WHEN YOU'RE BREEDIN' EINSTEINS,
20 AT A POP, THAT'S A LOT OF RIBBONS.

WE'RE PRETTY MUCH WOUND DOWN
HERE. I'M GONNA SEND MY GUYS HOME.

WHERE'S DENNIS?

HE WAS OUT FRONT WHEN THEY
WERE LOADIN' THE GIRLS IN THE BUS.

YOU MEAN THAT HOFFMAN CRACKPOT?
I HAVEN'T SEEN HIM SINCE THEY LEFT.

HE'S GONE. WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

THEY'RE GONE. THEY'RE ALL GONE.
THAT BUS WILL NEVER GET THERE.

- MASON, BREAKER! GET AFTER THAT BUS!
- [Officer] YEAH! WE'RE ON IT!

LET'S GO! LET'S GO!

- WHAT THE HELL IS GOIN' ON?
- [Officer] THE POWER'S OUT!

[Siren Wailing] COME ON, GUYS.
WE NEED SOME HELP DOWN HERE.

[Sirens Wailing]

[Door Opening]

[Peter] THE POWER
WAS DELIBERATELY CUT.

[Sighs] THEY FOUND
THE BUS EMPTY.

DENNIS IS STILL AT LARGE.

WHEREVER THEY VANISH
TO, HE'LL BE WITH THEM.

[Peter] THE ARK.

WELL, AT LEAST WE KNOW
WHERE THEY'LL BE MAY 5, 2000.

IT'S A LOT HARDER TO DISMISS
WHEN IT'S NOT JUST DENNIS RANTING.

HE JUST DIDN'T KNOW WHAT
TO DO WITH THE KNOWLEDGE.

[Sighs]

THESE PEOPLE
OBVIOUSLY HAVE A PLAN.

SO, HOW DOES IT START...

THE GREAT CATACLYSM?

NOBODY KNOWS EXACTLY. ALL
THEY KNOW IS HOW IT'S GONNA END.

I'M GONNA GET SOMETHING
FOR MY DAUGHTER.

THANK YOU! WHAT IS IT?

[Chuckles]

IT'S OUR SOLAR SYSTEM. HERE.

THIS IS THE SUN AND THIS IS US.

WE LIVE IN A BALL?

SHALL I TELL DADDY
THE GREAT NEWS?

SHE GOT IN. GREEN
VALLEY DAY SCHOOL.

THEY ACCEPTED JORDAN
FOR NEXT FALL. GOOD.

GOOD? FRANK, SHE'S SET
THROUGH THE 12th GRADE.

WE'RE HOME FREE UNTIL 2010.

[Giggles]

[Catherine] I AM
SO PROUD OF YOU!

[Catherine Chuckling]

YOUR DADDY AND I THINK YOU
ARE THE SMARTEST LITTLE GIRL,

AND YOU'RE GONNA GROW
UP TO BE A SMART BIG GIRL.

[Child] I MADE THIS!