Millennium (1996–1999): Season 3, Episode 11 - Collateral Damage - full transcript

SHE COULDN'T DO THAT AGAIN.

[Woman] WE BOWL AHEAD!

PI PHI, PI PHI, WE GOT THE BEAT!

PI PHI, PI PHI, CAN'T BE BEAT!

- GENTLEMEN?
- COME ON.

[Man] KNOCK 'EM DOWN, MAN.
[Man #2] GET US BACK, MAN.

KNOCK 'EM DOWN.

LET'S GO, MAN. KNOCK 'EM
DOWN. [Microphone Feedback]

[Woman On P.A.] DRIVER
OF A JEEP, LICENSE LY4-6757,

YOUR LIGHTS ARE ON.

WHOO! ALL RIGHT!



- WHERE YOU GOIN'?
- I LEFT MY LIGHTS ON.

HEY!

YOU'RE A REALLY GOOD
BOWLER, YOU KNOW?

GEE, THANKS. THAT'S, LIKE, THE
NICEST THING ANYONE'S EVER SAID TO ME.

HEY.

DID YOU MOVE MY CAR?

OKAY. GREAT JOKE, NICK.
COME ON. WHERE ARE MY KEYS?

NICK?

- NICK?
- BOO!

- NICK!
- [Taser Zapping]

[Taser Zapping]

HELP ME! SOME GUY
JUST ATTACKED US!

WHERE? HE'S RIGHT THERE!

[Taser Zapping]



[Moaning]

[McClaren] THIS IS THE
MOST RECENT FOOTAGE...

OF THE VICTIM, TAYLOR WATTS.

IT WAS TAKEN IN AUGUST,

JUST BEFORE SHE WAS GETTING
READY TO GO OFF TO COLLEGE...

AT WILLIAM AND MARY,

WHERE SHE WAS A
WELL-LIKED FRESHMAN.

NOW, I DON'T NEED TO TELL YOU...

THAT THIS ONE IS
DIFFERENT, PEOPLE.

THIS IS FAMILY.

PETER?

FIRST, I KNOW THAT YOU HAVE ALL
BEEN PULLED OFF PRESSING ASSIGNMENTS.

MY WIFE AND I THANK YOU.

[Exhales]

UH, A FELLOW STUDENT OF
TAYLOR'S, NICK CARFAGNA,

WAS THE SOLE WITNESS.

HE'S CLEARED OF INVOLVEMENT,
BUT HE WAS ABLE TO

PROVIDE US WITH A
DESCRIPTION OF THE KIDNAPPER.

YOU'LL FIND IT ON THE LAST
PAGE OF YOUR FACTS SHEETS.

THERE'S NOT MUCH TO GO
ON. HE WAS WEARING A MASK,

PROBABLY OF THE TYPE ISSUED TO THE TROOPS
IN KUWAIT, NOW WIDELY AVAILABLE AT SURPLUS.

THE CRIME SCENE WAS
EQUALLY NONPRODUCTIVE.

SLIDE, PLEASE?

NO USEFUL PRINTS WERE
DEVELOPED FROM THE CAR.

FIBER EVIDENCE WAS INCONCLUSIVE.

NO FOOTPRINTS WERE DEVELOPED.

IT'S BEEN 16 HOURS
SINCE SHE WAS TAKEN.

WE HAVE NOT HEARD
FROM THE KIDNAPPERS.

THAT'S ALL I HAVE.

[McClaren] LET'S GET HER BACK.

[Chattering] HOLLIS.

THE MAN'S DAUGHTER
HAS BEEN ABDUCTED.

I UNDERSTAND THAT. WELL, I
DON'T APPRECIATE YOUR ATTITUDE.

WITH ALL RESPECT, I THINK IT'S
NAIVE TO TALK ABOUT TAYLOR WATTS...

LIKE SHE'S JUST SOME COED
THAT GOT TAKEN BY CHANCE.

YOU KNOW SOMETHING
ABOUT HER THAT WE DON'T?

SIR, THE MILLENNIUM
GROUP WAS NOT MENTIONED

IN THE BRIEFING, OR THE
ENEMIES THEY'VE MADE.

YOU AND FRANK... WHERE IS FRANK?

IF IT WERE MY DAUGHTER, I'D WANT HIM
ON THIS CASE. WHY DOESN'T PETER WATTS?

FRANK DECLINED TO
BECOME INVOLVED.

I'M SORRY ABOUT YOUR DAUGHTER.

[Frank] I KNOW TAYLOR
WATTS. IT'S A TERRIBLE THING.

THEY TOLD ME YOU REFUSED TO
HELP. IT DIDN'T SOUND LIKE YOU.

- YOU BELIEVE
SHE WAS ACTUALLY KIDNAPPED?
- DON'T YOU?

WITH WATTS INVOLVED, I HONESTLY
DON'T KNOW WHAT TO BELIEVE.

WELL, THEY TOOK HER. THEY
TOOK HER RIGHT FROM HERE.

"THEY"? THE WITNESS
DESCRIBED A SINGLE ATTACKER.

DOUBTFUL. NOT WITH TAYLOR WATTS.

IT WAS PLANNED. A
PRECISE OPERATION.

DO YOU THINK SHE'S STILL ALIVE?

WELL, CONSIDERING THE AMOUNT OF
ENERGY THEY EXPENDED TO GET HER,

THE ONE THING WE CAN BE
SURE OF IS THAT SHE'S ALIVE.

[Sobbing]

DON'T HURT ME, PLEASE!

PLEASE DON'T HURT ME! WHAT
DO YOU WANT? I CAN GET MONEY!

[Sobbing]

[Screaming] HELP ME!

NO!

[Scissors Snipping]

[Sobbing] HELP ME!

HELP ME!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING TO ME?

NO! NO!

AAH! PLEASE STOP!

PLEASE! AAH! YOU'RE HURTING ME!

PLEASE TRY TO RELAX.

[McClaren] THIS IS... KINDA
UNCOMFORTABLE FOR ME,

BUT I'M GONNA HAVE TO ASK
YOU THE SAME QUESTIONS...

I'D ASK ANY FATHER
IN THIS SITUATION.

EVERYTHING OKAY AT HOME?

WE'RE A VERY CLOSE FAMILY.

UH, WHAT ABOUT
BOYFRIENDS, EX-BOYFRIEND?

JUST WHAT'S IN THE FACTS SHEET. I
INTERVIEWED 'EM ALL PERSONALLY.

YOU'RE WELCOME TO TRY THAT TOO.

WHAT ABOUT THE MILLENNIUM GROUP,

CASES THAT YOU'VE WORKED?

THE GROUP'S INVESTIGATING
THOSE POSSIBILITIES.

IT WOULD HELP IF WE
HAD A LIST OF MEMBERS.

I DON'T DISAGREE WITH YOU. BUT, UH, THERE
ARE ISSUES WITH THAT. YOU KNOW THE POLICY.

YOU KNOW, THIS IS YOUR DAUGHTER'S
LIFE. CAN'T SOMEBODY MAKE AN EXCEPTION?

[Phone Ringing]

McCLAREN.

OKAY, GOOD.

HIGHWAY PATROL FOUND THE
CAR USED IN THE ABDUCTION.

IT'S CLEAN.

[Emma] WHAT'S THAT SMELL?
THE ODOR OF SPECTRAMALDEHYDE.

A SPECTRACIDE DISINFECTANT.
DESTROYING GENETIC EVIDENCE.

- MAYBE HE WAS JUST TRYING
TO PROTECT HIMSELF.
- FROM WHAT?

[Frank] THEY SWITCHED CARS.

THE SECOND VEHICLE WAS
PARKED HERE, AWAY FROM THE LIGHT.

HERE'S A TIRE TRACK. BOOT PRINT.

[Siren Wailing]

THE CAVALRY.

[Chattering, Indistinct]

[Man] GO AHEAD. TAG
IT, BAG IT AND MARK IT.

WE'RE STILL ON THE SCENE, AND
WE'LL LET YOU KNOW WHEN WE'RE READY.

[Man] TEN-FOUR. WILL DO.

FORGET THAT IT'S
WATTS FOR A MOMENT.

JUST THINK HIGH-RISK
TARGET. DIFFICULT LOCATION.

ELABORATE PLANNING.

IT'S A TEXTBOOK CASE.
KIDNAP FOR RANSOM.

SO WHAT'S MISSING?
THE RANSOM DEMAND.

COMMUNICATION
FROM THE KIDNAPPERS.

NO, THEY'VE GOT COMMUNICATION.
WE JUST HAVEN'T SEEN IT.

- WHAT KIND OF FATHER...
- YOU KNOW WHAT KIND.

[Door Opens] [Phone Ringing]

[McClaren] FRANK, ARE YOU PLANNING TO
LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU MAKE OF ALL THIS?

SINS OF THE FATHER.
BASED ON WHAT?

THERE IS NOT ONE SINGLE FACT
THAT POINTS IN THAT DIRECTION.

PETER DIDN'T ASK YOU IN ON THIS, DID
HE? YOU DIDN'T HEAR ABOUT IT FROM HIM.

WE WERE NOTIFIED ORIGINALLY
BY THE LOCAL P.D. SO WHAT?

HE DIDN'T ASK FOR OUR HELP
BECAUSE HE DOESN'T WANT IT.

NOW, LOOK, FRANK.

I WAS VERY HAPPY THAT YOU WERE
WORKING ON THIS ON YOUR OWN.

BUT YOU GOT TO TELL ME...
ARE YOU IN OR ARE YOU OUT?

BECAUSE I CAN'T HAVE YOU
SNIPING FROM THE SIDELINES.

YOU'RE LOOKING FOR
POSSIBLY TWO MEN.

MILITARY OR POLICE
TRAINING, HIGH I.Q.

THEY FEEL THEY'RE ON
A MISSION. AT WAR, EVEN.

AND THAT WARRANTS A HIGH
DEGREE OF PERSONAL RISK.

WHAT KIND OF MISSION?

I DON'T KNOW YET.

WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT
ABOUT THE MILITARY PART.

THAT TIRE TREAD YOU POINTED US
TO? IT WAS ONLY SOLD AT MILITARY P.X.s.

SO WAS THE BOOT.

I'VE GOT AGENTS DIGGIN' THROUGH RECEIPTS
AT 42 BASES TRYIN' TO MAKE A MATCH.

I THINK WE CAN NARROW YOUR
SEARCH DOWN FURTHER. HOW?

THEY BOUGHT A LARGE QUANTITY OF A
DISINFECTANT KNOWN AS SPECTRAMALDEHYDE.

F.B.I.! PUT UP YOUR HANDS! PUT
UP YOUR HANDS AND TURN AROUND!

NOW!

DAMN.

[Peter] DAVID COUGAR, GULF WAR
VET, FIFTH SPECIAL FORCES GROUP.

HE WAS ONE OF THE
ABDUCTORS. THE BOOTS MATCH.

HE WAS TORTURED.

ELECTRICAL SHOCK,
FINGERNAILS REMOVED,

BOTH CORNEAS RUPTURED.

EXECUTION WOUND, POINT-BLANK
TO THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

WE'VE SEEN THIS BEFORE.

NOW LOOK, THE DEAD GUY
IN THERE, DAVID COUGAR,

FITS YOUR PROFILE TO A "T."

HE'S MILITARY, DESERT STORM, SPENT
TIME IN A PSYCH WARD WHEN HE GOT BACK.

BUT HIS PARTNER'S THE SICK ONE.

HE GOT COUGAR TO HELP HIM GRAB THE
WATTS GIRL AND THEN REWARDED HIM LIKE THAT.

I'M NOT SURE THE OTHER
KIDNAPPER DID THIS.

EXCUSE ME.

SHOT POINT-BLANK TO
THE BACK OF THE HEAD.

JUST LIKE THE SKULLS IN MAINE.

IT'S A MILLENNIUM
GROUP EXECUTION.

THE HEAD SHOT'S KIND OF GRATUITOUS,
GIVEN EVERYTHING ELSE THEY DID TO HIM.

IT'S A SIGN FOR MEMBERS WHO
ARRIVE. BEHAVE ACCORDINGLY.

- YOU THINK WE'LL FIND
ANYTHING IN THERE?
- NO EVIDENCE.

THAT SCENE IS SEVERE
BY ANYONE'S STANDARDS.

I THINK THE GROUP IS GETTING
DESPERATE ABOUT IT. WHATEVER IT IS.

PLEASE.

MY FATHER WILL DO WHATEVER
YOU WANT. JUST CALL HIM.

PLEASE? HE'LL PAY
ANYTHING. I KNOW IT.

HE ALREADY SAID NO.

I'M SORRY, BUT THAT'S
WHAT HAPPENED.

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?

HE SAID NO.

HE'S YOUR FATHER.
MAYBE YOU UNDERSTAND IT.

NO. I DON'T.

WHO ARE YOU?

LET ME TALK TO HIM.

HE'LL LISTEN TO ME! HE'LL
PAY IT! I KNOW HE WILL!

I DON'T WANT MONEY.

I WANT THE TRUTH...

ABOUT WHAT HE DOES, ABOUT
THE PEOPLE HE WORKS WITH.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YOU WOULDN'T BELIEVE IT UNLESS
YOU HEARD IT FROM HIS MOUTH.

NO ONE WOULD.

WHICH, UNFORTUNATELY,
MAKES ALL OF THIS NECESSARY.

PLEASE! I DON'T UNDERSTAND!

[Screams]

I NEVER THOUGHT IT
WOULD GO THIS FAR.

THAT A FATHER WOULD DO THIS.

I NEVER WANTED TO KILL ANYONE.

[Sobbing]

SERGEANT DAVID COUGAR IS ONE OF TWO
KIDNAPPERS WHO ABDUCTED TAYLOR WATTS.

NOW, WE IDENTIFIED AND
LOCATED COUGAR TOO LATE,

AFTER HE HAD BEEN TORTURED
AND KILLED BY HIS PARTNER.

NOW, THERE'S A PROFILE OF THAT
PARTNER IN YOUR BRIEFING PACKETS...

SUPPLIED BY THE
MILLENNIUM GROUP.

NOW, HE'S IMPULSIVE
BUT INTELLIGENT.

HE HAS PERIODS OF LUCIDITY
INTERRUPTED BY PSYCHOTIC BREAKS.

PRESUMABLY, IT WAS DURING
ONE SUCH BREAK THAT HE...

- HE DIDN'T KILL HIS PARTNER.
- WHO DID THEN?

ASK THAT MAN. ASK PETER WATTS.

- THAT'S ENOUGH, FRANK.
- THE MILLENNIUM GROUP
GOT THERE BEFORE US.

ANYTHING YOU THINK YOU LEARNED FROM
THAT CRIME SCENE, THEY PLANTED THERE.

I SAID, THAT'S ENOUGH.

HOLLIS?

[Man] DAVID COUGAR.

I CAN'T BELIEVE HE WAS MURDERED,

AFTER EVERYTHING
HE WENT THROUGH.

IN DESERT STORM?
OH, AND AFTERWARDS.

UH, EACH WAR HAS
ITS OWN SYNDROME.

WORLD WAR II, IT
WAS SHELL SHOCK.

VIETNAM WAS POST-TRAUMATIC
STRESS DISORDER.

THE GULF WAR GAVE US,
UH, PARANOIA, I GUESS.

VETERANS WHO ARE OBSESSED
WITH GERMS AND DISEASE.

THEY THOUGHT THEY WERE
BEING POISONED. HAD THEY?

WHO KNOWS. IT'S A PSYCH WARD.

BUT A LOT OF THEM THOUGHT SO.

OTHER THAN COUGAR?

HE WAS MILD COMPARED
TO SOME IN HIS GROUP.

AND HE GOT BETTER.

HE STOPPED COMING, EVEN FOR
OUTPATIENTS, ABOUT A YEAR AGO.

I, UH, CAN'T BELIEVE
THAT HE TOOK THAT GIRL.

QUITE LIKELY HE WAS INVOLVED WITH SOMEONE
FROM HIS GROUP. DO YOU HAVE ANY FILES?

WE'RE THE GOVERNMENT.
OF COURSE WE HAVE FILES.

WHAT ARE YOU
LOOKING FOR, EXACTLY?

HIGH INTELLIGENCE,
SPECIAL TRAINING.

HE WOULDN'T BE INFANTRY.

OH, THIS ISN'T CHECKED OUT.
ALL THE RECORDS ARE JUST GONE.

ERIC SWAN. DO YOU KNOW HIM?

OH, YEAH. HE'S THE
TALK-SHOW KING.

HE RAN UP A MAJOR PHONE
BILL HERE IN THE OFFICE...

TELLING EVERYBODY IN THE COUNTRY
THE TRUTH ABOUT DESERT STORM.

- DO YOU HAVE AN ADDRESS ON HIM?
- IT SHOULD BE THERE.

SHE'S YOUR DAUGHTER, PETER.

YOU KNOW, THEY DON'T EVEN HAVE
A NAME FOR WHAT YOU'RE DOING.

I'M DOING EVERYTHING I CAN TO GET
HER BACK. YOU THINK WE'RE NOT TRYING?

THE GROUP TOOK A
BIG HIT WHEN YOU LEFT.

DON'T FLATTER ME.
THAT'S THE TRUTH.

YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW THE TRUTH
ANYMORE. WHAT DO THEY WANT?

HOW MANY TIMES HAVE
YOU TALKED TO THEM?

IT'S IMMATERIAL. THEIR DEMANDS
ARE NEVER GONNA BE MET.

NEVER BE MET BY YOU, HER FATHER?

NOT BY ME. BY THE GROUP.

DESERT STORM. IS THAT
WHAT THIS IS ABOUT?

WHAT'S THE GROUP'S INVOLVEMENT?

GROUP INTELLIGENCE HELPED THE
U.S. KEEP CASUALTIES DOWN TO 147...

ANOTHER LIE! THEN STOP ASKIN' ME
QUESTIONS YOU KNOW I CAN'T ANSWER!

YOU KNOW I CAN'T!

WILL YOU HELP ME FIND HER?
THAT'S WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING.

BUT I'M ASKING YOU.

THEY CAN'T KNOW ABOUT
IT. THE GROUP CAN'T KNOW.

WILL YOU HELP ME?

YES, I WILL.

I GOT TWO PHOTOGRAPHS.
THIS CAME YESTERDAY.

I WAS HEARTENED. SHE
LOOKED OKAY. THIS CAME TODAY.

WHAT'S THIS?

WHAT IS THIS CANISTER?

JUDGING FROM HER CONDITION, SHE
HAS NO MORE THAN 36 HOURS TO LIVE.

[McClaren] SO THIS
IS OUR GUY, HUH?

HE WORKED CLOSELY WITH COUGAR,
THE MAN WE FOUND MURDERED.

THEY SPENT TIME TOGETHER IN
A PSYCH WARD AT WALTER REED.

THEY BOTH WERE OBSESSED BY BIOLOGICAL
AGENTS THEY SAID WERE USED IN DESERT STORM.

SWAN WROTE LETTERS,
CALLED IN TO RADIO TALK SHOWS.

THEN HE STOPPED TALKING.

GOOD GOD.

WHAT DID HE DO TO HER?

WELL, SHE'S BEEN
INFECTED WITH SOME KIND OF

BIOLOGICAL AGENT. I DON'T
THINK WE HAVE MUCH TIME.

WHERE'D YOU GET THIS? IT
WAS DELIVERED TO WALTER REED.

SO WHAT DOES HE WANT?
SOMEBODY TO TELL HIS STORY?

NO, HE'S TOLD HIS STORY,
AND NO ONE LISTENED.

I THINK HE WANTS A CONFESSION
FROM THE PEOPLE RESPONSIBLE.

RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT? SOME
FIGMENT OF HIS IMAGINATION?

NO. THE SAME PEOPLE
THAT KILLED HIS PARTNER.

THERE'S A REASON HE
CHOSE TAYLOR WATTS.

SO WHAT DO YOU SUGGEST WE DO?

HE USED TO CALL IN TO ART BELL'S
RADIO TALK SHOW. IT'S CONSPIRACY STUFF.

A FORUM FOR PEOPLE LIKE SWAN.

WE THINK HE CALLED IN DOZENS OF
TIMES UNDER THE NAME THOMAS PAINE.

IF HE'S STILL LISTENING, I THINK
WE CAN GET HIM TO TALK. TO CALL IN.

AND THEN TRACE IT?

WE DON'T HAVE MUCH
ELSE TO GO ON NOW.

ALL RIGHT. PETER WATTS IS HER
FATHER. HE STAYS IN THE LOOP.

WATTS CAN WORK THE
TRACE VAN WITH ME.

[Man On Radio] FROM THE HIGH DESERT
IN THE GREAT AMERICAN SOUTHWEST,

I'M ART BELL, AND THIS IS
COAST-TO-COAST A.M. LIVE,

WHERE YOU NEVER KNOW
WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN NEXT.

EXCEPT, PERHAPS, RIGHT NOW.

[Man] AND YOU'RE CLEAR.

MR. BLACK,

YOU KNOW, A LOT OF MY LISTENERS
CONSIDER YOU THE ENEMY.

ME? F.B.I., N.S.A.,
C.I.A., GOVERNMENT.

I LET 'EM TALK. THAT DOESN'T
MEAN I AGREE WITH THEM.

WELL, SOMETIMES I
AGREE WITH THEM.

[Man] BACK IN FIVE, ART.

WELL, HELLO. I SEE IN THE
NEWS THAT SADDAM IS BACK.

AND BEFORE THE WAR MACHINE OF
THE GREAT SATAN... THAT WOULD BE US...

BEGINS ROLLING AND
MOWING DOWN IRAQIS,

I'D LIKE TO TAKE, I THINK, A
MOMENT TO THINK ABOUT...

WHAT HAPPENED LAST TIME.

OUR GUYS. REMEMBER OUR GUYS?

SICK, POISONED,

VICTIMS OF CHEMICAL
WARFARE, BIOTOXINS...

A LOT OF PEOPLE SAY OUR OWN.

OR WERE THEY? I WANT
TO HEAR FROM YOU.

TRIPLE EIGHT, TRIPLE
FIVE, ZERO-ONE-ONE-ONE.

CALL TOLL FREE FROM ANYWHERE IN
THE GREATEST COUNTRY IN THE WORLD.

CHUCK FROM CINCINNATI,
YOU'RE ON THE AIR.

UH, YEAH. HEY, LISTEN,
I WAS AN M.P. IN KUWAIT,

AND I'VE HEARD ALL THIS FLAP
ABOUT GULF WAR SYNDROME.

BUT YOU KNOW WHAT? IT SEEMS LIKE IT ALWAYS
COMES FROM SOMEONE WITH THEIR HAND OUT.

- YOU EVER NOTICE THAT?
- [Bell] ARE YOU SAYING
NOTHING HAPPENED?

[Chuck] OH, YEAH.
SOMETHING HAPPENED.

SOME GREEDY YAHOO FIGURED OUT
FREE MONEY AND STARTED WHINING.

ALL RIGHT. LET'S HEAR WHAT SOME
OTHER LISTENERS HAVE TO SAY.

LINE FOUR. THOMAS
PAINE, YOU'RE ON THE AIR.

[Beeping] SOME OF US
NEVER ASKED FOR A CENT.

[Bell] GOOD TO HAVE YOU BACK
WITH US, THOMAS. IT'S BEEN A WHILE.

- I'VE BEEN WONDERING
WHAT HAPPENED.
- I'VE BEEN PRETTY BUSY.

OKAY, A LOT OF GUYS NEVER SAW
ANYTHING WEIRD IN DESERT STORM.

[Beeping] IT'S A MOBILE
PHONE IN THE D.C. AREA.

I HAVE CELL INFORMATION. COVERS
AN AREA OF ABOUT 11 SQUARE MILES.

- WHAT DO YOU KNOW?
- FEBRUARY 25, 1991.

GROUND WAR IS WELL UNDERWAY. WE'RE
ON SOME KIND OF MOP-UP ASSIGNMENT.

NOT SUPPOSED TO BE A LOT OF SADDAM'S
ARMOR LEFT, SO WHO DO WE FIRE ON?

FRIENDLY FIRE ACCIDENTS ARE
WELL DOCUMENTED, THOMAS.

THIS IS NOT SOME ACCIDENT.
THIS IS NOT SOME MISTAKE.

THIS WAS PREMEDITATED.
TOTALLY, TOTALLY DELIBERATE.

HOW FAR?

WE'RE IN THE SOUTH. I'M
TRACKING RADIO STRENGTHS.

ALL COUNTRIES MAKE
BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS. WE SAY

WE DON'T. DOES ANYBODY
ACTUALLY BELIEVE THAT?

AND THESE WEAPONS WE
SUPPOSEDLY DON'T MAKE.

AFTER YOU FINISH TAKING OUT A
BUNCH OF HALF-STARVED IRAQIS,

AREN'T YOU GONNA WANT TO
TEST THEM ON SOME REAL SOLDIERS,

FULLY INOCULATED,
WEARING STATE-OF-THE-ART

GEAR... THE BEST FIGHTING
FORCE IN THE WORLD,

UNDER ACTUAL COMBAT CONDITIONS?

THAT'S WHAT THEY HAD IN DESERT
STORM, AND THAT'S WHAT THEY DID.

- WHO DID?
- I DID!

OKAY?

THE COORDINATES CAME
IN AND AN ORDER TO FIRE.

I LOADED THE
SHELL. I LAUNCHED IT.

[Man] WE'RE GETTING CLOSE.

THE NEXT DAY THEY... DENIED
ANYTHING EVER HAPPENED.

BUT I FOUND THEM.

A WHOLE PLATOON
DEAD IN A MEDICAL TENT.

THEN THEY SAID
THE IRAQIS DID IT.

BUT I KNOW.

I WAS 19.

THEY GAVE ME THE COORDINATES,

AND I FOLLOWED ORDERS.

THOMAS PAINE, ARE YOU THERE?

[Shuddering] I
PULLED THE TRIGGER.

SO DON'T ANYBODY
TELL ME IT DIDN'T HAPPEN.

[Beeping] FRANK,
WE'RE CLOSING IN,

BUT YOU'VE GOT TO
KEEP HIM ON THE AIR.

THOMAS? I BELIEVE YOU.

IN THE STUDIO I
HAVE FRANK BLACK.

- WHO ARE YOU?
- THEY DID THE SAME THING
IN THIS COUNTRY.

[Scoffs]

I'M TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING
THAT ACTUALLY HAPPENED...

IN KUWAIT TO AMERICAN SOLDIERS.

AND I'M TALKIN' ABOUT
THE DEATH OF MY WIFE.

YELLOWING SKIN, PURPLE LESIONS,

BLEEDING OUT IN THE NORTHWEST
LAST YEAR WITH 70 OTHER PEOPLE, OKAY?

SO DON'T TELL ME
THAT NEVER HAPPENED.

BECAUSE I'M TIRED
OF IT. I'M TIRED.

I'M TIRED OF NOT
KNOWING WHAT KILLED HER.

[Beeping]

MICROPLASMA FLAVIVIRUS.

THAT'S WHAT THEY CALL IT.

THEY'LL SCREW YOU UP
WITH DENIALS, THOMAS.

DON'T LET THEM PUSH YOU INTO
DOING SOMETHING YOU SHOULDN'T DO,

BECAUSE IF YOU DO, THEY'VE GOT
YOU RIGHT WHERE THEY WANT YOU.

- NOW, WE'RE LISTENING.
- I'M DONE TALKING.

[Beeping] [Frank] THOMAS,
ARE YOU THERE?

THOMAS?

[Shuddering] THOMAS?

NOW THEY HAVE TO TALK.

THEY HAVE TO.

THEY HAVE TO ADMIT
WHAT THEY'VE DONE.

[Frank] WHO? THE ARMY?

THAT'S WHO I THOUGHT AT
FIRST. BUT THAT WASN'T THEM.

WHO?

WHO DOES WHAT THE
GOVERNMENT CAN'T DO?

THEY KNOW WHO THEY ARE.

[Beeping] AND THEY'LL ADMIT IT.

IF THEY'RE HUMAN,
THEY'LL ADMIT IT.

[Taylor Gasping]

YOU CAN'T COUNT ON
OTHERS. YOU KNOW THAT.

I CAN HEAR IT IN YOUR
VOICE. YOU'RE A DECENT MAN.

WHAT YOU SAY
YOU DID... WHAT I DID.

WHAT YOU DID IN KUWAIT...
THAT DOESN'T MAKE YOU A KILLER.

DON'T DO THIS.

- THEY HAVE THE ANTIDOTE NOW.
- HOW DO YOU KNOW?

I JUST KNOW. BELIEVE ME, I KNOW.

[Beeping]

I'M IN TROUBLE. THEN
YOU CAN STOP THIS.

YOU HAVE THE TRUTH
ON YOUR SIDE, THOMAS.

THAT'S NOT EVERYTHING. WE BOTH
KNOW THAT. BUT IT'S SOMETHING.

[Rapid Beeping]

RIGHT HERE. WE GOT HIM!

DON'T LET THEM WIN,
THOMAS. DON'T LET THEM WIN.

[Feedback Screeching]

A RELAY.

THE CALL WAS FORWARDED.

AND WE LOST HIM WHEN
WE OPENED THE DOOR.

I'M SORRY.

HE WASN'T ABOUT TO LET THAT CALL BE
TRACED. IT WAS RETRANSMITTED FOUR TIMES,

FINALLY BY A C.B. RADIO
FOUND IN SILVER SPRING.

HOW LARGE AN AREA
WOULD THIS REACH?

VIRGINIA, MARYLAND.
MILLIONS OF HOMES.

THEY'RE TRYING TO NARROW
IT DOWN, BUT IT'LL TAKE DAYS.

WE DON'T HAVE DAYS.

I WAS WITH PETER WATTS WHEN WE GOT TO
THAT HOUSE AND HIS DAUGHTER WASN'T THERE.

THIS IS DESTROYING HIM. I KNOW.

SO WHY WON'T HE TALK?
THE MILLENNIUM GROUP.

WE HAVE NO IDEA WHAT
HE'S GOING THROUGH.

HE'S HER FATHER.
SWAN WANTED TO TALK.

AS LONG AS TAYLOR'S ALIVE, I'VE GOT
TO BELIEVE THAT WE CAN REACH HIM.

HIS TOXIN... HE CALLED IT
MICROPLASMA FLAVIVIRUS.

ALREADY CHECKED IT OUT. THE
BIO GUYS SAY IT DOESN'T EXIST.

FOR SWAN, IT EXISTS.

AND MAYBE FOR OTHERS.

PLEASE TALK TO ME.

I HEARD WHAT YOU
SAID ON THE PHONE.

IS IT TRUE?

YES.

BUT IT'S NOT MY
FATHER. IT CAN'T BE.

IT IS.

THE MILLENNIUM GROUP,
WHO HE WORKS WITH.

IT'S WHAT THEY DID.
IT'S WHAT HE DID.

IT'S NOT.

[Emma] THE INTERNET'S
CONSPIRACY CENTRAL.

HIS POSTS AS THOMAS PAINE
STOPPED SIX MONTHS AGO,

ABOUT THE TIME HE STOPPED CALLING IN TO
ART BELL. DO YOU THINK HE'S STILL POSTING?

NOT PUBLICLY.

BUT THERE ARE A NUMBER OF PRIVATE
MAILING LISTS DEVOTED TO CONSPIRACY TOPICS.

SUBSCRIBERS TO EVERY PRIVATE MAILING
LIST THAT DISCUSS MICROPLASMA FLAVIVIRUS.

[Beeps]

A LOT OF PATRIOTIC PSEUDONYMS.
MORE THAN ONE THOMAS PAINE.

THERE.

[Emma] SUBSCRIBES TO LISTS ON DESERT
STORM, GERM WARFARE, BLACK OPS.

HE'S GOT A LOCAL ADDRESS AND TELEPHONE
NUMBER IN RANGE OF THE REPEATER.

WE GOTTA GET THERE
BEFORE THE GROUP DOES.

[Beeping]

- NEWS?
- COULD BE. EXCUSE ME.

[Alarm Sounding]

[Continues Sounding]

[Beeping]

[Beeping Ceases]

[Phone Ringing]

- STOP RIGHT THERE
OR I'LL KILL HER.
- IT'S FRANK BLACK, ERIC.

DON'T COME ANY CLOSER! LOOK,
I CAN HELP YOU. I WANT TO HELP.

I DON'T NEED HELP.
I NEED THE TRUTH.

LISTEN, I KNOW WHAT
THEY'VE DONE TO YOU.

I KNOW OTHER
THINGS THEY'VE DONE.

BUT YOU DON'T WANT TO KILL THAT
GIRL. YOU DON'T WANT HER TO DIE.

[Moaning, Gasping]

[Frank] ERIC?

ARE YOU THERE?

HOW DO YOU KNOW?

HOW DO YOU KNOW? HOW DO
YOU KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE?

I KNOW BECAUSE I WAS ONCE ONE OF
THEM, UNTIL I FOUND OUT WHAT THEY ARE.

- WHY HAVEN'T YOU TOLD ANYONE?
- I'VE TRIED.

NO ONE LISTENS.

[Frank] WE CAN MAKE THEM.

WE CAN DO IT TOGETHER.
I'LL PROTECT YOU FROM THEM.

I'M COMING IN. NO!

I GOT A GUN!

LOOK, I'M COMIN' IN NOW.

I'M UNARMED.

YOU KNOW I'M ON YOUR SIDE.

I THINK WE CAN MAKE THEM TALK.

FRANK, THEY'LL BE HERE SOON.

- LISTEN...
- [Shot Fires]

ERIC, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

[Chamber Cocks]

WATTS!

WATTS!

WE'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE.

THIS IS AN F.B.I. CRIME SCENE!
I'M ORDERING YOU TO LEAVE!

- THAT'S MY DAUGHTER IN THERE!
- ERIC, ARE YOU THERE?

[Eric] WHAT'S
HAPPENING? YOU MISSED.

IS THAT HER FATHER?

IS IT?

YOU TELL HIM SHE'S DYING!

GET OUT OF HERE! LEAVE!

I GOT THE ANTIDOTE RIGHT
HERE! AND SHE'S DYING! GOT IT?

IT'S UP TO HIM.

VECTOR: 83.2.
RANGE: 1,200 YARDS.

WE DELIVERED THOSE COORDINATES TO
YOU THROUGH EXTRAMILITARY CHANNELS,

ALONG WITH AN ORDER TO FIRE;
YOU CHALLENGED THE ORDER.

THAT CHALLENGE WAS NOTED
AND RECORDED UNDER ARTICLE 15,

DOCUMENT NUMBER BX732,

DATED 25 FEBRUARY, 1991.

I WANT MY DAUGHTER BACK.

[Bones Crack]

[Peter's Voice] BLESS US, O
LORD, FOR THESE THY GIFTS...

WHICH WE ARE ABOUT TO
RECEIVE FROM THY BOUNTY.

AND THANK YOU, LORD, FOR TAYLOR,

WHOM YOU RETURNED TO US SAFE
AND SOUND IN ANSWER TO OUR PRAYERS.

IN THESE TROUBLED TIMES,

PLEASE SHOW US THE
WAY... AND FORGIVE US...

OUR MANY TRESPASSES.

AMEN.

[Family] AMEN.

DADDY?

IT-IT'S TRUE, ISN'T IT,
WHAT THAT MAN SAID?

[Child] I MADE THIS!