Millennium (1996–1999): Season 3, Episode 14 - Matryoshka - full transcript

♪♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ MY DARLING
PLEASE WAIT FOR ME ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ NO MATTER WHEN IT WILL BE ♪

♪ ONE DAY ♪

♪ I KNOW I'LL BE BACK AGAIN ♪

♪ PLEASE WAIT ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ OUR DREAMS ♪

♪ WILL LIVE THOUGH
WE ARE APART ♪



♪ OUR LOVE ♪

♪ I KNOW WE'LL
KEEP IN OUR HEARTS ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ WHEN ALL THE
WORLD WILL BE FREE ♪

♪ PLEASE WAIT ♪

♪ FOR ME ♪

- NERVOUS?
- YOU CAN TELL?

YOU CAN GO IN NOW.
MR. TOLSON'S EXPECTING YOU.

THANKS.

THANKS.

THIS IS THE BODY
OF DR. DANIEL CAREW,

FOUND IN NEW
MEXICO TWO DAYS AGO.

DR. CAREW WAS A PHYSICIST,
ENGAGED IN AN EXPERIMENT CRITICAL...

TO AN ALLIED
VICTORY IN THIS WAR.



- WHAT SORT
OF AN EXPERIMENT, SIR?
- I CAN ONLY TELL YOU...

WE CAN'T AFFORD TO
LOSE ANOTHER SCIENTIST.

"IT MUST END."

THIS ISN'T JUST A
MURDER, AGENT LANYARD.

WE'RE COUNTING ON YOU TO BE OUR
EYES AND EARS, TO DO THE RIGHT THING.

- DO YOU UNDERSTAND?
- YES, I THINK I DO, SIR.

YOU'LL FLY BY MILITARY
TRANSPORT TO SANTA FE.

A CAR WILL BE WAITING
FOR YOU THERE.

PRESIDENT TRUMAN, DIRECTOR
HOOVER AND I ARE ALL CONFIDENT...

YOU CAN BRING THIS MATTER TO A
SWIFT AND CONFIDENTIAL CONCLUSION.

WHO IS MY CONTACT AT THE
NEW MEXICO FIELD OFFICE?

NO. NO, NO.

MY CARD...

WITH MY PRIVATE NUMBER.

REPORT ONLY TO ME.

ALL RIGHT.

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ LET'S DREAM OF
WHAT THERE WILL BE ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ WE'LL CALL ON EACH MEMORY ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ WHEN I WILL HOLD YOU AGAIN ♪

♪ PLEASE WAIT ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ ALTHOUGH ♪

♪ THERE ARE OCEANS
WE MUST CROSS ♪

♪ AND MOUNTAINS
THAT WE MUST CLIMB ♪

♪ I KNOW ♪

♪ EVERY GAME MUST HAVE A LOSS ♪

♪ SO PRAY THAT OUR LOSS ♪

♪ IS NOTHING BUT TIME ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ LET'S DREAM OF
WHAT THERE WILL BE ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ WE'LL CALL ON EACH MEMORY ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ WHEN I WILL HOLD YOU AGAIN ♪

♪ PLEASE WAIT ♪

♪ TILL ♪

♪ THEN ♪♪

YOU GONNA DANCE TO
THAT OR BAG IT AS EVIDENCE?

"TILL THEN." THE MILLS BROTHERS.
YOU EVER HEARD OF THEM?

LET'S WRAP THIS UP. THE GUY
OBVIOUSLY OFFED HIMSELF.

HOLLIS! WHAT IS
WITH THE ATTITUDE?

THE GUY WAS AN
AGENT. FIFTY YEARS AGO.

THAT'S REASON TO BE HERE?

A LOT OF OLD AGENTS WOUND
UP EATIN' THEIR OWN GUNS.

NESS.

MELVIN PURVIS, THE
GUY WHO GOT DILLINGER.

HEY, TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS. PRIVATE NUMBER.

- CLYDE TOLSON?
- HOOVER'S BOYFRIEND.

VICIOUS RUMORS,
HOLLIS. NEVER PROVEN.

I SAW A PICTURE OF THEM
TOGETHER AT MARDI GRAS ONCE.

IT WAS PROOF ENOUGH FOR ME.

YOU WANNA AT LEAST CHECK OUT THAT
GUEST REGISTER FROM THE FRONT DESK?

WE ARE WASTING
OUR TIME HERE, HOLLIS.

THEY SAID HE HAD NO
FAMILY, NO FRIENDS.

I DON'T KNOW ABOUT FRIENDS,
BUT TAKE A LOOK AT THIS.

JUST YESTERDAY. PETER WATTS.

IT WAS A RITUALISTIC SUICIDE.

PERIOD MUSIC, CLOTHING,

PERSONAL MEMENTOS,
F.B.I.-ISSUE WEAPON.

YOU KNOW, THEY MAKE YOU RETURN YOUR
WEAPON WHEN YOU LEAVE THE BUREAU NOW,

WHICH IS OBVIOUSLY A GOOD IDEA.

DO YOU HAVE ANY
IDEA WHO THIS GIRL IS?

THERE'S A BUNCH OF
PHOTOGRAPHS. THEY'RE ALL ANCIENT.

WE'RE NOT GONNA TRACK
EVERYBODY DOWN ON A SUICIDE.

THIS MAY BE AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH, BUT
THIS COULD'VE BEEN WRITTEN YESTERDAY.

"IT MUST END." THE GUY KILLED
HIMSELF. IT'S A SUICIDE NOTE.

MAYBE. BE HONEST.

WHAT REALLY INTERESTS YOU IS PETER
WATTS'S NAME IN THE GUEST REGISTER, RIGHT?

THE REST OF THIS STUFF IS...
AGENT LANYARD'S CASE FILES.

THE GUY HAD A SHORT,
CHECKERED CAREER UNTIL... 1945.

HE WAS SENT TO LOS ALAMOS
BY CLYDE TOLSON HIMSELF.

IT'S AGENT LANYARD'S LAST CASE.

HE GOES TO LOS ALAMOS, INVESTIGATES
THE MURDER OF A SCIENTIST THERE,

THEN RESIGNS FROM THE
BUREAU THE SECOND HE GETS BACK.

DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?

HALT!

SLOWLY ROLL DOWN YOUR
WINDOW. STATE YOUR NAME.

LANYARD. F.B.I. I'M EXPECTED.

SIR.

WELCOME TO LOS ALAMOS.

LET ME MAKE THIS CLEAR. YOU WILL
NOT INTERFERE WITH THE SCIENTISTS.

YOU WILL NOT ASK THEM
ABOUT THE PROJECT.

YOU WILL NOT MENTION THE GADGET.

YOU WILL REFER TO THEM BY
THEIR BADGE NUMBERS ONLY,

NOT ASK THEIR NAMES
OR THEIR BACKGROUNDS.

I ALREADY HAVE THEIR NAMES
AND THEIR BACKGROUNDS...

AND AUTHORIZATION RUNNING
RIGHT UP TO PRESIDENT TRUMAN...

TO INVESTIGATE
THIS AS I SEE FIT.

I'LL BE STARTING WITH
DR. ALEXANDER, BADGE NUMBER 633,

THE MAN WHO FOUND THE BODY.

- AND I WON'T BE NEEDING
AN ESCORT.
- DRIVER.

THESE GUYS ARE ALL HALF CRAZY,
BUT ALEXANDER TAKES THE CAKE.

HAVE YOURSELF A NICE CHAT.

DR. ALEXANDER?

HELLO? ANYBODY HOME?

"WARREN KROLL."

SOME GADGET, HUH?

MY FIRST G-MAN,

ASIDE FROM THE ONES WHO TAP MY
PHONE AND READ MY MAIL, OF COURSE.

AGENT LANYARD.

I'M LOOKING INTO THE
DEATH OF DR. CAREW.

AM I A SUSPECT? IS THAT WHY
YOU'RE RANSACKING MY OFFICE?

- I UNDERSTAND YOU
FOUND THE BODY.
- I DID.

THEN YOU KNOW HIS
BONES WERE BROKEN.

- NOT JUST FRACTURED,
BUT SHATTERED, SPLINTERED.
- THIS ISN'T NECESSARY.

WHOEVER DID THIS IS CAPABLE
OF TERRIBLE VIOLENCE, EVIL.

WE'RE ALL CAPABLE, MR. LANYARD.

EACH OF US. TO A MAN.

WE MUST BE,

OR WE COULDN'T
HAVE CREATED THIS.

WHO'S WARREN KROLL, DOCTOR?

PAPA, PAPA!

AGENT LANYARD, ALLOW ME TO
INTRODUCE A REAL SECRET WEAPON.

LILY UNSER. SHE HELPS
ME WITH EVERYTHING.

- MA'AM.
- AND... MY DAUGHTER, NATALIE.

I'M SORRY. I DIDN'T
KNOW YOU HAD COMPANY.

- SHE WANTED A BOOK BEFORE BED.
- MR. LANYARD WAS JUST LEAVING.

RIGHT.

I KNEW GENERAL
GROVES IN PREP SCHOOL.

HE WAS A BULLY THEN,
AND HE'S A BULLY NOW.

I TRUST YOU DIDN'T TELL
HIM ABOUT THIS SUSPECT.

NO. TWO DAYS BEFORE THE MURDER, WARREN
KROLL WAS ARRESTED IN SANTA FE FOR ASSAULT.

SO, WHAT'S HE SAY? I
HAVEN'T TALKED TO HIM, SIR.

LIKE I SAID, AT THIS
POINT HE'S JUST A NAME.

ALEXANDER'S NANNY, UM,

LILY UNSER, POSTED
BAIL FOR KROLL.

BUT I FOUND OUT THAT SHE WITHDREW
$2,000 OUT OF ALEXANDER'S ACCOUNT.

IT JUST REEKS OF
BLACKMAIL OR ESPIONAGE.

- ESPIONAGE?
- I HAVE TO WONDER
ABOUT THIS NANNY.

HOW MANY DOMESTICS CAN WITHDRAW
TWO GRAND OF THEIR EMPLOYER'S DOUGH?

YOU'RE DOING A FINE
JOB, AGENT LANYARD.

KEEP AT IT. GO GET THIS KROLL.

BUT DON'T OVERREACH YOURSELF.

BELIEVE ME... WE KNOW
WHO THE SPIES ARE.

SIR, THERE'S, UM...
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE.

THERE'S A LITTLE GIRL
INVOLVED... ALEXANDER'S

DAUGHTER. AND... S-SIR?

THE REPORT JUST ENDS. NO SOLUTION
TO THE CASE, NO CONCLUSIONS DRAWN.

MAYBE LANYARD WAS JUST SLOPPY.

NO. HIS OTHER CASES
WERE DETAILED, METICULOUS.

THEN HE TURNS THIS ONE IN,
HALF COMPLETED, AND RESIGNS.

THIS HAS TO MEAN SOMETHING.

MAY HE REST IN PEACE. AMEN.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING
HERE, AGENT HOLLIS?

INVESTIGATING A DEATH. YOU?

PAYING MY RESPECTS
TO AN OLD FRIEND.

REALLY?

YOU ONLY VISITED HIM ONCE THE WHOLE
TIME HE WAS IN THE RETIREMENT HOME,

AND HE KILLED HIMSELF
THE VERY NEXT DAY.

FRANK SAYS LANYARD'S DEATH
IS TIED TO THE MILLENNIUM GROUP.

FRANK SAYS EVERYTHING IS
TIED TO THE MILLENNIUM GROUP.

WE FOUND THIS...
ON HIS LAST REPORT.

HE WAS A GROUP
MEMBER, WASN'T HE?

HE WAS NOTHING MORE THAN
A VERY GOOD F.B.I. AGENT.

THEN WHAT'S THE CONNECTION?
THE MILLENNIUM GROUP? THE F.B.I.?

A LOT OF US ARE FORMER AGENTS.

THERE'S MORE TO IT,
THOUGH, ISN'T THERE?

YOU SAID ONCE WE'D TALK.

WHAT WE HAVE HERE, AGENT
HOLLIS, IS A VERY LONELY OLD MAN.

WHY DON'T YOU LEAVE IT AT THAT?

A SCIENTIST LANYARD
INTERVIEWED IN LOS ALAMOS...

HIS LAST CASE, A
DR. ALEXANDER...

WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM?

ALEXANDER'S SUPPOSED TO
HAVE DEFECTED TO RUSSIA...

WITH ENOUGH PLUTONIUM
TO MAKE TWO BOMBS.

YOU CAN LOOK IT UP.

WATTS WAS RIGHT.

ACCORDING TO THIS,
ALEXANDER DEFECTED TO RUSSIA.

HE'S NOT MENTIONED IN
THE VENONA DOCUMENTS.

THE RUSSIANS SAY
HE WASN'T THEIRS.

ALEXANDER MADE SEVERAL
REQUESTS FOR FISSIONABLE MATERIALS.

HE WAS A THEORETICAL PHYSICIST.

- WHAT DID HE NEED IT FOR?
- I DON'T KNOW.

BUT THIS LAST BATCH WAS
NEVER ACCOUNTED FOR.

- DO YOU THINK HE
PASSED IT TO KROLL?
- I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHO KROLL IS.

HE WASN'T ON ANY MILITARY LIST,

AND HE WASN'T AT LOS ALAMOS
IN ANY OFFICIAL CAPACITY.

- IT'S AS IF HE
NEVER EVEN EXISTED.
- NO PLUTONIUM. NO KROLL.

NO CASE. AUTOPSY
REPORT ON LANYARD.

POOR BASTARD KILLED
HIMSELF, JUST LIKE I THOUGHT.

- CASE CLOSED.
- THERE'S MORE TO IT.

WELL, YOU KNOW, GOOD LUCK WITH
THAT, BECAUSE LANYARD'S NOT TALKING.

LILY UNSER.

SHE BAILED WARREN KROLL
OUT OF JAIL IN SANTA FE...

USING ALEXANDER'S BANK ACCOUNT.

LIKE LANYARD SAID, KIND OF A
COZY RELATIONSHIP FOR A NANNY.

IT'S STILL SUICIDE, HOLLIS.

THAT'S A LOT OF INFORMATION TO
KEEP ON A NANNY, EVEN FOR THE BUREAU.

WELL, MAYBE SHE WAS MORE
THAN JUST A NANNY. LOOK.

SHE'S LISTED HERE AS HIS
ASSISTANT IN LOS ALAMOS.

NOW IT LOOKS LIKE
SHE'S IN THE NUT FILE.

- WRITES LETTERS
TO THE PRESIDENT.
- THREATS?

ADVICE.

THE PRESIDENT NEEDS
ADVICE. NOW MORE THAN EVER.

MS. UNSER, WE'RE
INTERESTED IN WARREN KROLL.

IT'S IMPORTANT.

WARREN KROLL, THE MAN YOU
BAILED OUT OF JAIL IN SANTA FE...

WHILE YOU WERE WORKING
FOR DR. ALEXANDER.

THAT WAS A VERY LONG TIME AGO.

KROLL WAS A SUSPECT IN A
MURDER BEING INVESTIGATED...

BY AN F.B.I. AGENT,
A MICHAEL LANYARD.

DO YOU REMEMBER MR. LANYARD?

VERY HANDSOME MAN.

HE KILLED HIMSELF LAST WEEK.

WE BELIEVE HIS DEATH IS
CONNECTED WITH A MURDER...

HE WAS INVESTIGATING IN 1945.

THE PRIME SUSPECT WAS WARREN
KROLL. DO YOU KNOW WHERE HE WENT?

- HE DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.
- HOW DO YOU KNOW?

WARREN KROLL IS DEAD.

THE DOTTY OLD WOMAN WAS AN ACT.
WHEN SHE HEARD THAT LANYARD DIED,

SHE WAS COMPLETELY CLEAR.

AND SHE CONFIRMED THAT KROLL
EXISTED, BUT WE ALREADY KNEW THAT.

WELL, SHE SAID HE DIED,
THAT HE DIDN'T GO ANYWHERE.

HE'S BURIED IN LOS ALAMOS.

NOT UNDER HIS NAME. I
ALREADY CHECKED THAT.

LOS ALAMOS WAS FILLED
WITH NAMELESS PEOPLE.

YOU CHECKED YOUR NAME AT THE
FRONT GATE AND BECAME A NUMBER.

PEOPLE LIVED AND DIED AND
WERE BORN WITH NO NAMES.

THEY GAVE YOUR NAME BACK AFTER
THE WAR. KROLL WOULDN'T HAVE.

ANONYMOUS DEATH
CERTIFICATES FROM 1945.

ALL THE NAMES ARE
FILLED IN, EXCEPT THAT ONE.

YOU THINK THAT'S KROLL?

STILL KEEPING THE WORLD
FROM TIPPING OFF ITS AXIS?

MICHAEL LANYARD KILLED HIMSELF.

YEAH.

WERE YOU COMING TO TELL ME?

NO, I DON'T THINK SO.

WELL, I DIDN'T COME
HERE TO ARGUE.

WHAT THEN? TO WARN ME?

IT'S VERY DANGEROUS,
LILY, WHAT YOU DO,

WHO YOU TALK TO.

MAYBE IF YOU'D TALKED MORE TO
FRANK BLACK, HE'D STILL BE IN THE GROUP.

YEAH.

WELL... I'M WORKING ON THAT.

TOO SLOWLY.

FIFTY YEARS AGO,

WITH THE FUTURE OF THE
WORLD IN THE BALANCE,

WE WERE FIVE STEPS AHEAD.

NOW THE GROUP ONLY LOOKS BACK.

ON 50 YEARS OF PEACE.

THEY ARE GONE. DON'T
YOU UNDERSTAND?

I DON'T APPRECIATE THIS, LILY.
WE HAVE TAKEN CARE OF YOU.

- I HAVE.
- YOU'VE SHUT ME UP.

THIS IS A VERY IMPORTANT
TIME RIGHT NOW... FOR ALL OF US.

HAVE YOU FORGOTTEN
WHAT THE GROUP COULD BE?

PETER, YOU OF ALL PEOPLE.

YOU MIGHT WANT TO BRACE YOURSELF.
THE STATE OF DECAY IS HARD TO PREDICT.

YOU GOTTA REMEMBER THIS WAS
WARTIME. THE SECOND WORLD WAR.

YEAH, I'VE HEARD OF IT. WHAT I'M SAYING
IS, A SIMPLE PINE BOX IS ALL YOU GOT.

IT WASN'T UNKNOWN JUST
TO WRAP 'EM IN A BLANKET.

UNLESS THIS KROLL
GUY WAS A BIG DEAL.

A SUSPECT. A SUSPECT IN
A MURDER INVESTIGATION.

HEY, WE HIT SOMETHING! HOLD IT!

IT'S LEAD.

GOD, THAT'S HOT.

KEPT THE MICROBES AT BAY THOUGH.

YOU EVER SEEN ONE
SO WELL-PRESERVED?

CONVULSIVE BODY POSTURE IS
CONSISTENT WITH RADIATION POISONING.

OBVIOUSLY ON A DISASTROUS SCALE.

COULD YOU TURN HIM SO WE
CAN SEE THE FACE, PLEASE?

- THAT'S DR. ALEXANDER.
- ALEXANDER?

WHAT HAPPENED TO
WHAT'S-HIS-NAME... KROLL?

ACCORDING TO MILITARY RECORDS, NO SCIENTIST
DIED AT LOS ALAMOS AFTER THE MURDER.

IT'S DEFINITELY HIM.

WHY WOULD THE MILITARY
BURY ALEXANDER AS A JOHN DOE?

MAYBE THE MILITARY
DIDN'T. WELL, WHO THEN?

THE F.B.I.? MILLENNIUM GROUP?

ALL I KNOW IS HE
NEVER LEFT LOS ALAMOS.

WHERE'S THE DAUGHTER? WHAT
HAPPENED TO THE DAUGHTER?

SHE MUST BE IN RUSSIA. HER
FATHER DEFECTED, YOU KNOW.

HE DIED IN LOS ALAMOS
AND WAS BURIED THERE.

YOU FOUND HIM. DEAD OF
MASSIVE RADIATION POISONING...

OVER HIS UPPER BODY.

FACE, ARMS, HANDS.

IT WASN'T AN ACCIDENT, WAS IT?

MMM.

JULY 16, 1945.

THE TRINITY TEST.

THE FIRST ATOMIC EXPLOSION.

IT WASN'T UNTIL THEN
THAT THE SCIENTISTS...

ACTUALLY REALIZED
WHAT THEY HAD DONE.

SOME, LIKE EDWARD
TELLER AND CAREW,

THEY WERE OVERJOYED.

THEY IMMEDIATELY BEGAN
IMAGINING BIGGER BOMBS.

AND DR. ALEXANDER?

MAYBE BECAUSE HE HAD A CHILD,

HE UNDERSTOOD BETTER
THAN THE OTHERS JUST...

WHAT THEY HAD DONE.

WHAT HAD THEY DONE?

THEY TOOK THE APOCALYPSE OUT OF
GOD'S HANDS AND PUT IT IN THEIR OWN.

THEY CREATED THE
END OF THE WORLD,

HERE,

IN OUR MINDS.

THEY EVEN PUT THAT
TERRIFYING CLOCK...

ON THE BULLETIN OF
THE ATOMIC SCIENTISTS.

THE COUNTDOWN. FOUR
MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT.

TWO MINUTES TO MIDNIGHT.
TICKTOCK, TICKTOCK.

THE ONE ADVANTAGE
OF BEING MY AGE...

IS THAT I KNEW
WHAT IT WAS LIKE...

BEFORE THIS THING
WAS HANGING OVER US.

SO DID MICHAEL LANYARD.

HE LIVED WITH IT FOR 50 YEARS.

THAT'S NOT WHY
HE KILLED HIMSELF.

"IT MUST END." HIS LAST WORDS.

THE SAME WORDS WRITTEN IN
BLOOD AT THE MURDER SCENE IN 1945.

WHY DID LANYARD WRITE THOSE WORDS
ON THE PICTURE OF THE LITTLE GIRL?

- I WOULDN'T KNOW.
- YOU OWE...

I DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING!

YOU OWE HIM.

YOU OWE MICHAEL LANYARD.

HE DIDN'T LEAVE LOS ALAMOS.

HE WAS ORDERED OFF
THE BASE, BUT HE STAYED.

WHY?

BECAUSE I ASKED HIM TO.

BECAUSE HE WAS
CONCERNED ABOUT NATALIE.

FOR HER SAFETY.

AND BECAUSE HE WAS
AN HONORABLE MAN.

HE'S HERE! KROLL!

IT MUST END!

GO. GET OUT OF HERE. GO! NOW!

TAKE IT TO MY DAUGHTER.

I'VE WRITTEN...

PAGES INSIDE.

- GIVE IT TO HER SO SHE'LL KNOW.
- KNOW WHAT?

WE'VE MADE A HORRIBLE...
MISCALCULATION,

TORN APART WHAT MUST BE WHOLE.

- PROMISE ME?
- OF COURSE.

PROMISE ME YOU'LL KEEP HER SAFE.

I PROMISE.

IT'S ALL MY FAULT. I
DID WHAT THEY ASKED.

WHAT WHO ASKED, LILY?

YOU TOOK HER AWAY. WHERE?

♪♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪
LILY? LILY!

LILY! LILY! LILY! ♪ MY DARLING
PLEASE WAIT FOR ME ♪

STOP THIS CAR! STOP IT!
NATALIE! ♪ TILL THEN ♪

NATALIE! NATALIE! LILY, STOP THE CAR!
LILY, STOP! ♪ NO MATTER WHEN IT WILL BE ♪

♪ ONE DAY ♪
NATALIE! NATALIE!

♪ I KNOW I'LL BE BACK AGAIN ♪
NATALIE! NATALIE!

♪ PLEASE WAIT ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ OUR DREAMS ♪

♪ WILL LIVE THOUGH
WE ARE APART ♪

♪ OUR LOVE ♪

♪ I KNOW WE'LL
KEEP IN OUR HEARTS ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ WHEN ALL THE
WORLD WILL BE FREE ♪

♪ PLEASE WAIT ♪

♪ FOR ME ♪

♪ ALTHOUGH ♪

♪ THERE ARE OCEANS
WE MUST CROSS ♪

♪ AND MOUNTAINS
THAT WE MUST CLIMB ♪

♪ I KNOW ♪

♪ EVERY GAME MUST HAVE A LOSS ♪

♪ SO PRAY THAT OUR LOSS ♪

♪ IS NOTHING BUT TIME ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ LET'S DREAM OF
WHAT THERE WILL BE ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ WE'LL CALL ON EACH MEMORY ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ WHEN I WILL HOLD YOU AGAIN ♪

♪ PLEASE WAIT ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪♪

SCIENTISTS HAD BEEN
LABORING FOR YEARS,

AND THEN THIS, THE
FIRST ATOMIC EXPLOSION.

FOR BETTER OR WORSE, IT
EXCEEDED THEIR EXPECTATIONS.

DR. ALEXANDER WAS
AFFECTED BY THIS.

HE WONDERED HOW
GOOD MEN, GOOD MINDS...

HAD CREATED SOMETHING
SO OBVIOUSLY EVIL.

THE QUESTION OBSESSED
HIM, HAUNTED HIM.

HE STARTED DOING
EXPERIMENTS WITH PLUTONIUM,

TRYING TO SPLIT OFF THE
EVIL HE FELT INSIDE HIM.

SO, HE WAS A NUT.

NO, HE WANTED TO DO WITH HIMSELF
WHAT HE HAD DONE TO THE ATOM...

SPLIT IT IN HALF.

- HE SPLIT OFF KROLL.
- WH-WHAT DOES THAT MEAN,
"SPLIT OFF"?

KROLL AND ALEXANDER WERE THE SAME
PERSON, BUT KROLL COMMITTED THE MURDER.

- THAT'S SOME THEORY.
- IT'S NOT A THEORY.

THIS IS ALEXANDER'S
LAST WILL AND TESTAMENT.

- A DOLL?
- THERE'S A LETTER
TO HIS DAUGHTER,

TRYING TO EXPLAIN HIS MISTAKES,

WARNING HER NOT TO TAKE
THE SAME PATH HE'D TAKEN.

"IT MUST END."

LANYARD COMMITTED SUICIDE
BEFORE HE COULD GIVE HER THAT.

- SO WHERE IS THE GIRL NOW?
- LILY'S NOT SAYING.

NOT A CLUE.

LANYARD WAS THINKING ABOUT THE
GIRL WHEN HE PULLED THE TRIGGER,

REMEMBERING SOMETHING ABOUT
A PROMISE HE FAILED TO KEEP.

THIS IS WHAT HE WAS
WATCHING BEFORE HE DIED.

HEY, BABY FACE NELSON. TAKE
THE BOY OUT OF THE BUREAU, HUH?

CRITICS SAY THIS WOMAN HEADS
A SECRET LABORATORY IN MEXICO.

GROWING ORGANS OR PLAYING GOD?

THIS KIND OF RESEARCH IS
ILLEGAL IN THE UNITED STATES.

IT'S LEGAL HERE. WHO'S FUNDING
IT? NOT THE U.S. GOVERNMENT.

THEY SAY YOU'RE
CREATING MONSTERS.

OH, UH, YOU'RE NOT
SUGGESTING THAT'S HER?

HOW WOULD THE OLD GUY
EVEN RECOGNIZE HER? I MEAN,

THE LAST TIME HE SAW HER,
SHE WAS FOUR YEARS OLD.

AFTER ALL THESE YEARS,
THIS IS WHAT HE SAW.

HE TRIED TO CONTACT HER.

I KNOW HOW TO REACH HER.

I'M GLAD YOU FINALLY CALLED.

WE'VE GOT A LOT TO TALK
ABOUT. NO. JUST ONE THING.

OKAY.

FROM THE FIRST, THE MILLENNIUM
GROUP'S BEEN ALL OVER THIS.

NO, NOT THE GROUP.
WELL, SOME VERSION OF IT.

THAT'S WHAT SCARED
LANYARD OFF IN 1945, ISN'T IT?

DID THEY THREATEN HIM?
THEY ASKED HIM TO JOIN.

TO MAKE HIM COMPLICITOUS IN WHAT HAPPENED
TO THE LITTLE GIRL AND GOD KNOWS WHAT ELSE?

I KNOW WHAT THAT
INVITATION MEANS.

SHE DOES SECRET
BIOLOGICAL RESEARCH NOW.

NOT THAT SECRET. EVERYBODY
SEEMS TO KNOW ABOUT IT.

YEAH.

SHE GREW UP TO MAKE THE
SAME MISTAKE HER FATHER DID.

- YOU CALL IT A MISTAKE.
- HE DID.

IT'S THE SAME MISTAKE HE
PRAYED SHE'D NEVER MAKE...

PLAYING GOD...
WITHOUT DIVINE WISDOM.

HER FATHER'S EXPERIMENTS
WEREN'T A TOTAL FAILURE, FRANK.

THEY OPENED UP
SOME... POSSIBILITIES...

TO DEAL WITH AN EVIL
THAT CAN CONSUME US.

HIS TOOLS WERE
DEFICIENT, NOT HIS INTENT.

GROUP PROPAGANDA.

FATHERS AND DAUGHTERS.
SHE HAS HIS GIFT.

DOES SHE EVEN KNOW
WHAT HER FATHER DID?

SHE NEVER HAD A CHOICE.

THAT'S WHY LANYARD
WAS SO HORRIFIED...

WHEN HE FOUND OUT
WHAT NATALIE HAD BECOME.

THERE WERE OTHER AVENUES
TO HER THAN THE GROUP.

IT'S FROM HER FATHER. HE GAVE
HIS LIFE TRYING TO TELL HER THAT.

LANYARD DID TOO.

WHAT?

YOU WANT ME TO DELIVER IT?

UNLESS YOU'RE
AFRAID OF THE TRUTH.

HE'S IN A MEETING.
YOU CAN'T GO IN THERE!

I'M SORRY, SIR.

WHAT'S SHE DOING HERE? MISS
UNSER WAS HELPING TO CLARIFY...

SOME OF THE EVENTS YOU
DESCRIBED IN LOS ALAMOS.

- IS SHE WHY
YOU REJECTED MY REPORT?
- WE FELT THE EXACT NATURE...

OF DR. ALEXANDER'S EXPERIMENTS
SHOULD BE KEPT INSIDE A SMALL GROUP.

WHERE'S NATALIE?
SHE'S FOUR YEARS OLD!

- WHAT DID YOU DO WITH HER?
- SHE'LL BE WELL TAKEN CARE OF.

- BY WHOM? HER?
- NO.

LILY HAS OTHER TASKS FACING HER.

SHE JUST ACCEPTED AN
OFFER TO JOIN OUR GROUP,

AND I'M HOPING
YOU'LL DO THE SAME.

UH, WHAT GROUP?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
HE'S SAYING THERE'S A BIGGER PICTURE.

DIRECTOR HOOVER, SIR.

THERE ARE THINGS THE F.B.I.
CANNOT DO. THE GROUP CAN.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT, SIR,

I JOINED THE BUREAU
TO UPHOLD THE LAW.

- SO DID WE ALL.
- THEN WHY DID YOU REMOVE
PAGES FROM MY REPORT?

BIGGER PICTURE, AGENT
LANYARD. BIGGER PICTURE.

YOU KIDNAPPED A FOUR-YEAR-OLD
GIRL. THERE IS NO BIGGER PICTURE.

YOU'LL HAVE MY RESIGNATION
ON YOUR DESK IN THE MORNING.

I'LL FIND THAT LITTLE GIRL.

I KNOW WHAT YOU PEOPLE DID.

I'LL FIND HER.

I'LL FIND HER.

YOUR GROUP IDEA GOT ME THINKING.

KEKULÉ, ANOTHER MAD SCIENTIST,

HAD AN ILLUMINATING DREAM...

OF SNAKES BITING
THEIR OWN TAILS.

THE NEXT DAY, HE
DISCOVERED THE BENZENE RING,

AN ANCIENT SYMBOL
FOR OUR ANCIENT GROUP.

I DIDN'T KNOW YOU COULD DRAW.

TOO BAD ABOUT AGENT LANYARD.

HE WAS A GOOD
MAN. TAP HIS PHONE.

A ROCKY BEGINNING, HUH?

HOOVER AND TOLSON HAD
THE RIGHT IDEA THOUGH.

RECRUIT THE BEST
AND HOPE FOR THE BEST.

- YOU DIDN'T TELL HIM, DID YOU?
- HE SUSPECTS,

WHICH, WITH FRANK, IS
AS GOOD AS KNOWING.

YOU BLAME YOURSELF FOR WHAT
HAPPENED TO HIM, DON'T YOU?

HE WAS MY CANDIDATE.

I RECRUITED HIM AT
HIS TIME OF NEED, AND...

THE GROUP SMOTHERED HIM WITH
ANGELS AND DEVILS AND ARMAGEDDON.

DON'T GIVE UP.

THESE THINGS HAVE
A WAY OF RETURNING.

SO WHERE'S THIS DOLL?

YOU TOLD ME ONCE THAT THE
GROUP... DIDN'T CHOOSE ITS MEMBERS,

THAT THE MEMBERS
CHOSE THE GROUP.

DOESN'T SHE DESERVE
THE SAME OPPORTUNITY?

SHE'S NEVER KNOWN
ANY OTHER LIFE.

HER WORK IS CRITICAL.
NOTHING CAN JEOPARDIZE IT.

- ARE WE AFRAID OF THE TRUTH?
- WHOSE TRUTH, PETER?

THIS IS NO TIME TO
QUESTION YOUR FAITH.

NOW, WHAT ABOUT
THE OTHER MATTER?

ALREADY DONE.

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ MY DARLING
PLEASE WAIT FOR ME ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ NO MATTER WHEN IT WILL BE ♪

♪ ONE DAY ♪

♪ I'LL KNOW I'LL BE BACK AGAIN ♪

♪ PLEASE WAIT ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ OUR DREAMS ♪

♪ WILL LIVE THOUGH
WE ARE APART ♪

♪ OUR LOVE ♪

♪ I KNOW WE'LL
KEEP IN OUR HEARTS ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ WHEN ALL THE
WORLD WILL BE FREE ♪

♪ PLEASE WAIT ♪

♪ FOR ME ♪

♪ ALTHOUGH ♪

♪ THERE ARE OCEANS
WE MUST CROSS ♪

♪ AND MOUNTAINS
THAT WE MUST CLIMB ♪

♪ I KNOW ♪

♪ EVERY GAME MUST HAVE A LOSS ♪

♪ SO PRAY THAT OUR
LOSS IS NOTHING BUT TIME ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ LET'S DREAM OF
WHAT THERE WILL BE ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ WE'LL CALL ON EACH MEMORY ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ WHEN I WILL HOLD YOU AGAIN ♪

♪ PLEASE WAIT ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ ALTHOUGH ♪

♪ THERE ARE OCEANS
WE MUST CROSS ♪

♪ AND MOUNTAINS
THAT WE MUST CLIMB ♪

♪ I KNOW ♪

♪ EVERY GAME MUST HAVE A LOSS ♪

♪ SO PRAY THAT OUR
LOSS IS NOTHING BUT TIME ♪

♪ TILL THEN ♪

♪ LET'S DREAM OF
WHAT THERE WILL BE ♪♪

I MADE THIS!