Millennium (1996–1999): Season 3, Episode 18 - Bardo Thodol - full transcript
HELP ME. PLEASE.
HELP ME. PLEASE.
COME ON. YOU'LL REALLY
LIKE IT. JUST PUT IT IN.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A
MOMENT. HERE, LET ME DO IT.
IT'S NOT THAT HARD. DIDN'T
THEY TEACH YOU IN SCHOOL?
WHAT'S THAT? FRANK BLACK.
YEAH.
THAT'S YOU.
"WE ARE RACING
TOWARD... AN APO-CA"...
APOCALYPSE."
WHAT'S APOCALYPSE, DADDY?
SO, WAIT. YOU USUALLY
INVESTIGATE HOMICIDES?
THAT'S RIGHT. DEAD PEOPLE.
SO THIS MUST HAVE
COME AS A SURPRISE.
WHAT'D YOU SAY WHEN THEY ASKED YOU
TO LOOK INTO A BUNCH OF BOOTLEG PURSES?
I SAID, "YES, SIR."
- THEY'RE ALL ON BOARD.
- OKAY.
LET'S MAKE THE WORLD SAFE
FOR DESIGNER HANDBAGS.
F.B.I. EVERYBODY UP ON DECK.
- LET'S GO. LET'S MOVE IT!
- F.B.I. YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? UNDER ARREST.
THERE YOU GO.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO INSTALL
PERSONAL SOFTWARE ON BUREAU EQUIPMENT?
UH-HUH. NINA SAMURAI PRINCESS?
MY DAUGHTER'S. WELL,
SOMEHOW NINA EXPOSED THIS,
SOME RESIDENT PROGRAM
THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
- A VIRUS?
- I'LL SAY.
GOD KNOWS WHAT IT'S DOING, BUT IT
DOES SEEM TO BE ADDRESSED TO YOU.
- SO SOMEONE IS TARGETING ME?
- ANY IDEA WHO THAT MIGHT BE?
FRANK. I'VE BEEN LOOKING
ALL OVER FOR YOU.
- CAN YOU JOIN US UPSTAIRS?
- WHAT IS IT?
CAN YOU COME TO CONFERENCE
3 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE?
LEAVE IT HERE. I'LL TAKE A
REAL LOOK AT IT IF YOU WANT.
THANK YOU.
THESE WERE UNCOVERED IN THE COURSE
OF A BUREAU RAID LED BY AGENT HOLLIS.
NOW, WE RECEIVED A TIP...
THAT THE VESSEL WAS CARRYING
COUNTERFEIT MERCHANDISE, WHICH WAS TRUE.
THE HANDS WERE AN
UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY.
WHILE THE ORIGIN OF THE VESSEL IS
JAPANESE, THE HANDS ARE CAUCASOID.
THEY'RE ROUGHLY
TWO YEARS OLD IN SIZE...
AND ALL APPARENTLY MALE.
AGENT HOLLIS?
THE CAPTAIN AND CREW QUICKLY
CONFESSED TO THE HANDBAGS,
ALTHOUGH THEY SEEMED GENUINELY
SURPRISED BY THE OTHER CARGO.
WE'VE RETURNED THE CREW TO THE BOAT,
HOPING FOR AN APPEARANCE OF NORMALCY,
ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT WHOEVER
WAS GOING TO MEET THE CARGO WILL DO SO NOW.
SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE'RE KEEPING A 24-HOUR WATCH ON
THE VESSEL VIA THE HARBOR POLICE.
- SLIDE, PLEASE.
- NO. EXCUSE ME. COULD YOU
BRING THAT BACK AGAIN?
THE CALLIGRAPHY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
APPARENTLY, IT'S HARD TO
TRANSLATE. IT MEANS, "OUR KARMIC FATE.
A BAD END WE BRING
ON OURSELVES."
THANK YOU. "AN APOCALYPSE
OF OUR OWN CREATION."
WHY DID YOU COME
TO OUR MONASTERY?
YOU SHOULD BE IN A HOSPITAL.
YOU NEED A DOCTOR.
A D-DOCTOR CAN'T FIX
THE THINGS I'VE DONE.
I'VE MADE HORRIBLE MISTAKES.
I KNOW. TO YOU...
IT SEEMS THIS IS THE
RIGHT PLACE TO BE,
BUT YOU NEED TO BE WITH
THOSE WHO KNOW YOU.
WHO KNOW YOUR MIND.
I'M NOT IN PEACE.
YOU ARE DYING... AFRAID.
YOU HOPE FOR PEACE.
BUT HOPE IS THE ENEMY
OF PEACE OF MIND...
JUST AS MUCH AS FEAR.
PLEASE.
YOU WANTED TO SEE ME?
COULD YOU CLOSE
THE DOOR, PLEASE?
I'M SURE YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE
THE TIP-OFF ON THE BOAT CAME FROM.
- EVERYONE IS.
- WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW?
WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONDUCT
AN INVESTIGATION WITHOUT KNOWING.
I'M ASKING CAN I TELL
YOU IN CONFIDENCE?
YES.
THE TIP-OFF CAME TO ME DIRECTLY
FROM A BUREAU UNDERCOVER AGENT.
THAT'S HOW I GOT THE CASE.
THAT'S HOW YOU GOT ASSIGNED.
ONLY IT TURNS OUT THE
AGENT NEVER SENT IT.
WHO DID?
OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE FAMILIAR
WITH OUR INTERNAL PROCEDURES.
WE'RE KEEPING THIS QUIET UNTIL
WE CAN PIECE THINGS TOGETHER.
NOW, CAN I TELL YOU
SOMETHING IN TOTAL CONFIDENCE?
- TOTAL CONFIDENCE.
- NO GAMES, HOLLIS.
I'M SAYING IF YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT
FROM THIS MOMENT ON, YOU CAN STEP UP.
- THAT MEANS TELL NO ONE.
- YOU MEAN FRANK.
I NEED A COMMITMENT.
YEAH. OKAY. YOU CAN TELL ME.
THERE'S NO SIGN OF
TRAUMA TO THE TISSUE.
THE HANDS ARE REMARKABLY EVEN.
UNBLEMISHED. NO NECROTIC BREAKDOWN.
- MEANING WHAT?
- HAVE A LOOK.
- WHAT IS THAT?
- THEY'RE GROWING.
ANY PROGRESS?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? I'M
CONSULTING ON THAT MULTIPLE IN FLORIDA.
THOUGHT I'D STOP BY.
I'M REALLY KIND OF BUSY.
RED LACQUER BOWLS.
THEY DON'T MAKE THESE ANYMORE.
THE LACQUER'S LOADED WITH
METAL, GOLD DUST, MERCURY.
IT'S DESIGNED TO REFLECT THE
SUBTLETIES OF CANDLELIGHT.
ELECTRIC LIGHT KILLED
THESE. IT'S A DEAD ART.
THINGS COME AND GO.
THE OLD MAKES WAY FOR THE NEW.
NOTHING SINISTER
ABOUT IT, HOLLIS.
YOU'RE FORGETTING.
I KNOW WHAT YOU DO.
REALLY?
I'D SAY YOU NEVER
BOTHERED TO FIND OUT.
LET ME KNOW WHEN
YOU'RE OUTTA HERE.
OKAY. I RAN IT BY THIS
VIRUS GURU FRIEND OF
MINE, AND HE'D NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHAT IT'S UP
TO BECAUSE IT KEEPS REWRITING ITSELF.
- A SNAKE EATING ITS OWN TAIL.
- THAT'S ONE WAY TO PUT IT.
LOOK, HOW DID IT GET ON MY
MACHINE? I'LL NEED YOUR HELP ON THAT.
IT'S WHO HAVE YOU PLUGGED INTO? WHO HAVE
THEY PLUGGED INTO? SO ON, AD INFINITUM.
UNLESS YOU'VE GOT SOME
IDEA WHO SICCED THIS ON YOU...
WHOA. WAIT, MR. B, I'VE
GOT SOMETHING HERE.
- "WE ARE RACING TOWARD"...
- THE APOCALYPSE.
I'LL GET BACK TO YOU, DOUG.
OH, SON OF NOBLE FAMILY,
YOU NOW HAVE ARRIVED AT
THAT THING CALLED DEATH.
LISTEN CAREFULLY,
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
ALL WHO HAVE GONE
BEFORE YOU HAVE DIED.
BUT DO NOT BE AFRAID.
LISTEN WITHOUT DISTRACTION.
MILLENNIUM GROUP EXECUTIONS.
YOU THINK THESE GUYS KNEW MORE
THAN THEY SAID? NO. JUST CREW.
SOMEONE TOSSED THE
WHOLE BOAT LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING MISSING AFTER
YOU FOUND THE HANDS.
I THINK THAT THE HARBOR COPS SURPRISED
THEM, CAME ON THEM UNEXPECTEDLY.
FORCED A SHOWDOWN.
WHO TIPPED YOU OFF ABOUT
THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE?
McCLAREN ASSIGNED ME. I GUESS
HE GOT A TIP FROM SOMEWHERE,
BUT, UH, HE'S NOT EXACTLY
OPEN WHERE IT CAME FROM.
WELL, I THINK SOMETHING IS
MISSING... ABOUT THE HANDS.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE
THEY CAME FROM. SO FAR, NO LUCK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK YOU NEED TO
DO? THE SAME THING I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO.
SET ASIDE MY
PRECONCEPTIONS, START OVER.
- DR. STEVEN TAKAHASHI.
- NO, HOLLIS.
THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
FINGERPRINTS DON'T WORK THIS WAY.
HE'S OF JAPANESE DESCENT. A
BIOLOGIST. HE'S A FULL-GROWN MAN.
WE HAVE FIVE KIDS'
HANDS. I KNOW THAT.
AND IT'S NOT EVEN A MATCH.
IT'S A PARTIAL. SIX POINTS.
WH-WHAT ARE YOU
EVEN SAYING HERE?
I THINK WE SHOULD
BRING FRANK IN ON THIS.
NO, NO, NO, NO. IT'S
OUT OF THE QUESTION.
SIR, I THINK HE IS THE ONLY...
OUT OF THE QUESTION!
DID YOU HEAR ME THAT TIME?
WELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA
LIKE THIS SUGGESTION EITHER,
BUT GIVEN THE METHOD OF
EXECUTION ON THAT BOAT,
I DON'T WANT THE MILLENNIUM
GROUP CONSULTING ON THIS.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT
DOING ANYTHING FOR US RIGHT NOW.
WAIT. PETER WATTS WAS HERE.
WELL, I DON'T SEE HOW. WHEN THIS
THING BROKE, I CHECKED HIS AVAILABILITY.
THEY SAID HE WAS IN
MONTANA SOMEPLACE.
HOLLIS!
SON OF A BITCH.
STUPID.
THE FINISH APPEARS
TO BE BUNSEI STYLE.
POPULAR IN EDO DURING THE LATE
TOKUGAWA PERIOD, EARLY 1800s.
- SO IT'S OLD?
- IT APPEARS OLD,
BUT THE BOWL ITSELF
COULD'VE BEEN MADE YESTERDAY.
YOU SEE MANY OF
THESE? I DON'T SEE ANY.
THE JAPANESE AREN'T
FOND OF FALSE ANTIQUITIES.
CAN YOU TELL ME
ANYTHING ABOUT ITS FINISH?
WELL, I'LL NEED A DAY.
THOSE CHARACTERS,
WHERE ARE THEY FROM?
COME.
FRANK BLACK. YOU'VE COME.
PARTIAL MATCH? PARTIAL MATCH
TO WHAT? ONE OF THE HANDS.
IT'S MEANINGLESS, HOLLIS.
RUN THE WHOLE DATABASE,
YOU COME UP WITH A
DOZEN MATCHES LIKE THAT.
NO. JUST THIS ONE. PURE
COINCIDENCE. ASK McCLAREN.
WELL, YOU TELL ME THEN... WHERE
DO YOU THINK THEY CAME FROM?
TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I
TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT.
LOOK AT THIS.
TAKAHASHI PUBLISHED
EVERY FEW YEARS.
THEN IN 1993, ONE LAST PAPER
AND HE DROPS OUT OF SIGHT.
"TRANSUBSTANTIATION OF THE HUMAN
SPECIES: BIOLOGY AS THE NEW ALCHEMY."
I'VE SEEN A THOUSAND TITLES
JUST LIKE THAT ON THE INTERNET.
HEY, WAIT.
HIS LAST KNOWN PLACE OF
EMPLOYMENT FIVE YEARS AGO.
I'VE BEEN TRYING
TO TRACK IT DOWN.
WHAT DO THEY DO, EMERGEN CORP.?
THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER
ABOUT THE AD. DOESN'T SAY.
HOW DO YOU KNOW ME?
YOU LEFT THE MILLENNIUM GROUP.
YOU'RE A MEMBER?
I LET THEM USE MY WORK.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS
GOING TO GO THIS FAR.
I LET THE F.B.I. KNOW. I HAD
NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN.
THE HANDS ON THE BOAT. IS
THAT WHAT YOU CALL YOUR WORK?
I MADE IT POSSIBLE.
IT IS SO FAR AHEAD.
THE GROUP IS... FROM
WHAT? WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
THEIR PLAN...
"WE ARE RACING TOWARD AN
APOCALYPSE OF OUR OWN CREATION."
- IS THAT HOW IT STARTS?
- THEY NEVER LET ME SEE IT.
I THOUGHT YOU WOULD KNOW.
SO YOU DIDN'T SEND ME THE VIRUS?
WHAT VIRUS?
THE COMPUTER VIRUS. THAT'S
WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE.
I THOUGHT YOU CAME
HERE TO HELP ME.
THAT SOMEHOW YOU KNEW.
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT YOU.
THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS
HEARD... ABOUT YOU.
FILL THIS OUT.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR EXACT DATE OF
CONCEPTION, WE WILL DETERMINE IT FOR YOU.
OH.
HOW DID HE GET HERE?
LIKE YOU. HE FOUND HIS WAY HERE.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE
PAINFUL THAN THINKING...
THERE IS NO POINT...
TO THE SUFFERING YOU
ARE GOING THROUGH.
- I CAN'T HELP HIM WITH THAT.
- HE BELIEVES YOU CAN.
HE GIVES YOU A GIFT. AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP HIM.
WITH HIS DEATH.
WITH HIS FUTURE LIFE.
A CHANCE TO FIND
OUT WHY YOU ARE HERE.
McCLAREN.
SIR. HOLLIS, WHERE
IN THE HELL ARE YOU?
5312 OGDEN PARKWAY, ARLINGTON.
SOME KIND OF RESEARCH
FACILITY, I THINK.
- I NEED A SEARCH WARRANT
FOR THIS PLACE.
- BASED ON WHAT?
I INTERCEPTED SOME...
SOME HUMAN TISSUE THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED HERE.
- UMBILICAL CORDS.
- INTERCEPTED, MEANING
YOU STOLE IT?
FROM A CLINIC CALLED EMERGEN.
TAKAHASHI, THAT FINGERPRINT MATCH,
- WORKED HERE FIVE YEARS AGO.
- AND THE HANDS ARE
TWO YEARS OLD.
HOLLIS, I TOLD YOU
TO DROP ALL THIS.
SIR, WE'VE GOT FIVE
GROWING HANDS.
SOMEHOW, THEY CAME INTO EXISTENCE,
AND ONE OF THEM MATCHES THAT MAN.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, THEY'RE
GROWN FROM HIM? BUILT? WHAT?
ALL I KNOW IS I'VE GOT STEM
CELLS HERE IN A BLACK CASE.
WHAT LIFE COMES FROM.
PACKAGED JUST LIKE THOSE HANDS.
ALL RIGHT, HOLLIS. YOU WAIT RIGHT
THERE. DON'T MOVE. YOU HEAR ME?
YES, SIR. I'M ON MY WAY.
THIS ONE GO IN TOO?
YEAH. ALL OF THEM.
I'LL TAKE IT.
HAND IT UP.
OKAY. SIX CASES?
TWO MORE. HOLD UP FOR MORE.
MAKE SURE YOU MARK THEM.
OH, SON OF NOBLE FAMILY.
LISTEN WITHOUT DISTRACTION.
NOW THAT THING CALLED
DEATH IS UPON YOU.
TELL US SOMETHING, WILL YOU?
WHAT DID YOU DO FOR THEM?
WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM YOU?
DO NOT BE AFRAID.
BUT KNOW EVERYTHING
YOU EXPERIENCE,
BEAUTIFUL OR TERRIFYING,
IS A MERE PROJECTION
OF YOUR OWN MIND.
SOON THE WRATHFUL DEITIES
WILL APPEAR BEFORE YOU.
THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION FROM
THE SINS YOU HAVE ACCUMULATED.
NOW IS THE TIME TO
RECOGNIZE THESE...
AS MANIFESTATIONS OF
YOUR OWN FIERCE PRIDE.
NOW IS THE TIME TO TURN AWAY.
OH, SON OF NOBLE FAMILY,
NOW YOU WILL SEE THE
DAWNING LUMINOSITY.
RECOGNIZE IT FOR WHAT IT IS.
A NATURAL AWARENESS
OF YOUR OWN ENERGY.
UNDERSTAND AND
YOU ARE LIBERATED.
DO NOT CLING TO FEAR...
OR THE BRIGHT LIGHT
OF ACCUMULATED SINS.
BUT DO NOT TRY
TO FLEE IT EITHER.
STEVEN. STEVEN.
STEVEN TAKAHASHI. LISTEN, THEY'RE
HERE NOW, BUT YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
I'M GONNA BE HERE WITH
YOU WHEN THEY COME.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING
THROUGH. I KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
THEY'VE CONFUSED YOU. THEY'VE TAKEN ALL
THE GOODNESS THAT YOU KNOW IS INSIDE YOU...
AND TWISTED IT
AGAINST YOUR INTENT.
USED IT AGAINST YOU.
DON'T LET THEM CONFUSE YOU NOW.
THIS IS THE TIME TO
UNDO WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
THE BOWL.
FEDERAL INVESTIGATOR,
STOP RIGHT THERE! I SAID STOP!
YOU TOO. STOP RIGHT THERE.
NOW MOVE OVER THERE WITH THEM.
DO IT! HANDS AWAY FROM THE BODY.
OKAY. NOW, ONE AT A TIME, STARTING
WITH YOU, DROP YOUR WEAPON.
EYES ON ME! PUT
DOWN YOUR WEAPON!
- HOLLIS!
- NOW!
WE DON'T HAVE ANY WEAPONS.
I SAID WAIT.
FORGET THE BOWL.
FORGET THE GROUP.
THEY'VE STOOD
EVERYTHING ON ITS HEAD.
YOU NOTICE HOW YOU DON'T TRUST
THE CLEAR VOICE YOU HEARD INSIDE YOU.
TRUST THAT VOICE NOW.
LISTEN TO THAT VOICE. THEY
HAVE NO HOLD OVER YOU.
YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU
CAN DO NOW. THEY CAN COME.
LET 'EM.
RECOGNIZE THEM
FOR WHAT THEY ARE,
AND THEY CANNOT DEFEAT YOU.
UNDERSTAND AND
YOU ARE LIBERATED.
YOU CAN'T HURT HIM. HE'S DEAD.
LOOK.
THE CONSCIOUSNESS IS
LIBERATED THROUGH THE HEAD.
THAT IS A GOOD SIGN.
THEY LEFT... WHILE
WE WERE IN THERE.
HOLLIS, NO ONE LEFT.
I SAW A STEP VAN PULL IN HERE.
THEY WERE LOADING BLACK CASES.
HOLLIS, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THIS
BUILDING DO MEDICAL TESTING FOR AN H.M.O.
- YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.
- THAT'S WHAT THEY DO!
THAT'S WHAT THEY
WERE DOING WHEN YOU
BLASTED IN HERE, STARTED
WAVING YOUR WEAPON.
YOU'RE SCARING ME.
WATTS.
THIS IS IT, ISN'T
IT? THIS PLACE?
- HOLLIS.
- SORRY TO INTRUDE, ANDY.
- I THOUGHT YOU WERE
OUT OF TOWN?
- I WAS.
I'LL, UH... I'LL
TOUCH BASE LATER.
WATTS. WATTS. WATTS!
HEY! HEY, BALD MAN!
WHAT IS IT, AGENT HOLLIS?
YOU DIDN'T THINK I'D FIND THIS PLACE,
DID YOU? NO. NOT WITHOUT FRANK.
YOU THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY.
WELL, YOUR MISTAKE, WATTS. I MADE IT.
YOU HEAR ME?
WATTS! I AM HERE!
I AM HERE, WATTS! YOU HEAR ME?
WE SEE WHAT OUR
KARMA ALLOWS US TO SEE.
THE BEAUTY OF THIS
WORLD AND THE TERRORS.
BOTH ILLUSIONS OF
OUR OWN MAKING.
THE PEACEFUL
DEITIES AND WRATHFUL.
MERE PROJECTIONS, NOT REAL.
EVEN THIS FORM WE TAKE IS AN
EXPRESSION OF OUR OWN MINDS.
DO NOT CLING TO THE
ILLUSIONS OF THIS WORLD.
LEAVE THEM BEHIND...
AND FIND TRUTH TO
TAKE THEIR PLACE.
UNDERSTAND AND
YOU ARE LIBERATED.
UNDERSTAND AND
YOU ARE LIBERATED.
I SAW THEM, FRANK.
FOR JUST ONE MOMENT,
I SAW THEM CLEARLY.
PETER WATTS REALLY
IS EVIL, ISN'T HE?
MAYBE NO ONE'S
BEYOND REDEMPTION.
I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT.
UNDERSTAND AND
YOU ARE LIBERATED.
I MADE THIS!
HELP ME. PLEASE.
COME ON. YOU'LL REALLY
LIKE IT. JUST PUT IT IN.
IT'S GONNA TAKE A
MOMENT. HERE, LET ME DO IT.
IT'S NOT THAT HARD. DIDN'T
THEY TEACH YOU IN SCHOOL?
WHAT'S THAT? FRANK BLACK.
YEAH.
THAT'S YOU.
"WE ARE RACING
TOWARD... AN APO-CA"...
APOCALYPSE."
WHAT'S APOCALYPSE, DADDY?
SO, WAIT. YOU USUALLY
INVESTIGATE HOMICIDES?
THAT'S RIGHT. DEAD PEOPLE.
SO THIS MUST HAVE
COME AS A SURPRISE.
WHAT'D YOU SAY WHEN THEY ASKED YOU
TO LOOK INTO A BUNCH OF BOOTLEG PURSES?
I SAID, "YES, SIR."
- THEY'RE ALL ON BOARD.
- OKAY.
LET'S MAKE THE WORLD SAFE
FOR DESIGNER HANDBAGS.
F.B.I. EVERYBODY UP ON DECK.
- LET'S GO. LET'S MOVE IT!
- F.B.I. YOU'RE UNDER ARREST.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? UNDER ARREST.
THERE YOU GO.
YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT SUPPOSED TO INSTALL
PERSONAL SOFTWARE ON BUREAU EQUIPMENT?
UH-HUH. NINA SAMURAI PRINCESS?
MY DAUGHTER'S. WELL,
SOMEHOW NINA EXPOSED THIS,
SOME RESIDENT PROGRAM
THAT'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE THERE.
- A VIRUS?
- I'LL SAY.
GOD KNOWS WHAT IT'S DOING, BUT IT
DOES SEEM TO BE ADDRESSED TO YOU.
- SO SOMEONE IS TARGETING ME?
- ANY IDEA WHO THAT MIGHT BE?
FRANK. I'VE BEEN LOOKING
ALL OVER FOR YOU.
- CAN YOU JOIN US UPSTAIRS?
- WHAT IS IT?
CAN YOU COME TO CONFERENCE
3 AS SOON AS POSSIBLE?
LEAVE IT HERE. I'LL TAKE A
REAL LOOK AT IT IF YOU WANT.
THANK YOU.
THESE WERE UNCOVERED IN THE COURSE
OF A BUREAU RAID LED BY AGENT HOLLIS.
NOW, WE RECEIVED A TIP...
THAT THE VESSEL WAS CARRYING
COUNTERFEIT MERCHANDISE, WHICH WAS TRUE.
THE HANDS WERE AN
UNEXPECTED DISCOVERY.
WHILE THE ORIGIN OF THE VESSEL IS
JAPANESE, THE HANDS ARE CAUCASOID.
THEY'RE ROUGHLY
TWO YEARS OLD IN SIZE...
AND ALL APPARENTLY MALE.
AGENT HOLLIS?
THE CAPTAIN AND CREW QUICKLY
CONFESSED TO THE HANDBAGS,
ALTHOUGH THEY SEEMED GENUINELY
SURPRISED BY THE OTHER CARGO.
WE'VE RETURNED THE CREW TO THE BOAT,
HOPING FOR AN APPEARANCE OF NORMALCY,
ALTHOUGH IT SEEMS UNLIKELY THAT WHOEVER
WAS GOING TO MEET THE CARGO WILL DO SO NOW.
SLIDE, PLEASE.
WE'RE KEEPING A 24-HOUR WATCH ON
THE VESSEL VIA THE HARBOR POLICE.
- SLIDE, PLEASE.
- NO. EXCUSE ME. COULD YOU
BRING THAT BACK AGAIN?
THE CALLIGRAPHY.
WHAT DOES THAT MEAN?
APPARENTLY, IT'S HARD TO
TRANSLATE. IT MEANS, "OUR KARMIC FATE.
A BAD END WE BRING
ON OURSELVES."
THANK YOU. "AN APOCALYPSE
OF OUR OWN CREATION."
WHY DID YOU COME
TO OUR MONASTERY?
YOU SHOULD BE IN A HOSPITAL.
YOU NEED A DOCTOR.
A D-DOCTOR CAN'T FIX
THE THINGS I'VE DONE.
I'VE MADE HORRIBLE MISTAKES.
I KNOW. TO YOU...
IT SEEMS THIS IS THE
RIGHT PLACE TO BE,
BUT YOU NEED TO BE WITH
THOSE WHO KNOW YOU.
WHO KNOW YOUR MIND.
I'M NOT IN PEACE.
YOU ARE DYING... AFRAID.
YOU HOPE FOR PEACE.
BUT HOPE IS THE ENEMY
OF PEACE OF MIND...
JUST AS MUCH AS FEAR.
PLEASE.
YOU WANTED TO SEE ME?
COULD YOU CLOSE
THE DOOR, PLEASE?
I'M SURE YOU'RE WONDERING WHERE
THE TIP-OFF ON THE BOAT CAME FROM.
- EVERYONE IS.
- WOULD YOU LIKE TO KNOW?
WELL, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO CONDUCT
AN INVESTIGATION WITHOUT KNOWING.
I'M ASKING CAN I TELL
YOU IN CONFIDENCE?
YES.
THE TIP-OFF CAME TO ME DIRECTLY
FROM A BUREAU UNDERCOVER AGENT.
THAT'S HOW I GOT THE CASE.
THAT'S HOW YOU GOT ASSIGNED.
ONLY IT TURNS OUT THE
AGENT NEVER SENT IT.
WHO DID?
OBVIOUSLY SOMEONE FAMILIAR
WITH OUR INTERNAL PROCEDURES.
WE'RE KEEPING THIS QUIET UNTIL
WE CAN PIECE THINGS TOGETHER.
NOW, CAN I TELL YOU
SOMETHING IN TOTAL CONFIDENCE?
- TOTAL CONFIDENCE.
- NO GAMES, HOLLIS.
I'M SAYING IF YOU KEEP YOUR MOUTH SHUT
FROM THIS MOMENT ON, YOU CAN STEP UP.
- THAT MEANS TELL NO ONE.
- YOU MEAN FRANK.
I NEED A COMMITMENT.
YEAH. OKAY. YOU CAN TELL ME.
THERE'S NO SIGN OF
TRAUMA TO THE TISSUE.
THE HANDS ARE REMARKABLY EVEN.
UNBLEMISHED. NO NECROTIC BREAKDOWN.
- MEANING WHAT?
- HAVE A LOOK.
- WHAT IS THAT?
- THEY'RE GROWING.
ANY PROGRESS?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? I'M
CONSULTING ON THAT MULTIPLE IN FLORIDA.
THOUGHT I'D STOP BY.
I'M REALLY KIND OF BUSY.
RED LACQUER BOWLS.
THEY DON'T MAKE THESE ANYMORE.
THE LACQUER'S LOADED WITH
METAL, GOLD DUST, MERCURY.
IT'S DESIGNED TO REFLECT THE
SUBTLETIES OF CANDLELIGHT.
ELECTRIC LIGHT KILLED
THESE. IT'S A DEAD ART.
THINGS COME AND GO.
THE OLD MAKES WAY FOR THE NEW.
NOTHING SINISTER
ABOUT IT, HOLLIS.
YOU'RE FORGETTING.
I KNOW WHAT YOU DO.
REALLY?
I'D SAY YOU NEVER
BOTHERED TO FIND OUT.
LET ME KNOW WHEN
YOU'RE OUTTA HERE.
OKAY. I RAN IT BY THIS
VIRUS GURU FRIEND OF
MINE, AND HE'D NEVER
SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE TO SAY WHAT IT'S UP
TO BECAUSE IT KEEPS REWRITING ITSELF.
- A SNAKE EATING ITS OWN TAIL.
- THAT'S ONE WAY TO PUT IT.
LOOK, HOW DID IT GET ON MY
MACHINE? I'LL NEED YOUR HELP ON THAT.
IT'S WHO HAVE YOU PLUGGED INTO? WHO HAVE
THEY PLUGGED INTO? SO ON, AD INFINITUM.
UNLESS YOU'VE GOT SOME
IDEA WHO SICCED THIS ON YOU...
WHOA. WAIT, MR. B, I'VE
GOT SOMETHING HERE.
- "WE ARE RACING TOWARD"...
- THE APOCALYPSE.
I'LL GET BACK TO YOU, DOUG.
OH, SON OF NOBLE FAMILY,
YOU NOW HAVE ARRIVED AT
THAT THING CALLED DEATH.
LISTEN CAREFULLY,
YOU ARE NOT ALONE.
ALL WHO HAVE GONE
BEFORE YOU HAVE DIED.
BUT DO NOT BE AFRAID.
LISTEN WITHOUT DISTRACTION.
MILLENNIUM GROUP EXECUTIONS.
YOU THINK THESE GUYS KNEW MORE
THAN THEY SAID? NO. JUST CREW.
SOMEONE TOSSED THE
WHOLE BOAT LOOKING FOR
SOMETHING MISSING AFTER
YOU FOUND THE HANDS.
I THINK THAT THE HARBOR COPS SURPRISED
THEM, CAME ON THEM UNEXPECTEDLY.
FORCED A SHOWDOWN.
WHO TIPPED YOU OFF ABOUT
THIS IN THE FIRST PLACE?
McCLAREN ASSIGNED ME. I GUESS
HE GOT A TIP FROM SOMEWHERE,
BUT, UH, HE'S NOT EXACTLY
OPEN WHERE IT CAME FROM.
WELL, I THINK SOMETHING IS
MISSING... ABOUT THE HANDS.
I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIND OUT WHERE
THEY CAME FROM. SO FAR, NO LUCK.
YOU KNOW WHAT I THINK YOU NEED TO
DO? THE SAME THING I'VE BEEN TRYING TO DO.
SET ASIDE MY
PRECONCEPTIONS, START OVER.
- DR. STEVEN TAKAHASHI.
- NO, HOLLIS.
THIS DOESN'T MAKE SENSE.
FINGERPRINTS DON'T WORK THIS WAY.
HE'S OF JAPANESE DESCENT. A
BIOLOGIST. HE'S A FULL-GROWN MAN.
WE HAVE FIVE KIDS'
HANDS. I KNOW THAT.
AND IT'S NOT EVEN A MATCH.
IT'S A PARTIAL. SIX POINTS.
WH-WHAT ARE YOU
EVEN SAYING HERE?
I THINK WE SHOULD
BRING FRANK IN ON THIS.
NO, NO, NO, NO. IT'S
OUT OF THE QUESTION.
SIR, I THINK HE IS THE ONLY...
OUT OF THE QUESTION!
DID YOU HEAR ME THAT TIME?
WELL, YOU'RE NOT GONNA
LIKE THIS SUGGESTION EITHER,
BUT GIVEN THE METHOD OF
EXECUTION ON THAT BOAT,
I DON'T WANT THE MILLENNIUM
GROUP CONSULTING ON THIS.
WELL, THEY'RE NOT. THEY'RE NOT
DOING ANYTHING FOR US RIGHT NOW.
WAIT. PETER WATTS WAS HERE.
WELL, I DON'T SEE HOW. WHEN THIS
THING BROKE, I CHECKED HIS AVAILABILITY.
THEY SAID HE WAS IN
MONTANA SOMEPLACE.
HOLLIS!
SON OF A BITCH.
STUPID.
THE FINISH APPEARS
TO BE BUNSEI STYLE.
POPULAR IN EDO DURING THE LATE
TOKUGAWA PERIOD, EARLY 1800s.
- SO IT'S OLD?
- IT APPEARS OLD,
BUT THE BOWL ITSELF
COULD'VE BEEN MADE YESTERDAY.
YOU SEE MANY OF
THESE? I DON'T SEE ANY.
THE JAPANESE AREN'T
FOND OF FALSE ANTIQUITIES.
CAN YOU TELL ME
ANYTHING ABOUT ITS FINISH?
WELL, I'LL NEED A DAY.
THOSE CHARACTERS,
WHERE ARE THEY FROM?
COME.
FRANK BLACK. YOU'VE COME.
PARTIAL MATCH? PARTIAL MATCH
TO WHAT? ONE OF THE HANDS.
IT'S MEANINGLESS, HOLLIS.
RUN THE WHOLE DATABASE,
YOU COME UP WITH A
DOZEN MATCHES LIKE THAT.
NO. JUST THIS ONE. PURE
COINCIDENCE. ASK McCLAREN.
WELL, YOU TELL ME THEN... WHERE
DO YOU THINK THEY CAME FROM?
TELL YOU THE TRUTH, I
TRY NOT TO THINK ABOUT IT.
LOOK AT THIS.
TAKAHASHI PUBLISHED
EVERY FEW YEARS.
THEN IN 1993, ONE LAST PAPER
AND HE DROPS OUT OF SIGHT.
"TRANSUBSTANTIATION OF THE HUMAN
SPECIES: BIOLOGY AS THE NEW ALCHEMY."
I'VE SEEN A THOUSAND TITLES
JUST LIKE THAT ON THE INTERNET.
HEY, WAIT.
HIS LAST KNOWN PLACE OF
EMPLOYMENT FIVE YEARS AGO.
I'VE BEEN TRYING
TO TRACK IT DOWN.
WHAT DO THEY DO, EMERGEN CORP.?
THAT'S WHAT I REMEMBER
ABOUT THE AD. DOESN'T SAY.
HOW DO YOU KNOW ME?
YOU LEFT THE MILLENNIUM GROUP.
YOU'RE A MEMBER?
I LET THEM USE MY WORK.
BUT I DIDN'T KNOW IT WAS
GOING TO GO THIS FAR.
I LET THE F.B.I. KNOW. I HAD
NOWHERE ELSE TO TURN.
THE HANDS ON THE BOAT. IS
THAT WHAT YOU CALL YOUR WORK?
I MADE IT POSSIBLE.
IT IS SO FAR AHEAD.
THE GROUP IS... FROM
WHAT? WHAT ARE THEY DOING?
THEIR PLAN...
"WE ARE RACING TOWARD AN
APOCALYPSE OF OUR OWN CREATION."
- IS THAT HOW IT STARTS?
- THEY NEVER LET ME SEE IT.
I THOUGHT YOU WOULD KNOW.
SO YOU DIDN'T SEND ME THE VIRUS?
WHAT VIRUS?
THE COMPUTER VIRUS. THAT'S
WHAT BROUGHT ME HERE.
I THOUGHT YOU CAME
HERE TO HELP ME.
THAT SOMEHOW YOU KNEW.
THAT'S WHAT THEY SAID ABOUT YOU.
THAT'S WHAT I ALWAYS
HEARD... ABOUT YOU.
FILL THIS OUT.
IF YOU DON'T KNOW YOUR EXACT DATE OF
CONCEPTION, WE WILL DETERMINE IT FOR YOU.
OH.
HOW DID HE GET HERE?
LIKE YOU. HE FOUND HIS WAY HERE.
THERE IS NOTHING MORE
PAINFUL THAN THINKING...
THERE IS NO POINT...
TO THE SUFFERING YOU
ARE GOING THROUGH.
- I CAN'T HELP HIM WITH THAT.
- HE BELIEVES YOU CAN.
HE GIVES YOU A GIFT. AN
OPPORTUNITY TO HELP HIM.
WITH HIS DEATH.
WITH HIS FUTURE LIFE.
A CHANCE TO FIND
OUT WHY YOU ARE HERE.
McCLAREN.
SIR. HOLLIS, WHERE
IN THE HELL ARE YOU?
5312 OGDEN PARKWAY, ARLINGTON.
SOME KIND OF RESEARCH
FACILITY, I THINK.
- I NEED A SEARCH WARRANT
FOR THIS PLACE.
- BASED ON WHAT?
I INTERCEPTED SOME...
SOME HUMAN TISSUE THAT WAS
SUPPOSED TO BE DELIVERED HERE.
- UMBILICAL CORDS.
- INTERCEPTED, MEANING
YOU STOLE IT?
FROM A CLINIC CALLED EMERGEN.
TAKAHASHI, THAT FINGERPRINT MATCH,
- WORKED HERE FIVE YEARS AGO.
- AND THE HANDS ARE
TWO YEARS OLD.
HOLLIS, I TOLD YOU
TO DROP ALL THIS.
SIR, WE'VE GOT FIVE
GROWING HANDS.
SOMEHOW, THEY CAME INTO EXISTENCE,
AND ONE OF THEM MATCHES THAT MAN.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING, THEY'RE
GROWN FROM HIM? BUILT? WHAT?
ALL I KNOW IS I'VE GOT STEM
CELLS HERE IN A BLACK CASE.
WHAT LIFE COMES FROM.
PACKAGED JUST LIKE THOSE HANDS.
ALL RIGHT, HOLLIS. YOU WAIT RIGHT
THERE. DON'T MOVE. YOU HEAR ME?
YES, SIR. I'M ON MY WAY.
THIS ONE GO IN TOO?
YEAH. ALL OF THEM.
I'LL TAKE IT.
HAND IT UP.
OKAY. SIX CASES?
TWO MORE. HOLD UP FOR MORE.
MAKE SURE YOU MARK THEM.
OH, SON OF NOBLE FAMILY.
LISTEN WITHOUT DISTRACTION.
NOW THAT THING CALLED
DEATH IS UPON YOU.
TELL US SOMETHING, WILL YOU?
WHAT DID YOU DO FOR THEM?
WHAT DO THEY WANT FROM YOU?
DO NOT BE AFRAID.
BUT KNOW EVERYTHING
YOU EXPERIENCE,
BEAUTIFUL OR TERRIFYING,
IS A MERE PROJECTION
OF YOUR OWN MIND.
SOON THE WRATHFUL DEITIES
WILL APPEAR BEFORE YOU.
THE PATH OF DESTRUCTION FROM
THE SINS YOU HAVE ACCUMULATED.
NOW IS THE TIME TO
RECOGNIZE THESE...
AS MANIFESTATIONS OF
YOUR OWN FIERCE PRIDE.
NOW IS THE TIME TO TURN AWAY.
OH, SON OF NOBLE FAMILY,
NOW YOU WILL SEE THE
DAWNING LUMINOSITY.
RECOGNIZE IT FOR WHAT IT IS.
A NATURAL AWARENESS
OF YOUR OWN ENERGY.
UNDERSTAND AND
YOU ARE LIBERATED.
DO NOT CLING TO FEAR...
OR THE BRIGHT LIGHT
OF ACCUMULATED SINS.
BUT DO NOT TRY
TO FLEE IT EITHER.
STEVEN. STEVEN.
STEVEN TAKAHASHI. LISTEN, THEY'RE
HERE NOW, BUT YOU'RE NOT ALONE.
I'M GONNA BE HERE WITH
YOU WHEN THEY COME.
I KNOW WHAT YOU'VE BEEN GOING
THROUGH. I KNOW WHAT THEY'VE DONE.
THEY'VE CONFUSED YOU. THEY'VE TAKEN ALL
THE GOODNESS THAT YOU KNOW IS INSIDE YOU...
AND TWISTED IT
AGAINST YOUR INTENT.
USED IT AGAINST YOU.
DON'T LET THEM CONFUSE YOU NOW.
THIS IS THE TIME TO
UNDO WHAT YOU'VE DONE.
THE BOWL.
FEDERAL INVESTIGATOR,
STOP RIGHT THERE! I SAID STOP!
YOU TOO. STOP RIGHT THERE.
NOW MOVE OVER THERE WITH THEM.
DO IT! HANDS AWAY FROM THE BODY.
OKAY. NOW, ONE AT A TIME, STARTING
WITH YOU, DROP YOUR WEAPON.
EYES ON ME! PUT
DOWN YOUR WEAPON!
- HOLLIS!
- NOW!
WE DON'T HAVE ANY WEAPONS.
I SAID WAIT.
FORGET THE BOWL.
FORGET THE GROUP.
THEY'VE STOOD
EVERYTHING ON ITS HEAD.
YOU NOTICE HOW YOU DON'T TRUST
THE CLEAR VOICE YOU HEARD INSIDE YOU.
TRUST THAT VOICE NOW.
LISTEN TO THAT VOICE. THEY
HAVE NO HOLD OVER YOU.
YOU'VE DONE EVERYTHING YOU
CAN DO NOW. THEY CAN COME.
LET 'EM.
RECOGNIZE THEM
FOR WHAT THEY ARE,
AND THEY CANNOT DEFEAT YOU.
UNDERSTAND AND
YOU ARE LIBERATED.
YOU CAN'T HURT HIM. HE'S DEAD.
LOOK.
THE CONSCIOUSNESS IS
LIBERATED THROUGH THE HEAD.
THAT IS A GOOD SIGN.
THEY LEFT... WHILE
WE WERE IN THERE.
HOLLIS, NO ONE LEFT.
I SAW A STEP VAN PULL IN HERE.
THEY WERE LOADING BLACK CASES.
HOLLIS, THE PEOPLE THAT WORK IN THIS
BUILDING DO MEDICAL TESTING FOR AN H.M.O.
- YEAH, THAT'S WHAT THEY SAY.
- THAT'S WHAT THEY DO!
THAT'S WHAT THEY
WERE DOING WHEN YOU
BLASTED IN HERE, STARTED
WAVING YOUR WEAPON.
YOU'RE SCARING ME.
WATTS.
THIS IS IT, ISN'T
IT? THIS PLACE?
- HOLLIS.
- SORRY TO INTRUDE, ANDY.
- I THOUGHT YOU WERE
OUT OF TOWN?
- I WAS.
I'LL, UH... I'LL
TOUCH BASE LATER.
WATTS. WATTS. WATTS!
HEY! HEY, BALD MAN!
WHAT IS IT, AGENT HOLLIS?
YOU DIDN'T THINK I'D FIND THIS PLACE,
DID YOU? NO. NOT WITHOUT FRANK.
YOU THOUGHT YOU DIDN'T HAVE TO WORRY.
WELL, YOUR MISTAKE, WATTS. I MADE IT.
YOU HEAR ME?
WATTS! I AM HERE!
I AM HERE, WATTS! YOU HEAR ME?
WE SEE WHAT OUR
KARMA ALLOWS US TO SEE.
THE BEAUTY OF THIS
WORLD AND THE TERRORS.
BOTH ILLUSIONS OF
OUR OWN MAKING.
THE PEACEFUL
DEITIES AND WRATHFUL.
MERE PROJECTIONS, NOT REAL.
EVEN THIS FORM WE TAKE IS AN
EXPRESSION OF OUR OWN MINDS.
DO NOT CLING TO THE
ILLUSIONS OF THIS WORLD.
LEAVE THEM BEHIND...
AND FIND TRUTH TO
TAKE THEIR PLACE.
UNDERSTAND AND
YOU ARE LIBERATED.
UNDERSTAND AND
YOU ARE LIBERATED.
I SAW THEM, FRANK.
FOR JUST ONE MOMENT,
I SAW THEM CLEARLY.
PETER WATTS REALLY
IS EVIL, ISN'T HE?
MAYBE NO ONE'S
BEYOND REDEMPTION.
I HAVE TO BELIEVE THAT.
UNDERSTAND AND
YOU ARE LIBERATED.
I MADE THIS!