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

[ Girl ]
READY? HIT IT!

[ Girls ]
ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR!

WHO ARE THE WARRIORS?
WE ARE THE WARRIORS!

WHAT KIND OF WARRIORS?
THE REDLAND WARRIORS!

STAND UP AND YELL, WARRIORS!
STAND UP AND YELL, WARRIORS!

TELL 'EM YOURSELVES, WARRIORS!
RED, WHITE, BLUE, FIGHT!

[ All Cheering ]

[ Cheering ]

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♪♪ [ Horns Playing ]

♪♪ [ Music Continues ]
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[ Cheering, Music Fade ]

[ Heart Beating ]

[ Shouting ]
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♪♪ [ Band Playing ]

[ Indistinct Shouting ]

COME ON!
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♪♪ [ Music Continues ]

- YEAH! LOVE THAT
WARRIOR PRIDE! YEAH!
- [ Cheering ]

AS YOU ALL KNOW, WE'RE HAVING
THIS PEP RALLY TODAY,

NOT JUST TO SHOW
OUR SCHOOL SPIRIT,

BUT TO CELEBRATE
OUR VICTORY AT THE STATE
ACADEMIC CHAMPIONSHIPS!

[ All Cheering ]



WHOO! ALL RIGHT!
AND ALSO TO ACCEPT...

THE MOST GENEROUS GIFT
I CAN IMAGINE FROM
COMLOGIC COMPUTERS:

[ Voice Slowed Down, Distorted ]
A SYSTEM FOR OUR SCHOOL...

WORTH OVER
TWO MILLION DOLLARS.

[ Heart Beating ]

[ Gunshot ]

[ Feedback ]

[ Gunshot ]

[ Gunshot ]

[ Gunshot ]

[ Body Thudding ]

NO!

NO!

[ Frank Narrating ]
AT THE TURNING OF THE LAST
MILLENNIUM A THOUSAND YEARS AGO,

IT WAS FORETOLD
THE WORLD WOULD BE CONSUMED
BY FIRE AND MISERY.

THE UNBELIEVERS
SLEPT UNTROUBLED.

BUT THE FAITHFUL TOILED
AGAINST THE INEVITABLE,

WEIGHED BY
A TERRIBLE BURDEN--

DECIDING WHO WOULD BE SPARED
AND WHO WOULD BE LEFT BEHIND.

COME ON.
LET'S SET UP.
[ Helicopter Blades Whirring ]

THIS WAY.

[ Indistinct Chatter ]

MY BABY!
[ Crying ]

THIS WAY.
MOVE FORWARD.

[ Indistinct Chatter ]

[ Indistinct Chatter ]

IS THERE SOMEBODY HERE
WHO CAN TELL ME WHY
THESE BODIES ARE BEING MOVED?

WE WERE ASKED TO MAKE OUR
REPORTS AND GET THEM OUT.

[ Helicopter Buzzing
Overhead ]

[ Sobbing ]

THIS WAY.

HOLLIS. LISTEN.
SEE IF YOU CAN GET
SOMEBODY TO TELL YOU...

WHAT WAS DOCUMENTED ON
THE VICTIMS, IF ANYTHING,
OKAY?

[ Man ]
CARLTON.

LET'S GO HOME, BUDDY.

LET'S JUST GET IN THE CAR
AND GO HOME.

[ Camera Shutter Clicking ]
WHAT'S THE CHIEF
WANT TO CALL IT?

WHAT DO YOU CALL IT?

IS IT A MASSACRE?
A SHOOTING SPREE?

WHAT'D THEY CALL IT
DOWN IN OREGON?
OR THAT SCHOOL DOWN SOUTH?

THAT I CAN EVEN ASK
THE QUESTION.

- WHO'S GEIBELHOUSE?
- THAT'D BE ME.

I'M BALDWIN, SPECIAL AGENT,
CRITICAL INCIDENT
RESPONSE GROUP.

RIGHT. WELL, AS YOU
CAN SEE, WE'RE PRETTY FAR
DOWN THE ROAD HERE.

I CAN SEE.
YEAH.

- ARE YOU FAMILIAR WITH
CRIME SCENE PROCEDURE?
- FAMILIAR WITH IT?

- WITH PRESERVATION OF EVIDENCE?
- IT'S NOT A QUESTION.

YEAH. WHAT IS IT
YOU WANNA KNOW?

JUST WHAT'S BEEN MISSED.

WE'VE GOT THREE DEAD.

THOSE ARE THE ONES TAPED
IN BLACK. THERE WERE NINE
WOUNDED, TAPED IN WHITE.

I WENT AHEAD AND SENT
THE WOUNDED TO THE HOSPITAL,

RATHER THAN WASTE
ANY MORE BLACK TAPE,
IF THAT'S OKAY WITH YOU.

THE SHOOTER WAS
UNDER THE BLEACHERS.

HE GOT OFF 15 SHOTS,
FIRED IN RAPID SUCCESSION...

FROM A SEMI-AUTOMATIC
WEAPON.

[ Baldwin ]
HAVE YOU RECOVERED THE WEAPON?

WE FOUND IT UNDER THE BLEACHERS.
WE'RE RUNNING PRINTS
AND REGISTRATION.

I DON'T KNOW WHY I'M
ANSWERING QUESTIONS FOR YOU.

I CALLED THE F.B.I.
AND SPECIFICALLY ASKED FOR
FRANK BLACK TO COME OUT HERE.

HOW COME FRANK BLACK'S
NOT OUT HERE?

OKAY, WE HAVE GOT
INTERVIEWS TO CONDUCT.

YOU KNOW THE DRILL.
LET'S BE QUICK BUT THOROUGH.
LET'S TRY TO GET THIS DONE...

BEFORE ANYBODY STARTS ASKING
ABOUT FEEDING THESE KIDS.

[ Camera Shutter Clicking ]

[ Door Opening, Closing ]

[ Camera Shutter Clicking ]

"SKYLARK."

[ Man ]
THIRTY SECONDS.
HERE WE GO.

TO THE 21st CENTURY.

OR NOT.

ONE WAY OR ANOTHER,
WE'RE ABOUT TO SEE THE FUTURE.

FIVE SECONDS.

FOUR, THREE,

TWO, ONE.

[ Woman ]
NO, NOT AGAIN.

- OH, GOD, THERE GOES THE GRID.
- AIR TREATMENT SYSTEM IS OUT.

WE SHOULD BE GOING
TO BACKUP POWER.

WHERE IS IT?
IT'S DISAPPEARED.
IT'S GONE.

IT CAN'T BE.
IT'S GONE.
IT'S JUST GONE.

[ Sighs ]
I DON'T BELIEVE THIS.

WELL, BETTER START
BELIEVING IT... 'CAUSE
IT'S ONLY THE BEGINNING.

[ Computer Beeping ]

[ Generator Clicks, Hums ]
THE END OF THE WORLD
AS WE KNOW IT.

I NEED TO TALK TO YOU.

HE DIDN'T DO IT.
HE SWEARS TO ME UP AND DOWN...

HE DIDN'T DO IT.

- HE SAYS BRANT DID IT.
- JUST A DAMN MINUTE, GARY.

- HAVE YOU TALKED TO HIM, CHRIS?
HAVE YOU EVEN ASKED YOUR KID?
- I JUST FOUND OUT ABOUT IT.

RIGHT NOW,
WE DON'T KNOW WHO DID IT--
NEITHER DO THE POLICE.

THEY'RE OUT THERE TALKING
TO THE KIDS RIGHT NOW.
THEY'VE GOT THE F.B.I. ON THIS.

- THEY FIND A WEAPON?
- YEAH.

DID THEY GET A REGISTRATION?
'CAUSE IF THEY DID,
AND IT'S ONE OF OUR KIDS,

THAT COULD LEAD
RIGHT BACK TO US.
THAT'S THE BIG BUGABOO HERE.

IF THEY FIGURE OUT
WHO SHOT THOSE KIDS,

THE REST OF IT IS GONNA
COME OUT FOR SURE.

AND I DON'T THINK ANY ONE
OF US WANTS TO EXPLAIN
TO OUR STOCKHOLDERS,

OR TO CORPORATE AMERICA,
WHAT THE HELL WE'RE UP TO.

LET'S JUST HOPE TO GOD
IT'S NOT ONE OF OUR KIDS.

[ Clicking ]

[ Door Opens ]

THAT'S A NICE,
TIGHT PATTERN.

I'M GONNA MAKE YOU GET YOURSELF
A PERMIT AND COME OUT HUNTING
WITH US THIS SEASON.

WELL, YOU KNOW ME, ANDY.
I'M ONLY GONNA DO THIS
'CAUSE IT'S MANDATORY.

WELL, YOU KNOW ME, FRANK.
I'M ALWAYS LOOKING FOR WAYS
TO GET YOU OUT OF YOUR OWN HEAD.

I GOT A CALL FROM
AN OLD FRIEND OF YOURS...

IN WASHINGTON STATE--
DETECTIVE GEIBELHOUSE.

HE WAS THE FIRST ON THE SCENE
AT THIS HIGH SCHOOL SHOOTING
WE HAD THIS MORNING.

HE ASKED FOR YOU.
WHAT'D YOU TELL HIM?

IT'S TOO SOON, AND I DIDN'T WANT
YOU OUT THERE, ESPECIALLY SINCE
IT'D BE LIKE GOING HOME.

YOU'RE GONNA HAVE TO LET ME
MAKE MY OWN WAY.

WHEN I REALLY NEED YOU, FRANK,
THEN I'LL CONSIDER IT.

ANYWAY, SAD AS IT IS,
THIS IS JUST KIDS AND GUNS.

"JUST KIDS AND GUNS"?

ONE STEP AT A TIME.

I TALKED TO ABOUT 50 KIDS.
THEY HONESTLY SEEM
WITHOUT A CLUE WHO DID THIS.

SOMEBODY... SAW SOMETHING.

I FEEL LIKE WE'RE NOT
GETTING SOMETHING HERE.

I DID GET ONE RED FLAG--

A KID NAMED BRANT CARMODY.

HE WAS VERY NONCOMMUNICATIVE
IN A KIND OF BELLIGERENT WAY.

I ASKED AN ADMINISTRATOR.
SHE SAID HE'S A TOUGH KID.

FOOTBALL STAR WHO QUIT THE TEAM
AND GAVE UP TWO OR THREE
BIG ATHLETIC SCHOLARSHIPS.

HE'S ALSO GOT
A JUVENILE RECORD HERE.

- WHAT WERE THE CHARGES?
- ASSAULT AND BATTERY TWICE.

ACCORDING TO
THE ADMINISTRATOR,

HE COMES FROM
A VERY WEALTHY FAMILY.
VERY.

HIS FATHER'S SOME FORTUNE 500
COMPUTER EXECUTIVE.

LET'S GO FIND HIM...

BEFORE HE WASHES OFF
THE POWDER RESIDUE.

I'M JUST SAYING
IT'S A RED FLAG.

RIGHT NOW, THAT'S ABOUT
THE ONLY FLAG WE'VE GOT.

[ Doorbell Chimes ]

STACEY CARMODY?
YES?

SORRY TO BOTHER YOU.
WE'D LIKE TO TALK
TO YOUR SON.

WHY?
[ Emma ]
IT'S OKAY, MRS. CARMODY.

WE SPOKE TO HIM EARLIER.
WE JUST HAD A FEW
FOLLOW-UP QUESTIONS.

HOW MANY PEOPLE
DOES IT TAKE?

I DON'T HAVE TO LET
YOU IN, DO I?

- [ Gunshot ]
- [ Gasps ]

BECKER, KITCHEN!
HOLLIS, UPSTAIRS!
WALLACE, FOLLOW ME!

CALL 911.

MY SON JUST SHOT HIMSELF.

[ Baldwin ]
OH, GOD.

THE GUN ON THE LEFT
IS A NINE-MILLIMETER
SMITH AND WESSON HANDGUN...

WITH A 15-ROUND MAGAZINE.

IT'S THE GUN USED
BY BRANT CARMODY
IN HIS OWN SUICIDE.

IT WAS REGISTERED
TO HIS FATHER,

PURCHASED THROUGH
A WHOLESALE DEALER
IN MISSOULA, MONTANA.

IT IS IDENTICAL...
TO THE GUN ON THE RIGHT,

PURCHASED THROUGH THE SAME
DEALER AND ALSO REGISTERED TO
BRANT'S FATHER, CHRISTOPHER.

BOTH WERE PURCHASED,
ACCORDING TO MR. CARMODY,
FOR HOME DEFENSE.

THE GUNS WERE BOTH
LOCKED IN A CABINET.
BOTH HAD TRIGGER LOCKS.

AND BOTH WEAPONS,
UPON BEING RECOVERED, NOT ONLY
HAD BEEN RECENTLY FIRED,

BUT HAD BRANT CARMODY'S
FINGERPRINTS ON THEM.

NOW, AS BRANT CARMODY
FITS A CERTAIN PROFILE
AS A YOUTH OFFENDER...

AND HAD A HISTORY
OF VIOLENT BEHAVIOR,
IT WAS MY DEDUCTION...

AND THE DEDUCTION OF
THOSE WHO ACCOMPANIED ME
TO THE SCENE OF THE SHOOTING...

THAT HE FIRED THIS WEAPON,
THAT HE ACTED ALONE,

AND THAT HIS MOTIVES,
ALTHOUGH UNCERTAIN,
CAN BE ATTRIBUTED...

TO WHAT HIS COUNSELORS SAY
WAS A STRONG TENDENCY TO ACT OUT
WHATEVER RAGE HE WAS FEELING.

WE'VE WRAPPED UP OUR REPORTS
AND OUR INVESTIGATION.

WE'VE HANDED OVER OUR FINDINGS
TO THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
AND THE SEATTLE P.D.,

WHO WILL NOW HANDLE THIS MATTER
FOR THE UNINCORPORATED
COMMUNITY OF REDLAND.

AND WE WOULD LIKE,
WITHOUT ANY FURTHER QUESTIONS,

TO CONSIDER THIS
UNFORTUNATE MATTER CLOSED.

ALL RIGHT. GOOD.

UNLESS SOMEBODY HAS SOMETHING,
I'D LIKE TO MOVE ON.

WHY DO YOU ASSUME
IT WAS SUICIDE?

UM, TWO REASONS:

THE ANGLE OF ENTRY
ON THE WOUND...

AND THE FACT THAT
HIS FINGERPRINTS WERE
ALL OVER THE TRIGGER LOCK,

WHICH HAD TO BE REMOVED
BEFORE THE WEAPON
COULD BE DISCHARGED.

HMM. THAT'S
A VERY WEAK DEDUCTION.

I'M NOT SAYING
THAT YOU'RE WRONG.

I THINK THAT THE ASSUMPTION
THAT YOU MAKE ABOUT
THE SECOND SHOOTING...

IS THE BASIS FOR YOUR ASSUMPTION
ABOUT THE FIRST SHOOTING.

DID ANYONE TEST THE PARENTS
FOR POWDER BURNS?

WELL, WE DIDN'T TEST
THE MOTHER BECAUSE WE
WERE TALKING TO HER...

ON HER DOORSTEP
WHEN THE GUN WENT OFF.

AND, NO, WE DIDN'T
CHECK THE FATHER.

WAS THAT SOMETHING THAT YOU
OVERLOOKED, AGENT BALDWIN,

OR WAS THAT A DECISION YOU MADE
IN YOUR INVESTIGATION?

IT WAS A DECISION I MADE
BASED ON THE CIRCUMSTANCES.

WHERE WERE
THE TRIGGER LOCKS FOUND?

MR. CARMODY HANDED THEM
OVER TO US ALONG WITH
SEVERAL OTHER HANDGUNS...

THAT HE ASKED US
TO REMOVE FROM THE HOUSE.

SO, HIS FINGERPRINTS
WERE ON THOSE AS WELL?

WHY, UM-- WELL,
OF COURSE THEY WERE.

[ McClaren ]
OKAY, LET'S, UH,
TABLE THIS FOR NOW...

AND MOVE ON TO
THE NEXT ORDER OF BUSINESS.

[ Men Clearing Throats ]

I WASN'T TRYING
TO HUMILIATE HIM, ANDY.

IT'S THAT LAX KIND
OF POLICE WORK WE SEE
ALL TOO OFTEN.

I HAVE SPOKEN TO BALDWIN.
I AM REASSURED HE MADE
THE RIGHT DECISIONS OUT THERE.

WHAT ARE YOU AFRAID OF?

WE WEREN'T OUT THERE, FRANK.
NOW, YOU'RE JUST PRESSURING ME
BECAUSE I WOULDN'T LET YOU GO.

WHAT IS THERE
ABOUT THIS CASE?

YOU WANT THE F.B.I.
TO QUESTION THIS MAN,
A MAJOR BUSINESS FIGURE,

WITH THE KIND
OF EVIDENCE WE'VE GOT?

I SEND BALDWIN BACK THERE NOW,
I AM GONNA BE THE POINT MAN
IN A TABLOID MEDIA CIRCUS.

- SEND ME.
- I AM NOT GOING TO BE
STRONG-ARMED LIKE THIS, FRANK.

I'M NOT ASKING YOU.
I'M TELLING YOU.
I WANNA GO OUT THERE.

AND IF YOU SAY NO,
I UNDERSTAND.

I'LL JUST TURN IN
MY CREDENTIALS,
AND I'LL GO HOME FOR GOOD,

BECAUSE I'M NOT USED TO SEEING
YOU OR MYSELF SITTING ON OUR
HANDS IN ANY KIND OF MEETING.

[ Doorbell Rings ]

[ Jordan ]
I'LL GET IT.
[ Door Opens ]

- JORDAN?
- THERE'S SOMEBODY HERE
FOR YOU, DADDY.

WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT
ANSWERING THE DOOR WITHOUT
FINDING OUT WHO'S THERE?

HI. I'M SORRY.
I TOLD HER I WORK WITH YOU.

IT'S OKAY. COME IN. HEY.

[ Grunts ]
NOW, WHAT DID I TEACH YOU
ABOUT THIS, HUH?

NOT TO ANSWER THE DOOR
BECAUSE PEOPLE AREN'T ALWAYS
WHO THEY SAY THEY ARE.

UH-HUH. OKAY.

I'M SORRY.
HOW CAN I HELP YOU?

I'M SORRY.
I SHOULD'VE CALLED FIRST.

I DROVE AROUND
THE BLOCK THREE TIMES--

NO, IT WAS MORE
LIKE FIVE TIMES-- BEFORE
I DECIDED TO RING THE BELL.

SO YOU WEREN'T JUST
IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD?

YOU'RE... GOING OUT THERE,
AREN'T YOU, TO REDLAND?
WHY?

BECAUSE IF YOU ARE,
THERE'S SOMETHING
I NEED TO SHOW YOU--

SOMETHING AGENT BALDWIN
LEFT OUT OF HIS REPORT.

I FOUND THIS AT THE CRIME SCENE.
I'VE INTERVIEWED EVERY KID.

NO ONE WANTS TO CLAIM IT
OR CLAIMS THEY'VE EVER SEEN IT,
BUT THERE'S AN INSCRIPTION...

TO ONE OF THE CHEERLEADERS
WHO DIED IN THE SHOOTING--
TAMMY MEADOR.

WHY DON'T YOU GO UP
AND FINISH PACKING TO GO
TO GRANDMA AND GRANDPA'S,

OKAY?
OKAY.

YEAH.

IS SHE GOING WITH YOU
ON YOUR TRIP, DADDY?

NO, HONEY.
GO GET READY.

"SKYLARK."

I ASSUME THAT'S
NOT THE ACCUSED SHOOTER'S
HANDWRITING.

NO, IT'S NOT.
I CHECKED THAT.

IT'S A BOOK OF PRAYERS
FROM THE DARK AGES, WHICH
I THOUGHT WAS KIND OF WEIRD.

IT JUST DOESN'T SEEM
LIKE SOMETHING YOU'D FIND
IN A HIGH SCHOOL GYM.

"THE DAYS ARE NUMBERED,
HISTORY COUNTING BACKWARDS...

"AS WE COUNT FORWARD
TO A NEW DARK AGE.

"THOUGH NOT ALL WILL SURVIVE,
I WOULD RATHER DIE...

THAN LIVE KNOWING
I DIDN'T TRY TO SAVE YOU."

IT'S A WARNING.

IT MEANS SOMEONE OUT THERE
KNOWS ABOUT THIS.

YOU WERE OUT THERE.
YOU WANNA GO BACK
AND FOLLOW UP.

[ Sighs ]

GO PACK. I'LL LET ANDY
McCLAREN KNOW I'M REQUESTING
SOMEONE TO ASSIST ME.

[ Door Closes ]

[ Gunshots ]

[ Car Door Closes ]

I GUESS THE PROBLEM'S
FIXED NOW.

HOW DO YOU MEAN,
"FIXED," CHRIS?

THE F.B.I.'s CLOSING
THEIR INVESTIGATION. WE WON'T
BE ANSWERING ANY MORE QUESTIONS.

YOU TOLD HIM,
DIDN'T YOU, CHRIS?

YOU TOLD YOUR SON
ABOUT WHAT WE'RE DOING.

I HAD TO.

I HAD TO.
STACEY INSISTED.

THAT'S WHY HE WENT CRAZY.
YOU CAN'T TELL A KID...

EVERYTHING'S GONNA BE
TAKEN AWAY FROM HIM
AND EXPECT HIM TO DEAL WITH IT.

NOTHING'S FIXED, CHRIS.

I JUST GOT A CALL
FROM DETECTIVE GEIBELHOUSE,

SAYING TWO F.B.I. AGENTS
ARE COMING OUT TO ASK
MORE QUESTIONS.

I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU
THINK I CAN TELL YOU.

YOU AND BRANT CARMODY
WERE DATING.

HE WAS YOUR BOYFRIEND
IS WHAT WE WERE TOLD.
[ Door Opens ]

[ Approaching Footsteps ]
YEAH, HE WAS.

WE WENT OUT FOR ABOUT
THREE YEARS, BUT WE BROKE UP
AT THE BEGINNING OF THIS YEAR.

WHY IS THAT?

EXCUSE ME. GO AHEAD.

WHY DID YOU
BREAK UP, KATHY?

[ Sighs ]
BRANT, I DON'T KNOW--
HE JUST KIND OF CHANGED.

- HE BECAME A DIFFERENT PERSON.
- [ Soda Can Pops ]

WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
HE BECAME REALLY NEGATIVE.

HE QUIT FOOTBALL.

HE QUIT SCHOOL, BASICALLY.

HE WAS HERE, BUT NOT REALLY.
HE WAS, LIKE, NUMB.

- LIKE DEPRESSED?
- NO.

HE WOULD TALK ABOUT
THE END OF THE WORLD,

AND HE WOULD GET
REALLY SCARY.

- WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
"THE END OF THE WORLD"?
- LIKE EVERYTHING COLLAPSING--

BANKS AND GOVERNMENTS
AND ORDER AND SOCIETY.

AND HE WOULD
TOTALLY BELIEVE IT.

KATHY.

DO YOU THINK
HE SHOT THOSE KIDS?

I THINK EVERYONE
THINKS HE DID.

WHAT DO YOU THINK?

[ Sniffles ]

BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND
WHY HE WOULD KILL HIMSELF.

THAT WASN'T LIKE BRANT.

HE WAS ANGRY AT EVERYONE ELSE.
WHY WOULD HE KILL HIMSELF?

KATHY, DO YOU KNOW
WHO SKYLARK IS? HMM?

I FOUND HIM HERE ON THE FLOOR
IN HIS PAJAMAS.

WAS THIS BED MADE
OR UNMADE?

THE BED WAS UNMADE.

I'M ASSUMING THEY HAVE
FULL-TIME HELP.
YEAH.

IS THIS THE ONLY ACCESS
TO THIS ROOM?

AND YOU ARE CERTAIN
NO ONE ELSE OTHER THAN
THE FATHER...

WAS IN THIS AREA
OF THE HOUSE
AT THE TIME OF DEATH?

TO BE HONEST, NO ONE
REALLY CHECKED, AND THERE WERE
ABOUT FIVE OF US HERE TOO.

[ Screams ]

I THINK THAT BRANT CARMODY
DID, IN FACT, KILL THOSE KIDS.

I THINK THAT HIS RAGE...

WAS DRIVEN BY HIS ABSOLUTE
CONVICTION THAT THE END
OF THE WORLD WAS COMING...

AND THAT NOTHING,

NOT EVEN THE TAKING
OF HIS CLASSMATES' LIVES,
MATTERED ANYMORE.

BUT HIS DEATH...
WAS NOT A SUICIDE.

HE WAS MURDERED, WASN'T HE?

[ Phone Ringing ]

[ Indistinct Chatter ]
MM-HMM.

[ Phone Ringing ]

RIGHT HERE?

HI.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I WAS TALKING
TO THAT PROGRAMMER.

HE SAYS YOU GUYS WORKED OUT
THE PROBLEM WITH THE CHIPS.
YOU GUYS FIXED EVERYTHING.

IT'S TOO LATE-- NO MATTER
WHAT ANYONE TELLS YOU.

COME HERE.

WE SHOULDN'T BE TALKING
ABOUT THIS, ESPECIALLY AFTER
WHAT HAPPENED AT THE SCHOOL.

BRANT TALKED ABOUT IT.
HE WAS TELLING EVERYBODY
WHAT HAPPENED.

YOU'RE NOT GONNA DO THAT.
YOU'RE GONNA BE STRONG, AND
YOU'RE GONNA KEEP THIS A SECRET.

WHY? COME ON. THAT'S WHAT
I WANT TO KNOW. WHY?

BECAUSE THAT'S THE ONLY WAY
WE'RE GONNA SURVIVE.

IF EVERYONE KNOWS,
NONE OF US IS GONNA MAKE IT.

[ People Chattering ]

[ Woman ]
AGENT BALDWIN, I JUST
HAVE THIS ONE QUESTION.

WHAT IS THE F.B.I.'s
INVOLVEMENT IN THIS CASE?

AGENT BALDWIN,
JUST THIS ONE QUESTION.

[ Reporters Clamoring ]

KEEP THEM OUTTA HERE!

HOW LONG DO WE HAVE TO WAIT
FOR THIS LAWYER OF YOURS,
MR. CARMODY?

YOU PEOPLE ARE OUT OF CONTROL.
YOU COULDN'T FIND
THE PERSON...

WHO SHOT THOSE KIDS
AT THE HIGH SCHOOL.

SO, YOU BLAME MY SON. NOW YOU
WANT TO BLAME MY HUSBAND.
YOU JUST NEED SOMEONE TO BLAME!

THAT'S ENOUGH, STACEY.
THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE GOOD AT!
YOU CAN'T-- [ Sobs ]

STOP THE VIOLENCE,
SO YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT LOOK LIKE
YOU'RE ACTUALLY DOING SOMETHING!

STACEY, THAT'S ENOUGH.

- DID YOUR SON EVER TALK TO YOU
ABOUT THE END OF THE WORLD?
- THE END OF THE WORLD?

ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN OF SOCIETY?
ABOUT FUTILITY?

I DON'T KNOW. HE--

WHAT?
HE WAS A KID.

HE HAD PROBLEMS.

YOU GOT KIDS?
I GOT KIDS.

- THEY GET ANGRY AT ME, BUT I
DON'T BLOW THEIR HEADS OFF.
- I DID NOT KILL MY SON!

THAT'S INTERESTING, 'CAUSE
WE CHECKED OUT A FEW THINGS
THAT DON'T QUITE MAKE SENSE.

THE CORONER'S PATHOLOGIST SAID
YOUR SON STILL HAD TOOTHPASTE...

IN HIS MOUTH FROM BRUSHING
HIS TEETH BEFORE HE WENT TO BED.

AND YOU KNOW
WHEN WE FOUND HIM DEAD,
HE WAS ALREADY IN HIS JAMMIES.

I WANT TO KNOW WHY A KID
WHO'S SO UPSET GETS READY
FOR BED LIKE THAT...

BEFORE HE OFFS HIMSELF.

AND THAT'S WHAT
YOU'RE BASING THIS ON?

I'M NOT GONNA NEED
A LAWYER. YOU ARE.

[ Computer Beeping ]

[ Modem Dialing ]

[ Modem Trilling ]

[ Beeping ]

[ No Audible Dialogue ]

[ Printer Whirring ]

WHAT'D YOU FIND?

FRANK BLACK.

WE BETTER TALK RIGHT NOW.

[ Geibelhouse ]
WHAT'S GOING ON?

[ Baldwin ] WHO'S SKYLARK?

WE DON'T KNOW.
WELL, HE, SHE
OR WHOEVER IT IS...

SENT THIS E-MAIL
TO THE VICTIM.

DID YOU READ THIS?
IT'S A DEATH THREAT.

- IT SWEARS REVENGE FOR KILLING
THE CHEERLEADER, TAMMY MEADOR.
- WHEN WAS THIS SENT?

HALF HOUR BEFORE
THE TIME OF DEATH.

HOW DOES THAT WORK?
HIS DAD SENDS HIS OWN KID
A DEATH THREAT?

NO. SKYLARK WAS
SOMEONE ELSE.

-SO WHAT ARE WE SAYING?
-THE FATHER DIDN'T KILL HIS KID.
SOMEBODY ELSE DID.

[ Baldwin ]
LOOKS LIKE YOU GOT
A REAL MESS TO CLEAN UP HERE.

CAN YOU GET TO
THE INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
AND FIND OUT WHO SKYLARK IS?

DO IT QUICKLY AND QUIETLY,

BECAUSE AS SOON AS
THEY KNOW THAT WE KNOW,

SKYLARK'S LIFE'S
GONNA BE IN DANGER.

- WHAT'S GOIN' ON?
- I JUST GOT A CALL
FROM THE F.B.I....

ABOUT GARY KING'S KID.

THEY'RE LOOKING FOR
YOUR SON, CARLTON, GARY.

WHY?
[ Gary ]
I DON'T KNOW WHY.

THEY SAY HE HAS SOME
ONLINE NAME-- SKYLARK--

AND THAT HE MADE
A DEATH THREAT
TO BRANT CARMODY.

YOU TOLD HIM, DIDN'T YOU?
HE KNOWS ABOUT OUR PLAN.

HE FIGURED IT OUT.
THESE KIDS ARE SCARED.

YOU THINK THEY'RE SCARED NOW?
WAIT TILL IT ALL HITS THE FAN!

[ Computer Keys Tapping ]

[ Knocking ]
YEAH?

WE HAVE AN A.P.B. OUT
ON CARLTON KING.

I GOT ROADBLOCKS GOING UP,
BUT HE'S GONE, FRANK.

WE'RE DOING A BACKGROUND
CHECK ON HIS FAMILY. LOOK AT
THESE CREDIT CARD TRANSACTIONS.

FOR THE LAST YEAR,
THEY SPENT SEVERAL HUNDRED
THOUSAND DOLLARS...

ON THINGS LIKE GAS GENERATORS,
SOLAR PANELING,

BARBED WIRE,

NONPERISHABLE FOOD ITEMS.

THE LIST GOES ON,

INCLUDING AN ARMS PURCHASE
FROM THAT SAME WHOLESALER
IN MONTANA...

OF FOUR
M16 ASSAULT RIFLES.

GARY KING, HIS FATHER, IS
ALSO ON A DEED OF TRUST...

WITH THE 11 EXECUTIVES
WHO RUN COMLOGIC...

IN THE PURCHASE OF 14,000
ACRES OF HIGH DESERT LAND
IN EASTERN WASHINGTON STATE.

THAT'S STRANGE TASTES FOR
A MAN WHO'S MADE HIS FORTUNE
IN HIGH TECHNOLOGY.

WHAT ARE THEY PREPARING FOR?
THE FAILURE OF TECHNOLOGY,
THE YEAR 2000,

WHEN COMPUTER CHIPS
DESIGNED TO ONLY RECOGNIZE
TWO DIGITS...

THINK THAT WE'VE MADE A LEAP
BACKWARDS A HUNDRED YEARS.

THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

IS THAT GONNA HAPPEN?

[ Frank ]
THEY BELIEVE IT WILL.

YOU HAVE TO PICK UP
THIS GARY KING...

AND EVERYBODY WHOSE NAME APPEARS
ON THIS DEED OF TRUST.

I'M ALL OVER IT.

THERE'S NOTHING ILLEGAL HERE.
WHAT ARE YOU GONNA ARREST
THESE MEN FOR?

I JUST DON'T BUY IT--

THAT SKYLARK, CARLTON KING,

HE SNUCK INTO THAT HOUSE
AND KILLED HIS CLASSMATE.

YOU STILL THINK
IT WAS THE FATHER?
YEAH.

[ Knocking ]
YEAH.

[ Knocking ]
YEAH?

BACK UP! GO INSIDE!

BACK UP! GO INSIDE!

DON'T, HOLLIS.

- I'LL SHOOT YOU. I SWEAR!
- YOU'RE NOT GONNA SHOOT
ANYBODY, CARLTON, NO.

THAT'S WHAT YOU'RE SAYING,
ISN'T IT? YOU'RE SAYING
THAT I KILLED BRANT!

[ Frank ]
WE FOUND YOUR LETTER.
I WOULD'VE KILLED HIM.

HE KILLED TAMMY.
YOU DON'T WANNA HURT
ANYONE, CARLTON.

THAT'S WHY YOU GAVE TAMMY
THAT BOOK-- TO WARN HER.

WHAT YOU'RE DOING RIGHT NOW
IS VERY SERIOUS.

AND IF YOU'RE INNOCENT,
YOU DON'T WANT TO MAKE
THIS KIND OF MISTAKE.

WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
IT'S WHAT'S GONNA HAPPEN
ANYWAY, ISN'T IT?

WON'T BE ANY POLICE...

OR F.B.I.

-MY DAD SAYS IT'S GONNA BE
EVERY MAN FOR HIMSELF.
-WHY DID YOU COME HERE, CARLTON?

'CAUSE I'M AFRAID THEY'RE
GONNA DO THE SAME THING TO ME
THEY DID TO BRANT.

NOBODY'S GONNA
HURT YOU, CARLTON.

YOU'VE GOT
TO LET US HELP YOU.

[ Sobbing ]

[ Sobbing Continues ]

[ Sighs ]

DO YOU KNOW WHO THOSE CARS
BELONG TO, CARLTON?

YES.

THIS IS WHERE WE KEEP
ALL THE STUFF WE'RE
GONNA USE TO SURVIVE.

YOU READY?

I WANT YOU TO STAY
IN THE CAR, CARLTON. OKAY?

ANYTHING HAPPENS-- HERE--

I WANT YOU TO GO GET HELP.

OKAY.

WE SHOULD BE CALLING
FOR BACKUP NOW.

THEY HAVE A LOT OF FIREPOWER.
IT COULD TURN INTO
A STANDOFF IN SECONDS.

- WHAT ARE YOU GONNA DO?
- I DON'T KNOW.

BUT I THINK WE SHOULD WAIT
UNTIL THEY COME OUTSIDE
AND GET IN THEIR CARS.

BUT WE CAN'T LET 'EM LEAVE.

[ Gunshots ]

DOWN.

- [ Cocks Trigger ]
- [ Emma ]
F.B.I. DROP YOUR WEAPON.

[ Gunshots ]

FRANK!

[ Keys Jingling ]

FRANK, ARE YOU OKAY?

GARY?

GARY!

[ Emma ]
FRANK, HE'S GOING
AROUND THE TRUCK.

[ Gary ]
DAMN IT.

FRANK!

-GARY?
-THEY'RE UNDER THE CARS!
I NEED SOME MORE GUNS OUT HERE!

DAD?

- CARLTON!
- PUT THE GUN DOWN, GARY!

GET DOWN, CARLTON!
GET AWAY!

- MOVE, CARLTON!
- PUT THE GUN DOWN, GARY,
SO NOBODY GETS HURT!

DID YOU BRING HIM
OUT HERE, CARLTON?

HE'S NOT PART OF THIS.
HE'S JUST AFRAID.

- YOU BROUGHT THE F.B.I.
OUT HERE, DIDN'T YOU?
- PUT THE GUN DOWN, GARY.

THIS IS NOT A WAR.
THERE'S NO ENEMIES HERE.

PUT THE GUN DOWN.
SHOW YOUR SON THAT HE'S GOT
NOTHING TO BE AFRAID OF.

SHOW HIM THAT YOU
WON'T DO TO HIM WHAT
BRANT CARMODY'S FATHER DID.

- GARY?
- I'M HERE.

[ Gary ]
IT'S OKAY.

EVERYTHING'S
GONNA BE OKAY.

[ Stacey ]
IS IT TRUE, CHRIS?

DID YOU DO WHAT THEY SAY?

DID YOU?

HOW COULD YOU DO IT?
HOW COULD YOU KILL OUR SON?

ANSWER ME! ANSWER ME!

ANSWER--
[ Wailing ]

ANSWER ME!

ANSWER ME!

ANSWER ME!

MY SON WAS A KILLER.
I KNOW THAT DOESN'T
JUSTIFY WHAT I DID, BUT...

I DID IT TO SAVE MY WIFE
AND MY LITTLE GIRLS.

THEY WOULD STAY BEHIND
IF BRANT WAS IN JAIL, SEE.

YOU DON'T-- YOU DON'T
BELIEVE THIS, HUH?

YOU STILL DON'T BELIEVE IT.
IT'S GONNA HAPPEN.
YOU CAN'T STOP IT.

ALL THE CHIPS,
ALL THE POWER GRIDS
ARE GONNA FAIL.

I WORKED ON THOSE CHIPS.

I BUILT THEM.
WE CAN'T FIX THE PROBLEM
FAST ENOUGH.

THERE'LL BE NO BANKS.

THERE'LL BE NO POLICE.

THE AIRPORTS WILL FAIL,
AND TELEPHONES.

YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GET FOOD.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GET GAS.
YOU WON'T BE ABLE TO GET WATER.

HOW LONG WILL IT BE
BEFORE PEOPLE TAKE
TO THE STREETS WITH GUNS?

HOW LONG IS IT GONNA BE
BEFORE PEOPLE...
TURN INTO ANIMALS?

IS THAT WHAT IT TAKES
TO SAVE THE WORLD? KILLING
YOUR OWN FLESH AND BLOOD?

SAVING THE STRONG
AND LETTING THE WEAK DIE?

WHAT ALTERNATIVE
DID I HAVE?
LET'S GO.

[ Door Closes ]
[ Sighs ]

[ Phone Ringing ]

[ Phone Beeps ]

YES.
[ Emma ]
MR. BLACK?

YEAH.
IT'S EMMA.

I WANT TO SAY THANK YOU.
I DON'T KNOW FOR WHAT EXACTLY.

I'VE GOT TO FILL OUT
ALL THIS PAPERWORK,
AND I'VE NEVER DONE IT BEFORE.

FOR THE DISCHARGE OF MY WEAPON,
THEY MAKE YOU ACCOUNT
FOR EVERY SHELL.

I WAS HOPING I COULD LOOK
AT YOUR REPORT.

I DIDN'T FIRE
MY WEAPON, AGENT HOLLIS.
I WASN'T EVEN CARRYING IT.

YOU WERE RELYING ON ME?

I WAS RELYING ON
MY EXPERIENCE... AND YOU.

YOU DID AN EXCELLENT JOB,
AGENT HOLLIS.

DO YOU THINK
WHAT HE SAID WAS TRUE--

ABOUT THE BREAKDOWN OF SOCIETY
AT THE MILLENNIUM?

I THINK THE ONLY WAY WE'RE GONNA
SURVIVE IS BY OUR HUMANITY.

IF WE LOSE THAT,
THEN THERE'S NOTHING.
GOOD NIGHT, AGENT HOLLIS.

[ Beeps ]

[ Frank Narrating ]
IT IS PROPHESIED
THAT WHEN THE END COMES,

IT WILL COME IN DARKNESS.

A CATASTROPHE ALL FORESAW...

BUT FEW BELIEVED.

MOST OF US WILL BATTLE
TOO LATE AGAINST THE CHAOS,

BUT NOT THE FEW,
THE RADICAL FEW,

WHO OBEY NO DISCIPLINES.

UNENCUMBERED BY CONSCIENCE,
THEY PREPARE RUTHLESSLY,

PURSUING THEIR OWN PRESERVATION.

IF THEY SURVIVE,
WHILE THE REST OF US PERISH,

NONE WILL WEEP
FOR THE CIVILIZED,

THE PRINCIPLED, US--

NONE BUT GOD HIMSELF.

[ Child ]
I MADE THIS!