The Invaders (1967–1968): Season 2, Episode 14 - The Believers - full transcript
David Vincent has finally connected with several others who know the invaders are here, including industrialist Edgar Scoville. But immediately following a meeting, David and three of the Believers are ambushed. David is captured and his friends killed. But when he proves invulnerable to hypnosis, the aliens devise a new scheme to enlist David's unwitting aid in tracking down and murdering the rest of the Believers.
Charles Ruselli.
I'm expected.
Ruselli?
Do you have the
time, Mr. Ruselli?
Six minutes to noon.
Room 5-A, in the basement.
Sorry.
Yes.
Good, and four here make ten.
Uh, yesterday.
Did you get ours?
Well, we go along
with most of it,
but we differ on two points.
We don't think there are
that many of them here yet.
Well, all right, but we agree
there aren't so many
that they can't be stopped.
And secondly, uh... we don't
know the time factor, either.
We're presuming we
have a year at the most.
We may have
something to add on that.
Page three... paragraph two.
Find that?
We have a fair
fix on their galaxy,
and when we get that down,
we can tell how long it
takes them to get here
and then... we
start to track them.
And, uh, who knows?
We may have a little fun raising
Cain with them for a change.
We'll need the
computers for that.
I can fly out to San Francisco
the weekend of the... 29th.
He'll need the
computers the 29th.
They're available.
You have them.
Good.
Anything else we
haven't covered?
We'll be sending two
reports to you this week...
Weapons systems and
internal communications.
That's a start.
Anything else?
Anything else?
Nothing here.
Anybody?
I've opened the bank accounts.
One here in New York
and one in San Francisco.
I'll add to them as needed.
It's going to be a pleasure
doing business with you, friend.
We have a deal.
It's hard to believe, isn't it?
After all this time, people
like that to count on.
The beginning of the end.
Or the end of the beginning.
Good-bye, Mr. Singeiser.
Things are going to be
a little different around
here now. I hope so.
Computers, physicists,
a man like Scoville.
What did they think...
They were fooling with amateurs?
Run! Run!
Starring Roy Thinnes as
architect David Vincent.
The invaders...
alien beings from
a dying planet.
Their destination... the Earth.
Their purpose... to
make it their world.
David Vincent has seen them.
For him, it began one lost night
on a lonely country road
looking for a shortcut
that he never found.
It began with a
closed, deserted diner
and a man too long without sleep
to continue his journey.
It began with the landing of
a craft from another galaxy.
Now David Vincent knows
that the invaders are here,
that they have taken human form.
Somehow, he must
convince a disbelieving world
that the nightmare
has already begun.
The guest stars
in tonight's story:
Carol Lynley...
Anthony Eisley...
Donald Davis... Kent Smith...
Reese Williams.
Finally it has happened.
A group of people
have banded together,
believers who have seen,
who know what
David Vincent knows--
That alien beings have
found their way here
and that they must be destroyed.
A group of believers
who, by their very nature,
become the aliens'
chief target for extinction.
Can you hear me?
Who are you?
David.
Where am I?
You're in a sealed-off basement
30 feet below the ground.
There's no way out of here.
What do you want?
The others.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
These were found
in your briefcase.
"Hand weapons,
models 'A, ' 'B' and 'C'...
"nomenclature and ballistics,
"table of command,
"regeneration,
vulnerability to
electronic detection."
There has been a
great deal of research.
Who are the others?
I want them all.
There were only four of us.
Singeiser, Farnham,
Ruselli and myself.
None of you are weapons experts.
Somebody else
prepared these reports.
How many of you are there?
How many are there?
Four of us.
You made a breakthrough
several months ago.
You began to get evidence
to get people to
believe your story.
Powerful people, like the
head of Singeiser Computers.
You formed a group.
We had to stop them.
You had to find people
who knew how to stop them.
I won't tell.
Who are they, David?
Where can we find them?
Ruselli... Ruselli...
Ruselli is dead.
There are others to consider.
Who are they?
Stanley Levy, H&S
Research, New York.
James Cunningham,
Holborn College.
Marie Stiles, New York City.
Colonel Frederic
Bell, Fort Benning.
Dr. Louise Havemeyer,
Johns Hopkins.
Samuel Leader, Los Angeles.
Who else?
No more.
Ruselli... Singeiser...
Farnham... dead now.
There are only seven of us.
Put him to sleep.
Room eight.
How long will he sleep?
Until tomorrow.
By then, we'll have them all.
There's a mistake.
Dr. James Cunningham
died of pneumonia in 1964.
You're sure?
I checked the
registration office myself.
Very well.
There's nothing more.
Professor
Cunningham died in '64.
The names Vincent
gave us were false.
There's a possibility...
There's no
possibility of anything.
Colonel Frederic Bell
was killed in Korea in 1952,
and there's no record at all
of any of the others...
Of any of them.
He gave us those
names under hypnosis.
They found some way to render
hypnotic interrogation useless.
They must, each of them, have
undergone hypnosis beforehand
and had a set of false names
planted in their
subconscious minds.
They're anticipating
us, Torberg.
That makes them dangerous.
It must have been kind of
cramped in there for you.
I know how it feels.
I spent three days myself
in a disciplinary
lockup back home.
Is this where I'm staying?
You'll have a lot
more room here.
Well, it's empty.
What are you doing?
I'm sorry I have to do this.
You won't feel a thing.
It'll just look to the world
like you disappeared.
It's not that I want to do it.
Get back.
Good morning.
Who are you?
Oh, I'm Lieutenant Harper,
and you're in suite 405
in Samuel Ford Military
Hospital in Tulsa...
which makes you a
very important patient.
Carry on, Lieutenant.
I hope you like the
accommodations.
Yeah, they're fine.
I'm Colonel Newcomb,
United States
Military Intelligence.
Lieutenant Harper is one of us,
so you can speak
freely in front of her.
How did you find me?
Our men were on their
way to the Singeiser plant
the night you were attacked.
We'd been keeping a
tag on him for some time.
Why?
We were his liaison on the
new missile guidance system.
He had spoken to
me about the aliens.
I was worried about him...
for the wrong reasons.
You probably thought
he was losing his mind.
I was convinced of it.
We hoped the aberrations
would be temporary.
If I had believed him,
he... might be alive now.
Well, you seem to be
taking it well enough.
I accept my responsibility.
Why didn't your men intervene
when we were being attacked?
We did, but we arrived too late.
Sergeant Bryant was
killed immediately.
Sergeant Kilmer gave
us a description of the car
before he died.
I'm sorry. I never
even said thank you.
There's no need for thanks.
The important thing is
the safety of the group.
I have enough
reason to believe now
that they're all in danger.
We have to collect the others
and put all of you
under direct protection.
Before you do that, uh...
will you raise that blind?
I'd like to see the sunlight.
You've been away from
the sunlight for three days.
Dr. Cortlandt wants the
exposure to be gradual.
Is that really why you
won't raise the blind?
Is it really?
Mr. Vincent.
What's the matter, Lieutenant?
I can't find a
pulse. Why is that?
All right, get out.
There's no way out of here
for you, Mr. Vincent.
♪ ♪
You're the new
prisoner, aren't you?
No, I'm a houseguest.
Meet me later in the library.
What do you want there?
The testing files.
I'm doing research
for Dr. Torberg.
The material must
be used in here.
I understand.
When you're finished with that,
ring for someone to
open the file for you.
Yes.
Have you been here for long?
Five or six days.
I'm not sure.
I would have made contact before
but I just found out about you.
We've got to get out of here.
Who are you?
My name is Elyse Reynolds.
You're David Vincent.
I've seen your
name in the files.
You're scheduled to run
through some tests that I work on.
I'm a psychologist.
Why did they bring you here?
They needed me.
I was doing work in an area
that was of some
interest to them.
I've been here for
nearly three months.
Can't help you.
No, you must.
You have to.
They're planning something,
and we've got to stop it.
Look, listen to me.
They brought me here
because I'm a psychologist.
I was working in the
field of crowd behavior...
Mass responses to disasters.
They plan to attack the cities
by starting fires and floods
and power breakdowns.
Look, they're going
to cut the leaders off
from contact with the people.
They're planning to
start it in Los Angeles
a week from tomorrow,
and if they succeed,
they'll have a way
of turning every major city
into a panic-stricken mob.
Sorry.
Don't you understand
what I'm trying to tell you?
Just tell your commander
to stop wasting his time.
Are you insane? Do you
think I'm one of them?!
They don't bleed.
Or maybe you don't know that.
Satisfied?
There's no way out of here.
Yes, there is.
Corridor pass.
Yes.
Well, I know it's here.
Oh, here it is.
This is the wrong pass.
Oh, well, I'll see if I
can find another one.
Just a moment.
I want the corridor pass. Yes.
No, over there.
Whatever you can find out, Ed.
She said it happened
about three months ago.
Done. Now, we have a
company suite at the Stanton.
Stay there.
Who are you going
to call first? Hellman.
Good. I'll send
Bob and Mary out.
They can help in Sacramento.
And this time, take
care of yourself, will you?
You, too.
I'll get back to you tomorrow.
David? I thought I
recognized those two men.
Hotel Stanton.
David!
Make a left turn.
That's headed for
the freight terminal.
I don't care. Make a left turn.
Now, there's a car following us.
You'll have to lose him.
Just what I need.
All right, let us off
around the next corner
and then head
for a police station.
They see we're not with
you, they'll let you alone.
What's the matter?
We're going to have to split up.
Why?
It's too dangerous for you.
But they're looking for me, too.
I know about them, too.
What is it, David?
Do you still think
I'm one of them?
I know you're not.
Then why don't you trust me?
It's not a matter of trust.
Well, what is it, then?
I have a job to do:
stopping them.
It's all I live for.
Do you understand?
But I can help you.
I don't want your help.
I can't afford to worry
about what happens to you.
Listen to me.
I'm not a fragile china doll.
I lived among them
for three months.
Before that, I never
needed anybody
to take care of me
or look after me.
I have no one to worry about
and no place to go.
Don't you have a family?
No.
Well... when I was
a child, I had a...
I had a brother.
I used to take care of him.
I raised him...
till he died.
So...
it doesn't matter much
what happens to me
or you.
Tell me about their plan.
They've compiled a list
of over 300 key officials:
the mayor, the chief of police.
People whose daily
orders keep a city running.
On the day of attack,
they plan to kill as
many as they can.
Other units will be sent out
to immobilize the communications
and power systems.
According to the
research we've done,
the hour after the
blackout is the most critical.
Having heard nothing
from their leaders...
No news, no communications...
People begin to panic.
The aliens plan
to broadcast a message
across all channels, saying that
a major earthquake has
developed along the fault line
and that people should
evacuate as... well...
whatever way they can.
Mass murder.
Yeah.
What can you do about it?
There's a group...
there are seven of us now
working against the aliens.
They know about us.
They killed three of us
the night they captured me.
I'll take you to meet them.
Better get some sleep.
Hello. Hello.
Well, come in.
Glad to see you.
David.
Professor Hellman.
Elyse Reynolds.
Hello. How do you do?
Make yourself at home.
Sit down. You'll forgive me
for not getting up to greet you
but you see, my daughter
insists that I am an invalid
and that I must take
care not to injure my heart.
Well, it's an honor to meet
you, Professor Hellman.
Well, thank you very much.
I would rather it was a
pleasure than an honor,
but an old man, I
suppose, must accept
whatever compliments
are forthcoming.
How are you, David?
Fine.
I was sorry I could
not be at your meeting.
You heard about
Singeiser and the rest.
Yes, I heard.
You were careless, all of you.
You cannot afford
to be careless.
Miss Reynolds, understand this:
Your life does not
belong to you now.
I understand.
Now, what about
this planned assault?
Well, I made some notes.
There are a few pages missing.
I hope they make sense.
Mm-hmm. Now, where and
when are they going to try this?
Here in Los
Angeles in five days.
Five days?
Well, I'll have to study this,
but from what you told me,
we should be able to
neutralize the assault
by protecting our central
communication points
and the key officials.
That is, if they
will believe us.
Now, I'll contact
the mayor's office tomorrow
after I've worked
out a proposal.
This is a lot of work for
a man in your condition.
Undoubtedly, but we
cannot take the chance
of involving more of
us than is necessary.
I, I believe you'd
better go now,
and I'll call you tomorrow.
Good-bye. Good-bye.
Bye, David.
So long.
Oh, take care of each other.
What kind of
psychologist were you?
Clinical. I worked in
a veteran's hospital.
Combat stress, war cases.
You know,
adjustment to disability.
What made you choose that line?
Oh, the work was
there to be done.
I would have thought you'd
be interested in children.
Now, why would you think that?
You said you
raised your brother.
Yeah.
I raised him.
What about it?
When did he die?
Three months ago.
The aliens killed him.
How did it happen?
We were out driving in the car.
He was 16.
Just got his driver's license.
And there was a
turn on the road.
We had to stop
because somebody
had set up barricades.
Then some people...
so we thought... came up to us.
There was something
strange about them.
I don't know what happened.
Next thing I knew, we got hit.
Charlie got hit.
Charlie got hurt...
badly.
So... they left him there...
to die.
They didn't need him anymore.
Yes.
When?
All right, all right.
David, what happened?
They found Hellman dead.
Had a heart attack.
I, uh... I guess we'll have
to start from the beginning.
Hello, Bob. Hello, David.
Mary.
Hello.
This is Elyse Reynolds.
She'll be working with us.
How do you do?
Glad to know you.
This is Mary and Bob Torin.
Shall we sit down? Mm.
What's it all about?
Mass hysteria.
Panic.
Supposed to start in LA.
Elyse has a rundown.
We've got to hurt them, David.
I suppose you're
upset about Hellman.
What do you think?
I loved that old goat.
I know.
Did your postgraduate
work with him, didn't you?
Yeah.
Let's get started. Right.
I've got a couple of
friends in Sacramento.
From what Scoville told us,
I think we go with everything.
Fine.
Mary, you go to
Sacramento tomorrow
and tell Olsen we need
his help with the governor.
I'll get fielding to
use his contacts
with the civil defense office.
That should give
us a running jump.
I don't think we'll
strike out there,
but if we do,
there's three more days
to try something else.
Now, is there anything
you need to know?
Uh, anything Scoville
didn't mention?
One thing puzzles me a little.
Why they should
allow an outsider
to have access to
their research data.
Well, it was a complex project,
and they were
short of personnel.
There were only a few
of them that were familiar
with the data on crowd behavior.
Did you work in
this field before?
Well, it was my specialty.
I had no idea what
they were planning.
Let's get started.
Well, Elyse, it'll be
good to work with you.
Thank you.
Good luck. Thank you.
Well, good-bye. Very
nice to have met you.
Bye-bye.
Be careful.
Bye-bye. Bye.
David!
Come on, Elyse!
Room 136... an emergency.
Get an ambulance right away.
Bob, there'll be a doctor here,
but we can't wait.
Let's go.
If you say it checks
out, it checks out.
I've already sent
you the clippings.
Is Torin going to make it?
The doctors think so.
I hate this.
We keep setting it up,
they keep knocking it down.
You'll have to call Jensen now.
Jensen?
Take care of yourself.
David, who was that?
A member of the group.
Dr. Jensen is going
to take Mary's place
in Sacramento.
But he'll be killed.
Not if he's careful.
Careful? What if
he isn't careful?!
What if they know
He'll just have to do
about him already?
The best he can.
But he'll be killed, David.
Then someone
will take his place.
Look, how can
you talk like that?
They're your friends!
Do you realize what we're doing?
What we're up against?
What's at stake?
I don't care what's at stake.
You're sending people
to be slaughtered.
Don't you feel anything?
What kind of a monster are you?!
Just listen to me. If I have
to, I'll sacrifice you, too.
They all knew
that from the start...
Singeiser, Hellman and
Mary... they all knew it.
So does Jensen,
and now you know it.
If you die, what'll I do?
You'll finish it.
It's up to you to meet Jensen.
By myself?
By yourself.
Tell me what to do.
It's almost daylight.
Take a cab...
go to Fourth Street
and Hopkins Avenue.
On the southwest corner,
there's a phone booth.
6:00 a.m., the phone will ring.
You answer it. It'll be Jensen.
He'll give you an address
where you can meet him.
You go there immediately and
tell him everything you know.
When will I see you again?
Jensen will tell you that.
It's after 5:00; you'd
better get going.
Hello?
MUFFLED MALE
VOICE: This is Jensen.
There's an abandoned bus
depot on East Williams Street
between Second and Third,
just 15 minutes walk
from where you are.
Be there at 6:15 exactly.
Dr. Jensen?
Dr. Jensen?
Dr. Jensen?!
What are you doing here?
Waiting for you.
Where's Dr. Jensen?
Another appointment.
I'm was supposed
to meet him here.
Yes, at 6:15. It's now 7:00.
I got tied up in traffic.
You were supposed to walk.
I told you on the phone
it was a 15-minute walk.
You told me?
That's right.
There is no Jensen.
I made the phone call.
Well, I... You've been
working with them
right along, haven't you?
You sent them
here to kill Jensen
the way you sent them
after Torin and his wife.
David, listen to me.
They never intended to
immobilize Los Angeles Listen to me.
Because they're not
strong enough for that yet.
So they had to find out
about us and destroy us,
but they couldn't break
me, so they sent you.
I didn't mean to.
They told me they weren't
going to kill anybody.
I had to, David.
They have my brother.
Your brother is
dead. No, he's alive.
I lied to you; I had to do it.
They said they were
going to kill him if I didn't.
When did you see him?
I think two days after
they kidnapped me.
I heard a recording
of his voice.
They said they were
taking him to a base
or something where...
where they'd treat his injuries.
When did you see him?
They... they let me talk
to him over the phone,
and I got letters from him.
Elyse, when did you see him?
I didn't see him!
Because he's dead.
Your brother is dead.
They let him die in that wreck.
I don't believe you.
You're trying to trick me.
I had someone check
on you and the accident
and that kidnap story.
It can't be true.
I know his voice.
Your brother is dead.
Dr. Hellman and
Mary died for nothing.
Vincent.
There's no way out of there.
You haven't got a chance.
You might as well come out now.
They're here to find out
about those other
two that they sent.
Elyse, I need your help.
This is your last warning.
Don't shoot! Don't
shoot! Don't...!
Don't shoot! Don't shoot!
Don't shoot!
How many of them in there?
Just Vincent.
The other one didn't show up.
You can get in behind
him from the other side.
Why? You want to atone
for getting two of
our people killed.
No. I'm horrified at
everything that I did,
but as your own
psychologist told you,
I didn't do it voluntarily.
If they blackmailed you once,
why couldn't they do it again?
My brother is dead.
They have nothing
else to use on me.
You want revenge.
No.
I want to stop them.
What makes you think
you're tough enough?
I was responsible for
getting your wife killed.
I think if I'm
willing to come in
and ask you to let
me join your group,
then I should really
be tough enough.
Say we let you.
What can you do for us?
I know them.
I'm a trained psychologist,
and a good one.
Vincent?
Yes.
If Bob says so.
Torin?
But it's got to be unanimous.
It is.
Thank you.
There are seven of
them now... believers...
aware of the presence
of alien beings here,
determined to destroy them.
Perhaps for us, it is
the end of the beginning.
Perhaps for the invaders,
the beginning of the end.
I'm expected.
Ruselli?
Do you have the
time, Mr. Ruselli?
Six minutes to noon.
Room 5-A, in the basement.
Sorry.
Yes.
Good, and four here make ten.
Uh, yesterday.
Did you get ours?
Well, we go along
with most of it,
but we differ on two points.
We don't think there are
that many of them here yet.
Well, all right, but we agree
there aren't so many
that they can't be stopped.
And secondly, uh... we don't
know the time factor, either.
We're presuming we
have a year at the most.
We may have
something to add on that.
Page three... paragraph two.
Find that?
We have a fair
fix on their galaxy,
and when we get that down,
we can tell how long it
takes them to get here
and then... we
start to track them.
And, uh, who knows?
We may have a little fun raising
Cain with them for a change.
We'll need the
computers for that.
I can fly out to San Francisco
the weekend of the... 29th.
He'll need the
computers the 29th.
They're available.
You have them.
Good.
Anything else we
haven't covered?
We'll be sending two
reports to you this week...
Weapons systems and
internal communications.
That's a start.
Anything else?
Anything else?
Nothing here.
Anybody?
I've opened the bank accounts.
One here in New York
and one in San Francisco.
I'll add to them as needed.
It's going to be a pleasure
doing business with you, friend.
We have a deal.
It's hard to believe, isn't it?
After all this time, people
like that to count on.
The beginning of the end.
Or the end of the beginning.
Good-bye, Mr. Singeiser.
Things are going to be
a little different around
here now. I hope so.
Computers, physicists,
a man like Scoville.
What did they think...
They were fooling with amateurs?
Run! Run!
Starring Roy Thinnes as
architect David Vincent.
The invaders...
alien beings from
a dying planet.
Their destination... the Earth.
Their purpose... to
make it their world.
David Vincent has seen them.
For him, it began one lost night
on a lonely country road
looking for a shortcut
that he never found.
It began with a
closed, deserted diner
and a man too long without sleep
to continue his journey.
It began with the landing of
a craft from another galaxy.
Now David Vincent knows
that the invaders are here,
that they have taken human form.
Somehow, he must
convince a disbelieving world
that the nightmare
has already begun.
The guest stars
in tonight's story:
Carol Lynley...
Anthony Eisley...
Donald Davis... Kent Smith...
Reese Williams.
Finally it has happened.
A group of people
have banded together,
believers who have seen,
who know what
David Vincent knows--
That alien beings have
found their way here
and that they must be destroyed.
A group of believers
who, by their very nature,
become the aliens'
chief target for extinction.
Can you hear me?
Who are you?
David.
Where am I?
You're in a sealed-off basement
30 feet below the ground.
There's no way out of here.
What do you want?
The others.
I don't know what
you're talking about.
These were found
in your briefcase.
"Hand weapons,
models 'A, ' 'B' and 'C'...
"nomenclature and ballistics,
"table of command,
"regeneration,
vulnerability to
electronic detection."
There has been a
great deal of research.
Who are the others?
I want them all.
There were only four of us.
Singeiser, Farnham,
Ruselli and myself.
None of you are weapons experts.
Somebody else
prepared these reports.
How many of you are there?
How many are there?
Four of us.
You made a breakthrough
several months ago.
You began to get evidence
to get people to
believe your story.
Powerful people, like the
head of Singeiser Computers.
You formed a group.
We had to stop them.
You had to find people
who knew how to stop them.
I won't tell.
Who are they, David?
Where can we find them?
Ruselli... Ruselli...
Ruselli is dead.
There are others to consider.
Who are they?
Stanley Levy, H&S
Research, New York.
James Cunningham,
Holborn College.
Marie Stiles, New York City.
Colonel Frederic
Bell, Fort Benning.
Dr. Louise Havemeyer,
Johns Hopkins.
Samuel Leader, Los Angeles.
Who else?
No more.
Ruselli... Singeiser...
Farnham... dead now.
There are only seven of us.
Put him to sleep.
Room eight.
How long will he sleep?
Until tomorrow.
By then, we'll have them all.
There's a mistake.
Dr. James Cunningham
died of pneumonia in 1964.
You're sure?
I checked the
registration office myself.
Very well.
There's nothing more.
Professor
Cunningham died in '64.
The names Vincent
gave us were false.
There's a possibility...
There's no
possibility of anything.
Colonel Frederic Bell
was killed in Korea in 1952,
and there's no record at all
of any of the others...
Of any of them.
He gave us those
names under hypnosis.
They found some way to render
hypnotic interrogation useless.
They must, each of them, have
undergone hypnosis beforehand
and had a set of false names
planted in their
subconscious minds.
They're anticipating
us, Torberg.
That makes them dangerous.
It must have been kind of
cramped in there for you.
I know how it feels.
I spent three days myself
in a disciplinary
lockup back home.
Is this where I'm staying?
You'll have a lot
more room here.
Well, it's empty.
What are you doing?
I'm sorry I have to do this.
You won't feel a thing.
It'll just look to the world
like you disappeared.
It's not that I want to do it.
Get back.
Good morning.
Who are you?
Oh, I'm Lieutenant Harper,
and you're in suite 405
in Samuel Ford Military
Hospital in Tulsa...
which makes you a
very important patient.
Carry on, Lieutenant.
I hope you like the
accommodations.
Yeah, they're fine.
I'm Colonel Newcomb,
United States
Military Intelligence.
Lieutenant Harper is one of us,
so you can speak
freely in front of her.
How did you find me?
Our men were on their
way to the Singeiser plant
the night you were attacked.
We'd been keeping a
tag on him for some time.
Why?
We were his liaison on the
new missile guidance system.
He had spoken to
me about the aliens.
I was worried about him...
for the wrong reasons.
You probably thought
he was losing his mind.
I was convinced of it.
We hoped the aberrations
would be temporary.
If I had believed him,
he... might be alive now.
Well, you seem to be
taking it well enough.
I accept my responsibility.
Why didn't your men intervene
when we were being attacked?
We did, but we arrived too late.
Sergeant Bryant was
killed immediately.
Sergeant Kilmer gave
us a description of the car
before he died.
I'm sorry. I never
even said thank you.
There's no need for thanks.
The important thing is
the safety of the group.
I have enough
reason to believe now
that they're all in danger.
We have to collect the others
and put all of you
under direct protection.
Before you do that, uh...
will you raise that blind?
I'd like to see the sunlight.
You've been away from
the sunlight for three days.
Dr. Cortlandt wants the
exposure to be gradual.
Is that really why you
won't raise the blind?
Is it really?
Mr. Vincent.
What's the matter, Lieutenant?
I can't find a
pulse. Why is that?
All right, get out.
There's no way out of here
for you, Mr. Vincent.
♪ ♪
You're the new
prisoner, aren't you?
No, I'm a houseguest.
Meet me later in the library.
What do you want there?
The testing files.
I'm doing research
for Dr. Torberg.
The material must
be used in here.
I understand.
When you're finished with that,
ring for someone to
open the file for you.
Yes.
Have you been here for long?
Five or six days.
I'm not sure.
I would have made contact before
but I just found out about you.
We've got to get out of here.
Who are you?
My name is Elyse Reynolds.
You're David Vincent.
I've seen your
name in the files.
You're scheduled to run
through some tests that I work on.
I'm a psychologist.
Why did they bring you here?
They needed me.
I was doing work in an area
that was of some
interest to them.
I've been here for
nearly three months.
Can't help you.
No, you must.
You have to.
They're planning something,
and we've got to stop it.
Look, listen to me.
They brought me here
because I'm a psychologist.
I was working in the
field of crowd behavior...
Mass responses to disasters.
They plan to attack the cities
by starting fires and floods
and power breakdowns.
Look, they're going
to cut the leaders off
from contact with the people.
They're planning to
start it in Los Angeles
a week from tomorrow,
and if they succeed,
they'll have a way
of turning every major city
into a panic-stricken mob.
Sorry.
Don't you understand
what I'm trying to tell you?
Just tell your commander
to stop wasting his time.
Are you insane? Do you
think I'm one of them?!
They don't bleed.
Or maybe you don't know that.
Satisfied?
There's no way out of here.
Yes, there is.
Corridor pass.
Yes.
Well, I know it's here.
Oh, here it is.
This is the wrong pass.
Oh, well, I'll see if I
can find another one.
Just a moment.
I want the corridor pass. Yes.
No, over there.
Whatever you can find out, Ed.
She said it happened
about three months ago.
Done. Now, we have a
company suite at the Stanton.
Stay there.
Who are you going
to call first? Hellman.
Good. I'll send
Bob and Mary out.
They can help in Sacramento.
And this time, take
care of yourself, will you?
You, too.
I'll get back to you tomorrow.
David? I thought I
recognized those two men.
Hotel Stanton.
David!
Make a left turn.
That's headed for
the freight terminal.
I don't care. Make a left turn.
Now, there's a car following us.
You'll have to lose him.
Just what I need.
All right, let us off
around the next corner
and then head
for a police station.
They see we're not with
you, they'll let you alone.
What's the matter?
We're going to have to split up.
Why?
It's too dangerous for you.
But they're looking for me, too.
I know about them, too.
What is it, David?
Do you still think
I'm one of them?
I know you're not.
Then why don't you trust me?
It's not a matter of trust.
Well, what is it, then?
I have a job to do:
stopping them.
It's all I live for.
Do you understand?
But I can help you.
I don't want your help.
I can't afford to worry
about what happens to you.
Listen to me.
I'm not a fragile china doll.
I lived among them
for three months.
Before that, I never
needed anybody
to take care of me
or look after me.
I have no one to worry about
and no place to go.
Don't you have a family?
No.
Well... when I was
a child, I had a...
I had a brother.
I used to take care of him.
I raised him...
till he died.
So...
it doesn't matter much
what happens to me
or you.
Tell me about their plan.
They've compiled a list
of over 300 key officials:
the mayor, the chief of police.
People whose daily
orders keep a city running.
On the day of attack,
they plan to kill as
many as they can.
Other units will be sent out
to immobilize the communications
and power systems.
According to the
research we've done,
the hour after the
blackout is the most critical.
Having heard nothing
from their leaders...
No news, no communications...
People begin to panic.
The aliens plan
to broadcast a message
across all channels, saying that
a major earthquake has
developed along the fault line
and that people should
evacuate as... well...
whatever way they can.
Mass murder.
Yeah.
What can you do about it?
There's a group...
there are seven of us now
working against the aliens.
They know about us.
They killed three of us
the night they captured me.
I'll take you to meet them.
Better get some sleep.
Hello. Hello.
Well, come in.
Glad to see you.
David.
Professor Hellman.
Elyse Reynolds.
Hello. How do you do?
Make yourself at home.
Sit down. You'll forgive me
for not getting up to greet you
but you see, my daughter
insists that I am an invalid
and that I must take
care not to injure my heart.
Well, it's an honor to meet
you, Professor Hellman.
Well, thank you very much.
I would rather it was a
pleasure than an honor,
but an old man, I
suppose, must accept
whatever compliments
are forthcoming.
How are you, David?
Fine.
I was sorry I could
not be at your meeting.
You heard about
Singeiser and the rest.
Yes, I heard.
You were careless, all of you.
You cannot afford
to be careless.
Miss Reynolds, understand this:
Your life does not
belong to you now.
I understand.
Now, what about
this planned assault?
Well, I made some notes.
There are a few pages missing.
I hope they make sense.
Mm-hmm. Now, where and
when are they going to try this?
Here in Los
Angeles in five days.
Five days?
Well, I'll have to study this,
but from what you told me,
we should be able to
neutralize the assault
by protecting our central
communication points
and the key officials.
That is, if they
will believe us.
Now, I'll contact
the mayor's office tomorrow
after I've worked
out a proposal.
This is a lot of work for
a man in your condition.
Undoubtedly, but we
cannot take the chance
of involving more of
us than is necessary.
I, I believe you'd
better go now,
and I'll call you tomorrow.
Good-bye. Good-bye.
Bye, David.
So long.
Oh, take care of each other.
What kind of
psychologist were you?
Clinical. I worked in
a veteran's hospital.
Combat stress, war cases.
You know,
adjustment to disability.
What made you choose that line?
Oh, the work was
there to be done.
I would have thought you'd
be interested in children.
Now, why would you think that?
You said you
raised your brother.
Yeah.
I raised him.
What about it?
When did he die?
Three months ago.
The aliens killed him.
How did it happen?
We were out driving in the car.
He was 16.
Just got his driver's license.
And there was a
turn on the road.
We had to stop
because somebody
had set up barricades.
Then some people...
so we thought... came up to us.
There was something
strange about them.
I don't know what happened.
Next thing I knew, we got hit.
Charlie got hit.
Charlie got hurt...
badly.
So... they left him there...
to die.
They didn't need him anymore.
Yes.
When?
All right, all right.
David, what happened?
They found Hellman dead.
Had a heart attack.
I, uh... I guess we'll have
to start from the beginning.
Hello, Bob. Hello, David.
Mary.
Hello.
This is Elyse Reynolds.
She'll be working with us.
How do you do?
Glad to know you.
This is Mary and Bob Torin.
Shall we sit down? Mm.
What's it all about?
Mass hysteria.
Panic.
Supposed to start in LA.
Elyse has a rundown.
We've got to hurt them, David.
I suppose you're
upset about Hellman.
What do you think?
I loved that old goat.
I know.
Did your postgraduate
work with him, didn't you?
Yeah.
Let's get started. Right.
I've got a couple of
friends in Sacramento.
From what Scoville told us,
I think we go with everything.
Fine.
Mary, you go to
Sacramento tomorrow
and tell Olsen we need
his help with the governor.
I'll get fielding to
use his contacts
with the civil defense office.
That should give
us a running jump.
I don't think we'll
strike out there,
but if we do,
there's three more days
to try something else.
Now, is there anything
you need to know?
Uh, anything Scoville
didn't mention?
One thing puzzles me a little.
Why they should
allow an outsider
to have access to
their research data.
Well, it was a complex project,
and they were
short of personnel.
There were only a few
of them that were familiar
with the data on crowd behavior.
Did you work in
this field before?
Well, it was my specialty.
I had no idea what
they were planning.
Let's get started.
Well, Elyse, it'll be
good to work with you.
Thank you.
Good luck. Thank you.
Well, good-bye. Very
nice to have met you.
Bye-bye.
Be careful.
Bye-bye. Bye.
David!
Come on, Elyse!
Room 136... an emergency.
Get an ambulance right away.
Bob, there'll be a doctor here,
but we can't wait.
Let's go.
If you say it checks
out, it checks out.
I've already sent
you the clippings.
Is Torin going to make it?
The doctors think so.
I hate this.
We keep setting it up,
they keep knocking it down.
You'll have to call Jensen now.
Jensen?
Take care of yourself.
David, who was that?
A member of the group.
Dr. Jensen is going
to take Mary's place
in Sacramento.
But he'll be killed.
Not if he's careful.
Careful? What if
he isn't careful?!
What if they know
He'll just have to do
about him already?
The best he can.
But he'll be killed, David.
Then someone
will take his place.
Look, how can
you talk like that?
They're your friends!
Do you realize what we're doing?
What we're up against?
What's at stake?
I don't care what's at stake.
You're sending people
to be slaughtered.
Don't you feel anything?
What kind of a monster are you?!
Just listen to me. If I have
to, I'll sacrifice you, too.
They all knew
that from the start...
Singeiser, Hellman and
Mary... they all knew it.
So does Jensen,
and now you know it.
If you die, what'll I do?
You'll finish it.
It's up to you to meet Jensen.
By myself?
By yourself.
Tell me what to do.
It's almost daylight.
Take a cab...
go to Fourth Street
and Hopkins Avenue.
On the southwest corner,
there's a phone booth.
6:00 a.m., the phone will ring.
You answer it. It'll be Jensen.
He'll give you an address
where you can meet him.
You go there immediately and
tell him everything you know.
When will I see you again?
Jensen will tell you that.
It's after 5:00; you'd
better get going.
Hello?
MUFFLED MALE
VOICE: This is Jensen.
There's an abandoned bus
depot on East Williams Street
between Second and Third,
just 15 minutes walk
from where you are.
Be there at 6:15 exactly.
Dr. Jensen?
Dr. Jensen?
Dr. Jensen?!
What are you doing here?
Waiting for you.
Where's Dr. Jensen?
Another appointment.
I'm was supposed
to meet him here.
Yes, at 6:15. It's now 7:00.
I got tied up in traffic.
You were supposed to walk.
I told you on the phone
it was a 15-minute walk.
You told me?
That's right.
There is no Jensen.
I made the phone call.
Well, I... You've been
working with them
right along, haven't you?
You sent them
here to kill Jensen
the way you sent them
after Torin and his wife.
David, listen to me.
They never intended to
immobilize Los Angeles Listen to me.
Because they're not
strong enough for that yet.
So they had to find out
about us and destroy us,
but they couldn't break
me, so they sent you.
I didn't mean to.
They told me they weren't
going to kill anybody.
I had to, David.
They have my brother.
Your brother is
dead. No, he's alive.
I lied to you; I had to do it.
They said they were
going to kill him if I didn't.
When did you see him?
I think two days after
they kidnapped me.
I heard a recording
of his voice.
They said they were
taking him to a base
or something where...
where they'd treat his injuries.
When did you see him?
They... they let me talk
to him over the phone,
and I got letters from him.
Elyse, when did you see him?
I didn't see him!
Because he's dead.
Your brother is dead.
They let him die in that wreck.
I don't believe you.
You're trying to trick me.
I had someone check
on you and the accident
and that kidnap story.
It can't be true.
I know his voice.
Your brother is dead.
Dr. Hellman and
Mary died for nothing.
Vincent.
There's no way out of there.
You haven't got a chance.
You might as well come out now.
They're here to find out
about those other
two that they sent.
Elyse, I need your help.
This is your last warning.
Don't shoot! Don't
shoot! Don't...!
Don't shoot! Don't shoot!
Don't shoot!
How many of them in there?
Just Vincent.
The other one didn't show up.
You can get in behind
him from the other side.
Why? You want to atone
for getting two of
our people killed.
No. I'm horrified at
everything that I did,
but as your own
psychologist told you,
I didn't do it voluntarily.
If they blackmailed you once,
why couldn't they do it again?
My brother is dead.
They have nothing
else to use on me.
You want revenge.
No.
I want to stop them.
What makes you think
you're tough enough?
I was responsible for
getting your wife killed.
I think if I'm
willing to come in
and ask you to let
me join your group,
then I should really
be tough enough.
Say we let you.
What can you do for us?
I know them.
I'm a trained psychologist,
and a good one.
Vincent?
Yes.
If Bob says so.
Torin?
But it's got to be unanimous.
It is.
Thank you.
There are seven of
them now... believers...
aware of the presence
of alien beings here,
determined to destroy them.
Perhaps for us, it is
the end of the beginning.
Perhaps for the invaders,
the beginning of the end.