The Outer Limits (1995–2002): Season 1, Episode 12 - The Conversion - full transcript

Hey. Another one.

Marshall! I thought you were
in jail for another five years.

Johnny, where are you?

Here. It's on her.

- What?
- The lady's buying you a drink.

Don't ask me why.

Thanks.

What were you
thinking about just now?

Nothin'.

I wasn't thinking about anything.

Because you looked like you
were a thousand miles away.



Really.
Well, what were you thinking about...

buying a drink for someone
you don't even know?

- Maybe I feel like I know you.
- Jack, whatever the lady's drinkin'.

Champagne cocktail.

Champagne cocktail.

Don't worry aboutJack.
He owes me.

See, I used to work in this building-
Evans and Cannon.

Before they fired me, right, Jack?

I know people who work there.

- They invited me to the Christmas party.
- No kiddin'?

Yeah, I was just thinking
whether or not I should go up.

Yeah. I was just tryin'
to figure that out too.

You could stay here... with me.

I think I'd better go up.



You sure?

- Yeah.
- Maybe I'll go with you.

You're gonna go with me.

Okay.
Let's do it.

I'm nervous.

- You don't have to do it.
- Yes, I do.

Evans!

There is nothing wrong
with your television.

Do not attempt to adjust the picture.

We are now controlling
the transmission.

We control the horizontal
and the vertical.

We can deluge you
with a thousand channels...

or expand one single image
to crystal clarity...

and beyond.

We can shape your vision...

to anything
our imagination can conceive.

For the next hour...

we will control
all that you see and hear.

You are about to experience
the awe and mystery...

which reaches from
the deepest inner mind to...

The Outer Limits.

- What are you talking about?
- For every human act...

there is a moment of decision:

A single thought,
a breath, a heartbeat...

after which
all possible outcomes narrow to one.

- I don't care what you have to-
- I need your car.

- My, God.
- Just gimme the keys.

Could I just get my phone?
I was just closing a deal.

Just run, you idiot!

Pick that up. I don't want
it to get lost in the voice mail.

I have a call in to the station.

- Evans and Cannon.
- Did anybody get killed?

- Who's calling, please?
- You know who this is.

- Did I kill anybody?
- It's him.

He wants to know
if anybody was killed.

I'm not gonna lie to you, Henry.
Three people.

- Who is this?
- My name is Jack. I'm a cop.

Look, I know you know
what you did was wrong...

or else you wouldn't be calling.

- I know it was wrong. But that woman-
- What woman?

That woman at the bar.
She went up with me.

We went up together,
and she was standing behind me.

And when I turned around, she was-

You're gonna want
to take a look at these, Detective.

Who's this Mr. Triple-X?

Do me a favor.
Photocopy these.

Blow 'em up.
Let's find out who the comedian is.

Right.

The KQRPnews time is 3:00.
I'm Trez Grant.

The search continues for
a lone gunman police say is responsible...

for the deaths of three people
at a downtown office party.

Apolice spokesperson gave
no motive for the shooting...

but said that the suspect,
an ex-convict...

known to police as a one-time
employee of the firm...

is considered to be armed
and extremely dangerous.

Police believe
he may be attempting...

to flee the city in a stolen car.

Names of the victims will not
be released until the next of kin...

can be notified.

- Double scotch.
- You have to order something.

- Why?
- Sorry. It's our liquor license.

- Can't have booze without food.
- Does soup count?

- Yeah. We got three kinds.
- Good. Pick one out for me.

- Where's the bathroom?
- Right behind you.

Gave you bean with bacon.

Is that all right?

Yeah.

It's my favorite.

$6.85.

Look. I just remembered.
I left my wallet in my office.

Write down your address.
I'll send it to you. I promise.

It's all right. If you don't have
any money, it's on the house.

In all the years my family has owned this
place, we've never turned anyone away.

And I'm not gonna start tonight.
Okay?

Yeah. Thanks.

The KQRPnews time is 8:00.
I'm Trez Grant.

The search continues
for a lone gunman...

police say is responsible for the deaths
of three in a downtown office party.

Apolice spokesperson gave
no motive for the shooting...

but said that
the suspect, an ex-convict...

known to police as a onetime
employee of the firm...

is considered to be
armed and extremely dangerous.

Names of the victims will not be released
until next ofkin have been notified.

I hate eatin' alone.
Don't you?

No.

Is that bean with bacon?

- No.
- Henry.

Sit down.

- How do you know my name?
- Well, I know a lot of names.

Excuse me. Miss?

It's Mary, isn't it?

Henry here says that this bean with bacon
soup is the best he's ever tasted.

- Is it that good?
- I think so.

Well, let me have
a steaming bowl of soup, and...

let me get a drink
for my friend here.

- I was just leaving.
- No, Henry.

You didn't finish your soup.

The same?

You know, Henry, most people think
the party's always somewhere else.

They're never at ease
where they are.

You heard about me
on the radio, didn't you?

Everyone's so worried that
they're gonna miss out on somethin'...

that they can't be still
long enough to listen...

or... quiet long enough
to be aware of the moment.

How do you know who I am?
What do you want?

How's your side, Henry?

Is it still bleeding?

- Who are you?
- Lucas.

- Okay, there you go.
- Great.

I'll be right back with your change.

No, that's okay, Mary.
Keep it.

- I couldn't.
- Sure you can.

- Please.
- Thank you.

You handin' that stuff out?

No.
There's a party goin' on.

The guest of honor
is a friend of the family.

And Mary, she has this idea...

that she's gonna pick up the bar tab
at the end of the evening...

but she can't afford it.

I just thought that
I'd contribute a little.

That's nice.

Care to make a contribution to me?

- What do you need?
- What do I need? What do you got?

Intelligence.

What the hell
is that supposed to mean?

Well, I know what it means, but...

let's see what Mr. Webster
has to say about it here.

There we go.

Here it is. Here it is.

Okay.
"Intelligence."

Number one:
"The faculty of understanding."

Two: "the ability
to use existing knowledge...

to solve new problems."

Number three:
"An intelligent being...

especially...

an angel."

Oh, please.

You're some kind of a religious freak,
aren't you?

- You heard about me on the radio, right?
- No.

- I wasn't talkin' about religion.
- I got a news flash for you, pal.

I'd rather walk 20 miles
in the pouring rain...

down a mountainside than listen
to some idiotic story...

about how Jesus
is gonna save me!

Because I ran into a hundred guys
just like you in prison.

They all thought God was gonna save 'em.
None of'em are gettin' out.

You call it salvation.
I call it delusion.

Henry, can you listen?

No.
I don't have the time to listen!

I wish I did, but I don't. See ya.

If you leave this moment...

you're spotted by the police
in an alley sometime tomorrow morning.

You run. They shoot.

And the last thing you see
is a garbage truck backing up.

If you leave, you die.

And nobody comes
to your funeral.

You die alone.

We all die alone.

No, we don't.

No, we don't, Henry.

All I'm saying is that Henry wasn't
any worse than his boss, Evans.

Only difference was,
he got caught.

And bein' the new young guy
at the firm...

he got pushed into
taking the fall for them.

He took the blame.
He went to jail.

And to show their appreciation,
they all turned their backs on him.

- They had it comin', you mean?
- I didn't say that.

I don't think anybody has that comin'.

You can't know what's gonna happen.
Nobody can.

Henry, with every move we make,
we change the world.

"Drinking a bowl of green tea...

I stopped the war."

- It's from a poem.
- That's beautiful. Lovely. Very nice.

What happens to me
if I leave an hour from now?

- Doesn't matter.
- It does to me!

What I mean is that...

you'll be killed no matter
what time you leave tonight.

So, 9:00, 10:00, 11:30-
doesn't matter.

- Doesn't matter.
- Yeah.

I get it. I see.
In other words, you want me to stay.

- Yes, I do.
- You do.

That's what this whole dog and pony show
is all about, isn't it?

- There's a reward, isn't there?
- For who?

For you,
for turning me in to the police.

- What would I want to do that for?
- You kidding me?

I'd do it myself
if I thought I could cash in on it.

Sorry, Luke.
I'll take my chances out there.

What've you got to lose
by just waiting a little longer?

- My freedom.
- You've already lost that.

- Not yet, I haven't.
- You lost it a long time ago.

Wait, Henry.

- Why?
- To save your life.

Because if you leave this moment,
events will unfold so quickly...

nothing you or I do
from this moment on...

- will make any difference.
- What events?

I don't have a clue what you're talking-
Who are you?

- You just have to trust me.
- I can't.

You son of a bitch.

Just keep still.
It's not what you think.

I gotta get out of here.
I can't go back to prison.

Just keep looking at me.
Don't look in his direction.

Then he won't know
that you're here.

- So, same old same old?
- Yeah, yeah.

- I don't know what to do!
- Eat your soup.

Save me a piece of cake
under the counter, would you?

Sure, Sheriff. Bye.

- It's cold.
- It's good cold.

- How are you?
- Freezing.

Just let me get this straight.

If I had left when the cop
came in, I'd be dead.

Is that what you're saying?

I would've run.
He would've shot me.

- In the back.
- In the back.

So, it doesn't matter when I leave.

It doesn't matter where I go.
It doesn't matter what I do.

- That's right.
- That's right.

Maybe, if you came with me...

I could stay one step ahead.

Then you die of an infection
three days from now on a train...

- because your injury was never treated.
- Infection?

Wait a minute. What kind of an infection?
Forget it. I don't believe this.

- You got a song?
- Yes, I know. It's great.

We'll just start a present table there.
Hello.

- Are we on time?
- You bet. He should be here any second.

What?
You can see into the future?

I... can see the possibilities.

Yeah, yeah.
And this is some kind of a gift?

It's an ability, yeah.

And the future depends on
what we do in the present.

Do you know anything
about quantum physics, Henry?

No!

We're all the same. We're made
of particles born in the primordial stars.

You, me, this table...

Evans, everything.

We're not separate.

It's the way the universe works.

- Is it clear what I'm saying?
- No.

Give me your hand. Tell me
where yours ends and mine begins.

That would be right here.

I'm starting to think you're insane.

So I'm getting out of here.

Because I believe
whatever happens happens.

That's right, Henry.
This is it.

Well, don't tell me about it.
I'll find out myself.

Good-bye.

Thanks for the drinks.

Hey, Jack. You I.D.'d
any of these corpses you sent over yet?

- No, sir.
- You got nothing at all on these people?

- Nothing.
- Then, this is gettin' weird.

Look at this.
Nobody noticed this?

- No fingerprints.
- Not a trace.

- That's peculiar.
- Check this out.

Now, you'd have to see as many corpses
as I do to appreciate this.

Not a mole, not a freckle.
And the body, she's perfect.

And take a look at this.

All right. What am I looking at?

John Doe number two's brain.

Took a.45-caliber bullet
through the forehead.

That is not human brain tissue.

I guess it could be. It just doesn't
look like any brain I've ever seen.

The structure
is so uniform, simple.

Well, what kind of brain is it?

If I had to compare it to somethin',
I don't know, maybe dolphin.

- Dolphin.
- Well, obviously it isn't.

Oh, no. Of course, it is.

Marshall was shooting at these people,
and an unfortunate dolphin...

swam into the line of fire.

- I know it sounds crazy.
- Crazy.

This one's got no fingerprints,
this one's Mr. Triple-X...

and this one's got a dolphin brain.

It all makes perfect sense.

Well, what do I say in the report?
I don't know what to do here.

Well, the I.D. Had an address
somewhere in the mountains.

I'm going to check it out,
like I'm supposed to.

I am gonna find nothing,
like I'm going to.

Then I'm gonna have a drink someplace.
That's what I'm gonna do.

- What's going on?
- A surprise party.

The guest of honor's
supposed to arrive any minute.

You know what I'm talking about.
I was shot!

There were two bullet holes in my side!

I took the liberty
of ordering you another double.

Cheers.

I don't really understand
what the attraction is though.

- I guess it's to kill the pain.
- Look.

What happened to my wound?

This just doesn't happen.

Doesn't it?

Just tell me. Am I dead?

- Am I in heaven?
- No, you're not in heaven.

But you're not in hell
either, so you can relax.

And I'm not your guardian angel,
if that's your next question.

Yeah, well,
then what planet are you from?

- Because something's going on here!
- Yes.

It's a surprise party...
for a very special person.

Sit down. Sit.

The funny thing is,
he's gonna be late.

He didn't wanna come.
His wife's dragging him here right now.

That's how you got
that big wad of cash.

That's it. You can read the future.
You can see things comin'.

With what you can do
and with what I know about business...

I can make us both very rich.

You know, it's like what you said.
We're all the same-

you, me...

the bank, the money.

This isn't about getting rich, Henry.

Now, that's where you're wrong, sir.

That's lesson number one.

It is.

Okay?
Now let's get out of here.

- Nothin's changed.
- What are you talkin' about?

If you decide to leave now,
you make it to another city.

But you have no identity.

You end up living on the street...

- and within six months, you're an addict.
- Please.

You get hepatitis
from sharing a needle.

- And I'm dead again.
- Two years later.

Simply healing your injury
only delays the inevitable.

Okay.

You tell me then.

I give up, all right?

What do I do?

I believe.
I'm all yours- 100%.

- Tell me what to do.
- I'd like you to answer...

one question honestly.

- Sure. Fine. Done.
- If you had it all to live over again...

would you do
anything differently?

I wouldn't be as greedy as I was.

I'd get in- boom- get out.
Leave no tracks.

'Cause the only way to succeed
like Evans is to be like Teflon.

You know,
nothing sticks to that bastard.

You'd do the crime again
that sent you to prison.

Let me explain something to you
about white collar crime, okay?

I sell things-
property, houses.

Sometimes, I sell them more than once.
What can I tell you?

People lose. It's business.

- Nobody-
- Hey, guys. Get ready!

Nobody really...
gets hurt all that much.

Hey, look,
it's the way society works.

- You didn't hurt anybody?
- I'm the one that went to jail!

If anybody got hurt, it was me.

Surprise!

- What's going on?
- We're having a little party.

We thought you were someone else.

Come on. Come on in.
I'm sorry if we scared you, sweetie.

We're just trying
to surprise our friend.

So, what can I get you?

Fact is, Henry, you did hurt people
when you took their money.

It affected many more
people than you imagine.

It's the domino effect.
One life touches another.

One person's loss
becomes someone else's.

Until, in some small way...

you've affected
hundreds of people.

So what?

It's every man
for himself out there.

That's the game. Those are the rules.
That's what I've learned.

That's what I know.
That's what gets you ahead.

You gonna blame me
for playing by the rules?

Where has it gotten you?

By playing your game, you've...

changed that little girl's life.

- Who?
- I want to get back on the road...

- in case it starts snowing.
- What's in that glass thing?

- Her?
- You've changed her future.

- She's just a kid.
- Eight, next month.

Her father there entrusted $5,000...

he'd saved for her college fund
with a friend...

and that friend invested
in your phony real estate deal.

Now, she doesn't go to college
in 11 years like she was going to.

She dies before she gets the chance.

You see, losing the $5,000...

depressed her father so much
he started hitting the bottle...

and on the day after her 12th birthday,
she's riding with her dad...

who's drunk,
and he falls asleep at the wheel.

The car hits a concrete divider
at 67 miles per hour...

and she is killed...

instantly.

I did all that?

Well, you made
that future possible, yes.

And nothin' can change that?

- I didn't say that.
- Okay.

I'm gonna call you on this one, Luke.
I'm gonna.

I'll bet you a hundred dollars
you're wrong. No, make it a thousand.

- Thanks a lot.
- You bet.

Come on, sweetie.
We gotta hit the road.

All right.

So I'm down a grand.

But I'll bet you double or nothing you
can't guess what I'm thinkin' right now.

- You want another drink.
- Wrong. I want two drinks.

You lose.

Two more.

Okay. You got me.

I'll admit that
somewhere along the way...

a few people might've got hurt.

Not deliberately...

but I might've hurt a few people.

And I'll even take the rap for that...

little girl
if it'll make you feel better.

But I know, deep down...

- I'm not a bad person.
- Do you think I'm here to judge you?

Deep down, I know.

I know.

I'm a good person.

You are.

- I am?
- Yeah.

So be it.

Surprise!

He has friends.
That's real wealth.

What have you got, Henry?

What do I got?

I got to take a leak.

For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fellow

Which nobody can deny

Which nobody can deny

- Which nobody can deny
- So

For he's a jolly good fellow
For he's a jolly good fellow

For he's a jolly good fellow

Which nobody can deny

- You're bleedin'.
- It's all right.

- It doesn't hurt all that much.
- I know how much it hurts.

- I gotta get you fixed up.
- There isn't that much time left.

That's my wound, isn't it?

- How did you do that?
- Henry, in our world...

we take on the pain...

or the joy of another
instantly.

Your hand doesn't end
where mine begins.

It never ends.

We come here...

to help you understand that.

Do you now?

You were really thinkin'
of killin' those people.

I did kill those people.

It's too late for me.

- You're savin' the wrong guy.
- No, it's not too late.

We covered for you. Those three
bodies lyin' in the morgue right now?

They appeared at that party
just an instant before you shot 'em.

They're not really human.
We manufactured them to help you.

It's a complicated
way to teach a lesson...

but you're
a complicated man, Henry.

- Why did you do this for me?
- To show you...

that if you hurt others...

you hurt yourself.

And... you hurt us.

Everything's connected.

Let me go get you somethin'.

Police! Freeze!

Okay, come on.
Let's get him out of here.

So he never threatened anyone,
never took anything?

No. He was scared.
I didn't assume he was a murderer...

- but I could tell he was in trouble.
- You just could tell by his attitude.

- Yeah. He looked scared half to death.
- Look, I'm gonna need...

your permission to search the
premises for the murder weapon.

He obviously ditched it somewhere,
maybe in the bathroom.

- Like you say, he went in-
- I don't have any problem with that.

There's the man
he was sitting with.

- Do you know Henry Marshall?
- Yeah.

I mean, we just met.

We shared a meal together.
He looked like he needed a friend.

And you had never seen him
before tonight?

- No.
- Well, you're a lucky man.

Henry Marshall killed
three people in cold blood today.

You could've been number four.

Do you know that fella that
came in with the little girl?

Bill... Soames.

What about him?

Would you give him this?

Yes.

Thanks.

My name is Lucas.

A second chance.

But redemption follows
not a change of body...

but a change of heart.

That's a return to innocence.