The Outer Limits (1995–2002): Season 3, Episode 9 - Tempests - full transcript

COMPUTER, PLAY BACK LETTER FROM CORRINE,
TIME INDEX 22:42.

HI, VIRGIL, IF YOU'RE WATCHING
THIS VID DISK,

IT MEANS YOU GOT
THE SERUM FROM EARTH

AND YOU'RE
COMING HOME,

THE WHOLE COLONY KNOWS
YOU'RE DOING YOUR BEST,

AND IMPOSSIBLE
AS IT SOUNDS,

I WANT YOU TO TRY
NOT TO WORRY ABOUT US,

IT'S A TERRIBLE VIRUS,

BUT BOTH JOHN
AND I ARE FINE,

EIGHT MORE COLONISTS
WERE QUARANTINED YESTERDAY,

HOPEFULLY THAT WILL BE
THE EXTENT OF THE OUTBREAK,



THERE'S SOMEONE
WHO WANTS TO SAY HELLO,

SAY HI
TO YOUR DADDY,

HI, DAD,

NO, WAIT, WAIT,

COME UP HERE,

HOPE YOU DIDN'T LOSE
MY AGGIE,

DO YOU KEEP IT SHINY?

IT BRINGS YOU LUCK,

WAVE BYE,

BYE, DAD,

YOU WATCHING THAT
AGAIN?

THOSE DISKS ARE ONLY GOOD
UP TO 10, 000 PLAYS,

WHEN WILL WE REACH
THE COLONY,

COMMANDER VIRGIL?



WE STARTED DECELERATION
ABOUT TWO HOURS AGO, GOVERNOR,

WE'LL DROP OUT OF MATRIX
IN 10 SECONDS,

I UNDERSTAND
THE NEW SHIPS

CAN MAKE THIS TRIP
IN HALF THE TIME,

THE TEMPEST IS
AN OLD WRECK,

I'LL BE AMAZED
IF WE MAKE IT AT ALL,

IT WAS THE BEST
EARTH COULD SPARE, CAPTAIN,

OKAY, CHECK THE FLAT SPOTS
FOR SINGULARITY,

NOTHING,

LET'S PARK OVER HERE,

OKAY, INITIATING
DAMPENING SEQUENCE...

NOW,

SON OF A BITCH!

VIRGIL!
LINE UP THE REACTION DRIVE!

IT WON'T BE BACK ON LINE
FOR 30 SECONDS,

WE LEFT MATRIX WITHIN
THE GRAVITY WELL OF A PLANET,

LEVIATHAN,

DOCTOR, GET THE SERUM
INTO THE ESCAPE POD,

THE GOVERNOR SHOULD GO!

THE GOVERNOR CAN'T SAVE THE
COLONY FROM THE VIRUS, DOCTOR,

GO!

I MUST PROTEST!

SIT BACK IN YOUR SEAT
AND SHUT UP, GOVERNOR,

I DON'T GOT TIME
FOR THIS,

DOCTOR,
IF YOU DON'T GET

THAT SERUM TO THE COLONY,
61/2 MILLION PEOPLE WILL DIE,

NOW SAVE MY FAMILY,

SIT DOWN, GOVERNOR!

DISTRESS BEACON AWAY!

EIGHT SECONDS
TILL ENGINES START,

LAUNCH ESCAPE POD,
MARK, MARK, MARK,

THREE, TWO...

CORRINE!

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 IS FREEDOM BUT THE
ABILITY TO MAKE CHOICES

BETWEEN COURAGE AND
COWARDICE, DUTY AND LOVE,

OR EVEN HEAVEN AND HELL?

THE NATURE OF THE CHOICES
WE MAKE

DEFINE US AS
HUMAN BEINGS,

WE CHOOSE THE WORLD
WE INHABIT,

EASY, COMMANDER,
EASY, EASY,

PARKER,

UNCONSCIOUS,

CONCUSSION,
POSSIBLE SUBDURAL HEMATOMA,

WHERE'S HIS HAT?

EXCUSE ME?

HE'S NOT DEAD,
HE NEEDS HIS HAT,

ENGINE
OVERLOAD, 60 SECONDS,

WE GOT TO SHUT OFF
THE ENGINES,

THE FLOW HAS TO BE CUT
TO BOTH CHAMBERS SIMULTANEOUSLY,

HOW?

THERE,

THERE'S A SWITCH MARKED
"OVERRIDE,"

I SEE IT,

ON MY MARK,
THREE, TWO, ONE...

MARK,

WE SHOULD BE DEAD,

AND YOU SHOULD BE
ORBITING LEVIATHAN

IN THE ESCAPE POD,

THE ESCAPE POD
FAILED TO LAUNCH,

PIECE OF CRAP... JUNK HEAP,

I CAN HANDLE THIS,

TAKE CARE OF THE CAPTAIN,

ALL RIGHT,

DID WE CRASH LAND?

LEVIATHAN'S A GAS GIANT,

WE SHOULD HAVE
BEEN CRUSHED

BY ITS GRAVITY,

HOW COULD THIS HAPPEN?

OUR SHIP WAS OVERTAXED,
GOVERNOR,

STILL, IT WAS THE BEST
THAT EARTH COULD SPARE,

PERHAPS WE'RE ADRIFT,

NO, MA'AM,

WE LANDED SOMEWHERE,

WE GOT GRAVITY... 1,2 Gs OR SO,

WE HAD GRAVITY
BEFORE WE CRASHED,

THAT'S WHEN WE HAD
A FIELD GENERATOR,

THE SERUM'S OKAY,

I UNDERSTAND
YOU HAD FAMILY
ON THE COLONY,

I HAVE FAMILY, MA'AM,

AS LONG AS THIS SERUM EXISTS,
THEY STILL HAVE A CHANCE,

COULD A SEARCH TEAM
FIND US SO QUICKLY?

NO,

ITS COMMUNICATION
AND SENSOR ARRAYS

MUST HAVE COLLAPSED
DURING THE CRASH,

HOW IS HE?

SPRAINED ANKLE,
INTERNAL BLEEDING,

VIRGIL,

MY HAT ON?

NEVER CAME OFF,

SO, I'M ALIVE,

YEAH, PARK, YOU'RE ALIVE,

HOW COME?

DAMNED IF I KNOW,

WHAT THE HELL IS HE DOING HERE?

ESCAPE POD
FAILED,

LUCKY FOR YOU,
CAPTAIN,

WHAT'S OUR STATUS?

THE ENGINES ARE
OFF

BUT SO IS
LIFE SUPPORT,

IT LOOKS LIKE FIRE SUPPRESSION
DID ITS JOB,

THERE'S A HULL BREACH AFT,
BUT BULKHEADS WENT ON AUTO-LOCK,

SO WE'RE CUT OFF
FROM THE REST OF TEMPEST,

COMMUNICATIONS?

THE ARRAY'S DOWN,

WHERE THE HELL ARE WE?

BEST GUESS...

WE BOUNCED OFF
LEVIATHAN'S ATMOSPHERE

AND CRASHED ON
ONE OF ITS MOONS,

WHAT'S THE CHANCES OF THAT?

WE'VE ALWAYS BEEN LUCKY,

I'LL GIVE YOU SOMETHING
FOR THE PAIN,

GET A MESSAGE TO CORRINE!

OKAY,

THERE WE ARE,

OKAY,

NO OFFENSE, COMMANDER,

BUT IT HARDLY SEEMS
OUR FIRST PRIORITY

IS TO GET A MESSAGE
TO YOUR WIFE,

SHE'S THE HEAD
OF TABLOSS COLONY

SEARCH-AND-RESCUE,

WANT TO TALK TO ME?
PRESS THAT BUTTON,

I'M GOING TO GO SEE
WHERE THE HELL WE ARE,

CAPTAIN PARKER'S WORSE
THAN HE LOOKS,

THERE'S NOT A LOT I CAN DO
ABOUT THE HEAD INJURY,

HOW LONG?

WELL, WITHOUT SURGERY,

THE PRESSURE INSIDE HIS SKULL
WILL CONTINUE TO BUILD,

HOW LONG?

IF HE MOVES
AS LITTLE AS POSSIBLE,

PERHAPS 48 HOURS,

YOU AND CAPTAIN PARKER
SERVED TOGETHER,

YEAH,

FOUGHT EARTH... AND LOST,

THE COLONIES MADE
THEIR POINT, COMMANDER,

SO WHEN TABLOSS COLONY GOT
THE ELLYSIA C VIRUS

WE HAD TO BEG
FOR THE SERUM,

THEY SENT ME,
COMMANDER VIRGIL,

AND AT THE RISK
OF SOUNDING IMMODEST,

I AM THE BEST EPIDEMIOLOGIST
ON EARTH,

THAT WAY, IF THE NEW
COLONIAL GOVERNOR GETS SICK,

YOU CAN SAVE HER,

THAT'S EXTREMELY CYNICAL,

LET'S BE HONEST, DOCTOR,

IF TABLOSS IS DESTROYED
BY ELLYSIA C

EARTH CAN JUST RECOLONIZE,

BE A LOT SIMPLER

FOR EVERYBODY,
WOULDN'T IT?

ANYTHING HAPPENS
OUT THERE, DOCTOR,

DON'T ATTEMPT
A RESCUE,

THERE'S TWO OR THREE DAYS
OF LIFE SUPPORT ON THE SHIP,

MAYBE CORRINE WILL FIND YOU,

WHAT COULD
HAPPEN TO YOU?

I DON'T KNOW, DOCTOR,

I HAVE NO IDEA WHERE WE ARE,

I'M OUT,

IT'S DARK AND MURKY,

SO THERE'S OBVIOUSLY
AN ATMOSPHERE,

LET'S JUST HOPE
IT'S NOT CORROSIVE,

WE'RE EMBEDDED
IN A SMOOTH, SOFT MUD,

FERROUS, MAYBE,

COMMANDER VIRGIL,
THIS IS GOVERNOR MUDRY,

WHO THE HELL ELSE
WOULD IT BE?

CAN YOU FIX THE SHIP?

LOOKS PRETTY BAD,

CAN YOU FIX IT
ENOUGH

TO MAKE SOME KIND
OF DISTRESS CALL?

MAYBE I CAN
JERRY RIG SOMETHING,

WHAT ABOUT
THE ENGINE?

COMMANDER VIRGIL,
CAN WE TAKE OFF AGAIN?

YEAH, RIGHT,

WHAT'S WRONG?

WHAT IS IT?

THERE'S SOMETHING
OUT HERE,

WHAT ABOUT THE ENGINES?

WHAT IS IT,
COMMANDER?

A BREACH!
MY SUIT IS BREACHED!

GET BACK INTO THE AIRLOCK!

COMMANDER,
GET IN HERE!

COMMANDER,
COME IN HERE
IMMEDIATELY!

GET BACK TO THE AIRLOCK!

COMMANDER, GET BACK
IN HERE IMMEDIATELY!

BIOHAZARD,

AIRLOCK THREE,

BIOHAZARD,

AIRLOCK THREE,

BIOHAZARD,

AIRLOCK THREE,

SPIDERS, PARK...

THEY'RE LIKE SPIDERS,

BE STILL, COMMANDER,

EVERYTHING'S GOING TO BE
JUST FINE,

JOHN?

WELCOME BACK

TO THE LAND
OF THE LIVING,

VIRG,
CAN YOU HEAR ME?

COME HOME,
JOHN VIRGIL,

PLEASE COME HOME,

DON'T...

STAY,

STAY WITH ME,

DOCTOR, DOCTOR,

DON'T, DON'T SPEAK,
SWEETHEART,

DON'T TRY TO SPEAK,

COMMANDER VIRGIL,

THIS TIME I THINK
YOU'LL STAY WITH US,

I UNDERSTOOD THAT,

PERHAPS IT WOULD BE BEST

IF YOU STAYED,

SWEETHEART,

YOU MUST WANT TO KNOW,

I'M FINE, AND
JOHN JUNIOR'S FINE,

ALTHOUGH

WHEN WE FOUND TEMPEST
FLOATING DERELICT IN SPACE

HE WAS IN A COMA AND I WAS IN
THE FIRST STAGES OF ELLYSIA C,

BUT YOU SAVED
OUR LIVES,

YOU SAVED
THE WHOLE COLONY,

YOU'VE BEEN IN A COMA
FOR THREE WEEKS, VIRG,

FIRST FROM
YOUR INJURIES

AND THEN BECAUSE

YOU CONTRACTED
ELLYSIA C YOURSELF,

BUT YOU'RE GOING TO BE
ALL RIGHT,

AS LONG AS YOU FIGHT IT,

OKAY?

YOU'RE GOING
TO FIGHT IT,

HONEY, COME HERE,

DAD?

TRY TO RELAX,
COMMANDER,

WHEN YOU WAKE,

YOU'LL HAVE REGAINED
ALL YOUR FACULTIES,

DAD, YOU NEED THIS
MORE THAN I DO,

LOOK WHO DECIDED
TO JOIN US, DOC,

WE'RE CUT OFF
FROM CREW QUARTERS,

SO WE PUT YOU
IN THERE,

NOT TOO COFFIN-LIKE,
I HOPE,

I DREAMED I WAS BACK HOME
ON TABLOSS,

YES, YOU WERE MUTTERING
SOMETHING ABOUT THAT,

IT'S THE SPIDER POISON,

IT HAS A HALLUCINATORY EFFECT,

I WENT OUT FOR 12 HOURS,

IN YOUR
SPACE SUIT,

IT WAS SO REAL,

CORRINE KISSED ME,

THE VENOM SEEKS RECEPTORS

IN THE HYPOTHALAMUS
IN THE CORTEX,

IT HAS QUITE
A MIND-ALTERING EFFECT,

PRETTY GOOD STUFF,

SATISFIES YOUR EVERY WISH,

AT FIRST THE GOVERNOR HAD
WILD DREAMS, TOO,

SHE MUTTERED
SOMETHING ABOUT

SETTING UP
THE FEDERATED NATIONS,

HEALING THE RIFT BETWEEN
THE COLONIES AND EARTH,

WHAT DO YOU MEAN,
AT FIRST?

YOU WERE ATTACKED AND BITTEN
BY ONE OF THE SPIDER CREATURES,

TWO MORE MADE THEIR WAY
INTO THE AIRLOCK,

ONE I KILLED WITH THIS,

THE OTHER...

HER EYES ARE VERY
SENSITIVE TO LIGHT,

MY GOD,

GET IT OFF,

TAKE IT EASY, GOVERNOR,

THE SPIDER HAS CONTROL OF
ALL HER AUTONOMIC FUNCTIONS,

HEART, LUNGS,
LIVER, KIDNEYS,

IF I REMOVE IT,

SHE'LL DIE,

IF IT EVER HAPPENS TO ME,
JUST CHOP OFF MY DAMN HEAD,

WELL, WHERE ARE WE,
VIRG?

OUTSIDE THERE'S...

THERE'S GRAVITY,
AN ATMOSPHERE OF SORTS...

ONE OF LEVIATHAN'S MOONS,

ENGINES,

I DON'T KNOW, PARK,

I DIDN'T HAVE
A LOT OF TIME TO LOOK,

HEY...

THE ESCAPE POD SHOULD BE ABLE
TO MAKE ORBIT OF A SMALL MOON,

WHY DON'T WE PUT

THE DOCTOR IN THERE
WITH THE SERUM?

THE POD GUIDANCE SYSTEM NEEDS
AT LEAST A 40-DEGREE UP ANGLE

TO LAUNCH
IN GRAVITY,

AND WE'RE STUCK
IN THE MUCK,

TO FIX THE ENGINES,
DO WE HAVE TO GO OUTSIDE AGAIN?

YEAH,

I'LL SUIT UP,

IT'S OKAY,

I'M HERE, LOVE,

I WAS
ABOARD TEMPEST,

NO, YOU'RE
HERE AT HOME,

YOU WERE
DREAMING,

ELLYSIA C CAUSES HALLUCINATIONS,
COMMANDER... NIGHTMARES,

MOST OF THE PEOPLE HERE

UNDERSTAND
WHAT YOU'RE GOING THROUGH,

YOU MUST LISTEN TO ME,

I CAN'T GIVE YOU MORE SERUM,
IT WILL CAUSE NERVE DAMAGE,

YOU HAVE TO TRY TO STAY
CONSCIOUS ON YOUR OWN,

TRY TO STAY
HERE, JOHN,

IF YOU SLIP AWAY
AGAIN,

WE'LL LOSE YOU,

PLEASE STAY
WITH US, HONEY,

TRY TO STAY
WITH US,

TRY TO STAY CONSCIOUS,
COMMANDER VIRGIL,

WE'RE LOSING HIM,

OPEN YOUR EYES!

DON'T LEAVE US
AGAIN,

"'FATHER, DEAR FATHER,

"HAVE I FOUND YOU AT LAST?'

"PINNOCHIO ANSWERED THE OLD MAN,

"'IS IT REALLY YOU?

"'THE GREAT WHALE CAME
OUT OF THE SEA,

AND SWALLOWED ME
IN ONE GULP, '"

MOM,

MOM!

YOU ALMOST DIED, DAD,

THE MARBLE,

CAN YOU SPEAK,
VIRG?

SURE HE CAN,

I THOUGHT
I LOST YOU,

I NEED TO KNOW...

PARKER?

ONLY THREE OF US SURVIVED
THE MERCY MISSION,

YOU, ME,
AND CAPTAIN PARKER,

GOVERNOR MUDRY DIED,

THE MAIN THING IS,
YOU SURVIVED,

I NEED TO SEE
PARKER,

THEN WE HAD YOU
ON SENSORS

WHEN YOU
WENT DOWN,

WE SAW YOU HIT
LEVIATHAN'S ATMOSPHERE,

I WAS IN
THE ESCAPE POD

WHEN THE ENGINES
FIRED,

CRASHED ONTO A MOON,

A MOON? NO,

VIRGIL,
WE FOUND YOU ADRIFT,

NO LIFE SUPPORT,
NO POWER,

I WAS THE ONLY ONE
CONSCIOUS,

WHEN YOUR WIFE CAME
THROUGH THE AIRLOCK,

I THOUGHT SHE WAS

THE MOST BEAUTIFUL
CREATURE I'D EVER SEEN,

WHAT ABOUT TEMPEST?

SHE WASN'T
WORTH SALVAGING,

I NEED TO SEE HIM
ALONE,

OKAY,

CAPTAIN,

VIRG?

HOW YOU FEELING?

HEY,
WHERE'S YOUR HAT?

YOU KNOW
WHERE IT IS,

IT'S ON THE SHIP,

GO ON, GET IT FOR ME,

HOW'S ABOUT I BUY YOU
A NEW ONE?

DON'T LEAVE ME
WITH THE SPIDERS!

COME BACK FOR ME, VIRG,

I HATE SPIDERS!

DON'T YOU LEAVE ME!
DON'T YOU LEAVE ME!

GET HIM
OUT OF HERE,

I SEE IT,

I SEE IT,

I SEE IT,

I SEE IT,

I SEE IT,

FINALLY SHE SEES IT,

SEES WHAT?

GOOD QUESTION,

GOVERNOR?

I SEE IT!

I SEE IT,

PARK, WHAT'S
HAPPENING TO ME?

YOU'RE HALLUCINATING,

IT'S THE SPIDER POISON,

BUT THE DREAMS ARE
JUST AS REAL AS THIS,

YOU KNOW,
WE'RE PRETTY WELL SCREWED

IF YOU DON'T
PULL IT TOGETHER, VIRG,

YOU CALLED ME
BACK,

OR WE'RE GOING
TO DIE, KID,

I DON'T KNOW WHAT'S REAL,

YOU GOT SQUOOSHED BY SEVEN Gs,

WHACKED
ON THE HEAD,

BITTEN BY
A POISONOUS SPIDER

AS BIG AS MY BUTT, YOU'RE BREATHING
TOXINS MORE THAN OXYGEN,

THAT'S
WHAT'S REAL,

OKAY,

YOU LOOK LIKE HELL,

IF YOU STAYED CONSCIOUS
FOR MORE THAN FIVE MINUTES

YOU'D NOTICE THE AIR'S GETTING
PRETTY SKIMPY,

WHERE'S THE DOCTOR?

HE'S TRYING TO FIT
INTO A SPACESUIT,

WHY?

HE DOESN'T KNOW
ANYTHING ABOUT ENGINES,

HAVE I GOT THIS THING
ON RIGHT?

IT'S BACKWARDS,

KEEP LOOKING AROUND,
VIRGIL,

I WANT TO SEE IF THOSE BUGS
ARE ATTACKING YOU,

YOU WANT TO KNOW,

YOU DO ANY COMBAT TIME
IN THE WAR, DOC?

AS A MEDIC,

SAVED COLONISTS
AND EARTHERS,

YEAH, IT WAS
A REAL CIVILIZED WAR,

KEPT ATROCITIES
TO A MINIMUM, DIDN'T YOU?

THE WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE IS
OVER, COMMANDER,

THIS IS NO TIME
TO START ANOTHER ONE,

I'M AT THE SENSORY ARRAYS
NOW, PARK,

THEY LOOK LIKE SPAGHETTI,

HOW ARE THE ENGINES?

I CAN SEE THE AUXILIARIES,

THE ENGINES ARE...
STUCK IN THE MUCK,

WE CAN FORGET
FLYING OFF THIS MOON,

SO COMMUNICATION'S
OUR ONLY HOPE,

ROGER THAT,

WHAT KIND OF A
PLACE IS THIS?

LEVIATHAN HAS OVER 200 MOONS,

THE COLONY'S CHECKED OUT
MAYBE 40,

TWO ARE BIGGER THAN EARTH,

THOSE HAVE LIFE,

HELL, EVEN LEVIATHAN HAS LIFE
IN ITS UPPER ATMOSPHERE,

HOW WILL ANYBODY
FIND US IN THIS MURK?

WELL, THEY DON'T KNOW
WHERE WE ARE,

CORRINE WILL GET TO US,

LOOKS LIKE ONLY
THE ULTRA-LOW FREQUENCY ARRAY

IS STILL FUNCTIONING,

VIRGIL,

CORRINE,

I'M READING YOU,
WHAT'S YOUR POSITION?

DID YOU SAY CORRINE?

VIRGIL,

COME HOME, VIRGIL,

DOC, BRING HIM BACK
TO THE AIRLOCK,

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT,
COMMANDER?

IT'S SEARCH-AND-RESCUE,
PARK, DO YOU HEAR?

NEGATIVE!

YOU'RE HALLUCINATING!

LISTEN TO ME, VIRGIL,

I WANT YOU TO COME HOME,

CORRINE, I HEAR YOU,

PLEASE RESPOND,

MURDER!

COMMANDER!

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU...

YOU'RE THE GUEST OF HONOR,
SWEETHEART,

YOU WON
THE MEDAL OF VALOR

FOR SAVING
THE COLONY,

AND SO IT IS
MY DISTINCT PLEASURE

TO AWARD THE TABLOSS
MEDALS OF HONOR

TO CAPTAIN STANISLAV PARKER...

COMMANDER JOHN VIRGIL...

THE ONLY EARTHER
EVER TO RECEIVE IT,

DR, LEO VASQUEZ,

THANK YOU, COLONEL,

THANK YOU ALL,

I GOT TO TALK
TO YOU TWO,

PARK?

EXCUSE US
JUST A SECOND,

WHAT'S GOING ON?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING,
VIRGIL?

THIS SON OF A BITCH
TRIED TO KILL ME

OUTSIDE THE SHIP,

HE KNOWS
WHAT'S GOING ON!

LET HIM GO,
VIRG, THIS IS NUTS,

HE KNOWS
WHAT'S GOING ON, PARK,

HE HAS DONE SOMETHING
TO MY HEAD,

AFTER ANY TRAUMA,

THERE CAN BE MOMENTS
OF DISASSOCIATION...

YOU TRIED TO KILL ME!

OUTSIDE, WITH THAT
WEAPON YOU MADE,

HE SPENT THE LAST THREE WEEKS
TRYING TO SAVE YOUR LIFE,

I DON'T KNOW WHICH LIFE IS REAL,
BUT THIS STINKING EARTHER DOES!

COMMANDER, WHEN YOU'RE NOT HERE,
WHERE ARE YOU?

ABOARD TEMPEST,

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

WE'VE CRASHED,

THERE ARE SPIDERS...

COMMANDER,
YOU'VE BEEN UNCONSCIOUS

FOR ALMOST
THREE WEEKS,

I DON'T KNOW
HOW MANY TIMES

WE ALMOST
LOST YOU,

NO, NO, NO,

IT IS NO DREAM,

IT'S NO HALLUCINATION,

WHAT ARE THE CHANCES

OF BOUNCING OFF A GAS GIANT?

SLIM TO NONE,

GREATER THAN
FINDING ONESELF

FIGHTING
GIANT SPIDERS?

DON'T TELL ME
THAT YOU DON'T...

WHAT'S GOING ON?

HEY, WE'LL SEE YOU
BACK INSIDE,

IT'S OKAY, VIRGIL,

COME HERE, YOU,

HEY, YOU KNOW WHAT?

WHAT?

EVERYTHING I DID...

FLYING TO EARTH
AND GETTING THE SERUM,

GETTING BACK...

WASN'T TO SAVE
THE COLONY,

IT WASN'T?

ALL I CARED ABOUT WAS
GETTING BACK TO YOU,

AND YOUR MOM,

I GET IT?

FOR KEEPS?

YEAH,

SEEMS LIKE A FAIR TRADE
FOR YOUR LUCKY AGGIE,

I CAN'T FIND IT,

WHERE IS IT?

CALM DOWN, DAD,
WE'LL FIND ANOTHER ONE,

- NO, I CAN'T FIND IT
- BECAUSE IT'S NOT HERE,

YOU DON'T WANT TO
LOSE THIS, DO YOU?

I WAS HOME AGAIN,

YOU WAS IN
LA-LA LAND

AFTER
THE GOOD DOCTOR

SHOCKED
YOUR SHORTS OFF,

THAT'S RIGHT,
YOU DID TRY TO KILL ME,

WHY DIDN'T YOU
JUST FINISH ME OFF?

I WAS TRYING TO KILL
THE SPIDER ON YOUR BACK,

THE WAR IS OVER,
COMMANDER,

WE HAVE TO WORK
TOGETHER!

VIRG,

WHEN I'M THERE,
THIS FEELS LIKE A DREAM,

AND WHEN
I'M HERE...

I CAN'T TELL ANYMORE,

SPIDER POISON,

THANK YOU VERY MUCH,
DOCTOR,

BACK HOME YOU BLAME IT
ON THE ELLYSIA C,

YOU DON'T HAVE THAT,

WHICH SEEMS MORE REAL?

THE OTHER ONE'S A LOT PRETTIER,

THAT'S RIGHT... JOHN,

CORRINE, EVERYBODY,
ALL RIGHT?

BETTER THAN
ALL RIGHT,

AS OPPOSED TO
SUFFOCATING TO DEATH?

SURROUNDED
BY POISONOUS SPIDERS?

WANT ME TO SHOW YOU
WHAT'S REAL?

THAT'S REALITY,

REALITY HURTS,

NEXT TIME YOU WANT TO
GO OFF TO HAPPY LAND,

TAKE US ALONG,

I FIXED
THE LANDING LIGHTS,

THEY USE UP A LOT
OF RESERVE POWER,

BUT IT'LL GIVE US AN IDEA
OF WHERE WE'RE AT,

YOU FIXED
THE LANDING LIGHTS?

I'LL WIDEN
THE SCREEN,

WE'RE INSIDE
SOME KIND OF CAVERN,

WHAT IS THAT?

A TERRANADON,

THEY LIVE IN LEVIATHAN'S
UPPER ATMOSPHERE,

WE'VE ONLY EVER DETECTED THEM
WITH DEEP RADAR,

HERE, I'LL MAGNIFY IT,

HOW'S THAT FOR A VIEW
OF THE FUTURE?

PANNING UP,

I GOT POWER FOR
ANOTHER DISTRESS BEACON,

LET ME SEE
WHAT ELSE I'VE GOT,

FIRING NOW,

WE'RE INSIDE A BALEEN,

A WHAT?

BALEEN,

IT'S LIKE
A GIANT JELLYFISH,

WE'RE INSIDE OF
SOMETHING ALIVE?

YEAH,

I DON'T THINK WE SHOULD HAVE
SHOT THE BEACON OFF INSIDE IT,

HANG ON TO SOMETHING!

PARKER?

VASQUEZ?

VIRGIL?

YOU OKAY?

WHERE'S MY DAMN HAT?

GUESS WE REALLY
PISSED IT OFF?

100 KILOMETERS LONG,

AND WE LIT A MATCH
IN ITS GUT,

THAT'S SMART,

FIND THE DOC?

YEAH,

HE'S DEAD,

THOSE EARTHERS, YOU KNOW,

THEY CAN'T TAKE IT
WHEN THE GOING GETS TOUGH,

NOT LIKE US,

WE ARE SCREWED,

YEAH, WE'RE COLONISTS?

THEY SHOULD HAVE TATTOOED
"BORN TO BE SCREWED"

ACROSS OUR BEHINDS,

YEAH, AND GET THIS...

THERE'S 61/2 MILLION COLONISTS

WAITING FOR US
TO DELIVER THE SERUM,

INCLUDING JOHN JUNIOR
AND CORRINE,

I'LL BE BACK,

HE'S RELAPSING,
DOCTOR,

NO,

GOD,

STAY, STAY
WITH US, JOHN,

THIS IS THE DREAM,
CORRINE,

NO, IT'S NOT, JOHN,

THIS IS THE WORLD,

YOU CAN'T LET
YOURSELF SLIP BACK,

IT'S TOO PERFECT,

YOU HAVE TO STAY HERE, VIRG,

YOU HAVE TO STAY CONSCIOUS
OR THE VIRUS WILL KILL YOU,

YOU HAVE TO FIGHT,

I CAN'T RISK IT,

I HAD ELLYSIA C, TOO,

I KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE,

BUT THIS IS WHAT'S REAL,

IF THIS IS REALITY,

THEN I CAN DIE A HAPPY MAN
KNOWING YOU AND JOHN ARE SAFE,

NO, NO,

I DON'T WANT YOU TO DIE, PLEASE,

IF THIS IS THE HALLUCINATION

THEN YOU AND JOHN JUNIOR ARE
DYING RIGHT NOW,

ALL OF YOU ARE DYING,

DON'T YOU LEAVE ME,
JOHN VIRGIL,

I LOVE YOU TOO MUCH
TO LET THAT HAPPEN,

DON'T LEAVE US THIS WAY,

YOU HAVE TO FIGHT
FOR WHAT'S YOURS,

I LOVE YOU,

NO, VIRGIL,

THINK OF
JOHN JUNIOR,

DON'T LEAVE US,

ARE YOU HERE
OR THERE?

HERE,

GOOD,

WHEN THE BALEEN
SHOOK US UP,

THE SHIP PITCHED FORWARD
ANOTHER 10 DEGREES,

JUST ENOUGH,

SO THE ESCAPE POD
CAN LAUNCH NOW,

IT WILL ONLY CARRY ONE PERSON,

THE OTHER PODS ARE IN THE AFT,

THAT'S RIGHT,

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO DO,
WRESTLE FOR IT?

NO,

I'M GOING TO FIRE THE ESCAPE POD

THROUGH THE POINT WE CAME IN,

PARK...

CHECK THE MATH,

SAY THE POD MAKES IT
INTO ORBIT,

IT COULD TAKE CORRINE DAYS
TO FIND IT,

I'LL BE DEAD ANYWAY,

LONG BEFORE
THOSE SPIDER CREATURES

COME THROUGH THE HULL,
I'LL BE DEAD,

10 SECONDS, VIRGIL,

I'M COMING BACK FOR YOU, CAP,

JUST GET THE SERUM
TO YOUR GOOD WIFE AND SON,

I'M COMING
BACK, PARK,

WOULD I LIE
TO YOU?

ONLY ON PAYDAY,

THREE SECONDS,

IN TWO SECONDS,

ONE SECOND,

I'M AWAY!

THAT-A-BOY, VIRG,

I'M OUT, PARK,

WE MADE IT,

I'M COMING BACK FOR YOU, PAL,

GODSPEED, VIRG,

THIS IS TABLOSS
COLONY S, A, R,

HAILING TEMPEST,

PLEASE RESPOND,

TABLOSS COLONY
S, A, R,

HAILING TEMPEST,

PLEASE RESPOND,
TEMPEST,

TABLOSS COLONY S, A, R,
HAILING TEMPEST,

PLEASE RESPOND,
TEMPEST,

THIS IS JOHN VIRGIL OF
THE LIGHT JUMPER TEMPEST,

VIRGIL?

IT'S ME,

IT'S ME,

I'M IN AN ESCAPE POD
ORBITING LEVIATHAN,

THANK GOD,

ARE THERE ANY
OTHER SURVIVORS?

ONLY...

ONLY ALL OF YOU,

WE HAVE YOU
IN VISUAL RANGE,

HANG ON,

I SAVED THEM,

I SAVED THEM,

I SAVED THEM,

I SAVED THEM,

I SAVED THEM,

I SAVED THEM,

I SAVED THEM,

BIOHAZARD,

AIRLOCK THREE,

WARNING: BIOHAZARD,

AIRLOCK THREE,

WARNING: BIOHAZARD,

AIRLOCK THREE,

WARNING: BIOHAZARD,

AIRLOCK THREE,

EACH OF US CREATES
HIS OWN WORLD,

WE CONJURE PARADISES
FROM OUR HOPES

AND NIGHTMARES
BORN OF FEAR,

BUT WHAT IF THEY ARE
BOTH ILLUSIONS?

I SAVED THEM,