The Outer Limits (1995–2002): Season 4, Episode 23 - The Origin of Species - full transcript
Dr. Eric Nodel has his body altered to communicate with aliens who have seeded Earth with their genetic material. He is joined on an alien spaceship by son Paul, girlfriend Hope, and six students who are individually absorbed into the ship.
PREVIOUSLY ON THE OUTER LIMITES...
TELL ME WHO KNOWS
WHAT AN INTRON IS?
INTRONS ARE THE EXTRA
GENETIC MATERIAL IN OUR DNA
THAT HAVEN'T BEEN MAPPED
BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEEM TO CODE
FOR ANYTHING.
I HAVE DEVELOPED
A RETRO-VIRAL ACTIVATOR
THAT ACTIVATES INTRONS.
I HAVE IN MY HAND
THE KEY TO OUR FUTURE SELVES.
YOU'RE SURE
ABOUT YOUR GENETIC TEST?
TREMORS WILL TAKE OVER.
A FEW YEARS AFTER THAT,
MY LIVER'S GOING TO GO.
YOU'VE SPENT THE PAST 20 YEARS
MAKING OBSCURE DISCOVERIES
THAT WILL NOT CHANGE THE WORLD.
THAT'S NICE.
YOU MISSED OUT, DAD.
YOU'RE MISSING
LIFE'S GREAT ADVENTURE.
IT IS
PASSING YOU BY.
I'M EVOLVING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
AS YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT PEOPLE
THAT I'M CHOOSING
FOR THE RESEARCH.
THERE ARE
VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
IN ORDER
TO QUALIFY FOR THIS STUDY.
( laughing )
I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
I HOPE I HAVEN'T
KEPT YOU WAITING TOO LONG.
THIS IS MY SON PAUL.
THIS IS HIS GIRLFRIEND HOPE.
WHAT IS IT?
I WAS HOPING YOU'D
TELL ME, DOCTOR.
DAD!
GET BACK!
DAD! DAD!
YOU'RE THE FINAL RESULT OF
OUR GREAT EXPERIMENT IN HOPE.
WE SEEDED YOUR PLANET
WITH OUR OWN GENETIC MATERIAL
TO CONTINUE OUR RACE IN YOU.
WE KNEW WHEN YOU REACHED
THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL
OF INTELLIGENCE,
YOU WOULD ACTIVATE
THE REMAINDER OF OUR EXPERIMENT
IN YOUR OWN DNA.
THAT IN TURN
WOULD LEAD YOU TO THIS CRAFT.
AT THAT TIME,
YOU WOULD RETURN, REPORT TO US,
TELL US OF YOUR WORLD
AS IT EVOLVED,
WITHOUT OUR INTERFERENCE.
IF YOU HAVE DONE
AS WE INTENDED,
THIS SHOULD BE THE ONE WHO
HAS TRANSFORMED AND EIGHT MORE,
GOOD EXAMPLES
OF WHAT OUR SEED HAS WROUGHT,
YOUNG AND HEALTHY ENOUGH
TO WITHSTAND THE JOURNEY,
USING THIS VESSEL
THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU NOW.
WE LOOK FORWARD
TO WELCOMING YOU BACK HOME.
THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS.
THEY COULD
HAVE LEFT THAT MESSAGE
AS MUCH AS 60 MILLION YEARS AGO.
THEY COULD BE
DEAD OR GONE.
THEY COULD HAVE FORGOTTEN
ABOUT THE EXPERIMENT.
NOW I INTEND TO GO.
BUT I CAN'T EXPECT ANY OF YOU
TO JOIN ME.
THAT DECISION
HAS TO BE ENTIRELY YOURS.
WHEN DO WE GO?
( Control Voice )
AND NOW THE STORY CONTINUES.
PAUL?
IT'S OKAY!
MY DAD KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.
( whistling )
WELL, AH...
THAT WAS QUITE REFRESHING.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE
WE MADE IT.
WE HAVEN'T YET.
ALL RIGHT,
SETTLE DOWN.
WE ARE NOT THROUGH YET.
DR. NODEL, CAN YOU
TELL US
WHERE WE'RE GOING?
DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING?
THE FIRST PERSON WHO SAYS,
"ARE WE THERE YET?"
GETS TO WALK HOME.
PAY ATTENTION.
THIS ADVENTURE
IS JUST BEGINNING.
EONS AGO,
THE ANCESTORS OF OUR RACE
FORESAW...
(
moaning
--)
DAD.
...A GREAT DANGER.
(
moaning
--)
DAD, WHAT'S THE MATTER?
I CANNOT, PAUL, I CAN'T--
MY BODY-- I CAN'T LET GO!
DAD!
PAUL!
PAUL!
AH! NO!
( Control Voice )
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.
( Control voice )
THROUGHOUT THE AGES,
HUMANS HAVE LOOKED
TO THE HEAVENS AND WONDERED
WHERE DID WE COME FROM
AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?
BUT WILL WE FIND THOSE ANSWERS
IN THE STARS
OR IN OURSELVES?
WHAT THE HELL'S
GOING ON HERE?
THEY'RE GONE.
I KNEW
THIS WAS A MISTAKE.
HOPE, IT'S GOING
TO BE OKAY.
LET IT GO,
JUST LET IT GO.
IT'S GOING
TO BE OKAY.
HOPE, PLEASE JUST SAY SOMETHING.
WE ARE SCREWED!
WE MUST HAVE BEEN CRAZY,
JUMPING INTO
A 60-MILLION-YEAR-OLD SPACESHIP
LIKE IT WAS A SCHOOL BUS!
LIKE IT'S A FIELD TRIP!
KIRBY, SHUT UP.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
I SAID SHUT UP!
GUYS, WE HAVE COME TOO FAR
TO LET THIS FALL APART NOW.
DR. NODEL
WAS THE ONLY ONE
WHO KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WE CAN'T CONTROL THE SHIP
WITHOUT HIM.
WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTROL IT.
THE SHIP IS PROGRAMMED
TO TAKE US
TO THE ALIENS' HOME PLANET.
WE JUST SIT BACK--
THEN WHAT? ENJOY THE RIDE?
LOOK WHERE THAT GOT HIM.
LOOK, DR. NODEL
KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
HE KNEW THAT
TOUCHING THAT THING
WAS GOING TO KILL HIM?
OH, GOD!
OH, NO!
WE'RE BREAKING APART!
WHAT WAS THAT?
THE WALLS.
THEY'RE MOVING.
WHERE DID THAT
COME FROM?
WHAT IS THAT?
MY GOD,
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
THE SHIP OPENED UP
FOR A REASON.
WE MUST
FIGURE OUT WHY.
DEFINITELY.
ARE YOU CRAZY?
YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED
TO DR. NODEL.
THIS IS AN OLD SHIP.
WHAT HAPPENED
TO THEM
MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MALFUNCTION.
MALFUNCTION?
THE SHIP MURDERED THEM.
YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.
MAYBE NOT, BUT
WHAT IF SHE'S RIGHT?
THAT'S THE LAST PLACE
WE SHOULD GO.
I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE ALIENS
WOULD GET US ONTO THE SHIP
JUST TO KILL US OFF
ONCE WE GOT IN HERE.
DR. NODEL WAS TRYING
TO UNCOVER THE ORIGINS
OF THE HUMAN RACE.
HE CHOSE US TO JOIN HIM.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE
TRYING TO COMPLETE OUR MISSION.
SO DID HIS SON.
THE LEAST WE COULD DO
TO HONOR THEM IS PICK IT UP
FROM WHERE THEY LEFT OFF.
YEAH.
I'M IN.
OKAY.
ME TOO.
GOOD.
OKAY, LOOK,
WE DON'T KNOW
HOW LONG
THIS FLIGHT'S GOING TO LAST.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS WE CAN.
WE'LL MAP IT OUT.
GET YOUR NOTEBOOKS AND PENS.
LOOK OUT FOR
WHAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE
A FLIGHT CONTROL PANEL
OR FOOD
AND WATER SUPPLIES.
HOPE.
PLEASE COME WITH US.
I CAN'T.
IT'S OKAY, SARAH.
YOU CAN STAY HERE, HOPE.
SHE WON'T BE MUCH HELP TO US
IN THAT CONDITION ANYWAY.
JUST GO AHEAD
AND GET YOUR STUFF.
OKAY, EVERYBODY PAIR UP.
EACH TEAM
TAKE A DIFFERENT SECTION,
AND WE'LL MEET BACK
HERE IN EXACTLY...
20 MINUTES.
( Sarah )
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S MADE OF?
WELL, IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME
AS THE SHIP'S EXTERIOR,
BUT IF I HAD TO TAKE A GUESS...
I'D SAY IT WAS
SOME SORT OF METALLIC CRYSTAL.
WHICH GROWS AND CHANGES
WHENEVER IT FEELS LIKE IT.
YOU KNOW, THE MORE I SEE OF IT,
THE LESS THIS PLACE
FEELS LIKE A SPACESHIP.
IT'S MORE LIKE A LIVING THING.
YEAH.
A THING
WE HAPPEN TO BE INSIDE OF.
ALL RIGHT.
COME ON.
THEY KIND OF
LOOK LIKE
THE SYMBOL
ON DR. NODEL'S HAND.
YEAH, BUT THE
ARRANGEMENT'S DIFFERENT--
WELL, DON'T TOUCH IT!
I WASN'T PLANNING TO.
SORRY.
IT COULD BE
SOME FORM OF WRITING
LIKE HIEROGLYPHICS.
IS IT JUST ME,
OR DO HIEROGLYPHICS
REMIND YOU OF TOMBS?
WE, UM...BETTER KEEP MOVING.
YEAH.
( Dr. Nodel's voice )
DESPITE INITIAL EVIDENCE
TO THE CONTRARY,
IT APPEARS THAT MY GENETIC FLAW
WAS NOT CURED AFTER ALL.
THE SYMPTOMS OF
WILSON'S DISEASE HAVE RECURRED,
AND THE PROGRESSION
IS ACCELERATING RAPIDLY.
MY IMMUNE SYSTEM HAS
BEEN SEVERELY COMPROMISED.
AND AT THIS RATE, I EXPECT
TO BE DEAD WITHIN A FEW WEEKS.
HOW WILL
I SETTLE THINGS WITH PAUL
WITH SO LITTLE TIME LEFT?
HOPE.
HOPE.
HOPE.
HOPE.
HOPE.
YOU MUST LISTEN.
DR. NODEL?
HOPE.
PAUL?
IT CAN'T BE YOU.
YOU MUST LISTEN.
YOU MUST PREPARE.
( mechanical noise )
WHAT WAS THAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT SOUNDS LIKE
THE SHIP'S ENGINES.
OH, GOD.
HEY, HEY, EVERYTHING'S
GOING TO BE--
DON'T SAY IT -- THAT'S
ALWAYS WHEN THINGS GO BAD.
OKAY.
OH, GOD,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
COME ON. COME ON!
OH, NO!
HELP!
HELP!
HELP! SOMEBODY!
SOMEBODY!
SOMEBODY HELP US!
NO!
( electronic surge )
HOPE?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
IT STARTED GLOWING...
LIKE IT SUDDENLY
TURNED ON.
WHY? WHAT HAPPENED?
I'M...I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK YOU SHOULD
LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK
IT EXPLAINS A LOT.
YOU GUYS ARE LATE.
IT'S A BIG SHIP.
WHAT IS THAT?
DR. NODEL'S LAB NOTEBOOK.
I FOUND IT IN HIS COAT.
ACCORDING TO THAT,
HE WAS VERY SICK.
HE WAS DYING.
MAYBE THAT'S
WHY HE COULDN'T
WITHSTAND THE STRAIN
OF INTERFACING WITH THE SHIP.
THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN
WHAT HAPPENED TO PAUL.
DR. NODEL'S DISEASE WAS GENETIC,
HEREDITARY.
MAYBE HE PASSED
THOSE GENES ALONG.
SO EVEN THOUGH
PAUL WASN'T SICK YET,
WHEN HE TOUCHED
HIS FATHER
AND THE SHIP,
IT HAD THE SAME EFFECT.
AREN'T YOU A LITTLE OUT OF
YOUR FIELD OF EXPERTISE HERE?
WHERE'S SARAH?
AND ANTHONY?
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE
BY NOW.
ANTHONY!
ANTHONY!
SARAH!
CAN YOU HEAR ME?!
IT'S ALL RIGHT,
WE'LL GO FIND THEM.
BUT FROM NOW ON,
WE STICK TOGETHER.
ANTHONY? ANTHONY?
ANTHONY?
SARAH?
SARAH?
ANTHONY?
OH, IT'S ANOTHER DEAD END.
DAMN IT.
THIS DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE.
THIS PLACE IS SO DISORIENTING.
IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
TO GET YOUR BEARINGS.
IT'S NOT LIKE
THEY COULD JUST
GET OFF SOMEWHERE.
( Ben )
LET ME CHECK MY MAP.
WE MUST HAVE
MISSED SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT...
HOPE.
YOU MUST UNDERSTAND
NOW IS THE TIME.
WHAT ARE YOU?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
IT IS THE TIME.
GET AWAY FROM ME.
CLAIR! KIRBY! LOOK OUT!
SOMETHING'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
WHAT THE...?
MOVE!
GET US OUT OF HERE!
OH GOD,
THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.
I'M OKAY, COME ON.
CHECK THE WALLS!
A HANDLE! ANYTHING!
COME ON, YOU GUYS! HURRY!
THE LIGHT'S CHANGING IN HERE.
OH, MAN.
TRY AND SLIDE IT.
COME ON, BEN.
MY GOD,
WHAT IS THAT?
HURRY!
GET US OUT OF HERE!
THAT'S DOING
SOMETHING.
I THINK IT'S SHORTING OUT.
KEEP GOING!
PLEASE HURRY!HURRY!
HURRY! IT'S CHANGING!
PLEASE!
HURRY!
HANG ON!
( electronic surge )
GUYS?!
ARE YOU OKAY?
ARE YOU OKAY?!
SAY SOMETHING!
WHERE'S CLAIR AND KIRBY?
CLAIR?! KIRBY?!
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
OKAY, LET'S GET HER OUT OF HERE.
THE SHIP, IT JUST...
IT JUST OPENED UP.
TOOK THEM.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT TOOK THEM?
IT TOOK THEM.
SOMETHING CAME
THROUGH THE WALL...
FAST.
SOMETHING MECHANICAL.
I ONLY GOT A GLIMPSE OF IT.
DON'T TAKE THIS
THE WRONG WAY PLEASE,
BUT WHY DIDN'T IT TAKE YOU TOO?
YOU KNOW...
FIRST
WE LOST DR. NODEL AND PAUL.
AND THEN ANTHONY AND SARAH.
AND NOW KIRBY AND CLAIR.
MAYBE THE SHIP
IS DESIGNED TO TAKE
TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME.
IF YOU'RE RIGHT
ABOUT THIS,
THIS SHIP
IS ONE BIG TRAP...
AND WE'RE
ON A ONE-WAY TRIP.
HOPE.
TRY TO LISTEN.
TRY TO HEAR.
HOPE?
TRY TO UNDERSTAND.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I...
I'M NOT SURE.
MY GOD.
THAT LOOKS LIKE THE MARK
ON DR. NODEL'S HAND.
HOW THE HELL
DID THAT HAPPEN?
WHEN I FOUND
DR. NODEL'S LAB NOTEBOOK,
I WAS NEAR THE POST.
AND I DON'T
EXACTLY KNOW WHY,
BUT I REACHED OUT
TO TOUCH IT.
AND SOMETHING HIT ME.
IT WAS LIKE
AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
THEN I STARTED
HEARING THINGS,
VOICES...
THAT KEEP
DRAWING ME HERE.
AND I KEEP SEEING IMAGES.
THEY LOOK LIKE PAUL SOMETIMES
AND DR. NODEL AND...
AND WHAT?
SOMETHING ALIEN.
I THINK THE SHIP
CREATED THESE IMAGES
WHEN IT CONSUMED THEM,
A FUSION OF EACH
PERSON'S CONSCIOUSNESS,
MAYBE EVEN
MELDED WITH THE SHIP ITSELF.
THIS IS CRAZY.
YOU'RE SAYING THIS SHIP
IS TRYING TO CONTROL YOU?
NO, NO.
I THINK THE SHIP IS
TRYING TO HELP ME.
THE ALIENS
DESIGNED THIS SHIP
TO TALK THROUGH A PERSON
GENETICALLY ALTERED
WHO COULD BECOME
AN INTERFACE.
THIS IS JUST
THE POINT OF CONNECTION
WHEN DR. NODEL DIED,
THE SHIP HAD NO WAY
TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.
YOU THINK THAT'S WHY
THE SHIP CHANGED YOUR HAND?
YES.
AND NOW YOU WANT TO TALK BACK?
IF I CAN.
THIS STRUCTURE
ISN'T THE SAME AS DR. NODEL'S.
IT'S NOT FULLY FORMED.
IT MAY NOT WORK.
MAYBE NOT,
BUT I DON'T SEE OTHER OPTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUST SAY
YOU CAN COMMUNICATE
WITH THE SHIP.
THEN WHAT?
I'LL ASK IT WHAT IT'S DONE
WITH THE OTHERS AND WHY.
AT THE FIRST SIGN
OF TROUBLE,
WE'RE PULLING YOU OFF.
HOPE?
NO! IT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT'S WORKING.
I CAN SENSE...
SOME KIND
OF MEMORY BANK...
LIKE A LIBRARY.
I'M GOING TO TRY AND ACCESS IT.
SO MUCH INFORMATION.
SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE!
IT'S INCREDIBLE!
LOOKS LIKE THE SPHINX.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
ALIENS BUILT IT?
( Hope )
I'M ACCESSING THE SHIP.
I'VE GOT IT.
JUST,
JUST A LITTLE...BIT LONGER.
I CAN SEE THEM!
( screaming )
HOPE?
YOU ALL RIGHT?
DID YOU SEE THAT?
IT WAS THE OTHERS.
BUT I COULDN'T TELL
WHERE THEY WERE.
THERE'S A NETWORK OF TUNNELS
THAT RUN
BEHIND THE MAIN CORRIDORS.
THEY ALL SEEM TO CONVERGE
ON A CENTRAL CHAMBER.
I THINK THAT'S THE PLACE.
WE HAVE TO TRY
AND GET THEM BACK.
IF WE CUT THROUGH THE CORRIDOR
WALLS AND INTO THOSE TUNNELS,
WE MIGHT FIND THEM.
NO, WAIT--
WE CAN'T WAIT.
IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE.
WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH.
THE SHIP'S BEEN GRABBING US
FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT REASON.
WE MUST STOP IT
BEFORE WE'RE NEXT.
I NEARLY GOT IT
TO SHORT OUT BEFORE,
SO JUST KEEP AT IT.
DO YOU REALLY THINK
THEY'RE STILL ALIVE?
THESE SYMBOLS...
THEY'RE ALL OVER
THE PLACE
AND IN
DIFFERENT PATTERNS.
MAYBE THEY'RE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTERFACES.
WHOA.
WELL, WE'RE IN.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
BE CAREFUL.
( Heather )
CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING?
NO, JUST MORE OF THE SAME.
WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD
JUST FIND ANOTHER WAY IN.
WAIT A SEC,
WAIT A SEC.
THERE'S
SOMETHING AHEAD.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
I THINK BEN FOUND SOMETHING!
( mechanical noise )
BEN!
GET OUT OF THERE!
SOMETHING'S GOING ON!
I THINK THIS IS IT.
HEATHER!
HOLD ON A SECOND.
THOSE SYMBOLS,
THEY'RE SOME KIND OF TIMER.
I THINK HOPE'S SAYING SOMETHING.
I CAN SEE...
GO BACK!
BEN!
GET OUT OF THERE NOW!
BEN!
( screaming )
HOPE.
IT IS THE PLAN.
YOU'RE LYING.
LET THE OTHERS GO.
YOU MUST PREPARE.
FOR WHAT?
YOU MUST PREPARE....
TO SAVE YOURSELVES.
( screaming )
( screaming )
( footsteps approaching )
HOPE?
ARE YOU OKAY?
I DON'T KNOW.
DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER ANYTHING?
IT FELT LIKE
WE WERE OUT FOR HOURS.
MAYBE EVEN DAYS.
IT FELT LONGER
THAN THAT.
YEAH,
MY WATCH STOPPED.
THE BATTERY'S SUPPOSED
TO BE GOOD FOR A YEAR.
YEAH, I...REMEMBER RESTRAINTS,
LIKE WE WERE
PART OF THE SHIP.
WE WERE ALL RESTRAINED.
THE SHIP WAS DOING
THINGS TO US,
SURGICAL THINGS.
WHY DON'T WE ALL
JUST COME OUT
AND SAY IT?
I'VE GOT MARKS. WE ALL DO.
WE WERE BEING EXPERIMENTED ON.
WE WEREN'T HURT.
AS FAR
AS WE CAN TELL,
WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE SHIP DID TO US.
BEFORE WE LAUNCHED,
DR. NODEL TOLD US
THE ALIENS WANTED TO TAKE US
TO THEIR HOME PLANET
TO SEE HOW WE EVOLVED.
THAT'S WHAT
THEY WERE TRYING TO DO.
BEFORE I WAS TAKEN,
THE LAST THING THE SHIP TOLD ME
WAS THAT
THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE US.
THE SHIP WOULDN'T HARM US.
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT
AFTER WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH?
LET ME INTERFACE AGAIN.
LOOK AT THE MARK ON MY HAND.
IT'S GROWN.
THIS TIME
I'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT--
EVERY TIME
YOU GO NEAR THAT INTERFACE,
SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS.
HOPE, THE SHIP
IS CONTROLLING YOU.
IT'S USING YOU.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YES, I DO.
WE BLEW IT, ALL OF US.
WE THREW
OUR LIVES AWAY
WHEN WE FOLLOWED
DR. NODEL
INTO THIS GODDAMNED SHIP.
HOPE.
LET GO OF ME!
NO MORE, HOPE.
THAT'S IT.
FORGET IT, HOPE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
THE SHIP'S
CHANGING AGAIN.
NO, IT SOUNDS DIFFERENT.
I THINK IT'S WIND.
WE'RE LANDING.
EVERYBODY BACK
TO YOUR LAUNCH POSITIONS NOW!
WE MADE IT.
YEAH, WHETHER
WE LIKE IT OR NOT.
WE'RE REALLY HERE.
I DON'T SEE
ANY SIGNS OF LIFE.
ME NEITHER.
WE CAME ALL THIS WAY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE
THE ALIENS AREN'T HERE.
YEAH, YOU'D THINK
THEY'D AT LEAST
SEND OUT
A WELCOMING COMMITTEE.
SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
WE'RE GOING TO
WAIT RIGHT HERE.
WHY?
AFTER WE FIND FOOD,
WE'LL NEED SHELTER.
THE SHIP IS PERFECT.
IT'S PRACTICALLY
INDESTRUCTIBLE.
IF WORSE COMES TO WORSE,
WE CAN DEFEND OURSELVES IN IT.
DEFEND OURSELVES?
WE'RE LUCKY
THE ALIENS AREN'T HERE.
SO FAR WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING
ACCORDING TO A PLAN
MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD,
JERKING US AROUND LIKE PUPPETS.
IF THEY WANT US,
THEY CAN COME GET US.
THEY OBVIOUSLY
HAD THE TECHNOLOGY
TO GET OFF
THE PLANET.
MAYBE THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT THEY DID.
WE DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING,
AND WE'RE NOT GOING
TO LEARN ANYTHING
BY STAYING HERE.
I TOLD YOU,
I DON'T THINK THE SHIP
OR THE ALIENS
INTENDED TO HARM US.
THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL HERE
AND STILL ALIVE
SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PROVE THAT.
YOU WANT TO FIND THEM?
I JUST WANT SOME ANSWERS.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE
A BETTER VANTAGE POINT
FROM UP HERE.
OH, MY GOD.
WE'RE HOME.
I CAN'T SAY HOW RECENTLY
THIS THING WAS DISCARDED BUT...
IT'S LIKE WE'VE COME ABOUT
250 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
WELL,
IF THIS IS EARTH,
THEN WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A SINGLE SIGN
OF LIFE SINCE WE GOT HERE.
THE SHIP
MUST HAVE KEPT US
IN SOME TYPE
OF SUSPENDED ANIMATION.
THAT,
OR WE JUST WENT
IN ONE BIG CIRCLE
AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT.
MAYBE
THERE WAS A WAR.
THAT DID ALL THIS?
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
I MEAN,
WE GOT ONTO AN ALIEN SHIP.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GOING
TO THEIR HOME PLANET.
WELL, MAYBE THE ALIENS'
HOME PLANET IS EARTH.
THAT WOULD EXPLAIN
ALL THE IMAGES
OF ANCIENT
HUMAN HISTORY.
REMEMBER THE SPHINX?
YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT
AN ADVANCED CIVILIZATION
LIVED HERE AND DIED OFF
EONS AGO WITHOUT
LEAVING A TRACE?
THEY DID LEAVE THE SHIP.
WHAT IS THIS?
THAT...
THAT CAN'T BE HUMAN.
NO, I THINK IT IS.
LOOKS LIKE
ITS BONE STRUCTURE WAS MODIFIED.
THOSE ARE WINGS.
ANGELS DON'T HAVE SKELETONS.
NO, BUT HUMANS DO.
IT COULD BE
SOME KIND OF MUTATION
OR GENETIC ENGINEERING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL.
HOPE?
HOPE, WHAT'S WRONG?
( Hope )
"IN TESTAMENT TO THE PRIDE
AND VANITY OF OUR SPECIES,
"WE BELIEVED
WE COULD CONTROL NATURE."
THERE'S
ANOTHER INSCRIPTION.
THERE WAS
SOME KIND OF AN OUTBREAK,
BROUGHT ON
BY RAMPANT GENETIC ENGINEERING,
DNA-DESTROYING VIRUS
THAT RENDERED
VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE
HUMAN POPULATION INFERTILE.
THE HUMAN RACE?
THE WHOLE SPECIES JUST DIED OUT
ONE BY ONE.
MAYBE WE COULD START AGAIN.
START WHAT?
THE WORLD?
THERE'S
ONLY SEVEN OF US.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
GENETIC DIVERSITY
TO REPOPULATE.
WE'RE GOING TO DIE HERE
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
NO, I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT.
WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SHIP.
ARE YOU CRAZY?
THE SHIP DID
THIS TO US.
IT BROUGHT US HERE.
I'M NOT GOING BACK.
LOOK.
THIS TIME
IT'S FULLY FORMED.
I CAN INTERFACE
LIKE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO.
IF THIS JOURNEY'S GOING
TO AMOUNT TO ANYTHING,
WE HAVE TO AT LEAST
TRY AND FIND SOME ANSWERS.
IT'LL KILL YOU
JUST LIKE DR. NODEL AND PAUL.
IT'S MY RISK, IT'S MY LIFE.
I WON'T LET IT END HERE,
NOT LIKE THIS.
EONS AGO,
THE ANCESTORS OF OUR RACE
FORESAW GREAT DANGER.
THEY HAD ONCE
LIVED ON THIS PLANET
AND NEARLY DESTROYED THEMSELVES
IN A MISGUIDED EFFORT
TO GENETICALLY PERFECT
THEIR SPECIES.
IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT
FUTURE GENERATIONS
FROM MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES,
THEY LEFT BEHIND THIS VESSEL.
IT WAS OUR FOREFATHERS' HOPE
THAT WE WOULD LEARN
FROM THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST,
THAT YOU WOULD AVOID
THE GENETIC CATACLYSM
WHICH NEARLY DESTROYED
THEIR SPECIES AND OURS.
IT IS NOW YOUR TASK
AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY WISELY.
BECAUSE OF OUR ILLNESS,
WE COULD NOT BE THERE WITH YOU.
BUT OUR MINDS,
OUR HOPES AND OUR DREAMS
LIVE ON INSIDE THIS VESSEL.
LET THEM NOW
LIVE ON INSIDE YOU.
OH, MY GOD.
HOPE?
THE SHIP SPOKE TO ME.
IT GAVE ME
THE KNOWLEDGE OF
OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS.
AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
THIS SHIP HAS
LIMITLESS ENERGY.
WE'RE GOING TO
REBUILD OUR WORLD.
WE WON'T MAKE
THE SAME MISTAKES AGAIN.
HOPE...THERE
JUST AREN'T ENOUGH OF US.
I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU.
OH, LOOK.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE SHIP
USED OUR GENETIC MATERIAL
TO CREATE BABIES.
IT MODIFIED OUR DNA TO GIVE US
ENOUGH GENETIC DIVERSITY
TO REPOPULATE.
WE CAN START AGAIN.
( Control Voice )
IT IS SAID THAT THOSE
WHO DO NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY
ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.
WILL WE BE WISE ENOUGH
TO LEARN?
TELL ME WHO KNOWS
WHAT AN INTRON IS?
INTRONS ARE THE EXTRA
GENETIC MATERIAL IN OUR DNA
THAT HAVEN'T BEEN MAPPED
BECAUSE THEY DON'T SEEM TO CODE
FOR ANYTHING.
I HAVE DEVELOPED
A RETRO-VIRAL ACTIVATOR
THAT ACTIVATES INTRONS.
I HAVE IN MY HAND
THE KEY TO OUR FUTURE SELVES.
YOU'RE SURE
ABOUT YOUR GENETIC TEST?
TREMORS WILL TAKE OVER.
A FEW YEARS AFTER THAT,
MY LIVER'S GOING TO GO.
YOU'VE SPENT THE PAST 20 YEARS
MAKING OBSCURE DISCOVERIES
THAT WILL NOT CHANGE THE WORLD.
THAT'S NICE.
YOU MISSED OUT, DAD.
YOU'RE MISSING
LIFE'S GREAT ADVENTURE.
IT IS
PASSING YOU BY.
I'M EVOLVING.
THANK YOU ALL FOR COMING.
AS YOU KNOW,
THERE ARE ONLY EIGHT PEOPLE
THAT I'M CHOOSING
FOR THE RESEARCH.
THERE ARE
VERY SPECIFIC REQUIREMENTS
IN ORDER
TO QUALIFY FOR THIS STUDY.
( laughing )
I AM SO HAPPY TO SEE ALL OF YOU.
I HOPE I HAVEN'T
KEPT YOU WAITING TOO LONG.
THIS IS MY SON PAUL.
THIS IS HIS GIRLFRIEND HOPE.
WHAT IS IT?
I WAS HOPING YOU'D
TELL ME, DOCTOR.
DAD!
GET BACK!
DAD! DAD!
YOU'RE THE FINAL RESULT OF
OUR GREAT EXPERIMENT IN HOPE.
WE SEEDED YOUR PLANET
WITH OUR OWN GENETIC MATERIAL
TO CONTINUE OUR RACE IN YOU.
WE KNEW WHEN YOU REACHED
THE APPROPRIATE LEVEL
OF INTELLIGENCE,
YOU WOULD ACTIVATE
THE REMAINDER OF OUR EXPERIMENT
IN YOUR OWN DNA.
THAT IN TURN
WOULD LEAD YOU TO THIS CRAFT.
AT THAT TIME,
YOU WOULD RETURN, REPORT TO US,
TELL US OF YOUR WORLD
AS IT EVOLVED,
WITHOUT OUR INTERFERENCE.
IF YOU HAVE DONE
AS WE INTENDED,
THIS SHOULD BE THE ONE WHO
HAS TRANSFORMED AND EIGHT MORE,
GOOD EXAMPLES
OF WHAT OUR SEED HAS WROUGHT,
YOUNG AND HEALTHY ENOUGH
TO WITHSTAND THE JOURNEY,
USING THIS VESSEL
THAT YOU SEE BEFORE YOU NOW.
WE LOOK FORWARD
TO WELCOMING YOU BACK HOME.
THIS COULD BE VERY DANGEROUS.
THEY COULD
HAVE LEFT THAT MESSAGE
AS MUCH AS 60 MILLION YEARS AGO.
THEY COULD BE
DEAD OR GONE.
THEY COULD HAVE FORGOTTEN
ABOUT THE EXPERIMENT.
NOW I INTEND TO GO.
BUT I CAN'T EXPECT ANY OF YOU
TO JOIN ME.
THAT DECISION
HAS TO BE ENTIRELY YOURS.
WHEN DO WE GO?
( Control Voice )
AND NOW THE STORY CONTINUES.
PAUL?
IT'S OKAY!
MY DAD KNOWS WHAT HE'S DOING.
( whistling )
WELL, AH...
THAT WAS QUITE REFRESHING.
THAT WAS INCREDIBLE.
I CAN'T BELIEVE
WE MADE IT.
WE HAVEN'T YET.
ALL RIGHT,
SETTLE DOWN.
WE ARE NOT THROUGH YET.
DR. NODEL, CAN YOU
TELL US
WHERE WE'RE GOING?
DO YOU KNOW WHERE WE'RE GOING?
THE FIRST PERSON WHO SAYS,
"ARE WE THERE YET?"
GETS TO WALK HOME.
PAY ATTENTION.
THIS ADVENTURE
IS JUST BEGINNING.
EONS AGO,
THE ANCESTORS OF OUR RACE
FORESAW...
(
moaning
--)
DAD.
...A GREAT DANGER.
(
moaning
--)
DAD, WHAT'S THE MATTER?
I CANNOT, PAUL, I CAN'T--
MY BODY-- I CAN'T LET GO!
DAD!
PAUL!
PAUL!
AH! NO!
( Control Voice )
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.
( Control voice )
THROUGHOUT THE AGES,
HUMANS HAVE LOOKED
TO THE HEAVENS AND WONDERED
WHERE DID WE COME FROM
AND WHERE ARE WE GOING?
BUT WILL WE FIND THOSE ANSWERS
IN THE STARS
OR IN OURSELVES?
WHAT THE HELL'S
GOING ON HERE?
THEY'RE GONE.
I KNEW
THIS WAS A MISTAKE.
HOPE, IT'S GOING
TO BE OKAY.
LET IT GO,
JUST LET IT GO.
IT'S GOING
TO BE OKAY.
HOPE, PLEASE JUST SAY SOMETHING.
WE ARE SCREWED!
WE MUST HAVE BEEN CRAZY,
JUMPING INTO
A 60-MILLION-YEAR-OLD SPACESHIP
LIKE IT WAS A SCHOOL BUS!
LIKE IT'S A FIELD TRIP!
KIRBY, SHUT UP.
WHAT WILL WE DO?
I SAID SHUT UP!
GUYS, WE HAVE COME TOO FAR
TO LET THIS FALL APART NOW.
DR. NODEL
WAS THE ONLY ONE
WHO KNEW WHAT WAS GOING ON.
WE CAN'T CONTROL THE SHIP
WITHOUT HIM.
WE DON'T HAVE TO CONTROL IT.
THE SHIP IS PROGRAMMED
TO TAKE US
TO THE ALIENS' HOME PLANET.
WE JUST SIT BACK--
THEN WHAT? ENJOY THE RIDE?
LOOK WHERE THAT GOT HIM.
LOOK, DR. NODEL
KNEW WHAT HE WAS DOING.
HE KNEW THAT
TOUCHING THAT THING
WAS GOING TO KILL HIM?
OH, GOD!
OH, NO!
WE'RE BREAKING APART!
WHAT WAS THAT?
THE WALLS.
THEY'RE MOVING.
WHERE DID THAT
COME FROM?
WHAT IS THAT?
MY GOD,
THIS IS INCREDIBLE.
THAT'S AN UNDERSTATEMENT.
THE SHIP OPENED UP
FOR A REASON.
WE MUST
FIGURE OUT WHY.
DEFINITELY.
ARE YOU CRAZY?
YOU SAW WHAT HAPPENED
TO DR. NODEL.
THIS IS AN OLD SHIP.
WHAT HAPPENED
TO THEM
MIGHT HAVE BEEN A MALFUNCTION.
MALFUNCTION?
THE SHIP MURDERED THEM.
YOU DON'T KNOW THAT.
MAYBE NOT, BUT
WHAT IF SHE'S RIGHT?
THAT'S THE LAST PLACE
WE SHOULD GO.
I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THE ALIENS
WOULD GET US ONTO THE SHIP
JUST TO KILL US OFF
ONCE WE GOT IN HERE.
DR. NODEL WAS TRYING
TO UNCOVER THE ORIGINS
OF THE HUMAN RACE.
HE CHOSE US TO JOIN HIM.
HE GAVE HIS LIFE
TRYING TO COMPLETE OUR MISSION.
SO DID HIS SON.
THE LEAST WE COULD DO
TO HONOR THEM IS PICK IT UP
FROM WHERE THEY LEFT OFF.
YEAH.
I'M IN.
OKAY.
ME TOO.
GOOD.
OKAY, LOOK,
WE DON'T KNOW
HOW LONG
THIS FLIGHT'S GOING TO LAST.
WE NEED TO FIGURE OUT
AS MUCH AS POSSIBLE AS WE CAN.
WE'LL MAP IT OUT.
GET YOUR NOTEBOOKS AND PENS.
LOOK OUT FOR
WHAT MIGHT LOOK LIKE
A FLIGHT CONTROL PANEL
OR FOOD
AND WATER SUPPLIES.
HOPE.
PLEASE COME WITH US.
I CAN'T.
IT'S OKAY, SARAH.
YOU CAN STAY HERE, HOPE.
SHE WON'T BE MUCH HELP TO US
IN THAT CONDITION ANYWAY.
JUST GO AHEAD
AND GET YOUR STUFF.
OKAY, EVERYBODY PAIR UP.
EACH TEAM
TAKE A DIFFERENT SECTION,
AND WE'LL MEET BACK
HERE IN EXACTLY...
20 MINUTES.
( Sarah )
WHAT DO YOU THINK IT'S MADE OF?
WELL, IT'S NOT QUITE THE SAME
AS THE SHIP'S EXTERIOR,
BUT IF I HAD TO TAKE A GUESS...
I'D SAY IT WAS
SOME SORT OF METALLIC CRYSTAL.
WHICH GROWS AND CHANGES
WHENEVER IT FEELS LIKE IT.
YOU KNOW, THE MORE I SEE OF IT,
THE LESS THIS PLACE
FEELS LIKE A SPACESHIP.
IT'S MORE LIKE A LIVING THING.
YEAH.
A THING
WE HAPPEN TO BE INSIDE OF.
ALL RIGHT.
COME ON.
THEY KIND OF
LOOK LIKE
THE SYMBOL
ON DR. NODEL'S HAND.
YEAH, BUT THE
ARRANGEMENT'S DIFFERENT--
WELL, DON'T TOUCH IT!
I WASN'T PLANNING TO.
SORRY.
IT COULD BE
SOME FORM OF WRITING
LIKE HIEROGLYPHICS.
IS IT JUST ME,
OR DO HIEROGLYPHICS
REMIND YOU OF TOMBS?
WE, UM...BETTER KEEP MOVING.
YEAH.
( Dr. Nodel's voice )
DESPITE INITIAL EVIDENCE
TO THE CONTRARY,
IT APPEARS THAT MY GENETIC FLAW
WAS NOT CURED AFTER ALL.
THE SYMPTOMS OF
WILSON'S DISEASE HAVE RECURRED,
AND THE PROGRESSION
IS ACCELERATING RAPIDLY.
MY IMMUNE SYSTEM HAS
BEEN SEVERELY COMPROMISED.
AND AT THIS RATE, I EXPECT
TO BE DEAD WITHIN A FEW WEEKS.
HOW WILL
I SETTLE THINGS WITH PAUL
WITH SO LITTLE TIME LEFT?
HOPE.
HOPE.
HOPE.
HOPE.
HOPE.
YOU MUST LISTEN.
DR. NODEL?
HOPE.
PAUL?
IT CAN'T BE YOU.
YOU MUST LISTEN.
YOU MUST PREPARE.
( mechanical noise )
WHAT WAS THAT?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT SOUNDS LIKE
THE SHIP'S ENGINES.
OH, GOD.
HEY, HEY, EVERYTHING'S
GOING TO BE--
DON'T SAY IT -- THAT'S
ALWAYS WHEN THINGS GO BAD.
OKAY.
OH, GOD,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
COME ON. COME ON!
OH, NO!
HELP!
HELP!
HELP! SOMEBODY!
SOMEBODY!
SOMEBODY HELP US!
NO!
( electronic surge )
HOPE?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
IT STARTED GLOWING...
LIKE IT SUDDENLY
TURNED ON.
WHY? WHAT HAPPENED?
I'M...I'M NOT SURE.
I THINK YOU SHOULD
LOOK AT THAT.
I THINK
IT EXPLAINS A LOT.
YOU GUYS ARE LATE.
IT'S A BIG SHIP.
WHAT IS THAT?
DR. NODEL'S LAB NOTEBOOK.
I FOUND IT IN HIS COAT.
ACCORDING TO THAT,
HE WAS VERY SICK.
HE WAS DYING.
MAYBE THAT'S
WHY HE COULDN'T
WITHSTAND THE STRAIN
OF INTERFACING WITH THE SHIP.
THAT DOESN'T EXPLAIN
WHAT HAPPENED TO PAUL.
DR. NODEL'S DISEASE WAS GENETIC,
HEREDITARY.
MAYBE HE PASSED
THOSE GENES ALONG.
SO EVEN THOUGH
PAUL WASN'T SICK YET,
WHEN HE TOUCHED
HIS FATHER
AND THE SHIP,
IT HAD THE SAME EFFECT.
AREN'T YOU A LITTLE OUT OF
YOUR FIELD OF EXPERTISE HERE?
WHERE'S SARAH?
AND ANTHONY?
THEY SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE
BY NOW.
ANTHONY!
ANTHONY!
SARAH!
CAN YOU HEAR ME?!
IT'S ALL RIGHT,
WE'LL GO FIND THEM.
BUT FROM NOW ON,
WE STICK TOGETHER.
ANTHONY? ANTHONY?
ANTHONY?
SARAH?
SARAH?
ANTHONY?
OH, IT'S ANOTHER DEAD END.
DAMN IT.
THIS DOESN'T
MAKE ANY SENSE.
THIS PLACE IS SO DISORIENTING.
IT'S ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE
TO GET YOUR BEARINGS.
IT'S NOT LIKE
THEY COULD JUST
GET OFF SOMEWHERE.
( Ben )
LET ME CHECK MY MAP.
WE MUST HAVE
MISSED SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT...
HOPE.
YOU MUST UNDERSTAND
NOW IS THE TIME.
WHAT ARE YOU?
WHAT DO YOU WANT?
IT IS THE TIME.
GET AWAY FROM ME.
CLAIR! KIRBY! LOOK OUT!
SOMETHING'S
GOING TO HAPPEN.
WHAT THE...?
MOVE!
GET US OUT OF HERE!
OH GOD,
THIS CAN'T BE HAPPENING.
I'M OKAY, COME ON.
CHECK THE WALLS!
A HANDLE! ANYTHING!
COME ON, YOU GUYS! HURRY!
THE LIGHT'S CHANGING IN HERE.
OH, MAN.
TRY AND SLIDE IT.
COME ON, BEN.
MY GOD,
WHAT IS THAT?
HURRY!
GET US OUT OF HERE!
THAT'S DOING
SOMETHING.
I THINK IT'S SHORTING OUT.
KEEP GOING!
PLEASE HURRY!HURRY!
HURRY! IT'S CHANGING!
PLEASE!
HURRY!
HANG ON!
( electronic surge )
GUYS?!
ARE YOU OKAY?
ARE YOU OKAY?!
SAY SOMETHING!
WHERE'S CLAIR AND KIRBY?
CLAIR?! KIRBY?!
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
OKAY, LET'S GET HER OUT OF HERE.
THE SHIP, IT JUST...
IT JUST OPENED UP.
TOOK THEM.
WHAT DO YOU MEAN IT TOOK THEM?
IT TOOK THEM.
SOMETHING CAME
THROUGH THE WALL...
FAST.
SOMETHING MECHANICAL.
I ONLY GOT A GLIMPSE OF IT.
DON'T TAKE THIS
THE WRONG WAY PLEASE,
BUT WHY DIDN'T IT TAKE YOU TOO?
YOU KNOW...
FIRST
WE LOST DR. NODEL AND PAUL.
AND THEN ANTHONY AND SARAH.
AND NOW KIRBY AND CLAIR.
MAYBE THE SHIP
IS DESIGNED TO TAKE
TWO PEOPLE AT A TIME.
IF YOU'RE RIGHT
ABOUT THIS,
THIS SHIP
IS ONE BIG TRAP...
AND WE'RE
ON A ONE-WAY TRIP.
HOPE.
TRY TO LISTEN.
TRY TO HEAR.
HOPE?
TRY TO UNDERSTAND.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
I...
I'M NOT SURE.
MY GOD.
THAT LOOKS LIKE THE MARK
ON DR. NODEL'S HAND.
HOW THE HELL
DID THAT HAPPEN?
WHEN I FOUND
DR. NODEL'S LAB NOTEBOOK,
I WAS NEAR THE POST.
AND I DON'T
EXACTLY KNOW WHY,
BUT I REACHED OUT
TO TOUCH IT.
AND SOMETHING HIT ME.
IT WAS LIKE
AN ELECTRICAL SHOCK.
THEN I STARTED
HEARING THINGS,
VOICES...
THAT KEEP
DRAWING ME HERE.
AND I KEEP SEEING IMAGES.
THEY LOOK LIKE PAUL SOMETIMES
AND DR. NODEL AND...
AND WHAT?
SOMETHING ALIEN.
I THINK THE SHIP
CREATED THESE IMAGES
WHEN IT CONSUMED THEM,
A FUSION OF EACH
PERSON'S CONSCIOUSNESS,
MAYBE EVEN
MELDED WITH THE SHIP ITSELF.
THIS IS CRAZY.
YOU'RE SAYING THIS SHIP
IS TRYING TO CONTROL YOU?
NO, NO.
I THINK THE SHIP IS
TRYING TO HELP ME.
THE ALIENS
DESIGNED THIS SHIP
TO TALK THROUGH A PERSON
GENETICALLY ALTERED
WHO COULD BECOME
AN INTERFACE.
THIS IS JUST
THE POINT OF CONNECTION
WHEN DR. NODEL DIED,
THE SHIP HAD NO WAY
TO COMMUNICATE WITH US.
YOU THINK THAT'S WHY
THE SHIP CHANGED YOUR HAND?
YES.
AND NOW YOU WANT TO TALK BACK?
IF I CAN.
THIS STRUCTURE
ISN'T THE SAME AS DR. NODEL'S.
IT'S NOT FULLY FORMED.
IT MAY NOT WORK.
MAYBE NOT,
BUT I DON'T SEE OTHER OPTIONS.
ALL RIGHT, LET'S JUST SAY
YOU CAN COMMUNICATE
WITH THE SHIP.
THEN WHAT?
I'LL ASK IT WHAT IT'S DONE
WITH THE OTHERS AND WHY.
AT THE FIRST SIGN
OF TROUBLE,
WE'RE PULLING YOU OFF.
HOPE?
NO! IT'S ALL RIGHT.
IT'S WORKING.
I CAN SENSE...
SOME KIND
OF MEMORY BANK...
LIKE A LIBRARY.
I'M GOING TO TRY AND ACCESS IT.
SO MUCH INFORMATION.
SO MUCH KNOWLEDGE!
IT'S INCREDIBLE!
LOOKS LIKE THE SPHINX.
WHAT ARE YOU SAYING?
ALIENS BUILT IT?
( Hope )
I'M ACCESSING THE SHIP.
I'VE GOT IT.
JUST,
JUST A LITTLE...BIT LONGER.
I CAN SEE THEM!
( screaming )
HOPE?
YOU ALL RIGHT?
DID YOU SEE THAT?
IT WAS THE OTHERS.
BUT I COULDN'T TELL
WHERE THEY WERE.
THERE'S A NETWORK OF TUNNELS
THAT RUN
BEHIND THE MAIN CORRIDORS.
THEY ALL SEEM TO CONVERGE
ON A CENTRAL CHAMBER.
I THINK THAT'S THE PLACE.
WE HAVE TO TRY
AND GET THEM BACK.
IF WE CUT THROUGH THE CORRIDOR
WALLS AND INTO THOSE TUNNELS,
WE MIGHT FIND THEM.
NO, WAIT--
WE CAN'T WAIT.
IT MIGHT BE TOO LATE.
WE DON'T KNOW ENOUGH.
THE SHIP'S BEEN GRABBING US
FOR GOD KNOWS WHAT REASON.
WE MUST STOP IT
BEFORE WE'RE NEXT.
I NEARLY GOT IT
TO SHORT OUT BEFORE,
SO JUST KEEP AT IT.
DO YOU REALLY THINK
THEY'RE STILL ALIVE?
THESE SYMBOLS...
THEY'RE ALL OVER
THE PLACE
AND IN
DIFFERENT PATTERNS.
MAYBE THEY'RE
DIFFERENT TYPES OF INTERFACES.
WHOA.
WELL, WE'RE IN.
ALL RIGHT, WE'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
BE CAREFUL.
( Heather )
CAN YOU SEE ANYTHING?
NO, JUST MORE OF THE SAME.
WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD
JUST FIND ANOTHER WAY IN.
WAIT A SEC,
WAIT A SEC.
THERE'S
SOMETHING AHEAD.
HOW ARE YOU DOING?
I THINK BEN FOUND SOMETHING!
( mechanical noise )
BEN!
GET OUT OF THERE!
SOMETHING'S GOING ON!
I THINK THIS IS IT.
HEATHER!
HOLD ON A SECOND.
THOSE SYMBOLS,
THEY'RE SOME KIND OF TIMER.
I THINK HOPE'S SAYING SOMETHING.
I CAN SEE...
GO BACK!
BEN!
GET OUT OF THERE NOW!
BEN!
( screaming )
HOPE.
IT IS THE PLAN.
YOU'RE LYING.
LET THE OTHERS GO.
YOU MUST PREPARE.
FOR WHAT?
YOU MUST PREPARE....
TO SAVE YOURSELVES.
( screaming )
( screaming )
( footsteps approaching )
HOPE?
ARE YOU OKAY?
I DON'T KNOW.
DOES ANYBODY REMEMBER ANYTHING?
IT FELT LIKE
WE WERE OUT FOR HOURS.
MAYBE EVEN DAYS.
IT FELT LONGER
THAN THAT.
YEAH,
MY WATCH STOPPED.
THE BATTERY'S SUPPOSED
TO BE GOOD FOR A YEAR.
YEAH, I...REMEMBER RESTRAINTS,
LIKE WE WERE
PART OF THE SHIP.
WE WERE ALL RESTRAINED.
THE SHIP WAS DOING
THINGS TO US,
SURGICAL THINGS.
WHY DON'T WE ALL
JUST COME OUT
AND SAY IT?
I'VE GOT MARKS. WE ALL DO.
WE WERE BEING EXPERIMENTED ON.
WE WEREN'T HURT.
AS FAR
AS WE CAN TELL,
WE DON'T KNOW
WHAT THE SHIP DID TO US.
BEFORE WE LAUNCHED,
DR. NODEL TOLD US
THE ALIENS WANTED TO TAKE US
TO THEIR HOME PLANET
TO SEE HOW WE EVOLVED.
THAT'S WHAT
THEY WERE TRYING TO DO.
BEFORE I WAS TAKEN,
THE LAST THING THE SHIP TOLD ME
WAS THAT
THEY WERE TRYING TO SAVE US.
THE SHIP WOULDN'T HARM US.
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT
AFTER WHAT WE'VE BEEN THROUGH?
LET ME INTERFACE AGAIN.
LOOK AT THE MARK ON MY HAND.
IT'S GROWN.
THIS TIME
I'LL BE ABLE TO FIGURE OUT--
EVERY TIME
YOU GO NEAR THAT INTERFACE,
SOMETHING BAD HAPPENS.
HOPE, THE SHIP
IS CONTROLLING YOU.
IT'S USING YOU.
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.
YES, I DO.
WE BLEW IT, ALL OF US.
WE THREW
OUR LIVES AWAY
WHEN WE FOLLOWED
DR. NODEL
INTO THIS GODDAMNED SHIP.
HOPE.
LET GO OF ME!
NO MORE, HOPE.
THAT'S IT.
FORGET IT, HOPE.
WHAT'S HAPPENING?
THE SHIP'S
CHANGING AGAIN.
NO, IT SOUNDS DIFFERENT.
I THINK IT'S WIND.
WE'RE LANDING.
EVERYBODY BACK
TO YOUR LAUNCH POSITIONS NOW!
WE MADE IT.
YEAH, WHETHER
WE LIKE IT OR NOT.
WE'RE REALLY HERE.
I DON'T SEE
ANY SIGNS OF LIFE.
ME NEITHER.
WE CAME ALL THIS WAY.
I CAN'T BELIEVE
THE ALIENS AREN'T HERE.
YEAH, YOU'D THINK
THEY'D AT LEAST
SEND OUT
A WELCOMING COMMITTEE.
SO WHAT DO WE DO NOW?
WE'RE GOING TO
WAIT RIGHT HERE.
WHY?
AFTER WE FIND FOOD,
WE'LL NEED SHELTER.
THE SHIP IS PERFECT.
IT'S PRACTICALLY
INDESTRUCTIBLE.
IF WORSE COMES TO WORSE,
WE CAN DEFEND OURSELVES IN IT.
DEFEND OURSELVES?
WE'RE LUCKY
THE ALIENS AREN'T HERE.
SO FAR WE'VE DONE EVERYTHING
ACCORDING TO A PLAN
MILLIONS OF YEARS OLD,
JERKING US AROUND LIKE PUPPETS.
IF THEY WANT US,
THEY CAN COME GET US.
THEY OBVIOUSLY
HAD THE TECHNOLOGY
TO GET OFF
THE PLANET.
MAYBE THAT'S EXACTLY
WHAT THEY DID.
WE DON'T KNOW
ANYTHING,
AND WE'RE NOT GOING
TO LEARN ANYTHING
BY STAYING HERE.
I TOLD YOU,
I DON'T THINK THE SHIP
OR THE ALIENS
INTENDED TO HARM US.
THE FACT THAT WE'RE STILL HERE
AND STILL ALIVE
SHOULD BE ENOUGH TO PROVE THAT.
YOU WANT TO FIND THEM?
I JUST WANT SOME ANSWERS.
I THINK WE SHOULD HAVE
A BETTER VANTAGE POINT
FROM UP HERE.
OH, MY GOD.
WE'RE HOME.
I CAN'T SAY HOW RECENTLY
THIS THING WAS DISCARDED BUT...
IT'S LIKE WE'VE COME ABOUT
250 YEARS INTO THE FUTURE.
WELL,
IF THIS IS EARTH,
THEN WHERE IS EVERYBODY?
WE HAVEN'T SEEN A SINGLE SIGN
OF LIFE SINCE WE GOT HERE.
THE SHIP
MUST HAVE KEPT US
IN SOME TYPE
OF SUSPENDED ANIMATION.
THAT,
OR WE JUST WENT
IN ONE BIG CIRCLE
AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT.
MAYBE
THERE WAS A WAR.
THAT DID ALL THIS?
IT DOESN'T MAKE ANY SENSE.
I MEAN,
WE GOT ONTO AN ALIEN SHIP.
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO BE GOING
TO THEIR HOME PLANET.
WELL, MAYBE THE ALIENS'
HOME PLANET IS EARTH.
THAT WOULD EXPLAIN
ALL THE IMAGES
OF ANCIENT
HUMAN HISTORY.
REMEMBER THE SPHINX?
YOU'RE SUGGESTING THAT
AN ADVANCED CIVILIZATION
LIVED HERE AND DIED OFF
EONS AGO WITHOUT
LEAVING A TRACE?
THEY DID LEAVE THE SHIP.
WHAT IS THIS?
THAT...
THAT CAN'T BE HUMAN.
NO, I THINK IT IS.
LOOKS LIKE
ITS BONE STRUCTURE WAS MODIFIED.
THOSE ARE WINGS.
ANGELS DON'T HAVE SKELETONS.
NO, BUT HUMANS DO.
IT COULD BE
SOME KIND OF MUTATION
OR GENETIC ENGINEERING.
WHAT DO YOU THINK?
THERE'S NO WAY TO TELL.
HOPE?
HOPE, WHAT'S WRONG?
( Hope )
"IN TESTAMENT TO THE PRIDE
AND VANITY OF OUR SPECIES,
"WE BELIEVED
WE COULD CONTROL NATURE."
THERE'S
ANOTHER INSCRIPTION.
THERE WAS
SOME KIND OF AN OUTBREAK,
BROUGHT ON
BY RAMPANT GENETIC ENGINEERING,
DNA-DESTROYING VIRUS
THAT RENDERED
VIRTUALLY THE ENTIRE
HUMAN POPULATION INFERTILE.
THE HUMAN RACE?
THE WHOLE SPECIES JUST DIED OUT
ONE BY ONE.
MAYBE WE COULD START AGAIN.
START WHAT?
THE WORLD?
THERE'S
ONLY SEVEN OF US.
WE DON'T HAVE ENOUGH
GENETIC DIVERSITY
TO REPOPULATE.
WE'RE GOING TO DIE HERE
LIKE EVERYONE ELSE.
NO, I REFUSE TO BELIEVE THAT.
WE HAVE TO GO BACK TO THE SHIP.
ARE YOU CRAZY?
THE SHIP DID
THIS TO US.
IT BROUGHT US HERE.
I'M NOT GOING BACK.
LOOK.
THIS TIME
IT'S FULLY FORMED.
I CAN INTERFACE
LIKE WE WERE SUPPOSED TO.
IF THIS JOURNEY'S GOING
TO AMOUNT TO ANYTHING,
WE HAVE TO AT LEAST
TRY AND FIND SOME ANSWERS.
IT'LL KILL YOU
JUST LIKE DR. NODEL AND PAUL.
IT'S MY RISK, IT'S MY LIFE.
I WON'T LET IT END HERE,
NOT LIKE THIS.
EONS AGO,
THE ANCESTORS OF OUR RACE
FORESAW GREAT DANGER.
THEY HAD ONCE
LIVED ON THIS PLANET
AND NEARLY DESTROYED THEMSELVES
IN A MISGUIDED EFFORT
TO GENETICALLY PERFECT
THEIR SPECIES.
IN AN ATTEMPT TO PREVENT
FUTURE GENERATIONS
FROM MAKING THE SAME MISTAKES,
THEY LEFT BEHIND THIS VESSEL.
IT WAS OUR FOREFATHERS' HOPE
THAT WE WOULD LEARN
FROM THE MISTAKES OF THE PAST,
THAT YOU WOULD AVOID
THE GENETIC CATACLYSM
WHICH NEARLY DESTROYED
THEIR SPECIES AND OURS.
IT IS NOW YOUR TASK
AND YOUR RESPONSIBILITY
TO USE THIS OPPORTUNITY WISELY.
BECAUSE OF OUR ILLNESS,
WE COULD NOT BE THERE WITH YOU.
BUT OUR MINDS,
OUR HOPES AND OUR DREAMS
LIVE ON INSIDE THIS VESSEL.
LET THEM NOW
LIVE ON INSIDE YOU.
OH, MY GOD.
HOPE?
THE SHIP SPOKE TO ME.
IT GAVE ME
THE KNOWLEDGE OF
OUR ANCIENT ANCESTORS.
AND I KNOW HOW TO USE IT.
THIS SHIP HAS
LIMITLESS ENERGY.
WE'RE GOING TO
REBUILD OUR WORLD.
WE WON'T MAKE
THE SAME MISTAKES AGAIN.
HOPE...THERE
JUST AREN'T ENOUGH OF US.
I HAVE SOMETHING TO SHOW YOU.
OH, LOOK.
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
THE SHIP
USED OUR GENETIC MATERIAL
TO CREATE BABIES.
IT MODIFIED OUR DNA TO GIVE US
ENOUGH GENETIC DIVERSITY
TO REPOPULATE.
WE CAN START AGAIN.
( Control Voice )
IT IS SAID THAT THOSE
WHO DO NOT LEARN FROM HISTORY
ARE DOOMED TO REPEAT IT.
WILL WE BE WISE ENOUGH
TO LEARN?