The Outer Limits (1995–2002): Season 4, Episode 7 - Josh - full transcript
After TV reporter Judy Warren receives a video of a man seemingly bringing a young girl back to life, she tries to get to the bottom of the story. Allison James fell while hiking in the woods with her mother and the video clearly shows Josh Butler cradling the girl in his arms with a blue light appearing around them. Josh lives in a cabin in the woods agrees to speak to her off the record. He seems to have an answer to all of her questions but refuses to have anything to do with her when he realizes she is secretly taping him. She is persistent but her inquiries lead to all of them being taken into custody by the U.S. Air Force who want to know just who Josh is. With severe weather in the area, Josh informs them that he must leave before the storm ends. Judy helps him to escape - but is he an alien or something else?
Mom, let's go, come on.
Alison,
don't go too far.
Mom, I'm fine.
Are you glad you have
your walking stick?
What are you
trying to say
about your mom?
Nothing.
Just saying that
she enjoys her walking stick.
Mom, hurry up, let's go.
It's not that big of a hike.
Alison,
don't go too far.
Mom, I'm fine.
Alison!
( screaming )
Mom, please!
Hold on, I'm coming.
I'm coming.
Alison!
Alison! Help!
Somebody help me!
Honey, are you okay?
Wake up, baby,
wake up.
Oh, come on, baby.
Wake up.
Help!
Somebody help me!
here,
let me help you.
Oh, my god, thank you.
We got to get her
out of here.
We got to get help.
I'll watch her.
You go.
I was
an army medic.
I know what I'm doing.
Go.
My god, is she going to--
She's going to be fine,
but you've got to go, now.
Trust me.
That was a nasty fall
you took.
Did you see that?
Jesus Christ.
They say seeing is believing,
( control voice )
There
but the True question is
what do you believe
you've seen?
You can see why I wanted you
to explain this.
Either this is a hoax,
or something amazing happened.
She was just
knocked unconscious.
What about you,
honey?
Remember Anything funny
happening?
Do you think
he brought you
back to life?
Uh-huh.
Tell me what
you remember.
I remember
I was, like, falling,
and then...
I saw this bright light
and I felt like
I was going towards it.
And the light got bigger
and brighter,
then there was this blue light,
and it got really bright too.
And then this man
stepped out of it.
He smiled,
and when I opened up my eyes...
I saw Josh.
And what did this man
look like?
Like an Angel.
You think you saw an Angel?
What else could it have been?
God does move
in mysterious ways,
but who are we to understand
the mysteries of god?
Todd?
Todd?
Um, find out
everything you can
on this guy,
Josh Butler.
And get us a car.
And call Braxton
At Clark Air force Base
to see if he's looked at
the copy of the video I sent him
and if he hasn't, tell him
I'm going to kick his ass.
Does this mean
we get our check?
You may want to frame this.
Come on.
Coming.
We rolling?
The little red light
says yes.
Mr. Butler, hi.
I'm Judy Warren from
hot topic.
I'd like to ask you
about that girl you raised
from the dead,
Alison James.
I didn't raise anybody
from the dead.
She says she saw a blue light
and a man who looked like you.
Look, I'd be happy
to talk to you,
but I don't want to do it
on camera.
Why not?
It doesn't bite.
Maybe not, but I've seen
your show, and you do.
Okay.
No camera...for now.
Todd,
you're leaving now.
I'm,
I'm leaving now?
You got it.
I'm a leaving
kind of guy.
You wouldn't have
any coffee, would you?
Sure.
Come on in.
Thank you.
So what were you doing
in the ravine
when Alison fell?
I was taking
a hike.
And then you saw her fall
and she died
and...
and you brought her
back to life.
No.
She was just knocked
unconscious.
A little beat up and bloody,
but she wasn't dead.
She was very lucky.
Besides making
a great cup of coffee,
what do you do
for a living?
I'm a social worker.
I run a small, I guess
you could call it, center,
down in utah.
I work with the poor,
the homeless,
try to get them
on their feet again.
Give them direction
and hope.
Like what you did with Alison
a couple days ago?
You know, according to
my homework, you don't exist.
For the past
three years,
you've been
the head
of the Arnold Freeman
help center.
But before that,
nothing.
All your references
conveniently moved or dead.
And that army medic line
you gave Alison's mother.
Well, uncle Sam has
no record of you either.
So...who are you really?
I know you're really digging
for a story here.
I understand that.
But there just isn't one.
What are you trying to hide?
I know it really hurt
when your, your father
left you and your mom.
You felt abandoned
and betrayed.
And then when
your mom remarried,
you felt betrayed
then, too.
It was no longer
just you and her
against the world
like she promised.
So now you're suspicious
of everyone.
But that doesn't mean
that everyone is suspicious.
Some people are just...
private.
How do you know This
about my parents?
I read your mind.
Plus I read your interview
in
people
--two years ago.
You really are a tricky one.
Look, the truth is...
I said this was off the record.
Goodbye, miss Warren.
That's my personal property.
Cost me 158 bucks.
Thanks.
Oh, I almost forgot.
I have a tape
of you healing Alison
with a blue light
coming out of your hands.
How do you
explain that?
It's running as the lead story
tomorrow night.
What are you talking about?
Hot topic,
the story of you saving Alison.
It's a fake.
Somebody added light so that
they could sell it to
hot topic.
That's what I thought too,
but then what about her arm?
I popped it back in--
It was a dislocation.
That's not
what the doctor said.
I showed it to
three different doctors,
anal compulsive that I am,
and they all said
the same thing.
Due to the unnatural position
of Alison's arm in the video,
it had been broken
in one, if not two places.
And when Alison's mom
took her in for x-Rays
they showed that her arm
had been broken
in two places recently,
but then it had healed.
Kind of sort of
miraculous,
don't you think?
Any comments now?
What can I say?
It's a fake.
Fine.
So, did he show you
his wings?
Let me see
what we got.
There's a slight hitch,
because the tape is Blank.
I thought you said
we were rolling.
Yeah,
but there's nothing on it.
Maybe he could heal it.
Very funny.
Great.
There's nothing
on my pen cam either.
Okay,
that's creepy.
This will either be
the biggest story
of the millennium
or the world's greatest hoax.
Either way, we're going
to make some news.
Give me
the other camera.
Say please.
This one
better work.
Oh, you got to have
faith, Jude.
Faith,
schmaith.
I need video.
Or better video
than you got.
I'd fire you if I didn't enjoy
torturing you so much.
You discuss this
with your shrink?
Hell, no.
I talk about ratings.
Hey, it's working.
He's making
a run for it.
Damn!
Get your stuff, come on.
Jude, look at his cabin.
Todd! Come on!
I'm right here.
Stop yelling.
Come on, we got
to get to the car.
Jude,
this is stupid.
Obviously
this guy's insane.
Maybe he has a gun
or something.
This is the only road
heading west
for the next
50 miles.
We're going to be
famous!
Or dead!
( phone ringing )
Leave me alone.
( Judy )
You nearly killed me
back there.
Sorry.
You shouldn't have
spied on me.
That doesn't mean
you can kill me.
I said I was sorry.
So where are you going?
I'm going home.
Is that some other place
you plan to blow up?
Listen,
for all our sakes,
just let me go.
Mr. Butler,
you don't get it.
Once you're news,
there's nowhere you can run.
Damn!
( knocking )
Hello?
Anybody here?
Anybody here?
Come on,
can't you go any faster?
I don't want to get killed.
We're not going to get killed.
Look out!
You see?
Nobody can outrun the news.
I forgive you.
What?
It's not
all that bad.
( car approaching )
Oh, yes it is.
Freeze!
U.S. Air force.
Show your hands.
Nobody move.
Unless you want a tape
of Josh the wonder boy
raising a little girl
from the dead
to be shown on
hot topic
tomorrow night,
I suggest you let me stay,
otherwise the excrement
is going to hit the fan.
Don't threaten me,
Ms. Warren.
Josh Butler is
a potential danger
to the United States.
It's my job to contain
and evaluate that danger
and if necessary,
eliminate it.
That's why
you brought us here
to camp runamuck?
What the hell is
this place anyway?
Legacy
of the cold war.
It's an abandoned
air base.
Top secret,
no doubt.
Your favorite kind.
All this because
he blew up a cabin?
A few days ago,
air force Satellites picked up
an electromagnetic pulse
at 10:18 a.M.
That nearly knocked them
out of the sky.
It came from a certain ravine.
Yesterday you sent the tape to
Clark air base for evaluation.
It showed Alison James
being revived by Josh Butler
at 10:18 a.M.
In that same ravine--
Gold Mountain national Park
in alaska.
Are you getting my drift?
Are you saying Josh
gave off that pulse?
Those satellites orbit
at 20,000 miles.
Each is hardened against
Nuclear Magnetic pulse attack.
Tonight,
two were killed,
one was
severely damaged,
from a pulse centered
at Josh Butler's cabin.
What kind of man
could do that?
So we were exposed
to nuclear radiation?
You were exposed
to something.
Then why aren't we dead?
I don't know,
but I'm going to find out.
Now strip.
Oh, general.
I've got the results
on Josh Butler.
They say anything?
No.
But according to
some preliminary tests,
everything about him
is average,
or should I say,
perfectly average--
Height, weight,
blood pressure, cholesterol--
You name it,
he's right on the money.
It's like
opening a textbook.
What are you saying?
It's unnatural to be
this perfect...it's inhuman.
It goes beyond
statistical anomaly.
He asked to speak
to ms. Warren.
All right,
I'll see you in there.
This will make
an incredible story.
Jude, they will not let us
tell this story.
How will they stop us?
They'll arrest us,
throw us in prison.
The point is,
these guys are bad news.
Warren, he's asked
to speak with you.
That must really hurt.
Don't worry.
I'll mention you
in my Emmy speech.
Just you,
Ms. Warren.
This is not radio here, general.
It's called television.
We do this stuff with pictures.
I will say this
one last time.
This is a matter
of national security,
not an opportunity for you
to advance yourself.
You don't talk about
anything here
unless I say
otherwise.
What about freedom
of the press?
We have a problem here.
A lot of smart people are
working on it.
You don't want to become
another problem for me.
This storm's
going to last
about another
12 hours.
I don't know
where it came from,
but as soon as it's gone,
so are you.
I'll just stay here.
( thunder )
What are you doing to him?
All we've done is
given him a physical so far.
So far?
What's next, vivisection?
Until we finish testing him,
Mr. Butler is not going
anywhere.
He is too much of a risk.
But look what
you're doing to him.
You want to talk
to him or not?
You just can't do that
to somebody.
Major, would you please
remove Miss Warren?
Okay, okay, okay.
( door opening,
buzzer sounding )
if you just cooperate,
Mr. Butler,
things will go easier.
Let me go.
What did you want
to talk to me about?
I have to leave here
before the storm ends.
Why?
I just have to.
Why don't you blast out of here
like you did at the cabin?
Though I'd
appreciate it
if you'd at least let me
get out of range first.
I can't.
That's not why I'm here.
Why are you here, Mr. Butler?
You got me into this.
Don't you think
you should get me out?
It's your choice.
I can't.
Ms. Warren.
I'm really sorry about this.
I know.
It's just some
barium Dye.
It won't hurt you.
Captain Marquez.
Thank you.
Showtime.
Let's see what's inside him.
5.8...
7.9.
Not getting any readings.
Keep going.
Scan level is...
10.2.
No readings.
Increasing intensity.
13.1 and still nothing.
Continue scanning, colonel.
14.3.
15.8.
We're exceeding
safe limits...16.
You're killing him.
Quiet, Ms. Warren.
Dios mio.
16.9.
General, I really
don't think--
Keep going.
Stop it.
Can't you see what you're doing?
Still nothing
on scanner.
17.4.
You're crazy.
You're killing him.
Sir, we don't want
the subject to expire.
( general )
Where are his vitals?
He's dying, you idiot!
Major, remove Ms. Warren.
Still reading normal--
18.1.
( yelling )
Sir!
Should I remove you too,
captain?
Please Stop this!
19.
I can't see.
Neither can I.
According to this,
nothing happened at the moment
of the light explosion.
That's correct.
The monitors
picked up nothing.
Body functions
remain unchanged.
There's nothing
even on video.
Why do you keep talking
like nothing happened?
We're half-Blind.
Light was shooting
out of his body.
Because the only way
we can determine what happened
is to eliminate
the possibilities.
Those monitors could have
exploded from a power surge.
Please,
we all know what we saw.
I saw
a big alien figure
with
lots of teeth.
I saw myself, only older.
And I saw
swirling lights.
We all had different visions
caused by
light-Induced seizures
or mass HALLUCINATIONS
or telepathic projections
that are on a scale
that's amazing.
Maybe we saw
the face of god.
He's an alien.
Why do you keep
arguing with her?
Sir, she's right.
You just don't want
to say it.
He brought that girl
back to life.
He turned water
into gasoline.
He was on fire,
but he wasn't consumed.
Captain, that is enough.
No, sir.
You just don't
see it.
Only god could do
those things.
Nanotechnology
hardwired to the brain.
He gives his power a boost,
and off we go to the movies.
God spoke to Moses
from a burning bush,
and he spoke to us just now.
Captain, one more outburst
and I will have you locked up.
If he's not god,
what is he?
He's an alien.
Just because somebody has
extraordinary abilities
why does everybody jump
to the metaphysical?
Because
we're afraid of dying.
I mean, what happens
afterwards?
Some of us are
so scared of dying
that we'd rather believe
in aliens.
At least aliens are alive
like we are.
That means they can be
killed like we can,
which in some weird way
makes them just like us.
But if something's metaphysical,
if someone's beyond death,
you can't kill them.
You can't destroy them,
you can't control them,
and for some people,
that's too much to handle.
Before we start praying to him,
let's check out a few things.
If he can feel pain,
he's alive.
If he's alive,
he's not metaphysical.
End of story!
Could be some kind of
genetic mutation.
What do you think he is?
What do I think he is?
I'll tell you
what I think he is.
He wants him killed,
he wants to worship him.
If my kids met him,
they'd probably want
to help him phone home.
I don't know what he is,
except that he is dangerous.
No, he's not.
He hasn't hurt anybody.
She's right, he
is
--God.
And god is merciful.
He's not god.
He knocked out two satellites.
Why don't you
just let him go?
I don't want
to let him go.
Look how we are
all reacting.
You multiply that
by 200 million,
or 6 Billion.
Until we know who he really is,
he will be placed inside
our deep containment capsule.
( buzzer )
I respect you,
Mr. Butler,
I really do.
And in some strange way,
I feel we could be friends,
but at the end
of the day
if I feel that you have become
an intolerable threat
to the United States,
I will do my duty and kill you.
It won't matter
if I like you or not.
And if you do kill me,
general...
how will you feel
about yourself?
There are a lot of things
I don't like about myself.
General?
May I speak
to ms. Warren again?
( buzzer )
Oh, my God.
Hi.
Why do you keep wanting
to talk to me?
Because you're looking
for the truth.
About me.
And about yourself.
Usually when I'm talking
to my shrink,
I'm the one lying down.
You're avoiding.
A lot of people use humor
for that.
Okay.
The truth?
Are you an alien?
Or god,or what?
A guy from
the future
or the distant past?
I mean, look at you.
You look like king tut.
If I tell you,
someone will kill you.
No, you're the one
that will get killed
if you don't tell them
who you are.
They won't
believe it.
Even if you run it
all over
--Hot topic,
people will refuse
to tolerate it.
This is such crap.
Just tell me what's going on.
If I tell you what I know,
mankind will lose
his sense of free will,
and without free will,
what's the purpose of Life?
Look what happens
in your own history.
When a superior culture meets
a more primitive one,
extinction.
The primitives
can't resist.
Their values are
displaced.
They lose their identity.
They lose their faith
in themselves
and in their culture
and in their god
and then their culture dies,
and then they do.
So, if they keep you here
we're all going to die?
I'm saying
is your faith strong enough?
I don't know
if I have faith.
Everything and everyone
I've ever counted on
has always let me down,
or I've let them down.
Listen to me--
I could die here.
Or be stranded.
I need your help.
You've got to trust me.
You've got to have faith in me,
and in yourself that you'd be
doing the right thing.
Then after the autopsy,
the subject will be stored
in cryogenic suspension
in humbolt caverns in area 51.
Assuming we don't have
to share pieces of him
with any other service
or government
that word leaks out to.
Are you going to tell
the president?
I haven't decided yet.
You can't do this, sir.
At ease, captain.
You have to let him go.
Put that gun down, captain.
That's an order!
Sir, no, sir!
Jesus said unto him, "Thou shalt
love the LORD thy god
"With All thy heart
and all thy soul
and all thy mind."
That is the first
and great commandment.
Then get it over with
and shoot me.
You have to let him go!
Shoot me!
You can't move him!
I'm going to move him.
Escort captain Marquez
back to his quarters
and confine him there.
What if he is an alien...
and we terminate him
then he doesn't report back
or go home
and the people from his planet
come looking for him?
Where are the guards?
She trapped them
in the mess hall.
Ms. Warren,
open the door.
I don't know how I know
these codes,
but I've stopped asking
those questions.
Ms. Warren!
The door, Ms. Warren.
Ms. Warren, open the door!
She's opening it up.
Ms. Warren.
Come on, Todd's got a car
at the end of the tunnel.
I can't believe how lucky
we were getting out of there.
( Josh )
it's not always luck
that guides you, Judy.
( Todd )
whatever it is,
I hope we don't run out of it.
( Josh )
Turn here.
Where are you going?
Up there.
This is stupid.
I said we were
going to get killed,
and now we're
going to get killed.
Come on,
nobody's going to get killed.
I'm staying here.
That's
a good idea.
We've only broken
about a million rules.
I'm sure they'd love
to talk to you about it.
I'll tell them
that he brainwashed us.
That he turned us
into zombies.
We were...
we were mindless
automatons
bent on doing
his nefarious will.
Hey, you're the one who made me
steal back his clothes!
Okay, so...
maybe they won't buy the truth.
Sir, tracking indicates he's
heading back to gold mountain.
( general )
Lock and load.
Why are we going up here?
Because you still have
a decision to make.
What decision?
I already helped you escape.
For god's sakes,
what more do you want?
You'll know when
the time comes.
I don't want to know then,
I want to know now.
I can't tell you.
Sure you can.
You just say, "Judy,
here's what you have to decide"
And tell me.
It's not that simple.
Look, I'm not going
any further
until you tell me
what's going on.
If the air force
Captures us again,
you will never know
what your decision is.
That much I will tell you.
So what's my big decision?
It's coming.
Don't worry, you're not
going to miss it now.
Miss what?
That you are
an alien
and your ship's
coming?
You want me
to go with you?
I'll go, I'll go.
It'll be the biggest story
of the universe.
All endings are
beginnings, Judy.
It's time for me to go.
They're heading uphill.
B squad,
establish a perimeter.
We don't want them
doubling back
and slipping past us.
Get your toys, Frank.
Look, you just can't go
like this.
You got to tell me.
What are you?
An alien, an Angel?
God?
What?
What does it matter
what I am?
I am who you say I am.
That's up to you to decide.
I could use
a little help here.
Come on.
Jude, let's go.
Is that what you're
really looking for?
Help?
Yeah.
Help with my life,
help with my job.
I want to know
what I'm supposed to do.
I'm afraid, can't you see that?
We all are.
Afraid of everything--
Afraid of you.
You're not going to tell me,
are you?
I've told you
all you need to know.
God, I hate you.
You know that expression
"You're cute when you're angry"?
Yeah.
It's not always True.
How can you joke
at a time like this?
We came a lot farther this time,
didn't we?
Mankind.
Things are better, aren't they?
You were just trying
to make up your mind, right?
Don't look at me.
Turn your face away.
Don't go.
I have to.
Are you coming back?
What I am doesn't matter.
What you are does.
No.
We've got to get closer.
Goodbye, Judy.
Jude, there's guys
all over the mountain.
We got to get going!
They're almost here.
Where is he?
Was there a ship?
Do you have any record?
All our equipment is
back at the base.
Don't look at me.
I want every grain
of this mountain searched.
We'll work
our way down
till we meet up with B squad.
Go!
Goodbye, Judy.
The one thing
he couldn't do
is erase this
after he left.
We're going to make
a ton of money.
What are you doing?
Are you crazy?
I'm making my decision.
Come on.
( control voice )
Throughout history,
the search for faith
has led man
to look to the stars
and the heavens for answers.
But only by looking
into ourselves
may we truly find it.
Captioning performed by
Western captioning service ltd.
Vancouver, B.C. 1998
Alison,
don't go too far.
Mom, I'm fine.
Are you glad you have
your walking stick?
What are you
trying to say
about your mom?
Nothing.
Just saying that
she enjoys her walking stick.
Mom, hurry up, let's go.
It's not that big of a hike.
Alison,
don't go too far.
Mom, I'm fine.
Alison!
( screaming )
Mom, please!
Hold on, I'm coming.
I'm coming.
Alison!
Alison! Help!
Somebody help me!
Honey, are you okay?
Wake up, baby,
wake up.
Oh, come on, baby.
Wake up.
Help!
Somebody help me!
here,
let me help you.
Oh, my god, thank you.
We got to get her
out of here.
We got to get help.
I'll watch her.
You go.
I was
an army medic.
I know what I'm doing.
Go.
My god, is she going to--
She's going to be fine,
but you've got to go, now.
Trust me.
That was a nasty fall
you took.
Did you see that?
Jesus Christ.
They say seeing is believing,
( control voice )
There
but the True question is
what do you believe
you've seen?
You can see why I wanted you
to explain this.
Either this is a hoax,
or something amazing happened.
She was just
knocked unconscious.
What about you,
honey?
Remember Anything funny
happening?
Do you think
he brought you
back to life?
Uh-huh.
Tell me what
you remember.
I remember
I was, like, falling,
and then...
I saw this bright light
and I felt like
I was going towards it.
And the light got bigger
and brighter,
then there was this blue light,
and it got really bright too.
And then this man
stepped out of it.
He smiled,
and when I opened up my eyes...
I saw Josh.
And what did this man
look like?
Like an Angel.
You think you saw an Angel?
What else could it have been?
God does move
in mysterious ways,
but who are we to understand
the mysteries of god?
Todd?
Todd?
Um, find out
everything you can
on this guy,
Josh Butler.
And get us a car.
And call Braxton
At Clark Air force Base
to see if he's looked at
the copy of the video I sent him
and if he hasn't, tell him
I'm going to kick his ass.
Does this mean
we get our check?
You may want to frame this.
Come on.
Coming.
We rolling?
The little red light
says yes.
Mr. Butler, hi.
I'm Judy Warren from
hot topic.
I'd like to ask you
about that girl you raised
from the dead,
Alison James.
I didn't raise anybody
from the dead.
She says she saw a blue light
and a man who looked like you.
Look, I'd be happy
to talk to you,
but I don't want to do it
on camera.
Why not?
It doesn't bite.
Maybe not, but I've seen
your show, and you do.
Okay.
No camera...for now.
Todd,
you're leaving now.
I'm,
I'm leaving now?
You got it.
I'm a leaving
kind of guy.
You wouldn't have
any coffee, would you?
Sure.
Come on in.
Thank you.
So what were you doing
in the ravine
when Alison fell?
I was taking
a hike.
And then you saw her fall
and she died
and...
and you brought her
back to life.
No.
She was just knocked
unconscious.
A little beat up and bloody,
but she wasn't dead.
She was very lucky.
Besides making
a great cup of coffee,
what do you do
for a living?
I'm a social worker.
I run a small, I guess
you could call it, center,
down in utah.
I work with the poor,
the homeless,
try to get them
on their feet again.
Give them direction
and hope.
Like what you did with Alison
a couple days ago?
You know, according to
my homework, you don't exist.
For the past
three years,
you've been
the head
of the Arnold Freeman
help center.
But before that,
nothing.
All your references
conveniently moved or dead.
And that army medic line
you gave Alison's mother.
Well, uncle Sam has
no record of you either.
So...who are you really?
I know you're really digging
for a story here.
I understand that.
But there just isn't one.
What are you trying to hide?
I know it really hurt
when your, your father
left you and your mom.
You felt abandoned
and betrayed.
And then when
your mom remarried,
you felt betrayed
then, too.
It was no longer
just you and her
against the world
like she promised.
So now you're suspicious
of everyone.
But that doesn't mean
that everyone is suspicious.
Some people are just...
private.
How do you know This
about my parents?
I read your mind.
Plus I read your interview
in
people
--two years ago.
You really are a tricky one.
Look, the truth is...
I said this was off the record.
Goodbye, miss Warren.
That's my personal property.
Cost me 158 bucks.
Thanks.
Oh, I almost forgot.
I have a tape
of you healing Alison
with a blue light
coming out of your hands.
How do you
explain that?
It's running as the lead story
tomorrow night.
What are you talking about?
Hot topic,
the story of you saving Alison.
It's a fake.
Somebody added light so that
they could sell it to
hot topic.
That's what I thought too,
but then what about her arm?
I popped it back in--
It was a dislocation.
That's not
what the doctor said.
I showed it to
three different doctors,
anal compulsive that I am,
and they all said
the same thing.
Due to the unnatural position
of Alison's arm in the video,
it had been broken
in one, if not two places.
And when Alison's mom
took her in for x-Rays
they showed that her arm
had been broken
in two places recently,
but then it had healed.
Kind of sort of
miraculous,
don't you think?
Any comments now?
What can I say?
It's a fake.
Fine.
So, did he show you
his wings?
Let me see
what we got.
There's a slight hitch,
because the tape is Blank.
I thought you said
we were rolling.
Yeah,
but there's nothing on it.
Maybe he could heal it.
Very funny.
Great.
There's nothing
on my pen cam either.
Okay,
that's creepy.
This will either be
the biggest story
of the millennium
or the world's greatest hoax.
Either way, we're going
to make some news.
Give me
the other camera.
Say please.
This one
better work.
Oh, you got to have
faith, Jude.
Faith,
schmaith.
I need video.
Or better video
than you got.
I'd fire you if I didn't enjoy
torturing you so much.
You discuss this
with your shrink?
Hell, no.
I talk about ratings.
Hey, it's working.
He's making
a run for it.
Damn!
Get your stuff, come on.
Jude, look at his cabin.
Todd! Come on!
I'm right here.
Stop yelling.
Come on, we got
to get to the car.
Jude,
this is stupid.
Obviously
this guy's insane.
Maybe he has a gun
or something.
This is the only road
heading west
for the next
50 miles.
We're going to be
famous!
Or dead!
( phone ringing )
Leave me alone.
( Judy )
You nearly killed me
back there.
Sorry.
You shouldn't have
spied on me.
That doesn't mean
you can kill me.
I said I was sorry.
So where are you going?
I'm going home.
Is that some other place
you plan to blow up?
Listen,
for all our sakes,
just let me go.
Mr. Butler,
you don't get it.
Once you're news,
there's nowhere you can run.
Damn!
( knocking )
Hello?
Anybody here?
Anybody here?
Come on,
can't you go any faster?
I don't want to get killed.
We're not going to get killed.
Look out!
You see?
Nobody can outrun the news.
I forgive you.
What?
It's not
all that bad.
( car approaching )
Oh, yes it is.
Freeze!
U.S. Air force.
Show your hands.
Nobody move.
Unless you want a tape
of Josh the wonder boy
raising a little girl
from the dead
to be shown on
hot topic
tomorrow night,
I suggest you let me stay,
otherwise the excrement
is going to hit the fan.
Don't threaten me,
Ms. Warren.
Josh Butler is
a potential danger
to the United States.
It's my job to contain
and evaluate that danger
and if necessary,
eliminate it.
That's why
you brought us here
to camp runamuck?
What the hell is
this place anyway?
Legacy
of the cold war.
It's an abandoned
air base.
Top secret,
no doubt.
Your favorite kind.
All this because
he blew up a cabin?
A few days ago,
air force Satellites picked up
an electromagnetic pulse
at 10:18 a.M.
That nearly knocked them
out of the sky.
It came from a certain ravine.
Yesterday you sent the tape to
Clark air base for evaluation.
It showed Alison James
being revived by Josh Butler
at 10:18 a.M.
In that same ravine--
Gold Mountain national Park
in alaska.
Are you getting my drift?
Are you saying Josh
gave off that pulse?
Those satellites orbit
at 20,000 miles.
Each is hardened against
Nuclear Magnetic pulse attack.
Tonight,
two were killed,
one was
severely damaged,
from a pulse centered
at Josh Butler's cabin.
What kind of man
could do that?
So we were exposed
to nuclear radiation?
You were exposed
to something.
Then why aren't we dead?
I don't know,
but I'm going to find out.
Now strip.
Oh, general.
I've got the results
on Josh Butler.
They say anything?
No.
But according to
some preliminary tests,
everything about him
is average,
or should I say,
perfectly average--
Height, weight,
blood pressure, cholesterol--
You name it,
he's right on the money.
It's like
opening a textbook.
What are you saying?
It's unnatural to be
this perfect...it's inhuman.
It goes beyond
statistical anomaly.
He asked to speak
to ms. Warren.
All right,
I'll see you in there.
This will make
an incredible story.
Jude, they will not let us
tell this story.
How will they stop us?
They'll arrest us,
throw us in prison.
The point is,
these guys are bad news.
Warren, he's asked
to speak with you.
That must really hurt.
Don't worry.
I'll mention you
in my Emmy speech.
Just you,
Ms. Warren.
This is not radio here, general.
It's called television.
We do this stuff with pictures.
I will say this
one last time.
This is a matter
of national security,
not an opportunity for you
to advance yourself.
You don't talk about
anything here
unless I say
otherwise.
What about freedom
of the press?
We have a problem here.
A lot of smart people are
working on it.
You don't want to become
another problem for me.
This storm's
going to last
about another
12 hours.
I don't know
where it came from,
but as soon as it's gone,
so are you.
I'll just stay here.
( thunder )
What are you doing to him?
All we've done is
given him a physical so far.
So far?
What's next, vivisection?
Until we finish testing him,
Mr. Butler is not going
anywhere.
He is too much of a risk.
But look what
you're doing to him.
You want to talk
to him or not?
You just can't do that
to somebody.
Major, would you please
remove Miss Warren?
Okay, okay, okay.
( door opening,
buzzer sounding )
if you just cooperate,
Mr. Butler,
things will go easier.
Let me go.
What did you want
to talk to me about?
I have to leave here
before the storm ends.
Why?
I just have to.
Why don't you blast out of here
like you did at the cabin?
Though I'd
appreciate it
if you'd at least let me
get out of range first.
I can't.
That's not why I'm here.
Why are you here, Mr. Butler?
You got me into this.
Don't you think
you should get me out?
It's your choice.
I can't.
Ms. Warren.
I'm really sorry about this.
I know.
It's just some
barium Dye.
It won't hurt you.
Captain Marquez.
Thank you.
Showtime.
Let's see what's inside him.
5.8...
7.9.
Not getting any readings.
Keep going.
Scan level is...
10.2.
No readings.
Increasing intensity.
13.1 and still nothing.
Continue scanning, colonel.
14.3.
15.8.
We're exceeding
safe limits...16.
You're killing him.
Quiet, Ms. Warren.
Dios mio.
16.9.
General, I really
don't think--
Keep going.
Stop it.
Can't you see what you're doing?
Still nothing
on scanner.
17.4.
You're crazy.
You're killing him.
Sir, we don't want
the subject to expire.
( general )
Where are his vitals?
He's dying, you idiot!
Major, remove Ms. Warren.
Still reading normal--
18.1.
( yelling )
Sir!
Should I remove you too,
captain?
Please Stop this!
19.
I can't see.
Neither can I.
According to this,
nothing happened at the moment
of the light explosion.
That's correct.
The monitors
picked up nothing.
Body functions
remain unchanged.
There's nothing
even on video.
Why do you keep talking
like nothing happened?
We're half-Blind.
Light was shooting
out of his body.
Because the only way
we can determine what happened
is to eliminate
the possibilities.
Those monitors could have
exploded from a power surge.
Please,
we all know what we saw.
I saw
a big alien figure
with
lots of teeth.
I saw myself, only older.
And I saw
swirling lights.
We all had different visions
caused by
light-Induced seizures
or mass HALLUCINATIONS
or telepathic projections
that are on a scale
that's amazing.
Maybe we saw
the face of god.
He's an alien.
Why do you keep
arguing with her?
Sir, she's right.
You just don't want
to say it.
He brought that girl
back to life.
He turned water
into gasoline.
He was on fire,
but he wasn't consumed.
Captain, that is enough.
No, sir.
You just don't
see it.
Only god could do
those things.
Nanotechnology
hardwired to the brain.
He gives his power a boost,
and off we go to the movies.
God spoke to Moses
from a burning bush,
and he spoke to us just now.
Captain, one more outburst
and I will have you locked up.
If he's not god,
what is he?
He's an alien.
Just because somebody has
extraordinary abilities
why does everybody jump
to the metaphysical?
Because
we're afraid of dying.
I mean, what happens
afterwards?
Some of us are
so scared of dying
that we'd rather believe
in aliens.
At least aliens are alive
like we are.
That means they can be
killed like we can,
which in some weird way
makes them just like us.
But if something's metaphysical,
if someone's beyond death,
you can't kill them.
You can't destroy them,
you can't control them,
and for some people,
that's too much to handle.
Before we start praying to him,
let's check out a few things.
If he can feel pain,
he's alive.
If he's alive,
he's not metaphysical.
End of story!
Could be some kind of
genetic mutation.
What do you think he is?
What do I think he is?
I'll tell you
what I think he is.
He wants him killed,
he wants to worship him.
If my kids met him,
they'd probably want
to help him phone home.
I don't know what he is,
except that he is dangerous.
No, he's not.
He hasn't hurt anybody.
She's right, he
is
--God.
And god is merciful.
He's not god.
He knocked out two satellites.
Why don't you
just let him go?
I don't want
to let him go.
Look how we are
all reacting.
You multiply that
by 200 million,
or 6 Billion.
Until we know who he really is,
he will be placed inside
our deep containment capsule.
( buzzer )
I respect you,
Mr. Butler,
I really do.
And in some strange way,
I feel we could be friends,
but at the end
of the day
if I feel that you have become
an intolerable threat
to the United States,
I will do my duty and kill you.
It won't matter
if I like you or not.
And if you do kill me,
general...
how will you feel
about yourself?
There are a lot of things
I don't like about myself.
General?
May I speak
to ms. Warren again?
( buzzer )
Oh, my God.
Hi.
Why do you keep wanting
to talk to me?
Because you're looking
for the truth.
About me.
And about yourself.
Usually when I'm talking
to my shrink,
I'm the one lying down.
You're avoiding.
A lot of people use humor
for that.
Okay.
The truth?
Are you an alien?
Or god,or what?
A guy from
the future
or the distant past?
I mean, look at you.
You look like king tut.
If I tell you,
someone will kill you.
No, you're the one
that will get killed
if you don't tell them
who you are.
They won't
believe it.
Even if you run it
all over
--Hot topic,
people will refuse
to tolerate it.
This is such crap.
Just tell me what's going on.
If I tell you what I know,
mankind will lose
his sense of free will,
and without free will,
what's the purpose of Life?
Look what happens
in your own history.
When a superior culture meets
a more primitive one,
extinction.
The primitives
can't resist.
Their values are
displaced.
They lose their identity.
They lose their faith
in themselves
and in their culture
and in their god
and then their culture dies,
and then they do.
So, if they keep you here
we're all going to die?
I'm saying
is your faith strong enough?
I don't know
if I have faith.
Everything and everyone
I've ever counted on
has always let me down,
or I've let them down.
Listen to me--
I could die here.
Or be stranded.
I need your help.
You've got to trust me.
You've got to have faith in me,
and in yourself that you'd be
doing the right thing.
Then after the autopsy,
the subject will be stored
in cryogenic suspension
in humbolt caverns in area 51.
Assuming we don't have
to share pieces of him
with any other service
or government
that word leaks out to.
Are you going to tell
the president?
I haven't decided yet.
You can't do this, sir.
At ease, captain.
You have to let him go.
Put that gun down, captain.
That's an order!
Sir, no, sir!
Jesus said unto him, "Thou shalt
love the LORD thy god
"With All thy heart
and all thy soul
and all thy mind."
That is the first
and great commandment.
Then get it over with
and shoot me.
You have to let him go!
Shoot me!
You can't move him!
I'm going to move him.
Escort captain Marquez
back to his quarters
and confine him there.
What if he is an alien...
and we terminate him
then he doesn't report back
or go home
and the people from his planet
come looking for him?
Where are the guards?
She trapped them
in the mess hall.
Ms. Warren,
open the door.
I don't know how I know
these codes,
but I've stopped asking
those questions.
Ms. Warren!
The door, Ms. Warren.
Ms. Warren, open the door!
She's opening it up.
Ms. Warren.
Come on, Todd's got a car
at the end of the tunnel.
I can't believe how lucky
we were getting out of there.
( Josh )
it's not always luck
that guides you, Judy.
( Todd )
whatever it is,
I hope we don't run out of it.
( Josh )
Turn here.
Where are you going?
Up there.
This is stupid.
I said we were
going to get killed,
and now we're
going to get killed.
Come on,
nobody's going to get killed.
I'm staying here.
That's
a good idea.
We've only broken
about a million rules.
I'm sure they'd love
to talk to you about it.
I'll tell them
that he brainwashed us.
That he turned us
into zombies.
We were...
we were mindless
automatons
bent on doing
his nefarious will.
Hey, you're the one who made me
steal back his clothes!
Okay, so...
maybe they won't buy the truth.
Sir, tracking indicates he's
heading back to gold mountain.
( general )
Lock and load.
Why are we going up here?
Because you still have
a decision to make.
What decision?
I already helped you escape.
For god's sakes,
what more do you want?
You'll know when
the time comes.
I don't want to know then,
I want to know now.
I can't tell you.
Sure you can.
You just say, "Judy,
here's what you have to decide"
And tell me.
It's not that simple.
Look, I'm not going
any further
until you tell me
what's going on.
If the air force
Captures us again,
you will never know
what your decision is.
That much I will tell you.
So what's my big decision?
It's coming.
Don't worry, you're not
going to miss it now.
Miss what?
That you are
an alien
and your ship's
coming?
You want me
to go with you?
I'll go, I'll go.
It'll be the biggest story
of the universe.
All endings are
beginnings, Judy.
It's time for me to go.
They're heading uphill.
B squad,
establish a perimeter.
We don't want them
doubling back
and slipping past us.
Get your toys, Frank.
Look, you just can't go
like this.
You got to tell me.
What are you?
An alien, an Angel?
God?
What?
What does it matter
what I am?
I am who you say I am.
That's up to you to decide.
I could use
a little help here.
Come on.
Jude, let's go.
Is that what you're
really looking for?
Help?
Yeah.
Help with my life,
help with my job.
I want to know
what I'm supposed to do.
I'm afraid, can't you see that?
We all are.
Afraid of everything--
Afraid of you.
You're not going to tell me,
are you?
I've told you
all you need to know.
God, I hate you.
You know that expression
"You're cute when you're angry"?
Yeah.
It's not always True.
How can you joke
at a time like this?
We came a lot farther this time,
didn't we?
Mankind.
Things are better, aren't they?
You were just trying
to make up your mind, right?
Don't look at me.
Turn your face away.
Don't go.
I have to.
Are you coming back?
What I am doesn't matter.
What you are does.
No.
We've got to get closer.
Goodbye, Judy.
Jude, there's guys
all over the mountain.
We got to get going!
They're almost here.
Where is he?
Was there a ship?
Do you have any record?
All our equipment is
back at the base.
Don't look at me.
I want every grain
of this mountain searched.
We'll work
our way down
till we meet up with B squad.
Go!
Goodbye, Judy.
The one thing
he couldn't do
is erase this
after he left.
We're going to make
a ton of money.
What are you doing?
Are you crazy?
I'm making my decision.
Come on.
( control voice )
Throughout history,
the search for faith
has led man
to look to the stars
and the heavens for answers.
But only by looking
into ourselves
may we truly find it.
Captioning performed by
Western captioning service ltd.
Vancouver, B.C. 1998