The Outer Limits (1995–2002): Season 4, Episode 8 - Rite of Passage - full transcript
Brav and Shal are a young couple living in a small community where they and others are cared for by an alien they call Mother. They know little of the world around them and in fact an electronic barrier keeps all of within the confines of their small village. When Shal gives birth to a boy, most of the villagers have no idea what has happened or what the baby is. Mother takes Shal and the baby away but Shal is returned alone a few days later. She desperately wants to have the child back and she and Brav set of to reclaim the boy. They will face danger along the way and learn something of their heritage before coming face to face with Mother, who explains all.
(chickens clucking)
HELLO, SHAL.
(chickens clucking)
(screaming)
SHAL?
MOTHER?
(screaming)
MOTHER!
COME TO HER.
MOTHER!
WHERE'S MOTHER?
MOTHER!
GET SOME HELP.
FIND HELP.
MOTHER!
SHAL!
MOTHER!
WHEN DID IT START?
JUST AFTER LUNCH.
BUT IT'S GETTING WORSE.
THAT'S BECAUSE
IT'S TIME.
YES.
YES, STAY CALM.
IT WILL BE
OVER SOON.
TRY TO BREATHE
NORMALLY.
THAT'S BETTER.
YOU'RE ALMOST THERE.
THAT'S IT, SHAL.
IT'S COMING.
GOOD!
PUSH! PUSH!
YOU'RE DOING FINE.
YES! PUSH!
GOOD! I SEE IT!
YES.
(Mother cooing)
(baby crying)
MOTHER?
YES, ROAN?
WHAT...IS IT?
(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.
CHILDREN,
HAVE YOU ALL HAD ENOUGH?
THE HARVEST HAS BEEN SO GOOD
THIS YEAR.
(control voice)
THROUGHOUT HISTORY,
MAN HAS BEEN DRIVEN
TO SEEK OUT HIS ORIGINS
TO DETERMINE WHETHER HE'S
THE RESULT OF A DIVINE PLAN
OR MERELY THE SUM
OF ALL HIS YESTERDAYS.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF,
AT THE END OF HIS SEARCH,
HE SHOULD DISCOVER
HE'S NEITHER?
IT'S
A GOOD LIKENESS.
BUT IT HAS A FORM
SHE NO LONGER HAS.
THE BODY HAS RESUMED
ITS PREVIOUS SHAPE NOW THAT
SHE IS NO LONGER WITH CHILD.
I DIDN'T KNOW.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE
SINCE SHE WAS HERE.
IS SHE COMING BACK SOON?
MAYBE.
BUT FIRST WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
SHE'S WELL ENOUGH TO RETURN.
YOU SAID SHE WAS OKAY.
SHE IS.
BUT THE BIRTH
WAS HARD
ON HER BODY.
AT THE OBELISK,
WE CAN WATCH HER AND THE CHILD.
THEN LET ME GO THERE.
NO.
IT WOULD MEAN
LEAVING THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S TOO FAR
AND TOO DANGEROUS
FOR YOU.
WILL HE REALLY GROW UP
TO LOOK LIKE US?
OF COURSE.
BOTH OF YOU CREATED HIM.
YES, BUT WE DON'T
LOOK LIKE YOU.
AND YOU CREATED US.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE VORAK.
I'VE TOLD YOU THIS
BEFORE MANY TIMES.
IT'S NOT NECESSARY
FOR THE PARENT
TO LOOK
LIKE THE CHILD.
BUT ENOUGH OF THIS.
I'VE BROUGHT K'REN WITH ME.
I DON'T WANT ANOTHER COMPANION.
WE'VE DECIDED THAT IT'S BETTER
FOR YOU AND FOR THE COMMUNITY
THAT YOU HAVE ONE.
YOU SAID SHAL WAS COMING BACK.
EVENTUALLY.
BUT
IN THE MEANTIME,
K'REN WILL BE
MORE THAN SUITABLE
AS A MATE.
I'VE SEEN YOU
LOOK AT HER.
IT'S NOT
THE SAME.
WHY NOT?
DOESN'T SHE
APPEAL TO YOU?
IS THERE SOMETHING
WRONG WITH HER?
SOMETHING
I DON'T UNDERSTAND?
NO...NO,
OF COURSE NOT.
THEN YOU'LL ACCEPT
OUR DECISION.
(cooing)
(cooing)
YOU'VE BEEN ALONE
TOO LONG, BRAV.
NO, I HAVEN'T.
I'M SORRY.
BUT MOTHER SAID.
SHE CAN'T
MAKE ME.
(dog whining)
(barking)
LOOK AT HIS FACE.
COME ON, ROAN.
CONCENTRATE.
MOTHER'S WRONG.
IT DOESN'T RESPOND
TO MENTAL COMMANDS.
PICK UP
THE STICK!
I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE THINKS
IT SHOULD LIVE WITH US.
WHAT'S HE DOING?
I DON'T KNOW.
NO MATTER WHAT I DO,
IT JUST
SITS THERE.
GOOD, GOOD!
(barking)
HE'S FORGOTTEN
ABOUT THE BOUNDARY.
ROAN! STOP!
SHAL.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I MISSED YOU WHEN
YOU WEREN'T HERE.
WHAT'S WRONG?
I'M NOT STAYING.
THEY KEPT
OUR CHILD, BRAV.
THEY TOOK HIM
AWAY FROM ME.
THEY WANT TO KEEP HIM
AT THE OBELISK UNTIL HE'S OLDER.
MAYBE
THEY DIDN'T THINK
YOU COULD
LOOK AFTER HIM.
THEY'RE WRONG!
I'M GOING TO GET HIM BACK.
WHY?
HE'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
BUT ISN'T
HE STILL AT THE OBELISK?
THAT MEANS
YOU'D HAVE
TO CROSS THE BOUNDARY AGAIN.
THE MONITOR BAND WON'T LET YOU.
I KNOW HOW TO TAKE THEM OFF.
HOW?
THERE'S A TOOL THEY USE.
IT'S IN THEIR HOUSE.
I'VE BEEN ABLE
TO WATCH THEM.
WE CAN GET IN
THEIR HOUSE NOW
WITHOUT
THEIR KNOWING.
AND I CAN TAKE OFF
ALL THE MONITOR BANDS.
WHY WOULD
WE WANT THAT?
THIS IS OUR HOME.
WE'RE SAFE HERE.
I DON'T WANT
TO GO.
I DON'T KNOW.
BRAV...
YOU'RE MY MATE.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
BUT THIS?
SHE'LL BE ANGRY.
I DON'T CARE!
YOU SHOULD.
GOING INTO
MOTHER'S HOUSE,
TAKING SOMETHING
OF HERS,
THEN LEAVING
WITHOUT TELLING HER?
IT ISN'T RIGHT.
TAKING OUR CHILD!
THAT ISN'T RIGHT!
WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
DON'T ANY OF YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT?
(gasping)
DOES THIS MEAN
YOU'LL COME?
I THOUGHT ABOUT
BEING LONELY.
I DON'T WANT
TO FEEL THAT AGAIN,
EVEN IF IT MEANS
LEAVING THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S LIGHT,
BUT THERE'S NO FIRE.
HOW'S
THAT POSSIBLE?
THE VORAKS HAVE
MANY SECRETS.
WHAT ARE
THESE THINGS?
I DON'T KNOW,
BUT I DON'T LIKE IT.
LET'S HURRY.
DO YOU KNOW YOUR WAY
TO THE OBELISK?
THERE'S A PATH,
LIKE IN
THE OPEN AREA,
BUT NOT AS EASY
TO WALK ON.
THERE IT IS!
SHAL,
MOTHER SAID
IT WAS DANGEROUS
PAST THE BOUNDARY,
THAT WE DON'T BELONG THERE.
YOU BELIEVE HER?
DON'T YOU?
NOT LIKE I DID
BEFORE THEY TOOK ME AWAY.
BRAV, LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S A REFLECTION,
LIKE THE ONES
MOTHER MAKES OF US,
WITH PEOPLE
IN IT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN
THEM BEFORE.
AND WE WERE TOLD
THERE WEREN'T
ANY OTHERS.
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG
ABOUT THIS,
ABOUT ALWAYS KEEPING US HERE,
ABOUT TAKING OUR CHILD.
I DON'T TRUST THEM ANY MORE.
GOT IT.
(entry pass beeping)
HOW MUCH FURTHER
IS THE OBELISK?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S TAKING LONGER TO WALK
THROUGH THIS THAN I THOUGHT.
AND WHEN
NIGHT COMES,
WE WON'T BE ABLE
TO SEE THE PATH.
MAYBE WE SHOULD
GO BACK.
THEY'LL NEVER
LET US LEAVE AGAIN.
WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE.
BUT MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER WAY.
I ASKED MOTHER IF I COULD
TAKE HIM BACK.
SHE WOULDN'T
ALLOW IT.
BRAV, I DON'T
LIKE THIS
ANY MORE
THAN YOU DO.
WHAT'S WRONG?
SHAL!
ARE YOU OKAY?
IT STUNG ME!
(sobbing)
PART OF IT'S IN YOUR LEG.
CAN YOU
GET IT OUT?
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK IT'S
MAKING ME SICK.
OH! STOP IT!
STOP IT!
PLEASE!
STOP IT!
I CAN'T!
GET IT OUT OF ME!
DO SOMETHING!
MAYBE
IF I CUT IT!
DO IT! DO IT!
(screaming)
THE CAVE CONTINUES ON.
BUT I COULDN'T SEE BEYOND
WHERE IT NARROWS.
WE'RE LUCKY
IT WAS SO CLOSE TO THE PATH.
I'M LUCKY
YOU WERE HERE TO HELP ME.
THANK YOU.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT I WAS DOING.
BUT ALL I CAN
THINK ABOUT NOW
IS WHAT COULD
HAVE HAPPENED.
FOR A WHILE...
I THOUGHT
I MIGHT LOSE YOU FOREVER.
I'M ALL RIGHT NOW.
IF WE EVER
GO BACK,
AT LEAST WE WILL
HAVE SEEN THE WORLD BEYOND.
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I AM NOT
GOING BACK WITHOUT OUR CHILD.
DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT HIM,
BRAV?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I MEAN DO YOU MISS HIM?
OUR CHILD NEEDS US...BOTH OF US.
BUT, SHAL...
ALL I KNOW OF HIM,
I KNOW THROUGH YOU.
I HELD HIM ONCE
WHEN HE WAS BORN.
I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER
WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.
HE LOOKS DIFFERENT.
HE CHANGES.
HE'S SO SMALL, SO WEAK.
WHEN I WENT
TO THE OBELISK,
YOU MISSED ME.
THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT HIM.
DON'T YOU FEEL
THE SAME?
EVEN A LITTLE?
(sighing)
I'M NOT SURE I DO.
I UNDERSTAND.
(distant banging)
(wings flapping)
BRAV?
BRAV?!
OVER HERE!
TAKE MY HAND.
LOOK.
WHAT IS
THIS PLACE?
I'M NOT SURE.
IT MAY BE A HOME
OF SOME SORT.
WHOSE?
I DON'T KNOW.
THESE AREN'T VORAK.
BRAV.
THEY'RE LIKE US.
THE WAY THEY'RE HOLDING IT.
IT WAS
THEIR CHILD.
THEY WERE TRYING
TO PROTECT IT...
FROM SOMETHING...
SOMETHING AWFUL.
THEY COULDN'T.
IT'S LIKE ONE OF MY CARVINGS.
WHO DO YOU THINK THEY WERE?
THEY MUST BE THE PEOPLE
IN THE REFLECTIONS
THAT WE LOOKED AT,
THE PEOPLE
WE DIDN'T KNOW.
MAYBE
THEY'RE OUR PARENTS.
NOT THE VORAK.
DO YOU THINK
THEY COULD
HAVE BEEN HIDING
FROM THE VORAK?
THEY WERE HIDING
FROM SOMETHING.
OR THEY WERE HIDING
THEIR CHILD,
WHICH MIGHT
EXPLAIN WHY
THEY WEREN'T WEARING
MONITOR BANDS.
SO THEY
COULD HAVE
TAKEN THEM OFF
LIKE WE DID.
SO MOTHER
WOULDN'T FIND THEM.
MAYBE --
MAYBE THEY TOOK
THEIR CHILD
FROM THE OBELISK,
AND THE VORAK
BECAME ANGRY.
IT JUST DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE.
I MEAN,
THEY'VE LOOKED
AFTER US
ALL OUR LIVES.
THEY'VE
NEVER HURT US.
EXCEPT WHEN WE TRIED
TO CROSS THE BOUNDARY,
EXCEPT WHEN WE WANTED
TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY.
LOOK, LOOK --
I REMEMBER THIS
FROM WHEN
THEY TOOK US TO THE OBELISK.
WE'RE CLOSE.
I KNOW WE ARE.
(gasping)
IS THAT
WHAT STUNG ME?
ONE JUST LIKE IT.
BE CAREFUL.
DON'T GET
TOO CLOSE.
IT'S OKAY.
I THINK IT'S DEAD.
(screaming)
SHAL, STAY CLOSE.
THERE MIGHT BE
MORE OUT THERE.
LISTEN.
(crawlers shrieking)
IT'S LIKE
THEY'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER.
(crawlers shrieking)
WE BETTER GO.
I CAN'T.
MY...
MY LEG HURTS.
I CAN'T RUN ON IT.
WE DON'T HAVE
A CHOICE!
BRAV, I CAN'T GO THIS FAST.
MY LEG.
TRY AND
KEEP GOING.
WE'RE CLOSE.
I CAN FEEL IT.
WE SHOULD SEE IT
JUST PAST THE TREES.
COME ON, SHAL,
TRY TO KEEP UP!
(screaming)
BRAV, THE TREES!
THEY'RE IN THE TREES!
(crawlers shrieking)
(crawlers shrieking)
(Shal)
THEY'VE STOPPED.
MAYBE THE CRAWLERS HAVE
A BOUNDARY, JUST LIKE WE DO.
BRAV, LOOK.
WE MADE IT.
WE'RE AT THE OBELISK.
THAT'S THE EDGE OF THE WORLD,
BRAV.
CAN YOU SEE WHAT
THEY'RE DOING?
THEY'RE
ALWAYS DIGGING
FOR THINGS
IN THE GROUND.
I USED
TO WATCH THEM.
THEY NEVER SAID
WHY THEY DID IT.
COME ON.
YOU SHOULDN'T
BE HERE.
YOUR PLACE IS
IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT WASN'T SAFE TO LEAVE.
IT WASN'T SAFE
TO STAY.
WE SAW WHAT YOU DID.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'M KEEPING
OUR CHILD.
HE MUST STAY WITH US.
HE BELONGS WITH US,
HIS PARENTS, HIS OWN KIND.
BUT WE ARE---
YOU'RE
NOT ANYTHING!
NOT OUR PARENTS OR FRIENDS!
NOTHING!
YOU'VE LIED TO US
ALL OUR LIVES.
WE SAW OUR PARENTS' REMAINS.
WE SAW WHAT YOU DID.
WE'VE DONE NOTHING.
THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILD.
WHY WOULD
YOU RISK HIS LIFE?
HOW CAN YOU
KEEP HIM SAFE?
YOU CAN'T LOOK AFTER HIM
THE WAY WE CAN.
I CAN LOOK AFTER MY OWN.
I CAN'T LET YOU.
DON'T TOUCH HER!
RUN!
GET OUT OF HERE NOW!
I CAN'T LEAVE YOU!
I'LL FOLLOW YOU!
GO!
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!
(screaming)
(gasping)
YOU MUST BE HUNGRY.
(crawlers shrieking)
(screaming)
(screaming)
(screaming)
(crawlers smashing into car)
(crawlers shrieking)
(screaming)
(laser guns blasting)
IT'S FORTUNATE
THAT YOU FORGOT SOMETHING.
OTHERWISE
WE WOULDN'T HAVE FOUND YOU.
SHAL.
I THOUGHT
YOU WERE HURT.
I COULDN'T
STAND THINKING
I WASN'T GOING
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THEY ONLY
MADE ME SLEEP.
WHAT ABOUT
OUR CHILD?
THEY TOOK HIM.
THEY MAY TRY
TO PUNISH US.
BECAUSE WE TOOK
OUR CHILD?
BECAUSE I HURT ONE OF THEM.
WHAT?
I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT YOU.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
AND I THOUGHT THAT
HE MIGHT HURT YOU
OR HURT THE CHILD.
SO I USED MY CUTTER.
I COULDN'T STOP MYSELF.
I WASN'T THINKING.
NOW I WISH I HADN'T DONE IT.
YOUR HEARTS
ARE HEAVY!
LEAVING THE COMMUNITY
HAS BEEN HARD ON YOU.
IT'S A BURDEN
WE'D HOPED TO PROTECT YOU FROM,
LIKE FEAR,
GUILT, HATE.
WE NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D GO OUT
TO FIND THEM ALL FOR YOURSELVES.
WE WENT TO FIND OUR SON.
AND WE FOUND HIM.
IT'S A WORLD
WITHOUT PITY
FOR ITS CHILDREN, SHAL.
SURELY YOUR JOURNEY HERE
HAS TAUGHT YOU THAT.
COME.
(cooing)
HE'S SO
VERY IMPORTANT
AND YET SO FRAGILE.
BUT WE CAN'T
KEEP HIM FROM YOU,
AND WE CAN'T KEEP
YOUR WORLD FROM YOU.
DOES THAT MEAN
YOU'LL
LET US LEAVE?
THAT YOU'LL GIVE US
OUR CHILD BACK?
WE WILL CONTINUE
TO WATCH OVER YOU.
HOW DO WE KNOW
YOU WON'T HURT US?
LIKE YOU DID
OUR REAL PARENTS?
WE ARE YOUR REAL PARENTS, BRAV.
WE CREATED YOU,
RAISED YOU,
LOVED YOU AS WE WOULD
THE YOUNG OF OUR OWN SPECIES.
WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK
FROM A PARENT?
WHY DOES IT
MATTER SO MUCH
THAT WE DON'T
LOOK LIKE YOU?
(cooing)
UNTIL THE CHILD,
YOU AND
THE REST OF YOUR COMMUNITY
WERE ALL THERE WAS.
BUT WE SAW REFLECTIONS.
IT SHOWED THAT
THERE WERE PEOPLE JUST LIKE US.
AND WE SAW
WHAT REMAINED
OF THEM
IN THE CAVE
WHERE THE CRAWLERS WERE.
THOSE PEOPLE DISAPPEARED
HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO,
LONG BEFORE
WE ARRIVED.
ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THEM
ARE THE PIECES THAT
WE'VE DUG OUT OF THE GROUND
AND OUT OF
THE GREAT ICE SHEET.
THEY WERE
LIKE US?
YES, THEY WERE.
EVERYTHING YOU ARE,
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
IS A REPLICA
OF WHEN THEY LIVED.
WE FOUND REFLECTIONS
THAT SHOWED
YOUR CULTURE.
WE USED OUR GENETIC KNOWLEDGE
TO CREATE
ALL OF YOU
FROM THE PARTS OF THEM
WE FOUND.
IN A WAY, THEY ARE YOUR PARENTS.
THEN WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?
WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
A NATURAL DISASTER PERHAPS
OR ONE OF
THEIR OWN CREATION.
WHO WERE THEY?
FROM WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED,
THEY WERE BEINGS
WHO HAD TO BE TAUGHT
THE VALUE OF LIFEFORMS
DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE
FROM THEMSELVES.
AND THEY DID LEARN...EVENTUALLY.
TOWARD THE END
OF THEIR HISTORY,
THEY EVEN RESURRECTED
SOME SPECIES
THEY'D PREVIOUSLY
DRIVEN TO EXTINCTION.
MUCH LIKE OUR MISSION
TO RE-ESTABLISH LIFE
WHEREVER IT HAS VANISHED.
(cooing)
WE BELIEVE THAT ANY SPECIES
CAPABLE OF CORRECTING
SUCH A TERRIBLE FLAW,
OF FINALLY
APPRECIATING
THE BEAUTY
THAT LIES IN DIVERSITY,
DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.
A NEW BEGINNING.
(cooing)
YOU WERE RIGHT.
HE DOES NEED BOTH OF US.
(control voice)
EVERY LIFE
IS A DESTINATION UNKNOWN,
A JOURNEY OF TRAGEDIES
AND TRIUMPHS
THAT ULTIMATELY
ALLOWS US TO DISCOVER
NOT ONLY OUR WORLD
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
OUR SELVES.
HELLO, SHAL.
(chickens clucking)
(screaming)
SHAL?
MOTHER?
(screaming)
MOTHER!
COME TO HER.
MOTHER!
WHERE'S MOTHER?
MOTHER!
GET SOME HELP.
FIND HELP.
MOTHER!
SHAL!
MOTHER!
WHEN DID IT START?
JUST AFTER LUNCH.
BUT IT'S GETTING WORSE.
THAT'S BECAUSE
IT'S TIME.
YES.
YES, STAY CALM.
IT WILL BE
OVER SOON.
TRY TO BREATHE
NORMALLY.
THAT'S BETTER.
YOU'RE ALMOST THERE.
THAT'S IT, SHAL.
IT'S COMING.
GOOD!
PUSH! PUSH!
YOU'RE DOING FINE.
YES! PUSH!
GOOD! I SEE IT!
YES.
(Mother cooing)
(baby crying)
MOTHER?
YES, ROAN?
WHAT...IS IT?
(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.
CHILDREN,
HAVE YOU ALL HAD ENOUGH?
THE HARVEST HAS BEEN SO GOOD
THIS YEAR.
(control voice)
THROUGHOUT HISTORY,
MAN HAS BEEN DRIVEN
TO SEEK OUT HIS ORIGINS
TO DETERMINE WHETHER HE'S
THE RESULT OF A DIVINE PLAN
OR MERELY THE SUM
OF ALL HIS YESTERDAYS.
BUT WHAT HAPPENS IF,
AT THE END OF HIS SEARCH,
HE SHOULD DISCOVER
HE'S NEITHER?
IT'S
A GOOD LIKENESS.
BUT IT HAS A FORM
SHE NO LONGER HAS.
THE BODY HAS RESUMED
ITS PREVIOUS SHAPE NOW THAT
SHE IS NO LONGER WITH CHILD.
I DIDN'T KNOW.
IT'S BEEN A WHILE
SINCE SHE WAS HERE.
IS SHE COMING BACK SOON?
MAYBE.
BUT FIRST WE WANT TO MAKE SURE
SHE'S WELL ENOUGH TO RETURN.
YOU SAID SHE WAS OKAY.
SHE IS.
BUT THE BIRTH
WAS HARD
ON HER BODY.
AT THE OBELISK,
WE CAN WATCH HER AND THE CHILD.
THEN LET ME GO THERE.
NO.
IT WOULD MEAN
LEAVING THE COMMUNITY.
IT'S TOO FAR
AND TOO DANGEROUS
FOR YOU.
WILL HE REALLY GROW UP
TO LOOK LIKE US?
OF COURSE.
BOTH OF YOU CREATED HIM.
YES, BUT WE DON'T
LOOK LIKE YOU.
AND YOU CREATED US.
THAT'S BECAUSE WE ARE VORAK.
I'VE TOLD YOU THIS
BEFORE MANY TIMES.
IT'S NOT NECESSARY
FOR THE PARENT
TO LOOK
LIKE THE CHILD.
BUT ENOUGH OF THIS.
I'VE BROUGHT K'REN WITH ME.
I DON'T WANT ANOTHER COMPANION.
WE'VE DECIDED THAT IT'S BETTER
FOR YOU AND FOR THE COMMUNITY
THAT YOU HAVE ONE.
YOU SAID SHAL WAS COMING BACK.
EVENTUALLY.
BUT
IN THE MEANTIME,
K'REN WILL BE
MORE THAN SUITABLE
AS A MATE.
I'VE SEEN YOU
LOOK AT HER.
IT'S NOT
THE SAME.
WHY NOT?
DOESN'T SHE
APPEAL TO YOU?
IS THERE SOMETHING
WRONG WITH HER?
SOMETHING
I DON'T UNDERSTAND?
NO...NO,
OF COURSE NOT.
THEN YOU'LL ACCEPT
OUR DECISION.
(cooing)
(cooing)
YOU'VE BEEN ALONE
TOO LONG, BRAV.
NO, I HAVEN'T.
I'M SORRY.
BUT MOTHER SAID.
SHE CAN'T
MAKE ME.
(dog whining)
(barking)
LOOK AT HIS FACE.
COME ON, ROAN.
CONCENTRATE.
MOTHER'S WRONG.
IT DOESN'T RESPOND
TO MENTAL COMMANDS.
PICK UP
THE STICK!
I DON'T KNOW WHY SHE THINKS
IT SHOULD LIVE WITH US.
WHAT'S HE DOING?
I DON'T KNOW.
NO MATTER WHAT I DO,
IT JUST
SITS THERE.
GOOD, GOOD!
(barking)
HE'S FORGOTTEN
ABOUT THE BOUNDARY.
ROAN! STOP!
SHAL.
GOOD TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
IT'S GOOD TO SEE YOU.
I MISSED YOU WHEN
YOU WEREN'T HERE.
WHAT'S WRONG?
I'M NOT STAYING.
THEY KEPT
OUR CHILD, BRAV.
THEY TOOK HIM
AWAY FROM ME.
THEY WANT TO KEEP HIM
AT THE OBELISK UNTIL HE'S OLDER.
MAYBE
THEY DIDN'T THINK
YOU COULD
LOOK AFTER HIM.
THEY'RE WRONG!
I'M GOING TO GET HIM BACK.
WHY?
HE'S IMPORTANT TO ME.
BUT ISN'T
HE STILL AT THE OBELISK?
THAT MEANS
YOU'D HAVE
TO CROSS THE BOUNDARY AGAIN.
THE MONITOR BAND WON'T LET YOU.
I KNOW HOW TO TAKE THEM OFF.
HOW?
THERE'S A TOOL THEY USE.
IT'S IN THEIR HOUSE.
I'VE BEEN ABLE
TO WATCH THEM.
WE CAN GET IN
THEIR HOUSE NOW
WITHOUT
THEIR KNOWING.
AND I CAN TAKE OFF
ALL THE MONITOR BANDS.
WHY WOULD
WE WANT THAT?
THIS IS OUR HOME.
WE'RE SAFE HERE.
I DON'T WANT
TO GO.
I DON'T KNOW.
BRAV...
YOU'RE MY MATE.
I NEED YOUR HELP.
BUT THIS?
SHE'LL BE ANGRY.
I DON'T CARE!
YOU SHOULD.
GOING INTO
MOTHER'S HOUSE,
TAKING SOMETHING
OF HERS,
THEN LEAVING
WITHOUT TELLING HER?
IT ISN'T RIGHT.
TAKING OUR CHILD!
THAT ISN'T RIGHT!
WHY CAN'T YOU UNDERSTAND THAT?
DON'T ANY OF YOU
UNDERSTAND THAT?
(gasping)
DOES THIS MEAN
YOU'LL COME?
I THOUGHT ABOUT
BEING LONELY.
I DON'T WANT
TO FEEL THAT AGAIN,
EVEN IF IT MEANS
LEAVING THE COMMUNITY.
THERE'S LIGHT,
BUT THERE'S NO FIRE.
HOW'S
THAT POSSIBLE?
THE VORAKS HAVE
MANY SECRETS.
WHAT ARE
THESE THINGS?
I DON'T KNOW,
BUT I DON'T LIKE IT.
LET'S HURRY.
DO YOU KNOW YOUR WAY
TO THE OBELISK?
THERE'S A PATH,
LIKE IN
THE OPEN AREA,
BUT NOT AS EASY
TO WALK ON.
THERE IT IS!
SHAL,
MOTHER SAID
IT WAS DANGEROUS
PAST THE BOUNDARY,
THAT WE DON'T BELONG THERE.
YOU BELIEVE HER?
DON'T YOU?
NOT LIKE I DID
BEFORE THEY TOOK ME AWAY.
BRAV, LOOK AT THIS.
IT'S A REFLECTION,
LIKE THE ONES
MOTHER MAKES OF US,
WITH PEOPLE
IN IT.
I'VE NEVER SEEN
THEM BEFORE.
AND WE WERE TOLD
THERE WEREN'T
ANY OTHERS.
THERE'S SOMETHING WRONG
ABOUT THIS,
ABOUT ALWAYS KEEPING US HERE,
ABOUT TAKING OUR CHILD.
I DON'T TRUST THEM ANY MORE.
GOT IT.
(entry pass beeping)
HOW MUCH FURTHER
IS THE OBELISK?
I DON'T KNOW.
IT'S TAKING LONGER TO WALK
THROUGH THIS THAN I THOUGHT.
AND WHEN
NIGHT COMES,
WE WON'T BE ABLE
TO SEE THE PATH.
MAYBE WE SHOULD
GO BACK.
THEY'LL NEVER
LET US LEAVE AGAIN.
WE WON'T HAVE ANOTHER CHANCE.
BUT MAYBE THERE'S ANOTHER WAY.
I ASKED MOTHER IF I COULD
TAKE HIM BACK.
SHE WOULDN'T
ALLOW IT.
BRAV, I DON'T
LIKE THIS
ANY MORE
THAN YOU DO.
WHAT'S WRONG?
SHAL!
ARE YOU OKAY?
IT STUNG ME!
(sobbing)
PART OF IT'S IN YOUR LEG.
CAN YOU
GET IT OUT?
I DON'T KNOW.
I THINK IT'S
MAKING ME SICK.
OH! STOP IT!
STOP IT!
PLEASE!
STOP IT!
I CAN'T!
GET IT OUT OF ME!
DO SOMETHING!
MAYBE
IF I CUT IT!
DO IT! DO IT!
(screaming)
THE CAVE CONTINUES ON.
BUT I COULDN'T SEE BEYOND
WHERE IT NARROWS.
WE'RE LUCKY
IT WAS SO CLOSE TO THE PATH.
I'M LUCKY
YOU WERE HERE TO HELP ME.
THANK YOU.
I DIDN'T EVEN KNOW
WHAT I WAS DOING.
BUT ALL I CAN
THINK ABOUT NOW
IS WHAT COULD
HAVE HAPPENED.
FOR A WHILE...
I THOUGHT
I MIGHT LOSE YOU FOREVER.
I'M ALL RIGHT NOW.
IF WE EVER
GO BACK,
AT LEAST WE WILL
HAVE SEEN THE WORLD BEYOND.
NO MATTER WHAT HAPPENS, I AM NOT
GOING BACK WITHOUT OUR CHILD.
DO YOU EVER THINK ABOUT HIM,
BRAV?
WHAT DO YOU MEAN?
I MEAN DO YOU MISS HIM?
OUR CHILD NEEDS US...BOTH OF US.
BUT, SHAL...
ALL I KNOW OF HIM,
I KNOW THROUGH YOU.
I HELD HIM ONCE
WHEN HE WAS BORN.
I CAN'T EVEN REMEMBER
WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.
HE LOOKS DIFFERENT.
HE CHANGES.
HE'S SO SMALL, SO WEAK.
WHEN I WENT
TO THE OBELISK,
YOU MISSED ME.
THAT'S HOW I FEEL ABOUT HIM.
DON'T YOU FEEL
THE SAME?
EVEN A LITTLE?
(sighing)
I'M NOT SURE I DO.
I UNDERSTAND.
(distant banging)
(wings flapping)
BRAV?
BRAV?!
OVER HERE!
TAKE MY HAND.
LOOK.
WHAT IS
THIS PLACE?
I'M NOT SURE.
IT MAY BE A HOME
OF SOME SORT.
WHOSE?
I DON'T KNOW.
THESE AREN'T VORAK.
BRAV.
THEY'RE LIKE US.
THE WAY THEY'RE HOLDING IT.
IT WAS
THEIR CHILD.
THEY WERE TRYING
TO PROTECT IT...
FROM SOMETHING...
SOMETHING AWFUL.
THEY COULDN'T.
IT'S LIKE ONE OF MY CARVINGS.
WHO DO YOU THINK THEY WERE?
THEY MUST BE THE PEOPLE
IN THE REFLECTIONS
THAT WE LOOKED AT,
THE PEOPLE
WE DIDN'T KNOW.
MAYBE
THEY'RE OUR PARENTS.
NOT THE VORAK.
DO YOU THINK
THEY COULD
HAVE BEEN HIDING
FROM THE VORAK?
THEY WERE HIDING
FROM SOMETHING.
OR THEY WERE HIDING
THEIR CHILD,
WHICH MIGHT
EXPLAIN WHY
THEY WEREN'T WEARING
MONITOR BANDS.
SO THEY
COULD HAVE
TAKEN THEM OFF
LIKE WE DID.
SO MOTHER
WOULDN'T FIND THEM.
MAYBE --
MAYBE THEY TOOK
THEIR CHILD
FROM THE OBELISK,
AND THE VORAK
BECAME ANGRY.
IT JUST DOESN'T
MAKE SENSE.
I MEAN,
THEY'VE LOOKED
AFTER US
ALL OUR LIVES.
THEY'VE
NEVER HURT US.
EXCEPT WHEN WE TRIED
TO CROSS THE BOUNDARY,
EXCEPT WHEN WE WANTED
TO LEAVE THE COMMUNITY.
LOOK, LOOK --
I REMEMBER THIS
FROM WHEN
THEY TOOK US TO THE OBELISK.
WE'RE CLOSE.
I KNOW WE ARE.
(gasping)
IS THAT
WHAT STUNG ME?
ONE JUST LIKE IT.
BE CAREFUL.
DON'T GET
TOO CLOSE.
IT'S OKAY.
I THINK IT'S DEAD.
(screaming)
SHAL, STAY CLOSE.
THERE MIGHT BE
MORE OUT THERE.
LISTEN.
(crawlers shrieking)
IT'S LIKE
THEY'RE TALKING TO EACH OTHER.
THEY'RE GETTING CLOSER.
(crawlers shrieking)
WE BETTER GO.
I CAN'T.
MY...
MY LEG HURTS.
I CAN'T RUN ON IT.
WE DON'T HAVE
A CHOICE!
BRAV, I CAN'T GO THIS FAST.
MY LEG.
TRY AND
KEEP GOING.
WE'RE CLOSE.
I CAN FEEL IT.
WE SHOULD SEE IT
JUST PAST THE TREES.
COME ON, SHAL,
TRY TO KEEP UP!
(screaming)
BRAV, THE TREES!
THEY'RE IN THE TREES!
(crawlers shrieking)
(crawlers shrieking)
(Shal)
THEY'VE STOPPED.
MAYBE THE CRAWLERS HAVE
A BOUNDARY, JUST LIKE WE DO.
BRAV, LOOK.
WE MADE IT.
WE'RE AT THE OBELISK.
THAT'S THE EDGE OF THE WORLD,
BRAV.
CAN YOU SEE WHAT
THEY'RE DOING?
THEY'RE
ALWAYS DIGGING
FOR THINGS
IN THE GROUND.
I USED
TO WATCH THEM.
THEY NEVER SAID
WHY THEY DID IT.
COME ON.
YOU SHOULDN'T
BE HERE.
YOUR PLACE IS
IN THE COMMUNITY.
IT WASN'T SAFE TO LEAVE.
IT WASN'T SAFE
TO STAY.
WE SAW WHAT YOU DID.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
I'M KEEPING
OUR CHILD.
HE MUST STAY WITH US.
HE BELONGS WITH US,
HIS PARENTS, HIS OWN KIND.
BUT WE ARE---
YOU'RE
NOT ANYTHING!
NOT OUR PARENTS OR FRIENDS!
NOTHING!
YOU'VE LIED TO US
ALL OUR LIVES.
WE SAW OUR PARENTS' REMAINS.
WE SAW WHAT YOU DID.
WE'VE DONE NOTHING.
THINK ABOUT YOUR CHILD.
WHY WOULD
YOU RISK HIS LIFE?
HOW CAN YOU
KEEP HIM SAFE?
YOU CAN'T LOOK AFTER HIM
THE WAY WE CAN.
I CAN LOOK AFTER MY OWN.
I CAN'T LET YOU.
DON'T TOUCH HER!
RUN!
GET OUT OF HERE NOW!
I CAN'T LEAVE YOU!
I'LL FOLLOW YOU!
GO!
YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND!
(screaming)
(gasping)
YOU MUST BE HUNGRY.
(crawlers shrieking)
(screaming)
(screaming)
(screaming)
(crawlers smashing into car)
(crawlers shrieking)
(screaming)
(laser guns blasting)
IT'S FORTUNATE
THAT YOU FORGOT SOMETHING.
OTHERWISE
WE WOULDN'T HAVE FOUND YOU.
SHAL.
I THOUGHT
YOU WERE HURT.
I COULDN'T
STAND THINKING
I WASN'T GOING
TO SEE YOU AGAIN.
THEY ONLY
MADE ME SLEEP.
WHAT ABOUT
OUR CHILD?
THEY TOOK HIM.
THEY MAY TRY
TO PUNISH US.
BECAUSE WE TOOK
OUR CHILD?
BECAUSE I HURT ONE OF THEM.
WHAT?
I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT YOU.
I DIDN'T KNOW WHAT TO DO.
AND I THOUGHT THAT
HE MIGHT HURT YOU
OR HURT THE CHILD.
SO I USED MY CUTTER.
I COULDN'T STOP MYSELF.
I WASN'T THINKING.
NOW I WISH I HADN'T DONE IT.
YOUR HEARTS
ARE HEAVY!
LEAVING THE COMMUNITY
HAS BEEN HARD ON YOU.
IT'S A BURDEN
WE'D HOPED TO PROTECT YOU FROM,
LIKE FEAR,
GUILT, HATE.
WE NEVER THOUGHT YOU'D GO OUT
TO FIND THEM ALL FOR YOURSELVES.
WE WENT TO FIND OUR SON.
AND WE FOUND HIM.
IT'S A WORLD
WITHOUT PITY
FOR ITS CHILDREN, SHAL.
SURELY YOUR JOURNEY HERE
HAS TAUGHT YOU THAT.
COME.
(cooing)
HE'S SO
VERY IMPORTANT
AND YET SO FRAGILE.
BUT WE CAN'T
KEEP HIM FROM YOU,
AND WE CAN'T KEEP
YOUR WORLD FROM YOU.
DOES THAT MEAN
YOU'LL
LET US LEAVE?
THAT YOU'LL GIVE US
OUR CHILD BACK?
WE WILL CONTINUE
TO WATCH OVER YOU.
HOW DO WE KNOW
YOU WON'T HURT US?
LIKE YOU DID
OUR REAL PARENTS?
WE ARE YOUR REAL PARENTS, BRAV.
WE CREATED YOU,
RAISED YOU,
LOVED YOU AS WE WOULD
THE YOUNG OF OUR OWN SPECIES.
WHAT MORE COULD YOU ASK
FROM A PARENT?
WHY DOES IT
MATTER SO MUCH
THAT WE DON'T
LOOK LIKE YOU?
(cooing)
UNTIL THE CHILD,
YOU AND
THE REST OF YOUR COMMUNITY
WERE ALL THERE WAS.
BUT WE SAW REFLECTIONS.
IT SHOWED THAT
THERE WERE PEOPLE JUST LIKE US.
AND WE SAW
WHAT REMAINED
OF THEM
IN THE CAVE
WHERE THE CRAWLERS WERE.
THOSE PEOPLE DISAPPEARED
HUNDREDS OF YEARS AGO,
LONG BEFORE
WE ARRIVED.
ALL THAT'S LEFT OF THEM
ARE THE PIECES THAT
WE'VE DUG OUT OF THE GROUND
AND OUT OF
THE GREAT ICE SHEET.
THEY WERE
LIKE US?
YES, THEY WERE.
EVERYTHING YOU ARE,
EVERYTHING YOU HAVE
IS A REPLICA
OF WHEN THEY LIVED.
WE FOUND REFLECTIONS
THAT SHOWED
YOUR CULTURE.
WE USED OUR GENETIC KNOWLEDGE
TO CREATE
ALL OF YOU
FROM THE PARTS OF THEM
WE FOUND.
IN A WAY, THEY ARE YOUR PARENTS.
THEN WHAT HAPPENED TO THEM?
WE DON'T KNOW FOR SURE.
A NATURAL DISASTER PERHAPS
OR ONE OF
THEIR OWN CREATION.
WHO WERE THEY?
FROM WHAT WE'VE DISCOVERED,
THEY WERE BEINGS
WHO HAD TO BE TAUGHT
THE VALUE OF LIFEFORMS
DIFFERENT IN APPEARANCE
FROM THEMSELVES.
AND THEY DID LEARN...EVENTUALLY.
TOWARD THE END
OF THEIR HISTORY,
THEY EVEN RESURRECTED
SOME SPECIES
THEY'D PREVIOUSLY
DRIVEN TO EXTINCTION.
MUCH LIKE OUR MISSION
TO RE-ESTABLISH LIFE
WHEREVER IT HAS VANISHED.
(cooing)
WE BELIEVE THAT ANY SPECIES
CAPABLE OF CORRECTING
SUCH A TERRIBLE FLAW,
OF FINALLY
APPRECIATING
THE BEAUTY
THAT LIES IN DIVERSITY,
DESERVES A SECOND CHANCE.
THAT'S WHAT YOU ARE.
A NEW BEGINNING.
(cooing)
YOU WERE RIGHT.
HE DOES NEED BOTH OF US.
(control voice)
EVERY LIFE
IS A DESTINATION UNKNOWN,
A JOURNEY OF TRAGEDIES
AND TRIUMPHS
THAT ULTIMATELY
ALLOWS US TO DISCOVER
NOT ONLY OUR WORLD
BUT MORE IMPORTANTLY,
OUR SELVES.