The Outer Limits (1995–2002): Season 5, Episode 13 - Summit - full transcript

( woman )
WE'RE GETTING READY TO LAND,
SWEETIE,

SO I'M GOING TO SIGN OFF.

I WANT YOU TO KNOW I LOVE YOU

AND I'M THINKING ABOUT YOU.

GRANDMA CAN MAKE YOUR BEDTIME
AN HOUR LATER THAN USUAL.

SHE SAYS YOU'VE BEEN

HAVING BAD DREAMS.

ANY TIME YOU WAKE UP
FROM A BAD DREAM

JUST TURN ON THE LIGHT,
LOOK AT MOMMY'S PICTURE,

AND KNOW
THAT I'M ALWAYS WITH YOU.

EVEN THOUGH
I'M TOO FAR AWAY TO HOLD YOU,



I'M ALWAYS WITH YOU.

HONEY, I KNOW ALL THIS TALK
OF WAR IS SCARY.

IT SCARES ME TOO.

BUT THAT'S WHY WE'RE HERE.

IT'S OUR JOB
TO MEET WITH THE DREGS

AND FIND A WAY TO STOP
THE BAD FEELINGS BETWEEN US.

A LOT OF PEOPLE THINK

THIS SUMMIT
WON'T MAKE A DIFFERENCE,

BUT I THINK
WE'RE GOING TO DO JUST FINE.

I LOVE YOU, SWEETHEART.

I'LL BE HOME AS SOON AS I CAN.

END TRANSMISSION,

MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ENVOY
KATE WOODS.

WHERE ARE THE DREGS?



( ambassador )
I'M SURE THEY'LL BE HERE.

THE CONDITIONS
WERE CRYSTAL CLEAR.

I REFUSE TO ALLOW THESE TALKS
TO GET OFF ON THE WRONG FOOT.

CLIMBING BACK INTO
THE SHUTTLE AND LEAVING

BEFORE WE EVEN START IS
THE WRONG FOOT.

SECOR, FEED IN
OUR HANDSHAKE SIGNAL.

THEY'RE NOT HERE.

THEY WILL BE.

BOTH PARTIES WERE TO ENTER
THIS FACILITY

AT 1900 HOURS SHARP.

IT IS NOW 1910.

THEIR SHUTTLE ISN'T EVEN
ON FINAL APPROACH.

CONFIDENCE
OF A TERRORIST ATTACK IS HIGH.

WE HAVE EVERY REASON TO LEAVE.

WE HAVE A CHANCE

TO GAIN
SOME REAL CONCESSIONS HERE.

WE'RE SITTING DUCKS.

ASK YOUR EXPERT.

THEIR CULTURE IS
BASED ON ACTIONS.

IT'S ABOUT
THE ONLY THING

YOU CAN COUNT ON
WITH THE DREG.

THEY MAY NOT BE COMING.

THEIR ACTIONS ARE
SPEAKING VOLUMES TO ME.

SECOR,
FIND OUT WHERE THEY ARE.

THERE, THEY'RE ON THEIR WAY.

THIS IS JUST A LITTLE HICCUP.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,

IF THE DIPLOMATS HAD
DONE THEIR JOBS PROPERLY,

WE WOULDN'T BE HERE.

I'M PICKING UP A SIGNAL.

THE DREG AMBASSADOR'S SHUTTLE IS

EXPERIENCING
NAVIGATIONAL PROBLEMS.

I DON'T LIKE THIS
ONE DAMN BIT.

WE HAD TROUBLE
WITH THE ION STORM TOO.

THIS IS GOING TO BE
SOME NEGOTIATION

IF YOU TAKE EVERYTHING THEY SAY
AT FACE VALUE.

I KNOW WHAT THE DREGS
ARE CAPABLE OF, COLONEL.

AMBASSADOR, THE SHUTTLE'S
DECLARING AN EMERGENCY.

( Dreg battleship )
PATRIOT SHUTTLE, REPEAT.

( shuttle )
MAIN THRUSTERS HAVE FAILED.
FINAL APPROACH NOW AT...

( signal breaking up )

SABOTAGE...

SABOTAGE.

SABOTAGE?

IF THEY THINK WE'RE RESPONSIBLE

THEY'LL CONSIDER IT
AN ACT OF WAR.

BATTLESHIP
ON FULL ALERT.

THIS IS
AMBASSADOR NOEL BACHMAN.

WEAPONS SYSTEMS
ON-LINE.

THIS IS NOT OUR DOING.

WE'RE ON A PEACE MISSION.

( Colonel )
GET OUR SHIP OUT OF THERE.

CONQUEST,
--DO NOT RETURN FIRE.

CEASE FIRE!
CEASE FIRE!

( alarm sounding )

AMBASSADOR?

DEAD, BOTH OF THEM.

THE DREG HOMEWORLD.

THEY'VE DEPLOYED THEIR FLEET.

SO HAS EARTH.

WE'VE GOT
TO CALL THEM BACK.

THIS WAS ALL A MISTAKE.

THERE'S NO CALLING THEM BACK.
WE'RE AT WAR.

IN THREE HOURS WE'RE GOING

TO TOTALLY ANNIHILATE
EACH OTHER.

( 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.

BURIED DEEP WITHIN THE HEART
OF EVERY CONFLICT LIES

A TERRITORY KNOWN
AS COMMON GROUND.

BUT HOW DO WE SUMMON
THE COURAGE

TO SEEK OUT ITS BORDERS?

KNOTS, WALK
THE PERIMETER.

I WANT YOU TO MAKE SURE
THAT THE INTEGRITY

OF THE FACILITY HASN'T
BEEN COMPROMISED.

START SECURING FOOD AND WATER.
RATIONING BEGINS IMMEDIATELY.

SECOR, BRING
COMMUNICATIONS BACK UP.

COLONEL,

YOU ARE NOT
IN CHARGE.

WE'RE AT WAR, MR. MORRIS,
THAT PUTS ME IN CHARGE.

THE MINISTRY OF DEFENSE ENVOY
SUPERSEDES YOUR AUTHORITY

IN PEACETIME.

UNTIL WE HEAR OTHERWISE,
THIS IS STILL PEACETIME.

BOTH SIDES ARE RACING

TO THEIR LAUNCH THRESHOLDS.

WE'RE GOING TO FIRE ON THEM
AND THEY'RE GOING TO FIRE ON US.

THE MISSILES WILL PRACTICALLY
PASS RIGHT OVER US.

AND ABOUT THREE HOURS LATER

WE'LL HAVE THE DISTINCTION OF
BEING THE LAST OF A DYING BREED.

GET ME
COALITION COMMAND.

IT'S DEAD --
THE TRANSMITTER'S BLOWN.

WHAT ABOUT THE
EMERGENCY TRANSMITTER?

SCRAP METAL.

UNTIL
WE HEAR OTHERWISE,

WE ARE NOT AT WAR.

THEY THINK
WE'RE ALL DEAD.

UNTIL
WE HEAR OTHERWISE

YOU WANT ME
TO TURN COMMAND OVER

TO SOMEONE WHO'S
IN OVER THEIR HEAD.

THE ONLY ORDER
MS. WOODS HAS GIVEN

IS FOR DESSERT AT
A DIPLOMATIC LUNCHEON.

NO OFFENSE, BUT THIS ISN'T
SOMETHING YOU WANT.

YOU DON'T HAVE
TO TURN COMMAND
OVER TO ME, COLONEL.

IT WAS NEVER YOURS TO TURN OVER.

SECOR, PULL THE COM PANEL,
SEE HOW BAD THE DAMAGE IS.

MS. WOODS...

IN THREE HOURS,

BOTH SIDES WILL REACH THEIR
LAUNCH THRESHOLDS

AND BEGIN FIRING.

DO YOU WANT TO PLAY
COMMANDER IN CHIEF?

HOW CAN YOU
BE CIVIL TO THEM

AFTER WHAT THEY DID TO YOU?

YOU OKAY?

YEAH.

IT WAS
A CHEAP SHOT.

DON'T LET HIM GET TO YOU.

IT'S A FAIR ENOUGH QUESTION.

I ASK MYSELF
THE SAME THING EVERY DAY.

YOU'VE GOT A LITTLE...

THANKS.

WHAT HAPPENED?

POWER CORE'S DOWN.

MUST HAVE BEEN HIT BY DEBRIS.

WE'VE GOT
TO LOOK AT IT.

THE CORE'S RESPONSIBLE

FOR LIFE SUPPORT
AND THE BACKUP IS SHOT.

YOU'VE GOT
THE REST OF YOUR LIFE

TO GET IT BACK
ON-LINE.

THE VENTILATORS ARE
ONLY GOOD FOR 15 MINUTES.

LET'S GET OUT AND GET IN.

ANYONE WANDERS OFF,
WE'RE NOT COMING
TO GET YOU.

( Secor )
THERE IT IS.

( Colonel )
WELL?

( Secor )
THE OTHERS SEEM TO BE
FUNCTIONING.

IF WE CAN JUST
PUSH THIS BEAM FREE,

I SHOULD BE ABLE TO TAKE
THIS UNIT OFF-LINE

AND REROUTE AROUND IT.

( Kate )
LET'S DO IT.

( Colonel )
LET ME GET
IN THERE, MA'AM.

I CAN GET
A GRIP ON IT.

HERE, YOU CAN
HOLD THIS.

( Secor )
ALL RIGHT, READY?

( Colonel )
ON THE COUNT OF THREE.

ONE, TWO, THREE.

( Kate )
WHAT THE HELL?

( feet shuffling )

( Jonathan )
KATE, WHERE ARE YOU?

I'M A FEW METERS
SOUTHWEST OF YOU.

I THOUGHT
I SAW SOMETHING MOVE OUT HERE.

PROBABLY JUST
THE LIGHTS.

( signal breaking up )

JONATHAN?

JONATHAN?

( coughing )

( Jonathan )
KATE?

HERE, BREATHE.

( Colonel )
IS SHE OKAY?

ARE YOU HURT?

WHAT HAPPENED OUT THERE?

SOMETHING GRABBED ME.

THIS IS
A DESERTED PLANETOID.

NOTHING COULD LIVE

IN THAT ATMOSPHERE.

( banging on door )

FOR SOMETHING
THAT'S NOT ALIVE

IT'S MAKING
A LOT OF NOISE.

WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON?

IT'S OKAY.

THOSE DOORS WON'T OPEN
WITHOUT A HANDSHAKE SIGNAL

FROM THE DREG SIDE.

( louder banging )

KEEP THOSE DOORS SHUT.

I CAN'T,
IT'S GOT ACCESS.

THEY LOOK HUMAN.

( computer voice )
EMERGENCY BULKHEAD ACTIVATED.

ALL PERSONNEL
TO FORWARD CHAMBER.

BULKHEAD SEALED.

EMERGENCY VENTING.

THEY ARE HUMAN.

THEY'RE DREGS.

THESE ARE THE FACES

RESPONSIBLE FOR ARMAGEDDON.

AMBASSADOR PROSSER.

YOU INVITE US HERE
UNDER THE GUISE OF PEACE,

ONLY TO TRIGGER A WAR
THAT WILL KILL BILLIONS --

COALITION AND DREGOSIAN ALIKE.

IT WAS YOUR
UNPROVOKED ATTACK

THAT TRIGGERED THIS ACTION.

I'D HARDLY CALL THE SABOTAGING
OF OUR SHUTTLE "UNPROVOKED."

HOW DID YOU GET HERE?

WE CRASHED
JUST OVER A CLIFF FROM HERE.

GOD ONLY KNOWS HOW WE FOUND
OUR WAY THROUGH THE STORM.

OUR VENTILATORS WERE
JUST ABOUT OUT WHEN--

WHEN YOU RAN INTO ME.

I APOLOGIZE.

IT WAS
A MATTER OF SURVIVAL.

I'M HOLDING YOU PERSONALLY
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE DEATHS

OF THE MEN AND WOMEN
ABOARD THE
CONQUEST.

I WOULD EXECUTE YOU MYSELF
IF I HAD HALF A CHANCE.

THIS IS WHO THEY SEND
TO TALK PEACE.

IS IT ANY WONDER

THAT AFTER FIVE GENERATIONS
OF ENDURING THEIR OPPRESSION,

WE'VE RISEN UP AGAINST YOU?

WE GAVE YOU LIFE.

( Kate )
THAT'S ENOUGH.

I'LL SPEAK FOR THE DELEGATION.

LIFE UNDER A SUN SO BRIGHT

WE NEED YELLOW EYES
TO REFLECT ITS RAYS,

A THIRD LUNG

TO TOLERATE
THE THIN ATMOSPHERE.

YOU ENGINEERED US
TO SERVE YOUR NEEDS.

WE DEMAND HUMAN RIGHTS.

WE'VE EXTENDED
YOUR RIGHTS

TIME AND AGAIN.

THE RIGHT TO LIVE OUT OUR LIVES
IN YOUR MINES?

THE RIGHT TO SEND ORE TO EARTH
TO RUN YOUR POWER PLANTS?

WITH RIGHTS COME FREEDOM,
AND WE HAVE NEITHER.

YOU HAVE MORE FREEDOM THAN ANY
PREVIOUS GENERATION OF DREGS.

AND WE GOT
A
COUP D'ETAT.

THE COMMANDEERING OF COALITION
FORCES AND SHIPS ON DREGOSIA.

WE KNOW
THERE'S BEEN TALK OF GENOCIDE.

MURDER DREGOSIANS
AND START OVER.

THIS TIME GENETICALLY WEED OUT
ALL THE AGGRESSIVE TENDENCIES.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

THAT'S ENOUGH.

STEP AWAY
FROM THE NEGOTIATING AREA.

AMBASSADOR,

ON BEHALF OF
THE UNITED COALITION

I WOULD LIKE
TO EXPRESS

MY REGRETS THAT
THIS MISUNDERSTANDING

HAS LED US TO WHERE WE ARE.

I'LL DO EVERYTHING
WITHIN MY POWER

TO RECTIFY THE SITUATION,

BUT WE MUST REMAIN FOCUSED ON
THE EMERGENCY THAT FACES US ALL.

HOW WONDERFULLY REHEARSED.

WHICH PAGE
OF THE NEGOTIATOR'S HANDBOOK

DID THAT COME FROM?

SIR.

WHERE'S AMBASSADOR BACHMAN?

HE'S DEAD.

I'M KATE WOODS,
ACTING AMBASSADOR.

PLEASE, WE HAVE
TO CONTACT OUR HOMEWORLDS

AND GET THEM TO STOP
THIS RACE TO DESTRUCTION.

WE HAVE THE GREATEST RESPECT
FOR YOUR PEOPLE.

WE CAN FIND
A SOLUTION TO THIS CRISIS.

I THINK I'D RATHER TALK
TO THE COLONEL.

WHAT?
I KNOW WHERE
I STAND WITH HIM.

THE INSINCERITY READS
LOUD AND CLEAR IN YOUR VOICE.

AMBASSADOR, I ASSURE YOU

YOU'RE MISTAKEN.

HAVE YOU EVER HEARD
OF THE HALSY STUDY?

THE WHAT?

IT TOOK PLACE
A YEAR AGO.

JUST BEFORE
THE DREGS OVERRAN DREGOSIA.

WE LIBERATED DREGOSIA.

IT WAS DESIGNED TO DETERMINE
HOW IT WAS POSSIBLE

THAT SOME DREGS WERE EXHIBITING
LEADERSHIP ABILITIES.

I WAS ONE OF
THE GENETICISTS INVOLVED.

HOW APPROPRIATE --

I WAS ONE OF THE SUBJECTS.

MUST HAVE BEEN
VERY DISAPPOINTING
FOR YOU TO FIND

THE ATTRIBUTES YOU BRED OUT
OF THE DREGS FOR GENERATIONS

SOMEHOW FOUND THEMSELVES BACK
INTO THE GENE POOL.

NATURAL SELECTION'S A BITCH.

WHAT'S YOUR POINT?

THE POINT IS, MY DEAR,

YOU'RE NOT DEALING
WITH A MINE LABORER.

I CAN SEE THROUGH
YOUR INSINCERE PLEASANTRIES.

IT LEAVES ME WITH A DILEMMA --

HOW DO I TRUST YOU?

OUR TRANSMITTER IS SHOT,

BUT OUR SIGNAL AMPLIFIER IS
STILL WORKING.

IF YOUR EMERGENCY TRANSMITTER

IS STILL FUNCTIONING,
MAYBE WE CAN CONNECT THEM

AND STOP THE ATTACK.

IS YOUR TRANSMITTER
STILL WORKING?

( Colonel )
THERE'S NO POINT IN TRYING

TO TALK TO HIM.

I'VE DEALT WITH
HIS KIND BEFORE.

GEGHAN BAY,
PRESCOTT CANYON.

YOU'RE THE THURMAN
OF PRESCOTT CANYON?

THAT'S RIGHT.

MAYBE I WON'T TALK
TO THE COLONEL AFTER ALL.

REALLY?
MY FEELING'S ARE HURT.

I WAS AT PRESCOTT CANYON.

I WAS ONE OF THE THOUSANDS
YOU TRIED TO STARVE.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

YOU DIDN'T FEED US, COLONEL.

THE GRAIN WAS
CONTAMINATED.
THAT'S A LIE.

IT WAS TAINTED WITH
LARZA--VIRUS.

THE SHIPMENTS WERE FINE.

THEY WERE TAINTED, AND SOME
WANTED TO FEED IT TO YOU ANYWAY.

I STEPPED IN
AND STOPPED IT.

YOU KNOW, ON OUR PLANET, YOU'RE
NOTHING BUT A WAR CRIMINAL.

I WILL NOT SPEND
MY REMAINING HOURS

TALKING TO A CRIMINAL,
OR AN UNDERSTUDY.

AMBASSADOR, THIS ISN'T SOMETHING
YOU CAN JUST WALK AWAY FROM.

AMBASSADOR!
AMBASSADOR!

YOU SON OF A BITCH.

THAT'S A LITTLE BIT
BETTER.

DID YOU TRY
CROSS-WIRING
THE BEACON ARRAY?

THE BEACON
ARRAY'S DEAD.

I'M TRYING
TO BOOST THE EMITTER.

I'M MORE CONCERNED
WITH AIR QUALITY.

THE SCRUBBERS ARE
FAILING.

TWO HOURS
BEFORE THE FLEETS GET

TO THEIR LAUNCH THRESHOLD

AND HE'S PLAYING
THE INTIMIDATION CARD.

MAYBE THURMAN'S RIGHT.

ALL I'VE EVER DONE IS SIT ON
COMMITTEES AND RECOMMEND POLICY.

WHAT THE HELL AM I DOING HERE?

BACHMAN KNEW
WHAT HE WAS DOING, KATE.

WANT TO KNOW WHAT I THINK?

HE SAW IN YOU AN EXAMPLE OF
WHAT HE HOPED WE COULD ALL BE.

HE ADMIRED YOU

FOR NOT LETTING HATE CONSUME YOU
WHEN BRIAN WAS KILLED.

YOU PUSHED PAST IT.

I DIDN'T PUSH PAST IT,
I BURIED IT.

I THOUGHT I HAD IT

UNDER CONTROL, BUT I DON'T.

I'VE MASKED MY FEELINGS
AND CONVICTIONS SO LONG

I DON'T KNOW WHO I AM ANYMORE.

THAT'S
WHAT DIPLOMATS DO.

WE ALL HAVE TO HIDE
OUR TRUE FEELINGS,

ONLY LET THE
APPROPRIATE ONES SHOW,

KEEP ALL THE OTHERS
TO OURSELVES.

WE'RE AFRAID TO LET THEM OUT.

SOMETIMES KEEPING THEM
LOCKED UP INSIDE IS WORSE.

WHAT ARE YOU KEEPING
LOCKED UP INSIDE, JONATHAN?

I'M SORRY,
I'M NOT...
OH, DAMN!

WE'RE WASTING OUR TIME.

YOU HAVE A BETTER WAY
TO SPEND IT?

KNOTS GOT A LOOK
AT THEIR TRANSMITTER

WHILE THE DOORS WERE OPEN.

HE DOESN'T THINK IT'S DAMAGED.

I SAY WE FIND A WAY
ONTO THE DREGS' SIDE,

GET THEIR TRANSMITTER,
HOOK IT UP,

AND WE CAN CONTACT
COALITION COMMAND.

WHO WILL CONTACT
THE DREG FLEET?

THEY WILL,
WITH A LITTLE PERSUASION.

WHAT?

YOU'RE NOT ACTUALLY
ENTERTAINING THIS.

WE HAVE TO STOP THE LAUNCH
SOMEHOW.

WE CAN'T FORCE THEM INTO IT.

IT'LL BREED MORE MISTRUST.

A PEACEFUL SOLUTION IS THE ONLY
THING THAT'LL STOP THIS.

A PEACE ACCORD WAS
NEVER GOING TO HAPPEN.

THERE'S TOO MUCH WATER
UNDER THE BRIDGE,

TOO MANY LIVES LOST.

WHAT'S YOUR SOLUTION?

FORGIVE AND FORGET?

( Jonathan )
NO, DON'T FORGET.

DON'T CALL IT FORGIVENESS
IF YOU DON'T WANT TO,

BUT TO MOVE FORWARD

SOMEONE HAS TO ALLOW
THE SLATE TO BE WIPED CLEAN.

THE PROBLEM IS,
NO GENERATION WANTS

TO MAKE THAT SACRIFICE.

WE KEEP PASSING IT ON
TO THE NEXT ONE.

THIS IS NOT THE WAY.

IT IS THE WAY.

JONATHAN'S RIGHT.

WE HAVE TO REESTABLISH

CONTACT --
THERE'S STILL TIME.

( banging )
WHAT THE HELL'S THAT?

DREGS.

( Knots )
THEY'RE STEALING OUR SIGNAL AMP.

( Colonel )
SON OF A BITCH.

SECOR, FEED IN
OUR HANDSHAKE SIGNAL.

OPEN THE DAMN DOORS,
I WANT TO TALK TO YOU.

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?

OUR TRANSMITTER IS FUNCTIONAL

AND, CONNECTED
TO THE SIGNAL AMP,

WE'LL BE ABLE
TO CONTACT THE FLEETS.

YOU WANTED TO PUT OFF
THE NEGOTIATIONS

AND MERELY STOP
THE ADVANCING SHIPS.

WHERE'S THE GOODWILL IN THAT?

ARE YOU OUT OF YOUR MIND?

LOOK UP 'LEVERAGE'
IN YOUR HANDBOOK.

AM I SUPPOSED TO TRUST YOU?

DO YOU THINK

THE COALITION WOULD HAVE
SHOWN UP FOR THIS SUMMIT

IF WE HADN'T FORCED THEIR HAND?

PERHAPS NOT.

THEN WHAT MAKES YOU BELIEVE
THEY'LL NEGOTIATE

AFTER THE FLEETS HAVE
TURNED BACK?

WE HAVE NO TIME.

WE HAVE TO STOP THE MISSILES.

WE WILL, AS LONG AS
AN AGREEMENT IS REACHED.

WE ARE A PEOPLE OF DEEDS,
NOT RHETORIC.

YOU HAVE TO PROVE
YOUR SINCERITY

OR I AM WILLING
TO LET IT ALL END

RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.

WE CAN COME
TO AN UNDERSTANDING,

BUT KEEP IN MIND
THAT ALL WE DISCUSS MUST BE

APPROVED OF
BY THE COALITION.

YOUR WORDS ARE
STILL HOLLOW.

I HEAR

YOUR SOFT-SPOKEN PLATITUDES,

BUT I SEE HATRED IN YOUR EYES.

AMBASSADOR,
WE BOTH HAVE A JOB TO DO.

I KNOW ABOUT YOUR HUSBAND,
MISS WOODS.

IT MAY HAVE BEEN
THREE YEARS AGO,

BUT IT'S AS FRESH IN YOU TODAY
AS IT WAS THE DAY IT HAPPENED,

ISN'T IT?

TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED.

WHAT?

PROVE YOUR SINCERITY TO ME
SO WE CAN PROCEED.

TELL ME
WHAT HAPPENED.

NO.

STOP.

GORUM.

WHAT'S IT GOING TO BE?

OPEN THE DOORS.

GORUM.

MY HUSBAND, BRIAN, TAUGHT
AT SUMNER UNIVERSITY --

FOREIGN
AND DIPLOMATIC RELATIONS.

HIS VIEWS WERE VERY UNPOPULAR.

HE BELIEVED
WE WERE ALL CREATED EQUAL,

GENETICALLY ENGINEERED OR NOT.

WE GOT THREATENING CALLS.

OUR SON WAS HARASSED AT SCHOOL.

AND YOU FELT?

ANGER.

I DIDN'T WANT OUR LIVES
DISRUPTED ANYMORE.

WHAT HAPPENED?

HE WOULDN'T BE PRESSURED
INTO CHANGING HIS BELIEFS.

HOW DID YOUR HUSBAND DIE?

THERE WAS A BOMB-THREAT
AT SCHOOL THAT DAY.

I ASKED HIM NOT TO GO.

BUT HE WOULDN'T
LISTEN?

I GOT MAD AT HIM FOR GOING.

WHAT HAPPENED?

HE GOT TO WORK AND...

I CALLED TO TELL HIM

THAT I WAS SORRY,
BUT I COULDN'T GET THROUGH.

WHY COULDN'T YOU GET THROUGH?

BECAUSE HE WAS ALREADY DEAD.

A BOMB KILLED HIM.

HE WAS ALREADY DEAD
WHEN I CALLED.

WHO PLANTED THE BOMB?

SOME...

RIGHT-WING FACTION
OF THE COALITION

WHO DIDN'T BELIEVE
IN HIS VIEWS?

OH, NO.

HE WASN'T THE TARGET.

HE WAS JUST
A CASUALTY.
YEAH.

WHO PLANTED THE BOMB, KATE?

COME ON, TELL ME.

YOU WANT TO SAY IT.

WHO PLANTED THE BOMB,
KATE?

WHO MURDERED YOUR HUSBAND, KATE?

A DREG.

A DREG BASTARD

LIKE YOU.

A DREG BASTARD LIKE YOU
KILLED HIM!

THAT'S A LITTLE BETTER.

HATRED IS PART OF BEING HUMAN.

IF YOU DENY IT, IT FESTERS,
IT POISONS THE SYSTEM.

LETTING IT OUT IS THE ONLY WAY
TO CLEANSE THE HEART.

MISS WOODS,

I HAD A WIFE AND CHILDREN ONCE.

NEITHER SIDE HAS CORNERED
THE MARKET ON ATROCITIES.

IF WE CAN FIND

THE COMMON GROUND
FOR OUR SORROW,

MAYBE WE CAN FIND

A COMMON GROUND TO PREVENT
ANY FUTURE SUFFERING.

( hatch seal breaking )

( computer voice )
WARNING --
METHANE GAS CONTAMINATION.

OXYGEN LEVELS DROPPING.

OH, MY GOD.

IT DOESN'T WORK.

SECOR, CAN YOU DEACTIVATE
THE FORCE FIELD?

ARE YOU CRAZY?

WE'LL PULL THEM OVER
AND THEN REACTIVATE IT.

I CAN SHORT IT OUT.

I JUST DON'T KNOW

IF I CAN GET
IT BACK ON-LINE.

YOU'LL KILL US ALL.

DO IT.
COLONEL!

IT'S OUR ONLY CHANCE.

OKAY, HERE WE GO.

OXYGEN LEVELS: 52%.

GO.

OXYGEN LEVELS: 43%.

KNOTS,
GIVE ME A HAND.

GET THE TRANSMITTER.

OXYGEN LEVELS: 27%

OXYGEN LEVELS: 19%

( Colonel )
GET IT BACK ON-LINE.

IT'S NOT WORKING.

CLOSE
THE PRIVACY DOORS.

I'M TRYING.

OXYGEN LEVELS -- 6%.

EMERGENCY VENTING.

PERHAPS NOW WE CAN BEGIN.

MA'AM, THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU SHOULD KNOW.

THE HATCH SEAL WAS
DELIBERATELY DISENGAGED.

THE COMMAND WAS ENTERED
FROM THE DREGS' SIDE.

WAS THIS A TEST?

IF I HAVE TO TRUST YOU
WITH THE LIVES OF MY PEOPLE,

THEN I HAD TO TRUST YOU
WITH OUR LIVES.

WHAT IF I HADN'T REACTED?

THEN WE WOULD BE DEAD,

AND I WOULD HAVE BEEN
WRONG ABOUT YOU,

MY DEAR.

THERE IS NO PRICE TOO HIGH
TO ENSURE PEACE.

THEN LET'S DO THAT.

THE MOST I CAN DO IS RECOMMEND
THAT HEARINGS BE CONVENED

TO EXPLORE THE POSSIBILITY
OF DREGOSIAN AUTONOMY.

THAT IS UNACCEPTABLE.

WE BOTH KNOW
NOTHING WILL HAPPEN.

WE'RE RUNNING OUT OF TIME.

YOU ARE A PEOPLE OF DEEDS,

NOT RHETORIC --
YOU SAID SO YOURSELF.

I RISKED ALL OF OUR LIVES WHEN
I THOUGHT THAT HATCH SEAL BLEW.

HE LOOKS JUST LIKE

HIS FATHER.

YOUR HUSBAND'S WRITINGS ARE
WELL-KNOWN TO MY PEOPLE.

LET'S CALL OFF OUR FLEETS
BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE

AND THEN WE CAN CONTINUE
TO NEGOTIATE.

DREGOSIAN AUTONOMY?

AUTONOMY...

YES.

AGREED.

GORUM, BRING US ON-LINE.

YES, SIR.

I'LL SEND
THE STAND-DOWN COMMAND

AND TURN THE TRANSMITTER
OVER TO YOU.

I TRUST
YOU'LL DO THE SAME.

MY AUTHENTICATION CODE MATCHES
YOURS.

STAND BY FOR THE SEND PROMPT.

GOT IT.

SEND.

NOW RECONFIGURE
TO SEND

TO THE
COALITION FORCES.

YES, SIR.

STEP AWAY FROM THE TRANSMITTER!

WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU DOING?

BRINGING THEM OVER WASN'T
A BAD IDEA.

HOW DID YOU SMUGGLE
THAT WEAPON IN HERE?

I DIDN'T -- DEAD SECURITY GUARDS
CAN BE VERY ACCOMMODATING.

GIVE ME THAT WEAPON
AND YOU STAND DOWN.

I'M NOT GOING TO STAND DOWN.

THEY JUST RECEIVED THE SIGNAL,

BUT NOT OUR BOYS.

THEY WON'T STAND DOWN
FOR LONG.

NOT WHEN THEY SEE

THE COALITION FORCES CONTINUE
TO ADVANCE.

IT'S ALREADY TOO LATE.

EVEN IF THEY DO START UP AGAIN,

THE COALITION
WILL BEAT THEM TO THE LAUNCH.

WE'RE GOING TO MOW YOU DOWN,

AND THEN WE'RE GOING
TO START OVER.

THIS TIME
WE'RE GOING TO DO IT RIGHT.

STAND STILL, DREG.

WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO?
KILL ME?

YOU'RE GOING
TO DO THAT ANYWAY.

I SAID STOP.

WHAT ARE YOU WAITING FOR?

OH, I SEE.

KEEP ME ALIVE
AS A BARGAINING CHIP.

LET HIM GO, KNOTS.

AMBASSADOR,
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

SON OF A BITCH.

TRANSMITTER.

JONATHAN,
GET THE TRANSMITTER.

CAN YOU STILL
RECONFIGURE IT?

( Knots )
DON'T TAKE IT
SO HARD, DREG.

YOU WEREN'T BRED
FOR INTELLIGENCE.

THEY'RE GOING TO BUILD
A STATUE TO ME.

OVER MY DEAD BODY.

( Prosser )
YOUR CODE.

SECOR.

SEND THE DAMN STAND-DOWN!

LOOK OUT!

( Kate )
THEY STOPPED.

( Colonel )
OH, DEAR GOD.

THEY STOPPED
AND THEY'RE NOT FIRING.

YOU DID IT.
YOU DID IT!

THEY STOPPED.

WE DID IT.

WE DID IT.

( com panel activating )

I THOUGHT
THAT THING WAS DEAD.

( Secor )
I'VE GOT A SIGNAL.

IT'S DREGOSIAN.

THIS IS ADMIRAL REESE

OF THE DREGOSIAN HIGH COMMAND.

ADMIRAL REESE, THIS IS ACTING
AMBASSADOR KATHERINE WOODS.

PLEASE BE ADVISED THAT
WE HAVE REACHED AN AGREEMENT.

BOTH GOVERNMENTS HAVE ISSUED

AUTHENTICATED
STAND-DOWN SIGNALS.

STOP -- I WILL ONLY SPEAK
WITH AMBASSADOR PROSSER.

GET ME PROSSER
OR THIS TRANSMISSION IS

AT AN END AND WE WILL CONTINUE
OUR OFFENSIVE.

I'VE GOT A CLASS 'A'

COALITION SIGNAL COMING IN.

IT'S COALITION CHAIRMAN
DESMOND SHIFF.

ADMIRAL,
PLEASE BEAR WITH US.

CHAIRMAN,
THIS IS KATHERINE WOODS.

YOUR COMLINK HAS BEEN
UNRESPONSIVE, SUMMIT ONE.

WE'VE HAD TO BOUNCE OUR SIGNAL
OFF OUR SHIPS TO REACH YOU.

WE DIDN'T THINK ANYONE SURVIVED
THE ATTACK.

NOT EVERYONE DID,
AMBASSADOR BACHMAN AMONG THEM.

( Reese )
DREGOSIANS ONLY ATTACKED
BECAUSE OF COALITION SABOTAGE.

WHO IS THAT?

CHAIRMAN DESMOND SHIFF,
UNITED COALITION,

MEET ADMIRAL REESE,
DREGOSIAN HIGH COMMAND.

WE DEMAND TO SPEAK WITH
AMBASSADOR PROSSER

OR WE WILL RESUME
OUR OFFENSIVE.

ADMIRAL,
AMBASSADOR PROSSER WAS KILLED.

THEN A DREGOSIAN
REPRESENTATIVE.

THERE ARE NONE.
WE'RE ALL THAT'S LEFT.

THEN THERE IS NOTHING
TO TALK ABOUT.

I KNOW YOU'VE AUTHENTICATED
THE SIGNAL,

JUST AS MY SIDE HAS.

PLEASE, BOTH OF YOU,
CALL OFF THE ATTACK.

THERE'S NO GUARANTEE

THAT OUR DELEGATION WASN'T
TORTURED

TO GIVE UP THE CODES
FOR THE TRANSMISSION.

HOW IS IT THAT OUR ENTIRE
DELEGATION WAS KILLED

BUT YOU SURVIVED?

YOUR WORDS DO NOT CONVINCE US.

THERE IS NOTHING MORE TO DO.

WAIT.

PERHAPS THERE IS NOTHING
I CAN SAY

THAT WILL CONVINCE YOU--

OUR DELEGATION IS DEAD.

THERE WILL BE
NO MORE NEGOTIATING, PERIOD.

ADMIRAL, PLEASE.

THERE IS SOMETHING.

I CAN PROVE TO YOU
I'M TELLING THE TRUTH.

IT'S THE ONLY THING
I HAVE LEFT TO OFFER.

I OFFER MY LIFE.

A MILITARY STRATEGIST WOULD
NEVER MAKE SUCH AN OFFER,

BUT AN INDIVIDUAL DEDICATED
TO PEACE WOULD.

TO PROVE MY SINCERITY

I OFFER TO SACRIFICE MYSELF
RIGHT HERE, RIGHT NOW.

SEVEN DREGOSIAN LIVES ARE
NOT EQUAL TO YOURS ALONE.

I MAKE THE SAME OFFER.

AS DO I.

ALL OF US DO.

THIS IS YOUR ROAD TO PEACE?
MORE DEATH?

NO -- LESS DEATH.

THE LIVES OF THIS DELEGATION
WILL BUY THE LIVES OF MILLIONS.

SUCH AN ACT WOULD PROVE
THE SINCERITY

OF THE COALITION DELEGATION.

I WOULD THEN ACCEPT
THE AGREEMENT AS GENUINE.

WOULD OVERLOADING THE CORE
BE SUFFICIENT?

WE COULD NOT BE ASSURED

THAT THE TRANSMISSION WASN'T
SIMPLY PULLED.

WE MUST BEAR WITNESS.

FOR GOD'S SAKE, REESE.

WE DO HAVE A WEAPON
AVAILABLE TO US.

THAT WOULD BE ACCEPTABLE.

COULD WE PLEASE HAVE A MOMENT
TO PREPARE OURSELVES?

AGREED.

( recorder activating )

HI, TODD,

YOU MIGHT NOT UNDERSTAND FOR
A FEW YEARS WHY I'M DOING THIS,

BUT I WANT YOU TO KNOW
THAT FOR ANY CONFLICT TO END

A SACRIFICE HAS TO BE MADE,

AND THAT'S WHAT I HAD TO DO.

OH, SWEETHEART,
PLEASE DON'T HATE.

IT ONLY DIMINISHES YOU.

WORDS COULD NEVER TELL YOU
HOW MUCH I LOVE YOU,

BUT MY ACTIONS
IN THE NEXT FEW MINUTES

MIGHT JUST DO THAT VERY THING.

BE GOOD.

I LOVE YOU.

BYE.

I WISH WE HAD
HAD MORE TIME.

I'M THANKFUL
FOR THE TIME WE HAD.

SINCE I MADE THE OFFER,
I'LL GO FIRST.

NO, AMBASSADOR.

I'M NOT THE KIND
OF MILITARY MAN

THAT WOULD SEND OTHERS
INTO A BATTLE

I'M NOT WILLING TO LEAD.

AND JUST IN CASE

THERE ARE ANY LAST-MINUTE
DECISIONS TO BE MADE,

I WOULD LIKE THEM
TO BE MADE BY YOU.

THANK YOU...

ALL OF YOU.

IT HAS BEEN SUCH AN HONOR
SERVING WITH ALL OF YOU.

CHAIRMAN SHIFF,

PLEASE TELL MY WIFE

THAT I'M DOING THIS
FOR OUR GRANDCHILDREN.

I WON'T DIE
BY A WEAPON OF WAR.

NOT ON THE EVE OF PEACE.

I'M SORRY, I CAN'T.

I TALK ABOUT IDEALS
AND PHILOSOPHIES,

AND WHEN IT COMES DOWN TO IT,
I CAN'T.

YOU WERE THE REASON
I HAD THE STRENGTH TO DO THIS.

IF YOU DON'T HAVE
THE STRENGTH TO DO IT

IT'S BECAUSE
YOU GAVE IT ALL TO ME.

NOT QUITE ALL OF IT.

YOU WILL HONOR YOUR PROMISE?

WITHOUT QUESTION.

CHAIRMAN SHIFF.

YES?

I'M SENDING YOU A PLAYBACK

OF THE NEGOTIATED DEAL
AND A PERSONAL LOG.

PLEASE SEE
THAT MY SON GETS THE LATTER.

I'M ALWAYS WITH YOU.

I'M ALWAYS WITH YOU.

I'M ALWAYS WITH YOU.

MOMMY?

MOM?

MOM?

( Control Voice )
ONLY WITH THE REALIZATION

THAT WHAT WE SHARE
WITH OUR ENEMY IS

GREATER THAN
WHAT DIVIDES US,

CAN PEACE EVER BE WON.