The Outer Limits (1995–2002): Season 6, Episode 20 - Nest - full transcript

K969 BASE TO EXCURSION TEAM ONE.

DO YOU READ?

K969 BASE BROADCASTING
ON ALL EMERGENCY FREQUENCIES

TO EXCURSION TEAM ONE.

DO YOU READ?

STILL NOT
GETTING ANYTHING?

COMING UP
ON THREE HOURS OVERDUE.

I TOLD THEM YOU DON'T
SEND AN EXCURSION TEAM

INTO AN UNEXPLORED CAVE

FOR A TWO-DAY
"RADIO-SILENCE" DROP.

WHAT THE HELL'S WRONG
WITH THESE DEPARTMENTAL IDIOTS?



IT'S THE ADMINISTRATION.

THE UNIVERSITY'S

PRESSURING EVERY DEPARTMENT
TO EARN ITS KEEP.

AND THEY'RE GOING TO CASH IN

ON RUPTURE ZONE AND
ACTIVE FAULT STUDIES?

DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA
WHAT IT COSTS

TO KEEP
THIS PLACE RUNNING?

I KNOW EXACTLY WHAT IT COSTS--

IT COST ME THREE MEN
STRANDED IN AN ICE CAVE.

K969 BASE

TO EXCURSION TEAM ONE.

DO YOU READ?

GRIMES,

K969 BASE BROADCASTING
ON ALL EMERGENCY FREQUENCIES.



EXCURSION TEAM ONE,
DO YOU READ?

WILKIN? CAN ANYONE READ ME?

BARUCH, COME IN.

YOU KNOW HOW I CHECK
MY BLOOD PRESSURE EVERY DAY?

WELL, THIS MORNING
IT WAS A LITTLE HIGH,

AND THEN
THIS AFTERNOON IT WAS LOW.

I THINK I'LL CHECK IT AGAIN
AND JUST AVERAGE THEM OUT.

YOU CAN NEVER BE TOO CAREFUL,
RIGHT?

THIS STORM'S NOT GOING TO CLEAR
UNTIL TOMORROW.

ROBBY,

WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT?

I DON'T KNOW.

LISTEN...

THIS IS K969 BASE.

CAN YOU REPEAT?

ALL GONE...

[ STATIC ]

THIS IS ROBBY
IN AIR ONE.

DO YOU READ,
MOBILE ONE?

COPY.

WE JUST GOT TO
THE CAVE ENTRANCE.

CONFIRMING YOUR
INITIAL ASSESSMENT--

NO SIGN OF
THE EXCURSION TEAM,

ONE SET OF TRACKS
LEAVING THE CAVE.

OKAY, PETE, LISTEN UP.

I DON'T WANT ANYONE
TAKING ANY RISKS.

YOU AND A.J.
ARE ONLY TO GO INTO THAT CAVE

AS FAR AS
YOU FEEL IT'S SAFE TO DO SO.

WE'LL COVER THE CAVE,
YOU'VE GOT THE ICE.

WE'LL TRY THE WEST RIDGE.

WHOEVER IT WAS
THAT LEFT THAT CAVE,

WE'RE GOING TO BE
BRINGING BACK A BODY.

HEY, THERE--

WHAT'S THAT?

AIR ONE
TO MOBILE ONE.

WE'VE GOT A LIVE ONE.

IT'S OKAY, GRIMES.

YOU'RE GOING
TO BE OKAY.

WHERE ARE THE OTHERS?

WHAT HAPPENED TO THE OTHERS?

ALL...

GONE...

THEY FOUND WILKEN AND BARUCH
IN THE DEEPEST PART OF THE CAVE.

GRIMES KILLED THEM?

IT LOOKS LIKE IT.

ALL THE WAY BACK,

HE KEPT RAMBLING ABOUT
HOW HIS FATHER USED TO BEAT HIM.

HE MUST BE IN SHOCK
OR SOMETHING.

GRIMES JUST DIED.

WHAT IN THE HELL
HAPPENED OUT THERE?

[ ♪ ]

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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.

PHYSICAL SCARS ARE EVIDENCE
OF A WOUND LONG SINCE HEALED,

BUT WHAT ABOUT THE WOUNDS
WE CAN'T SEE?

WHAT IS LEFT BEHIND

WHEN THERE IS TRAUMA
TO THE SOUL?

AND THIS IS

THE ILLUSTRIOUS
RECREATION AREA,

COMPLETE WITH
ESKIMO ART,

OUTDATED MAGAZINES,

AND STALE POPCORN SMELL.

AND THAT'S PETE.

HE'S
A GRAD STUDENT.

YOU GUYS REALLY
KNOW HOW TO LIVE.

SO HAVE YOU
TALKED TO ROBBY YET?

NO.

NO, I'M LOOKING
FORWARD TO IT.

HAVEN'T SEEN EACH OTHER
SINCE WE WERE KIDS.

TOO BAD IT'S UNDER
THESE CIRCUMSTANCES.

I WAS SURPRISED
TO SEE YOUR NAME

ON THE LIST OF PEOPLE

THE UNIVERSITY
WAS CONSIDERING.

THANKS FOR THE
RECOMMENDATION.

I'M JUST GLAD
YOU COULD MAKE IT

ON SUCH SHORT NOTICE.

IT'S BEEN A ROUGH
COUPLE OF DAYS.

YOU KNOW, PEOPLE ARE ACTING
LIKE NOTHING HAPPENED.

THAT'S NOT UNCOMMON
WITH POST-TRAUMATIC STRESS.

CONSIDERING WINTER SHUTDOWN'S
ONLY TWO DAYS AWAY,

I'M SURPRISED

THE UNIVERSITY BOTHERED
TO SEND A COUNSELOR.

I GUESS THEY WANT TO MAKE SURE
EVERYONE'S OKAY.

MAIN LAB.

THIS IS WHERE OUR TEAM
SPENDS MOST OF THEIR TIME

ANALYZING
SEISMOGRAPHIC DATA,

TESTING CORE SAMPLES,

AND SORTING THROUGH
FIELD RESULTS.

OH, LOU.

JACK BURRELL,

THIS IS LOU WOLSKY,
A RESEARCH ASSISTANT.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

DO YOU WANT THIS BOX?

UH, NO, I DON'T.

GOOD, GOOD,
BECAUSE MY STUFF IS IN THIS BOX,

AND IF YOU WANTED IT,
I'D HAVE TO TAKE EVERYTHING OUT,

AND I DON'T WANT TO.

OKAY...WELL, I DON'T NEED A BOX,
SO WE'RE IN LUCK.

GOOD, PERFECT.

NICE TO MEET YOU.

YEAH.

LOU'S A LITTLE WEIRD,

BUT HE'S GOT
A GOOD HEAD FOR NUMBERS.

THIS IS MARCY...

HI.

A.J.

HI.

THE STATION IS SET UP

WITH TWO SNOWMOBILES
AND A JET RANGER.

THE SNOWMOBILES GET ABOUT
A HUNDRED MILES PER TANK,

AND THE COPTER,
ABOUT 275.

THE CLOSEST TOWN
IS 430.

WE ARE ALL ALONE
UP HERE.

JACK.

ROBBY.

I HEARD THEY WERE SENDING
SOMEONE IN TO STIR UP TROUBLE.

HEAD RESEARCHER
AND FACILITY MANAGER.

NO ONE ELSE
WOULD TAKE THE GIG, HUH?

EXACTLY.

I'VE GOT TO GO OVER
A FEW THINGS WITH RACHEL.

I'LL CATCH UP
WITH YOU LATER, OKAY?

OKAY.

THANKS FOR THE TOUR.

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE
YOU RECOMMENDED HIM.

I STILL CAN'T BELIEVE

YOU HAVE A
PROBLEM WITH THAT.

WHY NOT HIM?

HE'LL JUST HAVE TO LEAVE
WITH EVERYBODY ELSE.

GREAT, THEN
NO HARM DONE.

YOU HAVEN'T SEEN HIM IN YEARS.

WE'RE IN THE MIDDLE
OF WINTER SHUTDOWN.

PEOPLE ARE GOING HOME,
NOT COMING UP.

AND IN CASE
YOU HAVEN'T NOTICED,

THIS ISN'T THE BEST TIME

TO SCHEDULE A REUNION
BETWEEN ME AND JACK BURRELL--

LIKE THERE EVER WOULD BE.

OKAY, FINE.

GOT A GAME IN YOU?

YEAH, I'M NOT REALLY
IN THE MOOD.

THAT'S COOL.

THIS HAS BEEN
A ROUGH COUPLE OF DAYS, HUH?

YEAH.

I WAS TALKING
TO SOME OF YOUR COWORKERS.

THEY SAID
YOU TOLD THE UNIVERSITY

YOU THOUGHT
THE EXPEDITION WAS A BAD IDEA.

I DON'T REALLY FEEL
LIKE GETTING INTO IT.

THE INVESTIGATORS BACK IN BARROW
ARE THINKING ISOLATION STRESS.

GRIMES WAS UP HERE
FOR ALMOST A YEAR.

IT'S UNLIKELY

THE EXPEDITION HAD ANYTHING
TO DO WITH HIS BREAKDOWN.

THAT'S WHAT I HEAR.

SO HOW ARE YOU DOING WITH IT?
ARE YOU OKAY?

ME?

I'M FINE.

OKAY.

YOU KNOW WHAT
I WAS THINKING ABOUT TODAY?

THAT THANKSGIVING

YOU SPENT
AT OUR HOUSE.

WHEN THAT KID TOMMY
WAS VISITING

AND HE KEPT ASKING
WHERE THE DOG WAS,

AND THE DOG HAD DIED,
LIKE, TWO MONTHS BEFORE.

SO TO STOP HIM
FROM BUGGING US,

YOU WALKED HIM
OVER TO THE OVEN,

FLIPPED ON THE LIGHT,
POINTED AT THE TURKEY,

AND SAID, "THAT'S THE DOG."

THAT'S RIGHT.

HE CRIED

EVERY TIME SOMEONE SAID,
"PASS THE WHITE MEAT."

AND MATTIE
KEPT CALLING THE DRUMSTICK

A DOG LEG.

I MISS MATT.

I FEEL BAD,
YOU KNOW--

YOU AND I KIND OF DRIFTED APART
AFTER THE ACCIDENT,

AND I WAS JUST CURIOUS
HOW YOU WERE DOING WITH THAT.

I'M FINE, OKAY?

I'M FINE.

HEY,

ARE YOU STILL
MAD AT ME?

YEAH.

SO'S THE
ENGAGEMENT'S OFF?

MAYBE.

DID YOU TALK
TO JACK?

YEAH.

ABOUT MATT?

NO, NOT REALLY.

YOU'VE NEVER REALLY
TOLD ME ABOUT THAT.

I ONLY GET
BITS AND PIECES.

THERE'S NOTHING TO TELL, RACH.

YOU'VE HEARD IT.

NO, I HAVEN'T.

MATT AND JACK AND I

WERE PLAYING HOCKEY
ON THE RIVER NEAR OUR HOUSE...

SOMEONE SHOT THE PUCK
AWAY FROM WHERE WE WERE PLAYING,

SO MATT AND I RACED OVER

TO SEE
WHO COULD GET THERE FIRST.

A SECOND LATER,
WE FELL THROUGH THE ICE.

THE NEXT THING I KNEW,
JACK WAS LEANING IN.

I GRABBED ONTO ONE HAND.

MATT GRABBED THE OTHER.

MATT TOLD JACK
TO LET GO OF HIM,

SO JACK
LET GO OF MATT

AND PULLED ME OUT.

MATT GOT SUCKED UNDER THE ICE
AND DIED.

I'M SORRY.

IT WAS A LONG TIME AGO.

YOU OKAY?

YEAH.

SURE?

YEAH.

ROBBY, YOU'D BETTER COME QUICK.

LOU'S ACTING REALLY WEIRD.

LOU'S ALWAYS ACTING
REALLY WEIRD, MARCY.

NOT LIKE THIS.

SO WHAT DO YOU SAY,
LOU?

WANT TO COME OUT?

REMEMBER OUR DEAL?

YOU PROMISED
THAT IF NO ONE LAUGHED AT YOU,

YOU'D COME OUT.

NO ONE'S
LAUGHING AT YOU, LOU.

WE'RE ALL FRIENDS HERE.

EVERYONE'S ALWAYS
LAUGHING AT ME.

STOP MAKING FUN OF ME.

IT'S NOT FUNNY.

I DON'T EVEN KNOW YOU.

WHO ARE YOU?

LOU...

WHAT'S GOING ON, LOU?

WHO'S LAUGHING
AT YOU?

EVERYONE.
ALL THE OTHER KIDS.

THEY POKE FUN AT ME.

THEY THINK
I DON'T HEAR THEM,

BUT I DO.

I WANT TO MAKE IT STOP.

I WANT
TO MAKE IT STOP.

OKAY.

LOU, YOU KNOW,

THIS IS ALL ABOUT
GRIMES AND THE OTHERS.

EVERYBODY REACTS TO STRESS
DIFFERENTLY.

WE ALL FEEL
A LITTLE BIT SCARED--

I'M GOING TO MAKE IT STOP.

LOU, LOOK AT ME.

LOU, LOOK AT ME.

PUT THE FLARE GUN
DOWN.

LISTEN TO ME.

YOU AND ME,
WE'LL GO TO SICK BAY,

AND MAUSER'LL
GIVE YOU SOMETHING.

I'M NOT SICK.

OKAY, OKAY.

OKAY...YOU'RE NOT SICK.

THE KIDS ARE LAUGHING AT ME.

NO, NO,
THEY'RE NOT.

LOU, I SENT ALL THE KIDS AWAY.

HOW IS HE?

THEY HAD TO RESTRAIN HIM.
MAUSER GAVE HIM A SEDATIVE.

WHAT THE HELL
WERE YOU TRYING TO DO?

I WAS TRYING TO CALM HIM DOWN.

CALM HIM DOWN?

HE PUT A FLARE GUN
TO HIS HEAD.

HE JUST SUFFERED

A SERIOUS PSYCHOLOGICAL BREAK.

IF I WAS CALLED IN SOONER,
IT MIGHT NOT HAVE HAPPENED.

OH, RIGHT, I FORGOT--
YOU'RE THE ONE WHO SAVES PEOPLE.

MY STOMACH HURTS.

MY STOMACH HURTS...

[ CHILDREN'S VOICES TAUNTING ]

STOP IT.

I'M GOING TO MAKE IT STOP.

I'M GOING
TO MAKE IT STOP.

I'M GOING TO
MAKE IT STOP.

[ STRUGGLING ]

GET OFF!

WHAT'S HAPPENING?

HE SWALLOWED A
BOTTLE OF PILLS.

WE HAVE TO
INDUCE VOMITING.

GET ME A TONGUE DEPRESSOR.

LEAVE ME ALONE.

NO MORE...

TONGUE DEPRESSOR.

OPEN YOUR MOUTH.

NO.

OH, MY GOD.

YOU'RE CANCELING THE FLIGHT
BECAUSE OF THIS?

WE COULD BE STUCK UP HERE
ALL WINTER.

THERE AREN'T ENOUGH SUPPLIES.

WE'LL MAKE AN AIR DROP
IF WE HAVE TO.

WHAT ABOUT LOU?
THE GUY'S IN CRITICAL CONDITION.

I'M SORRY.

WE CAN'T RISK TRANSPORTING
AN UNKNOWN PARASITE

TO A POPULATED AREA.

WE'LL GET THIS
FIGURED OUT.

PLEASE ASSIST DR. MAUSER
ANY WAY YOU CAN.

HE'S TAKING
THE LEAD ON THIS,

AND HE'LL KEEP
YOU INFORMED.

SON OF A BITCH.

HI.

YOU SURE
THAT THING'S DEAD?

MM-HMM.

HOW'S LOU DOING?

LOU IS NOT GOOD.

HOW THE HELL DID THEY
GET INSIDE OF HIM?

I DON'T KNOW...

BUT LOU SNAPPED,
JUST LIKE GRIMES DID,

AND IT MAKES SENSE

THAT THEY WERE
INSIDE GRIMES TOO,

AND GRIMES
WAS IN THAT CAVE.

SO YOU THINK

THAT'S HOW
THEY GOT INTO THE STATION--

BROUGHT THEM BACK WITH GRIMES?

MAKES SENSE.

YEAH,
BUT YOU KNOW WHAT BOTHERS ME

IS THAT LOU DIDN'T SNAP
LIKE GRIMES.

GRIMES KILLED TWO OTHER MEN,
AND LOU WANTED TO KILL HIMSELF.

THAT'S TRUE.

AND WHAT WAS THE WHOLE THING
ABOUT BEING MADE FUN OF?

I DON'T THINK HE MADE THAT UP.

HE WAS PROBABLY
MADE FUN OF

HIS WHOLE LIFE.

I'LL GO SEE IF THERE ARE

ANY MORE OF THESE THINGS
CRAWLING AROUND.

YOU GOING TO
GET SOME SLEEP?

YEAH, IN A WHILE.

I JUST WANT TO FINISH
RECORDING THIS DATA FOR MAUSER.

GOOD NIGHT.

MARCY?

YOU OKAY?

HEY.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.

I'M NOT GOING TO HURT YOU.

WHAT'S WRONG?

MARCY?

WHAT IF THEY'RE INSIDE ME?

I WON'T BE ABLE
TO STAND IT.

WHAT AM I GOING TO DO
IF THEY'RE INSIDE ME?

IT'S ALL RIGHT,
MARCY.

JUST LISTEN TO ME.

THIS IS YOUR FEAR TALKING.

DON'T LET IT GET HOLD OF YOU.

JUST TRY
AND LET IT GO.

WE CAN JUST SIT HERE
AND TALK FOR A LITTLE WHILE

IF YOU WANT.

MARCY, WHAT'S WRONG?

WHAT'S WRONG?

I CAN--THEY'RE INSIDE ME.

I CAN FEEL THEM CRAWLING AROUND.

I CAN TASTE THEM.

WE'LL GET YOU SOME HELP.

I'M GOING TO GET RID OF THEM.

MARCY, LISTEN TO ME.

EVERYTHING'S--

I'M GOING TO GET RID OF THEM.

I WON'T LET YOU TIE ME DOWN
LIKE YOU DID LOU.

MARCY, PUT
THE KNIFE DOWN.

MARCY, PUT THE KNIFE DOWN.

NO!
MARCY!

GET MAUSER NOW!

NO, NO!

IT LOOKS AS IF THESE THINGS
ARE ACTUALLY BORN PREGNANT.

THEY DON'T APPEAR TO LAY EGGS,

BUT THEY DO APPEAR TO GIVE BIRTH
TO FULLY FORMED OFFSPRING.

THEN AGAIN, WHAT DO I KNOW?

A.J.'S IN SICK BAY.

WHAT?

DOUBLED OVER WITH STOMACH PAIN.

PETE DOESN'T LOOK MUCH BETTER.

WELL, WE KNOW WHAT COMES NEXT.

FOR THEIR OWN SAFETY,
IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF WE--

RESTRAINED THEM.
I KNOW.

SHE WASN'T INFESTED.

HOW COULD SHE
NOT HAVE BEEN INFESTED?

THERE WAS
NO EVIDENCE

OF THE WHITE LIQUID
WE SAW WITH LOU

AND NOT ONE MITE.

ARE YOU SURE?

SHE TALKED HERSELF INTO THE IDEA

THAT THESE THINGS
WERE INVADING HER BODY.

IT WAS FEAR TALKING.

SHE WORKED
HERSELF UP

INTO AN INCONSOLABLE STATE.

YOU KNOW,

I HAVE TO ASK MYSELF SOMETHING,
JACK.

WHY IS IT YOU'RE HERE AGAIN?

WHAT?

IF YOU'RE NOT TRYING TO BE
MY BEST BUDDY,

YOU'RE OVER THERE
PLAYING BIOLOGY SPECIALIST.

I'M TRYING TO HELP DR. MAUSER
GET US THE HELL OUT OF HERE.

WHAT DID YOU SAY TO MARCY?

NOTHING.

THEN WHAT DIDN'T
YOU SAY?

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO BE
A TRAINED PROFESSIONAL.

YOU'RE SUPPOSED TO HELP PEOPLE.

SHE WAS SCARED,
AND I WAS TRYING TO HELP HER.

ROBBY--

YOU DIDN'T DO A VERY GOOD JOB,
JACK, BECAUSE SHE DIED.

WHAT GOOD ARE YOU
IF YOU JUST LET PEOPLE DIE?

ROBBY...

WHAT GOOD DID YOU DO FOR GRIMES?

SON OF A BITCH.

ROBBY...

WHAT?

LOU JUST DIED.

HE'S A FORENSIC PSYCHOLOGIST.

YOU DIDN'T COME UP HERE
TO COUNSEL ANYBODY.

YOU CAME TO PIN
THE GRIMES INCIDENT ON ME.

WHAT?

YOU CAME ALL THE WAY UP HERE
JUST TO STAB ME IN THE BACK?

YOU THINK I DON'T KNOW
WHAT THEY'RE UP TO?

I'VE WORKED FOR THESE CLOWNS
BEFORE.

IF THE UNIVERSITY
GETS HIT WITH A LAWSUIT,

THEY WANT TO HAVE TAKEN
APPROPRIATE ACTION

TO REMOVE THE PERSON
THEY INTEND TO BLAME--

YOU.

I DIDN'T COME HERE
TO HURT YOU.

I CAME HERE TO PROTECT YOU,
IDIOT.

I DON'T NEED PROTECTING,
AND I DON'T NEED SAVING.

YOU KNOW,

ALL THIS FUSS
ABOUT BEING INFESTED

HAS REALLY BEEN BLOWN
WAY OUT OF PROPORTION.

THEY GET LESS AND LESS PAINFUL
WITH TIME.

OH, GOD.

OH, I KNOW...

BUGS CRAWLING AROUND
INSIDE YOU--

HOW AWFUL.

IT'S ACTUALLY QUITE WONDERFUL.

MY MIND IS
COMPLETELY CLEAR.

FOR THE FIRST TIME

IN MY LIFE,

I FEEL UNBURDENED.

WHERE ARE YOU GOING?

TO THE SOURCE.

TO THE CAVE?

IT MUST BE TEEMING WITH THEM.

SEE,
ABSORPTION THROUGH THE STOMACH

IS INEFFICIENT.

I'M GOING TO
GRIND UP THE LITTLE BUGGERS,

SKIM OFF THE JUICE,

AND RUN IT DIRECTLY
INTO MY VEINS.

IT'S FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.

YOU CAN'T DO THIS.

DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND WHAT
KIND OF DISCOVERY THIS IS?

I'VE BEEN STUDYING THEM.

I STARTED A DATABASE.
IT'S MY DATABASE.

I'LL BE FAMOUS.

THEY'RE GOING TO
WRITE BOOKS ABOUT ME.

I WILL NOT GO UNNOTICED ANYMORE.

EVERYONE
WILL THANK ME.

YOU SHOULD
BE THANKING ME.

I'VE ALREADY STARTED WITH YOU.

DON'T YOUFEEL IT?

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

I PUT ONE IN YOUR FOOD
A WHILE AGO, ROBBY BOY.

WHAT?

I DON'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS.

NO, BUT YOU WILL.

YOU WILL.

HOW ARE THEY DOING?

GETTING WORSE.

WHAT?

RACH, I DON'T HAVE ANY SYMPTOMS.

THE GUY'S OUT OF HIS MIND.

MAYBE NOT. LOOK AT THIS.

EVERYTHING YOU WANTED TO KNOW
ABOUT A POLAR MITE

AND WERE
AFRAID TO ASK.

THEY MUST BE VULNERABLE
TO SOMETHING.

WHY ARE SOME PEOPLE AFFECTED
FASTER THAN OTHERS?

PEOPLE HAVE DIFFERENT REACTIONS
TO THE SAME DRUG.

PROBABLY NO DIFFERENT
WITH THE MITES.

ARE YOU OKAY?

THAT'S ALL I CAN GET
WITHOUT THROWING UP A LUNG.

THAT SON OF A BITCH
REALLY DID INFEST YOU.

BUT I SHOULD BE
TEEMING WITH THEM BY NOW.

HOW DO YOU KNOW YOU'RE NOT

AND THESE DIDN'T JUST
DIE OF NATURAL ATTRITION?

WHAT IF IT'S NOT THAT?

WHAT IF THEY CAN'T
LIVE INSIDE ME?

WHY WOULD YOU BE IMMUNE?
NO ONE ELSE IS.

I DON'T KNOW...

BUT THEY DIDN'T
COME OUT OF LOU DEAD.

I WANT TO KNOW WHY.

ANY LUCK YET?

THEY CAN LIVE IN ICE,

THEY CAN LIVE IN STOMACH ACID.

THEY'RE INDESTRUCTIBLE.

THERE'S THIS THEORY HE HAD

WHY THEY AFFECT SOME PEOPLE
FASTER THAN OTHERS.

READ IT.

THE MITES GIVE OFF A SECRETION
CAUSING PSYCHOLOGICAL IMBALANCE.

THE MORE ANEMIC THE HOST,
THE MORE THE NEST THRIVES,

THE FASTER
THE PSYCHOSIS DEVELOPS,

EXPLAINING THE VARIANCE
IN INFESTATION RATES.

WAIT A SECOND.

DOES HE SAY ANYTHING ELSE
ABOUT ANEMIA?

THE LESS
THE NUMBER OF ERYTHROCYTES,

THE MORE LIKELY
A NEST WILL DEVELOP.

ERYTHROCYTES...

RED BLOOD CELLS.

WHAT ABOUT THEM?

RACHEL,
I'M THE OPPOSITE OF ANEMIC.

WHEN I WAS A KID, I WAS
DIAGNOSED WITH POLYCYTHEMIA.

IT'S AN OVERABUNDANCE
OF RED BLOOD CELLS.

THAT'S WHY THEY
CAN'T NEST IN ME.

THAT'S WHAT KILLS THEM.

YEAH,
BUT WE DON'T KNOW THAT FOR SURE.

WHAT DO YOU CALL
THE DEAD BUGS IN THE SINK?

IF WE DON'T
DO SOMETHING,

THEY'RE GOING TO DIE.

EVEN IF THAT
WAS THE ANSWER,

HOW DO WE RAISE
THEIR RED BLOOD CELL COUNTS?

BY TRANSFUSION.

I'M TYPE "O"--UNIVERSAL DONOR.

HOW ARE YOU FEELING?

LIKE AN IDIOT.

ONE OF THE SNOWMOBILES
IS GONE.

THE TRACKS HEAD OFF
TOWARD THE CAVE.

THE ONLY TRANSFUSION EQUIPMENT
IS IN THE MEDKIT,

AND HE TOOK IT.

AND WHAT ABOUT
THE SUPPLIES IN SICK BAY?

WHAT SUPPLIES?
THEY WERE NEVER REPLENISHED.

WE CAN CATCH UP
WITH HIM

IF WE TAKE
THE CHOPPER.

ARE YOU COMING?

YEAH. JUST
GIVE ME A SEC.

HIS TRACKS
GO ALL THE WAY TO THE CAVE.

WHERE'D THAT COME FROM?

WHAT'S
YOUR PROBLEM?

THAT'S MY PROBLEM.

LEAVE IT
IN THE CHOPPER.

SAID THE MAN

WHO GOT WHACKED
ON THE HEAD.

ARE YOU GOING
TO SHOOT HIM?

YOU KNOW WHAT, JACK?

WE REALLY
DON'T HAVE TIME

FOR THIS CONVERSATION
RIGHT NOW.

YOU, ME AND RACHEL--

WE'RE THE ONLY ONES
LEFT STANDING.

I'M NOT TAKING ANY CHANCES.

YOU KNOW, ROBBY,

I WAS UNCONSCIOUS
ON THE FLOOR THERE

FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS.

THE LAST 20 MINUTES,
MY STOMACH'S DOING BACKFLIPS.

YOU KNOW,
YOU FIRE THAT THING OFF IN HERE,

WE'LL BE UP TO
OUR NECKS IN ICE.

OKAY?

LET'S GO.

SURE WE HAVEN'T
BEEN HERE BEFORE?

IT FEELS LIKE
WE'RE GOING IN CIRCLES.

I DON'T THINK SO.

JACK.

GOD, LOOK AT THIS.

MAUSER!

OH, GOD.

I THINK HIS NECK'S BROKEN.

[ RUSTLING ]

WHAT IS THAT?

JACK,

OPEN THIS
AND TAKE ONE OUT.

TOSS IT
WHEN I TELL YOU.

WHAT IS IT?

AVALANCHE MORTAR.

I'M PLUGGING THE HOLE.

NOW.

RACH...

WE'RE THE ONLY ONES LEFT.

THEY'RE INSIDE ME.
I CAN FEEL THEM.

OH, MY GOD.

DID YOU FIND MAUSER?

HE'S DEAD,

BUT WE GOT THE MEDKIT.

I PRINTED UP THE INFORMATION.

YOU'LL HAVE TO TRANSFUSE
TWO AND A HALF UNITS.

YOU'D ONLY HAVE BEEN
ABLE TO SAVE ONE OF US.

NOT THAT IT MATTERS NOW.

ACTUALLY, IT DOES MATTER.

LOOKS LIKE THE SHOE'S
ON THE OTHER FOOT, HUH?

YEAH.

TURNABOUT'S FAIR PLAY,
HUH, JACK?

YOU GET TO BE THE HERO,

JUST FOR
A CHANGE.

IT'S ABOUT TIME.

HERO?

WHAT'S THAT SUPPOSED TO MEAN?

YOU KNOW
WHAT IT MEANS--

CHIP ON YOUR SHOULDER,

PISSED AT THE WORLD

BECAUSE YOUR
BROTHER DIED.

YOU DO BLAME ME, DON'T YOU?

OH, MAN.

COME ON,

TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK
OF YOUR OLD FRIEND JACK.

DO YOU WANT TO KNOW
WHAT I REALLY THINK, JACK?

I HATE YOU.

I'VE HATED YOU
SINCE WE WERE KIDS.

ROBBY,
HE'S INFESTED.

HE DOESN'T MEAN
WHAT HE'S SAYING.

NO, NO, I WANT TO HEAR THIS.

I'VE WAITED A LONG TIME
TO HEAR THIS,

SO JUST GO
RIGHT ON AHEAD,

AND THEN IT'S MY TURN.

YOUR TURN? YOUR TURN?

YOU DON'T GET A TURN.

YOU GET TO
SHUT UP AND LISTEN.

YOU KNOW
WHAT I REMEMBER,

WHAT I HAD NIGHTMARES ABOUT?

YOU HANGING ON TO ME AND MATT.

YOU HAD BOTH OF US
IN YOUR HANDS.

YOU COULD'VE HUNG ON,

YOU WEREN'T THE ONE
FREEZING TO DEATH,

BUT YOU PANICKED,

AND YOU LET GO OF MATT.

I BEGGED YOU NOT TO,
BUT YOU LET HIM GO,

AND HE GOT SUCKED UNDER THE ICE
AND HE DIED.

PERIOD.

TOWN HERO.

TOWN FRIGGING HERO.

AFTER ALL, YOU SAVED ME, RIGHT?

DO YOU REMEMBER

THE PICTURE
IN THE NEWSPAPER?

YOU WERE A GODDAMN CELEBRITY.

THE CITY COUNCIL
GAVE YOU AN AWARD.

I WAS SUPPOSED
TO BE GRATEFUL.

I WAS SUPPOSED TO BE
INDEBTED TO YOU.

OH, GOD...

YOU WERE NO HERO, JACK.

BUT YOU
WANT TO KNOW

WHAT'S BEEN EATING AT ME
ALL THESE YEARS?

I HATED YOU

BECAUSE I WAS
SUPPOSED TO LOVE YOU.

ON THE SURFACE I HAD TO PRETEND

THAT YOU WERE
SOME FUCKING IDOL OF MINE.

I WAS EXPECTED TO
SHOW MY APPRECIATION.

ALL I EVER WANTED

WAS TO NEVER SEE
YOUR FACE AGAIN.

GOD, I HATED YOU.

BUT I BURIED IT.

I BURIED IT...

AND IT WAS THERE TO STAY
UNTIL YOU SHOWED UP.

AND I HATE
THAT I HATE YOU.

WE WERE BEST FRIENDS.

I HAD NIGHTMARES TOO.

I HAD TWO LIVES IN MY HANDS
THAT DAY,

AND I DID NOT PANIC.

YOU FORGOT TO MENTION TO RACHEL

THAT THE CURRENT
WAS PULLING US ALL IN,

AND I HAD TO
MAKE A DECISION

ABOUT WHO LIVED AND WHO DIED.

THAT'S A HELL OF A DECISION
FOR A 10-YEAR-OLD TO MAKE--

FOR ANYONETO MAKE.

I OPENED MY LEFT HAND...

AND MATT DIED,

AND THEY CALLED ME
A HERO.

IT'S MORE THAN
JUST MATT

WHO LOST HIS LIFE THAT DAY.

ALL THREE OF US DID.

WE LOST
THE LIFE WE USED TO HAVE.

DID YOU EVER,
JUST ONCE,

THINK ABOUT
WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR ME?

I DIDN'T THINK SO.

CAN I JOIN YOU?

OF COURSE.

LOOK...

YOU KNOW
THERE'S ONLY ENOUGH FOR ONE,

AND THAT A DECISION
HAS TO BE MADE.

IT'S YOUR BLOOD.

YOU'RE RIGHT,
ROBBY,

I'M NOT A HERO.
SEE, I ADMIT THAT.

I WANT TO LIVE.

WHATEVER DECISION YOU MAKE...

I JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW

THAT I'M GLAD WE GOT TO SAY
WHAT WE GOT TO SAY.

THE SUFFERING WE CONCEAL
AND THE SORROW WE HIDE

MAY ONLY BE FULLY UNDERSTOOD

BY THOSE
WHO SHARE A COMMON PAIN.