War of the Worlds (1988–1990): Season 2, Episode 11 - Time to Reap - full transcript

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There's rioting breaking
out throughout the city.

Fires continue to
burn everywhere.

Troops are shooting people.

My God, I... I don't know why.

There's a woman dying in front
of me, and no one's helping her.

There are conflicting reports
about who or what started the chaos.

But we have no such power.

It is beyond our capabilities.

Yes, I understand.

You are the power,



and it is my duty to serve you.

Our brothers?

They are long since dead.

How can I help them?

A journey through time.

A portal to return to
our first warrior missile.

Yes.

Yes.

Those who inhabit the Earth,

some will be our slaves,

The rest will have
never been born.

Yes.

Mana.

The Eternal has given me
the formula for conquest,



and I will have the
privilege of carrying it out.

It will alter the
history of our race.

How will this be done?

He requires us to start now.

Prepare the medical area.

I'll require all
laboratory technicians

with knowledge of the
human immune system.

Hey, give me a hand.

I am ready.

It's perfect.

Now we begin the next phase.

- Looks like we're in for a little storm.
- Yeah.

Let's not get caught
in it. Come on.

In other news, a
bizarre twist on robbery.

Police are calling it
the Vampire Break-in

in what was a
well-orchestrated attack

of four city blood banks
and several blood bank trucks

were attacked earlier today

and valuable supplies
of blood taken.

Also under investigation

is the disappearance of four
employees of the city's blood bank.

That's really gross.

What would anyone
want with a lot of blood?

Sell it, most likely.

We interrupt this program
to bring you a weather alert.

There is a severe weather
warning in effect for the city.

Hurricane conditions
on the Eastern seaboard

have moved rapidly inland,

affecting weather
patterns across the country.

People are advised
to remain indoors

until the warning is lifted.

We repeat.

There is a severe weather
warning in effect until further notice.

It's unbelievable out there.

Scientists speculate that
the unusually high tide,

which have caused major
damage to the gulf coast

could be related to
a planetary alignment

that occurs only once
in several centuries.

This is Kevin...

in Quadrant 7.

Power lines are down and
cars have been abandoned

all along the interstate.

Flood warnings are in effect
for the east end of the city

while gale force
winds continue inland.

We'll keep you posted.

That's it.

My watch has stopped.

Yeah, mine's dead, too.

Mom, what's happening?

Nothing, honey, it's
just a power failure.

I'll get the backup systems.
You get the candles.

Debi.

Here you go.

Well, I guess that's the end
of my homework for a while.

Yeah, well, try not to
sound so upset about it.

There.

History of Rock 'n' Roll?

Yeah.

Did you and Mom
really like that stuff?

You know, the sock hops, bebops?

Give me a break. We were
born too late for sock hops.

What was it like back then?

I mean, it must've
been nice and normal.

Yeah, we had fun.

You know, in those days...

In those days, they delivered
everything right to your door.

We had fish, groceries, newspapers,
and milk in big glass bottles.

Yeah, you're making that up.

I am not. Oh, in the
neighborhoods in the summertime,

they had ice cream trucks...

that came around.

The vendors wore
these white uniforms.

You know, I've
always wanted to learn

how to do one of those dances
that you and Mom always talk about.

Sometime I'll teach you.

But now you've got to
finish your homework.

It'll be part of my homework.

Yeah, right.

The invasion force was
killed by a specific microbe.

The serum will render
the bacteria harmless

and repair those infected.

The serum is ready.

In order for you
to return to us,

you must complete your task
within a period of 12 hours.

After that time, the
electromagnetic distortion will end,

as the energy from the supernova
passes out of the Earth's orbit.

12 hours to find them,
inoculate them, and return.

It'll have to do.

I must succeed.

"Lightning storm with
no rain and high winds."

Lightning and thunder
and never any rain.

That's exactly what Norton
said the last time this happened.

Also what Dr. Forrester
was writing about in 1953.

Magnetized watches,

electrical storms,
power outages.

It can't be.

It can't.

What are you talking about?

Another invasion?

Each of you is charged
with a specific role.

The Eternal has created this
moment for us, and we will not fail him.

We'll bring about a new
era on this diseased planet.

Our brothers are waiting.

It's not random lightning.
It has an epicenter.

Keep driving east, Kincaid.

It's got a tremendous
displacement of energy.

It's like a black hole.

Nothing has registered like
this since we left the safe house.

Have you thought what we're
going to do if this is an invasion force?

- How are we going to stop it?
- I don't know yet.

We could be driving
into an alien combat zone,

and all you can
say is "I don't know."

The reading's getting higher.

It's off the scale.

Blackwood,

we're really human, in and
out. We've been lucky so far.

If you're nervous. get out.

You're not thinking, man.
What good are we if we're dead?

Kincaid, somebody's got
to be there to observe this.

Don't bother. It's not
going to start again.

Let's go.

Up there.

Secure the area.

Activate the equipment.

What is it?

I don't know.

I'm going around back.

Cover us!

Soon a new day will dawn.

When the power limit is
reached, that is the moment.

Take your position.

Aah!

The power level.
Increase it. Quickly.

John! Harrison!

Down! You can't go in there!

Why the hell not?

Just believe me.

Remember, you must
keep track of time.

12 hours.

Now!

What was that?

Harrison, wait. We don't...

No!

Get your papers!
City Sun-Mirror!

Read all about it!

Where the hell are we?

- Eisenhower pledges...
- I'm not sure.

Aid to heal alien devastation.

Read all about it!

It's 1953.

This is my hometown, Kincaid.

I was born here.

No, it's some kind of
illusion. It's got to be...

No, it's no illusion.

We're here. This is real.

Uh, you want that paper, mister?

Yeah. There you go.

Thanks.

Uh, how about your change?

You keep it.

Gee, thanks.

- Hi, Tommy.
- Hi, Miss Watson.

Thanks.

You know, one of these
days, you'll be on Page 1.

Mm, I hope you're right.

What's this?

What?

Some counterfeit
or something, isn't it?

Where'd you get this?

From those guys.

Trade you.

Okay.

Thanks.

Linda Rosa.

I'll be frank with
you, my friend.

It's like the old joke. You
can't get there from here.

Money's not a problem.

Ain't a question of money.

Why the hell you want
to go out there anyway?

My home's there.

Oh.

Well, the whole area's dead. It
was incinerated during the invasion.

Are there still people
living out there?

Yeah. The Army.

Between you and me,
that tin pot General Mann

didn't do a damn thing
to stop the Martians.

I'll bet there's still aliens
holed up near Linda Rosa.

If it's true, my
money's on the aliens.

Sorry, pal.

Thanks.

Thanks a lot.

Yeah.

First of all, we're in the House
of Mirrors, then we're in 1953.

- What the hell have they done?
- I don't know.

The invasion
ended five days ago.

Why would they want to come back
here after they've been defeated?

Hey, don't look at
me. I followed you.

Dr. Forrester said the
aliens weren't all killed,

at least not right away.

So they sent someone back

either to get something
or bring something to them.

Trouble is, how are
we going to find him?

That's not our only problem.

I know. How are we
going to get back?

That alien is probably
out only ticket out of here.

If we don't find him,
that's it, we're stuck here.

Great. Any more good news?

Yeah.

Whatever we do here
directly affects the future...

Our future.

So what are the rules?

I don't know.

I need more information.

I'm going home.

What?

Home, Kincaid.

Dr. Forrester's house,
where I grew up. Come on.

Harrison!

Harrison!

Harrison!

This is the house
you grew up in?

Yeah.

That's Sylvia.

She raised me when
my parents were killed.

You okay with this?

Mrs. Forrester?

Yes.

Is Dr. Forrester at home?

I'm a colleague from Canada.

It's very important
that I talk with him.

I'm sorry.

Clayton's attending a special
government conference.

Can I help you?

Is there someplace
that I could reach him?

I'm afraid not.

You haven't seen a
little boy, haven't you?

Brown hair, about so tall?

He's probably in his
secret hiding place.

He won't even
tell me where it is.

No, I haven't seen him.

I'm sorry I disturbed you.

So where to now?

Wait here.

Hi.

Hi.

This place is secret, you know.

Yeah, I know.

Mrs. Forrester's
looking for you.

She's really worried.

I don't want to go
home right now.

I know why you come here.

- You do?
- Yeah.

I'm really sorry
about your parents.

Hmm.

I... I couldn't reach my mommy.

There were so many people.

I tried. I really tried.

She just didn't come back.

It wasn't your fault.

It wasn't anybody's fault.

Your parents loved you more than
anything else in the whole world,

Harrison.

I want to be with
them in heaven.

You know, my parents died, too.

They did?

But...

I keep something
with me all the time

to remind me of
what they were like.

Here.

It's kind of a magic glass.

If you look at it hard enough,

you'll see anything
that you want to see.

And you'll always remember.

It was only a short 10 days
ago that aliens landed on Earth.

Thinking their invasion a success,
the aliens were defeated by something...

You know, if we did find Forrester,
he wouldn't have believed us.

Oh, yes, he would. He
was like a father to me.

Our sources claim the area's
surrounded by the military,

under the leadership
of General Mann.

General Mann, Hyatt Zermak.

Tell us about these reports
that some aliens are still alive.

Those reports are
unconfirmed at this time.

The only aliens we
know of are dead.

However, that doesn't rule
out the possibility of survivors.

Harrison, come on. We're
attracting too much attention.

- But, General...
- Our immediate goal

is to clean up the last of
the contaminated areas.

We also want to get our
hands on an alien warship.

We're very anxious to
learn their technology.

But aren't the Russians
doing the same thing?

That's exactly the point.
We have to get there first.

Our national security
could depend on it.

This is General Mann.
He led the defense forces.

That's City Hall, Kincaid. That's
about three blocks down there.

He's the man we want
to talk to. Come on.

How long will the
devastated area be sealed off?

The area will remain under Army control
until we're absolutely sure it's safe.

In fact, we haven't completed
all our inspections yet.

There seems to be
more than a possibility

that the Army has a
group of them surrounded.

Can you comment on that?

I can't answer that
question at this time.

Well, we have heard a great
deal about radiation, General.

- Is it...
- There is no cause for fear.

The perimeter of the
contaminated area is under guard,

and radiation levels are
constantly being monitored.

Why are the press being kept
away from the area, General?

What is it that you
don't want us to find out?

You'll be advised when it's
safe to proceed into the area.

I'm afraid that's all for
today, ladies and gentlemen.

The General has
other appointments.

- Can we just get a picture...
- Yeah, a picture.

Excuse me, sir...

Harrison, look.

Kincaid, he's gone!

We need transportation.

- Kincaid...
- Hi. My name's Miranda Watson.

I wonder if I could speak
with you for a minute.

Come on.

Oh, great. She's all we need.

- Sure.
- Hi.

Um, I notice you were over
there at the General's conference,

and I was just
thinking that if...

Hey, wait a... What the heck
to you think you're doing?

Agent Magruder.

What do you think you're doing?

Get a hold of her.

Wait just a minute. Who
are you guys anyway?

You can't just... just
kidnap me like this.

People will be looking for me.

You were at that press
conference. Why did you follow us?

Because I'm a reporter,
and you might be news.

Look, no comment. We got to
find out where we're going, Harrison.

I don't know where we're going.

I saw that coin...

That coin that you
gave the newsboy.

Who is that guy anyway?

You guys are Russian
agents, aren't you?

Everyone's worried about
Russian agents right now,

especially Senator McCarthy.

Where we come from,
Senator McCarthy is history.

- What do you mean?
- We don't have a lot of time to explain.

We're from the
future... your future.

We came back here through
some kind of a time tunnel.

Time tunnel. Right.

I know it sounds fantastic,
damn it, but it's true.

We don't know how we got here.

We were following an alien.

We think he came back here

to link up with the alien
fighters who landed here.

Please, we've got to get to that
government area before he does.

We don't know what's going to
happen if he links up with them.

If you believe in the aliens, you
damn well better believe in us.

You're the only hope we've got.

I must be crazy.

Magruder. FBI.

Let him through.

Hold it right there, pal.

Come on, lady, out of the car.

Come on, get out of the car.

General, you've
got to listen to me.

An enemy agent has just
gone through your checkpoint.

He's an alien.

What the hell do
you take me for?

I've seen dead Martians,
thousands of them.

Not one of them
resembled a human being.

Not where we're from.

Oh, really? And where is that?

From the future.

Look at that weapon.

Technology for that has
not been invented yet.

Look at these clothes, General.

Look at this wristwatch.

Digital. Computerized.

What about you?

Are you from the future, too?

Miranda Watson, City Sun-Mirror.

And you're violating the First
Amendment by holding us like this.

Miss Watson, you're
under martial law here.

And right now, the First
Amendment is the last thing on my list.

You've been arrested
in a highly sensitive area

with two lunatics claiming
to be from the future

and carrying weapons
I never saw before.

If you would call Dr. Clayton Forrester,
he could clean this whole thing up.

You haven't got much time.

We had 12 hours to get this
guy out. Now 10 of them are gone.

I think you're Soviet agents

with a highly creative story,

some fake I.D., and an
couple of exotic guns.

Look, I know this
sounds ridiculous,

but damn it, why don't you give
us a chance to prove it to you?

Put the cuffs on them
and get them out of here.

Hold them for interrogation.

You know, nothing's
different. It's still the Army.

Do they think we
dreamed all this up?

Oh, my God. What's
going to happen to me?

Please, please believe me.

They kidnapped me and
forced me all the way up here.

Please, I don't... Don't
leave me alone with them!

Sorry.

Keys. Get the keys.

If the FBI knew there were
Soviet agents in my area,

they should have
told me from the start.

That information was on a
"need to know" basis, General.

Oh, is that right?

Now let's get on with
what I came here for.

An alien mother ship
landed in this area.

I want to be taken
there right now.

Oh, you do?

Well, let me tell you
how it is, Mr. Magruder.

Only those with top security clearance
can go beyond the inner checkpoint.

That means the President
of the United States and me.

Now if you'll excuse me.

Aah!

Come on.

Okay.

All right, I'm coming.

Come on, Kincaid, hurry.

Sorry, but this
is too dangerous.

Yep. You don't want
to get involved in this.

You will remain here
as a sentry, General.

You must let no one pass.

Stop. This is a restricted area.

My brothers, don't be afraid.

The Eternal has sent me
with the antibodies you need.

Soon we will bring an
new era to this planet.

Drop it, General.

Leave it.

With all your brothers it's just
the serum against the illness.

When I am finished,
you must disperse.

Each of you must
find another enclave.

Heal the fighters.

Take these.
Inoculate the others.

The time portal. It's closing.

You must return now.

There he is!

Now.

There are humans
behind me. Cut the power!

Aah!

John?

Harrison.

I didn't believe you.

You haven't changed a bit.

Do we know you?

Ah. How quickly they forget.

I've waited a long time to
see how this story came out.

You forgot your handkerchief.

Miranda.

I have failed you.

I await my punishment.

I could not save the soldiers.

I will.

The future will be ours.

Thank you.

Hi. Busy?

Hi.

No. Come...

What's up?

Well, I was looking
through some old stuff,

and I was wondering if you
wanted to teach me how to dance.

Dance?

Sure. Why not?