War of the Worlds (1988–1990): Season 2, Episode 19 - The True Believer - 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.

Will someone tell
me what's happening?

This is madness.

What is this world coming to?

That's cutting
it a little close.



You're lucky we're still here.

We almost gave up.

How did they I.D. you?

Just as we figured.

I spotted them, made sure
they got a good look at my face,

and then they attacked.

They really do know you.

Yeah.

Now it's hide-and-seek
with the bastards.

It's always been a
war of attrition, Kincaid.

If we keep drawing
them out like this,

we might start to win this.

You got enough?

Yeah. We better cover
up what's left of them.



Grab this.

Have the watcher follow.

I can't. The power's fading.

I need to know where they hide.

It won't respond.

Quickly, retrieve the
images before it dies.

Now we know all of you.

This is a waste
of time, Thresher.

I'm telling you I heard shots.

People in Quadrant 7 are
always greasing each other.

Nobody in headquarters
tell you that?

Yeah, they told me.

You shooters are all alike.

You come in here and put your
ass on the line for bonus money.

I haven't seen one yet who
got rich before he got killed.

Yeah, I don't do
it for the money.

Yeah, I know.

You want to get the bad guys.

Well, down here, you'll live a lot
longer if you let them kill each other.

You want one?

Okay, let's check it out.

I'm only paid to
pick up the pieces.

I'll see you get a nice funeral.

I've tried everything to
achieve an adequate copy,

but this is the outcome.

We can no longer
create functional clones.

It doesn't matter.

We've identified our enemies.

It's only a matter of time
before we eliminate them.

Our numbers are few. If our
guards die in the process...

They won't.

We have no
surveillance capability,

no way of searching undetected.

But others do.

I broke down the nutrients
present in the alien's blood.

The red line is fluid from the
one we killed two weeks ago.

The green line is from
the one we killed tonight.

The amino, the protein, and
the chlorophyll is all down 20%.

All nutrition, means they're
either rationing their food,

or they're running out of it.

What do you think is
happening to them?

Well, the Morthren's a
strictly segregated society.

They've got
workers and warriors.

Each one has a specific job.

Fewer workers, the
less food production.

And fewer warriors means

that they're sending out
inexperienced hunters,

like the ones you
ran into tonight.

I think we're doing them
more harm than we know.

Well, let's not start
feeling too good about it.

Remember, they
still know who I am.

Debi, have you finished
with those coordinates yet?

Well, I'm just calling it up.

That's where they
picked you up, right, John?

Yeah, and each of these dots

represents a kill?

Yeah, everything
in the last month

has been over at the
edge of the clear patch.

Think their base is in there?

It's a good bet.

You know we're at risk
if we hit the street now.

You are. Harrison and I aren't.

You're not going after
them on your own.

Kincaid, nobody said
this would be easy.

Either side makes a
mistake now, it's all over.

Where did you get the TV?

What do you want
me to do about it?

Get them off the street and
find me a partner I can count on.

I've had three men quit this
week. I don't have anybody to spare.

Useless.

That makes them dangerous.

Thresher, nobody gives a damn

what the people... the animals...
In Quadrant 7 do to each other,

as long as they don't
bother anybody else.

Yeah, well, maybe if you
busted a few of them, they wou...

Look, you're new here.

You're a shooter.

You've earned more bounty
money than anybody I know of.

Why don't you relax?

Relax, that's what we're
supposed to do, is it?

These are all good cops.

They've got their hands
full just staying alive.

You want to be a
crusader, go ahead,

but don't expect any backup.

You going to send
that to the lab?

Yeah, along with everything
else they didn't pick up this week.

Come on, Nash.

Those bodies were melted, like
someone poured acid on them.

I mean, this thing could
have something to do with it.

You ever heard of the
path of least resistance?

- Well, take it.
- We're cops.

We're supposed to
make a difference.

Give me a break.

When's the last time you saw
anything in this world get better, huh?

Safety's on.

How long will you be?

We'll be back by morning.

Do you want breakfast or
something waiting for you?

Honey, we'll be okay.

We're just going to
take a look around.

I don't like this any
better than you do.

There's going to be a
really big fight, isn't there?

Most likely.

Hey, come on.

Let me go tuck you in.

I'm not so sure we're going
about this the right way.

What does that mean?

It means that if you find them,
we might not get a second chance.

We need all the explosives
we can get our hands on.

It's going to take time to
round up that kind of money.

Not if you know where to look.

- I'm getting the van.
- Kincaid, you can't go out on the streets.

I'll take that chance.

- Look...
- If they spot us, I'll draw them off
and come back through the tunnels.

We'll need to play all
our cards, Harrison.

All right, hold it right there.

Down on the ground! Move it!

You! Over there. Down!

Get down!

Get down!

Okay, open the doors.

We want everything you've got.

Come on! In the bag.

Faster!

I said faster!

Come on. Get going.

Faster!

Faster.

Kincaid!

Go!

Go!

Repeating this bulletin,

police are searching
for an armed trio

who staged a daring
late-night robbery in Quadrant 4.

The Stewart Hammond
Savings And Loan

was the target of the
group's vicious attack.

The intruders gunned down
three guards without warning.

Eyewitnesses at the scene

described the trio as enjoying the
brutality they inflicted on their victims.

The teller, who's names is being
withheld until relatives are notified.

Hey, Deb, look at this...

Enough money to blow those
goons back to Morthrai and back.

Every available unit has
been assigned to this case.

Debi, what's wrong?

Facial laser scans have
identified the attackers as

Harrison Blackwood,
at 6'3", 170 pounds,

blue eyes, brown
hair, and beard.

John Kincaid, 6
feet, 190 pounds,

dark hair and eyes and unshaven,

and Suzanne McCullough,
5 feet, 5 inches, 1 18 pounds,

blond hair and hazel eyes.

If you see these individuals,
do not approach them.

They are armed and dangerous.

Debi, we're not clones.

You know we wouldn't
do something like this, Deb.

We didn't rob a bank.

We called in a lot of
markers, to get this money.

Do you remember that
wound you looked after?

Clones don't have scars, Debi.

I didn't think you'd
ever come home.

Our situation is
becoming desperate.

I know what I'm doing.

This is madness.

I will make the streets more
dangerous for them than for us.

Everything went as planned?

Perfectly.

We made sure there
were many witnesses.

Good.

You may remove the voice boxes.

By now their people will
have turned against them.

We must simply be there
when they are captured.

Residents of Quadrant 4,
long considered a safe sector,

have been panicked
by the attack,

demanding the police
find the fugitives.

Yes. No, Commissioner,

I don't mind a special
team coming in.

I just want to be able to assign
them where they're needed.

I understand, sir.

I understand, but bank robbers
are little league down here.

You want to score
points with the public,

I can find you guys
who killed 50 people.

Commissioner. Commissioner!

Damn!

I'm looking for Chief Nash.

I'm Nash.

I'm Lieutenant Malcolm.

My men and I have been
assigned to investigate

the bank robbery in Quadrant 4.

Yeah, I just talked to
commissioner's office.

I'll need access to
surveillance and transportation.

You can look around
all you want, Lieutenant,

but I got nobody to spare.

The commissioner
promised me cooperation.

Well, then, you better get
him down here to help you.

As you can see, all my
people have their hands full.

Me and Hook will
take them out with us.

You must've heard these guys
get a bounty on them, Thresher.

They killed some people.

That's good enough for me.

I finally got her
to go to sleep.

She responded just the
way the aliens wanted her to.

We've been set up.

They know who we are. They're
knocking us off the trail for good.

Yeah, and now they've
involved the police.

We've got to turn this around.

But how?

What are we going to do?

We go after them.

Now, we know their base is
somewhere in Quadrant 7 here.

What about the police?

I'm begging the police
have bigger problems.

Now, if we're careful,
over the next few nights,

we can search this area out.

Yeah, but we still need ammo...

and maybe a new vehicle in
case mine's been identified.

I'm going to contact Dutch.

Hoping Dutch hasn't
been watching TV lately.

You should've told me
before you volunteered us

for some exotic hit squad.

Guy like you is going to
get a guy like me killed.

Thresher, come here. I
want to talk to you now.

Can it wait? I got...

I said now.

You listen to me, shooter,
and you listen good.

Nobody walks into my office
and assigns themselves.

I do the assigning here.
You understand that?

Yeah, I understand.

I understand this lieutenant's
going to get as much help as I got,

but I figure if I help him,
we might both stay alive.

See, I like someone I can
trust watching my back.

The guy you gave me is
more interested in doughnuts.

Thresher, this is Quad 7.

You get on the wrong side here,

and you'll lose big.

I'll make sure of it.

You ready?

Yeah, I'll be right with you.

Is there any information
on these guys?

Not much.

They're professionals,
though. It's not their first time.

They're not likely to
sit around for too long.

You're right about that.

Hit like this gets the
adrenaline pumping.

If they're on the
streets, I want them.

I know how you feel.

Lost a partner once
to a bank robber,

16-year-old kid.

He told me he didn't
have any weapons.

I believed him.

They're all scum. You
can't give them an inch.

The only way this
world's going to get better

is if we wipe them all out.

My sentiments... exactly.

I want the car in the
alley in 15 minutes.

Full tank.

If it's all there...

I'll even through in one of them
little plastic statues for the dashboard.

You're going to need it.

We'll get the grenades,
and we'll meet you out front.

Nice doing business with you.

Police.

Yeah, I may have
some information

on those people that hit
the bank in Quadrant 4.

Is there a reward?

Where to next?

I don't know. Canal district,

maybe the toxic dump,

places we usually
stay away from.

You know this area?

No, I just transferred in,

but you just got to be
able to think like they do.

That's where the
real cancer lives.

Hey, seen anything like this?

I found it next to a couple of guys
that looked like they were barbecued.

Have you had it examined?

No, Nash was just
going to file it and forget it.

Take it to the lab myself.

Maybe after finding these
birds you're looking for,

you can help me figure
out where it came from.

Maybe.

All available units,

confirm sighting of
suspects from armed robbery.

Gunshot at Quadrant 7.

Alley off of Charles and 3rd.

Suspects armed and dangerous.

Units respond.

Unit 16. We're on it.

Suzanne.

No. No!

I'm not going to
let them take us.

And you can't
shoot them, either.

Drive.

Go! Get out of here.

Cover me!

Suzanne, get out of there!

Suzanne!

Get out of the car, now!

You all right?

What's that?

No!

Didn't even see him get hit.

- You want me to take a look at that?
- It'll be fine.

Did you get the others?

No, they killed
Hook and got away.

I've already called the coroner.

What about this one?

I can take it from here.

We'll interrogate the prisoner.

The quicker we learn where
they are, the quicker we find them.

They're on the run.

I'm sure they have
a hiding place.

I'm sure they do, too,

but they're not
about to go there

if they think
he's going to talk.

I'll get back to the station
where you can reach me.

You be careful.

This guy can shoot.

He better come with me.

Okay, Johnson, stay with him.

Debi!

Debi!

Mom!

Get me the first-aid kit.

- Mom...
- Get me the first-aid kit!

- Is she okay?
- Twist this tight.

We have to stop the bleeding.

Where's Harrison?

The police jumped us.

He drove off so that
we could escape.

Is... Is he?

I don't know.

Just hold that tight.

Welcome back.

Never mind where you are.

It doesn't matter anymore.

You'll tell me everything
I need to know.

I waited a long time for
this, Harrison Blackwood,

and I mean to enjoy it.

I just heard a news bulletin.
They said Harrison's been arrested.

They also said
that you killed a cop.

Did you?

I don't know.

I was just trying to get
your mom out of there.

I thought I only wounded him.

Well, maybe they're making
it up like everything else.

The aliens faked the bank
robbery to get the police after us.

If they were lying about this,

it would mean that...

Debi, get your things.
We've got to get out of here.

But we don't know
how bad my mom's hurt.

We'll have to risk it.

If Harrison talks,
they'll come here.

- He wouldn't.
- Debi.

Let me go and find it out.

Wait, are you crazy?

No.

- We can't just leave him.
- I said no.

He wouldn't leave us to die.

I have a report that we may
have located the other two.

May have?

They found a trail
of human blood.

Alert the guards from
the other quadrants.

Have them converge in the area.

Humans have nowhere to turn.

Isn't that interesting,
Dr. Blackwood?

They may no longer
be worth dying for.

Yes, they are. That's one
thing you'll never understand.

This process has as much
discomfort as you choose.

Answer truthfully, and
we'll reward you with sleep.

Lie, and the pain
will destroy you.

Sewers.

We'll never track them in there.

No, no, don't
bother. We'll never...

Tell me where I'll find John
Kincaid and Suzanne McCullough.

No.

Tell me where they are.

You go to hell.

No!

Tell me.

No.

No one resists
forever, Harrison.

No one.

Try not to move.
You've lost a lot of blood.

Where's Debi?

She's fine.

Don't worry about her.

Just rest. Okay?

- Excuse me, I...
- Later, kid.

And what do you want?

Nothing.

- Debi?
- John, come quick.

What's wrong?

They've got Harrison,
but he hasn't talked.

Then just get back here.

No, you've got to help him.

Debi.

Let's go.

There you are.

Stink.

Okay, I'm not going to hurt you,

but you've got to talk to me.

What the hell is going on?

Who is your friend? I heard
you talking on the phone.

Who are those guys?

What are you doing to him?

I'm not doing anything.

But no one goes through what
he's going through for a bank robbery.

Now, who are they?

Please, I'm a cop.

Let me help you.

Come on, get in.

You've got to be kidding.

Just get in.

Come on.

What are you doing in here?

Seemed like the safest place.

What have you done, Deb?

He said he wanted to help.

He's a cop. You trusted him?

You're the bank robber.

You give me one reason
why I should trust you.

You've got 30 seconds. Talk.

I killed one of them.
He turned into this.

Now, Debi tells me that's what
happens when you snuff an alien.

So what if she's right?

Oh, I've seen
enough to believe her,

but if you can convince those guys
in there we've got Martian cops, fine.

If not, it's you and me.

He can get Harrison out,
and he is our only chance.

Why should I believe him?
He could be one of them.

If that was true, you'd
both be dead now.

He's so close to breaking.

Well, there's no need.
We found the other two.

- You're certain?
- Yes, I'm certain.

They're in a warehouse
down by the tracks.

Bring him.

When your mom comes
around, give her some water,

and make sure you
keep that wound clean.

Anything else I can do?

No, you being there is the
best medicine she can have.

This is as far as I go. You
know your way from here.

Debi, if we don't make it.

Here are the keys to the van.

Take your mom and
get out of the city,

and don't come back here ever.

You know, this may be
your fight from now on, Deb.

You understand that?

I won't let you down.

I know you won't.

John?

- In there.
- Where's my officer?

Inside.

No, he better stay here.

No, no, no, no.

He's coming with me.

Suit yourself.

Where are they?

Drop the gun.

Let him go or I'll
blow your brains out.

You're in no
position to negotiate.

Go for it.

Harrison.

And, finally, police
confirmed the ambush death

of a trio who murdered
three bank guards last night.

Dead are Suzanne McCullough,

Harrison Blackwood,

and John Kincaid.

Their bodies were
burned beyond recognition.

I guess that's one
way to clear your name.

Well, at least we
know we're alive.

That's all that matters.

I knew we could trust him.

How's that?

It'll hold till I get to
the station. Thanks.

I'll have to blindfold you and
take you back up to the surface.

You can trust me. I'm...

Maybe some day.

We're not there yet.

I have had to assign workers to
guard the perimeter of the base.

We'll also have to
cut rations by 20%.

Your desperate measure
has cost us dearly.

You may even have
sealed your own fate.

The Eternal has
asked to see you.