War of the Worlds (1988–1990): Season 2, Episode 5 - Breeding Ground - full transcript

♪♪

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?

Doc, am I going to be all right?



Everything's going to be fine.

Don't worry.

Now turn over.

Now count backwards from 10.

10, 9...

- I need the medicine.
- You can have it

when you've finished.

I can't operate. I need it now.

Give it to him.

He's no use to us dead.

Enough.

I'll finish this.

Remember this always.

This is a great moment
in the history of our race.



Sabotage is expected.

Closer to home, fighting broke
out last night on the east side.

City officials believe the last
unexplained brownouts caused...

- Anything interesting?
- No.

The usual. Another
senator skipped bail,

and there's a stage
5 pollution alert.

Here, Mom, drink this.
It'll make you feel better.

- How'd you make out?
- The drugstores were a bust.

But I picked up something
on the black market.

- How are you feeling?
- A little better.

Bandages, sulfa,
morphine syrettes. Not bad.

What about the Megacillin?

Well, there's a shortage.
I couldn't get any. Sorry.

You will be sorry
if we all catch this.

It'll spread fast down here.

Well, we'll just have to stay
healthy until we can find some.

I'll get it. I've got a
contact at Metro Hospital.

Turning your water off, Katie.

You ought to pay your bill.

Hey, I need my welfare check.

- How come I didn't get it?
- I don't know.

I hear the welfare
department's on strike.

Hmm.

Tommy...

you'd better make the most
of it 'cause that's all there is.

Hey, honey, maybe
we could go dancing

under the stars.

How about that, hmm?
Just you and me, kiddo,

under the stars.

♪ All the world is saying ♪

♪ You were meant for love ♪

♪ Isn't it romantic? ♪

♪ Merely to be young ♪

♪ On such a night as this ♪

♪ Isn't it... ♪

Oh, I can't...

This is Kate Barrows,
4763 West Friendly,

North Quadrant 3.

I'm having an attack.

Hello, I'm Dr. Gestaine.

How long have
you had this ulcer?

- Forever.
- Well, you should have come in sooner.

I know, but I didn't
think it was this bad.

I think the ulcer's perforated.

Is that Kate Barrows?

- Yes, what's her status?
- Zero.

Her insurance ran out
on her 60th birthday.

No living relatives.

Doctor, what's going
to happen to me?

You've got to help me.

I can't operate without
insurance. It's against the law.

Now, I'm sorry.

Look, we'll make you
as comfortable as we can

on the 5th floor.

It's growing. I think
the implant has taken.

You think?

I told you we should have
done this at our own base.

You don't have
the right equipment.

And we need the doctor's
knowledge of human anatomy.

- We could have cloned him.
- He's old and sick.

He wouldn't have
survived the process.

- Something's wrong.
- He's rejecting the implant.

We'll lose the seed.

No, it's too late.

Excuse me. Excuse me,
I'm looking for Dr. Gestaine.

Could be anywhere.

Get... Get Dr. Gestaine
to Admitting! Now!

Kincaid, it's Harrison.
I'm at the hospital.

Get over here.

Nurse,

I'm in terrible pain.

Could you give
me something for it?

There's not enough
to go around and...

And you're not due till 10:00.

I can't stand it. Please.

Oh, what the hell.

Thank you, nurse.

Don't tell anybody about
this. I could get fired.

No.

My name's Kate Barrows,

number 9385541D,

but my insurance expired.

I know. I wish I could
do something for you.

I really do.

You're a sweetheart.

I guess you never heard of
Champagne Katie, did you?

That was me.

I used to do exotic dancing.

Oh, n-nothing vulgar...

Nothing vulgar, mind you.

I was the toast of the town.

I was.

I guess seeing me
the way I am now...

That must be kind
of hard to imagine.

No. No, it isn't.

So this is where it all ends.

It's interesting. This is how
they treat their old and diseased.

They abandon them
like so much refuse.

This one might be suitable.

I think you might be right.

Excuse me.

Do you think you could
get word to Dr. Gestaine

to come and see me here.

I know he'd help me if he could.

I'll see what I can do.

It's my fault for
being so complacent.

You see, I thought you
were the best in your field.

That was a long time ago.

You lost one of the two seeds.

I carried out the implant
under your instructions.

It'll work next time.

What do you mean, next time?

Failure wasn't part of the deal.

I found a new host... a woman.

One implant. That was our deal,

then you'd give me
all the medicine I need.

One successful implant, Doctor.

No.

I won't do that to
another human being.

Not even for this?

All right.

But next time

we do it my way.

Damn you.

Who is that?

Sleep, mother.

Where are you taking me?

Paradise.

- Hello, Emil.
- Harrison.

- This is a surprise.
- Emil, you're not looking so good.

- What's the matter?
- Well, this place is bad for your health.

- What are you doing here?
- I came here to score some Megacillin.

Try the black market. We're out.

Emil, I saw something
happen down the corridor.

- What'd you see?
- I saw a man's back explode.

- What happened?
- What, have you been drinking?

All I got was a report on some
patient with a ruptured appendix.

People die around
here all the time.

Not like that they don't.

I'll make out a prescription
for your Megacillin.

See the nurse.

Harrison!

- What's up?
- I'll tell you...

- on the way to the morgue.
- What?

Come on.

You're going to help me,

aren't you, Dr. Gestaine?

I knew you would.

Somebody must have paid my bill.

You're a good man, Dr. Gestaine.

Shh. Everything's
going to be all right, Kate.

You're a good man.

Just relax, Kate.

Everything's
going to be all right.

Oh, God. I hate these places.

By the time you're in one,
you won't care anymore.

Here, take this. We're
looking for a ruptured appendix.

So what about this
Gestaine character?

He's a surgeon. He used to be
one of the top men in his field.

How the hell did he
end up in this sinkhole?

He was head of the medical team

that went in during the
Georgetown epidemic.

- Remember that?
- Yeah, I remember.

Military engineered some kind
of virus for chemical warfare,

and it got loose, except
they never admitted it.

Yeah. They didn't even tell him.

The poor guy was
working in the dark,

and all his patients died.

- Would make a man kind of bitter.
- Yeah, it destroyed him.

Oh, here we are. This is it.

Okay, get me one of those
specimen bottles by the door.

This is some ruptured appendix.

Jesus.

Oh, my God.

It's alive.

That's what I was afraid of.

It's a mutant combination
of human and alien cells.

They've succeeded in
combining cell structures.

Give me the short form.

They're trying some kind
of breeding, aren't they?

It's not the first time.

They've tried before and failed.

It's some kind of transgenetics.

They try to graft their
genetic material onto ours.

If they succeed, they can start
forming human beings like animals, like...

Using as some kind of breeding
ground to create more of their own kind.

Oh, how you feeling, Kate?

I feel wonderful.

What did you do to me, Doctor?

Well, first off, I
repaired that nasty ulcer.

Oh, what's that?

All right, let me do it.

- Doctor?
- She's fine.

Everything's just fine.

There. Now, why don't
you eat something?

Oh, my. Who's
paying for all this?

I don't have any
friends who would...

But you do, Kate.

You do.

So what am I looking for?

Probably someone connected
with Gestaine... a transient,

someone that nobody cares about.

Gives you a lot to
choose from, doesn't it?

It's taken hold.

It's grown 4 centimeters.

This is excellent,
Doctor. Excellent.

What are you talking
about? What's grown?

Did my ulcer come back?

No, no.

Kate, these are special
research scientists in obstetrics.

Obs...

What do I need
with a baby doctor?

You're pregnant, Kate.

There are two
heartbeats on the monitor.

One is yours, and
one is your baby's.

Oh, what are you talking about?

I couldn't be pregnant.

Listen carefully, Kate.

We did a surgical implant,

an experiment.

It's impossible.

How...

Why?

It was my decision, Kate.

These scientists are from the
Federal Research Foundation,

and had they not paid for your
operation, you would have died,

but you had to do
something for them in return.

A baby?

Oh.

A baby?

A baby.

Chart on Barrows, Kate.

Here it is.

- Thanks.
- Everything okay?

Oh, fine. I'll just hang
on to this for now.

And she's to have no visitors, no
one at all without my permission.

Oh, and by the way,
issue an announcement

that room 7N is off-limits
to all personnel indefinitely.

We've had a chemical spill.

Yes, Dr. Gestaine, right away.

- How's it going?
- Oh, fine.

Could you tell me
how to enter a transfer

from the emergency
room to the 5th floor?

Hit control-F5.

I haven't seen
you around before.

It's my first day.

Harrison, what
are you doing here?

I heard this is a good
place to do research.

- What do you mean?
- Oh, genetic experiments,

human beings as guinea pigs,
does that sound familiar, Emil?

Get out.

I know what's going on.

What the hell has
happened to you?

I'm doing here what I
couldn't do in Georgetown.

- I'm saving lives.
- Yeah, like the man

with the ruptured appendix.
Christ, Emil, I was there.

I know what happened to him.

Stay out of it. You don't
know what you're dealing with.

What kind of hold
do they have on you?

Just tell me.

- Leave me alone.
- Emil!

Emil, I'm going to
give you a number.

I want you to call
me if you want to talk.

There's a relay on it
so you can't be traced.

What gives you the
right to be so superior?

I come down here every
stinking day of my life

to fight a war against rape,
murder, disease and despair.

You're right about
one thing, Emil.

It is a war.

The only trouble is that
you're on the wrong side.

Should it be like this?

I'm so big, I look like
I'm six months gone.

Is something wrong?

It's perfect.

Oh.

I still can't believe it.

They told me that I
could never have children.

All my life I wanted a baby.

Do you think
she'll look like me?

I don't know if
it is a girl, but...

if I have a little girl,

I'm going to name her
Evelyn after my mother.

It's going into
the second phase.

It's growing even
faster than we hoped.

It's too soon.

It's not time.

Don't worry. It's
coming to perfection.

Kate Barrows, age 72...

Her paperwork stops at the
5th floor, but she's not there

and her chart was
taken by Emil Gestaine.

The hospital's a big
place. We can't cover it all.

Well, Gestaine made some comment
about a chemical spill in room 7N.

They've posted it off-limits, and
there are security guards in the corridor.

It would be my guess that
something big is in the works.

Gestaine has assigned another
doctor to handle his patients.

And he suddenly booked
himself a vacation, starting tonight.

They're moving her.

We're going to find
out when and how.

I'm going to have
to go back in there.

Take this.

What's happening? Where
are you taking me, doctor?

Hush. We're taking
you to a wonderful place

where you and your
baby can be together.

- Oh.
- We're close to our goal, Doctor.

I can't. I can't.

I need the medicine, please.

Now come.

Is the baby going to be
all right, Dr. Gestaine?

Hush, Kate. Everything's
going to be fine.

East wing, ambulance
entrance now.

And, Harrison, she's pregnant.

- No, you fool! The seedling!
- Stop them!

Blackwood!

You let this happen.

Now they'll kill her.

Prepare our watcher
to search for the woman!

I don't know how they found
us unless it was through him.

It should have been performed

in our own compound
in our own way.

We have not lost yet, Mana.

Who are they, Gestaine?

- And where did they take the seedling?
- I don't know.

- Kill him.
- No, you can't. You need me.

Give me the medicine. Please!

I'll give you the
man who took them.

Blackwood... Harrison Blackwood.

Hello, Kate. How
are you feeling?

Who are you people?

Don't be frightened.
We're your friends.

It's okay, Kate.

Why are you doing this to me?

Relax. We're not going
to hurt you, Kate. Relax.

Stay put, Debi, please.

It's going to be all right.

Kate! Kate!

- Try to relax.
- It's okay, Kate.

- We're only trying to help you.
- Don't...

- Please, try to stop struggling.
- No, don't! Get away!

Get her leg.

Nothing.

We know they're
hiding under the city.

And we found the
ambulance in the 4th Quadrant.

The watcher has been
programmed accordingly.

It's only a matter of time.

There is no time.

There's nothing we
can do about it now.

- Yes, there is.
- Spit it out, Kincaid.

- End the pregnancy now.
- I don't know that we can.

- That could kill her.
- That's a chance

we're going to have to take.

That thing inside
her has to die.

It represents a process that...

Honey, go back to your room.

Why? I know what's going on.

Don't you understand? We may
be witnessing the whole alien future

focused in one event.

- If we can unlock the...
- You don't understand.

It's very simple, isn't it?

They create
offspring, and we die.

No!

That infant is our link to any
real success against them.

Now, I need to see what's
going on inside that body.

I could use your help.

There must be
something more we can do.

The watcher will
find the seedling.

This was too risky.

Seeds of the Eternal
entrusted to human hosts...

One dead and now
another missing.

I trust the Eternal
to guard his own.

You should do the same.

It's found it.

Quadrant 9. Excellent.

I never thought it
would be like this.

It's so magical.

There's life growing
inside of me.

But you're a mother.
You know what I mean.

Yes, I know.

But, Kate,

you've got to try to understand.

Dr. Gestaine chose me...

Me...

To have this special baby.

He's a wonderful man.

Hey, have you figured out if
it's going to be a girl or a boy yet?

I'm not sure, Kate.

Oh, but it's a baby.

And it's mine.

- So what is it?
- I don't know.

Could be human.

I doubt it.

I... I need to see my doctor.

Get... Get me to
my doctor, please.

Kate, he's not helping you.

You've got to see that.

Why are you doing this to me?

W... why?

I'm going to have my baby.

Oh, Doctor! Doctor!

No one's got this number.

I gave it to Emil Gestaine.

You might as well have put
it in the alien Yellow Pages.

- Yes?
- Harrison?

We've got to talk.

- Go ahead.
- You were right about them.

I want to help.

Well, Emil, we need
all the help we can get.

Tell me where you are.

No.

You'll meet me on the
corner of Court and Charleson

in 10 minutes.

Let's go.

- Why?
- Because we're going to need him.

Emil!

Let's go, Emil. We
don't have much time.

Harrison, don't go.
We've got to talk.

Remember the Georgetown
epidemic, Harrison?

Yes, I do.

I've got the disease.

Now...

we have connection.

May I have a drink
of water, please?

Kate... Yes.

They're healing me, Harrison.

They can do in one instant

what I failed to
do in three years.

- They've got medicines that...
- Look at you, Emil.

Does it look like
you're being healed?

- They're using you.
- Harrison, you see,

we have a relationship.

I have to do what they say.

We could learn from each other.

There's so much
they could teach us.

It's not worth it.

No matter what they're
offering, the price is too high.

I've got to go.

Can't stay.

Damn it, Emil!

Emil!

Harrison, get down!

It was a trick to get
us out of the shelter.

Come on!

Thank you so much.

You're such a kind person.

I know you would never hurt me.

Do you know, I feel
ever so much better now.

I think that this
machine did it.

It took all my pain
away. It's wonderful.

Mom?

Mom!

It is my own damn fault. She
completely caught me off guard.

Why would she
do a thing like that?

She thinks we're
threatening her child.

She thinks it was her child.

What would you have done?

Exactly the same thing.

Harrison, she is
out there by herself.

You're not going to go anywhere.

This time we do it my way.

We bring it back here, and we
eliminate that thing that's inside her.

But first we're going to help her
because she's a human being.

Operator! My... can...

Get me Metro Hospital.

Doctor...

Emil Gestaine!

It's an emergency!

Yes?

- Put her through.
- Doctor, you've got to help me.

- Kate, Kate, Kate, where are you?
- In front of the street market.

Stay right where you are.

I'll be over to get you.

She could be anywhere.

Unless they found her already.

Is that you, Doctor?

We have the woman.

Is there a problem?

The disease...
it's spreading fast.

The medicine's
not controlling it.

You're building a tolerance.

We had a deal.

You said you'd cure me.

That's what you
wanted to believe.

He had no way of knowing
how it would affect you.

It can't be
synthesized, can't it?

No, it can't.

You should be glad for
the moment we gave you.

You're butchers.

Blackwood, you were right.

I let you use my
patients and my hospital

because I believed
you would cure me.

You made me an accomplice
to mutilation and murder.

You begged us for your
life, and we gave it to you.

It was our agreement.

Do you want to end it?

Do you?

Come. She waits.

All right, she couldn't
have come this far.

How do you know?

How do you know what that
alien thing can do to a person?

Why the hell are we
taking a tour of the city?

She only cares about
one thing... the baby.

There's only one place she'd go.

- Gestaine.
- Hold on.

The hospital's on
the other side of town.

- Cut her open.
- No, I can't.

- I won't, it's not right.
- We can't afford to wait any longer.

- Cut her open.
- Do it.

- No, I won't do it.
- Do as I say.

No.

Let him do it his way.

Push, Kate. Push. Stay with me.

Can't... I... I can't,
not anymore.

You've got to, Kate. Push!

- Push! Or we lose the baby!
- Oh! Oh!

They picked up a tail.

Where the hell did they
come from? I'll lose them.

It's crowning. I can see it.

Again!

They're still with us.

They've got more speed.

I don't care what they've got.

- Let them pull up alongside.
- Got it.

What are you waiting
for? Shoot! Shoot!

All right.

- The baby.
- Got it.

What have they done?

I want to see my baby.

Where's my baby?

My baby.

My baby.

They took my baby.

Oh, no.

I've got a surprise
for you guys.

Hit the black market. Medical
supplies are flowing again.

- Kincaid.
- I know.

We'll get another
chance, Harrison.

We lost the battle, not the war.

♪♪

Behold...

the firstborn.

Our future.