Xeno (2025) Movie Script
1
Well, buddy, better to burn out than fade
away.
Bye, bye.
Hey, hey.
Hey, Mom.
You're a burly?
I guess.
You still okay for this afternoon?
At the store?
Graham's food.
Yes, to eat.
You said you'd drive me?
Which one's Graham again?
I sneak.
I really don't get you and those
disgusting creatures.
Morning, sugar cake.
What?
Hello.
Good morning.
If you're not careful, you're gonna turn
into a rude little brat.
Given that Seymour was a World War II
veteran...
Does anyone know why Seymour took his own
life?
I think he shot himself for purving on
that little girl.
Hey!
Renee?
Why Seymour took his own life?
Um, I think maybe he did it because he
couldn't connect, you know?
Now go on.
Seymour, he'd been to war.
He'd seen real things, but his wife,
she was so fake.
She couldn't understand him.
No one could understand him.
He was... he was alone.
All right, all right.
Okay, calm down.
Now when Seymour is talking to Sybil,
he makes up a fish.
A banana fish.
There you
go.
Uh, is anyone sitting here?
Uh, no.
Uh, go ahead.
I liked your report last week about the
collared lizards.
You said you have one?
What is it?
No, I'm not not anymore.
What happened?
I think my mom's boyfriend killed him.
Are you serious?
No.
I'm just joking.
Though he didn't mean enough.
What did you say?
Look, do you mind if we just eat?
Hey, Mom.
It's me.
Your daughter.
Never mind.
How was school?
Fine.
You know, any other adjectives?
Uh, good.
Excellent.
Acceptable.
No, I think it was unacceptable that you
were late.
Easy.
It's been a long day.
At work?
So you didn't make it into work.
Shut up, Renee.
All right.
I think you need to call
Dr. What's-his-name and
maybe have him check your
prescription or something.
Well, the prescription's fine.
It's not... I had
a hard morning.
Let's just leave it at that.
Did you guys have another fight?
You don't have to put up with him,
you know.
Please don't start.
He doesn't even help out with money.
He just gets drunk and eats our food.
Chase doesn't help out because he keeps
his own place.
He's a jerk, Mom.
I bet he was one of those
kids that dipped cats in motor
oil and stuck firecrackers
up a full frog's butthole.
Enough!
He talks to me, Renee.
He needs me.
And that's a nice feeling.
Being needed.
Hey, Graham.
You hungry?
She?
Just like I promised.
Don't do this again.
I said they're refreshing and nuked them
before came in here.
They're really gonna make me do it,
aren't you?
Are they okay?
Okay.
Please eat, sweet snake.
You know what, Graham?
Really might be my best friend.
How tragic is that?
I'm simply saying the
scratch wasn't there last
night, but this morning,
it was pretty weird.
Magic scratches appearing out of the air.
I'm sure it's just from a parking lot or
something.
I'm pretty sure it's not just from a
parking lot.
Jesus Christ, Linda.
Well, I know how it happened.
Hey, was I talking to you?
Can we all please just drop it?
I'm just saying.
Sits in the driveway all night and ends up
scratching the shit, you know?
Mmm.
Uh, that microwave, it smells funny.
Someone ought to clean it.
He was eating a pinky and then we'll clean
it after.
A pinky?
Dead mice wearing that microwave?
Damn it, Linda, tell me it was after you
made pizzas.
I made the pizzas, and I used the oven.
And I made the goddamn salad and did it
right over by the microwave.
How sanitary is that?
Dead mice all over the place.
It's disgusting.
You're someone eating pepperoni.
What the hell's that got to do with the
single thing I just said?
Stuff's filled with pig anus and scrotum,
but I don't hear you complaining.
I don't know.
Maybe you like scrotum.
Get off!
Renee, honey, don't!
What the hell?
What the hell?
What the hell?
Hey, do you have a camera?
It's the 21st century, and everyone has a
camera in their pockets.
No, I don't.
Except you, I guess.
No, I'm not talking about a phone camera.
I'm talking about, like, a video camera.
For home movies, like, in the old days,
you said in class you had one.
Yeah, my mom bought one when my sister was
being born.
Can I borrow it?
Yeah, my mom's kind of weird about all
that stuff.
No, please, please, it'll just be real
everyday.
Are you okay?
You seem a little bit sweaty.
No, yes, I am fine.
Um, you could just call her and tell her
to bring it when she picks you up.
Well, my grandpa usually picks me up.
It's fine.
Tonight's English, I say.
All you have to do is type it out.
Come on.
You're a math whiz, but everyone knows you
suck at writing.
Okay, I don't think everyone thinks that.
Fine.
Look who's here, right on time.
When would you come sit down, honey?
I, um, I took off work early so I could
talk to you and give you this.
That right there, that's for my first day.
And, um, fingers crossed, tomorrow will be
number two.
This says 24 hours.
So?
You were drawn class today, that was like
18 hours ago.
I went to bed and woke up, okay?
That's a day.
And you're getting off the point.
The point is that for
your mama's sake, you
and I are going to
have to try a little harder.
And I went out and got that chip to let
you both know what I mean business.
Okay, well listen, I'm
going to go shower off
and then how about we
order up an early dinner?
Come pow on me, what do you say?
I know that was, uh, pathetic,
but believe it or not, he's trying.
He didn't even say sorry.
Wait, I have to stop.
What have we already found?
My
Name is Renee Romick.
I'm only 15 years old, but I'm about to be
the first...
Okay.
Yes.
Yes.
My name is Renee Romick, and if you're
watching this, tell my mom what happened.
Oh, uh, her name's Renee Romick.
Okay, relax, relax, relax, relax,
relax, relax, relax.
Give me this.
Is it dead?
You guys should get a closer shot.
What the fuck?
Oh, no, no, it's... I'm not... It's just
my stomach.
Hungry.
See?
Good.
Mmm, yum.
You hungry?
Yeah.
That's what I was afraid of.
Oh, well, I mean, I guess I should say
thank you for this.
You're smithing the richest person in five
pound beans.
You're here for me, aren't they?
Look, I don't know how much you can
understand, but just try to, okay?
Bad, girl.
Bad.
Danger.
All they wanted to do was cut you up.
Trust me, I've seen a lot of teeny.
Well, um, you take care, buddy.
I
Mean, now you just made me the richest
person in five pounds.
Oh, shit.
A gun.
Going out?
No, I just got hungry, that's all.
Cold, too, huh?
Freezing.
You haven't seen my keys anywhere,
have you?
No.
You know what?
I think you find it really funny making me
look stupid.
Yeah.
But I think you've been drinking.
Don't go being a bitch and tell your mom.
Wouldn't want to upset her.
Hello?
Fine.
Well, since you can follow...
My mom, I've not had a
collision when I brought home
a snake, so imagine what
you'd do if she saw you.
I mean, she's also got this douchebag
boyfriend who would probably mount you on
the wall and sell you to the freaking
government for a bag of beans.
Plus, I've got to be honest, you look a
lot scarier at night, so I'm thinking I'm
just going to go find
this gun and then it'll
be time for a real
goodbye if that is so cute.
Hello?
Where are you?
No
One really comes down here, except for the
holiday story.
I think we should be good.
Come on.
Oh, okay.
Um, yes, this feels good.
If you see someone, hide.
I think we'll never tell you something
like a giant frog.
Okay, uh, just stay still.
Stay still.
Uh, yes, yes, yes.
This feels good.
I don't want you last night to stop
signing the trail.
I told them Brown, they need to move
quickly.
They don't need to wait on Florence.
Bureaucracy is a giant machine run by
little people.
You make that up?
No.
Hell, it was a Frenchman who died from too
much coffee.
Why don't you go check in with the tech
cops, see if they need you.
We got it, Boston.
Okay, hey.
Round the tech cops up.
I don't believe...
Come on, Linda.
Renee, what's wrong?
Why aren't you in class?
I just had to pee.
Well, I gotta go.
What do you want?
Oh, um, are you going to work?
Are you calling to check up on me?
No, I hate it when you do that.
No, uh, yeah, I was just calling.
Uh, what time do you think you'll be on?
Hello?
That would make for a pretty scary
Christmas.
I don't know.
Filippis.
I know some cheap stuff, but...
What's wrong with you?
You gotta be hungry.
Make yourself at home.
Jordan.
Present.
Lauren.
Here.
Ford.
Yeah.
Gil.
Henry.
Here.
Renee?
Renee?
No.
Has anyone seen Renee?
This is where I dwell.
Four walls and a cart.
But I'd like to think I'd make it work.
Hey.
Henry?
Stop!
You can't...
You can't be doing that.
Okay?
Now... This is just Graham.
Okay?
And Graham, this is...
Graham?
This is croak.
See?
Now we're friends.
And we don't eat friends.
Okay, so...
No... Please.
I think you might have scared him.
I know you're scared.
I can tell.
But you're with me now.
And I'm gonna keep you safe for as long as
I can.
She needs ancient...
Only local channels.
Super boring.
Nothing I'd actually really want to watch.
It kind of sucks.
Everything in this house kind of sucks.
Our computer is this old crappy thing.
My mom's room and you can forget about
streaming.
Literally anything.
I'm gonna show privacy.
I'm gonna barely get my homework done.
She keeps it in.
She's gonna get a new one.
But I just... Get up.
Come on.
Go!
Go!
Go!
Go!
Hi ma'am.
I'm Gil Lopez.
I go to school with Renee.
I think she still has my camera.
No.
No, that would be creepy.
What the hell happened in here?
And why weren't you in school?
I left early.
I wasn't feeling well, but I know.
I'm sorry.
I should've called you.
Are you hard?
No.
No.
It's not that.
It's... Don't you think
someone at home?
Yes.
Okay, I'm fine.
You can breathe.
Wait.
How'd you know I wasn't in school?
How is this Renee?
Give me that, okay?
You have no right.
It's my camera.
I have every right now.
What is this?
It's enough of your business.
Okay, now just give me the camera.
Now first, you tell me what the hell that
thing was and I want the truth.
I don't know what it was.
Okay, I saw it in the desert
and I thought maybe I could
get some money if I got
it on tape, but it ran away.
It's gone now.
Alright?
Not lying.
I'm not lying.
Yes, you are.
You're lying.
You're hiding something.
I can tell.
Give me the camera, Gil.
Now can you please tell me what the hell
that thing was?
No, now you can leave.
It's my tape and my camera.
I thought you said it was your mom's
camera.
I deserve to know what's going on.
Okay, just keep your voice down.
The tape's fake.
Like Bigfoot.
Give it to me.
No.
I'm not playing around, Gil.
You can leave the tape.
I said no.
Okay, hey, hey.
Look, honey, I know this is new territory,
but I think we should leave the door open.
Yeah.
That's right now.
You just go now, please.
Jesus, Gil.
Alright.
So?
What now?
No.
If you tell me the truth, I know all of
it.
Alright, take this two down to please.
Um, I'll just go out the back way.
Is your mom alright?
Yeah, she's good.
Sad sometimes.
Can we not talk about my mom, please?
Are you sure?
Do you really want to do this?
I didn't know that you had Doug Sellers in
the desert.
Some people do.
It's really storage.
We just use it for our old junk.
It's okay.
It's just me.
Gil?
It's okay.
Gil, Gil, relax.
Hey, uh, this is just Gil.
Okay, he's from the air.
We just don't need Gil.
Okay, look.
No, he didn't.
Yeah, that might happen.
Alright, it's a surprise.
Okay, I think he's waking up.
You just don't cause any more trouble and
be quiet.
I said quiet.
Hey.
Relax, Gil.
Help him!
Gil!
Stop!
Stop!
Stop!
Stop!
I'm covering your mouth.
And it's very, very important that you do
not scream, okay?
Oh my God!
Oh my God, just listen to me.
Look, okay, look, look.
There's the door.
That's the way out.
Okay, please, please, please just give me
one second and you'll see.
You good?
You're fine.
Just trust me.
Trust me and watch.
Actually, can I just get this back to you
tomorrow?
You can just keep it.
Please don't tell me when I peed my pants.
Please don't tell anyone there's an alien
in my basement.
Please, Gil, I'm serious.
You can't say anything.
Anyway, I'm just surprised you didn't try
to take it from me while it was passed out.
I don't want to touch your pants.
That's all I got.
Yeah, but it's something.
Here's my dad's.
He taught me how to play when I was really
little and used to sing like...
Just come and play your night.
Sit like that.
I wonder what he would have thought about
you.
Maybe... maybe I'm just remembering him
wrong.
Because people do that.
You know, when someone dies, they only
remember the good parts.
Like... like how his legs would bow out.
When he walked.
Or...
How Rapisten felt at the end of the day.
He used to wear this cologne.
Mom hated it.
But I loved it.
So he worked for me.
Says for me.
Every day.
He called it Renee's Smelly Stuff.
I really wish you'd just eat something.
Surprised you're here at home with the...
it.
Well, a mom went to work again,
so no one's there.
Besides, after someone
told her I did this
yesterday, she opened a
walk to me to school herself.
Are you okay?
Last night when I was staring at my ceiling
instead of sleeping, I had to fall in.
You can't change your mind, Gil.
Okay, you already swore you wouldn't say
anything.
No, I didn't change my mind.
You said I wouldn't eat, right?
I've tried everything.
Can you and the thing meet me tonight in
the desert?
Gil, I told you people are looking for it
in the desert.
You said they're looking to the west of
you.
I'm talking to south of you.
Hellhole Canyon.
What's in Hellhole Canyon?
You ever seen Jurassic Park?
Which one?
The good one, the original.
Yes.
I was thinking... maybe T-Rex doesn't want
to be fed.
Maybe... T-Rex wants to hunt.
It's perfect.
Go!
Eat food!
I don't think he gets it.
It's not a he.
Oh, you mean it.
You mean it.
No.
No, it's just not a he or she.
I don't think it works like that.
Okay, fine.
Well, whatever.
I don't think croak gets what you're
saying.
Croak!
Eat!
Eat!
Eat!
God, it's more force than I am.
You're just... I know.
It's great.
So, where'd you live before?
Huh?
I don't remember you and junior high.
You moved out here a couple years ago,
right?
Yeah.
You have family out here or something?
My dad died a few years ago today.
Anywhere my mom just needed a change.
Oh, I'm sorry.
What happened?
I think it's done eating.
How do you know?
Thank you, buddy.
I'm all good.
How much do you think it understands?
I'm not sure.
Sometimes I feel like it understands
everything and sometimes nothing at all.
Can't understand us now.
Why?
Because you know this can't last forever.
You're gonna have to tell someone
eventually.
I'm not going to.
And neither are you, okay?
I'm gonna figure something out,
Gil.
Thank you.
For tonight.
See?
I told you you weren't worried.
Where the hell were you?
I'm not even pretending anymore.
Hey, sit down.
No, I'm going to bed.
You think I wouldn't notice?
I know you were in my van.
I know you took my gun.
Now where is it?
I don't know where it is.
I was here the other night, but this
morning, after I got my spare keys, well.
..
I...
I lost it somewhere in the desert.
You know what your problem is?
You don't respect me.
You don't respect me.
Because you don't fear me.
Fear is respect.
My daddy told me that.
Fear is respect.
Daddy used to cut my hair.
You believe that?
Well, let nobody else touch it.
This one time, after he'd been gone for a
while, my hair got to be long.
I was about eight.
Eight years old.
He just wrapped me up in his arm.
You know what he did?
Well, he grabbed a pair of them scissors.
And just started cutting.
And not gentle.
Just hacking away like he was mad.
As hell.
Guess what?
I didn't move muscle.
Not an inch.
Not even when the blood started coming
down to my eyes.
Because I respected him.
Because respect is fear.
And I'm telling you, girl,
you better respect me.
No, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
You alright sweetie?
Hey, just had an earthquake.
You worthless piece of shit.
I'm done, it's over.
Get out.
Alright, fine.
I get it.
Chase is just a big old asshole.
A big old nothing.
I'll go.
Just let me find my keys.
Get out of my house.
Hey baby.
Jesus!
I don't need this shit.
You go to hell, Linda.
Good luck finding someone to put it up
with your crazy ass.
My heart didn't hurt you.
Get away from me.
Please.
Would you... Are you ready?
Get the hell away from me.
Stop it.
Bro, stop it.
You can't be doing this.
You could get away from me.
I don't know, maybe.
Well, my name is Jonathan Keys.
Can we talk for a minute?
Look, hey, I have to go to school.
And this is private
property, so unless you have
a warrant... Well, I'm
not on your property.
I'm in the road.
So?
Doesn't my mom have to be here or
something?
Legally speaking,
yes, but I got a strong
hunch you don't want
your mom to go be here.
Gun was registered to a one mr.
Chase Duvall.
Thanks to a previous DUI, the slew of
unpaid parking tickets was not hard to find.
And why aren't you talking to him?
Is he your father?
He's my last name, Duvall.
He could still be your dad.
No, he's not my dad.
Who is he?
He was my own shitbag boyfriend.
Was?
Or is, I don't... He
don't know I'm not sure.
I'm sorry.
That sounds confusing.
Aren't you a little old to be playing with
toys?
We ran prints on the gun.
Most of them came back old.
But the ones off the bullets from a couple
days ago, and they were not Duvalls.
You can tell all that from the prints?
Fingerprint molecular identification.
It tells us how far the
biomolecules from the
print bridges have
migrated down to the valleys.
And also check for drugs, alcohol,
nicotine, and gender.
Now the native prints came back clean.
And female.
Three.
Yeah, I took the gun and I shot some cans
with it, right?
Is that a crime?
Actually, yes.
More than one.
But luckily for you, I'm not too concerned
about that.
I believe in giving roses, so I'm gonna
give you a rose.
You are clearly an intelligent young
woman, but you are also just that.
A young woman.
There's more happening here than you are
at the present capable of understanding.
I know you know what I'm talking about,
and I know you know what I want to know.
So you go every day.
You go to school.
You listen hard.
You study up.
But if you are ready to talk to me by the
end of this day, I'm gonna find you.
I'm gonna have a warrant and cuffs and a
whole hell of a lot more.
Can I ride you the rest of the way to
school?
No, I won't.
Oh, and one more thing every day.
I don't want to have to be the bad guy.
I prefer to be a hero.
But unfortunately, that choice is
completely and entirely up to you.
You be safe.
I think it's the water tank again, or maybe
something to do with that earthquake.
Earthquake?
What earthquake?
Last night.
You didn't feel it?
I've always been a heavy sleeper.
I'm late for work.
I think you'll be okay.
I'll send you the bill.
Last night's reading, guys.
An increase in military spending.
The 1980s saw a great
increase in military spending,
including funding for
five to four times a day.
Hey, Freddie, lady.
Hop in.
How in the hell are you supposed to help
me when you can't even help yourself?
I honestly thought he was getting sober.
I had no idea.
So he just says he stopped.
And you believe him?
Well, what is wrong with you?
Renee.
All of this.
Everything that is happening is in your
fault.
Okay, dad died.
And what did you do?
Did you get help?
Did you see a therapist?
No.
No.
You packed up all of our shit and moved us
into the middle of God's yam nowhere.
That's not fair.
You know I couldn't find work.
And I couldn't afford the house.
No.
No, you just couldn't handle seeing one
thing.
One single thing that
reminded you of him without
shattering into a
million pieces even now.
Now we can't talk about it.
He won't even say his name.
David.
Your father's name.
Who's David?
You see?
This is exactly why I can't talk to you.
Something's wrong with our water.
Lou is gonna fix it, but I can't reach
him.
So I got some bottles from the store.
If you wouldn't mind bringing them into
the house, I'd appreciate it.
Aww.
I'm gonna go lie down and drink whatever
you want for dinner.
Oh my God.
What did you do?
Are you hurt?
No.
So, did you like eat him?
Or just scare him into that accident?
It doesn't matter.
I can't keep you down here anymore.
Mom's gonna call another plumber.
Or come down here herself.
We can't let anyone else get hurt.
I'm really serious about this.
No.
Hurting people.
Hello, Gil.
Can I help you?
I sure hope so.
Freaky, I was just about to call you.
Wait, you were?
Seriously?
Yeah, why are you surprised?
I don't know, I just am.
What are you doing right now?
Can you make it to her spot?
Right now.
Yeah, can you make it?
Yeah, as soon as my grandpa's asleep,
I'll help.
I'll help.
Okay, I guess we better hurry.
Hurry, we're running.
That's the best you can do?
You look ridiculous!
I just ran!
Hey!
My mom's boyfriend left his van.
I don't know for how long, but it's big.
No windows in the back.
You're just going to drive it out there.
Yeah, it's one of the
biggest reserves in the
country over 300 square
miles in just desert.
Mom's going to find it there, besides,
you know, I can't just leave, croak.
So you're staying out there?
Yeah, just until I know it's safe.
Do you understand how desperate this
sounds?
Yeah, I'm not asking for your permission.
I'm telling you.
This is going to work.
I'm going to make it work.
Of course you will.
A man came to see me tonight.
What did he say?
He said that things might kill someone.
Maybe more than someone.
He said it's dangerous.
Well, he's wrong.
He also threatened me.
He threatened you how?
Look, I was born here, but not everyone I
cared about was.
Do you follow me?
So would you tell him?
Nothing.
I don't tell him.
Come on.
We'll be back before morning, okay?
You just stay here, and stay quiet,
and if you see anyone, run.
Just run.
I said be quiet!
The tent?
Yeah, I just got to go
get some gas first, and
then I'll swing by your
place with the tent.
Hey, Gil?
You.
You asked about my dad?
Yeah.
Well, we had a pool where we used to live,
and he loves to do laps.
My mom went out one morning and found him.
They said he must have slipped when he was
getting it.
Why are you telling me this?
I want to need it now.
Maybe he took my fucking keys.
No!
No!
No!
Get out your cage.
See, I love you, Linda, so much.
I just want to know...
Why won't you love me back?
You never...
You don't love me.
No one has ever...
No one loves me!
Call the intel site, it's clear.
Copy that.
They're in the canyon, but there's no sign
of this, you know?
Tell them to call the text and meet us at
site B.
You'll get the text and go to site B.
It's your fault.
You did this.
You'll watch you won't love me.
No!
No!
No!
No!
No!
Please!
Rene!
Rene?
You killed him?
You don't understand.
Wait, he had a gun.
He would have killed me, but
Groke... You killed somebody.
It ain't a person, Rene!
It's over.
It's over.
You bring the text.
What the hell's wrong with you?
Did you not hear what I just said?
Groke saved my life.
Okay, I have to help it.
No, just stop.
Stop.
Listen to me.
You can't help it anymore, Rene.
It's too late.
It's already been done.
What do you mean?
Been done.
I trusted you.
I know.
That's why I came here.
I wanted you to hear it from me.
First, before I knew it.
But I trusted you!
I didn't have a choice, but my grandfather
never went to port on me.
Nothing I hate more than old tomatoes.
But he's telling the truth.
He didn't have much of a choice.
It's like I told you, Rene.
I don't even need to be the bad guy.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know that.
Don't do it.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
What are you gonna do to her?
Don't you think you've been a little hard
on the boy?
Where's my mom?
Your mom has said she's inside with one of
my best men.
She's getting debriefed.
It's too late.
It's already gone.
You're never gonna find it.
Brown, was that right?
They bonded.
Is this trauma-slink we've seen?
I'm ready.
I am genuinely sorry.
I wish we could handle this differently.
What?
What?
You're hurting me!
You're killing it!
You're killing me!
I know, judge, but... uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Well, I never heard such a thing.
That's my station.
They can't just make...
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
No, no, loud and clear, Your Honor.
I've turned over the keys.
They haven't run to the place
till morning, but I just... Yeah.
How long did it hold him?
The transport's already in battle.
She'll be here within an hour.
And the girl?
She's here and she's present.
Good.
Well, see if you can get Mom to cooperate,
will you, Brown?
I already tried twice.
Yeah.
How's your hand?
Did you kill it?
No.
But we have it now.
So we don't have to worry about it hurting
another person.
Nice shot.
You can't keep me here, you know.
It's against the law.
I have rights.
Maybe you do have rights.
Maybe you don't.
Or maybe you're harboring a dangerous,
extraterrestrial being.
Is that illegal?
Are there actually laws against that?
No fish in it.
But in certain secret circles,
Renee, it's definitely frowned upon.
And right now, you win one of those.
You hate it.
You think it's evil, but...
You're just scared.
You don't know what it is.
Why don't you tell me what it is?
It's...
It's my friend.
You think you're unique.
That you're the first person to ever find
one with your own.
You're just the first person to find one
in Leah's.
Wait in the hallway, Brown.
I don't believe you.
You're lying.
In school, I used to study feudal history.
800 years ago, in
Japan, there lived a fierce,
pitiless leader by the
name of Koyata Tsuki.
With only a small band of warriors,
he lit ways to entire cities.
And after 40 years of pure brutality,
he never suffered a single defeat.
You know how he did it.
Pigs.
Pigs are intelligent, so
when Tsuji wanted to scout for
invasion, he simply trained
a pig to walk through a city.
And if the pig returned,
fat and happy, well, then he
knew that the people were
gentle, honest, easily defeated.
But if the pig were harmed or worse,
if the pig didn't come back at all,
well, he knew the men
behind those walls were
vicious, and he would
leave the city unbroken.
That alien thing that you call your friend
is like Tsuji's pigs.
They are biological
machines designed to kill with
purpose, built by life far
more intelligent than our own.
And we believe these are
sitting here as reconnaissance, a
violent, violent prelude to
something far worse yet to come.
Those little people in charge of our
planet, they want them captured and studied.
But if it were to me, I
would put them on racks,
and I would pull them
apart ever so slowly.
For all the horrible things they've
already done.
Now, after everything I've just told you,
how could you possibly sit across from me
and call this monster you found your
friend?
Because you're wrong.
I didn't just find it.
We found each other.
You are bonded.
And it's the most vital link we've seen so
far.
Renee, I want you to agree to submit to be
studied so that we can learn.
Learn what?
The most painful way to kill them.
And if I don't agree?
I will have your clinically
depressed mother
committed to a small
room with no windows.
And after we forcefully extracted all the
information we need, though, I will
personally make sure that whatever's left
of your short and crippled life is hell.
What did she tell her?
I told her what needs to happen.
After Iceland.
The directors are going to want this done
quietly.
We need to interfere with the girl and let
her go.
The directors won't care around because
the directors won't know about her.
No more waiting, no committee.
Don't have to do it this way.
We do what needs to be done.
And we do it now.
You go get the mother.
Let's help the girl think.
Yes, sir.
Are you alright?
I'm sorry.
They told me things.
Unbelievable things.
Sweetie.
What's happening?
It's complicated.
I... found this.
Did you read it?
No, um, I wasn't thinking.
I don't mean any of that.
I don't.
I just hope you can forgive me.
If... you would?
You're right.
Everything you said was right.
Women here.
Chase.
And even about your father.
You were right.
You have a kind heart.
It's your father's heart.
They'll never lose that.
No matter what.
Miss Rowan?
Alright.
Now what?
Now we give her five minutes and then I
make the decision for her.
Come
on.
Come on.
Come on.
Where are you?
Please.
Oh God.
I don't care.
It's still here.
Don't lie.
I'll get down.
Chase.
Our horse.
Please.
Don't.
Don't be what they say you are.
Be my friend.
Come on.
We can still do this.
Come on.
It's a long ride to the state reserves.
You're just going to have to stay down and
stay quiet.
Ray!
Look out!
Oh my gosh!
No!
No!
Get down!
Get up!
Get up!
Well, buddy, better to burn out than fade
away.
Bye, bye.
Hey, hey.
Hey, Mom.
You're a burly?
I guess.
You still okay for this afternoon?
At the store?
Graham's food.
Yes, to eat.
You said you'd drive me?
Which one's Graham again?
I sneak.
I really don't get you and those
disgusting creatures.
Morning, sugar cake.
What?
Hello.
Good morning.
If you're not careful, you're gonna turn
into a rude little brat.
Given that Seymour was a World War II
veteran...
Does anyone know why Seymour took his own
life?
I think he shot himself for purving on
that little girl.
Hey!
Renee?
Why Seymour took his own life?
Um, I think maybe he did it because he
couldn't connect, you know?
Now go on.
Seymour, he'd been to war.
He'd seen real things, but his wife,
she was so fake.
She couldn't understand him.
No one could understand him.
He was... he was alone.
All right, all right.
Okay, calm down.
Now when Seymour is talking to Sybil,
he makes up a fish.
A banana fish.
There you
go.
Uh, is anyone sitting here?
Uh, no.
Uh, go ahead.
I liked your report last week about the
collared lizards.
You said you have one?
What is it?
No, I'm not not anymore.
What happened?
I think my mom's boyfriend killed him.
Are you serious?
No.
I'm just joking.
Though he didn't mean enough.
What did you say?
Look, do you mind if we just eat?
Hey, Mom.
It's me.
Your daughter.
Never mind.
How was school?
Fine.
You know, any other adjectives?
Uh, good.
Excellent.
Acceptable.
No, I think it was unacceptable that you
were late.
Easy.
It's been a long day.
At work?
So you didn't make it into work.
Shut up, Renee.
All right.
I think you need to call
Dr. What's-his-name and
maybe have him check your
prescription or something.
Well, the prescription's fine.
It's not... I had
a hard morning.
Let's just leave it at that.
Did you guys have another fight?
You don't have to put up with him,
you know.
Please don't start.
He doesn't even help out with money.
He just gets drunk and eats our food.
Chase doesn't help out because he keeps
his own place.
He's a jerk, Mom.
I bet he was one of those
kids that dipped cats in motor
oil and stuck firecrackers
up a full frog's butthole.
Enough!
He talks to me, Renee.
He needs me.
And that's a nice feeling.
Being needed.
Hey, Graham.
You hungry?
She?
Just like I promised.
Don't do this again.
I said they're refreshing and nuked them
before came in here.
They're really gonna make me do it,
aren't you?
Are they okay?
Okay.
Please eat, sweet snake.
You know what, Graham?
Really might be my best friend.
How tragic is that?
I'm simply saying the
scratch wasn't there last
night, but this morning,
it was pretty weird.
Magic scratches appearing out of the air.
I'm sure it's just from a parking lot or
something.
I'm pretty sure it's not just from a
parking lot.
Jesus Christ, Linda.
Well, I know how it happened.
Hey, was I talking to you?
Can we all please just drop it?
I'm just saying.
Sits in the driveway all night and ends up
scratching the shit, you know?
Mmm.
Uh, that microwave, it smells funny.
Someone ought to clean it.
He was eating a pinky and then we'll clean
it after.
A pinky?
Dead mice wearing that microwave?
Damn it, Linda, tell me it was after you
made pizzas.
I made the pizzas, and I used the oven.
And I made the goddamn salad and did it
right over by the microwave.
How sanitary is that?
Dead mice all over the place.
It's disgusting.
You're someone eating pepperoni.
What the hell's that got to do with the
single thing I just said?
Stuff's filled with pig anus and scrotum,
but I don't hear you complaining.
I don't know.
Maybe you like scrotum.
Get off!
Renee, honey, don't!
What the hell?
What the hell?
What the hell?
Hey, do you have a camera?
It's the 21st century, and everyone has a
camera in their pockets.
No, I don't.
Except you, I guess.
No, I'm not talking about a phone camera.
I'm talking about, like, a video camera.
For home movies, like, in the old days,
you said in class you had one.
Yeah, my mom bought one when my sister was
being born.
Can I borrow it?
Yeah, my mom's kind of weird about all
that stuff.
No, please, please, it'll just be real
everyday.
Are you okay?
You seem a little bit sweaty.
No, yes, I am fine.
Um, you could just call her and tell her
to bring it when she picks you up.
Well, my grandpa usually picks me up.
It's fine.
Tonight's English, I say.
All you have to do is type it out.
Come on.
You're a math whiz, but everyone knows you
suck at writing.
Okay, I don't think everyone thinks that.
Fine.
Look who's here, right on time.
When would you come sit down, honey?
I, um, I took off work early so I could
talk to you and give you this.
That right there, that's for my first day.
And, um, fingers crossed, tomorrow will be
number two.
This says 24 hours.
So?
You were drawn class today, that was like
18 hours ago.
I went to bed and woke up, okay?
That's a day.
And you're getting off the point.
The point is that for
your mama's sake, you
and I are going to
have to try a little harder.
And I went out and got that chip to let
you both know what I mean business.
Okay, well listen, I'm
going to go shower off
and then how about we
order up an early dinner?
Come pow on me, what do you say?
I know that was, uh, pathetic,
but believe it or not, he's trying.
He didn't even say sorry.
Wait, I have to stop.
What have we already found?
My
Name is Renee Romick.
I'm only 15 years old, but I'm about to be
the first...
Okay.
Yes.
Yes.
My name is Renee Romick, and if you're
watching this, tell my mom what happened.
Oh, uh, her name's Renee Romick.
Okay, relax, relax, relax, relax,
relax, relax, relax.
Give me this.
Is it dead?
You guys should get a closer shot.
What the fuck?
Oh, no, no, it's... I'm not... It's just
my stomach.
Hungry.
See?
Good.
Mmm, yum.
You hungry?
Yeah.
That's what I was afraid of.
Oh, well, I mean, I guess I should say
thank you for this.
You're smithing the richest person in five
pound beans.
You're here for me, aren't they?
Look, I don't know how much you can
understand, but just try to, okay?
Bad, girl.
Bad.
Danger.
All they wanted to do was cut you up.
Trust me, I've seen a lot of teeny.
Well, um, you take care, buddy.
I
Mean, now you just made me the richest
person in five pounds.
Oh, shit.
A gun.
Going out?
No, I just got hungry, that's all.
Cold, too, huh?
Freezing.
You haven't seen my keys anywhere,
have you?
No.
You know what?
I think you find it really funny making me
look stupid.
Yeah.
But I think you've been drinking.
Don't go being a bitch and tell your mom.
Wouldn't want to upset her.
Hello?
Fine.
Well, since you can follow...
My mom, I've not had a
collision when I brought home
a snake, so imagine what
you'd do if she saw you.
I mean, she's also got this douchebag
boyfriend who would probably mount you on
the wall and sell you to the freaking
government for a bag of beans.
Plus, I've got to be honest, you look a
lot scarier at night, so I'm thinking I'm
just going to go find
this gun and then it'll
be time for a real
goodbye if that is so cute.
Hello?
Where are you?
No
One really comes down here, except for the
holiday story.
I think we should be good.
Come on.
Oh, okay.
Um, yes, this feels good.
If you see someone, hide.
I think we'll never tell you something
like a giant frog.
Okay, uh, just stay still.
Stay still.
Uh, yes, yes, yes.
This feels good.
I don't want you last night to stop
signing the trail.
I told them Brown, they need to move
quickly.
They don't need to wait on Florence.
Bureaucracy is a giant machine run by
little people.
You make that up?
No.
Hell, it was a Frenchman who died from too
much coffee.
Why don't you go check in with the tech
cops, see if they need you.
We got it, Boston.
Okay, hey.
Round the tech cops up.
I don't believe...
Come on, Linda.
Renee, what's wrong?
Why aren't you in class?
I just had to pee.
Well, I gotta go.
What do you want?
Oh, um, are you going to work?
Are you calling to check up on me?
No, I hate it when you do that.
No, uh, yeah, I was just calling.
Uh, what time do you think you'll be on?
Hello?
That would make for a pretty scary
Christmas.
I don't know.
Filippis.
I know some cheap stuff, but...
What's wrong with you?
You gotta be hungry.
Make yourself at home.
Jordan.
Present.
Lauren.
Here.
Ford.
Yeah.
Gil.
Henry.
Here.
Renee?
Renee?
No.
Has anyone seen Renee?
This is where I dwell.
Four walls and a cart.
But I'd like to think I'd make it work.
Hey.
Henry?
Stop!
You can't...
You can't be doing that.
Okay?
Now... This is just Graham.
Okay?
And Graham, this is...
Graham?
This is croak.
See?
Now we're friends.
And we don't eat friends.
Okay, so...
No... Please.
I think you might have scared him.
I know you're scared.
I can tell.
But you're with me now.
And I'm gonna keep you safe for as long as
I can.
She needs ancient...
Only local channels.
Super boring.
Nothing I'd actually really want to watch.
It kind of sucks.
Everything in this house kind of sucks.
Our computer is this old crappy thing.
My mom's room and you can forget about
streaming.
Literally anything.
I'm gonna show privacy.
I'm gonna barely get my homework done.
She keeps it in.
She's gonna get a new one.
But I just... Get up.
Come on.
Go!
Go!
Go!
Go!
Hi ma'am.
I'm Gil Lopez.
I go to school with Renee.
I think she still has my camera.
No.
No, that would be creepy.
What the hell happened in here?
And why weren't you in school?
I left early.
I wasn't feeling well, but I know.
I'm sorry.
I should've called you.
Are you hard?
No.
No.
It's not that.
It's... Don't you think
someone at home?
Yes.
Okay, I'm fine.
You can breathe.
Wait.
How'd you know I wasn't in school?
How is this Renee?
Give me that, okay?
You have no right.
It's my camera.
I have every right now.
What is this?
It's enough of your business.
Okay, now just give me the camera.
Now first, you tell me what the hell that
thing was and I want the truth.
I don't know what it was.
Okay, I saw it in the desert
and I thought maybe I could
get some money if I got
it on tape, but it ran away.
It's gone now.
Alright?
Not lying.
I'm not lying.
Yes, you are.
You're lying.
You're hiding something.
I can tell.
Give me the camera, Gil.
Now can you please tell me what the hell
that thing was?
No, now you can leave.
It's my tape and my camera.
I thought you said it was your mom's
camera.
I deserve to know what's going on.
Okay, just keep your voice down.
The tape's fake.
Like Bigfoot.
Give it to me.
No.
I'm not playing around, Gil.
You can leave the tape.
I said no.
Okay, hey, hey.
Look, honey, I know this is new territory,
but I think we should leave the door open.
Yeah.
That's right now.
You just go now, please.
Jesus, Gil.
Alright.
So?
What now?
No.
If you tell me the truth, I know all of
it.
Alright, take this two down to please.
Um, I'll just go out the back way.
Is your mom alright?
Yeah, she's good.
Sad sometimes.
Can we not talk about my mom, please?
Are you sure?
Do you really want to do this?
I didn't know that you had Doug Sellers in
the desert.
Some people do.
It's really storage.
We just use it for our old junk.
It's okay.
It's just me.
Gil?
It's okay.
Gil, Gil, relax.
Hey, uh, this is just Gil.
Okay, he's from the air.
We just don't need Gil.
Okay, look.
No, he didn't.
Yeah, that might happen.
Alright, it's a surprise.
Okay, I think he's waking up.
You just don't cause any more trouble and
be quiet.
I said quiet.
Hey.
Relax, Gil.
Help him!
Gil!
Stop!
Stop!
Stop!
Stop!
I'm covering your mouth.
And it's very, very important that you do
not scream, okay?
Oh my God!
Oh my God, just listen to me.
Look, okay, look, look.
There's the door.
That's the way out.
Okay, please, please, please just give me
one second and you'll see.
You good?
You're fine.
Just trust me.
Trust me and watch.
Actually, can I just get this back to you
tomorrow?
You can just keep it.
Please don't tell me when I peed my pants.
Please don't tell anyone there's an alien
in my basement.
Please, Gil, I'm serious.
You can't say anything.
Anyway, I'm just surprised you didn't try
to take it from me while it was passed out.
I don't want to touch your pants.
That's all I got.
Yeah, but it's something.
Here's my dad's.
He taught me how to play when I was really
little and used to sing like...
Just come and play your night.
Sit like that.
I wonder what he would have thought about
you.
Maybe... maybe I'm just remembering him
wrong.
Because people do that.
You know, when someone dies, they only
remember the good parts.
Like... like how his legs would bow out.
When he walked.
Or...
How Rapisten felt at the end of the day.
He used to wear this cologne.
Mom hated it.
But I loved it.
So he worked for me.
Says for me.
Every day.
He called it Renee's Smelly Stuff.
I really wish you'd just eat something.
Surprised you're here at home with the...
it.
Well, a mom went to work again,
so no one's there.
Besides, after someone
told her I did this
yesterday, she opened a
walk to me to school herself.
Are you okay?
Last night when I was staring at my ceiling
instead of sleeping, I had to fall in.
You can't change your mind, Gil.
Okay, you already swore you wouldn't say
anything.
No, I didn't change my mind.
You said I wouldn't eat, right?
I've tried everything.
Can you and the thing meet me tonight in
the desert?
Gil, I told you people are looking for it
in the desert.
You said they're looking to the west of
you.
I'm talking to south of you.
Hellhole Canyon.
What's in Hellhole Canyon?
You ever seen Jurassic Park?
Which one?
The good one, the original.
Yes.
I was thinking... maybe T-Rex doesn't want
to be fed.
Maybe... T-Rex wants to hunt.
It's perfect.
Go!
Eat food!
I don't think he gets it.
It's not a he.
Oh, you mean it.
You mean it.
No.
No, it's just not a he or she.
I don't think it works like that.
Okay, fine.
Well, whatever.
I don't think croak gets what you're
saying.
Croak!
Eat!
Eat!
Eat!
God, it's more force than I am.
You're just... I know.
It's great.
So, where'd you live before?
Huh?
I don't remember you and junior high.
You moved out here a couple years ago,
right?
Yeah.
You have family out here or something?
My dad died a few years ago today.
Anywhere my mom just needed a change.
Oh, I'm sorry.
What happened?
I think it's done eating.
How do you know?
Thank you, buddy.
I'm all good.
How much do you think it understands?
I'm not sure.
Sometimes I feel like it understands
everything and sometimes nothing at all.
Can't understand us now.
Why?
Because you know this can't last forever.
You're gonna have to tell someone
eventually.
I'm not going to.
And neither are you, okay?
I'm gonna figure something out,
Gil.
Thank you.
For tonight.
See?
I told you you weren't worried.
Where the hell were you?
I'm not even pretending anymore.
Hey, sit down.
No, I'm going to bed.
You think I wouldn't notice?
I know you were in my van.
I know you took my gun.
Now where is it?
I don't know where it is.
I was here the other night, but this
morning, after I got my spare keys, well.
..
I...
I lost it somewhere in the desert.
You know what your problem is?
You don't respect me.
You don't respect me.
Because you don't fear me.
Fear is respect.
My daddy told me that.
Fear is respect.
Daddy used to cut my hair.
You believe that?
Well, let nobody else touch it.
This one time, after he'd been gone for a
while, my hair got to be long.
I was about eight.
Eight years old.
He just wrapped me up in his arm.
You know what he did?
Well, he grabbed a pair of them scissors.
And just started cutting.
And not gentle.
Just hacking away like he was mad.
As hell.
Guess what?
I didn't move muscle.
Not an inch.
Not even when the blood started coming
down to my eyes.
Because I respected him.
Because respect is fear.
And I'm telling you, girl,
you better respect me.
No, no, no.
No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no!
No, no, no, no, no, no, no!
You alright sweetie?
Hey, just had an earthquake.
You worthless piece of shit.
I'm done, it's over.
Get out.
Alright, fine.
I get it.
Chase is just a big old asshole.
A big old nothing.
I'll go.
Just let me find my keys.
Get out of my house.
Hey baby.
Jesus!
I don't need this shit.
You go to hell, Linda.
Good luck finding someone to put it up
with your crazy ass.
My heart didn't hurt you.
Get away from me.
Please.
Would you... Are you ready?
Get the hell away from me.
Stop it.
Bro, stop it.
You can't be doing this.
You could get away from me.
I don't know, maybe.
Well, my name is Jonathan Keys.
Can we talk for a minute?
Look, hey, I have to go to school.
And this is private
property, so unless you have
a warrant... Well, I'm
not on your property.
I'm in the road.
So?
Doesn't my mom have to be here or
something?
Legally speaking,
yes, but I got a strong
hunch you don't want
your mom to go be here.
Gun was registered to a one mr.
Chase Duvall.
Thanks to a previous DUI, the slew of
unpaid parking tickets was not hard to find.
And why aren't you talking to him?
Is he your father?
He's my last name, Duvall.
He could still be your dad.
No, he's not my dad.
Who is he?
He was my own shitbag boyfriend.
Was?
Or is, I don't... He
don't know I'm not sure.
I'm sorry.
That sounds confusing.
Aren't you a little old to be playing with
toys?
We ran prints on the gun.
Most of them came back old.
But the ones off the bullets from a couple
days ago, and they were not Duvalls.
You can tell all that from the prints?
Fingerprint molecular identification.
It tells us how far the
biomolecules from the
print bridges have
migrated down to the valleys.
And also check for drugs, alcohol,
nicotine, and gender.
Now the native prints came back clean.
And female.
Three.
Yeah, I took the gun and I shot some cans
with it, right?
Is that a crime?
Actually, yes.
More than one.
But luckily for you, I'm not too concerned
about that.
I believe in giving roses, so I'm gonna
give you a rose.
You are clearly an intelligent young
woman, but you are also just that.
A young woman.
There's more happening here than you are
at the present capable of understanding.
I know you know what I'm talking about,
and I know you know what I want to know.
So you go every day.
You go to school.
You listen hard.
You study up.
But if you are ready to talk to me by the
end of this day, I'm gonna find you.
I'm gonna have a warrant and cuffs and a
whole hell of a lot more.
Can I ride you the rest of the way to
school?
No, I won't.
Oh, and one more thing every day.
I don't want to have to be the bad guy.
I prefer to be a hero.
But unfortunately, that choice is
completely and entirely up to you.
You be safe.
I think it's the water tank again, or maybe
something to do with that earthquake.
Earthquake?
What earthquake?
Last night.
You didn't feel it?
I've always been a heavy sleeper.
I'm late for work.
I think you'll be okay.
I'll send you the bill.
Last night's reading, guys.
An increase in military spending.
The 1980s saw a great
increase in military spending,
including funding for
five to four times a day.
Hey, Freddie, lady.
Hop in.
How in the hell are you supposed to help
me when you can't even help yourself?
I honestly thought he was getting sober.
I had no idea.
So he just says he stopped.
And you believe him?
Well, what is wrong with you?
Renee.
All of this.
Everything that is happening is in your
fault.
Okay, dad died.
And what did you do?
Did you get help?
Did you see a therapist?
No.
No.
You packed up all of our shit and moved us
into the middle of God's yam nowhere.
That's not fair.
You know I couldn't find work.
And I couldn't afford the house.
No.
No, you just couldn't handle seeing one
thing.
One single thing that
reminded you of him without
shattering into a
million pieces even now.
Now we can't talk about it.
He won't even say his name.
David.
Your father's name.
Who's David?
You see?
This is exactly why I can't talk to you.
Something's wrong with our water.
Lou is gonna fix it, but I can't reach
him.
So I got some bottles from the store.
If you wouldn't mind bringing them into
the house, I'd appreciate it.
Aww.
I'm gonna go lie down and drink whatever
you want for dinner.
Oh my God.
What did you do?
Are you hurt?
No.
So, did you like eat him?
Or just scare him into that accident?
It doesn't matter.
I can't keep you down here anymore.
Mom's gonna call another plumber.
Or come down here herself.
We can't let anyone else get hurt.
I'm really serious about this.
No.
Hurting people.
Hello, Gil.
Can I help you?
I sure hope so.
Freaky, I was just about to call you.
Wait, you were?
Seriously?
Yeah, why are you surprised?
I don't know, I just am.
What are you doing right now?
Can you make it to her spot?
Right now.
Yeah, can you make it?
Yeah, as soon as my grandpa's asleep,
I'll help.
I'll help.
Okay, I guess we better hurry.
Hurry, we're running.
That's the best you can do?
You look ridiculous!
I just ran!
Hey!
My mom's boyfriend left his van.
I don't know for how long, but it's big.
No windows in the back.
You're just going to drive it out there.
Yeah, it's one of the
biggest reserves in the
country over 300 square
miles in just desert.
Mom's going to find it there, besides,
you know, I can't just leave, croak.
So you're staying out there?
Yeah, just until I know it's safe.
Do you understand how desperate this
sounds?
Yeah, I'm not asking for your permission.
I'm telling you.
This is going to work.
I'm going to make it work.
Of course you will.
A man came to see me tonight.
What did he say?
He said that things might kill someone.
Maybe more than someone.
He said it's dangerous.
Well, he's wrong.
He also threatened me.
He threatened you how?
Look, I was born here, but not everyone I
cared about was.
Do you follow me?
So would you tell him?
Nothing.
I don't tell him.
Come on.
We'll be back before morning, okay?
You just stay here, and stay quiet,
and if you see anyone, run.
Just run.
I said be quiet!
The tent?
Yeah, I just got to go
get some gas first, and
then I'll swing by your
place with the tent.
Hey, Gil?
You.
You asked about my dad?
Yeah.
Well, we had a pool where we used to live,
and he loves to do laps.
My mom went out one morning and found him.
They said he must have slipped when he was
getting it.
Why are you telling me this?
I want to need it now.
Maybe he took my fucking keys.
No!
No!
No!
Get out your cage.
See, I love you, Linda, so much.
I just want to know...
Why won't you love me back?
You never...
You don't love me.
No one has ever...
No one loves me!
Call the intel site, it's clear.
Copy that.
They're in the canyon, but there's no sign
of this, you know?
Tell them to call the text and meet us at
site B.
You'll get the text and go to site B.
It's your fault.
You did this.
You'll watch you won't love me.
No!
No!
No!
No!
No!
Please!
Rene!
Rene?
You killed him?
You don't understand.
Wait, he had a gun.
He would have killed me, but
Groke... You killed somebody.
It ain't a person, Rene!
It's over.
It's over.
You bring the text.
What the hell's wrong with you?
Did you not hear what I just said?
Groke saved my life.
Okay, I have to help it.
No, just stop.
Stop.
Listen to me.
You can't help it anymore, Rene.
It's too late.
It's already been done.
What do you mean?
Been done.
I trusted you.
I know.
That's why I came here.
I wanted you to hear it from me.
First, before I knew it.
But I trusted you!
I didn't have a choice, but my grandfather
never went to port on me.
Nothing I hate more than old tomatoes.
But he's telling the truth.
He didn't have much of a choice.
It's like I told you, Rene.
I don't even need to be the bad guy.
I'm sorry.
I didn't know that.
Don't do it.
No, no, no, no, no, no.
What are you gonna do to her?
Don't you think you've been a little hard
on the boy?
Where's my mom?
Your mom has said she's inside with one of
my best men.
She's getting debriefed.
It's too late.
It's already gone.
You're never gonna find it.
Brown, was that right?
They bonded.
Is this trauma-slink we've seen?
I'm ready.
I am genuinely sorry.
I wish we could handle this differently.
What?
What?
You're hurting me!
You're killing it!
You're killing me!
I know, judge, but... uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
Yeah.
Well, I never heard such a thing.
That's my station.
They can't just make...
Uh-huh.
Uh-huh.
No, no, loud and clear, Your Honor.
I've turned over the keys.
They haven't run to the place
till morning, but I just... Yeah.
How long did it hold him?
The transport's already in battle.
She'll be here within an hour.
And the girl?
She's here and she's present.
Good.
Well, see if you can get Mom to cooperate,
will you, Brown?
I already tried twice.
Yeah.
How's your hand?
Did you kill it?
No.
But we have it now.
So we don't have to worry about it hurting
another person.
Nice shot.
You can't keep me here, you know.
It's against the law.
I have rights.
Maybe you do have rights.
Maybe you don't.
Or maybe you're harboring a dangerous,
extraterrestrial being.
Is that illegal?
Are there actually laws against that?
No fish in it.
But in certain secret circles,
Renee, it's definitely frowned upon.
And right now, you win one of those.
You hate it.
You think it's evil, but...
You're just scared.
You don't know what it is.
Why don't you tell me what it is?
It's...
It's my friend.
You think you're unique.
That you're the first person to ever find
one with your own.
You're just the first person to find one
in Leah's.
Wait in the hallway, Brown.
I don't believe you.
You're lying.
In school, I used to study feudal history.
800 years ago, in
Japan, there lived a fierce,
pitiless leader by the
name of Koyata Tsuki.
With only a small band of warriors,
he lit ways to entire cities.
And after 40 years of pure brutality,
he never suffered a single defeat.
You know how he did it.
Pigs.
Pigs are intelligent, so
when Tsuji wanted to scout for
invasion, he simply trained
a pig to walk through a city.
And if the pig returned,
fat and happy, well, then he
knew that the people were
gentle, honest, easily defeated.
But if the pig were harmed or worse,
if the pig didn't come back at all,
well, he knew the men
behind those walls were
vicious, and he would
leave the city unbroken.
That alien thing that you call your friend
is like Tsuji's pigs.
They are biological
machines designed to kill with
purpose, built by life far
more intelligent than our own.
And we believe these are
sitting here as reconnaissance, a
violent, violent prelude to
something far worse yet to come.
Those little people in charge of our
planet, they want them captured and studied.
But if it were to me, I
would put them on racks,
and I would pull them
apart ever so slowly.
For all the horrible things they've
already done.
Now, after everything I've just told you,
how could you possibly sit across from me
and call this monster you found your
friend?
Because you're wrong.
I didn't just find it.
We found each other.
You are bonded.
And it's the most vital link we've seen so
far.
Renee, I want you to agree to submit to be
studied so that we can learn.
Learn what?
The most painful way to kill them.
And if I don't agree?
I will have your clinically
depressed mother
committed to a small
room with no windows.
And after we forcefully extracted all the
information we need, though, I will
personally make sure that whatever's left
of your short and crippled life is hell.
What did she tell her?
I told her what needs to happen.
After Iceland.
The directors are going to want this done
quietly.
We need to interfere with the girl and let
her go.
The directors won't care around because
the directors won't know about her.
No more waiting, no committee.
Don't have to do it this way.
We do what needs to be done.
And we do it now.
You go get the mother.
Let's help the girl think.
Yes, sir.
Are you alright?
I'm sorry.
They told me things.
Unbelievable things.
Sweetie.
What's happening?
It's complicated.
I... found this.
Did you read it?
No, um, I wasn't thinking.
I don't mean any of that.
I don't.
I just hope you can forgive me.
If... you would?
You're right.
Everything you said was right.
Women here.
Chase.
And even about your father.
You were right.
You have a kind heart.
It's your father's heart.
They'll never lose that.
No matter what.
Miss Rowan?
Alright.
Now what?
Now we give her five minutes and then I
make the decision for her.
Come
on.
Come on.
Come on.
Where are you?
Please.
Oh God.
I don't care.
It's still here.
Don't lie.
I'll get down.
Chase.
Our horse.
Please.
Don't.
Don't be what they say you are.
Be my friend.
Come on.
We can still do this.
Come on.
It's a long ride to the state reserves.
You're just going to have to stay down and
stay quiet.
Ray!
Look out!
Oh my gosh!
No!
No!
Get down!
Get up!
Get up!