The Man Who Fell to Earth (2022) s01e01 Episode Script

How did we get here?
To this place.
This moment.
If we could see the cosmic shape
of every choice we've made,
would it look like a straight timeline?
A staircase?
A Mobius strip?
I came here,
because my choice, was simple.
Live
Or die.
I am an immigrant.
A refugee.
To survive,
I had to be
Reborn.
To evolve,
I had to step,
into a new skin.
Like Lazarus,
I had to rise,
from the valley of shadows,
and become
Something more.
Which brings us to
the reason you're here.
You came to answer the question
the world's been asking.
Who am I?
Well, according to the hurricane season
of theories on the interwebs,
that gaping maw we stuff and stuff,
with bits of ourselves
in the ridiculous hope
that it'll give us something back,
I am the socially,
and grammatically challenged
recluse, who snorts fire ants
While hallucinating
with my personal army,
in my desert bunker,
which is shaped like an egg.
They call me
A tyrant.
A king.
A tech god.
Willy Wonka.
Up to my Gobstoppers,
in secrets.
And it's all true.
Well
The secrets part, anyway.
So, don't say I didn't warn you.
When people talk about my work,
I hear words like "revolution."
Well, today,
this one drops the "R."
In this box,
I hold the next step
on the great timeline.
But before I show you what's inside,
I want to tell you my story.
The real story,
of how I built it,
and myself, along the way.
Would you like to hear it?
Okay.
Okay.
It's simple,
because of all the
things I left behind.
My home.
My family.
I had to rebuild everything I lost.
I had to learn how to become
A human being.
God damn!
God damn it!
About fucking time.
Took you guys long enough.
Fuck is that?
Get him off my property, Dave.
Third tweaker this month!
Andy, just put that thing down.
Wear some goddamn pants
on other people's property.
- Turn around.
- Can I have a soda?
He keeps them in the cooler,
like, right there.
No, you cannot have a soda!
Turn around.
Slow.
Get this motherfucker
out of my garage!
Dave, how many goddamn tweakers
am I gonna have to shoot
- on my property this week?
- Andy!
Stow that goddamn weapon!
Aw, man.
This is fucking bullshit!
Shit, I could've graduated
the goddamn academy
by the time you guys
showed up. I'm so goddamn
Oh, Jesus. What the fucking fuck?
I'm gonna pull this
hose out of your mouth.
You so much as blink,
Officer Haugenoe is gonna
tase your ass in the head.
Do you understand your rights,
as I've explained them to you?
What the
Fucking fuck?
Shit.
Jesus Christ!
- Get down on your knees.
- Get down on your knees.
One time, I saw a pig
with a hose up its ass.
- Quiet, Alicia!
- Quiet, Alicia!
- Couldn't he be drowned?
- Ass. Pig. Drowned.
- Get on your fucking knees!
- Resisting.
- You are resisting!
- Now!
He's not armed. He's naked.
- Shut up!
- Shut up!
- You wanna die?
- Do you wanna die?
Wake up. wake up!
Got you some clothes from the morgue.
You're gonna be processed in a bit.
Can you try not to act like a freak?
When you said that
he's got a, like a square jaw
I understand, sir. Okay.
You have a good night.
Do you know why you're here?
Do you
Know,
why,
you're here?
Hey.
Wake up.
You were ingesting a hose
in the municipality?
Nine hours' mission.
Yeah?
What mission's that, hon?
North.
Minus 9
Excuse me.
- 5, 3
- Shh!
Shh!
Hey, hon.
Your goddamn sister's Hyundai
was parked outside
that asshole's house all night, Katie.
I really don't think that's right, hon.
Can I call you back?
She's still fuckin' him
after the restraining order.
Jesus.
Your goddamn sister's Hyundai
was parked outside that
asshole's house all night.
Katie, she's still fuckin' him,
after the restraining order.
I don't know how you heard that,
but a good rule around here,
is to mind your own business.
Water.
Okay, where you from?
Anthea.
Where's that?
Oh, yeah?
What's it like there?
Hot.
When'd you learn to speak English?
Now.
Okeydokey.
Don't tell that story to anybody else.
They'll lock you up.
Then you won't be able
to complete your mission.
Okeydokey.
Fucking guy's a hundred years old
and you pull him the fuck over?
You want him to die
on your fucking shift?
You know, sometimes, here on Earth,
when you tell folks you want somethin'
in a really loud voice,
and say "fuck" a lot,
it works!
- Fuck!
- Jesus Chr
Water!
You know, just 'cause you're an alien,
doesn't mean there's an embargo
on being fuckin' polite.
Try again. Nicer.
Fuck.
Water?
Say "please."
Please.
And your name.
K. Faraday.
Name.
Got anybody I can call?
To come and get you?
Justin Falls.
Who's he?
You were all my teachers.
But the one who forced me
to understand my choices,
who forced me to find,
my humanity,
well
We didn't choose each other.
I don't recognize myself either.
Every woman I know is tired.
She had already chosen,
to strike a Devil's
bargain with herself.
If every dream she had to drop
along the way just retreated,
and left her alone,
she promised never to aspire
to anything more than survival.
Hope is too expensive.
All right.
I'll see you later.
Okay, see you tomorrow.
Bye, honey.
Hey.
"Chapter Two."
"So I lived there all alone,"
"with no one I could really talk to,"
"until I had an accident
in the Sahara desert."
When can I sit in the front seat?
Uh, when you're bigger.
- Vomit.
- Ah!
"In the desert, six years ago",
"something broke down in the engine."
"And since there was neither"
Bye, Marcus. Thanks
for staying late.
Thanks.
See you soon. Bye.
Good choice, Molls.
Bring that here, Miss Princess Queen
Miss Kissin' Molly.
Turn it over, read it,
read the liners to me.
"Deli"
- "Delicacy"
- No.
There's a "T" there.
"Deli-see-ay"
"Deli-see-ay"?
What's a "Deli-see-ay"?
Sound it out.
- "Whatever"
- Dad.
Tsk.
I'm not sick, you know.
- I know. Hmm.
- Mm-hmm.
- "Whatever happened"
- Mm-hmm.
"To" Uh
Mm-hmm.
Ma'am, I can't find his file.
What kind of visa was it?
Yeah. Josiah Falls,
came here from the Bahamas,
25 years ago, on an EB-1-1 visa,
that designated him, an alien
of extraordinary ability.
But for some reason,
Medicare doesn't think so,
and is going to let him spend
the last year of his life
in fucking agony.
Hello?
Your call is very important to us.
Please hold.
So I'm good with
double shifts all next week, right?
- No.
- No? We talked about it already.
Double shifts.
Now I gotta start again.
Look, my kid's school
can't do lunch anymore.
- My dad's physical therapy
- All right. All right.
Look, do you want some more shifts?
- Thanks.
- Tell you what, come here.
You're done, bitch!
Fucker.
Fucker.
Ahhh!
Motherfucker!
Hello.
Yes, this is she.
Uh, what?
Are you Miss Falls?
Um, yeah, I'm Justin Falls.
- I think
- It was me who called you.
He's over there.
- Uh, who's over where?
- Your friend.
He's a little, uh
Yeah, I have never
seen that man before.
We couldn't ID him.
He doesn't have any fingerprints.
Not burned off or anything.
He just doesn't have 'em.
Adermatoglyphia.
Adermatoglyphia.
- I googled.
- Googled.
What was he arrested for?
Ingesting a hose in the municipality.
- What?
- He gave your name.
My name?
- I don't even, like
- Yeah, so I can
- Can I release him to you?
- No!
Hey, simmer down.
Look, I think this is
some kind of mistake.
"July 12,"
"United States Department
of Energy interim report."
"This panel believes that
Miss Falls' present evidence"
"for the achievement of
fusion is not persuasive."
- Okay, bye.
- "In conclusion, however,"
"that is not to say it is a failure."
"Text to audio.
This is a demo."
Not a failure.
Your mission.
My mission.
Uh
Who are you?
"It is my belief that our
ability to achieve fusion"
"is only hampered by
humanity's understanding"
"of quantum computing."
That's, that's my, um
You're
You're quoting m-my
2013.
Graduate thesis.
Laboratory Network.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
You're a science stalker.
For fuck's sake.
"Find Justin Falls."
"She was closer than anyone has
ever come,"
"to achieving fusion."
"She was simply missing something
she didn't know existed."
We're British now.
Are we the Beatles?
How'd you possibly know that?
Who
Who said that?
"Find her."
"She is integral to the mission,"
"to the next step."
- "You cannot take it alone."
- What mission?
28.096169 degrees north,
minus 95.047623 degrees west.
7.8 hours.
Cannot take it alone.
Please.
If you come anywhere near me,
or my family,
I'll shoot you.
Okay.
I don't know what's goin' on here, but,
I'm gonna release you with a summons.
But if I hear you're bothering her,
you're gonna hear from me,
you understand?
Now look,
I'm gonna let you keep
the dead guy's clothes,
and you're free to go, okay?
There's a shelter down
the street that'll give you
Good luck, buddy.
Five hundred ninety-eight grams,
18 carat gold.
Well
Never had much luck
at the altar myself.
Hang on.
I gotta test these.
Hey!
You're buying that.
A23.
That's my favorite.
Freon.
Yum-yum.
Okay, pal.
These fall off a truck or what?
A good rule around here,
is to mind your own business.
I'll give you ten grand for all of it.
25,000, current market rate.
- 12.5.
- Twenty-five thousand six
You're not gonna get that kind
Fuck!
Money! Now!
I said stop, stop!
What the fuck, homie?
Holy shit.
Asshole.
Roll him over.
I got it.
Shit.
What the fuck?
Fuck!
Don't do it, Justin.
Do not do it.
Grab that.
No. No.
Fuck!
Shit.
Hey!
Get away from him!
Get up.
Get the fuck out of here.
Fuck!
Motherfucker.
Come on. Let's go.
Go!
Please! I have a daughter!
Please. Please.
Fuck you, bitch.
Okay.
Your finger's broken.
Oh, fuck.
They wanted money.
You
Want money?
You know what I want?
I want one person, on this planet,
to say "thank you."
Thank you.
You're welcome.
What is that?
Broken.
Six hours,
58 minutes,
14 seconds.
Intercept.
- Intercept what?
- Message.
What message?
Take me.
No.
I didn't stop to help you get to
Fuck! Take me!
Don't yell at me, motherfucker!
Who told you yelling at people
was a good idea?
Lady.
Well, not this lady.
"If you tell people what you want"
"in a really loud voice,
and say 'fuck' a lot,"
- "it works!"
- If you're a sociopath.
Sociopath?
Are you?
Money.
No, I'm not taking your money.
- I can't take money
- Money.
from someone who might be
under some kind of delusion.
28.096169 degrees north,
minus 95.047623 degrees west.
- Must complete mission.
- Stop.
Message.
Please.
What is it?
28.096919 degrees north
minus 95.047623 degrees west.
Shiprock.
It's 200 miles away.
It's too far.
I can't leave my family for that long.
Six hours, 57 minutes, three seconds.
Message. Money.
Please.
Is there a nice doctor I can call
who can tell me
you're not a serial killer?
No.
Why didn't you just shoot me
and take my truck?
You are
Necessary.
Where is the fluid sac?
Excuse me?
I travel in a fluid sac.
Yeah.
What's your name?
K. Faraday.
Faraday?
Okay, don't
Don't play with my radio.
Stop.
- What'd I just say?
- Stop! Stop.
You stopped work.
- Why did you stop?
- No.
I'm not engaging with you, okay?
Why did you stop?
Did the plasma disruptions become
too substantial?
Okay, all right.
New rule.
You can play with the radio,
so long as you don't talk.
Did you miscalculate,
the stored energy, in
the plasma engine?
I didn't miscalculate.
I got it wrong.
Nothing on Earth can sustain
that much energy.
Nothing on Earth.
Yeah.
I'm, I-I-I'm not
I'm not gonna engage with you on this.
Hey.
Hey!
Fuck me.
- Juzzie.
- Hey, Dad!
- You all right? Huh?
- No, no, I'm fine. I'm fine.
Yeah, I got something going.
I can pay Marcus in cash.
Marcus was late.
When are you coming home?
- You coming home?
- Look, Dad
Dad, it's gonna be okay.
I got something going.
It's gonna buy us some time.
My hands are aching.
I need my pills.
Why did you stop?
We have five hours
For gas.
For gas?
Oh.
Is your friend committing suicide?
I have no idea.
If he's still alive,
will you tell him
I'm getting a Snickers?
Buddy.
Buddy. Buddy.
What?
You can't.
I'm buying that.
Hey, you wanna move away.
She's skittish, and I'm working.
Yeah, two bottles.
- Thanks.
- Welcome.
Uh, okay, Longhorn Diner?
Yeah, I can be there in about an hour.
Shit.
Where I am from,
she was a predator.
Predator?
They're paintball practice
if they ain't fast enough.
Paintball.
Yeah, man.
We let 'em run around,
then we shoot at 'em.
No.
No paintball.
That is not what she is for.
What's she for?
Soon she will remember.
Remember what?
She can kick that boy to death.
We're, uh
We're gonna make a quick stop, okay?
- We have three hours.
- Yeah, we'll make it.
It's okay. It's okay.
Is that your message?
Not close enough.
You know, you fell asleep,
in the middle of a sentence before.
I was not asleep.
I was,
resting my eyes.
Yeah, men always say that.
Juzzie, Marcus was late.
When are you coming home?
Juzzie, my hands are aching.
I need my pills. Juzzie.
Did you just mock him?
Did you just mock my father?
How'd you do that?
You were asleep.
How'd you hear him?
I was not sleeping.
Eat shit, asshole!
I don't care about the money.
Apologize right now,
or I will lock these doors,
and we will sit here in this truck,
until we both wither and die.
- Three hours
- Oh, for fuck
28 minutes,
12 seconds,
11 seconds,
ten seconds,
nine seconds
eight seconds,
- seven seconds
- Oh, my God.
Six seconds
Five seconds, four seconds,
three seconds, two
- My dad's sick.
- Seconds,
one second.
He's fucking dying,
and we lost our coverage!
I get him his pills from a dealer,
because that's the only way
we can afford them.
That's why we're stopping.
My window of interception
is shrinking.
Look, this is my mission, okay?
Keeping him comfortable,
or whatever the hell that means,
for as long as I can, so, you can
I don't know,
you know, find another ride.
Or, you can choose to come with me.
Those are your options.
Stay.
Hey, what are you doing?
I said, stay with the truck.
Don't get all up on me like that.
You're like a baby duck.
Sit.
- Hi! Coffee?
- Yes, please.
Water, now.
I'm sorry.
Thank you.
Order up!
Their pheromones are
giving me a headache.
Sorry about that.
Sorry.
Okay, listen to me.
Yeah, for right now,
I need you to be less, okay?
Can you try to smile, maybe?
Oh, God.
It's like something
from a horror movie.
Don't do that.
Don't do it.
Stop.
- Listen
- He's on the spectrum.
I'm really sorry.
- Okay.
- Thank you.
What is the spectrum?
It means that,
you know, you have different social
and communication skills
to other people.
It means you can't connect.
Mm-mm.
Thank you.
You believe you are connected,
but you are not.
You exist only, within yourselves.
And what makes you so different?
I am different, because,
you are wasting my time.
I am not wasting your time.
When will Josiah Falls die?
Can I have two chocolate donuts,
please?
Sure.
My dad used to do math to calm himself.
Is that what you're doing?
Thanks.
This is
This is base 60.
It's a third millennium number system.
What are you?
I mean
Are you an ancient Sumerian?
I mean
Why do you understand
the value of base 60?
My adept.
You mean your teacher?
Does your adept have a name?
Here, he is called
Thomas Jerome Newton.
Thomas Jerome Newton.
- Thomas Jerome
- Yeah, I got it, babes.
I got it.
Newton.
"Thomas Newton was the
founder of World Enterprises."
That's it?
I mean, I-I heard about it.
It was a tech company,
like, 40 years ago.
He is the one who sent me to you.
What, this man?
You know this man?
Okay, and why would he do that?
Your work.
You are vital to the mission.
Where I am from,
there are two chambers.
Adepts and drones.
- One designs, one executes.
- And
Where are you from, exactly?
You used to produce, more.
Your work now,
what purpose does it serve?
It serves my purpose.
You are not utilizing your purpose.
Stay.
I mean it.
You chose the correct task
but, you did not have the tools.
Go outside.
Go away, now.
- The fuck you say to me?
- I require her focus,
and my window of
interception is shrinking.
You are vital, to the mission.
- Please stop talking.
- You are vital.
Shit. Shit!
Shit. Fuck.
Oh, shit.
You know what?
I don't want this anymore.
We have to get to 28.09
There is no "we."
My mission
Is your mission.
What happened to you?
I mean, you're brilliant.
How'd you get here?
With a stranger, in a strange place.
- How?
- The adept miscalculated.
Miscalculated what?
Be specific.
Energy.
Energy for what?
The energy we needed
To save ourselves.
Did anyone, uh
Did anyone die?
Yes.
Do you have anyone?
I mean, besides the Newton guy?
A family, who takes care of you?
Children?
Yes.
How many children?
Two.
They are waiting for me,
to return.
If they survived.
Survived what?
When the clouds disappear,
you all disappear.
You have very little time left.
- There!
- What? Here?
Stop there.
We have arrived.
This doesn't feel right.
It is right.
You are afraid,
- I can
- Smell it, I know.
I am afraid.
But, not for me.
Look, there are bad people out here.
You know, like,
the guys who jumped you?
Will you let me take you to a hotel,
or a bus station?
It gets cold here at night.
I will not be here for the cold.
Please.
Will you let me take you
someplace safe?
I am where I am supposed to be.
You
Are where you are supposed to be.
For what?
To ensure the survival,
of my species.
Which species?
I am from Anthea.
A terrestrial planet
beyond your solar system.
I am here,
to receive the next
step, of my instructions.
You are meant to come with me.
Look,
I brought you here,
and that's as much as I'm gonna do.
I'm not, I'm not going
anywhere with you, okay?
All right? That's it.
- We're done here.
- No more waiting!
Don't follow me, okay?
You're fucking crazy.
What are you Stop!
- Come with me!
- Stop!
Come with me!
Stop!
Fuck.
Fuck.
Oh, shit.
Shit!
Fuck!
Fuck.
Fuck.
Faraday!
Far
Shit.
Fuck.
Fuck.
Stop!
Open your eyes.
Open your eyes.
It's me.
Me.
It's me.
It's about fucking time.
I know exactly what you're thinking.
"This is not the Anthean I remember."
Well
Soon enough, you won't be
the Anthean you remember, either.
But, I'm gonna make you
The god,
they can't ignore.
How did we get here?
To this place.
In this box,
I hold the next step
on the great timeline.
I am a tyrant.
I am the king!
Tech god.
Willy Wonka.
Up to my Gobstoppers, in secrets.
And it's all true.
Well
The secrets part, anyway.
So, don't say I didn't warn you.