The Outer Limits (1995) s04e09 Episode Script

1 LOUIS! LOUIS, GET UP HERE! NOW I'LL BE OVER AT MRS, JACOB'S, SHE'S HAVING A BABY, I'M NOT A BABY, OH, I KNOW THAT, SWEETHEART, LISTEN TO YOUR BROTHER, OKAY? OKAY, DADDY, LOUIS, KEEP AN EYE ON HER, YES, SIR, COME ON, CASS, WAIT UP, I'M WAY AHEAD OF YOU, DIDN'T I TELL YOU? SHE'S HAVING TWINS, WHAT? NA, NA, NA, YOU CAN'T CATCH ME, WANNA BET?! OH! LOUIS, GOTCHA! ( whispering voices ) HEY, WHAT'S THAT? WHAT'S WHAT? CASSIE? COME ON, CASSIE, WAIT UP! HELLO? IS SOMEBODY THERE? ( whispering voices ) HELLO? COME ON, CASS, ( gasping ) OH, MAN, WHERE ARE YOU? ( Cassie screaming ) CASSIE! ARE YOU OKAY? LET'S GET OUT OF HERE, YEAH, ( whispering voice ) CASSIE, ,,CASSIE, ,,CASSIE, ( Control Voice ) THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION, DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUS THE PICTURE, WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION, WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL, AND THE VERTICAL, WE CAN DELUGE YOU WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE TO CRYSTAL CLARITY, ,, AND BEYOND, WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION TO ANYTHING OUR IMAGINATION CAN CONCEIVE, FOR THE NEXT HOUR, WE WILL CONTROL ALL THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR, ( ) YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE AWE AND MYSTERY WHICH REACHES FROM THE DEEPEST INNER MIND TO THE OUTER LIMITS, ( control voice ) HUMAN BEINGS NATURALLY FEAR THAT WHICH IS UNKNOWN OR DIFFERENT, BUT UNLESS WE STRIVE TO CONQUER THOSE FEARS, THEY MAY EXACT A PRICE FAR GREATER THAN WE CAN BEAR, EXCUSE ME, HEY I WAS WONDERING IF I WAS IN THE RIGHT PLACE, I DOUBT IT, THIS IS TOLOMEY, ISN'T IT? YEAH, BUT THERE AIN'T MUCH RIGHT ABOUT IT, YOU LOOKING FOR SOMEONE? YES, DO YOU KNOW WHERE I CAN FIND DR, BOUSSARD? BETTER HOPE YOU'RE NOT TOO SICK, THANK YOU, HELLO, DR, BOUSSARD, MY NAME IS TOM YOUNG, I CALLED SEVERAL TIMES, I THOUGH I MIGHT BE ABLE TO I KNOW WHY YOU'RE HERE, I DON'T PARTICULARLY CARE WHO YOU ARE, MY DAUGHTER'S BEEN SEEN BY 4 THERAPISTS IN THE PAST 10 YEARS, NOT ONE OF 'EM COULD DO A DAMN THING FOR HER, WHAT MAKES YOU ANY DIFFERENT? SIR, LEARNING DISABILITIES CAN BE A VERY TRICKY THING, I AM UP TO DATE ON THE LATEST RESEARCH, IN FACT I'VE DONE SOME OF THE LATEST RESEARCH, I HAVE SOME NEW TECHNIQUES THAT MIGHT HELP HER, YEAH, ,,YEAH, THAT'S PRETTY MUCH WHAT THE REST OF 'EM SAID, ALL THEY DID WAS GET HER HOPES UP, SHE'LL BE 18 IN A FEW MONTHS, IN THE EYES OF THE STATE, THAT MAKES HER AN ADUL AND NO LONGER OUR RESPONSIBILITY, AT THAT TIME, YOU WON'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT ANYBODY GIVING HER ANY HOPE, COME ON, CASSIE, THERE'S SOMEONE HERE TO SEE YOU, HONEY, IT WON'T TAKE LONG, THAT'S LOUIS? YEAH, HER BROTHER, THANK YOU, CHILDREN WHO DON'T SHOW ANY EVIDENCE OF NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE LIKE CASSIE CAN SOMETIMES TRACE THE PROBLEM BACK TO A TRAUMATIC EVENT, OFTEN THE MEMORIES ARE SUPPRESSED, THROUGH HYPNOTIC REGRESSION, WE CAN HELP THEM REMEMBER, RECOVERED MEMORIES? I KNOW IT'S HIGHLY SUBJECTIVE, BUT ACCORDING TO CASSIE'S FILE, HER WRITING AND READING AND VERBAL SKILLS WERE NORMAL UNTIL SHE WAS THE AGE OF 6, AFTER THAT, THEY DROPPED ABRUPTLY, IF CASSIE DOES REMEMBER ANYTHING, MAYBE SHE CAN TELL US ABOUT IT, OKAY, CASSIE, AS WE TALK, I WANT YOU TO KEEP YOUR EYES ON MY PEN, OKAY? GREAT, WHAT DO YOU LIKE TO DO? I LIKE TO MAKE THINGS AND, UM, PAINT SOMETIMES, YOU'RE AN ARTIST, NOT REALLY, WELL, I'D LOVE TO SEE SOME OF YOUR WORK, WHERE DO YOU KEEP IT? IN MY ROOM, IT MUST BE A VERY NICE ROOM, YES, IT IS, I BET YOU, WHEN YOU'RE TIRED, IT'S THE BEST PLACE TO BE, THE BEST PLACE TO SLEEP, RIGHT? YES, CASSIE, CAN YOU HEAR ME? YES, I WANT YOU TO REMEMBER, YOU'RE 6 YEARS OLD, CAN I GO OUT AND PLAY? LOUIS WILL TAKE CARE OF ME, RIGHT NOW I NEED YOU TO HELP ME, OKAY, YOUR TEACHER IS WORRIED, YOU'RE NOT DOING WELL IN SCHOOL, BUT SOMETHING'S DIFFERENT, WHAT'S DIFFERENT, CASSIE? I DON'T KNOW, WAS SOMEBODY MEAN TO YOU? NO, DID SOMEBODY MAKE FUN OF YOU? NO, I'M DIFFERENT, HOW ARE YOU DIFFERENT, CASSIE? 'CAUSE OF WHAT I HEARD, WHAT DID YOU HEAR? I DON'T KNOW, ( whispering voices ) NOBODY ELSE HEARD IT, WAS SOMEBODY ELSE WITH YOU? LOUIS HE WAS KEEPING AN EYE ON ME, AND WHAT HAPPENED NEXT? I FOUND SOMETHING, ( whispering voices ) WHAT DID YOU FIND? I DON'T, ,, JUST RELAX, I DON'T, ,,I DON'T, ,, I DON'T KNOW! HONEY? ARE YOU OKAY? I FEEL TIRED, I HYPNOTIZED YOU, CASSIE, TO TRY TO MAKE YOU REMEMBER, AND YOU WERE REMEMBERING, I WAN TO GO TO MY ROOM NOW, OKAY, ( door opening ) ( Dr, Boussard ) HER ROOM'S UP HERE, IT'S MORE PRIVATE, I SEE, YOU MAKE THIS, CASSIE? YOU KNOW WHAT I LOVE ABOUT SCULPTURES? THE WAY THEY GIVE EMOTION SHAPE, I'D SAY YOU WERE FEELING LONELY WHEN YOU MADE THIS, LIKE YOU DIDN'T BELONG, YOU FEEL THAT WAY NOW? SOMETIMES IT'S EASIER THAN WORDS, ,, FOR ME, WELL, I WOULD CALL THAT A GIFT, SEE YOU TOMORROW, OKAY? OKAY, UH, ,, YOU GOT A PLACE TO STAY TONIGHT? SORT OF, MY TRUCK'S A LO MORE COMFORTABLE THAN IT LOOKS, I GOT AN EXTRA ROOM IF YOU WANT IT, THANK YOU, WELL, CASSIE SEEMS TO LIKE YOU, THAT'S RARE ENOUGH, SHE NEVER HAD MANY FRIENDS AROUND HERE, EXCEPT FOR LOUIS, HER MOTHER DIED RIGHT AFTER SHE WAS BORN, I, ,,HAD TO RAISE THESE TWO KIDS BY MYSELF, MALCOLM, WHAT HAPPENED HERE? OH, ,, ABOUT 12 YEARS AGO, THERE WAS AN OUTBREAK OF SOME KIND OF BRAIN CANCER, NO ONE HAD EVER SEEN ANYTHING LIKE IT BEFORE IT WAS RELENTLESS, IT ONLY KILLED CHILDREN, WE TRIED EVERYTHING MASSIVE CHEMO, RADIATION, SURGERY, KIDS WERE ALL UNDER THE AGE OF 10, SAME ONES I'D BROUGHT INTO THE WORLD A FEW YEARS BEFORE, BUT CASSIE AND LOUIS, THEY OBVIOUSLY SURVIVED SOMEHOW, IF YOU CAN CALL WHAT HAPPENED TO LOUIS SURVIVING, HE WENT INTO COMA, THEN STABILIZED, HE'S BEEN THAT WAY EVER SINCE, IT'S BEEN 12 YEARS, CASSIE JUST GOT LUCKY, PEOPLE AROUND HERE DON'T SEE IT THAT WAY, ALL THEY SEE IS THA THE DOCTOR'S KIDS LIVED WHILE THEIR KIDS DIED, DIDN'T THE CDC COME AND INVESTIGATE? OH, YEAH, YEAH, THEY TRACED IT TO CARCINOGENS IN THE RUN-OFF FROM THE MILL, THEY SHUT THE MILL DOWN, THAT PRETTY MUCH SHUT THE TOWN DOWN, OH, UH, THEY DID NAME THE DISEASE AFTER US, TOLOMEY SYNDROME, YOU CAN LOOK IT UP, ( whispering voices ) CASSIE, ,, CASSIE, ,, CASSIE, ,,CASSIE, HEY, THERE, HELLO, ARE YOU INVESTIGATING DR, BOUSSARD? YOU'VE BEEN SPENDING TOO MUCH TIME WITH HIM, YOU'VE GO A HOME OF YOUR OWN, THE DOCTOR'S NO UNDER INVESTIGATION, HE DIDN'T DO ANYTHING WRONG, WHY DON'T YOU TELL THAT TO MY GRANDSON? OH, YEAH, YOU CAN'T, HE'S DEAD, WELCOME TO TOLOMEY, MARIE DUPONT, COUNTY SHERIFF, TOM YOUNG, STATE HEALTH, YOU HAVE AN INTERESTING TOWN, TOM, THIS IS A SMALL TOWN, WE ALL KNEW THOSE POOR KIDS WHO DIED, AND SOME PEOPLE WERE RELUCTAN TO ACCEPT OFFICIAL EXPLANATIONS, IT'S 'CAUSE OF MICROWAVE RADIATION, SHERIFF, I SAW IT ON THE NET, IT WAS A alt, gov, conspiracy, powerlines THAT COMPUTER'S ROTTING YOUR MIND, BILLY, AND YOU DON'T HAVE NEARLY ENOUGH TO SPARE, WAS THERE EVER A RECURRENCE OF THE DISEASE IN ANY OF THE OTHER CHILDREN? THERE WERE NO OTHER CHILDREN, EVER SINCE THE OUTBREAK, COUPLES WHO WANTED TO HAVE A FAMILY WENT SOMEWHERE ELSE TO HAVE IT, THEY DIDN'T EXACTLY COME RUNNING BACK, ( screaming ) WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT? OH, ,,LOOK SHARP, WATCH YOUR STEP, WHOA! WHO'S OUT THERE? ( groaning ) HEY, THERE'S SOMETHING UP THERE! OH, MY GOD, ( Cassie speaking alien language ) ( screaming ) CASSIE, WHAT'S WRONG? WHAT'S WRONG? COME ON, GET HER UP, I REMEMBER GOING TO SLEEP OR TRYING TO, EXCEPT I COULDN'T, I HEARD THIS VOICE, IT'S LIKE IT WAS CALLING ME, I WENT OUT INTO THE WOODS, I WAS FOLLOWING THE VOICE, THAT COULD BE A SIDE EFFEC OF YOUR HYPNOTIC TREATMENT, YEAH, MAYBE OR MAYBE SHE'S CONTINUING TO REMEMBER WHAT REALLY HAPPENED TO HER, THE VOICE WAS IT THE SAME VOICE YOU HEARD WHEN YOU AND LOUIS WERE KIDS? I THINK SO, WHERE DID I LEAD YOU? I REMEMBER, ,,ROCKS, UH, ,,A WALL, AND THEN THERE WAS SOMETHING ELSE, SOMETHING THAT SEEMED LIKE IT FELL OUT OF THE SKY, LIKE A METEOR? MAYBE, WHAT DID IT LOOK LIKE? I DON'T, ,, I CAN'T DESCRIBE, ,, SHERIFF, WHAT IS THAT? SOMETHING, ,, NOT HUMAN, YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME, CASSIE, IT'S OKAY, IF THAT'S WHAT YOU SAW, THEN JUST LEAVE ME ALONE! ALL OF YOU, LEAVE ME ALONE! ( Cassie screaming and yelling ) TELL ME SOMETHING, DID YOU BELIEVE HER? MALCOLM, YOUR DAUGHTER HAS A VIVID IMAGINATION, AND THE THING FROM OUTER SPACE COULD HAVE BEEN A METAPHOR, AN IMAGE SHE CREATED IN HER MIND TO HELP HER EXPLAIN SOMETHING SHE DIDN' UNDERSTAND, I MEAN, THINGS DO FALL OUT OF THE SKY, THINGS THAT TALK? LOOK, I DON'T KNOW WHAT SHE SAW, BUT I BELIEVE SOMETHING HAPPENED TO HER WHEN SHE WAS A CHILD, WHEN SHE WAS LITTLE, SHE, UH, SHE WAS ALWAYS SO CURIOUS, ALWAYS RUNNING UP TO PEOPLE, ALWAYS PLAYING WITH ANYTHING SHE COULD GET HER HANDS ON, SHE USED TO LOVE TO TALK INTO MY STETHOSCOPE, BUT THEN SHE CHANGED, HER TEMPER WAS OUT OF CONTROL, SHE LOST INTERES IN SCHOOL, SHE BECAME DISTANT, UNRESPONSIVE, I HAD TO WATCH LOUIS GROW UP LIKE THIS, I DON'T THINK I COULD BEAR TO LOSE CASSIE TOO, ( turning phone on ) ( pushing automatic dialer ) ( ringing ) NEUROLOGY, YES, THIS IS TOM YOUNG FROM THE HHS, I NEED TO SPEAK TO DR, JOSEPH MITCHELL PLEASE, TOOK ME ABOU AN HOUR TO GET HERE, THANKS FOR COMING, JOE, THIS SOUNDED LIKE AN INTERESTING CASE, EXCUSE ME? WHO ARE YOU? MALCOLM, THIS IS DR, JOSEPH MITCHELL, HE'S A NEUROLOGIST WITH OUR HAZARDOUS MATERIALS DIVISION, HE CAME TO HELP US, THE LAST WORK ON TOLOMEY SYNDROME WAS DONE OVER 10 YEARS AGO, WITH THIS EQUIPMENT, WE HAVE AN EXCELLENT CHANCE TO IDENTIFY WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON WITH YOUR DAUGHTER, OKAY, OKAY, BUT YOU CAN SPARE ME THE SPEECHES, I'VE HEARD I ALL BEFORE, DIFFERENT DOCTORS, DIFFERENT GADGETS, SAME OLD GARBAGE, HOPE THE PATIENT'S MORE ENTHUSIASTIC, I HOPE SO TOO, IT'S BASICALLY TOLOMEY SYNDROME, THERE ARE TUMORS IN SEVERAL REGIONS OF THE FRONTAL LOBE, PRIMARILY THE SPEECH AND LANGUAGE CENTERS AS WELL AS MEMORY, MOTOR CONTROL, THAT WOULD EXPLAIN HER DISABILITIES, HOW COME NO ONE PICKED UP ON THEM BEFORE? THE OLD IMAGERS WOULDN' HAVE HAD ENOUGH RESOLUTION, THESE TUMORS ARE VERY DEEP, WHAT ARE THESE STRUCTURES? HERE AND HERE, NEURAL BUNDLES, CLUMPS OF BRAIN CELLS, THEY SEEM BENIGN, BUT THE TUMORS MUST HAVE CAUSED THEM SOMEHOW, WHEN I SCANNED LOUIS, THERE WERE SIMILAR STRUCTURES IN HIS BRAIN AS WELL, DR, MITCHELL? CAN YOU HELP HER? POSSIBLY, THERE'S A NEW SURGICAL PROCEDURE WHICH MIGHT BE ABLE TO EXCISE THE INFECTED AREAS, SOUNDS LIKE A LOBOTOMY, IT'S NOT THAT CRUDE, IT'S A PHOTOLYTIC PROCESS, LASER SURGERY, IT'S STILL IN CLINICAL TRIALS, BUT IT'S MINIMALLY INVASIVE, AND OUR RESULTS HAVE BEEN EXCELLENT, YOU SHOULD CONSIDER IT, BECAUSE IT MIGHT BE OUR BEST SHOT, CASSIE, WE'RE THROUGH FOR THE DAY, BUT I'D LIKE YOUR DAD TO STAY WITH YOU TONIGHT, IF YOU DON'T MIND, TO KEEP AN EYE ON ME? COULD YOU DO IT INSTEAD? I'LL TALK TO YOUR FATHER, LOUIS USED TO KEEP AN EYE ON ME, I THINK ABOUT HIM ALL THE TIME, I CAN'T STOP, I WISH I COULD HELP HIM, I WISH, ,, I WISH I COULD STOP HIS PAIN, ( whispering voice ) CASSIE, ,, CASSIE, ,, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? I'M FINE, I'LL SAY I ONE MORE TIME, THERE'S NOTHING OUT THERE, MAYBE YOU DIDN' GO FAR ENOUGH, CASSIE SAID SHE REMEMBERED ROCK WALLS, RIGHT? DID YOU CHECK THE CAVES? ARE YOU TELLING ME HOW TO DO MY JOB? NO, ,, I'M JUST ASKING, WELL, MALCOLM'S FINALLY GETTING A TASTE OF WHAT IT WAS LIKE FOR THE REST OF US, SAM, I KNOW, THE FACTS NOTWITHSTANDING, YOU BLAME MALCOLM FOR YOUR GRANDSON, BUT WHAT DID THAT GIRL DO FOR YOU TO WISH THIS GRIEF ON HER? SHE SURVIVED, ( door opening ) CASSIE, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? CASSIE? WHAT IS THIS? ( turning phone on ) ( pushing automatic dialer ) ( ringing ) HELLO? MALCOLM, BRING MITCHELL AND GET OVER HERE! WHAT'S WRONG? HURRY! ( Malcolm ) WHAT THE HELL IS THAT THING? LET ME FINISH! I HAVE TO FINISH! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? I'M FINE, HOW IS SHE? I DON'T KNOW, IT'S WHAT SHE TOLD US ABOUT BEFORE, WHAT HAPPENED TO HER WHEN SHE WAS A KID, LOOKS LIKE IT CAME THROUGH THE ROCK, FELL OUT OF THE SKY, JUST LIKE SHE SAID, NOT HUMAN, WHAT DO YOU THINK IT IS? GET HER OUT OF HERE, THAT THING'S CLEARLY DANGEROUS, ( whimpering ) OH, WHAT THE HELL? HERE, HERE, GET HER INSIDE, WHAT HAPPENED? THE WHOLE PLACE WAS GOING UP, WE'RE LUCKY JIM SAW IT WHEN HE DID, JIM, THANK YOU, I DIDN'T DO I FOR YOU, THAT FIRE COULD HAVE SPREAD REAL FAS AND REAL EASY, YOUR GIRL IS A DANGER TO EVERYONE IN THIS TOWN, WHAT WILL YOU DO ABOUT IT? NO QUESTION ABOUT IT, THE NEURAL BUNDLES IN YOUR BRAIN HAVE GROWN SIGNIFICANTLY SINCE YOU WERE EXPOSED TO THAT DEVICE, UNLESS WE DO SOMETHING ABOUT IT, PRETTY SOON YOU WON' BE ABLE TO TALK OR EVEN MOVE, LIKE LOUIS? AND ALL THE OTHER CHILDREN? WHEN I WAS LITTLE, I FELT LIKE I HAD TO TOUCH IT, HAD TO MAKE IT WORK, AND THAT'S WHAT MADE EVERYBODY SICK, IT'S POSSIBLE TUMORS ARE OFTEN ASSOCIATED WITH RADIATION EXPOSURE, WHO KNOWS WHAT KIND OF ENERGY WAS RELEASED WHEN THAT DEVICE WAS ACTIVATED? IT'S ALL MY FAULT, IT WAS THE PAPER MILL, NOT YOU, I THOUGH IT WAS TRYING TO HELP, YOU COULDN' HAVE KNOWN WHAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN, WE CAN MAKE IT BETTER, WE'LL STOP I FROM CALLING YOU AGAIN, NO, I WANT TO HEAR IT, CASSIE, IT'S THE ONLY WAY, I WANT TO HEAR IT! I NEED TO! HOLD HER DOWN, YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND, YOU OBVIOUSLY DON'T UNDERSTAND, DADDY! CASSIE! NO! NO! NO, DADDY! HONEY! DADDY! JUST A MILD SEDATIVE, SHE WON'T BE OUT LONG, WE'LL KEEP HER IN RESTRAINTS UNTIL WE GET HER INTO SURGERY, YOU AREN'T CERTAIN THAT SURGERY'S GOING TO HELP HER, LOOK A YOUR OWN DATA, CASSIE'S EXPOSURE TO THE DEVICE INCREASED THE SIZE OF THE NEURAL BUNDLES, NOT THE TUMORS, SO MAYBE THE NEURAL BUNDLES ARE WHAT SLOWED DOWN THE CANCER, YOU CAN'T BE SERIOUS, CASSIE WAS THE ONLY ONE WHO TOUCHED THE DEVICE, LOUIS WAS NEARBY WHEN SHE DID IT, THE TWO OF THEM BEING EXPOSED TO THE DEVICE MAY BE THE ONLY THING THAT KEPT THEM ALIVE, I SAW WHAT IT DID TO HER, WE ALL DID, DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S IN HERE? IT'S A HIGHLY REACTIVE ORGANIC ACID, IT'S POISON, THAT DEVICE COMPELLED CASSIE TO MAKE IT, WHO KNOWS WHAT SHE'D DO WITH IT, COME ON, JOE, ALL RIGHT, THAT'S ENOUGH, IT'S MY DECISION, I'M HER FATHER, NOW YOU MAKE THE ARRANGEMENTS, YES, SHE DID, SHE DREW THIS PICTURE OF IT, SHE SAID IT WAS FROM OUTER SPACE, IT'S PROBABLY OUT THERE WAITING, YOU GO A VERY BIG MOUTH FOR SUCH A SMALL HEAD, LISTEN, SHERIFF, WHEN THAT GIRL FOUND THAT ALIEN THING, THAT'S WHAT STARTED KILLING OUR CHILDREN, RIGHT? THAT'S JUS A LOT OF TALK, WELL, I'M SICK OF TALKING, I'M GOING TO DO SOMETHING, THERE'S NOTHING YOU CAN DO, AND NEITHER CAN I, SO GO HOME, ALL OF YOU! I MEAN IT, SEE YOU, JIM, GET YOUR FLASHLIGHT, LET'S CHECK THE CAVES, HEY, CASSIE, DON'T LET THEM DO THIS TO ME, I'M SORRY, IF I HADN' HAVE MADE YOU REMEMBER, MAYBE NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED, DON'T BE SORRY, IT'S HELPING ME, IT COULD BE KILLING YOU, I DON'T CARE, DON'T YOU UNDERSTAND? WHEN I'M NEAR IT, IT MAKES ME FEEL SO GOOD, I DON'T EVEN WORRY ABOUT LOUIS, I DON'T FEEL SAD ANY MORE, AND THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE, WHAT IS IT? SOMETHING IT SHOWED ME, I DON'T HAVE THE WORDS, CAN I DRAW IT? I'M SORRY, ( gunshot ) GET AWAY FROM THAT THING! ( cocking gun ) I SAID MOVE AWAY! THAT THING KILLED MY GRANDSON BECAUSE OF YOU, I'M SORRY, MOVE! I CAN'T, JUST TAKE IT EASY, BACK OFF, JIM, RIGHT NOW! GO HOME, BILLY! CASSIE, WHY DON'T YOU JUST MOVE AWAY FROM IT? NO, DAMN IT, JIM, DROP IT! I'LL SHOO THROUGH HER, NOW, JIM, I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL ABOUT ME, I ALSO KNOW HOW YOU FEEL WHEN I LOOK AT MY SON, NOW, KILLING CASSIE, OR DESTROYING THAT THING, WHATEVER IT IS, IT WON'T BRING ANYBODY BACK, MY LITTLE BOY NEVER DID ANYBODY ANY HARM, NEITHER DID CASSIE OR LOUIS OR ANY OF THOSE OTHER KIDS, JIM, IT WASN' ANYBODY'S FAULT, IT JUST HAPPENED, HE WAS ALL I HAD LEFT, ( speaking alien language ) ( screeching ) CASSIE! CASSIE! GO! I'LL KEEP AN EYE ON HIM, ( Tom ) SHE CAME THIS WAY, ARE YOU SURE? ( speaking alien language ) WHAT'S SHE GIVING HIM? CASSIE, CASSIE, STOP! STOP! CHECK HIS VITALS, HE SEEMS TO BE FINE, WE GOT HERE JUST IN TIME, SHE, UH, SHE TRIED TO KILL HIM, MY SURGICAL TEAM IS STANDING BY, I CAN HAVE THEM WORKING ON CASSIE IN TWO HOURS, I'LL GET SOMEBODY TO STAY WITH LOUIS, HAVE TOM BRING YOU WHEN YOU'RE READY, WE MUST GET CASSIE TO THE HOSPITAL NOW, ( screaming ) TOM? IN HERE, I JUST GOT HOLD OF THIS NURSE IN THE CITY, SHE'S STAYED WITH LOUIS BEFORE, WE CAN GO TO THE HOSPITAL AS SOON AS SHE GETS HERE, THAT'S GOOD, AWFUL WASTE, I JUST CAN'T BELIEVE CASSIE TRIED TO KILL LOUIS, SHE LOVES HIM, YEAH, IT WASN'T HER, IT WAS THAT, THAT THING CONTROLLING HER, I DON'T THINK IT WAS CONTROLLING HER, MALCOLM, I MEAN AT LEAST NOT COMPLETELY, LOOK, CASSIE SAID SHE HEARD VOICES, WHAT IF THE DEVICE WAS TRYING TO COMMUNICATE WITH HER? MAYBE AN ALIEN PROBE? WHY WOULD A PROBE TAKE OVER SOMEBODY'S MIND? MAYBE THAT'S HOW IT GATHERS ITS DATA, BY PULLING INFORMATION DIRECTLY OUT OF ANOTHER SPECIES' BRAIN, LOOK, TAKE A LOOK AT THIS, WHAT DOES I LOOK LIKE TO YOU? WELL, IT'S SORT OF MATHEMATICAL, NUMBERS, EXACTLY, BUT THESE ARE OBVIOUSLY NOT HUMAN, WHAT IF THE PROBE WASN'T TRYING TO HURT CASSIE OR CONTROL HER? BUT RATHER TRYING TO TRANSFORM HER? TRANSFORM HER INTO WHAT? IF AN ALIEN'S BRAIN WERE DIFFERENT ENOUGH FROM A HUMAN'S, HOW WOULD WE BE ABLE TO COMMUNICATE WITH EACH OTHER? SEE, WE WOULDN'T, BECAUSE ON A BASIC LEVEL, WE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER, BUT IF YOU COULD CREATE A BEING THAT WAS CAPABLE ENOUGH OF UNDERSTANDING BOTH SPECIES, AND I MEAN DOWN TO THE BIOLOGICAL LEVEL, YOU'D HAVE A LIVING BREATHING TRANSLATOR, A HUMAN ROSETTA STONE, ( Louis yelling ) LOUIS, HERE, HOLD HIS HEAD! TIGHT! TIGHT! WHAT'S WRONG WITH HIM? I DON'T KNOW! SOME KIND OF SEIZURE, LOUIS? YES, SIR, ( dialing ) ( ringing ) ST, CHARLES HOSPITAL, I MUST SPEAK TO DR, JOSEPH MITCHELL! DR, MITCHELL'S IN SURGERY, HE CAN' BE DISTURBED, NO, HE DOESN'T KNOW WHAT HE'S DOING! SIR, IT'S AGAINS HOSPITAL POLICY FOR ME TO REACH HIM AT THIS TIME, TUMOR AREA HAS BEEN MARKED AND TARGETED, LASER PRIMING, LASER READY, DOCTOR, ALL RIGHT, WE'RE GOING IN, COMMENCING TUMOR PHOTOLYSIS, ( nurse ) GETTING AN ERRATIC HEARTBEAT, OH, MY GOD! SHE'S UP! SHUT DOWN THE LASER! ( speaking alien language ) GIVE ME A HAND, I NEED HELP IN HERE! YES, SIR! ( speaking alien language ) HOLD HER! GET THE STRAP! CASSIE BOUSSARD! SHE'S A SURGICAL PATIENT, WHERE IS SHE? UH, O, R, 2, RIGHT DOWN THE HALL, RELAX, SHE'S DOING JUST FINE, OH, MY GOD, GOT A BIT DICEY FOR A COUPLE OF MINUTES, SHE CAME OUT OF ANAESTHESIA KICKING, LOUIS CAME OUT OF HIS COMA! YOU CURED HIM! THE DEVICE TAUGHT HER HOW, SHE GOT HER HANDS ON A PEN, STARTED WRITING ALL OVER HERSELF, WHERE? DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT MEANS? IT WAS TRYING TO HELP HER, IT COULD HAVE HELPED ALL OF US, ( control voice ) IT IS SAID THE HUMAN CAPACITY FOR LANGUAGE IS THE QUALITY WHICH SEPARATES US FROM ALL OTHER SPECIES ON EARTH, PERHAPS IT IS ALSO THE SAME QUALITY WHICH CAN LINK US TO THOSE BEYOND, BUT ONLY