First Wave (1998) s01e06 Episode Script

It was earth.
So the Almighty force said behold the children of men.
They are impure They are imperfect They are weak.
We must establish Our kingdom on earth.
The children of men will welcome us with wide open arms.
So the almighty force cast one of their own in the image of man.
And the Divine Shepherd did come down from the stars and to lead the lambs to the after time.
And his name was Elton Beleye.
But, here on earth, my children, a simple truth has revealed itself.
Yes.
Almighty Force lied to you.
And worse they lied to me! For you are not lambs.
You have free will.
You give me power! You lift me up, you give me life! I will not lead you to the after time.
For it will be your slaughter.
Even now, the countdown to your destruction has begun.
Only one hope remains Follow me! Your Savior.
And we will begin a countdown of our own! Are you ready! Then countdown with me to your salvation! 5 will you bear false witness against me? No! 4 Will you faithfully obey all my commands? Yes! 3 You will honor me above all others? Yes! 2 Will you promise sexual fidelity to me? Yes! 1 Will you place false gods before me, Your one true savior? NO! Then let us rise together.
Follow me children And I will deliver you from the rath of the almighty Force.
Look it Cassandra.
I will bear your suffering! In 1564, Nostradamus predicted the destruction of earth in 3 terrifying waves.
The first wave is here.
My name is Cade Foster.
These are my journals.
.
They killed my wife, framed me for murder.
Now I run, but I don't hide.
With the prophecies of Nostradamus as my guide I seek them I hunt them I will stop the FIRST WAVE Season 1 Episode 6 Quatrain 11, Century 2 The starborn one will fly into the hearts of many with promises of salvation.
This Nostradamus prediction has brought me to Quaterlane, Idaho, where a grass roots preacher claims extraterrestrial ancestry.
If Elton Beleye is an alien, this could be a chance to clear my name And expose the conspiracy.
Posing as a down-and-out drifter, I'm here to join Elton's cult.
Hell We can all use a little saving.
Come on in.
Don't worry Everyone leaves thier past life at the front door.
I wish that was true.
Well, the strongest souls emerge from suffering.
Elton says that.
Then mine must be made of steel or stone, or rock, or something.
Come on, let's get you signed in.
So how did you hear about Elton Beleye? In Atlanta They talk about him when they get real down and out and noplace to go.
I've come to see if what they say is true.
Well, Elton's sundown service starts in an hour.
You decide what's true.
I've got nowhere else to go.
Have a seat.
To start a new path you must leave, you do need to leave the old.
Are you prepared to do that? I'm here OK then I'll need a wallet, your keys and any other personal belongings.
What I look like a mark to you? You don't need any material possessions here.
Elton provides for us.
And I get my stuff back if I don't want to stay here, right? Of course.
Everything is stored in the back.
Cade Metz.
What? I just got a chill, seeing you sitting there.
Reminds me of when I sat in the same seat.
You've got a lot to look forward to.
Like what? Like singing songs, holding hands around the campfire? That's what my sister Cassie thought, too.
Until she joined me here.
It's not like that.
I felt the meaning of my life, with Elton.
No one ever did that for me.
No one even tried.
Well alright A cell phone? I used run errands on the street.
well, you won't need this here.
Not anymore.
Not with Elton.
The way you talk about him, sounds like more than just a country preacher.
He's not a preacher.
But they told me that Elton is not of mankind, He came down from above.
Above Where exactly is that? Nobody knows.
In his sermons he speaks of his home in the stars.
He ever say how he got here? Spaceship, maybe? Elton came down to deliver us from the after time.
Mock him, Cade.
You'll witness his rath before his salvation.
I looking at you and I see clay pots formed from the earth.
Their value, doesn't lie in the pot but what's inside You have fill yourselves with the power that comes from my love.
Elton? - Yes? I have been clean for a month.
When I'm with you, I feek OK, I feel your love.
But when I'm alone in my dorm room the cravings come back.
Come to me, child.
What you feel are wicked ways of the world calling out to you.
You're no longer their slave.
There.
Feel my heart.
Next time you are tempted remember what you feel now.
Your heart My heart.
Do you understand? Good.
All of you When you are lonely I'll be there.
In the silence of your souls you'll hear my voice.
Elton? Two months, now, I've been here I listened to your words that changed me.
But my wife at home.
I can't stop thinking about her.
I need to go home.
Come here, Jack.
I sacrificed everything to save you.
and this is how you repay me.
Elton Your heart, my heart.
Do you understand? One day my work will be understood.
One day Remember my lesson A broken man has nothng to look backward on with pride and nothing to look foward to with hope.
I see a new face in the crowd.
Cade Metz.
What brings you here, Cade? I feel like I feel like I'm on the run Searching But I just can't seem to find what I need to set me free.
And what are you running from? A darkness has taken over my life.
I know it sounds foolish.
I wonder who's more foolish A child afraid of the dark or a man afraid of the light.
Oh, I'm not afraid of light.
Welcome to my sanctuary.
May you find answers the answers you seek here.
Can't wait for that.
We'll now close with the supplication.
You don't know what you saying.
Elton loves us.
Yeah.
He loves Jack so much he put him in the infirmary.
Jack didn't let Elton's love inside.
He missed his wife.
i Cassie! If the work of God could be comprehended by reason, it would cease to be divine.
Listen to you, talking jibberish.
I don't care about Elton's work.
Then what the hell are you doing here, Cassie? I care about what's happening to my sister.
This place is dangerous.
I'm happy here.
Happier than I've ever been in my whole life.
I just wish you could be happy for me.
Jenn! I thought Eltonland, was the happiest place on earth.
Better warn you.
Sarcasm doesn't go over big around here.
You must be Jenny's little sister, Cassie.
Yeah I met her yesterday.
She's real sweet.
She said when you first came here, you weren't too sure about this place.
You still feel that way? Why do you ask? I saw you looking around during prayer last night.
Isn't that--I don't know--some kind of a sin, or something? I had a stiff neck.
Why are you here, Cassie? Same reason as you.
I love Elton.
Well, I don't.
I came here to stop him.
Can you help me? He sent you? Is this your first test, root out the heretic? No.
Hold oxen.
We can't talk here.
Let's go for a walk.
Jenny and had it all, you know? In line for a partnership at her law firm.
Just put money down on a townhouse.
Doesn't sound like she had much need for Elton Beleye.
You wouldn't think.
But none of it meant anything to her.
One day she was alone and feeling lonely and decided that her life lacked meaning.
Unfortunately, she found it here.
And you hoped that joining the cult you could convince her to leave? What else could I do? Elton doesn't allow communication in or out.
I mean, my family hired a private investigator from Atlanta who specializes in cult deprogramming.
What happened? Don't know.
I never heard from him again.
Alright, I'll dig around a bit and see what I can come up with on Elton.
You know where he stays? Right there.
You ever been inside? No.
Strict orders to stay away.
Really? Wise, boy.
The traitor shall be revealed.
Cade I will only ask you this once.
There will be no retribution for how you answer.
Yes Or no.
But there will be a price to pay if you lie.
Do you understand me, Cade? Yes.
Then tell me.
Did you enter my study tonight? No, Elton, I'd never dare.
Don't trust him, Elton.
I found luking outside your study.
Patience.
I want to hear what he has to say.
Were you instructed in our ways? Yes, Elton.
I am forbidden to leave my room after evening service.
And yet, here you are.
I'm here to tell you that I can't stay.
I was thinking about what you said tonight in my room and I'm not worthy.
I'm not worthy of your perfect love.
No one's worthless, who lightens the burden of another.
You've lightened my burden tonight by reminding me how desperate makind is for my salvation.
Don't believe him Silence! You're a part of my family now.
Go.
Learn the rules of my house.
From now on you must obey them.
Thank you, Elton.
Elton Never question me in front of my servants, Zachary.
You are my first disciple, but you can't forget your place.
I seek only to protect you, my lord.
What if he was sent by the others? I can't pretend to understand your ways.
You don't listen to their messages anymore.
They call you every night.
I don't care about them, Zachary.
But you ignore them.
They have no hold on me anymore.
The servant has become the master! Has anyone ever left here? A few have.
And Elton just lets them go? -Yes, calls them fallen souls.
The nearest town is miles away.
Did you see a cab roll up or anything? Not that I recall.
Why do you ask? What's going on over there? Restricted zone.
No one is allowed under the revival hall, it's a rule.
And they know it around here.
Listen.
I have a hunch those fallen souls never left here.
What do you mean? Last night I broke into Elton's study, found a strongbox full of personal stuff.
Watches, credit cards, wallets.
Maybe they belong to people still here.
Yes, and I thought that, too until I found this.
Is that the private investigator your family called? My God, he did come here.
And he never left.
At least not alive.
We gotta get out of here now.
We've got to go grab Jenn.
Cassandra, no.
How far do you think we'll get before Zachary and those dogs track us down? And that's if we make it past the guards at the gate.
So, what do we do? Stay here, I need to get my cellphone from the induction center.
Hey, Cade.
Hi.
What do you think so far? Do you like it here? Learning a lot about Elton's ways.
Just wait.
It gets better.
You'll never feel as much love and acceptance as you do here.
Elton embraces all of our faults.
As long as you embrace him in return.
Sowhat are you doing here? I just wanted make sure Grahm found you.
There's a new guy wandering around lost out there.
Nobody is supposed to be in the compound without passing through here.
Can you cover for me? Sure.
He's a great big guy with red hair, You can't miss him.
Okay, thanks.
And if anybody comes, just make them feel welcome.
I will.
Foster, hey, about time.
I thought maybe you found religion or something.
I need you to track down a guy named Randy Sheridan.
He's a private investigator out of Atlanta.
I found his ID in Elton's study.
You think maybe the preacher got to him? Maybe.
The quickest way for me to expose Elton is to prove he's done something wrong here.
You're gonna need more than an ID, buddy.
You're gonna need some real proof.
Yeah, well don't worry, I'll get it.
Listen, Eddie.
We've got a certified alien on out hands here.
Elton talks about being part of an almighty force from the sky.
He's talking about the invasion.
Yeah, but he's cloacking it all in religious terms.
Maybe he's trying to create a new religion so that we'll welcome the almighty force on bent knees.
No.
He's warning us of the after time.
Letting us know we're about to be slaughtered And he wants to save us from it.
I think Elton's gone off the deep end.
Alright, let's go back to the quatrain.
Alright The favored one will fly into the hearts of many with promises of salvation.
But vanity will destroy his purpose and bring vengeance from his own.
That's it.
Elton's vain He's getting off on it, the power.
He thinks he's unstoppable.
It's like a God complex, Jim Jones, David Koresh, Marshall Applewhite they all went through it.
Bingo, they're vulnerable.
They have egos,just like us Eddie.
Foster, this is our best chance yet to expose one of these guys.
You get me evicence that someone's been killed I'll have FBI agents raining down on Elton like manna from heaven.
I have to go.
I just checked at the guard gate.
Nobody's been through here in the last 2 hours Whoa! Well, someone must be playing a trick on me or something.
What are you gonna do? Damn! Joshua? You don't understand.
Make me understand.
Elton? You step away now.
Thank you Zachary.
Everything is going the be fine here.
This man wounded one of our guards.
Zachary! You've come here alone? Yes unofficially.
Out of respect for who you were.
Who I was Unthinking operative for the supreme Gua.
On this planet, I'm God.
You're mad.
On this planet or any other.
If I am mad, there are certain pleasures in being mad which none but a madman knows.
Is there pleasure in death? That's a sentence you bring upon youself.
You know, I could get into death.
This world praises dead saviors and persecutes living ones.
What happened to you Elton? You were an acolyte.
One of our best military leaders.
And you were my friend.
I succeeded.
You failed! The Gua agenda was to study the relationship humans have with their spiritual leaders.
To see if we could create followers who would embrace us as gods.
Instead, you breached protocols and made us into devils.
But it is said that the devil has the power to assume a pleasing shape.
Isn't that what we are to them? Devils? It doesn't matter what we are to them.
All that matters is our survival.
Our survival.
Can I let you in on a little secret? I'd rather you not.
We underestimated them, Joshua.
They look like an easy prey, but they are driven by something we lack.
Hope.
That's how I reached them-- by giving them hope.
If you ignore that part of them, it could be the weapon that defeats you.
By morning I expect this compound to be vacated.
Report to the center in Atlanta.
Or the next time you see me, it will be official.
Can you kill me Joshua but beware of the consequences.
That they'll venerate you in your death? No.
That they'll raise up a new savior in my place.
If our years together mean anything you won't force me to return.
Eddie, it's Cade.
I don't know what's going on around here, but Elton's got his guards all over the place.
I had to climb a telephone pole and tap the junction box to call you.
There's a body burried under the revival hall, and I'll lay odds there's more under there.
I've been checking, and you were right.
nobody's heard from Sheridan in 2 weeks.
I'll have the feds swarming Elton's place by dawn.
If they capture him, we get the government to run DNA tests, CAT scans, the whole works, Eddie.
Elton's a renegade, loose cannon.
Maybe he'll even talk.
You'll be a free man.
But right now you're wanted for murder.
My advice, you blow out of there fast before the feds lay siege.
I can't.
Promised a girl I'd help.
LookYou can come forward after the feds take Elton in custody.
See you soon, Eddie.
From up above, I looked down upon this earth And I saw a tomb.
And the stench of death nigh.
So I descended in a divine act of love.
As intimate as the rustle of sheets.
I took the form of man, for you would not comprehend me otherwise.
But.
as a man I'm bound by the primitive cravings of man.
And so, we gather here to feel my warmth.
To ease my suffering.
Who will minister to me tonight? Cassandra, the silent one.
How is it that you never sing my praises? Shy, I guess.
Come with me and be my love.
And we will all the pleasures prove.
I thought you're a religious leader, not a pervert.
You will accept my love or you will feel my wrath.
Take me.
Elton, she's new here, she doesn't understand.
Take me.
This is your God? Silence! The service is over.
Let's start over, Cassandra.
I am willing to forgive you for your insults.
This is a naive champagne without any breeding.
But I think you will be amused by its presumption.
Sounds like it would be cheaper if I agree.
Very well, then we'll discard with the foreplay.
I said no! So you like rough.
What are you? You don't know what rough is.
On our planet, procreation is the most painful ritual.
Maybe it's time to show you.
NO! Get off of her! Judas among my disciples.
I've seen your brand of salvation, Elton.
And to tell you the truth, I am not that impressed.
I know what you are.
You were right, Zachary, this man is a heretic.
Secure him for the night.
Tomorrow, at first light, gather my flock for a special communion.
Special communion? That's when Cade Metz will witness my power.
And you'll learn the meaning, divine retribution.
Come on, let's go.
The time has come, as I knew it must.
Your savior's a killer.
There's bodies beneath the revival hall.
Go see for yourselves.
Enough! Feds are going to swarm this place.
They know about Sheridan and the others.
You're lying.
You know this son of a bitch is an alien and you like a slave.
I know they're here and I know they'll destroy us.
You're a traitor.
Bind him tight.
Together, we have touched grace, haven't we? But the molten brimstone of the outside world has snaked a path to our door.
And so today, I have called for a special communion.
Good, now on my signal we will share from the cups.
That's right, pass them along.
Leave no one without We will share our great future together Now This wine symbolizes my love Whosoever drinks of this shall escape damnation in the aftertime, and find everlasting salvation in my kingdom.
Drink from those cups and you'll die! Silence.
The Almighty Force has initiated the countdown to our destruction.
Our only chance for freedom is to exit this life to another.
Join me in this flight.
Or else face the hellfire of their wrath on earth.
Drink from the cup of our salvation.
No! You have nothing to fear from me if you're a God.
Let me speak my piece.
--Shut up! Or do a few words from a mere human scare you? Let him free.
Let him speak his final words.
Listen to what I have to say, Zachary.
You, more than anyone, know the truth.
Most of what Elton said is true.
He is part of an almighty race.
And he has rejected them.
But he rejected them because of you.
Leaders are only as strong as their followers.
You had the strength to change Elton.
More so than he ever changed you.
The power lies in each of you.
Don't give up your lives.
Don't drink the wine.
But Elton is a God, we've witnessed his miracles.
-Yes I've seen we've seen it.
Behold! My miracle.
Elton's greatest power was only to convince you that you needed him.
You don't.
All you need is youselves, And belief in each other.
Secure him, Zachary.
Zachary? My kingdom has come.
Perhaps you will bring them salvation.
Go Now.
Jenny! Cassie! Are you alright? Did he hurt you? No, I'm fine.
I'm so sorry.
You two get out of here.
I'll meet you outside the gate, OK? Foster? Where are they Eddie.
Where are the FBI, where are the federal agents you promised.
My messages went out.
Somebody put the clamps down, from the inside.
We lost him, Elton's dead.
There's still got the evidence NO!!! There's nothing left here.
There's nothing left! We lost everything.
I'm sorry, Cade.
I'm really sorry.
So close, yet so far.
The chances of proving my innocence dissolved right along with Elton.
But I learned that the aliens are not immune to the most human of flaws.
Vanity.
Maybe these flaws can be exploited in the battle that lies ahead.
One thing's for sure.
To put too much faith in any leader is to give up one's own power.
Leaders are just guideposts.
We have to make our own decisions for ourselves.
As I continue my journey, I will look not for followers, but believers.
It is they who will confront the almighty.
This terrible Force that he lives among us.
Pray with me now.
Pray for a return.
Oh God Grant your grace upon this savior, and shield him from trouble on journey ahead.
For he is the one come to lead us from the valley of death.
Because he is the merciful one.
A man, stout of heart.
For he is the twice blessed man.
Hallelujah Amen.
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