The Outer Limits (1995) s02e19 Episode Script

1 And we'll dance away the blues Oh, baby I've found an old love song We'll play it all night long And start And start Anew Anew As we dance away the blues As we dance away the blues As we dance away ( whistles and applause ) ( applause and cheering ) Play a little tango, Well, what's up with that? I'll go find out, Melis, what about the encore? What for? Save my life, thanks, Listen to them, The crowd loves you, What crowd? I thought this tour was about getting away from big concerts anyways, Is that what Terry's telling the band? Where's that husband of mine anyway? He just said you wanted to play the clubs again, I can't even sell out a thousand-seat hall anymore, They want you, Melissa, Listen to them, Janet, I'm coming down from stadiums full of people, 70,000, 80,000 people screaming my name, ,, Not some small-town club like this, Listen, sweetheart, you've got a much better voice than I have, Why don't you go give them their encore? You deserve it, I got to go, ( Terry ) Sweetheart, Where the hell you going? You're supposed to be on stage right now, ( Terry ) Melissa, ( knocking ) Darling, you owe them another song, I don't owe anyone anything, Melissa? Is she okay? I heard something strange, Come on, sweetheart, open the door, ( Janet ) Oh, my God, Are you all right? What the hell happened? I don't know, ( control voice ) There is nothing wrong with your television, Do not attempt to adjust 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, We are told everyone will be famous for 15 minutes, but in these times when celebrity is the drug of choice, the truly famous will tell you 15 minutes is rarely long enough, It was so weird, I mean, ,,lt really hurt, It felt like I was being electrocuted, Did you touch something? Nothing over here that could shock you that I can see, I'm all right, Whoa! You partying by yourself? How many did you pop? None, Well, these pills, ,, They're none of your business, Brian, All right, Look, I'm sorry, Why don't you all get out of here before I turn into a complete bitch? Let's clear out, everybody, See you back at the hotel, Thanks for a lovely show, ( sighing ) You want to tell me how many of these you actually did take? None, I just opened them to take one and then something hit me and I spilled them, I'm all right, Terry, You sure about that? Why don't you just wrap things up here and I'll take a little bit of sleep, okay? All right, ( door closing ) Melissa, you have to listen to me, Oh, my God, I know what you're doing, Please don't do this, Please, What? Terry? Mm-hmm? Do you believe in miracles? Absolutely, I think one just happened to me, What's that? A miracle? Yeah, Call it a guardian angel, a presence, I don't know, Whatever it was, I feel totally different, I can't even explain it, but I feel like a whole new person, Not at all a sleepy person, I don't suppose, I thought about killing myself tonight, What? I've been thinking about it for a long time, Oh, Melissa, It's all right though, honestly, Something stopped me, or maybe I stopped myself, I don't know, But whatever, I feel like I've got a second chance, Why didn't you say something about this before? I did, You just weren't listening, I really want a second chance with you, too, What do you mean? I know I've been nothing but a depressing, depressed wet rag for months now, If I was you, I'd have left me ages ago, That's all going to change, I promise, Should I be thanking your guardian angel for that? No, That was from me, ( girl's voice ) Brian, ,, Brian, ,, Apologize to Brian, Brian, Hi, The other day, sorry I was such a Don't worry, Forget about it, New song? Yeah, it's the start of one, Good to see you writing again, Yeah, thought it was time, I don't know, man, I wrote my first album in one 24-hour, crazy, Kamikaze writing jag, Now, I'm lucky if I get two good lines in in a day, Yeah, well, you hit the big time, It stops being about the music, Suddenly it's all about instead of, "Well, I like this," you wonder, "Will they like this?" Or "Is this too much about what I wrote before or is it not enough like What I wrote before?" How do I make the lightning strike twice? How did I make it strike in the first place? Man, no wonder you can't get anything done, Yeah, Sometimes I just feel so, ,, Sometimes you feel, ,, You okay? Yeah, Anything I can do? Yes, Ask him, Um, ,, As a matter of fact, yeah, Would you like to write a song with me? Yeah, you're kidding, No, I'm not, I think you're one of the best composers there is, I think I do okay with a lyric, but, yeah, I would like to write one more good song, Me too, I mean, yes, I'd love to, yes, Okay, No, no, don't go! I'm not going anywhere, I'm right here, Um, ,,Excuse me, Where are you? Where are you? My God, Melissa, You're losing it, Absolutely losing it, ( ) As we dance away I'm here with Melissa McCammon, That was one of my favorites of hers from a few years back, "Dance Away," the blues, Beg your pardon? The song is called "Dance Away the Blues," Of course, right, I'm very sorry, Of course that's the name, I'm getting tongue-tied with this beautiful woman sitting here, and let me tell you, she does look hot, That's nice of you to say, Folks, you can catch Melissa tomorrow night at club Zeus, What time's the show? There's an 8:00 and an 11:00 and there's still some tickets left, but we think it's going to be a good show, Well, we've got a little Whitney Houston coming up for you right after this, We play all your favorite music Hey, it was fun having you, Thanks, Sorry again about the faux pas with the song title, I used to be a big fan, Used to be? Thanks a lot, Oh, no, I just meant that, ,, Man, that first album you put out was really great, I loved it, Why don't you stick around? We can play some more tunes I'd love to, but I've got a really tight schedule, Yeah, okay, ( girl ) Don't go yet, Why are you doing this? If you go now, you'll see, See what? Who are you? I don't know how much longer I can, ,, No, wait, wait, wait! Damn it! You okay? Uh, yeah, No problem, Bye, Son of a bitch! Oh, bloody hell, Would you leave me the hell alone? Okay, sorry, Oh, no, not you, I'm sorry, What are you doing down here? I was getting drunk, Want to join me? I thought we were going to work on a song, Oh, God, Brian, I am so sorry, I completely forgot, That's okay, Rain check? Sure, Whatever, ( Terry ) Listen, sweetheart, There you are, Go away, Let's not make anything more out of this than it is, You were making love to her! I was screwing her, There's a difference, Okay, uh, I guess I'll see you later, No, you stay, Terry was just leaving, I love you, That's what matters, isn't it? Just get your stuff and get the hell out of my life, What are you going to do for a road manager? Huh? I'll get a new one, You don't know what you're saying, I know exactly what I'm saying, Let's get you upstairs, sober you up, Let go of me, Let go of her, Terry, Do you want to make a spectacle? Let go of her, Terry, Sod off, you! You sure you're okay? I'm fine, You see the look On that S, O, B, 's face after you dropped him? I have to admit, it felt good, I never much liked him, to be honest, Sorry, I was out of line, He's your husband, and I shouldn't have, It's okay, He was my husband, You want to go somewhere and talk? Nah, I'm okay, I just need some sleep, Yeah, I'll let you get some rest, Brian, Thanks, No problem, Would you go away? I won't let you kill yourself, Melissa, What do you mean? Who the hell are you? What the hell are you? A fan, Now I know I'm hallucinating, because I don't have any fans anymore, From the future, My name is Rachel, Rachel, it was nice to meet you, but I'm going to go take a bath now, Please listen to me! There should have been a headline on every newspaper in America, April 2nd, 1997, "Melissa McCammon found dead of a drug overdose In her dressing room," What are you talking about? Your obituary, The one that no longer exists because I saved you, April 2nd, Two nights ago, I was supposed to die? But I stopped you, I changed history, Why? Your music matters, Melissa, My music? I was with you when you wrote "Dance Away the Blues" and I was with you when you sang before 80,000 people five years ago on the 4th of July, What do you mean, you were with me? Like I'm with you now, Feeling what you feel, seeing what you see, Don't you realize how deeply your music can touch a person's soul? It died along with you, In the future we have the ability to project a person's consciousness back in time into the body of somebody living in that time, We can share a consciousness with great people of the past, It's how we learn about history and about ourselves, The host never knows, They can't know, There are failsafes to prevent the traveler from affecting the past, But I broke the rules, I had to pass some of the restraints, I saved you, That's it, Oh, yeah, Terry! Terry, what's wrong? Terry You all right? I think so, Hard to maintain control, We won't be here long, Stop that! We're not here for our own amusement, We have a job to do, Sorry, Easy to get distracted, Never traveled in a woman's body before, Let's find that Melissa McCammon and be done with this, ( knocking ) Ms, McCammon, may we have a word with you, please? I was just going to call you two, Well, guys, I've decided to make a couple of changes, Your services have been terminated, Both of you, My agent's drawing up your severance checks, Ms, McCammon, We're not who you think we are, That's for damn sure, Why are you talking like that? We're from the same time as Rachel, Oh, Melissa, don't listen to them, You've done enough damage, Somebody just explain what the hell is going on? Ms, McCammon, a transgression has taken place, Ordinarily, a time tourist sees life through the host's eyes without the ability to affect his actions, However, Rachel seems to have hacked past our security measures, Melissa, leave now, We are monitors, Our job is to prevent such transgressions, But she reprogrammed the equipment so that we can't disconnect her without killing her, She stranded her consciousness inside you, Stranded inside of me? Oh, my God, for how long? Forever, If I leave your body, they'll take control of it, like they're doing now to Terry and Candice, and force you to commit suicide to preserve their future, Melissa, their future is a terrible place, It's a place of cookie-cutter music and only government-approved art, Rachel, you've done enough damage, There's no creative expression, Everyone is exactly the same, like them, I believe you could change that, Please, we have to leave, Rachel, we don't want to sedate your body, but you leave us no choice, No! Don't! Melissa, We'll have to deal with Rachel sooner or later, She's committed one of our most serious crimes, She saved my life, And in doing so, changed our history, Your future, We're here to put things right, What does that mean? It means you have to die of a drug overdose, now, What? The time line has to be maintained, That is the law, Any change is a crime, It must look like suicide, You expect me to kill myself? We were hoping you'd cooperate, Cooperate? I am sorry about your history, but this is my future, I didn't ask for this stuff, When Rachel first came here, all I wanted to do was die, But now I actually want to live, Unless you can come up with a better reason than the one you're giving me, I have no intention of dying, No, She has to die, She has to do it herself, We can't convince her to kill herself, Well, then we have to make it look like she did, So what we have to do is find some way of simulating a suicide, But she has to die of a drug overdose, I suspect it has to appear that way, yeah, Oh, right, What are you doing? This body dies of lung cancer in seven years, Oh, No, I think the head was more like that, Like that? Okay, ( gasping ) What? Do you believe how long we've been at it? Feel the power I can see the light I can hear my heart telling me It's gonna be all right Yeah, it's gonna be All right Oh, yeah It's gonna be all right Oh And with every step Every breath I take I will rise above The sadness and the pain 'cause I'm growing stronger Like a flower in the rain Like a flower In the rain Mmm, mmm What's wrong? Nothing's wrong, What could possibly be wrong? This is some of the best stuff we've done in ages, You think it's that good? Yeah, I think it's almost perfect, Jeff, could you work out a fill for the bridge? You got it, And, Janet? Like to try harmony in the second chorus? Sure, All right, let's take five and then we'll go again, Brian? Yeah? This song is going to be hit, You think? Yeah, don't you? I don't know, You're the big star, You'll be one too, soon, No, really, you are, You really made this song possible, in more ways than you know, Thanks, Brian, You don't have to thank me, Yes, I do, Would you like to go to dinner after the show? Sure, I'd like that, Okay, Wow, do you ever look wonderful, Why didn't you tell me they were going to come after me? I know, I'm sorry, I was worried about you, About me? About what they might have done to you, They can't keep me away from you for long, Don't you have a life to go back to? But your life is so much better, That's just it, Rachel It's my life, We can't keep this up, ( knocking ) Hi, Sam, hi, Eddie, I was just about to leave, We hate to lay this stuff on you before a show, but we have some money problems we need to talk with someone about, With Terry gone, that's you, Well, come in then, What kind of problems ( Rachel ) Oh, my God, Melissa! Please don't struggle, Ms, McCammon, it will all be over very soon, Stop it, damn you! Don't do this! Get off! Melissa, are you okay? Oh, my God, Melissa, are you all right in there? Oh, Janet, Oh, my God! What happened? It's a long story, Tell me you're not doing this now, No, no, You wouldn't believe what's going on here, I don't even believe it myself, You know the other night when I had that attack? Well, I came back here ( knocking ) Oh, Brian, I need your help, Sure, anything, What's the, ,,? Before I tell you, come over here for a second, You're bleeding, Here, All right, what happened? Uh, Terry and I, we didn't have the money to finance the personnel that we were carrying, We went to some people that weren't exactly above board, I think a couple of them just tried to kill me, Call the cops, Brian, I can't, I have to get away from here so I can think this through, Can you go back home? Cancel the tour, go back to Marin county, No, they'd just be waiting for me there, Melissa, you have to call the cops, I can't, Brian, believe me, I can't do this alone, either, Are you sure this is the right place and time? That's what was recorded in the police logs, Shouldn't be long, Are you all right? Yeah, It's just that the longer I stay in this body, the harder it is to maintain control, So get a new one, No, Janet's her closest friend, Do you know what a tranquilizer gun looks like? I'll have time to find it, ( alarm ringing, gunshot ) According to their logs, the police don't answer the alarm for 17 minutes, ( alarm ringing ) Welcome to the ass end of nowhere, Perfect, No one saw you? Clerk did, He dies of his wounds before the police arrive, so he'll tell no one, We only have enough heroin to fill one or two darts, Yeah, Are you sure you're all right? I'm fine, Drive, Are you okay? Yeah, I'm just paranoid, This is crazy, A couple of days ago, all I wanted to do was die, Why? I wanted to be the most famous person out there and stay that way, It's all I could ever think about, Seems a little, uh, ,, What? Shallow? Yeah, I guess it is, But you got to understand what it's like, Brian, Once you get a taste for it, you get addicted to it, The crowds and the adoration and everybody loving you, You start to believe all that stuff after a while, I would turn on the radio and all I would hear was my own voice or some DJ talking about how brilliant I was, Still want that now? No, Now, all I want is to live and to make music and, ,, Maybe even have a baby someday, Most of all, I want to enjoy that warm feeling that you get whenever you meet someone really special, Who would that be? ( Rachel ) Melissa, That was my first time, Oh, my God, What? Oh, that was wonderful, The sensations, it just felt so, ,, No, no, no, no, This isn't going to work, Melissa, what's wrong? I can't do this, What are you talking about? We can't let the man you inhabit wake up till we get him back to where we found him, What do we do? Sedatives, There were some left in Ms, McCammon's room, Brian, You okay? Yes, I'm fine, Shoot her, I can't maintain control, Janet, if there's a part of you that can still hear me, please! Melissa? Where am I? Oh, my God! Oh, my God, Janet! Oh, my God, Do something, She's going to die, I'm sorry, I don't know what I can do for her, This wasn't supposed to happen in your idea of the future, was it? Can we repair the damage to her heart? Erase the damage of the overdose? It's too late, I felt her consciousness leave her body, Janet Marshall is gone, How will this affect the time-stream? I'll go back to the control center and find out, I can't live like this, Rachel, Neither of us can, It's over, No, wait, You can still have a second chance, They have the technology to transfer your consciousness into Janet's body, This is quite extraordinary, What is it? The control center changed, Changed how? There was music playing, not like in our time line, The people there seemed so, ,,happy, The time line's changed, I knew it, Your music must have opened up possibilities for other musicians, and that little cultural ripple changed everything, I told you your music mattered, Melissa McCammon does live on, Actually, it seems Melissa McCammon died, ,, Here tonight in this motel, No, Then that's the answer, ( Melissa ) Take over her life? It's the only way, It'd be like stealing her life from her, Wouldn't she want you to? No! I think you people should put things back the way you wanted it, Give her back her life and take mine, You don't seem to understand, The life force has left her body, It cannot return, Ms, McCammon, The song you and Brian wrote together, Janet Marshall will release it three months from now, Her first hit, the beginning, Other artists will imitate her, We have to do this now, while there's still time to revive the body, You can't stay with me, can you? No, Ms, McCammon, If you do this, Rachel will receive no punishment, You can't guarantee that, When you see home, you'll agree, It's a world I would like my children to live in, You have my word, Melissa, Don't worry about me, Whatever happens, I'll have your music, I'm growing stronger Like a flower in the rain I can feel the power I can see the light I can hear my heart telling me It's gonna be all right Yeah, it's gonna be all right ( control voice ) In the long view of history, what difference will any of our lives make? The true measure of a life is not how many people know our names when we die, but whether we touched the lives of others, Every breath I take I will rise above The sadness and the pain 'cause I'm growing stronger Like a flower in the rain Like a flower in the rain Mmm, mmm