The Outer Limits (1995) s02e20 Episode Script

1 ( siren wailing ) YEAH, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, OH, MY GOD, ,, ,SEVEN, EIGHT, NINE, TEN, NOTHING? NO PULSE AT ALL, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, YOU GETTING A RHYTHM? NOTHING, ONE, TWO, THREE, FOUR, FIVE, SIX, SEVEN, EIGHT, ,, NO, DON'T! PLEASE DON'T, NO! I'M HERE, LOOK AT ME! I'M HERE! THAT'S IT, LOOK AT ME! I'M HERE, I'M HERE! WHAT IS IT? THAT DAMN DREAM AGAIN? IT WAS DIFFEREN THIS TIME, WHAT? THIS TIME, ,, I DIED, ( 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, WE EXIST IN THIS TIME AND IN THIS SPACE, BUT WHERE ARE WE WHEN WE DREAM, BEFORE WE ARE BORN OR AFTER WE DIE? WHAT IF WE EXIST IN MANY TIMES AND MANY SPACES, NOW AND FOREVER? DO I HAVE TO GO IN THERE? ONLY IF YOU WANT KEEP DOING YOUR RESEARCH, OUR RESEARCH, BUT WITHOU ADDITIONAL FUNDING, IT WON'T BE ANYBODY'S RESEARCH, "THE SCIENTIFIC SEARCH FOR THE HUMAN SOUL," WHY'D THEY WRITE THA IN THE TIMES? THE CRAZIES WILL BE IN THERE WAITING FOR US, DOESN'T MAKE FUND-RAISING ANY EASIER, DON'T WORRY, YOU'LL HANDLE THEM, YOU ALWAYS DO, OKAY, DUNCAN, COME ON, UP HERE, YEAH, THAT'S RIGHT, THERE YOU GO, YEAH, ,,OH, COME ON, DUNCAN, THIS WAY, THIS WAY YOU'VE DONE THIS BEFORE, OUR LATES TEST SUBJEC IS A CHIMPANZEE NAMED DUNCAN, HERE'S DUNCAN DURING HIS FIRST TEST IN THE HYPERSPACE CHAMBER, LIKE OUR OTHER ANIMAL SUBJECTS, DUNCAN REACHED THE STATE APPROXIMATING HIBERNATION A FEW MINUTES INTO THE TEST, BODY TEMPERATURE, HEART RATE, RESPIRATION, ALL FELL OFF DRAMATICALLY AND YET THE ELECTRICAL ACTIVITY IN HIS BRAIN EXCEEDED THAT OF SOMEONE EXPERIENCING REM SLEEP, AND HERE HE IS AFTER THE TEST, ALIVE AND WELL, THERE YOU GO, THAT'S IT, DR, WARFIELD, CARL HAVEN FROM THE MORGAN FOUNDATION, OH, YES, MR, HAVEN, WE SPOKE ON THE PHONE, DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THESE ANIMALS ARE HAVING AN OUT-OF-BODY EXPERIENCE IN THIS CHAMBER, THAT SOME PART OF THEM TRAVELS TO ANOTHER DIMENSION? I HONESTLY WISH I KNEW, THAT'S NOT THE POIN OF THIS PHASE OF OUR TESTING, WE'VE JUST BEEN TRYING TO DETERMINE THE SAFETY OF THE HYPERSPACE CHAMBER, NOT ONE OF OUR ANIMAL SUBJECTS HAS BEEN HURT OR INJURED IN ANY OF THESE SESSIONS, DR, WARFIELD, MANY OF US HERE BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE GOING TO PROVE THAT EACH AND EVERY ONE OF US HAS A REAL LIVE SOUL, MY QUESTION IS, WHEN WILL YOU PU A REAL LIVE HONEST-TO-GOODNESS HUMAN BEING IN THAT CHAMBER? IN OUR NEXT PHASE OF TESTS, WHICH IS WHAT WE'RE TRYING TO SECURE FUNDING FOR, THAT'S WHY YOU'RE HERE, I HAVE A QUESTION, DR, WARFIELD, JOHN WYMER, I KNOW YOU, MR, WYMER, ON WHAT MORAL BASIS DO YOU CONDUCT YOUR RESEARCH? DON'T YOU MEAN ON WHAT RELIGIOUS BASIS? THE SOUL IS NOT SOMETHING TO BE WORN OR DISCARDED LIKE A PAIR OF SWIMMING TRUNKS ONE PUTS ON TO GO SWIMMING, THE HUMAN SOUL IS GOD'S ETERNAL TRUTH, WELL, LOOK, I NEVER PERSONALLY DEFINED MY WORK AS THE SEARCH FOR THE HUMAN SOUL, THAT WAS A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE, LIKE THOSE WHO WOULD GENETICALLY ENGINEER A HUMAN BIRTH, OR ABORT A LIVING BEING INSIDE A WOMAN'S WOMB, YOU ARE DEFYING GOD'S WILL, HOW SO? YOU'RE SEARCHING FOR THE FACE OF GOD INSTEAD OF SITTING BACK AND LETTING HIM REVEAL HIMSELF ON HIS OWN SCHEDULE, HOW DOES SUCH SACRELIGIOUS RESEARCH COME TO BE SANCTIONED BY THIS RESPECTED INSTITUTE OF HIGHER LEARNING? THIS WAS NOT A PROBLEM UNTIL YOU TURNED IT INTO A RELIGIOUS ISSUE, MR, WYMER, ( Ben ) REBECCA, ALL RIGHT, I SUGGEST THA WE OPEN DIALOGUE BETWEEN ALL PARTIES INVOLVED AND HOPEFULLY COME TO A SANE AND RATIONAL SOLUTION TO THIS MATTER, WHEN YOU ARE READY TO COME DOWN AND HUMBLE YOURSELF, THEN WE CAN TALK, WHAT? DO YOU THINK WHAT WE'RE DOING IS WRONG? YOU'RE LETTING WYMER GET TO YOU, I'M JUS SO DAMN TIRED OF THESE TUG OF WARS BETWEEN SCIENTISTS AND THEOLOGIANS, WHY SHOULD THEY STAR COEXISTING NOW? THEY HAVEN' FOR CENTURIES, WELL, WHY SHOULDN'T WE? I'M NOT LOOKING TO DEFINE A SOUL, I JUST WAN A SCIENTIFIC EXPLANATION FOR WHAT HAPPENED TO ME IN THAT ACCIDENT, THAT DOES NOT MEAN I'M REFUTING GOD, WYMER MAKES IT SOUND LIKE DEVIL WORSHIPPERS, TEMPTING FATE AND GOD'S WRATH, GOD BLESSED US WITH CURIOSITY, THESE QUESTIONS LEAD TO DISCOVERIES WHICH IN TURN RESULT IN PROGRESS, BEN, WITHOUT CURIOSITY, WHERE THE HELL WOULD WE BE? BACK IN THE GARDEN WITH EVE? SORRY, SCIENTISTS ALWAYS SOUND FOOLISH WHEN THEY BEGIN DISCUSSING METAPHYSICS, THAT'S WHY SO MANY OF US WISELY REFRAIN FROM DOING SO, WHAT ABOUT YOU, AMY? DO YOU BELIEVE THAT YOU HAVE A SOUL? ME? UH, ,,WELL, YEAH, I MEAN, IT'S NEVER BEEN PROVEN THAT WE DON'T HAVE ONE, ( knocking on door ) GOOD EVENING, HELLO, PLEASE COME IN, THANKS, ANYTHING TO REPORT? I WAS JUST SIFTING THROUGH THE LATEST TEST DATA, AND? DR, WARFIELD'S THEORIES ARE FASCINATING, REALLY, THEY REST ON THE ASSUMPTION THAT ELEMENTARY PARTICLES ARE THESE TINY, VIBRATING LOOPS, THAT'S WHA WE'RE ALL MADE OF, BASICALLY SUB-ATOMIC VIBRATIONS, SHE BELIEVES THA WE'RE VIBRATING IN PHASE WITH OUR THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORLD AND OUT OF PHASE WITH OTHER DIMENSIONS, BY MODIFYING THE VIBRATIONS, DR, WARFIELD IS TRYING TO ACCESS AMY, I'M NOT INTERESTED IN THE SCIENCE, I NEED TO KNOW EXACTLY WHERE DR, WARFIELD IS IN HER RESEARCH, SHE'S READY TO START TESTING ON HUMAN SUBJECTS, WE CAN'T ALLOW THA TO HAPPEN, WELL, IF NONE OF HER GRANTS COME THROUGH, THEN SHE WON'T HAVE THE FUNDING TO START NO, THAT'S NO WHAT I MEAN, AMY, PRIDE IS THE DOWNFALL OF ANY HUMAN BEING, IT'S THIS WOMAN'S PRIDE THAT CONCERNS US HERE, I MEAN, LIFE IS NOT BEING OUT OF PHASE WITH OTHER DIMENSIONS SOME ACCIDEN THAT GOD MADE THAT WE HAD TO CORRECT, THE PURPOSE OF LIFE IS TO GLORIFY GOD, DR, WARFIELD'S PRIDE IS IN VIOLENT OPPOSITION TO THAT PURPOSE, SHE MUST BE STOPPED, YOU'RE HERE EARLY, I THOUGHT I'D COME IN AND CRUNCH SOME NUMBERS FROM YESTERDAY'S TESTS, WHERE'S BEN? HE HAD SOME ERRANDS, ( phone ringing ) HELLO? YEAH, HI, PHIL, WHAT? NO, DAMN, WE NEEDED THAT GRANT, ( sighing ) YES, I'M AWARE WE'RE ALMOS OUT OF FUNDING, WHAT ABOU CARL HAVEN? WHAT DID HE HAVE TO SAY? I'LL SEE IF I CAN TURN HIM AROUND, YEAH, OKAY, BYE, DAMN! JUST LOST THE D, O, E, GRANT, I'M SORRY, DON'T BE, EXCUSE ME? AMY, LOAD PROGRAM 64A, THAT'S A PROGRAM DESIGNED FOR A HUMAN TEST SUBJECT! JUST FOUND ONE, REBECCA, YOU CAN'T DO THIS, IT'S NO A GOOD IDEA, WHAT'S BEN GOING TO SAY? WE'LL BE DONE WHEN HE GETS HERE, SEE WHAT HE SAYS THEN, 64A, AMY, NOW, WHAT ABOU MR, WYMER? TO HELL WITH MR, WYMER! I'M SORRY, AMY, JUST DON'T THINK ABOUT IT, JUST DO IT, I CAN'T, AMY, IF YOU DON'T HELP ME, I'LL LOAD THE PROGRAM AND LET THE COMPUTER RUN IT, I'D RATHER HAVE YOU THAN THE COMPUTER MONITORING ME, BUT I'LL TAKE WHAT I CAN GET, WHY IS SHE DOING THIS? WHY? WHAT DO I DO? ( computer ) DANGER LEVELS HIGH, WARNING LEVELS EXCEEDING SAFETY PARAMETERS, WARNING LEVELS EXCEEDING SAFETY PARAMETERS, WHAT? DANGER LEVELS HIGH, NO! WHAT'S HAPPENING? NO! NO! REBECCA! NO! NO! DANGER LEVELS HIGH, ( screaming ) COME ON! NO! AMY, WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? WHAT HAPPENED? AMY? OH, MY GOD, PLEASE BE OKAY, PLEASE BE OKAY, OH, GOD, WHAT DO I DO? WE DID IT! AMY, WE DID IT! I WAS RIGHT! WE DID IT! AMY, WE DID IT! AMY, WE DID IT! AMY! AMY, HOW CAN I COMMUNICATE WITH YOU? I'M RIGHT HERE, RIGHT BESIDE YOU! YOU CAN'T FEEL ME, SEE ME, OR HEAR ME, BUT WE'VE DONE IT! WE'VE ACCESSED ANOTHER DIMENSION, BEN, I'VE GOT TO TELL BEN! GREAT, THANKS, HA, HA, YES! OUR PHYSICAL LAWS ARE ROOTED IN SPACE, TIME, ENTROPY, ENERGY, MOMENTUM, BUT WITHOUT SPACE AND TIME, THEY'RE MEANINGLESS, OH, BEN, MY WONDERFUL, WONDERFUL HUSBAND, YOU DON'T EVEN KNOW I'M HERE, I JUST WANT TO TELL YOU THA I LOVE YOU, BENJAMIN McCORMICK, I LOVE YOU, I LOVE YOU, DON'T GET SO EXCITED, I'D LIKE THESE FOR MY WIFE, YOU'RE SUCH A SWEETHEART, SHE'S BEEN FEELING DOWN, NOT ANY MORE, A VISIBLE BODY, NO REFLECTION, WONDER IF, ,, WELL, ALICE DID IT, ( screaming ) OF COURSE, ,,ELECTRICITY, THAT'S ALL WE ARE VIBRATIONS, FREQUENCIES, SOMETHING ELSE WE WERE RIGHT ABOUT, REBECCA? AMY? WHERE IS EVERYBODY? OH, MY GOD! WHAT HAPPENED? WHAT DID THEY DO WITH MY? BEN! ( phone ringing ) LAB, ( Amy ) THERE'S BEEN AN ACCIDENT, COME TO THE HOSPITAL, WHAT? ( Amy ) IT'S REBECCA, AMY, WHAT HAPPENED? WHERE IS SHE? SHE'S IN THERE, THIS ROOM? REBECCA? I'M HER HUSBAND, YOU'LL HAVE TO WAIT OUTSIDE, WHAT'S WRONG WITH HER? THE DOCTOR IS TRYING TO FIND OUT, ( Ben ) YOU DON'T KNOW WHAT'S WRONG? ( nurse ) PLEASE WAIT OUTSIDE, YOU CAN SPEAK TO THE DOCTOR IN A MINUTE, BEN, GET ME TO THE LAB, TELL ME WHAT HAPPENED, HOW CAN I GET THROUGH TO YOU?! WHEN I GO TO THE LAB, REBECCA HAD STRAPPED HERSELF INTO THE CHAMBER, SHE HAD LOADED 64A INTO THE COMPUTER AND SET IT TO RUN AUTOMATICALLY, THE HUMAN TES SUBJECT PROGRAM? THERE MUST HAVE BEEN A GLITCH, BEN, THINK ABOUT THE TEST, THE UNIVERSITY WANTS TO CLOSE THE LAB, I DON'T GIVE A DAMN ABOUT THE LAB! I WAN MY WIFE BACK, OH, BEN, DOCTOR, DOCTOR, HOW IS SHE? WHY ARE YOU LYING? THIS ISN'T YOUR FAULT, I TWISTED YOUR ARM TO GET YOU TO HELP, ( doctor ) HER BRAIN IS SHOWING LOW LEVELS OF ACTIVITY, WHAT ARE YOU HIDING? I'M SORRY, IT CAN'T BE, REBECCA, WHY WOULD YOU DO THIS? DEAR GOD, WHY? I LOVE YOU, REBECCA, I ALWAYS HAVE, AND I ALWAYS WILL, PLEASE, ,, PLEASE, ,, ( sobbing ) BEN, YOU HAVE TO THINK, YOU HAVE TO BRING MY BODY BACK HERE, I'M STILL HERE, REBECCA, WHY DID YOU DO THIS? WHAT WERE YOU THINKING? I SHOULD HAVE BEEN HERE, IT'S MY FAULT! NO! NO! WHAT WENT WRONG, AMY? ( knocking ) ( Mr, Wymer ) OKAY, ,,OKAY, I WAS SO AFRAID YOU WOULDN'T COME, DON'T BE RIDICULOUS, I'M HERE, AREN'T I? I'D LIKE TO COME IN, IF THAT'S ALL RIGHT, OKAY, I'M SORRY, COME IN, ( sighing ) WHERE ARE MY MANNERS? CAN I OFFER YOU ANYTHING? NO, NO, I CAN'T STAY LONG, I HEARD ALL ABOUT I ON THE NEWS, DR, WARFIELD USED HERSELF AS A GUINEA PIG IN AN EXPERIMENT? YEAH, I WAS THERE, I MEAN, I TOLD THEM THAT I WASN'T, BUT I WAS THERE, WHY DID YOU TELL THEM YOU WEREN'T? AMY, ,,AMY, I WANT YOU TO SIT DOWN, TAKE A DEEP BREATH AND TRY TO RELAX, THE EXPERIMEN IS DESIGNED TO TAKE PLACE A A PRESET POWER LEVEL, I RAISED THE INPU PAST THE PRESET LEVELS, YOU CRANKED UP THE POWER? NO, ,,I MEAN, ,,YEAH, A LITTLE, JUST TO THROW THE DATA OFF, YOU KNOW, AND THEN SOMETHING HAPPENED, EVERYTHING, ,, THE POWER JUST INCREASING, IT WAS GOING UP, AND I TRIED TO BRING IT BACK DOWN, BUT IT WOULDN'T RESPOND TO MY COMMAND, EVERYTHING WAS JUST IT WAS GOING CRAZY, AND THEN I FROZE, I COULDN'T MOVE, BY THE TIME I REVERSED THE POWER, IT WAS TOO LATE, AMY, YOU'VE DONE NOTHING WRONG IN THE EYES OF GOD, I KNOW, I MEAN, REBECCA'S WORK WAS WRONG, OF COURSE IT WAS, I MEAN, IT WAS LIKE SHE WAS TRYING TO PROVE YOU DON'T HAVE TO BELIEVE IN GOD TO HAVE A SOUL, HOW DO YOU KNOW WHAT I WAS TRYING TO PROVE? YOU MIGHT HAVE ASKED ME INSTEAD OF SPYING ON ME! ,, ,THE ANGEL OF THE LORD CHASED THEM! THIS WASN'T THE LORD'S WORK! THIS WAS YOURS! WELL, ,,WHAT DO WE DO NOW? WE CAN'T BRING FAMILY FOREMOS INTO THIS, AMY, WE CAN'T? NO, IF PEOPLE EVER THOUGH I PUT YOU UP TO THIS, IT'D BE A TERRIBLE BLOW TO FAMILY FOREMOST, OUR LOCAL CHAPTER MIGHT NEVER RECOVER, WELL, ,,WHAT DO I DO? JUST MAKE SURE NO ONE EVER FINDS OU THAT YOU CRANKED UP THE POWER, IT'D BE BEST IF WE DIDN'T HAVE CONTAC TILL THIS BLOWS OVER, YOU DID WANT ME TO DO THIS? ( phone ringing ) ( phone ringing ) YOU CAN HEAR ME, ( dial tone ) HELLO? AMY, LISTEN! AMY! AMY! LISTEN TO ME! YOU CAN HEAR ME! YOU CAN HEAR ME! ( tape rewinding ) ( overlapping electronic noises ) ( heart monitor beeping ) WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO NOW? AMY, ANY CHANGE? NO, CAN'T TELL YOU HOW SORRY I AM ABOUT ALL OF THIS, ( Ben ) HEY, IT'S NO YOUR FAULT, YOU WEREN' EVEN THERE, OH, BEN, BUT I'M HERE, DAMN IT, BEN, LOOK! PLEASE, LOOK! BULB MUST BE BAD, I HATE TO SEE HER LIKE THIS, DON'T DO THIS, TELL BEN THE TRUTH! I'M GOING TO, UM, RUN SOME ERRANDS, I'M GOING BY THE LAB, WANT ANYTHING? NO, THANKS, UM, I'LL BE BACK, I KNOW YOU'RE HERE, REBECCA, I CAN FEEL YOU, YOU ARE HERE, AREN'T YOU? THIS LIGHT, ,, MAKE IT FLICKER LIKE YOU DID AT THE HOSPITAL, DO IT AGAIN! I'M SORRY, REBECCA, THIS IS THE DEVIL'S WORK! MAN'S ARROGANCE MUST BE STOPPED, SCIENCE IS NOT DIVINE, BUT YOU AND WYMER ARE, THESE CHOICES AREN'T YOURS TO MAKE, PRAY FOR MY FORGIVENESS, REBECCA, AND I WILL PRAY FOR YOU, AMY, DON'T DO THIS! YOU CAN SAVE ME! MAY GOD HAVE MERCY ON OUR SOULS, AMY, DON'T DO THIS! YOU CAN SAVE ME! REBECCA, YOU'RE DAMNED, AND YOU HAVE NOBODY TO BLAME BUT YOURSELF, COULD I USE THIS PITCHER? SURE, ( beeping ) WE HAVE A CODE BLUE, GET DR, MINKOFF IN HERE, ( nurse ) GET IN HERE NOW! PULSE! PULSE! GO! ( Dr, Minkoff ) HE'S FIBRILLATING, HAND ME THE PADDLES, ( nurse ) FIBRILLATOR COMING ON! ( Dr, Minkoff ) CLEAR! CLEAR! I'M GETTING ABSOLUTELY NO PULSE, AGAIN! CLEAR! AGAIN! CLEAR! NO E, G, READING AT ALL, ADRENALINE IS READY, AGAIN! CLEAR! YOU CAN SEE ME? YES, ( Dr, Minkoff ) CLEAR! ( nurse ) WE'RE GETTING SOMETHING, ( Dr, Minkoff ) OKAY, WE'VE GOT A BEAT, WAIT, WAIT! YOU CAN HELP ME, PLEASE TELL BEN YOU SAW ME, HOW ARE HIS BLOOD GASES? ( Dr, Minkoff ) HE'S COMING AROUND, STRONGER NOW, WELCOME BACK, FOR A MOMENT, WE THOUGH WE'D LOST YOU, ( heart rate stopped ) HEY, HELP! SOMEBODY! QUICK! IN HERE! I'M GETTING NO BLOOD PRESSURE, NOTHING! WHAT HAVE YOU DONE? OUT OF THE WAY! PLEASE, CLEAR, CLEAR, CLEAR! ONCE AGAIN, SAME LEVELS! CLEAR! ALL RIGHT, ONCE MORE, COME BACK TO US, LOVE, BEN! CLEAR! STANDING BY, WAITING FOR PULSE, BEN! I'M SORRY, ( nurse ) I'M SO SORRY, TIME OF DEATH, PLEASE, MARK IT, I'LL PRAY WITH YOU, IF YOU LIKE, WHAT THE HELL IS THERE TO PRAY ABOUT? WAIT A MINUTE, STOP, YOU'RE BEN, AREN'T YOU? YES, I SAW HER, YOUR WIFE, WHAT? WHEN I LEFT MY BODY, SHE WAS STANDING NEXT TO MY BED, SHE TALKED TO ME, SHE TOLD ME TO TELL YOU THAT SHE WAS HERE, BEN, SHE WAS HERE, LET'S GO, SHE'S ALIVE, SHE, ,,SHE'S ALIVE, THAT MEANS IT WORKED, THE EXPERIMENT WORKED, YOU'RE NOT MAKING ANY SENSE, REBECCA'S ALIVE! SHE CROSSED OVER! I GOT TO GET TO THE LAB, I DON'T KNOW IF YOU'RE HERE OR THE HOSPITAL OR SOMEWHERE ELSE, BUT IF YOU'RE HERE, PLEASE DO SOMETHING, ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT, JUST STAY WHERE YOU ARE, NO! NO! THIS CAN'T HAPPEN AGAIN! NO! THIS CAN' HAPPEN AGAIN! NO! ( screaming ) ( screaming ) ( security guard ) STOP! ( screaming ) BEN? I COULDN'T LIVE WITHOUT YOU, NOT IF THERE WAS A CHANCE TO LIVE WITH YOU, WHAT'S HAPPENING TO US? I DON'T KNOW, ( control voice ) PERHAPS AT THE END OF LIFE'S JOURNEY, ANOTHER BEGINS, TWO HEARTS, TWO MINDS, TWO SOULS,