The War of the Worlds (2019) s03e03 Episode Script

- They think she killed herself.
- You don't believe that?
I think she was in another world.
She walked out in front of the truck
'cause for her it wasn't there.
Esa sent me a paper
written by a French astrophysicist.
She thinks the gravitational
waves from the black hole
are effecting people's consciousness.
What if I was connected
to another world,
on the other side of the black hole?
What if the curved space-time
of the black hole
is opening a doorway to
another universe, another time?
It could explain the things
that people are seeing.
Using a particle accelerator,
it might be possible
to mimic the phenomenon.
You know Ella van Cleemput at Oxford.
I need you to persuade her
to give me some time
on the particle accelerator.
I was conscious of everything
that has happened.
Our minds are somehow tuning
into multiple dimensions and worlds.
I could hold Sophia.
Tom.
My number. I'd really like
to talk to you about Emily.
I think he recognized me.
He's getting weaker.
His immune system's
rejecting his new organs.
He needs more blood.
We need to find a new donor.
The donor has to be a genetic match.
It has to be Emily's brother.
Tom's going to realize what I'm doing.
Something's happening.
The power of gravitational waves
is increasing.
Zoe? Have you seen this video
of these starlings falling from the sky?
Zoe, look.
The matter waves
are stronger than I thought.
We need to make them more stable.
Can it be achieved?
Yes.
It will take a little time.
It's a Faraday cage.
It's used to block subatomic waves.
They must have used it for shelter
when they were
bringing down the starlings.
They must be testing
some kind of new weapon.
What does it do, this weapon?
I think it's similar to what
they did in the first attack.
They found a way
to affect neural functioning.
There were some papers and documents.
They burnt them before they left.
What kind of papers?
I'm not sure.
There's some partial images.
I'll run them through some software.
If I could dissect
one of these starlings,
do some tests,
I could find out what it is
they were trying to do.
I really don't see them
letting you do that in here.
I need you to figure out
how they're going to attack us.
Then get me to a lab.
What happened?
Nothing, just a few cracked ribs.
They're taking me
to hospital for an X-ray.
Hello? Catherine?
- Richard?
- Are you there?
Hello? Hello?
Can you hear me?
Hi. Hi. It's good to meet you.
Hello.
I'm Catherine.
I watched a video of you on YouTube.
You were giving a talk
about CMB detection at LIGO.
I hate giving speeches.
Yeah. I kind of got that.
In your message,
you said you saw something.
I was on a space-walk.
We were passing by the black hole.
I saw the space station
being ripped apart.
It felt so real.
It always does.
You've experienced it too?
I ran your matrix
through the accelerator
at the Oxford Science Park.
- What happened?
- Monopoles formed.
And the net magnetic charge
created hundreds of micro black holes.
I wasn't sure if it would work.
It works.
I exposed myself to the beamline.
Seriously?
The gravitational waves
were four or five times stronger
than we're experiencing on Earth.
I started to fit.
Are you okay?
I think I was in a, uh
in an alternate reality.
I was in another time, another world.
This is proof of the link
between our consciousness
and quantum entanglement.
I was only there for a short time.
I need to try again.
The black holes were unstable.
- You're going to do it again?
- I have to.
We've re-aligned
the EM sensors on the station.
We'll get more data.
I'll try and improve the matrix.
- Sir.
- Yep.
Richard's collecting more data.
We can use it to adjust
the frequency of the beamline.
Catherine. You need to slow down.
We're on the verge of
the quantum theory of gravity.
- It could change everything.
- Exposing yourself
to the beamline is incredibly dangerous.
Tweaking the formula
should make it more stable.
You don't know what it could do to you!
I have to do it!
Sorry.
It's okay.
Let's run some tests first.
We have to make sure it's safe.
Okay?
Okay. What do you need me to do?
What is it?
Uh
I took everything to my boss.
I tried to make him
see what's been happening.
What did he say?
He says I'm suspended pending
a psychiatric evaluation.
So he basically thinks I'm insane.
I'm sorry.
I saw a group of women on my way home.
They were in a bar. They were
laughing, drinking prosecco.
They had no idea what might happen.
I was so jealous.
You think you would be happier
if you were one of them?
I don't know. They looked happy.
Because they don't know what you know.
Maybe it's easier that way.
Until everyone you know is dead.
I have to try
and get bill out of prison.
I don't know if I can do it on my own.
You don't have to.
You're risking everything.
You could be deported.
When my family were killed,
I could do nothing to stop it.
- What happened?
- Soldiers came to my village.
Killed everyone.
I was scared, I
ran away.
I won't run away again.
We should tell mission control
about what we're doing.
I think that's a really bad idea.
Why?
'Cause they'll tell us to stop.
Maybe we should until
we know what we're dealing with.
If something goes wrong,
I'll take the fall.
If something goes wrong,
we could die up here.
This could change everything we know.
We don't know what it could do.
You have no idea.
If we don't do this, someone
else will, on the next rotation.
We'll be sitting at home,
watching them on TV,
talking about how they came up
with the quantum theory of gravity.
You're gonna wish it was you.
I can live with that.
This could be huge.
Is this about the science
or is it about you?
I need to check the filters
on the irrigation system.
You sent her the data.
You were right. It's my final mission.
When I get back to earth, I'm
just some has-been astronaut.
"Has-been astronaut"?
- Really?
- I'm gonna tour schools,
telling bored kids about the time
I got some water in my helmet.
I know I sound like a spoilt man-baby.
A little.
You dedicate
your whole life to something,
and just like that, it's over.
Then you start a new chapter.
Oh, yeah?
Doing what?
Anything you like.
You know this
is against the rules, right?
Seems to me we've kind of
given up on the rules.
I improved the matrix.
The black holes you create
should be more stable now.
I thought about you when I was
looking down at earth.
The sun was just poking out behind it.
The earth was surrounded
by a light blue aureole.
It gradually got darker and darker.
It was turquoise, then dark blue.
Violet
and then black.
It was so beautiful.
I wish you could see it.
I wanted to say good luck.
I'm sorry.
Hi, Dad.
Where's mum?
She's gone to the supermarket
to buy a melon.
Apparently, we need a melon.
Right, who doesn't?
I'll put the kettle on.
You want a sandwich?
I'm not hungry.
- You on a diet?
- Dad.
You're really not
supposed to ask me that.
I've been told to lay off
the biscuits and cakes.
Apparently, my cholesterol's too high.
Do you know red wine's full of calories?
What's going on?
I can't tell you anything.
If I call
I want you to go.
I want you and Mum to get out of London.
- Is something going to happen?
- I don't know. Maybe.
You can't tell anyone.
- What is it?
- I can't say.
If I call, I want you to get in the car.
I want you to get as far
from London as possible.
- You're scaring me.
- Promise me.
- Promise me you'll go.
- Okay.
What about you?
Are you gonna come with us?
I can't.
I have to try and stop it.
- You're still my little girl.
- Dad.
I'm sorry.
I need to borrow some clothes.
Ash?
Yeah, okay. I'll do it.
I can't stand the thought
of something happening
to Haley and little Jack.
But if I end up in prison, it's on you.
Text you the address.
Catherine?
Sophia?
Sophia?
Sophia?
Catherine!
Catherine!
We've been out here too long.
Sophia?
Who are you?
I'm looking for my sister.
Catherine.
- Nathan.
- You know her?
Yeah.
She's Sophia's sister.
Sophia?
Sophia?
How long was she out there?
I don't know.
Her brain isn't fried,
so it wasn't too long, I guess.
Just take a breath for me.
Get inside! Get on the ground!
Put down the phone!
- Get down on the ground.
- Down, down on the
Bill, we're leaving.
Turn around.
Armed police! Show me your hands!
Hands!
On the ground! Now!
Do it!
- Man down! Man down!
- Zoe! Zoe!
So now I'm a
I'm a murderer and a fugitive?
You were gonna spend
the rest of your life in prison.
What difference does it make?
What about you?
I'll worry about that when we stop them.
Mmm. If we stop them.
If we don't,
going to prison will be
the least of my problems.
You don't want to be standing
there when this goes off.
Where are we?
Somewhere where we won't be found.
There they are.
The three amigos, what?
Ash.
Last time I saw, you were
What?
Ah, nothing.
Come on, that's some
pretty bad lying. Give it up.
Last time I saw you, you'd been stabbed.
You were dying.
Jesus.
What did you go and tell me
a thing like that for?
You asked me.
Way to bring a fella down.
What is this place?
Belonged to a company who said they were
revolutionizing the future of offices.
It was all table tennis and mocha lattes
and a whole lot of bullshit
actually, as it turns out.
Check out that view.
Is anyone going to come walking in here?
Not without me knowing they're coming.
What about CCTV?
It's switched off.
There's vending machines
and Wi-Fi and crazy big beanbags.
Look at the size of these things.
Who needs a beanbag this big?
Just make yourselves at home, yeah?
Thanks.
Just make sure you stop these bastards
from doing whatever it is
they wanna do, all right?
My girlfriend and my little boy
are depending on you.
You've got this, right?
Yeah. We've got this.
Right.
Okay.
You've got my number.
Don't break anything.
I've got something for you.
Some clothes and some starlings.
Have you got everything you need?
Where'd you get all this stuff?
A scientist.
Defected from Russia's
chemical weapons program.
We set him up in a safehouse.
What happened to him?
He snuck out to meet his daughter.
The Russians were watching her.
They poisoned him.
Jesus.
You promised Ash we could stop them.
I thought he needed to hear that.
So we can't?
Honestly, we don't even know
what they're trying to do.
I've isolated the damage
to the cerebral cortex.
And the excessive firing
of the prefrontal neurons
results in seizure.
Essentially, that means
the brain closes down.
That's what they're gonna do to us.
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