The Outer Limits (1995) s04e07 Episode Script

1 Mom, let's go, come on, Alison, don't go too far, Mom, I'm fine, Are you glad you have your walking stick? What are you trying to say about your mom? Nothing, Just saying that she enjoys her walking stick, Mom, hurry up, let's go, It's not that big of a hike, Alison, don't go too far, Mom, I'm fine, Alison! ( screaming ) Mom, please! Hold on, I'm coming, I'm coming, Alison! Alison! Help! Somebody help me! Honey, are you okay? Wake up, baby, wake up, Oh, come on, baby, Wake up, Help! Somebody help me! Here, let me help you, Oh, my god, thank you, We got to get her out of here, We got to get help, I'll watch her, You go, I was an army medic, I know what I'm doing, Go, My god, is she going to She's going to be fine, but you've got to go, now, Trust me, That was a nasty fall you took, Did you see that? Jesus Christ, They say seeing is believing, ( control voice ) There but the True question is what do you believe you've seen? You can see why I wanted you to explain this, Either this is a hoax, or something amazing happened, She was just knocked unconscious, What about you, honey? Remember Anything funny happening? Do you think he brought you back to life? Uh-huh, Tell me what you remember, I remember I was, like, falling, and then, ,, I saw this bright light and I felt like I was going towards it, And the light got bigger and brighter, then there was this blue light, and it got really bright too, And then this man stepped out of it, He smiled, and when I opened up my eyes, ,, I saw Josh, And what did this man look like? Like an Angel, You think you saw an Angel? What else could it have been? God does move in mysterious ways, but who are we to understand the mysteries of god? Todd? Todd? Um, find out everything you can on this guy, Josh Butler, And get us a car, And call Braxton At Clark Air force Base to see if he's looked at the copy of the video I sent him and if he hasn't, tell him I'm going to kick his ass, Does this mean we get our check? You may want to frame this, Come on, Coming, We rolling? The little red light says yes, Mr, Butler, hi, I'm Judy Warren from hot topic, I'd like to ask you about that girl you raised from the dead, Alison James, I didn't raise anybody from the dead, She says she saw a blue light and a man who looked like you, Look, I'd be happy to talk to you, but I don't want to do it on camera, Why not? It doesn't bite, Maybe not, but I've seen your show, and you do, Okay, No camera, ,,for now, Todd, you're leaving now, I'm, I'm leaving now? You got it, I'm a leaving kind of guy, You wouldn't have any coffee, would you? Sure, Come on in, Thank you, So what were you doing in the ravine when Alison fell? I was taking a hike, And then you saw her fall and she died and, ,, and you brought her back to life, No, She was just knocked unconscious, A little beat up and bloody, but she wasn't dead, She was very lucky, Besides making a great cup of coffee, what do you do for a living? I'm a social worker, I run a small, I guess you could call it, center, down in utah, I work with the poor, the homeless, try to get them on their feet again, Give them direction and hope, Like what you did with Alison a couple days ago? You know, according to my homework, you don't exist, For the past three years, you've been the head of the Arnold Freeman help center, But before that, nothing, All your references conveniently moved or dead, And that army medic line you gave Alison's mother, Well, uncle Sam has no record of you either, So, ,,who are you really? I know you're really digging for a story here, I understand that, But there just isn't one, What are you trying to hide? I know it really hurt when your, your father left you and your mom, You felt abandoned and betrayed, And then when your mom remarried, you felt betrayed then, too, It was no longer just you and her against the world like she promised, So now you're suspicious of everyone, But that doesn't mean that everyone is suspicious, Some people are just, ,, private, How do you know This about my parents? I read your mind, Plus I read your interview in people two years ago, You really are a tricky one, Look, the truth is, ,, I said this was off the record, Goodbye, miss Warren, That's my personal property, Cost me 158 bucks, Thanks, Oh, I almost forgot, I have a tape of you healing Alison with a blue light coming out of your hands, How do you explain that? It's running as the lead story tomorrow night, What are you talking about? Hot topic, the story of you saving Alison, It's a fake, Somebody added light so that they could sell it to hot topic, That's what I thought too, but then what about her arm? I popped it back in It was a dislocation, That's not what the doctor said, I showed it to three different doctors, anal compulsive that I am, and they all said the same thing, Due to the unnatural position of Alison's arm in the video, it had been broken in one, if not two places, And when Alison's mom took her in for x-Rays they showed that her arm had been broken in two places recently, but then it had healed, Kind of sort of miraculous, don't you think? Any comments now? What can I say? It's a fake, Fine, So, did he show you his wings? Let me see what we got, There's a slight hitch, because the tape is Blank, I thought you said we were rolling, Yeah, but there's nothing on it, Maybe he could heal it, Very funny, Great, There's nothing on my pen cam either, Okay, that's creepy, This will either be the biggest story of the millennium or the world's greatest hoax, Either way, we're going to make some news, Give me the other camera, Say please, This one better work, Oh, you got to have faith, Jude, Faith, schmaith, I need video, Or better video than you got, I'd fire you if I didn't enjoy torturing you so much, You discuss this with your shrink? Hell, no, I talk about ratings, Hey, it's working, He's making a run for it, Damn! Get your stuff, come on, Jude, look at his cabin, Todd! Come on! I'm right here, Stop yelling, Come on, we got to get to the car, Jude, this is stupid, Obviously this guy's insane, Maybe he has a gun or something, This is the only road heading west for the next 50 miles, We're going to be famous! Or dead! ( phone ringing ) Leave me alone, ( Judy ) You nearly killed me back there, Sorry, You shouldn't have spied on me, That doesn't mean you can kill me, I said I was sorry, So where are you going? I'm going home, Is that some other place you plan to blow up? Listen, for all our sakes, just let me go, Mr, Butler, you don't get it, Once you're news, there's nowhere you can run, Damn! ( knocking ) Hello? Anybody here? Anybody here? Come on, can't you go any faster? I don't want to get killed, We're not going to get killed, Look out! You see? Nobody can outrun the news, I forgive you, What? It's not all that bad, ( car approaching ) Oh, yes it is, Freeze! U, S, Air force, Show your hands, Nobody move, Unless you want a tape of Josh the wonder boy raising a little girl from the dead to be shown on hot topic tomorrow night, I suggest you let me stay, otherwise the excrement is going to hit the fan, Don't threaten me, Ms, Warren, Josh Butler is a potential danger to the United States, It's my job to contain and evaluate that danger and if necessary, eliminate it, That's why you brought us here to camp runamuck? What the hell is this place anyway? Legacy of the cold war, It's an abandoned air base, Top secret, no doubt, Your favorite kind, All this because he blew up a cabin? A few days ago, air force Satellites picked up an electromagnetic pulse at 10:18 a, M, That nearly knocked them out of the sky, It came from a certain ravine, Yesterday you sent the tape to Clark air base for evaluation, It showed Alison James being revived by Josh Butler at 10:18 a, M, In that same ravine Gold Mountain national Park in alaska, Are you getting my drift? Are you saying Josh gave off that pulse? Those satellites orbit at 20,000 miles, Each is hardened against Nuclear Magnetic pulse attack, Tonight, two were killed, one was severely damaged, from a pulse centered at Josh Butler's cabin, What kind of man could do that? So we were exposed to nuclear radiation? You were exposed to something, Then why aren't we dead? I don't know, but I'm going to find out, Now strip, Oh, general, I've got the results on Josh Butler, They say anything? No, But according to some preliminary tests, everything about him is average, or should I say, perfectly average Height, weight, blood pressure, cholesterol You name it, he's right on the money, It's like opening a textbook, What are you saying? It's unnatural to be this perfect, ,,it's inhuman, It goes beyond statistical anomaly, He asked to speak to ms, Warren, All right, I'll see you in there, This will make an incredible story, Jude, they will not let us tell this story, How will they stop us? They'll arrest us, throw us in prison, The point is, these guys are bad news, Warren, he's asked to speak with you, That must really hurt, Don't worry, I'll mention you in my Emmy speech, Just you, Ms, Warren, This is not radio here, general, It's called television, We do this stuff with pictures, I will say this one last time, This is a matter of national security, not an opportunity for you to advance yourself, You don't talk about anything here unless I say otherwise, What about freedom of the press? We have a problem here, A lot of smart people are working on it, You don't want to become another problem for me, This storm's going to last about another 12 hours, I don't know where it came from, but as soon as it's gone, so are you, I'll just stay here, ( thunder ) What are you doing to him? All we've done is given him a physical so far, So far? What's next, vivisection? Until we finish testing him, Mr, Butler is not going anywhere, He is too much of a risk, But look what you're doing to him, You want to talk to him or not? You just can't do that to somebody, Major, would you please remove Miss Warren? Okay, okay, okay, ( door opening, buzzer sounding ) if you just cooperate, Mr, Butler, things will go easier, Let me go, What did you want to talk to me about? I have to leave here before the storm ends, Why? I just have to, Why don't you blast out of here like you did at the cabin? Though I'd appreciate it if you'd at least let me get out of range first, I can't, That's not why I'm here, Why are you here, Mr, Butler? You got me into this, Don't you think you should get me out? It's your choice, I can't, Ms, Warren, I'm really sorry about this, I know, It's just some barium Dye, It won't hurt you, Captain Marquez, Thank you, Showtime, Let's see what's inside him, 5,8,, , 7,9, Not getting any readings, Keep going, Scan level is, ,, 10,2, No readings, Increasing intensity, 13,1 and still nothing, Continue scanning, colonel, 14,3, 15,8, We're exceeding safe limits, ,,16, You're killing him, Quiet, Ms, Warren, Dios mio, 16,9, General, I really don't think Keep going, Stop it, Can't you see what you're doing? Still nothing on scanner, 17,4, You're crazy, You're killing him, Sir, we don't want the subject to expire, ( general ) Where are his vitals? He's dying, you idiot! Major, remove Ms, Warren, Still reading normal 18,1, ( yelling ) Sir! Should I remove you too, captain? Please Stop this! 19, I can't see, Neither can I, According to this, nothing happened at the moment of the light explosion, That's correct, The monitors picked up nothing, Body functions remain unchanged, There's nothing even on video, Why do you keep talking like nothing happened? We're half-Blind, Light was shooting out of his body, Because the only way we can determine what happened is to eliminate the possibilities, Those monitors could have exploded from a power surge, Please, we all know what we saw, I saw a big alien figure with lots of teeth, I saw myself, only older, And I saw swirling lights, We all had different visions caused by light-Induced seizures or mass HALLUCINATIONS or telepathic projections that are on a scale that's amazing, Maybe we saw the face of god, He's an alien, Why do you keep arguing with her? Sir, she's right, You just don't want to say it, He brought that girl back to life, He turned water into gasoline, He was on fire, but he wasn't consumed, Captain, that is enough, No, sir, You just don't see it, Only god could do those things, Nanotechnology hardwired to the brain, He gives his power a boost, and off we go to the movies, God spoke to Moses from a burning bush, and he spoke to us just now, Captain, one more outburst and I will have you locked up, If he's not god, what is he? He's an alien, Just because somebody has extraordinary abilities why does everybody jump to the metaphysical? Because we're afraid of dying, I mean, what happens afterwards? Some of us are so scared of dying that we'd rather believe in aliens, At least aliens are alive like we are, That means they can be killed like we can, which in some weird way makes them just like us, But if something's metaphysical, if someone's beyond death, you can't kill them, You can't destroy them, you can't control them, and for some people, that's too much to handle, Before we start praying to him, let's check out a few things, If he can feel pain, he's alive, If he's alive, he's not metaphysical, End of story! Could be some kind of genetic mutation, What do you think he is? What do I think he is? I'll tell you what I think he is, He wants him killed, he wants to worship him, If my kids met him, they'd probably want to help him phone home, I don't know what he is, except that he is dangerous, No, he's not, He hasn't hurt anybody, She's right, he is God, And god is merciful, He's not god, He knocked out two satellites, Why don't you just let him go? I don't want to let him go, Look how we are all reacting, You multiply that by 200 million, or 6 Billion, Until we know who he really is, he will be placed inside our deep containment capsule, ( buzzer ) I respect you, Mr, Butler, I really do, And in some strange way, I feel we could be friends, but at the end of the day if I feel that you have become an intolerable threat to the United States, I will do my duty and kill you, It won't matter if I like you or not, And if you do kill me, general, ,, how will you feel about yourself? There are a lot of things I don't like about myself, General? May I speak to ms, Warren again? ( buzzer ) Oh, my God, Hi, Why do you keep wanting to talk to me? Because you're looking for the truth, About me, And about yourself, Usually when I'm talking to my shrink, I'm the one lying down, You're avoiding, A lot of people use humor for that, Okay, The truth? Are you an alien? Or god, or what? A guy from the future or the distant past? I mean, look at you, You look like king tut, If I tell you, someone will kill you, No, you're the one that will get killed if you don't tell them who you are, They won't believe it, Even if you run it all over Hot topic, people will refuse to tolerate it, This is such crap, Just tell me what's going on, If I tell you what I know, mankind will lose his sense of free will, and without free will, what's the purpose of Life? Look what happens in your own history, When a superior culture meets a more primitive one, extinction, The primitives can't resist, Their values are displaced, They lose their identity, They lose their faith in themselves and in their culture and in their god and then their culture dies, and then they do, So, if they keep you here we're all going to die? I'm saying is your faith strong enough? I don't know if I have faith, Everything and everyone I've ever counted on has always let me down, or I've let them down, Listen to me I could die here, Or be stranded, I need your help, You've got to trust me, You've got to have faith in me, and in yourself that you'd be doing the right thing, Then after the autopsy, the subject will be stored in cryogenic suspension in humbolt caverns in area 51, Assuming we don't have to share pieces of him with any other service or government that word leaks out to, Are you going to tell the president? I haven't decided yet, You can't do this, sir, At ease, captain, You have to let him go, Put that gun down, captain, That's an order! Sir, no, sir! Jesus said unto him, "Thou shalt love the LORD thy god "With All thy heart and all thy soul and all thy mind," That is the first and great commandment, Then get it over with and shoot me, You have to let him go! Shoot me! You can't move him! I'm going to move him, Escort captain Marquez back to his quarters and confine him there, What if he is an alien, ,, and we terminate him then he doesn't report back or go home and the people from his planet come looking for him? Where are the guards? She trapped them in the mess hall, Ms, Warren, open the door, I don't know how I know these codes, but I've stopped asking those questions, Ms, Warren! The door, Ms, Warren, Ms, Warren, open the door! She's opening it up, Ms, Warren, Come on, Todd's got a car at the end of the tunnel, I can't believe how lucky we were getting out of there, ( Josh ) it's not always luck that guides you, Judy, ( Todd ) whatever it is, I hope we don't run out of it, ( Josh ) Turn here, Where are you going? Up there, This is stupid, I said we were going to get killed, and now we're going to get killed, Come on, nobody's going to get killed, I'm staying here, That's a good idea, We've only broken about a million rules, I'm sure they'd love to talk to you about it, I'll tell them that he brainwashed us, That he turned us into zombies, We were, ,, we were mindless automatons bent on doing his nefarious will, Hey, you're the one who made me steal back his clothes! Okay, so, ,, maybe they won't buy the truth, Sir, tracking indicates he's heading back to gold mountain, ( general ) Lock and load, Why are we going up here? Because you still have a decision to make, What decision? I already helped you escape, For god's sakes, what more do you want? You'll know when the time comes, I don't want to know then, I want to know now, I can't tell you, Sure you can, You just say, "Judy, here's what you have to decide" And tell me, It's not that simple, Look, I'm not going any further until you tell me what's going on, If the air force Captures us again, you will never know what your decision is, That much I will tell you, So what's my big decision? It's coming, Don't worry, you're not going to miss it now, Miss what? That you are an alien and your ship's coming? You want me to go with you? I'll go, I'll go, It'll be the biggest story of the universe, All endings are beginnings, Judy, It's time for me to go, They're heading uphill, B squad, establish a perimeter, We don't want them doubling back and slipping past us, Get your toys, Frank, Look, you just can't go like this, You got to tell me, What are you? An alien, an Angel? God? What? What does it matter what I am? I am who you say I am, That's up to you to decide, I could use a little help here, Come on, Jude, let's go, Is that what you're really looking for? Help? Yeah, Help with my life, help with my job, I want to know what I'm supposed to do, I'm afraid, can't you see that? We all are, Afraid of everything Afraid of you, You're not going to tell me, are you? I've told you all you need to know, God, I hate you, You know that expression "You're cute when you're angry"? Yeah, It's not always True, How can you joke at a time like this? We came a lot farther this time, didn't we? Mankind, Things are better, aren't they? You were just trying to make up your mind, right? Don't look at me, Turn your face away, Don't go, I have to, Are you coming back? What I am doesn't matter, What you are does, No, We've got to get closer, Goodbye, Judy, Jude, there's guys all over the mountain, We got to get going! They're almost here, Where is he? Was there a ship? Do you have any record? All our equipment is back at the base, Don't look at me, I want every grain of this mountain searched, We'll work our way down till we meet up with B squad, Go! Goodbye, Judy, The one thing he couldn't do is erase this after he left, We're going to make a ton of money, What are you doing? Are you crazy? I'm making my decision, Come on, ( control voice ) Throughout history, the search for faith has led man to look to the stars and the heavens for answers, But only by looking into ourselves may we truly find it, Captioning performed by Western captioning service ltd, Vancouver, B, C, 1998