LANGLEY AFB, VA-CLASSIFIED
INTERNAL MEMORANDUM TO: MARTIN TEAGUE - NSA DEPUTY DIRECTOR
Resuscitation of patient ARLINGTON JAMES STEWARD confirmed by hospital personnel.
Patient was released from burn unit on the morning of July 24th
to undisclosed location.
Patient has constructed a device of unknown purpose.
Design specifications confirmed by Mars project.
Patient is delivering the device to private residences.
More information forthcoming.
Do you hear something?
It's the door bell.
- You sure? - Uhmm!
What time is it?
Quarter to six.
What is it?
- Someone left a box. - Who?
I don't know, there was a car and it just drove off.
Did Santa come early this year?
- I guess we were right. - Um huh.
You never really believed in Santa Claus, do you?
Not really.
You should have come up with a better story
than a fat guy coming down the chimney.
- It's so illogical. - And illegal.
It's breaking and entering.
What kinds of car was it?
Well...
It was black.
OK.
Why would they just drive off?
I don't know, sweetie
Take the box.
What is it?
Never seen anything like that before in my life.
You need a key to open it.
There's a note.
It's like a wedding invitation.
It's some sort of bridesmaid gift and flowers.
Mr. Steward will call upon you at 5 p.m.
Do you know Mr. Steward?
Well, I don't.
Do you?
- Where's Mullen? - Mullen's sick
Hey, pb and j.
Did you cut the breads in squares?
Of course, like always.
Don't do that, squares are for baby.
- Hi Mrs. Lewis. - Good morning boys.
Feel free to call me Norma, Ms. Lewis...
make me feel old.
You are old.
I'm only 35.
Yeah, to us...that's old.
You're kind of a geezer.
You'll be a geezer one day too, Mr. Smartpants!
Why does the bus stop has to be in front of my drive way?
So I can watch my little Walter get on the bus safe
and one piece.
Please go inside, you're embarrassing me.
My love embarrasses you?
Yes, it does.
What if I give my big strong Walter a big hug and a kiss
right before he gets on the bus in front of all his friends?
- Do it, do it! - No...no.
Bye Walter, see you boys later.
Little early for a mid-life crisis, don't you think?
So who's Mr. Steward?
I have no idea.
Is someone from school?
I don't know.
Is he your secret lover?
I hate you!
I hate you too.
3 strangers,
Trapped a room for all eternity No Exit 1944 Jean-Paul Sartre
Each wanted something from the other
A wish unfulfilled
This is Sartre's vision of hell.
Hell is other people?
Yes.
Hell is other people seeing you for who you truly are.
So what is this mean for Estelle?
It means she's going to rot in hell.
She's a slut who marry for money and kill her baby.
Estelle are more complicated than that.
Charles, see...
She was poor and married into money to save her family.
What happened to your foot?
I beg your pardon?
I've seen you limp.
Did something happened to you foot?
Can we see it?
My foot?
Yeah!
Can we see what it looks like?
What? Being embarrassed?
- Remember everyone, essay is due tomorrow. - All right.
Whether a life has begun or not,
it is critical to our concept of the chemical evolution
to determine the path of carbon chemistry.
Mars offers the first opportunity,
to gain another perspective in the cosmic history of planetary chemistry.
- Are there any questions? - What's the next step?
Yes...in the back here, Rhonda.
Yes...
Can you elaborate on the soil tests?
The...the gas exchanged experiment measured the production
or uptake.
CO2, nitrogen, methane, hydrogen and oxygen...
...during the incubation of the Martian soil sample.
Why's the National Security Agency involved?
The NSA?
Yes, Martin T deputy director of NSA is here in Langley.
Why is the NSA here in Langley?
Tell us about the test reproduction...
Did the ancient Martian civilization left some thing behind?
You know... I'm sorry, I have no comment on that right...
Thank you for the information, Rhonda.
Any other questions?
If we find water beneath the surface...
and the orbiter photos that we took of Utopia Planitia indicate
there were once rivers on the surface of the planet,
it's quite possible we'll eventually find evidence of life.
And who are you?
Arthur Lewis, used to work for the optic lab.
I have designed the camera.
In your short time with us,
you've really become part of our family here at Libby Hill.
That's why it's so difficult to tell you this.
We cancelled the faculty tuition this count.
Starting when?
Next semester.
I'm real sorry about this, Norma.
I don't know what for.
You nose's bleeding.
Why is your mom limp?
None of your business.
So what're you gonna do?
I don't know.
We already lived in paycheck to paycheck.
What does Arthur think?
He doesn't know yet.
Oh god, this's gonna devastate him.
But then again,
he's still living in Mars.
Oh man, you know...
What's with you and that tie? Third time you worn that tie this week.
Small lucky tie.
God knows you need it.
I should loan it to you since today's the big day, huh?
- Yep! - Absolutely.
Planet earth's not good enough for all of our breeds, gotta go out to outer space.
- Well...let's not get ahead of ourselves, we shall see. - Yeah.
Growing too big for them breeches.
I guess that I've to go upstairs and tell big boss man...
that you've been work on a personal project, don't...
What're you gonna do? You gonna tell the boss's man?
Absolutely, I'm gonna tell the big boss.
Hey Terry, don't blow the place up.
Yeah, I know. I know!
It's a Christmas present for Norma.
Tara argue with you?
Sweet I guess!
Where's my present?
Merry Christmas.
Thank you.
Don't mention it.
Picture from Mars...
Roger's mama and his loveable sister Dee.
Here the Joe's asking a hilarous question,
...what's happening?
Next Saturday night on ABC.
Hello, may I help you?
Mrs. Lewis...
Yes?
Hello...
My name is Arlington Steward.
I assume you received the box I left on your doorstep.
Yes!
And you've found the button unit inside the box.
Is that you called it,
button unit?
Yes, we do.
Please don't let my appearance frighten you.
I assured you I'm not a monster.
I'm just a man with a job to do.
May I come in?
Sure!
Can I offer you anything?
Oh no, thank you.
I've never have much enough time.
Shall we sit down?
So...
are you trying to sell me something?
Yes, in a way...
I do have an offer to make.
What offering?
It's a natural opportunity.
Let me explain.
In this envelope, there is a key.
I'll show you.
This key opens the glass dome to the button unit.
Now, if you push the button,
two things will happen.
First...
someone, somewhere in the world...
whom you don't know,
...will die.
Second...
you will receive a payment of 1 million dollars.
Tax free!
The payment...
will be delivered to you by me,
in cash.
Just as you see here.
And Mrs. Lewis please come with me, to present to you
this crisp 100 dollar bill, as a gift
In exchange for your kindness and allow me into your home.
You gonna give me this 100 dollar bill,
even if i say no?
That is correct!
Are you for real?
Oh I assure you Mrs. Lewis,
this offer is quite real.
Who do you work for?
Guaranteed you payment comes with 3 restrictions I'm afraid.
I'm not permitted
to disclose any information about the identity of my employers.
Two, you're not permitted to discuss the details of this to anyone
except your husband of course.
Three...you have 24 hours.
You have until 5 o'clock tomorrow to make your decision.
At which point...
I shall return and retrieve the button unit.
It will be re-programmed
and the offer will be made
to someone else.
It's been a pleasure meeting you Mrs. Lewis.
It's a new prosthesis for a foot.
You got it!
What?
We're using the new GD slice polymer developed
- for the pilot chairs for the shuttle. - Alright.
- That's well. - Thank you.
What happened to her foot?
When she was 17,
her brother dropped a barbell on her foot.
She didn't want her toes broken, so she go to the hospital...
doctor sat her on a chair, turn the X-rays machine on...
then he checked on the other patients down the hall
and he forgets all about Norma.
Leaves that X-ray machine running.
Oh Jesus, that's...that's not good.
No!
The tissue and the former toes's completely destroyed by the radiation.
They have to amputate four of her toes?
Yup!
And then they go on about getting the skin
from a inner thigh to cover the front of the foot.
But it's about 1958
so they didn't have a skingraft technique like we do now.
And she had to sit like this.
The sitting position, full body cast.
For a month, waiting for it to heal.
Jesus, I hope she sued this idiot.
Oh yeah, her family sued and they won.
What was the settlement?
10 thousand dollars.
God!
If this sucker works, she can start jogging again.
I hope so.
That's a nice thing you're doing for Norma.
Thank you, sir.
One good turn deserves another.
This just arrived for you, certified mail from...
the Astronaut pool.
It's a joke.
It just came, nobody opened it.
It says I was rejected.
What?
Arthur Lewis!
His astronaut application was rejected.
Can you tell me why?
OK.
Arthur, they say you fail the psychological exam.
You gotta be kidding me.
That makes no sense.
No, I...I aced it.
Every test.
I...I...!--
I was counting on this.
Yeah?
What am I suppose to do with the rest of my life?
There are many great opportunities, Arthur.
Now we just got a grant to develope
more optics for the new planetary camera system.
You're perfect for it.
Cause the manager of the position doesn't exist.
We'll always have Mars.
Hello sonny.
When you and me're gonna go get it.
When Barry Goldwater gets together with Jane Fonda.
Before I could ask him any more questions
he got in his car and drove away.
What're you doing? Be careful.
Oh come on, are we gonna think this thing is real?
You got his licence plate?
No!
If there's a car Norma, always got to get the licence plate.
Well, I was a little overwhelmed.
OK, so somewhere in the world, someone you don't know
will die.
Shh!
Yes, those were his exact words.
Did he say how they would die?
No.
Then he offers you briefcase full of cash.
Yes he said it was a million dollars and it looks real.
What did he looked like?
You don't wanna know.
What you mean?
He must've been a burnt victim.
Because half of his face was gone.
- Really? - Yes, gone.
Are you messing with me?
- No! - Yes, you are!
No, I'm not.
We're gonna be late for the play.
I'll locked it up downstairs.
Alright.
I would like to buy Saint Charles place.
OK, Saint Charles place.
Hi Mrs. Lewis.
Hi Dana.
Did Mr. Steward showed up?
Yeah, he's stopped by.
So what does it do?
What happen when you push the button?
Nothing special.
Did he give you the key to the dome?
I bet it's does something cool.
You sure do asked a lot of questions.
And now you're avoiding them.
Hey big mouth, that's enough, alright?
In bed by 10 o'clock.
- Yes sir. - Alright!
Thanks Dana.
- Good night. - Good night.
- That's yours. - Okay.
Fart!!
He was very charming.
I always believe if he'd gives that entire brief case of money.
Forever and ever and ever
Well...well
Let's get on with it
So what are you thinking?
Alright!
Look, there's absolutely no outside spreading of this deal, OK?
So he's a con.
The bill is a counterfeit.
You don't just give someone $100 with no string attach, it's just crazy.
Maybe he is crazy.
I mean maybe he's mentally ill,
and he's just using the box as some sort of excuse to murder someone,
and he blame us for it.
Should we call the police, what're you going to say?
If you tell anyone,
the deal is off.
No money!
He said that?
Yes, we can't tell anyone.
Let's go home.
Alright, I'll get our coats.
Someone spend a lot of time designing this.
Anodized aluminum... M1 glass.
It's expensive.
Hello...
What're you doing?
I wanna take a look inside.
They sealed it...
pretty good.
Nothing!
No transmitter, no radio.
If we push the button right now, there's no way he'll even know.
OK, just...you know what, put it back together.
I don't want you breaking it.
What do you care?
Because either way, he's gonna come back
to retrieve it. He said he takes the box, he's reprogrammed it...
and then he makes the offer to someone else.
How is he gonna re-program, it's a piece of wood.
People started pollution, people can...
So you gonna push it or not?
it's not my decision to make,
it's ours, I mean I will never push it without your knowing.
Don't forget to turn off the tree lights.
No, just leave it on.
It's a fire hazard.
I like to keep the Christmas spirit alive while we sleep.
We could die.
Everybody dies Norma.
Fine!
Leave them alone.
It's strange, you only make house calls when you out of town.
What're you thinking?
I'm thinking...
we're never gonna see that much money.
Then why you say that?
Be realistic, Arthur...
you work for the government,
God knows we both spend too much money.
Sure we'll make it easier to live a loveful home.
Honey--
Why do we need a million dollars to be happy?
We don't!
But imagine what we could accomplish, I mean
we could provide security for our entire family.
You know I don't need to work at NASA forever,
I could get another job.
Are we ever gonna to leave Richmond?
Gonna've to postpone my foot surgery.
No, we're not doing that, you need that surgery.
Yeah, I know but
we can't afford it.
Well then, push the button see what happens.
I'm scared!
Norma, why are you scared?
You didn't see his face.
I'm calling the police.
You can't!
Right, because then the deal is off.
Norma, how the hell's he gonna know we even call anyone?
Does he has the house bugged?
It's a gift to each of the bridesmaids of the wedding,
they're gonna make a big joke of it tonight.
Dr. Als gonna get up and he's gonna ask who push the button and who didn't
and everyone gonna've a laugh at the con artist he has hired.
Shoved at our door step.
It was something great before and she wondered if it's the next style.
Well, where is she?
I ran out thru the front door...
They put her in the back of a van and drove off.
OK!
Look, lock all the doors.
She didn't finish it...
I'm on my way home.
I ran a test on it, it work.
This hundred bill dollar is real.
So this's seems all real.
We push the button,
we get a million dollars.
And we could be responsible for the death of another human being.
Is that something we can live with?
Or someone's baby...
What if it's a murderer on death row?
What if it's our neighbor across the street?
Do you know them?
Doug and Donna.
What is it to really know someone, Norma?
Do you know me?
Better than you know yourself.
Do you know Walter?
Even better than know I you.
So you wanna do it Norma?
It's just a box.
911 emergency, how may I direct your call?
Excuse me, you need to slow down.
Ma'am, I can't understand what you're saying.
So you heard a loud screaming,
and a gun shot?
I heard a gun shot...
then he ran out the front door with a briefcase
that he's got in his car.
Ma'am, get back inside, take the boy and go back inside right now.
Jimmy!
Check her pulse.
Alright, get back, I gonna kick the door down.
Get away from the door!!
Hiss, OK.
Hello Mrs. Lewis.
Hello.
Shall I come in?
Hello.
You must be Mr. Lewis.
Forgive me, I've a rough and busy day.
Shall we?
Do you have the key?
Thank you.
There we are.
1 million dollars.
You can count it if you want.
Did someone...
Died?
Yeah!
Of course.
You said before that the button unit will be re-programmed,
Yes...
So what happens now? Are you gonna make the offer to someone else?
Well...yes, Mrs. Lewis that's how it works.
And I can't promised you
that the offer will be made to someone you don't know.
Hey, hey--
We don't want your money.
Take it!
I'm sorry Mr. Lewis,
the button has been pushed.
Good day.
Hey--
Open the door!
Open the door!!
I got his licence plate.
What do you think, Norma?
Someone we don't know.
That's mean we're next? Is that how we live?
Alright...just--
Walter...
Yeah!
Put the money in the safe.
Oh oh oh, not today.
Homework first.
Go munch your lunch pills here, okay.
Come on.
We got ourselves another domestic homicide.
This time it's the wife.
Really?
The victim's name is Diane Carnes,
31 years old, gun shot wound to the chest.
They found a little girl locked in the bathroom.
Huh?
Husband?
Husband is unaccounted for.
Neighbor saw him bolt out the front door after they heard a gun shot.
Has the husband got any priors?
No, that's the thing.
Husband is Jeffery Carnes,
described as a loving father by all the neighbors
and he's a rocket scientist.
Work for NASA.
Really?
It doesn't hurt anymore.
Merry Christmas sir.
- Thank you. - My pleasure.
Wow!
All of this for a rehearsal dinner?
Remember our rehearsal dinner.
You mean the cake party in backyard?
You know, that!
Please smile...little girl.
Wow...look at the way she walks, you float.
You knew back then?
Diane came earlier from the stepback.
Behavior issue.
- How are you, Dick? - Hey, how are you?
It's good to see you.
- Hi Lana. - Arthur.
Nice... Norma still cut your hair?
Hey... who are you? Lynyrd Skynyrd.
Honey, they're not gonna let you into outer space with those sideburns.
Mama everybody who isn't is a bad man.
Oh honey, I know but--
Forget about that... where did you get that?
Right back over here.
Alright, you want something?
Sure!
Alright, excuse me.
Folks--
Could...could I have your attention before I just forget it.
We really like to thank all of you
for coming out on such a non-seasonably cool night in Richmond.
Now I'm told that I'm supposed to keep this quite short
because we...we've another 43 speeches coming.
Friends of the bride and groom've very generously donated this array of gifts,
and it being the holiday season we thought it would be a good idea
to have...well, to have a holiday gift's draw.
- Alright Lana. Let's-- - OK--
- You need to make thing that way, sweety, - That's good. OK, I will.
like you spike in the punch bowl.
We know you know how to do that.
I don't know, I've never done that.
Never done that.
Alright, here we go.
Oh-uh, my son in law...
not you, Arthur.
Come on now.
Come on up, Arthur, come on up.
Both sides of you do not break this anonymous cup,
I swear I am.
Alright get your gift, lucky.
Alright, just pick any of this--
- Any gift that you like. - Yes sir.
Oh-uh...just leave those golf club alright, those are mine.
Now you get in the club, you get in the club.
Ah, you know, I'm just gonna
I might take this box right here.
Oh...hey, so come on.
There's a nice playing gift in there. Let's get another one.
Mysterious.
Latitia...
Well, open it.
No, we don't... why don't you just go put it in the car,
we'll open it up when we get home.
- Hell no. - No.
You gotta open it here, you two, we gotta see what's inside the box.
Yeah...come on, open it.
Arthur, that's him.
What is it... a photograph?
Yeah.
Well, let's see it.
No no, it's an inside joke.
It seems private.
Nice, alright, yeah... we remember that.
We've taken some private photograph, straight up...
Minds run wild with that.
Is that one you running with him...
What about this rehearsal dinner,
can you imagine what's the wedding dinner going to be like?
Astounding science fiction.
Day of the Moron?
Yeah...
my dad collects comics.
What else does he collect?
He has much more of those stuffs in the basement.
You want to see?
Yeah.
What's your dad have to do with the Viking?
He helped design the camera.
Scan image 1/9 at a time,
it takes about 5 minutes to complete one revolution.
How did the images from Mars get back to earth?
Radio transmissions.
Figure out a way to interpret the data and then print it out on film.
How long did it take to transmit the signal?
About 2 hours.
The signal travels 58 million miles in about 5 minutes,
test it out last year in Colorado.
Look...I don't think that we should say anything to my father, OK?
Let's see how that new foot works on the dance floor, come on.
Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.
Arthur C. Clarke (1917-2008) third law.
My dad knows him.
♪ Bell bottom blues, you made me cry
Arthur, that's was a wonderful thing you did for Norma.
I don't know what she will do without you.
I don't know what'd I do without her.
Really I don't.
- Perfect gift. - Thank you.
It's a really a nice party, Dick. - Yeah... - Congratulations.
Yeah, I'm not bearing the costs.
- You are not paying? - No!
But I do work fast.
Hey listen, do you think you could...
run a licence plate for me?
Black sedan.
Do you think you can find out who owns it?
Yeah...sure, what's going on?
Just someone hanging around the house, you know.
Probably nothing, just want to be safe.
Yeah, it's worth a check out.
♪ Ain't no party but.... Can't you see
What's the deal with this kid?
He just made a peace sign at me while he's doing his things?
Norma didn't tell you?
No, what's up?
Oh, he...
He humiliated her in front of the entire class.
Make fun of her foot.
You got a bloody nose.
Thank you.
Is there something I can get for you?
Well, you said that I had a phone call.
Yes, right here.
Hello.
Mrs. Lewis, hello.
It's Arlington Steward.
I see your husband has contacted the police about my vehicle.
I have quite a few employees.
Listen--
We don't want anyone to get hurt.
Well, if you didn't want anyone to get hurt,
you shouldn't have push the button.
We don't want anymore trouble, OK?
I'm afraid trouble has found you,
Mrs. Lewis.
There are always consequences.
The tests will continue until the button unit has been re-programmed.
What...what're we suppose to do now?
Listen to your conscience.
Do what it tells you.
Enjoy the party.
Arthur...
What did you say to my wife?
Wanna tell me what you said to my wife?
Is that funny to you? Is that funny?
Making fun of someone's disfigurement is funny to you.
Is that funny to you? Ah?!
No, Mr. Lewis.
It's not funny,
it's tragic.
Oh... Arthur.
You okay, son?
Huh.
Thank you.
NO EXIT
♪ O'er the land of the free and the home of the brave
Dana,
we're back.
Do you have a ride home?
No.
OK, Arthur can take you.
OK, here your go.
- Thanks. - Thank you.
Where am I taking you?
It's a motel up by I-95,
Calex and Motor Lodge.
You staying in the motel?
Yeah, my parents bought a new house but it's not ready yet.
You got blood on your hands.
What do you mean by that?
Your hands.
There's bloods stain.
Oh ah...yeah, I got into a fight tonight.
Embarrassed everyone,
ruined the whole party.
Somebody pushing your buttons?
Why would you say that?
Just an expression.
Don't jump to conclusion, you'll get yourself into a whole heap of trouble.
How?
I'm already in a whole heap of the trouble.
What're you gonna do about it?
I don't know, you get any suggestions?
Look into the light.
- The light? - Yeah, the light.
Soon you'll be blinded away.
What is the light?
I cannot remember.
I cannot remember!
Dana...
Wake up!
Dana!!
Jesus Christ!!
Sarah Mathews
Are you OK?
You have to get out of here.
It's not safe for you here.
Slow down, what're you talking about?
There's only one person who can save you now.
Look in the mirror, you'll see.
Dana, Dana!
In the history of mankind
the existence of life elsewhere in the universe
Viking's 1 and 2 do not view and review living organisms,
they will learn other secrets of the universe.
They will tell us...
but many things about our own planet.
Opening up new possibilites,
for exploration and just produce knowledge that...
will have proof the quality of life, right here on earth.
Our achievements in space represent
not only the height of technology skills,
they also reflect
the best in our country.
Our character needs capacity for creativity and sacrifice
and the willingness to reach into the unknown.
Norma.
Where did you say you met Dana?
On our field trip to the Kennedy Center in DC.
Right.
And she said she was a Richmond.
Yeah, we rode back on the same bus.
OK!
This is her driver's licence.
Her name is Sarah Mathews.
She lives in Boston.
He called his employees?
Yeah.
Hello Norma.
Hello.
Did your husband tell you where he was going this morning?
No, he didn't.
I hope for your sake, he isn't playing detective again.
Though I assured you
I know where he is.
Because of your employees?
Is Dana one of your employees?
As I've told you, I have many employees.
Can I see you, in person?
I wanna meet face to face.
I'm looking at you right now.
Excuse me?
I'm in your backyard.
Are you still there?
Mr. Steward?
Alright, hold on.
We wanna get this straight,
you've the wind tunnel for months.
Now you want the little lander and the hangar?
That is correct.
- The NSA activity... - What kind's of activity?
The activities
will occasionally involve NASA employees.
But I'm not at liberty to disclose
how they will be involved and what they will doing.
I think this whole thing is outrageous.
But we don't really have any choice, do we?
No, you don't.
POLICE
Did you get a chance to run that licence plate yet?
Yeah, I did.
It's a government issued licence plate.
This plate a town car licence for used by the NSA.
The NSA?
Jesus Christ!
We are lost.
This guy's wife...
she was shot once in the chest.
Quite blank range.
Whoever shot her, held the gun
directly to her chest and fired the bullet straight to her heart.
The husband works at Langley.
Is there any sign of a struggle?
No.
There's no skin under her nails, no bruises.
What time did she died?
Neighbor said they heard the shot at 4:45 pm.
What's all this deal Arthur?
Do you think you could take me to his house?
Well your sister feel awful about last night.
Arthur just sick about it too.
Hey Norma, let me just say this...Carl and
I have always marvel at you strength.
Right, and have positive always awed
even that's your injury and I just wonder if
maybe sometimes
we don't take for granted that you are alright.
I'm fine.
The NSA is letting him do it.
NASA can't stop it.Test subject are all under 40, happily married
with a single child.
Go to the Richmond public library follow this call number.
Don't trust anyone, not even your husband.
Oh my lord!
She's bleeding, somebody call for help.
Oh my heavens?
Who is that woman, Norma?
Do you know her?
No, I... I don't.
Listen, I have a lot of
errands to run before the wedding...
Can I drop you off at home?
Don't touch.
That's him!
He's a part of relation man in Langley.
What's his name?
Arlington Steward.
Steward, with the D.
- Uhm-huh. - Can you check him out?
Yeah.
Human resource exploitation manual.
Call numbers?
The Lightning Book by Peter E. Viemeister.
Excuse me.
I'm looking for the nearest exit.
You aren't an employee.
This library is for employees only.
You are his wife.
I am Clymene.
What does he want from us?
He's testing you.
He's testing all of us.
Please, follow me.
There are 3 gateways.
But you may choose only one.
Be careful which gateway you choose
for there's only one path to salvation.
Have a seat, Mrs. Lewis.
Indistinguishable from magic...
Lightning strikes the earth 100 times per second.
A single bolt of lightning can reach temperatures approaching
28 thousand degrees Celsius in a split second.
This is 5 times hotter than the surface of the sun.
Is that what happened to you?
You were struck by lightning?
Yes.
And now I am in communication with those who controls the lightning.
What lies behind the other two?
Eternal damnation.
Alright!
What's the notion you had
when you first laid eyes on me, Norma?
- I felt... - You felt what?
-I felt... - Pity? - love.
You felt love for me.
Yes.
Why?
Because of my disfigurement.
Because of all the pain that it ever caused me
in my life.
I thought what it would be like
to have all that pain
magnified and projected onto my face.
If I refuse?
Eternal damnation.
You have chosen gateway number two.
I saw that pain on your face
and I just, I understood it.
I felt it overwhelming,
feeling of love for you
because I know that I would never
feel sorry for myself ever again.
Take my hand.
You don't remember coming home, do you?
You came in your car, you walk indoor like a zombie.
Didn't say anything, just went straight to the bed.
Where does all these water come from?
Why isn't dad telling us what's had happened...
Walter, go down to the basement and get me more buckets, alright?
- But I just want... - Walter!
Fine.
Can you tell me what happened?
I need a drink.
Are we still gonna live?
Yeah.
There's only so much information that I can disclose.
I understand.
In the hours following the first Viking transmission from Mars
your colleague Arlington Steward
was struck by lightning while standing here on this platform.
Yes, and we haven't heard from him since then.
He's...
something else now.
What do you mean?
Arlington Steward died shortly after being admitted
to the burnt unit at Riverside Hospital.
Several hours, after his body was taken to the morgue
and locked in a freezer storage unit,
a nurse heard a voice coming from behind the metal door.
It was a man laughing.
Mr. Steward, he came back from the dead and was laughing hysterically.
He was then transferred to a high security military hospital.
Soon after we realized he was
demonstrating some extraordinary capabilities.
What do you mean by capabilities?
His body healed rate 10 times faster than normal.
Cellular degeneration essentially halted.
Ladies and gentlemen, Mrs. and Mr. Edward Powell.
Hi!
You can't drink with anybody now, alright?
Come on.
Sir,
If you don't mind my asking?
Why a box?
Your home is a box.
Your car is a box on wheels.
You drive to work in it.
You drive home in it.
You're sitting in your home staring into a box.
It erodes your soul while the box
that is your body inevitably withers and dies.
We are upon and just placed in the ultimate box
to slowly decompose.
It's quite depressing
when you think of it that way?
Don't think pf it that way.
Think of it as a temporary state of event.
What happens,
once you completed your test?
I submit the data to my employers
and then your fate rests in their hands.
I can not say they are not without a bizarre sense of humor.
Look at me.
I wouldn't know sir, the employer that you speak,
your...
employers remained a mystery to us all.
I like mystery.
Don't you?
How do we pass the test?
Isn't it obvious?
Simply don't press the button.
If enough of you don't, the test will conclude.
But there will be more test to come.
Walk on quickly into the light.
Time to advance your 80 circles death.
You walk into the light you're gonna feel your body submerged in the liquid.
Try to hold your breath.
If you feel drowning sensation,
you will pass.
Where're you sending them?
To prepare for the next test in Massachusetts.
You spoke earlier
about the altruism coefficient.
If human beings are unable or unwilling
to sacrifice individual desires,
the greater good of your species will have no chance for survival
and my employers will be compelled
to expedite your extinction.
Clear?
Yes sir.
♪ When Joanna loved me
I was gone, Norma.
I was gone far nearly in hell.
What did you see?
What was there in the light?
Words can't describe it,
it's a place.
Not here nor there.
It is somewhere in between,
it's a warm embrace.
A place where
the sidewalk ends
and despair was no more the governor of human heart.
Dad.
What's going on?
I maybe sick Walter.
You can still save yourself.
It's too late for me, but you can still save yourself.
Jeffrey Carnes?
Well, I got lots of questions for you.
You want to survive this thing, you come with me...
right now.
Alright, why don't you put the gun down, before someone sees you.
Get in the truck.
Alright.
Dad?
Walter!
Hey!
Walter!
Walter!!
Walter, Walter!
Those are classified CIA documents.
Test subject free will, test subject can not be treated like employees.
Frontal lobe herrmoage?
Now, that's its weakness.
Hey you still haven't figure it out
how they get inside their heads without the nose thing.
- The nose bleeds. - And you see lots of them?
Yeah.
And so there's limit to what it can do with it's power.
Living inside a 70 years old man?
Yes, and that's why it embedded itself at Langley.
It's got everything they need.
Military, CIA, FBI...
NASA.
So it can be killed?
Yes.
Where we are going?
Coz it's kidnap your son, just like it took my daughter.
What?
But I know where they has been hidden.
There's a motel of I-95, it's...
Steward's employees took your son there.
It's a transport harbored site.
A swimming pool they use... sort of a gateway.
Test subject must choose between three gateway paths.
Gateway transit analysis will determine fate of test subjects.
So did you push the button or was it your wife?
My wife.
Yeah, yeah...mine too.
And now she's dead.
Did you killed her?
I did it for my daughter.
What you mean you did it for your daughter?
I had to make a choice.
Between my wife, and my daughter.
Do you really want to track with it?
Not the result.
Let's move.
Alpha team, take position.
Weapons click.
Move move move!
Arthur, Arthur listen to me...
whatever happens given this point on life, greater ramifications
then you can possibly fed them.
Please, have a seat.
Where's our son?
He's in a safe place, we'll get to him in a moment.
Please sit down.
I want you to know,
that I've the deepest respect and admiration for you both.
You gave me hope.
But I am very sorry
that you pushed the button.
I'm afraid I've to tell you that two of your son's
functional senses have been impaired.
He can no longer see
and he can no longer hear.
Where is he?
What'd you done with him?
I have done nothing with him.
I'm just the vessel.
You are now presented
with 2 options.
Option 1...
you can live the rest of your life and
enjoy the money that has been given to you,
than learnt to live with your son's permanent impairment.
It is irreversible.
He will never hear your voices or see your faces again.
Option 2...
There's one bullet,
In the chamber of this gun.
You can fire with it to your wife's heart, killing her.
At the exact moment your spirit leaves your body,
your son will be return to normal.
As for the million dollars it'll be placed into a interesting bearing account
given to your son on his 18th birthday.
Let me kill myself.
Arthur has nothing to do with this.
I'm sorry.
The offer is not negotiable.
Arthur, you must fire the gun.
Norma, you must die.
Or Walter will be forever in darkness and silence.
Kill me if you like, Mr. Lewis. It'll condemn your son to a life of agony.
You will be in prison for the murder of Arlington Steward,
which I'm their employee.
And they will simply send another to replace me.
Who?
Who will send another?
Arthur, please don't.
- Who? - Don't!
Good day to you.
Mr. Steward,
can I be forgiven?
I don't know.
I understand you admired the writings of Jean Paul Sartre.
Perhaps...
these words will comfort.
There are two ways to enter the final chapter,
free or not free.
The choice is ours.
You gave me a glimpse of the after life, didn't you?
Because this is purgatory?
And you're here to shut us down.
Your son is locked in the upstairs's bathroom.
- Walter. - Walter!
Walter!!
Sweetheart!
Sweetie, can you hear us?
Someone out there?
Walter.
Someone out there?
How the fuck you get inside?
I can't see, please.
Help me!
Walter...
Walter!
I can't hear.
Please help me.
Wal..Walter.
Just back away from the door, if you can hear me.
Somebody help.
Walter.
He can't hear us.
He can't.
Stop it, Arthur. Arthur stop!
Please--
Arthur Arthur Arthur!
Mom!
Dad!
Please--
I can't.
I can't see him like that.
I can't!
Oh god!
I can't do this.
No, we can't leave him like this.
It's the only way.
There's no other way.
He smile at us.
What?
When you ask me about the after life he smile at us.
- He did? - Yeah.
Arthur.
I love you, and I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry for what I did to us.
Sshh...
You didn't do anything, we did it.
So, don't appologize.
I love you!
And I regret nothing, in this life with with you together.
And I...
will count the days
until my Arthur to see me again.
I'm gonna push it.
Until we meet again.
Yeah.
Let's go home with it.
911 emergency. How may I direct your call?
You said you heard a gun shot?
What is the address?
Park
In Entour.
Hello Mrs. Weller.
Shall I come in?
Walter.
It's your dad, I'm right here.
Can you hear me?
Walter!
Wal...Walter!
Walter, can...if you can hear me, just yell. I'm right outside the door.
Put your hands on your head and move away from the door.
Dad!
Wow!!
I'm right here, honey. Everything is gonna be fine, okay.
You just stay tight.
I said put your hands on your head and move away from the door.
Walter is upstairs, he's OK.
They assured me, you and your son will be taken care of.