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- This doesn't make any sense.
- That's what I just told you.

Increase the magnification to 1,000
and watch it.

Could it be reacting
to the dye compound?

No chance, I checked it.

Let me see a different one.
Same magnification.

The report we got doesn't mention this.

I've never seen anything like this before.

Well,
that's a reasonable remark.

Cut the crap, Jim.

Who's got final clearance
on this stage of the project?

You, me and, uh... fielder.

- Does he know?
- Oh, yeah.

Where is he?

He's getting the animals ready.

I wish I knew what the hell this was.

Come on, ease up,
will you, frank?

Splashdown
was only yesterday afternoon.

First team finished this report,
what, three hours ago?

They flew it here as fast as they could.

Well, it's all in the final report.

- Yeah. Can you help me here?
- Yeah.

I'm sorry, Jim, I'm just...
Just a little edgy.

It's a long flight, and...
Frankly, I wasn't prepared for what I saw.

Yeah, who was?

How much more of this substance
do we have?

Well, there was more,
but after the first report was in,

orders were issued to ship most of it
to Colorado for underground storage.

Near Denver? Are they nuts?

Look, we can't control
what they do with it,

we can only suggest.

Orders come from the top.

How did they package it?

Well, all necessary precautions
were taken.

Neutralized emulsion,
colloidal suspension.

'...team four, please report...'

I just hope the altitude doesn't throw
the suspension into a crystallized state.

It won't.
It's not going by plane.

Oh?

How is it going, by pony express?

It's going by rail, on mart.

There's the obvious to consider
in this, too, you know.

- What's that?
- Publicity.

You been following the news reports
on our wonder child?

There's been nothing in the media
after the preliminary viking probe.

Exactly. The lid's so tight on this,
fielder's rats would suffocate.

Well, that's the reason
for the Denver move, I'm sure.

First team already figured out some
of the basic properties of this stuff.

I don't like the implication
of the Denver move.

It smells of biological warfare.

'All personnel,

'bioresearch now has level-5 priority.'

yeah, I don't like it either.

But let's face it,

we're not here to make policy,
even if we'd like to.

It's on earth now.
We've got no choice but to deal with it.

They sure as hell
ain't gonna send it back to Mars.

"Tech unit, issue diagnostics...

Who went with it?

Ted sorensen.
He was part of the first team.

One man?

Now, see, they don't wanna let
anybody get the idea

that there's anything important
on board that train.

I mean, nobody even knows
we brought the stuff back.

Oh, I see.

For reasons of national security,

they're sending it to Colorado
by way of Alaska.

That's close, yeah.

They decided to use the northern
freight rails as much as possible.

Nm.

- Yeah, it's still there, Mr. sorensen?
- Ltis.

That's good.

I sure wouldn't want
nothing to happen to it.

Wouldn't look good for the railroad
losing somebody's cargo.

No, it wouldn't.

No, wouldn't look good at all.

I can see the headlines right now:

"Low-flying pigeon swoops down

"and shits all over the railroad cargo."

That wouldn't look good at all, Hank,
you're absolutely right.

Wouldn't look good at all.

- Say, Mr. sorensen...
- Hmmmm?

Now, maybe it ain't
none of my business,

but I tell you, I worked
for this railroad for seventeen years,

and I ain't never seen
nothing like this before.

Like what, Hank?

Eh, you know...

Mr. sorensen...

Now, I ain't got no sure way of knowing
that you ain't a real conductor,

but I'm telling you, sir...

I'm pretty sure you ain't.

You see, sir, I just seen
too many conductors in my day,

and a real conductor don't go around
checking the cargo all the time like you do.

No, sir.

See, a real conductor,

he knows the cargo ain't going nowhere,
except where the train's going.

Well, uh, they asked for a periodic check
on this cargo back here,

that's why the car is last.
It's an important shipment.

Mr. sorensen,
what's in that car anyway?

I don't want you to tell me it's a baby
you're feeding three times a day.

They wouldn't ship a baby that way anyhow.
Ain't humane.

That's right.

I know what it is.

It's money.

They're shipping a carload of money
to be burned.

They do that sometimes.

Yeah, that's what they're doing.

That's right, Hank, it's money.
That's exactly what it is.

And I'll tell you something else, Hank,
this perpetual motion is getting to me.

I'm gonna get some sleep.
I'm tired.

Yes, sir.

I told you you were no real conductor,
and you just proved it.

With what?

I never heard no real conductor
use no words like that.

Words like what? "Tired"?

Is there some special
railroad lingo for "tired"?

No. I'm talking about that word
"perpetual motion".

Thanks, I'll remember that.

Mr. sorensen,

be careful you don't roll over
on that loaded gun you're carrying.

Oh, I've seen it.

Yeah, you see, sir, that's how come I started
figuring you weren't a real conductor.

Uh-uh!

A real conductor ain't allowed
to carry no loaded weapon.

That's right, Hank.

Don't worry, I'm not gonna shoot you,
unless you don't shut up.

Well, I'll tell you one thing.

It'd better not be no explosives
or nothing like that.

There's a law against having explosives
in the car if you don't Mark 'em "danger".

You gotta do that,
so the employee knows what it is.

That's right, Hank.
It's not explosives either.

Dang it, I'm sorry, Mr. sorensen.

Just that I... I ain't never been
no good about secrets.

Oh, not keeping them.
No, no, no, I keep 'em good. It's, uh...

It's when other people's
keeping them, I just...

Well, it gets to me, you know?

Hank

I told you, I don't know
what's in those boxes back there.

Boxes?

How many boxes?

Ten. There's ten boxes
back there, Hank.

Ten boxes!

Did fielder try it again
with a lower organism?

Sure did.

He even stuck around
to watch the whole gruesome process.

And?

Not a live one left.

- How many?
- Three. Same thing every time.

How long?

Let's see. From contact time,

we clocked it at an average
of two minutes, thirty-seven seconds.

And the rats?
Any sign of anything?

Nothing.

You know, the expression
is becoming a little overused lately,

but none of this makes any sense.

We know we're dealing
with a disease organism.

All the characteristics are there.

It has some of the qualities
of an enzyme

and some of a virus.

Yet the rate of destruction is too fast.

Fast! That's an understatement.

And we know it's spread
by contact contamination.

How did those
airborne experiments turn out?

Doesn't travel in the air. And it's
not carried through the bloodstream.

That's the part that bothers me.

Those rats bother me.

Damn! They're wide awake,
having a great time,

no loss of motor coordination,
no disorientation...

You know, Jim,

we just may have come up
with the perfect pesticide.

Mother's little helper
and god's gift to the farmer.

Yeah, now who's into the crap?

Ten boxes, my aunt Fanny's pig!

Dang!

Must be some kind of medicine.

Ow!

Ow!

I didn't mean to break it.

I just wanted to see what it was.

- Morning, Charlie.
- Morning, Alvin.

Never fails,
he can't wait till I get here.

Oh, Charlie, there's a train coming in
this morning at 9:25.

Split up here, part of it will stay here
waiting for another engine to pick it up.

Oh yeah,
I just brewed a fresh pot.

Hey, Hank,
thanks for waking me up.

Sorry, Mr. sorensen,

I just plain forgot, that's all.

Now, look, Hank, we're gonna be
in moose point in twenty minutes,

supposed to meet another engine, so get
us uncoupled as quick as you can, ok?

Sure will, Mr. sorensen,
I sure will.

Oh, uh... say, Mr. sorensen,

about what's in that boxcar...

Oh, Hank...

No, no, no, sir,
what I was gonna tell you is,

I just ain't gonna ask you
no more questions about it.

Just no more talk.

What do I owe that pleasure to, Hank?

Well, I'll tell you, sir,
while you were sleeping there last night,

I got to thinking, and, uh...

Well

yeah, I'll tell you, sir,

the way I figure it is, you already told me
too much about them ten boxes,

and I wouldn't want to see you
get in trouble with the railroad,

so I think from now on,

maybe you'd better just make up your mind,
be just like me

and, uh... keep your mouth shut.

So... I say, we're gonna run
into some good-looking country up here.

Yes, and some good-looking people.

You could meet some
good-looking ladies here, you know?

If I was younger...

- Dr. Rogers come in yet?
- Yes, sir, he came in about an hour ago.

'Mr. Mason,
enzyme replacement immediately.

Thank you.

I wanna check on waltzing Matilda.

Last night,
she and I developed this...

Uh, let's say this fond attachment
for one another.

If she had any sense,
she'd be fast asleep by now.

Right.

I wonder if she ever ran
those mazes.

You know, I always fall
for the intellectual type.

What the hell happened here?

- Morning, Charlie.
- Morning.

I'm sorry I'm late. I didn't even
get a chance to have breakfast.

Uh... how about a donut?

- The coffee's fresh.
- Oh, sounds good.

You got those reports
ready for me, Charlie?

Oh, yeah,
I got 'em all ready here.

Thanks.

Oh, good,
not too many this week.

Oh, before I forget, Charlie,
I'm leaving at noon today.

I've already cleared it
with the main office.

Don't worry, though,
I'll get the books in order first.

Well, good morning, you two.

How's every little thing this morning?

Jenny.

Well, if it isn't the Beau brummel
of the rail set.

I'm just fine, Jack, and how are you?
Or need I ask?

Ah, Jenny. Sweet Jenny.

Fridays would be so dull
without you around here.

No insult intended, Charlie.

Fine. Glad you figured that out.

I can see my wit and charm
don't carry much weight with Charlie here.

With Charlie?

You're trying to tell me something,
my pet. I can tell.

Ok, look,
let's change the subject, Jack.

What brings you here so early?

I don't usually get to see your bright,
shining face until afternoon.

I would've missed you today.
I'm leaving at noon.

Oh, you're trying
to tell me something else.

Sorry I mentioned it.

Well, to answer your question...

You did want an answer, didn't you?

There's a train coming in any minute
that's gonna be split up here.

They asked me to check the rails.

Make sure
there weren't any hang-ups.

Something a little peculiar there.

Another engine's coming in
at 9:45 to pick up...

One boxcar and a caboose.

Where's it going?

I don't know. I just checked the switch
ten miles up the track.

Regular load always goes south.

Ain't that right, Charlie?

Hey! You know
what it's carrying, Charlie?

Nope.

Well... I'll be back in a little while
for some coffee.

Business before pleasure.

Take your time, Jack.

Good to see you, Hank.

Yeah, how you been?

Fine, Hank, how about you?

The deputy sheriff
down there in kings county

says his lady ain't been the same
since you left town!

I'll see you later, Hank!

Well, Hank, I haven't seen you in
a long time. How have you been?

Fine, miss Jenny, just fine.

Hey, Charlie, how you doing?

Well...

Same old Charlie.

You can't teach an old dog new tricks,
now, can you, Charlie?

Hank, what did you do to your hand?

Oh, I cut it on a piece of glass.

Uh, Charlie,
you got a band-aid around here?

- Yeah, right here.
- Here, let me fix it for you.

That'd be awful nice of you,
miss Jenny.

Ok, we'll just put a band-aid on there.

Oh, I don't think it's too bad.

What happened to you?

You're on solid ground for five minutes,
and you're hurt already?

Oh, it ain't much.

What happened to you, Hank?

He just cut himself on a piece of glass.
It's not serious.

It ain't nothing,
Mr. sorensen, honest.

Mr. sorensen, I'd like to have you meet
these nice people here.

- This is, uh...
- I'll be right back.

What's his problem?

Why are you so concerned
about what other people are doing?

Gosh, you're as bad
as everybody else around here.

What's he doing out there?

He's opening the boxcar -
what does it look like?

Thanks, Jen,
for that bit of information.

That's a razorblade
you got there, Charlie.

Where's the phone?

Operator? Let me have area code 4-1-7,
operator 5, please.

Thank you.

Operator? Gamma code 3-7-9-8-4.

Alpha 7-9-5.

Red code 5-9.

I ocation 3-0-8-5_

Time code. 7-34.

Ok.

How many people are there?

Did they have contact?

Well, you know what to do.

We'll seal off the area.

No, don't expect the engine.
It'll be cancelled.

And remember, you've got a gun.
Use it if you have to.

We've got too much at stake.

You answer the phone, we'll make
arrangements for incoming calls only.

Ok, thanks.

Whose oldsmobile is that outside?

- It's mine.
- May I have the key to it, please?

- What do you want his key for?
- May I have the key, please?

Hey, hang on to that key, Charlie.

Look, I don't know who you are,
but I do know this:

No stranger comes in here,

makes a call that sounds like
a direct dial to Mars,

and asks for and expects to get
Charlie's car key.

What's going on?

Alright, we'll do it your way.

My name's Ted sorensen,
I'm a biochemist.

We've got a problem here.

May I have your key, please?

Hang on to that damn key, Charlie,
until this guy starts making some sense.

What's a biochemist doing
in moose point?

- Mister...?
- Tiller. Jack tiller.

Alright, Mr. tiller,
we've got a problem.

You're damn straight we do.
I want some answers.

Jack ..

He's got a gun.

- Is that so?
- That's so.

And I know how to use it.

I'd rather not.

I'd like that key now.

Alright, now maybe you'll tell us
what's happening.

Fair enough.
You're gonna have to know anyway.

- Cargo in that boxcar out there...
- Wait a minute!

I know what's
in that boxcar out there.

They're just a bunch
of little bottles of medicine.

Ain't nobody gonna die just cos I broke
two or three little tiny bottles.

Are they, Mr. sorensen?

I hope not, Hank.

What kind of medicine is this?

It's a shipment of a relatively unknown,
potentially dangerous substance.

I don't understand.

Well, unfortunately, there's not much
to understand at this moment,

except that we've all been...
Let's call it "quarantined".

Quarantined?

That... that means
that we're all sick, that...

Nobody can come near us,
or else they're gonna get it, too.

Don't it?

That's a good enough
explanation for now.

Let's say that precautions have to be taken
because of the nature of the substance.

- Well, how long do we have to stay here?
- I don't know that yet.

Ah, sounds like
a lot of double-talk to me.

I got work to do,
I'm getting out of here.

Jack, take it easy.

What the lady says
makes a lot of sense.

There's no need
to go into a state of panic over this.

Let's just stay calm
and take this one step at a time.

Now, first of all, it's important
that nobody touch anybody

until establish
what's already happened here.

- Who bandaged Hank's hand?
- I did.

Why? What does it do?

Just stay calm.

"Stay calm"? Well...

What do you mean, "stay calm"?

You come in here, scare us half to death,
and then tell us to stay calm.

What are we supposed to do,
forget it?

It's not gonna do any good
to get nervous.

What's your name?

- Jenny. Jennifer Moore.
- You work here?

No, I just happened to be in the
neighborhood and thought I'd drop by.

Relax, we're all in this together.

Yes, I work here.
I come in on Fridays to do the books.

What about you?

What about me?

I'll get that.

Hello?

No, he's busy right now.
Can I take a message for him?

Ok.

Alright, fine, I'll tell him.
Thank you.

That was a notification that the engine
coming to pick us up has been rerouted.

Alright, did you have
any contact with Hank today?

Yeah, we shook hands
when he came in.

What about you?
What's your name?

Charles weigel.

Did you have
any contact with Hank today?

No... no.

Yep. Yeah, you did, Charlie.

I rumpled up your hair
when I come in.

I always like to kid ol' Charlie.

You know,
we go back such a long way.

Ok, look, everybody just sit tight.
I've got to make a phone call.

Hello, operator?

May I have area code 4-1-7,
operator 5, please.

It's a bunch of shit!

Operator?

This is gamma code 3-7-9-8-4,

Alpha 7-9-5...

Tiller!

Tiller!

Don't be a fool, tiller.

I don't wanna use this.

You ain't got the guts.

Tiller! Stop!

Stop!

Tiller, stop!

Stop, tiller!

What the hell happened?

Is he alive?

Give me that name again.

What about the others?

Give me their names and status.

How did that shipment get damaged?

We've checked with the lab.

Contact is strictly
through epidermal tissue.

Doesn't transmit
through inorganic matter.

At least that solves part of our problem.

Did you find out who's touched who?

I et's have it.

- What about you?
- 1 don't know.

No, I said, "il don't know."

It's possible.

But I'm not sure.

We'll have to assume you had contact.

Now, look, we're working
on a direct line through.

No one but you uses the phone.

We can't take any chances.

We don't know how long it'll be,
but we can't release anyone to a hospital

until we know the exact extent of damage
from this stuff.

We don't know what effect it will have
on higher organisms.

They're working on that.

Alright.

Well?

We wait

what was the reading
on the hematology printout?

No perceptible change
in the white count.

Platelets slightly elongated, but...

All indications are,
it occurred after death.

- That's crazy.
- So is what happened to the rats.

What could've caused
that kind of brain swelling?

Well, no blood rush to the brain,

which further convinces me,

it has nothing to do
with the circulatory system.

Hmm.

The inner pressure had to be extreme
to cause that kind of skull fracture.

You realize how impossible that is?

I know, Jim.

But what you got to remember is that we're
not dealing with something ordinary here.

What bothers me
is that we shipped that stuff out

before we knew anything about it.

I'm gonna stoke up a fire
in the waiting room.

Get the chill out of here.

Is that alright with you?

Look, I've been afraid to ask this, but...

I'd feel a lot better if I knew.

Now, I understand that we came
into contact with something.

But is anything supposed to happen?

I don't feel any different.

It's like I'm... I'm sitting here
waiting for something to happen to me,

only I don't know what it is.

I'm starting to imagine
all sorts of things.

Getting peculiar pains, and...

And I keep looking at my hands,

waiting for them to turn blue
or fall off or something.

Only, nothing's happening.

Now, what did you mean when you
called that stuff that Hank got into

"potentially dangerous"?

There's not much
I can tell you right now.

Listen, sorensen,

when somebody cuts off my civil rights
the way you have, shoots me,

keeps me locked up a prisoner here,
I don't wanna listen to that bullshit.

I wanna be told what's really going on.

Now, I've heard enough
of your freak phone calls,

your gamma, Alpha crap to know that there's
more to this than what you're telling us.

Yeah, I'd like to tell you more, but I...
I just can't say anything, except...

- My orders are to keep us here.
- "Orders"? From who?

- My superiors.
- Oh, your superiors. That's fancy.

Also doesn't say
one whole hell of a lot.

How long are we supposed
to stay here?

A day? Five days? A year?

Look, the only time
I stay in one spot this long

is when I'm in bed with a chick,
or when I'm just sleeping.

Well, I can tell you this:

The material in that boxcar out there

is a micro-organism that we've been
experimenting with.

There are still a lot of
unanswered questions about it.

They decided to ship it
to a more secure location.

We're just gonna have to stay here until they
determine that it's safe for us to leave.

What do you mean, Mr. sorensen?
I mean...

What is this stuff?
What does it do?

Well, that's the problem, Hank.
Nobody really knows.

Who invented it?

Nobody invented it.
It's a living organism.

You mean, like a germ?

Sort of a virus,
you can call it that.

Mr. sorensen,

just how sick are we gonna get?

I don't know, Hank.

Oh, yes, sir.

Yes, sir, I think you do.

I think we're gonna get awful sick.

I tell you something else, I don't
think there's no cure for it neither,

otherwise they wouldn't quarantine us
out here in the middle of nowhere.

No, sir.

No, sir, they'd put us in a hospital
or something, now, wouldn't they?

I don't know, Hank.

It's all my fault.

Everybody's gonna die.

I'm sorry I done it.

Hadn't been for my meddling,
none of this would've happened.

Hey. Mr. sorensen?

I just thought of something.

I'm the only one
we know who's really got it.

I mean, I'm the only one we know who's
really got this stuff inside his skin.

Maybe these other people
ain't caught it from me yet.

Yeah I ..

I'm the only one they know
who's really got it.

Maybe none of you
caught it from me.

I'm the only one that we know
who's really got it.

- I'm the only...
- Hank!

Hank!

Hank!

Hank, stop!

- Let's get out of here.
- Let go of me!

You won't quit, will you, tiller?

What happened to Hank?

I wouldn't if I got that far.

Well, I shot him in the leg,
he can't get far.

- Yeah? Who's gonna stop him?
- The national guard.

- The what?
- You heard me.

What is this?

A crackshot biochemist,
now the national guard.

All this over some virus?

Don't kid me.

Why don't you level with us, sorensen?
You know more than what you're telling.

Don't overreact.

Who the hell are you anyway?

I told you,
I work for the government.

Oh, that's great!

The goddamn bastards
are at it again.

I take a job all the way out here
in the backwoods

to get away from all that crap,

now I'm surrounded by it again.
I don't believe this!

Well, believe it, tiller.
Why don't you cooperate for a change?

We've got enough problems
without you.

Come on, let's go inside.
I've got to make a call.

What about him?

Alert moose point

that a Hank Willis got away.

He's not to get through
under any circumstances,

no matter what.

Shoot to kill if necessary,
but leave that body alone.

Yes, sir.

Now, listen.

Don't let anyone else get away.

The lab hasn't come up with anything yet.
We'll call you.

- Did you get through?
- Yes, sir.

I sent in your order
in your exact words.

Good.

Now, get Farrell at bioresearch.

I'd better clue him in.

He may be able
to come up with something fast.

The wrong people are making decisions.

That's the trouble with this system.

That stuff should've never left here.

Oh, but who knew
it would be this bad?

That's just the point.

Nothing should've been done
till all the information was in.

Frank, I'm sure
they didn't anticipate this.

It sounded
like a really freak happening.

"Freak happening"!

With material like this,
every possibility has to be anticipated.

Everything!

When I hear things like this, I'm amazed
that anybody in the world is alive.

We're the only ones
that have this stuff.

Comforting thought, Jim.

Now we have a bigger problem
than we had before.

Now we've got to come up
with a counteragent.

"Counteragent"?

We don't even know why it does
what it did to those rats.

Did you tell them what happened?

I told them that the effect
on the rats was fatal,

that a time factor was involved.

I think I managed to be
effectively evasive

about exactly how long and why.

Did you tell them how?

No.

I thought we'd wait to break that information
when we know exactly what triggers it.

Yeah?

No, we don't want any tanks.
Are you nuts?

For five people?

Forget it!

I'm cold.

Mama...

Mama!

Mama!

So, what happened when you left Sloane?

Aye, we were always aloof,
but then who remembers?

We walked outside in that cold air,

and it hit us in the face,
and wham!

The next thing I remember...

Waking up in the back room
over at Sally's place.

That was the next afternoon.

Did Sally mind?

Sally, mind?

Who knows what Sally was doing
all that time.

Hey, Jen.

What's this Tom sheffield
gonna think

when you don't show up
for your date?

He'll figure I changed my mind.
What is he supposed to think?

Hell, I know what I'd think.

Well, that's you, Jack.

Not everyone has your kind of mind.

I already told you,
I've already been out with him twice.

He's a nice, shy type.

Quiet, but interesting.

Mm, well, he can't be too shy

if he asked you out
for a weekend rendezvous

after only two dates.

What is your problem, Jack?

Not everyone's the same as you.

Wise up, Jenny.

When a guy asks a gal out
for a whole weekend,

he's just got one thing on his mind.

I'd like to think
some men are different.

You'll learn.

I believe I already have.

And it's not what you think.

We'll see.

Hey, Charlie!

What about you?

You're so quiet over there,

I have to keep looking at you
to remember that you're here.

What?

Well, Charlie, my man,

you must do something
besides keep minnows in your cellar.

I mean, you're unattached...

There's more than one kind of fishing.

I suppose that's right.

Mm? What do you do for fun?

Go fishing.

Besides that.

Mm, not much, I guess.

Relax, and...

I got my job here, and...

I can't complain too much.

Jesus, Charlie,
you're not dead yet.

There must be something you do
for excitement.

Not really, I mean...

Oh, I play cards once in a while.

Gee, it's getting chilly in here.
It's the spring.

Why don't you
leave him alone, Jack?

Well, sorensen,

are you ready yet to tell us how
you happen to be such a crack shot?

I didn't know
I was keeping it from you.

Are you writing a book?

- Yeah.
- Why don't you leave that chapter out?

I don't think I'd come up
to your expectations anyway.

I'd like to hear about it.

I don't feel like talking right now.

Sounds like you're gonna have to.

Oh, while you're at it,

tell 'em I'm starving.

I want a steak, medium rare,
and baked potato.

But a couple of hamburgers
and order of fries will do in a pinch.

What's the matter with you?

He hasn't done anything to you.
Why do you keep picking on everybody?

I'm just getting damn sick and tired
of sitting around here doing nothing.

I wanna get out of here, relax,

have a drink, something to eat.

Is there anything wrong with that?

Not really.

I'm not enjoying this
any more than you are.

Oh? I wouldn't say that.

You just don't give up, do you?

From now on,
we have to stay awake.

"Stay awake"? For what?

For... forget...
No, forget I asked that question.

Uh! Nothing surprises me.
That doesn't surprise me.

We gotta stay cooped up here
in this luxurious accommodation

for god only knows how long,

no phone calls, starve,
piss in the waste basket,

now stay awake.

Surel

anything you want!

Oh, while we're at it, maybe we can
straighten out the country's foreign policy,

solve the problem of big city crimes,
or anything else that they'd like us to do?

Goddammit, Jack, shut up!

We can't fall asleep.
If we do, we die.

"Die"!

"Die"?

- I don't get it.
- I'm not sure I can explain it.

Goddammit, man, I put up with your evasive
bullshit so far, but this is where it ends.

Now, you either tell us
what's happening,

or I'm gonna get on stinking hotline,
find out for myself.

The organism that we've come
into contact with,

it attacks the central nervous system.

An unconscious state activates it.

It's like I said before.

We sleep... we die.

I don't understand.

What's different about sleep?

Respiration is different.

Body temperature is lower. There are
a lot of things that are different.

Where'd they find this shit?

That's classified information.

You're a real dum-dum,
you know that?

This stuff's gonna get you, too.

They got you into this,
and you're still gonna keep their secrets.

Yeah. Well, I'm not gonna give up
as easily as you.

We're not dead yet, you know.

Might as well be -
we can't stay awake forever.

The research lab's working 24 hours a day,
around the clock,

you make it sound so easy.

We can do it.

All we have to have is a plan.

It's hopeless.

We'll never be able
to stay awake long enough.

It's not hopeless, Jenny.

They could come up
with something in an hour.

Hot chance of that.

They're sending food and...

Well, we haven't eaten anything today,
that will keep us awake longer.

And they're sending
some amphetamines.

What?

It's a drug that activates the system.
It'll help you stay awake longer.

Speed. You can always count
on uncle Sam.

How long...

Can a person stay awake?

That depends on the person.

Other factors involved. Drugs.
There's... a psychological factor.

A number of different things.

We've got to help each other.

We've got to watch each other,
stay awake.

Play games.

There are magazines in here.
We can read out loud.

Coffee. Lots of coffee.

Ah, you sound like
a tour director on a cruise.

Charlie said he liked to play cards.
You got some cards, Charlie?

I've got some.
In my overnight case in the carr.

Get 'em.

Cards!

Is that what...
Is that what you and, uh...

What's-his-name were gonna do
over the weekend?

What in god's name was that?

It sounded like an animal.

No! It wasn't any animal.

Been around this country
long enough to know that.

Jack, you're scaring me.

Come on, we've got too many other things
to worry about.

Wanna play some cards, Charlie?

Sure, Mr. sorensen.

That wasn't a wild animal out there.

You're not tired. Now, let's just...

Let's play.
Charlie, it's your bet.

Oh, sorry.

Quarter.

Uh, call.

Bet.

Quarter.
There isn't much coffee left.

What you got? Oh, thank you.

I can't take this anymore.

Uh, that's it for me, too.

Thanks for the change.

- Supplies.
- Yeah, they're thinking about us.

They've been thinking about
a lot more than just us.

I thought the surgeon general decided
these could be hazardous to your health.

I guess they figured that what they got
us into is even more hazardous, huh?

Jack, please,
I'm trying not to think about it.

Alright, alright.

No cocoa?

What's that?

Amphetamines.

Where's the food?

You're looking at it.

Oh, no, not this stuff
in these plastic tubes.

You gotta be kidding.

Don't they have things
a little bit mixed up?

I mean, we're not exactly
part of the space program.

It works. Satisfies
the nutritional requirement

and doesn't fill the body with bulk.

What are these things for?
Dirty dishes?

That's so you don't have
to complain about the waste basket.

Oh, well, wonders never cease.

Is this part of the space program, too?

It's a serious consideration.

Once the organism gets into the body,
we don't know what it does.

We just can't take a chance on contaminating
the water table with cesspool seepage.

Oh, please don't talk about it.

Makes me feel like something's
crawling around in my body.

Gotta be realistic, Jenny.

We can't leave a problem bigger than we had
once we leave this place.

It's

another thing -
don't even spit outside.

Use those plastic bags.

Well

speaking of plastic bags...

Plastic bags will never look
the same again.

Yes?

Yes, everyone's still here.

I've just checked in with the lab.

Still nothing.

Just hang on.

Do the best you can.

They're working in shifts
around the clock.

Where are you going?

Out dancing.

I'm going to change my clothes.

What?

I'm going to change my clothes.
Do you mind?

Make it fast.
I don't want to have to check on you.

She'd love that.

I think it's time
we took some amphetamines.

Take it with coffee.
It'll take effect quicker.

Shit!

Hey, Charlie,
you been holding out on us.

Oh?

Oh!

I forgot that was there.

I don't even know if it works.

It's the only way...'

hey, I don't believe it,
there's a world out there.

'...house prices
up and down the city.'

maybe there's something
on the news about all this.

Don't count on it.

Ah, hell, with the national guard out there
and all your phone calls,

we're probably famous by now.

Not bad, baby.

Not bad at all

Tom would've liked that.

Here, take this.

Thank you.

You ain't gonna hear anything.

Well, I shouldn't be surprised about that.

I've been through this before.

When?

I tell you, baby,

I haven't spent all my life back here
in these backwoods.

I realize that.

But when could you have been
through anything like this before?

I don't mean anything like this exactly.

Christ, who can imagine this?

I talk about news blackouts.

I was in the Navy.

Yeah, in Guantanamo in '62.

You might be a little young
to remember that.

Probably.

Uncle Sam doesn't tell it all, honey.

You can bet on that.

There's a lot of stuff
that went down in Cuba

that nobody ever got to hear about.

Hey, Charlie,
you ever seen any action?

Which one, number two?

Yeah, I bet there was a lot went down
in that one, too, nobody heard about.

Didn't even have decent coverage then.

Just a lot of stuff that...

Went on and nobody knows about.

"Warm up, sports fans,

'here's that working man's jive...

Christ, let's liven
this party up a little bit.

Too bad we don't have
a couple more chicks around here.

Hate to see you two guys just sitting
around, twiddling your thumbs.

You're taking a lot for granted.

You bet your sweet ass I am.

Don't count on it.

What's the matter, baby?

Saving yourself for Tom sheffield?

That's a joke.

You don't even know him.

I've got more sense than to go out
with anyone from around here.

I don't need to know him.

You don't know me either.

No, but I'd like to.

I'm not one of your usual... broads.

I never said you were.

As a matter of fact, Jen,

that's what I like about you.

You got more class.

Thank you.

Yeah, what I need right now is a drink.

Every good party needs some booze.

Hey!

I bet Hank had some stashed
out in that caboose of his.

That's not a good idea.
Stick to the amphetamines.

I got an idea.

Why don't you let Jack tiller
take care of himself?

He's been doing it now for thirty-eight
years and got a real good handle on it.

What'd I tell you?

Anybody want some?

Charlie?

Good stuff!

Ugh! Ah!

Ok, let's get this party started.

I ook

it was sorensen's idea

that we keep busy,
keep moving around.

Don't look at me
like I've gone crazy.

I'm trying to stay alive.

Come on, Jenny, let's dance.

You're probably right.

Relax, baby,
you're stiff as a board.

I'm scared, Jack.

Hey!

Don't, baby.

It'll be ok. Come on.

How's that eeg printout?

No change in the polarity of the cells.

Did you try the ch compound?

Yes.

There was no change
in the molecular structure either.

There must be something
that will cause a breakdown.

There is.

The laser experiment.

Yeah, but... it's a bit too destructive
for our purposes, wouldn't you say?

Besides, uh...

The substance doesn't collect
in a single mass like a tumor, it...

It seems to favor
the spinal column, now...

If we bombard that with la...
Forget it!

I don't wanna think about it.

We gotta find a substance
that the human organism can tolerate.

Something that has
direct affinity and the...

Ability to neutralize
when the Alpha rhythms fade out.

No, Jack.

Come on, why don't you
get up and dance?

You just can't sit there
all night and watch.

I'm not much of a dancer.

I'll teach you.

Maybe later.

I think he's waiting for you now.

Ok.

If that's the way you want it.

Baby.

I really want you.

No.

You afraid of what people might say?

I'm afraid of getting tired.

I promise...

You won't get tired.

Come on, let's get outta here.

Where can we go?

He won't let us go anywhere.

Uh, sorensen.

Me and Jenny are gonna...
Take a little walk.

Get some fresh air.

I don't think that's too wise.

You two had a little too much
exercise already.

Stick it!

Where are you going?

Um... I need some fresh air.

Romantic.

Yeah, I wonder if anybody's
ever made it in here before.

Oh, you'd know that better than I would.

Jenny...

I've wanted you a long time.

- Stop it, Jack.
- You don't mean that.

Don't!

You know
there ain't no Tom sheffield!

About time.

You think we'll make it?

I think we will

the guys working on this project
are the top men in the field.

If anybody can solve the problem,
they can.

I sure never expected anything like this
would happen in my life.

None of us did.

Are you feeling alright, Charlie?

Oh, sure, sure, I'm fine, fine.

Oh, excuse me, I...

I have to go to the John.

You alright?

Where's Charlie?

He's in the John.

Hurry it up, Charlie,
there's a line forming out here.

Any calls while we were gone?

No.

Hey! Hurry it up in there, man!

If you're gonna be much longer in there, throw
out one of those plastic bags, will you?

Hey!

If I wasn't so worried about our environment,
I'd have taken care of it outside.

Here, drink this.

I wish they'd hurry and call.

I don't know how much more
of this I can take.

I'm sure they will soon.

Anything more hiding in here
that we can fool around with?

Mm. Not that I know of.

Hey, Charlie,
you been holding out on us.

Thought you said you didn't do anything
for excitement.

This looks pretty exciting to me.

They're not mine, and...

I don't know
how long they've been there.

Not too long.

This one's only two months old.

They must belong to Alvin.

Come on, now, Charlie.

You can tell me.

Among friends.

You mean to tell me
you never even take a peek?

Oh, once in a while maybe.
But they don't belong to me.

Why don't you leave him alone, Jack?

You make it sound
like he's done something wrong.

You probably have your walls
plastered with them.

I don't need to, darling.

Besides, I never said
there's anything wrong with it.

Just surprised me, that's all.

Hey, Charlie.

You see this babe?

Hey, come on, Charlie.

I bet you got some stories
that'd fry my ears.

Not too many.

How about your younger days?

I got a few from long ago.

Well, let's hear 'em.

I need a little excitement.

Oh, don't worry about her,
she's busy.

There's nothing much, really.

I remember,

in '62, going to gitmo bay...

Crazy things went on down there.

We'd been on board ship about...

About three months that I remember.

A bunch of guys on one ship
cooped up that long...

Get awful hungry for a lot of things.

Especially a piece of ass.

I keep on thinking
about those five people.

Don't

their job is to stay awake.

God! The shock to the system
must be unbearable.

I wonder if it does the same thing
in its own environment.

Don't worry about that.
It's here, not there.

I ook

if we can simulate the martian environment
based on the data brought back,

maybe we can figure out
what makes this baby tick.

If so, maybe we can discover
that it's static in its own environment.

At least we'll know what it does.

Let's give it a try.

I hope those people can stay awake.

I hate to think what they'll go through
if they fall asleep.

What about Tom?

What about Jack?

You know I don't care about Jack.

That just happened.

I wanted to dance with you.

I don't think so.

I did.

No, I... I don't mean that.

What do you mean?

I mean,
I just didn't want to dance.

No.

What you're saying is,
you didn't want to dance with me.

Jenny, you're working
yourself up over nothing.

No, I'm not.

Hey, you two having
a lovers' quarrel over there?

Not hardly, pal.

Hey, Charlie...

- Oh, my god!
- Charlie!

Charlie?

What's wrong with him?

He's dead.

The hell he is, look at his head!

It's expanding.

What in god's name
is happening to him?

Why didn't they tell me
it was gonna be this way?

Jesus! God,
what's wrong with him?

God, stop it!

What the hell is that, sorensen?

No

There never was. _.

There never was a Tom sheffield.

There never was anyone.

We weren't in this together.

We were alone.

I don't want to be alone anymore.

Jenny!

I know it's a tough decision.

But it'll have to be made.

We've got national security
to worry about.

I can't get hung up on five people.

I don't like it either.

If there were any hope,
I'd agree with you.

Just send out the order
to notify next of kin.

Use the story we talked about.

I'll take care of the rest.

No, don't notify the center.

Let them go on working.

We need a counteragent anyway, now that
we know how bad the stuff really is.

Call me when it's taken care of.

Right.

What the hell are they calling for now?

God damn...
God damn those bastards!

What the hell are they calling for now?

The helicopter.

What's it say?

It's the antidote.

The timing's a bit off, ain't it?

We made it!

Cyanide!

Bastards!

They could make me take 'em all
at the same time.

What difference would it make?

What difference?

Oh, god!

I haven't ..

I haven't been infected.

I'm alive.