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Previously on pioneer one.

A piece of a plane's fuselage
maybe crash-landed in Canada.

- A dirty bomb?
- We haven't confirmed that yet.

- But that's what it looks like?
- Nobody really knows what that looks like.

- That's no airliner.
- He was wearing this when we found him.

Does that kid look like he was even
born when there was a Soviet union?

He has cancer. - Say that again?

We need to get an expert in here, someone
who knows what they're talking about.

- This is your martian pioneer.
- This man has been to Mars?

He was born there. Will
you help us out doctor?

Abso-fucking-lutely.

To abandon our efforts now

is simply

a failure of imagination

of the worst kind. It's more
than that, it's near-criminal

in the opinion of this humble scientist.

We speak of responsibility to the future,

to our children's future, yet

we refuse to take the
next step as a civilization

as a species

to ensure that future.

Mars is the next step.

Mars is the future.

Dr. Walzer...

I'm sure I speak for all of us

when I say we appreciate your
enthusiasm and you passion.

But all the proposals I see here

are simply too expensive to
be taken seriously at this time.

To say nothing of the danger involved.

- Perhaps, in the future...
- With all due respect, Mr. Chairman.

What we're talking about here is akin to
Columbus, upon discovering the new world,

deciding to turn his ships
around and never looking back.

Surely, his contemporaries also
thought his voyage was too expensive

and too dangerous.

Some might even have called it foolish.

But that journey is what
led us to where we are today.

Not returning to the
Americas after that first journey

is unimaginable to us now.

I sit here before you and say that
we are making that very mistake.

I think Christopher Columbus is just a bit
outside the purview of this committee, Dr.

May I continue? - By all means.

Thank you.

If we go to Mars

we should go there to stay.

By taking a long-term view,

and prioritizing sustainability

my proposal for a manned
Mars mission is a third the cost

of NASA's July 1997 proposal.

Yes, one second.

I've asked Dr. Walzer to brief us on some
of the unknowables we're dealing with here.

Doctor?

Doctor Walzer?

Yes. Sorry.

Are you ready to begin?

Begin? Uh, yes.

Please.

So. Since we don't know the
details of the mission architecture,

I can only surmise

based on what I believe to be the
most sensible way to send people to Mars

and survive on the surface.

As soon as we get in contact
with the Russian authorities

I'm sure they'll be able to confirm

or correct some of the
assumptions I've made here.

Okay, given the cost-prohibitive nature

of most Mars mission proposals

I'd say the mission was

probably some variation of
my living off the land approach

for which I've advocated
strongly for years.

What distinguishes my approach
from traditional approaches

is in-situ resource utilization,

on which I'll get into
more detail a little bit later.

But this allows for immense
savings in initial launch weight.

Counter-intuitively

a mission of this type would be
launched during martian conjunction,

when Mars and the earth
are the greatest distance apart.

By doing this we're able to take advantage

of the earth's inertia and
substantially reduce fuel cost

on our trans-Mars-injection maneuver

saving, as I said, an
immense amount of weight.

It's more than a fair trade-off, and...

I would argue, it's no more of a risk
than a launch during martian opposition

when the earth and
Mars are closest together.

Conventional thinking has
it that this is the best time

for a launch to Mars.

Because the thrust required...

I'm gonna stop you
there, doctor. What is this?

- What's what?
- I asked you for a briefing.

This sounds more like a
sales pitch for your book.

In order to brief you, I have to...

All I need to know is if this
Mars story is credible or not.

I'd say it is. I told you that yesterday.

I need evidence, proof.
Not a science lesson.

Well... I'm working on that.

Good. Let me know when you have something.

Pioneer one 1x02.

He's dying.

Cancer?

Cancer is the least of his problems.

He's having a reaction to something...

And I can't for the life of
me figure out what it is.

Everything I try seems
to make things worse.

I thought it was an
immunodeficiency disease,

but the whole of tests
are coming up negative.

- What are your theories?
- This isn't house, Mr. Taylor.

I have some things I'm going to try,

but I'm not very optimistic.
This kid just isn't possible.

- Where did you say he was from?
- I didn't. Just keep at it.

Because if he dies it was all for nothing.

If it's means anything, I
think you did the right thing.

Yeah, I hope the review
board sees it that way too.

It doesn't matter who
he is or where he's from.

It's a person's life we're talking about.

Just take care of the kid, doctor.

I'm doing my best, but no promises.

Yeah. Let me know if anything changes.

I hate when people say that to me.

You think I'm going to keep it to myself?

You'd be surprised.

Yes, okay.

Mcclellan's office wants
an eta on the suspect.

- Tell them to call back.
- I think they meant they wanted it now.

Yeah and I want a cheeseburger.

We have to get them something.
It's the deputy secretary of homeland.

I'm aware who it is on the other end
of the god damn phone, agent Larson.

I don't have anything
new to tell them right now.

All due respect...

You can't dodge calls
from the deputy secretary

like it's a woman you're
standing up on a date.

Thanks for making that
distinction. Is there anything else?

Why are you doing what you're doing?

Because we're no gonna find
out what's really going on here

- if we send him back as a terrorist.
- And how can you make that call?

Because I'm the one making
it. Are you here or aren't you?

- I'm here.
- Good. Was there anything else?

No sir. - Thank you Sofie.

- I think Dr. Walzer would like to...
- Yeah.

You want me to...? - Please.

I didn't come here to be
pushed around by you people.

I'm starting to think maybe it
was a mistake to bring you in here.

Well, I'm sorry you feel that way.
But I'm here and I'm not leaving.

I'm sorry you feel that way.
Because that's not up to you.

You know I don't even understand
why you brought me here in the first place.

I know you're not the brightest bunch
but NASA still works for you don't they?

Doctor Walzer.

Believe me when I say I don't have
time to assuage your ego right now.

People I work for are more interested
in showing that they're tough on terror

than bringing anyone from NASA.

It may come as a surprise to you, but they
don't believe this whole martian business,

and I can't say that I do either.

The problem is it's the only
story that fits the facts right now.

From what you told me, that kid might
represent the key to your life's work.

You can help him by helping me.

What.

No I'm not gonna come see,
I'm on the phone just tell me.

Who?

I'll be right there.

I apologize if this is
a stupid question but

- has anyone bothered to call the Russians?
- We're not there yet.

Not there yet? They'll probably be able
to tell us a lot of things we need to know.

It's not that simple. As far as the
united states government is concerned

we're holding a terrorist.
One step at a time.

You want my help? This would help. Sharing
information helps. It's how science works.

Unfortunately it's not how
governments work. Show me.

We've been getting a lot
of questions from reporters

having a hard time
confirming the satellite story

and this was just forwarded to me
by one of the guys in the press gang.

It's a segment their local
news ran about an hour ago.

Turn it up.

Catch this whatever-it-is when we were
going through our nightly backlog of images

and I can tell you for sure
that it was not a satellite,

and that it came from deep space.

Find him, get him off the TV
and keep him away from the press.

Wait. Find out who he is, get him here.

- You can't just do that.
- No? Where were you yesterday?

It's the secretary's office. The
Russians are calling about their satellite.

Should I tell them to call back?

They say they know where all of their
satellites are and they didn't lose one.

They want to know what we know.

Luckily for me, I don't
know much of anything

and I wasn't about to tell them
we have a cosmonaut from Mars.

But this would be a good
opportunity for you to explain to me

exactly what in the hell you
think you're doing up there

I thought by now you'd
have the suspect on a plane.

I was assured by his doctors that a
travel in his condition could be fatal.

I'd like our own people
to be the judge of that.

I have no reason to doubt them.

Unfortunately for us the Canadians
are getting uppity about their sovereignty.

Especially since no one can
seem to find any documentation

about their request to
your office for assistance.

Things were moving very quickly, sir.

Of course. But right now
you're our only foothold there.

We'll stick with the satellite story
for now since it's already out there.

But if the Russians think we have something
that's theirs they're gonna want it back.

There's no way in hell we're
going to hand anything over to them

until we know what it is we've got.

If this turns out to be black market
hardware that they let slip away

we're not about to turn over the
evidence so they can cover it up.

Yes sir.

You were never supposed
to get anything this important.

But it landed in your lap.

The white house knows they
can't afford to bungle this one

or they won't make it to another term.

That means everyone's expendable.

No more surprises.

I expect you to step up.

You're to maintain constant
communication with my office. Get me?

I do.

- Agent Larson. Where is director Taylor?
- What's this about?

I'm acting as an official representative
of the Canadian government.

I need to speak to the person
in charge of your operation.

He's in there.

Who are you? - I'm captain Benton.

Where's the guy I was dealing
with yesterday, I liked that guy.

Captain Adrian's been promoted.

Since last night?

He was on temporary duty
here during the emergency.

What's this about?

You should know I've been
ordered to place you under arrest.

My government believes your operation
is a violation of Canadian sovereignty

I spoke directly with the
foreign minister and told him

that based on captain Adrian's report

I felt it was in Canada's interest not to
rush til we had all the facts on ground.

He agreed.

- Thank you very much.
- Thank captain Adrian.

He believed you were
doing the right thing. Are you?

I believe we are, yes. - Good.

Because my neck's on the line now too.

How much time do we have?

Don't know. But I'd
move quickly if I were you.

- My men and women are at your disposal.
- Thank you.

- Anything new from the crash site?
- Just more debris.

Clean-up operations are almost complete.

Keep me updated. - You do the same.

I've got it from here.

Mr. Anderson. - Anderton. With a 't'.

Right. Do you have those images with you?

Sure do. Anything I can
do to help you guys out.

Good. Between you and me, we can use it.

Mr. Anderton, this is Dr... - Holy, crap!

You the Mars guy, aren't you?

Zachary Walzer? Two planets, one future?

That's right.

Anderton. Clive anderton.
I'm a big fan of yours.

Thank you, thank you.
It's nice to be appreciated.

What the hell have
they got you up here for?

- Did they pick you up in a helicopter too?
- Who are you exactly?

Clive. Clive anderton. Call me Clive.

- I meant...
- I'm out of goldstone in Arizona

we work with spaceguard
tracking near-earth-objects.

Asteroid hunters, you know.

Seems we spotted your whatever-it-is
before it caught us and came down

I guess they called me
in so I can help you out.

I don't suppose you guys have a
phone around here I could use?

I think I'm out of my coverage area...

- Oh. Good, mister...?
- Anderton, call me Clive.

Tom Taylor, how are you?

First, let me just say it's a privilege
to be able to help you guys out

I really admire what
you do, if I may say so.

Thank you very much. - Pleasure's mine.

So, doctor...

You want to fill me in?

Actually before we get to that we'll
need you to sign a couple of documents.

- You don't have to sign that.
- He really does.

Of course, no problem, I understand.

National security and all that.

Where do I sign?

Alright, I'll leave you to it. Agent
Larson will get you everything you need.

Zachary Walzer. How 'bout that...

Who is this?

Adlai DiLeo, sir, I'm
with the Helena office.

Why am I talking to you? Where's Taylor?

He's indisposed at the
moment, sir, he asked me to...

How old are you?

Are you really asking me?

No. Where's Taylor?

Director Taylor is with the suspect, sir.

Is he talking?

I don't believe so, but he's,
uh, doing better as I understand.

Better enough to be moved?

- I wouldn't know, sir.
- Of course you wouldn't.

Is there anything I can pass
on to director Taylor for you?

Yes.

Tell him the Canadians are
threatening to close their borders.

I'm dispatching a team to extract
the suspect before that happens.

They'll reach you there in six hours.

Six hours? - That's right.

- Remind me again who I'm talking to?
- Agent DiLeo, sir.

Fine.

Next time I call I want Taylor.

Yes sir.

I shouldn't be here.

I already have the password,
I need the encryption key.

The encryption key.

I don't even know why we have to...

Okay. Hang on.

Yeah, great, that worked. Keep
everything together for me while I'm gone.

I told you, I can't tell you
where I am. Official business.

Because I can't, that's why.

Okay, yeah, bye.

Here we go. That's all we got.

That does look like it
could be a Russian soyuz.

That was my first thought too.

But coming from deep space?
That doesn't make sense.

Pictures don't lie. The trajectory I
calculated had it miss us by a big margin.

- Then your calculations were wrong.
- They weren't.

I checked it three times
and so did my staff.

It's our job to look for stuff like this.

These pictures are from Wednesday night.

At the time I made those
calculations, they were correct.

So something must have changed between
then and when it came down on Friday.

For the trajectory to have shallowed that
much it would have had to have slowed down.

Like it was trying to catch us.

My god. - I know.

This is it.

What?

Proof.

What's this?

A rock.

I can see that. Why is it on my desk?

This isn't just any rock.
That's a rock from Mars.

It's pretty much like
any rock I've ever seen.

Turn it over.

That's fossilized evidence of life on Mars.

The best evidence I've ever seen.

- Better than the alh-84001 meteorite.
- The alh-what?

Here.

Back in 1996

NASA announced that they had
found microscopic evidence in meteorites

- from Mars!
- You carry this around in your wallet?

It was big news but this... this is better.

This is definitive.

- You said it came from inside the capsule?
- Yeah.

It's a message.

They're sending us a message.

This is exactly what we'd hoped
to find if we ever went there.

I'm sorry, doctor, you gonna
have to do better than that.

Better than what? Listen
to what I'm telling you.

I can't get go to my superiors with a bunch
of rocks. I need something definitive,

like why that thing came down
and spread radiation everywhere.

Obviously more than just the
re-entry capsule came down.

The nuclear battery was
probably inside the service module

which is supposed to be
ejected and left in space.

But it wasn't. The whole thing re-entered.

Could that have been intentional? - What?

Could that have been done intentionally.

I don't follow. Why would somebody do that?

To use as a weapon. - That's insane.

These are the questions
I'm going to be asked.

It's not wholly inconceivable
but it's a hell of a stretch.

Yeah, you're right, a man from
Mars is much less of a stretch.

Well I guess we'll find
out when he starts talking.

I don't think we can count on that.

Why?

Apparently his immune
system has been compromised.

He's having a reaction to
something, they can't figure out what.

If they can't figure out in time, well...

Well that would make sense.

- Why would that make sense?
- Think about it,

living in one of the most closed-off,
anti-septic environments imaginable.

No acquired immunity to any of the
germs you and I are exposed every day.

Never had a vaccination.

Never rolled around in the mud. Never
scraped his knee on the playground.

So what should we do?

I'm saying they have to stop treating
him like he's a normal human being.

He's not.

It's not a reaction to something,
it's a reaction to everything.

Great.

You know, pretty soon I think you're
going to have to decide what you believe.

- And what do you believe, doctor?
- What I can see.

We have a kid with no acquired immunity

who has cancer all throughout his body

as if he's been exposed to
intense amounts of cosmic radiation.

We have pictures of a space capsule

coming toward the earth from deep space.

We have rocks whose composition matches

meteorites known to be from
Mars. What else do you need?

Time.

And that's what you gonna run?

Okay.

Alright, well, listen, I gotta run, thanks.

Well, I got good news or bad news

depending on how you look at it. - What?

I just got off the phone with
the science editor from the times.

- As in New York times?
- No, as in south podunk.

Yeah, sorry, the New York times.

- They got the Mars story.
- Where did they get it?

Wouldn't reveal their source. - And?

They're not running it.

Why not? - They don't believe it.

So the bad news is that we have a leak

and the good news is that no
one believes the real story is real.

Correct. - This is a strange day.

I'll tell him.

- South podunk?
- It was funnier in my head.

Listen, we are going to get some
food in here at some point, yes?

I would hope so.

That doesn't sound promising.

Somebody leaked the story. - What story?

The one where we're holding
a cosmonaut from Mars.

- And?
- Vernon's guy says they're not running it.

Why not? - They don't believe it's real.

Okay. Well. Good.

Yeah, good, but we can't have somebody
going to the press behind our backs.

- Who do you think it was?
- The same person you think.

Yeah. - He hasn't exactly been quiet

about his displeasure with you.

Neither have you.

No, but that's my job at least partially.

That's fair.

You want me to talk to him?

- No, I'll do it.
- I thought you'd be a little more upset.

They're not running the story. - Not yet.

So, what do you want me to do?

I want you, sooner rather than later, to
tell me what's going on inside your head.

- We don't have that kind of time.
- I'm serious.

Right now everybody's going
along with this because they trust you.

There's only so much you can ask of them
before they're gonna start questioning you.

If you recall, yesterday you
were the one convincing me

- there might be something to all this.
- I was simply pointing out

the story we had was
consistent with the facts.

I didn't say anything about
ignoring orders and lying to the press.

- Well, for now I expect...
- For now I'm holding down the fort.

Thank you.

Everyone's starving, by the way.

Hello?

Yeah, he's here.

It's for you.

Hello?

Did you leak the story?

What?

A newspaper got a hold of the
Mars story. Did you tell them?

- I don't know what you're talking about.
- Doesn't matter, they're not running it.

Why?

They don't believe it's real.

Really. - Yeah.

Is that good or bad?

A leak is definitely bad. And any
violation of the confidentiality agreement

would have serious consequences.

I would think so.

Anyway, we're out of time.

About that.

Right before the Apollo 11
astronauts returned from the moon.

Congress passed something called
the extra-terrestrial exposure act.

It was to prevent any contamination by
foreign microbes they might have picked up

by placing them in a
quarantine for two weeks.

And? - Well

if you're willing to accept that we're
dealing with something from Mars

there may be a legal requirement
to place this entire area

everything and everyone that's come into
contact with the capsule or its occupant

under quarantine.

If not under that law specifically
then... There's still a case to be made.

It's a good try, doctor, but I
think we're out of time here.

I see. You've made up your mind then.

What?

- Are you still...
- I'm gonna have to call you back.

We've initiated a containment protocol.

But he's going to need a lot
more care than I can deliver.

My god.

Not for nothing, but if you'd been
straight with me from the beginning

we could have avoided a lot of this.

I wasn't sure I believed it.

Belief has nothing to do with it.

I can't effectively treat a patient

if I don't know everything there
is to know about their history.

Don't keep anything from me again.

Again, again, again I'll refer you...

I'll refer you to our earlier statement.

Ladies and gentlemen...

Deputy secretary Eric mcclellan.

Good evening.

As you already know, a satellite crashed
two nights ago near Edmonton in Canada.

It spread some of the nuclear
material it used as a power source

over parts of Montana state before
crossing the u.S./canadian border.

It was for that reason that dhs
agents from our Montana field office

were dispatched to assist
local Canadian authorities.

This was at the request of officials
in the Canadian government.

Despite initial fears,

all the information we have
suggests that this was an accident

that there was no hostile
intention on the part of any nation,

or terrorist organization,

and that this is exactly
what it appears to be.

It has been suggested that
the satellite may have been

of Soviet origin, a
relic from a bygone era.

While we have not confirmed that

we have been in communication with the
Russian government through their embassy

and I understand that the
president spoke to Russian president

by phone earlier this afternoon.

We are expecting their full cooperation
in determining the origin of the satellite,

if it is needed.

For now, the base in calgary where
the satellite debris has been collected

is being placed under a strict quarantine.

Since the first affected areas
were in the United States,

the Canadian government has
agreed to let the American task force,

headed by director Thomas
Taylor, to remain in calgary

to continue the investigation
for the duration of the quarantine.

I understand they will be issuing
their own official statement shortly.

I wish to express my hope that the

media refrain from
sensationalizing this too much.

Not that that's ever happened before...

Seriously folks.

I know it's a juicy story, but there
is really very little cause for alarm.

The situation well in hand, good night.

Mr. Secretary!

Well, we're in it now.

I know none of you were
expecting an extended stay up here.

But I think you'll all agree that
these unique circumstances

deserve a thorough and
thoughtful investigation.

I also know that some of you
may disagree with of how I've

handled this matter thus far.

That's fair.

Feel free to file a
report when we get back.

But for now I expect you to continue doing
your jobs so we get to the bottom of this.

Now if you'll excuse me,
I'm expecting a phone call.

I'm to be your liaison with the Canadian
government. Everything you do goes thru me.

- Fine.
- I have those call reports you asked for.

Two weeks.

Sir? - You've got yourself two weeks.

Mainly because I'm not convinced
the Russians aren't hiding something.

What, I don't know. But at least I
bought ourselves some time to find out.

By the way

your extra-terrestrial exposure
law was repealed twenty years ago.

The only reason the Canadians
are going along with all this is because

it seems you have an
advocate in their government.

If you have any idea who...

I'd send them a fruit basket.

Yes sir.

One last thing.

This now involves three countries,

and you do not set policy for this
government on your own. Are we clear?

We are.

Oh, good, I was just looking for you.

There's something going on
with the toilet in the mens' room,

Mr. Anderton I'm going to
have to ask you to come with us.

What for?

The waiver you signed prohibits
making any unauthorized calls.

The logs indicate you made
several calls out of the base.

That's right, I needed some
information from my staff.

I don't suppose you know anyone
at the news desk at the times?

Am I under arrest?

No. But I'm going to have to
have you escorted off the base.

And if any more news leaks
out that we didn't leak ourselves...

I know whose door to knock on.

Humanity's future lies in space.

We have the means to go there.
What we seem to lack is the will.

We could have been on Mars 20 years ago.

Why aren't we?

We could be pushing the boundaries
of a whole new frontier world.

Why aren't we?

We could be sparking innovation,

and raising a whole new
generation of dreamers

who will push us even further than
the generations before thought possible.

Honorable men and women
of the committee: I come to you

as an advocate for the very future

of the human race.

Because that is what
we are talking about here.

Not simply the future of
our manned space program,

but the future of man himself,

in the most real and profound way possible.

And I for one will not sit idly by

and watch us condemn
that future to stagnation

because we lacked the
will or the imagination.

That future lies on Mars.

And if it's not us

it'll be somebody else
that gets there first.

Thank you.

There's food if you want.

I don't think I like that
Clive guy very much.

Yeah, well, you'll be pleased to know
he won't be working with us any longer.

Turns out he was our leak.

I apologize for accusing you.

What's the boy's name?

I realize I never bothered to ask.

The note didn't say.

One of the many salient
details it conveniently left out.

For now they're calling him Yuri.

Why Yuri?

I don't know, seemed as good a name as any.

I...

Wanted to thank you.

You saved the kid, not to mention my ass.

Not bad for government work.

You're welcome.

You know, it's funny

before all of this started...

I was this close to turning
in my letter of resignation.

Why?

A lot of this job is about
playing politics. Turns out...

I don't really have the
Patience for playing politics.

Well...

I can understand that.

I need you to level with me, doctor.

What are we dealing with here?

The evidence supports the boy's story.

I can't fathom why somebody
would make something like that up.

But?

As much as I want it to be true...

I can't quite accept it.

The odds of surviving something like that

even under ideal circumstances

there's a missing element.

But

seeing that kid's face...

I don't know what to believe.

Yeah.

Hey

if we're going to be here for a while, I'm
going to need somebody to feed my dog.

I'll get right on that.

Are you sure it's a good idea
to keep bringing new people?

You're the... nurse?

That's me.

What's our cosmonaut friend hiding?

- I don't have time to argue.
- That's a change.

- What is going on up here?
- You wouldn't believe me if I told you.

The parents...

I'm so sorry...

We can go back and find them!