All language subtitles for The Andromeda Strain S01E02 Part 2-eng

What the hell?

What in the hell
was that?

Mancheck,
why did you drop the bomb?

Well, there must have been
some kind of malfunction!

General michaelson,
are your troops all right?

A little shook up, sir,
but I think we'll be okay.

I'm sending patrols out

To the outlying posts
within minutes.

Mr. President,
seismic stations

Are picking this up
all over the world.

We need to decide
how we're going to respond.

Tell 'em the truth.

Tell 'em we lost a plane
for some...

yet unknown
mechanical reasons.

Agnogenic systems failure,
sir.

Somehow the tactical
payload went off.

Schedule a news conference.

There'll be no way to claim
that the questions this raises

Are motivated by
political partisanship.

And I want to know
what happened out there.

You know as well as I do

That nuclear arms have
numerous fail-Safe systems.

That bomb did not go off accidentally!
We canceled the drop. You heard it.

You're lying!
Knock it off, stone.

Can I see the pilot's
last transmission? Okay.

It's - It's almost
disintegrating!

It's just falling apart!

The missile is rearmed!

Aah!

Now what would destroy plastic
resin compounds like that?

Certain chemical agents
under certain conditions

Can destabilize the chemical
structure of polymers.

So could certain
microorganisms.

It's mutating. Yeah, but the plane

Had to by flying at least
several thousand feet.

It's always been
an airborne pathogen,

Albeit of
a very short life span.

Maybe this is
a new, hardier version.

But it was miles away.

But there was a fire,
remember?

And maybe this variant,

Either as a separate mutation
or residing in a living host-

Insect, bird-

Rose on that column of smoke
and made contact with the jet.

No, no. That is-That is
too difficult to believe.

Does anyone have
a better theory?

Does anyone even have
a different theory?

Recon reports
eight casualties

At a forward
observation post,

But these were not caused
by the blast.

These attacks may
very well be connected

To the attacks
on our headquarters.

Speaking off the record,
it would be a lot easier

For me to do my job if I knew
what we were up against.

It's some kind of virulent
biological infection.

As far as we know,

It may be a prelude
to a much larger attack.

Get me wildfire.

The event in the diner
we can explain

As a lapse in quarantine.

Your smoke theory might explain
how it reached that jet,

But this dead army unit

Was 50 miles away
from piedmont.

It must have adapted
and found transportation

In a host. Like influenza,
jumping back and forth

Between animal
and human populations.

How do I quarantine that?

You have to scorch
the perimeter,

And drive everything living
inside the area.

The rate of mutation is likely
to increase post-Blast.

We have to be prepared
for anything.

The entire area is under
satellite surveillance.

If something new happens out
there-Anything-We'll see it.

What do you need,
stone?

Tell me what you need
to kill this thing,

And I'll get it.

I'm not stonewalling anyone,
l assure you.

I simply think it is better
that you wait

For the president himself to
answer all of your questions...

from Mancheck-

Andromeda's
mutation rate is increasing.

There's a very real chance that
we won't be able to contain it.

Get "Air force one" ready.
I don't think-

You heard me.

And now,
ladies and gentlemen,

The president
of the united states.

Sorry to keep you waiting.

Two hours ago,
one of our air force jets

Suffered a fatal
systems failure,

And crashed
in a remote part of utah.

In the process,
a tactical nuclear device

Was accidentally detonated.

Mr. President.
Yes.

Was this blast near those
utah national guardsmen,

And are the surrounding cities
in any immediate danger?

Yes, the guardsmen
were there in the area

On a training exercise
related to border security.

The area was already
under strict quarantine,

So they were no way
endangered by the blast.

Yes, Katherine. What
about radioactive fallout,

And why were those guardsmen
deployed there to begin with?

Yes, we're taking steps
to contain it.

I would like to assure
the american public

That they're safety in no way
has been compromised by this.

Bad time, charlie.

Chuck, listen.
I got a reporter-Jack Nash-

Disappeared while covering

The deployment
of the utah national guard.

So what am I,
missing persons?

Come on, charlie, contact
the local authorities.

I did. They've given me
the runaround,

And I happen to know that
that deployment order

Came out of your office.
Says who?

Nash was present
for that terrorist attack

On guard headquarters.

What attack? I have no idea
what you're talking about.

Really? Take a look.

Okay.
Come on, Chuck.

I haven't heard from Nash
since he sent me those photos.

Now you want me
to just run with this

And ask my questions on camera

About a satellite going down,
and that a bio-Defense team

Sent in by general Mancheck
to collect it are all dead?

Okay, look. I, uh...

I'm gonna check
into this, Charlie,

And I will
get back to you.

Are you all right?
No.

And this bomb blast
has got everyone freaking.

Aunt alice is a mess.

You know,
people are saying it's-

It's just an attack
by terrorists

And the government's lying
about it. It's-lt's not.

How would you know that?
I just-l just know, is all.

Yeah, right. The great
know-lt-All, that's you.

I gotta go.
Lance.

Lance..

The president is taking
a serious pounding over this.

He's announced that
he is traveling to utah

To personally oversee
the situation.

So I understand.

And henderson at nnt

Is all up in arms over Nash,
who apparently showed up

At that national guard
headquarters in the desert.

I prefer not to be embarrassed
by information like that.

Nash is in confinement now.
I'm on my way there. Good.

I need to know how much
information Nash has

And who he's shared it with.

I also need to feel confident
that he is going to shut up.

Do you think
you can handle that?

How's Mancheck
holding up?

I would say he's under
a lot of stress right now.

We're going to take
casualties on this,

And Mancheck
may have to be one,

But that doesn't necessarily
apply to his staff,

Especially those who show
boldness and initiative

As we tie up
these loose ends.

You can rely on me.

What do you know
about wormholes?

What do I look like, a
physicist? Try your best.

All I know is that speculation
centers around two basic types-

Lorentzian
and euclidean.

Both are, in theory,
potentially traversable.

That's all you know?

So a method of travel

From one part of the universe
to the other.

Yeah, and through time.

It's like a worm eating
its way through an apple

Instead of around it.

Don't tell me you actually
believe Mancheck's story.

It's too fantastic
to be a lie.

Attagirl.

The north koreans
have announced

They're abandoning
the seoul agreement

And reopening
their nuclear program

Because of our recent
unauthorized

And illegal nuclear testing.
Well, contact pyongyang.

Send him satellite photos
of the crash sequence

Along with our assurance
as a compliance, okay, pat?

What? We've also had
word from the U. N.

That the general assembly
is going to pass a measure

That will ban
all vent mining

Unless and until member
countries are satisfied

With a revenue
sharing system.

There's also
a rumor at the U. N.

That the blast in
utah was staged... oh.

As a deliberate distraction

From the vent mining
controversy. Oh...

Other than that,
mrs. Lincoln,

How did you like the play?

Computer, dr. Stone examining
the tenth series of exposures

Of potential inhibiting agents
to Andromeda.

None of the major classes
of antifungals or antimicrobials

Have the least effect.

Run all known bacteriophages.

Commencing exposure

Of Andromeda to multiple
strains of bacteria.

All tests are negative.

Damn it.

Everything dies.

What kills you?

What?

Shit.

Stupid, stupid.
What?

We were in such a hurry,

We forgot to pull the autopsy
of the test rats.

We just assumed that
the coagulation in the body

Was the killer. Where as
a blood clot in the brain...

would be both lethal and would
explain some of the weird

And violent behavior
in some of the victims.

We started picking this up
ten minutes ago.

The color indicates
large amounts of dead

And/or decaying
animal matter,

But a closer look reveals
a massive bird die-Off

Just outside the blast zone,
which is not explicable

By either the detonation
or the fallout.

Is this another mutation?

I've-

I've never seen anything
adapt this quickly before.

Andromeda's movement
into the aviary population

Gives it an incredibly
efficient mode of transport.

Chlorazine?

Knocks down
anything that flies.

You have
to keep it contained.

What the hell did you guys
set off out there?

Was that part
of project scoop?

What is project scoop?

Well, I suspect you know
more about that than I do.

I know you asked lisa
stone about it. Oh, really?

And how do you know that,
colonel ferrus? Well, she told us.

Lisa told-Yeah,
l find that highly unlikely.

What'd you do, wiretap
her phone, colonel?

Was it a legal wiretap? I'll be
asking the questions here, understood?

That's a military district
of D. C. patch you're wearing.

Who you working for
exactly? You are aware

that you have knowingly
violated a quarantined area

and trespassed
on a military base?

Release me immediately, or I'll
have my lawyer all over this.

Oh, I don't have to let you
speak to a lawyer.

I don't even have to acknowledge
that you are in our custody.

Under the homeland security act,
you can be held here

Indefinitely
as a terrorist threat.

Listen to me,
you tin-Pot fascist,

I'm not some hapless
middle eastern exchange student

With an out-Of-Date visa.

I'm an american citizen
with a very public profile.

You screw with me, and you're
gonna have to answer

Some really unpleasant questions.
What you are is an addict

Some really unpleasant questions.
What you are is an addict

With an inflated sense
of self-lmportance

Who has screwed up
in a major way.

Now I want you to tell me

Everything you know
about project scoop

And who you've shared
the information with.

If you guys are out
to stop this plague,

What are you doing packing
biological collection equipment?

Actually, you know,
l prefer it this way.

You can't hide this,
ferrus!

Whatever the hell it is,
you can't hide it!

The prisoner's
personal belongings.

They'll need 'em as evidence in
salt lake city. That's not mine.

They'll need 'em as evidence in
salt lake city. That's not mine.

That's not mine!
That's not my bag!

You are
the chief medical officer

For the utah highway patrol?

I am. What can I do
for you this fine day?

I need some medical information
on sheriff willis,

Who shot three people
and then himself

At a diner in brush ridge.

I really need it right away.
Uh, well, I'm sorry.

I'd love to help you out,

But our medical information
is confidential.

This is a matter
of public safety.

Uh, well, sweetie, that may be, but
- Dr. Smithson,

I'm gonna give you
a direct line

To general george Mancheck
at the pentagon,

And I suggest you call him
and jerk him around,

In which case you might find
yourself blindfolded

And taped to a stretcher
in a military stockade.

Where did you say
you were calling from?

Sherriff willis
must have been exposed

Driving through piedmont
sunday night.

Later, he shows up
at the diner.

He was diabetic, inconsistent
with his insulin use.

He'd had two incidences of
ketoacidosis in the last year.

Well, did the acidosis
somehow delay

The onset
of the Andromeda infection?

Most die immediately
with exposure.

Those that don't, exhibit
violent behavior within minutes.

Willis lasted a longer time,
while tobler and the ritter baby

Continued to remain
symptom-Free.

Why? Well, these are
the temple lobe samples

From our lab rats.

Note the enormous amounts
of Andromeda.

Coagulation starts
immediately,

And death usually follows
with congestion in the lungs.

If coagulation is inhibited,
then Andromeda moves

To the brain,
creating a hemorrhage,

Provoking violent behavior.
But that doesn't explain

Why diabetic willis lasted
for hours with Andromeda

And an alcoholic man
and a colicky baby

Continue to remain
uninjured.

What do they
have in common?

Hey!

Oh! Hey, what's
going on back there?

Mayday. This is warrior two.

We're blowin' smoke here.

Mayday. This is warrior two.

I'm settin' her down.

We have zero visibility.

Stop!

Stop, or I'll shoot!

Let's move two more companies
into sectors nine. - Sir.

We've got a helo down just
outside the quarantine area.

Survivors? Negative. We're
unable to raise anybody on-site.

Get a team in there
right away. Yes, sir.

Get me general Mancheck.
Sir.

I've never seen
a cellular structure like that.

Take a look at the fourier
electron density scans.

It's uneven.

That doesn't
make any sense,

Unless this group
of organisms was-

Part of a larger group.
Right.

So is Andromeda

Self-Sustaining
like a bacterium,

Or is part
of a larger unit,

Like a-
Like an organ?

Messenger theory.

What is
messenger theory?

It's a theory
in astrobiology

That's been kicking
around for years

Space travel is long
and arduous.

Instead of tacking
a gold plate

With pictures
onto a satellite

Like we did with voyager,
maybe a more efficient way

Of sending a message
is in a seedlike culture

Of bacterium or viruses.

You're saying Andromeda
is a signal

Created by
an intelligent species

And then sent
across the universe?

Or perhaps
through the wormhole.

Well, I don't know
about that.

Well, what if Andromeda
is like a human stem cell-

It has the capability
to change itself

Into many different
components depending on

What it's encountering or what
it's ultimately designed for?

Okay, as long as we're
playing "what if,"

Maybe it's not the message,

Maybe it's the messenger.

I mean, we all assume
that alien life is large,

Singular and complex,
but what if it was a colony?

You're missing the point.

Whether Andromeda
is the newspaper

Or it's the delivery boy
who is dropping it off,

The message
is loud and clear-

Drop dead.

We've got a problem.
Nash has disappeared again.

We don't have a problem,
colonel.

You have a problem.

If Nash gets to his editor,
he'll put two and two together.

Yeah. Well,
he's got no water-

I want you to find him.

I want you
to make him disappear.

Yes, sir.

I miss you bad, babe.

The bed's cold, and the house
is two sizes too big.

Oh, you sweet thing.

How are the kids?

Tired of daddy's cooking.

You cook now?

Hey, desperate times
call for desperate measures.

You know that.

Mm, desperate, huh?

So...

tell me how desperate you are

In great detail.

Do you believe
in time travel?

Sure, as much as I believe

In santa claus
and the easter bunny,

Which is to say,
l love the idea,

But I'm dubious
about the reality.

But I'm all for it.

For someone like me
who's always running late,

It would be a godsend.

According to chou,
a lorentzian wormhole

Is theoretically traversable, not
only in terms of distance, but in time.

Andromeda comes
from the past? The future?

Well, the sophistication
of the technology

Involved in the black material
would argue for the future.

Why would you threaten
your own past like that?

I don't know.

It would be nice,
though, wouldn't it

To be able to go back,
change things?

I- I think a linear time frame

Is a key part of what it means
to be human.

If our really
important choices

Could be sampled

Like a box
of chocolates,

Then our decisions
would lose their meaning.

What would be at stake?

Everything good at home?

Oh, yeah.

How about you?

You got a girlfriend back home
tying ribbons around oak trees?

No ball and chain
for me.

Can't get a date, huh?

If you don't ask,
l won't tell.

I always thought that was
a stupid ass policy.

You know, it's ironic that
the army's extensive battery

Of psychological tests
has conclusively determined

That the person
they're most afraid of

Is the best suited
to make the right choice

In this crisis. So
what are we looking at?

Andromeda's chemical
composition.

It's weird.

It's not carbon based.
It's sulfur based.

Sulfur?

Damn.

You're a long way
from home, little bug.

I owe you an apology.

Stanford. I was a big girl, Jeremy.

I'm sure it wasn't
the first time

That a researcher and his
associate became involved.

Well, it was for me.

Look.

I realize that's not popular
opinion, but it's the truth,

And if I really had the courage
of my convictions,

Instead of breaking
it off with you, I...

I would have left lisa
instead.

The truth is,

I haven't ever really
stopped thinking about you.

Dr. Stone, tsi here.

I found something.

You're, like,
l don't-l don't know,

"Clan of the bear cave"
or something.

Cave bear.

Daryl hannah is so hot,

But no.

"Quest for fire. "

Rae dawn chong
-Very hot.

"lceman. "
Cold.

Ohh!

I know, I know!

"One million years b. C."

Raquel welch
is smoking, though.

Oh, screw you.

Another clue?

Sparta!

Spartan women
are so hot.

We should go.

I gotta go.

Ow! Holy...

"Night of the living dead"?

"28 days later"?

"Planet terror"?

"pet sematary"? I mean-

They're-They're not
classic zombies.

I mean, they come-

They're dead, they come back,
but not classic

In, like,
the traditional sense.

Gordo, that's not funny!

Gordo, what's wrong
with you?

Ohh!

Here at the molecular level,

The black material is composed
of octahedral beads. Buckyballs.

Exactly, but notice
a slight variation in color.

Each molecule
has 60 carbon atoms,

But some are bonded
with potassium,

While others are bonded
with rubidium,

Giving us this slight color
variation. And why is that?

Why, indeed?

The differences between
potassium and rubidium

Are negligible-
Neither offers any advantage

In strength or conductivity,
so the question is,

Why would the designer
of this material

Use two different elements?

It seems like an extraordinary
amount of work to go to

For no apparent good
reason. That's what I think.

Dr. Stone,

System reports completion
of assigned series.

We have
a single positive encounter.

I was taking
a shot in the dark

For potential
Andromeda inhibitors,

But nothing seemed to work-
Apparently until now.

Let's see what we got.

This is x234.
Computer, show test.

My god, it's working.
What is that?

It's an experimental
bacteriophage.

Computer,

Retest another sample
of Andromeda

And display result.

Was the first time an
anomaly? You saw the recording.

Then Andromeda adapted
to the threat?

Tsi, this is a completely
different sample of Andromeda.

How is that possible?

Well, you have yourself a great
time in california, okay?

And you be careful.
If the pollsters are right,

You're gonna be
in more danger than me.

And you, young lady,
you be a big girl

And take care of your
mommy for me. Okay.

Okay?
Give me a kiss.

Welcome, mr. President.

I apologize. Our accommodations
are somewhat spartan.

General, I'm not here on
vacation. Bring me up to speed.

Andromeda has mutated again

And is now in the bird
population.

We're killing everything
in the quarantined area.

The national guard reports,
uh, nine killed in action,

Probably related
to Andromeda infection,

And the loss of one helicopter
and its crew

Due to mechanical failure.

We've also had an event
outside the quarantine zone

That looks like Andromeda.
How'd it get out there?

We're not sure. I thought
we had this thing boxed in.

So now Andromeda
communicates?

How else do you explain
it? - Contamination.

It wouldn't be
the first time

The great stone
has made a mistake.

I was there
when he reran the tests-

The same results. Time-Out. How
about everybody take a breath, okay?

What have we got here,

Potentially?

An alien creature

That can be broken
into multiple parts

Separated by space,
but somehow connected.

One part's still able
to learn from the others.

How might that work?

Maybe...

some property of light,
harmonics

Or, uh, radiation serves

As a neural network.

It has
a crystal-Like structure.

Crystals vibrate. They also
receive and bend light.

Maybe-
-Maybe Andromeda

Created a subtle
energy field-

A harmonic field which links up
its disparate parts.

So we haven't just got
the killer bug of all time.

We have a bug that communicates
with itself over distance.

And learns
from experience

And adapts quickly.

Remember, Andromeda was
initially lethal only to humans.

Then we isolated it-
Thought we isolated it.

But by that time, it had
already mutated and was jumping

In and out of animal
populations and spreading.

Then we made the mistake
of trying to bomb it.

Then the third mutation-
A resin-Eating variant

Destroyed the airplane. Now
there's a fourth mutation

Affecting birds,
which allows Andromeda

To spread further
and faster than before.

The president has joined us
here at northcom.

Mr. President.

Hello, dr. Stone.
Please continue.

Uh, we are just discussing
the possibility that Andromeda

Somehow may be capable

Of communicating
with its disparate parts.

There is by no means
a consensus

On this idea, mr. President.
General Mancheck, does-

Does Andromeda appear to be
spreading out unilaterally

Or moving in one
particular direction?

It's most concentrated
in an area

Just to the north
of the blast zone

And appears to be moving
in a northwesterly direction.

That's the direction
of the storm front, yes?

Yes, the same.

Andromeda is being driven
by natural forces.

That is completely logical.

General, what prominent
features - Geographic or man-made

Would Andromeda
encounter next?

The henry river. The henry river
flows into the colorado river.

Millions of miles
of watershed,

Connecting waterways, rivers,
irrigation ditches.

Including lake mead, which puts
it within striking distance

Of las vegas. How many
flights a day out of vegas?

Hundreds.

One international flight,
and Andromeda's worldwide.

I'll expand the quarantine zone, order
an evacuation. And shut down all airports

In the vegas region.

This could be our only chance
to contain it.

All right, go up.

Come back, good.
Keep going.

Keep going.
All right, hold it.

Guards, move out!

You okay, baby?
I'm fine.

I just felt bad 'cause I forgot
to ask you about your mother.

How's she doing?
Mama? What-

Uh, yeah. She's, uh, she's
all right I guess, you know.

Same ol', same ol'.

Mm-Hmm.
Well, maybe you're right.

Maybe you should go see her.
Take the kids.

She'd love that.

Now be sure
to give her my love.

What's goin' on, charlene?

Nothin'.

Just bein' silly is all.

I gotta go now.
I got work to do.

I love you, baby.

I love you.

Get out of there, adrian.
We gotta go.

No... no!

Accidents are the number one
cause of death

Of people under 40.

Worse than heart attacks
or cancer.

It's the little things,
you know,

The small stuff
that people overlook-

It's gonna kill you every time.
Oh, stop scaring her, Annie.

Is that sterno?
A little hair of the dog.

It's poisonous.
And illegal.

So is homicide.
My head hurt.

Take an aspirin next time.
Drinking sterno will kill you.

If you're so smart,

How come I'm still alive
and everyone else is dead?

Now who's trying
to scare her?

Look.
Don't get me wrong.

I'd just as soon have
a big bowl of chili

With a cold beer
and a cigarette,

But choosers can't be beggars.
Beggars can't be choosers.

See? There's nothing
wrong with your hearing.

You just don't listen so good.
Have an ulcer.

Ruby red.
I can't eat grapefruit.

It messes with
my blood sugar.

You just don't listen
so good.

So what does a drunk

Who self-medicates
with sterno and aspirin

Have in common
with a baby?

I could not make sense
of it until I learned

That sheriff willis
was diabetic

And often suffered from acidosis.
And Tobler suffered acidosis

From all the aspirin
he was taking. Mm-Hmm.

But it's not like the baby
was knocking back handfuls

Of acetylsalicylic acid. No, but
Tobler said she was always crying.

She was colicky.

If sylvie breathed rapidly
long enough,

Carbon dioxide would
build up in her system

And she would
become acidotic.

So you're saying
they survived Andromeda

Because they have the same level
of stomach acid.

That's brilliant.

Mr. Henderson,
l am very sorry to inform you

That while jack Nash
was being evacuated

From guard headquarters,
the helicopter he was in

Suffered mechanical failure
and went down.

Jack's dead?
I'm afraid so, sir.

I'm having a hard time
locating the next of kin.

Did mr. Nash have
family or friends?

Where are you
calling from?

I'm gonna have
to ask you again, sir.

Did jack Nash
have family or friends?

What's your name?
Where are you calling from?

No, my friends,

Not today.

Dinner is most definitely

Not served!

Okay, um...

I don't know
how this works exactly,

But, uh...

I'm sorry.

I'll do better.

Uh, I'll-I'll be nice
to people.

Please save my ass.

Amen.

Okay, how about this?
I'll never do drugs again-

Ever. I swear.

No drugs,
no booze, no cigarette-

No drugs, no booze-
How about that?

Yeah, same to you, pal.

I take it back.

Okay, I take it back.

Okay.
We've got a vulnerability.

Andromeda can only exist
within a very narrow range

Of acidity
and alkalinity.

It pretty much falls within
the parameters

Of human tolerance-
7.5-7.0.

So anything we hit
Andromeda with

Which is acidic
or basic enough to kill it

Might also be
lethal to humans.

And to make matters worse,

If our test results are correct,
whatever we attack with,

Andromeda will
eventually adjust.

We'd have to hit
every bit of the infection

Virtually simultaneously to
prevent its adaptation. Yeah.

And disrupt its communicative
abilities at the same time.

You know, if you set out

To deliberately
exterminate mankind,

You couldn't do better
than Andromeda.

Hello?

Get back! I mean it.
Okay.

What do you want?
Well, first of all,

I want a glass of water
the size of a chevy,

But, uh, then I really need
to make a phone call.

Do-Do you have
a cell phone?

What happened to you?

Name's jack Nash.
I'm a reporter with nnt.

You probably know my face.

I just watch colbert.
Right.

"South park," sometimes.

Look. There was a helicopter
crash. I'm the only survivor.

I have some important
information I need to deliver,

And I really, really need
to make a phone call,

And-Need some help
with the tire?

Honestly, isn't that
getting a little heavy?

How long
before this Santa Anna condition

reaches the infected area,

and then how long after that
until it gets to Los Angeles?

At the rate that it's moving,
it'll be at the edge

Of the quarantine zone
in 24 hours,

Which puts it about 200 miles from
los angeles. Should we evacuate I.A.?

Evacuate to where, ed?

Can you imagine
what it would be like

If we actually asked the entire
los angeles basin to leave?

Why should the united states
distract them?

Like the california gold rush,
we are looking

At a once-ln-A-Lifetime
opportunity here... mr. president,

We have a developing situation
in the mid-Atlantic.

The extremely radical
environmental group-

Ocean saviors-Has mounted
an armed assault

Against our vent mining
platform.

This came on their web site
just moments ago.

At 5:47 this afternoon,

An ocean savior assault team

Seized control of vent mining
platform number one.

During the course
of this action,

One of our brothers
has died.

We were driven to this course
by the self-Serving

Greedy policies
of president scott

And his cabal
of industrial apologists.

Ocean savior says no
to vent mining.

Ocean savior says no

To the rape of the ocean.

We have taken hostages,

And we've now wired
the platform with explosives.

Any attempt
to interfere with us

Will result in the most
serious consequences.

We will provide
a list of our demands

In our next communique.

The navy has
two frigates and a submarine

In the vicinity,
plus a team of navy seals.

Let's see
what they want first.

Enough people
have died today.

Besides, if we don't
stop Andromeda,

It's not gonna much matter
anyway, will it?

That thing
that bill was saying

About disrupting Andromeda's
communicative abilities-

It got me thinking about
messenger theory again.

The idea that Andromeda might be
a coded message from the future.

You think its lethal qualities
are accidental, not intentional?

No, no. I agree that Andromeda
was designed to kill humans.

Now I realize
this is highly speculative,

But maybe the message,
if there is one,

Is in the casing.
Maybe it is the casing.

Hmm. Now each molecule
of the black material

Is cemented by one
of two bonding agents-

Uh, potassium or rubidium.

They serve
no structural purpose,

And alternate
in a seemingly random manner.

Why go to such trouble?

Is it random-
Two agents?

Why not three or four?

Because it's binary.

It's a binary code.

Each sequence is approximately
200 molecules long,

But if you look,

There's a pattern
within the larger pattern.

Eight.

Patterns of eight.

In a typical
binary computer code,

Each 8-Bit sequence
would stand for a letter.

Computer, treat molecular
sequence as binary code,

And search for key.

Why would our enemies
send us a message?

Well, maybe they didn't.

Maybe somebody else did.

Okay, I know this
is going to sound fantastic,

But let's say that Mancheck
wasn't lying about the wormhole,

And that, in fact,
it was the source of Andromeda-

Wormholes as we understand them
are a theoretical connections

Between distance
and time, right?

What if Andromeda
was sent to us by our future?

Okay, I think somebody's
been working too hard

And drinking
way too much coffee.

Why send something back that
could destroy your own past?

It would be a move
of absolute desperation.

A wake-Up call,
a cry for help.

They couldn't beat
Andromeda. And we can?

Come on, future technology
must be superior to ours.

All right, maybe it's not
about technology.

Maybe they lack something
that we have-

That-That we still have.
Something to do with ph.

Resources-

Natural resources.

Something we used up
or destroyed-

Some fossil fuels
or some species

Of plant or animal life
in the rain forest.

And the answer is...

okay, if I'm sending
a message back

To some lab-Coated geek
in the past, I'd keep it simple.

I'd use the basic american
computer code for documents,

And the roman alphabet.
Ascii.

Computer, approach pattern

As ascii code and translate.

What the hell
is bacillus infernus?

Bacterium from hell.

What's that number?

I did some work
on this once.

It-lt's an extremely rare
member of the archaea genus,

Found only one place
on the planet-

At the bottom of the sea,
nearly 3 kilometers deep,

Next to thermal vents.

The bacterium thrive

Under the most extreme
conditions imaginable,

Including very acidic ph.

It practices
chemosynthesis to survive.

In fact, its main
food source

Is the sulfur-Based effluent
from the vents themselves.

The chemical composition
of Andromeda is based on sulfur.

I bet infernus looks
at Andromeda the same way

A pit bull would look
at a big, juicy steak.

The plan to mine those vents
of their mineral deposits

Is gonna be
very destructive.

It-lt's a kind of
underwater strip-mining.

Maybe that's why they needed to
send a message from the future.

The bacteria
no longer exist there,

Because we destroyed it. We've set plenty
of precedent for this kind of weapon.

We spray both mosquitoes
and gypsy moths

With lethal bacterium.

What about Andromeda's
ability to mutate?

That's the beauty
of this line of attack.

Andromeda can't change
its basic atomic composition,

Which is sulfur based.

You can run, but you
can't hide. All right.

Does this bacterium have
any adverse effect on humans?

Nothing we could find. So we spray
infernus in the air, in the water-

Wherever Andromeda is,
and the bacteria consume it.

Hold on now. We're getting
ahead of ourselves.

It makes really good
theoretical sense,

But we have
to test it out.

Oh, this is horseshit! I gotta
go with Chuck on this, sir.

I mean,
it's just too fantastic.

All right.
Dr. Stone, look.

I'm finding all this
a little difficult to accept.

Andromeda
is a biological assault-

Possibly a precursor
to an invasion,

But of the future?

And it was sent to us by them
for our help

Because of this bacteria?

Mr. President, I-l recognize
how crazy it sounds,

But it explains everything
we know about Andromeda.

They sent it back,
safely contained

Within the black material
we found.

They could not have
anticipated

Its interception
by the scoop satellite

Or its subsequent release
in piedmont.

This is purely speculative.
There's nothing real here, sir.

How do you explain the binary
code then-coincidence?

It's a redundancy system-

Standard operating procedure
in aeronautics.

Everything nasa builds
is done that way.

They coded the solution
to Andromeda

Within the molecular
structure of the container.

If you analyze all the data

And the only explanation
that works is the improbable,

Then the improbable
must be true.

Oh, what is that
- Confucius? Okay, gentlemen, gentlemen...

Sherlock holmes.
Now, dr. Stone,

This string of numbers
that came with the message

And the nonsense that followed
it-What do you make of that?

The computer hasn't been
able to make any sense

Of the number 739528, but it's
continuing to work at it.

I- I know that's not
very helpful, sir.

Well, you don't do well
in my line of work

Unless you're willing to roll
the dice once or twice.

Well, if they want my head,
they can have it later.

What do you need, dr. Stone?
Samples of the bacterium, sir.

We need to test
it's lethality on Andromeda.

The lab I worked with
at u. C.L.A. Still has samples.

I'll have it sent out
to wildfire right away.

I'll also have our biological
dispersal equipment standing by

The minute you give the
word. And, dr. Stone,

If this doesn't work,
what's your plan "b"?

There is no other plan,
mr. President. That is it.

All we can do now
is work like hell

To get operational
and hope that Andromeda

Doesn't pull yet another
adaptation out of the bag.

Hey, look at that!

What the? Hey, they're
comin' right at us!

What the-
Aah, get off me!

Aah!

Oh, my god!
Aah, aah!

You think stone's bacterium
is the solution?

Well, he seems to think so.
That's not what I asked you.

That's my answer.
I need something done.

What? Find out where
dr. Barton's family is.

Flight 82 to honolulu

Is now boarding at gate five.

Mr. Barton,
will you come with me, please?

Mr. Barton,

You and I need to have
a conversation

About your wife.

We lost contact
with one of our units

Near the henry river
a half-Hour ago.

Predator overflight
reveals no survivors.

I think we have to assume that
quarantine has been breached.

Extend the ground patrols
in that area

And increase overflights. Keep
me posted as you make progress.

I can cut short
your wife's trip

The minute you give word.

We can have her on a plane
and out of danger

In under an hour.

What about all the other wives
and daughters

In los angeles, pat?

- What are you gonna do for
them? - Well, I just thought-

Go on, leave me alone.
Go on, get outta here!

Okay, we're introducing
a very modest amount

Of infernus to Andromeda.

Look at it go.

Yes! 2.3 seconds.

So we have a weapon.

How much of this bug do we need
to grow to make a difference?

Welcome to the nursery.

Biological breeder vessels.

State of the art.

Well, let's crank 'em up.

Andromeda is now
definitely in the watershed

Of the henry river,
and it's moving downstream.

The color blooms there-

Massive aquatic die-offs.

Evacuate the entire lake
powell area. - Yes, sir.

It works.
The bacterium works.

Excellent work, dr. Stone.

We've started production

And should have usable
quantities within ten hours.

Ten hours
is cutting it damn close.

How so? Andromeda had
developed another mutation

That attacks aquatic life,
and it's gotten

Into the watershed
of the colorado river.

At the rate it's moving,
it should be in lake powell

Within 10, 11 hours.

And the storm? It
continues to pick up speed.

Let me know the minute
you're ready.

Priority call for dr. Barton.

Charlene, honey.

Sam?
The kids all right?

Did you-Did you
get to your mom's?

Something came up.

There's somebody who wants
to talk to you, charlene,

And I want you to listen
to him, baby, okay?

Okay.

Dr. Barton,

In the interest
of your family's safety,

I suggest you listen to me
very carefully.

Computer, assemble the team
in the conference room.

Hey, you okay?

I'm fine.

We have all come to accept
the possibility

That it was a mutation
of Andromeda

That brought down that jet,

But there is something
that's always bothered me-

The jet had been recalled,

Its mission aborted,

And then Andromeda
attacked it.

I think we might be
underestimating Andromeda.

Yes, we've discussed

Its phenomenal
rate of mutation,

We've-We've considered
the possibility

That it can communicate among
its physically separated parts,

But what if it knowingly
crashed the jet

In order to set off
the onboard nuclear device

And accelerate
its own growth?

You're saying
it thinks?

I'm saying we have
to consider the possibility

And act accordingly.
We could dose it now.

We probably have enough bacteria
to hit the hot spots.

No, I don't want to risk missing
some portion of Andromeda,

Enabling it to regroup.

When we strike, it has to be
devastating, and to be safe,

I think we need to destroy

Every last sample of Andromeda
in the lab right now.

You think
Andromeda knows

Or could know what
we're trying to do here?

I don't think
we can take that chance.

I'm gonna go check
the breeder vessels.

Do you think the bacterium
will work?

What?

Do you think the bacterium
will work?

Uh, what else have we got?

I mean,
they were damn clever,

Andromeda's creators.

It's a-lt's a brilliantly
lethal construct,

But we're-We're
a resilient species.

Think of the imagination
those scientists had

To figure out what they
needed and send for it

In the past.

You know
what's truly ironic

Is that what may end up
saving mankind

At the pinnacle of creation

Is this very simple
primitive bacterium

From the slime on the bottom
of the ocean,

The creature that we were
prepared to obliterate

With-Without
a moment's thought.

There's a profound lesson
in humility there, I think.

Not usually your strong suit.

I'm workin' on it.

Yeah.

Jeremy,
come to the conference room.

It's urgent.

What is it?

It's not numbers or letters.

It's an image,
a design of some kind.

That's why it took
so long to process.

What is that?

I've never seen
anything like it.

It's not scientific.

Religious, maybe?

I don't know.

Let's go!

Clear the line.
Clear the line.

Let's get up!

Saddle up, boys.

We're good to go,
lieutenant!

That weather system
is picking up speed, sir.

If this doesn't work,

Andromeda will hit los angeles
in less than five hours.

Also, our, uh, strike teams

Are in position near
the mining platform

Waiting for your word
to go in, sir.

Is there anything
you'd like me to do?

Are you a religious man,
Chuck?

Sir?

I don't mean every four years.
I mean-

I mean, do you have faith?

Yes, sir.

Well, then you can pray.

Hey.

Howdy.

Oh.

Nice.

Yeah, it's real pretty,

But, uh, mind if I try
your cell phone again?

Don't you ever just relax?

No. I don't really.
I should.

Go ahead, but the reception's
not gonna be any better

Than it was last night.

Well, my luck's changing.
I can feel it.

I see two people-
One male, one female.

Breakfast.

I really would like to,

But, um, I can't.

I made a promise.

I know that sounds lame,

But there it is.

Jack, what's going on
out there?

Time to go.

Why was he shooting at us?

Not us, me.
They're shooting at me.

Jeremy, we have got a lot
of product down here,

And it's all screamin',
"feed me. "

Urgent message for dr. Stone.

Go for dr. Stone.

Dr. Stone, we should
have out helos

To your facility
within minutes.

You gonna be ready?

Good to go. That storm front's
closing in fast.

We've got less
than an hour.

Oh, terrific.

What?

Must have hit a rock.
Do you carry any oil?

No. Maybe. I don't know.
Why were they shooting at us?

Because I know things,
or they think I do.

That's why I need
to make that call.

General,

Just wanted to say
good luck.

You did a great job, doctor,
you and your whole team.

You know, when this is over,
I'm going to raise hell.

Not that you have any reason
to believe me,

But for what it's worth, you're
preachin' to the converted.

Although,
if this doesn't work,

What you and I think isn't gonna
make a damn bit of difference.

Can we go faster?

We're losing too much oil.
We have to dump this thing.

Do you have any kind
of a weapon in here-

- A gun, a knife, a slingshot?
- No.

Check the glove box.

A can opener?

Great. We'll buy 'em a beer.

Ten minutes to the area
of infection.

All right, spread out
and disperse.

Cover the entire surrounding
area. Cover it all.

Stand by. This is it.

Let's kill this bastard.

Wildfire is infected.

Wildfire lab is now initiating
lockdown procedures

And beginning countdown to auto
self-Destruct. What's happening?

15 minutes and counting.

What the hell is that?

There has been a breach
in containment

In the sample vault.

Computer, give me
the sample vault.

What's going on, charlene?
What's happening?

Charlene, we're on our way.

Tsi, what is it?
Turn him on his side.

Is it Andromeda? No, it's a gran mal
seizure. Did you know he was epileptic?

The fail-Safe panel
is ruined.

I can't shut down the self-
Destruct sequence from here.

Where's the next closest
control panel? One level up.

But you can't use the elevators.
Every level is sealed off.

How do I get up there?
You can't. That's the point.

Hold him steady.

Hold him steady.
Hold him steady.

Computer, show all
the mechanical conduits

Into the central
maintenance shaft.

Break in and climb up.
That's a brilliant idea.

I'll check on barton.

Charlene, what happened?

I-

I need you to talk to me.
Talk to me or I can't help you.

I- I-l don't-
l don't-

I don't know.

There's a sample in one
of the containment boxes.

Why didn't you destroy
all of them?

They've got sam and my kids.

They wanted
to save a sample,

And then the seal started
to disintegrate,

And the alarm went off.

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

All right, take-Take it easy.
Slow down.

How are you feeling?

How the hell
do you think I feel?

Wildfire lab will self-Destruct
in 11 minutes.

General, how do we shut down

The auto-Destruct sequence?
Is there anything we can do?

No, there's nothin'
we can do, sir.

In the event of a security
breach, the lab was set up

To follow an automatic
sequence of self-Destruction.

Only the designated odd man
can stop it.

Well, general, if that
nuclear device explodes,

Then none of what
you and your team

Are doin' right now
will matter.

Andromeda will be spread over a huge
area. We will never be able to contain it.

Listen to me. If you had been
exposed to a lethal strain,

You'd be dead by now.

Are you-Are you
symptomatic at all?

I'm breathing rapidly.

Maybe that's what's
keeping it at bay.

Get me the hell outta here!

Charlene, you have
to calm down, okay?

I promise we'll get you
out of there,

But you need
to listen to Jeremy.

Forget about me.
I'll be fine.

Go shut it off.

Go.

You had a seizure.
Have you had them before?

The lights. That's bad.

The light set it off. We have
a breach of containment.

Charlene is trapped
in the sample vault.

We have to fix
the contamination.

You have to rest.

We fix it or we'll die.

Get out, leila. Run!

What about you? Run! Just
get the hell outta here. Go!

Shut the door!
Shut the door!

You're wasting your time.
I've already called this in.

The police will be
on their way any minute.

Aah!

Angela, follow up progress
on the monitor.

Help us get
to the next level.

Ten minutes and counting.

Jeremy, you okay?

Not wild about heights.

Don't look down.
Stare straight ahead.

These joints
are compromised.

And the pipes
are deteriorating.

Ohh!

Give me your hand.

Come on, bill, you can make it.
Give me your hand.

Just reach out.
Give me your hand.

Then we're both gonna fall.

Just do it. Give me your hand.
We need you.

Ahh! You need this!

Oh.

Angela-Angela,
l have the key.

It won't do you any good.

The system will only recognize
keene's thumbprint.

Tsi, what are you doing?

We're out of options.

Four minutes and counting.

Jeremy.

Ohh!

Three minutes and counting.

I need your help, angela.

I don't know where I'm going.

Angela, you copy me?

Move 6 feet up

And 3 feet to your right.

There's a-What looks to be

A large
heating/cooling conduit

That might work.

I see it!

Oh!

Aah!

I can't see.

Everything's falling apart.

Aah!

Two minutes and counting.

Any word from
the wildfire facility?

Nothing, sir.

The self-Destruct sequence
is still activated.

Jeremy, are you okay?

Which way?

The panel is behind you
15 feet.

It's right above you now.

A little higher.

Reach up
with your right hand.

There.

One minute and counting.

A little bit to your left.

Find the slot.

Welcome, dr. Keene.

To cancel auto destruct,

Please place your right thumb
on the flashing button.

30 seconds and counting.

Jeremy.

All right.

20 seconds.

A little bit to your left.

Ten, nine, eight...

Auto destruct canceled.

You have gotta
be kidding me.

A signal.

Machine.

Charlie, it's Nash.

Listen. Somebody brought
bio-Collecting equipment

To the national guard
headquarters.

I think they're trying
to sample the contagion.

Look for a d. C. Colonel
named ferrus. He's the link.

He also tried to kill me...
twice.

And, uh, that's it.

Hey. Hey!

Hey! Hey!

Over here! Over here!

Over here!
Hey!

No!

Well, it's been
that kind of day.

Let's go.

You okay?

Yeah.

Didn't think sobriety
was gonna be this painful.

Sorry about your car.

Are you kidding?

That was amazing
what you did.

Yeah, well...

I have my moments.

That's it.

We got it!

Whoo!

We got it!

Son of a bitch!

Today, america mourns
the loss of two citizens

Who made the ultimate sacrifice
for their country-

Dr. William keene, u. S. Army, and
dr. Tsi chou, a brilliant scientist

Who immigrated to this country

In a much-Celebrated case
some ten years ago.

Standing to president scott's
right is dr. Jeremy stone

Who headed wildfire
and his surviving teammates...

hey, there's dad.

Dr. Angela noyce
and dr. Charlene barton.

God, he looks terrible.

Only a few details
are presently available

From what remains a highly
classified operation...

hero of the day.

Apparently, a leak developed
in a small...

he did good, okay? I mean,
yeah, he's not perfect,

But he deserves credit
for what he did.

...in a remote area
of southern utah.

Fortunately,
the leak was contained,

Although not without the loss
of two key researchers.

The senate subcommittee
chairman on homeland security

Is pledging
a thorough investigation

And already demanding details
from the administration.

Seems a little dramatic,
don't you think?

Every bit of data confirms
the same observation.

The Andromeda infection
is dead.

Nothing survived
your assault.

It's an extraordinary
achievement, sir,

A real heroic victory.

You think that's how
our part in all this

Is gonna be remembered,
as heroes?

Well, I think we might
have made some mistakes,

But we came through in
the end. Some mistakes.

I think the desire to assign
blame in project scoop

Will be, uh, mitigated,
as it always is,

By the fear
of public embarrassment

At the highest levels
of government.

We didn't just screw up,
colonel.

We very nearly
lost everything,

And not just once-
Several times.

Why did you blackmail
dr. Barton

To try and salvage
a sample of Andromeda?

I don't-l have no idea
what you're talking about.

Well, maybe I should
get on the phone

To Chuck beeter
over at the n. S.A.

And ask him
where that sample is.

I know what you
sons of bitches did.

There needn't be any losers
in this scenario, general.

Aside from
the american people?

Your kind of honor
is a bit outdated, sir.

I'm not gonna fall on my sword
for you or anybody else.

No. I didn't think so.

What?

Jesus! What the hell you doin'?
Not with me here!

Thank you, lord,

For the honor
and the privilege

We have had to know these
two extraordinary men...

I had no idea
about project scoop

Or any black-Bag operations
connected with it

That may or may not
have been running.

Well, you may
not have known,

But there were those in
your administration that did.

It might be a good idea

To tell the american people
really what happened

And permanently shut down
the vent mining project.

I don't know what
you think you have,

But I don't
see it that way.

Well, if you'll excuse me,
mr. President,

I have an interview to do.

I'm very sorry for your loss.
He was a brave man. Yes.

Our technology and our science
saved us in the end, yes,

But it was our arrogant
misuse of both

That got us into this trouble
in the first place.

Science is
and always has been

About the search
for the truth,

And that search can
really only take place

In the full light of day.

I think, um, I think one
of the lessons learned here

Is that just because
we have acquired

A technological
or scientific capability

Doesn't mean we should
rush out to use it.

Would vent mining prove
to be incredibly lucrative?

Maybe, but considering
what's just happened,

I think the question
needs to be asked.

Would it be worth it?
Would you care to speculate

About the original source
of the virus,

And if Andromeda was
a biological weapon,

How do you think its
creators would respond

To what you've done?

I have no idea.

We would seem to have been
successful in the short run,

But it's probably fair
to say, whoever it is,

We've gotten their attention.

What happens next
is anybody's guess.

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