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Arthur, honey,

we're almost there.

Are you awake?

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Hello.

You're late.

I'm sorry.

I thought that Nurse Clark

would be meeting us?

Here are the keys.

Thank you.

We had a flat on the trailer.

I've never changed one.

So...

Oh, I can get those, Doctor.

Let me get this one.

Don't be silly.

I know where this one goes.

You must be Arthur.

Time to decide if you're

the man of the house.

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I wish you were here.

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♪ How long 'til the sun sets?

♪ How long can we hold today? ♪

♪ I don't ever want to say ♪

♪ Goodnight, my love. ♪

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This should be warm enough

for tonight,

but we can always unpack

some more blankets.

Arthur, it's past midnight.

Goodnight, Mom.

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I don't want to be the man

of the house.

We were supposed to finish

this together.

I don't know if you can

hear me,

or even know where I am.

Maybe you see everything now.

So, did you see it?

The comet?

It was so fast and the sky

was completely lit up.

It was amazing,

I'm going to go find it.

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Woman: Breakfast.

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Woman 2: All right.

Three for everyone.

Jeffrey.

What?

Mom: Timmy, no reading

at the table.

But Dr. Lazron just

landed on Mars.

[mocking]: But Dr. Lazron just

landed on Mars.

Mom: Johnny.

Mars can wait.

Just one more page.

Don't talk back to

your mother.

Yes, sir.

Yes, sir.

I got to go.

Mrs. Peterman thinks aliens

attacked her birdbath.

Bye, Dad.

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Hey young man, stop that!

Hey!

I'll walk in from here, Mom.

Uh, okay.

Have a great first day.

Okay.

Please have a great

first day.

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As I said on the phone,

I heard a crash,

I got right out of bed to

investigate and there it was.

I called your office

immediately

but there was no answer.

Well, Gladys doesn't come in

until seven.

We're a small force,

Mrs. Peterman.

Well, I know you have your

way of doing things, Chief.

This is yet more evidence

of the real threat

presented by creatures from

beyond our sphere.

Now I tried to

warn you about this

when they came for Douglas.

Your cat?

Poor Douglas.

You think these are the same

aliens who took your cat?

Don't you see?

They're after the birds!

The birds?

They fly into their saucer's

engine and disrupt them.

Now I want to know what

you're going to do about it.

Well, I'll tell you what.

I'm going to go to my car

and get my shovel

and I'm going to dig this piece

of U.F.O. out of your yard

and send it to Washington,

priority red.

Priority red?

Priority red, Mrs. Peterman.

Well, it's about time.

Timmy Sanders, and you are?

Arthur Milligan.

Pleasure to meet you, Arthur.

I hope you don't mind

if I ask,

but I was just wondering--

Oops.

That's Wallace Jenkins,

you can obviously identify

as the school bully.

But enough about him.

So, as I was starting to ask,

where do you hail from, Arthur?

California.

Holy smokes.

I've never seen an ocean.

Were you close to the ocean?

[bell rings]

Boys and girls.

In your seats.

Good morning, class.

[children]: Good morning,

Miss Grable.

Boys and girls, we have

a new student joining us.

Will you introduce yourself,

please?

His name is Arthur Milligan.

Miss Grable: Thank you, Timmy,

but I'm sure Arthur

can speak for himself.

[children]: Hello, Arthur.

Arthur, we just assigned

science fair partners yesterday

and because we have

an odd number

you'll need to join-- Timmy?

He can join me and Madeline.

Miss Grable: All right then.

Take out your books.

Nurse Clark: I told the old man.

Nurse Milligan:

Doctor Whittison.

Nurse Clark: Right.

I said "I'll wait for her,"

but he said "When

you're chief of the hospital,

you can

meet the staff."

So how late were you?

A couple of hours.

Must have been a real peach.

He was fine.

I'm sure.

Who's your friend there,

Regina?

Nurse Milligan,

Lieutenant Quincy.

Frank will do.

Hi Frank, Beth is fine

for me.

Beth Milligan?

That's right.

Beth is just joining us

from California.

Would that have been

Edwards AFB?

That's right.

I got it on the first try.

How about that?

All right, we're going to

continue the tour now, Frank.

He's a charmer,

but he's harmless.

He looks healthy enough.

Head case.

Got to get your protein,

my dad always says.

So Arthur, has Timmy told you

that we're going to

focus on chemistry?

I told her about how my

brother Jeff built a volcano.

We're not doing one of those

dumb volcanoes.

I told you, I'd like to do

something with ionization.

Dr. Lazron has an

ionization bazooka.

Anyway, I'd just like to

state up front

that I'd like to

be project leader.

Both my parents

are scientists

and it's been my strongest

subject since kindergarten.

We didn't have science

in kindergarten.

That's gross, Timmy.

What?

I'd like to do something

with comets.

That could be better

than a volcano.

We're not doing a volcano

and we're not doing comets.

But we're a team, Madeline.

Maybe we should have a vote.

We should not have a vote.

Wow Sanders, your

boyfriend looks mad.

Timmy: It's okay, Arthur.

Listen to your girlfriend,

Artie.

Man: "I don't know"

ain't an answer, Ronnie.

But I don't know, boss.

Well do you know that

somebody broke this window

to get in here and

make this mess?

Do you know that?

Sure, I guess so.

You guess so.

And would you guess

that this mess

is going to set our shop back

about half a day at least?

Ronnie: I guess.

You guess.

And who would you guess would

want to do something like that?

I don't know.

You don't know.

So make a guess.

Would you guess it would be

somebody that

wanted to jam me up?

Would that be your guess?

I guess it would be.

And who's next in line

for my job, Ronnie?

I guess I am.

You guess?

No, Ronnie, you know that.

That's a certainty.

Then I come in here

this morning,

somebody's broken

this window,

come in here

and made this mess,

torn this place to

kingdom come

and you expect me to believe

that that somebody is not you?

But I was in bed

early last night

on account of my head cold.

Plus, I got a key to the door

so I don't need to

break no windows.

I'll tell you what.

We're not cleaning this up.

We're getting to work

and we're not

falling behind schedule.

And then at shift's end

you're going to stay here

and clean this up

under my supervision,

and I will get to the bottom

of this nonsense.

Are we clear?

Yes, sir.

Get started on that

transport engine.

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[hissing]

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Mr. Town.

John.

Mr. Ramie, what seems

to be the problem?

Other than my dead

prized sheep, nothing.

Well, John, we clearly have

a liar in our midst.

This is my prized sheep

and he is the murderer.

You son of a gun!

Sanders: Gentlemen, isn't there

an easy way to identify

whose sheep this is?

Mine have the yellow tag.

Yeah, the light yellow tag

is me!

Sanders: Well, it definitely

belongs to one of you.

He's a cold-booded assassin.

Oh, let the lying lips

be put to silence,

which speaks grievous things

proudly and contemptuously

against the righteous!

And a murderer is a murderer,

no matter how much

scripture he spouts.

Let's put the Bibles aside,

and tell me,

is either one of you

responsible

for what happened

to this animal?

No!

Certainly not.

Look, John, I deserve

to be repaid for this.

You?

Yes.

This menace shaved at least

three of my sheep last year

before I caught him,

and kept the wool!

It wouldn't surprise me

if this moron killed his own

sheep just to pin it on me.

That's exactly the kind of

scheme

this idiot would come up with

to try to pin it on me.

All right, both of you

stopped making sense

a long time ago.

The fact is, there's

a dead sheep.

And if you want me to stand

here and listen to your nonsense

about whose is whose

and what is what,

you can each take half this

sheep and shut up about it.

I don't want half a sheep.

Exactly, because

it's not yours.

If I can't have the

whole thing, I--

Because you haven't

suffered a real loss,

which shows that I'm right.

Oh, you're never right.

This isn't over.

You bet your buck

it isn't over.

You stole my wool!

Aah!

I'm glad you two could be

civil about this.

Good luck with your sheep.

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Miss Grable: Students,

what does Bert teach us?

That the commies are coming?

Wallace, you must have forgotten

to raise your hand.

But yes, vigilance.

We must keep ourselves safe,

not out of fear,

but out of the duty to

protect our way of life.

Someone else, what does

Bert teach us?

Daisy.

Miss Grable, will we have

to eat from a soup kitchen

if the commies come?

Daisy.

The point is the Soviets

may intend to come,

but as long as we

remain vigilant,

we will remain safe from

the enemies of democracy.

This is what we are determined

to safeguard, class.

To keep safe the freedom for

which our forefathers fought.

Yes, Timmy?

My dad wouldn't be police

chief if we were commies.

The Russian kind of

government wouldn't let him.

That's right, Timmy.

The government wouldn't let

us do a lot of things.

So remember to duck and cover

if you ever hear a bomb.

We don't want them

coming into our country

and hurting anyone,

especially you children.

You're the ones who will grow

up and keep this country safe

from people like them.

Yes, Madeline dear.

No one answered

your question.

You asked, "What does

the film teach us?"

It teaches us to

duck and cover

in the event of a nuclear attack

by Russians.

That's right, Madeline, good.

And you children, you'll

support your country

and all of our freedoms.

Are we clear about this?

[children]: Yes, Miss Grable.

So is Beth short

for Elizabeth?

Yes, Elizabeth Anne.

It was supposed to be Esther,

I'm glad it's not.

My grandmother's name

was Esther.

But I've always loved

Elizabeths.

How do I love thee,

let me count the ways.

Do you know that one?

Elizabeth Barret Browning.

That's a pretty one.

Your ring is beautiful.

How long have you

been married?

It was fourteen years.

Was?

My husband passed away

two months ago.

He was a pilot.

Happened in the line of duty.

Oh my goodness, I am so,

so sorry, Beth.

I had no idea.

Of course not.

Here I am quoting

silly love poems

and you're struggling with

this terrible loss.

It's not your fault.

And you have a boy?

Mhm.

He must be devastated.

I'm hoping the change

will do him good.

Madeline: Why comets?

It seems so boring.

I think we should vote.

My dad says in Russia

they don't even get to vote.

We're lucky we live

in America.

I'm waiting, Arthur.

Wait, what are comets?

They're like snowballs

made out of dust and ice.

They shoot through

the atmosphere

and you can see

them on Earth.

Comets wouldn't even be

possible without ionization,

you know.

I love snowballs!

Have you guys ever even

seen a comet?

No, but I've seen a snowball,

and I'm not impressed.

I saw a comet, last night,

a real one

right here in Granite Flats.

Timmy: You saw a comet?

I think we should do our

project on comets.

Two votes out of three wins.

♪

Any calls for me, Gladys?

Just Mrs. Peterman, sir.

She wants to talk more

about her birdbath, sir.

Wonderful.

Gladys: And sir?

Sanders: Yes?

She sounded urgent, sir.

Well I'll call right away.

Thank you, Gladys.

You're welcome, sir.

Dale.

Come here for a sec,

will you?

Yeah, Chief?

This metal, you ever seen

anything like this?

No sir, its pretty

space age.

Honestly, it reminds me

of that movie.

What movie?

Spaceship.

You close with Mrs. Peterman

over on Ridge Lane?

Not particularly, sir,

why do you ask?

No reason.

Thanks, Dale.

Aren't you supposed to be

on patrol?

Yes, sir.

Gladys.

Let me know if anyone

calls about metal.

Metal, sir?

Yes, thanks Gladys.

Okay.

Well, I for one am

glad you're here.

With all these old cranky

nurses around

it's nice to have

somebody to talk to.

Nurse Milligan:

Afternoon, Henry.

Hi, Henry.

I'm Beth, I'm new here.

No, no, no, no, no.

Henry, Henry!

Private first class Owens.

Fall in line, soldier.

At ease, Private.

Sorry, that was my fault.

I should have warned you

about Henry.

More than half of his squad

was killed by a grenade round.

He's so quiet sometimes

I forget what he's capable of.

So now you know,

don't touch Henry.

Understood.

Madeline: Are you sure

it wasn't an asteroid?

An asteroid is a rock, it

doesn't have enough gravity

to pull its shape

into a ball.

Plus, asteroids don't

melt like comets,

so therefore they

don't have a tail.

It was a comet.

Did you tell your mom

and dad?

My dad's gone.

Gone where?

Wallace: Hey, if you were

my kid, I'd split too.

What?

I said, if my kid were

a loser like you,

I'd be gone just like

your old man.

Come on, Wallace.

Oh Artie, I think your

girlfriend's getting upset.

Seriously, Wallace.

You boys should stop this.

Take it back.

That's right, take it back.

Make me, or maybe

you'd rather run away,

just like your old man.

Fight, fight, fight!

What?

No!

Come on, Arthur!

Timmy: The rule is

no fighting at all.

It doesn't matter

who started it,

which is honestly

totally unfair

and Miss Grable

should know this.

I was responsible.

Well sure, I mean, I guess

I was responsible too.

Me too.

But you said stop.

Well yes, of course,

but I didn't succeed

in stopping anything.

Well you sure didn't stop me.

Golly, I didn't expect to be

jumping into the fray like that,

but duty called.

Do you think Wallace will

try to get revenge?

I think we

should be ready.

What do you think,

Arthur?

Well if he comes after us,

we'll be ready for him

and we'll come out on top.

She wants you, Sanders.

What's the punishment?

Sent home.

Is your dad coming?

My dad doesn't have

time for this, dope.

He's got a real job.

This ain't over.

Let's meet up after and work

on the science project, okay?

I wonder if they called my

mom or my dad.

You should probably go back.

Miss Grable just asked you

to escort us down.

I think she knows

I'm implicated in this.

She sent me down to try

to get me to confess.

Confess to what?

Not stopping the fight.

My mom is not going

to like this.

Were you in fights at your

former school?

I'm sure she'll understand

if you tell her

how Wallace provoked you

about your father.

If I can ask,

where did he go?

Sent home.

I have to wait outside

for my dad.

You're up, Arthur.

It was an honor to fight

at your side.

See ya later, Madeline.

See ya later.

Well, I'll just send myself

home then.

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Hi, Dad.

Tim.

Sorry about them calling you,

but the principal said Mom

wasn't answering.

Uh-huh.

You want me to tell you

about the fight?

I certainly do.

Okay.

Well, first of all, there's

this new boy, Arthur Milligan,

he's my science fair

partner.

Well you said last night

that that girl was your

science fair partner.

We're a science fair trio.

But anyway.

It started at lunch.

The fight?

Sort of the fight

before the fight.

Like the prefight.

Wallace dumped some of my

lunch tray on me

and then Arthur got into a

standoff with him nose to nose,

probably feeling each other's

hot breath.

Tim.

That's probably Arthur's mom.

Anyway, at recess Arthur was

saying how his dad is gone.

Gone where?

I don't know, we never

got the answer

because that's when Wallace

stepped in and said,

you know, "Yeah, if I was your

old man I'd split too, loser."

and Arthur wasn't going

to take that.

I mean, can you blame him,

Dad?

Seriously.

Anyway, Wallace

shoved Arthur twice

and the second time Arthur

ducked it

and got around

behind Wallace

and jumped on his back

and both of them went down

and well honestly, Dad,

the rest was kind of a blur

until Madeline was pulling me

off Wallace's ear.

His ear?

I bit his ear.

Is that Arthur?

It is.

Don't be giving him

a thumbs-up, Tim.

This is not a proud moment,

even if the two of you

were provoked.

[Gladys on radio]:

Chief Sanders?

Go ahead, Gladys.

Carl called from over

at the Empress,

he said someone broke in.

All right, well send Dale

over.

Dale's at Mrs. Peterman's.

What?

Why?

She called, something

about priority red

and wanting an update.

All right, I'm on my way.

Do you think the burglar's

still there?

You're staying in the car,

buddy.

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I don't know what to say

to you, Arthur.

I just do not know

what to say.

We'll discuss this tonight

and what the

consequences will be.

But you're not to leave this

house, do you understand?

Yes ma'am.

I have to get back to work.

Put some hydrogen peroxide

on that.

She's mad...

She's so mad.

I never should have said

anything about you.

But you saw what that

Wallace kid was like.

I'm sorry about all of it.

I just want to do the things

that will make you proud.

And I will.

I will.

Welcome back kid.

Thank you, Frank.

Everything okay?

It's fine.

Can I get you something?

No, I'm all right.

I was thinking about you.

Is that right?

I was thinking why leave

Edwards?

That's a heck of a swell post

and to come out here

to this little base

in the middle

of nowhere?

Well, it's complicated.

I bet.

Uh oh.

Are you treating this

patient, Nurse Milligan?

I'm finished, Doctor.

A word then.

You left your post.

I'm sorry.

It was an emergency.

Nurse Clark appraised me

of the details.

Yes I asked her to tell you

when I couldn't find you.

You're aware this is

a military facility?

Of course.

And as such you have a

commanding officer who--

I tried to find you, sir.

You would follow being absent

without leave

by being

insubordinate?

My son needed me, sir.

Your record of service at

Edwards was impeccable

but I see none of that in

your behavior today.

I suggest you make

adjustments.

All set, boss.

Pick it up Ronnie,

you're on the latrine duty.

What about cleaning up

this mess?

After latrine duty.

Get those toilets real clean.

Well, what about you?

Oh, I'm needed over at

the enlisted men's club.

Their beer levels are

running a little high.

Stay put.

Carl?

Look at this.

You could drive

a Buick through it.

Well, I'd say it

wasn't a Buick.

Well it was something.

Did you find anything?

I didn't go inside.

What if there's somebody

still in there?

The door's locked.

Uh-huh.

So somebody broke in so they

could lock themselves inside?

Are you asking me?

Why don't you let me in,

Carl,

and I'll have a look around.

Give me a second.

Tim, let me see that

flashlight.

I got to take a look

inside the theater.

You do not move, clear?

What's going on?

Tim, what did I just say?

I won't move, sir.

Hello.

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One one thousand,

two one thousand,

three one thousand,

four one thousand,

five one thousand,

six one thousand.

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Okay, I checked

my math twice,

just like you taught me.

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Holy cow.

G-men.

I told him I told you I left.

I told him that too.

He said I had to talk to him

as head of the hospital.

He told me that too.

And I told him the school

called about Arthur.

At this point you know what

I'm going to say don't you?

I'm sorry, it just has not

been a very good first day.

Present company excluded?

Well certainly.

Listen, Whittison's

a tough old bird.

He lost his son in Korea

and his wife took her own

life after that.

Oh my goodness.

Yeah.

So whenever I feel like

strapping him to a gurney

and sending him off for

electroshock treatment,

I remember that.

But don't let on

that you know.

He has no time for pity if

you think he was upset

about you leaving without

talking to him?

Of course.

So is Arthur all right?

I mean he wasn't hurt?

No, no, he was the aggressor.

Never, not once

has he done that;

hit another boy.

I'd consider it a miracle

you've made it this far.

I had four brothers and my

mother spent a lot of time

getting called to

the principal's office,

believe me.

Suspended on his first day.

It's certainly a way to make

an impression,

getting in trouble with

the boss on day one.

Are you being funny?

I'm sure trying.

Listen Beth,

his father passing,

that is something that he's

going to have to deal with

and it might come out in ways

that you don't expect.

What are you doing?

Looking for you.

Aren't you supposed to be

in school?

I sent myself home for my

involvement in the fight.

You weren't involved

in the fight.

I thought you and I could

discuss the science fair project

without the interference

of our excitable colleague.

Do you talk like that

normally?

Talk like what?

I got to go.

Where are you going?

Hey boss.

The stench doesn't

bother you?

No, I'm all plugged up

because of my head cold.

Today's your lucky day,

Ronnie.

Some idiot corporal

ran a Jeep off the road.

Tore the front fender off

and half the side with it,

so you're done here.

Okay, thanks boss.

And when you're finished

with that,

you can clean up that

mess you made,

and don't even tell me you

didn't make it.

The reason I think it's G-men

is not only the way

they were dressed and all

but also they had

a pretty secretive manner

going there, driving

in that car there,

what were they doing

is all I'm saying, Dad.

I mean, obviously they were

casing the joint, obviously.

But I don't think they were

casing the theater

over a broken window.

That's just not the

kind of thing

G-men would be

investigating, right?

Not that the broken window

kind of incident

isn't important or

anything like that, Dad.

That's definitely not what

I'm saying at all.

I know your job is important.

You don't know a thing

about my job, Tim.

Not a thing.

You quit your yammering

and pay attention for the next

hour of my shift,

you might actually

learn something.

How does that sound?

All right.

Good.

So no talking at all?

That's the idea.

What if I have a question

about the job?

As long as it's relevant to

what's happening, okay?

What if I have to go

to the bathroom?

Obviously tell me if you have

to use the bathroom.

Um...

I have to use the bathroom.

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I washed my hands.

Mhm.

What are you doing, Dad?

My job.

What are those things?

Timmy.

You said questions

about your job were okay.

Okay.

I found this in Mrs. Peterman's

front yard.

It's the seeming culprit

in the destruction

of her birdbath.

She believes it fell

from the sky.

She thought it was aliens.

Yes she did.

I found this up by Town's

and Ramie's farms.

Killed one of their sheep.

Wow.

The way I see it, it had

to be coming down.

Like from the sky,

like aliens.

Well maybe.

And then this piece

was in the cinema.

Probably broke the glass.

Well, I mean...

Wow!

Wow, Dad, I mean if

you ask me,

these three pieces are

definitely connected,

I mean for sure.

Well, they certainly

don't fit together.

But they do appear to be

the same material

and they have a similar

discoloration.

So, I would say I'd come to the

same conclusion you do, Tim.

And you're totally ruling out

the aliens?

Let's go explain

to your mother

how you got into a fight.

Jenkins: Ronnie!

They need this back and

running by tomorrow.

Well we had the fender

but we ain't got the

side panel in stock.

Ronnie, you remember when

I first vouched for you

for this posting.

It was on account of you

had a special skill.

Yeah, I do remember that.

What was that skill?

Welding.

I get it boss.

You want me to weld you

a new panel.

Hallelujah.

Get her inside, get her

finished by shift's end.

Boss.

Yeah?

Doors are still locked.

Hurry up.

Yes, sir.

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I still say comets.

Madeline: Are you an only child?

I ask because only children

have a tendency

to expect to get their own ways.

So you must be an only child.

No, but my brother is

11 years older than me,

and I'm adopted,

so you might think

I would be in a position

to get what I want.

But I don't actually think

that's really true.

It's not true for me either.

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[hissing]

All right, as we seem

to be at an impasse,

let me make a suggestion.

Whomever gets the

most skips on a stone

gets to choose the subject

for our science project.

Okay, ladies first.

I'm not like that.

You go ahead.

One, two, three, four, five.

Impressive.

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One, two, three, four, five--

six.

[explosion]

Oh no.

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