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Mary had a little lamb whose fleece was white as snow.

And everywhere that Mary went, the lamb was sure to go.

Do you remember that one, Ted?

Yes, I do.

But life is changing so fast these days.

They're going to have to come up with a whole new set of nursery rhymes because

they don't make lambs like they used to.

This one was cloned, Miss Wing.

The sweet creature.

It's an exact copy of that one right over there.

That's her mother.

No, that's her.

I mean, that's herself.

It's hard to explain. First it was a sheep.

Then it was a mouse.

Then it was a goat. Then it was a cow.

And now the scientists have finally broken the human genetic code.

Dad, what does that mean?

It means the world will never be the same again.

Sarah, you've been here all, what, six months?

How dare you go over my head?

Dad, I only made a request for expedited review, just to put this thing on a

fast track. After I said no.

You say no, I say Nobel, because whoever succeeds at this first is going to get

the Nobel Prize hands down, and it's going to be me.

Genetically altering corn is one thing. Animal research is another thing.

But there is no reason to fast -track something that is this irresponsible.

Brad, there are a dozen labs out there waiting to break with this. It's not a

question of if anymore. It's just when.

Why not be first?

First? The real question is why do this at all?

We're not finished with it, Sarah.

Dr. Conover is a brilliant scientist, a leader in the field of genetics.

She's made wonderful contributions to medicine.

Her work has saved many, many lives.

But... But now she wants to create life.

She wants to clone a human baby.

And my assignment then is to stop her.

No.

If science is going to change the world, baby, your assignment is to change

science.

And I will walk with you. I'll walk with you. Till the

dawn don't even shine.

Walk with you.

Every time I tell you I'll walk with you.

Believe me, I'll walk with you.

The cloning of a human being has sparked an international debate as well as a

race within the scientific community to become the first laboratory to change

science fiction into science fact.

Here at Genetech Laboratories in Bethesda, Maryland, Dr. Sarah Conover

be that groundbreaking pioneer.

Dr. Conover, how soon can we expect a human clone?

I'm not making any promises. I'm hoping my Christmas.

Is there a religious significance to that? No. What do you see as your

moral obstacle?

My only obstacle is red tape from closed minds who can't see that genetic

technologies are best hope to live longer, healthier lives.

You're talking about cloning a human being.

I believe that infertile parents should have the right to have children.

How does it feel to play God?

I'm not playing God. I'm just improving on him.

Excuse me. One more question.

Improving on God.

Improving on God?

How do you sleep at night?

In my T -shirt with my copper spaniel and a clear conscience.

Look, Sarah, once you open up this Pandora's box, there's no turning back.

We're talking about Nazi -style eugenics, baby forms, cannibalizing

parts. Brad, your wife died of bladder cancer, didn't she?

You'll leave her out of this.

One healthy, bioengineered bladder. Now, are you going to tell me that you

wouldn't have used that to save her?

Where will you draw the line, Sarah?

How many embryos are you going to end up destroying?

Each and every one of them is a human life.

Each and every embryo that I clone has the potential to save a human life. That

is what genetic technology is going to do.

Look, the institutional review board doesn't meet until next week. At which

I fully expect to get a green light on this. Not if I can help it.

In the meantime, if a government site review team shows up and finds out that

you've jumped the gun, they'll shut this place down.

So I want a bioethicist present at all times.

I don't need one.

She's waiting in your office.

This is a very critical juncture in your research, and I'm here to help you

explore the moral and ethical implications of you.

I don't need a lecture on bioethics, Monica.

Not when there are people out there who desperately need help. So thank you, but

goodbye. I'm sorry, Dr.

Canover. But I've been assigned to you, and you really don't have a choice.

Well, we'll see about that.

It's called DNA.

Those strands contain the hereditary characteristics that make each

unique. Tess, maybe I'm not the right angel for this assignment.

Science is not my specialty.

No, but the human heart is.

Have you ever heard the expression, it doesn't take an Einstein?

Well, in this case, it will.

Professor Einstein had one of the greatest minds that God ever made. But

must remember, he also had a very beautiful heart.

It's like you have friends in high places.

So I guess we're stuck with each other.

For now.

First, you grasp the egg with a holding pipette.

Then, you transfer the cell of the person you want to clone and

insert the nuclear material, the new DNA, into the egg.

Sarah, wait. You can't do this without authorization.

Relax.

Just a sneak preview.

Once the nucleus is in the egg, I'll put the Petri dish in the incubator.

It'll grow into an embryo.

Most people are amazed at how easy it is.

Shocked might be a better word.

The last step is to implant the embryo into a healthy uterus.

The question is, whose uterus?

And who do I clone?

I've been conducting interviews for weeks. I'm down to my last few

It's a crucial decision.

I mean, let's face it.

I'm making history.

You're making a human being.

Yes, I am.

And I've given everything, sacrificed everything for it. In the service of

sacrifice becomes grace.

Would you read that in your bioethics handbook?

Albert Einstein said it.

Don't lecture me about my motives and don't use Einstein against me. He looked

at the universe.

He saw farther than any telescope, deeper than any microscope. He

Ah, yes.

You did your first PhD thesis on Einstein, didn't you?

You did your homework.

If I recall, you studied tissue samples of Einstein's brain, looking for clues

to his genius.

After he died, scientists all over the world were given tissue samples.

You wouldn't believe how dense his neurons were.

Genetech still has this sample.

I would give anything to have met him.

Imagine having a heart -to -heart with the greatest mind of the 20th century.

A very good friend of mine did.

Really?

Actually, he was the last one to interview Einstein.

The professor had collapsed at his home in Princeton, and he was sent to the

hospital for tests.

Professor Einstein?

Professor Einstein?

Yes.

Doctor, what kind of tree is that out there?

Uh, I don't know. Cherry?

Yeah, cherry.

It's beautiful.

It's like a pink ballerina, no?

Professor Einstein, I need to discuss your condition.

Yeah, so?

Okay, as they say in the cowboy movies, shoot.

You have an aneurysm in your abdominal aorta.

We need to operate.

If we don't, you're going to die.

Doctor, I'm an old man.

I feel so much a part of every living thing that there.

I'm not in the least concerned with where the individual begins or ends.

Professor!

You're supposed to be a genius. You know you can't smoke that pipe in your

condition. Yes, I need my pipe. It helps me to cogitate.

How do you think I arrive at my theory of relativity?

Well, cogitate this.

I have relatively very little patience left. Don't make me lose it. Give me

this.

You know, if I was a little younger...

I would ask that lady out for a buggy ride.

Professor Einstein, about the operation.

Yeah, I think about it. Would you hand me my violin, please, before you go?

Yeah.

Good afternoon, Professor.

He didn't know him. He just walked in, sat down, and started talking to him.

Well, Andrew has a special way about him.

Dr. Conover.

Yeah, okay.

Send him up.

Got an interview.

Some of the candidates for the project.

May I join you?

Do I have a choice?

Hey, zoom in, Mom. Get that precious little face, huh?

Say goodbye to your tree.

Look,

I'm sorry. I can't watch it too long without her.

We went over to Dave's folks to celebrate her first birthday.

Well, that was where we made the video.

And a couple hours later, we were driving home in the snow, and the road

was icy.

The driver was drunk, and he and I ended up with some bruises, but Noelle was

a baby seated.

Well, we couldn't have another one naturally.

And we already tried in vitro.

But we still have a lock of Noel's hair.

And when we read about genetics and all, what you're doing... Now, we know it

wouldn't be Noel.

But it would be another baby just like her.

Right?

Is it wrong for us to want to see our little girl's face again?

I don't think so.

What do you think, Monica?

If we can replace the child they lost, then shouldn't we?

Wouldn't that be grace in the service of life?

I don't know.

I honestly don't know.

I've been looking for you everywhere.

What's the matter?

This assignment is very confusing.

But that's what angels are for, to unconfuse things.

But when it comes to this cloning, I just don't understand all the

yet. I know you don't, and neither does Sarah.

A bioethicist is supposed to help a scientist weigh moral issues.

But angels aren't about morals and ethics.

We're about love and the truth, and... I just don't know what the truth is yet.

Then start with love, baby.

Usually, I just have lunch alone.

A little company might be nice, huh?

What does it mean when they say boy, girl, twin, triplets?

Well, whatever word she messes on, the amount of babies she's going to have

she grows up.

Boy, girl, twin, triplets. Boy, girl, twin, triplets.

Looks like it's going to be triplets. Lucky her.

I take it you never had any children?

Well, you know what they say.

Every child is a gift from God.

Yes, that's true.

Only with me, God wasn't feeling very giving.

Found out in high school I couldn't have kids.

So you devoted yourself to helping other people have children.

But then ten years ago, they developed a new procedure that corrected my

problem.

It's hard watching that video today.

That little girl.

I always wanted to have my Christmas with my baby.

But research is a full -time occupation. There's really no time for love or

stupid dreams.

How can a fan of Albert Einstein believe something like that?

Einstein was a scientist, not a dreamer.

I disagree.

Einstein had a dream as a little boy that he held on to for the rest of his

life.

It's an honor to meet you.

A handsome young man like you.

On a splendid spring day like this, you should be outside, Andrew, frolicking

with a fräulein.

Professor, I understand that you need an operation.

Yeah.

So, they opened me up, and what did they find?

Some worthless old bones, some foolish ideas.

Oh, Andrew, my day to frolic is kaput.

This pipe is the only pleasure I have left.

And the nurse... Tess.

Yeah. Yes.

She is a divine creature, but when it comes to smoking, she's one tough

She's trying to save your life.

What does it matter, my life?

Professor, your theory of relativity opened people's eyes to a new way of

the universe.

And some think to the face of God who created it.

You know, then I look at the beauty of nature.

We can see his face everywhere.

Ah, that tree.

You know, Andrew, in the beginning, they say God created light.

When I was a small boy, I used to dream of what it would be like to

ride a beam of light through the heavens.

The beam of light.

His famous thought experiment.

Took him ten years, but then one morning he woke up with an idea.

It changed everything.

Relativity.

He was only 25 years old.

And where did genius like that come from?

Einstein said it came from God.

God.

You may have seen the face of God in his theory. I never have.

Anywhere.

There's still time.

This is Joseph DeFalco.

But you can call me Joey.

Joey, I wouldn't have had this interview if I knew you were so young.

I know.

That's why I signed up online.

I don't really have time. Please.

I missed Little League practice.

I took three buses to get here and everything.

Sarah, he's come a long way.

Besides, he's a Bethesda Ulster.

Look at all those pins.

We won district two years in a row, thanks to my grandpa.

He was our coach.

But we haven't been doing too good lately.

Because neither has grandpa.

That's why I'm here. He can't even remember my batting average.

His grandfather has Alzheimer's.

He's going to die soon.

He had such a hard life. He wanted to be a ball player, but he couldn't because

of the depression and everything.

Joey, I don't see what this has to do with... I was just hoping that you could

clone him.

Not because I'm going to miss him so much or anything, but because he

better life than the one that he already had.

He's on his way home with his mother.

Thanks, Monica.

All these sad, lonely people.

This is their only hope.

Hope or delusion.

Joey will never get his grandfather back.

And those parents won't end up with the same child that they lost.

What will happen to the child that you clone when he or she doesn't turn out to

be the child that they want?

Monica, for a hundred years, research scientists have been told to concentrate

on gathering the data.

Let someone else worry about how to apply it. Suddenly they're throwing

into the mix.

It's not just about data.

It's about life. Don't you understand that, Sarah?

If you go ahead with this, you'll be just as responsible for that child as

parents.

You're right.

You're absolutely right.

If I'm responsible, then I should be the mother.

What?

No, no, no, no. That's not what I meant there.

Now I know what I have to do.

It'll be my baby.

You wouldn't clone yourself?

No.

I don't know why I didn't think about it before.

You're going to clone Albert Einstein?

Sarah, you can't be serious. I assure you, this tissue sample has all the DNA

need to create Einstein's twin.

Even if it were possible, what on earth would you want to... What's so hard to

understand?

I want to expand the boundaries of science, and I want to be a mother. I

understand what you want.

But what about what this child needs?

He'll have a mom who loves him more than anything else in the world.

And a burden of expectation that will be overwhelming.

He'll have the best of everything, starting with his DNA.

We're talking about a mind like Einstein's. Who wouldn't want to give it

second chance?

I'll tell you who wouldn't.

Einstein.

You know, perhaps God meant us to be gardeners.

After all, he gave us the Garden of Eden.

How many times has our human curiosity destroyed what is beautiful?

Professor, the doctor's going to be here soon to hear your decision.

And, sir, if you don't have this operation, you're not going to live very

Andrew, it is spring.

There is a season for everything.

There's a time to be born and a time to die.

You okay?

It is a small pain.

Is there anything that I can do for you?

I would like to take one last walk in nature.

That cherry tree is so... There's a German word to describe

something that fills us with wonder.

Wunderbar.

You mean he actually chose to die?

Yes. He told his doctor he didn't believe in artificially prolonging his

So why would he believe in cloning?

There's a big difference.

Between an old man who's too tired to go on and my son who has his whole life

ahead of him.

Thank you for your help, Monica.

I've heard your ethical pros and cons and I've made my decision.

Sarah, please.

She's heard the pros and cons all right, but she hasn't heard the truth.

Well, she can't do anything until the board meets next week, so I still have

time. I wouldn't count on that, Miss Wing.

According to Einstein, time is relative.

Monica, what are you doing here?

Sarah, I was beginning to wonder if you were coming today.

Oh, I had some shopping to do. Sarah, I was hoping to talk to you.

Monica, you're not going to talk me out of it.

Besides, I've got to get back to the lab.

Oh, but don't you want to hear the end of my Einstein story? Come on, I'll walk

you back.

It's a beautiful day.

Yes, it's lovely.

As a matter of fact, it was a day just like this that Einstein took his last

walk in a garden.

You know, I remember another spring day like this.

I was 17, and I swore eternal love to a pretty girl.

Turns out eternity lasted a year.

Professor, let's go inside, okay?

No, no, no, no.

I want to see it.

There's a beautiful tree.

Look, look, Andrew.

I

remember

seeing such trees when I visited Tokyo.

It was, what year?

1922, yeah.

The year I won my Nobel Prize.

Excuse me, my dear sir.

Could you tell me...

Is this cherry tree of the Japanese variety?

So, what did Einstein see that was so horrible?

Dr. Conover!

Canadian scientists announced this morning they plan to begin the cloning

process by next week. Does this mean you've lost the race? No comment.

Dr. Conover, do you have any comment for us at all?

Sarah.

What are you doing with it? I've got an Einstein brain cell ready to go.

No, Sarah, it doesn't matter who gets there first.

Yes, it does.

I don't call it the human race for nothing.

Please, look, just listen to me. Sarah.

I believe you know everyone on the site review committee.

What's going on?

What are you doing?

Einstein.

Are you crazy?

Security, please.

Brad, please. I've got my whole life's work inside that lab. Which is not the

property of Genentech Laboratories.

Your research is terminated here.

Sarah, grab her!

Sarah!

Sarah, unlock the door!

Sarah, don't do this!

Sarah, please!

Sarah, unlock the door! Sarah!

Sarah, please don't do this!

Unlock the door.

Sarah? Nice try, Brad.

I've got my own backup generator.

Sarah, I'm begging you, please don't do this. The moment you inject that egg,

life begins.

Yeah, well, I hope so, because I want this baby. That's why I'm creating this

life.

Sarah!

Sarah, open this door.

Sarah?

No, Sarah. Sarah, unlock the door.

How did you get in here?

Only God creates life.

What does God have to do with this?

That's a very good question.

And I'm here to tell you the answer.

No time, Monica. If I don't do this right now, Brad will find a way to stop

and it'll be too late.

Yes, it will be too late.

Because you cannot see the long -term consequences any more than Einstein

And believe me, Sarah, you don't want to suffer like he did.

Einstein suffered.

Terribly.

Mr. Aramaki, you ask about territory.

Yes.

Yes, from Japan.

I was a guest at your beautiful capital many years ago.

Sorry you not see my city.

Before war, Hiroshima very beautiful.

And there was... It was unspeakable.

Better to speak.

I walk in a garden at the Stoyne Temple.

Beautiful August day.

Children watching a baby deer.

A flash of light.

Yes.

Many colors.

Like a terrible rainbow.

Black rain falls.

My skin.

yellow sand and

red

bodies.

All my family gone.

I'm sorry for your loss.

Long time I cry, ashamed to live.

But I work in gardens my whole life.

For Japanese, cherry blossom is sacred.

Each blossom.

There's a bridge between heaven and earth.

Now I live for memory of

my wife, children,

and grandchildren.

100 ,000 dead.

Dead. And 120 ,000 wounded.

Oh, God. God, make it stop.

Just rest, Professor. Just rest.

But just listen.

It's all my fault.

Yeah.

I discovered relativity and it became a blueprint for the atomic bomb.

Aye. I wrote to President Roosevelt, advising him to develop this terrible

weapon.

Maybe I saw the face of God, I don't know. But I never dreamed I would see

face of that poor God.

Professor, you're going to find your peace very soon.

Very soon.

You just rest.

Just rest.

I think you're just trying to stall me until it's too late. Now I know whose

side you're on, Monica.

I'm on God's side, Sarah.

And he sent you an angel?

An angel.

Why?

Because he loves you.

He loves me or he wants to change my mind?

Because if that's what this Einstein tale is all about, you can just forget

Just as Einstein conducted thought experiments with beams of light, God

like to conduct a thought experiment with you to show you what human

consequences really look like.

What's going on here?

What are you trying to do to me?

Don't you see?

Yeah.

God's trying to scare me.

No.

God wants you to understand all the important considerations here.

Look what happened at Hiroshima.

What has that got to do with me?

I am not destroying lives. I'm creating lives.

This child will be special. It will be my gift to the world.

And why this particular child, Sarah?

Is it to make history?

To win a Nobel Prize?

I admit, when I started this project, it was as a scientist.

But everything changed.

All of these feelings that were buried inside of me. Last night, when I went to

sleep, I didn't think about my son, the science experiment.

I thought about my son!

baby all the things that i can teach him and then i'll learn from him all

the christmases that we'll share together now how could god object to a

wanting to share christmas with her child sarah if this child's dna

comes entirely from einstein then your son will be jewish

I didn't think of that.

I can't think of everything.

Even a genius like Einstein couldn't.

For him, it was too late. But you still have time, Sarah, to use your

imagination and to ask God to help you in a decision about the future that only

he can see.

Did I tell you that Einstein finally got his wish?

Ain't true?

Ain't true. I'm dying, ain't true.

Yeah. And that's why I'm here.

You are... You are an angel.

Yes.

I... I have seen his face.

And now I...

I want to meet him, my creator.

The question is, does he want to meet me?

Yes, Albert.

Yes, he does.

And the two of you have so much to talk about.

Yes, I am ready.

You always dreamed of riding on a beam of light.

Didn't you?

Yeah.

Yeah.

Light.

Light.

Light. Oh,

it's wonderful.

Sarah,

God wants you to think very carefully before you proceed.

Didn't God say, be fruitful and

multiply?

Isn't that the whole meaning behind creation?

God is in a constant state of creation, Sarah.

God is creation.

God is creating something at this very moment.

These are cherry blossoms.

What was it the gardener called them?

The link between heaven and earth.

Yes.

Just like an angel.

Who is that?

An angel.

God just created her out of nothing except the sound of his own voice.

He didn't clone her.

He spoke her into being.

It's the difference between a life manufactured from science and a

miracle that God creates with love.

And that, Sarah.

Makes all the difference in the world.

Hello?

My name is Monica.

What's your name?

I don't know.

Oh.

Well, come with me and we'll find out.

Remember, Thera, God not only created you, but he loves you.

He sees the ache in your heart, and he wants you to know that someday in his

time, you're going to be a wonderful mother.