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Tonight, on Descent. Stop right there. We've been ordered to contain an

of a highly contagious disease.

What's the worst case scenario? If the virus is replicating and spreading, it

could kill everything in its path. Just relax.

You'll be all right, boy.

Sorry, boys. You've come to the end of the line.

In the jungles of Peru.

The fight for survival heightened his senses.

Now, Detective James Ellison is a sentinel in the fight for justice.

Seeing before others see.

Sensing what others can't.

An ever -vigilant watchman in the war against crime.

This is just great.

Conventional memory, I have plenty of. What do they mean by conventional

Sir, just think of it as your computer's living room. It's where you keep the

things that you're going to use every day. Now, upper memory is like the

It's where you keep information you use, but not continuously, as opposed to

expanded memory, which is... Claire? Yeah?

Just make it work.

Okay. If I don't get my tax files out of this computer by midnight tonight...

I'll be standing in line at the post office like all those other poor schmoes

who are trying to avoid paying their late fees.

Right, right. Sir, this is a memory manager. It'll only take me two minutes

set up, and you'll be just cherry.

Lounging around in the adult chat room, boys?

Now Blair's cleaning out my living room.

What do you need?

Well, Captain, if it's not a problem, I was wondering if I could take a week

off.

No, no, no, no problem. Go ahead.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, Jim.

A week?

Yes, sir.

What's wrong?

Nothing's wrong. Why does something have to be wrong?

Well, I personally can't remember a time you asked for a day off, much less a

week. That's just it, Captain. I haven't had any time off. I'm a little burnt. I

just need time to smell the flowers, the fresh air, you know, cool out a little

bit. Easy, easy. You're preaching to the choir, Reverend. Take as much time as

you need.

Thank you. You got a little spotted by?

Yeah.

Little place that I go to in the summers up by the Canadian border. Sweet little

spot tucked away in the middle of nowhere.

Trout are just waiting to be bugged.

Dig it, dig it. Yeah, I'll get a chance to try out my new tackle. Hey, didn't

you just make a new fly with big orange eyes and the hair on the legs?

Sounds like some of your dates, Chief.

No, no, no, no, no. This here?

This baby will have those fish lined up for the pan like a magnet.

Sir, this is not a group activity.

What are you talking about? You want to be alone?

That's the plan, yeah.

All right.

What's going on? Come on, guys. Why don't we take this in the interrogation

room, for God's sake?

Hey, no reason to get all snippy.

Uh -oh.

Uh -oh? What's uh -oh?

It's crashing, sir. I don't suppose that you have a boot disk, do you?

Sandberg, I'm going to boot your disk from here to Seattle. Get up.

I'll be back when... No, no, no. Hang on, Jim. I'll be right with you.

Sir, just relax. Don't worry about it. I'm calling the technical support line.

Sandberg, your test is deleting files.

Why is it deleting files?

Where did you get this program?

I got it off the internet.

The net?

Why didn't you just call Virus or us?

Yes!

Last time I was in these parts, I remember a lot more activity in town.

everybody?

A couple of years back, some bureaucrat decided this part of the forest ought to

be ecologically protected.

Good for the trees, bad for the town.

Guess they got a strike at balance somewhere, huh?

Used to be a mill up here, right?

Oh, yes, sir.

Sure was.

I used to be a double shift man myself.

Now we got the station.

We got the diner, got the old inn.

We got a few cabins back in the woods, me and a few others who ought to know

better, keep trying to hang on to.

Yeah, hard to shake off old roots, I guess.

Now this town is just a crossroads to nowhere.

Won't be needing that up here. We got natural spring water right out of the

Just an old habit.

Bring your own fish, too.

Oh, no, I just stepped inside.

Place sure hasn't changed much.

Been here before.

It's a long time ago.

I just bought the place a couple of months back.

It's a little run down now, but I'm trying to preserve the best of what's

I'm hoping there'll be enough warm weather business to pay for groceries.

Yeah, let's hope so. I just need a room for the night. I'll be heading out in

the morning. I'm sorry, son. I've got her stripped down to the bone.

The beds are broken down and the rooms are a mess.

There's a value lodge in Greenville. No, that's back where I came from.

Well, look, if you don't mind the dust, you can sleep on one of those couches

tonight. No, I don't mind at all, sir. In fact, I could pay you.

Just come back when I reopen.

And bring friends.

I'd be happy to do that. What about the store? Is it open for some supplies?

Well, the hippie that runs it sleeps in back.

Just bang loud enough in the morning and he'll open it.

Very good, sir. Thanks.

You're all set, Captain.

Anytime you have a problem, call us first.

My bottle from now on. Thanks, Charlie.

Everything okay now?

You just stay over there. You're a walking computer virus.

Thanks, Simon. I'm really sorry about that. I didn't... Yeah, forget it.

You know, Blair, we have another problem.

What's that? Our friend Jim.

Do you really buy this time alone bit? I think he's trying to snake us. What do

you mean, snake us?

This whole fishing spot of his. I think he wants to keep it a secret.

I bet it's a place where the trout are practically leaping into the net.

What, do you think he's holding out on us? I know he's holding out on us. Now,

say we take an expedition up there, bust into his one -man operation, and claim

our fair share of the haul.

Yeah. Yeah, I'm down with that. Yeah, good.

But what if he does want to be alone now?

We'll fish the other side of the lake.

Morning.

How you doing, sunshine?

What's the matter? You too cheap to afford a room?

What the hell are you guys doing here, huh? How did you even find me?

Ah, yes, it's nice to see you, too.

What do you mean, how did we find you? I tracked you down like I would any

escapee. Credit cards, gas receipts, restaurants, just followed the paper

What for?

Did you really think we were going to let you enter that lake of trout all by

yourself? Yeah, we just wanted to surprise you. I mean, you're not mad,

Look, let me put this another way without offending you.

You know, there was a time when I lived alone. I worked on my own for years.

So what are you saying? You want me to move out?

I mean, look, I got no problem with that. There's actually a room that'll

up right below us. Unless that's too close to you, too, and I'll be

Don't pull the Felix Unger trip on me, okay, Chief?

I mean, you've made the Sentinel thing work, and I appreciate that. I wouldn't

change a minute of it. But, you know, you're always there in my face,

I told you to stop treating him like a lab rat.

Simon, Simon, this is no different from being your full -time pit bull.

Pardon?

Every time some badass blows into Cascade, I get the assignment.

Jim, I thought you wanted those assignments.

It's not about that. It's just seven days a week. 365 days a year gets a

bit much.

I need a break.

Break?

Come on, now, listen.

Look, get your tails out from between your legs. I love you. I don't want you

go away mad.

Let's just go have a bite to eat. We'll talk about it, and then you can hit the

road, okay?

Yeah, whatever.

All right. A little place down the road.

I'm just gonna change.

What are you talking about? The place that says country cooking?

What, are we gonna have, like, possum on a stick or something?

What's the matter with that? My mother made possum. I got no problem with that.

I could eat.

Good morning,

boys. Have a seat.

Thanks.

Morning.

Morning.

Okay, so...

We have fresh eggs, griddle cake, oatmeal, ham steak, killer waffles, and

best coffee in the state.

But if you ask me for a cappuccino, I will kill you.

Well, I guess we'll start with the coffee, then.

You got it.

Jackie. Mm -hmm? You got any aspirin?

I'm not on top of it this morning.

Yeah, sure, Sam. I'll check.

Could you be a little more obvious?

What? He's just observing the indigenous customs before he launches into his own

mating cha -cha.

What are you doing?

I'm hungry.

We'll get Doc Conway.

Oh, no.

Are you all right?

Jim, it looks like this guy has the same symptoms.

Where's his doctor?

Right here.

All right, Jackie.

Tell me what's wrong.

I don't know.

It just came on sudden.

You have abdominal pain?

It feels like I'm burning up.

Doctor, this guy has the exact same symptoms.

Linda? Andrea Peterson just collapsed in her kitchen.

She looks as bad as she used to. What the hell's going on? I don't know. It's

beyond me. These people have to get to a doctor. I thought you were a doctor.

I'm a veterinarian.

Where's the nearest hospital?

Skipper County, an hour away.

I'll give him a call.

You're out of cell range here.

This phone's dead. I'm not even getting a dial tone.

I just tried the phone at Andrea's place. Hers is dead, too.

What the hell's going on here?

We're with the Cascade Police Department. We're going to make sure

to the hospital. Would you tend to the others?

Can you stand this?

Looks like you hit the

interstate on the other side of the lake.

Then you look for a junction east after five, six miles.

Stop right there.

Where are you coming from?

Clayton Falls. What's going on here?

You're going to have to turn around and go back.

Sir, we got sick people in the car. We got to get them to the hospital. Yeah.

I said that far enough.

Take it easy, cowboy.

Getting some ID.

I'm Detective James Ellison with the Cascade PD.

I'm Colonel Garner with the United States Army.

We've been ordered to contain an outbreak of a highly contagious disease.

What sort of outbreak?

We have a bug on our hands.

It could burn right through this area and spread like wildfire. This is a hot

zone, gentlemen.

Total quarantine.

And that means you are all under military control.

Cellular is totally useless.

The landlines down were totally cut off from the outside.

I don't like this.

It's obvious the Army took out the phones. I mean, what are they trying to

up? Good question.

Well, I can't just stand around and watch.

I'm going to go see if they need help.

All right.

Why don't we go talk to the colonel?

Give me a secure perimeter of Clayton Falls. Then plant down the interstate at

the county line. I want every civilian in the hot zone accounted for by 1 ,100

hours. You people should stay with the others. You'll be examined as soon as we

have medical facilities set up.

Why the communications blackout, Colonel?

Lockdown orders from D .C.

Until we have things under control, we don't want the media to get a hold of it

and panic the entire state.

Colonel Captain Banks, Mr. Fenberg, and myself, we've all dealt with several

emergencies before, even a biotoxin threat.

In Cascade, I remember the incident.

What exactly are you gentlemen doing in Clayton Falls?

That's supposed to be a fishing trip. That's pretty bad timing.

Look, you may be cops, but my people are trained for this.

You let us do our job.

Do you believe this? Hey, Colonel!

Hey!

Excuse me.

We understand about the quarantine.

What we would like explained is how this outbreak happened in the first place.

A specimen monkey broke loose from an army research lab. It was infected with

mutant strain of filovirus similar to Ebola.

Well, I knew it. This is some secret government plan gone to hell, right?

Sandberg. It was an accident, all right? The animal has been caught and

destroyed. But several of the lab workers were exposed and it spread from

Is it airborne?

It's the nature of hot agents to travel through the air, yes.

CDC been contacted yet? They sent their own doctor.

You can speak with him if you like.

Damn straight, I'd like.

What about a vaccine, Dr. Stone?

Anything? With most cases like this, there is no vaccine.

Well, to create an antiserum, you have to identify the carrier or the host, and

you guys caught the infected monkey, right? Our lab in Atlanta is analyzing

they found, but finding an antiserum to knock this thing down will take time.

In the meantime, we'll give the victims here an inoculation, which will

alleviate their symptoms.

What's the worst -case scenario?

If the virus is replicating and spreading, it could kill everything in

I feel so helpless.

Know what you mean?

I got a bit, though, Doctor. You got me curious.

I mean, with the way people have been moving out of this town, seems like

wouldn't be too much call for a vet these days.

Yeah, well, we went from a one -horse town to a couple of dogs and a goat.

You know, I've had offers to move my practice up to Cascade, but I grew up

Captain. People are the only family I have left.

If someone breaks a bone and needs a couple of stitches, I can do that at

It's better than not having a doctor at all.

Look at this.

You'd think they'd at least give us death maps or something.

I wouldn't think that would matter now.

We've already been exposed.

Hey, guys.

You have any luck locating our phone?

I can't get a straight answer about anything.

Now, who'd be a little all around here?

Well, when the mill was operating, there was a security detail, but now there's

only state patrol, and they don't even come near here unless they're called.

Couldn't if we wanted to, huh?

You all right? You look a little bit flushed.

For me?

I'm fine. I'm just pissed off. I mean, you know how this whole thing started?

Some secret government research program with infected lab animals, and this

Colonel Garner guy admitted to it.

This is getting out of control. I'm just going to demand that they give us an

outside line.

What about a radio?

Couldn't help overhearing.

You boys are cops.

Don't you carry shortwave units with you? They were confiscated when we came

Could be they missed one.

I was cleaning out some boxes when I took over the inn. Seemed to remember an

old shortwave unit stored there somewhere.

Let's go check it out.

I'll stay here with the doctor. Keep an eye on him.

Blacked monkey, huh?

How's that for people? Human race. Started with that.

Well,

I wouldn't go setting my doomsday clock yet.

Anyway, we're not really the sons of Asia from a common Simian ancestor.

I might want to go easy on the seminar.

Sorry about that.

I'm an anthropologist. I'm just attached to the police department.

Army killer virus, dead phones out of town, cops.

You know, I started to think you all were part of whatever the hell's going

But you're okay.

Over day to go for trout, huh?

Here she is.

It's definitely before transistors.

All the cubes are gone.

You okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I just gotta get out of here.

What's wrong?

Oh, God, I just gotta get some air.

I gotta take good care of you.

What happens now?

Isolation. I'd like to see the doctor from the CDC.

He's busy. My orders are to protect him from interruption.

This isn't an interruption. This is about the condition of my friend.

What's the problem? The problem is that this has become very personal to me. And

I'd like to know what the hell's going on. I strongly suggest you back off and

let us do our work before a lot of people die.

including your friend.

Take over.

Here, take this.

Would you mind keeping an eye on Sandberg for us?

Just whatever you can do.

Yeah, sure, as much as I can do.

You think the kid's gonna be all right?

I hope so.

No one here has died yet.

Now, I'm holding onto that for now. Something's bothering me about this

I mean, most of the town is flat on its back. Why aren't we?

Could have something to do with our immune system.

Fisker and Dr. Conway aren't affected either.

Only thing that's bugging me right now is if Summer is gonna be okay. Other

that, I feel fine. Yeah, me too.

But if this virus is airborne...

We're already exposed.

Sir.

Well, that guy doesn't have a mask on. He looks all right. You wanted to see

Turner wants to see you over at the motorcade.

Get your ass over there.

This better be the word to go. I didn't sign up to babysit this town.

You think maybe you should put your mask on?

A private just gave orders to our favorite lieutenant.

It's not the army I know.

The crocodile also referred to the word go, like they're waiting on something.

What the hell's going on here, Chip?

Are these guys for real or what?

Got me, Captain.

All right, let's take a look around.

It's probably better if we're not joined at the hip. All right, pick up.

I thought I'd discouraged you from walking around.

Allison, I am talking to you.

Just trying to clear my head.

I was thinking about my friend in the tent.

I'm ordering anyone still standing confined to their homes. You can stay at

inn.

We should do something about him.

Something permanent.

We're almost done here.

It doesn't help the plan if we're cop killers.

In the meantime, we'll keep them on ice.

What's that?

Just a light sedative to keep you calm.

How are the other people?

Did you find an antidote yet? Relax.

You're being given the best of care.

Doctor, may I see you for a moment?

Take that down with a leisure crank.

Any word on Sandberg? Still inside.

They won't give me any specific information.

Simon, did you have any of the local waters since you've been here?

What, city boy like me? We drink a bottle of water. So does Sandberg. Yeah,

too. My place has its own well, but the rest of the town works off the main line

supply. Why?

Get me at your office in ten minutes.

poor mechanic i gotta know right now this thing is gonna go as planned are we

absolutely clear on this gentleman i mean absolutely clear eta of the train

right on schedule good we got a short window after recovery kicks in for these

people once we're out of here

I got this from the tap in the diner. I was wondering if she could run a basic

screen on it. Sure, but how could a virus that's airborne be in the water

system? I heard these jackasses and camouflage talking.

They put it in there.

What? Whatever these clowns are, they're not the U .S. Army. Now, I don't know

what they're up to, but they're strong enough to immobilize a whole town.

Well, let's take a look.

What else were you able to find out?

I overheard somebody talking about a shipment they were waiting on.

Shipment? Is that what this was about?

Evacuate the town with some virus and then nobody knows anything.

People in the containment tent aren't getting any better because they're being

doped up with something.

And with the so -called martial law that they've imposed, everybody walking

around is going to be contained.

Now, how long is this going to be?

Not long.

Anyone not under three that goes to the inn, you also need to keep your vehicles

and your weapons if you're carrying them. I don't think so.

make this any harder, guys.

Hand over your weapons.

Now.

I don't believe this. We're law enforcement officers.

In this situation, it doesn't matter. The military's in charge. You'll get

everything back after the quarantine is lifted.

You two, keys.

I have a place in the back. Why would I be dragged out of my own home?

I'm just following orders, Doc.

You want to do this the hard way?

Let's go.

And just a reminder, under the rules of martial law, any violation, then it's

within my authority to shoot to kill.

This isn't my field, but I found a viral form in the water that shouldn't be

there.

You have any idea what it is? It looks like a mild toxin. Something that could

mimic the early stages of a rapid virus.

Maybe. Not enough to kill?

Just enough to mobilize and scare the hell out of everybody?

Yeah, there wasn't anything on the screen that could be considered lethal.

So Blair and the others are going to be all right?

Yeah, but that's the weird thing, Simon.

Why Blair? Why not us?

Had to bet something, I think.

Ice. He was chortled ice at breakfast.

Right, right, right.

Right.

But the big question is, why go through all this trouble, right? I mean, we're

out in the middle of nowhere.

Why would you want to immobilize a town, huh? There's got to be something real

big at stake here, right?

I don't know, Busby.

Got to get the player out of that tent.

How are we going to do that?

Get past the guards.

Is everything all right?

Yeah, just looking for a way out of here.

Other than the front door.

Maybe it would be best just to sit it out. That is the U .S. Army.

We're not so sure.

We could use a little help.

I think you should trust them, Wilton.

Well, I'm not too crazy about this lockdown routine myself.

Back corridor off the lobby, there's a stairwell and a closet that goes down to

a wine cellar. The cellar has a door that leads to the outside.

Let's do it.

I think you'd better stay here.

If we all go, it'll just draw more attention to us.

Well,

what do I tell them if they discover you're missing?

Tell them we got a better rate somewhere else.

Vehicles, be ready to roll at my signal.

Starboard this way.

We can find it from here. No, I'm going with you both.

This is my test.

If something's up, I want to know.

Looks like they're getting ready to go meet their shipment.

What shipment?

Let's go find out.

I'm going in.

We're being back.

Hey.

Hey. Hey.

You all right? Yeah.

They're dosing us or something. They're trying to keep us down or something like

that. We better get you out of here. Come on.

Hey, what are you doing?

Blaine, you all right? How are you feeling? I'm feeling a lot better.

gone. Stomach pain's gone, too. But my head's doubling.

What's going on? The whole thing's in front of it. Shut up.

They had to neutralize the town so they could get some kind of shipment. I heard

Garner talking about the ETA of a train and it being on schedule, and there only

being a small window of opportunity afterward before the people started to

better. Train wouldn't be coming through here.

Branch line hasn't been used for a couple of years, ever since the mill

Branch line? That has to be where they're going to be at the train.

Whereabouts is it? Straight north, through the woods. I can show you.

We've put you through enough trouble already.

We'll take it. Oh, but I'd go back to the inn. We've got it covered from here.

We appreciate all your help.

Move!

Keep it coming.

Come on, boy.

How are they eluded?

With this treasury money.

That's what they've been up to this whole time. This thing is a damn money

trade. That's right. Money.

Best kind. Too old, buddy.

$274 million being transferred to a federal facility to be incinerated.

kind of waste I just couldn't tolerate.

Sorry, boys.

Like that train down there, you've come to the end of the line.

Look at this craftsmanship.

You know, one time I might have actually been happy retiring here.

What does that mean? Before you decided to knock over a treasury train and

assault a couple of federal agents?

Well, how did you know the money was on that train?

It was my job.

I used to work for the treasury department.

Still had access to the computer codes.

Found out the shipment of old currency was being sent to Denver to be burned.

Is that when you decided to sell out your country?

Beats a government pension.

As a matter of fact, all of my partners here are ex -government men.

Well, I had to turn recruits away.

Clayton Falls was the weak spot on the train route.

Cell phone gray zone.

And it's only six miles from the Canadian border.

Right.

Complicated plan, maybe.

But some of us, Mr. Sandberg, are just a few steps ahead of that common

ancestor. Let's get on with it, Fisker.

No one was supposed to get hurt, but you people found out more than we wanted

you to know.

Now, Mr. Garner here doesn't want any bloodshed.

Mr. Crockett, on the other hand, doesn't share that consideration.

I'm going to split the difference.

Put them in the freezer.

And you think that won't kill us?

Maybe.

But someone might find you after we've gone.

If not, well, can't say I didn't give you a chance anyway.

anywhere except for the air vent.

Great. Well, at least we have air.

For now.

They wedged this door with some kind of tool.

Got to jam this somehow.

Let me have your coat.

Let me use your coat.

But you're the captain. You can afford a new coat.

Come on. Let me have your coat. Get that off.

You're going to cut off all the air. Just relax.

It's inside.

There's a magnet.

Ready? Go ahead.

Let me find the wire to turn it on.

Get it.

Ah, yeah.

You know what I'm going with this? You?

You finish. I got some wiring in my house. You can do it.

Well, what about all this gear?

Leave it. What use is it to us now?

The plane arrives in 20 minutes. Convoy the rest of the trucks to the airstrip,

then radio back with an all -clear. We'll meet you with the payload.

The last truck.

The rest of them are gone.

It's full of money. I can smell it.

Envoy's clear.

Deliver the package.

We're on the way.

Is that the only road out of here?

Yeah.

Sam, we've got to do something here.

I'll check around and see if they left any communication gear. Try to reach

up. All right. You should stay here. There's a lot of people who could use

help, including those federal agents.

Watch it. What are you going to do?

Head them off to the crossroads.

Get this puppy down the line.

Create a roadblock.

What are you going to do? Have you ever driven a train before?

Sure. Yeah.

I had a line all set when I was 10.

Oh, God.

Hang on.

What the hell is he doing?

You've got to slow this thing down. Not yet.

Well, the toxin seems to be wearing off, and most people are up and around

wondering what the hell's going on.

Although that's your typical day here.

Well, State Patrol captured Fisker's men at the airstrip.

And although the Treasury Department doesn't agree with your methods, Jim,

do thank you for destroying their old building.

So it's back to Cascade, then? Actually, I thought we could all do some fishing.

I'm in.

And I'll spring for breakfast.

Great.

No thank you.

I think I prefer the mayhem of the city.

Nice to meet you.

I think I'm down with the man.

Finally shook him.