1 00:00:04,986 --> 00:00:07,987 ( narrator) Through the legends of ancient peoples, 2 00:00:07,987 --> 00:00:12,659 Assyrian , Babylonian , Sumerian , Semitic, 3 00:00:12,659 --> 00:00:16,038 runs the saga of the eternal man ... 4 00:00:16,708 --> 00:00:21,916 ..the one who never dies, called by various names in various times, 5 00:00:21,916 --> 00:00:25,002 but historically known as Gilgamesh, 6 00:00:25,002 --> 00:00:28,089 the man who has never tasted death, 7 00:00:28,089 --> 00:00:31,342 the hero who strides through the centuries. 8 00:00:33,102 --> 00:00:37,979 ( man) l was born ten days ago. A full-grown man born ten days ago. 9 00:00:39,693 --> 00:00:45,649 l woke on a street of this city. l don 't know who l am, where l've been or where l'm going. 10 00:00:45,649 --> 00:00:51,740 Someone wiped my memories clean and they tracked me down and tried to kill me. 11 00:00:52,584 --> 00:00:55,289 Why? Who are you? 12 00:00:56,213 --> 00:00:59,748 l ran . l managed to escape them the first time... 13 00:01:04,473 --> 00:01:08,685 ..and the hand, my... hand 14 00:01:08,685 --> 00:01:11,599 told me what to do. 15 00:01:13,859 --> 00:01:16,564 What can l do? Who are they? 16 00:01:16,564 --> 00:01:20,361 ( hand) Data insufficient on Question Two, ''Who are they?'' 17 00:01:20,361 --> 00:01:24,442 Random collation of possibilities, Question One, ''What can l do?'', 18 00:01:24,442 --> 00:01:27,700 n order o f facto rs o f su ccess a ro as fo ows 19 00:01:29,419 --> 00:01:34,212 a) Each pursuer wears a gold medallion . Remove these medallions. 20 00:01:34,212 --> 00:01:40,796 b) The time mirror permits only two travellers at one time, but they are replenishable. 21 00:01:40,796 --> 00:01:43,684 lf possible, destroy the mirror. 22 00:01:44,687 --> 00:01:48,222 c) Stay alive. Above all, stay alive. 23 00:01:48,858 --> 00:01:52,144 Destiny is in your whole hand. 24 00:01:52,144 --> 00:01:56,858 d) l am incomplete. l can serve you better if l am complete. 25 00:02:01,498 --> 00:02:05,164 ( man) Easier said than done, staying alive. 26 00:02:45,884 --> 00:02:48,802 ( narrator) There is nothing wrong with your television set. 27 00:02:48,802 --> 00:02:51,254 Do not attempt to adjust the picture. 28 00:02:51,254 --> 00:02:53,846 We are controlling transmission . 29 00:02:53,846 --> 00:02:58,141 For the next hour, we will control all you see and hear. 30 00:02:58,141 --> 00:03:01,393 You are about to experience the awe and mystery 31 00:03:01,393 --> 00:03:06,605 which reaches from the inner mind to... The Outer Limits. 32 00:03:31,270 --> 00:03:35,980 Please, Mr Trent. l can 't stand pain . There's nothing l can tell you . 33 00:03:37,194 --> 00:03:39,946 Why are you trying to kill me? 34 00:03:41,073 --> 00:03:46,614 This is your last chance, Breech. Who are you and the others that are with you? 35 00:03:46,614 --> 00:03:51,410 - Are you from this time or the future? - We are from the future. 36 00:03:51,410 --> 00:03:55,922 We come from Kyba. We're the Kyben from another world, 37 00:03:55,922 --> 00:03:58,126 from the future of this world. 38 00:03:58,126 --> 00:04:02,923 We've been altered to look human . lt was necessary to come back to find you . 39 00:04:02,923 --> 00:04:05,549 - Why? - We're at war. 40 00:04:08,898 --> 00:04:13,395 - What do you want? What are you after? - Your hand. 41 00:04:15,614 --> 00:04:16,657 Why? 42 00:04:18,409 --> 00:04:22,988 - We were told it holds all knowledge. - What kind of knowledge? 43 00:04:22,988 --> 00:04:29,922 We were told we have three fingers, that the whole hand is so important... l don 't know. 44 00:04:31,716 --> 00:04:39,013 l know this: you're the last man on the Earth of the future. You're the last hope of Earth. 45 00:04:41,978 --> 00:04:48,065 Now, you ... you can send me up, but that's all l know. lt's the truth. 46 00:04:53,534 --> 00:04:56,654 Explain the gold medallions to me. 47 00:04:56,654 --> 00:05:01,616 The time mirror works safely only one way, coming from the future. 48 00:05:01,616 --> 00:05:07,957 - And when the medallions are pulled off? - They're focusing elements for the mirror. 49 00:05:07,957 --> 00:05:13,717 lt's as if time were a rubber band and you are on one end, stretched tight. 50 00:05:13,717 --> 00:05:18,595 As long as the medallion 's present, the band stays tight. 51 00:05:19,397 --> 00:05:24,274 But when you rip it off, we snap back up to the future. 52 00:05:25,822 --> 00:05:33,569 - l'm wearing one. That makes me vulnerable? - Yes, you're vulnerable, and we'll get you . 53 00:05:33,569 --> 00:05:36,411 We'll have to get you finally. 54 00:05:36,411 --> 00:05:39,663 lf you kill me, another will take my place, 55 00:05:39,663 --> 00:05:42,668 and if you kill him, another. 56 00:05:44,552 --> 00:05:47,719 And where is this time mirror? 57 00:05:49,266 --> 00:05:54,012 The Dixon building downtown . We took an office. The time mirror's there. We... 58 00:06:15,714 --> 00:06:19,546 ( hand) You come from the Earth 1 ,000 years in the future. 59 00:06:19,546 --> 00:06:24,256 The Kyben came from the stars and man had no defence against them. 60 00:06:24,256 --> 00:06:30,430 They conquered Earth in a month, but before they could slaughter the millions of humans left, 61 00:06:30,430 --> 00:06:36,271 overnight, without warning, without explanation , every man , woman and child of Earth vanished. 62 00:06:42,412 --> 00:06:45,616 You were the only one left, Mr Trent, 63 00:06:45,616 --> 00:06:50,744 with a glass hand the vanished Earthmen had given you to help you . 64 00:06:50,744 --> 00:06:54,000 They called you ''The last hope of humanity.'' 65 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:59,010 The medallion you stole let you escape into now, the present, today, 66 00:06:59,010 --> 00:07:04,431 and now you are among all the men of Earth who are alive today, 67 00:07:04,431 --> 00:07:08,810 but the Kyben gained possession of three parts of your hand, 68 00:07:08,810 --> 00:07:12,692 the computer that could answer all the questions. 69 00:07:12,692 --> 00:07:17,070 You have to get those three lobes to me, the computer brain , 70 00:07:17,070 --> 00:07:21,782 and find out what the alien Kyben really want from you , 71 00:07:21,782 --> 00:07:24,835 why you were the only man left alive 72 00:07:24,835 --> 00:07:29,671 1 ,000 years in the future on the planet Earth. 73 00:07:31,219 --> 00:07:34,304 You must destroy the time mirror 74 00:07:34,304 --> 00:07:41,100 to keep them from sending more Kyben through to the present, to close that doorway. 75 00:07:43,859 --> 00:07:45,935 (door creaks) 76 00:08:11,391 --> 00:08:14,512 - ls this it? - The Dixon building, 77 00:08:14,512 --> 00:08:19,853 once an exclusive office building, it has become the centre of a slum. 78 00:08:19,853 --> 00:08:26,404 Now it houses cut-rate garment offices, passport photographers and the like. 79 00:08:26,404 --> 00:08:32,371 One of the offices is a front for the Kyben and their time mirror. 80 00:08:34,335 --> 00:08:37,040 ( man) Welcome, Mr Trent. 81 00:08:37,881 --> 00:08:41,132 l see Breech died a hero, Mr Trent. 82 00:08:42,511 --> 00:08:47,851 He brought you to us. lnfinitely easier than going to look for you . 83 00:08:49,478 --> 00:08:52,682 Ah, come along, Mr Trent. 84 00:08:52,682 --> 00:08:57,063 We're here, all of us, and we're waiting for you . 85 00:08:57,904 --> 00:09:01,155 You don 't think you can escape us, do you? 86 00:09:01,155 --> 00:09:07,619 1 ,000 years in the future, we conquered your planet in 1 9 days. 87 00:09:07,619 --> 00:09:11,249 What chance do you think you have in the present? 88 00:09:11,249 --> 00:09:14,795 We've thrown a force bubble round the building. 89 00:09:14,795 --> 00:09:18,543 lnvisible. lmpossible to break. 90 00:09:18,543 --> 00:09:22,428 - You're trapped. - What do you want? 91 00:09:22,428 --> 00:09:25,014 You , Mr Trent. 92 00:09:25,014 --> 00:09:30,899 Give yourself up. Give yourself up and we'll let you live. 93 00:09:30,899 --> 00:09:33,981 What is it you want? What? 94 00:09:33,981 --> 00:09:37,566 l want the 70 billion future Earthmen ... 95 00:09:38,744 --> 00:09:41,662 ..and you know where they are. 96 00:09:49,674 --> 00:09:55,678 - Where are the future people of the Earth? - ln hiding. You are the key to releasing them. 97 00:09:55,678 --> 00:09:59,175 - Where? Tell me. - l am unable to answer. 98 00:09:59,175 --> 00:10:02,644 My mechanism is not whole. 99 00:10:07,486 --> 00:10:09,563 (gunshot 100 00:10:17,623 --> 00:10:19,367 (screams) 101 00:11:26,579 --> 00:11:31,575 l have nothing, nothing here. Please, mister, don 't kill me. Please. 102 00:11:31,575 --> 00:11:35,923 Don 't kill me, mister. Come on . Please, don 't kill me. 103 00:11:35,923 --> 00:11:39,383 Don 't... don 't kill me! Please! 104 00:11:39,383 --> 00:11:41,588 Please! 105 00:11:49,189 --> 00:11:53,817 - Wasn 't on the roof. - The force bubble is sealed. We'll find him. 106 00:11:57,073 --> 00:12:00,158 They want to kill me. Shh... 107 00:12:01,162 --> 00:12:05,409 l didn 't know there was anyone in here. l have to hide. 108 00:12:05,409 --> 00:12:09,540 Believe me. l need help. l need your help. 109 00:12:12,091 --> 00:12:15,295 No. No, now, listen to me. Please. 110 00:12:16,930 --> 00:12:19,137 l'm all alone. 111 00:12:19,137 --> 00:12:21,971 lneed your help. 112 00:12:22,770 --> 00:12:26,769 lf you scream, if you let them know where we are... 113 00:12:31,698 --> 00:12:34,450 Please, trust me... 114 00:12:35,535 --> 00:12:38,241 ..and be very, very still. 115 00:13:12,287 --> 00:13:18,326 This is going to sound insane, but it's true, it's real, and you must listen to me. 116 00:13:19,587 --> 00:13:24,464 This is not a human being. He's from another planet, another solar system. 117 00:13:24,464 --> 00:13:28,426 He wants to kill me, he and the others like him. 118 00:13:29,182 --> 00:13:36,064 There's more, but l have to get you to believe me and there's only one way to do it. 119 00:13:36,064 --> 00:13:38,895 Now , watch. 120 00:13:47,453 --> 00:13:50,704 Gone! Where? 121 00:13:52,167 --> 00:13:56,379 lt doesn 't matter where, just gone. Now, do you believe me? 122 00:14:02,012 --> 00:14:04,088 l believe you . 123 00:14:05,182 --> 00:14:11,981 - Where did he go? What did you do to him? - He went forward to another time... 124 00:14:13,442 --> 00:14:16,230 ..1 ,000 years from now. 125 00:14:16,863 --> 00:14:21,442 The future. He came from the future, and so do l. 126 00:14:21,442 --> 00:14:26,619 But you said he wasn 't human , that he was some other kind of being. 127 00:14:26,619 --> 00:14:30,499 Another world and another time. 128 00:14:34,133 --> 00:14:39,888 Look, l worked late tonight. lt's a poor living. Will you let me go home, please? 129 00:14:40,933 --> 00:14:46,059 - You can 't leave the building. lt's sealed off. - What do you mean , sealed off? 130 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:52,602 A force bubble. lt's an invisible barrier. lt keeps anyone from getting out. 131 00:14:52,602 --> 00:14:58,410 lt's designed to keep me inside but it keeps everyone else in too. l'm sorry. 132 00:15:00,915 --> 00:15:04,249 - l don 't understand this at all. - Wait. 133 00:15:07,130 --> 00:15:10,251 They want to kill me. Do you understand that? 134 00:15:10,251 --> 00:15:14,548 They've come through time, from the future, to kill me. 135 00:15:15,932 --> 00:15:19,682 That's about as much as l understand myself, 136 00:15:19,682 --> 00:15:25,851 but l've got to survive, not just for my own sake, but for a larger objective, to... 137 00:15:27,279 --> 00:15:32,950 They use a time mirror for time travel. lt's here. l've got to destroy it. 138 00:15:32,950 --> 00:15:35,913 Now, is there a place to hide? 139 00:15:37,875 --> 00:15:40,580 Maybe the basement. 140 00:15:41,838 --> 00:15:44,756 lf they're all through the building... 141 00:15:45,968 --> 00:15:49,088 Come. There's another way to get down there. 142 00:15:49,889 --> 00:15:52,594 Move this away from the wall. 143 00:15:54,353 --> 00:16:00,059 lt's been sealed off for years, blocked, so there was only one entrance to the shop. 144 00:16:17,713 --> 00:16:19,790 All right. Quietly. 145 00:16:21,801 --> 00:16:23,878 (screams) 146 00:16:38,738 --> 00:16:43,946 - What are you going to do with him? - What l did with the other one. 147 00:16:43,946 --> 00:16:46,783 After l talk to him. 148 00:16:54,048 --> 00:16:57,667 Do you have to? Do you have to kill him? 149 00:16:58,386 --> 00:17:03,974 - What would you suggest? - l'm sorry. lt's just that l can 't stand violence. 150 00:17:03,974 --> 00:17:07,268 When it's gone this far, it's more than violence. 151 00:17:08,440 --> 00:17:11,560 - What's your name? - Trent. 152 00:17:11,560 --> 00:17:12,311 Trent? 153 00:17:17,242 --> 00:17:21,739 - Trent. - My name is Consuelo Biros. 154 00:17:21,739 --> 00:17:24,874 And you hate violence. 155 00:17:26,127 --> 00:17:31,467 lt was because of my husband, Esteban , the E on the door. 156 00:17:32,593 --> 00:17:38,134 - The E on the door? - C and E Biros Ladies Apparel. 157 00:17:39,560 --> 00:17:41,849 Oh. Yes. 158 00:17:41,849 --> 00:17:48,350 He always hit me. He had a rotten temper. That was his answer to everything, hitting me. 159 00:17:48,350 --> 00:17:51,405 But l shouldn 't talk about him that way. 160 00:17:52,533 --> 00:17:57,741 He did the best he could. Being poor is what made him so rotten . 161 00:17:59,458 --> 00:18:03,041 Please... do you have to kill him? 162 00:18:04,172 --> 00:18:06,248 Do you? 163 00:18:10,846 --> 00:18:13,552 l'm prepared to die. 164 00:18:13,552 --> 00:18:16,305 How prepared? 165 00:18:16,305 --> 00:18:19,557 Why not give yourself a couple of minutes? 166 00:18:19,557 --> 00:18:24,898 We all knew we'd die when we came on this mission . lt was worth it. 167 00:18:24,898 --> 00:18:29,609 - You can stay alive in this time. - l don 't care about that. 168 00:18:29,609 --> 00:18:32,662 Helping my race is more important. 169 00:18:33,456 --> 00:18:38,665 - Bargain week on patriots. - Call it what you like. l'm not afraid to die. 170 00:18:40,298 --> 00:18:43,418 Really? Then why are you whispering? 171 00:18:48,015 --> 00:18:54,518 You Kyben were super-patriots, especially when you bombed Earth from ten miles up. 172 00:18:54,518 --> 00:19:00,770 How does your patriotism sit with burning women and children alive? 173 00:19:00,770 --> 00:19:04,405 - That's war. - So's this. 174 00:19:05,619 --> 00:19:09,665 Now... let's talk, shall we? 175 00:19:12,085 --> 00:19:16,997 You'll never get out alive. We'll bring more Kyben through the time mirror. 176 00:19:16,997 --> 00:19:19,209 That's my problem. 177 00:19:20,011 --> 00:19:22,929 Right now, you have one of your own . 178 00:19:24,141 --> 00:19:28,851 l want to know who's carrying the other three parts of my brain . 179 00:19:28,851 --> 00:19:35,150 l can tell you . lt doesn 't matter. There's only one piece here in this time. 180 00:19:35,150 --> 00:19:41,283 - They're keeping the other two in the future. - But there is one piece, one finger here now? 181 00:19:41,283 --> 00:19:45,362 - And when you go after it, they'll be waiting. - Arch? 182 00:19:45,362 --> 00:19:51,621 He has one... and 1 ,000 years from now, Bonn and Durn have the other two. 183 00:19:51,621 --> 00:19:55,126 When we need them, they'll bring them through. 184 00:19:56,512 --> 00:20:01,056 - Trent, let him go. Let him go! - Stay out of it. 185 00:20:05,106 --> 00:20:09,270 l've found him! l've found him! Up here! l've found him! 186 00:20:20,874 --> 00:20:23,413 Come on . 187 00:20:48,740 --> 00:20:53,617 l'm trapped in the building. There's a woman with me. We can 't escape. 188 00:20:53,617 --> 00:20:55,823 Tell me, what can l do? 189 00:20:55,823 --> 00:20:59,161 1 00% possibility of success is not available. 190 00:21:00,171 --> 00:21:03,291 Next success quotient only 47% probable. 191 00:21:04,217 --> 00:21:06,922 Tell me, what is it? 192 00:21:08,764 --> 00:21:11,469 Let them kill you . 193 00:21:34,336 --> 00:21:37,041 (gunfire) 194 00:21:57,822 --> 00:21:59,898 He's dead. 195 00:22:06,999 --> 00:22:09,076 Very dead. 196 00:22:20,181 --> 00:22:23,930 As soon as we bring Durn and Bonn through the mirror, 197 00:22:23,930 --> 00:22:30,599 we shall know where humankind is hiding and put an end to every last one of them. 198 00:22:42,207 --> 00:22:45,577 - Why are we keeping the woman ? - She hasn 't spoken . 199 00:22:45,577 --> 00:22:49,579 -No one knows who she is. That's why. - Till we find out. 200 00:22:49,579 --> 00:22:52,421 Bonn and Durn will be coming soon . 201 00:22:52,421 --> 00:22:55,044 When they put that glass frame together, 202 00:22:55,044 --> 00:23:00,140 perhaps it'll have a method for us to go back up safely. 203 00:23:09,197 --> 00:23:11,689 l'm so frightened. 204 00:23:13,077 --> 00:23:15,153 Dear Mary... 205 00:23:20,127 --> 00:23:22,665 ..please help me. 206 00:23:23,631 --> 00:23:26,336 l'm so frightened. 207 00:23:27,761 --> 00:23:30,466 Will you save me, please? 208 00:23:32,767 --> 00:23:36,183 You can save... 209 00:23:36,183 --> 00:23:38,389 - ..yourself. - What? 210 00:23:40,359 --> 00:23:43,064 You asked a question . 211 00:23:44,155 --> 00:23:48,236 lt activated my programming. 212 00:23:49,286 --> 00:23:52,241 Can you get a moist cloth? 213 00:24:10,311 --> 00:24:14,724 - ls he dead? - Yes, he is dead. 214 00:24:14,724 --> 00:24:18,524 - Do you have the moist cloth? - Yes, l have it. 215 00:24:19,363 --> 00:24:23,825 Listen carefully. Wring it out. Not wet, moist. 216 00:24:31,252 --> 00:24:35,001 Apply it lightly to the exact centre of the forehead. 217 00:24:35,001 --> 00:24:41,301 There is a soft spot you will find. lt will stimulate the gliomus, the brain substance itself. 218 00:24:42,307 --> 00:24:45,807 Then touch it to the frontal sinus between the eyes 219 00:24:45,807 --> 00:24:52,355 and then the carotid artery, the thick artery in his neck supplying blood to the brain . 220 00:24:56,407 --> 00:25:01,485 Pulse rate, 1 6. Blood pressure, 40 over 0. Pupils dilated. Motor reflexes erratic. 221 00:25:01,485 --> 00:25:05,205 Respiration , 5 breaths per minute. 60 degrees temperature. 222 00:25:05,205 --> 00:25:09,498 Pulse rate, 1 82. Blood pressure, 300 over 1 50. 223 00:25:09,498 --> 00:25:11,920 Respiration , 36... 224 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:14,292 ..40, 49. 225 00:25:14,292 --> 00:25:18,758 - Temperature, 1 1 2 degrees. - 1 1 2 degrees? 226 00:25:18,758 --> 00:25:22,842 Remove the cloth quickly. He is rising too fast. 227 00:25:52,139 --> 00:25:57,098 l was in a dark place. Someone was calling my name over and over, 228 00:25:57,098 --> 00:26:00,099 down a long corridor. 229 00:26:00,099 --> 00:26:02,355 You were dead. 230 00:26:04,904 --> 00:26:07,775 The hand... brought you back. 231 00:26:17,836 --> 00:26:20,541 No blood. No bullet holes. 232 00:26:21,632 --> 00:26:23,708 l'm alive. 233 00:26:32,228 --> 00:26:38,730 lf it can do that with just one lobe of its brain , what can it do with all the parts? 234 00:26:38,730 --> 00:26:42,859 - Fill in my memory? Answer my questions? - l heard them. 235 00:26:42,859 --> 00:26:47,487 They said the other two parts would come through with Durn and Bonn . 236 00:26:48,539 --> 00:26:52,917 Through the mirror. l've got to find that office. 237 00:26:52,917 --> 00:26:58,336 Now are you ... complete enough to tell me what to do? 238 00:26:59,552 --> 00:27:02,802 Ambiguous. l can now extrapolate. 239 00:27:02,802 --> 00:27:07,011 - What is extrapolate? - Draw a conclusion from a series of facts. 240 00:27:08,062 --> 00:27:13,899 Can you tell me what they're after? Why have they been sent back to kill me? 241 00:27:13,899 --> 00:27:18,820 You carry the lives of 70 billion Earthmen . They want your glass hand. 242 00:27:18,820 --> 00:27:23,114 lt will tell them: a) where the people of Earth are hiding, 243 00:27:23,114 --> 00:27:26,366 b) how to return to the future without dying, 244 00:27:26,366 --> 00:27:30,581 or c) how to exist in this time safely. 245 00:27:30,581 --> 00:27:33,833 But where? Where are the people of Earth? 246 00:27:35,260 --> 00:27:38,381 l will need my second brain lobe to answer. 247 00:27:38,381 --> 00:27:43,224 l have registered an energy drain . Durn is through the mirror. 248 00:28:08,299 --> 00:28:13,128 Arch! Arch! lt's Durn ! l've got Trent! He's alive! 249 00:28:16,016 --> 00:28:19,137 ( Arch) Where are you? Protect yourself. 250 00:28:19,896 --> 00:28:24,310 Protect the second finger. Durn , answer! Where are you? 251 00:28:25,361 --> 00:28:26,112 Durn ! 252 00:28:49,431 --> 00:28:51,507 The second finger... 253 00:29:53,214 --> 00:29:55,622 (tapping sound) 254 00:30:10,985 --> 00:30:13,061 ( humming) 255 00:30:23,083 --> 00:30:25,408 Oh, no... 256 00:30:27,963 --> 00:30:31,914 - l'm sorry. l can 't. - All right, all right. Shh. 257 00:30:38,601 --> 00:30:40,677 Come on . 258 00:31:38,421 --> 00:31:41,625 Now , whero a ro my peeple ? 259 00:31:41,625 --> 00:31:45,508 The 70 billion people of Earth, where are they hiding? 260 00:31:45,508 --> 00:31:49,090 Trent, your people knew they could not defeat the Kyben , 261 00:31:49,090 --> 00:31:54,766 but they had a terrible weapon , a radioactive plague with a half-life of 99 years, 262 00:31:54,766 --> 00:31:59,277 but to turn it loose meant death for humans and Kyben . 263 00:31:59,277 --> 00:32:02,359 The plague destroys all intelligent life. 264 00:32:02,359 --> 00:32:04,568 They died? 265 00:32:04,568 --> 00:32:06,778 70 billion died? 266 00:32:07,872 --> 00:32:13,081 No. They had to find a way to get off the Earth for 200 years 267 00:32:13,081 --> 00:32:17,376 till the plague had dissipated and the Earth was clean once more. 268 00:32:17,376 --> 00:32:22,136 And they did. They vanished, all of them, overnight. Where did they go? 269 00:32:22,136 --> 00:32:26,310 A device was used to translate every man , woman and child 270 00:32:26,310 --> 00:32:29,390 into their primal electrical components. 271 00:32:29,390 --> 00:32:32,690 The population of Earth, 70 billion people, 272 00:32:32,690 --> 00:32:35,736 were turned into electrical impulses 273 00:32:35,736 --> 00:32:40,859 and they were stored on a strand of gold/copper alloy wire. 274 00:32:40,859 --> 00:32:43,700 A piece of wire? l... 275 00:32:43,700 --> 00:32:45,908 l cannot believe... 276 00:32:46,877 --> 00:32:48,953 A wire? 277 00:32:48,953 --> 00:32:51,211 Reiterate. A wire. 278 00:32:51,211 --> 00:32:54,258 ln this time, the time of this woman , 279 00:32:54,258 --> 00:32:57,636 they put sounds and odours and pictures on wire. 280 00:32:57,636 --> 00:33:03,602 1 ,000 years from now, in your time, Trent, it is a commonplace means of preserving life. 281 00:33:03,602 --> 00:33:09,983 That still doesn 't explain why they want to kill me. l don 't have this... wire. 282 00:33:09,983 --> 00:33:12,319 l carry nothing. 283 00:33:12,319 --> 00:33:15,569 Reiterate. The wire was entrusted to you . 284 00:33:16,745 --> 00:33:22,251 - But where is it? - l cannot answer. l am not yet complete. 285 00:33:24,254 --> 00:33:28,798 The third part of your brain . Do you know where it is? 286 00:33:28,798 --> 00:33:32,509 Can you tell me anything further? 287 00:33:32,509 --> 00:33:38,844 Reiterate. You are the last hope of mankind, Trent. Do not fail. 288 00:33:47,239 --> 00:33:51,285 To save all of man ... l have to become a killer. 289 00:33:54,039 --> 00:33:56,744 Arch! The mirror is tuned. 290 00:33:56,744 --> 00:34:00,494 - Bonn is coming through. - l'll be right down . 291 00:34:00,494 --> 00:34:04,581 We searched the whole building. No sign of them or Durn . 292 00:34:04,581 --> 00:34:07,720 l know. Don 't worry, we'll find them. 293 00:34:12,436 --> 00:34:15,556 How long has it been since you've slept? 294 00:34:18,067 --> 00:34:20,773 l don 't know. Funny. 295 00:34:22,239 --> 00:34:27,863 lnever seem to get tired, but l know l haven 't slept since this thing began . 296 00:34:31,333 --> 00:34:35,627 - l've got to get you out. - l think there's no place to hide. 297 00:34:35,627 --> 00:34:39,623 - There has to be. - l think l'm part of your trouble, 298 00:34:39,623 --> 00:34:42,844 now that you've brought me into this. 299 00:34:50,313 --> 00:34:54,608 - You can 't be with me. - But l am. 300 00:34:54,608 --> 00:34:57,441 Consuelo, they're not human . 301 00:34:57,441 --> 00:35:00,490 They'll walk over anything to get to me, 302 00:35:00,490 --> 00:35:03,572 destroy anything that's close to me. 303 00:35:04,789 --> 00:35:07,411 Trent... 304 00:35:07,411 --> 00:35:13,166 l'm going through this on luck! l don 't want you with me if it runs out. 305 00:35:13,166 --> 00:35:15,375 Trent... 306 00:35:15,375 --> 00:35:17,586 Oh, Trent... 307 00:35:18,680 --> 00:35:21,801 l think l'm falling in love with you . 308 00:35:23,144 --> 00:35:25,220 (sighs) 309 00:35:25,220 --> 00:35:27,431 Not me, Consuelo. 310 00:35:28,942 --> 00:35:31,648 l'm not in love. 311 00:35:31,648 --> 00:35:32,690 know 312 00:35:35,241 --> 00:35:36,284 know 313 00:35:39,121 --> 00:35:44,828 But l don 't care. lt doesn 't matter. lf one of us loves, that's enough. 314 00:35:44,828 --> 00:35:49,375 By tomorrow morning, probably both of us will be dead. 315 00:35:50,426 --> 00:35:55,634 Well, then , there's no time to wait for you to fall in love with me. 316 00:36:09,949 --> 00:36:12,784 lt's safer out there. 317 00:36:12,784 --> 00:36:13,660 No ! Yes 318 00:36:15,747 --> 00:36:19,912 They'll never look for us outside the building. Trust me. 319 00:36:28,429 --> 00:36:29,758 Come on . 320 00:36:32,851 --> 00:36:35,852 Look at me. Don 't look down . 321 00:36:37,439 --> 00:36:41,141 What are you ...? What are you going to do? 322 00:36:41,141 --> 00:36:43,983 Try to beat the devil. 323 00:37:23,953 --> 00:37:28,865 - Which office, Arch? - You got Durn . You sent him up. 324 00:37:30,544 --> 00:37:34,412 Which office? Or do you get sent up too? 325 00:37:34,412 --> 00:37:37,254 Tell me, what's it like? 326 00:37:37,254 --> 00:37:40,920 ls it quick, all of a sudden , like a switch-off... 327 00:37:41,807 --> 00:37:45,971 ..or is it soft, slow, like jelly? 328 00:37:49,065 --> 00:37:52,898 Third floor, PO2, Alvarado Passport Photos. 329 00:37:56,449 --> 00:38:00,400 We'll win , Trent. ln the end, we'll win . 330 00:38:00,400 --> 00:38:04,951 They're all gone, every last man on Earth. 331 00:38:05,585 --> 00:38:07,661 Just you ... 332 00:38:30,030 --> 00:38:32,107 (footsteps) 333 00:38:35,912 --> 00:38:38,617 ( man) Arch! Hey, Arch! 334 00:38:38,617 --> 00:38:41,667 Bonn 's going to want you down here. 335 00:38:41,667 --> 00:38:46,208 He'll want to see us all. Arch! Where are you? 336 00:38:47,509 --> 00:38:51,424 (imitates Arch) Be right there. Just checking the hall. Go on in . 337 00:38:51,424 --> 00:38:57,429 Hurry. Bonn is coming through right away. There's trouble up ahead. 338 00:40:07,562 --> 00:40:09,638 (faint buzzing) 339 00:40:35,761 --> 00:40:41,967 l am Budge. Bonn is right behind me. l was sent to make sure everything is safe. 340 00:40:41,967 --> 00:40:45,353 - The Kyben are starting to die. - From what? 341 00:40:45,353 --> 00:40:49,480 We don 't know. lt started after Trent escaped through the mirror. 342 00:40:49,480 --> 00:40:53,063 - lt seems to be some sort of plague. - The Earthmen ? 343 00:40:53,063 --> 00:40:57,279 No. We can 't find them. They all vanished in one night. 344 00:40:57,279 --> 00:41:01,541 Our bacteriology tests show it is something not native to Earth. 345 00:41:01,541 --> 00:41:07,587 - You saved your hide by escaping to the past. - l was sent to protect Bonn and the finger. 346 00:41:07,587 --> 00:41:12,711 We were told to get the glass hand. lt has the reason for the plague. 347 00:41:12,711 --> 00:41:14,341 ( humming) 348 00:41:14,341 --> 00:41:16,550 Here comes Bonn . 349 00:41:27,155 --> 00:41:33,076 He's got the third finger. Grab it as soon as it solidifies in case something goes wrong. 350 00:43:19,996 --> 00:43:22,073 (gunfire) 351 00:44:37,254 --> 00:44:38,879 ( mouthing) 352 00:44:47,808 --> 00:44:49,884 ( Consuelo screams) 353 00:44:54,524 --> 00:44:57,609 God forgive me! God forgive me! 354 00:45:24,601 --> 00:45:27,389 Oh... ls it over? 355 00:45:28,564 --> 00:45:30,641 Almost. 356 00:45:30,641 --> 00:45:35,485 - The mirror's gone. - And the Kyben , are they all dead? 357 00:45:36,240 --> 00:45:38,316 All but one. 358 00:45:40,036 --> 00:45:43,156 l'll have to take care of that. 359 00:45:43,916 --> 00:45:47,866 You go on down to the garment shop. l'll be there. 360 00:45:47,866 --> 00:45:50,080 Go on . 361 00:46:21,293 --> 00:46:24,211 Oh... lt's been a nightmare... 362 00:46:25,548 --> 00:46:28,253 ..but it's over, it's done. 363 00:46:28,253 --> 00:46:29,296 Yes. 364 00:46:30,595 --> 00:46:32,672 Except for humanity. 365 00:46:33,682 --> 00:46:36,600 The people of Earth are still missing. 366 00:46:37,520 --> 00:46:41,139 The computer's complete now. l can ask the hand. 367 00:46:56,876 --> 00:47:01,041 Do you have sufficient data now to answer my questions? 368 00:47:01,674 --> 00:47:05,624 My segments are complete. Ask your question . 369 00:47:06,846 --> 00:47:11,224 Where is the wire on which the people of Earth are transcribed? 370 00:47:12,478 --> 00:47:17,983 lt is wound around an insulating coil inside your central thorax control solenoid. 371 00:47:17,983 --> 00:47:22,571 lt has been demagnetised and protected from your circuits. 372 00:47:22,571 --> 00:47:28,987 - What circuits? What are you talking about? - Trent, push the three middle fingers together 373 00:47:28,987 --> 00:47:33,121 and bend them back as far as they will go. 374 00:47:41,429 --> 00:47:43,801 70 billion Earthmen . 375 00:47:43,801 --> 00:47:49,271 All of them went onto the wire and the wire went into you . 376 00:47:49,271 --> 00:47:54,937 They programmed you to think you were human with a surgically attached computer for a hand, 377 00:47:54,937 --> 00:47:57,775 but you are a robot, Trent. 378 00:47:59,033 --> 00:48:02,153 You are the guardian of the human race. 379 00:48:10,296 --> 00:48:14,875 That's why, when they killed me... no bullets, no blood. 380 00:48:17,179 --> 00:48:23,764 Once l had one of the missing lobes to my brain , l could help your machinery repair itself. 381 00:49:33,477 --> 00:49:38,354 ( narrator) Like the eternal man of Babylonian legend, like Gilgamesh, 382 00:49:38,354 --> 00:49:43,609 one thousand plus two hundred years stretches before Trent 383 00:49:43,609 --> 00:49:47,358 without love, without friendship, alone, 384 00:49:47,358 --> 00:49:51,326 neither man nor machine, waiting. 385 00:49:51,326 --> 00:49:56,582 Waiting for the day he will free the humans who gave him mobility, 386 00:49:56,582 --> 00:50:00,047 movement, but not life. 387 00:50:07,809 --> 00:50:11,226 We return control of your television set to you 388 00:50:11,226 --> 00:50:16,314 until next week at this same time when the control voice will take you to... 389 00:50:16,314 --> 00:50:18,521 ..The Outer Limits.