All language subtitles for Earth Final Conflict (1997) - S04E11 - Lost Generation (480p DVD x265 Celdra).eng

Previously on Gene Roddenberry's
Earth Final Conflict:

Take a look at this.

Traces of radiation identified
as those derived from

Taelons interdimensional travel
we're found in the uterus?

You used interdimensional surgery to
remove the babies from their mothers?

And then Taelon technology
to accelerate their growth.

- You are the victim here.
- Victim?

We have been given the greatest
gift we could have ever asked for.

Our scientists believe that the function
of the CVIs may be breaking down.

The agents serving as Companion Protectors do
so because they're committed to the Taelons.

That may be true, but
the CVIs are insurance.

Is your CVI functioning,
Agent Sandoval?

Uh... I hope it's eatable, honey.

If not I'm ordering anything you want.

- Are you okay?
- He's throwing a tantrum all of a sudden.

Come over here, and sit him down.

There you go.

Why is it that a pregnant
women always look so damn sexy?

Why is it you always know
the exact right thing to say?

Oh, God, he's feisty!

Let me have a word with him.

Now, listen here, little guy.

You know, it's hard enough on your
mother to carry you around all the time.

And also, you don't have...

Talk, Bob, what was that?

It's my head! It's
the implant! My CVI.

- God! Bob! Bob!
- Make it stop!

911, this is an emergency!

They have come to Earth
with the promise of peace.

An alien race called the Taelons.

But there are those who
resist these alien Companions.

For the Taelons' true mission.

the secrets they hide.

will forever alter our world.

The fate of humanity now relies.

on those who dare
challenge the future.

of Earth.

Pretty quiet here for a
Friday night. What's up?

Check it out.

Robert G. Brody, age 35.

Retired from the Companion
Protectors Service a year ago.

- Full pension, full medical.
- What happened to him?

Well, the official Volunteer
Investigation report says brain aneurysm.

That may be, but
where there is smoke...

- Obviously his head was burned.
- I think his CVI shorted out on him.

Bob was a good man.
I met him a few times.

He just landed this pretty cushy job.

Yeah, with New Life, a family planning
group. He was head of security.

For the whole operation?

No, for their new DC setup. They
call it the Shenandoah Center.

- So why did you call me, Sam?
- They closed the file, Major.

They expedited Bob to
crematorium before the postmortem.

Well, that's ridiculous,
this needs to be investigate.

Tell me about it, but I've been with
VIU long enough to smell a cover up.

- Long enough to look the other way.
- But not this time.

His wife was 8 months pregnant. She
went into labor trying to help him.

The baby is in neonatal
ICU. She's still in a coma.

Look.

I figured since he was one of
your own, you wanna check it out.

Thanks, Sam, I
appreciate it. I'm on it.

And officially I'm not. Understood?

I can't afford a delay.

Don't we have lobbies on the
hill? What are we paying them for?

- I take care of it, Ms. Palmer.
- Yeah, you do that.

- Hi.
- Hi. Can you take a timeout?

You bet. You wanted to hear about
those New Life centers, right?

Right, fire away.

Well, the good news is

they made it possible for thousands of
couples who were infertile to have children.

The first one opened up about 5 years
ago, there's now 600 of them worldwide.

- And the bad news?
- There is no bad news.

It's not a Taelon co-venture,
so no patent claims,

no equity stake, no advisory role.

After the Taelons gave them
a jump start, they built out.

So now it's strictly human to human

and the company is posted in Salvador
and even has a stellar track record.

Bob Brody had a stellar
track record too.

Took an early out when his
Companion ran low on core energy.

- It's getting more and more common.
- So what do we looking for here?

I don't know.

What about this Shannon
Doe Center he worked for.

That's their flagship
operation, the next generation.

They hired Brody right
around the time they opened.

Their PR campaign touts them
as offering the latest in

genetic screenings,
embryonic enhancements.

Brody's wife just
delivered prematurely.

Shock of his death, I guess.

Now, his records noted she
had two previous miscarriages.

Were they clients at Shenandoah?

Well, let's check.

Yeah. Brody, Robert and Sue,

they had in vitro fertilization, she
stayed at the center for 3 weeks.

She was expecting next month.

What could be sadder than becoming a
new mom and a widow at the same time?

Not many things.

You think there's
something for us here?

The Taelons created
Volunteer Investigations.

Sam Nepps has an inside track.

If he thinks Brody's death
is a cover-up, then so do I.

You're telling me that you've
never had a CVI malfunction?

In the early stages of
implantation and adaptation, yes.

There were a number of anomalies,
however, we have eliminated those.

You forgot to mention the human immune
system has made them ineffective.

Yes, they are past their usefulness.

But we believe the
technology served its purpose,

smoothed the unification
of our species.

Ex-protector Robert
Brody's CVI just killed him.

- Impossible! I received no report.
- And you won't.

It's been written off
as a burst blood vessel.

However, the CVI charred
a hole through his head.

Protector Brody was implanted with
XR2010, the most recent generation.

We have received no
reported problems with it.

I saw his body, Da'an, it happened.

I cannot imagine how.
Each CVI is unique.

They adapt to the users
inherent brain chemistry.

- No two are alike. I know, so?
- It could not happen.

This damage suggest an overdrive loop.

- Feedback?
- Yes.

Which can only mean an energy
lock with an identical CVI.

Identical? Okay.

So what if there was a
clone of Brody's implant?

Again, impossible. Every
CVI is counted for, Liam.

And even if a duplicate was made,

it would conform to its host
neuro-matrix, it too would become unique.

Every picture tells a story.

- And you're telling me it can't happen.
- I admit it is perplexing.

However, we must take solace

that the retrieval program is
moving toward conclusion on schedule.

Not soon enough.

VIU plant close guards
around the clock.

Looks like they don't want
anyone talking to Sue Brody.

She's a witness. If VIU wants to
burry the case, that make sense.

- What?
- Frank Tate.

Well, that can't be good. Where
Tate goes, so does Sandoval.

Why don't you see what you can find
out about Sue Brody's condition.

I'll see what Frank Tate's up to.

Everything here is cool.

I've got neonatal and neurology
under level five lockdown.

Three shifts, so charge back
to the VIU overtime fund.

I've got a guard at the
elevators, four on the stairwell.

Hold on.

I'm gonna have to call you back.

Hi, I'm Louise Jacoby,
senior birth consultant.

Welcome to Shannon
Doe New Life center.

Mr. and Mrs.?

Carter. Liam Carter, my wife Renee.

- Nice to meet you.
- Please, sit.

An old college buddy of mine Bob
Brody said you do wonderful work here.

Oh, I hope you heard that...

Yes, yes, but only what we've read
in the newspaper this morning. It's...

- It's just awful.
- Tragic.

I should explain. Bob and I hadn't
been in touch much since school,

but we knew he worked here.
So we called when we...

When we decided to have a family.
Thank God their baby's out of danger.

Oh, Sue was almost full term.

So you and Bob were
at Notre Dame together?

- Penn State.
- Oh, right.

Liam and I have been
trying for a while,

but it just hasn't been happening,
even though we're both perfectly healthy.

And God knows we've
given it the old college try.

Anyway, Sue told me that
after two miscarriages,

you and the staff here were a godsend.

Oh, that's very kind.

You know, there may be many contributing
factors to why you're not pregnant.

Environment, stress, hormone levels.

So, let's begin, shall we?

Sandy.

Do you have a test kit?

We'll start with a simple fertility
test. It only requires a small pinprick.

And while we wait for your
results, I'll give you a tour

and explain our in-residence
program. Sound good?

- It sounds great. Right, honey?
- Great, honey.

Most of our couples, who
experience difficulty conceiving,

opt for a maximized
fertilization method.

- It's an in vitro technic.
- You mean test tube conception?

Yes. Eggs are procured from the
mother, sperm from the father.

We factor out disease, select your
best physical and emotional traits,

creating what we call a
genetically maximized embryo.

And is there Taelon
technology involved?

We took what they gave us,
thank them and said goodbye.

In 5 years we've built on it and
made it not only humane, but safe.

This is our common room.

We hold a number of
instructional seminars here, but

it's also a good place for
a nice cup of tea and read.

Cozy.

Oh, excuse me for a moment, will you?

- Your lab results are back.
- Sure.

It seems to open up.

Brody's CVI may have killed him, but
it doesn't have to relate to his job.

It relates to his wife and child or
Tate wouldn't be all over that hospital.

Mr. and Mrs. Carter,

I'm used to telling
couples all sorts of things,

so you might wonder why I
don't find this so difficult.

But from where I stand
it's absolutely manageable.

Your lab results confirm
it. You're infertile.

What?

What...

What does that mean? I mean,
I know what that means, but...

What it means, the reason you haven't
been able to conceive is organic.

But luckily you fall right on the
mean success curve of our methods.

So, if you wanna have a baby, we
can get you pregnant, no problem.

How long does that take to steep?

- You've been holding it for about an hour.
- What do you care?

Maybe because I do.

But you can't shake it, can't you?

I had a check-up, just six
weeks ago. I know I'm healthy.

It's gonna take a better
conner than Louise Jacoby

to convince me I need Taelon
technology to have a baby.

Which reminds me, I've
something I wanna show you.

The intensive care unit
at Baltimore General

uses a MedTrack system I
spotted when we were over there.

Sue Brody is connected to
a central processing unit.

I had a Doors technician
tap into the line for me.

Well, that's great. We can
monitor her vital signs from here.

Yeah.

What about that list of Shannon
Doe clients Nepps gave you?

Right now the center has 71
prospective mothers as clients, but...

You see this, only 8 are in residence
waiting for a maximized embryo.

Eight? Can that be right? I mean...

We saw maybe 6 in that yoga class,
another 3 in the Lamaze group,

and then it had to be at least a dozen
or so in the lounge and on the grounds.

I know, that's why I'm going back
to take a look. Do you wanna come?

I don't think so. I think I
could restrain myself with Louise.

Okay.

- You sure you're alright?
- Yeah, fine. Go. Bye.

The malfunction of Brody's CVI was a
fluke which could not have been foreseen.

Fortunately the baby was unharmed
and can go home with its mother.

- If she survives.
- If not,

we will find a suitable
adoptive parent.

The elegance of this program
is that from this point forward

there is no need for the parent to be
aware of the child's unique qualities,

or for any supervision
from us whatsoever.

- I know.
- I devised the methodology, did I not?

Yes, indeed. And we anticipate a
birth rate of 70 children per week

once the next generation of New
Life centers are fully operational.

Which is why it is foolish to risk
the outcome for this one child.

Please, eradicate it and begin again.

A needless waste of
time and resources, Zo'or.

There is no chance that Brody's
death can compromise the program.

As our first, as the prototype,

the baby has value
as a long term study.

A cogent argument, but
not persuasive enough.

- You have my orders.
- I will act on them, Zo'or.

As events dictate.

According to these
results you're infertile.

I'm infertile?

I know how you feel, Renee.

Or at least I can
sympathize, and I'm sorry.

But look, it really isn't
the end of the world.

Bad choice of metaphor, Doctor.

In this case it really
isn't alien technology.

When the Taelons gave it to us,
it was advanced genetic analysis.

But we've surpassed that
technology on our own already.

It's perfectly tested.

I'd use it myself if
I had no other option.

But you do.

So, please, don't preach to me because
I just... I don't wanna hear it.

I'm talking as your physician.

Global birth rate have been on a down turn
for decades, before the Taelons arrived.

It's partly a desire
for smaller families,

partly pollution and crowding.

It puts you in a lot of
company, good company.

- I can give you the latest stat...
- Wait, wait, wait. Go back.

What kind of pollution?

Electromagnetism, hormones
used in livestock.

What about Taelon technology?

No, no data on that.

Alright, what about your gut
instincts, what do they tell you?

What if we don't have a way to measure
it yet, but it's somehow killing us?

Portals, data streams.

I'm on that mothership twice a week.

I've communed with Da'an,
carried his energy inside me.

Maybe that why I can't
have children anymore?

I don't know, Renee. I don't know.

But I read a paper in the
American Journal of Medicine.

There may be, and I stress may

be a trend for new infertility
spikes in some major US cities.

- But we can't assumed that...
- Is DC one of them?

Is it?

They took the woman down for two
hour neural scan this morning.

Some progress but iffy. She's
still taking the big nap.

If she comes around I want either you
or me to be first person she talks to.

I need her to understand
that silence is golden.

Copy that. How much silence
are we talking about?

I want her to raise
her own child, Tate.

The child itself should be inducement
enough for her to fend off any curiosity.

When can the baby
leave the neonatal ward?

Day, two.

Might have to be sooner.

Give me some privacy, please.

Louise?

Louise, where am I?

My baby! Where is my baby?

Everything's fine. You're at Baltimore
General. You're in good hands.

And the best news of
all, you're a mommy.

A son. He's in the
nursery. He's stable.

- Now, you just get some rest, alright?
- Okay.

Congratulations, Mrs. Brody, you
gave birth to a healthy baby boy.

You could take him home
today if you'd like.

My husband? Where is my husband?

That's something I need
to talk to you about.

Unfortunately your husband
suffered a brain aneurism

about the same time
you went into labor.

I'm afraid he never recovered.

No! I don't believe
you! That can't be true!

It wasn't a brain aneurism! It
was something else, something

electrical. He said it
was his CVI, his implant.

I felt it too, right here. It was
like right inside, full of fire, and...

I believe you, Mrs. Brody, I do.

Now, I want you to forget about
everything that happened the other night.

Everything.

Then you can leave
here with your baby.

Do you understand?

You're not a doctor.

- Who are you?
- I'm a friend of the family.

A very good friend.

I know where you live.

What time you stop at that
little bakery on your way to work.

I even know that you won a pottery
contest in the fifth grade, Mrs. Brody.

Tate.

This little tot got a set of eyes.

My God, he's so beautiful.

He's a special little boy.

I'll be watching over
both of you, Mrs. Brody.

Every day, every night.

Please, don't do anything that would
force me to take him away from you.

Because if I have to,

I will.

You don't answer your global?

Maybe I didn't want to.

- Can I get a beer, Mike?
- Yeah.

What's the matter?

I'm gonna need some
time to sort this out.

Sorry to say, but we don't have time.

Tapping into the
MedTrack system paid off.

Sue Brody's vitals returned
to normal this morning.

They just discharged
her with her baby.

That's good, that's good.
You should go talk to her.

- I'm gonna need your help.
- I just told you, I'm gonna need some time.

Look, I haven't been
sick a day in my life.

And all of a sudden out
the blue I'm defective?

It's not irreversible.

Dr. Dupree told you
there's a way to treat this.

I don't want to be
treated. Don't you get it?

Okay.

Alright, now...

You once told me that

you didn't even know,
if you'd ever have kids.

Because you weren't sure you want
to bring them into a world like this.

I want the option.

I want the decision
to be mine, I want...

I wanna be able to choose
the way I want to do it.

I could never let the Taelons
help me. It would be like...

letting them win.

I want them off the planet.

I want them to stop
infecting our lives.

I want them dead!

Just leave me alone, will you?

Okay.

Fair enough.

Oh, I almost forgot.

Nepps got me Louise Jacoby's dossier.

Before she took over at New
Life she was a bio-tech engineer.

She was involved in early CVI
research as a Taelon co-venture.

Why am I not surprised?

Da'an said that the only thing that
would burn a hole in Brody's brain

is feedback from another CVI tuned
to the same frequency as his own.

We've been through all this.

Brody was alone with his wife when
it happened, she doesn't have a CVI.

They were three of them in the
house, remember? Husband, wife,

and unborn child?

Now, I heard Tate say something about
the baby having had neurological kicks.

An unborn baby with a CVI?

She's a specialist in CVI technology
and she runs a fertility clinic.

She's implanting fetuses with built-in
CVIs? The technology doesn't even exist.

You know that for a fact?

Hi, Sue.

Yeah, I'm Liam Kincaid.

- Is this a bad time?
- No, no I'm...

I'm glad you came. I'm just waiting for
the visiting nurse from the hospital.

We met at Quantico when Bob
was there for a seminar, right?

That's right.

- Oh, this is Renee Palmer.
- Hello.

I, uh, I heard about your
husband from Liam, so sorry.

- We don't wanna take up your time?
- No. Really.

So many of Bob's old
friends are calling and...

it's gratifying, see
them all at the funeral.

Please, come on in.

It is Bob's son, Robert Jr.

- He's gorgeous.
- Especially when he isn't crying.

I'm doing enough of
that for both of us.

We just wanted to pay our respects,
we should... we should leave.

Forgive me I didn't fix anything.

The doctor wants me
to stay off of my feet.

Is there anything we can do for you?

As long as my baby is
alright, I'll be fine.

Mrs. Brody, uh...

I know this isn't hard
to talk about, but...

do you remember what happened to your
husband the night you went into labor?

He had a seizure, I guess.

The doctors tell me I was so upset
that I went into early labor.

I passed out when I woke
up, I was at the hospital.

Listen, I'm still a little weak.

I hate to cut this short but...

Are you sure there isn't anything
else than we can do for you?

No, not... Well, my wedding ring, I...

I promised Bob I'd
never take it off, and...

with all that's happened I've looked
and looked. I can't find it anywhere.

What about your things from the hospital?
They should put them in a bag for you?

They're in the kitchen, I haven't
had the strength to unpack.

- Would you like me to go take a look?
- Would you, thanks. It's right over here.

It's gonna be okay.

Did you find it?

Yes, I did.

Thanks.

If you need to talk.

I'll be fine.

Alright, you know where to reach me.

Alright. Bye.

There was an identical CVI in the room
the night Bob Brody's head caved in.

It was in the brain
of his unborn child.

That's why Brody's CVI ran
into a failure feedback loop.

I scanned Sue Brody's
baby. It's three days old

and emitting a CVI frequency
identical to his father's.

This is what she was wearing
the night it happened.

It's burned from the feedback. Burned
outward from her body through the cloth.

- And this evidence suggests what?
- Don't play games, Da'an.

You're putting CVIs
in unborn children.

You found a way to sterilize a vast
number of women, including myself,

just to get us into
your birth centers.

New Life is no longer ours.

We once did do the research with
genes from a human cerebral cortex.

They were altered to
include a CVI pulse.

You're saying you found a way
to give our brains organic CVIs.

CNI would be a more apt term.

Cerebral Neural Implants.

The new DNA would be passed to
the next generation and the next.

But

we abandoned the project as incompatible
with our core mission on Earth.

Humans breeding humans with neural
implants generation after generation?

It's requires maximizing the
embryo in an incubation chamber.

It has not been done.

We didn't seen an incubation
chamber at Shenandoah.

Maybe we did, but we didn't know it.

I shall make discrete inquiries
to ascertain our involvement.

Forget discrete. This
is an unspeakable crime.

And you better be able to undo
whatever it is you have done to us.

These two aren't on Nepps' list.

Which mean they never registered.

They're human, but they have no
brain activity in the frontal lobes.

- They're carrying human babies?
- Yeah.

So they're what, androids?

No, androids have primitive
thoughts, these are only humanoids.

Flesh and blood but operating
totally on their autonomic systems.

Living incubators and not a trace
of Taelon technology in sight.

What could be more natural
to put an embryo in a womb?

And who'd know it's a surrogate human.

It's a DNA scan techlock.

I might be able to override it with
the reading I took off that humanoid.

I'm picking up something on
infrared, west corridor, basement.

I've got two bio-targets, but
no access transponders. Advise.

I have unauthorized
personnel here, do you copy?

Hi. We're a little lost.

- Where are we?
- You're in restricted area, ma'am.

Where is your access transponder?

- He'll be out for a while.
- Come on, they'll find him soon.

Any idea what that is?

Some kind of fetal scanner or...

energy immersion system.

Still not getting any
thought wave readings.

Just basic respiratory
and circulatory functions.

What's that?

Hope it's just air.

Purification system activated.

10% argon.

Argon, it's inert. We'll
suffocated. We gotta get out of here.

Security breach. Containment
measures activated.

Up there.

Come on.

20% argon.

Renee.

Renee!

It's the only way out of here.

30% argon.

Chamber access initiated.

Authorization granted.

Shutting down all purification
and energy systems.

Liam look out!

I got you.

I got you. Alright. That's it.

Swing off.

Immersion terminated.

Unsealing chamber.

Security breach still in effect.

It seems there has been a
series of radiation leaks.

Inadvertent leaks.

Leaks nonetheless during the
purging of our main drive coolant.

Which occurs every fifth orbit.

Well call it what you want, it was
aimed at the a eastern seaboard.

Aimed implies intend. There was none.

The purge of coolant simply occurred once
a day over the same part of North America.

The mistake has been corrected.

The mistake has made thousands of
women infertile. Thousand, correct that!

A grievous result.

No Taelon would intentionally
wish this to happen.

- Do you agree?
- Indeed.

But I have it on
good medical authority

that the effect will naturally
reverse itself in time.

Meanwhile your New Life centers will
be doing a booming business, won't they?

I suppose that's not
intentional either.

They are not ours.
They belong to humanity.

Unlike our unfortunate species

humanity is blessed with
an abundance of new life.

Then for once I guess
the news isn't all bad.

Is it?

Ms. Palmer.

- Renee, a moment.
- I don't care,

Da'an, I don't care
what the company line is.

That radiation was blasted
down from this infernal ship.

You wanted more women in those centers so
you could implant them with CNIs. Period.

I believe you are right.
Though I was not involved.

But I am asking you to trust me now.

It has stopped.

I don't have to trust you, Da'an.

You must accept this from me

as the only way that I...

that we can atone.

It is a rejuvenation lattice
which will restore your fertility.

More Taelon voodoo.

It is the one sure way to cleanse
your system. Please, take it.

Do you have enough for everyone?

Regrettably, no.

Then keep it, I'll take my chances.

And if it turns out I'm unlucky,
I never have children of my own,

at least I'll know I never
took a favor from a Taelon.

- Thanks again for coming.
- You're welcome. Take care.

We've got to make a decision, Liam.

Is it in the best interest of the
mother and child to know everything?

About the Cyber Neural Implant?
Normally I'd say no, but

you'll have to weight
the medical risk.

I didn't mean the CNI.

- It's the other thing.
- What other thing? You've lost me.

I did a standard genome search.

That baby has two
strands of inserted DNA.

A Cyber Neural Implant and what's
known as the persona suite of genes.

A predisposition to
things like violence,

aggressiveness, criminal tendency.

- Gene modification of behavior?
- Exactly.

I match it against
global DNA data for an ID.

And you find a match?

And how can that boy's DNA
belong to somebody else?

It's been cloned, Liam.

And put into every baby maximized
at the Shenandoah center.

It was isolated from the persona
suite of a living individual,

Ronald Sandoval.

- Do they all accounted for?
- Yes.

And I did find enough host mothers in
developing countries for all the embryos.

Here are the names.

Excellent.

But our orders are to
eradicate the entire program.

- We won't need the humanoids, correct?
- Correct.

Zo'or is concerned with public
reaction if we're exposed.

He wants all the embryos destroyed.

Shame really, but I
suppose that's best.

What will you do with them?

Same thing I'm going
to do with you, Louise.

Shut them down.

But first I'm taking
the embryos with me.

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