1 00:00:05,319 --> 00:00:06,621 Good morning. 2 00:00:06,687 --> 00:00:09,090 Heather. How are you doing today? 3 00:00:09,157 --> 00:00:11,793 Good to see you. Seats. 4 00:00:13,728 --> 00:00:15,763 Who's ready? Who's not ready? 5 00:00:15,830 --> 00:00:18,032 Well, here we are. In light of the fact that 6 00:00:18,099 --> 00:00:21,769 this is our last session, I thought that we might 7 00:00:21,836 --> 00:00:24,038 diverge from the syllabus a bit. 8 00:00:24,372 --> 00:00:27,475 How many here would consider yourselves to be darwinians? 9 00:00:27,542 --> 00:00:30,278 Yes, I expected as much from Rev. Leblanc. 10 00:00:30,344 --> 00:00:31,846 Darwinism, might very Well 11 00:00:31,913 --> 00:00:34,749 put his seminary school out of business. 12 00:00:34,816 --> 00:00:37,685 What if I told you that I have something 13 00:00:37,752 --> 00:00:41,756 that might very well prove one, or yes, reverend, 14 00:00:41,823 --> 00:00:43,424 both theories? 15 00:00:45,126 --> 00:00:46,194 D.N.A.: 16 00:00:47,495 --> 00:00:50,031 blueprint for the finest Architectural design 17 00:00:50,098 --> 00:00:52,333 ever made, the human body. 18 00:00:53,234 --> 00:00:56,170 Obviously, some blueprints are better than others. 19 00:00:56,237 --> 00:00:58,406 Take Heather and Ben, for example. 20 00:00:58,473 --> 00:01:00,808 They had a better designer for the for the sequences 21 00:01:00,875 --> 00:01:03,211 that code for physical attributes. Take a look. 22 00:01:03,277 --> 00:01:05,747 They have thick hair, good bone structure, lean bodies, 23 00:01:05,813 --> 00:01:06,814 but... 24 00:01:08,383 --> 00:01:10,918 I might venture to say that my own architect 25 00:01:10,985 --> 00:01:14,856 was better at the sequences that code for intelligence. 26 00:01:17,325 --> 00:01:19,727 Now, please don't be insulted. 27 00:01:19,794 --> 00:01:21,129 I'm not saying you're not smart. 28 00:01:21,195 --> 00:01:23,398 I'm just saying that I'm smarter. Or you would be here 29 00:01:23,464 --> 00:01:24,465 and I would be there. 30 00:01:24,532 --> 00:01:26,901 You give me a few years, professor. I'll be up there. 31 00:01:26,968 --> 00:01:28,336 Yes, Ben, I'm sure you will. 32 00:01:28,403 --> 00:01:30,304 But do you know what you will be teaching? 33 00:01:30,371 --> 00:01:32,373 The same way that we study the periodic tables 34 00:01:32,440 --> 00:01:33,775 in chemistry class now, 35 00:01:33,841 --> 00:01:37,311 soon we will be studying a vast map of the human genome. 36 00:01:37,745 --> 00:01:40,948 Just last month, the last part of the genome was mapped. 37 00:01:41,015 --> 00:01:43,084 There is one remaining question, and that, 38 00:01:43,151 --> 00:01:46,587 ladies and gentleman, is what we are going to discuss. 39 00:01:47,889 --> 00:01:50,425 Tell me, who knows what an intron is? 40 00:01:51,025 --> 00:01:54,162 Introns are the extra genetic material in our D.N.A. 41 00:01:54,228 --> 00:01:55,630 That haven't been mapped because 42 00:01:55,696 --> 00:01:57,231 they don't seem to code for anything. 43 00:01:57,298 --> 00:02:00,101 Right. Right. That's very Good. 44 00:02:02,103 --> 00:02:04,372 Now, there are some creationists that believe 45 00:02:04,439 --> 00:02:06,507 that introns are a message from god. 46 00:02:06,574 --> 00:02:08,509 I've never heard that before, Martin. 47 00:02:08,576 --> 00:02:10,878 Now, Peter, would I lie to you? 48 00:02:10,945 --> 00:02:14,348 They believe that if we can decode the intron message, 49 00:02:14,415 --> 00:02:16,718 we would find more commandments from God. 50 00:02:16,784 --> 00:02:20,221 But there are others who believe that the intron codes 51 00:02:20,288 --> 00:02:23,558 for the things we used to have during our evolution, 52 00:02:23,624 --> 00:02:25,159 like gills, for example. 53 00:02:25,226 --> 00:02:27,528 Well, what do you think the introns are, professor? 54 00:02:27,595 --> 00:02:30,031 I thought you would never ask, Ben. 55 00:02:31,232 --> 00:02:35,937 I think the extra D.N.A. Codes for our future evolution. 56 00:02:37,672 --> 00:02:41,275 I think it codes for what we are about to become. 57 00:02:41,609 --> 00:02:43,611 And I intend to prove it. 58 00:02:43,878 --> 00:02:44,979 How? 59 00:02:45,313 --> 00:02:47,548 Do you remember our 5th session, when we discussed. 60 00:02:47,615 --> 00:02:51,085 The use of retro-viruses to deliver protein 61 00:02:51,152 --> 00:02:53,888 that would activate certain genetic Sequences. 62 00:02:53,955 --> 00:02:56,290 Well, I've been working on it for the past year, 63 00:02:56,357 --> 00:02:58,693 and I have developed a retroviral activator 64 00:02:58,760 --> 00:03:00,661 that activates introns. 65 00:03:02,663 --> 00:03:07,301 I have in my hand the key to our future selves. 66 00:03:13,174 --> 00:03:14,442 Excuse me, Dr. Nodel. 67 00:03:14,509 --> 00:03:15,743 Dean Hardwick. 68 00:03:15,810 --> 00:03:17,578 Well, let's give a warm welcome 69 00:03:17,645 --> 00:03:20,348 to a man who is lucky enough to have the genetic sequences 70 00:03:20,415 --> 00:03:22,483 for both, good looks and good brains. 71 00:03:22,550 --> 00:03:25,987 How do you intend to test this new activator of yours? 72 00:03:27,188 --> 00:03:29,657 Well, actually, I have already tested it. 73 00:03:33,461 --> 00:03:36,831 But don't worry, boss. I haven't tested it on humans. 74 00:03:40,868 --> 00:03:44,172 So, I want you to listen to what I have to say. 75 00:03:44,739 --> 00:03:46,874 I am urging you not to discuss this 76 00:03:46,941 --> 00:03:48,810 with anyone outside of this group 77 00:03:48,876 --> 00:03:51,779 because I don't think that our Dean would appreciate 78 00:03:51,846 --> 00:03:55,083 the human uproar that will follow it. 79 00:04:02,724 --> 00:04:05,626 Ladies and gentlemen, I bring you... 80 00:04:06,360 --> 00:04:07,829 the Evolution. 81 00:04:30,318 --> 00:04:33,020 My god, it has feet! 82 00:04:54,709 --> 00:04:57,512 There is nothing wrong with your television. 83 00:04:57,578 --> 00:04:59,981 Do not attempt To adjust the picture. 84 00:05:00,448 --> 00:05:03,317 We are now controlling the transmission. 85 00:05:03,384 --> 00:05:07,088 We control the horizontal and the vertical. 86 00:05:07,455 --> 00:05:10,491 We can deluge you with a thousand channels 87 00:05:10,558 --> 00:05:14,796 or expand one single image to crystal clarity. 88 00:05:15,396 --> 00:05:16,764 And beyond. 89 00:05:17,432 --> 00:05:20,168 We can shape your vision to anything 90 00:05:20,234 --> 00:05:22,570 our imagination can conceive. 91 00:05:23,037 --> 00:05:24,772 For the next hour 92 00:05:24,839 --> 00:05:28,810 we will control all that you see and hear. 93 00:05:40,788 --> 00:05:44,625 You are about to experience the awe and mystery 94 00:05:44,692 --> 00:05:47,628 which reaches from the deepest inner mind 95 00:05:47,695 --> 00:05:50,631 to The Outer Limits. 96 00:05:54,881 --> 00:05:57,050 Perhaps we should ask ourselves, 97 00:05:57,116 --> 00:06:00,820 will the next leap of science be a step into the future? 98 00:06:01,354 --> 00:06:03,623 Or a plunge into the abyss? 99 00:06:05,658 --> 00:06:07,593 You could've warned me this was coming, Martin. 100 00:06:07,660 --> 00:06:08,695 Would you have shown up? 101 00:06:08,761 --> 00:06:10,963 You know I'm completely opposed to this research. 102 00:06:11,030 --> 00:06:12,932 It's... it's abhorrently heretical. 103 00:06:12,999 --> 00:06:14,867 I'm gonna have to petition the university 104 00:06:14,934 --> 00:06:16,002 to stop this research. 105 00:06:16,069 --> 00:06:18,404 I expect no less, but we all have to do what we have to do. 106 00:06:18,471 --> 00:06:20,540 Peter, say hi to your wife. 107 00:06:21,708 --> 00:06:25,878 the staff meeting today is moved to 5:00, room one... 108 00:06:26,345 --> 00:06:28,815 so, now you're doing animal Experiments 109 00:06:28,881 --> 00:06:30,316 without permission. 110 00:06:30,383 --> 00:06:32,251 What, are "Free the big mouth Bass" People 111 00:06:32,318 --> 00:06:33,886 are gonna start setting up pickets? 112 00:06:33,953 --> 00:06:35,121 We have rules, Martin. 113 00:06:35,188 --> 00:06:37,423 Displays like that are what keep the students 114 00:06:37,490 --> 00:06:38,791 intrigued in the subject. 115 00:06:38,858 --> 00:06:40,259 Or you would rather not have them 116 00:06:40,326 --> 00:06:42,962 flocking to my classes in this department. 117 00:06:43,396 --> 00:06:46,299 I was going through the ROSTER for next semester, 118 00:06:46,366 --> 00:06:49,035 and noticed you didn't put yourself in for any classes. 119 00:06:49,102 --> 00:06:50,169 Yes, that's right. 120 00:06:50,236 --> 00:06:51,337 May I ask why? 121 00:06:51,404 --> 00:06:53,373 Because I want to spend the extra time 122 00:06:53,439 --> 00:06:54,707 devoted to my new Research. 123 00:06:54,774 --> 00:06:57,710 The problem is, it puts me in a difficult bind, Martin. 124 00:06:57,777 --> 00:06:59,245 You're my biggest selling point 125 00:06:59,312 --> 00:07:01,047 to draw the best and brightest students 126 00:07:01,114 --> 00:07:02,882 to this university, to this department. 127 00:07:02,949 --> 00:07:04,684 Not to mention alumni money. 128 00:07:04,751 --> 00:07:07,086 Right. Now just, keep pouring it on. 129 00:07:07,153 --> 00:07:08,287 Aw, Martin... 130 00:07:08,354 --> 00:07:09,455 Look... 131 00:07:12,191 --> 00:07:14,694 I just don't have much time left. 132 00:07:15,261 --> 00:07:16,729 What does that mean? 133 00:07:16,796 --> 00:07:17,864 Nothing. 134 00:07:17,930 --> 00:07:19,866 Doug, I'm about to make a major breakthrough 135 00:07:19,932 --> 00:07:21,567 That's gonna make history. 136 00:07:21,634 --> 00:07:23,136 How? Please tell me how. 137 00:07:23,202 --> 00:07:25,204 You'll never get approval for human testing 138 00:07:25,271 --> 00:07:26,839 on something so radical. 139 00:07:26,906 --> 00:07:28,608 You'll be lucky if you even get approval 140 00:07:28,674 --> 00:07:29,909 for animal testing. 141 00:07:29,976 --> 00:07:31,377 I'll get approval. 142 00:07:31,444 --> 00:07:33,446 With the proper computer models, lab testing, 143 00:07:33,513 --> 00:07:35,648 animal testing, I will get approval. 144 00:07:35,715 --> 00:07:37,784 Just check my contracts. I'm allowed to take off 145 00:07:37,850 --> 00:07:40,353 whatever semester I want to do my research. 146 00:07:42,789 --> 00:07:45,692 Well, you seem in perfect health to me. 147 00:07:48,061 --> 00:07:50,063 Are you sure about your genetic test? 148 00:07:50,129 --> 00:07:52,465 Yes, Phil, I'm absolutely sure. 149 00:07:52,999 --> 00:07:55,501 I drew my own blood on 3 separate occasions. 150 00:07:55,568 --> 00:07:57,537 I did my own genetic Workup each time. 151 00:07:57,603 --> 00:08:00,673 And each time the Marker for Wilson's disease came up. 152 00:08:00,740 --> 00:08:03,242 So, obviously, I know that I'm going to get the disease, 153 00:08:03,309 --> 00:08:04,744 it's just a question of time. 154 00:08:04,811 --> 00:08:06,746 So tell me, please, have you checked everything? 155 00:08:06,813 --> 00:08:09,048 What about the liver function, reflexes, 156 00:08:09,115 --> 00:08:11,484 corneal coloration, copper content? 157 00:08:11,551 --> 00:08:13,786 Well, your copper levels are a touch high. 158 00:08:13,853 --> 00:08:15,933 You're sitting here telling me there are no symptoms. 159 00:08:15,988 --> 00:08:17,890 Elevated copper is the first one. 160 00:08:17,957 --> 00:08:20,026 Well, I knew you'd over react. 161 00:08:20,093 --> 00:08:22,295 Everyone can have elevated copper Levels 162 00:08:22,362 --> 00:08:24,997 from time to time, without Wilson's disease. 163 00:08:25,064 --> 00:08:27,934 There's no decolorization of the cornea, no tremors. 164 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:30,937 Probably in a few years I'll start to get tremors. They'll take over. 165 00:08:31,003 --> 00:08:33,072 A few years later, my liver's gonna go, then what? 166 00:08:33,139 --> 00:08:35,108 Hold on. You're not hearing me. 167 00:08:35,174 --> 00:08:36,542 I have so much to do in my life. 168 00:08:36,609 --> 00:08:37,744 My research hasn't started, 169 00:08:37,810 --> 00:08:40,313 my relationship with My son is crap. 170 00:08:41,814 --> 00:08:43,416 Have you told him? 171 00:08:43,716 --> 00:08:45,251 No, I'm not gonna tell anybody 172 00:08:45,318 --> 00:08:47,453 until I can't hide the SYMPTOMS any longer. 173 00:08:47,520 --> 00:08:50,223 And I don't want you to say anything to anybody, either. 174 00:08:57,663 --> 00:09:00,366 Paul. Sorry I'm late. 175 00:09:00,433 --> 00:09:02,402 It's ok, Dad. I just got here. 176 00:09:02,468 --> 00:09:04,704 I learned a long time ago, when you say 1:00, 177 00:09:04,771 --> 00:09:06,005 figure 1:30. 178 00:09:06,072 --> 00:09:07,407 Well... 179 00:09:09,175 --> 00:09:10,476 so how you been? 180 00:09:10,543 --> 00:09:12,445 I'm good. You? 181 00:09:12,512 --> 00:09:13,846 Fantastic. 182 00:09:15,715 --> 00:09:17,383 So tell me about mother. 183 00:09:17,450 --> 00:09:19,952 She as good as she makes out to be? 184 00:09:20,019 --> 00:09:22,789 Yeah. She's fine. 185 00:09:24,991 --> 00:09:27,326 She tells me that you have a new girlfriend. 186 00:09:27,393 --> 00:09:29,595 I, I guess mom also told you about my plans. 187 00:09:29,662 --> 00:09:30,930 What makes you say that? 188 00:09:30,997 --> 00:09:33,266 Well, why else would you ask me to lunch, dad? 189 00:09:33,332 --> 00:09:35,368 I mean, let's face it. I haven't seen you once 190 00:09:35,435 --> 00:09:37,904 since I started school here 3 months ago. 191 00:09:38,171 --> 00:09:40,406 Well, you don't exactly make any efforts 192 00:09:40,473 --> 00:09:42,275 to see me either, Paul. 193 00:09:42,341 --> 00:09:44,811 But now, you suddenly want to have lunch. 194 00:09:44,877 --> 00:09:47,747 I'm guessing, because mom told you I'm leaving school. 195 00:09:47,814 --> 00:09:49,615 Well, she did mention something about it, 196 00:09:49,682 --> 00:09:51,918 so why don't you just tell me about it yourself? 197 00:09:51,984 --> 00:09:52,985 Ok. 198 00:09:55,588 --> 00:09:59,559 I'm bored here, Dad. I feel like my life's on hold. 199 00:09:59,625 --> 00:10:02,795 There's so much I want to see, accomplish in the real world. 200 00:10:02,862 --> 00:10:05,264 I... I don't wanna waste 4 years before I can get started. 201 00:10:05,331 --> 00:10:07,400 So, what are you gonna do? You're just checking out, 202 00:10:07,467 --> 00:10:08,501 you're just quitting? 203 00:10:08,568 --> 00:10:10,069 I told hope you wouldn't understand. 204 00:10:10,136 --> 00:10:12,972 Hope? Hope. That's your new girlfriend? 205 00:10:13,039 --> 00:10:16,109 You have to meet her, Dad. She... she is the best. 206 00:10:16,175 --> 00:10:18,277 Hope has made me see life for what it really is. 207 00:10:18,344 --> 00:10:20,413 You know, a... a big wonderful Adventure. 208 00:10:20,480 --> 00:10:21,781 Well, Yes. Hope is right. 209 00:10:21,848 --> 00:10:23,182 It is a big, wonderful adventure. 210 00:10:23,249 --> 00:10:25,952 But it's adventure that needs to have a solid foundation, 211 00:10:26,018 --> 00:10:27,453 like a college education. 212 00:10:27,520 --> 00:10:29,422 That's not what hope thinks. She... she thinks 213 00:10:29,489 --> 00:10:32,125 she learned more from life than she did from college. 214 00:10:32,191 --> 00:10:33,359 And... and to this day, 215 00:10:33,426 --> 00:10:35,261 she really regrets wasting those 4 years. 216 00:10:35,328 --> 00:10:37,997 Do... do you mind it I ask you how old hope is? 217 00:10:38,064 --> 00:10:39,165 Hope? She's 30. 218 00:10:39,232 --> 00:10:40,233 30. 219 00:10:41,434 --> 00:10:44,237 30 like in 11-years-older-than-19 kind of 30? 220 00:10:45,071 --> 00:10:48,341 You're telling me that this girl, I mean, this woman, 221 00:10:48,408 --> 00:10:50,710 who is 30 years old, and who finished college, 222 00:10:50,777 --> 00:10:53,413 is telling my son that he shouldn't graduate? 223 00:10:54,080 --> 00:10:56,282 What are you supposed to do for a living, flip burgers? 224 00:10:56,349 --> 00:10:58,718 And what would I do with a degree? 225 00:10:58,785 --> 00:11:00,753 Teach? Waste my life doing research 226 00:11:00,820 --> 00:11:03,423 that no one will ever hear of, or... or... or care about? 227 00:11:04,757 --> 00:11:06,559 You're gonna deny it? 228 00:11:06,859 --> 00:11:09,796 You've spent the past 20 years making obscure discoveries 229 00:11:09,862 --> 00:11:12,899 that, I'm sorry, dad, will not change the world. 230 00:11:13,332 --> 00:11:15,201 That's a nice thing to say. 231 00:11:15,501 --> 00:11:18,237 And at what cost? Your life? 232 00:11:19,238 --> 00:11:20,573 Living your life? 233 00:11:20,640 --> 00:11:22,709 Will you really treasure the 3 months 234 00:11:22,775 --> 00:11:24,811 you spent zeroing in on a Gene for nearsightedness 235 00:11:24,877 --> 00:11:27,814 when you could've watched your son pitch 3 no-hitters in little league? 236 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,983 How about the year you spent finding just 1 of 10 genes 237 00:11:31,050 --> 00:11:32,852 responsible for acne? 238 00:11:32,919 --> 00:11:34,153 It was psoriasis. 239 00:11:34,220 --> 00:11:37,023 Whatever. That one cost you your marriage. 240 00:11:38,858 --> 00:11:40,893 Well, that is not fair. 241 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:42,228 You missed out, Dad. 242 00:11:42,295 --> 00:11:44,230 You're missing the great adventure of life. 243 00:11:44,297 --> 00:11:46,099 It is passing you by. 244 00:11:47,834 --> 00:11:48,835 Yep. 245 00:11:51,237 --> 00:11:52,305 Well... 246 00:11:52,372 --> 00:11:54,340 well, I... look, I didn't mean to say... 247 00:11:54,407 --> 00:11:57,076 No, it's fine. It's fine. 248 00:11:57,143 --> 00:11:59,712 You should say what you mean. Get it off your chest. 249 00:11:59,779 --> 00:12:02,382 That's what people are supposed to do. 250 00:12:02,682 --> 00:12:03,783 Dad? 251 00:12:03,850 --> 00:12:04,884 Yep? 252 00:12:04,951 --> 00:12:06,719 Hope would really love to meet you. 253 00:12:06,786 --> 00:12:09,489 Hope. I bet she would. 254 00:12:10,990 --> 00:12:12,225 All right. 255 00:12:22,435 --> 00:12:25,104 You'll never get approval for human testing 256 00:12:25,171 --> 00:12:27,073 on something so radical. 257 00:12:32,712 --> 00:12:35,615 You've spent the past 20 years making obscure discoveries, 258 00:12:35,681 --> 00:12:38,618 that, I'm sorry, dad, will not change the world. 259 00:13:36,175 --> 00:13:37,777 So tell me, Martin, 260 00:13:38,678 --> 00:13:40,913 what are we learning from this? 261 00:13:41,180 --> 00:13:43,349 Aside from the fact that you were doing nothing 262 00:13:43,416 --> 00:13:44,951 but wasting your time? 263 00:13:47,972 --> 00:13:50,182 Dad. Hey. What're you doing here? 264 00:13:50,249 --> 00:13:52,752 Well, I just came to see how my kid lives. 265 00:13:52,818 --> 00:13:54,253 You wanna come in? 266 00:13:56,922 --> 00:13:58,691 I'm... I'm sorry it's such a mess. 267 00:13:58,758 --> 00:14:01,727 Well, it wouldn't be a dorm if it wasn't such a mess. 268 00:14:02,495 --> 00:14:05,731 Actually, it's a lot bigger than I thought it would be. 269 00:14:05,998 --> 00:14:08,334 You didn't come here to see my room, Dad. 270 00:14:08,701 --> 00:14:11,404 Well... 271 00:14:12,905 --> 00:14:15,341 you said that hope wanted to meet me. 272 00:14:15,408 --> 00:14:16,876 Yeah. So? 273 00:14:16,942 --> 00:14:19,345 Well, I think it's a pretty good idea. 274 00:14:19,678 --> 00:14:23,649 So, how about Friday, my place, 7:00? 275 00:14:24,383 --> 00:14:25,518 It's a date. 276 00:14:25,584 --> 00:14:26,852 Cool. 277 00:14:33,559 --> 00:14:36,162 You never cease to amaze me, you know that, dad? 278 00:14:36,228 --> 00:14:38,397 I never cease to amaze myself. 279 00:14:42,768 --> 00:14:45,638 This is the M.R.I. Of your head. 280 00:14:45,705 --> 00:14:47,707 And that's a normal one. 281 00:14:47,773 --> 00:14:50,409 So, does this somehow explain my headaches? 282 00:14:50,476 --> 00:14:53,279 Your cerebrum and cerebellum are becoming more convoluted 283 00:14:53,345 --> 00:14:55,381 in order to fit more Grey matter surface 284 00:14:55,448 --> 00:14:57,316 within the confines of your cranium. 285 00:14:57,383 --> 00:14:58,617 I don't follow. 286 00:14:58,684 --> 00:15:00,886 Well, I don't either, exactly. 287 00:15:01,153 --> 00:15:03,723 If you study various Species' brains, you'll see that 288 00:15:03,789 --> 00:15:05,825 the higher the mammal, the bigger their brains are, 289 00:15:05,891 --> 00:15:07,993 and the more convoluted they are to fit the cranium. 290 00:15:08,060 --> 00:15:09,428 So, what are you saying? 291 00:15:09,495 --> 00:15:11,535 You're saying that my... my... my brain is swelling? 292 00:15:11,597 --> 00:15:13,966 No, Martin, I'm saying it's Growing. 293 00:15:14,667 --> 00:15:18,938 Maybe it's, I don't know, evolving? 294 00:15:53,072 --> 00:15:56,008 I must read this material. I have to read it. 295 00:15:56,075 --> 00:15:58,878 I don't know why I'm driven to read this material, 296 00:15:58,944 --> 00:16:00,880 this volume of Material. 297 00:16:16,595 --> 00:16:18,764 So, rev. Leblanc is pretty worked up 298 00:16:18,831 --> 00:16:20,399 over your fish demonstration. 299 00:16:20,466 --> 00:16:22,501 He wants me to put a hold on your research, 300 00:16:22,568 --> 00:16:23,769 pending a review. 301 00:16:23,836 --> 00:16:25,137 Can you hold him off? 302 00:16:25,204 --> 00:16:27,206 Will you teach a class next semester? 303 00:16:27,273 --> 00:16:30,943 I'll tell you what. I'll teach a small research seminar, 304 00:16:31,010 --> 00:16:32,912 with 8 advanced Students. 305 00:16:33,579 --> 00:16:35,548 20, and I'll fend off the reverend. 306 00:16:35,614 --> 00:16:37,049 This is not a negotiation. 307 00:16:37,116 --> 00:16:40,486 8 advanced students, and you fend him off. 308 00:16:41,087 --> 00:16:42,188 Deal. 309 00:16:43,723 --> 00:16:46,058 May I ask what changed your mind? 310 00:16:46,125 --> 00:16:47,693 I figured I could use the students 311 00:16:47,760 --> 00:16:49,395 to assist me in my research, 312 00:16:49,462 --> 00:16:51,797 and they could learn something at the same time. 313 00:16:51,864 --> 00:16:53,165 Sounds Good. 314 00:16:53,232 --> 00:16:56,235 One more thing. I handpick the students myself, 315 00:16:56,302 --> 00:16:58,471 and the moment that you question my methods 316 00:16:58,537 --> 00:17:01,107 is the moment the seminar is cancelled. 317 00:17:11,584 --> 00:17:13,452 All right, quiet down. 318 00:17:14,887 --> 00:17:16,689 All right, now, I... first of all, 319 00:17:16,756 --> 00:17:19,859 I want to thank you all for coming. I appreciate it. 320 00:17:19,925 --> 00:17:22,028 As you know, there are only 8 people 321 00:17:22,094 --> 00:17:23,963 that I'm choosing to do this research, 322 00:17:24,030 --> 00:17:25,898 and there are very specific requirements 323 00:17:25,965 --> 00:17:27,767 In order to qualify for this study. 324 00:17:27,833 --> 00:17:29,235 What is the study, Dr. Nodel? 325 00:17:29,301 --> 00:17:31,070 I'm sorry, but only the 8 will know. 326 00:17:31,137 --> 00:17:32,471 This seems to be a large group, 327 00:17:32,538 --> 00:17:34,206 I'm gonna have to narrow it down a bit. 328 00:17:34,273 --> 00:17:36,809 So, any of you who are wearing glasses, 329 00:17:36,876 --> 00:17:40,246 please raise your hand. With glasses? 330 00:17:40,312 --> 00:17:42,648 Ok. Thank you. You're dismissed. 331 00:17:42,715 --> 00:17:45,184 Don't try to lie, because I'm gonna check your eyes later, 332 00:17:45,251 --> 00:17:46,952 so it's a waste of time, yours and mine. 333 00:17:47,019 --> 00:17:49,755 Ok, all of you who have s.A.Ts under 1,400, 334 00:17:49,822 --> 00:17:53,025 g.P.As under 3.9, thank you very much, 335 00:17:53,092 --> 00:17:55,027 you're dismissed also. 336 00:17:55,094 --> 00:17:56,429 We'll check the records, 337 00:17:56,495 --> 00:17:58,764 so none of you waste my time or yours. 338 00:17:58,831 --> 00:18:01,901 All right, let's begin. 5 at a time. 339 00:18:10,943 --> 00:18:13,479 All right. You stay. The rest of you dismissed. 340 00:18:13,546 --> 00:18:15,614 Why not me? It's because I'm fat, isn't it? 341 00:18:15,681 --> 00:18:17,817 Yes, that's right. As I told you before, 342 00:18:17,883 --> 00:18:19,485 there are specific mental 343 00:18:19,552 --> 00:18:21,654 as well as physical qualifications for this class. 344 00:18:21,721 --> 00:18:24,256 Thank you for coming. You come with me. 345 00:18:27,026 --> 00:18:28,627 That didn't hurt. 346 00:18:31,697 --> 00:18:33,833 Dismissed. Dismissed. Bye-Bye. 347 00:18:33,899 --> 00:18:36,268 You go. You come with me. 348 00:18:37,103 --> 00:18:38,537 There you go. 349 00:18:38,604 --> 00:18:40,106 Ben, you stay. 350 00:18:40,439 --> 00:18:42,775 You come with me. The rest of you are dismissed. 351 00:18:42,842 --> 00:18:44,009 Now. 352 00:18:45,511 --> 00:18:46,946 Relax. 353 00:19:28,220 --> 00:19:29,822 I'm not evolving. 354 00:19:33,526 --> 00:19:35,428 No, this is something else. 355 00:19:38,063 --> 00:19:39,497 Tell me, Brittany. 356 00:19:39,564 --> 00:19:41,633 What do you think of my intron theories? 357 00:19:41,700 --> 00:19:43,835 I think they're really cool. 358 00:19:44,436 --> 00:19:46,271 And would you feel comfortable 359 00:19:46,337 --> 00:19:48,673 traveling with me to do field research? 360 00:19:48,740 --> 00:19:51,676 Absolutely. If I can afford it. 361 00:19:53,645 --> 00:19:56,081 Tell me, would you trust me completely 362 00:19:56,147 --> 00:19:57,716 to do whatever I tell you, 363 00:19:57,782 --> 00:19:59,851 no matter how strange it may seem? 364 00:19:59,918 --> 00:20:01,519 That's a weird question. 365 00:20:01,586 --> 00:20:02,887 Would you? 366 00:20:02,954 --> 00:20:04,522 Yeah, I guess. 367 00:20:04,589 --> 00:20:07,058 I admire you, probably more than anyone. 368 00:20:07,826 --> 00:20:09,928 I'm glad you feel that way. 369 00:20:10,362 --> 00:20:12,130 So do you have any ties 370 00:20:12,197 --> 00:20:14,933 that would keep you from going away for a long time? 371 00:20:14,999 --> 00:20:16,267 What do you mean? 372 00:20:16,334 --> 00:20:17,836 Well, I mean, would anyone miss you 373 00:20:17,902 --> 00:20:19,671 if you were to leave campus for a long time? 374 00:20:19,738 --> 00:20:21,406 You mean like a girlfriend, or family? 375 00:20:21,473 --> 00:20:23,241 No. Not really. 376 00:20:23,775 --> 00:20:26,344 That's Good. That's very, very good. 377 00:20:28,313 --> 00:20:29,314 Ben? 378 00:20:29,914 --> 00:20:30,915 Yeah? 379 00:20:30,982 --> 00:20:33,118 Don't you think this is getting kinda weird? 380 00:20:33,184 --> 00:20:34,686 What? The interview process? 381 00:20:34,753 --> 00:20:37,822 Yeah. I mean, I don't know what questions he asked you, 382 00:20:37,889 --> 00:20:39,657 but mine were pretty strange. 383 00:20:39,724 --> 00:20:41,393 I felt like I was interviewing 384 00:20:41,459 --> 00:20:43,028 to join one of those cults or something. 385 00:20:43,094 --> 00:20:44,529 "Do you trust me? 386 00:20:44,596 --> 00:20:47,332 Would you be willing to travel with me if necessary?" 387 00:20:47,399 --> 00:20:48,646 he's just checking our loyalty, Heather. 388 00:20:48,700 --> 00:20:50,011 I really don't see anything wrong with that. 389 00:20:50,035 --> 00:20:53,171 Besides, he did say this was his most important Research. 390 00:20:53,238 --> 00:20:56,241 Doesn't want a bunch of scared students screwing it up. 391 00:20:56,308 --> 00:20:59,578 But he was dropping people for physical ATTRIBUTES: 392 00:20:59,645 --> 00:21:02,414 Too fat, too tall, bad skin, bad eyesight. 393 00:21:02,481 --> 00:21:03,916 What does any of that have to do 394 00:21:03,982 --> 00:21:05,751 with Qualified to be in a class? 395 00:21:05,817 --> 00:21:08,253 I came to this university to study genetic engineering 396 00:21:08,320 --> 00:21:10,355 for one REASON: Dr. Martin Nodel. 397 00:21:10,422 --> 00:21:12,858 He's the best-known genetics researcher in the world. 398 00:21:12,925 --> 00:21:14,593 The man is a genius. 399 00:21:14,660 --> 00:21:16,361 And most geniuses are eccentric as hell. 400 00:21:16,428 --> 00:21:17,496 I know, but... 401 00:21:17,563 --> 00:21:19,665 this could be the most important genetics research 402 00:21:19,731 --> 00:21:21,867 we'll ever have the opportunity to be involved in. 403 00:21:21,934 --> 00:21:24,770 Now, if you want to let his eccentricities scare you away, 404 00:21:24,836 --> 00:21:26,171 that's your problem. Personally, 405 00:21:26,238 --> 00:21:27,806 I don't care how strange things get. 406 00:21:27,873 --> 00:21:29,841 I'm not lettin' anything take it away from me. 407 00:21:30,943 --> 00:21:34,060 In your independent interviews, all of you said how much you trusted me. 408 00:21:34,735 --> 00:21:36,737 Well, this is the final round, 409 00:21:36,803 --> 00:21:38,972 and the purpose is to test how much you can learn 410 00:21:39,039 --> 00:21:40,707 to trust each other. 411 00:21:40,774 --> 00:21:42,609 So, let's form 2 large circles, 412 00:21:42,676 --> 00:21:45,179 men on the outside, women on the inside. Let's go. 413 00:21:45,245 --> 00:21:47,147 All right, this is a trust exercise. 414 00:21:47,214 --> 00:21:49,049 The women are gonna keep their bodies rigid. 415 00:21:49,116 --> 00:21:51,685 They will fall backwards without looking back, 416 00:21:51,752 --> 00:21:54,054 into the arms of the man behind them. So, let's go... 417 00:21:54,121 --> 00:21:56,690 No, it's not funny. There's nothing funny about this. 418 00:21:56,757 --> 00:21:58,926 Heather, why don't you start? Just fall. Fall. 419 00:21:58,992 --> 00:22:00,661 That's right. Ok. Now you're turn. 420 00:22:00,727 --> 00:22:03,463 Let's go. Fall, Fall. Brittany. Fall! 421 00:22:03,864 --> 00:22:05,132 That's right. 422 00:22:05,199 --> 00:22:06,633 All right, start walking. 423 00:22:06,700 --> 00:22:08,969 Just remember to keep your hands down. That's right. 424 00:22:09,036 --> 00:22:11,004 Just... just walk. That's right. Just walk. 425 00:22:11,071 --> 00:22:13,674 Keep your hands down. Now, let's just trust. 426 00:22:14,174 --> 00:22:16,810 Fingers Under. Lift! 427 00:22:17,911 --> 00:22:20,147 Yes. Very Good. 428 00:22:20,480 --> 00:22:23,450 We are going to be spending a great deal of time together, 429 00:22:23,517 --> 00:22:26,220 in very intimate, cramped quarters. 430 00:22:26,286 --> 00:22:29,089 Which means, we have to put aside modesty. 431 00:22:30,691 --> 00:22:32,893 Tell me, anybody have a problem with that? 432 00:22:34,561 --> 00:22:35,829 No. 433 00:22:35,896 --> 00:22:37,531 No? Modesty? 434 00:22:37,598 --> 00:22:38,599 No. 435 00:22:38,665 --> 00:22:41,368 All right. 2nd: You all said during your interview that 436 00:22:41,435 --> 00:22:44,471 you had no previous surgery, no bodily alteration. 437 00:22:44,538 --> 00:22:48,475 What about that? Anybody want to change their story? No? 438 00:22:48,542 --> 00:22:49,643 Anybody? 439 00:22:49,710 --> 00:22:50,978 No. 440 00:22:51,044 --> 00:22:53,013 Ok. Now for the final exercise. 441 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:55,816 Will you all please disrobe. 442 00:22:58,785 --> 00:23:00,654 You're kidding, right? 443 00:23:01,321 --> 00:23:04,892 No. No. No, I'm not kidding. 444 00:23:05,425 --> 00:23:07,027 In front of everyone? 445 00:23:07,094 --> 00:23:08,829 I'm not stripping in front of Everyone. 446 00:23:08,896 --> 00:23:10,864 Wait a second. I know this is uncomfortable, 447 00:23:10,931 --> 00:23:12,032 but we're all going to be 448 00:23:12,099 --> 00:23:14,468 spending a lot time together, and we have to... 449 00:23:14,535 --> 00:23:16,770 yes, we have to expose ourselves 450 00:23:16,837 --> 00:23:18,338 to each other completely. 451 00:23:18,405 --> 00:23:20,908 Not just our outward bodies, but our inner selves. 452 00:23:20,974 --> 00:23:24,311 So we have to share our deepest, darkest secrets. 453 00:23:24,378 --> 00:23:26,380 I'm sorry, but this has just stepped 454 00:23:26,446 --> 00:23:28,048 way beyond the kinky line for me. 455 00:23:28,115 --> 00:23:29,550 Hold on, Derek. 456 00:23:30,350 --> 00:23:32,386 Now, this isn't just a test in trust. 457 00:23:32,452 --> 00:23:35,422 This is the only way I can tell if you've had surgery, 458 00:23:35,489 --> 00:23:37,791 and to make sure you have no dermal Blemishes. 459 00:23:37,858 --> 00:23:40,194 Dermal blemishes? What does that mean? 460 00:23:40,260 --> 00:23:42,529 That means, scars, it means tattoos, 461 00:23:42,596 --> 00:23:44,731 it means birthmarks, whatever. 462 00:23:44,798 --> 00:23:46,700 We have to keep it down to a minimum. 463 00:23:46,767 --> 00:23:48,669 The requirements are very specific 464 00:23:48,735 --> 00:23:50,971 to serve as good Specimens. 465 00:23:51,038 --> 00:23:52,472 Good specimen? 466 00:23:52,539 --> 00:23:54,775 A- all right, subjects. We're gonna be subjects 467 00:23:54,842 --> 00:23:56,076 and observers in the study. 468 00:23:56,143 --> 00:23:58,045 I'm sorry. I can't do this. I'm outta here. 469 00:23:58,111 --> 00:23:59,613 That's fine. You can go if you want. 470 00:23:59,680 --> 00:24:01,680 Just remember you signed a nondisclosure agreement. 471 00:24:01,715 --> 00:24:04,117 No one gets to know about this. 472 00:24:04,184 --> 00:24:06,220 Yeah? Up yours. 473 00:25:01,108 --> 00:25:03,810 What exactly are you looking for, Dr. Nodel? 474 00:25:03,877 --> 00:25:08,148 Scars, birthmarks, potential skin cancers, 475 00:25:09,316 --> 00:25:10,584 tattoos. 476 00:25:12,619 --> 00:25:14,388 That disqualify me? 477 00:25:14,454 --> 00:25:16,557 That alone? No. 478 00:25:21,895 --> 00:25:24,531 How did you get that scar, Brittany? 479 00:25:24,598 --> 00:25:26,500 That? I... I had my appendix out. 480 00:25:26,567 --> 00:25:29,636 You did, did you? Had your appendix out. 481 00:25:30,270 --> 00:25:32,840 I thought you said you had no surgery. 482 00:25:33,207 --> 00:25:35,209 I'm gonna have to disqualify you. 483 00:25:35,275 --> 00:25:36,543 Why? 484 00:25:36,610 --> 00:25:38,312 Because I can't trust you. 485 00:25:38,378 --> 00:25:41,849 Because I need whole people, as they naturally evolved. 486 00:25:50,090 --> 00:25:54,127 What are you going to do? What are you going to do? 487 00:25:54,194 --> 00:25:56,630 You only have 6. You're supposed to have 8. 488 00:25:56,697 --> 00:25:58,699 No ifs ands, or buts! 489 00:26:10,143 --> 00:26:12,880 My God. My God. 490 00:26:28,996 --> 00:26:30,831 My God. 491 00:26:32,866 --> 00:26:34,701 They aren't random. 492 00:27:31,124 --> 00:27:32,893 Congratulations. 493 00:27:32,960 --> 00:27:35,696 I'm happy to inform you that you are the students 494 00:27:35,762 --> 00:27:38,799 who will be participating in my research seminar. 495 00:27:39,066 --> 00:27:41,268 And I want to thank all of you for participating 496 00:27:41,335 --> 00:27:42,569 in all of this with me. 497 00:27:42,636 --> 00:27:44,972 Here's a list of supplies that you need to bring, 498 00:27:45,038 --> 00:27:46,940 and a map for how to get to the place 499 00:27:47,007 --> 00:27:49,543 to meet me tomorrow night at 7:00. 500 00:27:50,110 --> 00:27:52,679 I don't want anyone to know about this. 501 00:27:53,247 --> 00:27:54,515 Is that understood? 502 00:27:55,782 --> 00:27:57,985 Um, but, Dr. Nodel. There are only 6 of us. 503 00:27:58,051 --> 00:28:00,954 Yes, Heather, that's correct. I'm aware of that. 504 00:28:01,021 --> 00:28:03,223 I have until tomorrow to find 2 more. 505 00:28:03,290 --> 00:28:05,759 Leave for the rendezvous point as soon as possible. 506 00:28:05,826 --> 00:28:09,062 It's a long drive, and I will see you there. Thank you. 507 00:28:09,429 --> 00:28:10,998 All right, let's go. 508 00:28:17,471 --> 00:28:18,605 Dad. 509 00:28:18,672 --> 00:28:19,840 Paul! Hi. 510 00:28:20,574 --> 00:28:22,209 You forgot, didn't you? 511 00:28:22,543 --> 00:28:24,311 Damn! Paul... 512 00:28:26,413 --> 00:28:27,948 I apologize. 513 00:28:28,015 --> 00:28:29,183 You ok? 514 00:28:30,851 --> 00:28:32,219 Yeah, I'm fine. Hope? 515 00:28:32,286 --> 00:28:34,054 Yes. Hi. 516 00:28:34,121 --> 00:28:38,292 Yes. Yes. Come on in. Come on. Come on in. 517 00:28:39,494 --> 00:28:43,231 I have better plans for us tonight. Yes. 518 00:28:46,501 --> 00:28:49,058 Ok, Dad. Can you please tell us where you're taking us? 519 00:28:49,688 --> 00:28:52,657 I'm taking you to a very special place 520 00:28:52,724 --> 00:28:55,293 in the mountains in the Southern part of the state. 521 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:57,129 Don't worry, it's a nice place. 522 00:28:57,195 --> 00:28:59,598 But why? W- Why are we going there? 523 00:28:59,664 --> 00:29:01,333 We have to have 8. 524 00:29:01,666 --> 00:29:03,902 You may not fit all the requirements, 525 00:29:03,969 --> 00:29:06,104 but it's better than showing up with 6. 526 00:29:06,171 --> 00:29:08,106 What's he talking about? 527 00:29:08,173 --> 00:29:09,875 Paul, I am so happy that you 528 00:29:09,941 --> 00:29:12,244 are going to be one of the 8. 529 00:29:13,311 --> 00:29:14,980 You'll see your father's work, 530 00:29:15,047 --> 00:29:17,115 his finest accomplishment in person. 531 00:29:17,182 --> 00:29:20,819 Maybe then you won't think my work is a waste of Time. 532 00:29:20,886 --> 00:29:22,721 Now, I... I never said that, exactly. 533 00:29:22,788 --> 00:29:24,723 Just that, you know, you gotta get out more 534 00:29:24,790 --> 00:29:26,958 Yeah. Hope? Paul Tells me that 535 00:29:27,025 --> 00:29:29,294 you lecture him about exploring life all the time. 536 00:29:29,361 --> 00:29:30,896 I hope he doesn't see it as a lecture. 537 00:29:30,962 --> 00:29:32,764 I don't. No. I... I consider it inspiration. 538 00:29:32,831 --> 00:29:34,132 Hope, you talk about living life. 539 00:29:34,199 --> 00:29:36,702 You are about to see something that you have never seen. 540 00:29:36,768 --> 00:29:39,104 Something that most people will never see. 541 00:29:39,171 --> 00:29:40,505 And what would that be? 542 00:29:40,572 --> 00:29:44,042 Well, hope, if I told you, it wouldn't be a surprise. 543 00:29:44,109 --> 00:29:47,145 So just don't worry. We'll be there before morning. 544 00:29:47,212 --> 00:29:49,481 You'll understand everything then. 545 00:30:06,231 --> 00:30:08,400 I am so happy to see all of you! 546 00:30:08,467 --> 00:30:10,669 I hope I haven't kept you waiting too long. 547 00:30:10,736 --> 00:30:12,871 This is my son, Paul! 548 00:30:12,938 --> 00:30:14,639 And This is his girlfriend, hope. 549 00:30:14,706 --> 00:30:17,943 So, you have enough supplies for a few days of clothing 550 00:30:18,009 --> 00:30:20,579 and food and, what, yes. You told nobody, as instructed, 551 00:30:20,645 --> 00:30:22,848 that you're gonna be here in this place. Right? 552 00:30:22,914 --> 00:30:24,483 Yeah. With All due respect, sir, 553 00:30:24,549 --> 00:30:26,551 I think you owe us all an explanation about that. 554 00:30:26,618 --> 00:30:29,755 Frankly, most of us are pretty creeped out with this cloak and dagger stuff. 555 00:30:29,821 --> 00:30:31,933 Cloak and... well, I apologize if you think my methods 556 00:30:31,957 --> 00:30:33,358 have been cloak and Dagger. 557 00:30:33,425 --> 00:30:36,528 Look, I have been taking orders from a higher source. 558 00:30:36,595 --> 00:30:38,363 I don't even know what I've been doing 559 00:30:38,430 --> 00:30:39,831 the last couple of weeks. 560 00:30:39,898 --> 00:30:42,334 I just have to trust my own Instincts. 561 00:30:42,401 --> 00:30:43,835 Is this some kind of a cult thing? 562 00:30:43,902 --> 00:30:45,904 I have been experimenting to find a way 563 00:30:45,971 --> 00:30:49,408 to activate the intron sequences of human D.N.A. 564 00:30:49,474 --> 00:30:51,443 Now, because of the regulatory climate, 565 00:30:51,510 --> 00:30:53,578 I knew I couldn't use a human volunteer, 566 00:30:53,645 --> 00:30:56,048 so I tested it on myself. 567 00:30:56,114 --> 00:30:58,316 Wait, wait. You injected that stuff that made 568 00:30:58,383 --> 00:31:00,185 fish grow legs into your own blood Stream. 569 00:31:00,252 --> 00:31:02,788 That's correct. At first, I didn't see any effect. 570 00:31:02,854 --> 00:31:04,623 And then, something started to happen. 571 00:31:04,690 --> 00:31:08,694 My brain started to evolve, for want of a better word. 572 00:31:08,760 --> 00:31:12,330 And this new Brain started to tell me to do things. 573 00:31:12,397 --> 00:31:13,665 Like what? 574 00:31:14,166 --> 00:31:18,403 Like, find 8 young Volunteers. 4 men, 4 women. 575 00:31:18,470 --> 00:31:20,205 Your brain told you to do this? 576 00:31:20,272 --> 00:31:22,174 Yes, Heather. You find that so strange? 577 00:31:22,240 --> 00:31:24,910 Millions of years of evolution have told birds to migrate, 578 00:31:24,976 --> 00:31:26,378 have told young mammals to nurse, 579 00:31:26,445 --> 00:31:28,280 have told bears to hibernate. 580 00:31:28,346 --> 00:31:31,383 Well, I am evolving to know things! 581 00:31:32,384 --> 00:31:34,619 So, did your brain tell you to bring us here? 582 00:31:34,686 --> 00:31:37,055 Something else, Heather, told me to do this. 583 00:31:37,122 --> 00:31:39,424 You know what it was? It was this! 584 00:31:40,258 --> 00:31:42,494 My god, dad! 585 00:31:42,561 --> 00:31:43,795 What is it? 586 00:31:43,862 --> 00:31:45,297 Wait. It... it looks like a map. 587 00:31:45,364 --> 00:31:49,267 Right, Ben. It's a map. It's a paleogeographical map. 588 00:31:49,334 --> 00:31:50,469 A what? 589 00:31:50,535 --> 00:31:53,438 It's a map that measures the plate tectonics in this area. 590 00:31:53,505 --> 00:31:55,040 There are 2 cordilleran mountain ranges 591 00:31:55,107 --> 00:31:56,141 that meet in this area. 592 00:31:56,208 --> 00:31:58,110 That's what created those cliffs over there. 593 00:31:58,176 --> 00:32:00,312 This map on my back 594 00:32:00,379 --> 00:32:03,715 was designed to bring us to this location. 595 00:32:03,782 --> 00:32:04,916 Why? 596 00:32:05,317 --> 00:32:07,486 To find something, Heather. 597 00:32:07,552 --> 00:32:09,121 To find something wonderful. 598 00:32:09,187 --> 00:32:12,524 Something that will inform us about our past and our future. 599 00:32:12,791 --> 00:32:14,760 And we're gonna find it, Heather! 600 00:32:14,826 --> 00:32:16,695 We're gonna find it at first light! 601 00:32:32,611 --> 00:32:33,979 All right. This is crazy, Dad. 602 00:32:34,046 --> 00:32:36,348 We've been lookin' all day. You don't even know what for. 603 00:32:36,415 --> 00:32:37,949 Here we go. Come on. 604 00:32:38,016 --> 00:32:39,751 Everybody with me? 605 00:32:40,118 --> 00:32:42,254 W- Well, aren't the voices in your head 606 00:32:42,320 --> 00:32:43,855 telling you anything? 607 00:32:43,922 --> 00:32:47,059 There aren't any voices, Paul. It doesn't work that way. 608 00:32:47,125 --> 00:32:50,395 It's just an urge, a desire to do something. 609 00:32:51,329 --> 00:32:53,298 Ok. Here we go. 610 00:32:54,566 --> 00:32:55,567 Wow. 611 00:32:56,034 --> 00:32:57,669 Ok. 612 00:33:02,607 --> 00:33:03,842 What's this? 613 00:33:03,909 --> 00:33:06,144 I don't know. Let's take a look. Come on. 614 00:33:10,148 --> 00:33:13,118 Dad, it looks like a door. 615 00:33:13,185 --> 00:33:15,420 Well, let's see what's inside. 616 00:33:17,622 --> 00:33:18,890 Now what? 617 00:33:18,957 --> 00:33:22,094 Now we find another way in. Come on, let's go. 618 00:33:37,242 --> 00:33:39,111 Hey, what's goin' on? 619 00:33:39,177 --> 00:33:40,412 My God. 620 00:33:40,479 --> 00:33:41,680 Whoa! 621 00:33:51,723 --> 00:33:54,426 I take it you're the one in charge here? 622 00:33:54,893 --> 00:33:58,163 Well, in a manner of speaking, yes. I'm Dr. Martin Nodel. 623 00:33:58,230 --> 00:34:01,333 Dr. Arnold Dewitt. U.S. Marine corps Scientists. 624 00:34:01,400 --> 00:34:03,802 Mind telling me why you're out here? 625 00:34:03,869 --> 00:34:06,171 I guess we're searching for the very thing 626 00:34:06,238 --> 00:34:08,607 that your men are guarding. It's through that door. 627 00:34:08,673 --> 00:34:10,776 I don't know what you're talking about, doctor. 628 00:34:10,842 --> 00:34:13,378 Now, tell me why you're here, please. 629 00:34:14,846 --> 00:34:16,314 I was drawn to this place. 630 00:34:16,381 --> 00:34:18,483 Why here? This place isn't even on any map. 631 00:34:18,550 --> 00:34:20,585 It is on one map. Hope, be quiet. 632 00:34:20,652 --> 00:34:22,154 No, hope. Do tell. 633 00:34:22,220 --> 00:34:23,922 Show him, Dr. Nodel. 634 00:34:37,069 --> 00:34:38,637 H- How did that happen? 635 00:34:40,372 --> 00:34:42,107 You say that led you here? 636 00:34:43,175 --> 00:34:44,643 That's right. 637 00:34:46,044 --> 00:34:47,512 Excuse me a moment. 638 00:34:52,350 --> 00:34:53,685 What's in there? 639 00:34:53,952 --> 00:34:55,687 I don't know. I just made it up. 640 00:34:55,754 --> 00:34:57,489 I figured they were guarding something 641 00:34:57,556 --> 00:34:59,658 that we must be looking for. 642 00:35:08,300 --> 00:35:11,269 Given your condition, you might be of some value to us. 643 00:35:11,603 --> 00:35:13,472 I'd like to show you something. 644 00:35:13,538 --> 00:35:14,940 Well, I would love to see it, 645 00:35:15,006 --> 00:35:17,142 as long as all of my students can go. 646 00:35:17,209 --> 00:35:18,343 Sorry, can't do that. 647 00:35:18,410 --> 00:35:20,112 Well, then, I'm sorry. 648 00:35:20,178 --> 00:35:22,814 All of us came this far, so we're all going in. 649 00:35:22,881 --> 00:35:24,282 I can force you, you know. 650 00:35:24,349 --> 00:35:27,052 Well, if you want to know what that thing is inside, 651 00:35:27,119 --> 00:35:30,188 then we all go in. It's that simple. 652 00:35:35,594 --> 00:35:36,595 Fine. 653 00:36:33,991 --> 00:36:35,051 What is it? 654 00:36:35,118 --> 00:36:37,153 That's what I was hoping you'd tell me, doctor. 655 00:36:37,220 --> 00:36:40,957 I have no idea. Where is it from? 656 00:36:41,023 --> 00:36:43,259 We found this underground at this location, 657 00:36:43,326 --> 00:36:44,761 after world War li. 658 00:36:44,827 --> 00:36:46,729 We've been studying the object ever since. 659 00:36:46,796 --> 00:36:50,066 It won't move from that spot in 3-dimensional space. 660 00:36:50,133 --> 00:36:51,801 We tried digging underneath it, 661 00:36:51,868 --> 00:36:53,603 and it just stays at this exact height. 662 00:36:53,669 --> 00:36:54,837 What's supporting it? 663 00:36:54,904 --> 00:36:56,105 Can't figure that out either. 664 00:36:56,172 --> 00:36:58,441 Best guess is some kind of magnetic field. 665 00:36:58,508 --> 00:37:00,009 And the object is impenetrable. 666 00:37:00,076 --> 00:37:03,379 We tried lasers and diamond plates, ultrasound, 667 00:37:03,446 --> 00:37:04,947 x- rays, you name it. 668 00:37:05,014 --> 00:37:08,284 We have no idea what, if anything, is inside of it. 669 00:37:08,651 --> 00:37:10,453 Have you tried to carbon date it? 670 00:37:10,520 --> 00:37:12,021 Can't get a sample. It's too hard. 671 00:37:12,088 --> 00:37:14,123 But based on the surrounding geographic strata, 672 00:37:14,190 --> 00:37:16,159 we figure it's about 60 million years old. 673 00:37:16,225 --> 00:37:20,029 60 million! It predates humans. 674 00:37:20,096 --> 00:37:22,131 By about 57 million years. 675 00:37:22,632 --> 00:37:23,699 May I? 676 00:37:23,766 --> 00:37:25,234 By all means. 677 00:37:50,460 --> 00:37:52,695 Dad! Dad! 678 00:38:22,392 --> 00:38:25,027 If we are communicating with you today, 679 00:38:25,094 --> 00:38:27,330 then our experiment has worked. 680 00:38:28,064 --> 00:38:31,601 You are the final result of our great experiment in hope. 681 00:38:32,869 --> 00:38:36,739 We seeded your planet with Our own genetic material 682 00:38:36,806 --> 00:38:39,108 to continue our race in you, 683 00:38:39,909 --> 00:38:42,478 to see if you evolved 684 00:38:43,312 --> 00:38:46,849 socially, scientifically, physically, as we did. 685 00:38:47,150 --> 00:38:51,988 To see if your society would evolve to a life of war, 686 00:38:52,288 --> 00:38:54,791 destruction, as we did. 687 00:38:55,758 --> 00:38:59,762 To see if you would use your intelligence and inventiveness 688 00:38:59,829 --> 00:39:02,565 for good or for evil. 689 00:39:02,999 --> 00:39:06,869 We knew that when you reached the appropriate level of intelligence, 690 00:39:06,936 --> 00:39:09,605 you would activate the remainder of our experiment 691 00:39:09,672 --> 00:39:11,207 in Your own D.N.A. 692 00:39:11,541 --> 00:39:14,243 That, in turn, would lead you to this craft. 693 00:39:14,944 --> 00:39:17,547 At that time, you would return, report to us, 694 00:39:17,914 --> 00:39:20,349 tell us of your world as it evolved 695 00:39:21,017 --> 00:39:23,019 without our interference. 696 00:39:23,286 --> 00:39:25,321 If you have done as we intended, 697 00:39:25,788 --> 00:39:28,024 there should be the one who has transformed 698 00:39:28,091 --> 00:39:29,358 and 8 More. 699 00:39:30,226 --> 00:39:33,496 Good examples of what our seed has wrought. 700 00:39:34,597 --> 00:39:37,633 Young and healthy enough to withstand the journey 701 00:39:38,167 --> 00:39:41,804 using This vessel that you see before you now. 702 00:39:42,505 --> 00:39:45,608 This vessel will launch in 10 of your minutes. 703 00:39:46,676 --> 00:39:50,913 We look forward to welcoming you back home. 704 00:40:03,626 --> 00:40:04,994 You ok? 705 00:40:12,802 --> 00:40:15,004 Get some stairs over there! On the double! 706 00:40:15,071 --> 00:40:16,606 Yes, sir. 707 00:40:16,672 --> 00:40:18,074 Are you all right? 708 00:40:18,141 --> 00:40:20,610 You still think I'm wasting my time? 709 00:40:20,676 --> 00:40:22,044 I guess not. 710 00:40:22,111 --> 00:40:23,880 Well, then, I'm ok. 711 00:40:29,185 --> 00:40:31,587 So you ready to go? 712 00:40:31,654 --> 00:40:32,922 When can we go? 713 00:40:33,456 --> 00:40:35,324 This could be very dangerous. 714 00:40:35,591 --> 00:40:37,460 They could have left that message as much as 715 00:40:37,527 --> 00:40:40,129 60 million years ago, or they could be dead or gone, 716 00:40:40,196 --> 00:40:41,497 or at the very least, 717 00:40:41,564 --> 00:40:44,100 they could have forgotten about the experiment. 718 00:40:44,167 --> 00:40:46,002 Now, I intend to go, 719 00:40:46,069 --> 00:40:48,571 but I can't expect any of you to join me. 720 00:40:48,638 --> 00:40:51,174 The decision has to be entirely yours. 721 00:40:55,044 --> 00:40:57,880 Like I said, when do we go? 722 00:40:59,282 --> 00:41:00,616 Right now. 723 00:41:03,352 --> 00:41:05,121 I believe it's safe. 724 00:41:19,035 --> 00:41:20,503 It's so warm in here. 725 00:41:27,076 --> 00:41:29,011 This is great. 726 00:41:30,880 --> 00:41:34,083 My god, this is... This is incredible 727 00:41:36,519 --> 00:41:38,187 ok, this is gonna be a long trip. 728 00:41:38,254 --> 00:41:41,057 Think you can handle it with your old man? 729 00:41:42,158 --> 00:41:45,328 Unless you'd rather I stay here and flip burgers. 730 00:41:46,262 --> 00:41:47,296 I hope you'll come. 731 00:41:47,363 --> 00:41:49,599 I don't really fulfill the requirements. 732 00:41:49,665 --> 00:41:51,000 To hell with the requirements. 733 00:41:51,067 --> 00:41:53,870 We need someone who has your attitude about life. 734 00:41:53,936 --> 00:41:55,805 Show those people on that other planet 735 00:41:55,872 --> 00:41:58,174 what the human spirit really is. 736 00:41:59,175 --> 00:42:02,178 Besides, my son likes you. 737 00:42:31,441 --> 00:42:34,444 the more we learn about the universe around us, 738 00:42:34,510 --> 00:42:37,513 the more we realize how little we truly know. 739 00:42:37,947 --> 00:42:41,184 But we will only find what wonders await us 740 00:42:41,250 --> 00:42:44,754 if no false walls are built around our explorers 741 00:42:45,121 --> 00:42:47,457 and no false restraints applied 742 00:42:47,523 --> 00:42:51,527 to the unquenchable human thirst to know it all.