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God bless you.

God bless you.

Thank you.

T.E. Lawrence, eponymously of Arabia but very much an Englishman,

favoured pinching a burning match between his fingers to put it out.

When asked by his colleague William Potter to reveal his trick, how is it he

so effectively extinguished the flame without hurting himself whatsoever,

Lawrence just smiled and said the trick, Potter, is not minding it hurts.

The fire that danced at the end of that match was a gift from the titan

Prometheus. A gift that he stole from the gods, who were terrified of

what we might do with it were it to fall into our hairy little paws.

When Prometheus was caught and brought to justice for his theft, the gods,

you might say, they overreacted.

The poor man was tied to a rock as an eagle ripped through his belly and ate

his liver over and over, day after day, ad infinitum.

All because he gave us fire, our first true piece of technology.

Fire.

Such a very long time ago.

Which begs the question,

What have we done here?

100,000 BC.

Stone tools.

4,000 BC.

The wheel.

800 BC.

Sundial. 9th century AD.

Gunpowder.

Bit of a game changer, that one.

1441. The printing press.

Only slightly less impactful.

19th century.

Steam engine.

Railway. Eureka, the light bulb.

20th century.

The automobile, television, nuclear weapons, spacecraft, internet.

21st century.

Biotech, nanotech, fusion and fission and M-theory. And that was just the

first decade.

We are now three months into the year of our Lord, 2023.

At this moment in our civilization, we are on the verge of terraforming planets

undiscovered just a decade ago.

We have identified the genetic chain of events behind 98% of cancer.

A chain we have broken, effectively curing.

We can create cybernetic individuals who, in just a few short years, will be

completely indistinguishable from us.

Which leads to an obvious conclusion.

We are the gods now.

I haven't been struck down.

We wield incredible power.

The power to transform.

to destroy and to create again.

The question, of course, before us is what the hell are we supposed to do with

this power?

Or more importantly, one should ask, what are we allowed to do with this

power?

The answer to that, my friends, is nothing.

Rules, restrictions, laws, ethical guidelines, all but forbidding

us from moving forward.

Well, where were the ethics during the Arabian conflicts?

Why are rules preventing us from feeding impoverished cultures?

How is there a law that states if we build a man from wires and metal,

a man who will never grow old, who will never feel the heat of a star or the

cold of the moon, how is the creation of such an incredible individual considered

unnatural?

The answer to all these questions is simple.

These rules exist because the people who created them were afraid of what would

happen if they didn't.

Well, I am not afraid.

For those of you who know me, you will be aware

by now that my ambition is unlimited.

You know that I will settle for nothing short of greatness, or I will die

trying.

For those of you who do not yet know me, allow me to introduce myself.

My name is Peter Weyland.

And if you'll indulge me, I'd like to change the world.

Get Charlie.

Dr.

Holloway!

Charlie!

What?

What? You're smiling.

Did you

date

him? 35,000 years. Maybe older.

Same configuration.

I mean it's got to predate the others by millennia.

I think they want us to come and find them.

Hello, Mr. Wayland.

I'm Dr. Elizabeth Shaw.

If that name sounds familiar to you, it's because I've been calling your

office every day for the last month, trying to get a meeting.

I thank you people who are hoping I give up.

I'm not good at giving up.

What I am good at is my job.

I'm an archaeologist.

I have doctorates in paleontology, archaeology, human mythology and

memetics, all of which I received from Oxford.

I graduated first in my class at the age of 17.

This is not who I am.

It's simply what I know.

I make the distinction, sir, because there's a difference in what a scientist

knows and what they believe.

That difference is proof.

Do you feel that all the science in the world will never give us the answers we

really want?

What happens when we die?

What our purpose is?

Where we came from?

Whether or not we are truly alone?

I believe there is a place where every one of those questions could be

answered.

I believe I know where that place is.

I need you to get me there.

Give me ten minutes of your time.

Ten minutes to let me show you what I found.

And if you put your faith in me, Mr. Weyland, no one will ever feel alone

again.

If you don't respond, sir, I... I'll be sending this transmission again

tomorrow.

Thank you.

What happened to that man?

He died.

Why aren't you helping them?

They don't want my help.

Their God is different than ours.

Why did he die?

Sooner or later, everyone does.

Like Mummy?

Like Mummy.

everyone has their own word heaven paradise

whatever it's called someplace beautiful how do you know it's beautiful

because that's what i choose to believe what do you believe

Good morning, David.

Transmitting message.

No response.

Whilst this manner of articulation is attested in the Indo-European

descendants as a purely paralinguistic form, it is phonemic in the ancestral

form dating back five millennia.

Or more.

Now let's attempt Schleicher's fable.

Repeat after me.

Perfect.

Mr. Lawrence?

Yes?

Flimsy, sir. Thank you.

You do that once too often. It's only flesh and blood.

Michael George Hartley, you're a philosopher.

And you're balmy.

Ooh! It damn well hurts.

Certainly it hurts.

Well, what's the trick, then?

The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.

The trick, William Potter, is not minding that it hurts.

He is your friend.

Your hand away.

You love him. No, I fear him. Then why do you weep?

If I fear him, would love him.

Well, sir, go now.

Oh, sir.

Attention, destination threshold.

Attention, destination threshold.

Attention, destination threshold.

How long?

Two years, four months, 18 days, 36 hours, 15 minutes. Any casualties?

Casualties, Mom. Has anyone died?

No, Mom.

Everyone's fine.

Well, then wake him up.

Try to relax, Dr. Short.

My name is David.

Your mind and body are in a state of shock as a result of the stasis.

It's all right.

Perfectly normal. Ellie.

We're here, baby.

Drink plenty of water.

Drink plenty of fluids.

Hydration aids muscle mass.

All crew, consume shakes with high-calorie content.

What the hell is that?

It's Christmas.

Need the holidays to show time is still moving.

Last I checked, time is always moving.

First trip into the deep, huh?

Mission briefing is about to start, Captain.

Might want to make your way down.

Well, I haven't had my breakfast yet.

Don't you want to know why we're here?

No, ma'am.

I just fly the ship.

I hope that's why you people hired me.

Ho, ho, ho!

It's the season to be jolly, boys.

How's your seat packing?

My fingers are still numb.

And then I've never been out this long before, so... No one's been out that

long before.

Ah,

Milburn. Biology.

Nice to meet you.

Look,

no offense, but I've been asleep two years.

I ain't here to be your friend.

I'm here to make money.

You got that?

Okay.

I've got a hundred credits. It's a terraforming survey.

Oh, if it's a survey, they would just tell us. This is a corporate run.

They're not telling us shit. Come on.

A hundred.

All right, you're on.

You look nervous, Elle.

They're gonna think we're crazy.

Yeah, they're not if you keep it scientific.

I'll try to keep my feet on the ground.

I know you will. Good morning.

For those of you I hired personally.

It's nice to see you again.

For the rest of you, I am Meredith Vickers, and it's my job to make sure

you do yours.

Okay, then.

On with the show.

Wayland Corporation.

Building better worlds.

Hello, friends.

My name is Peter Wayland.

I am your employer.

I am recording this 22 June, 2091.

And if you're watching it, you have reached your destination.

And I am long dead.

May I rest in peace.

There's a man sitting with you today.

His name is David.

And he is the closest thing to a son I will ever have.

Unfortunately, he is not human.

He will never grow old.

And he will never die.

And yet he is unable to appreciate these remarkable gifts.

For that would require the one thing that David will never have.

A soul.

I have spent my entire lifetime contemplating the questions.

Where do we come from?

What is our purpose?

What happens when we die?

And I have finally found two people who have convinced me they're on the verge

of answering them.

Doctors Holloway and Shaw, if you would please stand.

As far as you're concerned, they're both in charge.

The titan Prometheus wanted to give mankind equal footing with the gods.

For that, he was cast from Olympus.

Well, my friends, the time has finally come for his return.

Doctors, please.

The floor is yours.

Never had to follow a ghost before.

Okay. Let me show you why you guys are here.

These are images of archaeological digs from all over the earth.

That's Egyptian, Mayan, Sumerian, Babylonian.

That's Hawaiian there at the end and Mesopotamian.

Now, this one here is our most recent discovery. It's a 35,000-year-old cave

painting from the Isle of Skye in Scotland.

These are ancient civilizations that were separated by centuries. They shared

no contact with one another, and yet.

The same pictogram showing men worshipping giant beings pointing to the

stars was discovered at every last one of them.

And the only galactic system that matched

It was so far from Earth that there's no way that these primitive, ancient

civilizations could have possibly known about it.

But it just so happens that that system has a sun.

A lot like ours.

And based on our long-range scans, there seemed to be a planet.

Just one planet with a moon capable of sustaining life.

And we arrived there this morning.

So you're saying we're here because of a map you two kids found in a cave. Is

that right?

No. Yeah.

No, not a map. An invitation.

From who?

We call them engineers.

Engineers?

Do you mind telling us what they engineered?

They engineered us.

Bullshit.

Okay, so, uh, do you have anything to back that up?

I mean, look, if you're willing to discount three centuries of Darwinism,

that's... Whoo!

But how do you know?

Hmm? I don't.

But it's what I choose to believe.

Doctors, Miss Vickers would like to have a quick word before the adventure

begins.

Wow,

nice place.

It's actually a separate module with its own self-contained life support.

Air, food, anything Miss Vickers would need to survive a hostile environment.

Okay, so she lives on a lifeboat.

Yes, I do.

I like to minimize risk.

David, why don't you make the doctors a drink?

I'll take a vodka.

Up.

Charlie, look.

It's a pooling med pod.

They only made a dozen of these.

Michelle, please verbally state the nature of your injury.

Please don't touch that.

It's a very expensive piece of machinery.

It does bypass surgery. What do you need it for?

I think there might be some confusion about our relationship.

Weyland found you impressive enough to fund this mission, but I'm fairly

certain your engineers are nothing but scribblings of savages living in dirty

little caves.

But let's say I'm wrong, and you do find these beings down there.

You won't engage them.

You won't talk to them.

You will do nothing but report back to me.

Um, Miss Vickers, is there an agenda?

that you're not telling us about.

My company paid a trillion dollars to find this place and to bring you here.

Had you raised the monies yourself, Mr. Holloway, we'd happily be pursuing your

agenda.

But you didn't.

And that makes you an employee.

We can't make contact.

Why did you... Why did you even bring us here?

Waylon was a superstitious man.

He wanted a true believer on board.

Cheers.

So no response?

I'm sorry, no.

Maybe they didn't understand it.

How are your lessons going, David?

I spent two years deconstructing dozens of ancient languages to their roots.

I'm confident I can communicate with them, provided your thesis is correct.

Provided it's correct, it's good.

That's why they call it a thesis.

Doctor. What are you smiling about?

Right, Mr. Revell, Mr. Chance, let's take her down. Roger that. Yes, Captain.

How are we doing?

Great.

Prove.

All right, boss.

All personnel, this is the Captain.

Brace for entry.

Yes, Captain.

That means you too, Vickers.

All systems.

What is the atmosphere?

The atmosphere is 71% nitrogen, 21% oxygen, traces of argon gas.

Whoa, now that's weather. Just like home.

Only if you're breathing through an exhaust pipe.

CO2 is over 3%. Two minutes without a soot, you're dead.

Peek. Portside, whoa, 52,000.

Makes Everest look like a baby brother.

All right, take us round.

Gonna use that as our point of entry.

Dwayne, that's a rising up.

We've got a couple of hard spots.

Could be metal.

No radio, no feed source.

Nobody's home.

There is nothing in the desert.

And no man needs nothing.

What was that?

Just something from a film I like.

Let's go through that gateway.

Juice, airspeed by 100 knots.

Going through.

Nice and slow.

Keep steady, boys.

There.

No, what are you doing?

Dr. Holloway, why don't you take a seat?

Right there.

God does not build in straight lines.

Starboard side, this valley. Captain, do you think you can put us down there?

Yeah, it wouldn't be any good if I couldn't do that. Mr. Revell, start 90

degrees.

One mile for a bow. One mile for a bow?

Engage landing sequence.

Tristan manual. Commence landing. Easy does it.

Yeah, baby.

Yeah.

Bringing it down in five.

Four.

Two. Easy does it.

Captain, would you please tell the survey team to suit up and meet us in

the airlock?

There's only six hours left of daylight.

Why don't you leave it till the morning? Oh, no, no, no, no, no.

It's Christmas, Captain.

And I want to open my presents.

You, boy, you're coming with us.

I'd be delighted.

Hey, Jackson.

What's that for?

Expedition security.

My job's to make sure everybody's nice and safe.

This is a scientific expedition.

No weapons.

All right, then.

Good luck with that.

David, why are you wearing a suit, man?

I beg your pardon?

You don't breathe, remember?

So, why wear a suit?

I was designed like this because you people are more comfortable interacting

with your own kind.

If I didn't wear the suit, it would defeat the purpose.

Making you guys pretty close, huh?

Not too close, I hope.

Attention.

Round of 15 seconds.

Mark. Five, four, three, two, one.

This is just one small step from mankind.

Seriously?

Woo! Come on, you ready to do this? I know you are.

Hey,

Fightfield. I want a spectrograph on this structure. I want to know if it's

natural, if somebody put it there, alright? I can't tell you if it's

natural or not.

But what I can tell you is, it's hollow.

Prometheus?

Are you seeing this?

Affirmative.

We see it.

You ready?

Yeah. Let's do it.

After you.

After you.

Careful.

Prometheus, we're going in.

Copy that.

Let's pick here, some kind of a corridor.

Mr. Fifield, let's get a grid of the structure. I want the whole interior.

If there's anything in here worth looking at, these pups will find them.

Pups? Yeah, pups. My pups.

Prometheus, we are now mapping.

Copy that.

If I feel you got a read yeah Pups are saying this way

Oh, John.

Jesus.

Sunlight's heating the water.

Check out the humidity.

Yeah. Look at the CO2 levels.

Outside, it's completely toxic. And in here, there's nothing.

It's breathable.

What are you doing?

Charlie, don't be an idiot. Don't be a skeptic.

Right? There's something generating an atmosphere. David?

Dr. Holloway is correct.

Cleaner than Earth, actually.

They were terraforming here.

Please, don't do this. Look, Ellie. Ellie, I'm not wearing this thing

anymore. Wish me luck, baby.

Do you copy? Do not remove your headgear.

This is the sweetest dare I have ever tasted.

Crazy bastard.

Woo!

Prometheus, connect our seat cameras. If you want to continue watching this freak

show, we are taking our helmets off.

Copy that. Switching feeds.

Well, come on.

Pay up.

Pay? Pay what? What do you mean, pay what?

Something's manufacturing breathable air down there.

That, mate, is terraforming. No, no, no, no. The bet was why we came here. If you

said the dead old man wanted to talk to Martians, then I'd pay. Oh, come on. A

hundred credits.

Put it towards a lap dance with Miss Vickers. How about that, eh?

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

Guys? Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Baby, you're gonna want to see this. Look at

this. Look at this beautiful thing. In all the systems we've ever cataloged, we

have never found anything larger than bacteria.

But this, this is life. We found life.

Come here, baby. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on. Come on.

Our first alien.

I guess we're really lucky we brought you, Melbourne Biology.

It's minus 12 in here.

So why is this water not frozen?

Maybe it ain't water.

Maybe it's Martian piss.

That's your, um, scientific theory, is it, Mr. Biology?

Well, whatever it is, it sure is collagenous.

Kind of said it.

Impressive.

Hello,

what was that?

David?

David?

What is that?

David! Ellie!

What the hell was that?

Are you glad we didn't bring any weapons? Come on now, let's go. Whose

idea was that?

I didn't kill him.

No.

Wait, wait.

There it is.

There it is. There it is.

Oh, my God, John.

We found them. What do you mean, them?

It is them, Ellie.

Looks like a door.

And he's...

Been decapitated by it.

Son of a bitch.

They were right.

Did you want them to be wrong?

David, please tell me you can read that.

Perhaps.

No, I'm out of here.

Hey, Fifield.

Where are you going?

What?

Look, I'm just a geologist.

I like rocks. I love rocks.

Now it's clear you two don't give a shit about rocks. But what you do seem to

care about is gigantic dead bodies.

And I don't really have anything to contribute in the gigantic dead body

arena!

I'm gonna go back to the ship.

If you don't mind.

Anyone want to join me, hey?

You staying?

No, ship's good.

Yeah, ship very good.

Congratulations on meeting your maker.

Thank you.

Pull yourself together, man.

I thought you were the crazy one.

Do you have the carbon reader?

Thank you.

How long has it been there?

Two thousand years, give or take.

What are you doing, David?

I'm attempting to open the door.

Wait.

We don't know what's on the other side.

Oops,

sorry.

An

amazing

state of preservation.

Remarkably human.

Beautiful painting.

It's a mural.

Stop. Stop. Don't touch it.

Sorry.

Please, don't touch anything.

Sweating.

Organic.

Oh, no.

Charlie, the murals are changing.

I think we've affected the atmosphere in the room.

Charlie, do you copy?

Oh, the head.

Broad, quick, help me bag the head.

Boss. What you got?

We got an incoming storm front.

Silica and lots of static. This is not good.

I see it.

Ground crew, this is Yannick.

Need you to hustle back right now.

Graham, could you copy me? I got 200 kilometer winds of airborne silicon and

enough static to fire your suit.

Copy that, sir.

But we need more time here.

I'll be closing the outer doors in 15 minutes.

I sincerely hope you can make it.

Charlie! David!

We must leave now!

This is just another tomb.

One, three.

Let's go!

Easy, easy, easy.

David, we are leaving!

Come on.

Damn it. They've already taken off.

Come on, let's go.

You're running out of time. I repeat, you're running out of time. Mark, come

on. Let's go.

So what was that, Ellie?

You could have compromised the entire mission, not to mention almost killing

yourself. Are you all right?

Yes.

Thank you, David.

My pleasure.

All right, Doc, this is real good to have you back, but where's Milburn and

Fifield?

Aren't they back yet?

Get them up for me. All right?

We've been here before if I failed. I don't know. It all looks the same to me.

Boys, this is the captain. Listen up.

Between the static electricity and the wind speed, well, there ain't no safe

way to come get you.

What? Now, the temperature is dropping rapidly, so get your helmets on and stay

warm.

Until the storm passes.

Can you get a message to the scientist and that zealot girlfriend of his?

Mm-hmm.

Got a pen nearby?

Nope, nope. Think we got it.

I'm telling myself.

Copy?

Copy that.

All right, Buzz, we'll keep your head down and we'll come get you in the

morning.

Which way now, huh? All right.

Which way, huh?

A woman in Africa told me the story of how the world came to be.

She said, first there was a sun, but it had no one to shine

on.

So the sun made man.

And man looked up at the sun and asked,

why did you make me?

And the sun said, because I was alone.

My whole life, I've been looking for what we found today.

We're not alone anymore.

Cheers.

Cheers. Well, do me a favor. Next time you see a storm, run the other way.

I dropped my head. Well, as much as I respect your suicidal passion, why the

hell did you go back for it?

Because it proves they were here.

And it's the only way we can find out what killed them.

Who cares what killed them, right?

What's wrong with you? What's wrong with me? Yes.

Hallie. They're all dead.

So, so, so, so that means that we all are alone.

Doctors, the specimen's prepped.

We're all ready for you.

Specimen? No, Ellie, I didn't come all this way for an autopsy.

Remember, we were supposed to talk to them, so...

Hey, what's that?

There.

See? I don't know.

What is that?

What are you doing?

Don't pick it up. Why?

You're making me cry.

What are you doing?

It's like skin.

Okay,

sample

is sterile. No contagion present.

Even?

So are they all dead?

Who? Your engineers.

Are they all dead or aren't they?

I don't know.

We just got here.

Scan.

Do you even care if they're all dead?

Waylon cared.

Dr. Shaw.

Have a look at this.

That's not an exoskeleton.

No. I think it's a helmet.

Let's see if we can lift it up. Yeah.

We should be able to... Eyes is open.

It's too heavy for us.

David?

Careful.

Like so.

What is that on its head?

It looks like new cells.

In a state of... Change?

Yes. Changing into what?

Can you run a stem line into the locus coeruleus? I think we can trick the

nervous system into thinking it's still alive.

30 amps.

Okay. No more.

Let me make an incision.

Go up 40.

Okay, 40 up.

Did you see that?

Yes. Yeah, see?

Go up another 10.

Okay, up 10.

Maybe it's a little bit too much. Go down 10.

Okay, down 10.

Down another 20.

Okay, I'm trying.

I'm trying. It's not going down. Hold down.

Hold. Stop it.

David! Contain it! Now! Contain it? Turn it off!

Now! Oh God, the smell!

It's the worst.

Mortal after all.

Ford, take a sample.

Let's have a look.

No, sir. I will take care of it.

Yes, sir. Understood.

I'm sorry.

Fortunately, slightly premature.

Of course, sir.

Miss Vickers.

What did he say, David?

I don't think he'd want me to tell you.

What did he say?

I'm sorry, but that's confidential.

Oh, my God.

I will find the cord that makes you run, and I will cut it.

Sad.

Try harder.

Cup of tea, Mum?

Genetic view.

Okay. Let's have a look at its DNA.

Isolate the strand.

Okay.

Prepare it to the gene sample.

Yeah.

Overlay.

Processing.

Processing.

DNA. Match.

It's us.

It's everything.

What killed them?

Big things have small beginnings

Am I interrupting?

Thought you might be running low.

Pour yourself a glass, pal.

Thank you, but I'm afraid it would be wasted on me.

Oh, all right. I almost forgot you're not a real boy.

I'm very sorry that your engineers are all gone, Dr. Holloway.

You think we wasted our time coming here, don't you?

Your question depends on me understanding what you hope to achieve

by coming here. What we hope to achieve was to meet our makers, to get answers.

Why they... Why they even made us in the first place.

Why do you think your people made me?

We made you because we could.

Can you imagine how disappointing it would be for you?

to hear the same thing from your creator.

I guess it's a good thing you can't be disappointed, huh?

Yes.

It's wonderful, actually.

May I ask you something?

Please do.

How far would you go to get what you came all this way for?

Your answers.

What would you be willing to do?

Anything and everything.

It's worth drinking to, I'd imagine.

Here's mud in your eye, pal.

Good health.

So thanks.

Are they real?

Of course they're real.

Jesus Christ. Look at the pile.

Look how high up they are.

Yeah, it looks like they were running from something.

Okay.

Don't touch, okay?

And this thing is opened up from the inside.

Almost like it's exploded.

It's like I've seen some sort of Holocaust painting.

So whatever killed them is long gone, right? Milburn 5, this is the Mithias.

What is your position?

Mithias, this is Milburn.

We are at 7401477.

Why? Just got a ping.

About one click west of you.

What do you mean, a ping?

Well, whatever that probe is picking up, it's not dead.

It's reading life form.

What?

Okay, what do you mean a lifeboat?

Is it moving?

No, I don't think so.

Captain, you're obviously not seeing what we're seeing down here, but if you

were, you wouldn't be talking about a bloody ping, yeah?

No, boys.

The signal's been coming in sporadically since the storm hit.

That's no good to us down here, Captain.

Is it moving?

Are these things moving?

No. No, it just disappeared, actually.

Must be a glitch.

What do you mean, a glitch?

All right, boys.

Sleep tight.

Try not to bugger each other.

Captain, what do you mean, a glitch?

No, but what does he mean? Wait.

He said... He said... One trick west.

Yeah.

We... We don't want to go check that out, do we?

Shit, no.

Where we gonna go?

East.

Yeah, east.

He glitched, man. Pings, glitched, life form. What the fuck?

Based on the behavior of the subject in these holographic recordings, we're

still attempting to identify what caused the head to combust.

I can't help but wonder, was there an outbreak here?

You're drunk.

Hi.

Embarrassing, Charlie.

Wow.

You know, he seems pretty scared for a ghost.

It's not a ghost.

Yeah, what is it?

It's a recording.

Some kind of video log.

We must have triggered it when we came in.

So let me ask you a question.

How come there's not a recording of whatever was chasing it?

Look at him.

He knew he was about to die.

Maybe nothing was chasing him.

Maybe... Maybe there was an outbreak.

What is that based on, Allie? I've seen it before.

This isn't Africa, Allie.

Now to space.

I saw his head explode a couple of hours ago.

I know infection when I see it. Charlie, you know that.

There was something inside it. Something on a cellular level. Maybe even genetic.

Who cares, honey? It doesn't matter.

Okay? It's not why we came here, Ellie, and finding out what killed a bunch of

goddamn aliens 2,000 years ago. It changes nothing.

What do you want to change?

You saw that face underneath that helmet, Ellie. Yeah.

They are not gods.

We're just some experiment.

And the earth was a goddamn petri dish.

That's it.

You're never going to prove that with a bunch of 2,000-year-old mummies.

Okay, okay, okay.

Okay, fine. So why are you here?

What did you travel light years to get here to ask for, huh?

What, for the meaning of life?

What, for forgiveness for your sins?

Or maybe to ask God why he traded you for your mom.

Or maybe to ask him why he took your father.

Oh. How much longer is this going to take?

I don't know.

I'm just a captain.

That thing sounds like a dying cat, by the way. I'll have you know that this

thing once belonged to Stephen Stills.

Am I supposed to know who that is?

You know, if you want to get laid, you really don't have to pretend to be

interested in the pyramid scam.

I mean, you could just say, hey, I'm trying to get laid.

I could. I could say that, right?

But then it wouldn't make sense why I would fly myself a half a billion miles

from every man on Earth if I wanted to get laid.

What if?

Hey, uh... Vincas. Hey, Vincas.

I was wondering... Are

you a robot?

My room.

Ten minutes.

Well, if you can't be with the one you love, love the one you're with.

Love the one you're with.

Oh, man.

What's all this blank stuff?

Mmm, gazpacho.

Is that tobacco?

Huh? Is there tobacco in your respirator?

Yeah.

Sure.

Tobacco.

On behalf of scientists everywhere, I am ashamed to count you amongst us,

Farfield. Really.

Hey, Milburn. Yeah?

You see this thing? What do you think this thing was?

Some kind of a god?

Something they worshipped? What?

I don't know, it kind of looks like it.

Oh my God, okay.

Okay, just stay calm. Stay quiet. This is okay.

I can handle this.

Hey, baby.

Hey.

Come in, Prometheus.

We have an elongate reptile-type creature. Maybe 30, 40 inches with

transparent skin.

It's beautiful.

Okay.

Prometheus, we have two.

Look at you.

Look at you, baby.

Let's just look at the size of that. What is it?

You need to stay calm, okay?

What's there to be calm about? You need to stay calm, because she is beautiful.

She? What the hell makes you think that's female?

Yeah, she's a lady. Look.

She's mesmerized.

It's okay.

Hey, baby.

You're strong.

Maybe you should help me now, okay? Get it off, man, okay?

Come here, man. I ain't touching it.

Oh, my God.

Oh, my God.

It's getting tighter.

I ain't touching it. I don't want to touch it. Touch the thing, man. For

God's sake, don't be... God, you're making it worse.

It's tightening.

Sure, you up?

Yeah, what's up?

All right, storm's past, but can't reach me up in the fire field on the car. I'm

taking a few men down, see if I can rustle them up.

Okay.

Any idea where they are?

Well, last time they radioed in, it was just outside where you found your head.

Okay, we're coming.

All right.

Chance, come in with me. Come on. All right, boss.

Hey, baby.

You okay?

Yeah. Yeah, I think I'm... just hungover.

You sure?

You're warm.

I'm fine.

Well, did you fix that glitch?

No, Captain. It's gotta be in the hardware.

What glitch, Captain?

One of them probes.

Picked up a live phone.

Pops up every hour or so for a couple of seconds and then it's gone.

I can find the probe and fix it for you if you like.

Knock yourself out.

Be careful, doctors.

All right, come on down.

David,

are you alone?

Yes, Miss Vickers.

I'll plank your feet to my room.

Copy.

Cut me off.

What is this?

Charlie. They just tripped.

I'm okay, baby.

Come on. Right field.

Milburn.

Hey, Chance. I wouldn't touch that if I were you.

Dr. Shaw.

Yeah?

Do we have any idea what is oozing out of these vases?

No. They weren't like this last time we were here.

Who is it? Which one? Who is it? It's Milbaugh.

Ellie. Don't touch me. Hold on, don't touch me. Ellie, honey.

Charlie, what's wrong?

I need you to look at me, okay?

You need an infection, so... What do you see?

This is not good, baby.

You look at me, you tell me what you see.

Oh, my God.

Ford, get over here.

It's okay.

Yannick! What?

We have to go now. What do you see?

Honey, what do you see?

Holloway's sick.

He's not good.

I see a movement in his esophagus.

Go!

I'm okay.

Yannick! Come over and help me! Come on, get over here. What's happening over

there? I'm okay. Let's go.

Help me. I'm okay.

I got you.

We're gonna get you out of here.

Prometheus, come in.

I'm okay.

Follow me. Get him up.

Come on.

Prometheus, come in.

Is anyone there?

This is Vickers.

Yes. I need a medical team standing by the airlock.

All quarantine fails here. Come on, people.

Holloway's sick.

Sick with what?

Just do this. He's getting back to the ship.

Not sick down here.

Johnny. I'm suiting up. Johnny. What's going on? Move.

There's something back there. Let's go. Let's go.

He don't look too good. Well, did he catch something down there?

We got a helmet somewhere. I don't know.

Me, this is Yannick.

Make sure that back door's open.

Aye, aye, Captain.

Oh, God.

I'm so sorry.

I

can't

see you, but I know you can hear me, you tin can. Now, report.

Yes, Miss Vickers.

back here right now. These idiots are about to infect my ship.

Of course, right away.

I do apologize.

Technical difficulties.

Have you located your objective, David?

I believe I have.

It's time.

Why is that door not open?

Think it's dead as an order.

Get that goddamn door open. Look at me, okay?

I'm sick.

No, he's not.

Come on.

If you can hear me, this is Jellicoe. Open that back door right now.

Hold that door.

Do you copy? God damn it, open that door. Open it.

What the hell is this?

He's not coming on board.

This is a sick man.

I can see that. That's why he's not coming on my ship.

Help yourself.

Everybody better haul the way back on the ship now.

I won't leave him.

Then stay.

Wait a minute.

We can contain him. Put him on the milk pot.

Please don't do this.

It's okay, Ellie.

Victus. What are you doing?

I love you, baby.

I love you. No.

I'm telling you, stay back.

No, please.

My deepest condolences.

I'm going to have to take this.

It may be contaminated.

If there's a contagion, we were all exposed.

We need to run blood work on everyone who set foot in the pyramid.

Yes, of course.

I understand how inappropriate this is, given the circumstances.

But as you ordered quarantine fail-safes, it's my responsibility to

ask, have you and Dr. Holloway had any intimate contact recently?

Since you and he were so close, I just want to be as thorough as possible.

My, my.

You're pregnant.

What?

From the look of it, three months, sir.

No, that's impossible.

I can't be pregnant.

Did you have intercourse with Dr. Holloway?

Yes, but ten hours ago.

There's no bloody way. I'm three months pregnant.

Well, Doctor...

It's not exactly a traditional fetus.

I want to see it. Don't think that's a good idea.

David, I want to see it.

Now, Doctor.

I want to see it.

I want it out of me.

I'm afraid we don't have the personnel to perform a procedure like that.

Our best option. I want it out. Put you back into cryostasis until we return to

Earth. Please, get it out of me.

Get it out of me!

Please.

Must be very painful.

Here, let me give you something.

Someone will be along shortly to bring you back to Cryodeck.

Must feel like your god abandoned you.

What?

To lose Dr. Holloway after your father died under such similar circumstances.

What was it that killed him?

Ebola.

your dreams.

Are you here to file a report?

No.

I'm not.

I'm really not in the mood for coffee.

It's a good thing it's rum, then.

Please don't touch that.

You know, before I sold my soul to corporate, I was in the military.

Yeah. Before I did that, though, I was flying sorties out of Jordan.

And there's one base I was on at this building.

No windows, pure steel, surrounded by a barbed wire fence.

Actually, just small men in white coats running in and out of it.

We knew they were making something in there, and we knew it was bad.

Anyway, one night, the alarm goes, and we get ordered to do a full evac,

everybody out.

And I'm running towards my transport, and I see these men in white coats

trying to get out of that building, screaming, crying for their lives.

Turns out that fence wanted to keep us out.

Just to keep them in.

Anyway, we get in the air, and I see my CO flip open a box that he had on his

lap. It had a gray button on it.

And he closes his eyes, and he starts to pray.

And then six kilometers out, he decides to push that button.

And even that far out, we felt the heat of that explosion. There's 1,100 souls,

give or take, vaporized just because some idiot spilled something.

Now, I know it was a long time ago, but I feel the same thing happened here.

Those things, those engineers, they made something they shouldn't have.

And they spilled it.

It was your turn to push the button.

Why did you decide to tell me that story now?

Because you killed a man today.

Looks like you're in pain.

I burned my hand.

What the hell was that, Chance?

Boss, we're getting seismic activity.

From where?

Below ground.

About one click east.

Yeah, he's up.

He's right. We're getting heat signatures. Same place.

Hey, do you want to tell me what the hell was going on?

Not particularly.

Is he awake?

Almost.

Is who awake?

That's not really your concern, Captain.

Now, if you could please make sure the rovers are ready to roll within the

hour. We'd appreciate it.

Hey, hey!

Hey!

Dr. Shaw?

We're here to put you in an anti-contamination suit, take you back

to Cryodeck, go to beddy-byes.

Dr. Shaw?

She's totally doped. Prepare her.

Emergency procedures initiated.

Please verbally state the nature of your injury.

I need a cesarean.

Error. This med pod is calibrated for male patients only and does not offer

the procedure you have requested.

Please seek medical assistance elsewhere.

Surgery. Abdominal.

Penetrating injuries.

Foreign body.

Initiate.

Surgical procedure to begin.

Running diagnostics. Oh, come on.

Get it out!

Come on!

Please!

Oh, God!

Come on! Initiating anesthetics.

Please!

Commence surgical procedure.

Rich, uh, to hangar, this is the captain. Yes, captain.

Can you see what I'm seeing?

Firefield's monitor just popped up.

What? Where?

Well, according to what I'm looking at, it's right outside the goddamn ship.

Barnes, open the door!

Firefield, do you copy me? Come on in.

Firefield?

Wait a second.

Hey Wallace, take a look at this.

What the hell's going on there?

You're shooting up. Come on. Don't let her get on the ship!

You ready,

Chance? Yes.

You've been asleep here on the ship all this time.

Why?

Well, I only have a few days of life left in me here.

I didn't want to waste them until I was sure that you could deliver what you

promised.

Meet my maker.

There we are, sir.

Nice and clean.

Haven't you told him they're all gone?

But they're not all gone, Dr. Shaw.

One of them is still alive.

We're on our way to see him now.

What? Turn me around.

You convinced me that if

these things made us, then surely they could save us.

I stick... I'll save me

anyway.

Save you from what?

Death, of course.

Stand me up.

I'm all right. I'm all right.

I'm all right.

Yes, sir.

You don't understand.

You don't know.

This place isn't what we thought it was.

They aren't what we thought they were.

I was wrong.

We were so wrong.

Charlie... Dr.

Holloway's dead.

We must leave.

And what would Charlie do now?

That we're so close to answering the most meaningful questions ever

asked by mankind.

How can you leave without knowing what they are?

Or have you lost your faith? Sure.

Where the hell are you going, Doc?

You know what this place is?

Those, uh, engineers?

This ain't their home.

It's an installation.

Maybe even military.

And they put it out here in the middle of nowhere because they're not stupid

enough to make weapons of mass destruction on their own doorstep.

That's what all that shit is in those vases.

They made it here.

It got out.

It turned on them. The end.

It's time for us to go home.

One of them is still alive.

I came here for answers.

I'd rather die with those answers than leave without them.

Don't you want to know what they have to say?

I don't care.

Right.

All you do is fly this ship.

That's right.

But you must care about something, Captain.

If you didn't, why are you here?

How about this?

No matter what happens down there, I can't bring none of that shit back home

with us.

Can't let it happen.

And I'll do whatever I have to to see that it doesn't.

Make sure you do, Captain.

So you came after all.

I thought you wanted me to.

I did.

After all your vigorous attempts to stop me from coming here, I'm just surprised

to see you.

If my memory serves, last time we spoke, you said I was nothing but a stupid old

fool chasing fairy tales.

I shouldn't have said that.

It's all right, David. Leave us alone.

Yes, sir.

I'll leave it at that.

I am sorry.

Well, consider yourself forgiven.

What do you want?

I wanna say goodbye.

I'm sorry?

If you're really going down there, you're going to die.

Very negative way of looking at things.

Maybe you should look at the thing squealing next door and tell me how

positive you feel.

You know, Mary, I've always despised that sarcastic attitude of yours.

Exactly why you should have stayed at home.

Did you really think I was going to sit in a boardroom for years arguing over

who was in charge while you go look for some miracle in some godforsaken rock in

the middle of space?

Did you a king has his reign and then he dies

it's inevitable

That

is a natural order of things

You just have so much go-

You're nothing but a scared old man, and I'm tired of waiting for that last bit

of breath to leave your godforsaken mouth.

Anything else?

No.

I didn't think you had it in you.

Sorry. Poor choice of words.

Extraordinary survival instincts, Elizabeth.

What happens when Weyland is not around to program you anymore?

I suppose I'd be free.

You want that?

Want? Not a concept I'm familiar with.

That being said...

Doesn't everyone want their parents dead?

I didn't.

Dr. Shaw!

We're pleased you could join us.

You

can

take your helmet off if you like, sir.

What? The air.

Is perfectly breathable.

You sure?

Positive.

Wait. We still don't know how Holloway got infected.

If it's in the air.

It's not.

How do you know that?

Smells fine to me.

Shall we?

Please.

The bridge is just up ahead.

What is this?

It's a cargo hood.

Yannick, are you seeing this?

How many is this, y'all?

Thousands.

What the hell?

Ravel, give me those schematics.

Putting it on the table now.

Strip away the dome.

Isolate that area.

Bring it up.

Bringing it up, Captain.

Enlarge that.

Rotate it.

That is a ship.

Jesus Christ.

It's a goddamn ship.

A superior species, no doubt.

The hypersleep chambers will impress, I trust.

So they were traveling somewhere.

I've managed to work out the broad strokes.

It's fairly evident they were in the process of leaving.

before things won't depart.

Leaving to go where?

Earth.

Why?

Sometimes to create, one must first destroy.

Where is he, David?

This way, sir.

Sure he's alive?

Absolutely.

And you can speak to him?

I believe I can.

Speak to him, David.

Tell him we came, just like you asked.

He asked to know why you're here.

Ask him where they're from.

What are you doing?

Ask him what's in his cargo.

It killed his people.

Sure. Enough.

David. You made it here.

And it was meant for us. Why?

Sure. Enough. For God's sake, shut her up. I need to know why.

If she opens her mouth again, shoot her. They will continue. Tell him why I came.

What did he say? What did he

say?

I told him you wanted to live forever.

He asked why.

You.

Do you see this man?

My company built him from nothing.

I made him.

And I made him in my own image so that he would be perfect.

So that he would never fail.

I deserve this.

Because you, you and I, we are superior.

We are creators.

We are gods.

Let's never die

Have a good journey, Mr. Wayland.

Time to go home.

This chance takes all.

Hey, Captain.

What the hell was that?

Sure. Is that you copy?

Yannick, listen to me.

This ship is taking off. What? What the hell is she talking about? You can't let

it leave.

You have to stop it. We're not stopping anything, Shaw.

We're going home.

Yannick, if you don't stop it, there won't be any home to go back to.

It's carrying death, and it's headed for Earth.

Shaw, this is not a warship.

I know. Let's go. I know that.

You must do it.

Captain, let's go.

Yannick, please believe me. Please.

I told you to get the ship going. Mr. Revell.

Warm up the iron propulsion.

What the hell are you talking about? Sir, burning the iron in the internet

turns into a bullet. That is exactly the point. What the hell are you doing?

Yannick, this is my ship. I'm telling you to take us home. Because I'm going

to eject your life support module onto that surface. That's two years of life.

You want it or you want to stay with me?

You got 40 seconds to get to the escape pod.

You're crazy.

Gentlemen, I can handle this myself.

Feel free to join us.

All due respect captain your shit pilot and you're gonna need all the help you

can get

If you think this means the bet's off, you're wrong.

Why don't you play me on the other side? All right, get as close as we can.

We've only got one shot at this.

Lifeboats wait.

20 seconds to evacuate.

Countdown initiated.

Iron propulsion is online.

Ten. Nine.

Eight.

Let's do it.

Impact imminent.

You have two minutes of oxygen remaining.

Airlock sealed oxygen levels now stabilizing

Elizabeth, are you there?

This is David.

Yeah.

Yeah, I'm here.

You need to get out immediately.

He's coming for you. Who?

Who's coming?

Airlock breach.

Elizabeth, can you hear me?

Yes Yes, I can hear you I was afraid you were dead

You have no idea what afraid is I know we've

had our differences But please I need to ask you for

your help.

Why the hell would I help you?

Because

Without me, you'll never leave this place.

Neither one of us is leaving this place.

It's not the only ship.

There are many others.

I can operate them.

Before that thing ripped your head off, what did he say, David?

Thing, Dr. Shaw.

Not too long ago, you considered them gods.

God never tried to kill me.

So?

What did he say?

Where did he come from?

There is no direct translation, but... Several of your ancient cultures had a

word.

Dr. Shaw.

Over here.

Where's my cross?

The pouch in my utility belt.

The other pouch.

And after all this, you still believe, don't you?

You said you could understand the navigation.

Use their maps.

Yes, of course.

Once we get to one of their other ships, finding a path to Earth should be

relatively straightforward.

I don't want to go back to where we came from.

I want to go where they came from.

I want to go to Perth.

Do you think you can do that, David?

Yes.

I believe I can.

May I ask what you hope to achieve by going there?

They created us.

Then they tried to kill us.

They changed their minds.

I deserve to know why.

The answer is irrelevant.

Does it matter why they changed their minds?

Yes.

Yes, it does.

I don't understand.

Well... I guess that's because I'm a human being.

And you're a robot.

I'm sorry. That's quite alright.

Final report of the vessel Prometheus.

The ship and her entire crew are gone.

If you're receiving this transmission, make no attempt to come to its point of

origin.

There's only death here now, and I'm leaving it behind.

It is New Year's Day, the year of our Lord, 2094.

My name is Elizabeth Shaw, last survivor of the Prometheus.

And I'm still searching.

Thank you.