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There's rioting breaking out throughout the city.

Fires continue to burn everywhere.

Troops are shooting people.

My God, I... I don't know why.

There's a woman dying in front of me, and no one's helping her.

There are conflicting reports about who or what started the chaos.

Will someone tell me what's happening?

This is madness.

What is this world coming to?

The fool ate an Earth food.

This will save you the need for an experiment.

City people, Smoky.

They don't know there's nothing here to take.

Come on, buddy. Come on.

Go get them, Smoky.

Smoky!

What are you doing?

Let me in. Let me through.

I got tomatoes. I got apples. Huh?

And I don't need linen. Next bid. Come on.

A pair of boots for tomatoes and apples?

No can do.

- Please, sir. - The boots...

and this knife.

- Come on! - Please! Please!

Done.

Get out of my apples, and get out of the way.

You don't have anything to give to me.

Thanks. Hey, the boots.

I swear I don't need pots. No more pots.

Next. Nice apples.

Fine apples for sale or trade.

Hey, you, the lady with the chickens.

Thanks. Five tomatoes.

Okay. You done?

Yeah. Okay.

Grab the kids' food!

Ow! Let go!

- Hey! - No! This is... No!

I'll kill you!

Debi! Debi!

Debi! Debi!

- No, I'm going to kill him! - Debi!

Kill him!

Let me go! He stole our food!

Debi...

Stop them. They're wasting nutrients.

Discipline is breaking down.

When will full rations be restored?

The central feeding chamber has been contaminated by bacteria.

We must find a secondary source of food, or we'll starve.

Food from Earth soil?

Yes. Altered to sustain our plant life.

I've planted our spores in these soil samples.

The prism will direct the proper spectra to support our own vegetation.

Fine, but you haven't answered my question.

How soon?

I need the results of this test to answer your question.

What will it cost us while we wait?

Yeah, she was all over this guy before I knew what was happening.

Well, they'll know better next time, won't they?

There's not going to be a next time.

I'm taking Debi out of here.

Just where the hell would you go?

I've been thinking about that.

- I'm going to call my mother. - Your mother?

You haven't talked to your mother in years.

I know,

but she's the only family I've got.

And if something happens to me,

I want Debi to know she's got someplace to go.

Everything's changed, Suzanne.

You don't even know what the country's like anymore.

All circuits are busy. Please hold.

Running away ain't going to solve the problem.

I cannot remember a time

when I was not running with her.

Look at her with mace cans and guns.

It's just not good enough.

Sorry, Harrison.

Hello, Mother.

Suzanne?

- What's wrong? - Look, I can't explain it right now, mom,

but I want to bring Debi to the country.

Why? Are you in some kind of trouble?

- Is Debi okay? - Debi's fine.

I'm asking for her.

Please, Mom, it's important.

Of course. Yes.

I'll be there tomorrow.

Mom?

Thanks.

John, where have you been? You have been gone for hours.

A fence was down in the north field...

City people looking for food.

- City people? - More than likely.

- Where's Smoky? - Oh, took off after a 'coon

or some damn thing.

He'll come along.

Let's go. I'm beat.

Come on.

- Knock-knock. - Hi.

Hi.

I guess you'll be glad to get your old gym back.

And I guess you'll be glad to get out of here for a while.

Yeah.

- You all packed? - I guess.

Why don't you and Harrison come with us?

Can't.

Well, you could if you really wanted to.

Oh, we'll come visit and get preferred rates on vegetables.

That's not funny, John.

Why do things always have to change?

They don't.

Come on, your mom's waiting.

John, I am really worried about Smoky.

- He has never been gone this long... - It's just a stupid damn dog, Rebecca.

You shouldn't concern yourself.

Well, you've never treated it like that.

I don't understand this at all.

Good morning, Roy.

John.

This is a complete waste of time.

Ah, it'll be fine.

That's a load of crap, and you know it.

You know, you should be more positive about things.

We're going to have a good year.

- I'm telling you. - Since when?

We got a bank payment past due. Where are we going to get the money?

We've had bad years before.

No, this is different.

We've got no equipment that works.

The fields are so polluted, you can't get a crop in.

The bank's after our mortgage.

The city people are pouring out here looking for food.

- They're picking us clean. - Why are you so damn pessimistic, Roy?

These are the same things you've always said.

I know, but we can't just give up.

We've got no place to go and no money.

Oh, so everything's just going to be okay?

Bounder!

Roy, I got an idea I'd like to talk to you about.

Bounder!

Shut up!

What's the matter with you, you crazy old hound.

Come on.

- It grows quickly. - Have you secured the greenhouse?

Yes. Everything's in place, including their leader.

Good. Once these plants take hold,

we can extract the new spores and create more vegetation.

Our food supply will increase geometrically.

We are ready.

- Where's Roy? - Looking over the new plans.

- What plans? - We're going to expand.

Fix up the old greenhouse, build a couple more.

Are you crazy?

John, we don't have any money.

We will have.

I made some new contacts... Important contacts.

Who? From where?

They'll be here soon to answer all your questions.

- They're from the government. - Oh, great.

When did all this happen?

- Why didn't you tell us? - John, in case you've forgotten,

this is supposed to be a cooperative.

Just calm down. Listen to what they have to say,

then decide for yourself.

I don't want a bunch of government bureaucrats coming in here.

All they want is a place that's set up so they can conduct their soil experiments.

They'll want it all. Pretty soon, we'll be working for them.

That's not why we built this place.

Roy won't stand for it.

None of us love the idea, but what else can we do?

We're hardly holding it together here. We've got no money.

You should have discussed this with us before.

You're right. I'm sorry.

But we don't have much choice.

John, what's wrong?

There's something you're not telling me.

Everything's fine, Rebecca.

I know you too well, John.

It was time for a change.

You'll see. It'll be a change for the better.

Let's go! Let's move it!

- Can I help you, folks? - I'm here to see Rebecca Owen.

I'm sorry, madam. The area's restricted.

- Restricted? - Is there, uh... is there a problem here?

I'm here to see my mother.

- You must be Suzanne. - Yes, but...

It's okay. They're expected.

- Thanks. - My pleasure.

If it doesn't work out right, you know where we are.

Don't you get behind in your school work.

We'll see you later.

Debi!

Grandma!

Make yourselves comfortable.

Well, you certainly have turned into a pretty young lady.

- Thanks. - You look hungry. Are you?

- Well, yeah, kind of. - Good. There's food in the kitchen.

Go help yourself to anything you want.

Okay, honey. Grandma and I have some things to talk about.

You look well.

Thanks. How have you been?

Oh, right as rain.

Debi certainly has grown.

Yes, she has.

Pretty soon, she'll be getting serious about boys,

maybe even somebody like Danny.

Mom, we made a deal.

Please don't bring up the past.

Things were said on both sides that shouldn't have.

Look, I was hoping that we could try to make a new start,

try to make things

the way they were before, if you'll let me.

All right.

- Well, are we staying? - You bet you are.

Rebecca!

Oh, this is my husband John.

Well, it's a real pleasure to meet you... both of you.

- You must be Debi. - Yep.

Ah.

Sorry to burst in on you at such short notice.

Oh, don't worry about that, we've got plenty of room.

Oh, you're going to have fun here, Debi.

- Yeah. - Come on,

let's get you both settled.

What's with the... the armed guards?

Oh, the government's doing some agricultural development work.

We're real excited about it.

What are you doing with this?

Mom, the city is dangerous.

Is that what you're teaching her... How to shoot people?

You don't understand what it's like.

Come on. The girls just got here.

Suzanne's got a point about the city.

She won't need that here. Why don't you put it away

with my hunting rifles, how's that?

Now, how about a tour of the place?

Yeah.

These controlled environment are too small

to support our numbers for any great period of time.

That's not the point. As pollutants destroy earth's atmosphere,

It becomes more like that of Morthrai.

One day, you'll look across this planet, and you'll be home.

And where will the humans be?

Dead.

What exactly are they doing?

Well, they're trying to reconstitute the soil in some way, make things grow again.

Sounds interesting. They told you much about it?

- It's classified. - Classified?

- What the hell does that mean, John? - Rebecca,

I'm only telling you what they told me this morning.

You've never said a word about this, John.

I want them off this property.

I knew this wouldn't be easy.

Who's in charge of this project?

I'll introduce you to him.

Mr. Fox... Mr. Fox...

- Well, hello again. - My wife's daughter Suzanne.

Paul.

Suzanne has some questions I can't answer.

You're with the Department of Agriculture?

Special Research branch.

- You? - I' m a microbiologist.

Do you really think you can restore this soil?

Well, I'm going to try.

John, I want to talk to you.

- What's the matter? - What are you hiding from me?

We've never had secrets before, I don't like it.

- I don't have any secrets. - What kind of a deal have you made

- with those people? - Rebecca, for God's sake, I trust them.

Bull! You've never trusted a government man before in your life!

Now, all of a sudden, you've welcomed them with open arms.

You sat up with Smoky for three nights when he was sick last year.

He's been gone for two days, and you don't seem to care.

Rebecca, you're all upset over nothing.

I'm doing what I think is best for us...

- For the co-op. - Are you?

I've been researching to see how different spectra

- affect plant growth. - Hmm.

But why this farm?

Well, it satisfied all our requirements...

Right size, right number of people,

right soil... Meaning the worst we could find.

If we succeed here, we can reclaim thousands of acres of dead soil.

Why is this project classified?

Well, what can I tell you? It's the government.

Yeah!

Admit it, Kincaid. You miss them.

Listen, I never form attachments.

Oh, that's a load of crap. You need us.

Look, wake up, Harrison.

They're gone.

Anyway, why'd you stay?

I stuck around because I've got work to do.

Besides, I didn't stay for the company. Believe me.

Well, no one's asking you to stay!

Yeah! Mm-hmm.

Besides, I was doing fine until you came.

You were living by yourself in a hole in the ground, Kincaid.

You didn't even know what you were missing.

I'm sick of you butting your nose into my business.

Why don't we just call it quits here and now, Blackwood!

Great! You can go back in the tunnel and live with all the rats!

Get off my case!

Why don't you shut up, all right?

Why don't you shut up!

- What'd you say? - He said shut up!

Hey, guys!

See? I knew you cared about something.

Admit it!

Here, maybe he'll chase a stick.

Bounder!

You're concerned about the woman and the child.

How could they know what's happening?

And if they find out, we'll introduce them to our friends.

- You need a hand with that? - If you want.

Plans for the co-op look promising.

Do they?

Do you know much about farming?

I just thought you'd like to know how they're doing, that's all.

I don't care how they're doing.

I care about the land and the people here.

And suddenly, they're all changing, and not for the better.

What do you mean?

Nothing. Forget it.

What is the matter with us?

Why can we never have a normal conversation?

I don't know.

Maybe because you don't want to.

Me?

I haven't seen or heard from you in how many years, Suzanne?

When it's convenient? When you're in trouble?

Then you come find me.

I came to find you a lot,

but you were always too busy

with whatever man you happened to take up with at the time.

Not a good day, I take it.

I can't talk to her.

It's been this way since I was a kid.

Well, she probably feels the same way.

You don't even know her.

Well, she didn't do too badly by her daughter.

Are you a psychiatrist, too?

No, it's just that all anybody can do is their best.

I think maybe you should give her the benefit of the doubt.

Doesn't mean she made the right decisions.

Well, who does?

The beds are ready.

You can't allow anyone to interfere with this experiment.

- They won't. - When I activate the prism,

the air within the greenhouse will become poisonous to you.

If you go in, you won't come out.

Mom?

I never wanted things to be like this between us.

Mom, what happened to us?

I don't know.

We were both looking for something we never found.

You never had much of a childhood, I understand that.

But you never asked me how I felt about things

or why it all happened.

You never asked me.

The growth rate is phenomenal.

We can begin the expansion immediately.

Harvest the mature plants for processing

and issue a directive that rations will be increased.

Yes, I understand.

I want you to begin selection of other agricultural units immediately.

I never really attended to that.

We have technicians in the same area testing for other possibilities.

When your brother left,

I really expected him to come back,

but he never did.

It took me a long time to accept that.

I was here, Mom.

And I needed you.

But you didn't seem to have time for me.

But that's not true.

But that's what it felt like to me.

And then you married Dave.

He was a good man.

I just didn't realize what life had done to him.

I really tried.

By sending me away?

- Why did you do that? - I was desperate.

I thought it was the right thing to do.

Good to see you two getting along.

What a day.

I think I'll turn in.

You've never gone to bed this early.

Beautiful, aren't they?

Seems like a long time since I've seen them.

Imagine what this place was like, say, 30... 40 years ago.

Would have been a real farm.

Yeah.

It can be again.

We begin construction in the morning.

The area can support 20 structures.

And, John...

I think it's time we took care of your wife.

Yes, I'm looking forward to that.

She's becoming quite difficult.

- Mmm! - Morning, girls!

- Mmm! - And when you're finished,

come on out to the fields.

We're putting up more greenhouses today.

- Oatmeal, Debi? - No, thanks.

- I'm going to go find Bounder. - Okay, but don't get in the way.

There's something going on.

I think you and Debi should leave today.

What?

Everyone's changed somehow.

They're distant.

They meet and talk in whispers.

Mom, is everything all right between you and John?

It was...

until these government people came.

John is not the man he was.

Last night, John got up and went out there.

I followed him.

He met Roy and Shirley.

They were loading and unloading trucks.

I overheard him tell someone...

that I was becoming difficult

and that it was time to take care of me.

I'll be back in a minute.

Come on. Come on.

Harrison.

What is it? What's going on?

There's a government group here,

uh... Department of Agriculture,

some kind of soil conservation project.

It's classified,

and my mother's not sure whether it's quite legit.

What does that mean? Is there something wrong?

Just check it out.

We're sorry. Lines are temporarily out of service.

Service will be restored as soon as possible.

Look at her!

Whoo!

Mama!

So where is this guy?

Hiya, Scoggs.

Scoggs?

Yeah. Best hacker I know.

He's okay.

Okay, I've only got 15 minutes, so I'll get right to the point.

Your project doesn't exist.

How far into their systems did you reach?

All the way, man.

DOA has only two research projects...

One in Nevada and one in Maryland.

End of story.

Yeah.

- I owe you, Scoggs. - Don't worry, Johnny.

We'll work something out.

Hey.

I really need to talk to you.

Okay.

My mother seems to think there's something strange going on around here.

No.

Why is this project classified?

Look, all I can tell you is that contamination is involved

and we don't like people stumbling in here.

My mother says that her friends have changed,

that her husband disappears in the middle of the night,

and she seems to think that your project has something to do with it.

Come on, Suzanne. I don't even know these people.

Could you talk to her?

She needs a little reassurance. She thinks you're using them.

Well, actually, I don't blame her.

Okay, I'll do what I can.

Don't worry.

Thanks.

No, not at all.

They don't want to see...

- I want to see what you're doing in there. - I'm sorry, Rebecca, you can't.

- Why? - Because it's none of your business.

Mrs. Owen, I'm glad you could join us.

Get out of my way.

Mom!

Mom!

Slow down there, Suzanne.

- My mother... I heard her scream. - We can't do anything about that.

Suzanne, we'd like you to join us.

No!

Kill her.

I'll get the girl.

Bounder!

Debi.

Go get him, Bounder!

Run, Debi! Run!

Go! Now!

Come on! Come on!

Mom!

Right here. Right here.

Yeah.

Oh, Mama.

Oh, I love you.

You shouldn't have made them angry.

We could have had a good life.

Oh!

Mama! Mama!

You have to get up. You have to try.

- Where are they? - I don't know!

Well, see what you can!

Mom!

I mean it, Suzanne. Get out of here!

Get out of here.

Here.

Stay down.

- We've got to find Suzanne. - Okay, I'll cover you.

Mother!

No!

- Mom! - Debi!

Get down! Get down!

You murderer!

Suzanne!

It's all over, Suzanne. He's dead.

We have an acceptable success rate.

Only one agricultural unit failed.

There are 10 others in operation

and another 20 targeted.

Can I get you anything?

Do you want me to stay with you, then?

You were right.

There is no place to go.