1 00:00:05,941 --> 00:00:11,100 Here you go. One hot run delivered in Fifth and Maple in a timely and courteous fashion. 2 00:00:11,195 --> 00:00:13,768 - That's my rock star. - Are you kidding me? 3 00:00:14,114 --> 00:00:16,985 One package? That's it? All day? 4 00:00:17,242 --> 00:00:19,318 Quality not quantity, Max. 5 00:00:19,411 --> 00:00:23,787 It's what all men tell themselves. Helps them sleep better at night. 6 00:00:24,540 --> 00:00:27,991 Greetings, y'all y'all. Big news, my brothers. 7 00:00:28,085 --> 00:00:32,034 You're lookin' at the new reporter for America's fastest-growing magazine. 8 00:00:32,130 --> 00:00:35,913 - The New World Weekly? - You're not reporting on Jam Pony time. 9 00:00:37,343 --> 00:00:39,798 No worries. It's strictly freelance. 10 00:00:39,887 --> 00:00:43,089 I dropped my résumé off last month, and they finally called. 11 00:00:43,181 --> 00:00:45,850 Said they'd give a hungry young newshound a chance. 12 00:00:45,934 --> 00:00:48,009 What'll you be doin' for 'em? 13 00:00:48,102 --> 00:00:53,855 I'll hunt down mutants and immortalise their horrible faces for tabloid posterity. 14 00:00:54,900 --> 00:00:57,225 - That's just great. - Yeah. 15 00:00:57,318 --> 00:01:00,769 Except there are no mutants, and that rag is full of lies. 16 00:01:01,030 --> 00:01:07,281 Wait till I get my first exclusive. In the meantime, everybody, drinks on me at Crash. 17 00:01:16,919 --> 00:01:21,296 - This is not good. - I'm as worried about exposure as you are. 18 00:01:21,464 --> 00:01:24,299 I'd believe that if you covered your bar code better. 19 00:01:24,384 --> 00:01:28,333 Look, I seriously doubt White and his merry band of transgenic hunters 20 00:01:28,429 --> 00:01:32,260 get their tips from New World Weekly- and it's Sketchy we're talkin' about. 21 00:01:32,349 --> 00:01:36,927 What are the chances he finds a Manticore alum stupid enough to let him snap a shot? 22 00:01:37,020 --> 00:01:39,771 Hey, guys. 23 00:01:42,232 --> 00:01:44,308 You were saying? 24 00:01:50,364 --> 00:01:53,235 - Yeah. - Logan? It's Wendy White. 25 00:01:53,909 --> 00:01:56,578 I've tried to reach you, but your sister said... 26 00:01:56,662 --> 00:02:00,825 I know. I talked to her. She said you were tracking down some leads on Ray. 27 00:02:01,291 --> 00:02:03,912 - Yeah. I have nothing solid yet. - I found him. 28 00:02:04,669 --> 00:02:07,124 - What? - I found Ray. 29 00:02:07,212 --> 00:02:12,633 - Is he with you? - No, but I know where my husband took him. 30 00:02:12,717 --> 00:02:16,549 - You've gotta help me get him back. - I will. 31 00:02:17,471 --> 00:02:21,765 But you have to promise me that you're not going to do anything until I get there. 32 00:02:21,850 --> 00:02:25,468 I don't have to tell you how dangerous the people who took your son are. 33 00:02:25,562 --> 00:02:27,803 Hurry, Logan. I think they're onto me. 34 00:02:28,397 --> 00:02:31,398 - Tell me where you are. - Even the policeman I talked to... 35 00:02:31,483 --> 00:02:34,152 - Wendy, where are you? - A little town... 36 00:02:36,404 --> 00:02:38,776 - Oh, my God. - Wendy? 37 00:02:43,244 --> 00:02:45,319 Wendy? 38 00:02:53,961 --> 00:02:56,119 You shouldn't have come here. 39 00:02:56,213 --> 00:02:58,289 I want my son. 40 00:02:58,590 --> 00:03:00,748 He's not your son any more. 41 00:03:00,842 --> 00:03:03,000 He's one of us. 42 00:03:03,094 --> 00:03:05,715 Who are you people? 43 00:03:05,805 --> 00:03:09,387 - What are you doing to him? - That is not your concern. 44 00:03:10,809 --> 00:03:14,308 We've protected ourselves for thousands of years. 45 00:03:15,105 --> 00:03:17,856 And you should have left well enough alone. 46 00:03:17,940 --> 00:03:21,274 - Please. - I loved you, Wendy. 47 00:03:21,360 --> 00:03:25,571 You were chosen for me. But you should've forgotten about him. 48 00:03:26,907 --> 00:03:29,397 And you should've forgotten about me. 49 00:03:33,412 --> 00:03:38,370 They designed her to be the perfect soldier, a human weapon. 50 00:03:38,458 --> 00:03:40,415 Then she escaped. 51 00:03:40,502 --> 00:03:44,997 In a future not far from now, in a broken world, 52 00:03:45,089 --> 00:03:47,544 she is haunted by her past. 53 00:03:47,633 --> 00:03:53,137 She cannot run. She must fight to discover her destiny. 54 00:04:33,047 --> 00:04:36,463 Hey. Only managed to score about five gallons. 55 00:04:36,550 --> 00:04:40,464 - That should be enough to get us there. - So you traced the call? 56 00:04:40,554 --> 00:04:45,298 She called from a town called Willoughby, which is located three hours south of here. 57 00:04:45,391 --> 00:04:47,964 Why is Wendy trying to track down Ray by herself? 58 00:04:48,269 --> 00:04:51,720 I mean, she knows how psycho White and his cult pals are. 59 00:04:51,814 --> 00:04:54,849 I can't tell you how many times I've tried to tell her that. 60 00:04:54,941 --> 00:04:59,899 She's called more than once with what turned out to be bogus leads. 61 00:04:59,987 --> 00:05:02,739 - Think this might be another dead end? - Did occur to me, 62 00:05:02,823 --> 00:05:06,441 until I heard someone bust in and the line went dead. 63 00:05:07,077 --> 00:05:09,365 - Bingo. - The address. 64 00:05:09,454 --> 00:05:12,241 Yeah, here we go. 65 00:05:12,373 --> 00:05:15,124 - Max is sick again? - Up all night. 66 00:05:15,209 --> 00:05:18,743 I couldn't get her out of that bathroom. I think it's cholera. 67 00:05:18,962 --> 00:05:22,911 - Or diphtheria. - Aw, or maybe bubonic plague. 68 00:05:23,007 --> 00:05:25,130 I hear that's goin' around. 69 00:05:25,217 --> 00:05:29,262 You wanna cover her shift as well, makes no never mind to me. Happy ridin'. 70 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:35,222 - Is that goin' to Sector Three? Trade you. - Whatever. 71 00:05:35,310 --> 00:05:38,393 I got a tip about a mutant livin' in the sewers over there. 72 00:05:38,479 --> 00:05:41,148 Maybe I'll get lucky and snap a shot. 73 00:05:43,442 --> 00:05:45,517 What do you think? 74 00:05:46,903 --> 00:05:52,323 He'll slog around, come back empty-handed, tired and smelling like garbage. 75 00:06:18,514 --> 00:06:21,004 Oh, my God. 76 00:06:50,500 --> 00:06:54,331 - Phone number's listed to this hotel. - Which room did she call from? 77 00:06:54,420 --> 00:06:58,797 - Records didn't break it down that far. - Well, let's go check it out. 78 00:06:58,882 --> 00:07:01,254 Wendy had the feeling someone was onto her. 79 00:07:01,343 --> 00:07:03,714 We don't wanna tip the wrong person off. 80 00:07:03,803 --> 00:07:06,673 Well, that kinda makes things tough. 81 00:07:07,515 --> 00:07:10,052 Watch and learn. 82 00:07:14,270 --> 00:07:16,761 - Morning. - Morning. 83 00:07:17,356 --> 00:07:19,764 Uh, we're here with the Conner party. 84 00:07:21,985 --> 00:07:26,398 - Conner party? - Hunting weekend. Booked two rooms. 85 00:07:26,489 --> 00:07:28,565 No, sorry, is it under another name? 86 00:07:28,658 --> 00:07:33,782 You know, maybe Bill's girlfriend used her name to check in. Uh, try... 87 00:07:36,873 --> 00:07:40,657 I can't remember her name. I only met her once. God, it's embarrassing. 88 00:07:40,752 --> 00:07:44,879 - Maybe if I take a look it'll jog my memory. - It's OK, we've a couple of vacancies. 89 00:07:44,964 --> 00:07:47,715 Oh, great. Well, then, we'll take a room. 90 00:07:47,799 --> 00:07:50,753 OK, well, then just fill that out. 91 00:07:51,636 --> 00:07:55,503 - I hate it when it's on the tip of your tongue... - Yeah, I know the feeling. 92 00:07:55,598 --> 00:07:59,381 - Why don't you go ahead and take a look? - Thanks. I appreciate it. 93 00:07:59,476 --> 00:08:01,884 I don't see anything. Do you? 94 00:08:04,814 --> 00:08:08,265 Well, pretty quiet week. 95 00:08:08,359 --> 00:08:12,652 Yeah, it's mostly a weekend place. Folks hunting, like yourselves. 96 00:08:12,738 --> 00:08:14,814 So nobody, all week? 97 00:08:19,619 --> 00:08:24,079 That's, uh... that's what it says. 98 00:08:25,374 --> 00:08:29,620 - Here you go. - Yeah, you're in 203. Back stairs. 99 00:08:29,711 --> 00:08:31,917 Thanks. 100 00:08:32,547 --> 00:08:34,954 Have a nice stay. 101 00:08:35,508 --> 00:08:38,045 I said "watch and learn", not "tip the guy off". 102 00:08:38,135 --> 00:08:40,376 I was just trying to make sure. 103 00:08:40,470 --> 00:08:43,755 Think he's one of White's fellow travellers? Familiars? 104 00:08:43,973 --> 00:08:47,424 Maybe. Reception in this town is terrible. 105 00:08:47,518 --> 00:08:49,843 But there we go - it's ringing. 106 00:08:49,937 --> 00:08:52,012 - Hear anything? - Not yet. 107 00:09:15,334 --> 00:09:17,824 New strike plate. Fresh coat of paint. 108 00:09:22,590 --> 00:09:24,132 A new phone jack. 109 00:09:24,216 --> 00:09:27,834 Someone went out of their way to make it look like nothin' happened. 110 00:09:30,388 --> 00:09:34,220 Ten bucks for a soda? 111 00:09:34,308 --> 00:09:37,724 Honour-bar prices. They'll gouge you any way they can. 112 00:09:37,812 --> 00:09:39,887 No honour in a broken world. 113 00:09:42,441 --> 00:09:46,105 Oh, look what I found. 114 00:09:46,194 --> 00:09:49,812 - Best place to keep film till you develop it. - Think it's Wendy's? 115 00:09:50,197 --> 00:09:55,357 - Let's find out. Nice work. - I watch, I learn, I steal sodas. 116 00:10:00,831 --> 00:10:04,034 Freeze! What the hell are you doin' here? 117 00:10:04,209 --> 00:10:06,914 There it is! 118 00:10:08,213 --> 00:10:11,581 Subject is headed for daylight. 119 00:10:11,674 --> 00:10:15,007 Damn it. All units, form a perimeter above ground. 120 00:10:15,261 --> 00:10:17,087 Go! Go! 121 00:10:50,041 --> 00:10:52,366 Freeze! There he is! 122 00:11:16,939 --> 00:11:20,105 - Get these people outta here. - All right, let's move it back. 123 00:11:20,317 --> 00:11:23,851 All right, let's go. Move back. There's nothin' to see here. 124 00:11:23,945 --> 00:11:26,353 Throw a sheet over its ugly head. 125 00:11:26,447 --> 00:11:28,523 Get it to HQ ASAP. 126 00:11:37,207 --> 00:11:40,990 Just takes a few minutes and the photos, they come out right there. 127 00:11:41,085 --> 00:11:43,327 Great. Thanks. 128 00:11:50,552 --> 00:11:52,959 Good afternoon. 129 00:11:54,263 --> 00:11:56,421 You folks stayin' at the hotel? 130 00:11:56,515 --> 00:11:59,931 - Yeah. - Yeah, I heard we had visitors. Welcome. 131 00:12:00,227 --> 00:12:02,800 Just passing through. 132 00:12:04,397 --> 00:12:07,314 Well, you enjoy your stay. 133 00:12:13,280 --> 00:12:15,687 - What's that? - Dunno. 134 00:12:18,659 --> 00:12:20,817 School uniforms. 135 00:12:22,287 --> 00:12:25,039 Could be a prep school nearby. 136 00:12:25,499 --> 00:12:28,452 Place looks pretty posh. Must be exclusive. 137 00:12:36,175 --> 00:12:38,001 That's Ray. 138 00:12:38,885 --> 00:12:41,293 White must have stashed him here. 139 00:12:41,721 --> 00:12:44,093 You folks have a kid up at Brookridge? 140 00:12:44,181 --> 00:12:46,257 - No. - Yeah. 141 00:12:47,059 --> 00:12:50,262 We just happened to drive by, and we happened to see it, 142 00:12:50,354 --> 00:12:55,098 and we thought that it looked like the kind of place that we might send our kid someday. 143 00:12:55,191 --> 00:12:57,267 - If we could afford it. - Right. 144 00:12:57,360 --> 00:12:59,897 Just happened to see it? Cos it's not near the road, 145 00:12:59,987 --> 00:13:03,605 so you gotta pull right up into the gate. 146 00:13:03,698 --> 00:13:06,319 Right, well, I took a wrong turn. 147 00:13:06,701 --> 00:13:09,655 - I gave him bad directions. - She had the map. 148 00:13:10,663 --> 00:13:12,951 - Anyway, thanks. - Yeah. Take care. 149 00:13:13,040 --> 00:13:14,582 Bye. 150 00:13:24,175 --> 00:13:26,214 Forgot one. 151 00:13:27,427 --> 00:13:29,503 Thank you. 152 00:13:35,893 --> 00:13:39,558 Keep walking. Act natural. We're just passing through. 153 00:13:53,742 --> 00:13:56,945 I get the feeling this isn't your average boarding school 154 00:13:57,036 --> 00:13:59,242 for rich kids with disciplinary problems. 155 00:13:59,330 --> 00:14:01,655 Think it's the cult's version of Manticore? 156 00:14:01,749 --> 00:14:07,833 If so, Willoughby's cult central, and we don't know who's involved - sheriff, hotel clerk... 157 00:14:08,922 --> 00:14:12,670 - Let's get Wendy and Ray and get outta here. - Works for me. 158 00:14:22,141 --> 00:14:24,846 It was probably designed to be a worker-drone - 159 00:14:24,936 --> 00:14:29,348 good for hauling equipment, digging foxholes, that kind of thing. 160 00:14:29,439 --> 00:14:33,935 - Does it talk? - Talk. I can talk. 161 00:14:34,027 --> 00:14:37,312 Good. Then you'll understand what I'm about to say. 162 00:14:37,405 --> 00:14:40,571 Give it a last meal. We don't wanna seem inhospitable. 163 00:14:40,783 --> 00:14:45,740 Ship it out in tomorrow's transport. The boys at forensics can take it apart at their leisure. 164 00:14:45,829 --> 00:14:47,738 Yes, sir. 165 00:14:50,291 --> 00:14:54,122 On another matter, sir, we may have a situation. 166 00:14:54,211 --> 00:14:59,003 The team came across a kid in the sewers, before the damn thing broke for the street. 167 00:14:59,090 --> 00:15:02,589 He had a camera. He may have gotten off a couple of shots. 168 00:15:02,677 --> 00:15:04,752 Terrific. 169 00:15:07,848 --> 00:15:09,840 White. 170 00:15:09,933 --> 00:15:12,091 Yes, sir. 171 00:15:12,185 --> 00:15:16,396 Of course, but can it wait till tomorrow? I've got a family situation. 172 00:15:16,480 --> 00:15:19,149 Very good, sir. I'll be there. 173 00:15:21,151 --> 00:15:23,357 That was the director. 174 00:15:24,362 --> 00:15:28,655 He wants to meet to talk about today's little snafu. 175 00:15:28,741 --> 00:15:32,109 I do not want to have to tell him that on top of everything else, 176 00:15:32,202 --> 00:15:34,740 we have a kid runnin' around with photographs. 177 00:15:34,829 --> 00:15:36,905 We do have a lead. 178 00:15:36,998 --> 00:15:41,244 One of the men remembers that he was wearing a backpack with a company logo. 179 00:15:41,335 --> 00:15:44,289 Find him. Find out what he knows. Get rid of the film. 180 00:15:44,379 --> 00:15:48,174 - Yes, sir. - And if he knows too much, get rid of him. 181 00:15:48,425 --> 00:15:52,208 Damn it. I was supposed to have seen my kid today. 182 00:15:52,303 --> 00:15:55,007 Be lucky if I get out of town before rush hour. 183 00:15:57,975 --> 00:16:01,557 What's up? You look like you ran all the way from Sector Three. 184 00:16:01,644 --> 00:16:05,060 - And you smell like it, too. - You will not believe what I just saw. 185 00:16:05,147 --> 00:16:08,516 A mutant. A real, live miscreation of science. 186 00:16:08,609 --> 00:16:11,182 And I got the photographic proof. 187 00:16:11,945 --> 00:16:15,563 Well, why don't you take a load off and tell us all about it? 188 00:16:15,657 --> 00:16:19,903 OK. So, I'm trawlin' the area, lookin' for the mutant. 189 00:16:19,994 --> 00:16:24,038 I come across this military action. They had the fiend trapped in an alley. 190 00:16:24,122 --> 00:16:26,198 You should have seen him, dude. 191 00:16:26,291 --> 00:16:29,208 You're gonna see it as soon as I get the film developed. 192 00:16:29,293 --> 00:16:33,041 Here. You wouldn't want that fallin' into the wrong hands. 193 00:16:33,130 --> 00:16:36,166 I'm gonna take this to the paper right after lunch. 194 00:16:39,052 --> 00:16:42,670 Poor little white boy. He was excited about that story, too. 195 00:16:42,763 --> 00:16:45,171 Had to be done. Thanks. 196 00:16:45,474 --> 00:16:48,225 I did it for Max. 197 00:16:49,978 --> 00:16:51,602 But you're welcome. 198 00:16:52,272 --> 00:16:57,312 What were you thinking? Chasing a Manticore escapee into broad daylight? 199 00:16:57,401 --> 00:16:59,974 He posed a danger to the public, sir. 200 00:17:00,070 --> 00:17:03,604 If you couldn't make the capture under wraps, you should've let it go. 201 00:17:03,698 --> 00:17:06,734 Not flush it into the street, where everybody could see it. 202 00:17:06,826 --> 00:17:12,199 - Perhaps I shoulda waited until it ate a child. - You are out of line, Agent White. 203 00:17:12,456 --> 00:17:18,244 With respect, what's out of line is the way this entire operation is being handled. 204 00:17:18,336 --> 00:17:21,918 - We're understaffed and underfunded. - Your funding is off the books. 205 00:17:22,006 --> 00:17:25,125 We can't risk diverting any more without raising eyebrows. 206 00:17:25,217 --> 00:17:28,550 Well, I thought that my job was to capture transgenics, 207 00:17:28,636 --> 00:17:30,795 not to cover somebody's ass. 208 00:17:35,100 --> 00:17:40,474 If it got out that billions of tax dollars were diverted to a secret government programme 209 00:17:40,564 --> 00:17:44,430 to build transgenic soldiers - well, that would be bad enough. 210 00:17:44,525 --> 00:17:49,400 But if it got out that millions more were being diverted to catch the damned things 211 00:17:49,488 --> 00:17:52,738 because they got away, it would be a disaster. 212 00:17:55,201 --> 00:17:59,068 Damn it, Ames, it could bring down the Committee itself. 213 00:18:01,165 --> 00:18:06,289 Bottom line - I don't care what you do with these transgenics. 214 00:18:06,378 --> 00:18:10,505 Catch 'em, kill 'em, let 'em skulk around in the sewer to their heart's content. 215 00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:13,839 You just keep them off the nightly news. 216 00:18:28,522 --> 00:18:33,432 Yeah? Hi, Ray. How's my big man? 217 00:18:36,487 --> 00:18:38,978 Well, I can't, you know. 218 00:18:39,073 --> 00:18:43,533 You know that parents aren't allowed to be there until it's finished. 219 00:18:43,618 --> 00:18:49,288 But, but... don't worry. It's gonna be just fine. You just do like you practised, right? 220 00:18:51,542 --> 00:18:53,617 And I'll see you soon. 221 00:18:54,586 --> 00:18:56,792 I love you too. 222 00:18:56,880 --> 00:18:59,086 OK. Bye. 223 00:19:09,349 --> 00:19:11,674 - Ready? - Watch and learn. 224 00:19:12,268 --> 00:19:16,645 - If you're not out in an hour, I'm comin' in. - Damn right you are. 225 00:19:30,075 --> 00:19:33,859 - Can I help you? - I must've taken a wrong turn somewhere. 226 00:19:33,954 --> 00:19:36,989 I'm looking for, uh, County Road 4. 227 00:19:37,707 --> 00:19:40,873 Sure thing. Go back the way you came. 228 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:45,455 Make a left at the drive. About six or seven miles, you'll hit a light. 229 00:19:45,547 --> 00:19:47,835 - Make another left. - Left. 230 00:19:47,924 --> 00:19:51,589 - And it's your first right. - Maybe I should write this down. 231 00:19:51,677 --> 00:19:53,303 Have you got a pen? 232 00:19:53,304 --> 00:19:53,754 Have you got a pen? 233 00:19:55,180 --> 00:19:59,012 - Not on me. Let me get one. - Uh, that's all right. 234 00:19:59,100 --> 00:20:01,425 I think I can remember. Thanks. 235 00:24:22,537 --> 00:24:24,613 Damn it. 236 00:24:38,676 --> 00:24:40,799 Just passin' through, huh? 237 00:24:53,314 --> 00:24:55,520 Yeah, I'll be there soon. 238 00:24:55,607 --> 00:24:58,063 - How's Ray? - It's too soon to tell. 239 00:24:58,151 --> 00:25:00,227 But the symptoms have come fast. 240 00:25:01,154 --> 00:25:02,648 I see. 241 00:25:02,739 --> 00:25:05,775 We had an incident involving one of the transgenics. 242 00:25:05,866 --> 00:25:10,693 - What? - She tried to stop the ceremony and take Ray. 243 00:25:10,787 --> 00:25:13,622 - 452. - We have her. 244 00:25:13,706 --> 00:25:16,280 She was cut with the kariff. 245 00:25:16,834 --> 00:25:19,206 It should take effect on her soon. 246 00:25:19,295 --> 00:25:21,370 I'll be there in an hour. 247 00:25:47,194 --> 00:25:50,064 - Does it hurt? - Yeah. 248 00:25:51,072 --> 00:25:53,148 Except I want my money back. 249 00:25:53,241 --> 00:25:56,111 I asked for the heart with the dagger through it. 250 00:25:56,202 --> 00:25:59,701 Why did you come here? Did she send you, the mother? 251 00:26:00,163 --> 00:26:03,864 If you're trying to protect her, don't bother. It's too late for that. 252 00:26:05,293 --> 00:26:08,163 What are you doing with Ray? 253 00:26:08,254 --> 00:26:11,171 - What is necessary. - Could you be more specific? 254 00:26:11,256 --> 00:26:13,924 Cos I left my copy of Wacky Cult Rituals for Dummies at home. 255 00:26:13,925 --> 00:26:15,384 Cos I left my copy of Wacky Cult Rituals for Dummies at home. 256 00:26:17,595 --> 00:26:20,003 Ray is proving himself. 257 00:26:20,306 --> 00:26:23,674 Really? I'd like to see you prove yourself. 258 00:26:23,767 --> 00:26:25,843 I have. 259 00:26:27,479 --> 00:26:29,555 We all have. 260 00:26:31,024 --> 00:26:37,690 Yippee. So, after you pass the sacred snake blood test, whaddaya get? A lollipop? 261 00:26:38,030 --> 00:26:40,105 You shouldn't have interfered. 262 00:26:42,033 --> 00:26:44,156 Sorry I spoiled the party. 263 00:26:44,785 --> 00:26:47,074 You will be sorry. 264 00:26:47,163 --> 00:26:49,238 Soon enough. 265 00:26:53,835 --> 00:26:56,076 We're closed. Come back tomorrow! 266 00:26:59,131 --> 00:27:01,420 Special Agent Otto Gottlieb, NSA. 267 00:27:01,592 --> 00:27:06,218 - I'd like to ask you a few questions. - Sorry, didn't realise that, uh... 268 00:27:06,304 --> 00:27:08,546 I mean, you know, I never expected... 269 00:27:11,142 --> 00:27:14,475 Whatever. Reagan Ronald, proud American, at your service, sir. 270 00:27:14,561 --> 00:27:17,099 - You run this place? - Yes, as best I can, sir. 271 00:27:17,189 --> 00:27:21,316 We're lookin' for one of your messengers. Male, long hair, ratty clothes. 272 00:27:21,401 --> 00:27:24,734 Tragically, you've just described every young man in my employ. 273 00:27:24,904 --> 00:27:28,687 - He had a camera. - Calvin Simon Theodore, AKA Sketchy. 274 00:27:28,782 --> 00:27:32,993 Six foot, roughly 180 pounds, smells vaguely of rotten fruit. 275 00:27:33,077 --> 00:27:35,533 - What'd he do? - That's classified. 276 00:27:35,663 --> 00:27:37,702 - Got it. - Tell us where we can find him. 277 00:27:38,165 --> 00:27:40,572 Crash, 1313 Euclid. It's a bar. 278 00:27:40,667 --> 00:27:46,041 He and his fellow reprobates go there after work to drink themselves into stupors. 279 00:27:47,590 --> 00:27:49,915 Glad I could help. 280 00:27:53,345 --> 00:27:55,836 I just don't... I don't get it. 281 00:27:56,598 --> 00:28:01,259 - Well, maybe you left the lens cap on. - Or loaded the film in backwards. 282 00:28:01,352 --> 00:28:07,021 Or maybe I'm just a loser that can't do anything right. That's what my editor thinks. 283 00:28:07,107 --> 00:28:09,313 These things happen, Sketch. 284 00:28:09,526 --> 00:28:12,396 - It just wasn't meant to be, that's all. - I mean, come on. 285 00:28:12,487 --> 00:28:17,112 Do you really think you saw a mutant? You know how these tabloid things work. 286 00:28:17,199 --> 00:28:20,069 Slap a weather balloon on the cover and it's the aliens. 287 00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:25,616 A shot of a guy in a Hallowe'en mask and say that there's monsters on the loose. 288 00:28:27,166 --> 00:28:31,626 Sketch, they make this stuff up. 289 00:28:32,295 --> 00:28:34,418 Yeah, I guess you're right. 290 00:28:34,506 --> 00:28:38,455 It's just I really wanted to believe it, man. You know? 291 00:28:38,551 --> 00:28:41,172 My life's not that interesting, Alec. 292 00:28:41,261 --> 00:28:43,966 - I'm a bike messenger. - We're all bike messengers. 293 00:28:44,056 --> 00:28:47,673 Yeah, but with you and Max and OC, it's not all you are. 294 00:28:47,767 --> 00:28:51,349 If the mutant stories were true, then life would be more interesting, 295 00:28:51,437 --> 00:28:56,182 and as a reporter bringing that story to the world, then I would be more interesting. 296 00:28:56,274 --> 00:28:59,192 But I am what I am - a bike messenger. 297 00:29:01,195 --> 00:29:05,656 - It's not true, Sketchy. - Well, it feels true. 298 00:29:08,702 --> 00:29:12,450 All right, thanks, you guys. I'll go home now and puke. 299 00:29:17,334 --> 00:29:20,252 Tell me again how that had to be done. 300 00:29:21,588 --> 00:29:24,079 Had to be done. 301 00:29:29,762 --> 00:29:32,632 Calvin Theodore, you're coming with us. 302 00:29:38,353 --> 00:29:43,856 - I've got a permit for the gun. It's in my car. - Look, I don't care about the permit. 303 00:29:43,941 --> 00:29:47,440 I'm interested in what you were doin' up at the school. 304 00:29:54,742 --> 00:29:56,818 This is about the boy, isn't it? 305 00:29:56,910 --> 00:29:58,986 The boy in the picture. 306 00:30:00,956 --> 00:30:03,707 What did you think you were gonna do? Take him? 307 00:30:13,008 --> 00:30:16,210 - You got it all wrong. - Do I? 308 00:30:17,512 --> 00:30:22,137 Look, I make it my business to take care of that school and everybody in it. 309 00:30:22,224 --> 00:30:24,183 I'm gonna ask you one more time. What were you doin' up there? 310 00:30:24,184 --> 00:30:26,093 I'm gonna ask you one more time. What were you doin' up there? 311 00:30:29,897 --> 00:30:33,147 - What are you lookin' at, you little freak? - You. 312 00:30:35,194 --> 00:30:38,147 - How do you feel? - What do you care? 313 00:30:38,238 --> 00:30:40,314 It should have started by now. 314 00:30:41,074 --> 00:30:44,573 - It's started with Ray. - What's started? Is he OK? 315 00:30:45,202 --> 00:30:47,527 If he's one of us, he'll live. 316 00:30:48,121 --> 00:30:50,280 If he's sick, you should get a doctor. 317 00:30:50,373 --> 00:30:53,576 If he's not meant to survive, no one can help him. 318 00:31:02,467 --> 00:31:04,839 It's gettin' hot in here. 319 00:31:04,928 --> 00:31:07,169 Can you turn down the heat? 320 00:31:07,263 --> 00:31:10,133 - It's begun. - What's begun? 321 00:31:11,100 --> 00:31:13,804 That's why I'm here - to watch. 322 00:31:14,436 --> 00:31:17,057 Watch what? 323 00:31:17,147 --> 00:31:19,222 Watch you die. 324 00:31:26,154 --> 00:31:28,361 I said I was sorry about the shoes. 325 00:31:30,617 --> 00:31:34,151 - What were you doing down in that sewer? - I was on assignment. 326 00:31:34,245 --> 00:31:36,617 I work for a newspaper. 327 00:31:37,664 --> 00:31:40,202 You had a camera. I want that film. 328 00:31:40,292 --> 00:31:43,956 - The pictures didn't come out. - You expect me to believe that? 329 00:31:44,045 --> 00:31:46,536 What can I say, man? I screwed up. 330 00:31:46,631 --> 00:31:49,168 I'm bummed about it too. It woulda made great copy. 331 00:31:49,258 --> 00:31:52,045 What would have? What did you see? 332 00:31:53,929 --> 00:31:57,712 Some loser in a Hallowe'en mask. I don't know. 333 00:31:59,809 --> 00:32:01,967 What paper do you work for? 334 00:32:02,061 --> 00:32:04,730 - New World Weekly. - It's a tabloid. 335 00:32:04,813 --> 00:32:08,063 Yeah, a picture of a weather balloon and the aliens are coming. 336 00:32:08,149 --> 00:32:10,854 And if a kid pulls a hold-up in a Hallowe'en mask... 337 00:32:10,943 --> 00:32:15,071 Mutants are on the loose. I'd have had a cover if I hadn't messed up the film. 338 00:32:15,155 --> 00:32:19,615 Look, dude, I'll totally score you a new pair of shoes. All right? 339 00:32:19,701 --> 00:32:21,777 Whaddaya think? 340 00:32:22,495 --> 00:32:25,116 He doesn't know anything. Let him go. 341 00:32:28,458 --> 00:32:33,036 There's something goin' on at that school. Something dangerous. 342 00:32:34,088 --> 00:32:38,999 - What are you talkin' about? - Haven't you ever noticed anything strange? 343 00:32:39,260 --> 00:32:40,510 What? Are you involved in a custody dispute over that kid? 344 00:32:40,511 --> 00:32:42,384 What? Are you involved in a custody dispute over that kid? 345 00:32:42,471 --> 00:32:48,508 You're a cop. It's your job to notice things. You haven't noticed anything unusual? 346 00:32:53,188 --> 00:32:54,896 Maybe. 347 00:32:55,565 --> 00:32:57,439 Then hear me out. 348 00:32:58,568 --> 00:33:00,644 There's something in the blood. 349 00:33:04,198 --> 00:33:08,065 I'm so thirsty. I need water. 350 00:33:08,160 --> 00:33:12,453 - It won't do any good. - I'm gonna die anyway. 351 00:33:12,538 --> 00:33:14,910 Please. 352 00:33:56,243 --> 00:33:58,912 I didn't know you would be here. 353 00:33:58,995 --> 00:34:01,403 I'm honoured. 354 00:34:05,001 --> 00:34:07,574 - How is he? - He's weak. 355 00:34:07,670 --> 00:34:09,792 I'd be surprised if he survives. 356 00:34:10,630 --> 00:34:12,706 I am sorry, Ames. 357 00:34:13,550 --> 00:34:16,336 But we all have our destiny. 358 00:34:18,054 --> 00:34:20,129 Ray... 359 00:34:22,432 --> 00:34:24,508 He's my only son. 360 00:34:27,812 --> 00:34:30,516 This is how it's always been for us. 361 00:34:41,449 --> 00:34:44,568 You said you had some business with 452. 362 00:34:45,411 --> 00:34:47,617 I'll call you if there's any change. 363 00:34:54,544 --> 00:34:56,785 Please. 364 00:35:17,438 --> 00:35:19,644 Stop! 365 00:35:25,821 --> 00:35:27,647 I said "stop". 366 00:35:35,871 --> 00:35:38,409 You were just pretending to be sick. 367 00:35:41,126 --> 00:35:43,699 - Want me to put you down? - It depends. 368 00:35:43,795 --> 00:35:47,543 If you hold me up here long enough, will your head explode? 369 00:35:54,012 --> 00:35:56,763 - You can't win. - Really? 370 00:35:58,099 --> 00:36:00,008 Not even if I do this? 371 00:36:06,314 --> 00:36:08,390 Made you look. 372 00:36:54,981 --> 00:36:57,306 Sweet dreams, bitch. 373 00:37:24,632 --> 00:37:26,708 Not another step. 374 00:37:29,636 --> 00:37:31,545 Put him down. 375 00:37:31,847 --> 00:37:34,088 You wanna shoot me through your own son? 376 00:37:34,349 --> 00:37:36,341 Put him down. 377 00:37:42,606 --> 00:37:45,772 Drop your gun. Keep your hands where I can see 'em. 378 00:38:00,830 --> 00:38:02,988 Max, hurry! 379 00:38:16,510 --> 00:38:18,752 Get in, Sheriff. Get in! 380 00:38:41,198 --> 00:38:45,694 Well, I expect the long arm of the law is giving you a sound and deserved thrashing. 381 00:38:45,786 --> 00:38:49,700 - You tipped those goons I was at Crash? - That I did. 382 00:38:49,789 --> 00:38:55,412 Whatever they suspected you of, I'm certain you were guilty. Hot run, Ninth and Grand. 383 00:38:59,172 --> 00:39:01,497 - Hey, pal, you OK? - Yeah. 384 00:39:01,591 --> 00:39:03,833 The weirdest thing happened last night. 385 00:39:03,926 --> 00:39:04,093 Some government suits grabbed me up. 386 00:39:04,094 --> 00:39:06,928 Some government suits grabbed me up. 387 00:39:07,012 --> 00:39:10,048 - Wanted to know what I saw. - What did you tell 'em? 388 00:39:10,140 --> 00:39:13,722 That I saw some dude in a Hallowe'en mask. Then they let me go. 389 00:39:13,810 --> 00:39:16,182 - Good man. - But then I started thinkin'. 390 00:39:16,479 --> 00:39:18,555 - Thinking? - What do you mean, thinking? 391 00:39:18,648 --> 00:39:22,561 If they were that spun about what I mighta seen, then maybe I saw somethin'. 392 00:39:22,651 --> 00:39:25,687 - Yeah, a guy in a mask. - Use your head, dude. 393 00:39:25,779 --> 00:39:28,898 Like they need to cover up the existence of guys in costumes. 394 00:39:29,282 --> 00:39:33,030 I don't think so. They nabbed me because they've got something to hide. 395 00:39:33,118 --> 00:39:38,112 The truth is out there, people. The mutants exist, and I'm gonna prove it. 396 00:39:41,042 --> 00:39:44,956 - Well, that didn't go as well as I'd hoped. - No, it did not. 397 00:39:45,504 --> 00:39:49,252 Course, the important question is, who gets to tell Max? 398 00:39:49,508 --> 00:39:53,635 She was exposed. She not only survived, she didn't even show symptoms. 399 00:39:53,720 --> 00:39:56,293 How is that possible? 400 00:39:56,722 --> 00:39:59,130 Sandeman. 401 00:39:59,349 --> 00:40:03,927 His work at Manticore must have progressed further than we'd thought. 402 00:40:05,271 --> 00:40:08,058 We need to find out if the others are immune as well. 403 00:40:08,232 --> 00:40:12,526 I'll deal with the other transgenics, and I'll deal with 452. 404 00:40:12,611 --> 00:40:15,777 - But I have to find out what happened to Ray. - Ames... 405 00:40:15,864 --> 00:40:19,564 - It's possible he survived. - Possible, but doubtful. 406 00:40:20,952 --> 00:40:23,074 I need to know. 407 00:40:24,997 --> 00:40:28,745 - I have to be sure. - You do whatever you have to do. 408 00:40:28,833 --> 00:40:31,751 You just find out what the hell is going on. 409 00:40:31,836 --> 00:40:35,584 This could jeopardise everything we've worked towards. 410 00:40:40,427 --> 00:40:45,218 - It's a shame we have to leave this place. - Can't be helped. We'll find somewhere else. 411 00:40:45,306 --> 00:40:47,263 Samuel. 412 00:41:00,611 --> 00:41:04,359 No worries. This isn't gonna hurt. 413 00:41:04,573 --> 00:41:08,652 But with any luck it'll kill ya. 414 00:41:14,206 --> 00:41:18,998 That was Sam Carr at the hospital. Ray's blood work came back. He'll be fine. 415 00:41:19,085 --> 00:41:21,658 Doc have any idea what they exposed him to? 416 00:41:21,754 --> 00:41:26,083 Some kind of pathogen or viral agent he's never seen before. 417 00:41:26,175 --> 00:41:30,717 Those snakes must be carriers, hosts for whatever bug it is. 418 00:41:32,097 --> 00:41:37,054 Well, whatever it is, kid's immune system kicked in with the right antibodies. 419 00:41:37,268 --> 00:41:40,802 That nutcase priestess bitch said that he had to prove himself. 420 00:41:40,896 --> 00:41:44,062 Like this was some kind of test to see if he'd survive. 421 00:41:44,149 --> 00:41:46,983 If he didn't, he wasn't one of them. 422 00:41:47,110 --> 00:41:50,063 You were exposed. You didn't get sick. 423 00:41:50,154 --> 00:41:52,989 Guess that makes me an honorary member. 424 00:41:53,615 --> 00:41:55,074 Congratulations. 425 00:41:55,283 --> 00:41:58,782 Think if I concentrated I could make stuff fly around the room? 426 00:41:58,870 --> 00:42:03,661 I wouldn't count on it. My guess would be that the kid that went all poltergeist on you 427 00:42:03,749 --> 00:42:06,536 was part of some kind of special breeding line. 428 00:42:06,627 --> 00:42:10,873 Makes you wonder what other tricks they have up their sleeves. 429 00:42:12,757 --> 00:42:14,833 Poor kid. 430 00:42:14,925 --> 00:42:18,009 Mom's gone. Dad's a freak. 431 00:42:18,220 --> 00:42:21,802 Not exactly the storybook ending we were hoping for. 432 00:42:21,890 --> 00:42:24,380 At least we got him away from those people. 433 00:42:24,475 --> 00:42:29,682 That's what Wendy wanted. I talked to her sister, by the way. She's on her way down. 434 00:42:30,272 --> 00:42:35,514 Made arrangements to get her and Ray on a plane, as far away from White as I can. 435 00:42:39,780 --> 00:42:43,279 - Hey, Ray. How you feelin'? - OK. 436 00:42:44,660 --> 00:42:47,909 Did I pass? Am I strong? 437 00:42:50,915 --> 00:42:54,580 - You did fine. - What do you need to be strong for, Ray? 438 00:42:55,085 --> 00:42:58,869 - For the Coming. - The Coming? What's that? 439 00:42:59,881 --> 00:43:02,206 Nobody ever told me it. 440 00:43:02,300 --> 00:43:05,217 Except it's bad if you're not one of us. 441 00:43:36,955 --> 00:43:40,039 Visiontext Subtitles: Marisa Castle de Joncaire 442 00:43:55,346 --> 00:43:57,422 ENGLISH