1 00:00:28,396 --> 00:00:30,164 (camera shutter clicking) MAN (whispering): Hey. 2 00:00:30,198 --> 00:00:31,365 No flash. 3 00:00:31,399 --> 00:00:33,201 Sorry. 4 00:00:37,238 --> 00:00:39,573 MAN: This is it. 5 00:00:39,607 --> 00:00:41,709 Locals have seen the lights twice from here, 6 00:00:41,742 --> 00:00:42,843 including last night. 7 00:00:42,876 --> 00:00:46,114 WOMAN: Reports on ConspiracyNet say Goathart is housing 8 00:00:46,147 --> 00:00:46,814 a reverse-UFO technology project. 9 00:00:46,847 --> 00:00:49,117 MAN: Yeah, 10 00:00:49,150 --> 00:00:51,352 I've also heard it's a reinvent of a Nazi 11 00:00:51,385 --> 00:00:53,321 superweapons program. 12 00:00:53,354 --> 00:00:55,589 Others think it's ghosts-- 13 00:00:55,623 --> 00:00:58,526 spirits of World War II test pilots. 14 00:00:58,559 --> 00:01:00,494 Whatever's going on, 15 00:01:00,528 --> 00:01:03,431 this is where it's happening. 16 00:01:03,464 --> 00:01:06,534 Welcome to the new Dreamland. 17 00:01:07,668 --> 00:01:10,538 The new Area 51. 18 00:01:34,295 --> 00:01:35,896 4:20. 19 00:01:35,929 --> 00:01:37,798 Only two more hours till sunrise. 20 00:01:37,831 --> 00:01:41,335 Prime time for covert military activity. 21 00:01:41,369 --> 00:01:42,670 WOMAN: I'm going to need more coffee. 22 00:01:42,703 --> 00:01:45,639 (low, distant humming) 23 00:01:45,673 --> 00:01:47,575 WOMAN (whispering): You hear that? 24 00:01:47,608 --> 00:01:48,709 MAN: Hear what? 25 00:01:48,742 --> 00:01:50,778 (low humming continues) 26 00:01:52,680 --> 00:01:54,348 (whirring) 27 00:01:54,382 --> 00:01:55,549 (crackling and crashing) 28 00:01:56,417 --> 00:01:58,419 That. 29 00:01:58,452 --> 00:02:02,256 (crackling and crashing continue) 30 00:02:02,290 --> 00:02:03,524 Mother Mary of... 31 00:02:08,862 --> 00:02:09,830 (whispering): Look! 32 00:02:11,332 --> 00:02:12,900 (panting) 33 00:02:18,872 --> 00:02:21,175 (crackling, woman screams) 34 00:02:24,478 --> 00:02:28,916 (low, harmonic tones resonate) 35 00:02:44,365 --> 00:02:45,966 Hey, buddy. 36 00:02:45,999 --> 00:02:47,368 Death by UFO? 37 00:02:47,401 --> 00:02:49,337 Should be interesting. 38 00:02:49,370 --> 00:02:50,871 Yeah, we're hoping for a more terrestrial explanation. 39 00:02:50,904 --> 00:02:53,207 Uh, victim here was badly burned, so it's going 40 00:02:53,241 --> 00:02:54,141 to be a while before we can identify. 41 00:02:54,174 --> 00:02:56,810 What have we got here, some targets, huh? 42 00:02:56,844 --> 00:02:59,413 DAVID: Yeah. Thought this base was shut down a long time ago. 43 00:02:59,447 --> 00:03:01,249 Well, Goathart Air Base 44 00:03:01,282 --> 00:03:04,285 was officially decommissioned in 1986. 45 00:03:04,318 --> 00:03:06,320 It was established in 1938 46 00:03:06,354 --> 00:03:07,621 as a proving ground for new aircraft. 47 00:03:07,655 --> 00:03:09,623 Taking its name from the local Goathart 48 00:03:09,657 --> 00:03:11,292 mountain range. 49 00:03:11,325 --> 00:03:12,993 It's really just a monogenetic volcanic field 50 00:03:13,026 --> 00:03:15,296 created about seven and a half million years ago. 51 00:03:15,329 --> 00:03:17,798 Well, 7.6. Let's be fair. 52 00:03:17,831 --> 00:03:19,300 Right, and-and you are? 53 00:03:19,333 --> 00:03:20,434 Oh, I'm sorry. Of course. 54 00:03:20,468 --> 00:03:21,935 I'm, uh, Floyd Mayborne. 55 00:03:21,969 --> 00:03:23,437 I'm from Department 44. 56 00:03:23,471 --> 00:03:24,372 Department 44? 57 00:03:24,405 --> 00:03:25,606 Pentagon. 58 00:03:25,639 --> 00:03:27,508 - You got some I.D. there? - Oh, 59 00:03:27,541 --> 00:03:29,343 I'm afraid Department 44 personnel 60 00:03:29,377 --> 00:03:31,479 are not allowed to carry identification. 61 00:03:31,512 --> 00:03:33,547 For reasons that cannot be specified at this time. 62 00:03:33,581 --> 00:03:35,249 I can give you 63 00:03:35,283 --> 00:03:38,352 a number to call for verification. 64 00:03:39,920 --> 00:03:41,989 What exactly is Department 44? 65 00:03:42,022 --> 00:03:43,991 Oh, I'm not allowed to describe 66 00:03:44,024 --> 00:03:46,560 or to share our current responsibilities. 67 00:03:46,594 --> 00:03:48,796 For reasons that cannot be specified at this time. 68 00:03:48,829 --> 00:03:51,499 I can tell you, however, Department 44 was originally 69 00:03:51,532 --> 00:03:54,335 established in 1863-- during the Civil War-- 70 00:03:54,368 --> 00:03:56,370 in response to widespread profiteering 71 00:03:56,404 --> 00:03:58,372 of military property. 72 00:03:58,406 --> 00:04:01,742 The theft and black market sale of rations, 73 00:04:01,775 --> 00:04:03,811 boots, cannon wheels, that sort of thing. 74 00:04:03,844 --> 00:04:05,313 So, why are you here? 75 00:04:05,346 --> 00:04:08,416 Well, this incident involves military property. 76 00:04:08,449 --> 00:04:09,817 I was hoping you'd be so kind 77 00:04:09,850 --> 00:04:12,353 as to allow me to monitor the FBI investigation. 78 00:04:12,386 --> 00:04:14,422 We're going to have to get back to you on that one. 79 00:04:14,455 --> 00:04:16,424 We're talking alien heat rays, 80 00:04:16,457 --> 00:04:17,758 or maybe ghosts. 81 00:04:17,791 --> 00:04:19,527 Souls of dead pilots. 82 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,297 Sounds like there's no shortage of irrational theories. 83 00:04:23,331 --> 00:04:25,599 Oh, in my line of work, I often find it difficult 84 00:04:25,633 --> 00:04:27,935 to stay strictly within the bounds of rationality. 85 00:04:27,968 --> 00:04:29,303 Yeah, I bet. 86 00:04:32,706 --> 00:04:35,376 NIKKI: Your weird friend was right. 87 00:04:35,409 --> 00:04:37,678 The base was shuttered in 1986. 88 00:04:37,711 --> 00:04:39,780 There haven't been any military operations authorized 89 00:04:39,813 --> 00:04:41,048 at the base the entire time. 90 00:04:41,081 --> 00:04:42,550 Who were all these people? 91 00:04:42,583 --> 00:04:44,452 UFO and paranormal buffs. 92 00:04:44,485 --> 00:04:45,919 They've been tracking Internet reports 93 00:04:45,953 --> 00:04:47,355 about strange lights. 94 00:04:47,388 --> 00:04:49,390 They camp out along the perimeter, hoping 95 00:04:49,423 --> 00:04:51,492 - to collect evidence. - Of what? 96 00:04:51,525 --> 00:04:53,594 Secret government UFO technology. 97 00:04:53,627 --> 00:04:54,962 NIKKI: Nellis has to deal 98 00:04:54,995 --> 00:04:56,464 with these kinds of people all the time. 99 00:04:56,497 --> 00:04:58,532 - Nellis? - DAVID: Air Base. Area 51. 100 00:04:58,566 --> 00:05:00,601 Oh. So these are really reliable people, right? 101 00:05:00,634 --> 00:05:02,436 Look, short of getting access 102 00:05:02,470 --> 00:05:04,838 to the X Files, we're not going with any kind of alien death ray 103 00:05:04,872 --> 00:05:06,807 - theories, period. - COLBY: Guys. 104 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:08,409 Processed the photos and the video 105 00:05:08,442 --> 00:05:10,411 from these witnesses at Goathart. 106 00:05:10,444 --> 00:05:13,313 Nothing Pulitzer-prize-winning, but we did get something. 107 00:05:14,648 --> 00:05:16,417 What the hell was that? Let me see it again. 108 00:05:18,552 --> 00:05:20,053 You were saying, Agent Mulder? 109 00:05:29,597 --> 00:05:33,701 The Air Force has reverse- engineered crashed UFOs. 110 00:05:33,734 --> 00:05:36,804 It's beyond imagination. 111 00:05:36,837 --> 00:05:39,540 That's why they call places like Goathart 112 00:05:39,573 --> 00:05:42,776 and Area 51 "Dreamland." 113 00:05:42,810 --> 00:05:44,044 COLBY: Okay, but why 114 00:05:44,077 --> 00:05:46,480 was your group out at the air base last night? 115 00:05:46,514 --> 00:05:48,916 Locals been seeing strange lights out there for a week. 116 00:05:48,949 --> 00:05:50,751 We'd been out twice before 117 00:05:50,784 --> 00:05:52,753 trying to get something on camera. 118 00:05:52,786 --> 00:05:55,923 - Last night, we got lucky. - NIKKI: Lucky? 119 00:05:55,956 --> 00:05:56,990 Someone was killed. 120 00:05:57,024 --> 00:06:00,027 I know. It's a... tragedy. 121 00:06:00,060 --> 00:06:02,029 But you got to understand. 122 00:06:02,062 --> 00:06:04,131 This is the first confirmed 123 00:06:04,164 --> 00:06:07,668 observation of alien weapon technology. 124 00:06:07,701 --> 00:06:09,703 All right, how can you be so sure 125 00:06:09,737 --> 00:06:11,672 that what you saw wasn't a natural phenomenon? 126 00:06:11,705 --> 00:06:13,874 Good point. 127 00:06:13,907 --> 00:06:17,177 Could have been, uh, spiritual energy. 128 00:06:17,210 --> 00:06:19,680 Angry ghosts of dead pilots. 129 00:06:19,713 --> 00:06:21,482 It would help if you took these questions 130 00:06:21,515 --> 00:06:22,550 a little more seriously. 131 00:06:22,583 --> 00:06:26,887 Giant balls of energy raining down from the sky? 132 00:06:26,920 --> 00:06:30,057 Does that seem natural to you? 133 00:06:32,693 --> 00:06:37,631 (whispering): Everything you know is wrong. 134 00:06:44,738 --> 00:06:45,873 Oh, guys, wait. Here, excellent. 135 00:06:45,906 --> 00:06:47,608 I want you to meet Floyd Mayborne. 136 00:06:47,641 --> 00:06:50,611 He's, uh, Department 44 of the Pentagon. 137 00:06:50,644 --> 00:06:53,614 Department 44? 138 00:06:53,647 --> 00:06:55,783 Yeah, DC requested that, uh, Mr. Mayborne 139 00:06:55,816 --> 00:06:57,851 observe our investigation. 140 00:06:57,885 --> 00:07:02,690 Extraordinary high-pressure day you're having here, hmm? 141 00:07:02,723 --> 00:07:03,924 Weather-wise. 142 00:07:03,957 --> 00:07:07,094 The buildup of air pressure in the high-altitude Great Basin 143 00:07:07,127 --> 00:07:09,096 between the Sierra Nevada and the Rocky Mountains, 144 00:07:09,129 --> 00:07:10,798 creating adiabatic winds 145 00:07:10,831 --> 00:07:12,633 which are propelled gravitationally 146 00:07:12,666 --> 00:07:13,767 toward the Southern California coastline. 147 00:07:13,801 --> 00:07:16,670 NIKKI: I'm sorry, what? 148 00:07:16,704 --> 00:07:20,007 Hot, dry conditions otherwise known as the Santa Anas. 149 00:07:20,040 --> 00:07:22,009 Sounds like he'd enjoy talking to Charlie. 150 00:07:22,042 --> 00:07:24,177 - Ooh, yes, Professor Eppes. - The one and only. 151 00:07:24,211 --> 00:07:25,679 I would enjoy that. 152 00:07:25,713 --> 00:07:27,681 I really like working with numbers. 153 00:07:27,715 --> 00:07:28,849 Oh, yeah, that's a good idea, Colby. 154 00:07:28,882 --> 00:07:31,719 Why don't you run him over to, uh, Cal Sci, would you? 155 00:07:31,752 --> 00:07:33,153 Colby? 156 00:07:33,186 --> 00:07:34,622 That's my grandmother's name. 157 00:07:34,655 --> 00:07:36,657 - Come on. - DAVID: Hey, Don. 158 00:07:36,690 --> 00:07:37,958 You got a second? 159 00:07:37,991 --> 00:07:40,694 - Yeah. What's up? - Now that I'm at 160 00:07:40,728 --> 00:07:43,597 a supervisory level, I... I'd love some advice 161 00:07:43,631 --> 00:07:45,499 on what assignments to go after. 162 00:07:45,533 --> 00:07:48,001 You know, like, "Where do I go from here?" kind of thing. 163 00:07:48,035 --> 00:07:51,038 You have two tracks: fieldwork and management. 164 00:07:51,071 --> 00:07:52,740 Well, you've managed to keep your feet 165 00:07:52,773 --> 00:07:54,107 - in both worlds, though. - Yeah, 166 00:07:54,141 --> 00:07:56,109 but, I mean, I never thought about it. 167 00:07:56,143 --> 00:07:58,111 You're saying you didn't know what you wanted to do? 168 00:07:58,145 --> 00:08:00,047 Nah, look, I knew I wanted to be active. 169 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:01,582 I knew I wanted to be doing things, 170 00:08:01,615 --> 00:08:02,650 not filing reports. 171 00:08:03,917 --> 00:08:05,052 And, you know, eventually, 172 00:08:05,085 --> 00:08:06,887 I-I knew I wanted to run a team. 173 00:08:06,920 --> 00:08:09,723 Okay... why? 174 00:08:09,757 --> 00:08:11,592 (sighs) Why? 175 00:08:11,625 --> 00:08:14,227 Well, look, you know what they say, right? 176 00:08:14,261 --> 00:08:16,196 "Once you had a boss, you want to be a boss." 177 00:08:16,229 --> 00:08:17,731 And-and, you know, like yourself, 178 00:08:17,765 --> 00:08:19,166 you see enough things done wrong around here-- 179 00:08:19,199 --> 00:08:20,834 don't say anything. 180 00:08:20,868 --> 00:08:22,870 And then, they see you can manage people, 181 00:08:22,903 --> 00:08:25,038 and you get yourself a desk. 182 00:08:27,841 --> 00:08:29,643 It's not like I... I made a decision. 183 00:08:29,677 --> 00:08:32,680 I just... I kind of played the hand I was dealt, 184 00:08:32,713 --> 00:08:34,682 then, I mean, that's the way it worked. 185 00:08:34,715 --> 00:08:35,749 You know what I'm saying? 186 00:08:35,783 --> 00:08:36,817 Think so. 187 00:08:36,850 --> 00:08:38,786 I mean... 188 00:08:40,921 --> 00:08:42,923 I guess I didn't really have a plan. 189 00:08:42,956 --> 00:08:44,858 How did that work out for you? 190 00:08:46,359 --> 00:08:49,262 I'm going to have to get back to you on that one. 191 00:08:51,732 --> 00:08:53,701 RIDENHOUR: We're pulling dental records, 192 00:08:53,734 --> 00:08:56,704 but so far, no positive I.D. match. 193 00:08:56,737 --> 00:08:58,806 Can you tell us anything about the victim? 194 00:08:58,839 --> 00:09:01,642 Female. Late 20s, early 30s. 195 00:09:01,675 --> 00:09:03,977 Likes take-out Chinese food. 196 00:09:04,011 --> 00:09:05,846 At least that was her last meal. 197 00:09:05,879 --> 00:09:08,949 Bit of a weekend warrior, tennis or softball, 198 00:09:08,982 --> 00:09:11,585 moderate tendon strains in the knee and right elbow. 199 00:09:11,619 --> 00:09:13,754 - Cause of death? - Coronary arrest. 200 00:09:13,787 --> 00:09:14,855 From what, I'm not sure. 201 00:09:14,888 --> 00:09:16,690 These massive burns indicate contact 202 00:09:16,724 --> 00:09:18,091 with a serious energy source. 203 00:09:18,125 --> 00:09:19,793 The only time I've seen something like this 204 00:09:19,827 --> 00:09:21,595 was with a lightning strike. 205 00:09:21,629 --> 00:09:22,796 There were no thunderstorms. 206 00:09:22,830 --> 00:09:25,833 Just a shower of alien death rays. 207 00:09:25,866 --> 00:09:27,300 Yeah, that or killer ghosts. 208 00:09:27,334 --> 00:09:29,737 The only other thing of note is this. 209 00:09:29,770 --> 00:09:32,806 I've indicated what looks like the burn impression 210 00:09:32,840 --> 00:09:36,176 of a long necklace or I.D. badge. 211 00:09:36,209 --> 00:09:37,377 Where is it? 212 00:09:37,410 --> 00:09:39,046 Could've just burned up. 213 00:09:40,781 --> 00:09:43,651 Or maybe someone took it before the cops showed up. 214 00:09:48,188 --> 00:09:50,624 MAN: High-density toroid? 215 00:09:50,658 --> 00:09:51,625 Otto Bahnhoff. 216 00:09:51,659 --> 00:09:53,827 Dr. Waldie said you were looking for an engineer 217 00:09:53,861 --> 00:09:54,795 with experience in plasma physics. 218 00:09:54,828 --> 00:09:55,863 Yes. 219 00:09:55,896 --> 00:09:57,898 Thank you for coming by so quickly, Dr. Bahnhoff. 220 00:09:57,931 --> 00:09:59,032 Uh, please, Otto. 221 00:09:59,066 --> 00:10:01,034 - My friends call me Otto-Bahn. - Oh. 222 00:10:01,068 --> 00:10:02,636 Ah, that's fascinating. 223 00:10:02,670 --> 00:10:03,971 Uh, where's this from? 224 00:10:04,004 --> 00:10:05,272 Uh, this is from the FBI. 225 00:10:05,305 --> 00:10:06,406 But, uh, Dr. Waldie said 226 00:10:06,439 --> 00:10:07,540 you have a security clearance, right? 227 00:10:07,574 --> 00:10:09,777 Oh, yes, yes. I have two current projects with Raytheon. 228 00:10:09,810 --> 00:10:10,744 Now, what are the dimensions? 229 00:10:10,778 --> 00:10:12,880 It's hard to judge the scale on this video. 230 00:10:12,913 --> 00:10:13,881 You know, I don't have the dimensions. 231 00:10:13,914 --> 00:10:16,684 I have to assume that the objects are anywhere 232 00:10:16,717 --> 00:10:18,018 from one to three meters in diameter. 233 00:10:18,051 --> 00:10:20,353 But, uh, Otto? Otto? 234 00:10:20,387 --> 00:10:21,822 Otto-Bahn? 235 00:10:21,855 --> 00:10:23,156 Listen, the important thing here 236 00:10:23,190 --> 00:10:24,825 is that one of these things killed someone. 237 00:10:24,858 --> 00:10:26,159 Uh-huh. Do you know the source? 238 00:10:26,193 --> 00:10:28,128 - No. - Oh, good, good-- a mystery. 239 00:10:28,161 --> 00:10:29,830 - Hello. - Hello. 240 00:10:29,863 --> 00:10:31,264 Hi. Come in. 241 00:10:31,298 --> 00:10:33,033 CHARLIE: Floyd Mayborne from the Pentagon. 242 00:10:33,066 --> 00:10:34,367 This is Dr. Otto Bahnhoff. 243 00:10:34,401 --> 00:10:36,003 He's Cal Sci's resident plasma physics expert. 244 00:10:36,036 --> 00:10:37,004 Oh, the Pentagon. 245 00:10:37,037 --> 00:10:38,972 I'm sure we must know some of the same people. 246 00:10:39,006 --> 00:10:41,374 Actually, I'm quite sure we don't. 247 00:10:41,408 --> 00:10:43,410 Uh, have you considered the possibility 248 00:10:43,443 --> 00:10:45,012 that this was ball lightning? 249 00:10:45,045 --> 00:10:47,848 Uh, ball lightning was never definitively proven. 250 00:10:47,881 --> 00:10:49,750 Tell that to Georg Wilhelm Richmann. 251 00:10:49,783 --> 00:10:51,084 - Yes, yes. - Who? 252 00:10:51,118 --> 00:10:52,419 An 18th century physicist. 253 00:10:52,452 --> 00:10:54,421 While conducting experiments during a thunderstorm, 254 00:10:54,454 --> 00:10:56,857 he was struck in the head and killed by... 255 00:10:56,890 --> 00:10:58,759 (speaking foreign language) 256 00:10:59,927 --> 00:11:01,862 A pale blue ball of fire. 257 00:11:03,030 --> 00:11:04,998 Well, witnesses described these objects 258 00:11:05,032 --> 00:11:06,800 as being aimed or directed at targets. 259 00:11:08,869 --> 00:11:10,738 Well, there-there's a reason why it's... 260 00:11:10,771 --> 00:11:12,272 it's really difficult to aim lightning. 261 00:11:12,305 --> 00:11:14,174 In a thundercloud, 262 00:11:14,207 --> 00:11:16,710 frozen raindrops bump each other, 263 00:11:16,744 --> 00:11:18,946 the collisions creating an electric charge. 264 00:11:18,979 --> 00:11:22,750 The positive charges, protons, form at the top of the cloud, 265 00:11:22,783 --> 00:11:25,252 and the negative charges, electrons, form at the bottom. 266 00:11:25,285 --> 00:11:28,488 And, since opposites attract, that causes a positive charge 267 00:11:28,521 --> 00:11:31,725 to build up on the ground beneath the cloud. 268 00:11:31,759 --> 00:11:33,293 The charge coming up from these points 269 00:11:33,326 --> 00:11:34,928 will eventually connect with the charge 270 00:11:34,962 --> 00:11:37,898 reaching down from the cloud, and-- zap!-- lightning. 271 00:11:37,931 --> 00:11:39,166 And so, it's like static electricity. 272 00:11:39,199 --> 00:11:41,001 I could rub my feet on the carpet, 273 00:11:41,034 --> 00:11:43,070 but that doesn't mean I can shoot the electrons at you. 274 00:11:43,103 --> 00:11:44,237 Yeah, the trick is creating lightning 275 00:11:44,271 --> 00:11:45,973 - that you can aim. - Exactly. 276 00:11:46,006 --> 00:11:47,440 Hasn't stopped people from trying. 277 00:11:47,474 --> 00:11:49,910 The Air Force's ongoing SHIVA Star program 278 00:11:49,943 --> 00:11:51,244 has been attempting to create plasma projectiles. 279 00:11:51,278 --> 00:11:52,980 Ongoing? 280 00:11:53,013 --> 00:11:54,815 Well, officially, they say they killed the project, but... 281 00:11:54,848 --> 00:11:56,416 Please stand by. 282 00:12:02,489 --> 00:12:04,391 Hmm. 283 00:12:04,424 --> 00:12:07,928 I have confirmed that SHIVA Star is no longer operational. 284 00:12:07,961 --> 00:12:09,763 How? 285 00:12:09,797 --> 00:12:10,964 Cell phone. 286 00:12:14,134 --> 00:12:16,169 MAN: I've been the caretaker here at Goathart 287 00:12:16,203 --> 00:12:17,771 ever since it closed. 288 00:12:18,906 --> 00:12:20,874 Make weekly rounds, check locks. 289 00:12:20,908 --> 00:12:23,510 Make sure nothing is vandalized or stolen. 290 00:12:23,543 --> 00:12:25,245 Look around all you like, 291 00:12:25,278 --> 00:12:28,248 but I haven't seen anyone on the base for years. 292 00:12:28,281 --> 00:12:30,450 Were you here last night when our victim was killed? 293 00:12:30,483 --> 00:12:32,920 No reason to be out here at night. 294 00:12:32,953 --> 00:12:35,923 You ever hear or see anything out of the ordinary on the base? 295 00:12:35,956 --> 00:12:39,893 Like what, ghosts of dead test pilots? 296 00:12:39,927 --> 00:12:42,362 (laughing) 297 00:12:42,395 --> 00:12:45,065 Why do I feel like I'm in a Scooby-Doo cartoon? 298 00:12:45,098 --> 00:12:47,000 Jinkies, Fred, I don't know. 299 00:12:47,034 --> 00:12:48,235 MAN: Well, have at it. 300 00:12:48,268 --> 00:12:50,838 I'll open up the next hangar. 301 00:12:50,871 --> 00:12:52,806 (laughing) 302 00:12:58,178 --> 00:13:00,047 COLBY: What's that? 303 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:01,949 Sucralfate. 304 00:13:01,982 --> 00:13:04,051 Isn't that for ulcers? 305 00:13:04,084 --> 00:13:05,085 Yeah. 306 00:13:05,118 --> 00:13:06,119 And cancer patients, 307 00:13:06,153 --> 00:13:08,521 when they get ulcers from radiation treatment. 308 00:13:08,555 --> 00:13:11,491 Expires November 2011. 309 00:13:11,524 --> 00:13:13,994 Someone was out here recently. 310 00:13:14,027 --> 00:13:16,529 What does a ghost from outer space want 311 00:13:16,563 --> 00:13:18,798 with stomach medication? 312 00:13:20,267 --> 00:13:22,569 (typing) 313 00:13:37,050 --> 00:13:39,186 I didn't know the desert got so cold at night. 314 00:13:39,219 --> 00:13:41,088 COLBY (over radio): Well, somebody just had to go 315 00:13:41,121 --> 00:13:44,224 and find evidence to warrant a stakeout, didn't they? 316 00:13:44,257 --> 00:13:46,326 I'm just going to shut up and drink my coffee. 317 00:13:46,359 --> 00:13:49,129 (typing) 318 00:13:49,162 --> 00:13:50,563 DAVID: How about we look out for something 319 00:13:50,597 --> 00:13:51,999 that will justify this little field trip. 320 00:13:56,937 --> 00:13:58,105 COLBY: Hold on. 321 00:13:58,138 --> 00:14:00,440 - NIKKI: What do you got? - DAVID: Yeah, I saw it, too. 322 00:14:00,473 --> 00:14:02,409 Light over the ridge. 323 00:14:12,152 --> 00:14:13,286 C-34 clear. 324 00:14:13,320 --> 00:14:14,454 How do we look, John? 325 00:14:14,487 --> 00:14:16,023 We're good. 326 00:14:16,056 --> 00:14:19,126 (low humming) 327 00:14:19,159 --> 00:14:20,894 COLBY: You guys hear that? 328 00:14:20,928 --> 00:14:22,095 DAVID (over radio): Yeah. 329 00:14:29,069 --> 00:14:30,470 COLBY (over radio): Is there anyone inside? 330 00:14:30,503 --> 00:14:32,305 NIKKI: I can't tell. 331 00:14:34,174 --> 00:14:38,111 MAN (over radio): Firestrike, prepare for target acquisition. 332 00:14:38,145 --> 00:14:40,047 Your skin feel weird? 333 00:14:40,080 --> 00:14:41,481 Kind of tingly? 334 00:14:41,514 --> 00:14:42,950 Yeah. 335 00:14:44,684 --> 00:14:46,920 CQ-Conquest, this is Firestrike. 336 00:14:46,954 --> 00:14:48,188 P.E.P. frontier at two, 337 00:14:48,221 --> 00:14:51,024 two megajoules at 150 kV. 338 00:14:51,058 --> 00:14:52,559 People, we're outside the envelope. 339 00:14:52,592 --> 00:14:54,527 If someone in that van could get hurt 340 00:14:54,561 --> 00:14:57,530 or is doing something they shouldn't, we have to go in. 341 00:14:57,564 --> 00:14:59,166 (over radio): Firestrike, CQ-Conquest. 342 00:14:59,199 --> 00:15:00,267 Recommend evacuation of target zone. 343 00:15:00,300 --> 00:15:01,434 Got it. 344 00:15:01,468 --> 00:15:02,970 Got it! 345 00:15:04,171 --> 00:15:06,239 (humming continues, growing louder) 346 00:15:08,008 --> 00:15:11,344 (engine starter cranks weakly) 347 00:15:11,378 --> 00:15:12,980 Evacuate the vehicle. 348 00:15:13,013 --> 00:15:14,281 (strong, deep buzz) 349 00:15:14,314 --> 00:15:15,648 (explosion booming) 350 00:15:26,226 --> 00:15:27,727 DAVID: The M.E. has the bodies. 351 00:15:27,760 --> 00:15:30,397 We're hoping to find I.D. on at least one of them. 352 00:15:30,430 --> 00:15:32,232 - Well, what's the problem? - They're in pretty bad shape. 353 00:15:32,265 --> 00:15:34,501 It's going to take some time to figure out what's flesh 354 00:15:34,534 --> 00:15:35,568 and what's clothes, you know. 355 00:15:35,602 --> 00:15:36,669 What's in the van? 356 00:15:36,703 --> 00:15:37,670 Uh, it's high-tech gear. 357 00:15:37,704 --> 00:15:39,172 It's all pretty fried, though. 358 00:15:39,206 --> 00:15:41,541 Well, this is a strange development. 359 00:15:41,574 --> 00:15:44,044 Yeah? What do you know about it? 360 00:15:44,077 --> 00:15:45,745 Agent Eppes, I am as mystified as you are. 361 00:15:45,778 --> 00:15:47,347 Perhaps we're looking at some form 362 00:15:47,380 --> 00:15:49,249 of high-energy weaponry. 363 00:15:49,282 --> 00:15:50,417 Thanks for that, Floyd. 364 00:15:50,450 --> 00:15:51,718 My brother could have told me that. 365 00:15:51,751 --> 00:15:53,520 Charlie is an excellent resource. 366 00:15:53,553 --> 00:15:54,754 I'm hoping he can tell me something 367 00:15:54,787 --> 00:15:56,356 about the contents of that van. 368 00:15:57,490 --> 00:15:59,292 Think he's holding out on us? 369 00:15:59,326 --> 00:16:01,594 I don't know what the deal is with this guy. 370 00:16:01,628 --> 00:16:02,996 CHARLIE: Ooh. 371 00:16:03,030 --> 00:16:05,332 Looks like diagnostic equipment. 372 00:16:05,365 --> 00:16:06,766 Serious computing power. 373 00:16:06,799 --> 00:16:08,535 So, what do you think, more UFO hunters? 374 00:16:08,568 --> 00:16:09,736 No, no, no, this is... 375 00:16:09,769 --> 00:16:11,271 this is, like, special equipment. 376 00:16:11,304 --> 00:16:13,206 It's very sophisticated and expensive. 377 00:16:13,240 --> 00:16:14,507 Designed to do what? 378 00:16:14,541 --> 00:16:15,608 I don't know. 379 00:16:15,642 --> 00:16:17,210 Something complex. 380 00:16:17,244 --> 00:16:19,379 Oh, this is... this is some sort 381 00:16:19,412 --> 00:16:22,215 of viscous material here. 382 00:16:22,249 --> 00:16:26,019 Charlie, yeah, actually, I think that's part of a guy. 383 00:16:26,053 --> 00:16:28,021 Oh. Well, okay. 384 00:16:28,055 --> 00:16:30,790 Uh, whoever was in this van 385 00:16:30,823 --> 00:16:32,559 had some cutting-edge equipment, 386 00:16:32,592 --> 00:16:36,363 and some of it's capable of, uh, monitoring and tracking. 387 00:16:36,396 --> 00:16:37,297 Okay? 388 00:16:41,268 --> 00:16:43,403 RIDENHOUR: We've I.D.'d all three bodies. 389 00:16:43,436 --> 00:16:45,405 Each had an employee I.D. 390 00:16:45,438 --> 00:16:48,041 for a company-- Neox Industries. 391 00:16:48,075 --> 00:16:51,578 Daniel Stymeyer, John Evans, Richard Zezwitz. 392 00:16:53,113 --> 00:16:54,414 Do we know what killed them? 393 00:16:54,447 --> 00:16:56,749 Being blown up. 394 00:16:56,783 --> 00:16:58,518 There were burns-- radiation burns. 395 00:16:58,551 --> 00:17:00,620 Maybe an intense X-ray exposure. 396 00:17:00,653 --> 00:17:03,490 What, X-rays can cause a van to explode? 397 00:17:03,523 --> 00:17:05,625 They're powerful when concentrated. 398 00:17:05,658 --> 00:17:08,395 Between this and the Jane Doe that died earlier, 399 00:17:08,428 --> 00:17:10,763 there's some intense energy source operating out there. 400 00:17:10,797 --> 00:17:12,299 Well, we need to find out 401 00:17:12,332 --> 00:17:14,134 what kind of work Neox Industries does, 402 00:17:14,167 --> 00:17:15,802 and if they're missing a female employee. 403 00:17:18,505 --> 00:17:21,374 DAVID: Cynthia Abbott, employee of Neox Industries, 404 00:17:21,408 --> 00:17:23,676 reported missing two days ago. 405 00:17:23,710 --> 00:17:25,745 Her size matches the body we found at the airfield, 406 00:17:25,778 --> 00:17:27,747 so we just need some DNA for final confirmation. 407 00:17:27,780 --> 00:17:30,317 She worked at the same company as our three toasted guys. 408 00:17:30,350 --> 00:17:32,452 DAVID: All four were engineers. 409 00:17:32,485 --> 00:17:34,121 Neox Industries' Web site says 410 00:17:34,154 --> 00:17:37,190 it develops "specialized preventative applications." 411 00:17:37,224 --> 00:17:39,192 That sounds like weaponry to me. 412 00:17:39,226 --> 00:17:42,595 I wonder why they haven't reported four missing employees. 413 00:17:42,629 --> 00:17:44,231 I can't wait to ask them. 414 00:17:45,732 --> 00:17:47,567 John, Dan and Rich weren't even working last night. 415 00:17:47,600 --> 00:17:48,868 How can they be dead? 416 00:17:48,901 --> 00:17:49,936 Well, they were identified 417 00:17:49,969 --> 00:17:52,505 by, uh, personal effects and their dental records. 418 00:17:52,539 --> 00:17:54,707 Oh, my God, this is horrible. 419 00:17:54,741 --> 00:17:57,744 I'll have to notify people-- families. 420 00:17:57,777 --> 00:17:59,746 I suppose I should ask how. 421 00:17:59,779 --> 00:18:02,349 Only if you don't already know. 422 00:18:02,382 --> 00:18:04,684 What were your three employees working on out there? 423 00:18:06,353 --> 00:18:08,855 I signed a confidentiality agreement 424 00:18:08,888 --> 00:18:10,557 with the government. 425 00:18:10,590 --> 00:18:12,459 I can't discuss that. 426 00:18:12,492 --> 00:18:14,427 Well, we have top security clearance. 427 00:18:14,461 --> 00:18:16,463 That says I can't discuss our federal contracts. 428 00:18:16,496 --> 00:18:18,265 Not with the FBI, not with anybody. 429 00:18:18,298 --> 00:18:21,734 If I do, I'm violating national security laws. 430 00:18:21,768 --> 00:18:24,137 You understand we can't walk away 431 00:18:24,171 --> 00:18:25,772 when four people are dead. 432 00:18:25,805 --> 00:18:27,240 Four? You said three. 433 00:18:27,274 --> 00:18:28,208 We found another body 434 00:18:28,241 --> 00:18:29,909 in a separate incident that we also believe 435 00:18:29,942 --> 00:18:32,145 to be one of your employees-- Cynthia Abbott. 436 00:18:32,179 --> 00:18:34,347 Cynthia? 437 00:18:34,381 --> 00:18:35,915 No, no, no. That's impossible. 438 00:18:35,948 --> 00:18:37,384 She wasn't even working on the... 439 00:18:39,619 --> 00:18:41,888 This project. 440 00:18:43,390 --> 00:18:45,525 MAN: Cyndi and I have been 441 00:18:45,558 --> 00:18:47,727 living together for about six months. 442 00:18:49,962 --> 00:18:50,930 What's happened to her? 443 00:18:50,963 --> 00:18:52,799 We don't know yet. 444 00:18:54,434 --> 00:18:57,170 What can you tell us about Cynthia's work 445 00:18:57,204 --> 00:18:58,238 at Neox Industries? 446 00:18:58,271 --> 00:19:00,673 Uh, she didn't talk about it. 447 00:19:00,707 --> 00:19:03,176 Only that it involved her specialty. 448 00:19:03,210 --> 00:19:04,777 - And what was that? - Plasma physics. 449 00:19:04,811 --> 00:19:06,879 She did say something 450 00:19:06,913 --> 00:19:08,715 about being dropped off a project, 451 00:19:08,748 --> 00:19:10,617 but she didn't say what it was. 452 00:19:10,650 --> 00:19:12,885 And do you have a recent photo of Cynthia? 453 00:19:12,919 --> 00:19:14,687 Yeah. 454 00:19:14,721 --> 00:19:16,889 She volunteers as a tutor. 455 00:19:16,923 --> 00:19:18,858 She donates her time to Habitat for Humanity. 456 00:19:18,891 --> 00:19:21,194 She... cares about things. 457 00:19:21,228 --> 00:19:23,696 I can't see why anybody would hurt her. 458 00:19:23,730 --> 00:19:24,831 Does she have a computer at home? 459 00:19:24,864 --> 00:19:25,965 Yeah, you need to see it? 460 00:19:25,998 --> 00:19:28,301 Yeah, we do, and we also need a sample 461 00:19:28,335 --> 00:19:29,502 of her DNA-- a toothbrush, 462 00:19:29,536 --> 00:19:30,837 - for instance. - Why? 463 00:19:30,870 --> 00:19:31,938 Did you find something? 464 00:19:31,971 --> 00:19:32,939 No, it's just routine. 465 00:19:39,412 --> 00:19:41,348 Well, Neox has a government defense contract, so... 466 00:19:41,381 --> 00:19:42,682 Well, that explains the secrecy. 467 00:19:42,715 --> 00:19:43,950 Oh! 468 00:19:43,983 --> 00:19:46,353 - CHARLIE: Floyd? - Floyd? 469 00:19:46,386 --> 00:19:48,588 I have an important question I need to ask you. 470 00:19:48,621 --> 00:19:50,990 Have you had the pie at the restaurant down the street? 471 00:19:51,023 --> 00:19:52,392 You mean Pie 'N' Burger? 472 00:19:52,425 --> 00:19:53,526 Is that the name? 473 00:19:53,560 --> 00:19:54,994 That's a good name. 474 00:19:55,027 --> 00:19:56,596 Because it's astounding pie. 475 00:19:56,629 --> 00:19:57,930 Yes, it is. 476 00:19:57,964 --> 00:19:59,932 You came all the way out here for pie? 477 00:19:59,966 --> 00:20:01,934 No, but putting all talk of pie aside 478 00:20:01,968 --> 00:20:03,670 for a future time, I have new information. 479 00:20:03,703 --> 00:20:04,904 Due to the deaths of the engineers, 480 00:20:04,937 --> 00:20:08,441 I was able to get certain data released to me. 481 00:20:08,475 --> 00:20:10,243 It might help you with your work. 482 00:20:10,277 --> 00:20:11,878 Well, you work at the Pentagon, right? 483 00:20:11,911 --> 00:20:13,946 So, Neox has a defense project. 484 00:20:13,980 --> 00:20:16,883 I would think you would know what it's working on. 485 00:20:16,916 --> 00:20:18,718 Department 44 is only responsible 486 00:20:18,751 --> 00:20:21,721 for verifying that these projects come in on time 487 00:20:21,754 --> 00:20:23,590 and on budget. 488 00:20:23,623 --> 00:20:24,957 So, you're some sort of auditor. 489 00:20:24,991 --> 00:20:28,261 Uh... some sort, Dr. Ramanujan, yes. 490 00:20:28,295 --> 00:20:29,329 I'm sorry. 491 00:20:29,362 --> 00:20:30,497 Have... have we met? 492 00:20:30,530 --> 00:20:32,031 No, but I am familiar with your work, 493 00:20:32,064 --> 00:20:36,936 particularly that pertaining to satellite telemetry. 494 00:20:36,969 --> 00:20:38,638 Nifty stuff. 495 00:20:38,671 --> 00:20:40,273 Thank you. 496 00:20:40,307 --> 00:20:41,641 CHARLIE: Hey, listen, Floyd, we need 497 00:20:41,674 --> 00:20:43,042 to know as much as possible 498 00:20:43,075 --> 00:20:44,944 if we're going to get anywhere with this investigation. 499 00:20:44,977 --> 00:20:46,045 At this point, all I know 500 00:20:46,078 --> 00:20:48,448 is that the Neox Industries contract 501 00:20:48,481 --> 00:20:49,982 involves "less lethal" weaponry. 502 00:20:50,016 --> 00:20:51,684 As opposed to nonlethal. 503 00:20:51,718 --> 00:20:53,753 Devices that frighten or disable. 504 00:20:53,786 --> 00:20:55,288 CHARLIE: Less lethal would mean 505 00:20:55,322 --> 00:20:56,523 directed energy weapons, 506 00:20:56,556 --> 00:20:57,990 like microwaves, particle beams, lasers. 507 00:20:58,024 --> 00:20:59,326 AMITA: Makes more sense 508 00:20:59,359 --> 00:21:00,960 than ETs or ghosts. 509 00:21:00,993 --> 00:21:02,729 The Pentagon has no contract with aliens 510 00:21:02,762 --> 00:21:04,431 or with afterlife entities. 511 00:21:04,464 --> 00:21:07,300 That I'm aware of. 512 00:21:07,334 --> 00:21:08,835 At this time. 513 00:21:10,703 --> 00:21:14,073 The FBI has located this laptop. 514 00:21:14,106 --> 00:21:16,042 Belongs to Cynthia Abbott, 515 00:21:16,075 --> 00:21:18,811 plasma physics engineer employed by Neox. 516 00:21:18,845 --> 00:21:20,347 Agent Eppes has asked that Dr. Ramanujan 517 00:21:20,380 --> 00:21:21,881 examine its contents. 518 00:21:21,914 --> 00:21:24,083 The FBI also believes that Dr. Abbott 519 00:21:24,116 --> 00:21:26,386 was the first person killed. 520 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:28,955 Is there a problem? 521 00:21:28,988 --> 00:21:31,057 Uh-uh. Working on a dead person's computer? 522 00:21:31,090 --> 00:21:32,525 Hardly my first time. 523 00:21:32,559 --> 00:21:35,061 No, I imagine it's not. 524 00:21:36,095 --> 00:21:38,398 ALAN: I don't know, Donnie. 525 00:21:38,431 --> 00:21:40,099 I'm not quite sure what you're getting at, though. 526 00:21:40,132 --> 00:21:42,435 I'm just saying, the major turning points in your life-- 527 00:21:42,469 --> 00:21:43,570 were they actually decisions, 528 00:21:43,603 --> 00:21:45,372 like, planned out? 529 00:21:45,405 --> 00:21:46,606 Oh. 530 00:21:46,639 --> 00:21:47,974 Well, let's see. 531 00:21:48,007 --> 00:21:49,542 Uh... (grunts) 532 00:21:49,576 --> 00:21:51,378 I chose to go to college. 533 00:21:51,411 --> 00:21:53,746 I met your mom, which I didn't choose. 534 00:21:53,780 --> 00:21:56,082 I chose to marry her. 535 00:21:56,115 --> 00:21:58,585 She got pregnant. 536 00:21:58,618 --> 00:22:01,888 I chose to study architecture, but, uh, 537 00:22:01,921 --> 00:22:03,656 I needed a job, 538 00:22:03,690 --> 00:22:05,925 so I took a job with the city. 539 00:22:05,958 --> 00:22:06,859 Well, like having two sons. 540 00:22:06,893 --> 00:22:09,362 You know, I mean, you didn't choose that. 541 00:22:09,396 --> 00:22:10,763 Oh, I chose to have children. 542 00:22:10,797 --> 00:22:12,965 Had to take what I got, didn't I? 543 00:22:12,999 --> 00:22:14,934 (laughs) 544 00:22:14,967 --> 00:22:15,935 What is it, 545 00:22:15,968 --> 00:22:17,804 you're second-guessing about some decisions? 546 00:22:17,837 --> 00:22:19,372 I don't know. I just... 547 00:22:19,406 --> 00:22:21,541 It's like-- I feel, with all the big ones, 548 00:22:21,574 --> 00:22:23,976 really, it was by default. 549 00:22:24,010 --> 00:22:25,778 FBI was just a fallback 550 00:22:25,812 --> 00:22:28,147 'cause I didn't have the goods to play pro ball. 551 00:22:28,180 --> 00:22:30,950 Well, maybe you have to make some plans of your own. 552 00:22:30,983 --> 00:22:32,419 Yeah, well, it never really occurred to me 553 00:22:32,452 --> 00:22:33,586 that I-I wasn't doing that. 554 00:22:33,620 --> 00:22:34,721 I'm afraid 555 00:22:34,754 --> 00:22:35,855 you're gonna have to ask yourself 556 00:22:35,888 --> 00:22:36,789 what you really want in life. 557 00:22:38,958 --> 00:22:40,460 Want a lot of things, Dad. 558 00:22:46,699 --> 00:22:49,502 I got into Cynthia Abbott's laptop. 559 00:22:49,536 --> 00:22:51,037 There's no Neox Industries work on it, 560 00:22:51,070 --> 00:22:53,105 but she did send a couple e-mails that mentioned it. 561 00:22:53,139 --> 00:22:54,674 She says that Neox was going 562 00:22:54,707 --> 00:22:56,409 to field-test a system that wasn't ready. 563 00:22:56,443 --> 00:22:57,544 She knew where the test was 564 00:22:57,577 --> 00:22:59,712 - and planned to watch. - Well, 565 00:22:59,746 --> 00:23:02,114 she was struck by a plasma toroid device from above, 566 00:23:02,148 --> 00:23:04,417 which would indicate an aircraft delivery platform. 567 00:23:04,451 --> 00:23:07,119 Well, here's information about a new type of aircraft-- 568 00:23:07,153 --> 00:23:09,188 a small military drone 569 00:23:09,221 --> 00:23:11,658 capable of supporting directed-energy weaponry. 570 00:23:11,691 --> 00:23:14,060 Whoa. Is this some top-secret government site 571 00:23:14,093 --> 00:23:15,495 you've hacked into? 572 00:23:15,528 --> 00:23:19,732 No. It's Wiredmagazine online discussion board Otto IM'ed me. 573 00:23:19,766 --> 00:23:21,133 What about the van with 574 00:23:21,167 --> 00:23:23,002 the three engineers? What type of weapons platform 575 00:23:23,035 --> 00:23:24,203 was used? 576 00:23:24,236 --> 00:23:26,573 I don't know, but we can find out. 577 00:23:29,175 --> 00:23:31,143 CHARLIE: Well, we've got David and Colby's report, 578 00:23:31,177 --> 00:23:33,880 and we've got these track marks on the ground here, 579 00:23:33,913 --> 00:23:36,783 so I'm thinking we can use those to calculate the force 580 00:23:36,816 --> 00:23:39,218 that struck the vehicle and possibly the direction. 581 00:23:39,251 --> 00:23:40,953 Yeah, I think we've got a good shot. 582 00:23:40,987 --> 00:23:43,022 - FLOYD: Hello. (gasps) - Oh! 583 00:23:43,055 --> 00:23:47,660 Floyd, you got to stop materializing like that. 584 00:23:47,694 --> 00:23:48,861 Oh. Sorry. 585 00:23:48,895 --> 00:23:51,698 May I inquire what you're doing out here? 586 00:23:51,731 --> 00:23:53,500 Just trying to get an idea 587 00:23:53,533 --> 00:23:54,834 of where that energy burst came from. 588 00:23:54,867 --> 00:23:55,568 Mmm. 589 00:23:55,602 --> 00:23:58,505 AMITA: What are you doing here? 590 00:23:58,538 --> 00:24:00,740 Oh, I thought I'd try to experience the ambiance 591 00:24:00,773 --> 00:24:02,542 of the scene at night. 592 00:24:02,575 --> 00:24:05,678 Your idea sounds much more practical. 593 00:24:05,712 --> 00:24:06,813 Can I help? 594 00:24:06,846 --> 00:24:08,548 Sure. You, uh... you got a flashlight? 595 00:24:21,928 --> 00:24:24,497 There's something here. 596 00:24:26,599 --> 00:24:27,834 CHARLIE: It's a sheep. 597 00:24:27,867 --> 00:24:29,802 AMITA: What could have done this? 598 00:24:29,836 --> 00:24:31,504 FLOYD: Chupacabra? 599 00:24:31,538 --> 00:24:34,140 AMITA: Legendary bloodsucking creature from South America? 600 00:24:34,173 --> 00:24:35,274 Seriously? 601 00:24:35,307 --> 00:24:36,375 No. I'm joking. 602 00:24:36,408 --> 00:24:39,111 Much more likely explanation is that it was killed 603 00:24:39,145 --> 00:24:40,680 by some high-energy weapon. 604 00:24:40,713 --> 00:24:42,281 CHARLIE: Well, look here. 605 00:24:42,314 --> 00:24:46,686 Engineering shorthand scribbled on a washing machine. 606 00:24:46,719 --> 00:24:48,555 These are targeting coordinates. 607 00:24:48,588 --> 00:24:51,190 Oh, yeah. 608 00:24:51,223 --> 00:24:52,925 - There's another one. - Well, how about that? 609 00:24:52,959 --> 00:24:54,627 AMITA: They were testing the weapon 610 00:24:54,661 --> 00:24:57,096 against live animals and objects. 611 00:24:57,129 --> 00:24:58,998 Ooh, I just saw a flash over here. 612 00:25:04,203 --> 00:25:05,772 AMITA: What is that? 613 00:25:05,805 --> 00:25:07,740 CHARLIE: Looks like an unmanned drone. 614 00:25:07,774 --> 00:25:10,577 FLOYD: Ah, MK-15 Shadow Hawk. 615 00:25:10,610 --> 00:25:12,612 National Aeronautical Dynamics. 616 00:25:12,645 --> 00:25:15,047 First flight, February 2, 2008. 617 00:25:15,081 --> 00:25:17,950 Principal user-- United States Air Force. 618 00:25:17,984 --> 00:25:20,620 Unit cost 12.5 million U.S. dollars. 619 00:25:20,653 --> 00:25:22,555 Sensors included. 620 00:25:22,589 --> 00:25:24,557 AMITA: What is it doing here? 621 00:25:24,591 --> 00:25:26,225 I have no idea. 622 00:25:26,258 --> 00:25:27,760 CHARLIE: This is some sort of laser. 623 00:25:27,794 --> 00:25:29,662 A laser-induced plasma channel. 624 00:25:29,696 --> 00:25:32,832 It creates a channel in the air that allows the system 625 00:25:32,865 --> 00:25:34,734 to fire a bolt of electricity along it. 626 00:25:34,767 --> 00:25:37,870 A bolt of lightning you can aim? 627 00:25:37,904 --> 00:25:39,972 We've found our murder weapon. 628 00:25:48,881 --> 00:25:51,217 COLBY: Okay, so this thing killed four people? 629 00:25:51,250 --> 00:25:52,585 And several sheep. 630 00:25:52,619 --> 00:25:53,920 The question is, 631 00:25:53,953 --> 00:25:55,588 why would they leave it out there? 632 00:25:55,622 --> 00:25:56,923 Well, maybe it malfunctioned and crashed, 633 00:25:56,956 --> 00:25:58,858 and whoever was operating it got scared 634 00:25:58,891 --> 00:26:00,793 - of being caught and took off. - NIKKI: Hey, we got turned down 635 00:26:00,827 --> 00:26:03,062 by a federal judge for the Neox Industries subpoena. 636 00:26:03,095 --> 00:26:05,064 Yeah, a Defense Department lawyer 637 00:26:05,097 --> 00:26:07,066 cited the project's classified status. 638 00:26:07,099 --> 00:26:08,601 FLOYD: Well, that's not optimal. 639 00:26:08,635 --> 00:26:09,936 Wh-what? You work for the Pentagon. 640 00:26:09,969 --> 00:26:11,971 - What do you mean? - Oh, different department. 641 00:26:12,004 --> 00:26:13,072 Although, I can understand how it looks. 642 00:26:13,105 --> 00:26:14,607 DON: No, no, no, I'm tired of this. 643 00:26:14,641 --> 00:26:15,875 Here's the deal-- either you fix it, 644 00:26:15,908 --> 00:26:18,077 - or you're out of here. - Well, 645 00:26:18,110 --> 00:26:20,279 I guess that's a clear mandate. 646 00:26:23,950 --> 00:26:26,318 - What was that? - I have no idea. 647 00:26:26,352 --> 00:26:28,688 NIKKI: Four dead people, we can't cut any red tape. 648 00:26:28,721 --> 00:26:29,956 (phone rings) This experimental weapons 649 00:26:29,989 --> 00:26:31,958 system must have some serious money behind it. 650 00:26:31,991 --> 00:26:34,326 Ah, these government contracts usually involve billions. 651 00:26:34,360 --> 00:26:37,329 Cynthia Abbott knew something was wrong at Neox. 652 00:26:37,363 --> 00:26:39,331 - And now she's dead. - That was David. 653 00:26:39,365 --> 00:26:42,268 The woman killed at Goathart was not Cynthia Abbott. 654 00:26:42,301 --> 00:26:44,671 DNA match came up negative. 655 00:26:44,704 --> 00:26:45,838 Okay, if that's not Abbott, then who is it? 656 00:26:45,872 --> 00:26:47,907 - And where the hell isAbbott? - And what do we 657 00:26:47,940 --> 00:26:49,809 really know about Mr. Department 44? 658 00:26:49,842 --> 00:26:51,911 I can report some progress. 659 00:26:55,447 --> 00:26:58,685 - What are you doing? - Uh, please stand by. 660 00:26:58,718 --> 00:27:00,352 Again with the invisible cell phone. 661 00:27:00,386 --> 00:27:01,854 Floyd, this better be useful. 662 00:27:01,888 --> 00:27:03,055 Oh. 663 00:27:03,089 --> 00:27:04,023 (laughs) 664 00:27:04,056 --> 00:27:05,692 Yes, it is-- very useful-- 665 00:27:05,725 --> 00:27:07,927 and if I may say, quite unexpected. 666 00:27:07,960 --> 00:27:10,362 (pounding on door) DAVID: FBI! Open the door. 667 00:27:10,396 --> 00:27:11,664 Go! 668 00:27:17,136 --> 00:27:18,204 I want to see I.D.s. 669 00:27:18,237 --> 00:27:20,172 Cynthia Abbott? 670 00:27:20,206 --> 00:27:21,307 What if I am? 671 00:27:21,340 --> 00:27:22,809 It's not illegal 672 00:27:22,842 --> 00:27:24,911 to stay in a hotel without telling anybody. 673 00:27:24,944 --> 00:27:27,079 DAVID: How did you know she was here? 674 00:27:27,113 --> 00:27:28,214 Well, she's a scientist 675 00:27:28,247 --> 00:27:29,849 with expertise in plasma physics, 676 00:27:29,882 --> 00:27:31,951 employed by a firm with government contracts 677 00:27:31,984 --> 00:27:33,119 for classified weaponry. 678 00:27:33,152 --> 00:27:35,688 She's been implanted with a microchip 679 00:27:35,722 --> 00:27:37,724 so that she can be located at any time. 680 00:27:37,757 --> 00:27:39,926 A microchip? 681 00:27:39,959 --> 00:27:41,427 Are you serious? 682 00:27:41,460 --> 00:27:43,963 Do I appear not to be serious? 683 00:27:43,996 --> 00:27:47,299 If she has a locator in her, why is she trying to hide? 684 00:27:47,333 --> 00:27:49,902 The microchip was implanted without her knowledge. 685 00:27:56,108 --> 00:27:58,077 I wanted to watch the field test. 686 00:27:58,110 --> 00:28:00,146 I didn't know they were going to kill somebody. 687 00:28:00,179 --> 00:28:02,081 You saw the murder? 688 00:28:02,114 --> 00:28:03,315 It was horrible. 689 00:28:03,349 --> 00:28:04,851 Could you identify the body? 690 00:28:04,884 --> 00:28:07,319 I was too far away to see her face. 691 00:28:07,353 --> 00:28:09,722 Well, why run? Why not go to the police? 692 00:28:09,756 --> 00:28:11,791 Police can't protect me. 693 00:28:11,824 --> 00:28:13,860 The contract's worth billions. 694 00:28:13,893 --> 00:28:16,062 And I know they can't deliver. 695 00:28:16,095 --> 00:28:17,196 Did your boyfriend lie for you? 696 00:28:17,229 --> 00:28:18,130 Herbie has no idea. 697 00:28:18,164 --> 00:28:20,767 I figured it was safer for him that way. 698 00:28:20,800 --> 00:28:22,935 What kind of weapon is Neox developing? 699 00:28:22,969 --> 00:28:25,738 It's a laser-induced plasma channel gun. 700 00:28:25,772 --> 00:28:27,206 Um... 701 00:28:27,239 --> 00:28:29,909 a lightning gun. 702 00:28:29,942 --> 00:28:31,778 You work for a government agency 703 00:28:31,811 --> 00:28:33,279 that puts microchips in people's heads. 704 00:28:33,312 --> 00:28:35,147 I mean, you can understand if we think 705 00:28:35,181 --> 00:28:37,049 that maybe you've been holding back on us. 706 00:28:37,083 --> 00:28:39,251 Well, Department 44 did not perform the actual implantation. 707 00:28:39,285 --> 00:28:41,087 You know more than you're telling us. 708 00:28:41,120 --> 00:28:43,089 I told you everything I knew to be true 709 00:28:43,122 --> 00:28:44,791 when I knew it to be true. 710 00:28:44,824 --> 00:28:46,225 - What does that even mean? - Have you ever heard 711 00:28:46,258 --> 00:28:48,027 of the Bronson Infantry Fighting Vehicle? 712 00:28:48,060 --> 00:28:49,495 Yeah. The tank? 713 00:28:49,528 --> 00:28:52,765 Well, the initial design contract was for $40 million, 714 00:28:52,799 --> 00:28:54,100 but after 17 years, 715 00:28:54,133 --> 00:28:55,367 there was no working design, 716 00:28:55,401 --> 00:28:57,203 and the cost hit $14 billion. 717 00:28:57,236 --> 00:28:58,404 Billion? 718 00:28:58,437 --> 00:29:00,139 "B." Billion. 719 00:29:00,172 --> 00:29:03,075 Tests were faked, results falsified-- 720 00:29:03,109 --> 00:29:06,112 by the contractor, but also by generals at the Pentagon 721 00:29:06,145 --> 00:29:08,114 who were overseeing the project. 722 00:29:08,147 --> 00:29:09,315 You're saying that Pentagon officials 723 00:29:09,348 --> 00:29:11,517 that know about Neox aren't telling you what's going on? 724 00:29:11,550 --> 00:29:14,186 We know from experience 725 00:29:14,220 --> 00:29:16,288 that that is the likely scenario. 726 00:29:16,322 --> 00:29:18,290 Floyd, you're going to tell us everything you know. 727 00:29:18,324 --> 00:29:19,959 If I know it. 728 00:29:19,992 --> 00:29:22,128 Again, what does that mean? 729 00:29:22,161 --> 00:29:24,296 I want a list of Neox employees, all right?! 730 00:29:24,330 --> 00:29:27,433 Well, then, I shall reach out. 731 00:29:36,008 --> 00:29:37,509 - Hey, Amita. - Hey. 732 00:29:37,543 --> 00:29:39,078 Oh, thanks for coming over. 733 00:29:39,111 --> 00:29:41,213 Sure. I don't have a class until 3:00. 734 00:29:41,247 --> 00:29:43,916 Good. Uh, it's just that, um, 735 00:29:43,950 --> 00:29:46,185 I-I have something for you. 736 00:29:46,218 --> 00:29:49,155 Alan, you promised-- no engagement gifts. 737 00:29:49,188 --> 00:29:50,289 No, it's not a gift. 738 00:29:50,322 --> 00:29:52,258 It's, um... it's just something 739 00:29:52,291 --> 00:29:55,194 that somebody wanted me to give to you. 740 00:29:58,497 --> 00:30:00,466 It was, uh, 741 00:30:00,499 --> 00:30:02,401 my wife, Margaret's. 742 00:30:04,904 --> 00:30:07,073 Actually, it was given 743 00:30:07,106 --> 00:30:09,842 to her great-great-grandmother for her 21st birthday. 744 00:30:09,876 --> 00:30:11,911 (sighs) 745 00:30:13,145 --> 00:30:14,180 Alan, I... 746 00:30:14,213 --> 00:30:15,214 Well, we never had a daughter, 747 00:30:15,247 --> 00:30:16,382 so Margaret wanted me 748 00:30:16,415 --> 00:30:17,917 to give it to our daughter-in-law. 749 00:30:19,051 --> 00:30:21,320 I'm not married to Charlie yet. 750 00:30:21,353 --> 00:30:23,255 You've been a member of our family for quite a while. 751 00:30:26,893 --> 00:30:30,462 Um, why today? 752 00:30:30,496 --> 00:30:33,065 Well, um... 753 00:30:33,099 --> 00:30:35,101 it's Margaret's birthday. 754 00:30:36,602 --> 00:30:38,370 So, it's my present to her. 755 00:30:42,608 --> 00:30:45,077 Thank you. 756 00:30:45,111 --> 00:30:47,179 (computer beeps) 757 00:30:47,213 --> 00:30:49,215 (computer chirping) 758 00:30:57,589 --> 00:30:59,058 What's this guy up to? 759 00:30:59,091 --> 00:31:01,293 List of Neox Industries' employees. 760 00:31:04,496 --> 00:31:06,498 Hey, that woman killed at the airfield that night? 761 00:31:06,532 --> 00:31:08,600 Finally got a possible I.D. 762 00:31:08,634 --> 00:31:10,569 Alison Williams, vice president of Neox Industries. 763 00:31:10,602 --> 00:31:13,072 Was she reported missing? 764 00:31:13,105 --> 00:31:14,473 No, but I checked with her neighbors. 765 00:31:14,506 --> 00:31:15,641 They heard her cat crying. 766 00:31:15,674 --> 00:31:17,443 They said she would have never left it 767 00:31:17,476 --> 00:31:18,978 without having someone to feed it. 768 00:31:19,011 --> 00:31:20,612 All right, what do they say at Neox? 769 00:31:20,646 --> 00:31:22,014 That she's on leave. 770 00:31:22,048 --> 00:31:23,315 She's not a scientist. 771 00:31:23,349 --> 00:31:24,583 She's a contract liaison. 772 00:31:24,616 --> 00:31:25,551 In other words, head salesperson. 773 00:31:25,584 --> 00:31:27,920 She could be the body from the field test. 774 00:31:27,954 --> 00:31:29,155 One way to find out. 775 00:31:29,188 --> 00:31:30,889 Let's get to her apartment, get some DNA. 776 00:31:33,592 --> 00:31:35,294 ALAN: Hi, boys. 777 00:31:35,327 --> 00:31:37,163 Come to witness my defeat? 778 00:31:37,196 --> 00:31:39,531 I bet you wish Larry was still in town. 779 00:31:39,565 --> 00:31:41,300 She's a lot harder to beat. 780 00:31:41,333 --> 00:31:43,469 Well, I enjoy the challenge. 781 00:31:43,502 --> 00:31:47,139 Fleinhardt's a good man, but a mediocre chess player. 782 00:31:47,173 --> 00:31:48,941 I miss Larry. 783 00:31:48,975 --> 00:31:50,609 Oh, he'll be back. He always comes back. 784 00:31:50,642 --> 00:31:52,311 Well, one of the nice outcomes 785 00:31:52,344 --> 00:31:54,313 of Larry leaving is that you and Amita 786 00:31:54,346 --> 00:31:55,982 seem to be spending a lot more time together. 787 00:31:56,015 --> 00:31:57,516 You know one of my true regrets 788 00:31:57,549 --> 00:31:58,951 in life is not having a daughter. 789 00:31:58,985 --> 00:32:00,552 But you know something? 790 00:32:00,586 --> 00:32:02,688 Daughter-in-law is just as good. 791 00:32:02,721 --> 00:32:04,523 Well, you got the daughter you always wanted, see? 792 00:32:04,556 --> 00:32:06,625 So, things do work out in the end. 793 00:32:06,658 --> 00:32:08,560 And with any luck, I'd have two daughters-in-law. 794 00:32:08,594 --> 00:32:11,964 CHARLIE: Well, isn't the clichГ© that people hate their in-laws? 795 00:32:11,998 --> 00:32:13,599 You get along better with her than you do with him or me. 796 00:32:13,632 --> 00:32:15,367 Yeah, what's that? Just 'cause she's prettier? 797 00:32:15,401 --> 00:32:17,436 - Mm-hmm. (phone rings) -AMITA: Well, it's easy 798 00:32:17,469 --> 00:32:18,537 to like other people's parents. 799 00:32:18,570 --> 00:32:20,539 It's your own parents that present the challenge. 800 00:32:20,572 --> 00:32:22,708 Hey, this is Otto. He's got something. Come on. 801 00:32:22,741 --> 00:32:24,576 - DON: Hey, keep me posted, - Aah! 802 00:32:24,610 --> 00:32:27,046 Here, I'll take over. 803 00:32:27,079 --> 00:32:28,614 So, Cynthia Abbott was able 804 00:32:28,647 --> 00:32:30,983 to provide us with files on the Neox project. 805 00:32:31,017 --> 00:32:32,518 Yes, yes, I've analyzed test data 806 00:32:32,551 --> 00:32:34,420 from the dense plasma driver 807 00:32:34,453 --> 00:32:36,222 here under the magnetic coils. 808 00:32:36,255 --> 00:32:37,389 A lot of problems. 809 00:32:37,423 --> 00:32:38,557 It looks like it's designed 810 00:32:38,590 --> 00:32:40,659 to create a toroid of high-density plasma. 811 00:32:40,692 --> 00:32:41,860 Yes, yes, uh, one that is supposed 812 00:32:41,893 --> 00:32:44,630 to shower a target with X-rays to disable electronics... 813 00:32:44,663 --> 00:32:47,466 Or an electrical field that stops a person's motor controls. 814 00:32:47,499 --> 00:32:48,600 CHARLIE: Yeah, well, 815 00:32:48,634 --> 00:32:50,402 instead, it killed four people. 816 00:32:50,436 --> 00:32:53,239 Uh, the plasma driver adjusts itself to be way too powerful. 817 00:32:53,272 --> 00:32:55,641 It adjusts itself? 818 00:32:55,674 --> 00:32:59,045 It's automated, intended to identify its targets 819 00:32:59,078 --> 00:33:00,779 and calibrate its energy output 820 00:33:00,812 --> 00:33:02,514 without requiring human intervention. 821 00:33:02,548 --> 00:33:03,649 Yes, yes, uh, the military developed 822 00:33:03,682 --> 00:33:06,118 a device for us in Iraq called a C-RAM-- 823 00:33:06,152 --> 00:33:08,120 a computerized counter-rocket artillery mortar-- 824 00:33:08,154 --> 00:33:09,488 to shoot down incoming rockets 825 00:33:09,521 --> 00:33:11,690 that are coming too fast for humans to react. 826 00:33:11,723 --> 00:33:13,625 - Huh. Does it work? - Well, it does now, 827 00:33:13,659 --> 00:33:15,461 but the first time they powered it up, 828 00:33:15,494 --> 00:33:16,528 it fired on an American helicopter. 829 00:33:16,562 --> 00:33:19,231 Luckily, the pilot was able to evade the C-RAM. 830 00:33:19,265 --> 00:33:23,202 Dr. Eppes, I've just received word of Internet chatter 831 00:33:23,235 --> 00:33:25,304 referencing a ghost plane sighting 832 00:33:25,337 --> 00:33:27,606 near Goathart Air Base. 833 00:33:30,209 --> 00:33:33,712 CHARLIE: We've been out here four hours. 834 00:33:33,745 --> 00:33:36,148 Internet chatter is not always reliable. 835 00:33:36,182 --> 00:33:38,117 That's a bit of an understatement. 836 00:33:44,723 --> 00:33:46,592 CHARLIE: You, uh... 837 00:33:46,625 --> 00:33:50,062 you getting another call on your invisible cell phone? 838 00:33:50,096 --> 00:33:53,031 No, just listening to the sounds of the desert at night. 839 00:33:55,801 --> 00:33:57,736 You hear something? 840 00:33:57,769 --> 00:33:59,037 You hear it, too? 841 00:34:05,577 --> 00:34:08,614 I think that's what we were hearing. 842 00:34:08,647 --> 00:34:09,648 Yeah, you think? 843 00:34:20,392 --> 00:34:23,829 Uh, I think it's safe to say that they've spotted us. 844 00:34:25,431 --> 00:34:27,666 Is it similar to the drone we found? 845 00:34:27,699 --> 00:34:30,402 I would say it's... it's quite similar. 846 00:34:30,436 --> 00:34:32,104 So, there's a good chance 847 00:34:32,138 --> 00:34:35,674 that this one's also armed with high-energy weaponry. 848 00:34:35,707 --> 00:34:37,343 (whirring) 849 00:34:37,376 --> 00:34:38,744 You hear that? What is that? 850 00:34:38,777 --> 00:34:41,513 If you feel a tingling sensation, 851 00:34:41,547 --> 00:34:43,449 that's the plasma channel opening up. 852 00:34:43,482 --> 00:34:46,252 Run sideways, not backwards. 853 00:34:46,285 --> 00:34:48,187 Okay, good to know. 854 00:34:48,220 --> 00:34:50,756 Why are you so calm? 855 00:34:50,789 --> 00:34:51,823 Panic won't do us any good. 856 00:34:58,664 --> 00:35:00,266 (sighs) 857 00:35:03,402 --> 00:35:04,803 (device whirring) 858 00:35:06,805 --> 00:35:09,308 (phone rings) 859 00:35:09,341 --> 00:35:11,310 - Sinclair. - CHARLIE: Hey, hey, David, 860 00:35:11,343 --> 00:35:12,511 we-we sighted the drone. 861 00:35:12,544 --> 00:35:13,645 Can you give me a direction? 862 00:35:13,679 --> 00:35:15,381 NSA has a track on it. 863 00:35:15,414 --> 00:35:17,349 So, yeah, we've got an exact track. 864 00:35:17,383 --> 00:35:20,286 Uh... wow, it's headed for the hangars at Goathart Air Base. 865 00:35:20,319 --> 00:35:22,154 That's 21.3 miles from here. 866 00:35:22,188 --> 00:35:24,190 Now, listen, you need to get there as fast as possible. 867 00:35:24,223 --> 00:35:26,258 Yeah. 868 00:35:31,730 --> 00:35:34,533 Gently, guys, gently. 869 00:35:34,566 --> 00:35:35,867 - Got it? - Yeah. 870 00:35:35,901 --> 00:35:37,636 (siren wailing) 871 00:35:39,771 --> 00:35:42,374 Get this drone out of here, guys, 872 00:35:42,408 --> 00:35:44,243 gently, gently. 873 00:35:49,348 --> 00:35:50,382 COLBY: Let's go. Turn around. 874 00:35:58,490 --> 00:36:00,292 NIKKI: Darren Drew. FBI. 875 00:36:00,326 --> 00:36:01,793 FBI. Stop. 876 00:36:01,827 --> 00:36:03,229 You can keep walking all the way 877 00:36:03,262 --> 00:36:04,563 to Bullhead, Arizona, if you want. 878 00:36:07,299 --> 00:36:08,500 But we'll have called ahead. 879 00:36:08,534 --> 00:36:10,602 (panting) 880 00:36:10,636 --> 00:36:14,206 I am supervising a legitimate test here. 881 00:36:14,240 --> 00:36:16,542 - I am not a criminal. - COLBY: Then, come on over here 882 00:36:16,575 --> 00:36:18,344 and get yourself handcuffed like a good person. 883 00:36:22,714 --> 00:36:23,949 You know what? 884 00:36:23,982 --> 00:36:25,584 You can't do this. 885 00:36:25,617 --> 00:36:27,986 This is a top secret federal project. 886 00:36:28,019 --> 00:36:29,455 You don't have the authority to a... 887 00:36:29,488 --> 00:36:32,224 No, no, no. Hey, you cannot do this! 888 00:36:32,258 --> 00:36:33,792 Look, we just need more time. 889 00:36:33,825 --> 00:36:35,294 We can fix it. 890 00:36:35,327 --> 00:36:37,829 This is not how it is supposed to work. 891 00:36:40,399 --> 00:36:43,402 Who killed your three employees in that van? 892 00:36:43,435 --> 00:36:45,003 It was an accident. 893 00:36:45,036 --> 00:36:46,905 COLBY: Well, we've talked to people on your team. 894 00:36:46,938 --> 00:36:48,440 There's a lot of finger-pointing going on. 895 00:36:48,474 --> 00:36:50,842 DAVID: The engineers are blaming the programmers. 896 00:36:50,876 --> 00:36:52,678 The coders are blaming the designers. 897 00:36:52,711 --> 00:36:53,879 Yeah, but mostly, they're blaming you, 898 00:36:53,912 --> 00:36:56,348 saying you wouldn't admit that the project was in trouble. 899 00:36:56,382 --> 00:36:57,883 No, that... that is not true. 900 00:36:57,916 --> 00:37:00,018 We were very close. We were days away. 901 00:37:00,051 --> 00:37:01,453 DAVID: Not according to your engineers. 902 00:37:01,487 --> 00:37:03,522 DREW: They don't see the whole picture. 903 00:37:03,555 --> 00:37:05,757 There is so much at stake. 904 00:37:05,791 --> 00:37:07,793 Really? 905 00:37:07,826 --> 00:37:08,960 Enough to kill for? 906 00:37:08,994 --> 00:37:10,796 No, of course not. 907 00:37:10,829 --> 00:37:12,931 DAVID: Then, why are four people dead? 908 00:37:12,964 --> 00:37:16,001 Four people who were my friends. All right? 909 00:37:16,034 --> 00:37:18,370 We're a small company. We're like a family. 910 00:37:18,404 --> 00:37:19,705 I don't know what happened out there, 911 00:37:19,738 --> 00:37:21,407 but I know none of my people did it. 912 00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:23,775 It's possible he's telling the truth, 913 00:37:23,809 --> 00:37:25,611 that he doesn't understand what went wrong. 914 00:37:25,644 --> 00:37:26,612 He knows. 915 00:37:26,645 --> 00:37:28,280 I mean, it's his project. 916 00:37:28,314 --> 00:37:30,816 Right? 917 00:37:36,822 --> 00:37:39,024 - Hey. - AMITA: Hey. 918 00:37:39,057 --> 00:37:40,992 So, Otto's analyzing the Neox data 919 00:37:41,026 --> 00:37:42,394 from the field tests. 920 00:37:42,428 --> 00:37:43,595 Nobody at Neox seems to know what happened. 921 00:37:43,629 --> 00:37:44,996 Isn't it here in their records? 922 00:37:45,030 --> 00:37:47,866 That depends on if we can interpret their data 923 00:37:47,899 --> 00:37:49,000 better than they could. 924 00:37:49,034 --> 00:37:50,969 Yes, yes, no doubt, this could work. 925 00:37:51,002 --> 00:37:53,004 - It needs tweaks, for sure. - NIKKI: Excuse me? 926 00:37:53,038 --> 00:37:54,973 OTTO: Uh, magnetized target fusion. 927 00:37:55,006 --> 00:37:56,675 Compress a smaller plasma load 928 00:37:56,708 --> 00:37:58,377 with imploding metal foil. 929 00:37:58,410 --> 00:37:59,645 Yes, yes. 930 00:37:59,678 --> 00:38:00,912 NIKKI: Uh, what's he talking about? 931 00:38:00,946 --> 00:38:02,781 - Hey, Otto. - Huh? 932 00:38:02,814 --> 00:38:05,751 What if I told you we needed a working prototype in... 933 00:38:05,784 --> 00:38:07,018 two weeks? 934 00:38:07,052 --> 00:38:09,588 Yes, yes, uh, no problem. 935 00:38:09,621 --> 00:38:11,757 Uh, large team, uh, MJ capacitor banks, 936 00:38:11,790 --> 00:38:13,459 new magnetic coils, 937 00:38:13,492 --> 00:38:14,960 some high-z metal, redo the calcs. 938 00:38:14,993 --> 00:38:16,762 Uh, maybe a few risks involved. 939 00:38:16,795 --> 00:38:18,464 A few? Is he serious? 940 00:38:18,497 --> 00:38:19,531 He's an engineer. 941 00:38:19,565 --> 00:38:20,932 Many of them are like this. 942 00:38:20,966 --> 00:38:22,468 Like what? Many of us are like what? 943 00:38:22,501 --> 00:38:24,803 Convinced that in two weeks, you can take 944 00:38:24,836 --> 00:38:27,839 a problematic, mistake-ridden, advanced technical project 945 00:38:27,873 --> 00:38:29,841 to a working prototype stage. 946 00:38:29,875 --> 00:38:31,643 Why not? 947 00:38:33,745 --> 00:38:36,382 Oh. I see your point. 948 00:38:36,415 --> 00:38:38,384 You know, that's how I got my nickname, Otto-Bahn-- 949 00:38:38,417 --> 00:38:40,719 'cause I'm always going, like, 160 miles an hour. 950 00:38:40,752 --> 00:38:41,687 FLOYD: Dr. Eppes, are you suggesting 951 00:38:41,720 --> 00:38:43,855 that this is a case of confidence and drive 952 00:38:43,889 --> 00:38:45,724 overwhelming practical judgment? 953 00:38:45,757 --> 00:38:46,792 Not murder? 954 00:38:46,825 --> 00:38:49,361 Just... the unrestrained ambitions 955 00:38:49,395 --> 00:38:50,996 of brilliant engineers. 956 00:38:51,029 --> 00:38:52,130 But unrestrained ambitions 957 00:38:52,163 --> 00:38:53,765 are the only way to accomplish 958 00:38:53,799 --> 00:38:54,766 anything truly challenging, right? 959 00:38:56,935 --> 00:38:59,705 Oh, dear. 960 00:38:59,738 --> 00:39:01,440 I see your point. 961 00:39:01,473 --> 00:39:03,642 Oh, it's almost like... 962 00:39:03,675 --> 00:39:05,777 I did it. 963 00:39:05,811 --> 00:39:08,714 Not you, but... 964 00:39:08,747 --> 00:39:10,649 people like you. 965 00:39:16,121 --> 00:39:18,690 Your engineers were working too fast. 966 00:39:18,724 --> 00:39:19,891 They took too many chances. 967 00:39:19,925 --> 00:39:22,661 Which is why everybody got killed. 968 00:39:22,694 --> 00:39:26,064 We needed more time, but the Feds got impatient, 969 00:39:26,097 --> 00:39:27,999 - so Ali... - Alison Williams, 970 00:39:28,033 --> 00:39:30,702 your Pentagon liaison. 971 00:39:30,736 --> 00:39:32,838 Ali wanted a live human test. 972 00:39:32,871 --> 00:39:34,873 DAVID: Because it was supposed to be nonlethal. 973 00:39:34,906 --> 00:39:36,608 It was supposed to be safe. 974 00:39:36,642 --> 00:39:38,877 She figured, if we could do that, 975 00:39:38,910 --> 00:39:39,978 we'd get more funding 976 00:39:40,011 --> 00:39:41,112 and more time. 977 00:39:41,146 --> 00:39:43,014 She volunteered to be the test subject. 978 00:39:43,048 --> 00:39:44,115 So, why the cover-up? 979 00:39:44,149 --> 00:39:45,517 Because, if anybody found out 980 00:39:45,551 --> 00:39:46,818 what we were doing, we'd get shut down. 981 00:39:48,920 --> 00:39:51,490 I took the I.D. off her body. 982 00:39:51,523 --> 00:39:52,591 I figured... 983 00:39:52,624 --> 00:39:55,594 that would keep it a mystery just long enough to... 984 00:39:56,662 --> 00:39:58,430 Alison believed in this project. 985 00:39:58,464 --> 00:40:00,532 Okay? I don't want to let her down. 986 00:40:00,566 --> 00:40:02,468 - DON: And the engineers? - They went out 987 00:40:02,501 --> 00:40:03,735 to test on their own. 988 00:40:03,769 --> 00:40:04,736 They didn't tell me. 989 00:40:04,770 --> 00:40:05,871 They thought I would say no. 990 00:40:05,904 --> 00:40:07,739 - Would you have? - No, probably not. 991 00:40:08,840 --> 00:40:09,708 I believed 992 00:40:09,741 --> 00:40:12,744 in this project, damn it. I still do. 993 00:40:19,751 --> 00:40:22,220 (exhales) 994 00:40:22,253 --> 00:40:24,022 Well, that's what they told me. 995 00:40:24,055 --> 00:40:27,693 Field supervisor, inspections, two-year stint in DC. 996 00:40:27,726 --> 00:40:29,695 L.A. isn't big enough? 997 00:40:29,728 --> 00:40:32,798 Hey, if you want management, you got to go to DC. 998 00:40:32,831 --> 00:40:34,232 All right, thanks. 999 00:40:34,265 --> 00:40:37,636 Appreciate you talking to the assistant director for me. 1000 00:40:37,669 --> 00:40:41,940 Okay, so if you were me, what would you do next? 1001 00:40:41,973 --> 00:40:44,510 What do you keep asking me this stuff for? 1002 00:40:44,543 --> 00:40:46,578 Well, come on, man, you're like a mentor, 1003 00:40:46,612 --> 00:40:48,013 and, you know, you're a good agent, so... 1004 00:40:48,046 --> 00:40:49,681 Look... 1005 00:40:49,715 --> 00:40:50,916 I made my share of mistakes, 1006 00:40:50,949 --> 00:40:52,784 and you, of all people, know that, you know. 1007 00:40:52,818 --> 00:40:54,019 I mean, I've taken the wrong jobs, 1008 00:40:54,052 --> 00:40:55,554 I've-I've quit the right ones. 1009 00:40:55,587 --> 00:40:56,922 I've broken rules I've regretted, 1010 00:40:56,955 --> 00:40:59,224 and I've followed rules I should have ignored. 1011 00:40:59,257 --> 00:41:01,092 Even when I'm doing what I should be doing, 1012 00:41:01,126 --> 00:41:04,162 sometimes it feels like it's for the wrong reasons. 1013 00:41:04,195 --> 00:41:05,230 You know what I'm saying? 1014 00:41:05,263 --> 00:41:06,798 I think I do. 1015 00:41:06,832 --> 00:41:10,001 I don't even know if I should be in the field anymore. 1016 00:41:10,035 --> 00:41:12,237 Ah, don't start talking crazy. 1017 00:41:13,572 --> 00:41:15,841 Right. 1018 00:41:15,874 --> 00:41:18,877 Well, let me give you some advice. 1019 00:41:20,011 --> 00:41:21,947 Stop being so hard on yourself. 1020 00:41:21,980 --> 00:41:23,081 Seriously. 1021 00:41:23,114 --> 00:41:26,752 For a Jewish guy, you sure like getting up on the cross. 1022 00:41:26,785 --> 00:41:29,821 (laughing): Yeah? 1023 00:41:29,855 --> 00:41:33,158 Yeah, you know, I haven't seen this thing in years? 1024 00:41:33,191 --> 00:41:34,159 (chuckles) 1025 00:41:34,192 --> 00:41:36,194 Floyd. 1026 00:41:36,227 --> 00:41:38,830 - Why do you keep doing that? - Doing what? 1027 00:41:38,864 --> 00:41:41,299 Materializing out of empty space. 1028 00:41:41,332 --> 00:41:43,034 I cannot do that. 1029 00:41:43,068 --> 00:41:45,036 However, there are contractors 1030 00:41:45,070 --> 00:41:47,873 who have been developing an incredible s... 1031 00:41:49,007 --> 00:41:50,609 Sorry. 1032 00:41:50,642 --> 00:41:52,878 Not really supposed to talk about that. 1033 00:41:52,911 --> 00:41:56,915 Uh, I just wanted to let you know that Department 44 1034 00:41:56,948 --> 00:41:59,551 really appreciated your help on the Neox case. 1035 00:41:59,585 --> 00:42:02,120 I convey to you the thanks of a grateful nation. 1036 00:42:02,153 --> 00:42:04,923 You speak on behalf of the whole nation? 1037 00:42:04,956 --> 00:42:07,893 A project that wastes national resources 1038 00:42:07,926 --> 00:42:09,895 damages national security. 1039 00:42:09,928 --> 00:42:11,830 You know, Neox could have spent billions more 1040 00:42:11,863 --> 00:42:14,065 without solving the underlying problems in its systems. 1041 00:42:14,099 --> 00:42:16,935 Neox was backed by Pentagon procurement 1042 00:42:16,968 --> 00:42:20,338 and military officials and a system built 1043 00:42:20,371 --> 00:42:22,974 on denial and greed. 1044 00:42:24,275 --> 00:42:27,078 And they would have gotten away with it, too, 1045 00:42:27,112 --> 00:42:29,848 if it weren't for you meddling kids.