PIONEER ONE: Episode 1
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0:42 - 0:46There are events that become
pivot points in history. -
0:46 - 0:48We usually mark the past
by the wars we fight, -
0:48 - 0:54where you hear people talk about things
before the war and the world after the war. -
0:54 - 0:59The after-the-war world is born out
of human struggle and cruelty. -
0:59 - 1:04Sometimes there are events born out of human
ingenuity and courage like discovering fire, -
1:04 - 1:08or inventing the Internet,
or walking on the Moon. -
1:08 - 1:11Sometimes it's a little of both.
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1:11 - 1:15We had no idea what was going to happen
or what we were going to do about it. -
1:15 - 1:20And we had no idea the price we'd pay.
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1:20 - 1:22There was no plan...
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1:22 - 1:26There were no lofty thoughts
about changing the world. -
1:26 - 1:29We just did what we thought
was right at the time. -
1:29 - 1:48And I would do it all again,
even knowing the consequences. -
1:48 - 1:49So, what does she expect you to do?
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1:49 - 1:51I'll tell you what she's
expecting me to do. -
1:51 - 1:54She's expecting me to get
another job, that's what. -
1:54 - 1:55Doing what I don't know.
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1:55 - 2:00Thinks somehow it's my fault that
the economy's in the toilet. -
2:00 - 2:02What are you gonna do?
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2:02 - 2:07What can you do?
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2:07 - 2:08Ehi!
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2:08 - 2:11- What's that over there?
- What? -
2:11 - 2:12Wow!
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2:12 - 2:14Meteor?
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2:14 - 2:18It must be. Look how it's
splitting up like that. -
2:18 - 2:21Ladies and gentlemen, sorry to wake
those of you who were sleeping... -
2:21 - 2:24but if you look out at the right
side of the plane, you're guaranteed -
2:24 - 2:26a truly spectacular sight that...
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2:26 - 2:34you'll probably never get
to see again this close... -
2:34 - 2:37If I couldn't jump the guy of
course I would choose me. -
2:37 - 2:40- Choose you to get saved?
- Choose me to get shot. -
2:40 - 2:42- Really?
- Yes. -
2:42 - 2:45I don't even know what we're
talking about right now. -
2:45 - 2:47Look at that!
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2:47 - 2:49- What is that?
- I don't know! -
2:49 - 2:51It's so pretty.
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2:51 - 3:20Make a wish.
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3:20 - 3:25Yeah. This is Taylor.
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3:25 - 3:27- Do you ever sleep?
- No fatalities. -
3:27 - 3:30Some debris came down in and around
Station but it didn't hit any with people. -
3:30 - 3:32- An airliner?
- That's what we think now -
3:32 - 3:33but we're trying to confirm
with eye witnesses. -
3:33 - 3:35Have you checked with airports
for any overdue flights? -
3:35 - 3:36Yeah, we're checking. Nothing yet.
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3:36 - 3:39Why would someone blow up
an airliner over Montana? -
3:39 - 3:40Why does anyone ever
blow up an airliner? -
3:40 - 3:42Yeah. Is Vernon and the
new guy in the yet? -
3:42 - 3:43They're waiting for you in your office.
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3:43 - 3:45- What's his name again? I know you told me.
- DiLeo. -
3:45 - 3:47- DiLeo.
- There's something else though -
3:47 - 3:49that might turn this into
a whole other thing. -
3:49 - 3:51I just got a call saying
that hospitals in the area -
3:51 - 3:53are reporting multiple
patients coming in -
3:53 - 3:55with symptoms consistent
with radiation sickness. -
3:55 - 3:56- A dirty bomb?
- We haven't confirmed that yet. -
3:56 - 3:59- But that's what it looks like?
- Nobody really knows what that looks like. -
3:59 - 4:02We might find out tonight.
Get the Mayor of Station on the phone -
4:02 - 4:04and tell him there's a quarantine
in effect for Station Township -
4:04 - 4:06and everything within a 10 mile radius.
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4:06 - 4:08- Coordinate with local authorities.
- We shouldn't wait for confirmation? -
4:08 - 4:11Do you really feel like taking
chances with radiation? -
4:11 - 4:22But get some feet on the
ground to confirm that. -
4:22 - 4:23But I need you to confirm that.
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4:23 - 4:26Sir, there are two positive cases of
radiation sickness in two separate hospitals. -
4:26 - 4:28- How do you spell that?
- I just ordered a quarantine -
4:28 - 4:30for Station Township and everything
within a 10 mile radius. -
4:30 - 4:33One of the cases is from a hospital
30 miles north of Station. -
4:33 - 4:37I'm going to need a copy of that faxed
to this office before I can do... -
4:37 - 4:38Thank you.
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4:38 - 4:42Sir, a major piece of debris,
a piece of a plane's fuselage maybe -
4:42 - 4:45crash landed in a wooded area
outside of Edmonton in Canada. -
4:45 - 4:48We're getting a formal request for
assistance from your counterpart -
4:48 - 4:49in the RCMP faxed here right now.
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4:49 - 4:51Good, we're not passing this
one off on the Mounties. -
4:51 - 4:57I got the Governor and the Mayor of Station
waiting to speak with you on lines 2 and 4. -
4:57 - 5:00Vernon, you're going to stay in touch
with those hospitals and the Station P.D. -
5:00 - 5:04give them anything they need,
send me updates every half an hour. -
5:04 - 5:06You, I need you to send
me a copy of that fax -
5:06 - 5:09as soon as you get it in
your hands to my phone. -
5:09 - 5:10- Can you handle that?
- Yes, sir. -
5:10 - 5:12Call down to the airfield for a car.
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5:12 - 5:22Agent Larson and I are leaving for
Edmonton in 15 minutes. Make it happen. -
5:22 - 5:24I told you his name was DiLeo.
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5:24 - 5:28Yeah, I know. I only had so much room
at this particular moment, so... -
5:28 - 5:29You good?
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5:29 - 5:31- Yeah. You?
- Yeah. -
5:31 - 5:33Why are we going to Edmonton?
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5:33 - 5:35'Cause we're not going to be
the next news media punch line -
5:35 - 5:38that screwed the pooch
on a terrorism case. -
5:38 - 5:40We stay out in front of this thing
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5:40 - 5:42and show the country that we're
actually good for something. -
5:42 - 5:43- How does that sound to you?
- No argument here. -
5:43 - 5:45Good. Let's do this right.
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5:45 - 5:52- Yes, sir. Lines two and four.
- Thank you Sophie. -
5:52 - 6:23Mr. Mayor, this is Tom Taylor.
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6:23 - 6:24We just don't know that yet sir.
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6:24 - 6:29And what we do know just isn't
adding up to my satisfaction. -
6:29 - 6:33Just need a little more time to sort...
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6:33 - 6:38Yes, sir. That's why we're here.
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6:38 - 6:42Well I appreciate that, sir, yes.
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6:42 - 6:44Yes, sir.
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6:44 - 6:46You'll know as soon as I do.
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6:46 - 6:51Thank you.
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6:51 - 6:52Tom?
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6:52 - 6:53Jesus Christ!
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6:53 - 6:56- Sorry. We have...
- No, it's okay. -
6:56 - 6:59We've got the Deputy Secretary pressuring me
to announce that we've captured a terrorist. -
6:59 - 7:03He says it would be politically
expedient to do it now before... -
7:03 - 7:06a whole debate over the
definition of what constitutes -
7:06 - 7:07an act of terror starts in the media
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7:07 - 7:09and I'm trying to tell him...
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7:09 - 7:11in so many words that...
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7:11 - 7:14I don't want to start
counting my chickens... What? -
7:14 - 7:29He's here.
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7:29 - 7:33He started yelling at us. I think in
Russian before we got the hatch open. -
7:33 - 7:35Once we identified
ourselves, he shut up... -
7:35 - 7:38and thats when we noticed he
had a pistol in his right hand. -
7:38 - 7:40He couldn't raise it enough
to point it at us though. -
7:40 - 7:44I don't know if he would have shot
at us, or if he was just scared. -
7:44 - 7:48Does that kid look like
a terrorist to you? -
7:48 - 8:06I don't know what he looks like.
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8:06 - 8:07He's stable now.
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8:07 - 8:09He was extremely dehydrated,
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8:09 - 8:11malnourished...
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8:11 - 8:14and I'm running every
test that I can think of. -
8:14 - 8:16He'll live?
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8:16 - 8:18He's got a good shot.
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8:18 - 8:20The fact that he survived
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8:20 - 8:23all this time under the
conditions that he's been living -
8:23 - 8:25gives me hope that he's got a chance.
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8:25 - 8:29But he's gonna need, I don't know,
could be years of rehabilitation. -
8:29 - 8:31Have you ever seen
anything like this before? -
8:31 - 8:33Frankly, no, I haven't.
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8:33 - 8:35The only cases...
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8:35 - 8:37that come close that I know of...
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8:37 - 8:41is severe child abuse where a
child is held hostage in a room -
8:41 - 8:43or a basement and neglected.
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8:43 - 8:46It's like he's been living
in a cave his whole life. -
8:46 - 8:48Can he talk?
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8:48 - 8:49He's sleeping now.
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8:49 - 8:51He's in shock
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8:51 - 8:54I can't guarantee he'll make
any sense when he wakes up. -
8:54 - 8:56Let me know as soon as he does.
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8:56 - 8:59Will do.
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8:59 - 9:01You said he was yelling something
when you found him. Do you... -
9:01 - 9:03remember what he was saying?
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9:03 - 9:05Not really. It was something
in Russian, I think -
9:05 - 9:08She speaks about 47 languages.
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9:08 - 9:10Whatever you remember.
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9:10 - 9:12Something like...
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9:12 - 9:16identiforo... something.
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9:16 - 9:19Nikorosh vi stronia.
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9:19 - 9:20Nikorosh vistronia
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9:20 - 9:23Identifutsoro vitsebia.
Could that have been the first part? -
9:23 - 9:25Yes. I think so, I think that was it.
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9:25 - 9:26Identify yourself.
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9:26 - 9:29What about the rest?
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9:29 - 9:31Which side are you?
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9:31 - 9:33You said he kept repeating that?
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9:33 - 9:36Yes, sir.
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9:36 - 9:37Which side are you?
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9:37 - 9:39Which side of what?
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9:39 - 9:41That's what I heard.
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9:41 - 9:45What does that mean? Are you sure
you're translating that right? -
9:45 - 9:4747 languages.
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9:47 - 9:54He was wearing this when we found him.
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9:54 - 9:56Is that a spacesuit?
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9:56 - 10:00- May I?
- It's clear. -
10:00 - 10:01Hello?
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10:01 - 10:04Look.
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10:04 - 10:07Maybe they just haven't
sprung for new patches. -
10:07 - 10:12Does that kid look like he was even
born when there was a Soviet Union? -
10:12 - 10:24Sirs?
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10:24 - 10:27That's no airliner.
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10:27 - 10:30No, it's not.
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10:30 - 10:34We found these in the capsule.
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10:34 - 10:38- Those look like rocks.
- They are, rocks. -
10:38 - 10:42And we found this.
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10:42 - 10:47I guess it's also Russian.
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10:47 - 10:49What is it?
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10:49 - 10:51I'm not sure.
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10:51 - 10:53It looks like a page from
some kind of flight manual. -
10:53 - 11:01There's something
handwritten on the back -
11:01 - 11:04What?
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11:04 - 11:06That's the most ridiculous
story I've ever heard. -
11:06 - 11:09Yes sir. We're investigating
all the possibilities. -
11:09 - 11:12It sounds more like someone got their
hands on some old Soviet hardware -
11:12 - 11:15and are using it to perpetrate
an attack on the United States. -
11:15 - 11:16An attack on Montana, sir?
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11:16 - 11:18Maybe it went wrong. I don't know.
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11:18 - 11:20All I know is, I have
sick people in hospitals -
11:20 - 11:22and a potential public
relations nightmare. -
11:22 - 11:25We have to show we have a
handle on the situation. -
11:25 - 11:29I don't need to remind you that our record on
these things hasn't been exemplary of late. -
11:29 - 11:32With all due respect, sir. I'm not
convinced we're dealing with terrorism -
11:32 - 11:35All we have is a sick kid,
possibly a Russian national. -
11:35 - 11:37I don't think treating him
like a criminal is the best... -
11:37 - 11:39He had no identification...
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11:39 - 11:43and piloted a craft spreading
radiation over American cities. -
11:43 - 11:46First thing he does is pull a gun on
the people who are rescuing him. -
11:46 - 11:48Have I got that much right?
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11:48 - 11:50Yes, sir. All those things are true
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11:50 - 11:55Then he's a criminal until we have
firm evidence to the contrary. -
11:55 - 11:56Whatever the case
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11:56 - 11:59I want you to take the suspect to an
American base immediately, and we'll... -
11:59 - 12:02I don't think that's the best
course of action at this time, sir. -
12:02 - 12:06I'd like more time to investigate
before we jump to any conclusions. -
12:06 - 12:09I'm not making suggestions, Mr. Taylor.
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12:09 - 12:12I want you to move him
as soon as you can. -
12:12 - 12:14Yes sir.
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12:14 - 12:23Okay then. We'll be in
touch throughout the day. -
12:23 - 12:25Yeah?
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12:25 - 12:28We've recovered another piece
of the capsule outside Calgary. -
12:28 - 12:33There was a nuclear battery onboard; it looks
like that was the source of the radiation. -
12:33 - 12:38It's in an unpopulated area,
so there's that bit of good news. -
12:38 - 12:39Yeah.
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12:39 - 12:41What?
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12:41 - 12:43We're leaving.
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12:43 - 12:45They didn't believe it either?
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12:45 - 12:47I don't blame them. It's crazy.
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12:47 - 12:50It's also the only thing that
makes any kind of sense. -
12:50 - 12:52Sophie. It makes no kind of sense.
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12:52 - 12:56What do you think? Some Al Qaeda nut job
makes a play for an old Soviet space capsule -
12:56 - 12:58instead of a nuclear bomb,
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12:58 - 13:01somehow manages to launch
it from a cave in Tora Bora -
13:01 - 13:04on a mission to scare the
bejesus out of Montana. -
13:04 - 13:08- Where's the sense in that?
- It spread radiation over hundreds of miles. -
13:08 - 13:13It just seems like a round about way to
spread terror, if terror's your goal. -
13:13 - 13:16I know. I know, I...
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13:16 - 13:19I don't know what else to do.
I don't know what else there is to do. -
13:19 - 13:21Well, nothing besides get some sleep.
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13:21 - 13:23I don't have time for that,
and neither do you. -
13:23 - 13:25We have a sick kid in a hospital bed.
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13:25 - 13:27He's not a terrorist.
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13:27 - 13:29He's not a Martian either.
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13:29 - 13:31Well, maybe not.
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13:31 - 13:33What's that?
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13:33 - 13:36It's a letter from the RCMP allowing
us to operate in Canadian territory -
13:36 - 13:39DiLeo sent it over.
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13:39 - 13:41I asked for this like 12 hours ago.
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13:41 - 13:44He said he had trouble converting it
to a PDF, or something. I don't know. -
13:44 - 13:46He's supposed to be America's
first line of defense. -
13:46 - 13:48- The best and the brightest.
- Which one are you? -
13:48 - 13:50I've always been the best,
but never the brightest. -
13:50 - 13:53Well, I've always been the brightest,
but never quite the best. -
13:53 - 13:56You know, if this whole serving and
protecting thing doesn't work out, -
13:56 - 13:58I think we have a sitcom in our future.
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13:58 - 14:00I'll make the arrangements.
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14:00 - 14:12Thank you.
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14:12 - 14:13This is Taylor.
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14:13 - 14:16Mr. Taylor, this is Dr.
Bertram. I was the physician... -
14:16 - 14:18Yeah. I know who you are.
How's he doing? -
14:18 - 14:22I've just gotten the preliminary
blood work back and he has cancer. -
14:22 - 14:24Say that again.
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14:24 - 14:26I'm no oncologist, but...
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14:26 - 14:27but his body's riddled with it.
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14:27 - 14:29I've called in an expert.
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14:29 - 14:30Slow down doctor.
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14:30 - 14:33Get him ready to be moved.
He's coming back with us to the States. -
14:33 - 14:35I don't think that's a good idea.
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14:35 - 14:40I didn't ask your opinion, and besides that,
the decision's already been made. -
14:40 - 14:42We've been granted authority to
operate in this jurisdiction -
14:42 - 14:46and whether you like it or not,
you answer to me, do you understand that? -
14:46 - 14:47Yes.
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14:47 - 14:49Anything else I should know?
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14:49 - 14:53He's developed a respiratory infection,
he's not responding to treatment. -
14:53 - 14:56If you put him on a plane,
you could kill him. -
14:56 - 14:57And this is your professional opinion?
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14:57 - 15:00What other opinion would it be?
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15:00 - 15:02I'm sorry.
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15:02 - 15:05He's coming back with us.
He'll receive treatment in the States. -
15:05 - 15:43- Get ready to move him.
- Yes sir. -
15:43 - 15:45Tom Taylor.
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15:45 - 15:47- How'd you know it was me?
- I've got caller id, -
15:47 - 15:50like the rest of the world.
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15:50 - 15:51I'm not interrupting anything, am I?
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15:51 - 15:55No, just about to play my round of golf;
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15:55 - 15:57like I did yesterday...
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15:57 - 15:59like I probably will tomorrow.
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15:59 - 16:00Sounds like the life you always wanted.
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16:00 - 16:03It's not.
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16:03 - 16:06Yeah. Sorry I didn't make it to that
dinner I read about in the paper. -
16:06 - 16:07Congratulations.
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16:07 - 16:09Thank you.
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16:09 - 16:13That's not why you called.
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16:13 - 16:15Yeah. No
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16:15 - 16:19Messy business up there.
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16:19 - 16:20Please...
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16:20 - 16:22tell me you haven't
called for a pep talk. -
16:22 - 16:27Yeah. Not exactly.
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16:27 - 16:28Then what?
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16:28 - 16:31I got golf to play.
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16:31 - 16:33Yeah. Well...
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16:33 - 16:36this may seem a little strange, but...
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16:36 - 16:39I need your insight on something.
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16:39 - 16:41My insight?
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16:41 - 16:44Yeah.
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16:44 - 16:47Just how crazy were
the Soviets? I mean... -
16:47 - 16:49just how crazy were they?
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16:49 - 16:51You know.
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16:51 - 16:52You were there.
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16:52 - 16:56I was a kid, I wasn't on
the front lines like you. -
16:56 - 17:03Well.
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17:03 - 17:08I never put anything past them,
I'll say that. Never. -
17:08 - 17:09Naw...
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17:09 - 17:12some people thought
we were a bunch of... -
17:12 - 17:15paranoid fearmongers in the agency,
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17:15 - 17:20but all the stuff we learned when
we left after the fall. Jesus! -
17:20 - 17:21It was a crazy time than.
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17:21 - 17:24Hell, we were crazy too but...
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17:24 - 17:26they were crazier...
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17:26 - 17:29I really mean that.
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17:29 - 17:35Did you ever hear of a guy
named Stanislav Petrov? -
17:35 - 17:36No.
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17:36 - 17:38Me neither, not until
about 10 years ago. -
17:38 - 17:43Stanislav Petrov was in the
Soviet Air Defense Force and... -
17:43 - 17:48he was on duty in a bunker just
outside Moscow one night in 1983. -
17:48 - 17:51His job was to monitor OKO,
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17:51 - 17:54the Soviet early warning system.
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17:54 - 17:57Kind of like our NORAD.
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17:57 - 18:01They had a network of satellites up
in orbit, just like we did... -
18:01 - 18:06to alert them if the U.S.
launched their missiles. -
18:06 - 18:07Anyway...
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18:07 - 18:09old Stanislav was on duty,
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18:09 - 18:14eating his day old bread,
drinking his Vodka, whatever they did. -
18:14 - 18:19He saw something he'd never seen before.
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18:19 - 18:23A big board lit up all red,
and alarms going off... -
18:23 - 18:27blaring.
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18:27 - 18:29What it was telling
him was that the U.S. -
18:29 - 18:32had launched their ICBM's, their...
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18:32 - 18:37their nuclear ICBM's at his country.
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18:37 - 18:41His job in that event...
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18:41 - 18:45was to fire his country's missiles back.
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18:45 - 18:48But he didn't.
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18:48 - 18:51He didn't believe it.
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18:51 - 18:55For some reason, in his gut it
just didn't feel right. -
18:55 - 19:00So, he ignored all his orders
and all his training... -
19:00 - 19:03and he turned the alarm off.
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19:03 - 19:05To make a long story short...
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19:05 - 19:10the sun was bouncing off some
clouds or something or other... -
19:10 - 19:13and confused the satellite
into thinking... -
19:13 - 19:18missiles were on their way.
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19:18 - 19:20If Stanislav Petrov...
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19:20 - 19:23had done what he was supposed to do...
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19:23 - 19:29we wouldn't be having this
conversation right now. -
19:29 - 19:31And you know what happened to him?
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19:31 - 19:34Discharged...
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19:34 - 19:35dishonorably.
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19:35 - 19:38Probably sent to Siberia...
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19:38 - 19:41or somewhere. Who knows.
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19:41 - 19:46The man defied his country...
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19:46 - 19:49and saved the world.
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19:49 - 19:53Quite literally saved the world.
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19:53 - 19:56And he faced the consequences.
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19:56 - 19:58Because...
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19:58 - 20:03I think he had something the
rest of his country didn't. -
20:03 - 20:05Imagination.
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20:05 - 20:07He...
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20:07 - 20:14could imagine the consequences
of following his orders. -
20:14 - 20:17And those consequences were
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20:17 - 20:23unconscionable to him.
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20:23 - 20:27And that's how crazy they were.
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20:27 - 20:30Does that about answer your question?
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20:30 - 20:33I guess so.
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20:33 - 20:35Anyway...
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20:35 - 20:37It was sweet of you to...
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20:37 - 20:41to call an old man for his advice, Tom.
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20:41 - 20:44It really is.
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20:44 - 20:46Get out there and do a job, will ya?
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20:46 - 20:48Yes, sir.
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20:48 - 20:50Next time you're in the neighborhood...
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20:50 - 20:53Yeah. I'm not really much of a golfer.
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20:53 - 20:55Me neither.
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20:55 - 20:56Take care, Frank.
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20:56 - 21:02You should be more concerned with
taking care of yourself right now. -
21:02 - 21:19Goodbye.
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21:19 - 21:21Get our people up here.
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21:21 - 21:22As little as possible.
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21:22 - 21:24We need to give them something.
They're sniffing blood in the water. -
21:24 - 21:26Otherwise they're just going to
run with whatever they can find. -
21:26 - 21:28- He's right. We can say...
- Why don't we just say -
21:28 - 21:30that a Soviet satellite and
old Soviet satellite... -
21:30 - 21:32- With a leak in the battery onboard. Yes.
- Came down just like it did. -
21:32 - 21:33- Can you work with that?
- Yes. -
21:33 - 21:35Great. Put something together
and give it to the press. -
21:35 - 21:37All right, that takes care of
the press. Now what about - -
21:37 - 21:39- Don't worry about that.
- Don't worry about that? -
21:39 - 21:41- DiLeo, do you still have that fax?
- Yes, sir. -
21:41 - 21:43- Alright, you never got it.
- Sir? -
21:43 - 21:46- The right answer is, what fax?
- Yes sir. -
21:46 - 21:47What are you doing?
-
21:47 - 21:51I believe the technical term is gumming up
the works and buying some time to investigate -
21:51 - 21:55before we end up shipping
that kid to a federal prison. -
21:55 - 22:00Jesus Christ! Can we get a cup of coffee
around her that tastes like coffee, please? -
22:00 - 22:03Send someone to Willie Horton's,
or whatever they have up here. -
22:03 - 22:06- Get some for everyone, will you?
- We need an expert in here. -
22:06 - 22:08Someone who knows what they're
talking about, and quietly. -
22:08 - 22:11An expert? On what?
-
22:11 - 22:14It's open.
-
22:14 - 22:17Yes?
-
22:17 - 22:20Zachary Walzer?
-
22:20 - 22:23Dr. Zachary Walzer.
-
22:23 - 22:32Can I help you?
-
22:32 - 22:33Dr. Walzer.
-
22:33 - 22:39I'm Tom Taylor.
-
22:39 - 22:41Sorry about all the...
-
22:41 - 22:45- I know this is a little strange.
- I think I know what this is all about. -
22:45 - 22:46You do.
-
22:46 - 22:47That...
-
22:47 - 22:50dirty bomb thing wasn't
a dirty bomb, was it? -
22:50 - 22:52- No, it was actually...
- Funny thing -
22:52 - 22:54about that downed satellite story.
-
22:54 - 22:55What's that?
-
22:55 - 22:58Well, I heard about it on
the news this morning and... -
22:58 - 23:01I couldn't help but feeling like
I'd heard it somewhere before... -
23:01 - 23:05so I did a bit of Googling,
and in about two minutes... -
23:05 - 23:09I found... this.
-
23:09 - 23:13Apparently a Soviet Satellite
carrying a nuclear battery -
23:13 - 23:16made an unplanned reentry
into the Earth's atmosphere -
23:16 - 23:20spreading radioactive
waste all over Canada. -
23:20 - 23:21That's right.
-
23:21 - 23:23Look at the date.
-
23:23 - 23:26That article is from 1979.
-
23:26 - 23:28Two Soviet satellites...
-
23:28 - 23:31accidentally coming down
spreading radiation -
23:31 - 23:33all over the same part of the world?
-
23:33 - 23:36That's some bad luck. Don't you think?
-
23:36 - 23:42Maybe you should do a little more research
before you put out a bogus cover story. -
23:42 - 23:46Well, as I can see, you've already gathered
we're in a bit of a situation here that... -
23:46 - 23:49quite frankly, it's a little
outside my area of expertise. -
23:49 - 23:50I don't doubt it.
-
23:50 - 23:51Good.
-
23:51 - 23:54I understand you're some
kind of space buff. -
23:54 - 23:57I have a Masters...
-
23:57 - 23:59in Aeronautics and Astronautics
-
23:59 - 24:00and a PhD in Nuclear Engineering.
-
24:00 - 24:03- There you go.
- I've written three books -
24:03 - 24:06on celestial mechanics
and manned space flight. -
24:06 - 24:09Two Planets, One Future,
and The Case for the Red Planet. -
24:09 - 24:11What's the third?
-
24:11 - 24:14It's due out next fall.
It doesn't have a title yet. -
24:14 - 24:17What... what exactly do
you have going on here? -
24:17 - 24:21I'll need you to sign the confidentially
agreement before I can tell you anything. -
24:21 - 24:24You'll forgive me if
I'm a little hesitant -
24:24 - 24:28to do anything you say or sign anything.
-
24:28 - 24:30You're the ones who made it more
of an ordeal to travel from -
24:30 - 24:34Seattle to Cleveland than
a flight on the Moon... -
24:34 - 24:36doesn't exactly instill confidence.
-
24:36 - 24:38I'm trying to protect
the American people. -
24:38 - 24:42And what a bang up job
you've done on that so far. -
24:42 - 24:45The fact is, we're in a bit of
a spot here and we could use -
24:45 - 24:48someone with your knowledge
and expertise on this. -
24:48 - 24:51If it's not you, it'll be someone else.
-
24:51 - 24:55What could you possible
want with someone like me? -
24:55 - 24:59Imagination, doctor.
-
24:59 - 25:03Don't tell me it's extraterrestrial.
-
25:03 - 25:07Really, I will turn around and
walk away back out that door. -
25:07 - 25:17No, it's actually a
little weirder than that. -
25:17 - 25:20Theoretically, is it possible
for someone to survive on Mars? -
25:20 - 25:21Absolutely.
-
25:21 - 25:23For years on you own
with limited resources? -
25:23 - 25:27Well sure. I've written a lot about this.
It's called the living off the land approach. -
25:27 - 25:30Like the pioneers who settled
the Western United States. -
25:30 - 25:37All the elements for survival are there
on Mars if you know how to extract them. -
25:37 - 25:39It's surviving the trip
there that's the hard part. -
25:39 - 25:41You've got a million kinds
of background radiation, -
25:41 - 25:44cosmic rays, solar
flare activity, and... -
25:44 - 26:00nine months without a gas station
to stop at if you get a flat. -
26:00 - 26:02What's happened to this man?
-
26:02 - 26:04That's what I'd like
you tell us, doctor. -
26:04 - 26:06This is your Martian pioneer.
-
26:06 - 26:08What?
-
26:08 - 26:11The Soviet satellite wasn't a satellite;
it was some sort of capsule. -
26:11 - 26:13We found him inside.
-
26:13 - 26:15We also found a note.
-
26:15 - 26:18If it's to be believed,
it was written by a Soviet Cosmonaut -
26:18 - 26:21who claims to have been living
on Mars since the mid '80's. -
26:21 - 26:24According to the note,
this is their child. -
26:24 - 26:27Wait, wait, slow down. Hang on.
-
26:27 - 26:28You're...
-
26:28 - 26:31really saying, seriously...
-
26:31 - 26:35that this man has been to Mars?
-
26:35 - 26:39We're saying he was born there.
-
26:39 - 26:41How is that possible?
-
26:41 - 26:59That's what we'd like you to tell us.
-
26:59 - 27:01Dr. Walzer.
-
27:01 - 27:08Are you all right?
-
27:08 - 27:10Do you know what this means?
-
27:10 - 27:13- I know. It's a little insane.
- It's... -
27:13 - 27:14incredible.
-
27:14 - 27:16If it's true...
-
27:16 - 27:18I've spent my whole life...
-
27:18 - 27:22making the case for the
human exploration of Mars... -
27:22 - 27:25Mr. Taylor.
-
27:25 - 27:29And this whole time...
-
27:29 - 27:30My god.
-
27:30 - 27:35I'm sorry. You'll have to
forgive me, this is all... -
27:35 - 27:37I'm sorry.
-
27:37 - 27:43Will you help us out doctor?
-
27:43 - 28:33Absofuckinlutely!
-
28:33 - 28:36Subtitles: zefram cochrane
-
28:36 - 28:40::Italian Subs Addicted::
[www.italiansubs.net] -
28:40 - 28:41He's dying.
-
28:41 - 28:44- Cancer?
- The cancer is the least of his problems. -
28:44 - 28:46He's having a reaction to something,
they can't figure out what. -
28:46 - 28:48You're the Mars guy, aren't you?
-
28:48 - 28:49They got the Mars story.
-
28:49 - 28:50- Where did they get it?
- Wouldn't reveal their source. -
28:50 - 28:53- Has anyone bothered to call the Russians?
- We're not there yet. -
28:53 - 28:55Your operation is a violation
of Canadian sovereignty. -
28:55 - 28:58You do not set policy for
this goverment on your own. -
28:58 -- Tell me what's going on inside your head.
- I think we're out of time here.
- Title:
- PIONEER ONE: Episode 1
- Description:
-
S01E01 "Earthfall" (Pilot)
An object falls from the sky, spreading radiation over North America. Fearing terrorism, Homeland Security Agents are dispatched to investigate and contain the damage. What they find will have implications for the entire world.
"Best Drama Pilot" winner at the 2010 New York Television Festival.
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- Video Language:
- English
- Team:
- Film & TV
- Duration:
- 31:37
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