[ Marching band playing ] [ Crowd cheering ]
Boone: With all due respect, Ms. Mayor, This security is totally inadequate.
Mayor: Doesn't look that way to me-- I see uniforms everywhere.
You don't see a bulletproof shield on the stage. You don't see anti-sniper teams on these surrounding roofs. Access to these buildings isn't limited in any way. This was all in the security plan.
The companion office in D.C. Approved your assignment. Obviously they have confidence in you.
Not enough to implement my requests. Did they even review my security protocol?
Companion personnel made some adjustments.
Well, who authorized those adjustments?
Ron: I did. Ronald Sandoval, F.B.I. Attache to the american companion. The mayor was given strict parameters regarding the size and makeup of the security detail.
Why approve me then second-guess me in my area of expertise?
I understand your concern, but there's never been a threat to the companion's safety, so Da'an feels that the added precautions are unnecessary.
There's no down side to using the security procedures.
The mandate came directly from Da'an. He doesn't want to put a barrier between himself and the people.
He?
He, she... Neither really applies. Just ease of reference.
Aah... Fine. Tell him next time he's looking for someone to run security, Don't call me.
Tell him yourself. He wants to meet you after the event.
[ Beeper blipping ]
What is that?
[ Snap ]
The companion is here.
[ Crowd cheering ]
Bob: What's up?
I got three letters for you: F-B-I.
[ Laudatory music ]
Can you believe this crowd?
I know-- definitely a day to tell your kids about.
1500 Miles in 4 minutes. [ Engine blasting ] Just in time.
[ Music and cheering fade ] [ Zoom ] [ Excited chatter ] [ Engines blaring ] [ Crowd whispering in awe ]
Da'an: [ Taelon voice ] people of earth, we are the companions.
[ Crowd whispering ] [ Wild applause ]
Boone: Come on, Bob. Back to work. Eyes on the crowd.
[ Cheering and clapping ]
Ron: Good to see you again.
Lili: My pleasure, sir.
[ Joyous shouting from crowd ]
[ Click ]
Da'an: [ Speaking taelon ] I greet you in my native tongue.
[ Click] [ Snap ]
Da'an: Since my young days, visions of starspace have filled my awareness. Dreams that one day, I might grasp at the jewel of a distant world. I feel delighted to find that world so gracefully and vocally inhabited.
[ Cheering ]
Da'an: Upon our arriving on earth we have felt the pain of those among your species who are without basic sustenance. Your farmers have applied Taelon science to ensure that every child on this planet will go to bed with a full stomach.
[ Blipping ]
Da'an: Your physicians have utilized taelon technologies to help combat many human afflictions.
[ Cheering ]
Boone: Anything going on in your neck of the woods?
Bob: Absolutely nothing... Except the happiest-looking bunch of folks I've ever seen.
Da'an: It would be natural to respond to the taelon arrival with fear and misgiving. But from our first moments on your planet, You have shown open arms and warmth of heart.
[ Blipping ]
Da'an; We wish to nurture the spirit of fellowship between scientists of earth and taelon. We will join our friend jonathan doors to help usher in a new era for humankind.
Boone: We're almost home-- I'm headed for the stage.
Bob: Copy.
Doors: I'm proud to announce today a joint venture between doors international and the taelon synod.
[ Crowd cheering ]
Doors: Together, we will create the systems that will take our country, our world, to the new golden age.
Da'an: The taelon synod dreams that this union will create the forum where human minds can absorb taelon concepts in order to better your world.
[ Cheering ]
Boone: Down!
[ Screen blipping ] [ Bang ] [ Crowd panicking ] [ Whoosh ]
Boone: There!
Bob: Follow me-- up there, go! Let's go!
[ Whizz ] [ Bang ] [ Exhaling ]
Boone: Are you injured?
Da'an: My belief is not.
Boone: E.T.A. On medical.
Lili: Our attending physician will be here in 2.
Ron: I want the shooter.
Boone: Yeah? So do I.
Bob: Stairs!
Agent: I got it!
Bob: Lobby, exterior-- go!
Boone: Police-- freeze! Eddy?
[ Click ]
Boone: Eddy, no! Eddy! Eddy!
[ Tires squealing ]
[ Gasping ]
Belman: Adrenaline.
Boone: There's a medical centre 3 blocks from here.
If we move him now, we kill him.
[ Blipping ]
Lili: No response.
Paddles! [ Beeping ] Clear. [ Wump ] [ Beep ] Increase. Clear. [ Wump ] [ Blipping ] Increase again. Clear. [ Wump ] He's dead.
Da'an: I have no words.
Bob: Will, take a look at this!
Boone: A hit like this-- this guy should be dead.
Well, maybe if we scrape up a little more, we'll find him.
Guys!
[ Various officers ] yeah?
The shooter missed his target. That may have thrown him off enough to make a mistake. Find it.
[ Background chatter ]
Bob Morovsky: I don't know about the insurance; It was a meltdown. I'll call you back.
Boone: Give me some good news.
Yeah, right-- We got nothing on the weapon. We pulled some perspiration off the rig. Forensics says they might be able to lift the DNA code.
Here, walk with me-- I want you to call research. Have them pull every article from the last couple of years that's critical to the companions. Maybe it'll point us towards some locals.
Got it.
Hey, Bob-- look, when we find the shooter, I don't want any calls to anyone except for me. Make sure every member of the detail understands that.
Sure.
I want to talk to this guy, by myself, before anyone even knows we got him in custody.
Yeah, sure, I'll take care of it.
Agent: Bob?
Bob: What? Oh... Morovsky. Yeah, he's here. Will?
Yeah?
They want you at the federal building.
Who?
Da'an.
Da'an: I greet you with gratitude and humble appreciation, William Boone.
Boone: Thank you, but I'm sure that Jonathan Doors doesn't have quite the same appreciation for me.
I wish only to touch your species. I have now become better educated to the intensities of your world.
Your education cost a life.
The communion of our two cultures calls out for visionaries who believe that we will both flourish from such a bonding. is my belief that you, William Boone, might become such a person. We offer the chance to become a voice in the shaping of humanity's future.
Thank you, but I am afraid I have to decline your offer.
May I know your reasoning?
My wife and I are happy here. We're planning on starting a family And that's where my priority is right now. It's not a time for change.
Ron: We can work around that.
Look, I don't like the way you do business. When I'm given a job, I do it my way. After what I saw today, that's not the way you operate.
Perhaps I didn't make myself clear. You--
Da'an: are a man of character. I regret your decision, yet I respect its integrity. My hope is that the future offers you A chance to reconsider.
Lili: What the hell happened?
Eddy: He anticipated my escape route. I told you trying to pull this off in Boone's jurisdiction Was a mistake.
It doesn't matter anymore. It's only a matter of time before he puts it all together and finds you.
What now?
Da'an and sandoval tried to recruit him today. He could be the one.
I dunno.
Eddy, you're his friend. He'll trust you. Besides, you know what the alternative would be.
I was best man at his wedding, for god's sakes. I won't do it.
You won't have to.
[ Background chatter ]
[ Voice on intercom ] captain Boone, your wife is here.
Boone: Thanks.
Kate: How're you doing?
All right.
Are you all right?
Eddy killed jonathan doors.
What?
I came around the back of that building, He was coming down the side On some prerigged wire he set up.
That's impossible.
It happened-- we looked right at each other. I just searched his house-- he's not coming back.
Eddy's not a killer, Will. What reason could he possibly have to kill Da'an?
I dunno.
Da'an offered me a job today. Maybe eddy knew about that.
Wait-- the companions want you to work with them?
Yeah, but I told them no.
Without even discussing it with me?
I told them that we were planning on starting a family and that relocation was not a part of the program.
We can start a family anywhere-- anytime, for that matter.
Not anytime.
I don't understand your problem with the companions. My god, Will, they have wiped out hunger around the world! And look at the diseases they've helped us eliminate.
I told you, Katie-- I don't trust anyone When I don't understand their motivations, And I never will.
I know. It always comes back to that for you, doesn't it? Why can't you just trust?
I've got to get back to finding Eddy. I'm withholding evidence in a murder investigation.
Wait-- don't leave me like that. You are the most stubborn man I think I have ever known. But then, I've never met anyone with a stronger moral compass than you. Trust in that.
[ Tires squealing behind Kate's car ] [ Car accelerating ]
[ Smash ]
[ Evil chuckling ]
[ Car accelerating ]
[ Bang ]
[ Laughing ]
[ Tires squealing ]
[ Horn blaring ]
[ Screaming ]
[ Blip ] [ Boom ]
[ Laughing ] Woo! Oh, yeah...
[ Voice on intercom ] Captain Boone...
Boone: Yeah?
The Mayor is here to see you.
Yeah, send her in.
Mayor: I'll need those documents ready for signature and I shouldn't be long.
Boone: Ms. Mayor.
How're you holding up, Will?
Some days'll be good; some will be bad.
I understand.
Have a seat.
No, thank you. I got a call yesterday. Apparently, Da'an offered you a position with the companions.
Yes, I turned him down.
I know. The governor's a personal friend of president Thompson. I guess Thompson called and the governor's requesting that you reconsider.
This is really important to them?
Seems to be. I'd really hate to lose you, Will, But you got some real heavy hitters who want you.
[ Scoff ]
You should hear them out.
No, it's just funny-- Kate said the same thing. When do they want to see me?
Actually, if you're agreeable, They sent a pilot to take you now. Captain Lili Marquette.
Boone: How long is the pilot certification program for interdimensional flight?
Lili: I actually helped create the program. Designed the shield interface, Which you'll see once we get into flight. Have a seat.
Thanks.
[ Zooming and whirring ]
[ Boone Chuckling ]
[ Controls whining ]
Boone: It's remarkable.
Making the jump to interdimensional. I think you'll enjoy this.
Oh... Ho, ho, ho. That's a strange feeling. Amazing.
[ Engine zooming ]
Coming out. I'm looking forward to the trip back.
[ Engine shutting down ]
Da'an: Greetings, William Boone.
Boone: Greetings to you, Da'an. This... This is extraordinary.
I'm glad it pleases you. My feelings of sympathy go to you.
Do you feel grief as we do?
For taelons, there is no fear in naturally passing to the next level. Yet I observe humanity and I am now closer to an understanding of your suffering.
My scepticism remains. I'm here only because... [ Choking back sobs ] My wife would have wanted me to give you a fair hearing.
I respect the wisdom of your wife. Please address me with your concerns.
All right. The most basic one: Why have the taelons come to earth?
Your planet is at an evutionary crossroads. The human species has arrived at this crucial moment when you must take the next step into uncertain frontiers. Our taelon race evolves on a different path. Our experience here feeds us knowledge about the forces that will bear upon us in our evolutionary course.
The job-- What exactly do you have in mind?
Ron: You would be The commander of security and interspecies relations. ou will represent companion interests.
Da'an: I consider this a proud association For the taelon synod.
Ron: There is another inducement. In my brain, the companions have implanted a cyber-virus-- A cvi. Half computer chip, half taelon germ.
Boone: You let them put something in your head?
Most people only use 30 percent of their brain.
It increases basic intelligence as well as memory, recall...?
It gives you more than just recall. It puts you in your memory. You will never be without your wife, Boone. Never.
I'll give your offer serious consideration, Da'an.
Da'an: We anticipate your response with... High hopes.
Da'an: The death of Boone's wife has opened his willingness to contemplate the next step in his personal evolution. It is a sad irony.
Lili: There's one more person you need to see.
Boone: Sandoval didn't mention any more appointments.
A friend of mine always says to keep an open mind. There's nothing more I can say. Come with me if you want to. It's your choice.
Then, let's go.
[ Noisy bar chatter ] [ Dance music pounding ]
Bartender: [ Speaking foreign language ] Drink?
Boone: Not tonight.
He'll be here soon.
Eddy: [ Struggling to speak ] I'm sorry about Kate.
Boone: When did you take up murder as a profession, Eddy?
Believe me, it's not what it seems.
Oh, Eddy... Eddy, you're gonna have to do a whole lot better than that.
Jonathan Doors: Is this good enough, Mr. Boone?
[ Zap, zap ]
[ Surprised chuckle ] I'm glad to see you didn't die on my watch. Or was it your miraculous medical care that revived him?
It wasn't easy staging my own death, or walking away from $32 billion.
So why did you?
Simple-- I want to know why the companions are here.
And it's easier to do that if you're dead, right?
Exactly-- my profile was too high. I need to be able to operate freely.
Eddy: I'm committed to this, Will. So is everyone else in this room. And I know you've had doubts about the companions.
Doors: No one's asking questions anymore. We've become sheep! And I don't trust the shepherds.
Lili: When you recognized ed, you moved our timetable up. We need to move now.
I don't need to make any moves. I do have questions. I'll figure out the answers on my own.
Doors: You'd better start with your wife.
Meaning?
Eddy: The companions killed Kate. You turned down their offer. That same night, Kate was killed. Two days later, they're back at your doorstep. You wanna fight back, join us.
I'm listening.
Belman: I'm sure Da'an didn't tell you everything about the cvi's. They do increase brain function. However, they also alter your motivational imperative In the companions' favour.
Doors: So your priorities get rearranged. The companions go right to the top of your agenda.
I've re-engineered one of the cyber-viruses and removed what I believe is the imperative.
Lili: But the companions won't know that. You'll be in their inner circle.
Eddy: The problem is we don't have the means to test the re-engineered implant. Can't guarantee it works.
I could end up like sandoval.
Kate wasn't the first and she won't be the last. This is your chance to help a lot of people.
Two conditions.
Doors: Yes?
Kate's murderer is mine.
What else?
If I become a full implant, your word-- you kill me.
That's been taken care of, Mr. Boone. Dr. Belman has her orders.
Belman: It's imperative the cyber-virus be placed in an exact location. This grip will prevent any movement of your head.
Boone: No kidding.
[ Machines beeping ] [ Keys clicking ] [ Computer blipping ] [ Zapping ] [ Whirr ] [ Beeping ] [ Beeping accelerates ] [ Beeping slows ]
The cvi has been delivered.
Boone: [ Confused flashback noises ] Huhh! [ Groaning and struggling ]
Ron: Boone! Stay with it, Boone!
[ Gasping and choking ]
[ Machines beeping crazily ]
Belman: He's alive. His pulse rate is heightened, but within anticipated parameters. I'll start preconsciousness calibrations immediately.
[ Grip ripping ]
Ron: Welcome to a new world, Boone.
Boone: [ Whispering ] everything is so much clearer now.
Boone: The cvi is everything you said it would be.
Da'an: You must master the talents of your implant. Let it guide you to a more profound phase of awareness.
Ron: We've assigned captain marquette as your second-in-command.
Boone: All right.
Da'an: Let us seal the completion of our union.
Ron: Take off your jacket, please. Roll up your right sleeve, please. This skrill will become an appendage of your central nervous system, Controlled through your cvi. There will be an initial discomfort.
[ Zapping ] [ Gasping with pain ]
Da'an: Respect the life force within your skrill, Boone. Much of what it bears derives from the intensity of your essence. May I?
[ Screen beeping ] [ Zap ]
Bob: We found something. You need to come right away.
Boone: Be there in 5.
Ron: I'll join you.
[ Siren wailing ]
Boone: What's up?
Bob: Bad news, Will. Okay, guys, thanks. Give us a minute, will you? It's Eddy Jordan. There's more. Forensics came back on the perspiration. Eddy Jordan killed jonathan doors.
Ron: You're gonna have to choose your friends very carefully now, Boone.
Boone: Somehow I don't think that's gonna be a problem.
Boone: It doesn't matter-- doors can't be trusted. At this point, I can't be sure about anyone, Including you.
Lili: I'm gonna choose to forget you just said that.
You couldn't even protect Eddy.
Just reserve your judgment until you talk to doors.
Convince me otherwise.
I don't have to convince you of anything. I let my actions speak for themselves. Doors can speak for himself.
Where is he?
I'll get word to him. Boone... You don't know me yet, but once you do, you'll never question my loyalty again.
Then I look forward to getting to know you.
I'll give you some time.
Thank you.
