[ Violin music ] [ Thunder ]
Lili: Everyone's been evacuated: I'm heading back down. Can you keep an eye on Rayna? I'm concerned about the way she's been acting lately.
Man: [ Whisper ] Rayna.
Doors: It was conceived and born in nine hours. It can't possibly be human.
Augur: At least she won't have to suffer morning sickness.
Beckett: O-o-oh!
Lili: Her CVI is breaking down.
Park: Well it must have overloaded with the joining with the alien.
Can you give her a painkiller?
No, it may harm the baby.
Beckett; I don't want to hurt the baby; I'll be alright... Please.
It will not harm your baby, I promise.
I know everything: The joining-- Ha'gel showed me everything... [ Panting ]
Park: When I give you the word, push, but not before.
Oh! Ooh!
Man: Rayna, wait. Where are you going? Rayna! Aaaugh! [ Thump ]
Lili: It's going okay.
Beckett: O-o-oh!
Park: Push, as hard as you can.
Oh, o-oh!
Push! That's it. Keep pushing.
Lili: It's okay, you're gonna be okay: I promise you that.
Doors: What is it?
Good girl- You're going to be just fine.
What the hell is it?
Augur: Does rosemary's baby ring a bell?
Beckett: Aaaugh! [ Gasping ]
[ Baby crying ]
Park: Oh... It's a boy.
[ Beckett Panting ]
Park: A lovely little--
Doors: Human.
Boy.
[ Beckett Panting ]
There we go, there we go.
[ Baby crying ]
Beckett: Liam... You must take care of him. Promise me.
Lili: I don't think that's necessary; you're going to be just fine.
No! Promise me. No matter what... No matter what happens, you'll take care of him... Promise me!
I promise.
No matter... No matter what!
Augur: No matter what?
[ Gasp ]
Well, I guess we won't have to worry about finding a name for you, kid. Looks like your mother already has.
Doors: The hell with the name. I want to know what she meant a by no matter what.
[ Baby cooing ]
[ Nurse Gasp ]
[ Magical sounds ]
Liam: Liam. My name is Liam.
Lili: Thank you. Thanks. Look at this. Augur, is this kid amazing or what? Rodin couldn't have done this when he was four.
Augur: Hey, we could sell those--
Stop it. You know what: I'll bet Liam can help you out with that.
Yeah, right. Give it to him.
Yeah, I'd like to see you figure it out. I'm sorry, kid: I figured it was too tough for you.
[ Puzzle clicking ]
Oh, yeah... Way too tough.
Doors: He hasn't said anything more since he was born. You think the first few words were a fluke?
Park: I doubt it. Da'an told me that the taelons are born with full genetic knowledge of their parents.
So if Liam's race is like the taelons, that means he knows everything that Beckett and Sandoval know.
And Ha'gel, his father.
But he looks so human.
Well, he is. 2/3 Of it anyway. This is Liam's DNA. The blue strand running through it is forming a triple helix.
And you think that's what's behind this?
I don't know- I only have a double helix, like the rest of mankind.
Which means we have no idea what he's capable of.
[ Liam groaning ]
[ Magical sounds ]
Lili: Oh, my god!
[ Magical sounds ]
Augur: Whoo! [ Laughing ] don't worry. You didn't miss a thing. Take it from me- Puberty sucks.
[ Global beeping ]
Sandoval: Captain Marquette. I need to see you Right away. Boone's office.
[ Global snaps shut ]
Officer: Excuse me, ma'am, Can I help you? Sorry ma'am, I'm afraid-- are you alright, ma'am?
Rayna: The output of this array: Do you know what it is?
Yeah. More than enough for E.T. To phone home. Ma'am, you can't go... Halt! I don't know what the hell your problem is, but there's no way--
[ Thump ]
[ Anxious silence ]
Sandoval: I thought you should be aware... That lieutenant Beckett suspected you of being a liberation spy. I didn't believe her for a moment. Sit down... Please. I have some rather bad news, Captain. Commander Boone... Is dead.
Lili: Dead?
He died from his wounds.
I-I-I'm sorry, I-I-I don't understand. A couple of hours ago they said that he was holding his own.
His internal injuries were just too extensive: I'm sorry. In any case, I don't want you to worry.
W-w-worry about what?
Your position with the companions. I've always been very impressed with your abilities and your loyalty. That's why I'm immediately assigning you to another companion protector.
Who?
Me.
[ Machinery blipping ]
Rayna: Are the taelons blocking our communications into deep space?
Officer: What are you doing here?
Are the taelons blocking our communications into deep space?
This is a restricted area!
[ Slap, grunt ] [ Crash ]
Da'an: Did you think that you could escape our psychic link, that I would not see that you had killed Boone?
It was the only merciful thing to do.
I was not aware that murder was in the lexicon of mercy?
Only when what is gained outweighs that which is lost.
That was not your decision to make.
How strange that you should say that, seeing that it was you who was responsible for the murder of Boone's wife.
[ Blipping ]
[ Magical sound ]
Park: The way I see it we have three options: Kill her; Hold her captive forever or return her to the taelons.
Doors: Return her... After what she's seen?
I can repair her CVI and reprogram it to fit our needs.
So she won't remember a thing: Not the birth, Lili or this place?
Not if she lives through the operation.
Do it.
[ Zipper zipping ]
Doors: You've got to get him away from here.
Augur: [ Chuckling ] Oh, babysitting is not a part of my current business plan.
I'll make it worth your while: A piece of art.
Duchamp's fountain.
Alright, but get him out of here now.
What's the rush?
What's the rush! He could be part of the taelon commonality He could lead Sandoval right here.
I'll arrange for delivery of the fountain.
[ Magical sound ]
Guard: Secure the area.
[ Desk scraping ]
Qu'on: The transmission is coming from the pentagon communication centre in Alexandria, Virginia.
Sandoval: But it's getting through our planetary block.
Into deep space.
Da'an: And the nature of this transmission?
The same configuration as that transmitted by the alien probe.
Zu'or: That's impossible: I destroyed the probe in Russia.
Da'an: Obviously not.
[ Triggers clicking ]
[ Rat-a-tat-tat ]
[ Zap ] [ Zap ]
[ Zap ] aauugh!
[ Robotic roar ] [ Blipping ]
[ Robotic roar ]
Go, go, go!
Qu'on: I've asked the president for a blackout on this situation. There will be no discussion on the true origin of the replicant.
Zu'or: It is a mistake to keep this matter secret. We must present this situation to the humans in the gravest light possible and embrace it for the opportunity it is.
Da'an: I am afraid I must agree with Zu'or in disclosing the existence of jaridians to humanity, but not to entrap humanity into fighting the jaridians, but rather to allow them the freedom of choice.
Qu'on: I have made my decision.
Zu'or: To ignore the chance to prepare the humans is reprehensible.
Prepare? Do you not mean enslave?
The distinction is irrelevant. Our survival is all that matters.
Augur: Liam, please, don't touch. I've got the combined knowledge of mankind and the entire taelon mainframe on this baby. Now yes, you may be good at your little taelon cubes, but this set-up is way out of your league, okay? So why don't you sit and I'll go scrounge us something to eat, okay? In the meantime...
Augur: A-a-ah, why don't you take a look at the pictures? I think the author had you in mind when he wrote it... Good. Oh, I don't have any mother's milk, but I'll improvise. Ah, nectar of the gods. What do you say, Liam?
[ Glasses rattling ]
Augur: I told you, please don't touch, okay?
[ Jazz ]
HoloLili: [ Sultry whisper ] name it and claim it, baby doll.
[ Bleeping ]
Augur: Lily! What's the matter?
Lili: Boone didn't make it.
They said he was stable.
He was. The funeral's on Thursday: Let everybody know.
Liam: Boone?
Augur: Yeah, the man your father killed.
Boone was killed by a taelon, not my father. Show me everything you've got on William Boone.
HoloLili: I'm sorry big guy, but I'm strictly a one-man girl. Voice recognition abort in ten seconds. Ten, nine, eight...
Are you going to help me or what?
...Six Five! Four, three, two...
Augur: Do it. Give him everything you've got.
Oh, bother. Your wish is my command. [ Smack ] [ Blowing ]
Doors: What did Sandoval want?
Lili: Augur didn't tell you.
Tell me what?
Boone didn't make it.
He'll have to be replaced. We need someone on the inside.
That's all you have to say. Jonathan, Boone is dead.
That's right and we're alive. Our chances of survival just got a hell of a lot slimmer.
Well, then, today must be a lucky day, Jonathan.
What do you mean?
I've been promoted.
To what?
I'm now working directly for Sandoval.
[ Bagpipe: Amazing grace ]
Lili: What the hell are you doing here? Where did you get that--
Liam: Sssh!
Sandoval: The great shaolin monk, Lee Chang, once said, "It is a rare occasion to be born a human being." If this is so, then William Boone is one of the rarest of the rare, for he died true to the spirit with which he lived- A sword in one hand and an olive branch in the other. We will miss him. The laurel is green for a season and love is sweet for a day, but love grows bitter with treason and laurel outlives not may.
Master sergeant: HONOUR GUARD! ATTE-E-E-NTION! PORT ARMS! READY, ARMS! ON MY COMMAND, AIM, FIRE! [ Gunshots ] AIM, FIRE! [ Gunshots ] AIM! FIRE! [ Gunshots ] PRESENT ARMS!
[ Bugle: Taps ]
[ Replicant's roar ]
[ Bleeping ]
[ Bleeping ]
[ Zap ]
Qu'on: Aauugh!
[ Mourners screaming ]
[ Zap ] [ Robotic roar ]
Lili: Da'an, are you alright?
Da'an: Yes, thanks to this man.
Sandoval: We have to get you out of here.
He saved my life
Liam: Major Liam Kincaid; I served under Boone in the S.I war.
Sandoval: Your life's in danger.
Da'an: Until we meet again, Major.
Liam: Until then.
Sandoval: Lucky for us you showed up today, major Kincaid.
Liam.
Liam.
[ Robotic roar ]
Reporter: And the world has reacted with shock and horror today at the assassination of the leader of the taelon synod. The synod have refused to comment on the identity of the alien attacker. President Thompson has dispatched his secretary of human/taelon relations, Joshua Doors, to the mothership to confront the taelon leaders.
Da'an: We cannot abandon humanity during this crisis. We must return to earth.
Zu'or: I will not allow any taelon to go to earth until the replicant has been destroyed.
What you will allow is irrelevant. Until the synod names a successor to Qu'on, We are equals.
Not only do you recklessly endanger yourself, you put all taelons at risk.
Not if my presence draws the replicant out.
Yes, that may work.
Boone's death leaves me with no security. I will appoint major Liam Kincaid as my new protector.
The synod requires both of us to approve any human entering service to the taelons.
Then conduct your interview at once. My safety demands it.
Lili: What the hell were you thinking? Do you have any idea the danger you could have put us in?
Liam: I had no choice.
Doors: How did you pull off this masquerade?
Augur: Three guesses other than god and Houdini.
Lili: I suppose you have a plan.
Liam: You'll have to trust that I know what I'm doing.
Doors: Based on what? Your 24 hours life experience?
You may want to withhold judgement.
[Global Beeping]
Sandoval: track down major Liam Kincaid and escort him to the mothership at once.
Lili: Kincaid may want an explanation: What should I tell him?
You won't need to tell him anything, but in case you're wondering, Captain, Da'an's requested major Kincaid be Da'an's new protector.
Doors: I can't control him.
Joshua: Maybe you can say who attacked the mourners at the funeral.
Sandoval: Your worst nightmare, Mr. Doors.
Nightmare, Mr. Sandoval, began the day the taelons arrived on our planet.
To borrow a phrase from your book, Mr. Doors, "It's only the beginning."
Yes... Yes, it is.
Zu'or: The probe that was sent to earth did not come from the taelons.
Well, then, where did it come from?
Sandoval: It was sent by a race of beings called the jaridians. They've conquered star systems throughout the universe. The taelons are the only race evolved enough to resist them, Mr. Doors.
And the assassin?
It was a replicant generated by that jaridian probe.
What do you intend to do about this?
Zu'or: Prepare humanity to meet the invasion which is sure to follow.
No, no, I've got a better idea. Why don't the taelons leave earth and take the alleged jaridians with you.
Sandoval: The jaridians are aware of us through the probe they sent. They'll come to earth regardless of the taelon presence.
Then why aren't they already here?
Zu'or: The jaridians do not have interdimensional technology.
Then how did the probe get here?
It is the celestial version of your landmines launched millions of years ago into deep space.
I say we wait them out.
You don't have that luxury. Once the jaridians develop interdimensional technology themselves or steal it from us, they will come to earth... En masse.
[ Replicant's roar ] [ Magical sound ]
[ Dog barking ]
Officer: What is it, boy?
[ Dog whimpers ] [ Dog barks ]
Officer: There's someone over there.
Another Officer: Or something.
[ Dog barks ] [ Dog barks ]
Sandoval: Why do you want to become a companion protector?
Liam: I assume you reviewed my record: I believe it speaks for itself.
No one is doubting your skills, Mr. Kincaid? I'm asking you why you want to serve the companions.
Sowelo, Mr. Sandoval: The irish rune of inevitability. The fate of mankind and the taelon commonality are intrinsically linked, but of course, you know that.
You served as Boone's Lieutenant for three years during the S.I. War.
That is correct.
Lucky for us you showed up when you did.
You mean lucky for Da'an.
Tell me about the march into TAI-PEI.
Our intelligence was faulty: We were led into an ambush.
And the entire platoon was killed?
That's correct.
Except for you and Boone.
What's your point?
My point is that you want to be a companion protector, yet you and Boone couldn't protect the lives of your men.
I will not allow you to insult the memory of captain Boone or any of our men.
Do you always lose your cool this easily, Mr. Kincaid?
That's what you wanted, wasn't it, Mr. Sandoval?
I have no idea what you're talking about.
Of course, you know exactly what I'm talking about. A companion protector would never allow such an insult to go unchallenged.
Zu'or: Why have you been drawn to serve Da'an?
I would be honoured to serve any taelon?
Sandoval: And you are prepared to be implanted with a CVI? Then it appears you have wasted both our time, Mr. Kincaid.
A CVI will not be necessary.
But Zu'or...
We will be in touch, Mr. Kincaid.
I trust you will.
Sandoval: Da'an's safety will be severely compromised if a nonimplant is allowed to protect him.
You mean with Da'an acting as bait for the jaridian?
Exactly.
Which means if the replicant kills Da'an, I will be named synod leader by default.
And I will rise along with you.
If and when, agent Sandoval... If and when.
Da'an: And nothing short of destruction will stop the replicant. It is programmed to kill taelons and will continue to pursue that end until it can no longer do so.
Sandoval: The degenerator shield is operational when the replicant enters this office the shield will immediately encase it in the force field and disable it with a series of electromagnetic impulses. Captain Marquette and I will monitor events across the way.
Thank you, agent Sandoval.
Insurance. If there's any problem, the interdimensional portal is your only escape valve. Stay close to it.
Liam: Like a leprechaun to his pot of gold.
Dr. Park: If this procedure is successful, Lieutenant Beckett will have no recollection of anything that can harm us.
Doors: To what degree of certainty?
100 Percent.
Nothing's 100 percent, doctor, except death.
Exactly. Which is why I programmed her CVI to self-destruct the instant one of her erased memories resurfaces.
Will that include recognition of Liam?
Yes. If her memories of Liam resurface, Beckett's CVI will kill her the moment they return.
[ Beckett murmuring ]
Park: She's regaining consciousness.
Doors: If you have any difficulty, eliminate Beckett first.
[ Blinds rattling ]
Lili: We should be stationed much closer than this. There's no way we'll make it to Da'an's office on time if there's a problem.
Sandoval: You're right, but Da'an insisted. He wants to limit the risk of human casualties.
I guess we should settle in for the long haul.
It won't be that long.
[ Bleeping ]
[ Tingling ]
Liam: Foovlashaa.
[ Bleeping ceases ]
Da'an: I have never seen foovlashaa played on this level. How long have you been playing?
This is my first time. I'm good at games.
Not as good as you are at hiding the truth.
The truth?
As written in your palm. You deceived me.
Sandoval: I knew it.
Liam: What can I say? You got me.
Da'an: Only a lasha-master could triumph over me at my own game.
[ Bleeping ]
Sandoval: We may have found the replicant.
[ Global snaps shut ]
Lili: Access taelon database, confirm identification of energy signature.
[ Bleeping ]
It worked. The replicant is in the embassy heading straight for Da'an. Once the replicant senses the office it will be disabled.
Only if the taelon program proves effective.
[ Bleeping ]
[ Replicant's roar ] [ Roar, zap ] [ Blipping ] [ Frantic bleeps ]
Lili: This is not working. Liam and Da'an have to access the portal right now.
[ Frantic bleeps ]
Liam: Down!
[ Zap, crash ]
Liam: What's the fastest way out of here?
Da'an: Follow me.
Sandoval: Has Da'an or Kincaid left the embassy?
Agent: No, sir.
Lili: Subterranean tunnels: It's the only other way out of here.
[ Bleeping ] [ Robotic roar ]
[ Tense silence ]
[ Replicant's murmur ] [ Bleeping ]
[ Zap, replicant roars ] [ Gunshots ]
[ Smoke hissing ]
[ Liam Grunt ]
[ Pow ]
[ Liam Grunt ]
[ Clank ]
[ Clank ] [ Clank ]
[ Liam Grunt ]
[ Thump ]
[ Zap ] [ Explosion ]
[ Liam Panting ]
[ Currents zapping ]
[ Footsteps echoing ]
[ Rattling ]
Sandoval: I see the weapon proved effective, major.
Liam: Yeah. Just like you intended.
Zu'or: And as soon as the jaridians achieve interdimensional flight, they will come to earth to destroy us. We require a leader, who will do whatever is necessary to prepare the human species to oppose the jaridians.
Da'an: Our arrogance has led us to bioengineer other races in the vain attempt to defeat the jaridians. No more. Our only option now is a joining with the human race
And slide back one million years in our evolution?
Sometimes one must take a step backward in order to move two steps forward.
Synod Member: To what end?
To create a new species: Taelon and human to recover what we have lost in our quest for perfection.
Zu'or: This human race has shown us nothing that would suggest that it could ever evolve to the point where we could even consider a joining.
Perhaps we need to look more carefully.
Sandoval: Where did you find her?
Officer: She was wandering in an alley off Bryson and Lansdale. She was dazed and unresponsive to our inquiries.
Any injuries?
Other than some minor abrasions, the doctor can't find anything wrong with her.
Leave us. How are you feeling?
Beckett: I've never felt such pain before. I feel like I've been hit by a truck.
What happened lieutenant?
I remember... Searching for Ha'gel. And after that, everything's a blank until the police found me in the alley.
Captain Marquette reported that you'd been killed by Ha'gel.
Captain Marquette?
Liam: You wanted to see me.
Sandoval: Zu'or was pleased with your victory against the replicant.
Thank you.
Major Kincaid, this is lieutenant--
Lieutenant Sioubhan Beckett, protector the UK companion. It's an honour.
Beckett: I'm sorry, I don't--
It's okay, I'm major Liam Kincaid, Da'an's new protector.
Sandoval: How are you acquainted with lieutenant Beckett, major?
The first thing I did, agent Sandoval, was to familiarize myself with all companion protectors worldwide.
Beckett: Have we met?
No. Not in this life any way.
