Where are we going, dad ?
Higher ground, Nicky
This flash flood could kill us both
I don't feel so good
The doctor said to keep taking your chemo pills
Here Take one of these
Hang on, Nicky
If we get up over the ridge, we'll be safe
Come on
Dad! Dad!
Can't see anything
Come on Come on, baby Come on
We're gonna make it!
We did it, Nicky
No way the floodwater will reach this high
Dad ?
If I'm gonna die
Who's gonna take care of you ?
Come here, buddy Come here
You're okay
Stealing second Stealing second Bring it in, nice
Listen to that crowd go crazy
Hey, hold on, Nicky
Why don't you head inside, son ?
Okay
Dr Reeves
Nicky was scheduled for surgery a week ago
Why haven't you returned our calls ?
'Cause Nicky doesn't need surgery He's fine
Daniel, he has a tumor on his kidney
Without surgery, he is going to die
Where's your faith, Dr Reeves ?
You know I'm not going to let you take him
Officer ?
Mr Harris, we have a court order appeal by Child Services
They're forcing us to act in the best interest of Nicholas Harris
Leave my son alone!
Let go of my son
He'll die if we don't get him to a hospital
Does it look like he's gonna die to you ?
Dad, it's okay
- Nicky! - It's okay
Dr Reeves ?
Do you believe in miracles ?
You will
What's the problem, Dennis ?
Veronica, where exactly was this tumor supposed to be ?
On the right kidney
It's on the MRI scan and the ultrasound
Taken when ?
Three weeks ago
Well, look at the ultrasound now
I checked the other one too just to be safe
This boy's kidneys are immaculate perfectly normal
That's not possible I performed the exam myself
The tumor was right there
Well, it's not there now
People are flocking to what is being called a miracle spring
Which suddenly appeared during the heavy storms that hit Lewiston, Montana
Alittle over three weeks ago
Now, this is eight-year-old Nicholas Harris
Who was diagnosed with a cancerous tumor on his kidney
But after he started drinking from the mysterious spring
The tumor just disappeared
The boy's father believes it was a miracle
What the...?
- Hood ? - Hey, Rachel, you seen this ?
Hood, what are you doing here ?
- Nice place - Hood, it's Sunday
Rachel, you have to see this
I have to see this ?
Miracle boy
Miracle cure for cancer found
Miracle spring
Okay, I saw them Are you happy ?
Hood, it's Sunday and it's 6:00 AM
Rachel we have to go to Montana right now
No, no, no, no, no Please please don't, I'm begging you
If this is my weekend free of all things "Hood", unless this is a dream
Is this a dream ?
Actually, you know what... I just realized
I think I could be able to do this on my own
Wait
I need an airtight, seamless indestructible reason
To leave my apartment before 7:00 AM Monday morning
Let's hear it
Okay
If this causes very sick people
To walk away from their medical treatment to drink from this spring
They're going to die
That'll do, Turn around
Turn around
How'd you find my place, anyway ?
All the FBI has its resources, Rachel
Anyway, what about Mr Shoes ?
Don't worry
He'll wait
So, Hood
What if we get to Montana and realize it really is a miracle ?
Oh, take it from me, Rachel
There's no
Such
Thing
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Have faith ladies and gentlemen, there is enough miracle water for everybody.
Forty dollar's a jar
There you go, sir good luck to you and you can keep the jar, That's on me
Come on Who's next ?
And you've been using the walker for how long ?
About ten years
There he is, over there!
Nicky, how much water did it take to cure your cancer ?
When did you start drinking from the spring ?
No more questions, please, come on
Hey, Daniel, are you a religious man ?
FBI Clear a path, Or you'll be charged with trespassing
- Can you do that ? - Sort of
- Thanks - You're welcome
Mr Harris, we need to talk
Those didn't look like weekend bags you were loading onto your truck
Planning a trip ?
I'm sorry I ever told anyone about that spring
I just want to get Nicky away from all this
You think what happened here is just going to go away ?
If you leave here now, you're going to be running forever
This needs to be explained
I can help you do that
Now, I want to know about the spring Tell me
Well, what's to tell ? I mean, three weeks ago the storm hit real bad
So, we took off until it was safe
Then we found water gushing out the hillside
Who owns this property ?
Travis Dobbs and the guy that owns this trailer
So, what, you just filled a bottle with this mysterious untested liquid
And gave it to Nicky to drink ?
- No - My dad didn't do anything, I did
The spring... it looked so clean and fresh, I wanted to taste it
I had to
Buddy, give us a few minutes
Okay
Look, my son was going to die
And he drank some of that water and something happened, I...
I don't know what, but he got better quick
I took it as a sign and I threw away all those pills he was taking
- The chemotherapy pills - Yeah
Do you mind if I... just do a little investigating into Nicky's recovery ?
What's there to investigate ? I mean he's perfectly healthy, You've seen him
Even the doctor said so
Yeah, and that's an incredible thing
But my concern is how Nicky got better
Will lead to other people getting sicker
Do you know why they call it a miracle ?
Because there is no explanation
I owe you, tough stuff, thank you
That's okay, Lily, no sweat
Nicky, Come here, son
Come on, one at a time, folks
There's plenty of miracle water for everybody
Forty dollar's a jar
Please have your money ready
Exact change is always appreciated
- There you go, ma'am - Oh, bless you
You take care of yourself now
I'm just curious
Has anyone been down here to prove this empirically ?
I mean, like a researcher or scientist-type person to see what
If anything, is actually in this water ?
It cures cancer, That's all I know
That's all any of these folks need to know
Look, buddy, you're holding up the line
You want to buy a jar or don't you ?
Oh, yes, please How much ?
Forty dollars, please
Forty dollars, okay
Thank you You take care now
So... this is going to fix all these sick people, huh ?
Yeah
Going to cure over 200 types of cancer leukemia, brain tumors, breast cancer ?
How about insomnia ? I have trouble sleeping Is it any good for insomnia ?
We'll see, huh ?
As far as I know
Only one person actually seems to have gotten any better, one person
I'll tell you what, how about I take this back with me
I test it scientifically, and if I can prove it's not what you say it is
You can give all these people their money back
Well, let me ask you this
How are you going to test a miracle ? Huh ?
Besides, it don't matter
I own this land and everything on it, so go ahead and test
You're Travis Dobbs, correct ?
Yeah
The same Travis Dobbs who's on probation
For selling alcohol to a minor at the Gas and Sip off of Route 28 ?
What the hell is this ?
FBI
With your criminal record, fraud can get you up to ten years in prison
Whether this is your property or not
So arrest me
You're okay What's your name, honey ?
Lily
Lily, can you tell me what's wrong with you ?
I have lymphoma
Let's get her to the hospital
We have got a serious problem here
Most of these people are patients from across the country who should be in bed
Not standing in a field for hours on end
Where do you want me to put them ?
First the storm flood shut down half the hospital, now this
Okay, put 'em on gurneys, keep them in the hallways
I'm going to check out maintenance
To see if we can get "B" ward up again and running
Whoa, whoa, whoa, careful where you step, Ms Cole
You know, we still got a few live cables down here
Those puddles could be damn hot
Hurdle, what the hell is taking so long ?
Well, the storm really did a number on this place, you know
So, uh, we're about halfway through replacing the fried circuitry
I need power back up on "B" ward I need it yesterday
How about a week from yesterday ?
How about I fire you and hire someone
Who will charge half of what you do and get it done twice as fast ?
Ma'am, we've been working all kinds of hours to get the place fixed up
I don't want to lose my job
How about two more days ?
You know, we'll just work around the clock
All right Without overtime
Sure, no problem
Come on Let's get back to work
All staff, please stand by to test power
Okay
Lily, what happened ?
She overdosed on spring water
And you are ?
Dr Jacob Hood
He's the special science advisor to the FBI
I'm Agent Rachel Young
Lily, you've stopped your chemo treatment, haven't you ?
Not you, too
Oh, come on, Dr Reeves
We both saw what that water did for Nicky
You can't deny that it cured him
There is no scientific proof of that
Which means there is no reason for you to stop your treatment
When did you go off the chemo ?
Just over a week ago I
I got to know Nicky while we were both being treated here
I trust him, he wouldn't lie to me about the water
Nina
Yes, Dr Reeves
Make sure she has zero water and start her on a hypertonic saline drip
- Okay - Thank you
Doesn't really make sense
Coming off the chemo, she should be feeling better, at least temporarily
Any other patients exhibiting symptoms not really typical of their illness ?
Yes, several
Um, there's a woman with rheumatoid arthritis who can't stop vomiting
There's a down syndrome patient who's got chronic insomnia
I mean, these are symptoms that are completely unrelated to their illnesses
But they're all drinking from the same spring Am I right ?
I have tested that water countless times
And I can tell you there's no mystery to it, Good or bad, it is just water
Okay Can I see your results ?
Can you wait for me to get off my shift ?
Cute dog
I rescued her from the pound
You're a sweetheart aren't you, Bonnie ? Come on
You know, understandably, Helen Cole and the rest of the hospital hierarchy
want nothing to do with this miracle so I brought my research home
Any idea of the source of the water ?
We can't get any access to it because of Dobbs
Property owner ?
Yeah
Is there any way that you could have the FBI step in and shut him down
So we can trace the source ?
Well, first we have to get proof of some dangerous element in the water
Then we can... shut him down
Could I see your results, please ?
Thank you You mind if I
Nicky's tumor was diagnosed six weeks ago
The storm that caused the spring to emerge was three weeks after that
Nicky started drinking the water immediately
Three weeks later Nicky's tumor is gone
Now, still, I tested that water and I can't find anything in it
I see that you tested for infrared spectroscopy, crystallization
You're right
This is normal water
Veronica, can I ask you a question ?
Do you think it's possible this spring water contains some magic property
that could wither away a tumor ?
I don't know
That's not really an answer Either you believe in miracle water or you don't
The fact is: an eight-year-old boy had cancer and now he doesn't
It's not because of any medical treatment I gave him
So whether you like to believe it or not, that is miraculous
Yeah, well, there's just this one fact going through my head
And that's that every year half a million...
Men, women, children in this country die of cancer
And they all ask for miracles, every last one of them
So what makes this little boy special ?
No, I believe there's something in this water
I'm gonna find out what it is
Thank you very much for your time, excuse me, Rachel
He wasn't speaking as a scientist, was he ?
He always speaks as a scientist
But he did lose someone to cancer a couple years ago
Thanks again
Who the hell are you ?
You need to close the spring down
You need to get the hell out of my truck, pal
Wrong answer
Yes, sir. Yes.
Well, I respectfully disagree
I feel that it is in our jurisdiction to..
Yes, sir
It's the director, he's really pissed
Your face has been all over the TV
Hey, Frank
Well, 'cause I'm worried about the media spreading the kind of
Superstition that could cost lives
No, I know it's not an official case
But there's definitely something going on here
Well, 'cause I'm looking at a body right now That's how I know
Um, you're breaking up I can't you're breaking up
What do we have here, detective ?
Somebody snapped his neck
Death was instantaneous, but we found some blood in his pickup truck
Looks like they wanted his cash
Maybe
So why make the statement ?
Why drag his body all the way up here and dump it in the spring ?
Thank you, detective
Well, if you wanted to shut the miracle spring down
But it's just a crime scene
In 72 hours, it goes back to being open to the hopeful masses
72 hours would be enough
For what ?
Well, if someone is dumping contaminants in this spring
Then all this miraculous attention has got to be the last thing they'd want
72 hours could be enough time to flush the water clean
We need to find the underground source of this spring right away
I'll get the Department of the Interior to send out a hydrologist
Good, but even if we can't get results from the water
Maybe we can get it from the cancer
We need to talk
What about ?
One of the miracle seekers just died
A 26-year old man, and the others are getting sicker
Was he an oncology patient ?
No, it wasn't cancer It was sepsis
Blood poisoning ?
Hold on
Was he sick before he took the water ?
How much spring water did he drink ?
A gallon a day for the past week
A gallon a day ?
Okay, well, that settles it It's definitely a cause
Jacob! Hey.
Couldn't have done this by phone or computer or satellite link ?
Well, then, you wouldn't get to meet Dr Veronica Reeves
Oh, see, he thinks I'm buying this crap, but I know his MO
Firsthand observation hypothesis, experiment, result
It's all about the cheeseburger and the beer
Hi, nice to meet you Matthew Kaplan, genius
Matthew is one of the country's leading cancer researchers
One of? he jests Big-time
- Is that the specimen ? - Yes
I call him Quasimodo Nefroblastoma
Stage 3 kidney tumor It's the same tumor that Nicky had
It's just what we're looking for
Well, let's hope the little guy is thirsty
Miracle water for the rat coming right up
You're not gonna see results for at least 24 hours
I'm gonna get back to my patients
Very nice to meet you, Dr Kaplan
That's what they all say
Now, if this soil had a higher salt concentration
I'd be using a resistivity array to chart the flow of subterranean water
By measuring changes in electrical conductivity
At progressively deeper subsurface levels
Oh, you would, would you ?
Have you tracked the source of the spring ?
Ironically, the, uh, rocky soil here
actually helps our ground-penetrating radar map subterranean terrain
Soft, silty soil, on the other hand, would, uh
Deaden our signals and make underground mapping far more difficult
Oh, my God
What is it ?
Hood, you're not gonna believe what this water runs under
This place was a storage depot until just after the first Gulf War
Storage for what ?
Depleted uranium, mostly
What did you say ?
Depleted uranium
Uh, the base was decommissioned by the army in 1995
Post-Cold War downsizing
Yep
Dr Hood, it's Veronica Reeves
I just spoke with the coroner
Who worked on the patient that I lost to sepsis
And ?
And there was significant cellular damage
To the stomach lining and the intestines
None of which would have shown up on X-rays or MRIs
- It's classic symptoms of - Radiation poisoning
You know what ? I think I just found the source
Will you excuse me a second ?
Rachel, i think we're gonna need a full
Radiological analysis of this facility now
Yeah, Sergeant
Hello again
Where are you ?
I'm at an armory on Pennington Hill
where they used it to store depleted uranium routes
I know where that is I'm coming right now
Still nothing above background radiation
Have you checked the storm drains the, uh, ventilation shafts ?
All done, and we found nothing
Okay, thank you
Can you check the calibration on your Geiger counter ?
You're operating at maximum sensitivity ?
Dr Hood, we've checked and rechecked
I'm sorry, sir There's no radiation
If depleted uranium was ever stored here, it was removed a long time ago
Can I see your hydrological map, please ?
This doesn't make any sense at all
She drank the water, but it made her worse Not better
Hey, it's not your fault Nicky It's not your fault
This was your miracle, okay ? Come on
No, no, this isn't fair
Lily deserves a miracle, too
I know I know It's okay
Some unknown substance is contaminating the groundwater
Groundwater that's
sprung up since that storm
The armory is testing negative for radioactive waste
And there's no natural radiation
No radioactive ore within 100 miles
But, uh, well, there's there's something
Something's here, and I can't see it
And I'm not wrong
Everybody's wrong sometimes, Hood
Yeah, yeah, maybe, Rachel Not today
Okay, well, we'll start from the periphery of the water table
And we'll work our way down the slope
Hood
There's a possibility that it could be something...
Else causing the contamination,
Something that mimics the effects of radioactive poisoning
We know that it's not a miracle
It's not a miracle 'cause there's no such thing
Hood
Don't make this about your wife
It's not about my wife, Rachel
This is about all the people who will die if I don't help them
Really ?
You said, "What makes this boy so special ?
"How come he gets a miracle and no one else does ?"
Agent Young
We'll be right there
Dr Reeves is dead
Clean swipe of the femoral artery
She knew what she was doing
Must have bled out in a second
And this was in her hand ?
Yeah
One clean cut, suicides
even with doctors, you usually have hesitation marks
You check her system for drugs ?
Already in the works
Should have results by tomorrow
- Thank you - Detective, coroner needs you
- Rachel - Yeah ?
I have a horrible feeling
Veronica died because she gave a damn
Me, too, come on
Where ?
I want to confirm this really was suicide and not murder
Hey, Quasi
Drinking like a camel, aren't you ?
You like this stuff
I'll be damned
Hello
Jacob! I've never seen anything like it
Quasimodo his tumor it's gone It's disappeared
Look, you got to find out what did this, Jacob
Yeah, this is unbelievable
Okay, thanks
Tell me
That spring water we gave Quasimodo seems to have shrunk his tumor
So, it did cure Nicky
- Look out! - Geez
You okay ?
Yeah, I'm okay That raccoon isn't
I didn't hit it, did I ?
No, raccoons are nocturnal animals They don't come out in the day
So, maybe it has rabies
Maybe it has something else
Hey, Bonnie Hi, girl How you doing ?
How you doing ? You miss your mommy ?
No water, no food
If she were gonna kill herself
She would have made arrangements for someone to take care of her dog
It wasn't a suicide
She was murdered, just like Travis Dobbs
Should I ask ?
I'm making ice cubes
Okay, Bonnie
Pee-pee time
Hey, tough stuff
How you feeling ?
Fabulous
You know what I'm going to do when I get out of here ?
No
Teach you guitar
We could get our own band going
What do you say ?
Okay
It's my fault you're in here
No, it's not, come on
But you could do me a favor
Anything
I need a drink
Can you get me a lemonade ?
- Okay - Thanks
Okay, Rachel
What do we know about ice ?
It goes great with Scotch
Yeah, well, off of that, you know it's cold
It's hard It's crystalline
And
With normal water
It floats
Now, this ice is from the spring
Our so-called "miracle water"
What kind of water makes ice cubes that sink ?
Very rare, very special kind of water called heavy water
The molecules in heavy water have extra neutrons that make it, um
Heavier
And in humans it has been known to shrink cancer cells
But this never occurred to me because it's so incredibly rare
But if it shrank Nicky's tumor
That would make heavy water a good thing, right ?
No Heavy water is not a good thing
It's really toxic
It's like radiation except it's not radioactive
And it's practically undetectable
However, it is the only substance that can actually effect a change
In sleeping patterns in mammals
The raccoon
So, it's just a fluke that this spring pops up full of heavy water ?
No, no, it's not a fluke
Only one in 5,000 water molecules is heavy water
Only human technology can produce it in large quantities
Even I know one use for heavy water
Nuclear weapons
So, this is the kind of water worth killing for
So, you're telling me that Dr Reeves
Was murdered by some nuclear terrorist here in Montana ?
She was killed because she was getting too close to the truth
And Travis Dobbs was killed because
He wouldn't stop promoting his miracle stream
Your radiology department's the only place in the area
Actively producing nuclear waste of any kind on a daily basis
Now, I know it's small amounts but it's real nonetheless, so
where do you store it ?
We've been doing electrical repairs ever since the storm
Look, is this really necessary ?
Only if you want to find out if you've been irradied or not
It's normal levels of background radiation
Still use this ?
No, it's one of the original water heaters
from when the hospital was built in the '50s
- It hasn't been used in years - By you
That is a centrifuge tube
And it's used to make heavy water by electrolysis
See, with the right amount of, uh, current
You can split regular water molecules leaving nothing behind but...
Heavy water
Yeah, there's some radiation
Nothing dangerous, but more than there should be
Well, whoever was here probably used the thalium 201 from your hospital's...
Stress tests, add the neutrons, to change it to thalium 202
Thereby increasing the gamma ray count
- Gamma rays ? - Yeah
Puts the "dirty" in dirty bomb
The heavy water must've been stored in here in this tank
Yep
When the basement flooded, the water pressure must've cracked the fittings
The heavy water would've flowed out
Into the hospital drains
Down in the water table that runs below ground
The amount of pressure changed and found its way into the spring
And gave Nicky his miracle
Yeah, I think they must've built a dirty bomb here
Explains residual radiation
Then took it with them
Who did you hire to do the electrical repairs ?
Just our regular people
Our chief maintenance man and his assistant
What are their names ?
Brandon Hurdle and Ben Adams
I think the symptoms all your patients have been suffering from
Are caused by heavy water poisoning
You need to flush it out of their systems right away
Brandon Hurdle has a degree in physical chemistry from Emory University
As well as a record of weapons and explosives charges
A little bit overqualified to be a hospital maintenance man
- Don't you think ? - What about Adams ?
He was separated from the service during basic training two years ago
for refusing to take orders from a non-white recruit squad leader
This is all very hard to believe
Timothy McVay's neighbor said the same thing
Hold on, guys
Agent Young speaking
Got it, stay on the line, please
Local cops hit both their homes, nothing
Do you have any idea where they might be ?
Hurdle has a house up at Kramer Lake
He uses it during hunting season
Really think these guys have a dirty bomb in there ?
Positive
And now we're going to get a look at it using my Bluetooth
And the camera on their computer
We got barely 50 milligrams
More than enough to turn Billings into ground zero
A few dozen milligrams of that, a stick of dynamite: a hell of a lot of damage
All right, when the suspects exit the cabin
I will order them to lay down what's in their hands
If they comply immediately, we will take them into custody
If they do not, we will put them down, understood ?
- Copy that - Keep your head down
This is the FBI!
Drop what you're carrying or we'll shot
You bastards!
Hood!
The dirty bomb has got to be in the case
Don't touch that! Don't touch that
Don't touch that
Central, we're going to need an ambulance dispatched to this location immediately
Hi, Lily
How are you feeling ?
Better, at least for now
Now's good, nicky ?
I think Special Agent Young has something for you
She likes you
What do you say, Nicky ?
You think you can give her a good home ?
- Can I, dad ? - Yeah
Here you go
Hey, little one
I spoke with the director
He said to tell you "good call"
So, the big question is, do you believe in miracles now ?
Define "miracle"
Well, if that storm hadn't hit,
Nicky Harris would still have cancer and...
Half of Billings, Montana could have been irradiated
Sounds like a miracle to me