- More. - Stop it.
- Stop, stop. - And more!
Stop it!
Oh... don't!
Don't... shoot him.
Please.
Charlie for the boy. That's the deal.
- All right. - Tell him to let her go.
Cody.
Now, you lower your gun.
No, I don't think so.
I think we'll stay just like this until Charlie gets outta here.
All right, Mr Sforza. It's your show.
Get outta here, Charlie.
Go.
Go, Charlie.
He has no idea how interesting his life is about to become.
John's still alive.
- I know. - You have to go back.
No, no.
- Why's John still alive? - I don't know.
I promised Daddy I wouldn't, OK? I broke a promise for nothing.
No... honey, wait. No, I had to!
I had to. Sometimes you have to break promises. It's OK.
- No, it's not OK. Do something. - Let's think.
What do we do when we're in trouble? We... we... we run.
We disappear. That's the only way we've ever stayed safe.
- You're lying. - No.
Mommy, Daddy lied. John lied. And now you're lying.
- No, no, no. - Everybody's lying to me.
We don't have to be like that. We never, ever have to be like that. Ever.
- (whispers) What are we gonna do? - I don't know.
I don't know.
There isn't a cure.
You know what you have to do, right?
You have to go back.
- (man) Miss... - (child) You have to go back.
Miss!
You can't sleep here.
I'm just waiting for my bus.
Which bus?
Phoenix.
- You still got about 20 minutes or so. - Thank you.
You're thinking about Vincent.
You're thinking "Do I get on the bus or do I go back for him?"
- Excuse me? - The answer is, you go back.
- How did you find me? - I'm not your enemy.
That's right. The whole world is my friend and I'm happy to be a part of it(!)
- What are you? One of Rainbird's plants? - You know better than that.
Oh, well, if you know who I am, then you know what I can do.
I know.
Well, what do you want?
It's complicated.
Well, start at the beginning. Use small words.
I was a friend of your family's, Charlie.
I was there with them, 20 years ago,
when Dr Wanless gave us a drug.
When they changed us for ever.
Richardson.
(Gil) Sir, it was just a big, uncontrollable mess.
- And then... - She got out.
- How could you lose control? - Well, Vincent took my gun, sir.
- Vincent took your gun. - He got lucky.
He got lucky? He's an accountant.
He doesn't have access to this facility.
- Mr Rainbird said to bring him in. - Who signs your cheques?
- You do, sir. - That's right. You work for me.
Vincent is meant to locate Richardson. You're meant to close Richardson.
- But I found... - You found McGee. Look what happened.
She blew up the facility, and now you have to find her again,
which means delays, which cost money. Am I making myself clear?
Find Richardson, Gil, because the trucks are rolling.
Radiant Thunder may be over budget, but it will be on time.
Yes, sir.
- What was she like? - Wasn't a big deal, OK?
- She set his shoes on fire. - Shut up.
- She was hot, too. - That's funny.
I told you to shut up. OK, Andrew?
Yeah, Andrew, shut up.
But she wasn't hot. She was old.
You saw her too, didn't you?
- Good morning, John. - Good morning.
- Quite a night last night, huh? - Yes, yes.
Very exciting.
Not the word I was looking for, but I see your point.
A security breach of this magnitude less than 24 hours before Radiant Thunder.
But if you're excited, I'm excited.
Look, look, look, look.
Watch Cody.
- What else does she do? - Nothing.
- She tasted sweet. - What?
The kid doesn't say anything his entire life and now he put three words together.
Way to go, Cody! Your first complete sentence.
What, do you think she's your girlfriend or something?
She didn't want to play with us. I guess it made her mad.
She was lame. OK, guys? She was lame. End of story.
She played with me.
- Don't you see it? - See what?
Well, just look at him. He's more responsive. He's interested.
The potential has always been there,
but he's never had enough energy to fuel the change.
But Charlie has all the fuel that he needs.
To change into what?
I'm not quite sure.
John, how much did you know about our unscheduled visit last night?
I know how devoted you are to this project, sir.
But I also know how important it is for you to tie up certain loose ends.
And I'm hoping Charlene McGee is not gonna distract you from the big picture.
Thank you, Joel. I do appreciate your candour.
Thank you, sir.
I hope you understand that I'm speaking from a position of deepest respect.
Of course.
So, uh... what are you doing about Vincent?
Joel... you like having plausible deniability, don't you?
Well, from a legal standpoint, yes.
Then don't ask too many questions.
So how well did you know them?
Everyone knew Vicky.
She had this laugh.
Once it got going, she couldn't stop it. The kids were always trying to crack her up.
- You liked her. - Yeah, but she didn't even notice me.
Not after she met Andy. You'd just look at them and you could see that they fit.
Vicky and Andy.
Dating. That's cool.
- Why do you think they did it? - What?
- Lot 6. - $100 was worth a lot of money in 1979.
It was at the school. I mean, it should be safe, right?
A lot of us... had... We couldn't adjust to the change.
You know,
you modify a couple of proteins, and...
(imitates blown fuse)
You know, your... your parents were very strong, to last as long as they did.
You adjusted.
No. I went crazy.
Oh, you don't... I mean, you're not crazy.
- How's your coffee? - Tastes like cigarettes.
What have you been doing for the last 20 years?
- I've been waiting for you. - How'd you know where I was gonna be?
Because this is where we meet.
- That's not an answer. - It is an answer.
It's just not the answer that you wanna hear.
- Well, what do I wanna hear? - Chain of events, cause and effect.
Universe doesn't really work that way. There's no past, there's no future.
It just is.
You are crazy.
And you light fires with your mind.
I used to be like everyone else.
I used to walk through my life facing backwards,
only seeing where I'd been.
Then they gave me Lot 6.
Now I see everything. I see the past, I see the present, I see the future.
I see everything.
All at once.
- And it's time to go. - Why?
- We have to go now. - Why?
Because they're looking for you, and in a minute they'll walk through that door.
- Well, I'm not going with you. - That's what you say, not what you do.
- And why should I believe you? - Don't.
Hang on another minute and see what happens.
Hi.
I'm Max.
Want me to show you where your thyroid is?
Max. Thank you.
Hello.
- Do you know where you are, Mr Sforza? - No.
You're in the Systems Operations daycare facility.
- (Vincent) Are all of them? - (John) Special? Oh, yes.
Very special.
Now, look. I'm going to say two words to you, Mr Sforza,
and you're going to tell me everything you know about those words.
Charlene McGee.
- You can see the future? - No, I don't see it. I'm in it.
Everything's already happened for me, and I can't change anything.
- Everyone has a choice. - No, they have the illusion of choice.
- It's not the same thing. - You're wrong.
Am I? Why did you go back to Systems Operations?
- Vincent said that they could help me. - You believed him?
- It doesn't matter now. - It does matter. Everything matters.
It's all connected, and what happens to Vincent changes everything.
What do you mean, "what happens to Vincent"?
You got away. Vincent didn't.
- I didn't ask him to do what he did. - He had no choice.
And I don't either, right? I have to save him?
No.
So, I don't go back for him?
You go back for him.
You don't save him, Vincent dies.
Vincent? You don't mind if I call you Vincent? You must call me John.
- What are they doing? - Helping.
You're in complete control. You can stop any time you want.
All you've got to do is to talk to me.
Tell me about her, Vincent.
You've seen the files. You know more than I do.
What I want isn't in the file.
I want to... I want to know what she's like.
- I don't understand. - Well,
does she still suck on her lower lip when she gets nervous?
Does she...
Does she fall asleep when you tickle her back?
I want to know her.
I missed her growing up, you see.
Where is she, Vincent?
I don't know.
(screams)
Does she have someplace to go? Someplace safe?
I don't know.
God, I don't know! I swear to God, I don't know.
- And I'm glad, because if I did, I'd tell you. - Yes, I think you would.
Paul, ask him how he found out about us.
You already know that.
Your eyes, they're burning.
They're melting.
(phone rings)
- Hello. - Henry, get out of your apartment now.
- I'm making soup. - Just do it.
- What is this about? - It's about that tape. Get out right now.
Or else what? The "men in black" are gonna come get me?
- I'm gonna download the tape. - Just leave the tape. Just go.
Henry?
- Hey, buddy. - Where's my brother?
Oh, we've got the tape, we've got you. I think we can let your brother slide.
There never was a class-action suit.
- You killed those people. - Yeah.
You brought them to me.
- Why? - Why do you think, Vincent?
It's what we're paid to do.
Close the western region. No comebacks.
- Comebacks from what? - Radiant Thunder.
Gil! Gil told me!
All right. Well, as I told you before, you're in control.
We'll stop whenever you want.
I'd like to stop now, please.
And if you get him out, then what?
You're the psychic.
Just because I know something doesn't mean I understand why.
I thought I didn't have a choice.
But you think you do.
Well, I don't know, you know?
Vincent knows about me and he's not afraid.
He's not afraid of you? Come on!
Forget it.
What? Oh, you think that you and Vincent are like your parents.
Look, I said forget it, OK?
I wish things were different for you. I really do.
Yeah, you think you know everything, don't you?
I do.
I am really getting tired of all this metaphysical crap.
Do you think I like it? Knowing what's gonna happen, every second, every day?
When they gave me that drug,
they destroyed my life as surely as they'd put a bullet through my brain.
Ah, but you're gonna burn their house down.
That's what Rainbird wants. Every time I lose control, every time I kill, he wins.
I'm gonna save Vincent, and that's all I'm gonna do.
- Whatever you say. - You don't have to patronise me,
because you may think that you don't have a choice, but I do.
OK. OK.
OK.
You passed out. Here, take this.
Come on, it's only water.
I can make him drink it.
Whoa! Not too fast.
That's better.
You've got to save all your strength. Now, Vincent, just because I'm torturing you,
doesn't mean to say that you're not part of my team.
- I'm not part of your team. - But of course you are.
I mean, you're the one that found Charlie. I'd been looking for her for ten years.
I didn't find her. You did.
(Cody) I'm hungry.
You didn't stop with her, did you? How many drugs did you test?
What, Lot 7? Lot 8?
How many?
Well, you should know. I mean, you were tracking down all the failures.
I think we finally perfected the process with Lot 23.
And these fine young men here are the happy result.
- Lot 23? - Yeah.
It seems overwhelming, I know,
but we were just developing a technology like any other.
Ours just happened to be a gene sequence on the 17th chromosome.
You can't go around treating people like they were experiments.
Ooh. I do.
John, I'm hungry.
(groans)
- What's with him? - I think the boy is hungry.
You see, Cody is an energy sink.
He absorbs energy.
Electricity, heat,
life.
- Life? - Well, what is life if not energy?
Yes, he absorbs life. He consumes life.
I've only met one other with the power to match his, but you know all about her.
How I taught her everything.
And when she left me... well.
That's the reason I only work with boys now.
Oh! Look at this!
I bet she looked beautiful wearing this, didn't she?
I wouldn't know.
Now, you just tell me. What exactly happened when you two were alone?
Nothing.
He's lying.
Did you...
did you... sleep with her?
It's none of your business.
Did you... sleep... with... her?
Case number 91-1990.
Mary Conant.
The body is that of a well-nourished, adult, Caucasian female.
Approximately 48 years old. Brown hair, brown eyes.
The body is 64 inches long.
Weighs 125 pounds.
Skin is of normal texture. Appendectomy scar.
No tattoos or other markings visible.
(Mary) I'm alive.
Manner of death is believed to be self-inflicted asphyxiation.
Cause of death appears to be a dry-cleaner's plastic bag,
which was removed from the deceased at the scene and placed into evidence.
Help me.
I will now examine the brain in order to determine the mechanism of death.
(inward cry of fear)
Help me!
- May I help you? - John Rainbird.
- Excuse me? - John Rainbird.
- We don't have a John Rainbird here. - Are you sure?
He's not on the list. What division is he?
Research and development.
- Nope. - Try kidnapping and murder.
Tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk, tsk!
Hey! Hey!
You can't go in there!
All right, boys, back to your room.
(babies crying)
- I wanna see the fire. - Shut up.
Hey, moron, what are you doing?
Charlie's here.
- You can't leave. - I wanna see Charlie.
- We're not supposed to go. - You stay.
No one is going to leave this room.
- Says who? - I do.
Do you want me to kick your ass? Because you know I can.
The camera's right there.
Stop it, stop it, stop it!
Get away from me.
Why didn't you stop him?
I tried. It was like there was nothing there.
Shut the door behind me. Sit down over there, face the wall.
- What? - Face the wall!
What's going on?
Be quiet.
(knocks on door)
Vincent.
Vincent!
Charlie, look out!
- Hello, Charlie. - Let him go.
No. I don't think so.
- Do it, Charlie. - How precise is your weapon, Charlie?
Is it as precise as mine?
Fry the son of a bitch!
Oh, she can't do that, Vincent.
- She doesn't want to kill you too. - I said, let him go.
No. I think you're gonna have to kill me, Charlie.
That's what you want, isn't it?
- Let him go, please. - Let's trade.
What will you give me?
- I'll stay here with you. - No, Charlie, don't...
- You'll stay? - Yes. You're right, I belong here with you.
I don't believe you. Too bad.
Well, look who's here! Charlie, why are you holding back?
- (Vincent) Get outta here, Charlie. - (John) After she came to rescue you?
I don't think so.
Or are you afraid of who you really are?
- (Vincent) Don't listen to him. - (John) I can see it in your face. Let it go.
- Shut up! - Come on, show us what you're made of.
No!
Well, don't just stand there!
OK, come on.
- What is this place? - I don't know.
Why did he recreate a town?
- Training? - Training for what?
Come on.
Wait! Wait! Wait, wait! Wait!
You hear about near-death experiences. The victim is compelled towards a light,
- but then turns back at the last moment. - She had an out-of-body experience?
No. She claims she was conscious the whole time.
Then how was she pronounced dead?
There's been cases - rare cases, granted -
where someone's been buried beneath the snow and apparently expired.
No discernible pulse, no breathing, and then spontaneously revived.
Spontaneous revival, kinda like spontaneous combustion, huh?
- Ever heard of suspended animation? - Where they freeze people?
It's like a hibernative state. The heart beats, but so slowly there's no pulse.
- We're talkin' a single beat in an hour. - And there've been cases of that?
In the textbooks, at least.
Hi, Mary.
Mary, I'm Special Agent Pruitt. I'm with the FBI.
You believe some people tried to kill you.
- (rasping) Have to stop them. - Yeah. We will.
You don't worry, now. You're safe.
I'm not worried about me. They think I'm dead.
Who else is in danger, Mary?
You think they'd tell me?
They've tried to kill me. They wanna keep me quiet. I know things.
Who are these people, Mary?
He said his name was Gil James.
He's with Systems Operations.
- What Gil James? - The man who tried to kill me.
- Rainbird sent him. - Rainbird?
Lot 6.
- I'm sorry. What? - Lot 6.
Drugs, mind-control experiments back in the '70s.
They enhanced our brains.
God! Rainbird!
Rainbird, he was there back then! They're still out there!
- Mary, Mary... - It's them!
- You're OK now. - It's them!
You've very safe right now.
Mary, tell me. Tell me how they enhanced your brain.
- We could do things. - What things?
- Different things. We were all different. - What kind of things could you do, Mary?
Work things. I could make things work.
- Like, fix things that were broken? - No!
OK, I don't understand.
Why don't... why don't you show me?
(rasping) It hurts if I do it.
Yeah.
(whispers) Yeah, I'm sure it does.
Wait! Where are you going?
- What do you think? - What do you think?
I believe she believes it. In this instance, I'm willing to keep an open mind.
(bleeping)
(several phones ringing)
Do you believe her now? Clear.
You know, I've been looking for you.
You're Richardson.
Yeah.
What?
I just cleared the western region.
You said I couldn't save him.
You said I couldn't save him, but I did.
Yes, you did.
Damn right.
Will you tell us a story?
Doesn't have to be about Charlie. It can be about something else.
No. No stories.
Why?
I wanted you to do something for me, a simple thing, and you wouldn't do it.
How do you think that makes me feel?
- Are you mad at us? - Mad. No. I'm just mad at myself.
I haven't taught you something
that's just as important as tying your shoelaces or riding your bike.
I'm sorry, sir. They told me to come in. I can wait outside, if you want.
Gil, please, please. Come, come in. Sit down.
There you are. Go on.
We won't be a minute. We're just having a lesson.
- Oh. - On second thoughts, Gil,
maybe you can help us.
Sure. Why not?
Why not? Gil works for me as an accountant.
Which means, sometimes, he has to kill people.
Gil was supposed to stop Charlie from going away, but he didn't.
And then, when Charlie came back, he missed her the second time.
Well, he's too big for me to spank and I can't ground him. So, any ideas?
Any ideas?
Garcia, pack a clean undershirt. We're takin' a field trip.
- Where? - Colorado.
My victim's information was right. There is a Systems Operations.
- Three of 'em, in fact. - There is?
Yeah. But only the one in Colorado has a John Rainbird and a Gil James.
Catch. It's for your head.
Thanks.
- You OK? - No.
Two days ago, my life made sense.
It was boring, but it made sense.
- Now... - You're in my world.
Charlie... all those people that I found,
all the ones they didn't even need, they're dead because of me.
- You didn't kill them. - Yes, I did.
Because I did my job - my stupid, little, boring job.
When I was younger, this is what I always thought would be so cool.
Superhero, psychic powers, but it's not cool at all. It's terrifying.
Yeah, it is.
We can't just leave it like this. We've gotta tell somebody.
- Who do you want to tell? - I don't know!
- What about the press? - I tried that.
They just turned me into a bedtime story to scare children.
- What about the police? - They own the police.
The only reason I keep running is because it's the only thing that works.
- You can't run your whole life. - Yes, I can.
You know, every time... you know, I see him, it just gets harder and harder.
What gets harder?
- Charlie? - It's nothin'.
- Why'd you come back for me? - Because they were gonna kill you.
- I'm sorry I dragged you into all of this. - You didn't. I was born into this.
What did he do to you?
He let them take turns.
They were playing. They're not even kids, they're little monsters.
- Is that what I am to you? - No.
You got away. They didn't. They're his.
Well, what did you tell him?
Whatever he wanted to hear.
It was weird. He wanted to know what you were like, like he was your father.
Well, he's not my father. No, he's nothing like my father.
I didn't mean it like that. I'm just saying, I don't get his obsession with you.
The world thinks you're dead. He makes me find you. The way he looks at you!
Yeah, he loves me.
Whoa.
Whoa, whoa, whoa, Charlie.
What Rainbird has for you, that's not love. That's somethin' else, somethin' sick.
When you love someone, you care for them.
- Like your father. - This has nothing to do with him.
Your father's sick and you won't even go see him.
- I can't, OK? I can't, because it hurts. - Yeah, love hurts.
It's not just gentle and kind - it hurts.
And it's always the people that you love that hurt you the most.
Rainbird teach you that?
I just think you should go see your father.
Why?
Well, I can't go see mine.
- Why do we have to go anyway? - It's gonna be just like we practised.
- He's never been outside. - Inside, outside, what's the difference?
- There's people. - He's afraid of Charlie.
She didn't do anything last time. If she tries anything next time...
Next time.
- Did you do that? - Mm-hm.
Cut it out.
No.
- I mean it. - I know you do.
- Look, if you got a problem with me... - Don't worry. I don't want you.
Do you know what our exposure is on this?
How much money the corporation stands to lose if the Rivermead test is delayed?
- You're shouting. - Of course I'm shouting!
The past was meant to be erased and now it's come back and bitten us in the ass.
We don't have Richardson or McGee.
Radiant Thunder's in six hours and you...
John, I have tried to work with you on this. I really have.
But I'm concerned, and this reflects the feelings of the board as well.
Charlene McGee may just be distracting you from our ultimate goal here.
Ah. And what is our ultimate goal, Joel?
Ruling the world?
Ruling the world. Don't be absurd, John.
Now, owning a substantial piece - that would be nice.
I'm kidding.
I'm just trying to bring a new technology to market, and now I can't do that.
Oh? Why not?
- What if they go to the feds? - What if they do?
The federal government is just another potential buyer, isn't it?
We have spent substantial resources cleaning up 20 years of mistakes,
and now you tell me it just doesn't matter?
I just wanted to find Charlie, that's all.
Our legal position is more vulnerable now than when the test subjects were alive.
The government has turned a blind eye before.
- I should know. - And what if they don't?
What if they don't?
Do you think that, after this test, the government will really matter?
What if she shows up?
Ah, good afternoon, gentlemen.
I'm sorry to keep you waiting. I keep a very busy schedule.
You know what they say about idle hands.
- Are you John Rainbird? - I am indeed.
I'm Special Agent Pruitt. This is Special Agent Garcia.
- How do you do? - Hopefully, this won't take long.
- Hopefully not. - Did you ever meet a Mary Conant?
No, I don't believe so. What's all this about?
- Well, she says she knows you. - Oh, well. Then it's entirely possible.
20 years ago, she said that you were involved with something called Lot 6,
as part of some mind-control experiment.
Mind control? Well, that's preposterous.
No, I like to think of our work here as a sort of enhancement of human potential.
"Enhancement"?
- "Enhancement", in what way? - Any way possible.
- With drugs? - Yes, with drugs, if necessary.
So, you are familiar with something called Lot 6?
It's an awful long time ago.
But yes, I do remember Lot 6. Fondly, as a matter of fact.
And do you remember Mary Conant?
You know... I'm beginning to put a face to that name.
Yes. Mary Conant. I think I heard she died, didn't she?
No. No, she's waiting in the lobby with another one of our agents.
- My mistake. - She said you sent a Gil James to kill her.
Well, that's ridiculous. That's not my department.
It's not your department? We'd like to see Mr James.
- Right now. - Certainly.
I'd be only too happy to take you to him.
I believe the last time I saw him, he was in the lab.
This way.
- Paul. - Yeah?
John needs us.
In here, gentlemen.
So where's Mr James?
Now, let me see.
Well, I believe he's chilling.
Oh, dear. You don't suppose this is a health-code violation, do you?
Look, I'll tell you what. What if we get him out of here before nightfall?
Mr Rainbird, you're under arrest.
You have the right to remain silent.
I appreciate the sentiment, but this is hardly necessary.
Well, then, you tell me, what the hell is going on here?
Radiant Thunder, my friends.
Radiant Thunder is what is going on here.
- And what is Radiant Thunder? - 25 years of hard work,
culminating tonight in a town called Rivermead.
What's goin' on tonight at Rivermead?
Glorious destiny.
- Pity you won't be there to witness it. - Are you threatening us, Rainbird?
Oh! He does talk!
No, I'm not threatening you. I'm just stating the facts.
Lower your weapons.
What do you want me to tell 'em, John?
- What? - I was just, uh... wonderin' what it's like.
What?
Havin' someone to call.
Oh, I don't even remember.
I feel I'm looking at this life I could have, and if I look away, it'll be gone.
- He's gonna be gone. - Well, that's true of all things.
Yeah. Yeah, you don't have to tell me that. I wanna take my life for granted.
You know, one day without Rainbird or fire.
Can I do that?
No.
(phone rings)
- Hello? - Henry? It's me.
- Where the hell are you? - Are you OK?
Sure, I'm fine(!) I'm great(!)
I'm scared, Vincent. What did you do?
- Nothin'. Listen. - Nothing?
Is that why men broke into my place and tried to kill me?
- This is about that tape, isn't it? - Forget about the tape.
It's best if they think you don't know anything.
- What the hell are you talk? - Henry, just stop.
- Answer my question! - Just stop, OK? Please?
- OK? - OK.
How's Mom?
How do you think she is?
- And Dad? - He's not getting better.
When are you gonna go see him?
Tonight.
Tell Dad I'll see him tonight.
Don't say it if you don't mean it.
Henry, I promise. I'll be there tonight.
You're going away, aren't you?
Henry...
thanks.
You're the oracle.
- Gimme somethin' I can use. - Doesn't work that way.
Well, what are we gonna do now?
You wanna hear what you think you'll do or what you'll really do?
Tell me what I think I'm gonna do.
Well, you think you're going to Canada.
Live in a cabin in the mountains where there's lots of snow.
What am I really gonna do?
D'you really wanna know?
Yeah.
You're gonna go to Canada.
You're gonna live in a cabin, high in the mountains, where there's lots of snow.
Hey. How'd it go?
I have to see him.
OK.
And then I'm coming with you.
You don't have to do that.
As long as I'm around, my family's in danger.
As long as you're around me, then you're in danger.
What? It gets worse?
I don't even know where I'm goin'.
So?
Look... we can go see him and then, hell, we can go to Canada or something.
If you wanna run, you must do it now.
Forget about your father, forget about Rainbird. Now, can you do that?
Will you take us to the hospital?
I always do.
Miss Conant? Mary?
Mary?
Damn it!
Miss Conant! I thought you were comin' back to the lobby.
What is taking them so long? I can identify those people.
Just let us do our jobs. It's under control.
There they are.
That's him. That's Rainbird.
- Thank you so much. - Pleasure meeting you.
- They're letting him go! - Mary, relax, OK? Just wait here.
Pruitt! What's goin' on?
What's goin' on? Nothing's goin' on. These guys make titanium ski binders.
It's a nothin', man. A zero.
- We're on a wild-goose chase. - She says that's the guy.
- Then she's mistaken. - No, you bastard! Not after all this!
- Rainbird! - Mary!
No! Mary! Mary! Mary!
Mary.
Mary?
Mary. Mary.
Destiny.
- Why are we stopping? - Oh, no.
- What is it? - This is the town.
It's the same as the warehouse.
- Why did you bring us here? - Because this is where it all ends.
Vincent.
Hello, Charlie. Welcome to Rivermead.
They picked me up just before you.
Why are you doing this?
(Rainbird) Of all the test subjects,
that you've survived this long amazes me.
I thought you woulda hanged yourself years ago.
- I know how I die. - Oh, yes, well. I know how you die too.
Must be terrible, to know everything and not to be able to change a thing.
You must be a very frustrated man.
- It has its moments. - Yeah, I suppose.
Not much of a precognitive, though, are you? If you didn't know Gil was coming.
I knew he was coming. But I haven't seen you in so long, I thought I'd check in,
see how you're doing.
I thought you already knew everything.
I do. Every damn thing.
So? Then you know how I'm doin'.
You know what I want and you know what I'll give you.
What you want, I can't give you. And what you'll give me isn't worth a cup of spit.
Well, I thought you might be partial to it.
There's nothing you can do to me that you haven't already done.
You know, back in the French Revolution,
beggars would do almost anything to get noticed.
I mean, they'd cut off their own fingers, even a foot.
But the crowds, they were so jaded, they didn't even notice.
So, the enterprising beggar would go to a butcher
or find a cousin with a sharp knife, fix him up real good.
The first cut starts at the left corner of the mouth
and extends to the lobe of the nearest ear.
The same on the other side.
And then, the lips are removed.
So everyone can see that big, big smile of yours.
And last, the nose,
turning what's left of that face into a skull.
Except, of course, you're still alive.
That's fascinating. It really is.
Reminds me of this drug test some 20 years ago.
Maybe you heard of it. Lot 6.
Everyone who took it, turned him into a freak.
But you know who it messed with most?
Who?
You.
Me?
All that talk about God.
And all you had to do was take the drug. But you didn't.
And you know why?
Because you're scared.
- You won't. - Now, why wouldn't I?
Because I'm the one that gives you Charlie McGee.
You'll bring her here to me?
Not because you want me to.
And not because you won't kill me.
- But because... - I know...
Because you don't have a choice.
He didn't give me anything.
- But you helped me save Vincent. - All I did was drop you off.
Before I could drive away, you came running out the back.
Hell!
But you knew my parents. And you... you were there with them.
And I... I trusted you.
I didn't ask you to.
Everything that you said was a lie.
I never lie. I did know your parents,
I can see the future, and this is what has to happen.
No, you're making this happen!
I'm going now. We won't be seeing each other again.
You sound so sure.
You're getting everything you've always wanted.
I feel sorry for you.
OK, but you don't have to do this. You can still help us.
This is what has to happen.
I'm so sorry, Charlie.
Vincent, come on.
(honk)
You said they'd built the town for training. Training for what?
I don't know. How should I know? We have to get outta here.
Charlie, this town's wired.
There. There.
As of today, the gun and the bomb are obsolete.
Welcome to warfare in the 21st century.
And we own it.
What we'll see is a coordinated attack on a single, hardened structure.
A bank. Any other weapon system would result in unacceptable civilian casualties.
We'll achieve our goal with no collateral damage and complete deniability.
Excuse me a moment. There's a matter that requires my immediate attention.
Door, please.
(Vincent) Come on, Charlie, let's go.
What the hell is she doing here?
Richardson brought her, just like I told him to.
This doesn't make any sense. All this for a bank.
- There's a police officer. - Wait, no.
Officer!
Officer.
The bank's about to be robbed. You should call for backup.
You see these kids?
- Yeah. - They're about to take down the bank.
- All of 'em? - I know it sounds crazy, but believe me.
- Come on, Vincent. - It's the truth. I know it sounds crazy.
He can't believe you.
How could you bring her here? Do you want this test to fail?
You seem upset.
Do you know who's in that room? The board of directors.
They're waiting for something to happen. If it doesn't, I'll say you've blown the test.
Oh, something will happen.
They closed the bank. The bank is closed.
- Forget about the bank. - Damn it, the bank is the test.
Joel, even you could rob that bank.
Charlie is the test. She's always been the test.
No, no. You insisted on that bank.
You said it would demonstrate crowd control and teamwork and all that crap.
The board of directors is...
"More than I, if truth were told,
Have stood and sweated hot and cold,
And through their reins in ice and fire
Fear contended with desire."
"Agued once like me were they,
I like them shall win my way
Lastly to the bed of mould
Where there's neither heat nor cold."
"But from my grave across my brow
Plays no wind of healing now,
And fire and ice within me fight
Beneath the suffocating night."
I don't understand. They're not doing anything. What are they waiting for?
- Me. - What?
They're waiting for me.
- Why are you doing this? - For you, of course.
I want to set you free.
- You're going to hurt all these people. - Hurt them? No.
I'm going to kill them. But you could stop me.
N-no.
No.
Charlie? Charlie, where are you going?
- I have to get outta here. - You have to do something.
What do you want me to do? Burn down the town? That's what's gonna happen.
Hey. Are you lost?
Where's your parents?
What do you say we come over here and sit down? And I'll go look for 'em.
All right? Now, don't move.
You can't go. You're the only one who can stop them.
I won't stop. Don't you see? It's what he wants.
- Then I've gotta do somethin'. - Vincent.
I have to try.
- You're talking about a massacre. - Yes.
Something to make the world sit up and pay attention.
Cody will absorb all of Charlie's power.
And then what?
Joel, do you believe in transubstantiation?
Where man can become God?
You're nuts.
- I'm pulling the plug. - It's too late to develop a conscience.
Who said anything about that? This is self-preservation.
It's too late for that too.
(piercing scream)
You're blind. Now walk.
(honk)
Back up, folks! Let's move! Get outta here! Move!
You can't stand.
Come on, son. Come with me.
(screaming)
Wanna see your spleen? Cos I can show it to you.
No!
- No! - Let go! Let go of me! Put me down!
- You gotta stop! You're killing them. - I don't care!
John is still alive.
You know what you have to do, right?
You have to go back.
Let him go.
Now, you pick up that piece of glass.
Hold it to your throat.
That's enough.
I know you think Rainbird is your friend, but he's not.
He lies. He hurt me and he'll hurt you.
- No, he won't. - He's hurting you right now.
Every time you use your powers, you become less human, and he knows it.
- You're lying. She's lying! - No!
Ask him. Is she lying?
No.
- I tried. - You did the right thing.
And I don't wanna run away any more.
The rules haven't changed, Charlie. You know what you have to do.
- Don't listen to him, Charlie. - You can taste it, can't you?
Like sulphur on your tongue.
You don't know what you're asking.
It's what you are, isn't it? It's what you've always been.
Just let it happen.
It's not like I'm giving you a choice.
No!
No! No!
Charl... Charlie.
Yes. Yes!
That's my girl.
All my life I've been looking for God.
- You want a god to forgive you? - No, for a god to damn me.
The closest I've ever come, Charlie,
is in your eyes.
Look closer.
You know what I can do.
You have no idea what I can do.
Yes, I do, and I want it.
You don't want this.
I want everything.
More! Give me everything.
Aaargh!
I think they were... I was in the third grade and...
there was this kid who used to beat me up.
Vincent made him stop because it was his job to beat me up.
And the time that Vincent tried to sell you to the neighbours?
I guess they didn't offer enough.
I guess not.
- Can I help you? - I'm a friend of Vincent's.
My name is, uh... Charlie McGee.
I just came to tell you how sorry I am.
And that you should know that Vincent was going to come and see you.
But he didn't.
But he was going to.
Well, that's all I really came to say.
Excuse me. Charlie.
How did you know my son?
Well, he helped me out. A lot.
He sort of helped me trust people again, I guess.
You should be really proud of him.
Thank you for coming.