I'll only be gone a few hours.
Well, I may have to spend the night.
You girls be good.
Make sure you brush your teeth before you go to bed.
- Don't touch your mommy. - Oh, baby, I can't.
I love you.
Bye.
Positive.
Positive, damn it.
The whole damn town is infected.
This way. One straight line. Down the hall.
Out into the field.
This way, folks. One straight line.
No animals have been removed from here in 14 days.
I double-checked the storage lists, the manifests, the vet profiles. Nothing.
Talk to every single employee. Somebody's got to know something.
The source of this whole mess is there.
The host is there, Casey. He didn't talk to everyone.
This coffee sucks.
- Why don't you get some sleep. - Why don't you?
- I slept in July. - I got work to do.
Don't tell me when to sleep. I don't tell you when to sleep.
What happened?
Nothing. I just got a sudden case of the willies.
I can finish up.
No, no, no, I'm fine. I hate them willies, you know?
They should call them "the Sams", don't you think?
You're tired?
Yeah.
The best projection USAMRIID is willing to make for the spread of the virus is this:
24 hours...
36 hours...
48 hours.
The curtailment must be viewed objectively.
Be compassionate, but be compassionate globally.
Thank you.
All right, all right. Please.
The President's ETA from the East Asia Economic Summit is in 20 hours.
By then, he wants a recommendation from this group.
As I understand it, you want to firebomb the town of Cedar Creek, California...
population 2600, with a fuel-air bomb...
the most powerful non-nuclear weapon in our arsenal.
The way it works, it explodes, sucks in all available oxygen to the core...
vaporizes everything within a mile: men, women, children and one virus.
Destruction complete, case closed, crisis is over.
This Constitution of the United States, I've read it cover to cover.
I don't find anything in it about vaporizing 2600 Americans.
But it does say, several times...
that "no person shall be deprived of life, liberty or property...
"without due process".
So, couple things before Clean Sweep is even considered:
One...
unanimous, unwavering support for the president on this one.
You must support the president publicly.
He goes down, you go down!
Secondly...
I want an army of experts citing thousands of lab experiments...
telling any idiot with a camera that there was no other way!
You got that?
No member of this government will go sneaking off to the Washington Post...
telling them they were the sole voice of opposition.
If there's a voice of opposition out there, I want him in here.
Those are the citizens of Cedar Creek!
Go on! Look at them! These are not statistics.
They're flesh and blood!
And I want you to burn those into your memories.
Because those images should haunt us till the day we die.
1918. Remember your history, Donny? The great influenza pandemic.
Circled the globe in nine months. Killed 25 million people.
My father lost three brothers in that. So?
What if there were men who could have stopped it, but didn't?
How would history judge such men?
Oh, baloney.
FDR stopped Stilwell going into Indochina. He caused the Vietnam War.
What does history say?
Truman dropped the bomb on the Japanese. Saved American lives.
Now revisionist historians say he dropped the bomb to scare the Russians.
Those men were at war, Donny. We're not.
We are at war. Everybody is at war.
I have a presidential green light on Clean Sweep, and I am going forward.
These people are Americans.
2600 dead or dying Americans.
If that bug gets out of there, 260 million Americans will be dead or dying.
Those people are casualties of war.
I'd give them all a medal if I could...
but they are casualties of war.
That's all.
Come on.
- Neal, is it? - Yes, sir.
I have to ask you a few questions. Have a seat.
Jimbo, Jimbo, how did he get it?
Maybe we're on the wrong track. Maybe Alice gave it to him.
His tissue samples had twice the viral amplification of hers.
- So we're stuck. - We're doing the best we can.
We're not.
Let's wait for the comprehensive results to come in.
Can I ask you a personal question?
What did you do with the dogs?
God...
Please don't say they're in a kennel.
Think I tied them to a tree and left a bag of dog chow nearby?
- That's what you did when you left me. - Let's start over.
It's Alvarez, Jimbo, Biotest.
Jesus.
Look.
Guys, guys, the monkey. Turn around.
My sweet Jesus. He should be dead by now.
The orange juice worked.
Not on humans.
Not on Cedar Creek Motaba. This monkey was infected with the original strain.
Right. You know what that means?
This is no experimental antiserum.
E-1101 was designed to kill African Motaba.
And they had it all the time.
Come on!
How's his breathing?
He's going to arrest!
We need blood, fluid, oxygen, ice, now!
Let's go. Put it in his armpits.
Let me in.
- Under his armpits. - Pressure.
I need his arm.
Temperature.
I need pressure.
What is his temperature?
106!
We need suction! We need more ice, now!
Casey. Let me in there.
You slept long enough.
Open your eyes! Open!
Open! Open! Open! Look at me. Look.
Casey, right here. Here I am, here I am.
See me? There you are.
There you are. How you doing?
I had a wonderful dream, Auntie Em...
You were there. You were there.
Stay with me.
You were there too. You had a 106 fever. We're going to take you down.
Stay with me. Don't fuck around.
How many brain cells did I kill?
How many? About a billion.
Now I'm only as smart as you.
What can we give him to kill his sense of humor?
We must get a line!
Hold him.
- Hold his hand! - I got it.
Talk to me!
It didn't get past the outer glove. Give him a line.
What?
Come here.
I was with him. I should've known something was wrong.
- Did it pierce it? - It did.
Let me see.
- Let me get some iodine on it. - I did that already.
I did that, Sam!
Oh, God, I know how to work with needles.
Why didn't I wait?
- Okay, listen to me. - Not now, okay? Not now.
- Listen to me! - There's nothing to say.
There is.
Watch it.
You knew about Motaba all along. E-1101 was the antiserum.
You could've stopped this outbreak before it mutated. But you didn't.
We couldn't.
We?
We.
That's all you need to know.
You must tell me what the host is.
We never found it. We had to synthesize the antiserum.
To protect the troops. But now the virus comes here and 2 kids die.
We could've stopped it then...
but we don't because we must protect the perfect biological weapon.
But then the virus mutates and we can't stop it now and we could've then.
The decision was made in the interest of national security.
At the time, we felt we could afford a certain number of losses.
Robby's infected.
Sorry.
Is "we" sorry too?
"We" is responsible for a town dying.
"We" is a party to Casey dying.
My wife is dying.
Isn't she your ex-wife?
What's your point?
My point is your penchant for distorting the facts.
You and Robby are, in fact, divorced.
Who is "we"?
"We" includes you, Sam.
Unless you resigned from the Army lately.
You don't just do research and it ends there.
We must defend ourselves against other maniacs developing biological weapons.
That's how the game is played.
It was a terrible mistake to withhold E-1101, but we're beyond that now.
We've done all we can as doctors.
We must go on...
as soldiers.
You're gonna wipe out the town.
You'll eradicate that mutation and then your weapon's intact.
That's why the troops are moving out, right?
It's already ordered.
When is it?
2000 hours.
By order of the president.
The president?
He was advised by an expert panel of virologists.
I wasn't there.
It's not about a weapon.
When the president saw that in 48 hours...
the virus could be on the White House lawn, he gave the order.
I wasn't invited.
If you had been...
what would you have advised?
Ruiz called. He scared a security guard into telling him Jimbo...
smuggled an animal out.
- What kind? - He couldn't say.
It was small enough to fit in the back seat of a car.
We know it came in on a ship from Africa around September 1st.
That's something at least.
We must find that ship. You better pack. We got work to do.
Colonel Briggs.
Daniels was here? In here?
- Yes, he was. - Why wasn't I informed?
You were asleep.
I am never that asleep.
Now you find him and you arrest him.
We are so close now. We have a chance.
I know.
- Do you believe that? - I believe you.
You must go.
Listen...
I don't know how to say this...
but if I'm not back by 1800...
and you're not symptomatic...
leave.
- What do you mean? - Leave town.
Have you seen the troops moving out?
They can't do that.
They're doing it.
Sir, I think we should go very soon. Like, right now.
Let's go!
Where's Colonel Daniels?
I think he's upstairs!
Upstairs! Let's go!
- How many hours in flight school? - 60 hours plus.
- Actual flying time? - I was yanking and banking.
Anybody seen Daniels?
We're looking for Daniels. Have you seen him?
Tall, big guy?
Sure.
There.
Let's see some activity on these birds! We got four flights today!
I want a fuel 93 and a turn 91!
Yes, sir.
Where's your pilot?
General Ford just called. We've got helicopter priority. Where is he?
My pilot, sir, he's...
Your pilot's what?
My pilot's taking a leak.
Taking a leak? No shit.
In that case we'll just wait in the Loach.
- Tell him to squeeze it off. - Give him a hand.
Mr. Robertson!
Get out here on the double!
Anybody seen Daniels?
They're down below! Let's go!
Stop that chopper! That's an order!
Hold your fire!
Watch it!
Hit the decks, troops! We're airborne.
Com Center, Flightline. Com Center, Flightline.
Shit.
Get us to San Francisco.
They'll follow, so go along the coast. Fog might give us cover.
You've flown through fog, right?
I read about it.
Daniels just commandeered one of our choppers.
Dare I ask how?
Don't waste time thinking.
Find him. If he resists, shoot him.
- I understand. - Wait.
- You don't have to do this. - He's a carrier of the disease. Do it.
I'm doing it.
Go after him like this, the press will swarm all over it.
You're creating a panic.
You always have the wrong priority.
He's not infected. You know it.
He's been in direct contact with Motaba patients. Know something beyond that?
You should've arrested him earlier.
Launch AWACS!
- You sure? - Yes, sir.
I got it. Back up, coming through.
Make a hole, people.
Back up.
Colonel Daniels from USAMRllD.
George from Sioux City, South Dakota. Back of the line.
We got a terrible epidemic. We're from Cedar Creek!
- Site of the viral infection! - You heard about the virus?
Need we say more? We need the bills of lading...
from ships arriving from Africa in the last 3 months.
Shall I cough on you?
- Mrs. Pananides. - Now you're talking.
I think these men need some help.
Biotest and paperwork have to be very careful. Live cargo, federal regulations.
Here. Compare our list with your Biotest list.
- You ready? Number one, Petra. - Same.
- Venus. - Same.
- Patricia. - Same.
Tae Kuk.
- Tae Kuk. - No, sir.
- No? - No, sir.
- Carried a monkey, delivered to Biotest. - No, negative, sir.
It's not on the list?
That's our vessel! That's the boat!
- The Tae Kuk has set out to sea. - So what?
How'll we locate it?
My friend's in the Coast Guard. I can make a call, easy.
How close?
Closer than his wife would like.
Get me on that ship. It can't be far. It just left this morning.
You want me to fly you out to sea...
drop you on a freighter at sea? With all due respect, that's idiotic.
- Idiotic? We're fugitives from the law. - Right.
ldiocy is our only option. Find the boat.
So what is this?
She's a monkey. Her name's Betsy.
- A monkey? I could tell. - I'm feeding her, see?
- She lives in the woods. - Do a lot of monkeys live in the woods?
No, just Betsy. She comes to visit me.
Does Betsy like apples like my little monkey loves apples?
She does.
Tae Kuk, Tae Kuk, this is Army Helo 1350. Say your position, over.
Try another frequency.
It won't work. They'll be monitoring marine channels.
- We'll rely on the position report. - Just don't be negative.
Affirmative.
You sure you got the coordinates right?
How much fuel have we got?
Don't worry. This bird will go 400 miles without refueling.
Wait.
There.
Tae Kuk...
- Seattle. - That's it. Thank you, Mrs...
- What's her name? - Pananides.
I can't land on that ship.
Get me on it.
- I'll get you close enough. - Close enough for what?
Close enough to jump, sir.
You're not serious.
All right, you fly, I'll jump.
No, just get closer.
Just get...
very close.
That lifeboat is your best shot.
How do I get back up here?
Get them to clear me an area. Or I can throw you a rope.
Just kidding, sir. Trying to keep you loose.
Closer!
Get me closer!
Does anyone here speak English? English?
- Little. - I need information...
about an animal that was on this ship.
You don't understand.
This is a medical emergency. I'm an American Army doctor!
Doctor!
Come. Look.
Is anyone else sick?
No. No, sick.
Take me to this man's sleeping quarters.
Upstairs.
Where's his locker?
There's our host.
How are you?
I'm good. I'm good.
You should be nice to Sam.
You know he's got a big crush on you.
I'm so scared.
Would you please hold my hand?
I'm right here, Casey.
The president's scientific advisors assured me that there is no threat...
of the further spread of this disease at the present time.
The two men who escaped from the quarantine this morning...
are believed to be infected with the disease.
Everybody relax! This is a military emergency! Back up!
It's all right.
Back up. Everybody back up. This is a military emergency.
Stay calm. Stay calm. Everybody stay calm.
That's them.
That's the guys.
Get a camera on them.
- Which camera do I talk into? - Right there.
My name is Colonel Daniels. I'm here with Major Salt.
We're not infected with the Motaba virus, but many are.
We've identified the animal...
carrying the virus and need help finding it.
The animal who is carrying the Motaba virus is a monkey.
This is a photo of the animal. Can you get in close?
Can you get a shot of it?
Get in as close as you can.
It's a small monkey, about the size of a cat. It has a white face.
Dark fur runs down its back.
Don't attempt to capture it yourself.
Don't go near it. What you can do is if you see this monkey...
call this number at the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta.
The area code is 404...
and it's 555-9653.
Again, if you see this monkey...
don't go near it.
Hold your fire!
Right. Palisades.
Dr Reynolds, I just want to make sure I wrote it down correctly.
That's 211 Sycamore Road, Palisades?
And the woman's name is Jeffries?
Thank you.
Thank God she called the CDC.
What have we got?
Jimbo takes the monkey to Cedar Creek, tries to sell it but can't.
He drives to San Francisco, gets on an airplane for Boston...
without the animal. - Must have released it.
Between Cedar Creek and San Francisco is what?
- Palisades. - That's it.
- We're there. - There it is.
That's it. We're there, colonel. We are there.
We intercepted a phone transmission. They're headed there.
A potential screw-up you avoided among many others you have not.
Who should handle this?
You?
You kiss ass with the best of them.
- You hope to make General? - Yes, sir.
You won't. Now get me on one of those choppers.
She won't come.
She won't come, except to me.
I'm her only friend.
I trust you are the best helicopter pilot in this man's army.
That's a relief.
Viper 2, lead, left echelon.
Viper 2, line the skids, I'm at your six.
We're looking for a Loach 1350.
Make this easy for me, all right?
Have you ever been sick?
- Yes. - It's not much fun, is it?
A whole lot of people are sick right now. A whole town.
And you know how much you love your mommy?
That's how much I love my wife.
And my wife is one of the people who's very sick.
I want her to get better.
Is it, Betsy?
Betsy can help make everybody better because she has medicine inside her.
That's what makes her very special.
Do you understand?
You won't hurt her?
No.
She'll just go to sleep. That doesn't hurt, does it?
No. Promise you won't hurt her.
I promise.
If I hurt her, you can punch me in the nose.
A serious punch.
For a very serious nose.
All stations this net, this is Viper 6.
The Commander in Chief has issued final authorization.
We are to proceed.
Some of us have doubts about what we are about to do. It's human.
But the fate of the nation...
perhaps the world, is in our hands.
We are the last line of defense...
and we cannot... we dare not refuse this burden.
I'm confident that each of us...
each of you...
will do his duty.
Viper 6 out.
Viper Command, Sandman is rolling. Over.
God forgive us.
Betsy.
Here, girl.
Oh, God, be careful.
He won't hurt her.
I can't stand this.
It won't be long.
There you are!
Careful. Careful.
Come on, Katie, move. Come on.
Oh, baby. Move!
Damn it.
We're approaching the destination.
This man's a carrier of the disease...
and we're going to take him into quarantine at Travis.
Big Eye, Viper flight is airborne, do you see us?
Big Eye paints your flight at two. Standing by, over.
Don't give me any shit. Listen carefully.
Put Ford on the phone, tell him it's Colonel Daniels.
Where are you?
We're on our way back. We got the host.
What?
We found the host, Billy.
Thank God.
You must call off the bombing.
I'll buy some time, that's all I can do. You get back here, quickly, safely.
You may run into resistance.
Resistance?
That makes it tough to get back safely, doesn't it?
Good luck.
Let's go.
- Problems, colonel? - Of course!
Sandman flight, this is Viper 6.
Stand down, stand down. Return to base.
Viper 6, Sandman. Roger. Return to base.
Take a look.
- Is that resistance? - That's resistance. Hold on.
- There's our Loach, sir. - Where?
Army 1350, this is Viper lead at your 8:00. Acknowledge. Over.
Viper, I hear you.
Army 1350 stand by...
to turn into formation to accompany us to Travis.
On whose authority?
- Mine. - Who are you?
Major General McClintock...
senior officer in this area.
I didn't know you were behind us. We have the host animal.
We're headed back to Cedar Creek.
You are to accompany me to Travis.
You don't understand. No one is sick at Travis.
Don't make this difficult for me.
They're lining up in attack formation. They want us down.
You don't want to destroy an Army helicopter in broad daylight.
With all due respect, if you do not follow us to Travis...
I'll blow you out of the sky.
General, with all due respect, fuck you, sir.
Under my authority...
go weapons hot.
Viper 2, this is General McClintock.
Go weapons hot.
Hold on.
We're going low.
Anything I can do?
Don't make me nervous.
The river goes to the right.
We must head them off. Break right.
Two, breaking right.
I don't see them. We lost them.
Shit! Hang on colonel.
Two is masked. No shot.
See that bridge?
Over or under?
You decide. I'm really not up to it.
- Hang on. - I would have said over.
Wires! Two is off left.
What do I do?
Get him out of the air.
Don't go under the bridge!
You're missing him.
- Go into it. - You're missing him.
Hang on.
We got it.
- If you're in trouble, I want to know. - Hang on.
Warn me before you pull a stunt like that again.
I didn't know I was going to do it.
Where are you?
Viper 2 closing in on you now.
Pulled a 180, he's coming back at you now.
They're coming at us.
I'm going weapons hot.
- Holy shit! - Break!
Break!
- Where's he gone? - I don't know, sir.
Son of a bitch did that on purpose.
- Are those rockets on the side? - They are, sir.
Fire a few into those trees.
Look there.
Lead, we got fire in the trees at two o'clock.
Verify.
Viper 2, can you get down there and search for wreckage?
Negative. It's too thick down there.
Big Eye, we think the Loach is down. What do you see?
We had 3 contacts and then an explosion. Now we have 2.
Everything else is ground clutter on the highway.
Flying a little low, aren't we?
Avoiding radar, sir.
She's still out. How you doing?
Use the E-1101 as a road map to synthesize an antiserum.
Right away.
- We've got a lot of people here. - I'll copy it big time.
I want liters of it.
I want everything ready if Robby responds. You got it?
- Yes, sir. - Okay.
There's no sign of wreckage.
We've been decoyed.
You son of a bitch!
How you doing?
You're going to be okay. We found the host.
You don't have to say that, Sam.
No, it's true.
Would I kid you?
Salt's cooking up the good stuff.
Let's hang out for a while.
I love your face.
Keep talking to me, Robby.
Please don't leave me, Robby!
Don't!
Colonel, I got it!
- Your helmet? - Come on, come on, put it up.
We got it.
You ready?
- Say when. - Now.
I got it. I got it.
Get the lab geared up.
Make more. A town is waiting.
- It's going to work, sir. - Go, go. Come on. The time's now.
You delayed the bombing. More sentimental bullshit.
There's a chance we can save these people!
You're nuts. Sandman 1, Viper 1.
How copy? Over.
Send your traffic.
We had the antiserum and didn't use it. That will come out.
I can defend that.
It's not about saving our asses anymore.
You are to proceed immediately with Operation Clean Sweep. Understood?
Daniels knows about the African camp.
Roger, Viper.
Sandman is proceeding.
Her pressure's down. It worked, she's normalizing.
But, sir, they're coming.
I picked up a transmission. The plane is in the air. They're coming.
Come on.
Where are we going?
- Where are we going? - I must talk to the pilot. Can we?
Yes, guard channel.
- Get this thing up. - Where're we going?
I don't know.
- Get us in the air. - Let's tell them we have the antiserum.
- They don't care. - This is crazy.
They want their weapon.
- They'll kill everyone? - Right.
- They'll watch innocent people die? - Yes, they want their weapon.
Viper, Sandman. We're commencing bomb run now.
3 minutes to target area.
Sandman. Bomb release is go.
I say again, bomb release is go. Over.
Where are we going?
I want to talk to the pilot now.
Go.
To the aircraft approaching Cedar Creek, this is Col. Sam Daniels. I'm a doctor.
Do you read me?
We read you.
Okay. You must not bomb this town.
That son-of-a-bitch, that little son-of-a-bitch!
This is Viper Command, you're being spoofed by com chatter.
Viper Command, Sandman. Authenticate. Over.
Sandman, this is Viper Command. I authenticate.
Juliette, over.
Your commanders do not have the current data. We do.
We have an antiserum being administered as we speak.
Every infected person will have their dosage, so you must abort the mission.
This is urgent. Do you read me?
You cannot bomb this town. You must abort.
I'm talking to the bomber pilots.
Do you read me?
Where is he, Briggs?
Can he prevent the bombing? Can he abort their run?
If he gets in the way of the plane.
Get something up in the air and blow him out of there!
Now!
Can't we stop his transmission?
Do you read me? You must abort!
They've been trained not to answer you.
You hear me, don't you, guys?
I'll say it one last time.
These people that you're going to bomb are not the enemy.
We can kill the virus without killing these people. I swear on my soul...
that the President does not have the facts.
He doesn't know we have a working serum.
Do you think he wants to blow up the town?
If you think I'm lying, drop the bomb. If you think I'm crazy, drop the bomb.
But don't drop the bomb because you're following orders!
Your superiors have another agenda.
Don't you understand that right below you in Cedar Creek...
there's a biological weapon they've been manufacturing for 30 years?
I guarantee you...
that the disease has spread beyond the perimeters of this town!
People, we're in a state of national emergency.
We are under executive orders.
See it through.
If you incinerate Cedar Creek, you incinerate the serum.
Billy, can you hear me?
Why don't you do something? Don't kill these people to protect your lie.
This is murder, anyway you fucking slice it!
If you manipulate the truth, the Constitution...
then it's not just a town you're killing, but part of the American soul.
Billy, why aren't you at Cedar Creek?
This is General Ford.
I remind you that you are interfering with presidential authority.
Sandman has a specific line to the target.
If you are in his way, he cannot complete his bombing run.
Do you understand?
- Why'd he say that? - Beats me.
Are you dumb or something? You just told him how to stop the...
Okay.
Colonel, there it is.
I see it.
- You up for this? - Yes, sir.
He's over the target area, please advise. Over.
We have final clearance. Do not deviate. Over.
I'm talking to the pilots in the bomber.
What you're about to do isn't easy...
But I've told you the truth.
You will release that weapon on time and on target!
What you do in the next 30 seconds will be your testimony to life.
Sandman, you know what's riding on this. Please, try to remain calm.
Okay, guys, no more words. But we're not moving from your path.
Do you hear us? I said we're not moving from your path.
I've never seen anything like this, I swear to God.
Sandman, Viper Command...
I don't care if you fly through those bastards. You've been trained for this.
Hold your course and drop.
You'll have to take us out with you.
We're not moving!
They're dropping it.
Thank you, guys.
Sandman, how did you release that weapon?
Viper Command, this is Sandman. We have detonation over the water.
It might have been wind shear. Over.
I believe that you have deliberately contravened a direct order.
Now return to base for immediate rearming. Over.
Give me the microphone, general.
I beg your pardon?
Give me the mike, general.
Sandman, this is General Ford. You will ignore that order.
For the record, I am relieving General McClintock of command...
for the crime of withholding vital information from the President.
I have in no way withheld vital information from the President.
- Colonel Briggs. - Sir.
Place General McClintock under arrest.
If I go down for this, Billy, you go down for it.
It's out of our hands now.
You sentimental son-of-a-bitch!
Nobody puts me under arrest!
Nobody.
Colonel Briggs...
what a wonderful moment this must be for you.
That was a good nap, kid.
You look better.
The gown becomes you.
- How're they doing on the antiserum? - Great.
Cranking it out by the liter.
- How much are they giving the patients? - 200 mls...
Is that what they gave you?
I didn't think I'd ever see you again.
I didn't think you'd make it.
It's a pretty unique experience.
Like living with me.
Would you do it again?
Maybe.
Now that I have the antibodies.