I used to think this was the beginning of your story.
Memory is a strange thing.
It does not work like I thought it did.
We are so bound by time.
By its order.
It's okay. Come back to me.
Come back to me.
Stick em up!
Are you the sheriff in this here town?
My tickle guns are gonna get you!
You want me to chase you? You better run.
I remember moments in the middle.
I love you.
I hate you!
And this was the end.
Come back to me.
Baby, come back to me.
And now Im not so sure I believe in beginnings and endings.
There are days that define your story beyond your life.
Like the day they arrived.
Good Morning.
Where is everyone?
Ok... Well let's get started.
Today, we're talking about Portuguese
and why it sounds so different from the other Romance languages.
The story of Portuguese begins in the Kingdom of Galicia...
In the Middle Ages...
when a language was seen as an expression of art.
Any news you want to share?
Dr. Banks can you turn the TV to the news channel?
... But police have already set up a blockade here around the area
As you can see, we got just about as close as we can...
but unfortunately, Montana right now, is on complete lock down.
The object apparently touched down...
40 minutes ago, just north of I-94.
We are waiting to hear if this is perhaps an experimental vessel or...
Hold on...
Im learning that more objects like this
Have landed in as many as eight other locations around the world
Yes? Henry?
This is from a site in Hokkaido.
This is worldwide and is happening right now.
Okay...um...
Class is dismissed.
For now, we're simply asking for cooperation
while authorities assess the object.
So you are saying its not ours?
- Do you even know if its from Earth? - We are collecting information.
We're coordinating with other countries.
We are not the only ones to have one of these in our backyard.
If this is some sort of peaceful first contact,
Why send twelve? Why not just one?
I don't know, Mom.
I'm watching the same news coverage you are.
Mom...mom, please don't bother with that channel.
How many times do I have to tell you that those people are idiots?
Do I sound nervous?
Ok, exactly...so...
Yeah, me? You know me. I'm about the same
Mom, I'm fine.
Ok, I'll call you later - bye.
And in around eight hours after landing,
There's still no signs of what might be called "first contact."
The objects measuring at least 1500ft tall...
...Two more have reported to have penetrated Russian airspace.
One in Siberia and the other on the coast of the Black Sea...
...above the ocean. So far there are 12 unidentified objects spread across the globe...
...there is no obvious logic to their locations
And no evidence that the ships are even occ...
...entertain the idea that if it is a kind of vessel,
it may be unmanned.
Regardless, we have a protocol for scenarios like this.
LIVE FROM VENEZUELA
After Tuesday's extraordinary events,
the President this morning, has declared a state of emergency
With as many as 5,000 National Guard being deployed to the state of Montana, alone.
Borders are closed and flights have been grounded, stranding millions of travelers.
Panic buying of gas, water and food continues to escalate
and federal authorities have temporarily lifted
all caps on overtime for law enforcement.
The ATF has put a temporary ban on new gun licenses,
forcing many independent suppliers
of hunting equipment and firearms
to close their doors to the public.
48 hours later and no further development...
Two days.
And the public now expects us to know all the answers.
I'm Colonel G.T. Weber.
We haven't formally met, but two years ago,
You did a Farsi translation for army intelligence? You made quick work of those insurgent's videos.
And you made quick work of those insurgents.
You're on top...
on everyone's list when it comes to translations.
And you've another two years in the SSBI.
So, you still have top secret clearance.
So thats why I'm in your office and not in Berkeley.
Okay?
I have something I need you to translate for me.
Why are you here?
Can you understand us?
Where did you come from?
Now you heard... what you make of it?
- Is that...? - Yes.
- How many? - How many what?
How many were speaking?
Two.
Assume they were speaking at the same time.
Are you sure...did they have mouths...
How would you approach translating this?
You hear any words? Phrases?
I don't... I don't know.
So what can you tell me?
I can tell you that it is impossible to translate from an audio file.
I would need to be there to interact with them.
You didn't need that for the Farsi translation.
I didn't need it because I already knew the language, but this is...
I know what you're doing.
- Tell me what Im doing. - I'm not taking you to Montana.
It's all I can do to keep it turning into a tourist site for everybody who has a TS clearance.
I'm just telling you what it would take to do this job.
It is not a negotiation.
If I leave here... your chance is gone.
Good day.
Colonel...
You mentioned Berkeley. Are you going to ask Danvers next?
Maybe.
Before you commit to him...
ask him the Sanskrit word for "war" and it's translation.
An agreement on sharing scientific discoveries
Was closer tonight as Russia and China joint talks at the United Nations.
Meanwhile, financial markets across the world are in crisis
with the Dow Jones industrial average fell 2,000 points...
- Good Morning. - Colonel?
Gavisti. He says it means an argument.
- What do you say it means? - A desire for more cows.
Pack your bags.
- All right, give me 20 minutes. - Take only 10!
Dr. Banks! This way, please.
- Are you alright? - Yes.
Thanks.
Sorry. Couldn't hear what you were saying.
"Language is the foundation of civilization...
...It is the glue that holds the people together...
...It is the first weapon drawn in a conflict. "
Louise, this is Ian Donnelly. Louise Banks, Ian Donnelly.
- Quite a greeting! - Yeah...you wrote it.
Yeah.
It's the kind of thing you write as a preface.
Dabbled them with the basics.
It's great. Even if it's wrong.
- It's wrong? - The cornerstone of civilization
isn't language - it's science.
Ian is a theoretical physicist from Los Alamos.
You'll be reporting to me, but you will be working with him when you are in the shop.
Thats what they are calling the UFO?
Priority One. What do they want, Where are they from?
Beyond that, how did they get here?
Are they capable of faster than light travel?
I made a list of questions ranging from handshakes to binary sequences...
How about we just talk to them
before we start throwing math problem at them?
This is why you are both here.
I'll bring the coffee.
Coffee with some aliens.
- I want you to take these two to Dr. Kettler. - Yes sir.
Follow the Captain to medical, the procedure takes just a few minutes, then we'll get start.
Alright.
They will take care of your bags...
I'll take your cell phones.
Follow me.
Put these on. You'll wear them at all times.
Sir, they're here.
Louise Banks, Ian Donnelly.
When was the last time either of you have eaten?
- Last night. - Same.
When was the last time you did something stressful?
Does now count?
- Just saying. - Who's being...
Carted off in a medevac?
Not everyone is able to process experiences like this.
I'm gonna get some blood from you.
and give you an immunization dose to
cover you against a battery of bacterial threats. Can you sign these please?
Roll up your sleeves.
- Are either of you claustrophobic? - No.
Are taking any medication, allergies?
pregnant?
The booster is a kick to your systems,
so you may experience some side effects:
like nausea, dizziness, headaches.
Or even a ringing in your ears like you have tinnitus.
At exactly 112 minutes and 19 seconds
gravity starts to shift and slide us out of the room.
Have you found a scientific explanation for it?
- Like is it for them? - No, I think it is for us.
The air seems to circulate inside the chamber, so...
After about two hours, you run out of oxygen.
It doesn't take 18 hours to pump fresh air into a room?
Atmosphere.
- Excuse me? - If their atmosphere
is different from earth,
It would certainly take hours to rebalance the O2 content
and pressure for us everytime they open their door.
So you're saying that could suffocate us if they wanted to?
This is Agent David Halpern, CIA.
- Let me get you two to your stations. - Yes sir.
Remember, we need answers as soon as possible.
What they want, where they're from.
Why are they here, this is the priority.
Everyone.
This is Dr. Ian Donnelly, he will be running this team.
Have they responded to anything? Shapes, patterns,
numbers, Fibonacci?
We can't tell what they were saying, but they responded to "hello", so don't get ahead of yourself.
Ok that is all.
What have you figured out?
We're just getting started. Good Morning.
This is Dr Louise Banks.
- She will be heading your team. - Dr. Banks, its a pleasure
Dr. Banks is taking over the mission from Dr. Waller.
This is 15 minute warning. You scuba dive before?
What kind of radiation exposure are we walking into?
Nominal, this is just for safety.
So was there any physical contact with...
Am I the only one having trouble saying: aliens?
There's a wall, like a glass wall. You can't get to them.
So what do they look like?
You'll see soon enough. Hurry up.
The suits are clumsy at first.
But you'll get used to them.
All personnel in the second vehicle.
We'll be there in a few minutes.
Make sure you hold onto something.
Every 18 hours... the door opens at the bottom.
That's when we go in.
Yeah, that has happened.
Alright, lets move. Time is wasting.
You ready?
It's all good sir.
- you can proceed. - stand by
Okay, bring it up.
You okay?
Yeah.
Dr. Banks.
You can do this. C'mon.
I... I think...
Grab her.
Dr. Donnelly, you good?
Yeah!
Holy fuck!
We are going down there,
And you are going to start your job.
- ok. - ok.
- Everybody, move up. - Alpha Team in position.
We're on the move.
Setting up equipment...
What happens now?
They'll arrive.
Dr. Banks?
You can start.
Wait... Just a minute.
I'm fired?
You were better than the last guy.
That doesn't make me feel any better.
You both have till 0200 hours to figure something up.
And what happens then?
You go back in.
Violence continues to spread across the US today in the wake of the 12 landings.
The President has declared a mandatory dusk to dawn curfew
after the crack down by the National Guard
failed to prevent a third night of looting across the country.
In North Dakota, 144 members of the St. Lawrence Pentecostal occult
Are feared dead after they set their compound ablaze.
Their website claims, the arrival of the aliens
Set in motion a prophecy that 12...
Uh.. we're up in 15... You got any new intel?
Yeah. We've been playing back some of their sounds...
And where does that get you?
When they play audio back at us. It's from an unseen source
What are you up with?
Conversations from the room. Random clips of dialogue.
We have nothing.
- What's that for? - Visual aid.
Look, I'm never going to be able to speak their words,
if they aren't talking.
But they might have some sort of written language
or basis for visual communication.
Ok. Let's start.
Human.
I'm human.
What are you?
Human.
- Oh my God. - Are you getting this?
Yes sir. It's uploading back to base.
Louise, it's incredible!
Human.
Okay... Slow down Louise.
I don't want to take away from your success,
but Dr. Banks, is this really the right approach?
Trying to teach them how to speak and read?
- That's gotta take longer. - You're wrong!
It's faster.
Everything you do in there,
I have to explain to a room full of men,
whose first and last question
Is how can this be used against us.
So you'll have to give me more than that!
Kangaroo.
What is that?
In 1770,
Captain James Cook's ship ran aground
off the coast of Australia and he led a party into the country,
where they met the aboriginal people.
One of the sailors pointed at the animals
that hop around and put their babies in their pouch,
And he asked what they were. And the Aborigines said "kangaroo".
And your point is?
It wasn't until later that they learned that "kangaroo" means
"I don't understand". So...
I need this so that we don't misinterpret things in there,
otherwise it is going to take 10 times as long.
I can sell that for now.
But I need you to submit your vocabulary of words
before the next session.
Remember what happened to the Aborigines.
A more advanced race, nearly wiped them out.
- Its a good story. - Thanks.
It's not true, but it proves my point.
HUMAN?
I think we can present some prime number sequences back at them.
- So that's something. - Congratulations, you're a parrot.
Its a lot more than that, you cheeky bastard. Don't you see?
They can't seem to follow our algebra.
But complex behaviours - that clears.
That doesn't make any sense, does it?
Problem is, not everyone shares
our policy of being open with the aliens.
Have you met Gen. Shang.
The call sign for him is Big Domino. Whatever Shang does
at least four other nations would follow him.
- Louise, we need to get ground today. - ok.
You're gonna teach them your name and Ian's?
Yes, so that we can learn their names, if they have names,
and then introduce pronouns later.
These are grade school words.
Eat, walk.
Help me understand.
No no no! Not the top!
Ok, this is where you want to get to, right?
- That is the question. - Right.
So, first we need to make sure that they understand what a question is.
The nature of our request for information
on the response.
Then we need to clarify
the difference between a specific "you"...
and a collective "you".
We don't want to know why a 'Joe' alien is here,
we want to know why they all landed.
A purpose requires an understanding of intent.
We need to find out do they make conscious choices,
or is the motivation so instinctive
that they don't understand a why "?"question at all.
And biggest of all we need to have enough vocabulary with them,
that we understand their answer.
I get it.
Stick to your list.
Just...
Don't add anything to it.
Let's get started.
Louise.
Louise, I'm Louise.
What is that?
Is that a new symbol? I can't tell.
I don't know, I think its the symbol for "human" again.
But with a curl at the end.
Maybe they indicate a question. I don't know.
I do not know, Louise, I think they are getting confused.
Dr. Banks, perhaps we should move on to the next word.
Dr. Banks!
- Its okay. - Whats going on?
What are you doing?
- Im fine. - Are you insane?
They need to see me.
She's taking off her headmask. Dr. Banks!
Are you ok? You are risking contamination.
- They need to see me. - Dr. Banks.
- She's going upto the screen.
Should we abort?
Go back to your stations.
Now that's a proper introduction.
Louise.
I'm Louise.
Ian, you want to introduce yourself?
I...
Louise.
Screw it.
Everyone dies, right?
Sir, Donnelly is taking off his Hazmat suit.
Permission to abort?
Continue the session.
Ian.
Louise.
You?
Who are you?
I think those are their names.
They have names.
So what are we gonna call them?
I don't know.
I was thinking Abbott and Costello.
Yeah.
I like it.
Vehicle One, exit your vehicles and proceed to the decontamination tent.
Leave your respirators on until you reach the equipment room.
Vehicle Two, exit your vehicles and proceed to the decontamination tent. Leave your respirators on
until you reach the equipment room.
- How do you feel? - Overworked.
I guess I don't need to tell you, but you put yourself at risk.
There are no signs of radiation poisoning... yet.
I'll see how your blood test looks.
- For now, I'm gonna give you another boost. - ok.
- No radiation? - Nothing else we can detect either.
But I will still give her a strong cocktail, regardless.
It was the first time we made significant progress.
Alright. We'll take the risk.
- Honey...honey. - What's going on?
- Can you tell me something? - No.
- You don't need to worry. - How can I not worry?
Calm down.
Becky asked me if the monsters are going to kill Dad.
Honey, its not gonna happen.
- Come soon, please. - No need to worry.
I'm so scared.
Here are some of the many things
we don't know about the heptopodes.
Greek: Hepta seven. Pod foot.
Seven feet. HeptÃ¡pode.
Who are they?
Trying to answer this in any meaningful way is hampered by the fact that,
outside of being able to see them and hear them,
They have deposited absolutely no footprint.
The chemical composition of their spaceship is unknown.
The Shell emits no waste, no gas, no radiation.
Assuming that the ships communicate with each other,
they do so without detection.
The air between the shells is controlled
by sonic emissions or light waves.
They are scientists or tourists?
If scientists, they don't seem to ask a lot of questions.
Why they land in these places?
The world's most decorated experts can't crack that one.
The most plausible theory is that they chose places on earth
With the lowest incidences of lightning strikes.
But there are exceptions.
The second most plausible theory is that Sheena Easton
Had a hit song in each of these sites in 1980.
So... we just don't know.
How do they communicate?
Here, Louise is putting us all to shame.
The first breakthrough was to discover that there is no correlation
between what a heptapode says, and what a heptapode writes.
IAN WALKS
Unlike all human written language,
their writing is semasiografica.
It conveys meaning, it doesn't represent sound.
Perhaps they view our form of writing as a wasted oppurtunity,
Passing every second communication's channel.
We have our friends in Pakistan to thank
For their study on how the heptapodes write.
Because unlike speech,
a hologram is free of time.
Like their ship or their bodies.
their written language has no forward or backward direction.
Linguists call this nonlinear orthography.
Which raises the question: "Is this how they think?"
Imagine you wanted to write a sentence
using 2 hands, starting from either side.
You would have to know each word you wanted to use,
as well as how much space they will occupy.
A heptapode can write a complex sentence
in two seconds effortlessly.
It took us a month to make the simplest reply.
Next, expanding vocabulary.
Louise thinks it can easily take another month to get ready for that.
Hey.
- Hi. - Weber's looking for you.
Why do you think I'm hiding out here?
C'mon up.
- Nice out here, huh? - Yeah, it's a nice view.
Away from the noise.
You know, I was just thinking about you.
You approach language like a mathematician. You know that right?
I will take that as a compliment.
Well it is.
And... I watch you
Steer us around these communication traps
that I didn't even know existed.
What...?
I guess this is why I'm still single.
Trust me, you can understand communication
and still end up single.
I feel like everything that happens in there...
Comes down to the 2 of us.
It's a good thing, though right? You and I?
See those jokers that we are working with?
Thank God, I got you.
ALIEN CRISIS | DAY 25 VENEZUELA
UNITED KINGDOM SAVE OUR SPECIES!
Tonight, the first photo of the aliens goes viral.
Biological contamination is a major risk factor
At the Montana site. So say environmental pressure groups.
800,000 march on Washington
to protest the government's handling on the crisis.
All this and more, special coverage.
First contact with whatever is inside that thing.
And who's running the show? The government, of course.
The same government who ruined our healthcare and bankrupted our military.
Look at these people. Most of them don't even have guns.
We could be facing a full scale invasion.
Our President is willing to sit back, and let them waltz in and take the country.
We are falling asleep at the wheel, people!
You know what I'm talking about!
The smartest thing to do right now, would be to give them a show of force.
I'm talking about a shot across the bow.
I want to know what you think. Caller 1, you are on the air, what do you think about this?
what's this word?
Green Planet...
The Earth is a planet.
Want to see my project for Miss. Garrett's class?
Of course, little nose.
We had to make up our own TV show.
If we had one.
- Who are those two people? - Thats you and Dad.
The show is called: "Mommy and Daddy talk to animals."
It's lovely.
Ok.
- It's okay to be sad that your dad and I... - I know. I'm not.
We both love you very much.
I know. It's just a cartoon - not real.
Louise?
Are you alright?
Yes I'm fine.
I not sure if it's something...
I can explain.
When was your last checkup with Dr. Kevin?
I am ok.
I'll get some air. I'm ok.
How are you feeling?
I need some sleep, but...
I am fine.
Yeah?
I've been doing a bit of reading about this idea that...
if you immerse yourself into a foreign language...
- You can actually rewire your brain. - It's the Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.
It is a theory that...
It is the theory that...
The language you speak determines how you think.
Yes, it affects how you see everything...
I'm curious. Are you dreaming in their language?
I've had some dreams.
I don't think that makes me unfit to do this job.
- Did you sleep? - A little.
Know Mandarin?
The voice you're about to hear belongs to the Chinese military chief.
General Shang.
Pull it up.
We got a satellite feed of whose he's talking to, if you want to look.
Wait go back.
Stop.
He is saying each of the 12 is offering advanced technology.
Go back again... play.
The sense team is attempting to decode the sense...
"sense"? I dont know what that means.
Something that will manage.
Suits, honor and flowers. I don't...
- I don't know, that's all. - I don't know what it means either.
An hour ago, China mobilized forces...
and now Russia is following suit.
Shang is about to start something.
All same suits... Suits...
suits, honor, flowers...
Colonel, those are all tile sets in Mahjong.
God... are they...?
Are they using a game to communicate with their Heptápodes?
Maybe... why?
Lets say I taught them chess instead of English.
Every conversation would be a game, every idea expressed through opposition.
Victory... defeat. You see the problem?
If all I ever gave you was a hammer...
Everything's a nail.
We need to ask the big question.
Ready or not.
Heptapodes purpose.
Purpose of heptapode. Earth. What is your purpose?
Do we only have Costello?
Ok. There you are.
What is he saying?
Offer weapon.
You saw what they wrote. Using a word that they don't fully understand.
Enough!
Louise.
We don't know if they understand
the difference between a weapon and a tool.
Our language like a culture is messy, and sometimes one can be both.
I think it's quite possible that they are asking us to offer them something.
Not the other way around.
Like the first part of trade.
So how do we clarify their intentions beyond these two words?
I go back in.. right away we go back in... we clear this out..
- It's more complicated than that. - How is it more complicated than that?
Col., the Secretary of Defense is on the line for you.
We need to sit on this information till we know what it means.
So we aren't sharing it with our enemies. We have to consider the idea
that our visitors are prodding us to fight among ourselves,
till only one faction prevails.
- There is no evidence for that. - Sure there is.
Just grab a history book.
British in India, Germans with Rwanda.
They even got a name for it in Hungary.
We are a world with no single leader.
It's impossible to deal with just one of us.
We have the word weapon now...
Yes general.
What did they say?
China and Russia are off the grid. They aren't speaking to anyone.
Whatever they learnt in their last session has them spooked.
Yes sir.
We have orders to do the same.
- Wait these are our allies! - Put your radio on silence!
- Do it. - We received a message from the heptÃ¡...
Damn it!
We need to be talking to each other! Find out what this means.
This cam is now offline...
We've never re-entered the session before.
Louise, trust me ok? We got time.
Just gotta step on it, alright?
"USE WEAPON"
This is the alien message sent to provoke
the Chinese government to withdraw their scientists from the international mission today.
In a statement, General Shang said:
"China no longer trusts the aliens
who wants to divide us.
Humanity must be protected. "
China has asked for immediate talks at the UN.
Alpha 1-9, this is Condor. Over.
Alpha 1-9, this is Condor. Come in. Over.
Captain Marks, Condor, not receiving a transmission.
Let me know if you are listening.
Capt. Marks, all escorts are ordered to cease all activites...
No, no, no... Dr. Banks you can't go in there.
- Just need to ask one question. - Dr. Banks!
The session is closed. You can't go back in, it's dangerous...
We just need 5 minutes. No sweat.
Morris, Let him go.
Hey, Abbott.
So, what are calling our session? Session 37?
- No 36 Part 2 - Ok.
Why are you alone?
Been attempting to call Capt. Marks.
- The escorts are not responding. - Why not?
Send security.
Offer a weapon... question mark.
They are offering us something.
Technology, device, method...
See this? This is a different word.
This... this segment is a lot busier.
Give... technology...
... Now.
What's he doing?
Capt. On your ten.
security team imbound, sir.
T-minus 4 minutes remaining. We need to see this through.
Okay, this is it. Lock and load.
- We just need to hold on until its done. - Copy that.
Warning shots and suppressive fire only.
Stay frosty and we can avoid casualties.
Abbott wants me to write on the barrier.
- Can you do that? - I don't know.
I can't do it with both hands.
Louise.
What is that?
Hey...Hey...Hey... Take it easy.
You suffered a concussion. Just lay back.
How you feeling?
- How is Ian? - Well, same as you. He is ok.
- Who...
- Who did this? - Some soldiers.
Been watching too much TV.
- What is that? - take it easy... take it easy
This site is no longer secure. We're standing by to evacuate.
Where is Ian?
Weber came and got him maybe 10 minutes ago.
He wouldn't leave till he knew you were okay.
The whole tent is on the clock to figure out whatever it is you were given up there.
This is all of it?
The feed wasn't interrupted by the explosion.
Thats right.
- You see something? - I don't know yet.
I need my team get together with Louise's team.
- I need everyone working on this. - We cannot leave.
- Glad to see you awake. - We need to go back in there
and explain to them that this wasn't our fault.
- We can't go back inside. - We have to!
What happened in there was an attack.
We can hope for the best, but I have orders to prepare for retaliation.
we may have to evacuate...
That's a wrong move. As long as they stay, we have to stay.
Well, they are not leaving.
Why does this feel worse?
China is on the offensive.
They are positioning their military to blow the alien vessel right out of the sky.
If this happens, we can't sit waiting for retaliation.
So get prepared.
The Air Force and Infantry are standing by. - Yes, sir.
BREAKING NEWS
Tonight, China becomes the first world power
To declare war against the aliens.
Following the failure of the diplomatic efforts of the United Nations,
China has confirmed that its language experts tonight...
delivered an ultimatum at the Shanghai site.
In a televised statement,
Gen. Shang, chairman of the People's Liberation Army,
Said the aliens have 24 hours to leave Chinese territory,
or face destruction.
And he urged all other world leaders
to unite with China and take a similar stance.
With a huge build up of forces at their landing sites,
Pakistan, Russia and Sudan
Are thought to be following China's lead.
It can't be random.
It's going to take us years.
Whats this term here?
Mum.
- Mother? - Hm?
- sweetie? - Whats this term for that thing...
Like a technical term...
Where we both make a deal and we both get something out of it?
- A compromise? - No...
Like it's competition,
But both sides end up happy.
Like a win-win?
more sciency than that.
If you want science, call your father.
Thank you.
Sorry.
It's okay.
What time is it?
It's time to open that bottle you've been hiding.
You cracked something, didn't you?
Yeah. Come here.
Take a look at this section. It seems to be talking about time.
You see the symbol of "time" - everywhere.
So what is this?
A formula for faster than light travel?
Who can tell?
It has too many gaps. Its not complete.
Then it dawned on me.
Right here.
Stop focussing on the "1"s. Look at the "0"s.
How much of it is data and how much of it is negative space?
So I measured it.
0.0833 recurring.
Perhaps you'd like to add that as a fraction.
1/12.
What is saying right here, is that, this is one of twelve.
- We are part of a larger hole. - Or 1 of 12 contestants for the prize.
- Why do I have to talk to him? - We all working together here.
We need to talk to the other sites, We need to help them with what they got from the other Heptapodes.
In case you don't remember, we're blacked out.
China just threatened to destroy their Shell. We are on our own.
But it says that all the pieces fit in.
And I'm telling you that no one else cares.
Two hours ago we pulled this audio off a secured channel in Russia.
Someone from their science team was broadcasting live.
In their final session, the alien said:
"There's no time. Many become one..."
I feel we have all the given weapons.
If anyone is receiving this...
Please...
Well, I mean...
There are a lot of ways you can interpret what he said.
I don't need an interpreter to know what this means.
Russia just executed one of their own experts to keep their secret.
"Many become one" can be their way of saying
Some assembly required.
Why hand it out to us in pieces? Why not give it all over?
What better way to force us to work together for once?
Even if I did believe you,
How in the world are you going to get anyone else to play along, and give up their data?
- We offer ours in return. - yeah?
- What, trade? - It's a non zero sum game.
Non zero sum game.
Thats it. Thanks.
9 of the landing sites have gone total comms blackout
Only way to reach them is to physically drive and yell at the border guards which we are doing.
But it won't be fast enough.
There's gotta be a way to get them the message.
To our allies, maybe. But at this stage, it's too little too late.
What we need is to get all the other nations online...
before one starts global war and there's no way for us to reach them
Wait. Hold on a second. There is.
It's right above us.
That's problematic for us right now.
The Pentagon is convinced that our Shell will retaliate.
My guess is they'll order us to evacuate within the hour.
Look they are not our enemy. They made no act of aggression towards us.
Maybe that's their way of being aggressive.
- That's not the question. - Then what is the question?
How do we get you back in that room when it's half a mile straight up?
I think our work here is done.
It's in the hands of our superiors now.
What the hell is she doing?
Costello?
Where is Abbott?
"ABBOTT IS DEATH PROCESS"
I'm sorry.
We're sorry.
I need you to...
I need you to... to send a message... to the other sites.
LOUISE HAS WEAPON
"USE WEAPON"
I don't... I don't understand.
What is your purpose here?
"WE HELP HUMANITY"
"IN THREE THOUSAND YEARS"
"WE NEED HUMANITY HELP"
How can you know the future?
I don't...
I don't understand. Who is this child?
The program is called "Mommy and Daddy talk to animals."
"LOUISE SEES FUTURE"
"WEAPON OPENS TIME"
Wait... No! Wait!
- Dr. Banks! - Louise!
Are you alright?
- You alright? - Yeah.
Come here.
I tried to understand. But they...
It doesn't matter now. We have orders to evacuate.
- Why? - Russia and Sudan
are following China.
Ian... I do not understand why...?
Help me, Mama.
Louise...
Mom!
Momma!
Sorry, honey.
What day is it, do you know baby?
Sunday.
Are you gonna leave me like Daddy did?
Oh, Hannah, honey, your daddy didn't leave you.
You're gonna see him... this weekend.
He doesn't look at me the same way anymore.
It's my fault.
I told him something that he wasn't ready to hear.
What?
Well...
Believe it or not...
I know something that's going to happen.
I can't explain how I know it, I just do.
And when I told your daddy, he got really mad.
He said I made the wrong choice.
What? Whats going to happen?
It has to do with a...
A very rare disease.
And its unstoppable.
Kind of like you are.
You're so amazing
And your poetry and all the other amazing things that you share with the world.
- I'm unstoppable? - Yeah.
I got you...
I got you.
Louise.
I just realized why my husband left me.
My husband left me.
You were married?
Let's get out of here.
- Mamma. - Yeah?
Why my name is Hannah?
Your name is very special.
Because it is a palindrome.
It reads the same forward and backward.
- Turn it off. - That goes in the back.
"UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE"
"TO HANNAH"
Hey!
We're done here.
Let's take this with us.
"UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE BY LOUISE BANKS"
TRANSLATING HEPTÃPODES
I can read it.
- I know what it is. - What?
It's not a weapon. It's a gift.
The weapon is their language.
They gave it all to us. Do you understand what that means?
So we can learn Heptapode? If we survive.
If you learn it... When you really learn it,
you begin to perceive time the way they do.
So you get to see what's to come.
But time, it isn't the same for them.
- It is non linear. - Look...
We did our best but it wasn't enough.
You will be lifting off in 5 minutes.
Ian, Louise... It was an honor to work with you.
Good luck.
Colonel...
I'm going to find out where we are going.
Wake up, Mummy.
Dr. Banks...
It's a pleasure.
General Shang, the pleasure is mine, really.
Your president said...
It was an honor to host me at the celebration.
- Of course. - But I confess...
The only reason why I am here is...
To meet you in person.
Me? Well, Im flattered. Thank you.
18 months ago, you did something remarkable.
Something not even my superior has done.
- What's that? - You changed my mind.
You are the reason for this unification.
All because you reached out to me on my private number.
Your private number? General I don't know your private number...
Now you know.
I do not claim to know how your mind works, but...
I believe it was important for you to see that.
I called you didn't I?
Yes, you did.
Louise...
Alright, let's shut down the system.
Sir... there's a Sat-Line here dialling China.
Here? What do you mean here?
Come on, answer.
Whose phone is it?
It's your phone, sir.
Search base camp now.
Find out who is using that phone.
- Hold on to those co-ordinates. - Yes sir.
C'mon... What am I saying?
What am I saying?
okay.
I never forget what you said.
You told me my wife's dying words.
We found the source of the phone call.
It is in the clean room. Waiting for instructions.
Louise... What are you doing?
- What are you doing? - Changing someone's mind.
Buy me 20 seconds.
- We don't have time. - Trust me.
- 20 seconds. Do you trust me? - Now? It's all right.
Dr. Banks...
Drop the phone, or we shoot.
- Drop it! - Im sorry!
You are committing an act of treason!
- Drop it! - It's done.
I got it.
The communications blackout from all 12 landing sites...
continues this evening...
Hold on... We are just hearing.
- We are going to cut this report to tell you. - Latest news.
China has called an emergency press conference...
General Shang, commander in chief of the People's Liberation Army...
Has announced in an emergency press conference that China is standing down.
China is stating that all the intelligence they have received...
Will be shared immediately with all the other landing sites...
Scientist from around the world are shifting through new information from the UK, Japan,
The Russian army are now revealing
information they acquired from both their landing sites and have declared the Black Sea a demilitarized zone...
So, Hannah...
This is where your story begins.
The day they departed.
Are you alright?
Despite knowing the journey...
and where it leads...
I embrace it.
And I welcome every moment of it.
H-A-N-N-A-H.
Now backwards.
H-A-N-N-A-H.
Hannah.
You ready, baby?
- Hey. - Hey.
- It's okay? - Yes you can go.
Daddy!
Are you ok? I'll just roll over you.
Are you ready?
Guess what... Star stuff.
- Ian. - Yeah.
If you see your whole life, from start to finish...
Would you change things?
Maybe I...
I say what I feel more often. I don't know.
I've had my head tilted up to the stars
for as long as I can remember.
But you know what surprised me the most?
It wasn't meeting them.
It was meeting you.
I'd forgotten how good it felt to be held by you.
Do you want to make a baby?
Yes... yeah!