Previously on Gene Rodenberry's Earth Final Conflict
Deputy Director Patrichio, please.
I've got a live Atavus on ice here.
All the evidences you or the Pentagon need to launch all out offensive.
Take a good long look.
You're still questioning my credibility?
God...
He's...
- stunning. - Listen to yourself.
That creature in there is sucking you in. That's what they do.
We are gonna do a live video-feed on SatNews
expose these aliens to the masses.
Then we're gonna freeze dry that alien vampire,
do a full *** and after that do an autopsy.
So don't go getting too attach to it, alright?
Right now I don't know who's sicker, the Atavus or you.
Jeremiah?
Hello?
You jerk!
I told not to sneak up on me!
Chill out, I was just messing with you.
Alright, check it up, babe.
We are now...
up and running.
We downloaded the visuals of the anti-atavus web site.
You know that one of that psycho Renee Palmer
and her webmaster Street have been running.
Yeah? glad you're amused. You're gonna love my co-host.
Ladies and gentlemen,
the first dedicated all atavus fansite, is now officially...
online.
It's my dad's new computer!
What? You stole it from his office?
Relax, I'll get it back.
You just took it to the library, you remember?
Embrace the new evolution, people.
The Atavus rock!
What do we have here?
What's all this crap?
What are you doing, freak?
- That's not mine! - I know it's not... it's mine.
Shut up!
What are you doing people? You're vampire?
I told you, guys, to keep out!
You're gonna hit me with that crawl bar, old man?
Better have a good lawyer.
No, but I am gonna hit you with a trespass felony.
I just called the cops.
Thanks. Later!
In the twenty-first century,
an alien species known as the Taelons
came to Earth with a promise of peace.
They lied...
Their true agenda was to dominate us.
After years of struggle the Taelons have perished
leaving more aggressive beings in their wake,
the Atavus.
My name is Renée Palmer.
My mission is to stop this new species from dominating our planet.
This is Earth Final Conflict.
Season 5 Episode 12 "ATAVUS HIGH"
So how is it?
Well...
it's...
not exactly the power breakfast
- I had in mind. - Never mind.
Did you catch the SatNews this morning?
No
Some playback.
And a bizzare story out of Decatur Illinois, tonight.
Eric Delmonico, a high school senior and captain of the wrestling team,
claims to have been attacked by an alien female demon,
a kind refered to among satanic cult circles as an Atavus.
The arrival of the police evidently scared off the alien vampire,
and authorities believe the boy
arrested for trespassing in a condemn building
may have borrowed the tail from similar reports that have surfaced recently
in tabloids and conspiracy theories chat rooms.
That's right. Blow it off. Ignorance is bless, kiss of death.
I checked the log on our anti-atavus web site,
to see if we've been getting any hits from Decatur Illinois, and guess what...
- We've been pilfered. - What?
To the max.
Over twenty downloads of video archive
taken by some teen hacker that named Jeremiah.
Take a look what the post-Taelon generation's up to.
A shrine to the Atavus.
Terrific.
Stupid misguided kids.
Come on, don't judge. Even you were one once.
Yeah, but
I directed my misplace passion towards rockstars.
I hate to break it you, but...
the Atavus are the new rockstars.
They're dark, mysterious, sexy, dangerous...
everything your parents warned you about.
You should browse the childs' site sometime. I'm telling you.
The Atavus are in.
...
At least we know now.
And soon everybody's gonna know.
- The Atavus are real. - Yeah, real psychos.
How did they...
- they find us? - I don't know.
They must have tapped into the global frequency from the mothership
or something. I don't know.
O'Bryan, you're late! Inside!
And you, better not be cutting class.
- It's my study period, OK! - Then go study.
Ah, Delmonico!
I see you've changed your pants.
Wise move.
Wouldn't wanna leave a stain on your reputation, now would we?
Shut your face, you freak.
You don't hear me telling the cops have seen alien vampires, do you?
OK. You're dead. Comme here.
What with all this hostility, man?
I'm your one true believer.
Hey, O'Bryan!
What do you think this is, a gab fest?
Get the mat.
OK, who wants to challenge?
I'd love I'll have one up coach.
- Get in. - Thank you.
OK, opening positions.
You know that freaky bitch who saved your ass last night?
She can't save you now.
Hey!
You can put a stop to this
or I'll have to make a complaint to your Principal?
Match over!
Class dismissed.
- Who are you? - Renée Palmer.
I have the Principal's permission to talk to Mister Delmonico.
Be my guest.
I'm willing to have a little talk with you, Mister Delmonico about
last night's wrestling match.
Are you a cop?
I already gave my statement to the ones who bossed at me last night, alright?
I not accusing you of anything. I just wanna get some verification here.
- That's the alien demon you saw? - No.
- No? - I don't know. Look. Whatever.
What's done is done, OK?
The reporter's misquoted me.
I ain't say not more.
You ain't, huh?
Oh, maybe you better get back to english class,
You know, freshen up on that grammar?
Yeah.
My global number, in case your amnesia clears up.
Thanks.
I'll see you later.
Yeah.
Hey! Are you okay?
Well, well...
Renée Palmer.
Atavus' enemy number one.
And who are you? The number one fan?
Your web site,
is sending out a traceable global frequency and the wrong message.
These aliens are not something to worship.
They're homicidal bloodsuckers.
If you wanna keep playing with the mouth of the flame, you go right ahead.
But there are two ways you're gonna get burned.
They're either gonna to kill you,
or turn you into one of them.
Then I opt for door number two.
Are you hearing me?
Would you get off, huh?
I only see one bloodsucker here and one killer.
You!
How to you destroy anything that doesn't fit in the normal, right?
Anything that doesn't play by the rules?
Your rules, lady. Not mine.
You know what, you can spare me the suffer-age crap.
If that was an Atavus you saw last night,
then your web site's been tracked, and you, my friend have been marked.
Cool! Bring'em on!
I welcome them with the open arms!
- I'm trying to save your butt, here. - And who asked to, huh?
God, you're all the same.
How to save me from myself by grounding me down.
Walk, don't run Jerry! Don't do drugs, Jerry!
Shut up and follow the rules, Jerry!
Stay away from my daughter, you loser!
And now what?
Don't do Atavus?
Screw you! All of you.
Jeremiah, wait.
Thanks for coming.
I'll be sure to let the Atavus know you're here.
The arrival of police evidently scared off the alien vampire,
and authorities believe the boy arrested for...
The press made a fool of the boy.
- Nobody believes his story. - Yes.
But it's clear our popularity is spreading among the human youth.
They believe in us.
Tell me something Sandoval.
Why are humans so quick to disbelieve their children?
Well, many young people feel alienated.
They'll do just about anything to feel that they belong.
Find a substitute for parental authority.
All they ask in return is acceptance.
That can be reached.
This,
is the kingdom that will bring me an empire.
Young hybrids colonizing new worlds.
Where do we begin?
At the source.
We call a leader from among their ranks.
Someone they will follow willingly.
A pear.
And we have such a candidate.
Jeremiah we shouldn't be here.
If the cops know about this place, they... they've already arrested Jimmy.
Delmonico? Yeah, that was sweet.
Your ex-boyfriend's not to be coming back any time soon.
And old man Bailey's probably juice by now.
Just let me get a report out of the faith.
- Man, they're gonna freak. - I imagine so.
It's time for you to lead, Jeremiah.
And not from behind a computer.
Jeremiah, no.
Come with me. Be one of us.
Take yourself and your species to the next evolution.
No, Jeremiah, no. Don't do it!
Jeremiah!
Jeremiah, no.
Don't leave me.
It's too late.
He's gone.
Come on, we gotta get you out of here.
There's nothing you could do, go, go.
Looks like the Atavus and their...
allies have taken a cute interest in your little fan club?
What did you do? Invited them over for drink beers
- and a powwow? - What?
No.
Have you, Jeremiah or anybody in your group
- ever been in contact with them? - No, never.
It... it wasn't real. It was never real, OK?
- It was just supposed to be... - A game?
All dress up and make believe?
- Alright. I'm out of here. - No, wait.
Look,
I'm sorry.
I know, what just happened must been horrible for you.
- But you need to listen to me. - No, I need to get Jeremiah back.
You can't.
You can't, he's made his choice.
He's been taken to the Taelon mothership.
Odds are he's in a hybrid chamber as we speak.
A what?
That means, he's going through a joining.
His DNA fused with alien DNA.
Oh my God.
You can't help him now.
But you can put a stop to all this insanity.
Here's what we gonna do. We gonna call the police,
file the missing persons' report,
- talk to your parents... - No! No, no way!
It's the only way.
We need to get the word out about what's happened here.
Like they're ever gonna believe me.
Give me back my computer.
- It's not yours. - It's evidence.
- We're going. - Gets your hands off me.
I'm not going anywhere with you!
You're not my mother, you're not my father. You don't owe me!
And Jeremiah will come back for me.
He would never leave me.
Never.
It's what I'm afraid of.
Don't be so hard on yourself.
You are who you are.
What does that mean?
The girl was clearly traumatized and you're...
you're not the maternal type, that's all.
you reached out to her the best way you knew how.
Like a parent or cop?
Maybe if I were dressed like an Atavus.
Maybe
alien pheromones with hormones form a mash made in hell.
Yeah, but if we don't put a stop to it, they're gonna be
lining up to get joined.
What?
Well, I've just broken through a firewall into
Christine's personal files. It looks like some sort of journal.
It's about the death of her mother.
"I know you'll never read this, but it's like, once you were gone"
Dad and I had nothing in common anymore.
He was never good at showing me how he felt,
but now, when he looks at me,
it's like, I know he hates me.
"He Hates himself for wishing that truck had hit...
"had hit my side of the car instead of yours."
Oh, it's too personal.
Here's something else.
- An essai by Christine Bickwell. - Bickwell?
Coach Bickwell.
That sadistic wrestling coach.
Christine's his daughter.
Probably she's looking for love in all the wrong places.
Good! Good!
Now, bend your knees, and push through your thighs.
Come on, how are you gonna get your level Johnathan? Come on.
Oh well, look who it is.
Let me tell you something O'Bryan. You've cut your last class with me. OK.
And save your breath, you're not gonna be graduated.
You...
don't like me hang out with your daughter, do you coach?
Is this not what this is all about?
So here's what I propose,
we have a match.
If I lose,
I stay away from Christine.
For ever.
Alright O'Bryan.
- Delmonico. - Yeah!
You got your rematch.
I said...
"we" coach,
as in... you and me.
I'll hurt your smart mouth little punk.
Let's go.
We're gonna settle this once
and for all.
You want a piece of me punk, huh?
Take your best shot.
Time to change your pants again, Delmonico.
What are you all afraid of?
Are you gonna spend your all lifes
being pushed around by goons like *** here.
Then do something about it.
Get off your pathetic asses
and do something.
Dude...
Dude!
- What you're on? - On?
I'm on the next wave of evolution.
On the road to freedom, out of the enslavement that your dreams call life.
Can get on it?
You want a future?
Keep tomorrow night open then I walk you on.
- Sorry, sorry. - What d'you want?
The same thing you do.
Jeremiah. He's back, in case you didn't know.
- What are you talking about? - He showed up at school today.
While he was there, he beat up you father pretty badly.
No way. You're lying.
He is in a hospital.
Check it out yourself. Broken arm,
two ribs, concussion...
He must have provoked Jeremiah, he...
That's possible.
But either way, he didn't know what he was dealing with. We do.
You're in a serious danger here. Can't you see that?
- Jeremiah would never hurt me. - He may not have a choice.
If he's a hybrid now, eventually he's gonna need to feed.
I.E suck the lifeforce out of someone to sustain his own.
Just go, OK?
Stop following me, stop harasing me. Just leave me alone.
Wait.
Look,
I know I came on pretty strong before, and I apologize for that.
But your life and others
are at stake here. I need you to trust me.
I know that's not easy,
especially after loosing your mother and in a lot of ways your father too.
You'll be surprised how much we have in common.
Anyway,
think it through, and call me.
OK?
- OK. - Promise.
I said yes.
I'm trusting you too, Christine.
OK?
- You'll be careful. - Thanks.
Dad...
- let me help you with this. - I can get it just fine. Thanks.
So, you're gonna tell me what drugs your punk boyfriend has taken?
- He said you provoked him. - Yeah, well
I told you that I didn't want you
anywhere near that waste case again, didn't I?
Why do you all just have to defy me Christine, huh? Why?
Now look what happened. You're happy now?
No.
- I'm sorry, I... - I tell you another thing.
He's on something. I know it.
And I'm gonna press charges unless you're steer clear of him.
Why are you always threatening me, coming down on me?
Because someone has to stop you from throwing your life away.
I mean... look at, look at the way you dress.
It's like you're going at your own funeral.
You hang on with all those loosers and social misfits on campus.
Christine...
you're a smart girl.
I just don't understand...
What the hell is wrong with you?
What's wrong...
What's wrong, is that I can't bring mom back, OK?
And neither can you dad, so deal with it. I have.
Oh, you have.
How?
By... throwing your laden with that homicidal maniac?
Jeremiah loves me.
He cares about me, which is more than I can say for you.
That's great.
That's just great.
- If your mom was still around here... - But she's not, Dad.
And you know what, I don't plan on sticking around either.
What for? So you can rip on me all the time?
No.
I'm out of here.
Out and on to the next evolution.
What?
Christine, come back here.
Christine!
You're come back here now!
Jeremiah?
Christine?
I knew I'll find you here.
What's going on?
I don't wanna talk about it, OK?
I just can't go home again.
Ever.
Join the club.
Would you stay with me tonight?
On the move.
- Hold it right there. - Oh, oh! Don't shoot!
Coach Bickwell, what are you doing here?
I'm looking for my daughter.
Who is that?
I don't know. *** maybe.
What the hell happened to him?
- A hybrid got him. - What?
A human
has been genetically joined with an alien species.
The Atavus had been resurrected.
And they've gone to Jeremiah O'Bryan.
Are you telling me that... little freak did this?
That he's half alien?
He is with your daughter.
Hopefully, he's had fill of human lifeforce.
- For now. - Oh no.
He's got my little girl?
What have I done.
She came to the hospital to see me, and...
I pushed her away.
Everything is just... falling apart, I...
Ever since her mom died she...
I just can't get through to her.
So she spanned out of control on me, she's always
so defying, so angry.
She's pretty well said the same thing about you.
That damned Jeremiah.
- I'm gonna kill him! - No... you won't.
Look, we need to work together on this.
- We need to locate... - Well, I can tell you what.
I know where that little kid is,
and he's gonna be gloating at my expense.
Coach, don't be a hero.
But he listens...
What's up?
A communiqué from the mothership. There's been a slight change in plans.
The warehouse is out, and we'll find a better place.
- Check it out. - Rockwater High?
- Are you yanking me here? - Sweet, uh?
Go get the word out.
And leave the keys in the ignition.
OK.
Jeremiah
look, I don't know about this.
Call it, poetic justice babe.
Freeze!
Don't even think about it!
No Jeremiah, don't!
He's down. Drive.
- You're psychos, leave him alone! - Christine get back, get back!
Calm down and just listen to me, alright?
The only reason we hadn't driven this through his heart is because
we don't wanna see his cult turn him into martyr, do you understand that?
Christine!
- I trusted you. - No, no, you trusted him.
I want to show you something.
This is what he has to do to survive. Go on, take a look.
No.
No way.
Giving yourself over to the Atavus comes with the price.
If he haven't fed on mister Bailey, he woul've been you.
- It's a lie, I never fed on anyone! - Renée,
he's lost a lot of lifeforce coming out hypothermia
but his alien DNA continues to accelerate.
- Is there anything we can do? - Yes.
End it.
- He was only 17. - And he's no longer human.
No longer living of his own free will.
What are you talking about?
Christine don't let them kill me!
- Go away from him! - Christine look at him, look at him!
He can no longer resist his alien urges.
He's killed and he will kill again.
God, Jeremiah why...
Still you can...
No, I'm not. I will do anything.
Christine, you got to tell your story.
The other kids need to know the danger they face.
Christine why are you doing this? Why are you listening her?
Please, help me.
Come on. It's easier if you don't look at him.
- I can't, I can't do this. - Yes, you can.
Christine, you have to believe me. I Never killed anyone! I swear!
- She's feeding you wrong. - Christine,
we're recording.
The intro, remember?
OK.
Welcome Atavus allies.
My name is Christine Bickwell,
and I'm a junior at Rockwater high school Illinois.
And this...
And this is my boyfriend Jeremiah O'Bryan.
When the Atavus took him away, everything changed.
He attacked my father,
he put him in a hospital.
Keep going, you're doing fine.
He became a whole lot more aggressive,
like he was on something, like he...
Christine, it's alright.
Leave her Christine. We're out of here.
Please, or I'll die here.
Christine, look at me!
Yeah,
Judah fed me her ascent to power. But what does it matter, huh?
Alien or human, I would never hurt you.
Please, you have to believe me.
Here,
and take this.
I love you Christine.
I love you too.
Better get out of here. Come on, let's go.
From human,
to Atavus.
From planet Earth, to beyond the stars.
Who wants to break the chains,
and take the leap with me?
I will.
As long as we're together.
That's all I ever wanted.
You're sure? 'cause there're no going back.
And what about the rest of you?
What back to school?
Back to the box, the buoys and all the ball?
The human race, as you know it, is finished.
The future
is with the Atavus. Your future.
Join the ranks with me,
and you'll never have to answer to anyone ever again.
Atavus.
Nice little party you got here.
Is this why you left me Christine? For a looser and a some
pretty little candles?
It's cute.
And you, freak boy,
you see, I do not what was you were on last night,
but today,
it's time to even up the score.
Jeremiah don't do it.
He's not worth it, just walk away.
I'd been doing that my all life.
Delmonico,
you think you can take me?
I Know I can take you.
Fine.
But first the kiss for luck.
Cool.
Bring it on.
You're gonna fill this one boy.
No. No look...
Look I,... I never make you problem, OK?
Alright, alright. Then look, no look,
- I was,... I was just kidding, OK? - Then why did you bring the bat?
I didn't bring it for you. No, no.
Look, look, don't do this.
No! No Jeremiah don't.
Don't!
Jeremiah, no don't!
Go, go. Get out of here, now!
Now, where were we?
I believe we have a date with destiny.
Jeremiah let them go.
Get out of here, now!
They're not ready for this.
Are you?
No.
But there's no going back now.
And I don't have anywhere to go to.
Yes you do, Chrissie.
You still have a home.
- And a family. - Dad?
I'm sorry, sweety.
I drove a wedge beetween us after your mom died.
Not that I blamed you
- for what happened, I didn't! - I don't want to hear it, OK?
You're too late.
Listen to him, Christine.
I tried to build a box around you,
but just to protect you.
And to make sure that the world couldn't take you away from me too.
And what did it do? It drove you right in the arms of a murderer.
Oh, gee. Thanks, coach.
- Let her go Jeremiah. - She doesn't want to go.
Do you, babe?
Right now O'Bryan, or I swear I'm gonna...
Listen to him.
Still trying to tell us what to do.
No!
Stop! You're hurting me!
Christine get down!
Jeremiah don't!
Why?
Why d'you do that?
I thought, we were in this together.
Jeremiah,
I love you,
as you were.
I blew it. I'm sorry.
Please don't die.
No, no...
Oh, Jerry... no!
So,
Will meet after class, together... and the others?
I've committed *** to my dad, it's a...
- social experiment, a sort of. - Alright, alright.
That's cool.
I'll see you later.
- Hey. - Hi.
I just thought to stop by one more time, see how you doing.
Your dad tells me the police interview was pretty rough.
Far beyond.
But where were you?
Me?
I...
I've too many outstanding speeding tickets, so
that was better I globaled my testimony, you know.
Yeah right.
I'm sorry, I didn't stop him.
Everything just go so confusing and...
Well they say the smartest thing the devil ever did was to
convince the world he didn't exist.
You couldn't have known.
And Jeremiah
well, he found out the hard way.
I really miss him.
Is that sick?
No, it's human.
And if there is any such thing as a blessing that can come out of all this,
it's to share what you know, what happened, to save other lives.
So come here.
You promise me, that you get the word out, huh?
I will, I promise.
OK, I'll see you.
Get back to class.
- Thanks. - OK.
Futile exercise!
Patience, Howlyn,
there is strength in number.
Oh yes.
"Suffer the little children to come unto me..."