( beeping )
( door slamming shut )
O, K, , LITTLE GUY,
HI THERE, HI THERE,
O, K, , JUST A SEC,
COMPUTER RECORD,
1600 HOURS,
TEST SUBJECT MONKEY 067 TO RECEIVE
DOSAGE OF DEACTIVATED EBOLIZIRA VIRUS,
O, K, , LITTLE FELLA,
IT'S O, K, , HOLD STILL,
( screeching )
DISSECTION SCHEDULED... AH!
DAMN!
( alarm beeping )
THIS IS AN OUTBREAK ALERT,
COMPUTER,
OVERRIDE DECONTAMINATION PROTOCOL,
SECURITY CLEARANCE DEIGHTON 2877,
FOREIGN ORGANISM DETECTED,
COMPUTER,
SECURITY CODES ARE LOCKED OUT,
NO!
MICROWAVE DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURE
WILL COMMENCE IN 30 SECONDS,
THE VIRUS IS HARMLESS,
IT'S BEEN GENETICALLY DEACTIVATED,
STOP THE DECONTAMINATION,
ALL LIVING TISSUE WILL BE VAPORIZED,
STOP THIS!
THIS IS AN OUTBREAK ALERT,
YOU'RE LETTING ME DIE FOR NO REASON!
VENTILATION SYSTEM SEALED,
MICHAEL, WE'RE BROTHERS!
OUTDOOR SYSTEM SEALED,
NO!
FIVE, FOUR,
THREE, TWO, ONE,
MICHAEL!
THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH YOUR TELEVISION,
DO NOT ATTEMPT TO ADJUST THE PICTURE,
WE ARE NOW CONTROLLING THE TRANSMISSION,
WE CONTROL THE HORIZONTAL,
AND THE VERTICAL,
WE CAN DELUGE YOU WITH A THOUSAND CHANNELS
OR EXPAND ONE SINGLE IMAGE TO CRYSTAL CLARITY, ,,
AND BEYOND,
WE CAN SHAPE YOUR VISION
TO ANYTHING OUR IMAGINATION CAN CONCEIVE,
FOR THE NEXT HOUR,
WE WILL CONTROL ALL THAT YOU SEE AND HEAR,
YOU ARE ABOUT TO EXPERIENCE THE AWE AND MYSTERY
WHICH REACHES FROM THE DEEPEST INNER MIND
TO THE OUTER LIMITS,
IT IS SAID THAT CIVILIZATION BEGAN
WHEN MAN FIRST BECAME CAPABLE OF CHANGING HIS ENVIRONMENT,
WHAT WILL HAPPEN WHEN MAN HAS THE ABILITY TO CHANGE HIMSELF?
WHEN NO HUMAN NEED BE CURSED BY HEREDITY?
WILL IT BE THE BEGINNING
OF A GLORIOUS NEW KIND OF CIVILIZATION
OR THE END OF EVERYTHING WE KNOW?
AS YOU CAN SEE
IN OUR PRESENTATION, PREVIOUS ATTEMPTS WITH TEAR GAS
HAVEN'T BEEN SUCCESSFUL FOR RIOT CONTROL,
FOR THE PAST TWO YEARS,
METADYNE PHARMACEUTICALS HAS BEEN DEVELOPING
A CLANDESTINE URBAN CONTROL AGENT
FOR MILITARY AND CIVILIAN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES,
I BELIEVE IN THE VALUE OF CREATING
A HUMANE URBAN ENFORCEMENT WEAPON
AND I STILL BELIEVE
THE DEIGHTON C VIRAL AGENT,
WHICH CARRIES ALTERED MESSENGER RNA
INTO TARGETED HOST CELLS,
IS THE WAY TO GO, BUT RIGHT NOW THERE'S A PERFORMANCE SHORTFALL,
UNFORTUNATELY, WHILE INITIALLY EFFECTIVE,
THE DEIGHTON C VIRAL AGENT STILL KILLS 80%
OF ITS ANIMAL TEST SUBJECTS,
INDULGE ME, SPENCER,
DEIGHTON C IS SUPPOSED TO TEMPORARILY PARALYZE
THOUSANDS OF PEOPLE OVER DOZENS OF SQUARE CITY BLOCKS
WITHOUT KILLING THEM, BUT IT KILLS
EIGHT OUT OF TEN,
NOW, I MAY HAVE BEEN IN EUROPE TOO LONG,
BUT THAT'S A DISASTER,
WE'D LIKE TO KNOW, SPENCER, IF YOU CAN FIX IT
AND WHETHER YOU CAN DO IT IN LESS THAN THREE MONTHS,
WELL, WE HAVE SOME DATA ON DRUG-DRUG INTERACTION
WITH CORTICOSTEROIDS THAT LOOKS PROMISING,
WE'RE PURSUING THAT, SO, YEAH, YEAH, I'D SAY IT'S SOLVABLE,
WHEN DO WE PUT THE QUESTION
FROM THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON OUR AGENDA?
CAMERON DEIGHTON PASSED AWAY ONLY THREE MONTHS AGO,
HOW FAST SHOULD WE MOVE?
FASTER THAN WE ARE,
YOU'RE DOING A GREAT JOB AS ACTING CHAIR,
BUT WE NEED A PERMANENT C, E, O,
I DON'T THINK IT'S THE TIME TO DISCUSS IT,
COME ON, I'D BE HAPPY TO TAKE THE C, E, O, JOB,
LET'S SAY IT'S MY WELCOME-HOME PRESENT, ,,
AND MY FATHER WOULD HAVE APPROVED,
SOME OF US THINK SPENCER
MIGHT MAKE A BETTER CANDIDATE,
THIS COMPANY WAS FOUNDED ON INNOVATION,
NOT THE ABILITY TO TURN A PROFIT,
WHY DON'T WE SIT ON IT
FOR A DAY OR TWO, THEN TAKE A VOTE ON THURSDAY?
I'M SORRY, SPENCE,
I'VE ONLY BEEN HERE TWO WEEKS
AND ALREADY WE'RE COMPETING ON THE SAME JOB,
WE'VE BEEN COMPETING SINCE WE WERE BORN,
WELL, MAY THE BEST MAN WIN,
AND DON'T WORRY,
WHEN I DO, I'LL KEEP YOU ABOARD,
HEY, DON'T BE LATE THIS AFTERNOON,
IT IS YOUR PARTY,
PLANNING YOUR NEXT TRIP?
ACTUALLY, MY FIRST,
HOW LONG HAVE YOU HAD THE BOAT?
WELL, IT WAS MY FATHER'S,
I JUST MOVED IN,
I GET TO LIVE ON IT AS LONG AS
I THROW A PARTY FOR MY BROTHER EVERY NOW AND AGAIN,
SPENCER DEIGHTON,
TRICIA LANGE, I'M A FRIEND OF CARL TOLMAN'S,
OH, YEAH,
YOU'RE THE SCIENTIST BROTHER,
THE SAME, YES, THAT'S ME, SPENCER,
THE YOUNGER, TALLER, BETTER-LOOKING DEIGHTON BROTHER
IS OUT THERE,
OH, I'VE ALREADY HAD THE PLEASURE,
SPENCE, CAREFUL WHAT YOU SAY,
SHE'S A REPORTER,
I'M NOT WORKING AT THE MOMENT,
OH, OF COURSE YOU ARE,
WE ALL ARE, IT'S THE GREAT LEGACY
OF THE '90s,
TRISH, HERE'S
AN ANGLE ON A STORY FOR YOU,
TWO BROTHERS...
WHICH ONE WILL FOLLOW
IN OUR RICH AND BRILLIANT FATHER'S FOOTSTEPS?
THE SCIENTIST OR THE BUSINESSMAN?
I'M NOT HERE TO DO A STORY ABOUT ANYBODY,
YOU KNOW, THE MORE INTERESTING STORY
IS WHICH ONE OF US WILL TAKE AFTER MOM,
EXCUSE ME, WILL YOU?
WHY DO I GET THE FEELING
THAT THING ABOUT YOUR MOTHER WAS A LOW BLOW?
MY MOTHER'S DEAD,
SHE HAD HUNTINGTON'S CHOREA,
MY FATHER SPENT HALF HIS LIFE
LOOKING FOR THE CURE,
I'M SORRY,
WHEN SHE DIED
I WAS ALREADY DOING GRAD WORK, BUT MICHAEL WAS IN HIGH SCHOOL,
HE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS,
SO MY DAD SENT HIM TO BOARDING SCHOOL
AND ALL HE REALLY REMEMBERS OF MY FATHER
IS AS A BUSINESSMAN,
I REMEMBER HIM AS A GUY TRYING TO SAVE HIS WIFE,
AND BY FOLLOWING IN HER FOOTSTEPS?
HUNTINGTON'S IS HEREDITARY,
WHEN IT'S PASSED BY THE MOTHER
THE CHANCES OF DEVELOPING SYMPTOMS
BY THE AGE OF 35 ARE JUST ABOUT 50-50,
I KNOW ABOUT THIS,
YOU SUFFER FROM TREMORS, ,,
YEAH, LOSS OF COORDINATION,
SOMETIMES IN BAD CASES, SCHIZOPHRENIA
AND THEN, ULTIMATELY, ,,
THERE'S A TEST FOR IT,
YEAH, MICHAEL HAD HIMSELF CHECKED LAST YEAR,
HE DOESN'T HAVE IT, THANK GOD,
AND WHAT ABOUT YOU?
DID YOU GET TESTED?
YOU DIDN'T GET TESTED?
WHY NOT?
I DON'T KNOW,
WHY SHOULD I?
WELL, IF I KNEW I WAS DYING I WOULD WANT TO DO
EVERYTHING I ALWAYS WANTED TO DO BEFORE I GOT SICK,
WELL, YOU SHOULD DO THAT ANYWAY,
YOU COULD GET HIT BY A CAR TOMORROW,
HOW LONG WOULD YOU HAVE IF YOU DID HAVE THIS DISEASE?
OH, THE PROGRESS IS ACTUALLY VERY SLOW,
I'D HAVE 10, 12 YEARS,
THEN DO WE HAVE TIME FOR COFFEE?
COMPUTER RECORD,
AT 1530 HOURS INJECTED MONKEY 909 WITH FOUR CCs
OF THE ALTERED STRAIN OF RETROVIRUS DEIGHTON C,
IT WILL REMAIN UNDER OBSERVATION
FOR THE EXPERIMENT'S DURATION,
WE'LL SCHEDULE DISSECTION LATER JUST TO BE OPTIMISTIC,
COMPUTER END RECORD,
SHH, IT'S O, K,
SHH, IT'S O, K, , IT'S O, K,
THERE YOU GO, THERE YOU GO,
O, K, , NOW, BE STILL, LITTLE FELLOW,
DON'T SUFFOCATE,
O, K,
ALL RIGHT,
IF THIS NEW STRAIN KILLS 909
WE'LL NEED A FULL POST-MORTEM
AND A COMPLETE BLOOD WORKUP,
CARL, THE NUMBERS LOOK GOOD SO FAR,
KEEP AT IT AND I'LL CHECK BACK IN A FEW HOURS,
SEE HOW YOU'RE DOING,
COMPUTER, GO ON LOW LEVEL DECONTAMINATION,
SECURITY CODE DEIGHTON 2877, UNLOCK THE DOOR,
( computer ) VOICE NOT RECOGNIZED,
COMPUTER, SECURITY CODE DEIGHTON 2877,
UNLOCK THE DOOR,
VOICE NOT RECOGNIZED,
I'M NOT LETTING YOU OUT OF THERE
UNTIL YOU LET ME APOLOGIZE,
APOLOGY ACCEPTED,
NOW, UNLOCK THE DOOR, MICHAEL,
SORRY ABOUT THAT STUFF ON THE BOAT,
EVER SINCE DAD DIED I HAVEN'T BEEN MYSELF,
YES, YOU HAVE,
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A JERK,
AW, COME ON,
I SAID I ACTED LIKE AN ASS,
YOU ACCEPTED MY APOLOGY,
WHAT ELSE DO YOU WANT?
OH, A PROMISE TO SPEND A FEW MILLION DOLLARS
ON MY ALTERNATE RESEARCH ON DEIGHTON C
IF YOU BECOME C, E, O,
THAT AGAIN,
I THINK WE'RE ON THE VERGE OF A BREAKTHROUGH,
YOU KNOW, I HAVE A NEWS FLASH FOR YOU, BIG BROTHER,
THE NAME OF THE GAME IS MONEY,
DEIGHTON C IS ONLY JUST PAYING THE BILLS,
YOUR TOUCHY-FEELY RESEARCH IS A DISTRACTION,
SO OPPRESSING PEOPLE
IS MORE PROFITABLE THAN MAKING THEM WELL?
I'M NOT SAYING WE SHOULDN'T FIND A CURE FOR CANCER
BUT WE HAVE TO LOOK AT THE BIG PICTURE,
WHICH IS SERVICING THE CUSTOMER,
WHICH ON DEIGHTON C IS THE GOVERNMENT,
LISTEN, SPENDING A LITTLE TIME ON MY TOUCHY-FEELY WORK
WILL PROBABLY SOLVE OUR BIG DELIVERY PROBLEM,
I'M NOT CONVINCED,
LOOK, MICHAEL, I'LL TELL YOU WHAT,
I WON'T SECOND GUESS THE MONEY STUFF
AND YOU DON'T PRETEND YOU'RE A SCIENTIST,
DEAL?
YEAH,
CARL?
AM I ON THE WRONG SCHEDULE?
SHOULDN'T YOU BE DOING A POST-MORTEM ON 909?
I DECIDED NOT TO,
WHY?
'CAUSE 909 ISN'T DEAD,
FOR A GUY WHO HAD A FULL DOSE
OF DEIGHTON C, HE LOOKS PRETTY GOOD,
WELL, YOU GOT THE WRONG MONKEY,
HE'S NOT SUPPOSED TO BE ALIVE,
THAT STRAIN OF DEIGHTON C SHOULD HAVE FRIED HIS LUNGS,
DID YOU CHECK THE SAMPLE?
CHECKED AND RECHECKED,
I'M AS AMAZED AS YOU,
I EVEN GAVE HIM A SHOT OF CYANIDE,
HE SHOOK IT OFF,
HE WON'T DIE, SPENCER,
WE'VE THROWN EVERYTHING WE'VE GOT
AT THE LITTLE BASTARD...
ANTHRAX, AGENT ORANGE, TODAY'S SPECIAL FROM THE CAFETERIA,
NOTHING FAZES HIM,
WE WERE TRYING TO INSERT A GENE
INTO THE DEIGHTON C AGENT
THAT WOULD ENCOURAGE CELLS
TO REGENERATE DAMAGED TISSUE ALMOST INSTANTANEOUSLY,
TELL ME IN 25 WORDS OR LESS,
I THINK DEIGHTON C
IS A BROAD SPECTRUM CURE,
A POTENTIAL WONDER DRUG,
HOW?
I'LL SHOW YOU,
OUR PROBLEM WITH DEIGHTON C
WAS THAT THE PARALYZING AGENT WORKED TOO WELL,
SO WE ATTACHED A REGENERATOR,
LIKE SENDING A CURE IN RIGHT WITH THE DISEASE,
THE CELL REGENERATION JUST KEPT GOING,
IT MAKES THE MONKEY VIRTUALLY INDESTRUCTIBLE,
WE CAN'T FIND ANY FATIGUE OR AGING POISONS,
THERE'S NO CELL DAMAGE,
THE LITTLE GUY COULD LIVE FOR 200 YEARS,
MAYBE MORE,
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE,
THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT,
BUT EVERY TEST SHOWS IT WORKS,
SO WHAT DO WE DO?
HOW DO WE PROCEED?
ARE YOU KIDDING?
WE START SAVING LIVES,
SLOW DOWN, SPENCER,
WE'VE GOT TO TALK TO BOB DARROW ABOUT THIS
BEFORE WE DO ANYTHING ELSE,
LOCK THIS STUFF UP
IN CASE WE HAVE TO DEACTIVATE IT,
HERE YOU ARE,
YOU KNOW, DARROW'S READY TO SEE US,
CARL'S STORING YOUR WONDER VIRUS,
HEY,
EARTH TO SPENCER,
I WAS JUST THINKING ABOUT DAD,
IF ONLY HE'D LIVED JUST A COUPLE MORE MONTHS,
YEAH, YOU PROBABLY COULD HAVE SAVED HIM,
NO, I GOT IN THE WAY,
GIVE YOURSELF A BREAK, MICHAEL,
WE'RE A TEAM,
AND BECAUSE OF THIS TEAM THOSE KIDS ARE NEVER GOING TO
SUFFER FROM CANCER OR ANY OTHER DISEASE,
IF WE DO THIS RIGHT, NOBODY WILL EVER GET SICK AGAIN,
YOU REALLY THINK THAT?
( Carl ) THIS IS STRAIN H,
ONE OF DEIGHTON C'S DEADLIER COUSINS,
IT KILLS WITHIN 10 TO 20 SECONDS
BY CLOTTING BLOOD IN THE LUNGS AND BRAIN,
IT'S THE DAMNDEST THING I'VE EVER SEEN,
WE'VE STILL GOT ALL THE TESTING TO DO,
AND THE F, D, A, THING,
BUT WE SHOULD START THE TESTS,
PUBLISH THE RESEARCH,
WHAT DO YOU THINK, MICHAEL?
YOU HAVEN'T SAID A WORD,
I AGREE WITH SPENCER,
I THINK IT'S AN AMAZING DISCOVERY,
I THINK HE SHOULD GET THE NOBEL FOR IT,
EXCEPT I DON'T THINK
WE CAN TELL ANYONE ABOUT IT,
WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?
IT'S JUST SOMETHING YOU WERE SAYING OUTSIDE
ABOUT THE WHOLE WORLD GETTING DEIGHTON C,
I MEAN, PICTURE A WORLD DEATH RATE CUT BY 1000%,
YOU GET, SAY, A BILLION MOUTHS TO FEED
WITHIN THE NEXT TWO YEARS,
THAT'S MASSIVE STARVATION,
WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF IT MUTATED INTO THE RODENT POPULATION
OR EVEN THE INSECT WORLD?
YOU DON'T KNOW THAT,
WE'VE BEEN GIVEN A GIFT HERE,
WE CAN'T KEEP IT HIDDEN AWAY,
WE'RE NOT TALKING ABOUT HIDING THINGS,
MICHAEL HAS AN INTERESTING POINT,
IT JUST AMAZES ME THAT WE SPEND MILLIONS TO DEVELOP
THESE DEADLY VIRUSES YOU CAN'T EVEN WORK ON OUTSIDE OF A SUIT,
THE MINUTE WE FIND SOMETHING THAT'S GOING TO HELP PEOPLE...
I WON'T TAKE CHANCES
WITH A GENETICALLY ALTERED RETROVIRUS
AND I DON'T BELIEVE YOU DO,
I ALSO THINK
OUR MILITARY RESEARCH HAS TO COME FIRST,
SPENCER, AS A POTENTIAL C, E, O, , YOU SHOULD SURELY REALIZE
THAT YOUR WONDER DRUG WILL NOT BE CERTIFIED
AND METADYNE IS OUT OF BUSINESS,
ALL RIGHT,
I'LL TELL CARL TO DEACTIVATE ALL THE SAMPLES
TILL WE'RE READY TO START TESTING,
YOUR FATHER ALWAYS ADMIRED SPENCER'S WORK,
HE ALWAYS THOUGHT THAT SOMEDAY
HE'D DO SOMETHING TRULY WONDERFUL,
YEAH, BUT HE NEVER THOUGHT OF HIM
AS MUCH OF A BUSINESSMAN, DID HE?
( wheezing )
YOU O, K, ?
IT'S JUST ASTHMA,
BUT I'M READY FOR IT,
COURTESY OF METADYNE PHARMACEUTICALS,
I MIGHT ADD,
NOW, YOU SAID THERE'S SOMETHING
YOU WANTED TO TALK TO ME ABOUT?
I DO, BUT FIRST I'VE GOT TO
SWEAR YOU TO SECRECY,
UNLESS YOU'VE QUIT BEING A REPORTER
IN THE LAST 24 HOURS,
NO, I HAVEN'T QUIT,
BUT I CAN BE SWORN TO SECRECY,
I'M SERIOUS, THIS HAS TO
STAY STRICTLY BETWEEN US,
I PROMISE I WON'T USE ANYTHING YOU TELL ME,
I THINK I'VE FOUND A CURE,
TO ASTHMA?
TO ASTHMA,
CANCER, TO AIDS, MAYBE,
ANYTHING INVOLVING DAMAGED CELLS,
HA, HA, COME ON,
THIS IS SOME KIND OF SCIENTIST JOKE, RIGHT?
A LITTLE INITIATION THING?
IS THERE A FLYING SAUCER INVOLVED?
NO,
I'M ABSOLUTELY, COMPLETELY SERIOUS,
WELL, WHAT IS IT?
WHEN DID THIS HAPPEN?
I DON'T KNOW,
EITHER THIS WEEK WHEN CARL AND I SAW WHAT WE HAD
OR TEN YEARS AGO WHEN THE PROJECT STARTED,
SPENCER, THIS IS WONDERFUL,
( phone ringing )
YEAH,
SPENCER, WHAT THE HELL'S HAPPENING?
WHAT'S THE MATTER?
SOMEBODY'S SYSTEMATICALLY ERASED
ALL OUR RECORDS FROM THE DATABASE,
AREN'T YOU SUPPOSED TO BE DEACTIVATING THE DEIGHTON C?
I'M TRYING, BUT MY PASSWORD JUST FAILED,
ALL RIGHT, I DON'T KNOW,
BREATHE INTO A PAPER BAG OR SOMETHING,
I'LL BE THERE IN 20 MINUTES,
WHAT WAS THAT ALL ABOUT?
I DON'T KNOW, PROBLEMS AT THE LAB,
WE'LL DO SOMETHING TONIGHT, HUH?
OR TOMORROW NIGHT OR BOTH, O, K, ?
GOOD,
I'VE BEEN LEARNING MY WAY AROUND THE CONTROL SYSTEMS,
NOTICED THAT THE LAB WAS ON-LINE
AND THAT CARL WAS STILL WORKING
WITH SAMPLES OF DEIGHTON C,
CARL, I GAVE YOU
SPECIFIC ORDERS TO DEACTIVATE,
I WAS GOING TO,
IT'S A GENETICALLY ALTERED RETROVIRUS,
I CAN'T HAVE THAT LOOSE IN THE LAB,
THE DEIGHTON C CAN ONLY BE TRANSMITTED BY BLOOD,
BUT IF IT HAD GOTTEN LOOSE,
THE DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM WOULD HAVE VAPORIZED YOU,
IT DOESN'T MATTER,
ALL SAMPLES OF DEIGHTON C HAVE BEEN DESTROYED,
WHAT?
MICHAEL, WE AGREED TO DEACTIVATE IT,
NOT TO DESTROY IT,
AND I WAS WRONG TO SUGGEST IT,
YOU WERE WRONG TO AGREE,
EVEN THAT VIOLATES THE F, D, A, REGS,
BUT YOU SAW WHAT THE VIRUS CAN DO,
ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU AGREE WITH HIM?
YOU KNOW, I WONDER IF
THE BOARD MEMBERS WOULD WANT A C, E, O,
WHO TAKES RISKS WITH CONTAMINATION,
CARL, WE'RE GOING TO START AGAIN
WITH APPROVED PROTOCOLS,
YOU'RE LETTING HIM WALK ALL OVER YOU,
CARL, COME ON,
YOU'RE THE ONE THAT RISKED THE LAB AND THE PROJECT,
GENTLEMEN, IT GOES WITHOUT SAYING
WE DON'T NEED AN OUTBREAK OF THIS IN THE MEDIA,
THEY'RE HARDER TO CONTROL THAN VIRUSES,
IN OTHER WORDS, BURY IT,
WE'VE DISCOVERED A LIFE-SAVING MIRACLE, AND YOU BURY IT,
AND SO ARE YOU,
YOU TELL ANYONE ABOUT THIS RETROVIRUS
AND WE'LL DENY ITS EXISTENCE,
YOU'LL LOOK LIKE A NUT CASE, TALKING ABOUT A CURE-ALL DRUG,
ARE YOU CLEAR ON THAT?
CRYSTAL,
PAY NO ATTENTION
TO THE MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN,
VERY CLEVER, CARL,
EVADING THE CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS
BY TRANSPORTING IT IN YOUR OWN BODY,
THE WORLD HAS A RIGHT TO KNOW, MICHAEL,
THE VIRUS COURSING THROUGH YOUR VEINS
IS THE PROPERTY OF METADYNE PHARMACEUTICALS,
YEAH, WELL,
IF YOU THINK YOU CAN STOP ME,
YOU SHOULD KNOW I'VE ALREADY TOLD SOMEONE ON THE OUTSIDE,
NOW, IF YOU'LL EXCUSE ME,
COMPUTER, UNLOCK THE DOOR,
SECURITY CODE McKENDRICK 5775,
( computer ) THAT CODE HAS BEEN TERMINATED,
PLEASE RESTATE AUTHORIZED SECURITY CODE,
McKENDRICK, DAMN IT,
5775,
I MEANT TO TELL YOU, CARL,
YOU'RE FIRED,
WHAT, SO YOU CAN SUPPRESS THE RETROVIRUS?
SUPPRESS IT, NO,
RESTRICT IT, ABSOLUTELY,
ONLY THE PEOPLE WHO I WANT TO HAVE IT
WILL GET IT,
YOU THINK SPENCER WILL LET YOU GET AWAY WITH THAT?
YOU KNOW WHAT?
I'M TIRED OF LIVING IN THE BRILLIANT SPENCER'S SHADOW,
HE MAY BE A GENIUS
WHEN IT COMES TO SCIENCE,
BUT HE'S AN IDIOT
WHEN IT COMES TO EVERYTHING ELSE,
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO TO ME, MICHAEL, HUH?
YOU GOING TO KILL ME?
YOU NEVER LIKED BEING HERE,
I MEAN, YOU LIKED THE MONEY,
I SUPPOSE IT BEATS BEING
A HIGH SCHOOL SCIENCE TEACHER,
MICHAEL, OPEN THE DOOR!
THIS IS AN OUTBREAK ALERT, FOREIGN ORGANISM DETECTED,
YOU SEE, CARL,
THAT'S WHY WE HAVE A DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM,
HOW MANY RETROVIRUSES DO YOU THINK THERE ARE
IN ONE DROP OF BLOOD?
DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURE WILL COMMENCE IN 20 SECONDS,
OUTBREAK LAB HAS BEEN SECURED,
COME ON, MICHAEL, YOU AREN'T THAT TWISTED,
THIS IS MURDER!
ALL LIVING TISSUE WILL BE VAPORIZED,
ALL LIVING TISSUE,
THAT INCLUDES YOU, BUDDY,
UNLOCK THE DOOR!
5, 4, 3,, ,
2, 1,, ,
OPEN THE DOOR!
METADYNE WILL CONDUCT A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION,
I'LL OVERSEE IT MYSELF,
WE HAVE TO FIND OUT WHAT IT WAS THAT TRIGGERED
THE DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM,
MY BROTHER, HE DESIGNED IT,
WORKS AUTOMATICALLY,
WELL, THERE'S ALSO A MANUAL ENABLING SYSTEM,
I HATE TO SUGGEST THIS, BUT
YOU DON'T SUPPOSE CARL TRIED TO SMUGGLE OUT SOME DEIGHTON C?
I SUPPOSE IT'S POSSIBLE, BUT ALL THE SAMPLES WERE DESTROYED,
I OVERLOOKED ONE,
THE MONKEY,
THAT'S RIGHT, ,, IT WAS IN THE BLOOD,
HE DREW BLOOD,
I GUESS SO,
LOOK, I'M SORRY,
I KNOW YOU TRUSTED CARL,
YEAH,
O, K, , YOU KNOW WHERE I AM,
THIS IS THE PRESS RELEASE I WANT TO SEND OUT,
I WANT YOU TO TELL ME WHAT YOU THINK,
I DON'T CARE WHAT IT SAYS
AS LONG AS IT DOESN'T MENTION THE VIRUS,
WHY DON'T WE CHECK THE FAX AND PHONE LOGS,
I WANT TO KNOW IF CARL CONTACTED ANYONE BEFORE THE ACCIDENT,
FINE, BUT WHY?
CARL TOLMAN WAS CONVINCED BECAUSE HE WORE THAT LAB COAT
HE WAS SMARTER THAN ANYONE ELSE,
HE WOULD HAVE DONE ANYTHING
TO TELL THE WORLD ABOUT DEIGHTON C,
HE MIGHT EVEN HAVE BEEN IN TOUCH WITH OUR COMPETITORS,
I'LL HAVE OUR PEOPLE CHECK IT OUT,
MICHAEL, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
YEAH, ,, FINE,
ALL I KNOW IS THAT I GOT A FILE MODEMED FROM MY SOURCE
AND I HAVEN'T HEARD ANOTHER WORD,
NO, HE'S NOT AT HOME,
HE'S NOT AT WORK,
HE'S NOWHERE,
UM, WELL, I FIGURE I CAN BE THERE BY 9:00,
OF COURSE I'M BRINGING ALL THE FILES AND TAPES WITH ME,
NO, I JUST HAVE ONE MORE PHONE CALL TO MAKE
AND I'M ON MY WAY,
ALL RIGHT, BYE,
HOW THE HELL DID YOU GET IN HERE?
THIS DATA IS THE PROPERTY OF METADYNE,
IT HASN'T BEEN RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC,
HOW EXACTLY DID YOU GET IT?
COULD IT BE CARL TOLMAN SENT IT TO YOU?
I HAVE A BETTER QUESTION... WHERE IS CARL?
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THE F, D, A, WOULD DO TO US
IF THIS INFORMATION WENT PUBLIC?
YOU DON'T MIND IF I TAKE THESE,
GET OUT,
MAYBE YOU'D LIKE TO TRY SOME OF SPENCER'S RESEARCH,
AH, YOU BASTARD!
WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME?
YOU'VE ALWAYS BEEN A CLOSE FRIEND OF THE FAMILY,
LIKE AN UNCLE TO ME AND SPENCER,
THAT'S WHY I WANT TO SHARE SOMETHING WITH YOU,
THOSE ARE THE RETROVIRUS SAMPLES?
YEAH,
I THOUGHT YOU WERE GOING TO DESTROY THEM,
LET ME LET YOU IN ON A FAMILY SECRET,
YOU KNOW, YEARS AGO,
I DECIDED TO ACT AS IF IT WAS SPENCER
WHO INHERITED THE HUNTINGTON'S GENE,
ARE YOU TELLING ME YOU HAVE HUNTINGTON'S?
THE BOARD WOULD NEVER LET ME UP THE LADDER IF THEY KNEW,
BUT THE GOOD NEWS IS
IT DOESN'T MATTER NOW,
YOU TOOK THE DRUG,
I HAD TO,
I COULDN'T WAIT ANYMORE,
LOOK,
BOB, LET'S NOT WASTE TIME,
YOU SUPPORTED ME,
NOW I'M GIVING YOU THE CHANCE TO DOUBLE YOUR LIFE SPAN,
MAYBE TRIPLE IT,
CAN YOU HONESTLY LOOK ME IN THE EYE
AND TELL ME YOU DON'T WANT IT?
I SUPPOSE IF I WAS YOUR AGE, IN YOUR SITUATION,
I WOULDN'T THINK TWICE,
BUT I'VE LIVED A FULL LIFE,
WHAT WOULD I BE PRESERVING?
MY BEST FRIEND, YOUR FATHER, IS DEAD,
MY WIFE HAS PASSED AWAY,
WHAT ARE THE THINGS THAT MAKE US HUMAN?
THE PEOPLE WE LOVE, THE STRUGGLES WE FACE,
BUT THEY ALL FADE AWAY AFTER A WHILE,
I'M NOT SURE ANYONE SHOULD LIVE FOREVER,
O, K, , O, K, , YOU DO AS YOU PLEASE
BUT JUST THINK ABOUT WHAT YOU'RE PASSING UP HERE, HUH?
PEOPLE WILL DO ANYTHING AT THE CHANCE OF A LONGER LIFE,
IF WE CONTROL DEIGHTON C,
THE THREE OF US CONTROL EVERYTHING,
THREE?
WHAT KIND OF BROTHER DO YOU THINK I AM?
TRICIA?
MY GOD,
TRICIA?
TRICIA, WHAT HAPPENED?
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
DO YOU WANT TO GO TO THE HOSPITAL?
NO,
WHAT TIME IS IT?
10 AFTER 5:00,
HUH, TWO HOURS,
I'VE BEEN LAYING HERE FOR TWO HOURS,
LET ME GET YOU TO THE COUCH,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE?
I CAME TO TALK TO YOU,
WHAT HAPPENED?
MICHAEL WAS HERE,
HE USED DEIGHTON C ON ME,
HOW DO YOU KNOW ABOUT DEIGHTON C?
CARL TOLD ME ABOUT IT,
YOU'RE WRITING A STORY ABOUT METADYNE?
I KNOW WHAT YOU'RE THINKING, BUT IT WASN'T LIKE THAT,
I WAS WORKING ON THE STORY LONG BEFORE I MET YOU,
MEETING YOU WAS, ,,
IT WAS JUST LUCK,
IT WAS GOOD LUCK,
IN FACT, IT KIND OF SCREWED THINGS UP FOR ME,
A GOOD REPORTER SHOULD NEVER GET INVOLVED WITH HER SUBJECT,
I'M SORRY,
THERE WAS SOME KIND OF ACCIDENT
AT THE LABORATORY LAST NIGHT,
NO,
CARL'S DEAD,
SOMEHOW HE SET OFF
THE DECONTAMINATION SYSTEM,
OR YOUR BROTHER SET IT OFF,
OH, COME ON, TRICIA,
MICHAEL'S DRIVEN AND HE'S AMBITIOUS
BUT HE'S NOT A MURDERER,
HE WAS HERE THIS AFTERNOON,
HE PURGED MY COMPUTER FILES
AND THEN HE SPRAYED SOMETHING IN MY FACE,
I DON'T BELIEVE IT,
ALL RIGHT, THEN,
AFTER HE SPRAYED ME
I FELT A TINGLING SENSATION CREEP DOWN MY SPINE,
IN A FEW SECONDS I COULDN'T WALK,
I COLLAPSED, I COULD BARELY BREATHE,
I COULD BARELY REACH FOR MY INHALER,
BECAUSE YOU THOUGHT IT WAS THE ASTHMA,
CORTICOSTEROIDS
BLOCK THE DEIGHTON C IN THE BRONCHIOLE,
WE WERE EVEN LOOKING AT THAT,
SPENCER, WE NEED TO GO TO THE POLICE,
NO, I'M STILL NOT CONVINCED THAT MICHAEL'S A MURDERER,
THEN, THINK OF YOUR WONDER DRUG,
WHO'S GOT THE DATA?
I'VE GOT TO GET BACK TO THE LAB AND MAKE SURE IT'S SAFE,
WELL, YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE WITHOUT ME,
OH, GOOD, I'M IN,
SOMEBODY'S RENAMED ALL THE FILES
AND PUT THEM IN A PROTECTED AREA OF THE NETWORK SERVER,
SPENCER?
WHAT HAPPENED TO THIS POOR ANIMAL?
HE'S SUPPOSED TO BE FULL OF MY WONDER VIRUS,
OH, MY GOD,
I'VE GOT YOU, BUDDY,
IT'S ALL RIGHT, I'VE GOT YOU,
THERE YOU GO,
IT'S O, K, , I GOT YOU,
( Spencer ) THERE, I SEE WHAT'S HAPPENING,
IT'S NOT RECURRING, IT'S ACCELERATING,
BUT EVENTUALLY IT STILL EXPENDS
ALL OF ITS REGENERATIONAL APPARATUS,
IN ENGLISH, PLEASE,
THE VIRUS INTRODUCES A GENE
INTO EVERY CELL OF THE BODY,
WE THOUGHT THAT GENE WAS GIVING THE CELLS
UNLIMITED ABILITY TO REGENERATE THEMSELVES,
BUT WE WERE WRONG,
THE GENE WAS ACCELERATING THE REGENERATION PROCESS,
IT WAS TAKING ALL OF THE HEALING ABILITY
THAT THE CELL HAD STORED UP FOR A LIFETIME
AND USING IT UP IN JUST A FEW DAYS,
SO THE MONKEY SEEMED IMMORTAL FOR THOSE FEW DAYS?
AND THEN THE REGENERATIVE POTENTIAL RAN OUT
AND IT AGED INCREDIBLY QUICKLY,
WHAT HAPPENED?
I DON'T KNOW,
SPENCE, SPENCE, SPENCE,
MICHAEL,
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
BECOMING THE C, E, O, OF THE FAMILY BUSINESS,
SOMETHING YOU COULD NEVER BE,
STILL ON THE STORY?
SORRY TO DISAPPOINT YOU,
WHAT'S THE GOOD OF TAKING OVER A COMPANY
IF YOU HAVE TO DESTROY IT, IF YOU HAVE TO KILL PEOPLE?
TOO BAD ABOUT CARL,
HE BROUGHT IT ON HIMSELF,
IMAGINE WHAT IT COULD BE LIKE, SPENCE,
WE COULD LIVE FOREVER, AMASS FORTUNES,
CONTROL COUNTRIES,
TIME IS POWER,
YOU'VE TAKEN DEIGHTON C,
THINK OF WHAT YOU COULD ACHIEVE, SPENCE,
JOIN ME,
NO,
WELL, THEN, I'M SORRY,
TO HELL WITH YOU,
( alarm beeping )
( computer ) THIS IS AN OUTBREAK ALERT,
FOREIGN ORGANISM DETECTED,
MICHAEL!
SECURITY CODES ARE LOCKED OUT,
MICHAEL, WE'RE BROTHERS!
MICROWAVE DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURE
WILL COMMENCE IN 30 SECONDS,
ALL LIVING TISSUE WILL BE VAPORIZED,
DO SOMETHING!
VENTILATION SYSTEM SEALED,
OUTDOOR SYSTEM SEALED,
MICROWAVE DECONTAMINATION PROCEDURE
WILL COMMENCE IN 10, 9,, ,
( Tricia ) COME ON, SPENCER,
DO IT FASTER,
COME ON,
COME ON!
3, 2, 1,, ,
I'LL TRY MY DAD'S NAME,
DECONTAMINATION SEQUENCE ABORTED,
RETURNING TO STANDBY,
MICHAEL, YOU'VE TAKEN IT ALREADY, HAVEN'T YOU?
WAIT TILL YOU FEEL THE POWER,
MICHAEL, YOU'RE SICK, THIS ISN'T YOU,
YES, IT IS,
I'VE WON,
BUT I'M CURED,
YOUR RESEARCH CURED ME,
BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND,
YOU TOLD ME,
I'M SORRY,
MICHAEL,
CAN YOU HEAR ME?
THE MONKEY DIDN'T GO SO FAST,
WHY AM I?
IT'S THE HUNTINGTON'S,
THE DEIGHTON C BURNED OFF ALL YOUR REGENERATIVE CAPACITY,
NOW ALL YOUR BODY CAN DO IS DEGENERATE,
PLEASE,
KILL ME,
I CAN'T DO THAT,
I HAVE TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN,
THERE IS AN OLD PROVERB THAT SAYS
"BE CAREFUL WHAT YOU WISH FOR, FOR IT MIGHT COME TRUE,"
AND IF YOUR WISH IS FOR IMMORTALITY,
IT IS SOMETHING YOU WILL HAVE TO LIVE WITH
FOR A VERY LONG TIME,