Again, a larger ship has arrived.
Today marks the fourth month since the aliens invaded our world.
Four long months. The hardest our world has ever known.
We have suffered. We have sacrificed lives,
land, loved ones.
And yet, with millions gone, we here at the World Defense Coalition
are fighting for you every day with every resource of every nation.
We are doing everything we can to understand and overcome our enemy.
We ask for your help. Please cooperate with the military,
comply with all codes, and evacuate contaminated areas.
The alien spores have now infected the air in over 30% of our planet.
We have set up shelter for refugees from all infected areas.
We are working together, one world, one coalition, to bring you to safety.
Together, we will win this war.
Together, we will see the other side of these dark days.
And when that sun rises on a sky free from our invaders,
it will be the brightest day our species has ever known.
Run! Run!
Don't worry, we are going to find your mama.
WDC, World Defense?
You're with the Coalition? Government?
Mitsuki Yamato?
There are people here in trouble.
We're not here for them.
Let go of me!
What are you saying?
Let me go! What are you doing?
We need to help everyone!
You're the Government! Help everyone! What are you doing?
Let me go!
Let me down!
Let go of me. Let go of me!
Let me down, let me down.
Let go of me.
- We have orders-- - People are dying!
- I understand. - I have to help them.
We are losing this war.
Let me down.
Let me down, people are in trouble and need our help.
We're taking you somewhere that could help us win...
...somewhere you could save everyone.
Let go of me. Let go of me.
Where are we going?
...attacks in India are now spreading west into Pakistan,
creating a refugee crisis that aid groups are calling
the worst of the invasion thus far.
The World Defense Coalition is reporting ammonia levels
rising at an alarming rate round the atmosphere,
with some areas approaching 200 parts per million.
Supporters from the fringe group, the Movement,
have continued to cause problems for the Coalition.
This morning, a supply convoy was ambushed and stripped of rations
while headed for a survivor's camp in the... region.
- Raids of this nature have increased... - Do you have any candy?
- ...the food shortage continues to worsen... - What?
Jell-O? Any ice cream?
Kid, we barely have food. We stopped getting ice a month ago.
...make their way to the nearest camp.
Okay, then what about stuffed animals?
Like a teddy bear? It doesn't even have to be a bear.
It can be an otter, a seal, a rabbit on a key chain--
Hey. Who brought you here?
My mommy. She's in the bathroom.
Bathroom?
You need a key for the bathroom.
You wait right there.
...Dubai and Santiago remain largely untouched at this time,
suggesting that climate and terrain may play a role.
Luke, we gotta go.
- Hey! - Seventeen, sixteen...
Twelve, eleven,
ten, nine...
Hey! You, out there!
Eight, seven...
- Where's Luke? - He was right behind me.
- Open the damn door! - Where's your brother?
Open the damn door!
- Luke, what happened to you? Are you okay? - Mom, I got tools. Look.
Luke, you know the rules.
The moment they move for the door, you have 17 seconds to get out.
You took more than 30.
You could have died in those seconds. All of us could have.
But we didn't, okay?
- And we need these. - Luke, you know the rules!
Seventeen seconds!
Yeah.
I know the rules.
We're almost there.
It's their ship,
the one we shot out of the sky...
I know what it is.
She's coming, Madam President.
Well, I hope you're right this time.
We've had that ship for nearly four months now.
And if you can't provide progress fast,
the Coalition will have to take over the operation.
Might I remind you there wouldn't be an operation without my funding.
So, technically, it belongs to me, not some United Nations knockoff.
This is not one of your expensive toys, Nikhil.
And I'm telling you what the world leaders are telling me.
We need results.
That map was nearly 80% green last week.
Now we're clinging to 75.
There are dead zones across whole countries.
At this rate, they would have terraformed our atmosphere in--
Yeah, I can do the math, Madam President.
And you can tell the rest of your leaders that results are on the way.
Bye-bye.
This way, please.
Welcome, welcome.
I can't tell you how excited I am to finally have you here.
You speak English, yes?
You know, we've been trying to track you down for over a month.
We thought we had you in Kanazawa, but-- You were gone by the time we got there.
Everyone was gone. Everyone but them.
Right. Right. Would you like a drink? Something to eat?
I have a fabulous chef. He can do Asian. He can do anything.
What the hell am I doing here?
Oh. Straight to business.
I like it. Okay.
Let's get the pleasantries out of the way, shall we?
My name is Nikhil Kapur.
I know who you are.
Everyone knows who you are.
Right. Right.
Sometimes I forget there was a world before all this.
Actually, I never forget.
I was just being humble there.
But we don't have time for false modesty, do we?
You're here because that is here.
And that is here because of you.
It was your codes that made contact with that ship.
The only communication anyone has made with the enemy.
Your coordinates made it possible to
shoot that ship out of the sky.
You gave us the only win of this war.
It wasn't a win.
It only made things worse.
Did you bring me halfway across the world to look at a dead ship?
Is that what you think?
It's dead?
You communicated with it before.
We want you to communicate with it again.
We've tried.
Had some of the world's greatest minds in and out of it.
And still, there's only one person who's ever made contact.
You.
Contact. Communication. Connection.
It's the only chance we'll have to learn what they want.
Why they're here.
And how to stop them?
The last time I worked with the military, they lied to me.
They used me.
Why should I trust you?
Because I'm not the military, and I don't trust them either.
I've worked outside the system my whole life,
and the only rule I've ever followed is...
"Make sure you're always breaking one."
What did you mean when you said it's not dead?
Go inside. See for yourself.
We'll just need to run a few tests on you first.
- What kind of tests? - Just standard.
To baseline your psychology-- physiology-- in case something happens.
It's a formality, really, for your own safety.
What's in there?
Well, if you can answer that question, Mitsuki Yamato,
we might actually have a chance to win this war.
Guys, guys. What are you doing? I said to pack up. Come on!
I like it here. We had running water for once.
And mattresses, even if they're a little stinky.
It's two votes to one. We stay.
I'm your mother. It's not a democracy.
It hasn't even been 48 hours yet. You're not playing by your own rules.
We can't stay because you broke the rules. It's too dangerous now.
What if that man at the station called the authorities?
What if there are people looking for us? We have to keep moving.
I'm sick of running all the time.
If we go any further, we're going to drive into the ocean.
We're done heading west. We go north now,
to the top of the continent, as far as the roads will take us.
Nobody lives that far, even before the invasion.
Exactly. That's the point. We will be safe.
From aliens or humans?
It wasn't aliens who took your father.
Please, pack your things. Come on.
Shit.
Looking for this?
You know we don't expose that, ever.
Luke, give it to me.
I was the one who found it. It'll keep us safe so we can stay here.
I am the one who keeps us safe, Luke.
Luke, I said give it to me. Luke, you need to trust me.
- You need to trust-- - Your little voice inside?
That little voice inside has kept us alive this whole time.
The whole world out there is falling apart.
You, your sister, this family is my whole world.
I would do anything and everything to hold it together.
You know, I have a voice inside too. Shouldn't that count?
Yes, it should. It should.
When your little voice knows how to drive, how to cross-stitch a wound in the dark,
how to make a meal out of ration scraps, how to take care of your sister.
I'm not only protecting you. I am preparing you, in case...
In case what?
Luke, just give it to her. I wanna go now. Okay? So that's two votes to one.
What if I wanna stay here on my own?
This is not an option.
Where you go, I go. Where I go, you go.
We go together. This is our first rule.
Thank you.
Come here. Come here.
What are you measuring?
The EEG read is the summation of the excitatory
and inhibitory potentials and their constant change.
Are you a doctor?
Cognitive scientist.
I'll answer all your questions after the test.
Endō Shūsaku.
Enchi Fumiko.
Callas. Clinton.
At what age did you finish graduate school?
Twenty-two.
The Kremlin.
Mandela.
I don't know what that is.
First time you fell in love?
Three years ago.
Name of your first love?
- You need to tell me the person's name. - Why?
We're creating a memory baseline.
Why?
I'll explain later.
What was their name?
Hinata.
Is Hinata back in Japan?
No.
Imagine that's your daughter.
Life or death situation.
If you had to save her or Hinata, who would you choose?
Your lover or the baby?
Lover.
These are sounds recorded during the collapse of a building.
If you had to save your lover or your parents, who would you choose?
Lover.
- A line of innocent people-- - Lover. Can we move on?
- Who's with you in the picture? - My first college roommate.
Ichiko.
That Hinata?
The astronaut?
Is she the reason you were trying to make contact with the craft?
- Is she the reason you were-- - Yes.
Did you believe Hinata was alive on that ship?
What is the point of this?
Do you feel like you were responsible for killing Hinata
when that ship was shot out of the sky?
- Do you hold yourself responsible-- - I heard the question. What is your point?
- Do you hold yourself responsible-- - This has nothing to do with--
I need you to answer the question.
Do you hold yourself responsible for the death of Hinata Murai?
Fuck you.
Is that your answer?
"Almond."
That's our key word for when you're in danger.
I don't wanna learn any more Farsi.
We didn't have to before.
- We have to now. - Why?
It may save our lives one day.
I'm not good at it.
That's why you practice.
That's it.
Okay.
I'm going to go inside and ask them where the next gas station is.
You guys stay here, okay?
I'm hungry, Mommy.
I'll ask if they have food.
Or we could ask them for some.
We stay away from the military.
- You know the-- - The rules.
Yeah.
Who do we have?
Each other.
What do we need?
- Nothing else. - Nothing else.
That's it.
Okay.
I'll be right back.
Petrol.
That's gas.
Let's play a game. I spy.
I spy with my little eye something beginning with a G?
Luke, don't go, please.
I'll be right back.
- Mom said stay with-- - I heard her, Sarah.
I promise I'll be right back.
- Hey. Who wants another one? - I'll take one.
Now. Go now.
Hey, kid! What are you doing with that?
Mom.
- Hey, hello. - Mommy, don't go!
Excuse me. I'm-- I'm his mother.
We just ran out of gas.
I went to the store to ask for the next gas station.
And he clearly did something desperate and stupid, but he's just a kid
and we're a long way from home.
Sam, put the cans down.
Give them back to these good people that are keeping us safe
and say you're sorry.
I'm sorry.
You see, he's sorry.
Kids make mistakes, but I assure you, he's not going to make this one again.
You wouldn't happen to be with the Movement, would you?
The what?
I don't know what you're talking about. We're a family. He's just a child.
Then you won't mind if we check your car.
Like you said, our job is to keep people safe.
You're just going to scare the kids.
Your boy should've thought of that before he tried to steal government property,
ma'am.
- Hands up. - What?
I asked you to raise your hands so I can check you for weapons.
- I'm a mother. - You'd be surprised what we've seen.
- No, I wouldn't. - Gun! Got a gun here.
- Search their car. - Yes, sir.
That gun was for protection, to defend my family.
Please, just let us go.
- Sam, say you're sorry. - Sorry.
- He said that already. - Just--
- Mommy! - Hey!
- Mommy! - Don't touch her. Don't touch her!
Listen, just take the gun. Keep it, okay?
Just let us go, I beg you.
We're just a family trying to survive!
I'm sorry. It's all my fault. Please, just-- I'm sorry.
- Cap! - Please, just don't hurt us.
Let us go. Okay?
Please, just stop.
Please.
- What is this? - I don't know.
What is your name?
Ana Lewis.
Get the electromagnetic field meter.
Yes, sir.
We're on the lookout for a lot of things these days.
But one of them is a family with something the government thinks could be a weapon
against the aliens.
I don't know what you're talking about.
This is just a piece of metal.
Cap.
Aneesha.
Aneesha Malik.
Load them and all their things into the convoy.
All right. Be gentle with her.
Come here.
Fall in!
Hello.
Let's move it!
Let's go. Hurry up. Hurry up.
You don't need to be afraid.
Let's move. Let's go!
At least not of me.
Let's go!
She failed the test.
Badly.
She's easily overstimulated,
goes into fight-or-flight mode in a matter of nanoseconds,
and her response time is the quickest I've seen.
Also the most reckless.
Well, I think we could use a little recklessness at this point.
Progress requires radical thinking.
Be that as it may,
you know what happened to the scientists with stable baselines who went in there.
Yeah, yeah, they gave us nothing.
I'm talking about what happened to them.
I know what you're talking about.
But she might be my best chance of saving the species.
Your best chance?
Good, good.
I don't pay you to psychoanalyze me.
So save it for the job.
Look, she's the reason that thing's sitting here in the Amazon
instead of up in space.
Which she doesn't see as the same victory you do.
Nikhil, this woman wasn't just out in the field saving lives.
She was out there to atone for taking one.
She's operating from a place of anger and guilt,
which are two of the most volatile motivators.
You put her in that ship, and there's no way to predict how she'll act or react.
You don't care about her? Think about the mission.
Your mission.
Okay, let's go tell her.
So, Dr. Castillo says you failed the tests.
At least the ones you cared to complete.
She says you're not psychologically stable enough to go inside the ship,
which is why Dr. Castillo will be accompanying you into the ship.
- What? - No.
Yeah. I know you two got off to a rocky start.
Had a bit of a ding-dong, didn't you?
So you may not feel all warm and fuzzy about this,
but I'm a big believer in not caring how people feel.
Feelings get in the way.
It's really one of the great failings of our species,
and may well be why we're losing this war.
So, with that in mind, I'm ask-- Well, really, telling both of you
to put whatever feelings you have aside.
Go inside that ship to see if you can make some magic again.
You got into their hive mind once.
I'm betting you can do it again.
And to help cover that bet, Maya will be there to monitor your mind.
I don't need a monitor.
Yes, you do.
Maya's job is to map traces of consciousness inside the ship.
She can map your consciousness and make sure you remain stable.
Or as stable as your baseline,
which, as we've established, is not very stable.
Great. That's settled then.
So, should we stand here while the world's burning?
Or should we get you suited and booted to help save it?
Watch your step.
The suit is coded to your biometrics.
I'll be monitoring your vitals at all times.
If you detect any malfunction, abort the mission.
Word spreads fast. They know you're going in.
Maya.
You good?
We delivered the samples to your lab, okay?
Thank you.
Mitsuki Yamato, meet Tomas, our lead chemist
and master sample collector.
Welcome to the belly of the whale.
The walls have microscopic neural pathways.
The ship is like an operational limb,
which is why we can study how it transmits data.
She's going in?
Nikhil approved it.
It's his world, and we're just living or dying in it.
This way.
What are these?
Drop-ships.
That's how the first wave of aliens came to Earth.
Cloaked.
That's why we never saw them coming.
We still don't see them coming.
We're hoping you can help with that.
My name is Clark, by the way.
And you are?
We don't talk to strangers.
I'm not a stranger. I just told you my name.
Where are they taking us?
Not far, I can tell you that.
You're very calm for a man in handcuffs.
Hardest prison to escape is your own mind.
Sorry. I was
a English teacher in the before times.
Mom?
What are you now?
Same as you.
A survivor.
And if you wanna stay that way, I suggest you trust me.
Why?
The definition of trust requires you to relinquish that word.
But I guess you could say the answer is...
'cause I'm not really a prisoner here.
Not everything is what it seems.
Come on. She looks hurt.
- Hey, kid, are you okay? - What happened to you?
You're gonna be all right.
It's okay.
- Hey. Hey, hey! - All right. Okay.
- You lie down. Get down! - Hey!
- Out of the truck! - Get on the ground!
What's going on?
Stay calm and stay behind me.
- Yeah, yeah, yeah. Sit tight! - On the ground, face down!
Hey, give us the zip ties.
Do it! Now!
I got you. You're gonna be okay.
Cover your ears.
Watch yourselves! Fire in the hole!
Come with us. Come on.
Trust me.
They called it in!
We need to move out!
Now or never.
Mom.
We need to get the things they took from us.
Get their things. Everything.
Come on.
On the hunt! On the hunt! Get in the truck.
- Get off. - Hustle!
Okay, let's go. Go, go, go!
Fall in!
We're fighting a war against the same enemy.
You guys start acting that way, maybe it's a war that we can win.
Take the bags!
Leave their coats. Keep 'em warm.
Let's go! Let's go!
Yeah, that front one right there.
Do final checks here.
- All right, let's go! - Come on!
Good work. Let's go.
Okay, let's go!
- Ryder. - Dad.
Good work.
Load it up, here.
Pack it up.
Are you okay?
Pack up! Let's go!
Good old-fashioned Heinz 57.
Let's go!
Like I said,
not everything is what it seems.
Here we are.
Yeah. It's bigger than Canada in there.
You saw it?
You have live video?
No, it distorts the feed.
What's in there?
An enormous power source.
But we can't get past her to find out what.
Her?
Follow me.
You should know, everyone who's entered this room suffered memory loss.
And the last person to go in suffered severe neurological damage.
What sort of damage?
I don't know yet.
He hasn't regained consciousness.
I wasn't trying to hurt you with that test.
I was trying to help you.
Are you sure you want to do this?
Yes.
Protocol is 15 minutes and out.
Higher functions check every two minutes.
Got it.
I can't guarantee you won't forget your mother's face
or the taste of your favorite food.
I said I got it.
Okay.
Tether port.
Tether connected.
Press this if you need emergency extraction.
In case you can't speak.
Helmet on.
Showtime.
Why don't you tell us where we're going?
Told you already. Somewhere safe, warm.
Get some food and sleep.
Then we keep moving.
Thank you, but we will just get our things and go.
That wouldn't be wise.
Then again, you were in the back of that military van.
I know who you people are.
The orange colors.
You call yourself "the Movement."
- Anarchists. - Activists.
We don't want any trouble. We just want our things.
- I mean, it's cold out there, Mom. - Doesn't matter.
Mom, I'm hungry.
Comin' up.
The gate!
Let's go!
Hold!
We're the only warm place for miles.
I know because we scouted the next 50 miles.
It's what we do.
Help people. Keep them safe.
People like you.
Here you go. All your stuff.
- Thank you. - You can get a good night's sleep,
and we'll take you to the closest refugee camp in the morning. How's that sound?
Is that hot chocolate?
Yes, it is hot chocolate. You want some?
You're one of those who thinks it's safer not to make any connections.
The truth is the opposite.
Connections are the only thing keeping us alive.
Go get some hot chocolate. Go.
Here we go.
Yamato, check-in.
First phone number. College roommate. What color are my eyes?
02-555-0876.
Ichiko. Green.
Good, good. You're doing great.
Tracking neurological activity throughout the ship.
All the frequencies you requested are loaded onto your wrist interface.
It's responding to her.
This is crazy.
What the hell...?
What the hell's happening?
- It's almost time to pull her out. - No.
Fifteen minutes and out. It's protocol.
To hell with protocol.
If we sever this connection now, we may never get it back.
You don't know that.
If we leave her in there, we might not get her back.
Yeah, that's an acceptable risk.
- It's not your risk. - She stays in until this connection breaks
or she does.
Let's try this.
Is that--
Luke.
Luke, what is it?
Can you hear that?
Hear what?
That...
humming.
What's going on?
It started a few moments ago.
I thought it was just another tremor, like the others. But the others were random.
This tremor is rhythmic. It has a pattern.
It's different this time.
Something's changed.