1 00:00:26,960 --> 00:00:31,113 (young man) I never thought it would end like this. 2 00:00:31,200 --> 00:00:35,239 To tell the truth, I never thought it would end at all. 3 00:00:45,640 --> 00:00:49,554 - (Frank) I'm still not sure what this is. - (Peter) Don't worry. You'll be fine. 4 00:00:49,640 --> 00:00:51,790 (Frank) I'd do better with more warning. 5 00:00:51,880 --> 00:00:55,396 (Peter) Between you and me, that's how they like it. No advance warning. 6 00:00:55,480 --> 00:00:57,039 "They." 7 00:00:57,120 --> 00:01:00,431 - We. The Group. - Yeah. 8 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:04,671 Good luck. 9 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,956 (Frank sighs) 10 00:01:07,040 --> 00:01:08,075 Hey. 11 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:12,312 Just... be yourself. 12 00:01:30,920 --> 00:01:32,718 Please... 13 00:01:33,560 --> 00:01:35,392 sit down, Frank. 14 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:46,391 Many of us have planes to catch so I'd like to get right into this. 15 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:48,357 Please. 16 00:01:48,440 --> 00:01:51,016 Tell us, who founded the Millennium Group? 17 00:01:51,028 --> 00:01:51,910 I'm not sure. 18 00:01:52,000 --> 00:01:54,514 Please, turn and face him. 19 00:01:54,600 --> 00:01:58,753 I'm not sure who founded it. I was told I would learn when the time was right. 20 00:01:58,840 --> 00:02:00,831 And did you? 21 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:05,077 Apparently not. 22 00:02:05,160 --> 00:02:07,834 Why are you here? 23 00:02:08,440 --> 00:02:11,751 Mike Atkins brought me to the Group. 24 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:13,956 He, uh... 25 00:02:15,000 --> 00:02:19,392 helped me understand my gift and convinced me that I could be of service again. 26 00:02:19,480 --> 00:02:24,190 - Is that important? To be of service? - Of course it... 27 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,636 No platitudes. Do you believe it's important? 28 00:02:27,720 --> 00:02:30,162 Two months ago, you stabbed a suspect to 29 00:02:30,174 --> 00:02:32,874 death in a case the Group was investigating. 30 00:02:32,960 --> 00:02:36,874 The Group wasn't investigating, so I did. 31 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:41,830 Is that how this works? Now you're with us, now you're not? 32 00:02:41,920 --> 00:02:44,355 Let me state our concern. 33 00:02:44,440 --> 00:02:49,037 The Group has a history and a purpose that is alive in everyone in this circle. 34 00:02:49,120 --> 00:02:51,953 This purpose demands from us a certain strength. 35 00:02:52,040 --> 00:02:55,476 Now, with your personal problems - 36 00:02:55,560 --> 00:02:59,269 the estrangement from your wife, your lapse into ultraviolence - 37 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:02,398 with these things clouding your "gift", as you call it, 38 00:03:02,480 --> 00:03:05,632 do you still consider yourself a viable candidate? 39 00:03:05,720 --> 00:03:09,793 I don't consider myself a candidate. I consider myself a father and a husband. 40 00:03:09,880 --> 00:03:12,520 How? Your family left you. 41 00:03:14,360 --> 00:03:16,351 (559715) 42 00:03:17,560 --> 00:03:21,394 You know, I could've quietly retired from the FBI. 43 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:25,235 Then I'd be a father and I'd have a wife and family. 44 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:28,312 But I sacrificed that for the Group. 45 00:03:28,400 --> 00:03:31,677 I have done everything the Group has asked me to do. 46 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:38,109 Didn't the Group, in fact, ask you to wait before you rushed in and killed that man? 47 00:03:45,360 --> 00:03:48,830 You know, this is what's commonly known as a "trick bag". 48 00:03:48,920 --> 00:03:53,869 And if you think I don't recognise it, you're very mistaken. 49 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:05,835 (559715) 50 00:04:18,080 --> 00:04:23,712 (young man) There are forces acting on us, with or without our consent. 51 00:04:23,800 --> 00:04:27,350 Forces sure of themselves as gravity. 52 00:04:27,920 --> 00:04:30,929 I thought knowing myself with the same 53 00:04:30,941 --> 00:04:34,599 certainty would keep me safe, but... Surprise! 54 00:04:34,680 --> 00:04:39,356 As they say, what a long, strange trip this has been. 55 00:05:38,280 --> 00:05:41,477 (man) To us on Earth, the stars are fixed, the planets sluggish. 56 00:05:41,560 --> 00:05:45,758 Bu! From the stars' perspective, our solar system is a hurricane of activity. 57 00:05:45,840 --> 00:05:47,990 A maelstrom that refutes any mechanism... 58 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:50,515 He said this when I was in second grade. 59 00:05:50,600 --> 00:05:52,511 Daddy, please, shh. 60 00:05:52,600 --> 00:05:54,591 (lecture continues) 61 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:57,911 (pager buzzes) 62 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:04,671 (Jordan sighs) 63 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,558 Centuries sped up to minutes, we see Pluto changing places with Neptune, 64 00:06:13,640 --> 00:06:16,575 then returning to its position as the outermost 65 00:06:16,587 --> 00:06:19,158 planet in time for the coming millennium, 66 00:06:19,240 --> 00:06:21,550 just as it has for every millennium before. 67 00:06:21,640 --> 00:06:24,712 - Mommy, what's "millennium"? - Shh. 68 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:32,078 - If only we could enrol Bill Gates' kid. - Now you're talking. 69 00:06:32,160 --> 00:06:33,833 (pager buzzes) 70 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:37,231 - It's OK. You can get it. - I know what it is. 71 00:06:37,320 --> 00:06:39,118 I'll be right back. 72 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,639 I haven't seen her this happy in a while. 73 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:47,714 - She likes having both of us around. - Maybe it's young love. 74 00:06:47,800 --> 00:06:52,351 Oh, no. That's the family that I told you about, whose son disappeared. 75 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:56,399 We've had them over a couple of times. They know about your work. 76 00:06:56,480 --> 00:06:58,949 - Want me to intercept? - That's OK. 77 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:03,159 - Hi. Hi, Molly. This is my husband Frank. - Hello. 78 00:07:03,240 --> 00:07:06,551 - And this is... I'm sorry. - Bill Glaser. And this is Ian. 79 00:07:06,640 --> 00:07:08,438 (Frank) Hey, Ian. 80 00:07:11,960 --> 00:07:14,077 Hey, guys, you know what horoscopes are? 81 00:07:14,089 --> 00:07:16,431 Let's go see what the stars hold for us. OK? 82 00:07:16,520 --> 00:07:19,592 - OK. - (Bill) See you later. 83 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,596 - Cute kid. - Yeah. I gather Catherine's told you. 84 00:07:23,680 --> 00:07:26,274 - Yeah. - We understand you're with the FBI. 85 00:07:26,360 --> 00:07:29,512 Was. I'm a consultant now. 86 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:33,034 Taurus. The bull. Absolutely. 87 00:07:34,080 --> 00:07:36,549 Leo. The lion. 88 00:07:36,760 --> 00:07:38,592 That's some mane. 89 00:07:38,680 --> 00:07:41,672 Very good. Did they give you the school birthday roster? 90 00:07:41,760 --> 00:07:44,115 You - Cancer. 91 00:07:44,200 --> 00:07:45,793 Aquarius. 92 00:07:45,880 --> 00:07:49,350 Sun sign, sure. I meant your moon sign. 93 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:53,351 Sit down. What's your birthday? February... 94 00:07:53,440 --> 00:07:55,954 - The sixth. - Oh, thank you. 95 00:07:58,080 --> 00:08:00,071 1963. 96 00:08:01,680 --> 00:08:07,870 You have a great spiritual sensitivity, an almost psychic sixth sense. 97 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:10,520 Maybe my husband. 98 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:14,671 Scorpio. The investigator. 99 00:08:16,480 --> 00:08:18,949 Well, it's been fun. 100 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:21,031 Let's go over there. 101 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:26,240 You're in a very difficult transition right now. You're not together, are you? 102 00:08:26,320 --> 00:08:28,311 Your family. 103 00:08:29,160 --> 00:08:31,415 I know Alaska's a big state. But all they 104 00:08:31,427 --> 00:08:33,916 would say was "We've done everything we can." 105 00:08:34,000 --> 00:08:37,152 (Molly) They flew a helicopter back and forth a couple of times. 106 00:08:37,240 --> 00:08:39,244 I offered to write a cheque for a bigger 107 00:08:39,256 --> 00:08:41,473 search. They got huffy, like it was a bribe. 108 00:08:41,560 --> 00:08:43,790 Look, um... 109 00:08:43,880 --> 00:08:49,193 I'm not used to asking for favours, certainly not from strangers, but... 110 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:51,556 He's alive. 111 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:54,749 I know it. 112 00:08:55,640 --> 00:09:01,431 You were born with Neptune overhead. And your husband had Pluto opposite. 113 00:09:01,520 --> 00:09:05,798 The tug of these two planets on each other is the great conflict of our times. 114 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:09,191 At the planetarium, they said Pluto and Neptune cross paths. 115 00:09:09,280 --> 00:09:11,635 Every 500 years. A great clash. 116 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:16,271 A spiritual force with earthly power, out of which comes a new era. 117 00:09:16,360 --> 00:09:20,957 In the past, the birth of Christ, King Arthur's court, the Renaissance. 118 00:09:21,040 --> 00:09:25,113 - And this time? - The great conflict is also your conflict. 119 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:27,760 The two of you. 120 00:09:27,840 --> 00:09:29,638 Catherine. 121 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:31,791 Um... 122 00:09:32,320 --> 00:09:34,834 I'm ready. 123 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:49,076 I guess we went a little overboard - GPS, solar computer, emergency transmitter. 124 00:09:49,160 --> 00:09:52,676 But Alaska's a long way away, and he wanted to go alone. 125 00:09:52,760 --> 00:09:56,390 (Molly) When Alex graduated high school, all his friends wanted cars. 126 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:59,040 - He just wanted to go back. - Go back? 127 00:09:59,120 --> 00:10:01,555 (Bill) We did some Alaska cruises two years ago. 128 00:10:01,640 --> 00:10:05,395 I mean, completely different. We barely got off the boat. 129 00:10:05,480 --> 00:10:11,476 But what are we gonna say, though? He's a great kid. Honour roll, nice friends. 130 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:16,634 Varsity miler. No drugs. Doesn't even like beer. 131 00:10:16,720 --> 00:10:19,340 He'd never really asked for anything before. 132 00:10:19,352 --> 00:10:20,839 You mind if I keep this? 133 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,230 - (Bill) No. Go ahead. - Um... 134 00:10:23,320 --> 00:10:26,619 We put together a list we thought might help. 135 00:10:26,631 --> 00:10:29,794 Driver's licence, birth date, credit cards. 136 00:10:29,880 --> 00:10:34,875 It doesn't say on there, but he'd be a freshman now. At Tufts. 137 00:10:44,600 --> 00:10:47,240 Alex has had it since he was a kid. 138 00:10:47,320 --> 00:10:50,597 He was teaching Ian the constellations before he left, 139 00:10:50,680 --> 00:10:53,877 and asked Ian to watch it for him till he got back. 140 00:10:53,960 --> 00:10:56,759 Ian says he'll see Alex with it. 141 00:10:57,800 --> 00:11:00,792 Maybe if they got a call from you. 142 00:11:01,640 --> 00:11:04,029 No. 143 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:05,838 I'm going to Alaska. 144 00:11:07,160 --> 00:11:10,755 I need a standard briefing packet we normally get from Law Enforcement. 145 00:11:10,840 --> 00:11:15,152 (Peter) You have no authority to work for the Group, especially after that review. 146 00:11:15,240 --> 00:11:18,995 - I must have paged you ten times today. - Are you gonna help me or not? 147 00:11:19,080 --> 00:11:21,959 How does this work? You get uncomfortable, you walk? 148 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:26,830 I've always made the assumption that this was a two-way street. 149 00:11:29,280 --> 00:11:32,033 I'm sorry. You're on your own. 150 00:11:32,120 --> 00:11:34,111 (thunder) 151 00:12:21,440 --> 00:12:24,432 - So, here's your damn prints. - Thank you. 152 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,319 (sheriff I I hate it when they smile. 153 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:33,473 - "Drunk and disorderly"? - Can't lock 'em up for being irritatin'. 154 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:36,393 Between us, I stashed him in there. 155 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,677 - Mostly for his own protection. - Protection from whom? 156 00:12:39,760 --> 00:12:43,037 A long list. Doesn't your group tell you anything? 157 00:12:44,120 --> 00:12:46,634 I left Seattle without a briefing. 158 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:48,720 Look. 159 00:12:48,800 --> 00:12:51,143 Some teenage millionaire wants to buy a few 160 00:12:51,155 --> 00:12:53,510 rounds with a singing doll, no one objects. 161 00:12:53,600 --> 00:12:56,672 But he was giving expensive crap to people's wives. 162 00:12:56,760 --> 00:12:59,752 Wives who are lucky if they get new boots at Christmas. 163 00:12:59,840 --> 00:13:02,386 Now, that's gonna generate some animosity. 164 00:13:02,398 --> 00:13:03,037 Oh, yeah. 165 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:06,590 I've seen some bar brawls in my day, but this one was special. 166 00:13:06,680 --> 00:13:11,675 Saved his ass that time, but it was pretty clear he wasn't gonna last up here. 167 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:13,751 Oh, uh... 168 00:13:14,520 --> 00:13:17,717 After all that, he forgets his watch under that mattress. 169 00:13:17,800 --> 00:13:22,431 I seen the ads. Five grand. What a little pissant. 170 00:13:22,520 --> 00:13:26,878 John! You here? John, the boy, the one you were looking for. 171 00:13:26,960 --> 00:13:28,792 They found him. 172 00:13:37,920 --> 00:13:39,911 (John) Right there. 173 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:42,751 - Ugh! - Oh, man! 174 00:13:42,840 --> 00:13:45,992 Like I said, he wasn't gonna last. 175 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:51,514 That's not him. 176 00:14:07,640 --> 00:14:10,280 (man) Nature ain't a dainty eater. 177 00:14:11,160 --> 00:14:14,073 Larry Nolan, Acting Coroner. 178 00:14:14,160 --> 00:14:16,674 Conducting autopsy on Alex Glaser. 179 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:20,469 - The dental match is inconclusive. - Well, half the jaw's missing. 180 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:24,030 I'd prefer we designate him a John Doe. 181 00:14:25,520 --> 00:14:29,514 - Conducting autopsy on John Doe. - Thank you. 182 00:14:29,600 --> 00:14:32,479 Height, 5'11". Like Alex Glaser. 183 00:14:32,560 --> 00:14:34,597 Shoe size, 10. Like Alex Glaser. 184 00:14:34,680 --> 00:14:38,833 Estimated age, 18. Like Alex Glaser. 185 00:14:39,480 --> 00:14:45,590 Connective fascia, severely degraded. Two to three weeks underwater. 186 00:14:45,680 --> 00:14:49,150 Like Alex Glaser. I'll notify the parents. 187 00:14:49,240 --> 00:14:54,235 And tell them what? About the brutality of this man's death? About his crushed skull? 188 00:14:54,320 --> 00:14:57,073 With no evidence this is their son? 189 00:15:05,160 --> 00:15:06,594 Conifer. 190 00:15:06,680 --> 00:15:11,311 300 million cedars in this state. About as unusual as antlers on a moose. 191 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:23,672 Do you know where they fished the body out of the water? 192 00:15:23,760 --> 00:15:26,578 I'll factor in the currents to determine where 193 00:15:26,590 --> 00:15:29,358 he entered the water. The conifer is generic. 194 00:15:29,440 --> 00:15:32,000 But with the knowledge we have, who knows? 195 00:15:32,080 --> 00:15:35,675 I know this: someone didn't like his charming ways. 196 00:15:35,760 --> 00:15:39,071 Though most of your wet ones are D&D. 197 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,118 - Drunk and drowned. - Alex didn't drink. 198 00:15:42,200 --> 00:15:44,669 He sure was on something the night he spent here. 199 00:15:44,760 --> 00:15:46,034 (beeping) 200 00:15:46,120 --> 00:15:49,192 Soylent green is people. 201 00:15:55,280 --> 00:15:57,271 (clicks keys) 202 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,592 - Probably the phone lines. - Yeah? 203 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,798 They're... What do you call it? Fibreoptic. 204 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:07,314 Oh. 205 00:16:31,760 --> 00:16:33,751 (phone rings) 206 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,473 - Hello. - (Frank) Hi. Did I wake you? 207 00:16:37,560 --> 00:16:39,870 Oh. Uh... no. 208 00:16:39,960 --> 00:16:43,749 No, I was just, uh... paying some bills. How are you snaking out? 209 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:47,231 Fine. Except I've got a computer glitch. 210 00:16:47,320 --> 00:16:51,314 Is there any chance you could go over to my place and check it out for me? 211 00:16:51,400 --> 00:16:52,720 Sure. 212 00:16:54,200 --> 00:16:57,711 Frank... What? 213 00:17:01,440 --> 00:17:04,910 I was just thinking about you, that's all. 214 00:17:06,240 --> 00:17:08,993 I'm pretty sure Jeanne is in across the hall. 215 00:17:09,080 --> 00:17:13,631 - I'll see if she can watch Jordan. - Thank you. 216 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:20,190 This was worth it just to check out your new lifestyle. 217 00:17:20,560 --> 00:17:22,153 "Ladies of the night"? 218 00:17:22,240 --> 00:17:26,154 It's just a CD-ROM. It's about owls. 219 00:17:27,520 --> 00:17:30,080 Yeah, sure. OK. 220 00:17:30,160 --> 00:17:33,471 Millennium Group. I'm hitting it now. 221 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:36,875 (beeping) 222 00:17:37,400 --> 00:17:39,789 Soylent green is people. 223 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,558 "Access denied." You want me to give Peter a call? 224 00:17:45,640 --> 00:17:47,950 No, no, no. Let's go outside the Group. 225 00:17:48,040 --> 00:17:51,158 I want you to open an icon marked "plastic". 226 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,151 (dialling tone) 227 00:17:57,120 --> 00:17:59,111 Wait a minute. 228 00:17:59,200 --> 00:18:02,989 You can find out what anyone's charged? 229 00:18:03,080 --> 00:18:06,391 - You've done that to me, haven't you? - Yeah. 230 00:18:06,480 --> 00:18:10,951 419011603511226. 231 00:18:11,320 --> 00:18:13,038 Should be... 232 00:18:13,120 --> 00:18:17,671 Alex Glaser. The only entry from Alaska is a general store. Monroe's. 233 00:18:17,760 --> 00:18:19,592 That's where I am. 234 00:18:19,680 --> 00:18:21,796 $587.38. 235 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:27,034 - $587? For what? - It just says "merchandise". 236 00:18:27,120 --> 00:18:28,713 (door clicks) 237 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,279 Wait a minute. 238 00:18:30,360 --> 00:18:33,352 - There's somebody outside. - What? 239 00:18:33,960 --> 00:18:36,759 Catherine? Catherine! 240 00:18:38,840 --> 00:18:40,911 Catherine, pick up the phone. 241 00:18:44,480 --> 00:18:46,676 - What the hell is going on here? - Catherine! 242 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:48,876 - I got it. - Catherine! 243 00:18:48,960 --> 00:18:51,600 - What are you pulling? - Why are you breaking in... 244 00:18:51,680 --> 00:18:56,197 - What are you doing barging in here? - Are you bugging my phones? 245 00:18:56,280 --> 00:18:59,238 - We had a security breach on your account. - It was Frank. 246 00:18:59,320 --> 00:19:01,470 Yeah, I know about it! 247 00:19:02,720 --> 00:19:05,030 He's on his own. The Group considers him AWOL. 248 00:19:05,120 --> 00:19:07,919 AWOL? Who do you people think you are? 249 00:19:08,600 --> 00:19:11,718 You're supposed to be looking out for him. Did you cut him off? 250 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:13,791 Answer me! 251 00:19:15,320 --> 00:19:18,631 When you're ready to listen. 252 00:19:23,840 --> 00:19:25,672 You OK there? 253 00:19:26,680 --> 00:19:31,277 A few weeks ago, a young man came in here and purchased a few items. Almost $600. 254 00:19:31,360 --> 00:19:35,718 Yeah, the dead kid. Only it wasn't a number of items, it was one big one. 255 00:19:35,800 --> 00:19:40,397 I'll never forget. He signs the receipt real careful. Like anybody cares, right? 256 00:19:40,480 --> 00:19:42,915 And then he gives me his card. 257 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:48,712 He gives me his card. And I say no way. Credit card fraud being highly immoral. 258 00:19:48,800 --> 00:19:52,998 Anyway, who in this town is gonna believe I'm Alex whatshisname? 259 00:19:53,080 --> 00:19:56,914 So he takes the scissors and he cuts the card in two. 260 00:19:57,000 --> 00:19:59,116 Here's the receipt. 261 00:20:02,160 --> 00:20:04,959 This is not his name. This says "Alex Ventoux". 262 00:20:05,040 --> 00:20:08,078 Hey, the charge cleared. Don't mess me up. 263 00:20:08,600 --> 00:20:11,558 Ventoux, what did he buy? 264 00:20:13,040 --> 00:20:15,031 A telescope? 265 00:20:17,440 --> 00:20:19,556 He wouldn't backpack with this. 266 00:20:19,640 --> 00:20:25,238 He made me swear to keep it secret, but I guess he's in no position to complain. 267 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:30,156 The telescope wasn't for him. He had me deliver it there. 268 00:20:56,080 --> 00:20:58,276 Look at this. 269 00:21:02,880 --> 00:21:06,191 Alex had a younger brother named Ian. They shared a telescope, 270 00:21:06,280 --> 00:21:08,556 - like the one he bought here. - So? 271 00:21:08,640 --> 00:21:11,447 He had it delivered to the Bering Elementary, 272 00:21:11,459 --> 00:21:13,840 second grade, the same as his brother. 273 00:21:13,920 --> 00:21:18,517 Alex wasn't trying to cause trouble. He was trying to make peace with the world. 274 00:21:18,600 --> 00:21:23,674 He bought a telescope to atone for leaving a brother he loved behind. 275 00:21:23,760 --> 00:21:27,435 He was, uh... jettisoning material possessions. 276 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:34,038 - The insane giveaway in the bar. - Yeah. And the watch he left for you. 277 00:21:34,120 --> 00:21:36,509 He's moved on to where time is not important. 278 00:21:36,600 --> 00:21:37,874 Yeah. 279 00:21:37,960 --> 00:21:40,156 The great hereafter. 280 00:21:40,240 --> 00:21:42,311 The whole business reeks of suicide. 281 00:21:42,400 --> 00:21:43,959 No. 282 00:21:44,040 --> 00:21:50,195 He signed his name "Alex Ventoux" on this receipt for the telescope. 283 00:21:50,280 --> 00:21:54,399 He was creating a new identity to have a new life, not ending one. 284 00:21:54,480 --> 00:21:56,869 - Then who was the floater? - I don't know. 285 00:21:56,960 --> 00:22:00,316 But it wasn't Alex. I have a very strong feeling about this. 286 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,232 Yeah. 287 00:22:02,320 --> 00:22:05,631 I talked to Peter Watts about these "strong feelings" of yours, 288 00:22:05,720 --> 00:22:09,839 which, as I understand them, makes you at least as loopy as that kid was. 289 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:13,436 He also said you're here as a solo act. You lied to me. 290 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,909 I plotted currents where the body was found. 291 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,675 It may have entered the ocean here, by the Emmonak river. 292 00:22:19,760 --> 00:22:23,071 The cedar fragments suggest that it started at altitude. 293 00:22:23,160 --> 00:22:25,356 It washed down the river, 294 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:30,276 tumbling over boulders, which would explain the skull damage and the broken bones. 295 00:22:30,360 --> 00:22:34,718 The river is the last known location. I'm going after him. 296 00:22:34,800 --> 00:22:38,794 Do what the hell you want. But you're on your own. 297 00:22:42,800 --> 00:22:44,234 Hey. 298 00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:49,315 I'll be picking your body outta the water next. That's my strong feelin'. 299 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,431 (wolf howls) 300 00:23:28,080 --> 00:23:32,870 (Alex) You want to know why it happened, and! Can't say. 301 00:23:32,960 --> 00:23:35,190 But I do know when. 302 00:23:35,280 --> 00:23:40,753 It was that moment when I turned my back on everything, 303 00:23:40,840 --> 00:23:43,070 and felt peace. 304 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:37,989 All right. The river's right up there, about 200 yards. 305 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:41,710 Follow it all the way or you're gonna be lost in about 30 seconds. 306 00:24:41,800 --> 00:24:44,462 I'm leaving at 4.30 sharp, with or without you. 307 00:24:44,474 --> 00:24:47,034 So whatever you're doing, turn around at one. 308 00:24:47,120 --> 00:24:48,918 Understood. 309 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,190 Look, this is just human to human. 310 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:53,915 What? 311 00:24:54,000 --> 00:24:56,640 Are you OK? 312 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:59,997 The sheriff told me that you're a little bit whacked. 313 00:25:00,080 --> 00:25:02,230 He did, huh? 314 00:25:04,680 --> 00:25:06,956 I'll be back by 4.30. 315 00:25:08,480 --> 00:25:13,111 OK. Hey! You know that kid expired about three weeks ago, right? 316 00:25:13,200 --> 00:25:15,635 You know that? 317 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:24,958 - (woman) There's someone at the door. - (Peter) Whose idea was that? 318 00:25:30,720 --> 00:25:32,199 Um... 319 00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,469 Will you talk to me? 320 00:25:36,440 --> 00:25:38,636 Yeah. Yeah. 321 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,836 I'm sorry. I'm... I'm sorry. 322 00:25:43,920 --> 00:25:47,390 For coming here. But I, um... 323 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:50,950 He's gone. He's headed up north. 324 00:25:51,040 --> 00:25:53,236 For I don't know what. 325 00:25:53,320 --> 00:25:56,756 And I didn't stop him. I... I didn't try to. 326 00:26:00,200 --> 00:26:02,316 What happened this past year? 327 00:26:04,080 --> 00:26:07,048 I feel like I just stood by watching while 328 00:26:07,060 --> 00:26:10,395 Frank and Jordan and I got run over by a train. 329 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,359 We've all felt that way from time to time. 330 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,239 Then how can you not help him? 331 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:22,877 This is very difficult for me, Catherine. All of it. 332 00:26:22,960 --> 00:26:24,951 How do you make it work? 333 00:26:25,040 --> 00:26:27,475 Really? Barbara, my wife. 334 00:26:28,080 --> 00:26:30,310 So it's my fault. 335 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:37,356 It isn't about fault, it's about coming to terms with the times we live in. 336 00:26:37,440 --> 00:26:40,159 You know how I spent the past two days? 337 00:26:40,240 --> 00:26:44,074 Reading astrology books. Digging into Pluto and Neptune. 338 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:50,190 Because that's what it's come to for me. I don't know where to look for answers. 339 00:26:50,280 --> 00:26:53,113 I think you know exactly where to look. 340 00:26:53,200 --> 00:26:57,797 Anywhere that makes you conscious of the part you play. 341 00:26:58,720 --> 00:27:01,917 - The part I play in what? - (door opens) 342 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:10,071 Sorry. They were just gonna take me to the airport. 343 00:27:10,160 --> 00:27:12,834 If, uh, you have time for a cup of coffee... 344 00:27:12,920 --> 00:27:15,150 Yes. I'd like that. 345 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,751 I'll call you. 346 00:27:18,600 --> 00:27:20,796 Where are you off to? 347 00:27:22,200 --> 00:27:23,520 (Alex) Alaska. 348 00:27:24,320 --> 00:27:29,315 I was never honest with you whyl came back here. I could never quite explain. 349 00:27:29,400 --> 00:27:32,791 But I'll try now, while I still can. 350 00:27:32,880 --> 00:27:35,759 It happened on our cruise through Prince Edward Sound. 351 00:27:35,840 --> 00:27:39,390 I was looking at the water and the mountains, which were beautiful, 352 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:44,270 but for a moment, up on the deck of that ship, I couldn't swear it wasn't just... 353 00:27:44,360 --> 00:27:48,354 an incredibly realistic simulation. 354 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:52,479 Not just the scenery. My whole life. 355 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:54,790 Back home, the feeling never left. 356 00:27:54,880 --> 00:27:57,644 All junior and senior year while I studied, 357 00:27:57,656 --> 00:28:00,432 ran track, filled out college applications. 358 00:28:00,520 --> 00:28:04,400 I returned here to find my life again. 359 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:06,551 I had to. 360 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,711 I don't understand what draws me on, bu! 361 00:28:09,723 --> 00:28:13,114 God doesn't move us by telling us the facts. 362 00:28:13,200 --> 00:28:17,956 He moves us by pains and contradictions. 363 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:23,319 He's given me a lack of understanding. Not answers, but questions. 364 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:25,960 An invitation to marvel. 365 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:32,711 And here, for the first time, I have. 366 00:28:40,560 --> 00:28:43,518 I never thought it would end like this. 367 00:28:43,600 --> 00:28:46,672 I never thought it would end at all. 368 00:28:46,760 --> 00:28:49,274 But, like they say, 369 00:28:49,360 --> 00:28:55,276 what a long, strange trip this has been. 370 00:29:15,000 --> 00:29:19,312 My leg is broken. I've lost a lot of blood. 371 00:29:19,400 --> 00:29:23,997 It's starting to rain and I know I'll never make it home. 372 00:29:25,800 --> 00:29:28,633 Someday some kid will tell Ian “You're an idiot, 373 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:31,314 "just like your brother who threw his life away." 374 00:29:31,400 --> 00:29:34,313 “Walked into the woods and died.“ 375 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:38,478 I'm asking you, as a last favour, 376 00:29:38,560 --> 00:29:42,110 to put a better spin on it for him. 377 00:29:42,960 --> 00:29:45,918 You two, and Ian, 378 00:29:46,920 --> 00:29:49,480 you have always been real. 379 00:29:49,560 --> 00:29:51,551 (Frank whistles) 380 00:29:52,800 --> 00:29:54,393 Yo! 381 00:30:29,200 --> 00:30:33,558 (Alex) Please know! Love you. I'm thinking of you in the end'. 382 00:30:33,640 --> 00:30:36,109 And I'm looking at the stars. 383 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:51,196 The guy swears he'll be back by 4.30, and the sun's goin' down, the wind's cumin' up. 384 00:30:51,280 --> 00:30:54,159 I'm drivin' a damn lemon taxi. I'm outta here. 385 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,676 (John) Toss out a survival kit. I'll get a search team for the morning. 386 00:30:57,760 --> 00:31:00,274 And you owe me 50 bucks. 387 00:31:00,360 --> 00:31:06,709 You called it, John. Hey, man, this state's got a lousy way of dealing with nutcases. 388 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,919 (Alex) Down in front. 389 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:31,519 Listen, I didn't want to die. 390 00:33:31,600 --> 00:33:33,796 I wanted to be alive. 391 00:34:19,120 --> 00:34:22,795 Hang in there, kid. I'm not gonna let you die. 392 00:34:49,400 --> 00:34:50,913 Mommy? 393 00:34:54,040 --> 00:34:56,873 Jordan, you're supposed to be asleep. 394 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:59,190 Daddy didn't call. 395 00:34:59,280 --> 00:35:04,912 Oh, well, I am sure that he will. 396 00:35:06,960 --> 00:35:10,157 - That's Daddy. - Oh, no, honey. 397 00:35:13,880 --> 00:35:19,637 You know, Daddy has a lot of responsibilities. A lot, for everybody. 398 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:23,475 And that means sometimes he has to do things that aren't very nice. 399 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:26,393 Not that. That. 400 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:37,480 I hope so, sweetheart. 401 00:36:46,240 --> 00:36:48,993 Alex. Alex, wake up. 402 00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:52,871 Alex! Come on, look at me. 403 00:36:53,360 --> 00:36:55,351 Come on, Alex. 404 00:37:17,680 --> 00:37:19,807 (John) We got a lot of ground to cover. We'll 405 00:37:19,819 --> 00:37:21,958 walk a GPS grid from the bottom of the river. 406 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:26,432 Ortez, you look north. Andrews, south. I'll take the middle with Peter Watts here. 407 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:32,596 Check in every hour. Channel 16. Scotty'|I be overhead, 122.5. All right? 408 00:37:34,480 --> 00:37:36,676 Oh, my God. Frank! 409 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,118 Are you all right? OK, we got him, we got him. Come on. 410 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:53,513 Watch your step. Watch your foot. 411 00:37:54,520 --> 00:37:57,433 You take care of him now, Peter. 412 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,670 I think he's alive. 413 00:37:59,760 --> 00:38:02,479 He's still alive. He's still alive. 414 00:38:03,480 --> 00:38:06,518 Get in. We're outta here. Lewis, we'll come back for ya. 415 00:38:06,600 --> 00:38:09,160 - I'm staying. - You're in shock. You need a doctor. 416 00:38:09,240 --> 00:38:10,833 No. 417 00:38:15,760 --> 00:38:18,320 He'll come back. Let him be. 418 00:39:03,280 --> 00:39:06,557 I saw it, you saw it. What were those crazy lights? 419 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:11,476 "We asked the National Observatory, and they called it "a near-space anomaly'. 420 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:14,478 OK. Now, since the astronomers are clueless, 421 00:39:14,490 --> 00:39:16,953 I asked a local astrologer and she... 422 00:39:17,040 --> 00:39:18,439 - (laughter) - I know. 423 00:39:18,520 --> 00:39:22,400 Here's what she said: Neptune and Pluto are in Sagittarius, 424 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,949 whose nature symbol is a rainbow. 425 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:28,829 So that light show was a “space rainbow“. 426 00:39:28,920 --> 00:39:31,309 “The signature of a new covenant.“ 427 00:39:31,400 --> 00:39:33,596 Ooh, doesn't that clear things up? 428 00:39:33,680 --> 00:39:36,433 - Mr Black. - Hi. How is he today? 429 00:39:36,520 --> 00:39:39,433 What's the matter? 430 00:39:48,120 --> 00:39:52,034 He was in great spirits. Talking, writing. 431 00:39:52,840 --> 00:39:55,832 No one saw him leave. 432 00:39:59,160 --> 00:40:01,913 (Alex) We are meant to be here. 433 00:40:02,000 --> 00:40:06,153 We step from once piece of holy ground to the next, under stars that ask: 434 00:40:06,240 --> 00:40:11,314 Imagine for one second you could drop in on a past life. 435 00:40:11,400 --> 00:40:14,791 What would you like to find yourself doing there? 436 00:40:14,880 --> 00:40:17,599 What would charm you? Make you proud? 437 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:19,512 "Ask yourself that, 438 00:40:19,600 --> 00:40:24,117 and the question of what to do in this life becomes so simple, it's terrifying." 439 00:40:24,200 --> 00:40:27,301 "Just to do that thing that would charm you, 440 00:40:27,313 --> 00:40:30,355 that would make you say 'It's the real me!" 441 00:40:30,440 --> 00:40:34,638 "Do that and you're alive. Alex Ventoux." 442 00:40:35,600 --> 00:40:38,274 All right. What does that mean? 443 00:40:43,320 --> 00:40:44,879 No. 444 00:40:48,640 --> 00:40:53,111 Over 500 years ago, a man named Petrarch climbed a mountain just to see the view. 445 00:40:53,200 --> 00:40:58,479 It was a new kind of thinking that became the beginning of the Renaissance. 446 00:40:58,560 --> 00:41:01,837 The name of that mountain was Ventoux. 447 00:41:06,080 --> 00:41:08,879 I don't understand. 448 00:41:08,960 --> 00:41:12,715 I just... I just don't understand. 449 00:41:24,800 --> 00:41:28,156 Do you think he'll ever come back? 450 00:41:28,240 --> 00:41:30,880 The person they thought he was? No. 451 00:41:33,800 --> 00:41:36,952 Peter asked me to give this to you. 452 00:41:38,320 --> 00:41:42,200 I told him there was no guarantee you'd read it. 453 00:41:47,560 --> 00:41:49,756 What's it say? 454 00:41:55,880 --> 00:41:58,269 I'm not sure it matters. 455 00:42:34,680 --> 00:42:38,196 Visiontext Subtitles: Joanna Wilkinson 456 00:42:55,200 --> 00:42:57,032 (child) I made this! 457 00:42:57,320 --> 00:42:59,311 ENGLISH SDH