1. I used to thinkCopy !req
2. this was the beginning of your story.Copy !req
3. Memory is a strange thing.Copy !req
4. It doesn't work like I thought it did.Copy !req
5. We are so bound by time, by its order.Copy !req
6. Okay.Copy !req
7. Okay. Come back to me.Copy !req
8. Come back to me.Copy !req
9. Come back to me.Copy !req
10. Stick 'em up!Copy !req
11. Are you the sheriff
in this here town?Copy !req
12. These are my tickle guns,
and I'm gonna getcha!Copy !req
13. No!Copy !req
14. You want me to chase you?
You better run!Copy !req
15. - Ah!
- Oh!Copy !req
16. I remember
moments in the middle.Copy !req
17. I love you.Copy !req
18. I hate you!Copy !req
19. And this was the end.Copy !req
20. Shhh...Copy !req
21. Come back to me.Copy !req
22. You come back to me.Copy !req
23. But now I'm not so sureCopy !req
24. I believe in beginnings and endings.Copy !req
25. There are days that define
your story beyond your life.Copy !req
26. Like the day they arrived.Copy !req
27. Good morning.Copy !req
28. Morning.Copy !req
29. Where is everyone?Copy !req
30. Okay. Well, let's get started.Copy !req
31. Today we are talking about PortugueseCopy !req
32. and why it sounds so differentCopy !req
33. from the other Romance languages.Copy !req
34. The story of Portuguese begins
in the kingdom of Galicia...Copy !req
35. Sorry.
In the Middle Ages,Copy !req
36. where language was seen
as an expression of art.Copy !req
37. Any news you want to share?Copy !req
38. Dr. Banks, can you turn
the TV to a news channel?Copy !req
39. But police have
already set up a blockadeCopy !req
40. here around the area.Copy !req
41. As you can see,
we've got just about as close as we can,Copy !req
42. but unfortunately,Copy !req
43. Montana right now
is on complete lockdown.Copy !req
44. The object apparently
touched down 40 minutes ago,Copy !req
45. just north of I-94.Copy !req
46. We're wailing to hear if this is perhapsCopy !req
47. an experimental vessel or...Copy !req
48. Hold on, it...Copy !req
49. I'm learning that more objects
like this have landed inCopy !req
50. as many as eight other locationsCopy !req
51. around the world.Copy !req
52. Yes, can we?Copy !req
53. This is from a site in Hokkaido.Copy !req
54. This is worldwide.
It is happening right now.Copy !req
55. Okay. Um...Copy !req
56. I'm sorry. Class is dismissed.Copy !req
57. You are an idiot!
You drove right into me!Copy !req
58. You just ruined my car!Copy !req
59. For now, we're simply
asking for cooperationCopy !req
60. while authorities assess the object.Copy !req
61. So, you're saying it's not ours?Copy !req
62. Do you even know if it's from Earth?Copy !req
63. We're still collecting information.Copy !req
64. We're coordinating with other countries.Copy !req
65. We're not the only ones toCopy !req
66. have one of these in our backyard.Copy !req
67. If this is
some son' of peaceful first contact,Copy !req
68. why send 12?Copy !req
69. Why not just one?Copy !req
70. Yeah, I know. I saw that, too.Copy !req
71. Uh-huh.Copy !req
72. Uh-huh. I don't know, Mom.Copy !req
73. I'm watching
the same news coverage you are.Copy !req
74. Well, Mom,
please don't bother with that channel.Copy !req
75. How many times do I have to tell you?
Those people are idiots.Copy !req
76. Yeah, well, do I sound nervous?Copy !req
77. Okay. Exactly. So...Copy !req
78. Um, me? Yeah, um, you know me.Copy !req
79. I'm about the same.Copy !req
80. Mom, I'm fine.Copy !req
81. Okay, I'll call you later. Bye.Copy !req
82. And around eight
hours after landing,Copy !req
83. there are still no signs
of what might be calledCopy !req
84. "first contact'Copy !req
85. Now, the objects measure
at least 1,500 feet tall...Copy !req
86. Two are reported
to have penetrated Russian airspace.Copy !req
87. One in Siberia, and the other
off the coast of the Black...Copy !req
88. "above the ocean.Copy !req
89. So far, there are 12 unidentified objectsCopy !req
90. spread across the globe.Copy !req
91. There is no obvious logic
to their locationsCopy !req
92. and no evidence that
the ships are even occu...Copy !req
93. entertain the idea that
If it is a kind of vessel,Copy !req
94. it may be unmanned.Copy !req
95. Regardless, we have
a protocol for scenarios like this.Copy !req
96. After Tuesday's
extraordinary events,Copy !req
97. the President this morning has
declared a state of emergency,Copy !req
98. with as many as 5,000 National GuardCopy !req
99. being deployed to
the state of Montana alone.Copy !req
100. Borders are closed
and flights have been grounded,Copy !req
101. stranding millions of travelers.Copy !req
102. Panic buying of gas, water and foodCopy !req
103. continues to escalate,Copy !req
104. and federal authorities
have temporarily liftedCopy !req
105. all caps on overtime
for law enforcement.Copy !req
106. The ATF has put a temporary ban
on new gun licenses,Copy !req
107. forcing many independent suppliers ofCopy !req
108. hunting equipment and firearmsCopy !req
109. to close their doors to the public.Copy !req
110. Forty-eight hours later
and no further development...Copy !req
111. Two days...Copy !req
112. from the site of the 12 UFOs.Copy !req
113. And already, the public expects usCopy !req
114. to know the answers.Copy !req
115. I'm Colonel G.T. Weber.Copy !req
116. We never formally met,Copy !req
117. but two years ago,
you did some Farsi translationsCopy !req
118. for Army Intelligence.Copy !req
119. Oh.Copy !req
120. You made quick work
of those insurgent videos.Copy !req
121. You made quick work
of those insurgents.Copy !req
122. You are on the top of everyone's listCopy !req
123. when it comes to translations.Copy !req
124. And you have another
two years in your SSBI,Copy !req
125. so you still have lop-secret clearance.Copy !req
126. That's why I'm in your office
and not at Berkeley.Copy !req
127. Okay.-Copy !req
128. I have something I need you
to translate for me.Copy !req
129. Why are you here?Copy !req
130. Can you... Can you understand us?Copy !req
131. Where did you come from?Copy !req
132. Now you heard it.
What do you make of it?Copy !req
133. Is that...Copy !req
134. Yes.Copy !req
135. How many?Copy !req
136. - How many what?
- Um, how many, um, speaking?Copy !req
137. Two.Copy !req
138. Assume they were not speaking
at the same time.Copy !req
139. Are you sure? Did they have mouths...Copy !req
140. How would you approach
translating this'?Copy !req
141. Do you hear any words? Phrases?Copy !req
142. I don't... I don't know.Copy !req
143. So what can you tell me?Copy !req
144. I can tell you that it's impossibleCopy !req
145. to translate from an audio file.Copy !req
146. I would need to be there,
to interact with them.Copy !req
147. You didn't need that
with the Farsi translations.Copy !req
148. I didn't need it because
I already knew the language,Copy !req
149. but this... This is... Ah...Copy !req
150. I know what you're doing.Copy !req
151. - Tell me what I'm doing.
- I'm not taking you to Montana.Copy !req
152. It's all I can do
to keep it from turning into a tourist siteCopy !req
153. for everybody who has a TS clearance.Copy !req
154. I'm just telling you what it would takeCopy !req
155. to do this job.Copy !req
156. This is not a negotiation.Copy !req
157. If I leave here, your chance is gone.Copy !req
158. Good day.Copy !req
159. Colonel?Copy !req
160. You mentioned Berkeley.Copy !req
161. Are you going to ask Danvers next?Copy !req
162. Maybe.Copy !req
163. Before you commit to him,Copy !req
164. ask him the Sanskrit word
for war and its translation.Copy !req
165. An agreement on sharing
scientific discoveriesCopy !req
166. looks closer tonight,Copy !req
167. as Russia and China join talks
at the United Nations.Copy !req
168. Meanwhile, financial markets
across the world are in crisisCopy !req
169. as the Dow Jones Industrial Average fellCopy !req
170. over 2, 000 points...Copy !req
171. Morning.Copy !req
172. Colonel?Copy !req
173. Gavisti.Copy !req
174. He says it means "an argument."Copy !req
175. What do you say it means?Copy !req
176. A desire for more cows.Copy !req
177. Pack your bags.Copy !req
178. - All right. Give me 20 minutes'?
- Takeoff in ten.Copy !req
179. Dr. Banks.
Right this way, please.Copy !req
180. Contact and ready to approach...Copy !req
181. Excuse me, Dr. Banks, let me make
sure you're properly secured.Copy !req
182. You okay?Copy !req
183. Sorry, I couldn't hear
what you were saying.Copy !req
184. Language is the foundation
of civilization.Copy !req
185. It is the glue
that holds a people together.Copy !req
186. "R is me first weapon drawn
in a conflict"Copy !req
187. Louise, this is Ian Donnelly.
Louise Banks, Ian Donnelly.Copy !req
188. That's quite a greeting.Copy !req
189. Yeah, well, you wrote it.Copy !req
190. Yeah.Copy !req
191. It's the kind of thing
you write as a preface.Copy !req
192. Dazzle them with the basics.Copy !req
193. Yeah, it's great. Even if it's wrung.Copy !req
194. It's wrong?Copy !req
195. Well, the cornerstone of civilization
isn't language,Copy !req
196. it's science.Copy !req
197. Ian is a theoretical physicist
from Los Alamos.Copy !req
198. You'll be reporting to me,
but you'll be working with himCopy !req
199. when you're in the sheik.Copy !req
200. That's what they're calling the UFO.Copy !req
201. What do they wan!
And where are they from?Copy !req
202. And beyond that, how did they get here?Copy !req
203. Are they capable of
faster-than-fight travel?Copy !req
204. We prepared
a list of questions to go over,Copy !req
205. starting with a series of
"handshake" binary sequences...Copy !req
206. How about we just talk to themCopy !req
207. before we start throwing
math problems at them?Copy !req
208. This is why you're both here.Copy !req
209. I'll bring the coffee.Copy !req
210. Coffee with some aliens.Copy !req
211. I want you to take
these two to Dr. Kettler.Copy !req
212. YES, sir.Copy !req
213. Follow the captain to medical.Copy !req
214. It should take just a few minutes,Copy !req
215. and then we'll get started.Copy !req
216. We'll take care of your bag.
I'll lake your cell phones.Copy !req
217. Cell phones!Copy !req
218. Follow me.Copy !req
219. Put these on. You're gonna
wear them at all times.Copy !req
220. Sir, they're here.Copy !req
221. Louise Banks?
Ian Donnelly?Copy !req
222. When was the last time
either of you have eaten?Copy !req
223. - Last night.
- Same.Copy !req
224. Last time
you did something stressful?Copy !req
225. Does now count?Copy !req
226. Just saying...Copy !req
227. Uh, who was being carted off
in the medevac?Copy !req
228. Not everyone is able to
process experiences like this.Copy !req
229. I'm gonna get some blood from youCopy !req
230. and give you an immunization doseCopy !req
231. that covers a battery of bacterial threats.Copy !req
232. Could you sign these, please?
And roll up your sleeves.Copy !req
233. Either of you claustrophobic?Copy !req
234. - No.
- No.Copy !req
235. Currently taking any medications?
Allergies?Copy !req
236. Pregnant?Copy !req
237. No.Copy !req
238. The booster is a kick to your system,Copy !req
239. so you may experience
some side effects,Copy !req
240. nausea, dizziness, headaches,Copy !req
241. a ringing in your ears,
like you have tinnitus.Copy !req
242. They wouldn't go, either way.Copy !req
243. You see what's happening to him?Copy !req
244. How does this even work?Copy !req
245. The readings do not change,Copy !req
246. but I don't know,Copy !req
247. it's like we're insects
on a piece of paper,Copy !req
248. and they're easing us out of the house.Copy !req
249. A1 exactly 112 minutes and 19 seconds,Copy !req
250. gravity starts to shift
and slides us out of the room.Copy !req
251. Have you found
a scientific explanation for it?Copy !req
252. Like, is it for them?Copy !req
253. Uh, no. We think it's for us.Copy !req
254. Air doesn't seem to circulate
inside the chamber,Copy !req
255. so after about two hours,
we run out of oxygen.Copy !req
256. It doesn't take 18 hours
to pump fresh air into a room.Copy !req
257. Atmosphere...Copy !req
258. Excuse me?Copy !req
259. If their atmosphere is
different from Earth,Copy !req
260. it would certainly take hoursCopy !req
261. to rebalance their O2 content
and pressure for usCopy !req
262. every time they open their door.Copy !req
263. So, they could suffocate us
if they wanted.Copy !req
264. This is Agent Halpern
with the CIA.Copy !req
265. Let me get you two to your stations.Copy !req
266. Yes, sir.Copy !req
267. Remember, we need answers
as soon as possible.Copy !req
268. What do they want?
Where are they from?Copy !req
269. Why are they here?Copy !req
270. This is the priority.Copy !req
271. Everyone, this is Dr. Ian Donnelly.Copy !req
272. He'll be running this team here.Copy !req
273. Have they responded to anything?Copy !req
274. Shapes, patterns, numbers, Fibonacci?Copy !req
275. We can't tell what they're sayingCopy !req
276. when they respond to "hello," so...Copy !req
277. Don't get ahead of yourself.Copy !req
278. What have you figured out?Copy !req
279. We're just getting started.
Good morning!Copy !req
280. This is Dr. Louise Banks.
She'll be heading your team.Copy !req
281. It's a pleasure meeting you.Copy !req
282. Dr. Banks is
taking over the mission from Dr. Walker.Copy !req
283. That's a 15-minute warning.Copy !req
284. You scuba-dive before?Copy !req
285. What kind of radiation exposure
are we walking into?Copy !req
286. Nominal. These are just for safety.Copy !req
287. So, is there any physical
contact with the, um...Copy !req
288. Am I the only one having
trouble saying "aliens"?Copy !req
289. There's a wall. Like, a glass wall.Copy !req
290. You can't get to them.Copy !req
291. So, what do they look like?Copy !req
292. You'll see soon enough. Hurry up.Copy !req
293. The suits are clumsy at first,Copy !req
294. but you get used to them.Copy !req
295. I'll open a second vehicle.Copy !req
296. We'll be there in a few minutes.Copy !req
297. Make sure you hold on to something.Copy !req
298. Copy, Condor.
We will observe, but not initiate. Over.Copy !req
299. Watch your step.Copy !req
300. We'll keep
Alpha channel open. Over.Copy !req
301. Alpha, be advised.
Humidity increased since yesterday.Copy !req
302. Every 18 hours,Copy !req
303. the door opens up at the bottom.Copy !req
304. That's where we go in.Copy !req
305. Zero movement.
Alpha detail, clear to proceed. Over.Copy !req
306. Copy, Condor.Copy !req
307. Beginning our ascent now. Over.Copy !req
308. Ten feet.Copy !req
309. Five feet.Copy !req
310. Two, one...Copy !req
311. Alpha clear to enter antechamber.Copy !req
312. Moving into position.Copy !req
313. Thirty feel from target.Copy !req
314. Suit telemetry now full strength,Copy !req
315. despite unknown interference.Copy !req
316. Three, two, one.Copy !req
317. 20.3%.Copy !req
318. No known contaminates. Over.Copy !req
319. Radio signals are decreasing.Copy !req
320. 90%, 85%..Copy !req
321. Yeah, that just happened.Copy !req
322. All right, let's move!Copy !req
323. Time is wasting.Copy !req
324. You ready? You ready?Copy !req
325. Let's do it!Copy !req
326. Condor, I'm proceeding first
with Captain Marks, over.Copy !req
327. Gravity nominal
in the antechamber. Over!Copy !req
328. It's all good, sir.Copy !req
329. You can proceed.Copy !req
330. Stand by! Okay, bring ii up.Copy !req
331. Vitals are low.Copy !req
332. Radio signal strength
stable at 75%. Over.Copy !req
333. You okay?Copy !req
334. Yeah.Copy !req
335. Dr. Banks?Copy !req
336. You can do this. Come on.Copy !req
337. I don't know. I... I think...Copy !req
338. Grab her.Copy !req
339. Donnelly, are you all right?Copy !req
340. Dr. Donnelly, you good?Copy !req
341. Dr. Donnelly,
are you all right?Copy !req
342. Please respond. Over.Copy !req
343. Yeah.Copy !req
344. Holy fuck!Copy !req
345. We're gonna go down there,Copy !req
346. and you're gonna start your job.Copy !req
347. - Okay.
- Okay?Copy !req
348. Okay-Copy !req
349. Everybody, move out!Copy !req
350. Alpha detail is in position.Copy !req
351. Team is in position.Copy !req
352. We're on the move.Copy !req
353. Condor, Alpha's now in the nave.Copy !req
354. Setting up equipment
and telemetry. Over.Copy !req
355. So, what happens now'?Copy !req
356. They arrive.Copy !req
357. Dr. Banks?Copy !req
358. Dr. Banks?Copy !req
359. You can start.Copy !req
360. In airlock.Copy !req
361. Do not stop until you have
passed the airlock door.Copy !req
362. Do noi attempt to remove hazmat suitsCopy !req
363. without assistance
from authorized personnel.Copy !req
364. Hazmat suitsCopy !req
365. without assistance
from authorized personnel.Copy !req
366. Wait. Just a minute. Just a minute.Copy !req
367. Clear.Copy !req
368. - All right.
- Step on out, please.Copy !req
369. Now hold that.Copy !req
370. Am I fired?Copy !req
371. You're better than the last guy.Copy !req
372. That doesn't
make me feel any better.Copy !req
373. You both have till 02:00 hours
to figure something out.Copy !req
374. Okay. What happens then?Copy !req
375. You go back in.Copy !req
376. Violence continues to spreadCopy !req
377. across the US today in
the wake of the 12 landings.Copy !req
378. The president has declaredCopy !req
379. a mandatory dusk-to-dawn curfewCopy !req
380. after the crackdown
by the National Guard Miler!Copy !req
381. To prevent a third night of
footing across the country.Copy !req
382. In North Dakota, 144 members ofCopy !req
383. the Saint Lawrence Pentecostal CultCopy !req
384. are feared dead after they set
their compound ablaze.Copy !req
385. Their website claims
the arrival of the aliensCopy !req
386. set in motion a prophesy that...Copy !req
387. Uh, we're up in 15.
You got any new intel?Copy !req
388. Yeah, we've been playing back
some of their sounds.Copy !req
389. Where does that get you?Copy !req
390. Well, they play audio back at us,Copy !req
391. from an unseen source.Copy !req
392. Audio of what?Copy !req
393. Uh, it's bits of conversation
from the room.Copy !req
394. Random clips of dialogue.Copy !req
395. Really, we have nothing;.Copy !req
396. T-minus 14 minutes
to shell access.Copy !req
397. T-minus 14 minutes to shell access.Copy !req
398. T-minus 9 minutes to shell access.Copy !req
399. T-minus 9 minutes to shell access.Copy !req
400. What's that for?Copy !req
401. A visual aid.Copy !req
402. Look, I'm never
gonna be able to speak their words,Copy !req
403. if they are talking,Copy !req
404. but they might
have some sort of written languageCopy !req
405. or basis for visual communication.Copy !req
406. Okay. Let's get started.Copy !req
407. Human.Copy !req
408. "Human."Copy !req
409. I'm human. What ave you?Copy !req
410. Human.Copy !req
411. Oh my God!Copy !req
412. Are you getting this?Copy !req
413. Yes, sir!
It's uploading back is base camp.Copy !req
414. Louise, that's incredible.Copy !req
415. Human.Copy !req
416. Human.Copy !req
417. Okay, slow down now.Copy !req
418. Slow down.Copy !req
419. I don't wanna take away
from your success in there,Copy !req
420. but Dr. Banks,
is this really the right approach?Copy !req
421. Trying to teach them
how to speak and read?Copy !req
422. That's gotta take longer.Copy !req
423. You're wrong. It's faster.Copy !req
424. Everything you do in there,
I have to explain to a room full of menCopy !req
425. whose first and last question is...Copy !req
426. "How can this be used against us?"Copy !req
427. So you're gonna have to
give me more than that.Copy !req
428. Kangaroo.Copy !req
429. What is that?Copy !req
430. In 1770,Copy !req
431. Captain James Cook's ship ran agroundCopy !req
432. off the coast of Australia,Copy !req
433. and he led a party into the country,Copy !req
434. and they met the Aboriginal people.Copy !req
435. One of the sailors pointed atCopy !req
436. the animals that hop aroundCopy !req
437. and put their babies in their pouch,Copy !req
438. and he asked what they were,Copy !req
439. and the Aborigine said, "Kangaroo."Copy !req
440. And the point is'?Copy !req
441. It Wasn't till later
that they learned thatCopy !req
442. "kangaroo" means
"I don't understand." So,Copy !req
443. I need this so that we don't
misinterpret things in there.Copy !req
444. Otherwise, this is gonna
take 10 times as long.Copy !req
445. I can sell that for now.Copy !req
446. But I need you to submit
your vocabulary wordsCopy !req
447. before the next session.Copy !req
448. Fair.Copy !req
449. And remember what happened
to the Aborigines.Copy !req
450. A more advanced race
nearly wiped them out.Copy !req
451. It's a good story.Copy !req
452. Thanks.Copy !req
453. It's not true.Copy !req
454. But it proves my point.Copy !req
455. We think
we were able to reproduceCopy !req
456. some prime number sequences
back at them.Copy !req
457. So that's something.Copy !req
458. Well, congratulations.
You're a parrot.Copy !req
459. It's a lot more than that,
you cheeky bastard,Copy !req
460. don't you see?Copy !req
461. They cam seem to follow our algebra,Copy !req
462. but complex behaviors, that clicks.Copy !req
463. Well that doesn't make
any sense at all, does it?Copy !req
464. Problem is,
not everyone shares our policyCopy !req
465. of being open with the aliens.Copy !req
466. Have you met General Shang?Copy !req
467. The call sign for him is Big Domino.Copy !req
468. Whatever Shang does,Copy !req
469. at least four other nations will follow.Copy !req
470. Louise? We have to gain ground today.Copy !req
471. Okay.-Copy !req
472. - You have a vocabulary list for me?
- I do.Copy !req
473. You're gonna teach them
your name and Ian's?Copy !req
474. Yes, so that we can learnCopy !req
475. their names if they have names,Copy !req
476. and then introduce pronouns later.Copy !req
477. These are all grade-school words:Copy !req
478. eat, walk.Copy !req
479. Help me understand.Copy !req
480. Okay. Um...Copy !req
481. Oh, no, no, no! Not the top!Copy !req
482. Okay, this is where
you wanna get to, right?Copy !req
483. - That is the question.
- Okay.Copy !req
484. So, first, we need to make sure thatCopy !req
485. they understand what a question is.Copy !req
486. Okay, the nature of
a request for informationCopy !req
487. along with a response.Copy !req
488. Then, we need to clarify
the difference betweenCopy !req
489. a specific "you" and a collective "you,"Copy !req
490. because we don't wanna know
why Joe Alien is here,Copy !req
491. we want to know why they all landed.Copy !req
492. And purpose requires
an understanding of intent.Copy !req
493. We need to find out:Copy !req
494. do they make conscious choices?Copy !req
495. Or is their motivation so instinctiveCopy !req
496. that they don't understand
a "why' question at all?Copy !req
497. And... And biggest of all,Copy !req
498. we need to have enough
vocabulary with themCopy !req
499. that we understand their answer.Copy !req
500. I get it.Copy !req
501. Stick to your list.Copy !req
502. JustCopy !req
503. don't add anything to it.Copy !req
504. Mare at 2.97.Copy !req
505. 21.4%. Over.Copy !req
506. Condor, Alpha's now in the nave.Copy !req
507. Setting up equipment
and telemetry. Over.Copy !req
508. Let's get started.Copy !req
509. Louise. Louise. I am Louise.Copy !req
510. What is that?Copy !req
511. Is that a new symbol? I can'! tell.Copy !req
512. I don't know.
I think it's the symbol for human again.Copy !req
513. It just has a lime um on the end,Copy !req
514. maybe to indicate a question.Copy !req
515. 1 don't know.Copy !req
516. I don? know, Louise.Copy !req
517. I think they're getting confused.Copy !req
518. Dr. Banks,Copy !req
519. perhaps we should
move on to the next word.Copy !req
520. Dr. Banks!Copy !req
521. It's okay.Copy !req
522. What's going on?Copy !req
523. Hey! What are you doing?Copy !req
524. Yeah, I'm fine.Copy !req
525. Are you insane?Copy !req
526. They need to see me.Copy !req
527. She's taking off her hazmat suit.Copy !req
528. Is it okay?Copy !req
529. You're risking contamination.Copy !req
530. They need to see me.Copy !req
531. Dr. Banks...Copy !req
532. Dr. Banks.Copy !req
533. She's walking
towards the screen.Copy !req
534. Should we abort?Copy !req
535. Recourse noted.
Stand by for further orders.Copy !req
536. Go back to your stations.Copy !req
537. Now that's a proper introduction. Hey.Copy !req
538. Louise.Copy !req
539. I am Louise.Copy !req
540. Ian, do you want to introduce yourself?Copy !req
541. Uh, yeah.Copy !req
542. Louise.Copy !req
543. Screw it!Copy !req
544. Everybody dies, right?Copy !req
545. Sir, Donnelly is
taking off his hazmat suit.Copy !req
546. Permission to abort?Copy !req
547. Continue the session.Copy !req
548. Ian.Copy !req
549. Louise.Copy !req
550. You...Copy !req
551. Who are you?Copy !req
552. I think those are their names.Copy !req
553. They have names.Copy !req
554. So, what are we gonna call them?Copy !req
555. I don't know.Copy !req
556. I was thinking Abbott and Costello.Copy !req
557. Yeah.Copy !req
558. - Yeah?
- Yeah, I like it.Copy !req
559. I like it.Copy !req
560. Wow!Copy !req
561. Team 1, exit your vehicleCopy !req
562. and proceed directly ahead
to the decontamination tent.Copy !req
563. Leave your respirator on until
you reach the equipment room.Copy !req
564. I know. Shhh!Copy !req
565. Team 2, exit your vehiclesCopy !req
566. and continue to
the decontamination tent.Copy !req
567. Leave your respirators onCopy !req
568. and do not hesitateCopy !req
569. until you have reached
the equipment room.Copy !req
570. How do you feel?Copy !req
571. Overworked.Copy !req
572. Well, I guess I don't need to tell youCopy !req
573. you're putting yourself at risk.Copy !req
574. There's no signs of
radiation poisoning yet.Copy !req
575. We'll see how your blood tests look.Copy !req
576. For now, I'm gonna
give you another boost.Copy !req
577. Okay.-Copy !req
578. No radiation.Copy !req
579. Nothing else we can detect either,Copy !req
580. but I'd give them a strong
cocktail, regardless.Copy !req
581. It's the first time
we've made significant progress.Copy !req
582. All right. We'll take the risk.Copy !req
583. Okay, honey...Copy !req
584. What is going on there?Copy !req
585. Honey...Copy !req
586. Just tell me!Copy !req
587. You don't need to worry, okay?Copy !req
588. - How can I not worry?
- Just calm down.Copy !req
589. Just calm down.Copy !req
590. Becky asked me
if the monsters are going to kill Daddy!Copy !req
591. Honey, it's not gonna happen.Copy !req
592. Just stay safe.Copy !req
593. You don't need to worry.Copy !req
594. Please! I'm so scared!Copy !req
595. All junior xenolinguisticsCopy !req
596. and science personnel must observeCopy !req
597. general curfew
unless expressly authorizedCopy !req
598. for extended work hours by unit COs.Copy !req
599. Curfew in effect as of 2200 hours.Copy !req
600. Notice to all late workers,
fire watchers and night staffCopy !req
601. Effective immediately,
midnight rations will be served all night.Copy !req
602. Here are some of the many thingsCopy !req
603. we don't know about heptapods.Copy !req
604. Greek. Hepta, "Seven." Pod, "Foot."Copy !req
605. Seven feet. Heptapod.Copy !req
606. Who are they?Copy !req
607. Trying to answer this
in any meaningful wayCopy !req
608. is hampered by the fact that,Copy !req
609. outside being able to see them
and hear them,Copy !req
610. the heptapods leave
absolutely no footprint.Copy !req
611. The chemical composition of
their spaceship is unknown,Copy !req
612. The shell emits no waste,
no gas, no radiation.Copy !req
613. Assuming that the shells
communicate with each other,Copy !req
614. they do so without detection.Copy !req
615. The air between the shells is untroubledCopy !req
616. by sonic emission or light wave.Copy !req
617. Are they scientists? Or tourists?Copy !req
618. H they're scientists,Copy !req
619. they don't seem to ask a lot of questions.Copy !req
620. Why did they park where they did?Copy !req
621. The worlds most decorated
experts can't crack that one.Copy !req
622. The most plausible theory isCopy !req
623. that they chose places on EarthCopy !req
624. with the lowest incidence
of lightning strikes.Copy !req
625. But there are exceptions.Copy !req
626. The next most plausible theory is thatCopy !req
627. Sheena Easton had a hit songCopy !req
628. at each of these sites in 1980.Copy !req
629. So, we just don'! know.Copy !req
630. How do they communicate?Copy !req
631. Here, Louise is putting us all to shame.Copy !req
632. The first breakthrough wasCopy !req
633. to discover that there's no correlationCopy !req
634. between what a heptapod says
and what a heptapod writes.Copy !req
635. Unlike all written human languages,Copy !req
636. their writing is semasiographic.Copy !req
637. It conveys meaning.
It doesn't represent sound.Copy !req
638. Perhaps they view our form of writingCopy !req
639. as a wasted opportunity,Copy !req
640. passing up a second
communications channel.Copy !req
641. We have our friends in Pakistan to thankCopy !req
642. for their study of how heptapods write,Copy !req
643. because unlike speech,
a logogram is free of time.Copy !req
644. Like their ship or their bodies,Copy !req
645. their written language has no forwardCopy !req
646. or backward direction.Copy !req
647. Linguists call this
non-linear orthography,Copy !req
648. which raises the question,
"Is this how they think?"Copy !req
649. Imagine you wanted to write
a sentence using two hands,Copy !req
650. starring from either side.Copy !req
651. You would have to know
each word you wanted to use,Copy !req
652. as well as how much space
they would occupy.Copy !req
653. A heptapod can write
a complex sentenceCopy !req
654. in two seconds, effortlessly.Copy !req
655. It's taken us a month
to make the simplest reply.Copy !req
656. Next, expanding vocabulary.Copy !req
657. Louise thinks it could
easily take another monthCopy !req
658. to be ready for that.Copy !req
659. Hey...Copy !req
660. Oh, hey.Copy !req
661. Weber's looking for you.Copy !req
662. Yeah, well, why do you think
I'm hiding out here?Copy !req
663. Come on up!Copy !req
664. Thanks.Copy !req
665. Nice out here, huh?Copy !req
666. Yeah, it's a nice view.Copy !req
667. Away from the noise.Copy !req
668. You know, I was just thinking about you.Copy !req
669. You approach language
like a mathematician.Copy !req
670. You know that, right?Copy !req
671. I will take that as a compliment.Copy !req
672. Yeah, well, it is.Copy !req
673. As I watch you steer us around
these communication trapsCopy !req
674. that I didn't even know existed,Copy !req
675. it's like, "What?"Copy !req
676. I guess that's why I'm single.Copy !req
677. Trust me, you can
understand communicationCopy !req
678. and still end up single.Copy !req
679. I feel like everything
that happens in thereCopy !req
680. comes down to the two of us.Copy !req
681. Yeah, that's a good thing though, right?Copy !req
682. You and I?Copy !req
683. Have you seen the jokers
that we're working with?Copy !req
684. Thank God I've got you!Copy !req
685. Tonight,Copy !req
686. the first photograph
of the aliens goes viral.Copy !req
687. Biological contamination
is a major risk factorCopy !req
688. at the Montana site.Copy !req
689. So say environmental pressure groups.Copy !req
690. 800, 000 march on WashingtonCopy !req
691. to protest the government's
handling of the crisis.Copy !req
692. All this, and more special coverage.Copy !req
693. First contact with
whoever it is that is inside that thing,Copy !req
694. and who's running the show?Copy !req
695. The government.Copy !req
696. That's right, folks, the same governmentCopy !req
697. who ruined our healthcare
and bankrupted our military.Copy !req
698. Look at these people!Copy !req
699. Most of them don't even have guns!Copy !req
700. We could be facing a full-scale invasion.Copy !req
701. Our president's willing to sit backCopy !req
702. and let them waltz in
and take our country.Copy !req
703. We are failing asleep
at the wheel, people!Copy !req
704. You know what I'm talking
about. I know you do.Copy !req
705. What if the smartest thing
we could do right nowCopy !req
706. would be to give them a show of force?Copy !req
707. I'm talking about a shot across the bow.Copy !req
708. What do you think?Copy !req
709. Caller No. 1, you're on the air.Copy !req
710. What do you think?Copy !req
711. What's this word?Copy !req
712. Planet.Copy !req
713. That's, like, um...
The Earth is a planet.Copy !req
714. Want to see my project
for Miss Garriott's class?Copy !req
715. Yeah, little nose.Copy !req
716. We had to make up our own TV show.Copy !req
717. If we had one.Copy !req
718. And who are those two people?Copy !req
719. That's you and Dad.Copy !req
720. The show is calledCopy !req
721. "Mommy and Daddy talk to Animals."Copy !req
722. Oh!Copy !req
723. Well, it's lovely.Copy !req
724. Okay...Copy !req
725. Um...Copy !req
726. You know it's okay to be sad
that your dad and I...Copy !req
727. I know. I'm not.Copy !req
728. 'Cause we both love you very much.Copy !req
729. I know. It's just a cartoon. It's not real.Copy !req
730. Louise?Copy !req
731. You all right?Copy !req
732. Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine.Copy !req
733. I'm not sure it's something
I can... I can explain.Copy !req
734. When was
your last checkup with Dr. Kettler?Copy !req
735. I'm okay.Copy !req
736. I'm gonna get some air.Copy !req
737. - I'm okay.
- All right.Copy !req
738. I'm fine. Yep.Copy !req
739. How you feeling?Copy !req
740. Um...Copy !req
741. I need some sleep, but I'm fine.Copy !req
742. Yeah.Copy !req
743. You know, I was doing
some reading, um,Copy !req
744. about this ideaCopy !req
745. that if you immerse yourself
into a foreign language,Copy !req
746. then you can actually rewire your brain.Copy !req
747. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis.Copy !req
748. Mm-hmm.Copy !req
749. The theory that, uh...Copy !req
750. It... It's the theory that, uh,Copy !req
751. the language you speak determinesCopy !req
752. how you think and...Copy !req
753. Yeah. It affects
how you see everything.Copy !req
754. It was, uh...Copy !req
755. I'm curious...Copy !req
756. Are you dreaming in their language?Copy !req
757. I may have had a few dreams,
but I don't...Copy !req
758. I don't think that that
makes me unfit to do this job.Copy !req
759. Did you sleep?Copy !req
760. A little.Copy !req
761. Do you know Mandarin?Copy !req
762. It is shifting.Copy !req
763. The voice you're about to hearCopy !req
764. belongs to a Chinese military chief...Copy !req
765. General Shang.Copy !req
766. Pull n up!Copy !req
767. We got a satellite feed here
of who he's talking to,Copy !req
768. if you want to look.Copy !req
769. Wait, go back.Copy !req
770. Stop-Copy !req
771. He's saying that each of the 12Copy !req
772. is offering advanced technology.Copy !req
773. Go back again. And play.Copy !req
774. Um...Copy !req
775. "Our science team
is attempting to decode the sets."Copy !req
776. "Sets." I don't know what that means.Copy !req
777. Something about advantage,Copy !req
778. suits, honor and, uh, flowers.Copy !req
779. I don't...Copy !req
780. I don't know. That's all.Copy !req
781. I don't know what it means either.Copy !req
782. An hour ago, China mobilized forces.Copy !req
783. And now, Russia's following suit.Copy !req
784. Shang's about to start something.Copy !req
785. Following suit. Suits.Copy !req
786. Suits, honor, flowers...Copy !req
787. Colonel, those are
all tile sets in mah-jongg.Copy !req
788. God, are they...Copy !req
789. Are they using a game
to converse with their heptapods?Copy !req
790. Maybe. Why?Copy !req
791. Well, let's say that
I taught them chess instead of English.Copy !req
792. Every conversation would be a game.Copy !req
793. Every idea expressed through
opposition, victory, defeat.Copy !req
794. You see the problem?Copy !req
795. Hmm...Copy !req
796. If all I ever gave you was a hammer...Copy !req
797. Everything's a nail.Copy !req
798. We need to ask the big question.Copy !req
799. Ready or not.Copy !req
800. Yeah, I know,
but between there and there.Copy !req
801. Well, it's time to go.Copy !req
802. Okay...Copy !req
803. Heptapods' purpose.Copy !req
804. Heptapod purpose Earth.
What is your purpose?Copy !req
805. Do we only have Costello?Copy !req
806. Okay. There you are.Copy !req
807. What does it say?Copy !req
808. Offer weapon.Copy !req
809. You saw what they wrote!Copy !req
810. Using a word they don't fully understand.Copy !req
811. - Could be a request.
- A warning.Copy !req
812. Enough! Louise?Copy !req
813. We don't know if they understandCopy !req
814. the difference between
a weapon and a tool.Copy !req
815. Our language, like our culture, is messy,Copy !req
816. and sometimes, one can be both.Copy !req
817. And it's quite possibleCopy !req
818. that they're asking us
to offer them something,Copy !req
819. not the other way around.Copy !req
820. It's like the first part of a trade.Copy !req
821. So, how do we clarify their intentionsCopy !req
822. beyond those two words?Copy !req
823. Well, I go back in.Copy !req
824. Right away, we go back in
and we clear this up.Copy !req
825. It's more complicated than that.Copy !req
826. How is it more complicated than that?Copy !req
827. Colonel, the Secretary of DefenseCopy !req
828. is on the line for you.Copy !req
829. We need to sit on this informationCopy !req
830. till we know what it means,Copy !req
831. so we aren't sharing it with our enemies.Copy !req
832. We must consider the ideaCopy !req
833. that our visitors are prodding us
to fight among ourselvesCopy !req
834. until only one faction prevails.Copy !req
835. - There's no evidence of that.
- Sure there is.Copy !req
836. Just grab a history book.Copy !req
837. The British with India,
the Germans with Rwanda.Copy !req
838. They even got a name for it in Hungary.Copy !req
839. Yeah. We're a world
with no single leader.Copy !req
840. It's impossible to
deal with just one of us.Copy !req
841. And with the word "weapon" now...Copy !req
842. Halpern. Yes, sir!Copy !req
843. No confirmation yet. Standing by.Copy !req
844. Anything? What did they say?Copy !req
845. China and Russia are off the grid.Copy !req
846. They aren't speaking to anyone.Copy !req
847. Whatever they learned
in their last session has them spooked.Copy !req
848. YES, sir!Copy !req
849. We have orders to do the same.Copy !req
850. These are our allies!Copy !req
851. You can't shut us down!Copy !req
852. - Put us on radio silence.
- Do it.Copy !req
853. We received a message
from the hept... Damn it!Copy !req
854. We need to be talking to each other!Copy !req
855. You want to talk to them?
Find out what this means.Copy !req
856. Base-camp talk is now offline.Copy !req
857. All interpreters and
international liaisons,Copy !req
858. stand down and
report to unit coordinators.Copy !req
859. We've never
re-entered a session before.Copy !req
860. Louise, trust me, okay?
We've got time.Copy !req
861. We've just gotta step on it' all right?Copy !req
862. "Use weapon."Copy !req
863. This is the alien messageCopy !req
864. said to have provoked
the Chinese governmentCopy !req
865. to withdraw their scientists fromCopy !req
866. the international mission today.Copy !req
867. In a statement, General Shang said,Copy !req
868. "China no longer trusts the aliensCopy !req
869. "who want to divide us.Copy !req
870. "Humanity must be protected."Copy !req
871. China has asked for immediate
talks at the UN.Copy !req
872. Alpha one niner,Copy !req
873. this is Condor, over.Copy !req
874. Alpha-one-niner,
this is Condor, come in. Over.Copy !req
875. Captain Marks, Condor
not receiving transmission.Copy !req
876. Squelch Mice if you hear line.Copy !req
877. Captain Marks, all escort unitsCopy !req
878. are ordered to cease all activity.Copy !req
879. No, no, no.
Dr. Banks, you can't go in there.Copy !req
880. I just need to ask one question.Copy !req
881. Dr. Banks!
The session is finished.Copy !req
882. You can't... You can't go
back in. It's dangerous.Copy !req
883. Look, we just need
five minutes. Don't sweat it.Copy !req
884. Marks, let them go.Copy !req
885. Hey, Abbott!Copy !req
886. So, what are we calling this'?
Session 37?Copy !req
887. Uh, no, 36, part 2.Copy !req
888. Why are they on their own?Copy !req
889. We've been attempting
to hail Captain Marks.Copy !req
890. The escort units are not responding, sir.Copy !req
891. Why not? Send security.Copy !req
892. "Offer weapon, question mark."Copy !req
893. Are you offering us something?Copy !req
894. Technology, apparatus, method?Copy !req
895. Yeah, see, this is a different word.Copy !req
896. This... This segment, it's a lot busier.Copy !req
897. Give technologyCopy !req
898. How.Copy !req
899. What's he doing?Copy !req
900. Captain, on your ten.Copy !req
901. Security detail inbound, sir.Copy !req
902. T-minus 4 minutes remaining.
We need to see this through.Copy !req
903. Okay, this is it.
Lock and load.Copy !req
904. We just need to
hold them off until it's done.Copy !req
905. Copy that.
Warning shots and suppressive fire only.Copy !req
906. Load up and get to coven.Copy !req
907. Stay frosty and we can avoid casualties.Copy !req
908. Abbott wants me to write on the barrier.Copy !req
909. Can you even do that?Copy !req
910. I don't know.Copy !req
911. I can't do it with both hands.Copy !req
912. Louise...Copy !req
913. What is that?Copy !req
914. Hey!
Hey, hey, hey. Take it easy.Copy !req
915. You suffered a concussion.
Just lay back.Copy !req
916. How do you feel?Copy !req
917. How is Ian?Copy !req
918. Same as you. He's okay.Copy !req
919. Who, um... Who did this?Copy !req
920. Ah, some soldiers.Copy !req
921. They've been watching too much TV.Copy !req
922. What is that?Copy !req
923. Take it easy. Take it easy.Copy !req
924. The sites no longer secure.
We're standing by to evacuate.Copy !req
925. Where's Ian?Copy !req
926. Weber came and got him
maybe 10 minutes ago.Copy !req
927. He wouldn't leave until
he knew you were okay.Copy !req
928. Your whole tent is on the clockCopy !req
929. to figure out whatever it is
you were given up there.Copy !req
930. This is all of it?Copy !req
931. The feed wasn't interrupted
by the explosion?Copy !req
932. Not as far as I can see.Copy !req
933. You see something?Copy !req
934. Oh, I don't know yet.Copy !req
935. I'm gonna need my team to get
together with Louise's team.Copy !req
936. I need everybody working on this.Copy !req
937. We cannot leave.Copy !req
938. Glad to see you're awake.Copy !req
939. We need to go back in
and explain this wasn't our fault.Copy !req
940. - We can't go back inside.
- We have to.Copy !req
941. What happened in there was an attack.Copy !req
942. We can hope for the best,Copy !req
943. but I have orders to
prepare for retaliation.Copy !req
944. We may have to evacuate.Copy !req
945. No, that's the wrong move.Copy !req
946. As long as they stay' we have to stay.Copy !req
947. Well, they're not leaving.Copy !req
948. Why does this feel worse?Copy !req
949. China is on the offensive.Copy !req
950. They're positioning the militaryCopy !req
951. to blow the alien vessel
right out of the sky.Copy !req
952. And if this happens,Copy !req
953. we can't sit around
waiting for retaliation.Copy !req
954. So, get prepared.Copy !req
955. The Air Force and infantry
are standing by.Copy !req
956. YES, sir.Copy !req
957. Tonight, China becomes
the first world powerCopy !req
958. to declare war against the aliens.Copy !req
959. Following the failure of diplomatic effortsCopy !req
960. at the United Nations,Copy !req
961. China has confirmed that its
language experts have tonightCopy !req
962. delivered an ultimatum
at the Shanghai site.Copy !req
963. In a televised statement,Copy !req
964. General Shang, chairman of
the People's Liberation Army,Copy !req
965. said the aliens have 24 hours
to leave Chinese territoryCopy !req
966. or face destruction.Copy !req
967. And he urged ail other world leadersCopy !req
968. to unite with China
and take a similar stance.Copy !req
969. With a huge buildup oi forces
at their landing sites,Copy !req
970. Pakistan, Russia and Sudan
are thought to beCopy !req
971. following China's lead.Copy !req
972. It can't be random.Copy !req
973. It's going to take us years.Copy !req
974. What's this term here?Copy !req
975. Mom...Copy !req
976. Mom...Copy !req
977. Hmm? Sweetie...Copy !req
978. Uh, what's this term for that thing,Copy !req
979. like a... Like a technical term,Copy !req
980. where we make a deal,Copy !req
981. and we both get something out of it.Copy !req
982. A compromise.Copy !req
983. No...Copy !req
984. Like, it's a competition.Copy !req
985. Mm-hmm...Copy !req
986. But both sides end up happy.Copy !req
987. Like a win-win.Copy !req
988. More science-y than that.Copy !req
989. If you want science, call your father.Copy !req
990. Thank you.Copy !req
991. Sorry.Copy !req
992. It's okay.Copy !req
993. I'm up.Copy !req
994. What time is it?Copy !req
995. It's time you opened that
bottle you've been hiding.Copy !req
996. You cracked something, didn't you?Copy !req
997. Yeah. Come here.Copy !req
998. Take a look at this section.Copy !req
999. It seems to be talking about time.Copy !req
1000. Their symbol for time is everywhere.Copy !req
1001. So what is this?Copy !req
1002. A formula for faster-than-light travel?Copy !req
1003. Who can tell?Copy !req
1004. There are too many gaps.Copy !req
1005. Nothing's complete.Copy !req
1006. Then it dawned on me.Copy !req
1007. Come here.Copy !req
1008. Right here.Copy !req
1009. Stop focusing on the ones.
Look at the zeroes.Copy !req
1010. How much of this is data?Copy !req
1011. How much of it is negative space?Copy !req
1012. So, I measured it.Copy !req
1013. 0.0833 recurring.Copy !req
1014. Perhaps you'd like that as a fraction.Copy !req
1015. One of twelve.Copy !req
1016. What they're saying right here
is that this is one of 12.Copy !req
1017. "We are part of a larger whole."Copy !req
1018. Or we're one of 12 contestants
for the prize.Copy !req
1019. Why do I have to talk to him?Copy !req
1020. We're all working together.Copy !req
1021. We need to talk to the other sites,Copy !req
1022. help them with what they've
gotten from the heptapods.Copy !req
1023. We're blacked out.Copy !req
1024. China just threatened
to destroy their shell.Copy !req
1025. We're on our own.Copy !req
1026. But this says that all of
the pieces fit together.Copy !req
1027. And I'm telling you
that no one else cares.Copy !req
1028. Two hours ago,Copy !req
1029. we pulled this audio off
a secure channel in Russia.Copy !req
1030. Someone on the science team
there was broadcasting wide.Copy !req
1031. In their final session, the aliens said,Copy !req
1032. "There is no time. Many become one."Copy !req
1033. I fear we have all been given weapons.Copy !req
1034. If anyone is receiving this, please...Copy !req
1035. Well, I mean,Copy !req
1036. there are a lot of waysCopy !req
1037. you can interpret what he said.Copy !req
1038. I don't need an interpreter
to know what this means.Copy !req
1039. Russia just executed
one of their own expertsCopy !req
1040. to keep their secret.Copy !req
1041. "Many become one"
could just be their way of sayingCopy !req
1042. "some assembly required."Copy !req
1043. Why hand it out to us in pieces?Copy !req
1044. Why not just give it all over?Copy !req
1045. What better way to force us
to work together for once?Copy !req
1046. Even if I did believe you,Copy !req
1047. how in the world are you gonna
get anybody else to play alongCopy !req
1048. and give up their data?Copy !req
1049. We offer ours in return.Copy !req
1050. Yeah?Copy !req
1051. A trade?Copy !req
1052. It's a non-zero-sum game.Copy !req
1053. Non-zero-sum game.Copy !req
1054. That's it. Yeah.Copy !req
1055. Thanks.Copy !req
1056. Nine of the landing sites
have goneCopy !req
1057. total comms blackout.Copy !req
1058. Only way to reach them
is lo physically drive thereCopy !req
1059. and yell at the border guards,
which we're doing,Copy !req
1060. but it won't be fast enough.Copy !req
1061. There must be a way
to get the message to them.Copy !req
1062. To our allies, maybe,
but it's too little too late.Copy !req
1063. What we need is to get
all the other nations onlineCopy !req
1064. before one starts global wan.Copy !req
1065. And there's no way for us to reach them.Copy !req
1066. Okay, hold on a second. There is!Copy !req
1067. It's right above us.Copy !req
1068. That's problematic
for us right now.Copy !req
1069. The Pentagon's convinced
our shell will retaliate.Copy !req
1070. My guess is they'll order us
to evacuate within the hour.Copy !req
1071. Look, they're not our enemy.Copy !req
1072. They've made no act of
aggression towards us.Copy !req
1073. Maybe this is
their way of being aggressive.Copy !req
1074. That's not the question.Copy !req
1075. What is the question?Copy !req
1076. How do we get you
back in that roomCopy !req
1077. when it's half a mile straight up?Copy !req
1078. I think our work here is done.Copy !req
1079. It's in the hands of our superiors now.Copy !req
1080. What the hell is she doing?Copy !req
1081. Oh, my God! Oh, God, no!Copy !req
1082. Costello...Copy !req
1083. Where's Abbott?Copy !req
1084. I'm sorry.Copy !req
1085. We're sorry.Copy !req
1086. I need you to...Copy !req
1087. I need you to send a message
to the other sites.Copy !req
1088. I don't...Copy !req
1089. I don't understand.Copy !req
1090. What is your purpose here?Copy !req
1091. How can you know the future?Copy !req
1092. I don't...Copy !req
1093. I don't understand' Who is this child?Copy !req
1094. The show is calledCopy !req
1095. "Mommy and Daddy talk to Animals."Copy !req
1096. Wait! No! Wait!Copy !req
1097. - Dr. Banks!
- Louise!Copy !req
1098. Are you all right?Copy !req
1099. - You all right?
- Yeah. I'm all right.Copy !req
1100. What happened?Copy !req
1101. I'm trying to figure it out.
This is too big.Copy !req
1102. Doesn't matter now.
We have orders to evacuate.Copy !req
1103. Why?Copy !req
1104. Russia and Sudan are following China.Copy !req
1105. I don't understand.Copy !req
1106. Help me, Mama.Copy !req
1107. Louise? Whoa!Copy !req
1108. Mom!Copy !req
1109. Mama!Copy !req
1110. Sorry, honey.Copy !req
1111. What day is it? Do you know, baby?Copy !req
1112. Sunday.Copy !req
1113. Are you gonna leave me like Daddy did?Copy !req
1114. Oh, Hannah, honey,
your daddy didn't leave you.Copy !req
1115. You're gonna see him this weekend.Copy !req
1116. He doesn't look at me
the same way anymore.Copy !req
1117. It's my fault.Copy !req
1118. I told him something that
he wasn't ready to hear.Copy !req
1119. What?Copy !req
1120. Well...Copy !req
1121. Believe it or not,Copy !req
1122. I know something that's going to happen.Copy !req
1123. I can't explain how I know. I just do.Copy !req
1124. And when I told your daddy,
he got really mad.Copy !req
1125. And he said I made the wrong choice.Copy !req
1126. What? What's going to happen?Copy !req
1127. It has to do with a really rare disease.Copy !req
1128. And it's unstoppable.Copy !req
1129. Kind of like you are,Copy !req
1130. with your swimming and your poetryCopy !req
1131. and all the other amazing thingsCopy !req
1132. that you share with the world.Copy !req
1133. I'm unstoppable?Copy !req
1134. Yeah.Copy !req
1135. I got you.Copy !req
1136. Louise? Louise?Copy !req
1137. I just realized why my husband left me.Copy !req
1138. My husband left me.Copy !req
1139. You were married?Copy !req
1140. Come on! Let's get out of here.Copy !req
1141. Mama?Copy !req
1142. Yeah?Copy !req
1143. Why's my name Hannah?Copy !req
1144. Get those people back, please.Copy !req
1145. Well, your name is very special,Copy !req
1146. because it is a palindrome.Copy !req
1147. It reads the same forward and backward.Copy !req
1148. All right, guys,
give me a hand here.Copy !req
1149. - Yes, sir.
- That goes in the bag.Copy !req
1150. Ready to go!Copy !req
1151. Evacuation underway.Copy !req
1152. Hey...Copy !req
1153. We're done here!
We're taking this with us.Copy !req
1154. I can read it.Copy !req
1155. - I know what it is.
- What?Copy !req
1156. It's not a weapon. It's a gift.Copy !req
1157. The weapon is their language.Copy !req
1158. They gave it to us.
Do you know what that means?Copy !req
1159. So we can learn Heptapod. If we survive.Copy !req
1160. If you learn it, when you really learn it,Copy !req
1161. you begin to perceive time
the way that they do,Copy !req
1162. so you can see what's to come.Copy !req
1163. But time, it isn't the same for them.Copy !req
1164. It's non-linear.Copy !req
1165. Look, we did our best,
but it wasn't enough.Copy !req
1166. The captain will load you up.Copy !req
1167. You're lifting off in 5 minutes.Copy !req
1168. Ian, Louise, it was
an honor to work with you.Copy !req
1169. Good luck.Copy !req
1170. Hey, Colonel...Copy !req
1171. I'm gonna find out where we're going.Copy !req
1172. Wake up, Mommy!Copy !req
1173. Dr. Banks...Copy !req
1174. A pleasure.Copy !req
1175. General Shang,
the pleasure is mine, really.Copy !req
1176. Your president saidCopy !req
1177. he was honored to host me
at the celebration...Copy !req
1178. Yeah.Copy !req
1179. But I confess,
the only reason why I'm hereCopy !req
1180. is to meet you in person.Copy !req
1181. Me? Well, I'm flattered. Thank you.Copy !req
1182. 18 months ago,Copy !req
1183. you did something remarkable,Copy !req
1184. something not even
my superior has done.Copy !req
1185. And what's that?Copy !req
1186. You changed my mind.Copy !req
1187. You're the reason for this unification,Copy !req
1188. all because you reached out to me
at my private number.Copy !req
1189. Your private number?Copy !req
1190. General, I... I don't know
your private number.Copy !req
1191. Now you know.Copy !req
1192. I do not claim to know
how your mind works,Copy !req
1193. but I believe it was important
for you to see that.Copy !req
1194. I called you, didn't I'?Copy !req
1195. Yes, you did.Copy !req
1196. Louise!Copy !req
1197. All right,
let's shut down the system.Copy !req
1198. Sir'? There's a sat line
here dialing China.Copy !req
1199. Here? What do you mean "here"?Copy !req
1200. Come on, come on!Copy !req
1201. Whose phone is it?Copy !req
1202. It's your phone' sir.Copy !req
1203. Search base camp now.Copy !req
1204. Find out who's using that phone.Copy !req
1205. And hold on to those coordinates.Copy !req
1206. YES, sir.Copy !req
1207. Come on... What do I say?Copy !req
1208. What do I say?Copy !req
1209. Come on.Copy !req
1210. I will never forget what you said.Copy !req
1211. You told me my wife's dying words.Copy !req
1212. We found the source
of the phone call.Copy !req
1213. It's in the clean room.
We're waiting for instructions.Copy !req
1214. What are you doing?Copy !req
1215. - What are you doing?
- Changing someone's mind.Copy !req
1216. - Can you buy me 20 seconds?
- We don't have time for this.Copy !req
1217. No, trust me. Buy me 20 seconds.Copy !req
1218. - Do you trust me?
- Okay. Yeah.Copy !req
1219. Dr. Banks, drop the phone
now or we shoot!Copy !req
1220. Drop it!Copy !req
1221. I'm sorry!Copy !req
1222. You are committing
an act of treason!Copy !req
1223. - Yes.
- Drop it!Copy !req
1224. It's done. I'm done.Copy !req
1225. Blackout from all 12 landing sitesCopy !req
1226. continues this evening.Copy !req
1227. Hold on, we are just hearing...Copy !req
1228. I'm being told
we're going to cut this reportCopy !req
1229. to tell you breaking news...Copy !req
1230. China has called
an emergency press conference...Copy !req
1231. General Shang,Copy !req
1232. commander in chief of
the People's Liberation Army,Copy !req
1233. has announced in
an emergency press conferenceCopy !req
1234. that China is standing down.Copy !req
1235. All intelligence they've receivedCopy !req
1236. will be shared immediately
with the other landing sites.Copy !req
1237. Scientists from around the world
are sifting through informationCopy !req
1238. received from the UK, Japan,Copy !req
1239. Sierra Leone and Venezuela.Copy !req
1240. The information they have acquiredCopy !req
1241. from both of their landing sites...Copy !req
1242. Also confirming it to be
one of the 12 piecesCopy !req
1243. of this puzzle that is
being slowly put together.Copy !req
1244. So, Hannah,Copy !req
1245. this is where your story begins.Copy !req
1246. The day they departed.Copy !req
1247. You all right?Copy !req
1248. Despite knowing the journey
and where it leads,Copy !req
1249. I embrace it.Copy !req
1250. And I welcome every moment of it.Copy !req
1251. Ooh! Ah! Ooh!Copy !req
1252. H-A-N-N-A-H.Copy !req
1253. Now backward. H...Copy !req
1254. H-A-N-N-A-H!Copy !req
1255. Hannah!Copy !req
1256. You ready, baby?Copy !req
1257. Hi!Copy !req
1258. Don't worry. See you.Copy !req
1259. Daddy!Copy !req
1260. You okay?Copy !req
1261. Are you ready?Copy !req
1262. Oh, guess what? Star stuff!Copy !req
1263. - Ian'?
- Yeah?Copy !req
1264. If you could see your whole life
from start to finish,Copy !req
1265. would you change things?Copy !req
1266. Maybe I'd say
what I feel more often.Copy !req
1267. I... I don't know.Copy !req
1268. You know, I've had my head
tilted up to the starsCopy !req
1269. for as long as I can remember.Copy !req
1270. You know what surprised me the most?Copy !req
1271. It wasn't meeting them.Copy !req
1272. It was meeting you.Copy !req
1273. I forgot how good it
felt to be held by you.Copy !req
1274. You wanna make a baby?Copy !req
1275. Yes. Yeah.Copy !req