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00:00I wish this could go on forever.
00:26It can.
00:30Not for me, Nat.
00:36Everybody's got to move on.
00:37Think about the future.
00:40Marriage.
00:42Kids.
00:46The waves are clear now.
00:50Hey, guys, surf's up.
00:52At night, Nat? Come on.
00:54It's a full moon.
00:56Hey, has anybody seen Dewey?
00:57Said you want to catch a wave or two.
01:00Nat, why can't we at least talk about this?
01:03What's to talk about, Pamela?
01:04Things are great.
01:06Why mess with them?
01:08Things are great for you, Nat.
01:13It's only because I'm irresistible.
01:17Hey, Dewey!
01:19Dewey!
01:20Geest aus.
01:29Get out!
01:29Look at that!
01:38Hey!
01:38Hey!
01:38Hey!
01:38Hey!
01:40Hey!
01:42Hey!
01:43Hey!
01:44Hey!
01:45Hey!
01:45Hey!
01:45Hey!
01:46Hey!
01:46Hey!
01:47Hey!
01:48Hey!
01:50Dewey! Surf's up, buddy!
02:03Dewey!
02:19Best you out of the summer, man.
02:22You ain't working no playmates, do you?
02:24What are you doing?
02:26Dewey?
02:27Oh, God.
02:28Hold on.
02:29What'd you do?
02:30Hold on!
02:33Somebody!
02:35Somebody help!
02:37Help! Somebody help!
02:50My name is John Lowengart.
02:52I'm recording this because we may not live through the night.
02:55They're here.
02:56They're hostile.
02:57And powerful people don't want you to know.
03:00History as we know it is alive.
03:03They'reиг
03:06All Tent
03:06g
03:07The
03:08몇
03:20½
03:21Die
03:22Dewey!
03:22Do everybody!
03:23The End
03:53After Kim and I graduated from UCLA, we were in a big hurry to leave, to get to Washington.
03:59But I dreamed of returning to our life here, to the beach, and to a time before I was even aware of the threat to our world.
04:23I was just remembering that hula contest that Dewey threw. All those guys in grass skirts.
04:43You were a runner-up.
04:44Oh, Dewey got first place. You know, I always thought that he bribed the judge.
04:54We used to laugh a lot more back then.
04:57Yeah, we did.
04:58I wish we'd come back sooner. I don't know, maybe we could have helped him.
05:08You can't change what's happened, John. Your friends know that. And they need you now.
05:14Okay.
05:22Okay.
05:37Maybe he moved.
05:39Excuse me. Do you happen to know if Nat Heller still lives here?
05:58I don't know.
05:59Let's go over here.
06:07Oh, and God?
06:11That is you. Hot damn.
06:14Man, it's been a long time.
06:15Oh, it's so good to see you guys.
06:21How are you, Nat?
06:22Me?
06:24Great.
06:25Gina, look who's here.
06:27Hey, Gina.
06:28John.
06:33So glad you guys are here.
06:35Yeah, we read about Dewey in the paper. We came as soon as we could.
06:38Did we miss a funeral?
06:40No, it's this weekend.
06:42So what's all this?
06:44Wake.
06:45Just the way Dewey would have wanted it.
06:51Let me get you guys a couple beers.
06:55Come on.
06:56I drank it so much.
07:00This is where he found it.
07:01He drank the whole bottle of...
07:03Oh.
07:06See you guys later.
07:08I'm sorry, I...
07:09We're sorry, Nat.
07:10You know, the newspaper didn't get into a lot of detail about what happened, Nat.
07:27There wasn't much to tell.
07:30Where you been, John? I called Washington a couple times looking for you.
07:33Oh, well, I've been working for the private sector for a while.
07:35What about you, Nat?
07:36Or is it Dr. Heller now?
07:39Yeah, that's right. You're probably running the Scripps Institute.
07:42So what'd you decide on teaching or research?
07:45Actually, I quit the grad program.
07:47Turned out marine biology was a waste of my natural talents.
07:50Which include?
07:52Oh, applying Santana all to the milky shoulders of beautiful women.
07:56And, uh, occasionally saving a life.
08:00He's a lifeguard.
08:01I figured.
08:03It's a rough job.
08:04Somebody's gotta do it.
08:05Look, what do you say you and I at the Evvies?
08:12I got a stick you can use?
08:14Maybe right now is not such a good time, Nat.
08:16John, you should go.
08:17You've been dying to get out there since we drove into town, and besides,
08:20it'll give you two a chance to catch up.
08:23Talk about old time.
08:25That swell did look pretty nice.
08:27All right, buddy.
08:28Let's do it.
08:30See you later.
08:30Okay.
08:31Try a second.
08:31Yeah.
08:32Yeah.
08:35I'm gonna give you a few.
08:38Oh, yeah.
08:39Serving legs.
08:39This is secure.
08:41All right.
08:42See ya.
08:43Have fun.
08:47Hey, nice door grab.
08:51Hello.
09:00Hello.
09:00Hello.
09:01May I speak with a Mr. Nat Heller, please?
09:03Oh, I'm sorry.
09:04He's not in right now.
09:06Well, is there any way of reaching him?
09:08This is Mr. Whitman at the Whitman Brothers' funeral home.
09:11I was given his number in case of emergency.
09:13Uh, well, maybe I can help.
09:16I'm a friend of the family.
09:18Well, there are some gentlemen here from the county coroner's office,
09:22and they have some papers requiring me to release Robert Dewey's body.
09:28The coroner's office?
09:30Has this ever happened to you before?
09:32No, and I'm just not comfortable doing it without...
09:35I have to go.
09:39Mr. Whitman.
09:39It's not a doctor.
09:47I have to go.
09:48It's a girl.
09:49I have to go.
09:50I have to go.
09:50I have to go.
09:50I have to go.
09:51I have to go.
09:51Oh, they're almost there.
09:52I have to go.
09:53I can go.
09:53I have to go.
09:54I have to go.
09:58you just let them walk out of here with his body
10:13they threatened to quarantine my entire establishment
10:16and you didn't bother to call the coroner's office
10:19not until they had gone
10:20I don't know what to say
10:23their papers looked in order
10:25toxicology screening revealed presence of hazardous chemicals
10:33what does that mean
10:34they said the cremation of his body was a hazard
10:38because of the chemicals he'd ingested
10:39they were so convincing
10:43they had badges and papers
10:46they always do
10:49majestic
10:51would it be possible
10:55to delay calling the police
10:57I have two funerals today
11:02I forgot how much I love this
11:16I envy you now
11:23your freedom
11:25won't be mine for long if Gina has her way
11:28the pressure's on
11:30she's a terrific girl
11:33you don't have to tell me that
11:35I just figure
11:36plenty of time
11:38plenty of time
11:40that's what I used to think
11:43when we were out there
11:43you and me
11:46and
11:46Dewey
11:49we had all the time in the world
11:52God I miss it
11:59day doesn't go by that I don't miss it
12:02man
12:10what happened
12:13I mean was
12:15was Dewey acting strange or
12:18did he seem upset or anything
12:20he was under a lot of pressure
12:23with his residency at the hospital and all
12:26that just doesn't make sense
12:28and why insecticide
12:30I don't know
12:32I mean
12:35he was working so hard
12:38with his night shifts at the hospital
12:41studying and volunteering at a clinic
12:44I kept telling him to take a break
12:50get on a wave
12:52do you think he took on too much
12:55let's get a few more before the tide shifts
13:14do you think he took on too much
13:44do you think he took on too much
14:14you people have a lot of nerve
14:17slowly
14:17I have a gun
14:19who are you
14:23it's a big question
14:26my name is Jim
14:29and just what do you think you're doing
14:33stealing your soul
14:37the Indians say that's what happens when you photograph someone
14:41you can't possibly be majestic
14:45does the name Frank Bach ring a bell
14:50unless he teaches at UCLA film school
14:55a film student
14:58and you're making a film about what
15:04death
15:06truth
15:08you got it all in here
15:15and you're sure he's not high
15:26he's not high
15:28trust me
15:29but he says he's got a shot of the guys who did it
15:32yeah
15:33and he's been filming the speech for weeks
15:35he might have more information than he knows
15:38well I still want to go with you tomorrow
15:42I don't trust him
15:43neither do I
15:45but I bet I can get more information out of him on my own
15:48well
15:52better go tell Nat about Dewey
15:54maybe we should wait
15:56see if we can find some answers
15:58what the hell is happening here
16:27just a spill from the overflow
16:42well if it killed all of these fish
16:43what's it been doing to us
16:45the treatment plant usually dumps further offshore
16:47but because of the recent rainstorms
16:49you've been dumping sewage regularly
16:51seven miles offshore
16:52it's perfectly safe and legal
16:55look
16:56closing the beach is just a precaution
16:58and it is for your safety
17:00okay
17:00thank you
17:01excuse me
17:03come on
17:07just take a look
17:08I don't need to take a look at it
17:10to know it's a dead fish
17:11the sewage plant screwed up
17:13they're fixing it
17:14alright
17:16it makes sense to me
17:18that sewage can kill fish
17:19but it doesn't make them throw themselves
17:21out of the water
17:21onto the beach
17:22but you're the marine biologist
17:24I'm a lifeguard
17:26you know all that lab equipment of yours
17:30is collecting dust in the basement
17:31why don't you put it to use
17:32they're saying it's just a little spill
17:34can you believe that
17:35we surf out there
17:36every single day
17:37that's why Dr. Dewey
17:38gave us her hepatitis shots
17:40and we have a whole cabinet
17:41full of antibiotics
17:42Gina's right Nat
17:43a lot of people
17:44could have been exposed
17:45to whatever killed those fish
17:46for Pete's sake
17:48look
17:49I'll analyze the stupid fish
17:51alright
17:52hey
17:53is Kim here
17:56yeah
17:59hey Tim
18:01um
18:02this is John
18:03Gina
18:03and Nat
18:04so I'll meet you back here
18:09before dark
18:11all the gods are dead
18:23even the sea is asleep
18:26exposed to the pollution
18:29and lies of immoral society
18:31we've become a race of scavengers
18:36devouring our own souls
18:40life is an ocean of fear
18:47and loneliness
18:48we created a morality
18:50to comfort us
18:51a slave morality
18:53it's our terror of the unknown
18:57we're dead fish
19:05floating in the ocean of life
19:07whom do they hate most
19:12the man who tries to break
19:14the tables of virtues
19:15less spoke Zarathustra
19:18you read Nietzsche
19:20I just studied some philosophy
19:22that's Dewey
19:32that's when they took him
19:39from the morgue
19:39those are the men
19:45from the boat
19:45the fishermen
19:47took Dewey's body
19:48I checked with the doc
19:50that boat belongs
19:51to the treatment plant
19:52you can see it too
19:56see what
19:58their eyes
19:59their eyes are dead
20:01there's no will to life
20:02they're slaves to their own cause
20:07those people are strange
20:12the eyes are clouded with a bacterial film
20:40probably due to the spell
20:42but otherwise
20:43everything's normal
20:44nothing unusual
20:46I could fry it up
20:47and eat it for dinner
20:48but if you look at what those fish did
20:50what Dewey did
20:51John
20:52he's a person
20:53that's a fish
20:54and yet both overrode
20:56all their natural survival instincts
20:57what the hell are you talking about
20:58my god
21:00what happened to you
21:01you and Kim used to laugh
21:02have fun
21:03now everything's life or death serious
21:05lighten up will ya
21:06I need to go to work
21:13well
21:14go to bed
21:15I'll check
21:16next to you
21:16and get it
21:17my god
21:19Let's go.
21:38Hey, you seen John?
21:40Yeah, he's down in the basement.
21:43Thanks.
21:49You all right?
21:56I deserve it.
21:58I should have left him a long time ago.
22:03I remember, Nat, always moving at his own pace.
22:07But it's obvious he loves you.
22:10So what?
22:13I mean, he loved that grad program he was in also.
22:16He was at the top of his class.
22:18And, you know, if he could have been a student the rest of his life, he would have been.
22:22Why did he quit?
22:26The same reasons that he won't marry me.
22:30The same reasons that he threw a party after his best friend died.
22:35He would have had to grow up.
22:41Hi.
22:41I'm sorry.
22:45Am I interrupting?
22:49Just girl talk.
22:50Jim thought we could get into the plant through here?
23:14Yeah, I said it's only used when it rains.
23:17How does Jim know so much about this place?
23:20I took the public relations tour.
23:24You made him.
23:29I'm camera shy.
23:30Uh, what else did you learn on that tour, Jim?
23:36They're dumping it all out there.
23:38Dumping what?
23:40Their societal guilt, their slave morality, their repression.
23:44It's all sewage.
23:46They treat it with their chemicals and call it safe.
23:49And then dump it.
23:50It's all a metaphor, man.
23:58Metaphor.
24:04Jim, didn't you say this was only used for storms?
24:09For the overflow?
24:09Well, they call it emergency discharge.
24:14Bypasses all their little chemical treatments.
24:16Just pure raw sewage right through here, out into the bay of discontent.
24:22It's pretty wet for such a dry summer.
24:25So, Jim.
24:28How do you feel about breaking and entering?
24:34Break on through, man.
24:42Listen, listen.
24:44How it groans.
24:46Evil memories.
24:49Evil forebodings.
24:50The dark monster.
24:52Nietzsche.
24:55Jim, hold on.
24:56Let's try this one.
24:57Let's try this one.
25:105.
25:124.
25:145.
25:165.
25:186.
25:206.
25:227.
25:249.
25:2611.
25:284.
25:3014.
25:3214.
25:3414.
25:3615.
25:3815.
25:39It's a noise.
25:45It sounds like...
25:48Let's get the hell out of here.
25:56No, no!
26:03No!
26:09The Hive is definitely working in that plant.
26:20I smell the stench of false values in a deluded society.
26:24At least we know who they are now.
26:25It's a good bet they're the ones doing the dumping, but why?
26:28They're into pollution.
26:29I think it's more than that.
26:34Jim, did you take your camera on that public relations tour?
26:36Maybe the answer's in that footage.
26:41Film is a purveyor of truth.
26:44And I need a shower.
26:49I want to know what's in that water.
26:51We can take a look at the sample.
26:53Maybe we should get some more from some other beaches.
26:55See if it's spreading.
26:56I don't know.
27:06No, I've told you I've had it.
27:15What's the rush?
27:15We're young.
27:17I'm sick of your excuses.
27:18Just give me a little more time, babe.
27:21What are you guys doing down there?
27:24You mess with my equipment.
27:26Bust it.
27:26There goes the resale value.
27:29What the heck are you guys doing?
27:30Trying to find some answers.
27:32I hope you didn't scratch the lens.
27:34Matt, come on.
27:35I'm sorry.
27:37It's just...
27:38It's okay, Ned.
27:41What are we looking at here?
27:42It's water from the bay.
27:44The other slides have samples from nearby beaches.
27:46We're looking for anything out of the ordinary.
27:48You're not going to see anything with this lens.
27:50You need a higher magnification.
27:55A lot of bacteria, giardia.
27:58Not surprising considering the...
28:00It's a hood spell.
28:03What?
28:03Did you see something?
28:10Look.
28:12Someone won't qualify us to do this.
28:14What is it?
28:15I don't know what it is, all right?
28:18It's a living cell feeding on bacteria.
28:20But that's natural, right?
28:22Cells feed on other cells.
28:24Forget natural.
28:25That thing is synthetic.
28:26God, it's thriving in the cesspool.
28:33I wonder if it's bread lit in salt water, too.
28:36Humans are 80% salt water.
28:39Full of natural bacteria.
28:40Do you think it's a new method of implantation?
28:52It seems too inefficient to be a hive plan.
28:54But how could all of those dead fish be a part of their plan?
29:00Unless...
29:00Unless it was an accident.
29:04Maybe Dewey was, too.
29:06It could still be in the experimental stage.
29:09But whatever it is, it's coming from that treatment plan.
29:11What seems pure at first glance,
29:41is wrought with filth and corruption beneath the surface.
29:45This is where it all goes.
29:48This is the end.
29:50The whole place can't be high.
29:52They'd be way too visible.
29:54All they need is a few to infiltrate the plant.
30:00Rome, Istanbul, Hong Kong.
30:04Whatever it is, they're shipping it all over the world.
30:06Jim, hold it right here.
30:12What is he doing?
30:16He's collecting the pure, unadulterated vial of society.
30:21Jim, there were crates full of those jars stacked up there last night.
30:25Shipping crates?
30:26Yeah.
30:27This is just the beginning, John.
30:29We can't let this happen.
30:32You see something, don't you?
30:37Jim, you know the layout.
30:39Would you help us?
30:41You see meaning I didn't even intend, you know?
30:44Most people think my work's too abstract.
30:46You understand.
30:47So what's your truth?
30:56It's the same as yours, Jim.
30:58It's the same.
31:01You see, there's a reality out there that most people never see.
31:06But once they do,
31:09my wife's never the same.
31:13Yeah, man.
31:15That's it.
31:16I'll help.
31:17I'll help.
31:47Dewey?
31:56Oh, man.
32:01Oh, Dewey.
32:03We'll need the gun and grab a flashlight.
32:06We almost drowned last time we went in there.
32:08We're gonna have to chance it, Kim.
32:09If that place is a breeding ground,
32:10they could be shipping that stuff out right now.
32:12What were you thinking?
32:14The police said Dewey's body's been missing for two days.
32:17The mortuary said you knew about it.
32:19Why didn't you tell me?
32:20Matt, we were hoping to protect you.
32:22Protect me?
32:23A little kid found him.
32:24A little kid found him, for God's sake.
32:26He was washed up on the beach.
32:27Matt, listen to me.
32:28There are things going on here.
32:29He was my best friend, man.
32:31And I had to find him lying out there on the beach
32:33with his...
32:34his kidneys cut out.
32:36Why would somebody do that?
32:41I don't know, why not.
32:43But we have a pretty good idea who did it.
32:45If we don't stop them,
32:47they'll do it again
32:47to a lot more people.
32:57Drop the knife!
32:59Drop the knife!
33:00Cut him out!
33:01Cut him out!
33:02They're spreading!
33:03What's spreading?
33:04What is it?
33:04Look at my arm!
33:05Cut him out!
33:07You're gonna be okay.
33:08Just calm down, babe.
33:09You're gonna be all right.
33:10Just calm down.
33:11It's fine.
33:11It's okay, honey.
33:12Just keep it off.
33:13Everything's gonna be all right.
33:15I wonder what the hell's going on.
33:16Now!
33:30Think, Nat.
33:31Did you find out anything else about the cell?
33:33All I know is if you blast it with enough DDT, it dies.
33:36Insecticide.
33:37Which would do the same to Gina, exactly what it did to Dewey.
33:39Nothing else can kill it.
33:40Not unless you take it out of salt water or starve it.
33:43What do you mean, starve it?
33:45The cell dies without bacteria.
33:46Those samples you collected, the clearer the water, the faster it dies.
33:50Do you think you can remove all the bacteria from Gina's body?
33:52A hospital can, with antibiotics, lots of them.
33:55Listen to me, Nat.
33:56A hospital won't do this.
33:57What are you talking about?
33:59Look, you said it yourself.
34:00You couldn't find the cell inside that fish.
34:02It obviously gets mass inside the system.
34:05And by the time the hospital figured all this out, it could be too late.
34:08Kim's right.
34:09No way.
34:09I'm not taking that risk.
34:11Dewey is the doctor.
34:12Dewey was the doctor.
34:14I can't save her.
34:15I'm not taking that chance.
34:17Nat, you can try like hell to make this go away, but it won't.
34:21I can't fight these creatures, John.
34:23I wouldn't know how.
34:24You fight them by saving one person at a time.
34:27You get your act together, and you do something for Gina.
34:32You have to.
34:37Kim, Dewey's medical bag's in the bathroom.
34:40I know a doctor.
34:40He's a friend of Dewey's.
34:42He can walk me through the antibiotics.
34:54Any change?
35:06She's doing better.
35:09Her pulse is weak.
35:11It's stable.
35:15Right here, honey.
35:16Right here.
35:21Can you stop this from happening again?
35:24We're going to try.
35:37Gina.
35:41Marry me.
35:54Ready?
36:04Ready?
36:04Let's just hurry.
36:24That's one of them.
36:46That's right.
36:47What the fuck?
36:50They're growing them in Basin 13.
37:01This is a breeding ground, all right?
37:04Maybe we can empty the basin.
37:06There must be a control panel.
37:08Inside, I think.
37:10You better.
37:10Wait here a second.
37:24Wait here a second.
37:24What's going on?
37:50Yes.
37:50See if you can find the control panels. I'll cover you
38:18All right, based in 13
38:20Hold it. Okay, now there has to be a way to empty it into the chemical treatment process
38:32Whatever you do, don't pull the emergency discharge. That'll dump it back into the bay
38:50Oh
39:10Okay
39:12Oh, my God.
39:42We've got to stop those trucks.
39:45You OK?
39:46I'll be all right. We should go.
39:48All right, come on.
40:07All right, let's do it.
40:09All right, let's go.
40:12I just thought we'd stop by to clean up your mess.
40:20Why doesn't it surprise me that you knew about this?
40:23We know about a lot of things, Longard.
40:26You know they were planning on shipping this stuff all over the place?
40:30Yeah.
40:31You know why?
40:32They want to change our body chemistry.
40:44They've already dumped it into the bay.
40:46People have to know, Phil.
40:49We got it covered.
40:50You know, I looked out there every day, and all I saw was the surface, the waves.
41:11I guess I didn't want to look deeper.
41:16Yeah, we all feel that way sometimes.
41:18I'm thinking about getting back into the grad program.
41:32Just figured the ocean's my life.
41:35I should keep a closer eye on it.
41:38Hey.
41:39Hey.
41:40Small article on the last page.
41:421,700 tons of DDT were dumped into the bay.
41:46By who?
41:46A chemical company was blamed.
41:49Majestic, spot cleaning the ocean.
41:51Do they have any idea what they've done?
41:54That'll damage our entire ecosystem.
41:56Well, the alternative is to go public.
42:02These hive creatures can just sit back and wait.
42:05We're doing their work for them.
42:07People may not care now, but one day they will.
42:12They'll have to.
42:25You ready?
42:28Yeah.
42:37I convinced Bach that Nat and Gina wouldn't go public.
42:55But he made it clear that if they did, he wouldn't let them live.
43:01And Jim Morrison?
43:02He gave film up, found a different medium in which to explore his truths.
43:10Bach never was able to keep him quiet.
43:19Since then, the ocean has become a battlefield.
43:22Move, counter-move.
43:24It's hard to tell who's winning.
43:29Nat and I buried a friend that day.
43:31But to us, it was more than a funeral.
43:35It was a call to action.
43:40Hope you're riding a perfect curl, Dewey.
43:42End of the world.
43:52Bye.
43:53Have fun.
44:02Bye.
44:04Bye.
44:05Bye.
44:06Bye.
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