Astronaut's Wife, The (1999)

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JILLIAN:
I hate this part.

You're still here but I know
you're going and I hate that.

SPENCER:
Well, I'll call you, baby.

Don't tease me.

I miss you so much
when you're gone.

Well, I miss you too, baby.

Listen, last time Streck told me...

...if I bellyached about you
for one more minute...

...he was gonna toss my a*s
right off the ship.

You tell Streck
your a*s belongs to me...

-...and he can keep his hands off it.
- All right.

My class wants you to come by
when you get back.

I think I can arrange a visit
if you're nice.

How nice?

You like fruit?

Yeah.

Well...

- Come here a minute. Come here.
- Ha, ha. Ha, ha.

SPENCER:
Ain't that a peach?

[JILLIAN LAUGHING]

Hm?

JILLIAN: Is that for me? Ha-ha-ha.
- That's for you.

MAN 1:
Victory, this is Mission Control.

All systems are go.

MAN 2: Flight commander,
all computers are functioning.

NEWSCASTER:
The crew of Victory has been given a go...

...for orbit operations
by Mission Control.

Crew members are doing well...

...and all systems of the orbiter
are performing satisfactorily.

MAN 1:
Three, two, one, zero and liftoff.

[RUMBLING]

SPENCER:
Mission Control, we have left the pad.

MAN 1 :
Roger that, Victory.

You are go for throttle up.

SPENCER: Mission Control,
this is Victory. We have throttled up.

It's a fine day for flying, Houston.

All systems are go.

CHILDREN:
Pineapples!

JILLIAN: What do they have in Kansas?
CHILDREN: Corn.

Yes, corn. And what about Georgia?

- What do they have in Georgia?
CHILDREN: Peaches.

Very good.

- And what do we have here in Florida?
CHILDREN: Oranges!

CALVIN:
And rocket ships.

Yes, Calvin, and rocket ships.

- Mrs. Armacost, you have a phone call.
- Thank you, Brian.

Okay, let's go to page seven.

And work quietly, okay?

JILLIAN: Hello.
MAN: Mrs. Armacost.

Yes, this is Jillian Armacost.

Mrs. Armacost,
NASA communications.

We have your husband for you.

Go ahead, commander.

SPENCER: Jillian?
- Spencer?

Yeah, I told you I 'd call.
It's amazing, isn't it?

- Yes, amazing.
- Hey, Jill.

- Yeah.
- What are you wearing?

Spencer.

Come on, now.
Ain't nobody else listening.

MAN: Uh, not exactly, commander.
Including Houston and JPL...

...there are about 300 folks
on the line today.

[SPENCER LAUGHS OVER PHONE]

SPENCER: It's a nice day down there?
- Beautiful.

Can you see outside, Jill?

Yeah.

MAN :
Fifteen seconds, commander.

SPENCER:
I'm right above you.

- You looking up, honey?
MAN: Ten seconds.

SPENCER:
Won't you smile for me, huh?

I already am.

He called you from outer space?

Well, technically,
from Earth's orbit but, yes.

He called me from the orbiter.

Stanley won't call me
from the Beef and Brew...

-...and you get a call from outer space.
- Heh-heh-heh.

The Earth's orbit, whatever.

Technically speaking, Jill, you scored.

I don't get it.
We grew up in the same house.

You land Johnny Rocket boy.
I get different versions of...

...Throws-Up-On-Himself Elmo.

I bet he's good at the little things too,
isn't he?

What little things?

Just those little things
that mean so much.

It's true. You know,
men are like parking spaces.

The good ones are taken...

...and all the available ones
are handicapped.

What?

Spencer.

MAN: And now, back to our program.
JILLIAN: Nan, something happened.

Come on.

[DOORBELL RINGS]

Keep checking.

Mrs. Armacost,
I'm Sherman Reese from NASA. Um...

- It's your husband.
- What's happened?

REESE:
Well, we'd like you to come with us.

- We have a car.
NAN: Something about Spencer!

Please, Mrs. Armacost.

- Captain Streck's wife is already there.
NAN: Jill!

REESE:
The director wants--

The condition of Armacost
and Streck...

...as well as the rest of the shuttle crew
is at this time unknown.

Reporting live from NASA...

ls my husband dead?

I don't know anything
about your husband.

- Is my husband dead?
- Ma'am, I just don't know.

Then take me to someone who does.

- He's dead. I know he's dead.
JILLIAN: No, they're not dead.

They're not dead. Shh.

- What have they told you?
- Nothing.

They won't tell me anything.

Mrs. Streck, Mrs. Armacost.

- First, your husbands are alive.
- Oh, thank God.

They're back on the orbiter...

...and we're gonna
bring them down immediately.

What happened up there?

Your husbands
were outside the orbiter...

...performing some repairs
on a satellite.

There was an expl*si*n and
we lost contact with both astronauts...

...for about two minutes.

- You lost contact?
- What?

- What do you mean, lost contact?
- After the expl*si*n...

...they drifted behind the shuttle.

We had to bring the craft around


- They were all alone?
- But now, they're back on the shuttle...

...and they'll be back down here
as soon as we can manage it.

Uh, Mr. Reese here will stay with you
until we can get you to them.

They were all alone out there, Jillian.

It's okay. They're alive.

This will give you
a view from the shuttle as they land.

Would you like me
to get you the linkup?

I'll get the linkup.

[BEEPS]

MAN 1: Twenty-five seconds
to re-entry interface.

MAN 2: Flight controllers
will be closely watching...

[RUMBLING]

MAN 1 :
Maintain descent.

[MAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY
OVER LINKUP]

Wind shear, this is minimum trajectory.

Velocity at 2600 LBP.

MAN 3: At 235 knots,
maintaining descent. At 220.

Eight at 215, five at 210,
two at 200.

One foot.

Ground Control, this is Victory.
We are down.

DOCTOR: He's breathing on his own.
His vital functions are good.

As far as we can tell,
there has been no brain damage.

It should only be a matter of time before
your husband regains consciousness.

- So he's gonna be okay?
- Absolutely.

[SIGHS]

And what about Alex?

Captain Streck is an older man
than your husband.

There was a tremendous strain
on his heart.

Natalie.

[EKG BEEPING]

[GASPS]

Jillian.

Jillian.

Hey.

- Hi.
- Hey.

- Hey, you.
- Hey, you.

I missed you so much.

How are you?

- I'm all right.
- Yeah.

- Yeah, I'm all right.
- Good.

I gotta pee.

[CHUCKLES]

- I gotta pee.
- Yeah.

I'll see what I can do for you.

Where's Alex?

Is he all right?

Spencer.

Spencer.

Spencer, what is that?

Did you feel that?

- Alex.
- My God, what is that?

Alex. Honey, I'm here.

[ALARM WAILING]

g*dd*mn it!

- What can I do?
WOMAN 1: Gonna need a change here.

Alex!

Jesus! Hold him.

[ALEX GRUNTING]

Help him!

MAN:
Epi.

[WOMAN 1 SPEAKS INDISTINCTLY]

[GASPS]

[EKG BEEPING RAPIDLY]

[POWERING UP]

[GASPS]

[ALEX GASPS]

WOMAN 1:
Essentially, he's still at zero.

- Aah.
WOMAN 1: Nothing.

- Charging, 300.
MAN: Clear.

[GRUNTS]

[COUGHING]

WOMAN 2:
Good job.

WOMAN 1: We got him.
MAN: Clear.

Hold off on that intubator.

Stand by with some dopamine.

Let's get an EKG prepped.

JILLIAN:
What did you say?

Well, I told that bloated
fast-food-eating m*therf*cker...

...we'd never have gotten to be heroes
if he hadn't cut our budget...

...and forced us to put that piece of sh*t
exploding satellite up in orbit.

- Really?
- Yeah.

And then what happened?

Aw, he said he'd never been talked to
like that before by anybody.

I said I didn't give a rat's a*s
and if he ever called me again...

...I would track him down...

...roust him out of his bunk,
pull his pants around his ankles...

...and spank him with a hanger
in front of his wife and children.

- Well, that's real subtle.
- Yeah, I thought it would be subtle.

Wanna tell me what you really said
to the President?

Yeah.

- I thanked him for his call.
- Mm-hm.

Then I asked him
what he was wearing...

...and he started breathing kind of heavy,
made a funny noise and hung up.

- What do you think that means?
- Maybe he's not into you.

SPENCER:
I guess not. Now, she got balloons.

- Why didn't I get balloons?
- You got candy.

SPENCER: I didn't get no candy.
- You got candy.

SPENCER: Where's my candy?
- In the car.

[MARCH MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

NATALIE:
Does he ever talk about it?

Did Spencer ever say anything
about what happened up there?

What it was like
when they were alone?

It's gonna be okay.

They're back.

He doesn't talk about it, does he?

Neither does Alex.
Never mentions it, not a word.

Well, do you blame them?

Those two minutes,
they almost died, Jillian.

- But they didn't.
- But they almost did.

To go through that together,
to come back...

...and never talk about it,
never bring it up...

...it's bizarre.

Natalie, it's over.

Honey...

...I know this has to be hard
for you too.

It just scares me
that they act like it never happened.

[AIRCRAFT ENGINE DRONING]

- There you go.
- Thanks, commander.

- You got it, buddy.
BOY: Hey, Mike, what did he write?

- Hey.
- Hm?

- Guess what.
- What?

I'm resigning from the service.

- Because of what happened?
- No, it's because I'm done up there.

I got an offer from an aerospace firm,
executive position.

Lots of money.

I mean, boatloads of money, Jill.

What do you know about
being an executive?

- You're a flier, Spence.
- No, honey.

What I am is a true American hero.

Now, the President of the United States
said that and you heard it.

Yeah.

Anyway

...it's pretty good for business...

...to have a true American hero
on the company letterhead, you know.

The thing of it is, Jill...

...is that the company headquarters...

...it's in New York City.

- You're kidding, right?
- No.

- New York?
- Yeah.

- You hate New York.
- Yeah.

- Too many people, remember?
- I know.

We have a life here, Spencer.

- My job, our friends, everything.
- Yeah.

So, what do you say?

Will you do it?

Will you move to New York City
with me?

[CHATTERING]

Hm?

You've always been there for me.

I wanna be there for you.

Let's go to New York.

PAULA: Mrs. Armacost.
- Yes, Paula?

When your husband is in space,
does he ever see God?

CALVIN: What about aliens?
Does he see aliens?

Does he bring a laser g*n
in case there are aliens?

I'd bring two laser g*ns...

...one for my pocket
and a laser r*fle.

Does your husband have a laser r*fle?
Does he get to bring it home?

Does it work here on Earth
or only in space?

[CHILDREN GIGGLING]

- You know what, Calvin?
- What, Mrs. Armacost?

I'm going to miss you.

[CHILDREN LAUGHING]

- Oh, no, no, no. No. Ooh.
- Ha-ha-ha.

[SINGING OFF-KEY]
My friend, I'll say it clear

SPENCER: Mm-mm-mm.
- Ha-ha-ha.

I'll state my case
Of which I'm certain

I've lived a life that's full

I've traveled each

They ain't the Mormon Tabernacle Choir.

And every highway

But more
Much more than this

He did it his way

[THE SEX PISTOLS' "MY WAY"
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

[CROWD WHISTLING
AND APPLAUDING]

Regrets, I've had a few

But then again, too few to mention

Here's to you.

I did what I had to do

Thank you.

I saw it through

[LAUGHS]

[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY]

Okay.

I planned each careful step

Along the highway

And more, much more

NAN:
To you, spaceman.

I did it my way

I've loved and been a snide

I've had my fill, unh
My share of losing

And now the tears subside

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

I find it all so amusing

Were times, I'm sure you knew

When there was f*ck
f*ck, f*ck all else to do

[ARGUING INDISTINCTLY]

But through it all
When there was doubt

I shot it up

Stop.

[COUGHING]

And the world

And did it my way

[ALEX CONTINUES COUGHING]

For what is a brat

[SHRIEKS]

When he wears hats
And he cannot

[NATALIE SHRIEKING]

Say the things he truly

Spencer!

Spencer!

Spencer!

Spencer!

Spencer!

My Way

Alex!

[WOMAN SCREAMS]

Baby

Alex.

[TURNS MUSIC OFF]

[NATALIE SOBBING]

DIRECTOR:
I have a brief prepared statement...

...and then there will be time
for questions.

Captain Alex Streck
died last night at 8:55.

Cause of death has been determined
to have been a stroke...

...what the surgeons are calling
a severe insult to the brain.

Alex was an asset to this program
way beyond his professional expertise.

He will be missed terribly by all of us.
There will be a private ceremony.

[REPORTERS CHATTERING]

- Is Commander Armacost in any danger?
- Uh, I'll let Dr. Patraba answer that.

Commander Armacost has been
through an array...

...of examinations and tests.

It is the opinion of myself
and my colleagues...

...that he's in no more danger
than any of us.

[WHISPERING]
Hey.

NAN [WHISPERING]: How you doing?
-[\NHISPERING] I'm all right.

JILLIAN: Hey.
- Hey.

- I'm gonna be over here, baby.
JILLIAN: Okay.

- You okay?
- Yea h.

- Where's Natalie?
- Um, she's in the back.

- She's been asking for you.
- Okay.

- I'll see you in a bit.
- All right.

Okay.

Natalie?

Mm. Jillian.

[DOOR CLOSES]

They talked to him every night.

All the time.

I couldn't understand them.

Who talked to him, Natalie?

They did.

They did, Jillian.

[JILLIAN SIGHS]

NATALIE:
He's hiding inside me.

I certainly
do appreciate your concern...

...but I have been probed
and poked by enough needles.

Your superiors have given me
a clean bill of health.

I know that but, commander, I...

It's probably nothing but, um--

Do your bosses know you
wanna do this, Mr. Reese?

No.

MAN: What, is there a storm?
WOMAN 1: Strange.

[GIRL SCREAMING]

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

Oh, God!

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
Oh. my God!

Oh, God. No. No.

Oh, no. No.

No!

I'll be sure and let you know
of some good places for you to shop.

That dress is really sweet
but it's not really appropriate.

You'll meet all sorts
of interesting people here.

They like the sort of things like I do.

You feel the first kick
after the main engine sparks.

--But, you know, you're very lucky.
I, uh...

But then solid rocket boosters come on
and that's when you know...

-...that you're going somewhere real fast.
- Zoom, zoom, zoom.

- That's right.
- I used to be into A*DS...

...but now I'm into hunger.

[CLASSICAL MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

- I teach.
- Oh, at the university?

No, second grade.

I'm sorry. I thought you said
you taught second grade.

Yes. I--

Oh. Ambrose, hi. You look great. Yeah.

- Will you excuse me?
- Yeah, sure.

[CHATTERING]

[SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Yeah, all right. Excuse me, Phillip.

Now, don't worry about her.

Total lack of body fat has made her
something less than human.

Don't think she's had
her period in three years...

...which I guess is a blessing
for the gene pool, wouldn't you say?

- Shelly McLaren.
- Jillian Armacost

Yeah, I know.

Oh.

- Your husband must be--
- Jackson McLaren. Mm-hm.

They all had cigars...

...but Jackson had
the biggest cigar of all.

- Can I--? Thanks.
- Here we go.

Do you have many friends here
in the city?

Yeah, some, at work
and Spencer, of course.

- What? Your husband and your friend?
- Yeah.

You better not let that get around.

You know, they're gonna
haul you up on charges.

[LAUGHS]

That I like.

- What?
- Your laugh. That's an honest laugh.

- It's been a while since I've heard one.
- Thank you.

It's all right. I'll be right down.

There's some minor disaster
in the kitchen...

...something to do
with burning rum ba*ls.

Now, I'm gonna call you...

...and we're gonna go out
and laugh, all right?

- Okay.
- All right.

- You all right?
- I'm drunk.

[BOTH CHUCKLE]

SPENCER:
Well, that's good, honey.

That's good.

Tell me what happened up there.

Tell me.

All right.

- Come on, let's take a walk.
- Okay.

You wanna know what happened?

Yeah.

Let me tell you.

Yeah.

You wanna know about them
two minutes?

You never talk about it.

Two minutes.

Dark...

...black...

...no light.

There was an expl*si*n...

...and everything shut down.

No light...

...no communication.

It was black, silent.

No sound but loud, something loud.
Loud nothing.

And it was cold.
It was so cold, Jill.

And I knew what that cold was.

It was death.

And it held me real tight
for about the first minute.

And then...

...I felt warm.

It was the warmth of your vag*na...

...the warmth of your body,
your hands.

The inside of your mouth...

...the warmth of your c**t...

...the warmth from inside you, Jillian.

Your warmth.

[MOANS THEN PANTING]

I felt it all around me.

It made me breathe.

It made me breathe.

[SPENCER GRUNTING]

- Spencer.
- Jillian.

Spencer.

Spencer.

Unh. No.

Spencer!

Spencer.

What's happening?

Spencer.

What's happening?

[SIGHING]

[STATIC CRACKLING ON RADIO]

Spencer?

[EASY LISTENING MUSIC PLAYING]

What are you doing?

I couldn't sleep, so I just...

Listening to some music.

[SPENCER TURNS OFF RADIO]

I'm sorry if I was a bit rough.

I guess maybe
I had a little too much to drink.

Come on, let's go to bed.

Goodnight, sweetheart.

[HEAVY METAL MUSIC PLAYING]

JILLIAN: "She began to guess
the little man's name.

'Is it Conrad Peppermill?' she said.

And the little man said..."

CHILDREN:
No.

"'I know, I know.
It's Sir William Doorknob.'

And the little man said..."

CHILDREN:
No.

"'I have it.

It must be little ribs of beef.'

And the little man said..."

CHILDREN:
No.

"'It couldn't be Rumpelstiltskin,
could it?'

'What did you say?' said the little man.

-'I said it couldn't be...?"'
- Rumpelstiltskin.

"And the little man screamed...

[CHILDREN SCREAM]

And stamped his foot."

NAN:
Honey, you sound so sad.

It's just the city, Nan.

It just gets inside you, that's all.

You can't let it.

That's how you got in trouble
after Mom and Dad died.

And you sound like you did then.

Have you found a doctor
to talk to yet?

Uh-uh. Not yet.

Promise me something, okay?

If it gets like it was before, you'll just...
You'll find someone to talk to.

[KEYS JINGLING]

Nan, I really have to go, okay?
Bye.

SPENCER: Hey, Jill.
- Hey.

You're late.

You didn't get my message?
I had a dinner meeting tonight.

- No. I didn't check the machine yet.
- Oh.

Yeah, I'm sorry.

I still ain't conquered this
corporate sh*t yet.

- I'm gonna take a shower, honey.
- Okay.

[SIGHS]

[SCHOOL BELL RINGS]

[CHATTERING]

JACKSON: Do you ever think
what if I had an F-*5 in World w*r ll...

-...or a B-17 in World w*r I?
- No, never.

What kind of a*s I could kick if I had
that type of technology?

And how many different kinds
of a*s are there, Jackson?

Many kinds, love.

But the modern b*ttlefield
is all electronic...

...and the fighter that this man
helped us design can detect...

...sort, identify and eliminate
anything electronic.

You got two McLaren engines
pumping 25,000 pounds of thrust...

...wingspan of 75 feet.

- Fully extended.
SPENCER: Yeah, that's fully extended.

You got a top speed
of 1800 miles per hour...

...a ceiling of 55,000 feet
and a crew of two.

The modern b*ttlefield is a blizzard,
a transparent, electronic blizzard...

...with planes and tanks
and computers and missiles...

...all humming away
and into that storm flies our fighter.

It doesn't drop bombs.
It doesn't sh**t missiles.

It just sends out a signal.

It's like the voice of God.

It's just a signal
that turns everything off.

SHELLY:
I forget, Jackson.

Who is the enemy now that we need
your plane to defend us from?

The enemy at this moment?

- You are, dear. You are.
SPENCER: Ha, ha.

The signal it makes,
what does it sound like?

JACKSON: Humans can't hear it, dove.
Humans can't hear it at all.

Excuse me.
Miss Augusta would like to see you.

Oh, all right. Come on, Jackson.

Augusta has summoned us
to her bedside.

It's the goodnight kiss.

After allowance,
it's the most important event of the day.

The joys of parenthood.

SHELLY: Come on, Jackson.
JACKSON: Coming.

Why are you so far away?

I'm right here.

What's the matter?

- What's wrong?
- I don't understand any of this.

What they're talking about,
it's like they're speaking in code.

Honey, it's business, that's all.

Why do you have to build that plane?

The way you talk about it,
it doesn't even sound like you.

Baby, it's my lob-

My job.

You used to say you'd fly forever.

You used to say
they'd have to bury you in the sky.

Yeah. They almost did.

What are you looking for
when you look at me like that?

What are you hiding from me?

Hm?

Nothing.

Nothing.

- No.
- Yeah.

Uh-uh.

- Yeah.
- No.

Yeah.

DOCTOR:
This is going to be a little cold.

Let's have a look in here, shall we?

Ah, there it is.

Let's take a measurement.

[TYPING ON KEYBOARD]

Mm. Nine weeks, give or take a few days.

See this here? This flickering?

- What is that?
- That's the heartbeat.

- Is it supposed to be moving that fast?
- Heh. I would be worried if it were not.

Everything looks fine, Jillian.

Well, that's interesting.

What?

Well, wait. I'm not sure.

See this here?

SPENCER: What is that?
- A second heartbeat.

Two heartbeats.

It's twins, Mrs. Armacost. Twins.

This is a number of a support group...

...for women who are expecting twins.

There's something
I didn't tell you from my chart.

I know I should've but...

A few years ago,
after my parents died, I...

I had a bad time.

How bad, Jillian?

I would see people I knew.

I would see them dead.

And sometimes, I...

I would see myself.

Did you seek treatment?

Were you hospitalized?

Yes.

Does he know?

He's the one that got me through it.

You are afraid...

...that this pregnancy
is going to bring all that back, right?

Yeah.

Spend time with Spencer.
Go through this together.

Now that you know that
these feelings you've been having...

...are caused by the life
growing in you...

...and by your body adapting to it,
oh, cherish it.

Okay.

And if you need, call me any time,
day or night.

Thank you.

[GIRL SCREAMING]

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

Just a nightmare, baby.

You were talking in your sleep.

- What was I saying?
- Couldn't tell.

It didn't sound like words, really.

It was more like sounds.

I'm scared.

Well, I think it'd be strange...

...if a first-time mother
wasn't scared, honey.

Yeah.

Come on. Come with me.

SPENCER:
There you go.

That's better, ain't it?

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

- Everything's gonna be okay, isn't it?
- Mm-hm.

Everything's gonna be
just fine, honey.

- And they're gonna be healthy, right?
- Uh-huh.

And they'll be beautiful,
just like their mother.

What do you think they'll be
when they grow up?

- What are they gonna be'?
- Yeah.

sh*t, they're gonna be pilots, honey.

- Just like their father.
- Just like their father.

All right, lean back here.
Let me wash your hair.

Am I dreaming, Spencer?

No.

No, you're not dreaming.

WOMAN:
And then he gives you that look...

...you know,
that "honey, I understand" look. Ha.

I don't care how long
he rubs my feet for.

He doesn't understand a thing.

- He rubs your feet?
- I know what you mean.

We're supposed to be going
through this together...

...but I have never felt
more separate from him.

It's like there's something going on
in my body he knows nothing about.

He rubs your feet?

[WOMEN CHUCKLE]

I got into the bathtub
with my socks on.

[WOMEN LAUGHING]

[TITO PUENTE'S "FOUR BEAT
CHA CHA CHA" PLAYING]

Aah! Oh, my God.

Jesus, you scared me.

[JILLIAN LAUGHS]

You are in big trouble.

Do you like the pie?

I don't believe I can take
much more of this, honey.

How much do you like the pie?
Ha-ha-ha.

- Mm. Come get the pie.
- First, I'm gonna drink you...

-...then I'm gonna eat you.
- Get the pie.

- Want me to eat that, right?
- Ha-ha-ha. Yeah.

JILLIAN: Think you can handle all of us?
- Yep.

JILLIAN: Yeah?
- Yep.

JILLIAN: Love the belly?
- I love it.

JILLIAN: Good, I love the belly too.
- Mm.

[CHILDREN CHATTERING]

Excuse me.

Mrs. Armacost...

...do you, uh...?

Do you remember me?

- M r. Reese?
- Yes.

- Um...
- Oh.

- How many months?
- Just a few.

I need to speak with you.

Spencer works for McLaren now
if you're looking for him.

No, I need to speak with you,
Mrs. Armacost.

About those two minutes.

The two minutes, Mrs. Armacost.

What is it, Mr. Reese?

Noticed any change in your husband's
behavior since the shuttle mission?

I've been through these files
and there are some peculiarities.

Like right here.

Your husband's signature
before the shuttle.

Here's a form signed
when he returned.

Now, they are similar but not the same.
Not the same signature.

Mr. Reese, are you in New York
on official NASA business?

And here's the results
of the medical tests...

-...we ran when he got back.
- Mr. Reese.

- Are you on official NASA business?
- Everything is fine.

Everything shows up normal...

...but everything's a bit different.

Uh, blood levels, temperature,
EKG, EEG.

Everything's just a little bit off
from what it was.

- I mean, look at this.
- Mr. Reese.

Does NASA know you're here?

Oh.

They wouldn't listen.
Um, they terminated my employment.

- I have to go now.
- No.

If you have anything to say,
you can call my husband at McLaren.

I showed them facts.
They terminated my employment.

They referred me to a psychiatrist.

Don't follow me.

I've seen Streck's autopsy report.

It was a stroke. His system overloaded.
His body couldn't stand the strain.

I've seen Natalie Streck's autopsy
report as well.

That was a suicide.

- She k*lled herself. I was there. I saw it.
- Yeah, she did.

According to the report, when she k*lled
herself she was three weeks pregnant.

What did you say?

She conceived right after her husband
left the hospital.

She was pregnant, Mrs. Armacost.

So, what happened
during those two minutes...

...when they were alone,
what happened?

The suits your husband and
Streck wore had built-in recorders.

Something happened out there
that scared the sh*t out of them.

- What could do that?
- No.

It was an accident, an expl*si*n.

- The satellite--
- They train for explosions.

They train for accidents.
They trained for hours.

They have a plan. They don't panic.
They don't deviate.

Stick to the plan.
That's what they do.

Something happened out there
that these two men had not trained for.

What would do that
to two highly trained astronauts?

Scare them like that?

Can you swear to me
that he's still your husband? Can you?

- Let go of me, Mr. Reese.
- Ma'am, is this man bothering you?

Yes. Yes, he is.

You know, don't you?
You already know.

- Okay.
- Room 304...

...Nesbit Arms, Mrs. Armacost.
Please, Mrs. Armacost!

SECURITY GUARD:
Okay. Settle down. Just settle down.

SPENCER [ON RECORDING]: I'm gonna
rotate the panel 48 degrees. You got me?

ALEX [ON RECORDING]:
Spencer, what is that? Did you feel that?

Spencer, what is that?

[STATIC CRACKLING]

Oh, Jesus Christ!
What the hell is that?

No, no. No, no.

[KNOCK ON DOOR]

I'm looking
for the pregnant woman in 24-F.

Yeah.

Jillian, what's wrong?

He said she must have gotten
pregnant...

...right after Alex got back.

- Did he say anything else?
- Oh, God, Nan.

Oh, honey, the last thing
you need to worry about is that freak.

- I mean, just have Spencer call someone.
- No, Nan.

Spencer can't know about this.

But Jillian, you said he looked crazy.

You have to promise me
you won't tell Spencer.

Please promise me.

You can't keep these things
bottled inside you, Jillian.

You're right.

Okay.

If he bothers me again...

...I'll tell Spencer, okay? Deal?

- Sure.
- Okay.

- Mr. Armacost, your table's ready.
- Oh, great. All right.

- Let's go sit down.
- Yeah.

[EASY-LISTENING MUSIC
PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS]

Oh, Stan?

This year's grand marshal
at the parade of losers?

He's gone. We can't all be as lucky
as Jill here.

Oh, no. It's me that's lucky.

[CRACKLING]

You all right, honey?
What's the matter?

What's the matter, honey?
You all right?

I'm just a little hot.

You should have some water.

I think I wanna go home.

All right.

[SPENCER & NAN
SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

Feeling better?

Yeah.

- Where's Nan?
- She went out.

It's after midnight.

She's young, Jill.
She's having fun.

Don't you remember
when we used to have fun, huh?

No.

No.

You don't remember that, huh?

Okay.

All right.

What's wrong with you?

You ever think
about what happened to Alex?

Oh, sh*t.

JILLIAN:
What happened to Natalie?

[SPENCER SIGHS]

I do, all the time.

Those two minutes,
you could have died.

Why do you wanna go back there?

Why do you wanna
go back to that?

Can't you just try for once to be happy?
Just once?

I'm gonna go to sleep.

[LINE RINGS]

- Mr. Reese?
REESE: Yes.

It's Jillian Armacost.

The autopsy on Natalie Streck,
what did it say about the baby?

Mr. Reese?

Not on the phone, Mrs. Armacost.

No, you don't understand.
You have to tell me.

What did Natalie's autopsy say
about the baby?

Babies.

What?

Natalie Streck was pregnant with twins,
Mrs. Armacost.

Oh, my God.

- What's happening to me?
- You are too, aren't you?

Mrs. Armacost.

Pregnant with his twins?

Natalie's babies...

Mr. Reese...

...what did the autopsy
say about them?

There's something
I need to show you, Mrs. Armacost.

Something you need to see.

Do you know the story
of the princess...

...whose beloved prince
dies in battle?

Mrs. Armacost,
I have something you need to see.

Do you understand me?

The enemy prince...

...after overrunning the castle...

...finds the princess
and forces himself upon her.

Months later,
the princess is with child.

But whose?

It's either the child of her enemy...

...the man that k*lled her husband...

...the man that r*ped her...

...in which case,
she'll k*ll herself and the child...

...or it's the child of her prince.

The only thing she has left of him.

A part of him still alive within her...

...kept safe inside her...

...in which case...

But how would she know
until it was too late?

How will she know
until the child is born...

...and she can see its eyes?

Meet me right now.

Somewhere public.

Leave your apartment.
Meet me now.

SPENCER:
Sherman Reese.

Mr. Reese.

Sherman Reese.

I thought that was you.

I was standing over
across the street...

...and I said to myself,
"Now, is that Sherman Reese?"

- Nice to see you.
REESE: Commander Armacost.

SPENCER:
Yeah.

- Are you in town on official business?
REESE: I'm not with NASA anymore.

SPENCER: You know what?
You know what? I heard that.

I heard and I thought
it was one of them agency rumors.

Well, listen...

...if you need a recommendation...

...don't hesitate
because I can help you.

- Well, I appreciate that.
- Yeah.

It's real weird running into you...

...because the thing of it is,
I was just thinking about you.

I was thinking about them tests
you wanted to run on me...

...you know, after Alex died.

If you got a couple of minutes...

...we can have a cup of coffee
or something.

- Actually, I gotta--
- Oh, no, come on, now, Sherman.

You're a man of leisure.

You ain't got nothing but time,
do you?

Come on.

Yeah, it's nice to see you.

Almost forgot your satchel,
Mr. Reese.

I got it.

You were the only one
who knew, Nan.

- I asked you not to tell him.
- I didn't, okay?

What were you talking about
when I was sleeping?

- We were just talking.
- About what?

Just talking. Look, don't do this.
It's not good for you.

Where did you go last night?

- Will you listen to yourself?
- Where did you go?

I love you, okay?
And Spencer loves you.

We all do so much.

Spencer was there.

Nan, Spencer was there
with Reese...

...and you were the only one
who knew, Nan.

How did he know
unless you told him?

You promised me!

Jillian, I love you,
but I'm not gonna do this with you.

Do what with me?

Come back, Nan.

Nan, come back!

Don't leave, Nan!

sh*t!

[PANTING]

[LINE RINGING]

CLERK: Hello, Nesbit Arms.
JILLIAN: Mr. Reese in Room 304.

[LINE RINGING]

There's no answer in Room 304.

CHILDREN [SINGING]:
Down came the rain

And washed the spider out

Out came the sun
And dried up all the rain

And the itsy-bitsy spider
Went up the spout again

[JILLIAN GASPS]

[INDISTINCT WHISPERING]

[GRUNTS]

[YELLS]

MAN:
Are you okay?

It's like a joke, right?

But if you are watching this tape,
I didn't get to that meeting.

If you are watching this tape,
Mrs. Armacost...

...I'm probably f*cking dead!

This is my backup.
That's what they taught us at NASA.

Always have a backup system.

I'm not crazy. I wish I was.

I prayed I was. I know I'm not.

You might think you're crazy.

How could you not?

Always have a backup.

You're gonna hear two voices
on this tape.

One is your husband's
and the other Captain Streck.

SPENCER: I'm gonna rotate the pane/...
REESE: This line is your husband's voice.

This line is Captain Streck's.

ALEX: What is that?
SPENCER: What the f*ck?

ALEX:
Jesus Christ! What the hell is that?

RE ES E:
Two voices, but three lines.

There's something else on the tape.

Something beyond our range of hearing,
but I translated it.

I had to hear it and this...

...is what it sounds like.

[STATIC CRACKLING ON TV]

NASA said that it's static--

It's not static.

--Caused by the expl*si*n
of the satellite.

Static buildup in their suits, but it's not.
I tracked it.

- It is not static.
- Not static.

It's not from their suits,
it's not from the shuttle. It's not...

It's not from Earth, either.

Two minutes, that's all there is.
That's all it took.

If you wanted to come here...

...from very, very far away...

...maybe you wouldn't have
to travel in a ship.

Maybe you could travel
in a transmission...

...at the speed of light, like a thought.

Just wait for two of us to be up there.

Two of us in orbit, near a target.

Something to aim at, like the satellite.

Two of us beyond suspicion.
Heroes, all-Americans.

Wait for them...

...then erase them like a tape
and record your own message.

He's not your husband anymore.

He's not.

What?

The computer that runs this airplane,
it's not there.

Hasn't been designed yet,
but it's supposed to go here...

...in the c*ck right where the pilots
are supposed to be.

Two computers
that work off each other...

...that feed off each other.

Twins.

Twin computers.

Twins, Mrs. Armacost.

What do you think
you have inside of you?

What do you think he put there?

What are they gonna be?
They're gonna be pilots, honey.

Just like their father.

[GASPS]

Hey, Jill.

[PANTING]

Hey.

- Did I scare you?
- I didn't hear you come in.

Oh.

Listen, I came home
because I felt bad for you...

...getting into that fight with Nan,
you know.

Why don't you tell me
what it was about?

Just sister stuff.

Have you heard from her?

- No.
- Well...

...I'm sure she'll call you.

You're trembling.

- I am?
- Mm-hm.

I'm a little cold.

Mm-hm.

You know what I did?

I brought something home
I believe is gonna cheer you right up.

What do you think?

Pop it in.

Oh.

Were you watching something?

Yeah, It's a...

It's a pregnancy video.

Oh.

Well, maybe
we should watch it together.

No.

Let's watch the movie.

- You sure?
- Yeah.

SPENCER:
All right.

Why are you building that plane?

- What's that?
- Why do you have to build that plane?

It's a contract, Jill.

And besides, I didn't add
half as much as Jackson said I did.

They got some real sharp engineers
over there.

Come here. Move on back here.

I love you.

I know what you're thinking.

Don't you worry.

Everything's gonna be just fine.

[ORCHESTRAL MUSIC PLAYING]

SPENCER:
Yeah, these pesky g*dd*mn satellites.

I'm gonna rotate the panel


ALEX:
Spencer, what is that?

Did you feel that?

Spencer, what is that?

SPENCER: What the f*ck?
ALEX: Jesus Christ!

What the hell is that?

Must have dozed off.

- Were you dreaming?
- Hm?

No. Just sleeping.

You weren't dreaming?

No, Jill, I wasn't dreaming.

Were you?

SH ELLY: My caterer gets them
from the French Caribbean.

I think the French are more advanced
in this way. Don't you think?

Now, listen,
with these, all sales are final.

Are you sure this is the way
you wanna go?

Yeah.

Now, when you get home,
you take both pills and then go to bed.

It's gonna be a bit of vile cramping...

...but as soon as you start spotting,
it goes real fast.

And Spencer won't know?

If he's like the rest,
he'll think you had a miscarriage...

...and he'll go out
and buy you a bracelet.

Now, don't beat yourself up
about this, sweetheart.

I mean, it's not as if
any of this means anything.

[SIGHS]

There's a little bit of pain
and then it's over.

[SOBBING]

Oh, God. I can't.

Oh, God.

I can't do it.

It's gonna be really bad.

I'm so sorry.

You'll understand.

I have to.

Okay.

Just a little bit of pain...

...and then it's over.

Yeah.

Okay.

They're just babies.

I can't do it. Oh, God.

I can't do it.

Oh, help me!

[CRACKLING]

No. Don't do that.

[SCREAMS]

Oh, God.

Oh!

Oh, God. Stop it.

He's gonna... Oh, God.

Oh, God. Oh, God.

Oh, God, no.

- What were you gonna do to them?
- No.

- No.
- Huh?

No, you heard them. Oh, God.

What were you gonna do?

[JILLIAN GASPS THEN SOBBING]

Nothing.

No. No!

No. No. No.

[JILLIAN GASPS]

Jill, please.

Let's just calm down
and talk about this, okay?

No.

Eh.

Come on, now, honey.

Where you gonna go, Jill, huh?

Where are you gonna go?

[CRACKLING]

[YELLS]

[GRUNTS]

Shh, shh, shh. Don't talk.

Don't say a word, honey.

You're fine.

You're fine now.

They're still inside you, Jill.

They're right where
they need to be...

...and we're not ever gonna mention
what you tried to do.

What you tried to do
with them pills, okay?

Doesn't exist.

Never happened, Jillian.

- Spencer--
- I don't want to hear a peep out of you.

You hear me?

I love you so much.

I don't know what I'd do if anything
happened to you or the babies.

Now, you just keep quiet
and you rest.

I'm here with you.

I'm always gonna be here, Jill. Always.

You sleep.

Good girl.

[FOOTSTEPS]

- Nan.
- Hey, Jilly. Hi. Hi.

I don't wanna fight with you, Jilly.

JILLIAN:
There's something wrong, Nan.

There's not.
Doctor says you can go home any day.

No. Something's wrong
with Spencer and the twins.

- Hey, it's just this place.
- No.

He did something to me, Nan...

...and I didn't tell you.

It's just being in the hospital
that makes you feel this way.

- No.
- I know that you hate it here...

...I know that,
but we're gonna take you home soon...

...and we're all gonna take care of you.

- You?
- Yeah, of course me.

Me, Spencer, all of us.

Oh, God.

[SOBBING]

I'm so scared.

Something horrible is happening...

...to me and the babies.

I don't know what's happening.

Tell me, Jillian, what is it?

Spencer.

He's hiding inside me.

Spencer...

...hiding inside me.

NURSE:
I think she's awake, Mr. Armacost.

[SPENCER SIGHING]

Tell me something, Jill.

If the doctors had any idea
what you were thinking...

...you know,
them awful, dark thoughts...

...what do you think they'd do?

- They'd lock me up.
- Huh?

They'd lock me up.

Lock you up?

They'd chain you to the wall, Jillian.

Yeah, put you back in that hospital.

- You want that to happen?
- No.

No.

I know you don't want that. Uh-uh.

Well...

...we ain't gonna let them, are we?

- No.
- No.

- Because we're gonna be strong.
- We're gonna be strong...

...together.

We're gonna be strong for our family.

- Yeah.
- Yeah.

We're connected now.

You feel me inside there
where it's safe, don't you?

Mm-hm.

See?

I live here.

We're one.

Why do you have
Sherman Reese's bag?

What did you do to my sister?

[CRACKLING]

Who are you?

What...?
What the hell are you doing?

Let go of me!

[NAN SHRIEKS]
[GASPS]

[SCREAMING]

Nan.

Jillian! Help!

[YELLS]

[GASPS]

[GASPS]

Nan.

[THUNDER CRASHES]

Nan.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[WOMAN SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY]

[CHATTERING]

[PANTING]

Washington Square Park.

[WOMEN LAUGHING]

- Go, go!
- But it is red, missus.

- I don't care! Just go.
- But, missus, I cannot.

Will you go? You don't understand!

- Please.
- I cannot.

[DRIVER SPEAKING
IN FOREIGN LANGUAGE]

[CRACKLING]

[GRUNTING]

DIRECTOR: Captain Alex Streck
died last night at 8:55.

Cause of death has been determined
to have been a massive stroke.

What the surgeons are calling
a severe insult to the brain.

He's not your husband anymore.
He's not.

Hello. Welcome back, Mrs. A.

Good morning, Mr. A.

[ELEVATOR BELL DINGS]

[GRUNTS]

Nan.

SPENCER:
Jillian!

Jillian!

Jillian!

Jesus-f*cking-Christ, Jill.

Stay away from me.

Why are you doing this to me?

I said stay away from me.

Who are you?

Who am I?

I'm the only person in the world
who ever gave a f*ck about you.

I'm the one
that gave you a reason to breathe.

I'm every single f*cking moment
ever mattered in your life.

No, you're not.

I don't even know you.

No?

Well, I'll tell you what.

There was a time I remember
when I was about to go up there...

...and you begged me not to.

You remember
how scared you were?

And I told you then...

...that I was gonna bring you back
a piece of heaven.

And you cried.

You remember that?

Well, f*cking A! I did it!

What do you think is inside you?

I gave you heaven.

No, you didn't.

You're not Spencer.

It don't gotta be like this.
Honey, come on, now.

Step out of that water.

Please, baby, get out of that water.

- Come on.
- Oh, my God.

Please.

Oh, my God.

You k*lled my sister.

You k*lled my husband.

SPENCER:
Yeah.

I did.

And then I f*cked his wife.

I live there.

No.

[CRACKLING]

[GASPS]

I live there...

...forever.

No, you don't.

- I live there.
- No, you don't.

Yeah. Jillian!

[ELECTRICITY CRACKLING]

[GROANING]

[SCREAMS]

[CHILDREN CHATTERING]

MAN:
Ready for your first day of school?

BOTH:
Ready.

Wait.

Okay.

There's an apple in there.
No trading. Promise?

TWINS:
Promise.

Okay. Give me a kiss.

Go: go' go-

Be good.

What do you think they'll be
when they grow up?

Grow up?

Give them some time, Susan.
It's their first day of school.

I think...

...they're gonna be pilots.

Just like their father.

Stepfather.

[HORN HONKS]

JILLIAN:
No.

You're their father now.

[CRACKLING]

[CRACKLING]