Thirty seconds and counting.
Astronauts report conditions good.
T minus 25 seconds.
Twenty seconds and counting.
Fifteen seconds.
Guidance internal.
12...
11...
10...
Nine...
Ignition sequence occurs.
Six...
Five.
Four"
three...
Two...
One...
Lift off.
We have a lift off.
Saturn lift off on scorpio five.
Saturn clear.
Roger up.
Scorpio five to Houston control.
Good at 40 seconds.
Scorpio five to Houston control.
Good at one minute.
Roger.
- Shut down 210 by 305.6.
Entering rings.
Roger, we copy.
All is confirmed.
Lose contact through saturn's rings.
Pick up 105.8, good luck.
- Thank you.
Roger out.
- Rcs indicates green.
- Green confirmed.
Oxygen heaters, auto.
Imu polarity reversed.
- No one has ever seen anything like this.
Scorpio five, this is Houston control,
communication back.
Can you read me'?
Houston calling scorpio five.
Steve, do you read me?
Steve?
Steve, are you all right?
- Communication's back.
I read you, I read you.
Magnificent!
You've never seen anything
until you've seen the sun through the rings of saturn.
- Nothing's helping.
I've never seen anything like it.
Why was he the only one to survive?
I better call Ted Nelson.
Check his vital signs every 15 minutes
and replace the iv with units of whole blood.
- Yes, sir.
I'll send for an orderly.
- No.
Get it yourself.
It's imperative that this be kept secret.
- Yes, sir.
Oh, no!
- All right, what have you got'?
- Over here.
Well, what do you think?
Don't quote me, but this wasn't any animal.
- And that's not all.
It gets worse.
-Gmm.
- No. I's not enough to harm us, Ted,
but the radiation is not our real problem.
We don't even know whether it's contagious or not.
- He shouldn't have escaped.
- They're not gonna like this, Ted.
- I still don't believe it.
- Don't you think you better call general Perry?
- General Perry.
General Perry,
it's Ted Nelson.
- Oh?
How are you, doctor?
- Not too good.
Something's come up, general.
- What do you mean?
- It's about Steve.
He escaped.
- How long ago?
- About three and a half hours ago.
- Who knows about it?
- Dr. Loring and myself.
- All right, you keep it that way.
- General,
- I just told you this... - Doctor, you listen to me.
We've got to find him.
We've gotta get him back and re-confine him
before he hurts someone.
- He already has.
He killed one of our nurses, general.
- Oh my god.
- General, he was stronger than the others.
That's why he lasted so long.
I don't know why, general,
but he seems to be getting stronger all the time.
- Doctor, you better come up with some answers.
We've got to know. We've got to know exactly what happened
before we start to...
Before tomorrow morning.
- I know that, general.
- Then get out there and find him!
- General, I will.
Right away.
You know, in all probability...
He hung up on me.
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And...
Yes.
Who's that?
Anybody in there? Come on out.
Who's in there?
Hey, you're gonna scare the fish.
Who's there?
Who's back there?
Come on out.
Playing some kind of game?
What?
- Judy's pregnant again.
- Hey, that's great.
- Great, thanks.
It's her third try, you know?
Sure hope this business doesn't screw things up.
- How many weeks is she?
- Fourteen.
She lost the other two about this same time.
This will be all she'll need.
- I suppose you'll have to tell her, huh?
- Well, I'm not very good about keeping secrets from her.
Anyway, Steve was a friend of ours.
- Poor guy.
He must be going through hell now.
- I don't know.
Remember, now, his mind is so completely decomposed
that by now, there'll be no...
Be no rational motives.
Except for an occasional flash with no pattern.
He's gonna need human cells to live on.
His instinct will tell him to kill.
- That's why he killed the nurse.
- Hello.
- Dr. Nelson, this is Perry.
You have any news for me?
- Not yet, I just got in.
You're lucky you caught me.
- I'm coming down there, doctor.
I'll be leaving within the hour.
I'm flying a civil jet, I want you to meet me.
- Well, what time are you gonna get here?
- About 1600 hours.
I hope to hell you've found him by that.
- Goodbye.
Damn it.
Ah!
- Hey, what a pleasant surprise.
- Hey, sweetheart, I didn't hear you come in.
That bastard hung up on me for the second time today.
Here, let me...
Let me take that.
That was general Perry on the phone.
- Here, let me... - At least, it was
- until he hung up on me. - Why don't you just sit down
and relax and I'll get your lunch?
- Steve escaped.
- Oh, god.
What are you gonna do?
- Oh, did you get some crackers?
I told you yesterday that we needed some crackers.
- Oh, I forgot.
I knew there was something.
You know, there's a pad right by the phone, you know.
You could write it down, too.
Ted, what about Steve?
- So, we don't have any crackers?
- Ted.
Steve.
- Steve?
I've gotta go out and find Steve.
- Why you?
- Because nobody else is supposed to know.
Not even you, so please don't forget that fact
when the general gets here, that's all I'd need.
- How are you gonna find him?
- I can use the geiger counter.
I can follow his trail with it.
- Geiger counter?
You mean he's radioactive?
- Just a little bit.
- Just a little?
- Come on, it's my turn!
See, I don't cough.
- You don't inhale, that's why you don't cough.
Well, look at what I see.
- Nosy.
- I won't tell.
I'm no tattletale.
- Yeah, I'll bet.
Wanna play doctor?
- No.
- Wanna play hide and seek?
- Yeah.
If you let me try it.
- It's awful!
- Come on, let's play down by the waterfall.
Come on.
Hey, wait a minute.
This used to be our fort,
but some big kids it down.
- That's too bad.
- Come on, let's go.
Let's play here.
- It's pretty here.
- It's okay.
You be it.
- Come on.
- I don't wanna be it!
Come on, don't a spoilsport.
- Oh, all right.
Ugh, sticky stuff.
Come on, chicken!
It's disgusting.
- Come on!
- Okay.
One, two, three, four, five.
Hey.
What's wrong?
- How high shall I count to?
Oh, 50.
- One, two, three, four, five, six,
seven, eight, nine, 10...
48, 49,
Hey, where are you?
Come on out, I don't wanna play anymore.
I heard you.
You're behind that tree.
Now come on out.
Now, you have to come out, it's not fair.
Got ya.
Houston calling scorpio five.
Steve, do you read me?
Steve?
Steve, are you all right?
- Mommy!
Help me, mom!
Help me! Frankenstein!
It's Frankenstein, mommy, help!
Help, mom, help!
It's Frankenstein, it's Frankenstein!
Mommy, help!
- Hey.
Hey, honey.
What's wrong, honey?
- I saw Frankenstein in the woods.
Oh.
Oh, Carol.
There's no such thing as Frankenstein, it's just a story.
- But I saw him, he's real!
Steve, it's Ted.
Let me help you.
- There'll be no more of those scary horror movies for you.
No wonder you're seeing things.
There is no such thing as Frankenstein.
It's a story, like snow white.
- Can you hear me, Steve? I'm all alone.
I want to help you!
Steve, I want to help you.
You can't survive out here by yourself.
Come on back to the hospital, Steve.
You can help others.
We've got to find out what went wrong, Steve.
Oh, no.
Steve?
Steve, it's me, Ted Nelson.
Steve, I want to help you.
Oh, god, it's his ear.
- Lovely!
Mmm.
Yeah, lovely, lovely.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
Fine, baby.
Oh, yeah.
Give me a big smile.
Right.
Okay, another, yeah.
Jeez, that's it, good.
Okay, okay, okay, good.
Love it, they're gonna love it down at the magazine.
Okay, do it, do it.
All right, all right.
Okay, come on.
Give me a smile.
That's it, that's it.
Right up, right up.
Mmm, good.
Good, good, toss your hair.
Toss your hair, toss your hair.
Good.
Now, take your top off.
- What do you mean, take my top off?
- I mean your top, take it off.
- Yeah, I know what you mean, but why take my top off?
- Well,
that's what we're here for, isn't it? To take pictures?
- Yes. - Well?
- Well, I thought...
- What did you think?
- Well, I thought... well... well, Harry said...
Look, I think there's been a lack of communication here.
- Okay, look, baby.
- Look, don't call me baby, okay?
I really don't like to be called baby.
- Okay, I'm sorry.
What would you like me to call you, honey doll?
Well, you name it.
- Sandra.
Okay.
Sandra, baby, just take your top off
and let me see your body, it's a beautiful body.
- Maybe we just oughta forget it and go back.
- Just take your top off.
- Look, just take your hands off me, okay?
- Take your top down.
- That's it, that's it. - You son of a bitch!
- That's it, that's it.
Oh, they're gonna love it.
- Ouit it, you creep!
God, what kind of... Take your hands off me!
- I wanna see your top off!
- Ow, you creep! - Oh, beautiful, beautiful!
- Son of a bitch! - Beautiful!
Doctor.
- General.
- Anything happen?
- I thought I had him, but I lost him.
- Well, take me somewhere where I can change clothes.
We may have a lot of hunting to do.
- All right.
Come on, come on!
I don't like the looks of that.
All right, we better check it out.
Right, let's go.
- Hi, doc.
- Neil.
Anything I can do for you?
- No, there's nothing anybody can do for him.
- Oh...
Oh, Neil, this is...
This is Michael Perry, he's visiting the research center.
- Neil Blake, pleased to meet you.
- Sheriff.
- Oh, Neil, would you mind if I took a look at the body?
- Hell no, doc.
As a matter of fact, you may be able to tell us
what the blazes happened to the guy.
- Yeah.
- Would you get him out of here?
- Beat it!
- Okay.
- Well, doc, thought you'd be interested.
- It looks to me like it was done by a wild animal.
You know, like a bear.
- No bears around here anymore, doc, you know that.
- Yeah.
- Wouldn't happen to know anything about this case,
would you?
- Nope.
- That's what I thought.
Take care.
Let's get him outta here.
Damn photographer.
It's that photographer, damn it.
Six.
Five...
Four"
three...
Two...
One...
Lift off.
We have lift off.
Saturn lift off on scorpio five.
Saturn clear.
Roger up.
Scorpio five to Houston control.
Good at 40 seconds.
Scorpio five to Houston control.
Good at one minute.
Roger.
Shutdown 210
by 305.6.
Entering rings.
Roger, we copy.
All is confirmed.
Lose contact through saturn's rings.
Pickup 105.8.
Thanks.
Roger out.
Scorpion five, this is Houston control.
Communication failure.
Houston calling scorpio five.
Steve, do you read me?
Steve?
Steve, are you all right?
- Communication's back.
I read you, I read you.
Magnificent!
You've never seen anything
until you've seen the sun through the rings of saturn.
- Hello?
- Hi, it's me.
Oh, Ted, I was worried. Are you all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.
- Is the general there?
- Yes.
Did you find him?
Just say yes or no.
- No.
- Are you going out again?
- I really don't know.
- Want them to come for dinner?
- Just a minute and I'll ask.
Would you both like to come to our house for dinner tonight?
- Not tonight. Thanks, Ted.
All I wanna do is go home and get some sleep.
I have to run this place while you're gone.
- I'll accept that invitation, doctor.
We could both take a break
and it looks like we've lost the poor bastard anyway.
- General Perry would love to come to dinner.
- Okay.
Oh, by the way, mother and her friend, Harold,
are coming ovgi', 100.
- Judy, come on, please, not tonight.
Can't you call them or something?
I don't think that I could take it tonight.
- I can't, they're already on their way.
They should have been here by now.
- Do you think we ought to stop and call,
tell them we're late?
- Well, they already know we're late, don't they?
- Maybe we should stop and buy them a gift or something.
Like what?
- Oh, I don't know.
Candy or flowers.
- Well, you know I don't like buying flowers.
It's such a waste of money, they die so quickly.
And Judy should not eat candy during her pregnancy.
I know, you wanted the candy for yourself.
- I did not.
- Okay.
- I still think we should call them.
- Well, we'll be there in a few minutes.
I'm taking a shortcut.
- No kidding.
Ha, I thought this was park Avenue.
- Helen.
- Ah, baby.
- Oh, not while I'm driving.
Not while I'm driving.
- Oh.
Oh, look, there's an orange grove.
Let's steal some oranges, that would be a great gift.
Hot oranges.
- Helen.
Those are lemons, not oranges.
- Oh, you're no fun anymore.
Besides, lemons would be better.
I can make you a nice lemon meringue pie.
Would you like that, darling?
- All right.
Go steal your lemons.
Not while I'm driving.
Not while I'm driving, Helen.
- You old fuddy-duddy.
- What?
- Oh, sweet fuddy-duddy.
Scorpio five, this is Houston control.
Can you read me?
Houston calling scorpio five.
Steve, do you read me?
Steve?
Steve, are you all right?
Come on, honey.
I'm coming.
Get the lead out.
I'm coming.
- Hurry up.
Let's go down here.
- You know, we could go to jail for this.
- Oh, Harold.
Oh, isn't this romantic?
- Uh-huh.
- Look at that moon.
Isn't it beautiful?
- Yeah. - We should be quiet now,
okay?
- I'm not the one
who's doing the talking.
I just thought of something.
- What?
Where can we put the lemons?
- Oh, here.
You just pick 'em and throw 'em, toss 'em down in here.
- Helen?
- Harold?
- Oh.
All right.
- Now be careful, your heart.
- Of course I'll be careful.
- Be quiet, Harold. - All right.
- Just get busy.
Oh, oh!
I'm scared, let's get the hell out of here!
- Hurry up.
Hurry!
Hurry up.
Get in.
Get in!
You all right?
The old ticker's really going.
Are you okay?
- Yes, I think so.
- Why don't we stop in town and get a nice bottle of wine?
Oh, that's a good idea.
- Here you go, babe.
- Ted, I'm worried about my mother and Harold.
They should have been here by now.
- Well, have you tried calling her apartment?
- Yeah, every 10 minutes for the last hour.
- Well, what about his place? Do we have his number?
- No, his phone's been disconnected.
- Hey, listen, I bet I know what happened.
Bet you that old car of his broke down.
You know, there's got to be a simple explanation.
So stop worrying.
- I'm sorry.
It's just... I don't know.
Steve...
My mother...
I'm frightened.
- What about Steve, Mrs. Nelson?
And why are you frightened?
- General Perry,
I thought you were taking a nap?
- I was, it seems I awakened just in time.
Doctor, you are a civilian,
but in this emergency you're under my direct command,
and I was quite specific when I told you
that no information would be divulged to anyone.
- Oh, for Christ's sake, she's my wife.
- That does not exclude her from my orders.
- Everybody's gonna know about it by morning.
He's running around murdering people.
What are you two doing about it?
I've never seen such a feeble excuse
for a search in my life!
I mean, what the hell do you expect him to do?
Come here and knock on your door?
- Now, wait a minute.
- We don't have a minute!
- Judy, calm down. - Would you go find her?
- Calm down. - No, I won't calm down.
Now get out of here, both of you!
Get out and don't come back until you've found them!
- Seems we've been by this place
a couple times before, doctor.
Thirty seconds and counting.
Astronauts report conditions good.
T minus 25 seconds.
Twenty seconds and counting.
Fifteen seconds.
Guidance internal.
12...
11...
10...
Nine...
Ignition sequence occurs.
Six...
Five...
Four"
three...
Two...
One...
Lift off.
We have a lift off.
Saturn liftoff on scorpio five.
- I could really use a drink about now.
- Not just yet.
Another road I want to check out before we go back home.
- You know, doctor, I was married once.
What's the matter, are you afraid to go home?
- No, I'm not afraid.
I'm ashamed.
- Ted?
That you?
Elsie?
Elsie.
What a mess you've made.
Oh, Elsie, you stupid cat, you spilled the milk.
Hey!
- Oh.
- Take it easy.
Take it easy.
- Oh. - Take it easy.
- It was Elsie.
- Take it easy. - She spilled
- a bottle of milk. - Take it easy.
Hey,
feel better?
A little bit?
- Yeah.
- Guess I've been behaving like an ass lately, haven't I?
I don't know how to handle these things.
I am a doctor.
I am not a policeman.
- I know my mother's dead.
She's dead.
I know my mother's dead.
- Judy, I told you
- that we never found her. - No, she's dead.
I can feel it.
She's dead.
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- Nora,
give me doc Nelson.
- Hello?
Yes, it is.
Oh, god.
They found them.
There was an accident.
Neil Blake found my mother-in-law and her boyfriend.
Steve got them.
I'm gonna give Judy a sedative and go out there.
Of course, doctor.
- All right.
That is guaranteed to make you sleep.
Okay, I'm gonna go out
and see the sheriff now.
But the good general Perry is going to be here with you
the whole time, so don't worry.
Okay?
I won't be gone long.
- Careful.
- I will.
Take care of yourselves.
General, would you do me a favor
and stay with Judy while I go out and meet the sheriff?
- Of course, doctor, I'd be glad to.
- There's some leftover Turkey in the refrigerator
if you'd like to have something to eat.
- That sounds good.
What about you?
You really should eat something before you go out.
- No, I'm not hungry.
Couldn't hold anything down now, general.
- Why don't you just call me Mike?
- Okay.
-And I'm...
I'm sorry about before,
about losing my composure with you and your lady.
It's just that this whole thing's really got me uptight.
- It's all right.
- We just weren't prepared for anything like this.
It's a nasty mess.
You can't go by the book, there's nothing in the book.
There's no way to cope.
They have just seven hours to go.
- Can you stop it?
- No way.
- I'll get back as quickly as I can.
- What did go on here, doc?
Listen,
you better tell me what's going down around here
before there's nobody left in this town!
- I can't do that, Neil, it's classified.
- For god's sake, doc, people are dying!
Judy's mother.
Doesn't that mean anything to you?
- Of course it means something to me.
- I oughta run you in.
- What for?
- How about aiding and abetting a criminal?
- I wish I could tell you, Neil!
I would like to be able to tell you.
- Come on, doc.
Now, I'm gonna find out just what is going on
and neither of us is leaving this spot until I do.
That Perry character's got something to do with this,
doesn't he?
Yeah, I've seen plenty like him when I was in the army!
Damn it, he's got brass written all over him!
Listen, Ted,
I got a right to know.
All these people that have died,
they're my people, Ted, and yours.
- If...
I tell you,
I want you to promise me...
- Doc, I can't! - No.
Do you or do you not want to know?
- I want to know.
- Then you tell nobody, not even your wife.
- You know I'm not married, Ted.
Okay.
- I'll tell you about it on the way.
Now, let's go find him.
- Find who?
- Steve!
- I hope you don't mind.
I just wanted to take a quick look in at Judy
before we started the search.
- She alone?
- No, Perry's with her.
- When's her baby due?
- Not for some time yet.
- It's your first, isn't it, hmm?
- Yes, it is.
- I delivered a baby once.
- Right back there... - Hey, that's my house,
- right over there. - In the back seat.
Uh-oh, Ted, the door's open.
Hey, look, it's the general.
- Judy!
Judy!
Come on.
Let's go inside.
- That's a good idea, baby.
Oh, Nell, Jesus, did you leave the door open again?
- You were the last one out, not me.
- I was?
- Well, don't you remember?
You went back in to check what time the movie started.
- You're right.
- That's right.
- Okay, come here.
Jesus.
What the hell is this stuff?
- I don't know.
- Nell, there's something strange going on here.
I want you to wait outside, I'm going in.
- No, I'm going... - Wait here!
- Terrific.
Mm-hmm.
-Judy?
Sweetheart, wake up.
Judy?
- What's the matter?
- There's nothing the matter.
You're okay and that's all that counts.
- Oh boy, I had this nightmare.
Steve was outside and I was screaming and yelling.
- Doc, come here, quick!
- Everything's gonna be just fine.
I'll be outside.
- Matt?
Oh my god.
Matt?
No!
Operator!
This is Nell...
This is Nell winters.
I need help!
No!
- What is it?
- How's your wife?
- She's okay, she slept right through it.
What do you want?
That thing... Perry's hand.
Think it could be part of...
You know.
- No, I don't know.
Don't touch it!
Might be radioactive.
- I gather you haven't told me everything, have you, doc?
- No, I haven't. May I see your light?
Oh, god.
- What is it? What's so funny?
- It's a Turkey leg.
General was a friend of Steve's, too.
I guess Steve has really had it.
Headquarters, calling sheriff Blake.
Headquarters, calling sheriff Blake!
Sheriff, do you read me?
- Go, Nora.
Sheriff, we got a call from Nell winters.
She's in some sort of trouble with some guy
that ran in there and he got mad.
- I'll get right on it.
Doc, come on, I think we can find our boy!
- I can't just leave Judy here.
- I can have a car here in five minutes.
Come on, let's go!
Nell!
- Hey.
You think we got trouble?
Look at that dude.
- Don't let him hear us.
We're almost out of juice.
- Come on, let's go.
You boys seen anybody around here?
- We ain't seen nothing.
- Hey, you! Halt or I'll fire!
- Don't shoot him!
- Where'd the son of a bitch go?
- I don't know.
- Doc, there he goes!
Come on!
Move, move!
You go that way.
- Steve!
Stop!
Hey!
It's incredible.
He seems to be getting stronger as he melts.
We've gotta get him.
I've got to find out why.
- Here, take this. Take it!
You go up that way.
- What is this stuff?
- I don't know.
- Oh my god.
Steve.
- Okay.
Okay, hold it right there.
Doc!
Doc,
what do we do now?
- No, Neil!
No!
- Steve!
Please, no more!
Let him go, Steve!
Steve!
Steve?
Stop!
No, no!
God, no!
Steve?
Steve, it's me, Ted!
Steve, I want to help you.
Ah, Steve!
Steve!
Steve?
Steve!
Help me!
Steve!
It's Ted Nelson, Steve!
It's me!
Steve!
Wait, it's Ted Nelson!
Ah!
Steve, Steve!
No, Steve!
Steve!
I'm falling, Steve, help me, please!
What's going on up there?
- Help me!
Steve!
I can't hang on, Steve! Help me!
Please, Steve, help me!
Please help me!
What?
Ah!
Steve.
- Stop, or I'll fire!
Don't, don't, don't!
Don't shoot, listen to me!
- Who the hell are you?
- I'm Dr. Ted Nelson!
- Don't move!
- Listen to me, I'm Dr. Ted Nelson!
No!
Thirty seconds and counting.
Astronauts report conditions good.
T minus 25 seconds.
Thirty seconds.
Fifteen seconds.
12...
11...
10...
Nine...
Ignition sequence occurs.
Six...
Five...
Three...
Two...
One...
Lift off.
Good morning.
This is Jenny malare reporting live from cape Kennedy.
As the countdown continues and the seconds tick away,
the whole world awaits the next step
in the conquest of the universe.
Man shall speed through the voids of space
on this second historic mission to saturn.
Scorpio seven will Blaze new trails beyond
the puzzling and dangerous rings of saturn.
And man, once again,
shall set foot on the mysterious planet.
To understand the scope of this achievement
in the never-ending challenge of space exploration,
we should remember the last flight into space,
when astronaut Steve west, marshal McManus and Michael Wells
paved the way for this extraordinary mission.
It is unfortunate that they cannot be here today
amidst all the excitement and joy at cape Kennedy.
They are still under observation at a mobile quarantine unit
under the supervision of Dr. Theodore Nelson.
However, they have sent a telegram
wishing the crew of scorpio seven, "good hunting."
The moments are closing in now.
We shall hear the countdown directly from Houston control.
Thirty seconds and counting.
Astronauts report, "feels good."
T minus 25 seconds.
Twenty seconds and counting.
Fifteen seconds.
Guidance internal.
12...
11...
10...
Nine...
Ignition sequence occurs.
Six...
Five...
Four"
three...
Two...
One...
Lift off.
Once again, man challenges the unknown,
offering another example of
an unquenchable desire for knowledge.
Scorpio seven, the world waits.