1 00:00:25,726 --> 00:00:28,573 Like all things on this hurtling sphere... 2 00:00:28,729 --> 00:00:32,441 I emerged from the molten center of creation. 3 00:00:33,701 --> 00:00:36,479 But mine has been a unique path. 4 00:00:36,637 --> 00:00:41,990 Isolated, I developed attributes beyond those of lesser beings. 5 00:00:45,646 --> 00:00:49,689 Then the sphere was struck by a vast celestial stone. 6 00:00:52,385 --> 00:00:56,098 Black chunks of death filled the skies... 7 00:00:56,256 --> 00:00:59,969 and the world became a chaotic garden of doom. 8 00:01:01,328 --> 00:01:05,303 Soon the sphere began to nurture new kinds of life. 9 00:01:05,465 --> 00:01:08,176 And there was one that stood above all the rest. 10 00:01:08,335 --> 00:01:11,444 Its fragile shell belied its vicious nature. 11 00:01:11,605 --> 00:01:13,553 And in what seemed like a heartbeat... 12 00:01:13,774 --> 00:01:19,058 these things proliferated in both number and destructive means. 13 00:01:21,649 --> 00:01:25,464 Now they have harnessed the most destructive force. 14 00:01:26,987 --> 00:01:30,996 And I, The Centre, have concluded... 15 00:01:31,158 --> 00:01:34,769 that the sphere must be cleansed of them. 16 00:04:01,241 --> 00:04:04,020 This is Lois Lane on Armed Forces Radio. 17 00:04:04,177 --> 00:04:08,027 Well, boys, it looks like the party's over. They signed the ceasefire. 18 00:04:08,181 --> 00:04:10,664 So have a drink and smoke them if you got them. 19 00:04:10,984 --> 00:04:13,193 We 're going home. 20 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:23,204 Some way to end a war, huh, kid? Nobody wins, nobody loses. 21 00:04:23,363 --> 00:04:25,812 Long as it's over, Ace. I got plans. 22 00:04:25,966 --> 00:04:28,471 Right. I forgot. You're gonna be a space ranger. 23 00:04:29,803 --> 00:04:32,251 The proper term is "test pilot," funny man. 24 00:04:32,606 --> 00:04:35,988 I'm gonna see the stars, close up. 25 00:04:37,444 --> 00:04:38,925 Hey. 26 00:04:42,415 --> 00:04:45,024 Sons of bitches must not have heard about the ceasefire. 27 00:04:48,622 --> 00:04:52,402 - I'm coming back for you. - Try using your guns for a change. 28 00:05:05,539 --> 00:05:07,019 Can you make it back now, Ace? 29 00:05:07,174 --> 00:05:09,783 Roger that. Gotta get me a new pair of skivvies. 30 00:05:11,444 --> 00:05:13,289 Got another bogey. 31 00:05:18,586 --> 00:05:20,693 Hal, your engine. 32 00:05:20,854 --> 00:05:22,198 Punch out. Punch out! 33 00:06:07,200 --> 00:06:10,343 Listen to me. War over. 34 00:06:11,672 --> 00:06:13,084 Finished. 35 00:06:32,159 --> 00:06:33,799 It's over. 36 00:06:34,361 --> 00:06:37,038 War over. 37 00:07:00,721 --> 00:07:02,999 I'm so sorry. 38 00:07:03,156 --> 00:07:08,133 All I wanted was to send a signal to Mars. 39 00:07:08,962 --> 00:07:12,971 How could I have known it would teleport you here? 40 00:07:16,504 --> 00:07:19,977 I suppose we both got the shock of our lives. 41 00:07:21,141 --> 00:07:25,959 But your heart must be stronger than mine. 42 00:07:26,313 --> 00:07:28,922 Whoever you are... 43 00:07:30,350 --> 00:07:33,027 forgive me. 44 00:08:28,542 --> 00:08:29,749 Come on in, Kal. 45 00:08:30,443 --> 00:08:32,254 Join the celebration. 46 00:08:32,680 --> 00:08:34,958 Diana, what's going on here? 47 00:08:35,482 --> 00:08:37,486 Tell them they'd be wasting their bullets. 48 00:08:39,286 --> 00:08:42,828 Don't judge them, Kal. They get a little nervous around men now. 49 00:08:43,090 --> 00:08:45,573 - What are you talking about? - I was heading upriver... 50 00:08:45,726 --> 00:08:48,106 when I passed this village about four days ago. 51 00:08:48,261 --> 00:08:51,074 The people here helped the French. The rebels didn't like that. 52 00:08:51,231 --> 00:08:54,408 They murdered the men and children and they threw them in the river. 53 00:08:54,568 --> 00:09:00,046 These women were beaten and penned in tiger cages for the rebels to use. 54 00:09:01,108 --> 00:09:03,351 The rebels, how did they die? 55 00:09:03,511 --> 00:09:05,014 I only disarmed them. 56 00:09:07,347 --> 00:09:10,924 I left their guns in a clearing and then I let the women out of their cages. 57 00:09:16,524 --> 00:09:18,163 They did this? 58 00:09:18,325 --> 00:09:20,364 And you just stood by and watched? 59 00:09:20,528 --> 00:09:22,771 I gave them freedom and a chance for justice. 60 00:09:22,930 --> 00:09:26,176 You know, the American way. 61 00:09:26,534 --> 00:09:29,176 This is what the government's afraid of, Diana. 62 00:09:29,336 --> 00:09:31,409 Us acting like vigilantes. 63 00:09:31,572 --> 00:09:33,576 I have to do what I think is right. 64 00:09:34,007 --> 00:09:36,250 That's what the others said at first, remember? 65 00:09:36,544 --> 00:09:39,790 And now Batman's a fugitive, the whole Justice Society's retired... 66 00:09:39,947 --> 00:09:41,929 and Hourman's dead. 67 00:09:42,415 --> 00:09:43,896 No matter how much good we do... 68 00:09:44,051 --> 00:09:47,092 deep down, people are always going to be scared of us. 69 00:09:47,420 --> 00:09:50,267 Isn't that why you and I signed those loyalty oaths? 70 00:09:50,423 --> 00:09:51,768 Take a look around, Kal. 71 00:09:52,392 --> 00:09:54,396 Oaths don't mean much here. 72 00:09:54,562 --> 00:09:56,840 All I see is suffering and madness. 73 00:09:57,798 --> 00:10:00,509 - But... - There's the door, spaceman. 74 00:10:02,335 --> 00:10:03,782 Yeah. 75 00:10:03,937 --> 00:10:05,816 Yeah, yeah. yeah. 76 00:10:05,973 --> 00:10:07,545 Yeah. 77 00:10:50,150 --> 00:10:54,661 Man 1: The dawned pilot insisted the island was teeming with dinosaurs... 78 00:10:54,822 --> 00:10:57,202 but Navy sources claim a search revealed... 79 00:10:57,357 --> 00:11:02,141 that not only were there no dinosaurs, there wasn't even an island. 80 00:11:02,295 --> 00:11:03,674 In other news... 81 00:11:03,831 --> 00:11:07,043 Well, I don't know, Groucho, that's not really what I meant. 82 00:11:07,200 --> 00:11:10,583 We keep our farm animals in the farm, not in the house. 83 00:11:10,738 --> 00:11:13,016 Not in the bedroom, certainly. 84 00:11:15,108 --> 00:11:17,853 Eh, what's up, doc? 85 00:11:21,148 --> 00:11:24,189 This now concludes our broadcasting day. 86 00:11:31,959 --> 00:11:34,568 The last I heard, she went back to Paradise Island. 87 00:11:34,728 --> 00:11:36,641 It sounds like she's lost her mind. 88 00:11:37,865 --> 00:11:39,574 I don't think it's that simple. 89 00:11:39,733 --> 00:11:42,113 Diana's an Amazon who's become an American. 90 00:11:42,269 --> 00:11:44,616 She's trying to make sense of her convictions. 91 00:11:44,772 --> 00:11:47,722 Between her and that Batman character... 92 00:11:47,875 --> 00:11:50,791 - I thought these people were your friends. - They are. 93 00:11:50,944 --> 00:11:54,019 But neither at them would sacrifice their principles for a friend. 94 00:11:54,181 --> 00:11:57,427 - Ever since McCarthy came to... - McCarthy. He's no excuse. 95 00:11:57,585 --> 00:12:01,935 Whatever party, whatever administration, there'll always be boogeymen like him. 96 00:12:02,089 --> 00:12:03,866 We need our heroes to stand up... 97 00:12:04,024 --> 00:12:07,372 and show us what this country is supposed to mean. 98 00:12:10,430 --> 00:12:13,073 We need a leader. 99 00:12:30,984 --> 00:12:33,262 Come on, roll it. Come on, eight. Come on, eight. 100 00:12:33,420 --> 00:12:34,924 Yes. 101 00:12:36,890 --> 00:12:38,735 Ten's the number to win. 102 00:12:38,892 --> 00:12:41,397 Now why don't you tell me what we're doing here, Ace? 103 00:12:41,562 --> 00:12:44,135 Told you, Hal, it's a surprise. 104 00:12:44,565 --> 00:12:45,840 You'll find out tomorrow. 105 00:12:46,266 --> 00:12:49,409 Now, roll those dice before they cool off. 106 00:12:53,373 --> 00:12:54,752 Come on, 10. 107 00:12:55,208 --> 00:12:57,212 Ten. It's a winner. 108 00:12:59,446 --> 00:13:01,929 And you have the loveliest light in your eyes, dig? 109 00:13:02,082 --> 00:13:06,661 - Can we get back to the interview, please? - Oh. yeah. My philosophy of life. 110 00:13:06,820 --> 00:13:10,100 Tell your readers they gotta do what I do, live for the moment... 111 00:13:10,257 --> 00:13:13,264 because it might be our last, you dig, Miss West? 112 00:13:13,426 --> 00:13:15,602 - Very profound. - That's me. 113 00:13:15,763 --> 00:13:20,011 I've always been, you know, deep like that. 114 00:13:21,134 --> 00:13:22,615 Time for the sound check, boss. 115 00:13:26,774 --> 00:13:28,949 Back in a moment. 116 00:13:29,309 --> 00:13:31,484 I'll try to live for it. 117 00:13:33,013 --> 00:13:36,863 I tell you, these two heavyweights are giving us quite a show tonight. 118 00:13:37,785 --> 00:13:40,427 Oh, it looks like it'll have to wait for the next round, folks. 119 00:13:40,588 --> 00:13:42,125 Meantime, we've got the champ... 120 00:13:43,456 --> 00:13:45,598 Ted "Wildcat" Grant, solidly ahead on points. 121 00:13:45,759 --> 00:13:47,205 Uh, hello. IRIS: Hello, Barry? 122 00:13:47,360 --> 00:13:49,639 Iris. I thought you had to work tonight. 123 00:13:49,997 --> 00:13:51,033 I do. 124 00:13:51,198 --> 00:13:53,681 But I wanted to tell you how much I miss you. 125 00:13:53,834 --> 00:13:56,511 - You have no idea. - Come on, how could you miss me? 126 00:13:56,670 --> 00:13:59,813 You're in Las Vegas interviewing all those singers and movie stars. 127 00:13:59,973 --> 00:14:01,009 It's the fast lane. 128 00:14:01,174 --> 00:14:04,648 There are lots of potholes in that lane, let me tell you. 129 00:14:06,714 --> 00:14:08,217 Iris? Iris. 130 00:14:14,555 --> 00:14:18,735 Sorry to interrupt your festivities, but if you all stay calm... 131 00:14:18,892 --> 00:14:24,040 we'll be gone as soon as my friends here come back from the cashiers' booths. 132 00:14:28,368 --> 00:14:32,411 The key phrase was “stay calm.“ 133 00:14:35,709 --> 00:14:37,018 Iris. what's happening? 134 00:14:37,344 --> 00:14:38,723 You there. 135 00:14:39,112 --> 00:14:41,789 The naughty girl on the phone. 136 00:14:43,917 --> 00:14:45,192 Iris! 137 00:15:03,671 --> 00:15:05,812 Just a few more seconds, everyone. 138 00:15:07,407 --> 00:15:09,150 Ah, my ride is here. 139 00:15:24,291 --> 00:15:26,330 Wait. 140 00:15:27,360 --> 00:15:28,396 Make it quick. 141 00:15:29,429 --> 00:15:32,413 Hot damn, Ace. It's that super-fast guy from Central City. 142 00:15:32,566 --> 00:15:34,605 The Flash. He'll take care of this clown. 143 00:15:35,002 --> 00:15:37,177 I took precautions in case you dropped by. 144 00:15:37,538 --> 00:15:38,950 If you so much as touch me... 145 00:15:39,106 --> 00:15:42,454 you'll trigger six cryogenic bombs I've hidden around the city. 146 00:15:42,610 --> 00:15:46,186 And they'll go off in 90 seconds anyway, unless you find them. 147 00:15:46,547 --> 00:15:52,526 So it's your choice now. Me, or the city and everyone in it. 148 00:15:52,686 --> 00:15:54,861 Eighty-nine. 88... 149 00:15:59,059 --> 00:16:00,095 One... 150 00:16:00,694 --> 00:16:01,969 two, three, four... 151 00:16:04,865 --> 00:16:07,974 five. Where's six? 152 00:16:52,880 --> 00:16:55,796 It took me a second or two. But I figured out the sixth bomb... 153 00:16:55,949 --> 00:16:57,692 was just a wild-goose chase. 154 00:16:57,851 --> 00:17:02,737 You are different from the other lesser beings. Faster. 155 00:17:02,890 --> 00:17:05,897 - Why? - Lesser beings? 156 00:17:06,059 --> 00:17:07,437 What are you talking about? 157 00:17:10,063 --> 00:17:11,738 Eh? Wha...? 158 00:17:14,668 --> 00:17:15,704 What did you do? 159 00:17:15,869 --> 00:17:18,215 I rewired it on the way down. 160 00:17:26,614 --> 00:17:29,564 Don't ever mess with my Iris. 161 00:18:09,156 --> 00:18:10,535 This little trip's been fun. 162 00:18:10,691 --> 00:18:12,900 Are you ever gonna tell me where we're headed? 163 00:18:13,060 --> 00:18:16,169 To hell if you don't slow down. What's wrong with you? 164 00:18:16,329 --> 00:18:18,835 Ever since you got out of the hospital... 165 00:18:18,999 --> 00:18:20,844 It was Korea. 166 00:18:21,702 --> 00:18:22,943 Changed everything. 167 00:18:23,303 --> 00:18:25,114 Wars have a tendency to do that. 168 00:18:25,272 --> 00:18:27,846 Look, Ace, you know that ever since I was a kid... 169 00:18:28,008 --> 00:18:31,585 watching my old man fly, I wanted to see the stars. 170 00:18:31,745 --> 00:18:33,920 But the war and then the hospital... 171 00:18:34,381 --> 00:18:36,420 it's like I'm damaged goods. 172 00:18:36,584 --> 00:18:40,330 I can't get a first-class outfit to take me on. And without a ride... 173 00:18:40,888 --> 00:18:42,493 I sure can't climb the pyramid. 174 00:18:43,423 --> 00:18:45,531 - Slow down. - Why bother? 175 00:18:45,893 --> 00:18:48,740 You have to, kid. because we're here. 176 00:19:02,442 --> 00:19:05,187 It's where you get your second chance. 177 00:19:06,547 --> 00:19:08,722 How did you know he was the commie? 178 00:19:08,882 --> 00:19:12,025 He came back for the formula, that's what nailed it. 179 00:19:12,452 --> 00:19:13,933 He could've killed you. 180 00:19:14,087 --> 00:19:16,696 Like I always say, when you know you're right... 181 00:19:17,124 --> 00:19:18,696 it's worth taking a chance. 182 00:19:19,159 --> 00:19:21,232 Now, come here. 183 00:19:41,348 --> 00:19:44,890 Ace Morgan's recommendation carries a lot of weight at Ferris Aircraft. 184 00:19:45,218 --> 00:19:47,222 I assume he spoke as well of us to you. 185 00:19:47,521 --> 00:19:52,065 He did. And I can't imagine anywhere else I'd rather be right now, Miss Ferris. 186 00:19:53,026 --> 00:19:55,600 Do you have any questions? 187 00:19:56,263 --> 00:19:58,769 I'm surprised your father isn't interviewing me. 188 00:19:58,932 --> 00:20:01,745 - Not that I mind, it's just that you're a... - A woman? 189 00:20:01,902 --> 00:20:04,909 My father trusts me with the day-to-day operation of the company. 190 00:20:05,072 --> 00:20:08,147 - If that's good enough for him, it ought to... - Whoa, wait. 191 00:20:08,308 --> 00:20:12,887 I was only saying that you're a little young to be running a major corporation. 192 00:20:13,313 --> 00:20:15,660 Oh. Oh, you're good, flyboy... 193 00:20:15,816 --> 00:20:18,162 but save it for the girls in the typing pool. 194 00:20:18,318 --> 00:20:19,663 One last question. 195 00:20:19,820 --> 00:20:23,430 In your resume, there's a gap between July and December of '53. 196 00:20:24,191 --> 00:20:26,400 I was in a VA hospital. 197 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:27,631 Psych ward. 198 00:20:30,063 --> 00:20:32,603 Most people wouldn't talk about this kind of thing... 199 00:20:32,766 --> 00:20:34,748 but I learned a lot about myself there. 200 00:20:34,902 --> 00:20:37,977 I came out knowing who I really am and what I really want. 201 00:20:39,372 --> 00:20:42,413 You report for training and security clearance in two weeks. 202 00:20:43,110 --> 00:20:44,716 All right, let's celebrate. 203 00:20:44,878 --> 00:20:47,053 Waiter, some champagne. 204 00:20:47,214 --> 00:20:50,563 Look, Hal. I don't get involved with my employees. 205 00:20:50,718 --> 00:20:51,823 I understand, Carol... 206 00:20:52,185 --> 00:20:54,258 but I don't start work for two more weeks. 207 00:20:55,823 --> 00:20:57,235 Two glasses. 208 00:21:01,762 --> 00:21:05,737 - So where'd this hot tip come from, John? - A source. 209 00:21:06,934 --> 00:21:08,847 Well, I think I know your secret. 210 00:21:09,469 --> 00:21:11,075 - You do? - Hm. 211 00:21:11,338 --> 00:21:13,251 The tips you get from out of the blue... 212 00:21:13,406 --> 00:21:16,253 those hunches oi yours that always turn out to be right. 213 00:21:17,545 --> 00:21:19,287 You're dating a fortuneteller. 214 00:21:19,647 --> 00:21:21,127 No, I... 215 00:21:22,916 --> 00:21:24,864 Something like that. 216 00:21:34,461 --> 00:21:37,810 Try the back. I'll see if I can pick this lock. 217 00:22:24,745 --> 00:22:26,157 You are the tribute. 218 00:22:26,313 --> 00:22:28,990 Yours is the glory of nourishing the strength... 219 00:22:29,249 --> 00:22:31,288 of The Centre. 220 00:22:43,130 --> 00:22:45,043 You okay, John? 221 00:22:54,642 --> 00:22:56,486 No, stay away. 222 00:22:56,644 --> 00:22:58,420 Stay away! 223 00:22:58,579 --> 00:23:01,323 Back off, you're scaring the boy. 224 00:23:03,784 --> 00:23:05,891 You'll be all right now that... 225 00:23:12,025 --> 00:23:13,973 You will be judged too. 226 00:23:14,995 --> 00:23:17,170 You will all be judged. 227 00:23:17,330 --> 00:23:21,214 Without The Centre, there is no holding. 228 00:23:21,869 --> 00:23:25,046 The Centre? What's The Centre? 229 00:23:50,397 --> 00:23:51,901 Jordan, do you copy? 230 00:23:52,199 --> 00:23:54,876 Negative, Colonel Flagg, no Jordan here... 231 00:23:55,636 --> 00:23:57,982 just Spam in a can. - Cut the comedy. 232 00:23:58,338 --> 00:24:00,685 Are you go for 72? 233 00:24:00,841 --> 00:24:02,880 Yes, Captain Personality. 234 00:24:03,043 --> 00:24:05,491 Jordan is go for exercise 72. 235 00:24:05,946 --> 00:24:08,828 - Hit it. - My pleasure. 236 00:24:29,469 --> 00:24:33,421 Spam Jordan is now go for exercise 73. 237 00:24:34,374 --> 00:24:36,983 - How's he doing? - He's tough enough, that's for sure. 238 00:24:37,144 --> 00:24:40,287 - But I'm getting sick at his attitude. - He's a pilot, Colonel Flagg. 239 00:24:40,447 --> 00:24:42,828 He's used to making decisions and being in control. 240 00:24:42,983 --> 00:24:44,987 This training goes against his nature. 241 00:24:45,252 --> 00:24:47,531 Can't be helped. It's all part of the big picture. 242 00:24:47,855 --> 00:24:50,235 Which he hasn't seen yet. 243 00:24:56,496 --> 00:24:57,670 Carol. 244 00:24:58,098 --> 00:25:00,046 I mean, Miss Ferris, afternoon. 245 00:25:00,200 --> 00:25:03,480 Afternoon, Mr. Jordan. I trust Colonel Flagg is keeping you busy. 246 00:25:03,638 --> 00:25:06,450 This stuff? Child's play, Miss Ferris. 247 00:25:06,607 --> 00:25:08,555 - Perhaps later I could show you... - Jordan. 248 00:25:08,709 --> 00:25:11,157 - What? - Exercise 73, remember? 249 00:25:11,311 --> 00:25:13,954 Yeah, they tell me 73's the charm. 250 00:25:14,114 --> 00:25:16,062 Good day, Miss Ferris. 251 00:25:21,021 --> 00:25:22,934 - What are his numbers, Harry? - Uh... 252 00:25:23,090 --> 00:25:26,040 Excellent. Responses in the 99th percentile. 253 00:25:27,427 --> 00:25:28,965 Hm. 254 00:25:42,076 --> 00:25:45,390 Not that I'm complaining, but where exactly are you taking me? 255 00:25:45,813 --> 00:25:49,263 - Where have you always wanted to go? - That's a leading question. 256 00:25:49,416 --> 00:25:51,295 No, I mean, since you were a kid. 257 00:25:51,451 --> 00:25:54,561 - Your big goal? - The stars. 258 00:25:54,722 --> 00:25:58,697 But at the rate we're going, the Russians are gonna beat us into orbit by months. 259 00:25:58,859 --> 00:26:01,341 Who said anything about orbit? 260 00:26:01,495 --> 00:26:03,204 Whoa! 261 00:26:19,713 --> 00:26:20,886 A hole in the ground. 262 00:26:21,314 --> 00:26:22,886 Isn't that the wrong direction? 263 00:26:23,216 --> 00:26:26,257 Sometimes you have to go through hell to get to heaven. 264 00:26:35,629 --> 00:26:37,804 What is all this? 265 00:26:40,200 --> 00:26:42,774 Welcome to the real Ferris Aircraft. 266 00:26:59,653 --> 00:27:01,463 See that sour-looking man down there? 267 00:27:01,755 --> 00:27:02,928 He'll explain everything. 268 00:27:03,924 --> 00:27:05,302 His name's Faraday. 269 00:27:05,459 --> 00:27:07,669 Works for the government. 270 00:27:07,995 --> 00:27:10,945 And if you like Rick Flagg. You'll love him. 271 00:27:12,666 --> 00:27:15,114 You're weak, erratic, emotional... 272 00:27:15,269 --> 00:27:19,518 and for my money, at least a little pink. But I'm told you're the best we've got. 273 00:27:21,041 --> 00:27:22,613 - I... - You keep your mouth shut... 274 00:27:22,943 --> 00:27:24,082 and your ears open. 275 00:27:24,244 --> 00:27:27,525 I'm about to share some at this nation's greatest secrets with you. 276 00:27:36,624 --> 00:27:40,838 Couple of years ago, we found the body of a radical scientist named Erdel... 277 00:27:40,995 --> 00:27:43,204 in a small observatory near Gotham. 278 00:27:43,363 --> 00:27:46,176 Somehow, he'd been able to contact Mars. 279 00:27:46,867 --> 00:27:49,510 Mars? You've joking, right? 280 00:27:49,803 --> 00:27:53,117 Yes, Jordan, I'm a real kidder. 281 00:27:53,774 --> 00:27:56,587 We found this footprint at the observatory. 282 00:27:57,978 --> 00:28:00,426 Did you find what made that print? 283 00:28:00,581 --> 00:28:01,652 No. 284 00:28:02,115 --> 00:28:05,657 Whatever it is, It's eluded us for two years. 285 00:28:06,086 --> 00:28:08,125 There's life on Mars, Jordan. 286 00:28:08,288 --> 00:28:09,997 And it's come to Earth. 287 00:28:11,024 --> 00:28:14,008 Look, I'm just a pilot. What does this have to do with me? 288 00:28:22,402 --> 00:28:24,350 You haven't figured it out yet? 289 00:28:25,005 --> 00:28:27,453 We've got to know what these Martians want from us... 290 00:28:27,608 --> 00:28:30,250 and since we can't find them here on Earth... 291 00:28:30,778 --> 00:28:32,190 we're going to Mars. 292 00:28:36,684 --> 00:28:38,632 Outstanding. 293 00:28:47,460 --> 00:28:49,636 Welcome home, Mr. Jones. 294 00:28:49,797 --> 00:28:50,799 Why didn't I...? 295 00:28:50,964 --> 00:28:52,946 Why didn't you sense me as you do others? 296 00:28:54,334 --> 00:28:55,370 That's my secret. 297 00:28:56,170 --> 00:28:58,881 Why are you here? Because of The Centre? 298 00:28:59,206 --> 00:29:02,521 The cult's spreading all over the world. 299 00:29:02,677 --> 00:29:04,886 At first I thought it might be the communists. 300 00:29:05,045 --> 00:29:07,186 But they're having trouble with the cults too. 301 00:29:07,347 --> 00:29:08,726 It's not ideological. 302 00:29:09,016 --> 00:29:11,020 There's some kind of psychic force involved. 303 00:29:11,184 --> 00:29:13,633 It's affecting people with high susceptibility. 304 00:29:14,087 --> 00:29:16,262 Getting into their minds. 305 00:29:16,423 --> 00:29:17,665 I felt it. 306 00:29:17,958 --> 00:29:21,135 Yes, your feelings. How...? 307 00:29:21,294 --> 00:29:23,469 Let's just say that's my secret. 308 00:29:23,631 --> 00:29:26,477 You came here because you want to work together, true? 309 00:29:26,634 --> 00:29:29,139 - True. - Then we'll share our information. 310 00:29:30,170 --> 00:29:31,810 I've already collected some. 311 00:29:36,644 --> 00:29:37,953 Newspaper clippings. 312 00:29:38,111 --> 00:29:40,286 You'll have to do better than that. 313 00:29:40,781 --> 00:29:45,826 And one other thing, I'm not sure what you are or where you come from... 314 00:29:45,986 --> 00:29:49,095 but my instincts tell me you've to be trusted. 315 00:29:49,256 --> 00:29:51,101 Make no mistake, though. 316 00:29:51,258 --> 00:29:53,901 I have a $70,000 sliver of radioactive meteor... 317 00:29:54,061 --> 00:29:55,701 to stop the one from Metropolis. 318 00:29:55,996 --> 00:30:00,073 With you, all I need is a penny for a book of matches. 319 00:30:18,485 --> 00:30:21,800 What's the matter, Grodd, feeling starved for attention? 320 00:30:49,149 --> 00:30:51,222 You're government property now, swifty. 321 00:30:51,385 --> 00:30:54,198 We're gonna find out what makes you tick. 322 00:31:02,329 --> 00:31:03,776 - Hey. - Did you see that? 323 00:31:03,931 --> 00:31:05,810 Where did he go? 324 00:31:14,241 --> 00:31:16,416 What you got there, John? 325 00:31:17,344 --> 00:31:19,053 - A kids' book? - Not exactly. 326 00:31:19,212 --> 00:31:21,661 The author committed suicide a while back. 327 00:31:21,816 --> 00:31:23,820 He thought the world was about to end. 328 00:31:23,984 --> 00:31:25,897 You like this weird stuff, don't you? 329 00:31:26,053 --> 00:31:29,367 Well, you should see what they got in the interrogation room. 330 00:31:30,357 --> 00:31:32,270 He shot a cap on the parkway. 331 00:31:32,425 --> 00:31:34,134 Then we found his mother... 332 00:31:34,294 --> 00:31:36,105 in his trunk. 333 00:31:36,496 --> 00:31:38,570 - Mental case? - Not your typical one. 334 00:31:38,732 --> 00:31:41,214 This guy's a scientist. 335 00:31:43,937 --> 00:31:47,046 You're here to kill me, aren't you? You've part of it. 336 00:31:47,207 --> 00:31:49,280 I'm not going to kill you. 337 00:31:49,442 --> 00:31:51,550 And what do you think I'm part of? 338 00:31:51,712 --> 00:31:53,819 The Centre. It's everywhere. 339 00:31:54,615 --> 00:31:56,254 What do you know about The Centre? 340 00:31:56,416 --> 00:31:59,332 It's gonna kill everyone. I was trying to get away from it. 341 00:31:59,486 --> 00:32:01,092 How do you know all this? 342 00:32:01,488 --> 00:32:04,905 I just do. I can feel it. 343 00:32:05,292 --> 00:32:09,335 I tried to get in on the Mars mission but they wouldn't take me. 344 00:32:09,496 --> 00:32:10,909 The Mars mission? 345 00:32:11,231 --> 00:32:13,737 Yes. They're going to Mars. It's safe there. 346 00:32:13,901 --> 00:32:16,748 - Who is going to Mars? - The government. 347 00:32:16,904 --> 00:32:19,786 They won't let us normal people go. 348 00:32:20,073 --> 00:32:22,112 Normal people. 349 00:32:23,777 --> 00:32:25,588 Hello, Harry. 350 00:32:26,479 --> 00:32:28,461 I've been very worried about you. 351 00:32:28,816 --> 00:32:30,695 No! Don't let him near me. 352 00:32:31,151 --> 00:32:33,155 Special Agent Faraday. 353 00:32:33,554 --> 00:32:35,627 Harry used to be a hell of a scientist. 354 00:32:35,790 --> 00:32:37,429 Did lots of classified stuff. 355 00:32:37,591 --> 00:32:41,235 We can't leave him in a regular institution because of what he might spill. 356 00:32:41,394 --> 00:32:43,137 You're referring to the Mars mission? 357 00:32:44,131 --> 00:32:46,978 - The what? - He told me about a mission to Mars. 358 00:32:49,102 --> 00:32:52,781 He's even farther gone than I thought. If that's possible. 359 00:32:53,073 --> 00:32:55,750 - Now, come on, Harry. - No, please don't let him take me. 360 00:32:55,909 --> 00:32:57,891 Please, please. 361 00:33:02,817 --> 00:33:07,669 Mr. Faraday, if there's anything else I can do for you, please let me know. 362 00:33:08,421 --> 00:33:09,834 Sure. 363 00:33:11,725 --> 00:33:13,866 We've been able to Contact Mars. Life on Mars. 364 00:33:14,028 --> 00:33:16,237 We're going to Mars. 365 00:33:17,598 --> 00:33:19,671 See you around, Jones. 366 00:33:22,302 --> 00:33:24,341 It's all true. 367 00:33:25,405 --> 00:33:27,182 Wilson's vigilante activities... 368 00:33:27,340 --> 00:33:30,723 kept the local white supremacists at bay for years... 369 00:33:30,878 --> 00:33:34,853 but his luck ran out yesterday when he was caught by a mob and killed. 370 00:33:35,215 --> 00:33:37,424 Police say they have no suspects. 371 00:33:37,751 --> 00:33:39,288 In other news... Hey. 372 00:33:39,453 --> 00:33:42,597 Sorry to interrupt. There's something I have to get off my chest. 373 00:33:42,757 --> 00:33:44,739 I've always used my power to help people... 374 00:33:44,892 --> 00:33:47,876 but the government's on my tail, hunting me like a criminal. 375 00:33:48,028 --> 00:33:50,032 You just saw what happened to John Wilson. 376 00:33:50,197 --> 00:33:51,940 America needs more people like him. 377 00:33:52,166 --> 00:33:55,777 But where are they going to come from if our government keeps acting this way? 378 00:33:56,069 --> 00:34:00,180 As far me, I'm quitting, giving it up. 379 00:34:00,340 --> 00:34:04,292 Breaks my heart but there are people I love. I don't want anything to happen to them. 380 00:34:04,444 --> 00:34:08,522 So good night, everybody, and good luck. 381 00:34:11,418 --> 00:34:14,265 - Who needed him anyway? - Probably some kind of crook. 382 00:34:14,421 --> 00:34:16,768 - Definitely a freak. - Definitely. 383 00:34:16,924 --> 00:34:20,808 And what was with that red costume? Red's for commies. 384 00:34:21,461 --> 00:34:24,377 - Hey, where are you going? - Home. 385 00:34:56,764 --> 00:34:58,541 Mr. Jones... 386 00:34:58,799 --> 00:35:00,143 how did you locate me? 387 00:35:00,300 --> 00:35:04,583 I may not be the world's greatest detective, but I have my methods. 388 00:35:04,939 --> 00:35:07,513 This is all the information I've been able to collect. 389 00:35:07,675 --> 00:35:08,780 It's the last of it. 390 00:35:10,544 --> 00:35:14,427 I thought I could make a life for myself here among you humans. 391 00:35:14,582 --> 00:35:16,791 I didn't think I had a choice. 392 00:35:16,950 --> 00:35:18,294 But there is one now. 393 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:23,364 There's just too much hatred here, too much ignorance... 394 00:35:23,524 --> 00:35:26,302 too much mindless conformity. 395 00:35:26,794 --> 00:35:28,365 I'm leaving. 396 00:35:29,496 --> 00:35:30,704 Have a nice trip. 397 00:35:30,865 --> 00:35:32,778 Some of us don't have that luxury. 398 00:35:41,609 --> 00:35:43,419 Flying Cloud, status report. 399 00:35:43,578 --> 00:35:45,890 Flying Cloud is go. Secure for launch. 400 00:35:46,046 --> 00:35:47,287 - Jordan? - Go. 401 00:35:47,615 --> 00:35:50,792 Good luck, Flying Cloud. God be with you. 402 00:36:19,013 --> 00:36:20,756 Go for launch on all points. 403 00:36:21,181 --> 00:36:23,185 Roger, we are go for launch. 404 00:36:33,561 --> 00:36:34,939 Ignition sequence start. 405 00:36:36,330 --> 00:36:38,973 Primary engines engaged. 406 00:36:39,934 --> 00:36:41,540 All engines running. 407 00:36:45,873 --> 00:36:47,912 Don't move, Martian. 408 00:36:50,978 --> 00:36:55,021 Ten, nine, eight, seven... 409 00:36:55,182 --> 00:36:56,891 six, five... 410 00:36:57,317 --> 00:37:00,962 four, three, two, one. 411 00:37:49,303 --> 00:37:51,114 Almost there. 412 00:38:02,917 --> 00:38:04,124 We're losing pressure. 413 00:38:09,524 --> 00:38:12,302 - We've gonna have to take her back. - Too risky. 414 00:38:12,560 --> 00:38:13,596 Jordan, listen to me. 415 00:38:13,761 --> 00:38:16,175 - We have weapons on board. - What? 416 00:38:16,329 --> 00:38:18,539 In case the Martians turned out to be hostile. 417 00:38:19,166 --> 00:38:22,982 Nerve gas, germ bombs, even nuclear. 418 00:38:24,071 --> 00:38:27,055 Doesn't make a difference. I can still land this thing. 419 00:38:28,643 --> 00:38:30,556 - What's that? - It's a destruct switch. 420 00:38:30,978 --> 00:38:33,621 I'm sorry, Jordan. But you knew the risks. 421 00:38:36,950 --> 00:38:38,055 You just relax, colonel. 422 00:38:38,218 --> 00:38:40,222 I'll have you on the ground in no time. 423 00:38:40,588 --> 00:38:42,729 What's going on there? Come in, Flying Cloud. 424 00:38:42,890 --> 00:38:45,567 We've had an engine failure. I'm gonna glide her back. 425 00:38:45,726 --> 00:38:47,138 Negative, it's too dangerous. 426 00:38:47,294 --> 00:38:49,777 - Where's Flagg? - Don't worry about him... 427 00:38:49,930 --> 00:38:52,573 or your weapons. They'll both be okay. 428 00:38:52,733 --> 00:38:54,372 Weapons? 429 00:38:55,469 --> 00:38:58,009 You son of a bitch. 430 00:38:58,806 --> 00:39:00,309 Jordan, put Flagg back on. 431 00:39:00,608 --> 00:39:03,489 No can do, Faraday. He's indisposed. 432 00:39:05,713 --> 00:39:07,159 Call in the big guy. 433 00:39:23,396 --> 00:39:25,036 Flagg, don't, I can land it. 434 00:39:25,198 --> 00:39:27,841 I can't bet the world on that, Jordan. 435 00:41:50,310 --> 00:41:51,346 Nuclear weapons? 436 00:41:51,512 --> 00:41:53,322 Nerve gas? What were you thinking? 437 00:41:53,648 --> 00:41:56,221 We didn't know. We're still not sure. 438 00:41:56,383 --> 00:41:57,488 Of what, exactly? 439 00:41:58,052 --> 00:41:59,863 If we can trust him. 440 00:42:00,020 --> 00:42:02,663 - You trust me and I'm an alien. - Yeah, but... 441 00:42:02,823 --> 00:42:05,568 It's because he looks so different, isn't it? 442 00:42:05,960 --> 00:42:08,773 - You have to admit... - Listen, you've seen the power he has. 443 00:42:08,929 --> 00:42:10,968 He could leave this place any time he wants. 444 00:42:11,131 --> 00:42:12,669 But he hasn't. 445 00:42:12,833 --> 00:42:15,281 That should tell you something. 446 00:42:22,242 --> 00:42:24,851 Tell me about this America, Diana. 447 00:42:25,112 --> 00:42:26,787 It's changed since the war. 448 00:42:26,947 --> 00:42:30,056 Back then, we were in the right. It was simple. 449 00:42:32,252 --> 00:42:35,259 They still say they're in the right but they don't act that way. 450 00:42:35,523 --> 00:42:36,798 Men. 451 00:42:42,029 --> 00:42:43,908 Things have changed here too, Diana. 452 00:42:44,064 --> 00:42:47,811 A lot of us are beginning to think we need a leader who sticks closer to home. 453 00:42:48,168 --> 00:42:50,081 And who would such a leader be? 454 00:42:50,237 --> 00:42:51,809 You? 455 00:42:59,113 --> 00:43:01,858 You might need a little more seasoning. 456 00:44:34,742 --> 00:44:36,313 Hal Jordan. 457 00:44:37,144 --> 00:44:38,682 You know me? 458 00:44:38,846 --> 00:44:40,326 Who are you? 459 00:44:40,681 --> 00:44:42,890 I am... 460 00:44:43,684 --> 00:44:45,323 Abin Sur. 461 00:44:45,586 --> 00:44:48,091 You need a doctor. Let me... 462 00:44:48,589 --> 00:44:50,593 Listen to me. 463 00:44:50,758 --> 00:44:55,233 What I have to tell you will seem unbelievable but... 464 00:44:58,232 --> 00:45:03,050 I am the Green Lantern at Sector 2814. 465 00:45:03,203 --> 00:45:05,846 I was on my way here to help. 466 00:45:06,106 --> 00:45:07,917 Help? How? 467 00:45:08,342 --> 00:45:12,796 In the coming battle with The Centre. 468 00:45:12,947 --> 00:45:14,291 Center of what? 469 00:45:14,549 --> 00:45:19,970 It is a monstrous creature that fears you humans so much... 470 00:45:20,487 --> 00:45:25,636 it intends to eradicate every living soul on the planet. 471 00:45:26,727 --> 00:45:30,075 When I was entering your atmosphere a few days ago... 472 00:45:30,230 --> 00:45:33,237 there was a huge explosion. 473 00:45:33,634 --> 00:45:36,846 There was too much yellow energy for me. 474 00:45:37,004 --> 00:45:40,045 I ordered my ring to find you. 475 00:45:40,207 --> 00:45:43,282 I had to find a deserving one. 476 00:45:43,443 --> 00:45:46,393 A man entirely without fear. 477 00:45:47,648 --> 00:45:52,465 A lot of people think I'm a coward because of what happened in the war. 478 00:45:52,620 --> 00:45:54,225 Did your ring tell you about that? 479 00:45:54,522 --> 00:45:57,471 You are no coward, Hal Jordan. 480 00:45:57,725 --> 00:46:00,800 To you, all life is precious. 481 00:46:00,961 --> 00:46:06,109 And this ring is far too powerful to fall into the hands of someone... 482 00:46:06,266 --> 00:46:08,305 who doesn't understand that. 483 00:46:26,621 --> 00:46:27,965 How does this thing work? 484 00:46:28,222 --> 00:46:30,933 The Guardians... 485 00:46:31,091 --> 00:46:34,702 They will... 486 00:46:49,443 --> 00:46:51,152 Wow, you really do know him. 487 00:46:51,746 --> 00:46:52,817 And you must be Robin. 488 00:46:53,180 --> 00:46:55,025 I hear you're quite a detective. 489 00:46:55,415 --> 00:46:57,488 Well, I try not to brag, but... 490 00:46:57,652 --> 00:46:59,326 Have you finished your homework yet? 491 00:46:59,486 --> 00:47:01,992 Uh... Right. 492 00:47:04,992 --> 00:47:08,135 Hm. New look, a sidekick. 493 00:47:08,295 --> 00:47:11,040 - Do you mind if I ask...? - As a matter of fact, I do. 494 00:47:11,398 --> 00:47:14,872 Let's just say I set out to scare criminals, not children. 495 00:47:15,269 --> 00:47:16,716 Fair enough. 496 00:47:17,104 --> 00:47:21,215 This all lines up with dozens at stories we've run in the Planet this year. 497 00:47:21,676 --> 00:47:24,683 The children's book is particularly ominous. 498 00:47:24,845 --> 00:47:27,522 As if someone, something else... 499 00:47:27,682 --> 00:47:29,390 were speaking through the author. 500 00:47:29,550 --> 00:47:32,966 In its wake. We have a live report coming in from Cape Canaveral. 501 00:47:33,120 --> 00:47:36,594 The creature is hovering over the large fuel tanks here at the Cape... 502 00:47:36,757 --> 00:47:39,832 making it impossible for the Army to use their missiles on it. 503 00:47:39,994 --> 00:47:42,568 - Lois. - Its wingspan is easily the length... 504 00:47:42,730 --> 00:47:43,903 of a football field... 505 00:47:44,064 --> 00:47:46,877 and it looks a lot like a prehistoric pterodactyl. 506 00:47:47,034 --> 00:47:49,016 But much, much bigger. 507 00:47:55,375 --> 00:47:58,222 I'm not sure of what it's trying to do. 508 00:48:40,688 --> 00:48:42,430 Diana. 509 00:48:43,691 --> 00:48:46,732 Haven't flown this thing in years. 510 00:48:47,161 --> 00:48:48,699 Guess I'm a little rusty. 511 00:48:48,863 --> 00:48:50,275 Easy, easy. 512 00:48:50,731 --> 00:48:54,808 We fought it, hard as we could, but... 513 00:48:57,938 --> 00:48:59,920 It's coming, Kal. 514 00:49:00,074 --> 00:49:02,454 It's coming here. 515 00:49:07,314 --> 00:49:08,350 Medic! 516 00:49:09,216 --> 00:49:12,029 We know this place could never hold someone with your powers. 517 00:49:12,419 --> 00:49:15,870 - Why do you stay? - I'm determined to beat you at this game. 518 00:49:16,023 --> 00:49:18,700 Without reading your mind. 519 00:49:19,026 --> 00:49:21,133 Come on, level with me. 520 00:49:21,796 --> 00:49:23,573 Very well. 521 00:49:23,731 --> 00:49:27,808 I have looked into your mind, and by extension, your heart. 522 00:49:27,968 --> 00:49:30,713 You honestly believe that there will be a better day... 523 00:49:30,871 --> 00:49:32,716 when all of this won't be necessary. 524 00:49:33,273 --> 00:49:38,558 To find that within you, Mr. Faraday. Has filled my heart with hope. 525 00:49:40,915 --> 00:49:44,161 And I have no place else to go. 526 00:49:47,020 --> 00:49:50,597 This just came in from Washington, urgent. 527 00:49:51,725 --> 00:49:53,364 It's The Centre, isn't it? 528 00:49:53,528 --> 00:49:56,340 I can feel its presence very strongly now. 529 00:49:57,264 --> 00:49:59,007 You're looking for a place to go? 530 00:49:59,299 --> 00:50:01,372 I got one hell of a destination for you. 531 00:50:01,535 --> 00:50:02,844 But we might not come back. 532 00:50:03,771 --> 00:50:04,807 I'm ready. 533 00:50:06,774 --> 00:50:09,347 The last time I appeared without warning in this form... 534 00:50:09,510 --> 00:50:10,819 someone died of fright. 535 00:50:11,078 --> 00:50:13,891 Perhaps I should take a friendlier appearance. 536 00:50:14,048 --> 00:50:15,927 Suit yourself. 537 00:50:18,686 --> 00:50:20,428 Well? 538 00:50:21,421 --> 00:50:24,998 It's okay. But real men wear pants. 539 00:50:34,101 --> 00:50:37,347 This absolutely unprecedented situation off the coast of Florida. 540 00:50:37,505 --> 00:50:39,885 The combined might of the U.S. Armed Forces... 541 00:50:40,040 --> 00:50:42,318 - had no effect on this... - Bourbon, please. 542 00:50:42,476 --> 00:50:44,219 I hardly know what to call it. 543 00:50:44,378 --> 00:50:47,761 It appears we've reestablished contact with our reporter at the scene. 544 00:50:47,915 --> 00:50:52,869 The only word I can find to describe the scale of this is "biblical." 545 00:50:53,020 --> 00:50:57,667 It's a living island, at least 25 miles across. 546 00:50:59,760 --> 00:51:04,213 It has large ports which discharge intense blasts of energy... 547 00:51:04,364 --> 00:51:08,475 but which can also draw things into the creature. 548 00:51:09,537 --> 00:51:14,787 Not two minutes ago, we watched it inhale an entire aircraft carrier. 549 00:51:18,078 --> 00:51:22,030 The loss of life out here is incalculable and... 550 00:51:22,182 --> 00:51:26,602 Wait. We're turning around. We've been ordered back. 551 00:51:26,787 --> 00:51:28,290 I have to tell you something. 552 00:51:28,455 --> 00:51:30,563 - I'm the F... - I already know. 553 00:51:30,791 --> 00:51:32,465 You what? 554 00:51:34,662 --> 00:51:36,301 I'm a reporter, remember? 555 00:51:36,463 --> 00:51:39,744 I always suspected, and I heard your voice on the news the other night. 556 00:51:39,900 --> 00:51:44,114 I was only trying to protect you. They think I'm some kind of criminal. 557 00:51:44,371 --> 00:51:45,784 But we know better, don't we? 558 00:51:48,876 --> 00:51:50,288 So, what are you waiting for? 559 00:51:50,443 --> 00:51:54,224 You know who's going to be there? Superman, Wonder Woman, people like that. 560 00:51:54,381 --> 00:51:57,559 I'm just a guy who runs after jewelry thieves and talking gorillas. 561 00:51:57,718 --> 00:51:59,062 You're more than that. 562 00:51:59,219 --> 00:52:01,394 And you're going to prove it. 563 00:52:18,939 --> 00:52:20,385 What are you doing? 564 00:52:22,109 --> 00:52:25,093 Where have you been? And what happened to the simulator? 565 00:52:25,245 --> 00:52:26,350 Long story. 566 00:52:26,514 --> 00:52:29,190 Have you seen the news? Do you have any idea what's... 567 00:52:31,151 --> 00:52:32,530 Oh, God. 568 00:52:32,687 --> 00:52:34,566 You're going down there, aren't you? 569 00:52:34,722 --> 00:52:38,002 Hal the pacifist is going down there to get killed by that thing. 570 00:52:38,158 --> 00:52:39,605 What would you have me do? 571 00:52:39,760 --> 00:52:41,365 Or do you think I'm a coward too? 572 00:52:41,529 --> 00:52:43,533 I looked up your war record. 573 00:52:43,698 --> 00:52:46,044 You never fired at those North Korean planes. 574 00:52:46,199 --> 00:52:50,015 Maybe I just didn't believe that what we were doing there was worth killing for. 575 00:52:50,170 --> 00:52:53,553 But in that trench, Hound out what would make me kill. 576 00:52:53,708 --> 00:52:57,854 Survival. I would kill to survive. 577 00:53:01,481 --> 00:53:04,989 Aren't you going to at least say goodbye? 578 00:53:05,152 --> 00:53:06,827 Don't you...? 579 00:53:27,474 --> 00:53:29,353 Whoa. We've just here to help. 580 00:53:33,047 --> 00:53:36,760 We don't need help. Especially not from you. 581 00:53:37,818 --> 00:53:40,597 You think you can hit me? It's been tried before. 582 00:53:40,854 --> 00:53:42,767 Don't push us, mister. 583 00:53:51,365 --> 00:53:54,110 I see I have your attention. 584 00:53:54,535 --> 00:53:57,883 We face a threat big enough to wipe us off the Earth... 585 00:53:58,038 --> 00:54:01,888 and still we bicker about a mask or a uniform. 586 00:54:02,042 --> 00:54:04,924 My best friend is lying upstairs right now. 587 00:54:05,079 --> 00:54:07,459 She would have given her life for this country... 588 00:54:07,615 --> 00:54:11,430 and I could hardly look her in the eye. America was founded on the notion... 589 00:54:11,585 --> 00:54:14,397 that a person should be free to follow his or her destiny. 590 00:54:14,555 --> 00:54:17,767 But we can't do that if we're living in fear of our own government. 591 00:54:18,058 --> 00:54:22,340 We need to reclaim this country for free men and women everywhere. 592 00:54:22,495 --> 00:54:25,605 - What about your government friends? - That's a fair question. 593 00:54:26,166 --> 00:54:27,339 Superman's right. 594 00:54:27,502 --> 00:54:29,483 The persecution and paranoia have to stop. 595 00:54:29,637 --> 00:54:34,021 From here on, we work together as free Americans. 596 00:54:40,681 --> 00:54:43,756 I'm gonna fly out now and recon this thing. 597 00:54:46,654 --> 00:54:49,638 When I get back, we'll work out a strategy. 598 00:54:49,790 --> 00:54:50,861 Are you with me? 599 00:55:52,286 --> 00:55:55,737 America's champion, Superman... 600 00:55:55,890 --> 00:55:59,740 went down in defeat several hours ago. 601 00:55:59,894 --> 00:56:04,404 An exhaustive search has found no sign of him. 602 00:56:05,332 --> 00:56:08,977 Here at the Cape, the greatest minds in the free world... 603 00:56:09,136 --> 00:56:13,556 are now working on a plan to stop this monster... 604 00:56:13,708 --> 00:56:15,917 before it reaches the coast. 605 00:56:16,309 --> 00:56:18,519 We cannot panic. 606 00:56:19,446 --> 00:56:24,230 We cannot let our sense of loss... 607 00:56:34,328 --> 00:56:35,570 If this book's right... 608 00:56:35,729 --> 00:56:38,405 it's a whole new life form we've never even imagined. 609 00:56:39,433 --> 00:56:42,975 Or it could be nothing more than the ravings at some demented cartoonist. 610 00:56:45,239 --> 00:56:48,314 It's not. I assure you. 611 00:56:48,475 --> 00:56:51,288 And there's only one way to stop this thing now. 612 00:56:51,445 --> 00:56:53,222 I want you all to listen to this man. 613 00:56:53,380 --> 00:56:57,298 Gentlemen, I'm Ray Palmer from ham Ivy University. 614 00:56:57,451 --> 00:57:00,094 I've heard of you, Palmer, and your invention. 615 00:57:00,254 --> 00:57:01,461 Matter reduction, right? 616 00:57:01,622 --> 00:57:03,968 - Right. I... - It won't work. 617 00:57:04,124 --> 00:57:06,402 Everything it shrinks becomes unstable. 618 00:57:06,561 --> 00:57:07,802 Exactly. 619 00:57:11,498 --> 00:57:13,411 We start with an all-out aerial assault. 620 00:57:13,568 --> 00:57:16,916 We hit the thing from every direction at once. That's a distraction. 621 00:57:17,304 --> 00:57:20,083 While it's fighting the Air Corps, we use this baby on it. 622 00:57:20,675 --> 00:57:23,852 This gizmo uses light to shrink things. 623 00:57:27,848 --> 00:57:28,953 - Question... - Wait. 624 00:57:29,116 --> 00:57:31,257 Everything the ray shrinks becomes unstable. 625 00:57:33,821 --> 00:57:36,360 Meaning, it explodes. 626 00:57:36,757 --> 00:57:37,793 Still have a question? 627 00:57:37,958 --> 00:57:41,101 That thing out there is one hell of a lot bigger than an orange. 628 00:57:41,261 --> 00:57:43,106 - How are you gonna...? - It is big. 629 00:57:43,263 --> 00:57:46,612 And that's why we have to expose its surface to the ray piece by piece. 630 00:57:46,867 --> 00:57:50,408 All in the blink of an eye? That's impossible without Superman. 631 00:57:50,571 --> 00:57:54,614 No, it's not impossible, is it? 632 00:57:56,110 --> 00:57:57,146 Piece of cake. 633 00:57:57,578 --> 00:57:58,819 Any other questions? 634 00:57:58,979 --> 00:58:00,517 - Just one. - Jordan. 635 00:58:00,681 --> 00:58:03,254 - About time. - Attacking the surface won't be enough... 636 00:58:03,417 --> 00:58:04,727 to distract this thing. 637 00:58:04,885 --> 00:58:07,767 You need someone to go inside with bombs. 638 00:58:07,922 --> 00:58:09,801 - You volunteering? - He'd better... 639 00:58:09,957 --> 00:58:12,166 because I'm not going in there alone. 640 00:58:12,326 --> 00:58:14,330 Outstanding. 641 00:58:23,604 --> 00:58:25,586 All of you. remember... 642 00:58:25,740 --> 00:58:28,416 today there are no Democrats, no Republicans. 643 00:58:28,576 --> 00:58:30,922 No hawks, no doves. 644 00:58:31,078 --> 00:58:33,960 Just the naked simplicity of an absolute: 645 00:58:34,148 --> 00:58:36,357 Mankind's survival. 646 00:58:36,917 --> 00:58:38,899 Good luck to us all. 647 00:59:10,384 --> 00:59:11,626 All right, men. 648 00:59:11,786 --> 00:59:15,236 Our job is to protect Flash until Morgan and Jordan light it up. 649 00:59:15,389 --> 00:59:16,802 I want... MAN: Hey, look out! 650 01:01:02,730 --> 01:01:05,269 Hawk! Ah! 651 01:01:34,028 --> 01:01:39,415 - Are you all right? - It's attacking my mind. 652 01:02:31,819 --> 01:02:33,960 All of you, fight on! 653 01:02:34,121 --> 01:02:36,900 To the last breath, fight on! 654 01:02:38,058 --> 01:02:39,664 All weapons systems hot. 655 01:02:39,827 --> 01:02:42,936 Like they say, it ain't when you go, it's how you go. 656 01:03:16,831 --> 01:03:19,279 Uh, Hal? HAL: What's wrong? 657 01:03:19,433 --> 01:03:21,073 Whatever you see, ignore it. 658 01:03:21,235 --> 01:03:23,308 Just keep going. Acknowledge. 659 01:03:25,439 --> 01:03:27,718 Just keep going. No problem. 660 01:03:36,684 --> 01:03:38,221 What now? 661 01:03:41,388 --> 01:03:44,737 This stuff is no hallucination, I'll tell you that. 662 01:03:50,464 --> 01:03:53,073 And whatever it is, I think it's trying to get inside. 663 01:03:56,804 --> 01:03:59,252 Drop the bombs, then we'll burn our way out. 664 01:03:59,406 --> 01:04:00,512 Roger that. 665 01:04:07,147 --> 01:04:08,388 My rockets are dead. 666 01:04:08,549 --> 01:04:09,893 Can't open bomb bay doors. 667 01:04:10,050 --> 01:04:11,588 - Hal? - I'm here. 668 01:04:11,752 --> 01:04:14,531 We've had our ride and it's time to punch our ticket. 669 01:04:14,689 --> 01:04:16,693 Initiate manual detonation. 670 01:04:16,857 --> 01:04:18,736 Roger. 671 01:04:27,835 --> 01:04:30,648 Hal Jordan, you are the key. 672 01:04:30,805 --> 01:04:33,014 Your will drives the ring. 673 01:04:33,173 --> 01:04:37,854 Clear your mind and focus on what matters. 674 01:05:25,292 --> 01:05:27,274 Hal? What...? 675 01:05:27,427 --> 01:05:28,931 Later. 676 01:05:32,499 --> 01:05:33,844 You're afraid. 677 01:05:34,001 --> 01:05:35,641 It's all on me. 678 01:05:35,803 --> 01:05:37,181 The whole thing. 679 01:05:37,572 --> 01:05:39,554 We'll be there for you. 680 01:05:39,707 --> 01:05:41,689 We all will. 681 01:05:48,448 --> 01:05:49,690 Godspeed. 682 01:06:37,931 --> 01:06:40,642 He did it. Son of a bitch. 683 01:06:51,812 --> 01:06:53,053 I was afraid... 684 01:06:53,213 --> 01:06:55,890 I'd be late for the victory party. 685 01:07:01,088 --> 01:07:02,261 Spoke too soon. 686 01:07:13,400 --> 01:07:17,649 That thing's gonna do a lot of damage. Guess it's time to see what this ring can do. 687 01:07:17,805 --> 01:07:18,841 Hey. 688 01:07:22,042 --> 01:07:23,523 Sorry. 689 01:07:32,987 --> 01:07:35,435 That guy with the ring, he wasn't part at the plan. 690 01:07:35,589 --> 01:07:36,898 Or wasn't I listening? 691 01:07:40,861 --> 01:07:43,400 You won't be able to do it. 692 01:07:43,564 --> 01:07:46,741 It is The Centre that holds, not you. 693 01:07:47,067 --> 01:07:49,983 I can. I can. 694 01:07:50,237 --> 01:07:53,814 You do not have the will. 695 01:07:54,141 --> 01:07:55,280 No? 696 01:07:55,442 --> 01:07:57,151 Watch. 697 01:08:38,285 --> 01:08:40,700 Whoo-hoo! 698 01:08:50,998 --> 01:08:53,173 Hey, Ace, what happened to that buddy of yours? 699 01:08:53,333 --> 01:08:54,472 Hal Jordan? 700 01:08:54,635 --> 01:08:58,051 If I know him, he's up there somewhere tear-assing around. 701 01:09:31,639 --> 01:09:33,814 I am Arthur of Atlantis. 702 01:09:33,974 --> 01:09:37,926 This one has been asking for a woman named Lois. 703 01:10:04,271 --> 01:10:07,916 The pioneers gave up their safety, their comfort... 704 01:10:08,075 --> 01:10:12,494 and sometimes their lives to build our new West. 705 01:10:12,647 --> 01:10:17,225 They were determined to make the new world strong and free... 706 01:10:17,384 --> 01:10:20,231 an example to the world. 707 01:10:20,487 --> 01:10:24,166 Some would say that those struggles are all over. 708 01:10:24,324 --> 01:10:26,967 That all the horizons have been explored. 709 01:10:27,127 --> 01:10:29,473 That all the battles have been won. 710 01:10:29,630 --> 01:10:33,171 That there is no longer an American frontier. 711 01:10:35,102 --> 01:10:39,486 And we stand today on the edge of a new frontier. 712 01:10:39,641 --> 01:10:44,060 The frontier of unknown opportunities and perils. 713 01:10:44,211 --> 01:10:50,065 Beyond that frontier are uncharted areas of science and space. 714 01:10:50,217 --> 01:10:53,064 Unsolved problems of peace and war. 715 01:10:53,220 --> 01:10:57,970 Unconquered pockets of ignorance and prejudice. 716 01:10:59,326 --> 01:11:01,365 I'm asking each of you... 717 01:11:01,529 --> 01:11:04,979 to be pioneers towards that new frontier. 718 01:11:05,132 --> 01:11:09,552 My call is to the young at heart, regardless of age. 719 01:11:09,704 --> 01:11:12,277 Can we carry through in an age... 720 01:11:12,439 --> 01:11:16,915 where we will witness not only new breakthroughs in weapons of destruction... 721 01:11:17,077 --> 01:11:20,425 but also a race for mastery of the sky and the rain... 722 01:11:20,581 --> 01:11:24,327 the ocean and the tides, the far side of space... 723 01:11:24,485 --> 01:11:27,332 and the inside of men's minds? 724 01:11:28,222 --> 01:11:31,172 All mankind waits upon our decision. 725 01:11:31,325 --> 01:11:36,040 A whole world looks to see what we shall do. 726 01:11:36,496 --> 01:11:42,043 And we cannot fail their trust. And we cannot fail to try.