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for us to reach them.

Okay, hold on a second.

There is!

It's right above us.

That's problematic

for us right now.

The Pentagon's convinced

our shell will retaliate.

My guess is they'll order us

to evacuate within the hour.

Look,

they're not our enemy.

They've made no act of

aggression towards us.

Maybe this is

their way of being aggressive.

That's not

the question.

What is the question?

How do we get you

back in that room

when it's half a mile

straight up?

I think

our work here is done.

It's in the hands

of our superiors now.

What the hell

is she doing?

Oh, my god! Oh, god, no!

Costello...

Where's abbott?

I'm sorry.

We're sorry.

I need you to...

I need you to send a message

to the other sites.

I don't...

I don't understand.

What is your purpose here?

How can you

know the future?

I don't...

I don't understand.

Who is this child?

The show is called

"mommy and daddy

talk to animals."

Wait! No! Wait!

- Dr. banks!

- Louise!

Are you all right?

You all right?

Yeah. I'm all right.

What happened?

I'm trying to figure it out.

This is too big.

Doesn't matter now.

We have orders to evacuate.

Why?

Russia and Sudan

are following China.

I don't understand.

Help me, mama.

Louise?

Whoa!

Mom!

Mama!

Sorry, honey.

What day is it?

Do you know, baby?

Sunday.

Are you gonna leave me

like daddy did?

Oh, Hannah, honey,

your daddy didn't leave you.

You're gonna

see him this weekend.

He doesn't look at me

the same way anymore.

It's my fault.

I told him something that

he wasn't ready to hear.

What?

Well...

Believe it or not,

I know something

that's going to happen.

I can't explain how I know.

I just do.

And when I told your daddy,

he got really mad.

And he said I made

the wrong choice.

What?

What's going to happen?

It has to do with

a really rare disease.

And it's unstoppable.

Kind of like you are,

with your swimming

and your poetry

and all the other

amazing things

that you share

with the world.

I'm unstoppable?

Yeah.

I got you.

Louise? Louise?

I just realized why

my husband left me.

My husband left me.

You were married?

Come on!

Let's get out of here.

Mama?

Yeah?

Why's my name

Hannah?

Get those people

back, please.

Well, your name

is very special,

because it is

a palindrome.

It reads the same forward

and backward.

All right, guys,

give me a hand here.

Yes, sir.

That goes in the bag.

Ready to go!

Evacuation underway.

Hey...

We're done here!

We're taking this with us.

I can read it.

I know what it is.

What?

It's not a weapon.

It's a gift.

The weapon is

their language.

They gave it to us.

Do you know what that means?

So we can learn heptapod.

If we survive.

If you learn it,

when you really learn it,

you begin to perceive time

the way that they do,

so you can see

what's to come.

But time, it isn't

the same for them.

It's non-linear.

Look, we did our best,

but it wasn't enough.

The captain

will load you up.

You're lifting off

in 5 minutes.

Ian, Louise, it was

an honor to work with you.

Good luck.

Hey, colonel...

I'm gonna find out

where we're going.

Wake up, mommy!

Dr. banks...

A pleasure.

General shang,

the pleasure is mine, really.

Your president said

he was honored to host me

at the celebration...

Yeah.

...but I confess,

the only reason why I'm here

is to meet you in person.

Me? Well, I'm flattered.

Thank you.

18 months ago,

you did something remarkable,

something not even

my superior has done.

And what's that?

You changed my mind.

You're the reason

for this unification,

all because you reached out

to me at my private number.

Your private number?

General, I... I don't know

your private number.

Now you know.

I do not claim to know

how your mind works,

but I believe it was important

for you to see that.

I called you, didn't I?

Yes, you did.

Louise!

All right,

let's shut down the system.

Sir? There's a sat line

here dialing China.

Here? What do

you mean "here"?

Come on, come on!

Whose phone is it?

It's your phone, sir.

Search base camp now.

Find out

who's using that phone.

And hold on to

those coordinates.

Yes, sir.

Come on... what do I say?

What do I say?

Come on.

I will never forget

what you said.

You told me

my wife's dying words.

We found the source

of the phone call.

It's in the clean room.

We're waiting for instructions.

What are you doing?

What are you doing?

Changing someone's mind.

Can you buy me 20 seconds?

We don't have time for this.

No, trust me.

Buy me 20 seconds.

Do you trust me?

Okay. Yeah.

Dr. banks, drop the phone

now or we shoot!

Drop it!

I'm sorry!

You are committing

an act of treason!

Yes.

Drop it!

It's done. I'm done.

...blackout from

all 12 landing sites

continues this evening.

Hold on,

we are just hearing...

I'm being told we're

going to cut this report

to tell you

breaking news...

...China has called an

emergency press conference...

General shang,

commander in chief of

the people's liberation army,

has announced in

an emergency press conference

that China is standing down.

...all intelligence

they've received

will be shared immediately

with the other landing sites.

Scientists from

around the world

are sifting through

information

received from

the uk, Japan,

Sierra Leone

and Venezuela.

...the information

they have acquired

from both of

their landing sites...

Also confirming it to be

one of the 12 pieces

of this puzzle that is

being slowly put together.

So, Hannah,

this is where

your story begins.

The day they departed.

You all right?

Despite knowing the journey

and where it leads,

I embrace it.

And I welcome

every moment of it.

Ooh! Ah! Ooh!

H- a-n-n-a-h.

Now backward. H...

...a-n-n-a-h!

Hannah!

You ready, baby?

Hi!

Don't worry. See you.

Daddy!

You okay?

Are you ready?

Oh, guess what? Star stuff!

Ian?

Yeah?

If you could see your whole

life from start to finish,

would you change things?

Maybe I'd say

what I feel more often.

I... I don't know.

You know, I've had my head

tilted up to the stars

for as long as

i can remember.

You know what

surprised me the most?

It wasn't meeting them.

It was meeting you.

I forgot how good it felt

to be held by you.

You wanna make a baby?

Yes. Yeah.

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