Closer To God Page #3

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I'm concerned for her well-being,

and I'm here to help save her

and to make sure

that she's not being harmed.

Because if she's being harmed,

she needs to be taken away from Dr. Reed

and be given to someone

who's going to care for her

and take care of her as the person

that she is. She's not a test subject.

It's very important to us

that cloning continues.

- Yeah.

- I have a brain disorder,

and there's no chance for me

and for millions of people like me.

And this is a hope. This is a reality.

Richard, are you home?

Jesus.

What are you doing?

Are you not hungry?

Are you not feeling well?

You have to eat. Now, come over here.

Okay, I'm leaving.

I have to go.

We could reverse the aging process,

reverse heart attacks.

Heart disease is still the number one

killer in this country.

We could replace organs,

replace skin for burn victims,

help for spinal cord injuries,

down syndrome,

potentially cures for cancer, Parkinson's.

I mean, the list, it just goes on and on.

This is a real scientific breakthrough,

and we need to be applauding this man.

Seriously? Applauding this man? For what,

for destroying our family structure?

Let me ask you something. Is he going

to be the father and the brother?

Is he going to be the mother?

This is terrifying.

Think about it,

clone after clone after clone.

We will have no idea where something

begins and where something ends.

No more fathers, mothers,

brothers, sisters, cousins.

We will just bleed

into some huge genetic mess.

Welcome to our brave new world.

Dr. Stuart, why did you decide

to come forward with these pictures?

Well, I had several reasons,

but mostly it was Dr. Reed's

treatment of Elizabeth.

I felt that it was inhumane

and borderline abusive.

Well, what was inhumane about it?

Well, for one, it's extremely

too rigorous for a newborn.

Sometimes Elizabeth would undergo

treatment for six hours straight.

And how am I to believe him

when he says that that's safe?

This is the first infant

to ever undergo this treatment,

so how can he possibly know what's safe?

How can anybody know what's safe?

Do you want this one or this one?

Which one do you like better?

- That.

- But you already got one.

You can have this one.

You can have this one, too.

Be very careful, don't touch them yet.

Do you want this one?

No? Okay. Well, okay. You can have

one of these that we knock over.

Now, we have to be

very careful, all right?

I'll take it from here.

You sure?

What are you gonna do with the body?

Incinerator.

Let's try it again.

All right, let's try again,

you gotta be ready to catch it.

Are the girls okay? Are they with Richard?

They're downstairs.

Is it okay if she's up here?

You want to hold her?

God is not science! God is not science!

Humans, not clones! Humans, not clones!

- Humans, not clones! Humans, not clones!

- We will have our voices heard!

- Amen!

- God is not science!

- God is not science!

- There is evil among us!

- There is evil among us!

- There is evil among us!

- There is evil among us!

- There is evil among us!

Why do I do it?

All the difficulties.

The awful mistakes.

Ambition?

Pride? The greater good?

To tell you the truth,

I don't know, Claire.

I never stopped long enough to ask.

I'm not very good at this.

But I'll try.

I'm sorry...

Claire.

Now our voices aren't heard!

What are we gonna do about it?

- Stay here!

- Humans, not clones!

Humans, not clones! Humans, not clones!

Humans, not clones!

- Science is wrong!

- Humans, not clones!

- Science is wrong!

- Science is wrong!

- There's evil among us!

- There's evil among us!

- There's evil among us!

- There's evil among us!

- There's evil among us!

- There's evil among us!

And science is wrong.

How long will they be out there?

I don't know.

We have to leave.

Okay? Just...

- Okay.

- Just pack enough for a few days.

- We'll send for the rest.

- Okay.

- Science is wrong!

- The science is wrong!

- The science is wrong!

- The science is wrong!

- There's evil among us!

- There's evil among us!

- There's evil among us!

- There's evil among us!

Oh, my goodness. Hey, big girl.

- Can I hold her?

- No, not right now.

- Maybe when she gets a little bigger.

- Mommy, is it your baby?

No, she's not my baby.

- Is she our sister?

- Do we keep her?

No, but she's going to stay

with us for a little while, okay?

- Hi, Mary.

- Hello girls.

Okay, hop off the bed. Mary needs

to make the bed. Quick, quick, quick.

Scoot, scoot, scoot.

Will you all be all right

on your own tonight for dinner?

I think we'll be fine. I think you should

just go home and get some rest.

She is so adorable.

She just now woke up,

but she's been sleeping and sleeping.

Do you want to hold her?

I do. Mary? Mary!

Stop! Mary! Mary, stop!

- I'm sorry.

- You okay?

- What's wrong? What's wrong?

- I can't take it anymore.

- Mary, what's wrong? What happened?

- I want to leave. No. No!

Mary, what happened?

- Would you please talk to me?

- Please. I want to leave.

Okay.

Nothing happened. I'm just tired.

- Let me go.

- I talked to him.

I talked to him just now. Five minutes ago.

I called him, I talked to him.

He's gonna come over in the morning. He's

gonna check on Ethan, that's what he said.

And listen, once he sees Ethan,

he's gonna know what to do.

Oh, God.

How's she holding up?

Beautifully.

Wanted... this is what he said,

all he wanted

- was to rest among the reeds.

- It's brown.

Yes, are we... Rach, are we

in agreement that this is a duck?

- Yes.

- Okay, all right.

- So if this is a duck, what is this?

- A rooster.

It's a rooster? How can you tell

it's a rooster and not a chicken?

What does it mean to be human?

We are flesh and blood.

We are living, breathing organisms.

When we talk about changing ourselves,

from my perspective,

as a doctor and a biological scientist,

we talk about altering

our genetic structure,

our biology.

- What's on that?

- A butterfly.

That's right, it's a butterfly.

- Can we take the camel?

- You want to take the camel? We can.

- And the lamb.

- Dr. Reed!

Dr. Reed!

James, the girls wanted to see Elizabeth.

Can you watch them for a second?

He was gone when I found her.

Is she gonna be okay?

Ethan.

- Oh, my God.

- Claire!

You lied!

- Time and time again, you lied!

- If I told you the truth, you would've left!

Look, I made a decision. A bad decision.

I thought this was the more humane way.

Look, he was never supposed

to live this long.

He was harmless, I swear.

I couldn't kill him, Claire, I tried.

Believe me, I tried!

Claire! Claire!

Richard. Richard. Where's Ethan, Richard?

Where did he go?

I'm sorry, but there's nothing

we can do for her now.

I need you to listen to me, okay?

This is important.

I need to know how much he's grown.

How tall is he?

Four feet. Maybe.

Jesus.

You did this.

You did this. This is your fault.

It's your fault.

It's your fault. You did this!

Hey. Come on, you with me?

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