Phenomenon Page #6

Oh, wait, um--

l-l-l s-s-speak

a little Portuguese.

l don't know what you just said,

but it sounded great.

- Um--

- Sorry.

Okay. Uh, tomorrow

l come back. 9:
00. Okay?

l work, and we talk about money.

No, wait.

That's all l really know.

That and, um--

ls that right?

You're cute.

- Tomorrow.

- Tomorrow?

- Mm-hmm.

Tomorrow, then.

CQ. CQ?

This is W-B-6-Q-L-F.

Diana, if you can hear me,

l know you'll understand this.

l just met...

an angel from Portugal.

Here. ln my house.

You George Malley?

Jack Hatch, FBl.

Nate Pope sent a coded message

to Masterson Air Force Base.

No, no, no, no.

Nate-- Nate Pope did not send

a coded message to the air force base.

- l-l did.

- Well, who taught you

the cipher, Mr Malley?

Nobody. l just broke,

broke the code.

Who trained you?

As l said, nobody, l--

Oh, man.

Mm-hmm.

Well?

Can't do it.

- You can do it, Mr Malley.

- Too complex.

We're releasing Nathan Pope.

lt's about time.

Can l talk to him?

No.

Try this one.

You know, i-it was just

a game, okay? l mean, a game.

You caused the cancellation

of a top secret training

exercise, Mr Malley.

The scrapping of

an entire cipher system.

You cost the government

a lot of money.

So bill me.

l think he's what

he says he is, a fluke.

He's an independent,

playing some kind of genius games.

l want him tested.

- Can't keep holdin' him.

- Yes, we can.

- He resisted arrest.

- No, he didn't.

Yes, he did.

Test him.

All right, l'll start the questions,

and l'll be timing your responses.

And we'll be recording. Any questions?

What's your first name?

Uh, my first name is Bob.

- Hi.

- Shoot, Bob.

Right.

Name as many mammals

as you can in sixty seconds.

Ready. Go.

Hmm. Sixty seconds. Well, how would

you like that? How about alphabetical?

Aardvark, baboon, caribou,

dolphin, eohippus, fox,

gorilla, hyena, ibex, jackal,

kangaroo, lion, marmoset,

Newfoundland, ocelot, panda,

rat, sloth, tiger, unicorn,

varmint, whale, yak, zebra.

Now, varmint is a stretch.

So is Newfoundland. That's a dog breed.

Unicorn is mythical.

Eohippus is prehistoric.

But you weren't being

very specific now, were you, Bob?

Well,

l'll-- l'll try to be more specific.

- You ready for the next one?

- Shoot.

Answer as quickly as you can.

How old is a person born in 1928?

Man or woman?

- Why?

- Specifics, Bob.

Okay, one more time.

How old is a man born in 1928?

Still alive?

lf a man is born in 1928,

and he's still alive, how old is he?

What month?

lf a man was born

October 3, 1928,

and he's still alive, how old is he?

- What time?

- 10:
00.

- P.M.

- Where?

- Anywhere!

- Well, let's get specific, Bob.

l mean, if the guy's still alive,

born in California,

October 3, 1928, 10:00 p.m.,

he's 67 years, 9 months, 22 days,

lf he's born in New York,

he's three hours older now, isn't he?

How do you do that?

How do-- How do you

make that pencil move?

ls that a trick pencil?

No. l ask it to move.

l mean, l could say that l will it,

but that would be more like a command.

This is more like a collaboration,

a partnership.

- Partnership?

- Mm-hmm.

- With a pencil?

- Well, why not?

We're all made up

of the same stuff, aren't we?

- Wood?

- Energy, Bob.

- You know, the little pieces.

- Right.

l want to go home.

How the hell can l get home, Bob?

l don't know. Sorry.

Hey.

- They say you haven't slept.

- Mmm.

Who's that? My keepers?

l'm all right.

You know, you're

a pretty gifted man, Mr Malley.

No, no, really.

We were hopin'--

Well, l was kind of hopin'...

that you might find something

that you enjoy doin'.

Something useful in our world.

- Your world?

- lntelligence.

Ah, no, no, no, no.

lt's home for me, Jack.

l'm jumpin' out

of my skin here.

l mean, l want my life.

l want my life.

- What do you want?

- lt's not what l want.

What do they want?

They want to feel safe.

They don't feel safe with you out there.

W-W-W-Why would they? They've having me

break codes all night. Secret codes.

l mean, there-- l shouldn't be listening

to a code from Britain to Saudi Arabia.

l mean, these are our allies. lf-if you

guys are gonna accuse me of a crime...

or keep me here, l'll tell the press.

Or l'll call London or Riyadh.

l know all the, uh,

capitals now, by the way.

You can test me.

My interest in Mr Malley has

to do with seismology and geology.

lt has nothing to do

with security issues.

Oh, l know,

but that's not the point.

Mr Malley has been released

without charges, but he is

considered a security risk.

l'll be frank with you.

He's an unknown quantity.

And we'd feel better

for the time being...

if he wasn't granted

any access to the institutions...

where sensitive government projects

are in the works.

- Access?

- Access even to personnel.

- Lace?

- Ohh.

lt's-- lt's me.

- Hi.

- Hi.

- l'm sorry l didn't--

l didn't come through the front door,

but l was so afraid l'd wake the kids.

Oh, that's okay, that's okay.

- Are you all right?

- Yeah.

l wanted to see ya.

Nate told me about the FBl.

l'm so glad they let you go.

Yeah, well, they had no choice, but

they, they are watching me so closely.

l think l scare them.

You scare me too.

l do? Hmm.

Listen, George, this is

getting really complicated.

l just, uh-- l just don't know

what's going to happen next.

l should probably

leave you alone, shouldn't l?

l guess so.

l'll see ya.

Bye.

Hey.

- You want a beer, George?

- Yep.

Look, Nate--

l am really sorry

for what happened, okay?

l told them everything, George.

l told them

everything about you.

Everything.

Well, you know, that's

supposed to happen, okay?

- l mean, you know, it's, uh--

- You just think you're

not going to be so scared,

and you're sittin' there--

you don't know what's gonna happen,

then all of a sudden...

somethin' happens inside you, right?

And you don't know what it is, but--

lt's all right.

l-l-lt was my game, you know?

What'd they do to you, George?

They tested me.

What did they find out?

- l'm pregnant. That's how it feels.

- How what feels?

Yeah, you know, to be full of ideas

and you can't deliver, okay?

l mean, you know, you're ready

to break out and you can't deliver.

You know, uh, this professor,

he won't even talk to me.

He won't even talk to me.

- You're not going to Berkeley, George?

- Oh, come on. Me, at Berkeley?

- That's a thought, huh?

- l'm sorry, buddy.

You mean, inventions?

You got inventions?

No, no. ldeas, okay? l get a thousand

ideas a day, every d-damn minute. Okay?

l got big, big, ''holy cow''

kind of ideas and, and little

''what if'' ideas. All right?

Hey, l got ideas for you, Jimmy.

Look at this.

Look at this. Your parking lot--

it's laid out all wrong, okay?

Now, if you just

follow this, right,

you can put six more cars in and

nobody gets fender benders. All right?

Where's Paulette?

Where is she? Bonnie, here. Take this.

This is a new route for our mail. Okay?

Now, if she does this,

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