Virtuality Page #4

Synopsis: Twelve extremely talented men and women have been chosen to be part of the Phaeton mission, a 10-year trek to explore a distant planetary system. In order to endure the stress of being confined to their high-tech vessel, the crew passes the time using advanced virtual reality modules that allow them to take on various identities. But as the ship approaches a critical phase of their journey, a deadly flaw is discovered in the virtual system, forcing them to question if someone onboard might be a killer.
Director(s): Peter Berg
Production: Fox Network
  Nominated for 1 Primetime Emmy. Another 1 nomination.
 
IMDB:
5.9
Year:
2009
87 min
49 Views


[beep]

309

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15:38,241 -- 00:15:40,819

All doctors really work

under pressure...

310

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15:41,375 -- 00:15:42,881

Eh, because as a doctor,

311

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you have to respond

to emergencies all the time,

312

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15:46,479 -- 00:15:48,735

and we're trained

to do so.

313

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15:49,141 -- 00:15:51,884

Hey, doc.

You wanted to see me?

314

00:
15:52,866 -- 00:15:53,770

Yes.

315

00:
15:54,042 -- 00:15:56,921

Um, there's something

I need to tell you.

316

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15:57,973 -- 00:15:59,212

This can't be good.

317

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15:59,247 -- 00:16:00,850

[scoffs]

Afraid not.

318

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16:09,064 -- 00:16:10,115

[sighs]

319

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16:10,537 -- 00:16:12,282

All right, tell me.

320

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16:14,083 -- 00:16:15,787

A member

of the crew is ill.

321

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How ill?

322

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16:18,468 -- 00:16:20,237

Bad enough

to send us home.

323

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16:22,354 -- 00:16:23,374

Who?

324

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Me.

325

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[camera whirring]

326

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[rock music]

327

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[singing in Japanese]

328

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iSis, I hope you know how proud

we all are of you,/i

329

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iboldly going where no girl

from the lower ninth ward/i

330

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ihas gone before./i

331

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iLittle Henry here

will be in his teens/i

332

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iby the time

you get back,/i

333

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17:10,141 -- 00:17:12,740

iso he'll thank

his big, brave aunt in person./i

334

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17:12,808 -- 00:17:14,577

i[sighs]

[Henry crying]/i

335

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17:14,611 -- 00:17:17,356

iI better get going

before I start bawling too./i

336

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17:18,109 -- 00:17:20,343

Bye, sis. Love you.

337

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17:20,410 -- 00:17:21,001

[beep]

338

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17:24,153 -- 00:17:26,178

Do you and Kenji ever talk

about having kids?

339

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17:26,245 -- 00:17:27,912

- Yeah.

- And?

340

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And, I mean,

341

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you know--

you know the rules.

342

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17:30,349 -- 00:17:32,214

We couldn't be on the mission

if we had kids,

343

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17:32,282 -- 00:17:34,985

so we decided that

the mission was more important.

344

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17:35,020 -- 00:17:37,560

Alice, baby, come on.

345

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17:38,452 -- 00:17:39,465

We're on a ship.

346

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17:39,495 -- 00:17:41,520

We're gonna be here

for 9 and a half years.

347

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17:41,555 -- 00:17:43,185

I'm sure that if you wanted

to get pregnant,

348

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17:43,252 -- 00:17:44,519

you could do

whatever you wanted.

349

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17:44,587 -- 00:17:46,853

Who would want to raise a child

in a metal tube?

350

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17:46,921 -- 00:17:49,454

I mean, have this be

the only world they know?

351

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[beep]

352

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[sighs]

353

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18:29,705 -- 00:18:32,114

[beeps]

354

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18:34,141 -- 00:18:35,370

Eight weeks?

355

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18:37,113 -- 00:18:37,984

I'm sorry?

356

00:
18:38,808 -- 00:18:41,342

Oh, you're just starting

to show,

357

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18:41,410 -- 00:18:43,658

so I'm guessing.

Eight weeks?

358

00:
18:44,212 -- 00:18:47,903

Uh, yes. Eight.

359

00:
18:49,176 -- 00:18:51,492

Oh, you won't feel

anything yet, hon.

360

00:
18:51,608 -- 00:18:54,231

But they will be able

to show you the heartbeat,

361

00:
18:54,342 -- 00:18:55,724

and that's when

it really hits you.

362

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18:55,775 -- 00:18:56,805

[chuckles]

363

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18:56,840 -- 00:18:57,651

Trust me.

364

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18:57,856 -- 00:18:58,698

Wow.

365

00:
18:59,813 -- 00:19:01,278

Is this your first?

366

00:
19:03,100 -- 00:19:04,201

Yes.

367

00:
19:05,014 -- 00:19:06,080

Wow.

368

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19:10,250 -- 00:19:11,634

[door opens]

369

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[door closes]

370

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Mrs. Thibadeau,

it's good to see you again.

371

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19:35,049 -- 00:19:36,637

Dr. Fallon,

you wanted to see me?

372

00:
19:36,672 -- 00:19:37,822

Billie, good.

Come in. Sit down.

373

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19:37,891 -- 00:19:40,221

I, uh, finished a rough cut

of yesterday's shoot,

374

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19:40,256 -- 00:19:42,125

and I think

you should see this.

375

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19:42,192 -- 00:19:46,380

iAs Phaeton approaches

our final go/no go point/i

376

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iwhere a slingshot around Neptune

can send us home.../i

377

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- ior.../i

- Oh, God.

378

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ilaunch us into deep space/i

379

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19:52,996 -- 00:19:55,994

iand the next phase of

our five-year journey to Eridani,/i

380

00:
19:56,029 -- 00:19:59,172

ithe air of tension aboard

is palpable./i

381

00:
19:59,207 -- 00:20:00,315

That's terrible.

382

00:
20:00,632 -- 00:20:03,346

Billie, you're a natural.

383

00:
20:03,467 -- 00:20:05,571

And it's not just me

that thinks so.

384

00:
20:05,607 -- 00:20:07,789

Five billion viewers

can't be wrong.

385

00:
20:09,204 -- 00:20:10,093

What?

386

00:
20:11,224 -- 00:20:13,690

Five billion.

387

00:
20:13,725 -- 00:20:14,266

[chuckles]

388

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20:14,306 -- 00:20:16,572

That's the best ratings

we've had since the launch,

389

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20:16,640 -- 00:20:19,314

and it's way better than

anything I got when I was host.

390

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20:19,341 -- 00:20:20,536

What are you

talking about?

391

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20:20,643 -- 00:20:22,808

I've been talking

to the consortium and...

392

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20:22,877 -- 00:20:24,017

we're all in agreement.

393

00:
20:24,610 -- 00:20:25,909

I'm still gonna

produce the show,

394

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20:25,977 -- 00:20:29,171

but from now on, you're gonna be

the voice of Phaeton.

395

00:
20:29,206 -- 00:20:31,009

You've got

to be kidding, right?

396

00:
20:31,044 -- 00:20:33,023

You've got something

that just can't be bought.

397

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20:33,714 -- 00:20:35,151

People relate to you.

398

00:
20:35,186 -- 00:20:37,089

I don't think

this is a good idea.

399

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20:37,687 -- 00:20:39,748

Look at it like this:

You're doing me a favor.

400

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20:39,816 -- 00:20:42,220

I'm a shrink. I was never

any good at any of this.

401

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20:42,584 -- 00:20:45,050

As the realities

of this mission sink in,

402

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20:45,118 -- 00:20:47,739

I'm gonna be getting a lot

more patients through my door.

403

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20:49,287 -- 00:20:51,278

Dr. Fallon,

I don't know what to say.

404

00:
20:51,313 -- 00:20:52,463

Well, say yes.

405

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20:53,289 -- 00:20:55,270

- [sighs]

- Yes.

406

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20:55,321 -- 00:20:57,016

- [laughing]

- Yes.

407

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20:58,547 -- 00:20:59,584

Say yes.

408

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20:59,591 -- 00:21:01,081

JEAN:

iExcuse me, Dr. Fallon./i

409

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21:01,325 -- 00:21:03,250

iManny and Val

would like to speak with you./i

410

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21:04,384 -- 00:21:05,738

Oh, this'll be fun.

411

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21:06,897 -- 00:21:08,487

Congratulations, Billie.

412

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I'm really proud of you.

413

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iIt's two days and counting/i

414

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21:13,635 -- 00:21:15,364

iuntil the Phaeton

reaches Neptune,/i

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