Spiders

Roger, copy.

Good morning, ladies and gents.

Hey, Jason.

I need a motorman's report on Lexington 126.

Good morning, George.

And slow Broadway 912 to three quarters, please.

Broadway 912, can you slow to three quarters?

Good morning, Pete.

Jason.

For Emily.

A hundred and sixty gigabytes? Hell, yes.

This shit will give her bragging rights.

That's, like, 10,000 songs, man. She's 12 years old.

Dude, it's the best they've got.

I know what the 18 year old girls are into.

Twelve, not really my area of expertise.

Yeah, I bet you do know what the 18 year old girls are into.

Living the dream, baby. God bless you.

Your boy on Columbus 245 is running behind again.

Columbus 245, can you speed up three quarters?

Did we lose power?

Somebody check the phone line.

What the hell was that? Jesus Christ!

We've got a disruption at Noble street.

Was that a bomb?!

Jimmy? Head for the exits. Come on.

Watch your step. Don't panic.

Exit at the end of the platforms. Yo!

Jimmy.

Jimmy, it's Jason. I need eyes down on Noble Street.

You on it? Jimmy, you copy?

Come on, out. Go!

Come on, man. Where the hell are you?

...all passengers... Yeah, I'm here.

What the hell's going on down there?

Hold your horses. I'm on my way.

Well, it looks like we got penetration

through the sidewalk into the Noble Street tunnel.

Was it a bomb?

Negative. Not a bogie.

I'll get eyeballs on it, get back to you.

If you haven't got eyeballs on it,

how do you know that it's not a bomb?

Hey, man, after three tours in Iraq,

I know what a bomb sounds like.

Jesus, man, just get me the information, will you?

Screw this. I'll call Homeland Security.

Yo. We got Broadway 912

getting there in about two minutes.

Switch it to the A line-

You get Caz on the line.

Hey.

Caz speaking. You guys feel that?

What, you mean the entire building shaking? Yeah.

Space debris. What?

It's all over the news. I knew it would happen.

They keep sending stuff into space, but when it gets outdated

no one wants to spend the money to take it down.

Apparently the satellite is of Russian origin.

Scientists expected that it would disintegrate

as it hit the Earth's atmosphere, and any unburned-

Just when I thought I'd seen every possible way

to screw up the Monday commute.

They said they had the thing tracked

as it entered the atmosphere.

Came off of a satellite launched in the 80s.

Nice of them to tell us about it.

I'm going down there.

We gotta get that line open by rush hour.

Yeah, okay. See you there.

Jimmy they're telling me that it's a piece of satellite.

Jimmy?

Do you read me?

Don't leave me hanging, man.

Jimmy?

Have you talked to Jimmy? Negative.

I'm going down there.

Keep trying him. If you get him, hit me.

You got it.

Of course we will bring you the very latest

on this developing story, as we learn it but for now,

let's go out live to John Smith who is near the crash site.

John, what are you seeing on the ground?

What have we got, a jumper?

I'm sorry.

It's Jimmy.

What?

He hit the third rail.

No, no.

No way.

He must've gotten disoriented in the dust.

There's really no other explanation.

Sorry, man.

That doesn't make any sense.

Jimmy's got way too much experience for that.

Jason, did you see him?

What, are you talking about Jimmy?

They're calling it electrocution.

No, it doesn't add up.

Yeah, I know. I'm with you.

Are you coming down?

I've got a half dozen suits flying around here.

I got it.

I'm sorry. I know you guys were close.

I gotta go.

No, I'm not getting anything.

Yeah, me neither.

I'm all clear in this area.

Come in, guys. It's all clear.

We're clear of radioactivity.

They found a chunk of metal,

they're bringing it to us now.

That's it?

You had a man down here right after it hit?

Yeah. Why?

Died of electric shock?

Dr. Darnoff, you recognize this? Mean anything to you?

Piece of the waste disposal module,

on the opposite side of the craft. Useless.

Alright. Looks like we're clear.

Civil, over to you. We're going back up.

Doctor, come with me.

So when can we open the station?

FEMA has no problem with it.

Homeland Security is satisfied.

New York City Department of Health

isn't satisfied.

The emotional health of a hell of a lot of commuters

is going to take a nose dive if we don't reopen by rush hour.

I'm sorry. You have waste disposal issues here.

They just said that there's nothing down here.

Department procedure.

What do you want me to do?

You want me to dust the subway tunnel?

I have a job to do, Jason. Yeah, I do, too.

You sure this is the Health Department speaking? Yes, it is.

I don't have time for this. Guys!

You have people here.

I'll supervise the crew myself.

We'll do our best to get it knocked out before rush hour.

Are we good?

Yeah.

Okay. Okay.

So, whose agency is picking up the tab

for the clean up and repair?

It was decommissioned in the 1980s.

So what, Russian?

Soviet Union.

It was a different country back then.

Yep. It's coming out of my budget.

Hey. Yeah, what's up?

I'm leaving Noble Street. I've gotta take care of something.

Copy that. Anything goes on down there, I want you to call me.

You've got it.

Uh, Pete? I've gotta bounce. Okay.

So then he texted, sure.

Really? That's odd.

He's an older guy. Eighth grade. Guys? Eighth grade?

Happy birthday, sweetie. Hi.

Okay, I really have to go. Bye.

Sorry I'm late.

It's okay. Thanks for covering.

I'm used to it. Thanks.

Good luck tonight.

Did you guys hear the news about Dad's subway?

Uh, yeah. It's weird.

I got all the presents, and I've gotta rush.

Okay. Bye.

Did Dad call? He sent me a text.

He's not gonna make it.

You know your dad means well.

You know he's trying, right?

He always tries, but he never does.

What if I just opened one?

Before dinner?

Well?

Okay.

Just take a seat.

Excuse me.

You with Transit Authority? Yeah. Hi.

Jason. Jason Cole. Doctor Stella. This way.

The EMT said he died...

from contact with the third rail.

What's your professional opinion on that?

Technically, yes.

What do you mean by technically?

Well, five years in the ER

I've seen every kind of gross there is, but this-

Is that Jimmy? I'm sorry.

Why is he opened up like that?

And what are those, what's that crap inside of his body?

Insect eggs.

Insect eggs?

Some insects, such as spiders,

plant their eggs in a foreign host.

And he had a bite to his lower left shin.

We removed these from his abdomen.

You mind if I take these to City Health?

Be my guest. It saves me the paperwork.

Thanks, Doc.