The Kindred

What the hell?

Come on!

Hey!

Right there.

Hey, drive it or fuck it, pops!

Bring a stretcher, he's still alive.

Let's go!

According to the truck drivers,

the house was flipped off the rig

in the middle of the highway.

Guy never knew what hit him.

All right, that's it.

Keep it coming, keep it coming, come on.

Easy, easy.

Okay, here we go, back up, back up, back up.

Get them outta here!

Still alive?

His vital signs aren't bad,

but with these head injuries, I don't know.

Probably never wake up, right?

Hey!

Geez, what is this?

Hey, what the hell are you doing, man?

Get out.

- I said get out. - Okay, okay, okay.

It's gotta be like this.

Hey, come on, come on, man.

Look, look at the tooth, man.

Last time, you broke my damn jaw.

- No, it's gotta be this way. - Come on, man.

Son of a bitch.

Hello?

John?

No, is he there?

It's Dr. Larson.

Oh, no, he's at the lab.

Did you try him there?

I tried. The switchboard was closed.

ls it news about his mother?

Yes, good news.

She's regained consciousness.

Oh, thank God.

Come on up here soon, Sharon.

She could lapse again.

Oh no, don't even say that.

I'll, look, I'll have him there in 20 minutes, all right?

- Good. - Okay.

Hart, you better be getting home.

It's damn near 2:00 a.m.

You sure you don't need any help, Dr. Hollins?

Do you know what it is?

No.

Take a look.

This is a class of renegade proteins called prions.

Prions.

Hopefully they'll lead us

to the cause of Alzheimer's and other diseases.

John?

Dr. Larson just called, your mother came out of it.

He wants you there right away.

How long ago did he call?

20 minutes ago.

Did he say what kind of shape she was in?

No, he just said get there as soon as possible.

All right.

We can take my car, I left it by the front entrance.

Great, that'll save time.

They moved her from intensive care?

Dr. Larson said we should ask for him

at the desk, he wants to talk with you.

John.

Dr. Lloyd, good news.

My mother's regained consciousness.

Oh, good. That's great.

Bury it.

Who is that man?

Dr. Phillip Lloyd.

He looks like a well poisoner.

Well, he did work in germ warfare research for awhile.

Uh huh.

He won every prize there was except for the Nobel.

He'll probably win that for what he's working on now.

You don't know?

Nobody does.

When you get to his level,

you don't have to talk to people about your secret projects.

He worked with my mother for a couple of years before she retired.

I heard they had some kind of a falling out.

You've been great through this whole thing.

Don't let her talk too much. And if she starts rambling-

I never ramble.

Hello.

All the times I told you I never want to be kept alive

by extraordinary means.

Why didn't you pull the plug?

What is this, a complaint?

It wasn't just an accident, was it?

No, you had a heart attack.

You blacked out.

- Did I hurt anybody? - No, just yourself.

So what have you been doing all this time?

Sitting here waiting for my eyes to open?

Round the clock at first.

Sharon was here for a good part of that.

You two didn't get married while I was out of it, did you?

Wouldn't you love that?

So is there anything I can do for you?

You'll have to clean up for me.

Go up there and burn everything.

Burn everything?

Make sure you find the data relating to hemocyanin.

It was promising

but the side effects are too dangerous.

What is it?

Mother, what?

- What, Mother? - I just remembered.

Oh, dear God, that day.

That day I went for a drive

to find the courage to do what I had to do.

Oh dear God, he's still living, he's still alive.

Who's alive?

Look, you must go up there this instant, at once, today,

and end the experiment.

Burn the journals, the Anthony journals, burn them.

And don't, don't be tempted, John.

If you continue the experiment,

who knows what he might become?

Oh dear God, I never meant for it to go this far.

Calm down, I don't understand what you're saying.

Tell me what you're saying.

Anthony!

Everything is going to be fine.

Who is Anthony?

Your brother!

Quickly now, quickly.

Dr. Lloyd.

The hell are you doing here?

I thought I told you never to come here.

Good morning, Dr. Lloyd.

But now that you're here, you might as well come in.

Come on.

What's the matter, didn't Jackson reimburse you?

I need more.

Twice as much.

You haven't fallen in love with chemicals,

have you, Harry?

Hey, that's my business.

All right, that's your business.

Okay, tell you what I'll do.

I'll give you $100 more.

You're not hearing me, Dr. Lloyd.

Now I don't like to threaten the people I work with,

but if that's what it takes.

Come with me, I'll pay you what I owe you.

Come on.

I'm a leader, I fashion people.

I not only change minds and bodies,

I change the course of human evolution as well.

This where you keep all those braindead I bring you?

This is it.

Tell me something.

You still afraid of me?

Maybe you think I could get you discredited with what I know?

Discredited?

My friend, you could get me arrested.

You wouldn't betray a friend, would you?

Sure.

Good thing you're not my friend.

One thing I learned from my daddy,

never cross a guy who's got the eyes of a killer.

You think I've got the eyes of a killer?

Yeah, you do.

Hey!

Hey, Lloyd, come on!

Open up the goddamn door, Lloyd, come on!

Shit.

Can I get out through here?

Dr. Lloyd, please, please let me out, I won't tell anyone! Please!

No, no!

John.

How's your mother?

Resting, under sedation.

How did you find out about it, Hart?

Oh, no, I called your house this morning

to say I wasn't coming in and Sharon told me.

Then why are you here?

Just one of the team, I guess.

Any chance I can have the weekend off?

Not this weekend, no.

It's my parents' 35th wedding anniversary.

We'll see.

I knew that'd get him.

Thanks a lot.

Hi, Brad.

Good morning.

Listen, I'm trying to quit smoking today,

so therefore I'm not speaking to anybody.

Sorry about that.

Especially you, Hart.

Oh, more good news about your mother, I hope.