War of the Worlds

No one would have believed in the early years of the 21st century...

that our world was being watched by intelligences greater than our own.

That as men busied themselves about their various concerns,

they observed and studied...

the way a man with a microscope

might scrutinize the creatures that swarm and multiply

in a drop of water.

With infinite complacency, men went to and fro about the globe,

confident of our empire over this world.

Yet, across the gulf of space,

intellects vast and cool and unsympathetic

regarded our planet with envious eyes...

and slowly and surely drew their plans against us.

Ray!

- Ferrier. Whoa. -

I need you back at 4:00 instead of 12:00.

- I got half of Korea coming in. - No, no, no. I can't.

I'm on a 12-hour blow. Call Tedesco.

Tedesco can't move 40 containers in an hour!

- I wish I... - I gotta have somebody to do double-picks.

I wish I could help you, Sal. Goddamn union regulations.

Come on. I'm in a position here.

Come on, you remember the union regulations, Sal.

You know what your problem is?

I can think of a couple women who'd be happy to tell you.

- 8:30? Did we say that? - We said eight o'clock.

Hey, this is...

this is one safe-looking new vehicle you got yourself here, Tim.

- Congratulations. - Thank you.

- Eight o'clock, huh? - Mm-hmm.

We'll be back by 9:30 on Sunday, depending on the traffic.

There he is!

You got a hug?

Confusing handshake? Kick in the teeth?

The door's locked. Still working on those manners?

Hello, Dad.

Hello, Rachel.

Hurry up! I gotta get to work!

Here, honey. Let me give you a hand getting that inside.

- The door's locked. - Sweetheart, let me get it.

- I don't mind. I got it. - Hey, she said she could get it.

- She said she could get it. - I'll just get it in the door.

It's got rollers. Just roll, roll it.

Yeah. But we can't roll it up the stairs, can we?

Really, I got it from here, okay?

It's a 302 V-8. It's, uh...

It's gonna be out of here next week.

You better get going if you want to beat the traffic,

- don't you think? -

You're out of milk.

And everything else.

Yeah. Could you close the door, please? 'Cause that's my refrigerator.

I'm gonna go wait outside.

- Okay, sweetheart. -

I'll see you in a few days.

Bye, Tim.

- I better get this upstairs. - Let me... let me get it.

- Mom, Mom, Mom. Mom. - Mary Ann, let me get this.

- Okay. Okay. Okay. - Excuse me.

- -

A little old to still be sharing, aren't they?

- I don't hear any complaints. - No, I do.

Robbie's got a paper

on the French occupation of Algeria due Monday,

which he's yet to begin.

It would be nice if he were done by the time we got back,

so I don't have to keep him up all night on Sunday.

I just gotta type it up.

No, you just gotta start

- writing it first. - I love you, Mom.

I love you.

Listen to your father.

Mm. Oh, no shoes on the bed.

- We'll be at my parents' house in Boston. -

But don't call the house line, you know...

Well, the point is I've got my cell phone, so if anything comes up,

or if you have any questions, just call.

Believe it or not, I can handle it.

I'll leave the phone on.

- Mary Ann? -

Uh, it's a good look for you.

You think?

Yeah.

- Take care of our kids. -

Mary Ann, you got nothing to worry about.

Listen, you tell your mom that Ray sends his love and kisses.

Right. She'll love that.

The Ukraine, a country of some 52 million people,

is in almost total blackness tonight

in the wake of a series of freakish lightning storms

of catastrophic proportion, which struck the country

at approximately 4:00 a.m. local time.

E.M.P. or electromagnetic pulse, which causes a temporary interruption

of all electrical current within its field.

As in the Ukraine, there are scattered reports

that the E.M.P. here was followed by seismic activity

on the scale of an earthquake,

measuring 6.5 on the Richter scale. This...

Baseball season's over.

Five minutes. It's not gonna kill you.

There he is.

- - Boston?

That's how it is?

That how it's gonna be?

- Careful with that throw. - Whatever, Ray.

Mom says you got a report due on Monday,

so you are gonna work on that when you're done here.

Yeah, I'm almost finished. I just gotta type it up.

Yeah, bullshit.

Yeah? What do you know, Ray?

Everything. Haven't you heard? Between me and my brother,

we know everything.

What's the capital of Australia?

That's one my brother knows.

Okay with you if I just laugh the first 500 times, you tell that one?

Just do your report.

We don't send you to school so you can flunk out.

You don't pay for it. Tim does.

That's half what I got.

You're an asshole. I hate coming here.

That why you act like such a dick?

What?

That's not how you're gonna get through to him.

- If you want him to listen to you... - Wh... what are you, your mother, or mine?

- Where you going? - I'm going to sleep.

I work for a living.

- What are we supposed to eat? - You know, order.

Three and two, oh.

- ...electromagnetic storms... - ...storms were tra...

Oh. And I'll have my own little secret!

- Good idea, eh, Gary? - No.

Oh. What do you know? You're a snail.

Come on.

What's the matter?

- Got a splinter. - Oh?

Where'd you get it? Come here.

On your porch railing.

Do you need me to... What? To do what?

You want me to... You want me to take that out?

Absolutely not.

Well, come here. Let me see it. Let me see it.

- Dad? - Wait.

Just look. Don't touch it! Dad!

I can't... You're moving it around.

- Okay. But don't touch it! - Stop moving.

Just look at it.

- It's gonna get infected. - No, it won't.

- Yes, it's gonna get infected. - No, it won't.

When it's ready, my body'll just push it out.

- Push it out, huh? - I read that.

You should get TiVo. Tim got it for my room.

- TiVo. - It's awesome.

I can watch all my shows after homework.

Yeah, I'll just put it on my, uh, platinum card.

Robbie? Robbie?

Wh... what is that?

- Hummus. - Hummus?

From the health food place.

I kept one of their menus last time we were here.

You said order!

I meant, order food.

- Where is Robbie? - He went out.

Out where?

I don't know. He just took your car and left.

Who said that? Who's there?

- Uh... - It's the clam burglar.

- -

- -

You ever see something like that?

Springtime, maybe. Not this time of year.

Come on. We can see better from the backyard.

- -

You gotta come see this!

- That is so weird. - What?

The wind is blowing towards the storm.

- That is weird. -

Hey, watch it.

Rachel! You wanna see something cool?