Night of the Comet

00:31:31,830 --> 00:31:34,710 - What else do you want to know? - Skip it. 348 00:31:35,750 --> 00:31:37,620 Steel's gotta be the answer. 349 00:31:37,710 --> 00:31:40,670 If Sam spent the night in a lawn storage shed... 350 00:31:42,750 --> 00:31:44,960 - What? - <i>Again, ['01 an employee. I can't...</i> 351 00:31:45,040 --> 00:31:48,170 <i>Just our way of saying Merry Christmas to you from all...</i> 352 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,040 Testing. One, two, three, four. 353 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,580 This is Samantha Belmont, one-third owner... 354 00:32:19,670 --> 00:32:23,250 of the Greater Los Angeles basin speaking. 355 00:32:24,290 --> 00:32:26,080 <i>You guys?</i> 356 00:32:27,040 --> 00:32:29,080 <i>Hey, is anybody there?</i> 357 00:32:31,750 --> 00:32:33,830 Where'd you get this, a dime store? 358 00:32:34,790 --> 00:32:37,290 Beats me. It was given to me. 359 00:32:37,370 --> 00:32:40,500 Yeah, well, it might be all right for date night in the barrio... 360 00:32:40,580 --> 00:32:42,540 but if we run into any more of those guys outside... 361 00:32:42,620 --> 00:32:45,370 we're gonna need a little more stopping power. 362 00:32:50,290 --> 00:32:52,670 Date night in the barrio? 363 00:33:01,500 --> 00:33:03,830 And here's some other changes. 364 00:33:03,920 --> 00:33:06,210 Most of you guys had finals this week. 365 00:33:06,290 --> 00:33:09,710 Huh, later. They're history. They're canceled. 366 00:33:09,790 --> 00:33:13,210 The legal drinking age is now ten, but you will need ID. 367 00:33:13,290 --> 00:33:14,420 Let's be real. 368 00:33:14,500 --> 00:33:19,870 I'll be taking requests from all you teenage comet zombies on the hit line. 369 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:25,040 That's 5-5-5-4-4-8-7. 370 00:33:25,120 --> 00:33:28,120 Get it? 5-5-5-HITS. 371 00:33:36,040 --> 00:33:40,000 Do you know where the Armed Forces Reserve Center is at Los Alamitos? 372 00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,710 Yeah. 373 00:33:41,790 --> 00:33:44,620 My clad used to take us there for target practice. 374 00:33:45,420 --> 00:33:47,750 They store automatic weapons there. 375 00:33:48,420 --> 00:33:50,080 You know how to use 'em? 376 00:33:50,580 --> 00:33:52,290 Come on, Hector. 377 00:33:52,370 --> 00:33:56,710 The MAC-10 submachine gun was practically designed for housewives. 378 00:33:58,870 --> 00:34:00,500 I got a call. 379 00:34:00,580 --> 00:34:03,040 It came in on the hit line. 380 00:34:03,120 --> 00:34:04,500 Hello? 381 00:34:05,540 --> 00:34:07,250 - Hello. - It went dead. 382 00:34:07,330 --> 00:34:09,170 - Did they say they were okay? - I don't know. 383 00:34:09,250 --> 00:34:12,330 - They said they were in the desert. - The desert. What desert was it? 384 00:34:12,420 --> 00:34:14,420 - I don't know. - Shit! Think! 385 00:34:14,500 --> 00:34:18,170 Why don't you just pull your gun on her? Maybe you can scare it out of her. 386 00:34:18,250 --> 00:34:20,330 <i>They said they were like, part of a think tank...</i> 387 00:34:20,420 --> 00:34:23,960 <i>- a research group or something. - Where, was it in this State?</i> 388 00:34:24,670 --> 00:34:27,670 <i>- I forget. - Okay, let's take it real slow.</i> 389 00:34:27,750 --> 00:34:29,500 <i>Did they mention a town?</i> 390 00:34:29,580 --> 00:34:33,460 <i>Uh, someplace they were near, like maybe Blythe, Bishop?</i> 391 00:34:33,540 --> 00:34:35,580 <i>Uh, what about Edwards Air Force Base?</i> 392 00:34:35,670 --> 00:34:38,960 <i>If I knew, I'd tell you. I didn't expect the call, you know.</i> 393 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:42,330 <i>- I didn't take notes or something. - Just try and remember.</i> 394 00:34:42,420 --> 00:34:44,250 <i>You think I'm not telling you something on purpose?</i> 395 00:34:44,330 --> 00:34:46,710 Well, if they'll stay put, we can get them. 396 00:34:46,790 --> 00:34:48,170 From a psychological standpoint... 397 00:34:48,250 --> 00:34:50,420 the radio station represents a link to normalcy. 398 00:34:50,500 --> 00:34:53,540 I don't think they'll wander far as long as it's operating. 399 00:34:53,620 --> 00:34:57,920 Dr. Carter, I'd just like to say up front, I'm opposed to this. 400 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:00,960 There's no reason for us to bring those people... 401 00:35:01,040 --> 00:35:03,870 or any other survivors back here. 402 00:35:04,420 --> 00:35:08,330 What about the disintegration factor? You just want to let that happen? 403 00:35:08,420 --> 00:35:11,120 We don't know that the condition is progressive. 404 00:35:11,210 --> 00:35:13,290 I think we've established that, Audrey. 405 00:35:13,370 --> 00:35:16,210 Partial protection seems to result in a slowing of the overall effect. 406 00:35:16,290 --> 00:35:18,080 But progression is steady in any case. 407 00:35:18,170 --> 00:35:21,580 - Drying of the body fluids... - Oh, get to the point, Oscar! 408 00:35:21,670 --> 00:35:24,620 We've heard this a thousand times. What about the dust? 409 00:35:24,710 --> 00:35:27,870 Ultimately, there is nothing left but calcium dust. 410 00:35:27,960 --> 00:3