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Government Agent: [0:13:30] It was the fastest thing we could arrange, sir. [Stone looks at inside of completely unoccupied plane, says nothing, sits down. Telephone rings, agent hands phone to Stone.] It's for you, sir. Stone: I feel like Onassis.

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Stone: [to Deptsey] Drop us here, then rise to 1,000 feet. If we don't return... Dempsey: I know, proceed to Wildfire and... [draws hand across throat, makes noise] Stone: [to Hall] If something happens to us, the pilot and aircraft will have to be sterilized. Dempsey: Uh, that's not what they told me. Just incinerated.

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Dr. Jeremy Stone: Are you sure that isn't coronary? Dr. Mark Hall: No, coronary is painful. They should grimace. Dr. Jeremy Stone: If it was fast, they wouldn't have time! Dr. Mark Hall: Fast? These people were cut down in mid-stride!

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[reading a suicide note] "The Day of Judgement is at hand. Have mercy on my soul... and to Hell with all the others, amen!" This took time. Regardless of what made her do it... this took time.

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Dr. Jeremy Stone: I wouldn't believe you could commit suicide that way. Dr. Mark Hall: Most of them died instantly, but a few had time to go quietly nuts.

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Leavitt: You're lost. No one's been down this goat path for years. Burton: That's how it's supposed to look; they spent $50,000 on it. Leavitt: [incredulously] Putting in the potholes? Burton: Getting rid of the tread marks. Those big tractors leave a lasting impression. Lot of heavy equipment has passed this way.

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Dr. Charles Dutton: Something wrong? Dr. Ruth Leavitt: I never liked red lights. Reminds me of my years in a bordello.

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Dr. Jeremy Stone: Um... stop by your rooms and insert these before taking the elevator. Dr. Ruth Leavitt: I have risked drowning in that foul bath! I have been par-boiled, irradiated, and xenon-flashed! And now you suggest I— Dr. Jeremy Stone: I have to! We haven't done a thing about the G.I. tract yet. On Level 5, we must be as nearly germ-free as possible! Dr. Ruth Leavitt: Anyone care to join me for a smoke?

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Burton: I'm going to try a 2 micron filter. Toby Male Technician: This one's big, I'll have to get me a fly swatter.

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Toby: No sweat, sir. Those cages are airtight. Dr. Charles Dutton: I wish you would sweat a little more, Toby. Sweat is a safeguard against some kinds of bacteria and carelessness.

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Dr. Jeremy Stone: Stick to established procedures! Dr. Ruth Leavitt: Establishment gonna fall down go boom.

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Consultant: I'd say it was done by a chemical reaction of some sort, or maybe a microorganism. Gen. Sparks: Meaning? Maj. Manchek: Meaning there was something in that plane that consumes plastic.

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Karen Anson: Feeling better, aren't you, Mr. Jackson? Jackson: Yehhhp! You always have to wear that iron suit? Karen Anson: [imitating Jackson] Yehhhp!

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Dr. Mark Hall: Tell us what happened, Mr. Jackson. Jackson: I don't wanna think about it. Dr. Mark Hall: You know what people will say: "Piedmont was bad. That's why it was punished." First the town went crazy, and then was destroyed. Jackson: You're crazy. Folks at Piedmont was good! Decent, normal folks! Dr. Mark Hall: The man we found all dressed up in his doughboy's uniform - [the suicide in the bathtub] call that normal? Jackson: Pete Arnold, who worked at the store. It was the disease! Dr. Mark Hall: How do you know? Jackson: 'Cause the only thing wrong with him before that night, was sugar. Dr. Mark Hall: Diabetes? Did he take insulin? Jackson: Couple of times a day! Hated the needle. I tried to talk him into usin' squeeze.

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Presidential Aide: The boss'll be pleased to know that he made the right decision on 7-12 in the first place. Dr. Ruth Leavitt: [sarcastically] Congratulate him on his scientific insight!

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Dr. Jeremy Stone: Well, according to this, there'll be a super-colony of Andromeda over the entire southwest in— Dr. Charles Dutton: Jeremy! These are biological warfare maps! Dr. Jeremy Stone: Why, yes, so they are. Well, but… simulations, Charlie. Defensive! It's just a scenario. Dr. Ruth Leavitt: That's not the point, for God's sake! Wildfire was built for germ warfare! Wildfire and Scoop! And you knew, Stone! You knew it! Dr. Jeremy Stone: That's not true, Ruth! I learned about Scoop the same time you did! Dr. Charles Dutton: They already had Andromeda programmed! The purpose of Scoop was to find new biological weapons in outer space, and then use Wildfire to develop them! Dr. Ruth Leavitt: It stinks, Stone! Dr. Jeremy Stone: You're blowing your tops! We have no proof. Dr. Charles Dutton: The map! Dr. Jeremy Stone: Don't be an ass! That map only shows what Andromeda could do in the hands of an enemy! Dr. Charles Dutton: Enemy? We did it to ourselves!

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Karen: [baby wailing in background] Dr. Hall, may I please feed the baby now, he's been crying steadily! Hall: [to monitor] No! Keep him crying! And run another blood analysis! [to Burton] If I'm right, Jackson and the baby should have similar Ph levels. [to monitor] Karen, where's that analysis? Karen: [Irritated] It's coming up on your console, now. Peter Jackson: [turns to face CCTV camera] Hell of a way to run a hospital!

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Stone: Mark, come on, we've got to get out of here! There's no substation in this sector! [both of them run into corridor, turn left and see corridor connector closing, turn and run the other direction in time to see that connector closing] Public Address System: Five minutes to self destruct. Stone: When the bomb goes off there'll be a thousand mutations, Andromeda will spread everywhere, we'll never be rid of it! [pointing at uncompleted bomb cutoff substation)] The defense system is perfect, Mark. It'll even bury our mistakes.

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Sen. Phillips: This cloud-seeding business, Stone — [are] you absolutely sure it worked? You better be! Dr. Jeremy Stone: All reports continue to indicate that the experiment was successful, Senator. Sen. Phillips: Then we can feel confident your so-called biological crisis is over. Dr. Jeremy Stone: As far as Andromeda is concerned, yes. We have the organism at Wildfire, and we continue to study it. We know now beyond a doubt that other forms of life exist in the universe. Sen. Phillips: Thanks to Scoop. Dr. Jeremy Stone: Yes. [pauses] However, with this new knowledge, there's no guarantee that another "so-called biological crisis" won't occur again. Sen. Phillips: Hmm. What do we do about that? Dr. Jeremy Stone: Precisely, Senator. What do we do?