- You're about to learn something that's going to change your entire worldview.

This is your last chance to change your mind.

We can put the blindfold back on, take you back home, and your life will remain the same.

But after this, you won't be able to discuss anything you learn here with anyone for as long as you live, not even your wife.

If you break this trust, thanks to all these contracts and non-disclosure agreements and whatnot, I'll have the right to lock you up for the rest of your life.

Do you understand?

- Yes.

- Do you want to proceed?

- Miller, switch to me camera, please.

Not what you're expecting.

Huh?

- Will.

- That's a, that's an - - That's the interview subject.

- The what?

- Let's take a walk.

You'll need this so we can stay in contact.

- Hi.

Beethoven?

Hear any of his new stuff?

Talking to an alien for the first time and you're talking about Beethoven.

All right.

Will.

Damn.

Will.

I think we broke the ice today.

I'm going to go, but I will.

See you soon, buddy.

Did you say something?

- Don't - Worry, kid.

You got to put it in some perspective.

You've just given the folks around here years of data to work on.

It's more than your predecessors have done for the last 60 years.

- Can I ask you a favor?

- Anything.

- Do you have a decontamination chamber here?

I want to go home for the night.

- Since we found it, we haven't been able to communicate with it.

It ignores us.

It has resisted any attempts to take samples.

So to mitigate risk, we don't force it.

The point being, all of these great intellectual minds have failed.

This time, we decided to diversify.

Instead of a specialist, we though we'd find someone with their hands in a couple of different fields.

Competent in all of them, but master of none.

You ready for another round?

- You don't want to talk, huh?

That's all right with me?

You don't want to talk, you get silence.

Nothing but silence.

Quiet.

Just listen to it.

Rattling around in your alien brain.

I bet it's torture.

The silence, I mean.

- Well, it's had silence for the better part of 60 years.

- Now that I have your attention, I have some ink plots here for you to look at.

- It's got a 2875 ranking will.

- I'm going to try reading you a book.

It's considered to be one of the.

- Let me guess, chariot of the gods.

- You want to interview me?

Maybe you would like to play a game of chess.

- Grandmaster.

The White House have said that he really.

- All of my files, everything that I have.

International economic emergency economic powers law.

They basically.

- Hey, at least you'll be done with your assignment tomorrow and you won't have to work late anymore.

- Don't jump up.

I'll go.

- At Camp David, tensions were high, such that all communications had ceased.

It was then Carter noticed a picture of the three major participants on his desk, and he directed his secretary to obtain the names of their grandchildren.

Later, he told Beguine, "This is not just for us, this is for our grandchildren."

Beguin was profoundly moved.

The Camp David Accords were considered a triumph for Carter's career.

- Today's my last day.

I'm sure you're happy to not have to hear my voice ever again.

Look, I don't know where you're from, but I know you have to mess up.

There's something I want to show you before I go.

This is my family.

That is Jennifer right there.

She's my wife.

A couple weeks, we've been together for 12 years and.

This is our girl, Dana.

She's, she's a really good kid.

Forget it.

- They're lovely.

- Did that thing just freaking talk?

Yeah.

- So how did you learn to talk?

- My species can learn other forms of communication very quickly or quite adaptable.

- Why'd you come here?

- It's a long story.

- We have time.

- Ah, Carl Sagan.

I liked him.

- Are you saying that he.

I. What?

- I think I'll tell you my story tomorrow.

See you then.

- But today's my last day.

The government only gave me a month to interview you.

It's now or never.

- Oh, I think they'll give you more time now.

Well.

- Why me?

Why now?

- I think it's because you remind me of myself.

- Really?

- Oh, yes.

See you tomorrow.

- See you tomorrow.

- Kirby, get the president on the line.

- No.

See.

Going up.