Airdate: December 3, 2002
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Bement, Illinois November 11, 1953
Kate Walker (frmr Keys) is reading a children's story to Jesse. Kate has married Russell's friend Bill Walker. Kate and Bill discuss Jesse and Russell, and Russell's coming to visit, but can't explain to her son why his father can't visit.
When Jesse goes to bed, a character from the children's story (a giant squirrel) peeks in the window. Jesse follows the squirrel out the window, jumps from the roof of the house, and walks to a tree with a door. The tree lights up, and the tree takes off, morphing into a "flying saucer"
Las Vegas, Nevada December 18, 1958
Colonel Owen Crawford is confronting his team of physicists as to why the craft won't fly, gets fed up and tells them all they're getting stationed in Iceland. During the confrontation, he alleges the Soviet Union already has alien technology since they're winning the space race with Sputnik. He introduces them to a German Physicist who works for Lockheed in the Skunkworks division.
Crawford and the physicist look at the inside of the craft, noting that they can't be inside for longer than 5 minutes without a severe headache, and most people can't be inside for longer than 20 without severe hemmoraging.
Crawford remarks that the scientists can't find the engine, and the physicist shows him a film archive of Dr. Golden and his encounter with a creature, noting how powerful the creature's mind is.
The physicist asserts that the craft can fly with the power of mind. Where do we get such power? Either you wait for another craft to crash or you find people with similar mind powers.
Lubbock, Texas December 19, 1958
Bullies threaten young Jacob Clarke in the morning of the last day of Fall Semester at his school. After School, they find him walking home and start pushing him around. Jacob tells Travis to look at him, and Jacob does some kind of mind control that is obviously painful.
Sally Clarke picks him up at home and they drive to a UFO convention in Amarillo.
Granby, Colorado December 19, 1958
A group of transients are sitting around a boxcar musing that Rock and Roll died when Elvis Presley joined the Army. Russell Keys joins them and keeps to himself.
Amarillo Texas December 19, 1958
A speaker on UFO's (didn't catch his name) alleges that the Visitors want us all to be friends...
Granby, Colorado December 19, 1958
...Russell is getting ransacked by the other transients, confronts them about his map and medals, and gets beaten, asked repeatedly what he thinks of Elvis getting drafted into the Army.
From out of nowhere, lights shine into the car from all directions, the transients go for the door to find out the train car is being lifted from the ground and into the air. Aliens walk Russell into the UFO from the train car, only to get poked and prodded...
Amarillo Texas December 19, 1958
...The alien visitors mean us no harm...
Aboard UFO December 19, 1958
Russell turns his head to see his son, Jesse, unconscious on another operating table.
Back on train car December 19, 1958
The hobos are gone, except for one, and he's making some dinner. The other transients left Russell's belongings for him, with no hard feelings.
Russell plots his capture and time of occurence on a map, trying to establish a pattern to get ahead of the alien abductors. The other transient explains that he's outsmarted there.
Bement, Illinois December 24, 1958
Russell is seen walking to his former home, Jesse answers the door, and Bill confronts Russell. He's obviously not wanted.
Bement, Illinois December 25, 1958
Jesse is making a snowman, Russell confronts him.
Groom Lake, Nevada December 25, 1958
Twin ladies are bussed to the base and are greeted.
Bement, Illinois December 25, 1958
Russell and Jesse jump on a train. Russell presents Jesse with his war medals. Russell has to explain to Jesse that the war didn't make him go away, and he didn't want to bring home what was happening to him and his mother.
Jesse acknowledges abductions.
Lubbock Texas December 25, 1958
Sally's two older children, Tom and Becky, come to visit their mother and brother.
Groom Lake Air Base, Nevada December 25, 1958
The twin ladies are now running experiments in telepathy. One is looking at a vase, listening to some music, the other is drawing the vase and humming the song.
Las Vegas, Nevada December 25, 1958
Colonel Crawford's wife and children are awaiting their father's return so they can all open presents. They eat dinner without Colonel Crawford
Aboard a Train somewhere in Illinois December 25, 1958
Jesse and Russell enjoy a can of uncooked Spam.
Las Vegas, Nevada December 25, 1958
The twin ladies are brought to see the UFO with mouths wide open. They are in the craft for 20 minutes:
"Give them five more minutes"
"That will kill them"
"They were dead the minute they set foot on this base."
Five minutes later, they discover dead twins.
Crawford goes home to a quiet house, kids asleep, wife confronts him
"What did I get you?"
"More than I bargained for!"
Tuscola, Illinois December 25, 1958
Jesse Wakes up from his nap in the boxcar, goes near train door, and sees the giant squirrell from his childhood.
Lubbock, Texas December 25, 1958
Tom is setting up UFO hoax pictures to show his mom how easy it is to fake the pictures and Jacob walks outside.
Sally made a "Contactor" and shows it off to her kids.
Mattoon, Illinois December 25, 1958
Russell doesn't know where Jesse is, Bill confronts him about it during his arrest of Russell.
Las Vegas, Nevada December 26, 1958
Owen Crawford confronts the German Physicist as to why the twins experiment didn't work.
Bement, Illinois December 26, 1958
Russell is behind bars talking to kate about Jesse's whereabouts, tries telling Kate about UFO, and she thinks he's crazy.
Flash to Jesse aboard UFO.
Lubbock, Texas December 26, 1958
Becky and Tom confront Sally about Jacob going to a "School for Special Kids" and her UFO conventions
Las Vegas, Nevada December 26, 1958
The Lieutenants talk about convincing the convention planner/emcee to talk about space brothers from Venus. They chuckle.
Owen Crawford sees a picture of Sally and Jacob at a convention, makes a mental note about Jacob's age.
Lubbock, Texas December 31, 1958
Tom does card tricks for Jacob, and talks to him about outer space not existing and that he should go to the school for gifted kids in Montana.
Amarillo, Texas December 31, 1958
Owen Crawford talks to Sally about her "Contacter" and they laugh and joke about the instructions that came in the box. She doesn't remember him, he makes up some story about how he lost his job with the Army and his wife due to filing a report about the flash he saw in the sky being from another world. He didn't believe before he saw the lights.
Owen makes a comment about her "Lone Star" earring
The crowd sings Old Lengzyme (sp?) to ring in the new year.
Aboard UFO December 31, 1958
Jesse in UFO, prod goes into nose to insert tracking device.
Amarillo, Texas December 31, 1958
Owen and Sally are outside their motel, and Sally makes a comment that Owen's wife was foolish to let him go.
Crawford pops the hood of the truck, and sabatoges it.
Bement, Illinois January 1, 1959
Bill tells Kate he called off the manhunt for Jesse.
Lubbock, Texas January 1, 1959
Car pulls up to the Clarke home, Jacob sees Crawford and realizes he's in danger, and runs away. Tom finds him and convinces him to come back.
Crawford is over for dinner and is eyed by Jacob. Crawford worked odd jobs when he left the army and he came into some money when his Uncle died, so he's looking at running a business. The diner owner is looking to sell. They also discuss Tom's "windfall" in the east Texas real estate market.
After dinner, Sally and Jacob are watching a western. Owen walks in, Jacob leaves. Owen mentions getting a motel for the night, Sally says he can stay in Tom's old bedroom.
Lubbock, Texas January 3, 1959
Sally gets the laundry while Owen is shaving. Jacob walks up behind him, telling him that he'll never fly Owen's saucer. Sally asks if they're doing okay, Owen mentions he has all the information he needs.
Las Vegas, Nevada
January 3, 1959Ann is on the phone trying to find Owen, tells Marty that Sam fell off the roof and broke his leg.
Lubbock, Texas January 3, 1959
Owen tells Sally that she's the sun and moon, they get it on.
Later, when Sally is taking down x-mas lights, Owen and Jacob are going "Fishing", and that's when Jacob tells Owen that he's not the only one who matters.
Ann shows up at the Clarke home, confronts Sally about her and her husband's affair, Becky and Tom come home to be at mom's side
Bement, Illinois January 4, 1959
Kate is in Jesse's room, looking at the squirrel book, hears a barking dog, and goes to the window. She rushes outside to find Jesse under the tree.
Bill confronts Russell
Lubbock, Texas January 4, 1958
At the diner, Jacob has Owen look into his eyes, then Owen gets the scare of his life.
Back home, Becky and Tom are talking about Jacob and Owen. There's no records of Owen Crawford after 1947. When Becky and Tom are driving home, they almost run over Jacob, they bring him home.
Sally decides the gifted school is best for Jacob so "they" can't find him. Tom burns down the shed, they make up story about Jacob's death.
Las Vegas, Nevada January 5, 1959
What are we gonna do about Eisenhower? We have two weeks to get this thing flying!
Crawford doesn't want to hear anything about that boy in Texas again.
Crawford family at home: kids go to bed early, Ann confronts Owen about affair with Sally, she wants to leave him.
Bement, Illinois January 5, 1959
Bill wants Jesse to talk about his time away, and tells him his Father was a war hero: something to be proud of.
Russell is outside of the house.
Missoula, Montana January 12, 1959
Jacob deals himself a Jack of Diamonds and looks to the sky.
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