Ian and Louise

(Some days or weeks into the action) IAN AND LOUISE Nice out here, huh? Yeah, it's a nice view. Away from the noise. You know, I was just thinking about you. You approach language like a mathematician. You know that, right? I will take that as a compliment. Yeah, well, it is. As I watch you steer us around these communication traps that I didn't even know existed, it's like, "what?" I guess that's why I'm single. Trust me, you can understand communication and still end up single. I feel like everything that happens in there comes down to the two of us. Yeah, that's a good thing though, right? You and I? Have you seen the jokers that we're working with? Thank God I've got you! NEWS BROADCAST Tonight, the first photograph of the aliens goes viral. Biological contamination is a major risk factor at the Montana site. So say environmental pressure groups. 800.000 march on Washington to protest the government's handling of the crisis. All this, and more special coverage. CHAT SHOW First contact with whoever it is that is inside that thing, and who's running the show? The government. That's right, folks, the same government who ruined our healthcare and bankrupted our military. Look at these people! Most of them don't even have guns! We could be facing a full-scale invasion. Our president's willing to sit back and let them waltz in and take our country. We are falling asleep at the wheel, people! You know what I'm talking about. I know you do. What if the smartest thing we could do right now would be to give them a show of force? I'm talking about a shot across the bow. What do you think? Caller no. , you're on the air. What do you think? AT BASE What's this word? Planet. Louise? You all right? Yeah. Yeah, I'm fine. I'm not sure it's something i can... I can explain. When was your last checkup with Dr. Kettler? I'm okay. I'm gonna get some air. I'm okay. All right. I'm fine. Yep. How you feeling? Um... I need some sleep, but I'm fine. Yeah. You know, I was doing some reading, um, about this idea that if you immerse yourself into a foreign language, then you can actually rewire your brain. The Sapir-Whorf hypothesis. Mm-hmm. The theory that, uh... It... it's the theory that, uh, the language you speak determines how you think and... Yeah. It affects how you see everything. It was, uh... I'm curious... Are you dreaming in their language? I may have had a few dreams, but I don't... I don't think that that makes me unfit to do this job. Did you sleep? A little.