A scene from The Happening 2008
Elliot

[shots are heard firing in the distance]

Oh no...

Alma

What "oh no"?

Elliot

The toxin? The toxin's affecting them?

Woman in Group

Are those people killing themselves?

Realtor

You were with the Private, what do we do?

Alma

We need to do something!

Elliot

Just let me think...

Alma

[as shots continually fire in the background]

They're dying!

Elliot

I need a second...

Realtor

They released it? We're not near the roads!

Alma

We can't just stand here as uninvolved observers!

Elliot

I need a second, okay? Just give me a second!

Alma

We're not gonna be one of those assholes on the news who watches a crime happen and not do something! We're not assholes!

Elliot

Just a second!

Woman in Group

There were children in that group!

Alma Moore

Elliot, please, tell us what to do!

Elliot

I need a second, okay?! Why can't anybody give me a goddamn second?! [talks to himself] All right, be scientific, douchebag. Identify the variables.. isolate groups.. design the experiment.. that's what we're.. careful observation, measurements, that's what I'm trying to do, interpret the experimental data, interpret... What if it is the plants? That group was larger than ours. This thing's been escalating all day. Smaller and smaller populations have been setting this off. They react to human stimulus. Maybe people are setting off the plants?

Alma

What are you saying? That guy was crazy! We have to save them!

Elliot

They're already dead! What if they're targeting us as threats? This part of the field may not have been set off. Something in this field could be releasing the chemical into the air when there's too many of us together. Let's just stay ahead of the wind!

In this scene

Realtor Joel de la Fuente
Woman in Group Ashley Brimfield

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