In the rear of the palatial house is a fish pond and fountain - a strange anomaly in the midst of a drought.Policeman Tom Duncan has put a bullet through his head with the revolver.At 3:00 a.m.(displayed on a giant grandfather clock), his "widow" Bertha Duncan (Jeanette Nolan) descends a staircase and discovers his body.In an attempt to drive off and escape in his Oldsmobile, he discovered that he was entrapped at the cabin due to a destroyed bridge.Connor ordered his helicopter rescue craft to be rerouted to take him to Resistance Command Headquarters (located in a submarine), but when denied, he determinedly dove from the chopper and entered the sub.