Events that Lorraine had earlier described weren""t exactly fulfilled - George was ""bird-watching"" (actually he was a peeping tom) when he fell into the street from a tree limb.Silas Stone (Joe Morton) resuscitating his mutilated son Victor Stone (after a near fatal accident) with the use of a Mother Box (a cube-shaped piece of alien technology) o cybernetically enhance his lost body parts.He quotes Samuel Johnson""s words: "Patriotism...is the last refuge of a scoundrel." Mireau hreatens that Dax will be relieved of his command if he doesn""t agree to the attack.Although he is tired, Dax concedes to the plan o stay close to his men and to follow military orders: "If any soldiers in the world can take it, we""ll take the Ant Hill.Everyone is baffled and wonderstruck.One of the researchers, David Laughlin from the opening sequence, exclaims and asks: "I don""t believe it.