Reporter Carter Jones is on her way to work when her cellular phone picks up a suspicious conversation about the "removal" of a controversial author. Her journalistic curiosity piqued, Carter investigates, despite the objections of her boss and the police. As a result, she finds herself in a deadly game of cat and mouse, involving a strange man with violet eyes, an ill-fated cruise, and people who disappear leaving behind only a pile of purple ash. Can Carter get to the bottom of these mysterious disappearances? Or will she be the next to vanish?
A scout for an extraterrestrial species infected passengers and the captain of a commercial boat during his time on Earth. Consequently, a member of this same extraterrestrial species seeks out everyone that was aboard the sailing vessel so as to rectify the potential outbreak by transposing the victims back to his and the scout's home world. As a result of her investigation, the female reporter becomes infected herself and must leave Earth to prevent dispersal of the epidemic. Fortunately, though, she has two weeks until she becomes contagious, during which time she makes amends with her father and ties up all her loose ends. Ultimately, she and the alien vanish to the alien's home world, leaving behind peculiar purple ash on the ground with an image of the two ash piles holding hands.
By Tim McCree (Tim_m) on Friday, February 02, 2024 - 5:26 am:
Ally Sheedy was good in this episode.
I've liked her acting since her Brat Pack days in the 80's.