Government Traps An Alien That Fell From The Sky Unaware It Will Do Anything To Protect A Girl
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Summary
## Key takeaways - **Alien's aggressive nature revealed**: After Renee frees the alien from a hunter's trap, it initially screeches and flees, but later tackles her, drooling and showing a more aggressive side before she can communicate with it. [02:14] - **Renee's bond with the alien**: Renee decides to keep the alien, naming it Croak, and sings to it, assuring it she will protect it, showing a developing connection despite its unusual behavior. [04:26], [04:56] - **Government's interest and methods**: Agent Jonathan reveals that Renee is not the first to find an alien and survive, but the government wants to study her to learn how to kill them. [10:46] - **Alien's protective instincts**: When Chase attacks Renee, Croak intervenes, tackling Chase and killing him, demonstrating a strong protective instinct towards Renee. [09:58] - **Alien's apparent demise and revival**: After being shot multiple times by Jonathan, Croak appears to die, but later wakes up in a government lab, suggesting its resilience. [12:25], [12:41]
Topics Covered
- An alien crash-lands and forms an unlikely friendship.
- Can we truly tame the wild?
- Abusive relationships can create lasting trauma.
- True friends protect each other, no matter the cost.
Full Transcript
In the middle of the night, a strange
object falls from the sky and crashes in
the desert. The impact is seen by a
hunter and his dog who won't stop
barking. The dog runs toward the
mysterious object to investigate, but
immediately comes back. The hunter hears
a roar and gets ready to shoot while the
dog runs away in fear. The next day,
Renee says goodbye to her dead pet
lizard and cremates it on the grill.
Then, she reminds her mother, Linda,
that she needs to drive her to the store
because she has to buy food for her pet
snake. Linda admits she's not a fan of
Renee having creepy animals as pets.
When Linda's boyfriend, Chase, joins
them for breakfast, Renee tries to
ignore him, causing Chase to scold her
for not even saying good morning. On her
way out, Renee furiously scratches
Chase's van in revenge. At school, Renee
is a loner and other kids make fun of
her. During lunch, Renee sits at the
same table as Gil, who is also an
outcast. Gil tries to make some
conversation, but Renee only wants to
eat. After class, Linda is late picking
Renee up. When Linda tries to ask her
daughter's day, Renee immediately
changes the subject to Linda's lateness
and learns that her mother didn't go to
work today. Renee wants her mother to
call the doctor and get a better
prescription, but Linda assures her that
she just had a bad morning. This makes
Renee realize that Linda and Chase had a
fight and tells her that they should
break up, pointing out that Chase
doesn't even help and only spends his
days drinking. Linda explains that Chase
needs her and being needed is a nice
feeling. At home, Renee feeds her
collection of creepy pets and even sings
to them while playing the banjo. She
realizes that her snake is her best
friend, which is depressing. During
dinner, Chase mentions the scratches on
his van and indirectly blames Renee, but
Linda forces him to change the topic.
Then, Chase complains about the bad
smell of their microwave, so Renee
explains she heated a dead rat for her
snake. Chase freaks out about how
unsanitary that is, and Renee gets
sassy, so Chase throws chips at her
face. A distressed Renee bursts out of
the house and hears Linda and Chase
arguing inside. Tired of the situation,
Renee gets on her ATV and drives to the
middle of the desert to cry alone. At
that moment, she finds the hunter's
overturned truck and a crater nearby.
When she turns around, she sees a
terrifying monster roaring, so she runs
to take cover. The creature tries to
follow her, but it's chained to the
truck. It starts dashing all over the
place, trying to break the chain to no
avail. Eventually, it gives up and lies
down defeated. Renee uses the chance to
run back to the ATV and freezes when she
notices that the creature is in pain
because it got caught in the hunter's
trap. After some hesitation, she goes to
the truck and removes the chain. The
creature screeches and Renee rushes to
the ATV to drive away in panic. At home,
Renee sees Linda comforting Chase. She's
so annoyed that she decides to stay
outside for a while. In the morning,
Renee sees a bunch of helicopters flying
in the area. Getting worried about the
creature, she spends her morning making
a list of the items she'll need to help.
She asks Gil to lend her his mother's
video camera and repays him by sharing
her English homework. When Renee gets
home, Linda and Chase are waiting for
her to have a talk. Chase gives Renee
his 24-hour sober coin and hopes that he
can keep up tomorrow. Renee points out
that he drank last night, thus he didn't
really do 24 hours. And Chase explains
he's trying his best, so Renee should
try to for the sake of her mother. After
Chase leaves, Linda says that he's
serious about wanting to get better. But
Renee drops the coin and points out that
he didn't even apologize. Later, Renee
gathers all her items and puts a sign on
her door saying she'll be busy with
homework and mustn't be disturbed. That
way, they won't notice she's missing.
Then, she sneaks into the couple's
bedroom and steals Chase's keys. When
she opens his truck, she finds lots of
small vodka bottles and a gun, which is
the last item she needs. Afterward,
Renee drives to the same spot in the
desert. At first, she doesn't see the
creature, but using her binoculars
allows her to find it in the crater. She
then shoots the gun in the air as a
test, but the beast doesn't even flinch.
Next, Renee sets up the camera and
slowly approaches the creature to cut
off the trap. Once again, it doesn't
move, so Renee walks away thinking it's
dead. Suddenly, the creature tackles
Renee to the ground and drools all over
her head. After sniffing her, it steps
away and Renee finally can look at it
properly to confirm it's an alien. She
tries talking to it and offers an apple,
but the beast throws it away. At that
moment, the helicopters fly by again and
Renee tries to explain to the alien that
the chopper is equal danger. In the
evening, Renee goes home and realizes
she dropped Chase's gun in the desert.
She leaves her room and finds Chase
drinking on the couch, so he asks her
not to tell Linda. He also asks about
his keys, and Renee pretends she knows
nothing. When she goes outside, she's
shocked to find the alien in the bushes.
She tells it to go away, but it won't
listen. So, she gets her ATV and goes to
the desert so that the alien will follow
her there. In the desert, Renee loses
sight of the alien. Suddenly, the
creature appears in front of her and
opens its mouth to send out golden waves
that cover her face. For several
seconds, Rene's body floats while her
eyes glow brightly. By the time she
snaps out of it, it's already morning
and the alien is sleeping. Renee hugs it
and decides she can't abandon it, so she
takes it home and hides it in the
cellar. In the desert, the helicopters
and an entire investigation team are
still looking for the mysterious object
that fell from the sky. Back to Renee,
she only pretends to go to school and
calls her mother to make sure she's at
work. After Chase leaves for the day,
Renee takes the alien to the main house
and tries to feed it, but it turns down
everything she offers. The alien is
given a tour of the house and Renee
introduces it to her pets, although she
has to stop it from eating them. She
then decides to name the alien Croak.
When Renee sings and plays her banjo,
Croak's scales shake. Renee guesses it's
scared and assures it she'll protect it.
Moments later, Linda returns early from
work because she couldn't handle her
depression. Chase sends her a picture of
his 48-hour sober token, and Linda cries
in the car, thinking she's not trying
hard enough. In the living room, Renee
is watching TV with Croak, and she
panics when she hears her mother open
the door. She sneaks out with her new
friend, and Linda is annoyed to find a
mess, so she takes her medicine to calm
down. While Renee and Croak rush to the
cellar, Gil arrives at the house asking
for his camera. Linda lets him go to
Renee's bedroom and he takes a look at a
picture of Renee's dead father. Then he
considers smelling her pillow, but stops
himself when he realizes it would be
creepy. After leaving some water for
Croak, Renee goes back to the house and
tells her angry mother that she didn't
go to school because she isn't feeling
well. When Renee goes to her room, she
discovers that Gil has watched the video
of Croak. Renee says it's some animal
that she saw in the desert, but it ran
away, claiming it was probably a fake.
She takes the camera from him and
discovers that Gil has stolen the tape.
They fight over it, but are interrupted
by Linda, who announces that the door is
staying open. After Linda is gone, Gil
says he wants the truth or he'll take
the tape to the police. Renee takes Gil
to the cellar. Croak tries to attack the
boy, but Renee teaches it that he's a
friend. When Croak sniffs Gil, he passes
out and wets his pants. Moments later,
Gil wakes up, and Renee has to cover his
mouth to stop him from screaming. Then,
Renee pets Croak while singing to make
its scale shake, which convinces Gil
that the alien is friendly. Afterward,
Gil gives the tape back to Renee and
agrees to keep the secret. Neither of
them sees Agent Brown nearby, spying on
their conversation and taking pictures.
In the evening, Renee hears noises in
the cellar, so she goes down there and
sings for Croak while playing the banjo.
She explains that the instrument used to
belong to her late dad and shares
anecdotes from her childhood. Renee also
tries to feed Croak, but it doesn't like
anything. The next day, during lunch,
Gil shares a theory inspired by Jurassic
Park. He thinks that Croak doesn't want
to be fed like a pet. It wants to hunt.
In the evening, the teens take Croak to
Hellhole Canyon, and it finally gets to
eat by attacking a bunch of pigs that
Gil brought. After it's done eating, it
brings a piece of pig for Renee. Renee
tries to hug Gil to thank him, but Croak
roars and doesn't let them touch. After
leaving Croak in the cellar, Renee tries
to go to her room, only for a drunk
Chase to grab her by the hair and throw
her on the couch before asking about his
gun. Renee tries to lie, but Chase is on
to her, so she has no choice but to
admit she lost it. Chase then complains
that Renee doesn't respect him because
she doesn't fear him. He tells her a
story of how his father mistreated him
as a kid, but he saw it as a way to
teach respect. A terrified Renee tries
to run away, and Chase quickly captures
her, so she bites his arm to free
herself. Chase responds by throwing her
against the wall and crawling on her to
start choking her. Linda hears the
screaming and runs to pull Chase away
while Croak also hears it all and starts
pounding on the cellar wall. The house
begins to shake and after several
minutes, Croak finally gives up. Linda
thinks it was just an earthquake and
insults Chase as she kicks him out,
finally breaking up with him. When he
hesitates to move, she throws a beer
bottle at the wall, forcing him to
finally leave. Then, Linda tries to
check on Renee, but she's too angry that
her mother let it reach this point and
pretends to run to her room. Renee
actually goes to the cellar and reminds
Croak to behave. She ends up falling
asleep there. The next morning, Renee is
approached by agent Jonathan, who
convinces her to get in the car with him
after showing his badge and mentioning
he found the gun. It's registered under
Chase's name, but the last fingerprints
are Rene's. When she claims that she
went to the desert to shoot cans,
Jonathan says he'll be nice for now and
hands her his business card. If she
doesn't call him with the information he
wants, he'll come back with a warrant
and handcuffs. Meanwhile, Linda
discovers that the water isn't working
and calls a plumber. Since he's a
friend, Linda goes to work while the man
checks the issue. He goes down the
cellar and finds Croak, so he hits it
with his tools in panic. This causes
Croak to bite him. The terrified plumber
gets back in his van and drives away as
fast as possible, but the pain and fear
are keeping him distracted, so he ends
up crashing into another vehicle. When
Renee goes home after school, Linda
tries to have a serious conversation
with her. However, Renee starts yelling
at her and blames her for everything.
This makes Linda break down, so she
tells Renee about the water before going
to her room. Renee realizes what broke
the pipes and runs to the cellar to find
human blood on the floor. She checks on
Croak and notices the alien is bleeding,
too. Renee tells it not to hurt people
and finally accepts that she can't keep
Croak in the house anymore. In the
meantime, Gil is visited by Brown. In
the evening, Renee drives her ATV to the
desert and makes Croak follow her. It
starts running so fast that it passes
the vehicle. They meet with Gil and
Renee explains she's thinking of putting
Croak in Chase's van to take it to a
reserve where it won't be found. This
would require her to stay with it until
she's sure it's safe. Gil then reveals
that Brown visited him and threatened to
deport his immigrant relatives if he
didn't share information, but he didn't
say anything. Afterward, Renee hides
Croak in a big box in the desert and
goes home to start packing for the trip.
She leaves a letter for Linda and frees
all her pets. When she gets in the van,
a drunken armed Chase shows up and pulls
her out. Then Chase forces Renee and
Linda to sit in the living room with him
so he can complain about not being
loved. He gets angry and throws the
table. Meanwhile, in the desert, a group
of agents finds the box, but when they
look inside, they find it empty. Croak
is currently running back to the house.
Chase is beating up Linda, who
desperately tells her daughter to leave.
Renee tries to run away, so Chase
follows her and smashes her face on the
van. Then he points his gun at her,
saying it's her fault that Linda doesn't
love him. Suddenly, Croak tackles Chase
against the van and kills him. When
Renee tries to stop the alien, Croak
roars at her and runs away. At that
moment, Gil arrives and throws up when
he sees Chase's body. He thinks Croak is
beyond helping now and reveals he's
talked to the agents. Suddenly, Jonathan
comes out of the house and shoots the
tires of the ATV. Soon, the whole team
surrounds the house and sets up all
their equipment. Renee is tied to a
chair and a net is put on her hair to
connect her to a computer that confirms
her bond with the alien is the strongest
the agents have ever seen. Jonathan
breaks Rene's finger to make her scream.
Croak hears her and immediately runs
back to the house only to walk right
into a trap that continuously shocks it
until it passes out. Riani yells as she
begs for mercy, but Jonathan puts her to
sleep. Sometime later, Croak is being
taken to a government facility on a
special platform that keeps it docil.
Renee is being kept on a chair in an
empty room, and when Jonathan wakes her
up, she spits on his face. She explains
that Croak is her friend, but Jonathan
insists it's dangerous. He explains that
Renee isn't the first person to find an
alien. She's just the first one to do so
and survive. The government believes
that Croak is a beast built by a life
far more intelligent than humans and was
sent to Earth to do reconnaissance,
which means they could be invaded in the
future. Since Renee bonded with Croak,
Jonathan wants her to let scientists
study her so they can learn the best way
to kill the aliens. If Renee doesn't
agree, he'll put Linda in a mental
institution and extract the information
from Renee by force, which would
her. Linda is allowed to visit Renee and
she reveals she's read the letter. So,
she apologizes to her daughter for
everything. After Linda leaves, Renee
decides to get Croak's attention by
repeating what Jonathan did to her hand.
Hearing her scream, Jonathan rushes into
the room and covers her mouth. So, Renee
bites him. Croak roars as it frees
itself from the platform and starts
killing all the guards that try to stop
it. The alarms echo in the whole
building as the lights start to flicker.
Croak escapes from the lab and runs
through the corridors, bringing down any
person who tries to stop it. Linda
worries about her daughter, but finds
the door locked, so she'll have to
escape through the vents. In the
corridor, she's horrified to find all
the bodies. Jonathan and Brown get their
weapons ready and point them at the
door. However, Croak bursts into the
room by breaking the wood and sends both
men flying, which knocks them out. Croak
then gets ready to kill them, but Renee
convinces it not to do it. After petting
Croak to calm it down, she takes
Jonathan's keys to free herself, and the
duo escapes. Outside, Renee and Croak
try to get in a car. Jonathan also comes
out and opens fire, but luckily Gil has
been waiting nearby and warns them just
in time. Renee and Croak hide behind a
car and Jonathan keeps shooting at the
vehicle, not caring about possibly
hitting the girl. Desperate to protect
Renee, Croak comes out of hiding, and
Jonathan shoots it multiple times. Croak
still manages to tackle him and kill
him. Renee runs to her friend's side and
breaks down when she confirms that Croak
is dead, too. Linda and Gil do their
best to comfort her. Sometime later,
Linda, Renee, and Gil have a picnic
together. In a government lab, they try
to study Croak's body when it suddenly
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