Paul McCrane credited as playing...
Deputy Bill Briggs
- Deputy Bill Briggs: Flagg! What are you doin' here boy?
- Brian Flagg: The men from Glad here are showin' us how to keep our leftovers fresh.
- Deputy Bill Briggs: [as Brian picks up an M16 rifle] Flagg! Drop it!
- Brian Flagg: It's a lie! All of it!
- Deputy Bill Briggs: I said, put it down. I'll blow you out of your shoes, boy.
- Dr. Meddows: Shoot him.
- Deputy Bill Briggs: [points his gun at Hargis and Meddows] Freeze, mister!
- [Other scientists point their rifles in a Mexican standoff]
- Deputy Bill Briggs: All right, hold on. Everybody... just lower your weapons.
- Dr. Meddows: [pointing at Brian] He's infected! Contagious! He'll spread a plague through this place and kill all of you!
- Brian Flagg: Listen to me, Briggs. Think for a minute. Do you suppose an army of guys in plastic suits show up every time a meteor falls?
- Dr. Meddows: Shoot him. That's a direct order!
- Brian Flagg: How do you think they got here so quick? How do they even know when to come?
- Dr. Meddows: Shoot, damn it! Shoot!
- Brian Flagg: I'll tell you how! That meteor is man-made! It's some kind of germ warfare test they fucked up!
- Deputy Bill Briggs: [Meddows takes the rifle from Hargis] Don't try it!
- [the blob grabs Meddows by the leg causing him to shoot the rifle in the air hitting Briggs in the shoulder the blob pulls drags Meddows down the manhole to his death]
- Dr. Meddows: [as his men point rifles at Brian and Meg] Put those weapons down. We're here to help you.
- Brian Flagg: Hey, pal, you wanna fill us in? Who the hell are you people?
- Dr. Meddows: I'm Dr. Meddows. Where government sanctioned biological containment team.
- Meg Penny: Biological containment?
- Dr. Meddows: We're microbe hunters, young lady.
- Deputy Bill Briggs: Flagg? What are you doing here, boy?
- Brian Flagg: The men from Glad here are showing us how to keep our leftovers fresh.
- Deputy Bill Briggs: These people are here on serious business. They don't have time for your bullshit. Okay?
- Dr. Meddows: Colonel, has the deputy been briefed in detail?
- Col. Hargis: Yes, sir.
- Deputy Bill Briggs: I'm just heading back to town now to get things started.
- Dr. Meddows: Splendid. Colonel Hargis will arrange an escort.
- Meg Penny: What is going on over there?
- Dr. Meddows: That's the source of our worries-- a troublesome souvenir from space.
- Meg Penny: What?
- Dr. Meddows: A meteorite. Don't get too close. There's danger of contamination.
- Meg Penny: I don't understand.
- Dr. Meddows: Let me tell you a story. The dinosaurs ruled our planet for millions of years, and yet they died out almost overnight. Why? The evidence suggests that a meteor fell to Earth bearing an alien bacteria.
- Meg Penny: Plague? Is that what this whole thing is about?
- Dr. Meddows: Prevention.
- Brian Flagg: You think this meteor brought some kind of a killer germ?
- Dr. Meddows: It's something I've expected and prepared for all my life.
- Brian Flagg: Well, your meteor brought somethin', all right. But if it's a germ, it's the biggest son of a bitch you've ever seen.