Alphas (2011–2012): Season 1, Episode 8 - A Short Time in Paradise - full transcript

Don't be afraid.

I'm not.

Remember, we'll be
together in love forever.

Jonas?

Jonas!

Stay with us!

Jonas!

Don't take no for an answer

There's no telling
where we've been

Because people don't
understand, understand, understand

People don't understand



People like me

Let's put them in
the break room.

So, exactly how much
stuff are you giving away?

Not enough.

Whatever you guys don't want,
we'll send to the homeless shelter.

And this is part
of your therapy?

Rosen's idea.

I've accumulated a lot of
things throughout the years.

Hmm.

Pushing people.

Rosen thinks surrounding
myself with ill-gotten gains

keeps me hooked
into my old lifestyle.

And my old patterns.

Does anyone have
dibs on the Blu-ray?



Yeah, Patti, what's up?

Yeah, okay, just one second.

A seminar on police tactics?

All my buddies
at the ATF take it.

What's this "hostage rescue,"
and "breach and clear?"

What the hell is
"breach and clear?"

Well, that's my point. I've
told you a million times,

we have to be prepared.
Yeah, first badges.

Hmm? And now this mandate?

Just read the thing, let
me know what you think.

Slots are filling fast.

I need to book
this. Wait, wait, Bill.

"Multiple threat assessment?"

I mean, look at this.

Jacketed versus
hollow point. Seriously?

Can you imagine me firing
an AK-47, much less Gary?

Gary's a special
case, okay? But you...

I've never fired
a gun in my life.

And that's a conscious choice.

Well, it's time for you to
make some new choices.

Looking for anything
in particular?

Yeah, a going-away
present for my kid.

Tyler's leaving?

Patti wants a fresh start, so she's,
uh, she's moving back to Nevada.

And she's taking Tyler with her.

Uh, I'm sorry to hear that,
Cameron. That... that's terrible.

Yeah, well, when you go into a
custody hearing with a couple of DUIs,

you don't normally win.

You're not thinking of
giving your son that, are you?

You know, I, uh...

I haven't really

been to too many
meetings lately.

I think that's an
excellent idea.

All right, and good to go.

Uh, Gary, you're supposed
to take your shoes off.

Oh, no, I like it this
way. It's all buzzy.

Do you have one
where I can lie down?

No. Get one. Give it to me.

Hey, do you guys
know where Hicks is?

Yeah, he just left. No.

No, no. I...

I had it all planned out.

I was going to take Omar from the
gym, but then him and his boyfriend

decided to go on a
cruise last minute,

and Hicks was my backup plan.
And now, I don't know what to do.

You should get a foot massager.

It's very therapeutic.

This one has 15 settings
and a shiatsu mode.

I Don't want a foot
massager, Gary.

I could help if I knew what
you were talking about.

My sister, she's having
her engagement party,

and if I show up without a date,

my mother is gonna
auction me off.

Okay, well, take Harken.

Isn't he a little old? Plus,
he's married. That's just weird.

So, Rosen's out?

Isn't there someone
you can push?

I mean, the Express Mail guy's
gonna be here in 15 minutes.

Look, Nina, if I
don't find a date,

I'm going to spend
the rest of the year

going on blind dates
with third cousins.

My feet are so happy.

Ah. That's just desperate.

Desperate times...

Thanks, Margaret.

That was real.

Anyone else like to share?

Cameron?

Cameron?

If I may.

I'd like to say something.

Yeah, go for it.

My name is Jonas,

I am not an alcoholic.

Whoa, we said at the start, no
sharing unless you're one of us.

I may not have experienced
your pain personally,

but I can help you. WOMAN: What?

How many people here are happy?

Truly happy?

Look, Gil asked you nicely.

Are you happy?
You don't look it.

That's it. It's time to go.

I have my answer,

and I have your answer.

Hey, guys, c'mon.

Yes, you're right.

Yeah, it's pretty.
There's really good food.

There's gifts.

Yeah.

Is that Rachel with a boy?

Her poor mother.

They're all talking about us.

Yeah, of course they
are. We're special.

I should go congratulate
Sari. And remember,

we've only been
dating for two weeks.

Yeah, Rachel, I
memorized the cover story.

I'm a professional
government agent.

Yes, I know, Gary. Just, please,

don't say that to
anyone else, okay? Okay.

Oh, and thank you.
You really helped me out.

Rachel. Ah.

I didn't think you'd come.

Salaam.

I know how it is between
you and your sister.

That's a wool and silk blend.

It's Italian. So you
know your fabrics.

Your family in the business?

I like jackets.

Then you should wear one.

You're sick.

You know, sick people
shouldn't come to parties. It's rude.

Papa, are you all right?

It's nothing, Rachel. It's nothing
to worry about. It's a cough.

No, there's definitely
something wrong. Oh.

Please, Rachel. Not
now with the smells.

No, that's her ability.

That's what makes her special.

Her synesthesia.
Gary. Gary, stop.

I'm glad I don't have
it, though. I don't...

I don't like smells.
Gary, you're not helping.

What is it? Is
something wrong? Look,

I'm sorry, Mom. I don't mean
to upset anybody, it's just...

Papa, you need to go
to the doctor right away.

Enough. Not here,
not now. Enough!

I'm not kidding. Enough!

This is a special
day for your sister.

Please, don't ruin it.

Do we go back to the office now?

Yeah.

Hicks, it's like 7:00 a.m.

I know.

My God, you look beautiful.

Are you okay? I'm
more than okay.

Nina, my life...

My life finally makes sense.

But you know how it is. You
go along and things are one way,

and, like, you start to think that
they're always going to be that way, but...

But then, one day, out
of nowhere, it's different.

Well, you definitely
seem different.

I want you to
come with me, Nina.

There's something I want to show
you. Something... It is amazing.

What about work?

We can be late for
one day. Come on.

Do this for me.

Okay.

Okay.

So, what is it you
wanna show me?

Not that I don't enjoy the tour.

I want you to meet my
friend, Jonas. He'll be out soon.

He's preparing to speak at
a big gathering this weekend.

There'll be thousands of people.

Sounds like a big shot.

I'm telling you, Nina, there's
something about this guy.

Something different.

Something you just have
to experience for yourself.

Wait, are you saying that

you've experienced firsthand
what this Jonas can do?

Jonas is going to make you see
things in a new light. I promise you.

These people look pushed.

Is Jonas an Alpha?
Nina, I'm happy.

For the first time, I'm
actually happy. I just...

I want you to be happy, too.

That's it. We're out of here.

Hello. Trouble in paradise?

Jonas, this is my friend
Nina I was telling you about.

Um, I'm afraid she's not
sure she wants to be here.

I know I don't.

How can you know anything?
You've only just arrived.

You're going to tell me
what's going on here.

What you're doing
to all these people.

Cameron told me about you, and
the wonderful things you can do.

It's not working.

Cameron... Trust me, Nina.

Just get us out of here.
You're going to thank me.

Rachel, did you
get me the hummus?

You promised me
the leftover hummus.

Bottom shelf, Gary. Oh. Huh.

I like hummus 'cause

it's all one color.
And it's soft.

Is your father at the hospital?

Did you get the test results?

He didn't go.

He won't listen to me.

No, but he has to listen to you.

Otherwise... Otherwise
he'll just get sicker.

And then... And if you
get too sick, then you die,

and then it's too late. Gary, I
can't talk about this with you, okay?

No, but you have
to talk to me because

I'm pretending to
be your boyfriend.

I don't think you'd
understand, Gary.

My family... No, I...

You don't... You
don't understand.

Rachel.

I always... I always
say what's on my mind.

And you should learn from me.

Yeah, you have to go, and you
have to tell your father the truth.

And then, you have
to keep telling him.

You have to keep telling him
the truth until he pays attention.

Just like I do with Bill.

Or like this. Like... Like
I'm doing it with you now.

Rachel, come on. You got to...
You got to go, and you got to tell him.

And I won't stop talking to
you until you do go, okay?

Okay, Gary. Okay.

I'm looking out for you.

What happened to him?

Nothing to alarm here.

Everyone, back to work.

He looks sick.

Sometimes the darkness
overwhelms my followers.

I think he needs a doctor.

A doctor wouldn't understand
what we're trying to accomplish here

or what's attacking this man.

Our boss, Dr. Rosen,
he understands us.

He'd understand you.

Hello.

Are you here to see Father?

Well, that depends.
Who's your father?

Jonas. He's everyone's father.

Daddy used to be my father,

but they had to burn
Daddy up when he got sick.

We practice cremation.

Environmentally, it's more
responsible than burial.

Father! I want to see the
lights. Can I see the lights?

Not now, Teddy. Go
find your friends, okay?

You must be Jonas.

Dr. Rosen, I hope you're as competent
as Nina and Cameron say you are.

I had expected them
to meet me here, uh...

I should probably
speak with them.

Don't you want to
see your patients first?

Patients? Plural?

Oh, well, Mr. Hicks didn't go
into that much detail in his call.

He just thought I was the
only one who could help.

It's much more
complicated than that.

This is it.

How long has this
man been like this?

A week or so.

We can force them
to eat and drink a little.

But eventually they waste away.

And the others?

Some longer. Some less.

These people need
to be in the hospital.

Can't you help them?

I can certainly try.

Well,

for starters, this
man needs IV fluids.

He's extremely dehydrated.

And this woman is, um...

This woman is dead.

Oh. She's been dead for hours.

I've seen it so often.

I try to stop it.

I try to keep them
safe from the world.

It's everywhere. The enemy.

I... I'm not sure I'm
quite following you.

I show them the
truth behind the world.

It's my gift. I let
them see the light,

the interconnectedness
of all things, all people.

You're an Alpha.

Nina and Cameron, they
said you'd understand.

Uh, yes, I have studied
people like you quite extensively.

Perhaps you could describe, uh,

what exactly it is you do.

Perhaps I could show you.

No, I don't think that would
be a good idea right now.

It'll make you
happy and content.

I don't need to be happy
or content at the moment.

I need to be very focused.
People are very sick.

You would rather
live in darkness?

Uh, yes. For now.

Uh...

Could I see Mr. Hicks
and Miss Theroux?

I think talking to them
would... It'd be very helpful.

This way.

Doc.

Oh, this is a bit awkward.

Uh, Nina, don't get
up on my account.

It's... Would you excuse
us for a moment, please?

Don't take too long. Those
people downstairs need you.

Uh, this might be
stating the obvious,

but this man has used
his Alpha ability on you.

Jonas doesn't
call it an ability.

He says it's a divine gift.

There's this light.
This light of the world,

and it's in all of
us. It connects us.

Look, Doc, I know it's
hard to understand it's there,

but once Jonas explains
it to you, you'll see it.

Everything just makes sense.

This might seem all
quite miraculous to you,

but what you're experiencing
has nothing to do with the divine.

This is a result of his
ability, his Alpha ability.

You should let him show you.

Um, well, maybe I will, Nina.

Um, but, uh...

Not right now. Uh...

Right now, I need you
to put on some clothes

and come back to
the office with me.

Clearly, we have
a lot to discuss,

but, uh, I don't
want to do it here.

I don't get it. I mean, I thought
this is what you wanted for us.

For us to find peace.

You should be happy for us.

I am. Uh, believe me.

But we should go.

Cell phones are a distraction.

Part of the white noise of the world that
keeps us from truly knowing each other.

Oh, have you blocked
the signal somehow?

We disabled the
only tower for miles.

Your patients are waiting.

You're curing them.

Uh, diagnosing them.

I believe these
people are suffering

from a form of
encephalitis lethargica.

It's a condition which
attacks the brain.

It leaves the individual
speechless and motionless.

Let me ask you something.

When you share your
ability with these people,

they see things, right?

Light, and angels
that they draw.

They perceive the luminous.

There's a neurological
explanation for all of this.

Are you familiar
with the pineal gland?

Overstimulation can
induce hallucinations,

brilliant visions, and, often, an
overwhelming sense of well-being.

You think you can
quantify everything,

put it into a little box?

If you'd just let me
show you, you'd see.

Well, you run the risk of turning
your doctor into another patient.

There is, however,
medication which could help.

L-dopa. I can, uh,

run out right now and
bring... Bring some right back.

I'll send someone.
How much do you need?

Well, they'll only
give it to a doctor...

So, write a prescription.

Last drop-off is 10:00 p.m.

Pop!

Rachel!

It's late.

Don't you have work
in the morning? Yeah.

Look,

back home, in Tehran,
when you were a doctor,

what would you do if
a patient wouldn't listen

to your recommendation?
But you're not a doctor,

and I haven't been
one for a very long time.

Papa, you're sick, and
you need to get help.

Rachel, I'm tired,

I want my dinner. Hey.

Hey, listen to me.

When Sari and
Darius and I were little,

and we got sick, you
brought us our medicine,

you made sure we got our
sleep. You never left our side.

You're my children.
And you're my papa.

And, Papa, you have
cancer. In your throat.

And if you don't do something
about it soon, you will die.

You will not see
your grandchildren,

you will not walk
me down the aisle.

You'll be gone. All because
you were too stubborn

to listen to your loved ones.

I, uh... Now.

Are you going to go to the
doctor, or do I have to talk to Mom?

You were such a
quiet, obedient child.

I'm not a child anymore.

Tomorrow, okay?

Or I'm coming back.

Oh, no!

Shoot!

Dr. Rosen, Jonas
is looking for you.

Maria Parsonetti came to
us a drug-addicted runaway.

She ascends now.

May her soul be blessed
as it returns to the great light.

And together, we say, amen.
- Amen.

The woman didn't have to die.

You're going to have to burn a
lot more bodies before this is done.

This is how it's always been.

If these people's lives
mean anything to you,

make sure it ends
differently this time.

Pop, I'm so glad.

You'll let me know as soon as
you get the test results, promise?

Pop, I don't need
to be protected.

I need the truth.

Okay.

Did you ask if there's
any more hummus?

I really like the hummus.

Gary, I will get my mom to make
you as much hummus as you want.

Guys, guys, guys,
where is everybody?

I'm calling their phones,
texting, no one's answering.

Yeah. Dr. Rosen never
turned up to drive me.

He didn't pick you
up this morning?

No. My mom had to drive me,

and she said that I
made her late for work,

but she made me
late for work, too.

No, Nina didn't
come home last night,

and actually, she hasn't
returned any of my texts.

I think I heard her leave
with Hicks yesterday morning.

Gary, can you
please... Yeah, yeah, no.

Ping, ping, ping.

Out of area, out
of area, out of area.

What does that mean?
It means out of area.

It means no one's near a tower.

What, all three of
them? Yeah. It's weird,

because I can only ping
them if they're near a tower.

Gary, you're going to have
to figure out something else.

I'll check Dr. Rosen's computer.

Bill, did you know
his password is...

No, I don't... I
don't... S-W-1...

Gary. M-M-3-R.

It's "swimmer," but...
Gary, do what you gotta do.

But it's numbers
instead of vowels.

Let's go check
the computer first.

It's clever. I set it up.

Well, it doesn't seem
to be working. I...

I... I could increase the dosage,
but I'm afraid it might kill him.

Maybe it's meant to be.

Um...

Mr. Englin, uh,

you said it's always
been like this.

When was the first time
this happened around you?

I was very young.

My father was a preacher.

He was the first
person I gifted. Mmm.

And he realized I'd been
given a divine calling.

So, he brought you into the
family business, so to speak.

I was helping people.

The entire congregation
was grateful.

And then, people
started getting sick.

People you'd gifted?

My father said it
was the Devil's work.

That the darkness was
trying to steal back my gift.

He prayed on it,

and then he saw
how to save everyone.

Uh, how exactly did he do that?

He purified his
congregation with fire.

It's... It's working.

Did I do anything stupid?

All I remember is glowy lights
and feeling really, really good.

Like a speedball,
but way better.

I gave you insight, not a drug.

Call it what you want, but put
that in a bottle, I'd crawl right inside.

Do you feel any connection
at all with that man,

or, or anyone else right now?

I just want to go home.

That could be a problem.

Rachel. Yeah, right.

Gary. Bill. Bill.

Yeah? Dr. Rosen's last Google.

It shows that he
went to Connecticut.

To a house that used
to belong to Fred Bask.

And he... He was
old, and he died.

And then, he gave his
house away as a gift.

To the Reverend Jonas Englin.

He's some sort of
a religious leader.

Yeah, and he's speaking
tomorrow at a big church...

Wait, wait, wait, so Rosen
is with a religious group?

What the hell is going on?

Excuse me, where's the
medication that was here?

Father took it away.

Of course I took it.

Gil may live,

but your poison
robbed him of my gift.

Mr. Englin, your gift is
what is killing those people.

That is a lie. It's not me!

It's the world.

It's the darkness.

I understand that
you're going to be

speaking at some sort
of religious gathering.

To spread the light, yes.

It's what I was meant to do.

You're going to expose all these
people to your... Your ability?

Dr. Rosen, you've seen the pain,

the indignities all around us,

the terrible things the unenlightened
do to themselves and others.

I can change that.

Or is this broken
world enough for you?

Making people
sick, killing them, it...

That's not going
to fix anything.

So, will you please give
me back this medicine,

so that I can help your people?

Do you know what the
worst part of my gift is?

I can't feel it.

Like you, I'm trapped
in the darkness.

I would sacrifice everything,

even my life to experience
for just one moment

what I give to others.

So, tell me what's better,

a lifetime of suffering, or
a short time in paradise?

You don't have the right to
make that choice for people.

Well, neither do you.

No more poison.

You have to come up
with another answer.

Find a way to give my people

paradise and life,

or the others are
going to die, too.

Including Nina and Cameron.

Stop. This is the address
on Dr. Rosen's computer.

Okay, I'm picking up a lot of
heartbeats, 40, 50, at least.

Do you at least hear
Rosen or Hicks or Nina?

No. It's too far, even for me.

These dead bodies look
like barbecue chicken.

Gary, not appropriate.

This guy scares me.

Like Jim Jones scary.

Well, let's just hope he hasn't
started handing out the purple Kool-Aid.

Rachel, I need a
visual on an entry.

Front door's covered.

There's some windows,
low, on the side,

that nobody's watching.
We can go in that way.

Wait, no, no, no.
I'll go in alone, okay?

No. No.

No. I go alone. If you don't
hear from me in 20 minutes,

you call tactical,

let them know it's a
hostage situation, okay?

Bill, that's wrong.

Okay, under no circumstances
are you to follow me in here, Gary.

Okay. Okay.

Doc!

Bill?

Bill, you've got
to get out of here.

Right now.

Bill.

Nina.

Give me the gun.

Come with me.

Nina? Nina!

Nina, don't do this.

Nina!

Okay.

Tactical's on their way.

No, you have to
sterilize my phone...

What? When you use it.

Gary, I'm sorry, my... Bacteria.

Ear wax. I know. I know.

I'm sorry. My phone
does not work up here.

Here. It's clean. Thank you.

This is wrong, though.

Bill needs us.

I bet he's in trouble right now.

We should just go in.

Hey, no! Bill said
no! Come on, Rachel.

I don't hear any gunshots,
and there's no fighting.

We wait.

The police are coming here.

It's not the police. It's
DOD, so that means

assault rifles, flak jackets,

armored vehicles,
and helicopters.

I'm sorry. I didn't...
I didn't know that...

You can call them off, right?

No, I can't. They think
it's a hostage situation.

They think I'm a hostage

and Hicks and Nina,
and Dr. Rosen, and...

I must pray on this.

We'll be all right.

You guys have been
holding out on me, huh?

I had no idea. HICKS: I know.

I needed this. Everyone
should feel this way.

Everyone will.

You were a mistake.

I never should have
agreed to bring you here.

No, you were right
to bring me here.

You wanted to help
these people and so do I.

I just need more time.

Time? To find a treatment?

Or time for your government
thugs to invade my home?

No one wants any violence.

I can bring peace
to the entire world.

Why would I let anyone
stand in my way?

Jonas,

you're so much
more than your ability.

Your message about, uh,

connectedness and that
there's a light in all of us...

That is worth hearing.

Those are just words.

Without my gift,
they're just words.

Words have power. No.

You want to make me
into a charlatan. No.

Faith healing and revival tents,

and "Bless you
for this donation."

Jonas, your ability
is killing these people.

I gave these people paradise.

Once they experience
it, they can't let it go.

How do you know? Have
you asked any of them?

What about Gil? He
was ready to drink again.

You're asking me to let
you tear it away from them?

No. I'd rather die first.

So would they.

My father understood that.

I never did until today.

This time I won't run from
the flames. You'll burn, too.

But you'll never know paradise.

Hicks, do you wanna
give me a hand?

Getting lazy on me, Bill?

No, I... I amped up, but it
didn't work. It was weird.

Cameron?

Cameron. Cameron.

What's wrong?

He's been called.

We all have.

Oh, shoot!

Don't be afraid.

You came to me broken.

Looking for answers from
the pain that infects this world.

And I healed you, I
showed you the light.

The connection,
not just to each other,

but to something
greater than ourselves.

The outside world
doesn't understand it.

They think everyone should
live in fear and darkness.

It frightens them that we
live free and without worry.

And now, they are
beating down our walls

trying to destroy
what we've built here.

It can't happen today.

Today the light that shines
from me, shines for us all.

Join me in the light,

and we'll spend
eternity together.

What are you
doing? It's all right.

Dr. Rosen, take your
poison out of here.

Put the torch into the
furnace, Jonas. Please.

This is the only way out.

Please do it.

Hey.

Five hundred milligrams to
as many people as you can.

You got it. JONAS:
Nina, don't listen to him.

No. Don't. Just don't move.

Bill, no!

Jonas, you can't
control them anymore.

I'm not going to let you
bring darkness into my house.

Don't do this, Jonas!

Go now! Now!
Go! Get out of here.

Move! Go! Go!

Come. Come on!

Hey.

Jonas's victims are responding to
the L-dopa like you said they would.

I think tactical's got
everything under control.

We can go.

Dad! Dad!

I talked to Mom.
She said cancer.

Stage one. It's very treatable.

They never catch it this early.

But then

no one else has a
daughter like you.

I'm so glad.

You're a miracle.

Now, your Aunt Parashtou.

She's coming to dinner.

Eh, she's got a mole
she needs you to look at.

Okay.

Hey.

Hey.

So, group should
be interesting today.

We're not going to
talk about it, right?

What happened between us?

I figure that's a
private conversation.

I'll just pretend it
never happened.

I'll talk about Tyler,
and how he's leaving,

and how I can't stop it.

Still can't believe
Rosen saw us naked.

Doc, you ready?
We're waiting on you.

In a minute.

You okay?

Am I okay?

I killed a man, Bill.

No, you killed a bad guy.

And saved a whole lot of
folks from being barbequed.

That's the part you hold onto.

How does it feel?

The light?

Oh, I, um...

Never felt better in my life.

I still can't amp up but I'm
glad to be among the breathing.

You know, Bill...

The DOD is going to
cover this whole thing up.

If you kill someone,
you should pay a price.

You are definitely
paying the price.

So, why don't we just go and
talk about it with the group?

Or not. Or...

Okay, Dr. Harken.

I like that. I have some advice.

Next time, aim for the chest.

It's an easier stop.

I was aiming for his chest.