Alphas (2011–2012): Season 2, Episode 5 - Gaslight - full transcript

Previously on Alphas...

He has your arm.

It's hard being apart
from them, isn't it?

Yeah.

I never made my own friends.

Are you really my friend, Anna?

Of course, I'm your friend.

They killed her. Anna.

They shot her in the
head. She was my friend.

So you're a fighter.
You got skills?

Wouldn't be here if I didn't.



All I know is I can
do a bunch of stuff,

but I can't remember
how I learned it.

What did you do to me?

I'm really sorry
about your friend.

Yeah, I wouldn't call her my
friend anymore, but thanks.

Nina, your life
is out of control.

I'm tired of hurting people.

Nina, no! I'm sorry.
For everything.

Maggie.

That's my sister.

I'm sorry for your loss.

If you follow me,
there's some paperwork.

Adam.

Don't you hear that?



Better get you back
to the main office.

Adam, help me.

Adam?

Maggie!

Adam! Maggie!

Adam! Adam, help me!

Stay holding her!

Maggie! Maggie! Maggie!

Adam, help me!

Maggie! MAGGIE: Help me!

Oh, my God.

Help me, Adam!

Adam!

Help me, Adam!

Help me!

Adam!

Adam? Maggie.

Adam! Maggie! Mag...

Adam! No, get off me!

Adam!

Get off of me! She's alive!

Gary's working through
some issues, he's...

And I... I thought
it would be easier

for you to find your bearings
without everyone around.

Plus, I wanted to find a quiet
moment to speak with you

about something.

I know the drill.

Ready to do the work, so...

No more pushing.

Uh, yes and... And no, Nina.

Um, I... I thought we'd take a different
approach to your recovery this time.

I... I need your help, but
only if you're okay with this.

Um...

Let... Let me
explain, all right?

The more I learn
of... Of Stanton Parish,

well, the more he frightens me.

He's made it very clear to me

that should the path to his
utopia be lined with bodies,

so be it.

An ends justify the
means type of guy.

Uh, yes.

And Gary has managed to
connect Parish's family fortune,

which is quite
substantial, to a charity.

It's the Llamrei Foundation.

So what, it's like
an evil charity?

No, it appears to be doing
some pretty wonderful work.

But it has also made

some rather sizeable and
yet undisclosed contributions

to our own New
York Senator Burton.

Now, if this is a quid
pro quo situation...

She probably wouldn't admit
it if you just asked nicely.

Probably not.

But...

I'm thinking you
could ask her nicely.

I need you to find out what this
senator knows about Stanton Parish.

This is her schedule.

She'll be in New
York for one more day.

Okay.

Thank you, Nina.

You take your two fingers and
you're gonna put it on the seam.

Then you're gonna draw it back.

Does that make sense, Ty?
- I don't know.

Gotta go.

I've got practice.

Yeah, okay. Well,
look, we can, uh...

We'll work on
your follow-through

when you come out next week.

Guess what?

I got us two tickets
to the Yankees game.

Mom says plans have changed.
I'm not coming to New York.

Tyler, we've got
to go. What? Why?

Hey, Cameron, he'll give
you a call on Thursday.

He's not coming anymore?

Well, Evan offered to take us
to San Francisco next weekend,

so we're gonna go
to San Francisco.

Well, look, I, uh...

I... I can come out to
Nevada anytime, you know?

I'll just let you know when
it's a good time, okay?

Yeah, okay. Uh...

Tell him I said goodbye, okay?

Okay.

Sorry about that.

I wasn't eavesdropping. I
just couldn't help but overhear.

You know where I was

when Tyler had his
first Little League tryout?

Um...

Me neither.

I was out of my mind drunk.

She's still pissed. I get it.

I'm not really in a position
to make any demands

after everything I put
them through, you know?

Yeah.

What the hell happened to you?

Present from my wife.

Yeah, she gets a
little rough, and...

Seriously? I mean,
I turn into like...

I just got gutted, and that's what
you're gonna come back at me with?

All right, listen.

I've been going
to the fight club.

Oh, come on, man. No, Hicks,

I got it under control.

It's a rush. It...

It's good.

I don't like the tie.

It's like a noose.

Nooses kill people.

It's a tombstone
unveiling, Gary.

Men wear ties. And...

My goodness, you look great.

Yeah, I know.

I... I don't think that this is gonna
make me feel any better, though.

Dr. Rosen says
that I need catharsis.

But I... I don't think you can get
catharsis from words on a rock.

Well, it's not a
rock. It's a memorial.

It's not even her
words, you know? If...

If there're gonna be words, they
should at least be Anna's words.

Tuck your shirt in.

Oh, Nina.

You bought me
this suit. A year ago.

Well, I didn't buy it, but...

Yeah, I remember.
You look great, Gary.

Yeah, I know.

You're a criminal,
but you're not in jail.

She should be in jail,

but apparently Dr. Rosen
thinks we need her.

Oh, so you're back on the team.

She's not a part of my team.

Rachel, look,

I'm sorry for what I did to you.

I know my actions
hurt a lot of people...

Please, don't.

I'm not interested.

Come on, Gary.

Black carrying case. 47.

His name is Adam Gordon.

He had been fine
for a long time.

Something must
have triggered this.

Is that what they're saying?

Well... Where are you going?

Morning. ROSEN:
One of the analysts

flagged a YouTube video

from a hospital security camera

of a former patient of mine.

And then pulled it immediately.

Gotta keep a lid
on this Alpha thing.

Let me know how it
goes with the senator.

Yeah.

Hey!

Valet service at the elevator,

high-class joint you got.

We running a bed
and breakfast now?

I'm just gonna run a
sleep study on Kat tonight,

see if we can figure out what's
going on with her memory.

Uh, I'm sorry. We have to, uh...

Ah, it's cool. You can set
yourself up in my office.

Yeah. You know
where the kitchen is.

Yeah, get out of here.

Hello, Senator.

It's a beautiful
hotel, isn't it?

Did you know that Mayor La
Guardia lived here in the '30s?

He kept a suite upstairs.

No, Senator, I didn't, but,

can I ask you a question?

Hmm.

You want to
answer me truthfully.

Of course.

Your campaign received substantial
donations from the Llamrei Foundation.

Did you do something
for them in return?

Yes.

What exactly?

I can't tell you that.

Yes, you can.

I can't.

It's gone.

Thank you, Senator.

Maggie was alive, Dr. Rosen.

She was begging for my help.

I would have done anything.

No, I... I understand, Adam.

I know how close you and
your sister always were.

She was my best friend.

Hmm.

I found out she was using
about six months ago.

Oh, that's a shame.

I figured, tough love, you know?

I'd cut her off.
Maybe she'd clean up.

The important thing is
that your tried, Adam.

Now, listen, intense grief

can often have devastating
effects upon a person.

And we both know that, uh,

your emotions have always
been right at your fingertips.

So to speak.

I'd like to send you to a clinic

where you can get the kind
of support you need right now.

With your permission, of course.

Yeah.

Two gentlemen I work with,

a Mr. Harken and a Mr. Hicks,

will escort you there, uh,

once your paperwork
is all filled out.

Don't be too hard on yourself.

So the orderlies are
bringing him down.

Yes, here are his
medical records.

The paperwork for
the transfer to the clinic

is almost done.

Uh, be gentle. He's
been through a lot.

You're not staying?

No, I've got some
pressing business

I need to attend to.

Um, I'll be in touch.

Relax, this has been happening
around these floors lately.

Adam, help me.

They're hurting me. They
won't let me out. Maggie?

You okay?

I need to get to
Maggie! I need to get out!

Let me off!

Let me out of here!

Is he okay?

I need help over here!

Somebody!

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

In life, Anna never spoke,

but she can speak to us now,

beckoning us to honor her memory

by living our own lives in
peaceful acceptance of one another.

Anna is still with us.

She's not with us
though. She's dead.

No, Gary, he means in spirit.

She's still with us in spirit.

Anna lives on in our hearts.

No, she doesn't live on.
That's the... That's the problem.

Gary, shh.

No, why... Why
does he get to talk?

- And he's lying.
- We should go. Come on.

Because Anna wasn't
peaceful. She was a rebel.

Now she's a dead rebel.

Oh, please excuse us. I'm sorry.
This probably wasn't the best idea.

No, it was a horrible idea. Oh.

I... I didn't get any catharsis.

We should... Oh.

Your phone's
ringing. I'm so sorry.

It's embarrassing for you.

Uh, where do I put my stone?

This was a beautiful
service. Thank you.

This guy's delusional and violent.
- Mmm-hmm.

We need to find him before he
hurts anyone else. You understand?

Okay. Thanks. Are
they covering the exits?

Yeah, they got it.

Yeah.

We're not sick. We're
on official business.

So you have to
respect the badge.

They get it. You can
put the badge away now.

Hey, any sign of him?
Here, take a whiff of this.

Excuse me. It's Adam's shirt.

I'm not a dog.

That's right. She's
not a dog, Hicks.

What do you smell?

I'm drowning.

It's a sound, actually.

Orderly to room 307.
Orderly to room 307.

Gary. Gary. Yeah.

Tap into the security cameras and
give me a shout if you see anything, okay?

Yeah. Hicks!

What? I'm not a dog.

I have to find better reception.

Ooh. Adam is definitely up here.

Just our luck... It's the closed
wing at the hospital, huh.

Yeah, just like
in a horror movie.

I'd be careful if I was you.

Every single horror
movie I have ever seen...

Yeah, the white chick is
tripping and screaming, yeah.

No, no, try it again.

Yeah, the black guy's gonna
die first? I don't think so.

I'm drowning.

Please help me. Why
can't anyone hear me?

I think it's this way, you guys.

I... I can't pinpoint exactly
where the sound's coming from.

When I talked to
the hospital staff,

they said that this Adam
freak out isn't the first time.

Apparently a lot of weird
stuff has been happening lately.

Equipment's been malfunctioning,

people seeing things out of
the corner of their eye, and...

These are the people in
charge of my health care, huh?

Yeah, well...

as an investigator, I'm not gonna
dismiss the possibility out of hand.

Please.

Can anyone hear me?

Adam's close.

I can smell his fear.

Okay, you know what?

I'll take this one.

Go with her.

Help me.

Yeah, go get 'em, cowboy.

Hi, Gary.

Oh.

Uh, Anna. You're dead.

You can't really be here.

You can't be. You're dead.

So what am I, then?

Anna doesn't talk. Anna
didn't talk when she was alive.

Well, I'm different
now, I guess.

No, you...

Oh, sir. Sir.

I... I have... I'm
a federal agent.

I have a question.

Can you see Anna there?

There's nobody there.

No, sir, look there.

Hey! Hands off, man.

There are plenty of doctors
here. Why don't you go talk to one?

Well,

oh, yeah, no, he could be right.

I could have a brain tumor.

Yeah, that would make sense.

Gary, you see things all
the time other people can't.

Your signals.
Yeah, I see signals,

but I don't hallucinate.

I don't see hallucinations.

Are you haunting me?

I just saw Senator Burton.
She's telling the truth.

Now she didn't know, but...

It felt like she
thought she did.

Well, if she thought she did,
chances are she does know.

Our memories are often
stored in scattered fragments

throughout our brains, hidden,
trapped just out of reach.

But if the information is in
there, which I believe it is,

I'm thinking you might
be able to retrieve it.

Yeah, but I already
tried pushing her.

No, this is... This
is more of a pull

than a push, Nina.

We could use some
sensory recognition technique

with your ability

and you could help her
reconnect the bits of memory.

Lee,

I've never tried
anything like that.

No, I... I know.

But you've done a lot
of things of late that, uh,

were previously unprecedented.

Now, I wouldn't
ask you to do this

unless you were
completely comfortable.

The senator's getting on the
red-eye for London tonight.

We should find her at the
airport before she leaves.

If she's got part of
Parish's agenda in her head,

we should get on it now.

I agree.

But first we have to
determine whether or not

you can actually pull
a repressed memory.

And we have the
perfect test subject.

Hey.

What's up?

Have you ever had anything
like this done before?

Most likely, yeah.
I don't remember.

Well, this is gonna
be a little different.

I want to see if Nina can
help you retrieve some memory

that your brain has, for
whatever reason, buried away.

She's gonna ask you
some questions, just relax

and just answer
what comes to mind.

Okay.

I'm down for whatever.

It's okay.

Don't be scared.

I'm not. It just felt right.

Um, shall we start
with your 16th birthday?

Focus on the walls.

Can you make out a color?

Remember, it's
your birthday, Kat.

Can you smell anything?

Good.

Food cooking, candles burning?

Can you taste anything?

Cake?

Chocolate.

Excellent.

The kind of chocolate
frosting that comes in a can.

Beige walls,

paintings,

landscapes.

Ugh, they suck.

Nina, try to personalize it.

Is anyone there with you?

There's a woman.

Nina, are you all right?

Yeah, I'm fine. I just, um...

I need a break.

All right. It's fine.
I've got what I need.

You can do it, Nina.

If we leave now, we can
catch the senator at the airport.

So I can take
these off now, right?

Yeah, sure. Thank you
for your cooperation.

Just leave the
money on the dresser.

Why didn't you
disappear all the way?

Down the hallway, you
disappeared all the way.

Oh,

you're getting stronger the
higher up we go, like a signal.

But you're not electromagnetic.

If dead people
were electromagnetic

then I would have
seen them before,

like today at the... Oh!

You touched me.

I'm sorry. I know you
don't like to be touched,

but you put that
tie on for me, and

you look nice.

Yeah.

Oh, it's him.

His heart is racing.

Bill.

He's in here.

Bill?

Bill.

Maggie, I can help.

Get out!

The scream came from this room.

Rachel? Rachel!

She's not answering.

You were supposed
to stay with her!

Now don't try to
gaslight me, Hicks.

You were with her. No, I wasn't.

Rachel!

I'm gonna get security and get
them to do a floor-by-floor sweep.

I'm gonna get
Rosen on this thing.

This isn't just about
looking for an Alpha.

This place is
getting really weird.

Bill, I understand. I'll be
there as soon as I can.

For both of us.

She's there.

Nina, what did you
do to your hand?

It's fine. Don't worry about it.

When you were
holding hands with Kat,

is that what...

Kat spent a lot of
time in hospitals,

people poking
around in her head.

Somebody held her hand, and...

It must have been nice.

Nina, if I'm asking too much of you
right now, you have to tell me, please.

This isn't worth
putting you at risk.

Perfect world, you wouldn't
need to use your ability at all.

But the world isn't perfect.

I want to help.

I like sleeping at the office,

'cause I never have
to get a ride to work,

and I never have
to get a ride home.

I'm already home.

Oh, you can laugh.

I didn't know that
you could do that.

What? Oh,

wait, wait.

Yeah. This better be
important. I'm talking to Anna.

What? Gary, what?

Focus. Ping Rachel's phone.

I can't find her.

Yeah, okay,
Bill, I'll get to it.

But I'm in the middle of
something that I'm doing.

Did you just hang up on me?

Bill! Help me!

Rachel!

Gary, you should
help your friends.

The neuro-diverse need
to be there for each other.

Someone approached
you from the foundation.

Was it a man?

His scent, was he perspiring?

Was he wearing cologne?

A light scent,

lemony.

I couldn't place the brand.

It was a Tuesday.

He was wearing a gray suit.

Senator? Our flight is boarding.

Don't lose her focus, Nina.

What did he ask you to do?

Trial tests,

medical. Medical what?

SENATOR'S AIDE:
Senator, it's almost time.

Now think of the man.

His gray suit, his scent.

Medical what?

August.

August. Good.

This August or last year?

Senator? They're boarding now.

We're old friends,
just catching up.

Does August mean
anything to you?

We'll figure it out.

We should go.

Rachel.

Rachel.

Rachel.

Rachel?

Rachel.

Rachel?

Dad! Dad, help me!

Hello?

Dad, help me!

Dad! Hey!

Dad! Hey!

Help me! Hey!

My kid's not dead! Hey, stop!

It's okay, Maggie,
you're gonna be okay.

I'm gonna get you out of here.

No, no, shh!

If they hear you, Maggie,

they'll put you back
in the drawer, okay?

This machine drains the blood.

I got to get the drugs
out of you, okay?

It'll make you clean.

Okay, Maggie?

Maggie!

Wait, where are you going?

Why are you running from me?

Rachel!

Come on, come on.

Rachel!

Help! Help! Help, I'm drowning!

Help!

I'm drowning. I'm drowning.

I'm drowning.

Help me.

I'm drowning.

I'm drowning.

Rachel?

Adam.

Adam, help me.

I'm drowning.

Maggie?

Rachel.

Gary, you scared
the hell out of me.

Bill, get a hold of yourself.

I pinged Rachel's phone for you.

I wanted to help
Anna, but she said

that I should come... Gary, what
are you talking about? Anna is dead.

No, no, she's not
dead, Bill. She's here.

Wait. Are you seeing things too?

No, I'm not seeing things. I'm
seeing Anna. She's a person.

Anyway, Rachel's upstairs.
You should go and help her.

No, come on, let's go.

Yeah, no, Bill!

We got to get the hell out
of here and find Rachel.

You go find her.
I've got to help Anna.

Dad! Help me!

Dad!

Tyler!

No!

No! No! Stop!

Dad! Please, stop!

Dad, help me!

Dad!

Dad!

Tyler! No, please, stop!

Dad! Please let him go!

I'll do whatever you
want! Take me instead!

Tyler!

Rachel?

Rachel?

Ra...

Rachel!

Rachel!

Rachel!

Oh!

That shouldn't be happening,

just like you, Anna.

This is a special phone.
Skylar gave it to me.

You'd like her. She has tattoos.

Oh, yeah, look.

That's what's
vibrating the cart.

I found your signal, Anna.

It's infrasound.
I've read about that.

What's causing it?

I don't know. It
could be machinery,

like, uh, an industrial
air conditioner.

So I might just be the AC?

I'm not sure yet.

It's about time you got here.

Rachel wrote that.

And Adam is dead.

Something made
Adam drown himself

and whatever that something
is, is affecting Rachel, okay?

And I think it's
affecting Hicks as well.

Now, we have to find
out what it is because

we are dealing with something

that we don't understand.

No! You don't
understand it, Bill.

I do. It's infrasound.

What is infrasound?

It's a sonic frequency below the
threshold of normal human hearing.

Yeah, and it makes
things vibrate,

like those tools and the lights.

Yeah, it can have a dramatic
effect on people's brains.

Yeah, people who
aren't even Alphas.

But it affects Alphas more.

Okay, so that's gotta be
affecting Rachel, right? I mean...

Yeah, yeah! It's making
you crazy, though,

but it's letting me see Anna.

What?

You've seen Anna? Yeah, look.

I recorded it on my phone.

You can't hear it.

But you can see it, there.

Gary, can you modify this signal
somehow to make it audible?

Yeah, of course I
can. I'm a professional.

Help me. I'm drowning.

That's not an air conditioner.

I'm drowning. Drowning?

Doc, the elevator, right?

Yes. Rachel thinks
she's drowning.

I... I've got to find
her. I've got to help her.

Bill, be careful, you're
probably being affected too,

so the closer you get to
the source of the sound,

the more powerful it will be.

Help me. Help me, I'm drowning.

Help. Help.

Oh, my God!

Nina!

We're very close to it, 'cause
Anna's hardly disappeared

up here at all.

I'm taking her to the source.

All right, Gary. You're
helping Anna, right?

Yeah. Bill is desperate
to help Rachel.

It appears that
you're all acting

on that subliminal cry for help
embedded in the infrasound.

But Bill thinks
that it's a spirit.

He believes in
spirits, Dr. Rosen.

He might not be
so far off, Gary.

Machines don't cry
for help. People do.

There were three
near-drowning patients last year,

Stacy Fung, discharged
after two days.

Andrew Mittman, D.O.A.
That's dead on arrival.

And there's Jason Miller.
He... Oh, Dr. Rosen!

He's still here. 1626.

1626. Yeah.

Oh, that's on another floor.
Persistent vegetative state.

It says that he's brain-dead.

Well, that might
not be accurate.

The machines might not
be registering brain activity.

But if he is
communicating somehow...

Oh, no, Dr. Rosen, it
says that his parents

are gonna let them harvest
his organs for transplant.

He's 16.

Well, if the doctors believe
that he was indeed brain-dead,

they would never
have tried to revive him.

Gary, stay right
here for a moment.

But, Dr. Rosen,
where are you going?

I think there may be
a way to save this boy

and stop the infrasound.
I'll be right back.

What's wrong, Gary?

Adam's an Alpha,
and the infrasound...

It affected his brain.
He saw his dead sister.

And I'm an Alpha,
and I can see you.

You're not real.

But I like seeing you.

We're gonna find Jason
before Dr. Rosen does.

This way.

Yeah. Yeah, this is it.

That's him, Anna.

He's emitting the infrasound.

And look... Look, the
machines say that he's dead.

Machines don't understand us.

Gary, open the door, please. No!

Gary, open the door!

Gary, we can't locate
Bill, Cameron or Rachel.

But if I'm right, they're
in serious trouble.

I have to wake Jason up!

It's the only way to
stop the infrasound.

No, Dr. Rosen!

If you wake him up, then
I'm gonna lose Anna, again!

You know that, Dr. Rosen!

Gary, listen to me. You're
not thinking clearly right now.

Yeah, I know! But I
don't want to think clearly.

Dr. Rosen, I couldn't save Anna
at Highland Mills, but I can this time.

The Anna you see right
now, she's an hallucination.

And what she is saying to
you is what you want her to say.

No! No! That's not true!
Gary, she is not real.

Yes! She's real,
'cause she touched me.

And she says things
that only Anna would say.

All right, then ask her.

Ask Anna what you should do.

No, I don't want to ask her.

Maybe Anna needs
to tell you something.

Gary, please. Please.

Gary, Jason's one of us.

You couldn't help me,
but you can save his life.

He's crying out for help.

Gary, the neuro-diverse
need to be there for each other.

Sorry, Dr. Rosen.

Thank you, Gary.

We have to stick together.

Ah!

You did the right thing, Gary.

Come on, Rachel. Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Bill.

Jason, do you remember anything

about what's happened to you,

like, uh, sensations
of drowning,

feeling trapped in your mind,

trying to cry out for help?

Nothing?

All right, um,

can I do anything for you?

Uh, can I, um...

Can I have some chips?

Sure. What kind?

I like the, uh, salt
and vinegar kind. Sure.

I think we can make that happen.

Thanks.

Is that a photic stimulator?

Yes.

How long has it been
in use in this hospital?

About six months.

Was that device ever
used on this man?

We use it on all comatose
patients to test brain activity.

Cameron?

You can't just show up
here without my permission.

I'm sorry. I got to see him.

Please.

Dad?

What are you doing here?

Hi.

What are you doing, huh?

Rachel, are you
all right? I'm fine.

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gradually employ curvature.

The female form
can be divided into

approximately eight
circles up and down

with cylindrical shapes
for the arms and joints.

As women have more
rounded bodies than men,

their hips should
always be drawn

the same width as the shoulders.

Light and shadow
are key to rendering

life like images.

People know how shadows play

across the curves and crevices

of the female body.

By properly shading
the creases of the skin,

you'll create the illusion

that the figure is lifelike
and three dimensional.

Dr. Rosen...

I tracked down where
every photic stimulator

from August Medical
went. Oh, great.

2,700 different hospitals.

2,700? Across the country, yeah.

And there's 42
different models of this.

That's a lot.

And we have no idea
what this thing does

to people's brains

or how it fits into Stanton
Parish's agenda, if indeed it does.

Gary, do you remember
the young woman

who built you your phone?

Yes, Skylar. But
she wasn't young.

Do you still have it with
you? Yeah, of course I have it.

It was a present. You're
supposed to keep presents,

even if you don't like them.

And, yeah, she said I
could call her on this.

Well, I'm thinking
she might be the one

to figure out how
this thing works.

Oh, does she speak
Chinese? I don't know. Why?

Oh, these were
manufactured in China,

and I don't speak Chinese.

Anna speaks Chinese.

Speaks Chinese, Gary?

You, you just referred to
Anna in the present tense.

It's okay if you think of
Anna as still being with you,

but you should realize
that... Oh, no, I don't think that.

She was with me, and
now she's not with me.

But I found another
way to honor Anna, so...

All right.

Dr. Rosen, it's late.
You, you should go home,

because you don't live
here, but I do. I live here.

Yes, that's right. Thanks, Gary.