Alphas (2011–2012): Season 2, Episode 6 - Alphaville - full transcript

Previously on Alphas...

Agent Sullivan just called.
We have an Alpha missing.

Skylar Adams.

Skylar's smarter than
just about anyone.

She was always inventing things.

Are you looking for my mommy?

I was gonna head out
to, uh... To a coffee shop.

Are you asking me out on a date?

So, if we want to try this,

we're gonna need
to take it slow.

Slow is good.



Dr. Rosen.

Cornell Scipio.

Is that a photic stimulator?

There's 42 different models.

Do you remember the young
woman who built you your phone?

Yes, Skylar. Do you
still have it with you?

She said I could
call her on this.

She might be the one to
figure out how this thing works.

Identities of all volunteers
remain classified.

The purpose of the
study is to test reactions

to various frequencies
of light oscillation.

Project Bluebird, Artichoke, Paper
Clip... You believe these names?

These Cold War programs were
the government's first attempts

to explore the limits of the
human neurological system.



And one of the more promising
experiments was photic stimulation...

Visual stimulus to
alter brain activity.

But as you can see,
some pretty horrible results.

I still don't get the
connection to your toy here.

You said they use this
to treat people for epilepsy

and Parkinson's and
lazy eye syndrome.

Well, Bill, Stanton Parish
somehow managed to coerce

Senator Burton to fast-track
this particular device

through the FDA.

I seriously doubt he was
concerned with lazy eye syndrome.

So you had Kat take this thing
apart. She couldn't find anything.

Yeah, but why?

Why, Bill, was it
used so deliberately

on that Jason Miller
kid in the hospital?

It enhanced his Alpha ability,

which put you and the
rest of the team in danger.

Thousands of these are due
to be distributed right now.

I'm convinced that
this thing, whatever it is,

is a crucial part of
Parish's war plans.

And I hate to think
what will happen

if I can't figure
out what it does.

Whatever it is, Nathan Cley needs
this on his desk tomorrow morning, okay?

That is evidence.

Yeah, well, it's not going to be

on Nathan Cley's
desk tomorrow morning.

It's going to be
on Skylar Adams's.

If anyone can figure
this out, it's her.

You know, I checked.

Health inspectors eat here.

I'm so sorry.

It's... It's a force of habit.

Oh.

You know what?
I should get going.

You're really not gonna
tell me where you're going?

Dr. Rosen's being really
paranoid about security.

You know I'm head
of tactical, right?

Your boss is making it really
hard for me to do my job.

Do you want to come
along to protect me?

That's sweet.

Look, I just...

I'm sorry. No! I'm sorry.

No, John, I'm sorry. I...

I'm trying, okay?

And we'll get there, but...

I got to go.

Dr. Rosen, why do I have to go?

I don't want to go. I
don't like going places.

Gary, you're part of the team.

And I want everyone
doing security.

No, but Bill... He
does the security.

Because Bill's the muscle,

and the muscle is in the arm.

I'm the brain, and the
brain stays in the head.

The office is the head.

That's my metaphor. Right, right.
That's a great metaphor, Gary.

You are the brains. Yeah,
well, then tell Dr. Rosen...

The brain stays in the head.

Gary, when Stanton Parish
finds out we have this device,

he's going to
come looking for it.

You are too important
to be left behind.

You monitor signals. No
one else can do that, all right?

You're going. Oh, okay.
But then you have...

You have to appease me.

Appease you? Okay.

Uh, okay... HARKEN:
Alright, let's do this.

Well, how about you pick
where we stop for lunch? Yeah.

How about drive us to lunch?
You want to drive to lunch?

No, no, I'm the shotgun.
I'm gonna let you drive.

That's fool's gold, Bill.
You never let me drive.

Rachel?

Where are you going? HICKS:
To see a guy about a thing.

You gonna miss me? No.

Well, I bet I can change
your mind on that.

Hi. Hi.

What, you don't
like office hours?

Sorry. The subway was late.

Bentley's in the shop?

No. The Bentley was repossessed.

She couldn't afford
to make the payments.

And she's not allowed to push
anyone anymore to keep the car.

So Nina's going?

Yeah. Look, nothing's gonna
happen, okay? Just trust me.

It's not you I'm worried about.

Nina's promised to use
her ability for the good of all.

Yeah, that's like asking an
alcoholic to only drink in the office.

I need to do this
myself, so I can handle it.

Give her a chance, okay?
She's trying to change.

Yeah.

Cameron, we need to
go. Give my love to Dani.

Your dad says, "Hi." Bye.

I'm the shotgun.

Nothing but trees...
Where are we?

Well, I think we're
almost there, Bill.

I think, I think.

You think?

Doc', what exactly
did Skylar say?

Uh, she wasn't
all that specific.

No, she hung up on him.

But I'd already traced the call.

She's 3.2 miles
north of Route 11.

All right, well, that's
around here, then.

Yeah, it is, but it's
all... It's just trees.

There's trees everywhere...

At least on... on MapQuest
and Google maps.

When you're this far out,
you don't want to be found.

No! No! Wait, wait! Stop, stop!

What, what?

Gary, what are you doing?
- Gary!

Gary! What are you doing?

It's all gone!

There's no Wi-Fi.

There's no 4g.
Everything's gone.

Gary, that's what happens
when you're out in the boonies.

Can you just get back
in the van, please?

This is no good. We
have to turn back now.

We're not turning back, Gary.

Don't jump out of the van again.

I don't like the boonies!

Oh, what's this?

Hey. How you fellas doing?

I'm just fine.

But you're on private land.
You need to turn around.

Excuse me, we're
looking for a friend of ours

who lives somewhere around here.

Her name is Skylar Adams.

Hey, D. C. I. S.

Hey! Hey!

You have to respect that
badge. Give me it back.

You're feds. Get
the hell out of here.

Give me.

Go! All right.

Get out of here.

Cameron, just... Move it.

Just go ahead.

Look out!

Whoa!

- He's an Alpha.
- You're right, Gary.

What do the other two do?
We don't want to find out.

- Hey, hey.
- He opens doors.

Hey, hey, hey, back
off. Guess you're walking.

What do you think you're doing?

Gower!

Back off!

Hello, Skylar.

Dr. Rosen.

You're Rosen? Yes.

Yes... yes, I am. And, uh...

And you are?

Skylar, are these
folks friends of yours?

No.

Neither are you.

Skylar? Go home.

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

Skylar. Skylar, listen to me.

I know I promised I'd never make contact
with you again, but I need your help.

We don't help outsiders.

What do you mean, "We"? I
thought you weren't with those people.

Just tell me what you want.

All right.

Thank you, Nina.

I need you to
take a look at this.

It appears to be a
photic stimulator,

but I think it's much
more than that.

You want to use
me for my abilities?

I'm shocked.

Take it to the
Genius Bar. Skylar.

Skylar...

This is important.

I took a tremendous risk
helping you elude the NSA.

I did not have to do that.

Really?

You're playing that card?

- Hey! Over here!
- Kids, come this way!

So this is where you ended up...

A town full of Alphas.

It's just an old summer
camp they fixed up...

A place for refugees.

Refugees from what?

The neuro-typical world...

From you.

You don't look too impressed.

No. With all these Alphas here,

you never know who's
a Parish sympathizer.

So we got to keep our eyes open.

Why don't you stay with
Rosen and the machine?

And I'll do a security check
with, uh, Rachel and Gary.

All right.

Xenon tube, flash header,

50 watt stepdown power supply.

Yeah, yeah, I know what this is.

It's a photic stimulator.

Skylar, I know that.

But there's got
to be more to it.

Hey, look who's here.

Zoe, you remember Dr. Rosen.

Hi, Zoe.

What's this? Whoa.
Zoe, don't touch.

Don't touch. I'll
show you later.

She never stops.
This is how it always is.

Zoe. ZOE: What's this?

Zoe, Zoe, do you like bubbles?

Do you want to know how to blow
a giant bubble that never pops?

How do you do that?

I'll show you. Come here.

Let's just sit right here.

Now the first thing
you have to do,

is you have to
take a deep breath.

And then blow it out slow.

Here it comes. Here it
comes. Here it comes.

It's getting bigger and
bigger and bigger...

There you go.

Wow. This is an
amazing-looking creature.

Think you could draw
a picture of it for me?

Okay.

Thank you.

How did you do that?

I've had a little experience

raising a equally
spirited one of my own.

She just... She never stops.

She wakes me up
at 4:00 in the morning

to tell me she discovered
a new prime number.

Well, as they say, the apple
doesn't fall far from the tree.

Didn't you once take apart
your family's Volkswagen

and make an air
cannon or something?

It was a Nissan.

Careful, careful. That, uh...

They could be dangerous.

More dangerous
than an air cannon?

Yeah, quite possibly.

Gary, do me a favor.

Try to keep your
eyes on the real world.

No. I don't like only being
able to see the real world.

It's boring. I hate it here.

Yeah, well, you know,
this place reminds me

of when my parents used
to send me to summer camp.

I hated it as well.

I couldn't sleep without
the traffic noises,

but after a while, you learn
to appreciate a place like this.

Smell that. You
smell that country air?

Oh. Bees. Oh, no.

Gary, come on, back
up. I don't like bees, Bill.

They have evil intent.

Gary, wait, wait,
wait. Come back.

Calm down, son.
Get off! Get off!

Don't let them sting you.

Oh...

You can speak bee. Basically.

Huh.

You must be Skylar's friends.

Um, Agent Harken? Gary?

No. Agent Bell.
I'm an Agent, too.

Claude. I'm the, uh, founder

of this colony
for people like us.

You're the guy I need to talk
to. I've got some questions

about security
arrangements around here.

We all get along pretty well.
We've never had any incidents.

I doubt we'll have any now.

You always want to
prepare for the worst

and hope for the best, right?

Oh, you're the founder,

so it's your fault that
there's no signals here.

Gary can read
electromagnetic communication,

so he gets a little cranky
in dead zones like this...

Bill! I'm not cranky.

You're the cranky...
You're always cranky.

Yeah.

It's not exactly
dead around here.

Nature is crawling with
signals, if you're open to them.

Excuse me.

Okay.

This is amazing.

She's actually hand-drawing
algorithmic fractals.

Yeah, she's bored with those.

She's moved on to
complex plane multibrots.

It's like having your own
little computer running around.

At least a computer
comes with a manual

and an "off" switch.

Well, it's not easy
raising an Alpha.

That's why we're here...

"It takes a village"
and all that crap.

Something is
draining the battery.

Could be a design flaw.

Dinner, dinner! Hey...

Thanks, Claude.

Claude?

Skylar's mentioned
you. I'm Dr. Lee Rosen.

I know who you are.

What's that?

Good question.

I guess I'll be
seeing you at dinner.

Uh, something I
said? Actually, yes.

That stunt you pulled letting
the world know about Alphas

didn't make you
any friends here.

Dinner! Come on,
mommy, let's go!

Dinner!

You can leave
it. It's safe here.

No, I prefer to keep it with me.

Wow.

You should see a shrink
about those trust issues.

Gary, where are you
going? What are you doing?

I'm going back to the office!

Bill, I don't have my things.

I don't have my pajamas or
my mouth guard for the bruxism.

Gary, listen to
me. I can't sleep

without my signals.
Gary, this is part of the job.

We have to be on the lookout
for outside communication,

anybody trying...
Oh, Bill, I told you

there are no
signals. It's not...

What?

What, someone out there?

No.

Oh. What do you see?

It's a star.

Gary, we're not here
to look for damn stars.

No, it's good.

Some stars, they... They
send out radio waves.

I know that.

Gary. It's a pulsar.

Gary, you're
killing me right now,

you know this,
right? It's pingy.

Whoo-hoo.

Gary.

Gary!

Gary, listen to me.

It's time to eat, okay?

You're late, okay?
You're late to eat, Gary.

Let's... can we...

Can we look at
stars another time?

No, Bill, it's not stars.
It's something else.

It's all... It's all...

It's yellow and
purple and... and red.

And it's... It's like curtains,

but they're exploding.

Yeah, that sounds like
the Aurora Borealis, Gary.

I've seen that in Alaska before.

Huh. It's the whole sky.

Pretty amazing.

You hungry, Gary?
Hey, let's sit right here...

Come on... with Hicks.

I could've killed them both.

Don't sneak up on me like that.

It's what I do.

You're so quiet, we should
tie a friggin' bell on you.

Parish sent us here to observe.

No one's around. Let's just
go and grab the machine.

If we go for it now,
they'll know it's valuable.

We only move if they
figure out what it does.

What the hell is this?

See, uh, it's a green algae.

Apparently they
grow their own food.

Really?

Yep. Eat up.

Gary, what's the deal? I thought
we had radio silence out here.

Oh, yeah. No. I was wrong.

There are signals everywhere.

I just... I wasn't
focusing hard enough,

'cause even the
trees have signals,

and the rocks have signals.

It's all... it's wavelengths,
but it's smaller.

It's like... Even this food.

This food has a signal.

It's going... It sounds like,

Yeah, that means "don't eat me."

That's what this means.

What else is there?
'Cause of the color.

No dessert until you
clear your plate, Digit.

Didge.

Look at you, all domestic.

You even lasered
off all your tattoos.

Or was that just to make it
harder for the FBI to spot you?

Come on, let's go.

Rebel...

Mom.

Rebel...

Mom.

I thought this was a place

where Alphas could be
free to be themselves.

Not me. I'm here for Zoe.

So what, you can't be yourself
and her mom all at the same time?

Well, right now I'm
kind of sucking at both.

Trouble in the Justice League?

They're not exactly
thrilled to have me around.

Maybe I should just
stay here with you.

That's a load of crap.

I saw you. You were happy.

Made me want to throw up.

Yeah, but I ruined it.

And now when I'm with
them, I just feel alone.

This is delicious.

Honey wine.

You made this?

The bees do all the work. Mmm.

It's human nature to exploit

the special abilities
of other creatures.

Perhaps.

But it could also be perceived

as two groups working
together for their mutual benefit.

And when one
disengages from that bond,

both suffer.

Have you ever had a brick
thrown through your window?

Have you ever been
persecuted for being who you are?

Claude, I'm sorry,

but Dr. Rosen has
spent his entire career

fighting against exactly
that kind of intolerance...

Rachel... CLAUDE: His career?

This is our lives
I'm talking about.

And we did not elect
you to be our spokesman.

You're not one of
us. You never will be.

You're just an
outsider looking in.

Yes, I'll admit it...
I am an outsider.

But let me ask you this, Claude.

If you knew that your bee
colonies were going to collapse

no matter where you hide them,

what would you do?

Wouldn't you try to stop it?

Oh! Ooh!

Why'd you come here, huh?

No! Please, no!

Oh!

I can kill more than cars.

Hey!

Doc...

You ok? ROSEN: Yeah, I think so.

Easy, easy, easy.

I got him.

What do you know about this?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Put those away!

We don't solve things
with violence around here.

Oh, really?

Perhaps you should
tell your man about that.

I didn't start this, Claude.

The hell you didn't!

You started the
whole damn thing.

My life fell apart
because of you.

My wife left me,
and she took my kids,

all because of you
and your big mouth.

Do you have a name?

Gower. Mr. Gower...

I opened my big mouth

because it was
absolutely necessary.

If you'll just let me explain...

Gower!

Go home.

Claude... You can
spend the night here,

but I want you gone by morning.

Come on.

Let's get back to our homes.

There gonna be some
way to repair this?

Well, maybe if
you stop touching it.

Ugh.

Gower smashed this one up.

Well, we replaced
the circuit boards.

Hey, do you see that?

Sneaky-ass, clever bastards.

What? What have you found?

Control circuits.

Nano-processors embedded
in the wires themselves.

Idiots installed
it all backwards.

Yeah, this photostim has
definitely been tampered with.

Is there any way to determine

what exactly has
been done to it?

It's gonna take some time.
We don't have time, Skylar.

Claude wanted us out of
here first thing this morning.

Lucky you.

Hey, you know, you and
Zoe can come with us.

Actually, that's a great idea.

No. I brought Zoe here
to be around kids like her.

Every morning I wake
up and wish I could leave.

It was so much easier
when I was alone.

Hey, Zoe.

Zoe.

God! Mother of
the friggin' year.

Digit!

Digit? Skylar.

Oh!

Ugh!

Rachel, turn that
thing off. Yeah, okay.

It's got its own
internal power source.

Maybe if I reconnect it...

Rachel!

Bill!

Oh, my God, what happened?
She's having a seizure, Bill.

Rachel, stay with
me. Stay with me.

Dr. Rosen...

Where are you?

I can't see you.

I'm right here.

Zoe?

Digit.

Skylar.

Gary, have you seen my kid?

No, but, Skylar, I'm
looking for something too.

I want to get a cabin,
but I want one with carpet.

Everything here's made
of wood, and I like carpet,

'cause it's all... It's
squishy beneath my toes.

I don't have time for this.

Zoe?

Aah! What the hell did
that machine do to her?

It's as if that... That
instrument, whatever it is,

has amplified her Alpha ability.

So... it's like what happened

to that coma kid in
the hospital, right?

Yes, but whatever adjustment
Skylar made to that thing

has increased its potency.

Rachel, Rachel, what
you're experiencing

is an intensification
of your own ability,

which means you
can probably control it.

Just focus, go
through your protocols.

You can control this.

Zoe?

Zoe!

Didge?

I didn't mean it.

Didge?

Come back.

Zoe!

Zoe!

Oh, didn't mean to scare you.

So don't sneak up on people
in the middle of the woods.

Who are you?

We want that machine you fixed.

It's not mine to give.

Yeah, well, it's not
the Doc's either.

See, he stole it.
We want it back.

You okay? Yeah.

You sure? Yeah, fine.

Here, Rachel. I'm okay.

Just get this off of me.

I can't breathe, okay?
Just get it off of me.

Okay. Just... I can't breathe.

Oh. Rachel, what's wrong?

Oh, you look like
one of the faces

from my expressions chart...

Joyless.

Rachel's sick, okay?
We're gonna take her home,

as soon as Dr. Rosen comes
back with that photostim.

Oh, okay, drive
safe... And really fast.

I'm gonna go and
air out my cabin.

What? Gary, you...

Your cabin?

Yeah. Yeah, number 33.

Claude said that
I could live here.

And, Nina, you can
take your office back,

'cause I don't need
my man cave anymore.

Gary, you're not staying.
Let's go. Get in the van.

No, I am staying.

Stop talking so loud! I make up
my own mind. I make my decisions.

Gary, there's no Thai food here,

no Chinese, no
take-out, nothing.

Come on.

No, you're... You're
trying to trick me.

I told you, I'm not leaving!

Gary!

Gary, have you seen
Skylar anywhere?

Oh. Yeah, yeah. Where?

She went into the trees.
She was looking for Zoe.

I was listening to the sun.

Yeah, well, if you see her,
tell her I'm looking for her.

Yeah, in the... okay.

Where is she?

That's not how
this is gonna work.

90,000 volts... That's
how it's gonna work.

Where is she?

Hey, Doc.

Long time no see.
You're looking good.

Skylar, please don't give
Mr. Scipio that instrument.

He can't be trusted. He
works for Stanton Parish.

They don't care who they hurt!

Come on, Doc, that any way
to talk about an old friend?

We used to have something.

He has Zoe.

What?

Lee, you are the
reason why he's here.

We were safe...

Aah!

Doc, come on,
I'm taking that bag.

Why did you do that? How
are we gonna find her now?

We'll find her, I promise.
We have to get out of here!

Go! Go!

We have to get to the van!

Rachel, let us know
when you hear something.

Stop, stop! Stop the car!

Just let me... Just
let me hear, okay?

What, Rachel?
Let me just listen!

I hear a child, breathing hard.

She's scared. There's
somebody with her.

They're indoors.

All right, how far? Where?

Quarter mile, that way.

Skylar, wait, wait.
It's too dangerous.

No. She'll be fine.

It's my daughter. NINA: Skylar!

Skylar! Skylar!

Aah!

Want to do your thing?

Want to let them
know we're coming?

I don't think so.

Hey, want to come do your thing?

Over on this side.

That open window right up there.

It's all you, baby. Yeah.

Do you smell that?

What? Smell what?

It's a fire.

The forest is burning.

It's heading east,
towards the camp.

That's over a mile away.

Move.

Look out! Run, Zoe!

Aah!

Hey!

Let me go!

Let me go!

Come here! Stop!

Look, all we want is the kid.

So let me out and
give me the machine.

Fair trade. Can't
do it, sweetheart.

Ahh!

You're Hicks, right?

My sister told me about you.

She said she kicked
your ass at Highland Mills.

That's not quite
how I remember it.

Oh, yeah? Well,
you'll remember this.

You okay? Do I look okay?

Get me up.

Where is she? Where's Zoe?

Uh, she... Where is she?

She's there...
She went that way.

Come on, go, go, go.

Zoe!

Mommy's here.

Mommy!

Good! You found her. Come on!

Let's go! Come on! Okay.

We got to get out
of here, now, now!

All right.

You should've played nice.

Go, go, go!

It's okay.

Easy. Don't worry, honey.

Don't worry.

There's no way we're
gonna make it out of here!

Zoe, you stay with Hicks, okay?

I got her.

I can fix this.

Come on! Hurry
up! Let's go! Move!

Let's keep moving here!

What are you still doing here?

I'm trying to help.

Dr. Rosen!

Gary! Dr. Rosen.

My eyes are burning.
I can't breathe.

Go, get in the car.
Come on, come on.

I'm the shotgun.

Just get in the car, okay?

Gower, go, I've
got her. I've got her.

Here you go.

Claude, what can I do?

Haven't you done enough?

I need that canister.

Okay, give me the hose.

All right. Hurry.

Let me help.

Okay. Here, right there.

You've lost 213ccs of blood.

That's 7.223868 fluid ounces.

I rounded.

Yeah, I'm gonna take
your word for it, kid.

Tighten the washers.

I got 'em, here.

What else?

Make sure that
connection's tight.

Will that work?

Do you know my mommy?

Zoe, come here.

Come on, get out of here.

What about you?
I'll be fine. Just go.

Thank you! Go!

Hicks. Hicks!

Come on.

Skylar!

Where's Skylar? They got out.

Let's get out of here.

You okay?

Yeah, yeah. I stopped
bleeding. I'm fine.

Ah, Doc, he's bleeding.

We stopped it. What happened?

We have to get
him to a hospital.

I'll drive.

A wildfire that broke
out earlier today

near White Mountain National
Forest is reportedly contained,

although a code orange
air-quality alert remains in effect...

What are you drawing
there? A picture of us.

You're a pretty cool
kid, you know that?

I know.

Where's the red one?
This part needs to be red.

Maybe it fell.

Thank you.

They roll everywhere.

She is very talented.

Hitting on a single
mom via her kid...

It's kind of creepy.

I'm not hitting on
you, Ms. Adams.

You're far too young for me.

I'm bringing you an offer.

A child like Zoe... She
needs an environment

that she can
thrive in, as do you.

Who are you?

I'm Stanton Parish.

I believe you met some
of my colleagues recently.

I apologize for their behavior.

They have the
unfortunate tendency

to get carried away.

What do you want?

To give you an opportunity...

Help make the
world a better place.

Isn't that what every
mother wants for her child?

Hey. Hey.

Heard you had a rough trip.

My whole world opened up.

You know my senses...

It's just... they got
bigger than ever before.

Dr. Rosen doesn't
know if I'll ever...

Go back to the way I was.

I would've brought
you flowers, but...

I know the smell
would bother you, so...

What?

You just...

You get me.

You really do.

It's weird, right?

Like, everything's
turned up so high, but...

I'm still here.

Maybe...

Cam... You could
have been killed.

No.

No.

But if it was a couple
inches up and to the right,

I really might've
been in trouble.

I'm so sorry.

Hey, it's not your fault.

Yeah. No, I know.

It's just...

Besides, if I play
my cards right,

I just might get medical leave.

You can nurse me back to health.

Let me guess.

You told Cley that machine
got burned up in the fire.

Yes. A tragedy.

He was disappointed.

One of these days, Doc,

crap is gonna come back and bite
you in the ass. You know that, right?

What's on your mind, Bill?

Scipio knew that we
were gonna be there.

I know.

Someone close to us
is working with Parish.

Bill, I want you
to vet everyone.

Cley's office, the DOD staff,

families, friends,
everyone, even Kat.

All right, I'll bring Hicks
and Gary up to speed.

No.

They don't need to know.

This is just between you and me.

Find this person, Bill.

And when we do?

Just find him.