Alphas (2011–2012): Season 2, Episode 7 - Gods and Monsters - full transcript

Previously on Alphas...

Someone approached
you from the foundation.

What did he ask you to do?

Trial tests. August.

Does August mean
anything to you?

We'll figure it out.

Jason Miller. Oh,
Dr. Rosen, he's still here.

That's him. He's
emitting the infrasound.

Is that a Photic Stimulator?

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.



Cargo train exploded
outside of Jersey City.

There was no
evidence of a device.

That's exactly how
Stanton Parish operates.

Your 200-year-old
Alpha bogeyman?

But he is very real, Nathan,

and, I believe,
extremely dangerous.

Shot in the head. There's
nothing we can do for this poor soul.

What's on your mind, Bill?

Scipio knew that we
were gonna be there.

I know. Someone close
to us is working with Parish.

Yes. Every August
Medical PhotoStim

has been recalled and destroyed.

Good. Make sure every
import ban is retroactive.

Of course.



The Health Technology Safety
Act contains that provision.

Delete every record
of our meeting,

every phone call, every email...

Uh, not here, Senator.

Wait till you're alone.

I should wait until
I'm alone. Right.

And if anyone ever
asks, we're all friends.

You're friends. We're finished.

Have a good night.

Good night.

Uh,

you have another
headache? No, it's fine.

I'm just glad we'll be done
with all these trips to D.C.

It's been a long
couple of weeks.

Desperate times,
necessary measures.

Oh, watch out!

Senator!

Stop! Stop! DRIVER:
What the hell are you doing?

Stop!

Let's go.

Charlotte, go home.

Excuse me, I have to go home.

Is she all right?

I think so.

Hey.

I'm gonna go grab a drink.

Yeah, okay.

Oh.

What's he doing here?

Oh... Hi, Lisa.

Hi, Jason.

I was just wondering if, uh,

you wanted to hang out sometime?

Well, I mean,
obviously, like, I know,

right now, we're
hanging out, but

we could see a
movie or something.

It... Well, whatever
you want to do.

That's really sweet, but,
um, I have a boyfriend.

So...

Right, I know.

But, listen, I was
just... Hey, hey, hey!

Jase!

This is the senior prom.

What, did you, uh, skip a
grade and not tell anyone?

Cody! Don't be a jerk.

I'll make sure he gets out okay.

Stop it!

You don't talk to Lisa.

Look, she's too nice to say it,

but you creep her out.

You creep everyone out.

I said, "Stop it."

What did you do?

He was in the
hospital for months.

He almost died. You
could be a little nicer.

You're right. You
should go out with Jason.

Cody, stop it. MOLLY: Seriously.

Jason's really
cool. Really cool.

Uh, he wants to
talk to you outside.

Cody, you better
not have hurt him.

What's going on?

Jason just wants...
To talk to you.

He just wants to
talk to you, Lisa.

Jason.

What's happening?

I really never got a chance
to tell you this before,

but, um...

You look really nice tonight.

I look really nice tonight.

Hey, Doc, those two kids from
the high school are in the sitch room,

and here is the police report.

Thank you. Uh, did
Bill give this to you?

Nah, he's not
in yet, so I just...

He had a late night.
I gave him a call.

Oh, okay. He's the
one who usually handles

this sort of thing, Kat.

Yeah.

You need to be
working on your...

Your memory issues, right?

Right, but you said the key

to memory construction
is active observation,

so I am observing actively.

So I got this idea,
probationary agent.

Nice, huh?

No, it's not nice. It's
not even a real thing.

Kat! Yes, Gary.

Bill's my partner.

And you're not allowed to
just steal someone's partner.

Oh, no. Yeah, I'm
addressing the issue.

Right, no partner stealing.

Got it.

Well, they ruled
out drugs or alcohol.

Perhaps there was some
kind of conversion disorder,

mass hysteria...

Hmm, whatever you wanna call it,

these two and 15 others

chased a girl right
out of the senior dance.

Half of them didn't
come home last night.

I kind of read your file
before I gave it to you.

Not very probationary. Sorry.

This young guy.

What, did he walk through
a window or something?

Plate glass. Didn't even blink.

Witnesses say they saw a kid
named Jason Miller with them.

Said he was acting
like the leader.

You know him?

Hello.

Can either of you tell us
anything about Jason Miller?

I don't know anyone named Jason.

I'm guessing that's a yes?

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

Bill.

Good morning.
Sorry I'm late, Doc.

Well, what's with your knee?

I just tweaked it in ballet
class last night, that's all.

Oh, that's where
they were teaching

you how to kick each other?

I'm still getting my
work done, right?

Well, we still haven't
found the breach in security.

Uh, I did clear
the team and Kat,

as much as she
could be cleared...

But I'm still working to
clear, uh, support staff and,

friends and family and tactical.

So I am thorough. Yes.

And thorough takes
time. Yes, you are.

I understand, but I'm
gonna loop in Cley.

Doc...

Are you sure you wanna do that?

I don't think we can trust
that guy on something like this.

Well, I know it's a risk,

but it's far more dangerous
to have a traitor in our midst.

And besides, Cley
has some resources

that you could probably use.

All right.

Their neuroanatomies are unique,

but their brain
patterns are identical.

That's, like, impossible, right?

Usually, brain patterns
are like snowflakes, Kat.

Every one should be different.

But when we compare the EEGs,

we see many identical areas,

their minds working in
some kind of synchronization.

But there is no indication
in either of their MRIs

of any Alpha ability at all.

It looks as if they might have
become an extension of Jason's.

Yeah, but at the hospital,
Jason could only project

his personality
onto other Alphas,

and even there, the
effect was temporary.

Well, evidently, his
ability has evolved.

Yeah, mine did
after the PhotoStim.

They're emitting
an infrasonic field.

I can hear it, but barely.

All right, Rachel,
stick with me here.

When Jason creates this...

He activates, uh, somehow,

some sort of neural link,

through which he could possibly

exercise a measure
of synchronized control.

Well, like, some
kind of hive mind.

My father's allowing
himself to feel optimistic.

August Medical.

It's just a minor
setback for us.

You're worried.

Yeah, of course I'm
worried about him.

So am I.

You said that you
would bring him around

to our way of thinking, but

you two are farther apart
than you've ever been.

Dani, some chasms
can't be bridged,

certainly not from one side.

No, he has a place
in what we're doing,

in what we're building.
You've said that.

I'm hopeful. No,
you made promises.

Do you understand
everything I'm risking for this?

There may be an opportunity,

a way to build a better bridge.

A former patient
of both of ours.

She's just a kid.

She's still gotta be in
there somewhere, right?

I wish I knew, Nina.

The medication seems
to be sedating them but

not breaking
Jason's neural link.

I can't get ahold
of Jason's parents.

We have to keep trying.

These kids could be in danger,

and Jason's a
disturbed young man.

Poor boy has a lifelong
history of being ostracized

due to his ability.

The infrasound.

It induces feelings
of discomfort

and unease in people,

and they don't like
being around him

without even knowing why.

Well, he's not alone
anymore, is he?

Leave it to Parish to
make the Borg a real thing.

Hmm?

It's a Star Trek thing.
Don't worry about it.

There's no change at all.

Nothing I've given
them has restored

their normal brain activity.

The primidone, phenytoin...

Well, what about
something other than drugs?

I could try.

Carefully.

All right.

Molly?

Molly, come back.

Molly...

All right.

Hey, hey, hey,
hey. You all right?

Yeah, it's just...
What happened?

It felt like dozens of
people just fighting back.

Okay, we're obviously
not trying that again.

I don't know. I don't think

I can affect their will because

it's not their will.

It's Jason's will, and
we have to find him

if we're gonna have any hope
of breaking this connection,

this neural link.

I'm gonna ask his teachers

if they have any
idea where he is.

I believe he is here
somewhere, Bill.

Kid could go anywhere,
and he goes to school?

Well, probably for
the first time in his life,

he has power and influence,

and so he's

going back to a place

where once he had none.

It's just to show it
off. It makes sense.

We'll be right there.

Dr. Rosen?

Jason, you remember me?

From the hospital?

Yeah. Uh, salt
and vinegar chips.

Right.

To be honest,
I'm... I'm great now.

Not like before.

People used to mess
with me all the time,

even teachers.

Have you spoken with
your parents about that?

Ah, my parents,
they were the worst.

I mean, have you ever...

Have you ever looked at somebody

who was supposed to love you

and you know that
they don't even like you?

Anyways, I'm all good now.

See? Ah, yes, I...

I'm very happy to see
how well you've recovered.

Um, Jason, I'd love to run
some tests back at my office,

if you wouldn't mind.

Nah, I told you, I'm fine.

Well, it would help me
understand you better,

understand your ability,
see how you've managed

to, uh, well,
recover so quickly...

I'm good.

Thank you, Dr. Rosen.

Uh, Jason, please, wait...

Excuse me.

Jason, I need
you to listen to me.

I'm worried that you might
be hurting your friends.

I think it has
something to do with

the connection that
you've made to them.

You wanna take them away.

No. No, I don't.

You touch them.
It's that simple.

Promise me you'll
leave us alone,

or I'll have him
pull the trigger.

Jason, there's...
There's no need...

Promise, or I swear I'll do it.

Run!

We should talk.

What's our official story?

We're gonna go with
accidental weapons discharge.

Okay. Yeah, I think
that story will stick.

Any leads? No, Gary still
hasn't been able to find

anything on security
cameras, right?

No. Oh, no, Bill.

The cameras just went
out. That's not my fault.

That's bad security.

What happened to you?

I'm following up a few things
with the school psychologist.

You need a hand?
No, thank you, Bill.

I'll meet you
back at the office.

The public nature of
Jason Miller's actions

are putting every Alpha at risk.

I expect you to be celebrating.

What you managed to
accomplish with Jason Miller

is truly remarkable.

Imagine what he'd be capable
of if you hadn't intervened.

I rescued that boy
from your experiments.

We share
responsibility here, Lee.

You interrupted
Jason's treatment.

You failed to
recognize his instability

because you were too busy
shutting down August Medical.

You neglected
his follow-up care.

Well, he wouldn't have
needed follow-up care

if you hadn't twisted
him into this...

This thing that needs to
be stopped now somehow.

Bullet to his head
would stop him.

But I don't want that.

I want you to help me save him

before this gets out of control.

Oh, that's precisely
what I intend to do.

I certainly don't need
your help for that.

Because you've had such
success curing Jason's victims.

Let me guess. You've tried
all the anti-seizure meds,

maybe even Nina?

I have six months of
detailed scans and case notes

on precisely what was
done to Jason's brain.

The wavelength and the
duration of every strobe treatment.

Please, Lee.

I need you to help
me save Jason.

Uh, thank you, but I
have my own team.

You can keep the phone.

Danielle was lucky to
find that flat on Avenue C.

Such an old building.

I remember it from
before the Great War.

Be a shame if
something happened to it.

I was hoping to sway
you with other arguments.

You're an uncompromising man.

You have no idea
how uncompromising.

You've been criticized
for your frequent trips

to New York, Senator.

I won't apologize for making
the needs of my constituents

my top priority. All right.

Well, let's talk about
your new, hard-line stance

on medical equipment
being imported from overseas.

I need to make sure
the ban is retroactive.

Well, I do believe your bill
does cover that, Senator.

Yes, it does. Of course it does.

You're my friend, aren't you?

I'm sorry. I don't
understand, Senator.

We're done. I need to go home.

And that was Senator
Burton, recorded last night

after having some
difficulties during...

I know she's staying there.

Yeah, no, no, just listen to me.

I need to see her,
and you need...

What's going on?

Right this way.

Jason's mother.

Teenagers at the dance
weren't Jason's first victims.

His parents were.

She has dozens of
subdural hematomas.

The connection to her son

is causing her brain to rupture.

She's gonna die if you don't
get her to a hospital immediately.

But maybe you have a
surgical suite here somewhere?

Take her to Saint
Michael's. Yes, sir.

So her brain pattern is
struggling with Jason's.

Does that mean the
others are in danger?

Yes.

And the adolescents
may have a little more time,

given the relative flexibility
of their neuroanatomy,

but, yes, anyone
connected to Jason

is eventually going to die.

Quite an effective tool of
mass murder you've created.

Not my intent.

Not your intent?
And what about you?

Using Nina Theroux to
forcibly push a senator

to do your bidding.

Not the same thing.

Nina never intended
to hurt anyone.

Not her intent. Exactly.

Let's get to work before
anyone else gets hurt.

Senator Burton's
in the hospital.

They're saying it's exhaustion.

It's always exhaustion.

Now, has this ever
happened before?

Not like this.

Lee and I had no idea she'd
have this kind of reaction.

Now, her doctors
would've never seen

this kind of condition before.

There are no names on the film,

nothing in here to incriminate
Dr. Rosen or the rest of the team.

The only common
thread in there is me.

Look, Nina.

It's risky, okay?

A senator has a
lot of resources.

But it's a risk I have to take.

I need to fix this.

You'll need to loop Dr. Rosen in

before you share this file
with the Senator's doctor.

Don't worry.

He'll understand.

Hello, Nina. What
can I do for you?

What?

That was not Dr. Rosen.

We could neutralize the
victims' infrasonic fields.

No. Disrupting that
amount of brain activity

would be fatal.

And it appears there is no limit

to the number of
people Jason can collect.

Oh, you didn't know that? No.

I always meant for Jason
to emerge from his coma

with more control,
more maturity.

Teenagers.

Haven't changed much
since the 19th century.

I've raised my fair share.

Remaining the same age

while everyone around
you grows older and dies,

that, uh, must be very lonely.

I have my memories.
Oh, I'm sure you do.

But humans aren't built for
that kind of isolation, Stanton.

I'm not here to
talk about me, Lee.

All right.

We can see how
hard all the minds

in Jason's collective are
struggling to reassert themselves,

so I'm thinking if, somehow,
we could push them to...

Nina Theroux.

She can get into his mind

and get him to set
his collective free.

No, I'd rather not
expose her to that risk.

It's far too dangerous.

Won't be a risk
as long as I tell her

exactly how to
navigate his mind.

So you wanna work
together on that?

Fine, then, uh, I'll
have to go find my team.

Lee.

You didn't wanna
walk into a trap.

Neither do I.

Lee Rosen. RACHEL:
No, you're not.

What have you done with him?

We already know that you're
using cloning technology

to bounce the number
off of cell towers

all over the city.

Watch your back.
We're coming for you.

I hear echo, so I
know you're indoors.

Gary, ignore all
the pings outside.

There are 32 dots now.

And in minutes, we'll be
kicking down your door.

May I?

Okay, look for some
place big and empty,

far away from traffic,
like a warehouse.

Okay, there are 17 dots now.

Stanton, you treated
me with respect,

so as soon as we find
Jason, you will be free to go.

Very well. On your word.

Hello, everyone.

It's him.

I'll explain everything later.

Right now, we
need to find Jason.

He's probably feeling
very vulnerable right now,

so he'll wanna be
somewhere safe.

Look for an infrasonic field,

a cluster at one of his
classmates' addresses.

That's where we'll
probably find him.

You're so beautiful.

Why don't... Why don't
you take your clothes off?

Wait, no, no, stop.

I want you to want to do it.

I want to do it.

No, you don't.

No, I don't.

I'm sorry.

Jason's in there.

Okay, anybody else a
little freaked out by this?

Two heartbeats. He's not alone.

I didn't touch her.

Okay, all right.

Well, let's just let her
get dressed now, okay?

Okay. Come here.

I like Lisa, okay?

But this isn't her.

Hey, Jason, listen.
Dr. Rosen sent us.

Okay, we're here to help
you. We can help her, too,

but you gotta
come with us, okay?

Okay.

My first field assignment
is, "Go wait by the minivan."

Really? Yeah. Recognize.

It's supposed to be safer,
but I got arrested one time.

Who are they?

Stay back! You'll spook him.

Who are these guys?

You said you were
with Dr. Rosen.

We are. They're just
here to protect everyone.

It's okay.

Hey, guys. Look.

Hicks! Get him to the car now.

I changed my mind.
I don't wanna go.

Hicks! Tranq him!

I got him!

Ahh! Oh! GARY:
They're like ants.

Oh, there's more!
They're swarming.

Kat, help!

Ahh! Oh, they are like ants.

Hey! Oh! Ah!

Bill! I can catch him!

Gary!

Ah!

Hicks, let's go.

- I was harmed.
- Come on.

Gary, move! Come on, quick.

Yeah.

Hurry! Hurry, they're coming!

Easy, easy. Get in, let's go!

Come on. Bill,
come on, let's go!

Move, move! Go, go, go!

Prep him for an MRI and an EEG.

Be careful! Come on, fast,

before his friends
show up. Let me look.

No, don't! It hurts.

I'm gonna have a shiner now.

Bill, it's your fault
that I got punched.

Yeah, I get to punch
you now, Bill. It's my turn.

Gary, no one is gonna
punch anybody, okay?

Doc?

Everyone, this
is Stanton Parish.

Sup, Stan?

What?

Dr. Rosen better
know what he's doing.

I have great confidence
in you, Miss Theroux.

You've shown tremendous
skill in expanding your ability

whenever given the opportunity.

All right, so how do I do this?

Jason's ability is centered

in the frontal polar
parietal cortices.

He'll be vulnerable to stimuli

in the more fundamental
areas of his brain.

So what he's
saying, Nina, is, uh,

not to exert control
over his ability,

uh, directly at the outset,

the way you did with
the two high school kids,

but instead, to make
him feel something

on a more primal level
in order to distract him.

Study his EEG very carefully.

I'm gonna try everything I
can to make him see reason,

but I want you to
be ready just in case.

Okay.

Uh, I believe we're done here.

Mr. Harken and Mr. Hicks will,
uh, show you to the elevator.

Good luck.

We're not going to
the elevators, are we?

We're going to the elevator,

just not gonna
leave the building.

Hey!

You killed Anna.

You killed a lot of people,

and now you're gonna go to jail.

I simply wanted her arrested.

The government murdered Anna,

and Dr. Rosen did
nothing to stop them.

Okay, that's enough. Highland
Mills? The community in Maine?

And now Jason Miller?

Where Dr. Rosen goes,

trouble for Alphas follows.

Gary, don't listen
to him. Come on.

Signed and sealed.

Come on, we gotta get upstairs.

Do not open that
door, understood?

Yes, sir. Under
any circumstances.

This is not what
we discussed, Lee.

No.

No, we're only beginning to
understand who each of us is.

I learned a lot about
you today, Stanton.

A man who says he's,
uh, helping to save dozens

of lives, that's very
forthcoming about his motives,

even the possibility
that he and I

are not so different
on some level.

Admits to weakness,
and error, and...

I'm only human, Lee.

It was only to gain my trust.

What happens to that
poor, damaged young man

is incidental to you.

You're trying to, uh, how shall I
say, recruit me, aren't you, Stanton?

You have to admit,
we make a great team.

It's never going to happen.

You should not have
threatened Danielle.

Guard, could I have some water?

Please?

I wanna go now, Dr. Rosen.

Jason,

the people in your neural link,

you must let them go.

You have to set them free.

No, I don't.

Because I'll be alone again,

and you have no
idea how that felt.

During World War II, an
American lieutenant and his squad

came across a field of
potatoes while out foraging.

The lieutenant left to
speak to the farmer,

ordered his men not
to go into the field.

He was just being cautious.

The men were starving.

They hadn't eaten in days.

All that food,
just sitting there.

When the lieutenant returned,

half his men were dying
and the other half were dead.

Blown to pieces.

The Germans had
been laying mines

in some of the fields
as they retreated.

That lieutenant

was me.

A desperate man will
do just about anything.

Your mother is in a
coma, Jason, right now.

And that's gonna happen
to everyone else. Lisa, too.

I don't believe
it. You're lying.

I'm not hurting them, okay,

because I can
feel their thoughts,

and believe me, it feels good.

Because for the
first time in my life,

I feel like I belong.

I really want to go now.

Nina, I'm afraid I'm
going to need you after all.

Are you ready?

I'll be right there, Lee.

I really wanna go now.
I really wanna go now.

I really wanna go now.
I really wanna go now.

I really wanna go now.
I really wanna go now.

I really wanna go
now! Go back to sleep.

They're here. Gary, how many?

I think all of them.

Power's out, but
the backup's on.

Secure stairwells are clear,

but they're coming
up the public ones.

Oh, okay. I'll close
the blast door.

No, no, no, no. Hicks is
bringing up tranq guns.

Well, he should hurry up, 'cause

they're gonna
close automatically.

Damn, there's a lot of them.

Hey, we're gonna need
teams in the main entrance

and all public stairwells.

Tranq guns only, copy?

Tranq guns only.
They're on the way, sir.

Agent Harken, come in.

Argh!

That wasn't the lesson.

The lesson is follow orders.

I got the tranq
guns. Drama queen.

They're being crushed.

We're gonna have
to let these kids in.

They're gonna kill themselves.

All right, let's drop back, try and
buy ourselves some more time.

Bill.

All right, Gary, now.

Whoa!

Doc, I don't know how
long we can hold on here.

Tell Nina to hurry.

Jason's gone.

'Cause that's just what we need.

Perfect.

Well, he's still here somewhere,

because those kids
are still attacking.

Check Parish.

Choi, Grant.

How's Parish? Respond.

Choi, Grant, respond.

Get back to the office.

I'll check this area.

If they get through, is
this gonna be enough?

Jason!

Dr. Rosen, something's wrong.

What? He said that
he'd get me out of here,

and then he locked
himself in that room.

You brought Parish
into your neural link?

He said that he wanted me to,
but now something's happening

and I can't stop it.

He wants to take
control of your collective.

But it's going to
be all right, Jason.

Let me help you.
Bring me in, please.

Jason.

Jason, everyone here

is part of your
shared consciousness.

I know, but he's
taking them away.

Stanton.

How are you doing this?

It's sort of a neural failsafe.

It's an important early
step in Jason's treatments.

You didn't think I would create
something that I couldn't control,

did you?

No, no, no, no, please, not you.

Lisa.

Lisa!

Those doors aren't
gonna hold forever.

I must admit

I didn't see the boy's
full value until just now.

You've grown far more powerful
than I ever anticipated, Jason,

but you are clearly not
comfortable with leadership.

Jason, you don't
have to let him do this.

Don't listen to him, Jason...
You can break the link!

He doesn't know
what he's talking about.

You can set all
these people free.

He doesn't understand
us. He's not like us.

Go, Jason. Be with your friends.

Set them free, Jason.

I can't. ROSEN: Yes, you can!

It's your brain.
You'll be alone.

I don't want it to
be like it was before.

It will not be like
before. Yes, it will.

Trust me, Jason.

Jason!

No!

No!

Look.

They're stopping.

Think we're okay?

I can't hear the
infrasonic fields anymore.

It wasn't me.

Where's Dr. Rosen?

Jason.

Jason. Jason.

Oh, Dr. Rosen?

Thank you, Jason.

I know that was a very
difficult choice to make,

but your ability and that man,

who knows what
would've happened.

Dr. Rosen, you okay?

No, we're...
We're fine. It's fine.

Where's Parish?

Damn it.

D.O.D. bean counters
said we don't need

ballistic glass on every floor.

You see anything?

Nothing.

He's gone.

Hey.

Hey.

I finally got all those kids
checked out and sent home.

Three of those little boys
asked me out on a date.

Well, that's sweet.

You could, you know,
buy your date his beer.

No! Oh, my goodness!

And they smelled like
they bathed in cologne.

It was really gross.

It was just...

John has introduced
me to Scotch.

Mmm-hmm. I have
a really wicked bottle

of 18-year-old
Oban in my office.

I have something I need
to take care of tonight.

Mmm.

You're taking the file to
the Senator's doctor, huh?

Rain check?

Rain check.

By the way, if...

If you're not sleeping with him,

and he's still buying
you $100 Scotch,

he's a keeper.

We'll see.

Hell of a couple of days, huh?

Ah, yes, indeed.

Hey, Doc.

Parish knew our layout cold.

Now, normally, I would
say that that is luck,

but something tells me

this guy makes his own luck.

It wasn't his luck, Cameron.

It was my own overconfidence,
thinking I could...

I could trap him here
somehow. That was...

That was a brilliant
move on his part.

He wanted me to bring him
here so he could meet all of you.

Well, wheels within wheels.

Sorry.

Uh, being inside his head has
given me a lot to think about.

We're gonna get him.
You know that, right?

Yeah.

Okay, let me just
grab my bag here.

Cameron? Yeah?

Is... Is that a new
one of Dani's?

Yeah, she just finished it.

You haven't seen it before?

Yes, I have.