Diagnosis Murder (1993–2001): Season 6, Episode 6 - Alienated - full transcript
Jesse is apparently abducted by aliens.
Grab a light.
Hey.
This is it?
I turned down a nice
trip to Miami for this?
Hey, who was it that said
that a weekend
in the mountains
would be more fun
than one of those
boring medical seminars?
That's because the guys at
Perris Pharmaceutical said
that this cabin
was like a resort.
And free, too.
Light beer?
You only brought light beer?
Hey... looking
out for you.
Hey, well, why don't you, uh,
watch out for some firewood
and light a fire
while I, uh, drive back to town
and get some real beer.
Uh, you can light a fire,
can't you?
Yeah, I know how
to light a fire.
I've seen every Robinson
Crusoe movie ever made...
even the one on Mars.
Uh-huh,
Mr. Light Beer.
If I was in Miami,
room service would take care
of this.
Matches...
in Miami, they have matches.
Hello.
Point out Steve Sloan
for me, will you?
Call in an extra team
if you need it.
We got plenty to spare.
Yeah, you got so
many guys up there
they're probably bumping
into each other.
Point out Steve Sloan
for me, will you?
Over there.
Thanks.
C.H.P. has grids five
and six covered.
Concentrate on three and four.
Call in an extra team
if you need it.
He's not exactly
the Daniel Boone type.
Well, maybe he wasn't
thinking clearly.
For one hiker,
who's been missing
less than a day?
First of all, Jesse Travis
wouldn't hike outside
of
Venice Bea
He's not exactly
the Daniel Boone type.
Maybe he went home.
He's not a heavy drinker,
his girlfriend is in Europe,
and if he wanted to go home,
he had to wait till I got back.
When I left Jesse last night,
he was cold, tired and hungry.
All he wanted to do
was get warm and relax.
I can work with this.
Is that an apology?
It's an offer.
Do you want my help or not?
Now, how likely is it
that he'd pack a
fireplace with wood,
then stroll off into the night
they're probably bumping
into each other.
And you are...?
Gary Barton... I'm
the district ranger.
I'm the guy who organizes
rescue efforts up here.
Your office said you were
up at King's Canyon
fighting a forest fire.
Yeah, and I had half
as many people working
on that situation.
You called in everybody
but the Coast Guard.
For one hiker,
who's been missing
less than a day?
Do you want my help or not?
Welcome to the team, Ranger.
Don't get too used
to having me here.
We got a nasty front moving in,
and as soon as it hits,
if we don't find him soon.
This is some of the roughest
country in California,
and it's going to get rougher
if the weather changes.
You have your guys grouped
together too closely here.
Other than that, I like
the grid you've laid out.
I can work with this.
He had to wait till I got back.
Are we finished here?
Not until I hear something
that makes sense.
Why the urgency?
Did you find any blood,
any signs of forced entry,
anything at all
to suggest foul play?
Not yet.
Then tell me
why I shouldn't send
half these people home.
When I left Jesse last night,
his landlady,
all of his patients
and all of his friends
I could track down.
And he hasn't contacted
any of them.
No.
Still no idea
what happened to him?
No, but I know
what's going to happen
if we don't find him soon.
Then stroll off into the night
without his jacket?
It's not very likely.
So, why don't you just
go fight a forest fire
and leave us alone?
Yeah, and if he did,
we'd be the first people
he'd call.
Well, let's hope.
Okay, we'll, uh, stay put.
Keep us posted.
You got it.
All right.
Well, still no sign of Jesse.
Oh...
But don't worry.
You know Steve.
Listen, if you need more help,
Amanda and I can...
No, no, you stay where you are.
We already have more searchers
than we can coordinate.
We got a nasty front moving in,
and as soon as it hits,
I'm going to have
to pull everybody out.
Sloan here.
Still no word?
No, not yet.
How about your end?
Well, I talked
to Jesse's neighbors,
I don't think Jesse
sees it as brutal.
I think he really thrives
on the pressure.
You know, Mark,
up until yesterday,
I may have agreed with you,
maybe he had some kind
of a breakdown and ran away?
Well...
I'd have a kind of a hard time
accepting that.
You know, he has
been overextended.
Well, we're all overextended.
That's an occupational hazard.
No, he's really been pushing it.
It's over when we find Jesse.
How?
We've combed every inch
of this sector
and turned up exactly zero...
We already have more searchers
than we can coordinate.
Besides, with
a little luck,
Jesse could
still find his own way
back to civilization.
Yeah, and if he did,
All right, try
to understand
what I'm saying.
We did our best, but
we've run out of time.
It's over for now.
It's over when we find Jesse.
Not a footprint,
not a broken twig, nothing.
Even without this storm,
I wouldn't know
where to send my people next.
But don't worry.
You know Steve.
He won't stop
until he finds him.
No. He hasn't
got any choice.
He can't run Barbecue
Bob's without him.
And we can't run the E.R.
without him either.
I barely managed
to round up enough residents
to handle Jesse's
next three shifts.
Why? Just because he works
65 hours a week?
Along with conducting
field trials
on Devon Lab's
new defibrillator.
You never heard about that?
No.
I knew about, uh,
Perris Pharmaceuticals.
Two studies at once?
Where does he find the time?
I guess when the rest
of us are sleeping.
It's got to be a brutal pace.
I don't think Jesse
sees it as brutal.
I may have agreed with you,
but what if Jesse
didn't just wander off?
What do you think,
maybe he had some kind
of a breakdown and ran away?
No, he's really been pushing it.
You can't leave.
We've got a deal.
We did, three days ago.
Now we got a storm on the way.
Well, what about Jesse?
He's still out there.
When the weather clears,
we will try again.
Oh, when?
Tomorrow?
Next Thursday?
Next week?
All right, try
to understand
what I'm saying.
Easy, guys.
I'm L.A.P.D.
All right,
let's see some I.D.
That's far enough, sir!
Hold it! Freeze!
Easy, guys.
What about Steve?
What does he say?
I've been paging him all morning
just hoping to get...
I wouldn't know
where to send my people next.
What about here?
We haven't searched
this area yet.
Cedar Lake Military Reservation?
That's strictly off-limits.
What, even for
the Forest Service?
Steve?
Oh, Mr. Healy.
No, I thought you were...
Yes, we'll keep you posted.
Let me guess.
Perris Pharmaceuticals?
No, I thought you were...
No, I'm afraid they haven't
found Dr. Travis yet.
My son's still down there...
Yes, I'm aware that
you have a deadline.
Mr. Healy, I assure you that
Dr. Travis is not avoiding
I already told you.
I'm Lieutenant Steve Sloan,
L.A.P.D.
Why were you attempting
to enter this facility?
Come with us, sir.
Please.
How could they call it off?
They haven't been
searching that long.
It's been over 72 hours...
bad country and
freezing weather.
But there's still a chance.
Not according to
the ranger in charge.
What about Steve?
What does he say?
You have no friends here.
What basis did you have
who tried to break
into a government facility.
Now, what is your name?!
I was looking for a lost friend.
I thought he might be here.
You have no friends here.
Mr. Healy, I assure you that
Dr. Travis is not avoiding
his obligation to
the Acidrol study.
What is your name?
Perris Pharmaceuticals?
Expressing their
sincere
concern.
Obviously, they have
their priorities.
And I have mine.
Um... one final thing,
Lieutenant.
Don't bother coming back.
Your friend couldn't
possibly
be here.
What is your name?
I already told you.
Answer the question!
Why were you attempting
to enter this facility?
I answered that, too.
Could we move on?
Why were you attempting
to enter this facility?
This way, sir.
Um... one final thing,
Lieutenant.
He's been cleared
by risk assessment?
What basis did you have
for thinking
your friend was here, hmm?
There was nowhere left to look.
What is your name?
You know who I am.
We know you are an armed man
who tried to break
into a government facility.
Your friend couldn't
possibly
be here.
Listening posts and
surveillance devices scan
every inch of this facility.
Your friend would have
triggered our alarms
just like you did.
Let's go.
I believe this is
also yours, sir.
He's been cleared
by risk assessment?
We're done here.
You may go.
I believe this is
also yours, sir.
Every inch of this facility.
All of it?
All of the time?
Your friend would have
triggered our alarms
Let's go.
Thanks so much.
It's all right.
You're home.
The Highway Patrol
found you outside of Ogden.
You've been missing
for five days.
What's the last thing
you remember?
We've been looking for you.
Why did you leave the cabin?
How did you get to Utah?
Utah?
The Highway Patrol
It's all right.
You're home.
Everything's going
to be fine, Jesse.
Jesse, what happened to you?
What happened?
We've been looking for you.
Do I know you?
What's the last thing
you remember?
You left me.
You're not the first.
Other people
up there where you were...
And you're going to have more...
a lot more.
Do I know you?
Forget me.
This is about you
and what you're
going through.
Wandering off again?
How's that?
I bet they're all blaming
you for that, aren't they?
I-I don't think they are.
Why would they?
They shouldn't.
You have questions.
And you're going to have more...
Other people
up there where you were...
It's happened to them, too.
I didn't think
he was hurt that badly.
He wasn't.
But traumatic memory loss
can be caused by something
other than a bump on the head...
I didn't think
he was hurt that badly.
This is about you
and what you're
going through.
Because if you're
missing a block of time...
if you have strange marks
on your body...
well, it's all part
of the pattern.
The only pattern I see
is that you got a hold
of my medical records.
None of his credit cards
have been used...
Not since before he disappeared.
If you've got any suggestions,
I'd love to hear them.
Other than a bump on the head...
Emotional stress for one thing.
So what do we do now?
How can we help him
get his memory back?
Well, some single word
works sometimes.
Pills won't help.
You need to talk to the people
who know the truth.
Out of the hospital.
If you don't care to go on...
Oh, no, it's okay.
Give me just a minute.
My husband was working late.
It started
a little past midnight.
At first, the lights flickered?
And-and it lit everything
like day.
Yes. And then
I heard sounds...
Like something in the sky.
Something big?
Yes.
Then the door opened,
and I saw them.
Well, some single word
works sometimes.
An image might be
able to trigger it...
Which means we have
got to find out
what happened to him
in the last five days.
Well, I've faxed his picture
to every airport, bus station
and train terminal
between here and Ogden.
Nobody remembers seeing him.
What about his wallet?
It's still missing.
None of his credit cards
have been used...
Tall...
the aliens everybody
calls "the Grays."
Excuse me?
If you've got any suggestions,
I'd love to hear them.
How about finding Jesse...
again?
Apparently he checked himself
out of the hospital.
I wasn't "grabbed by aliens."
I just got lost.
Denial...
That's usually the first thing.
You don't know
what I'm going through!
We know the pain and fear
because it's happened
to all of us.
The nightmares...
They won't just end.
Give me just a minute.
Like I said, I was alone.
My husband was working late.
No. I-I-I just don't
belong here.
I wasn't "grabbed by aliens."
I just got lost.
At first, the lights flickered?
Yes.
Yes, and then it
started shaking,
like an earthquake.
Then I saw this bright glow.
And it came in
through the windows...
I mean, it was the same for me.
And-and it lit everything
like day.
Not pills.
Encounter at Roswell?
The Truth About Hangar 18?
I do when my patients
check themselves
out of the hospital.
I a
Jesse, you've been
through an ordeal.
Then the door opened,
and I saw them.
Were they the tall, thin ones
or the short ones?
Tall...
Just tell us what you can.
I was, uh...
I was alone in this cabin...
Excuse me?
Uh, the meeting's just started.
I'm in the wrong place.
I'm sorry.
Oh, I see. Um...
you mean you're not
one of these nutcases?
There are no answers
for me there, Mark.
And that's what
I need right now...
Not pills.
Jesse, you've been
through an ordeal.
You need rest.
I know, and plenty of fluids...
Both of which I'm
getting right here.
You ever try and
sleep in a hospital?
You don't know
what I'm going through!
No one does.
Then anger. You see,
that always comes next.
Look...
we know you're afraid.
We know the pain and fear
I see.
You see. Oh, come on,
give me just this much honesty.
You think
that I'm bug-eyed nuts.
The nightmares...
They won't just end.
They-they keep coming back.
In fact, they get worse.
Do you want it to stop?
You have to talk it out.
Well, I don't remember
a whole lot.
It's not unusual.
Just tell us what you can.
And things happened...
Things that I can't remember...
things that maybe I don't
want to remember, but I...
I was alone in this cabin...
Hey, Mark! I didn't know
you made house calls.
I do when my patients
You think
that I'm bug-eyed nuts.
I'm just concerned.
Well, so am I!
I just lost a week!
And things happened...
Things that I can't remember...
No. Thanks.
Take care of yourself.
Okay.
You ever try and
sleep in a hospital?
A lot of strange people
going in and out
all night long.
Jesse, as your doctor
and as your friend,
you have to come back
to Community General.
There are no answers
for me there, Mark.
The Truth About Hangar 18?
These are answers?
Don't be so quick to judge.
I'm not judging.
I am just wondering...
Wondering what?
Why I'm wasting my time
with all this?
Well, you couldn't possibly
begin to understand.
Why don't you let me try?
These people... they understand.
The people at
the Encounter Institute?
They look just like
you or me, Mark,
except they've lived through
something terrible, like me.
I see.
Dr. Travis...
we need to talk.
What were you doing
You think that I'm crazy,
don't you?
I think you're exhausted.
I'm not going back
to that hospital.
All right. Then we're going to
bring the hospital to you.
I want to have
somebody here
twice a day
to make sure you're all right.
Fine. And I will be a good
little outpatient, okay?
I'll... I'm going to stay
right here,
and I'm going to get
plenty of rest.
You won't come back?
No. Thanks.
Answer me.
What were you doing
at Cedar Lake?
Wh-Wh-What's Cedar Lake?
I wasn't even there...
I mean, I don't think I was.
Then why'd we find your wallet
inside the perimeter fence?
Not too far from where
your friend tried to break in.
What was your objective?
Who do you work for?
Who else is involved?
Why did you go to Cedar Lake?
What was your objective?
I ask the questions
here, Doctor.
You answer them.
How can... how can I answer?
I-I mean, you think that I know,
What were you doing
at Cedar Lake?
What is this?
Wh-Wh-What's Cedar Lake?
I-I wasn't doing anything.
I wasn't even there...
I mean, I don't think I was.
What friend? Who?
I ask the questions
I-I mean, you think that I know,
but I, but I don't.
I-I don't know
what you're talking about!
Why did you go to Cedar Lake?
What was your objective?
Who else is involved?
Why did you go to Cedar Lake?
What was your objective?
Who do you work for?
Who else is involved?
Why did you go to Cedar Lake?
Jesse! Jesse!
It's me. Easy, easy.
Steve.
What happened in here?
"Them"?
They broke in last night.
And they tore up
my whole apartment,
- and then they started asking me all these questions,
- and then they started asking me all these questions,
But I-I couldn't
hear them, you know.
I couldn't hear them.
Jesse, Jesse, you're not
being coherent exactly.
I'm not incoherent!
I'm just not saying
what I mean very well.
Are they outside?
Did you see them?
What have you found out
about these Cedar Lake people
Jesse, I didn't see anybody.
That doesn't mean
they're not out there, Steve.
These guys are good... very good.
What have you found out
about these Cedar Lake people
he's so worried about?
For the record, there is
no base at Cedar Lake.
What happened in here?
They were here.
Did you see them outside?
"Them"?
Just in case
the CBC missed something.
What about an MRI?
The way he is, you'll
have to tie him down.
Ah, Pentagon refuses
to confirm or deny, I see.
I'm having trouble seeing
And on my turf this time.
Yeah.
Hi. How's he doing?
Oh, a little better.
Look, I'd like to run
a full toxic panel on him
just in case
the CBC missed something.
These guys are good... very good.
Jesse, where are you going?
Someplace they can't find me.
Jess...
Jesse!
You really want to hit me
with that thing?
Steve, what's happening to me?
We have to meet, but don't tell
anyone, not even your friends.
Remember, only someone you trust
can betray you.
Hello?
Is this Dr. Travis?
Right.
Dr. Zimmerman to recovery.
Dr. Zimmerman to recovery stat.
For the record, there is
no base at Cedar Lake.
Wait a minute... you were there!
Now, off the record,
it's an ultra top secret
R and D facility.
Ah, Pentagon refuses
to confirm or deny, I see.
The switchboard said
you'd be there.
Listen to me...
I know who they are,
and I know why they're after us.
I'm having trouble seeing
Jesse's connection
to this thing.
Well, if there is one,
I intend to find it.
And on my turf this time.
Hello?
The way he is, you'll
have to tie him down.
Yeah, he's right.
He's still agitated.
Well, we'll have to take it
one procedure at a time.
Right.
I'm here!
Dr. Zimmerman to recovery stat.
Is this Dr. Travis?
Yeah, this is Dr. Travis.
The switchboard said
you'd be there.
I know who they are,
and I know why they're after us.
Who is this?
I've talked too long already.
We have to meet, but don't tell
anyone, not even your friends.
Hello?
Remember, only someone you trust
can betray you.
Accounting's on,
uh, third floor.
Just go down this corridor,
turn right
and take the first elevator.
Thank you.
Mm-hmm.
You and I, we're
the only two left.
They've gotten rid
of everyone else.
Everyone?
Were you followed?
I don't know.
You don't know?
You don't know.
You and I, we're
the only two left.
Hello?
You already know...
that's why they're
trying to get rid of us!
I don't know!
Why can't you understand that?
I keep telling everyone, but no
one understands...
I don't know!
We have to get out of here.
We have to move on.
We can't stay here.
It's not safe.
They might have
followed one of us.
I'm not going anywhere.
Not until you tell me
what's going on.
You already know...
that's why they're
trying to get rid of us!
Jess, we're already
investigating.
What do you think
all these people are doing?
Building a case against me.
No, sir. We're trying
to just find evidence.
Are you okay, sir?
And run an analysis on them.
Now, it's the right thing to do.
Maybe we'll finally
get some answers.
We have Dr. Jesse
Travis in custody.
We copy. Will notify.
We swept the whole building.
I got them from the crates.
The crates were right there.
We've checked every
crate in the place.
There's no bullet hits
on any of them.
Sir, you could have gotten those
in the alley where we found you.
Or on the street before that.
You're covered with
cuts and scrapes.
I got them from the crates.
Let's go back to
Community General.
We'll have Amanda
take the splinters
out of your arm
and run an analysis on them.
Dispatch,
this is Patrol Ten.
Notify Lieutenant Sloan
we have Dr. Jesse
Travis in custody.
Listen, Jess...
let's go back to
Community General.
We swept the whole building.
There's no bodies...
Dead or otherwise.
No trace of blood either.
What's that supposed to mean?
That this didn't happen?
That I just imagined
these splinters in my arm?
I got them when they shot at me.
Sir, you could have gotten those
in the alley where we found you.
Just postpone your decision
a couple of days.
That's absurd.
Well, frankly, I don't much
appreciate your tone either.
You all right, Dad?
Oh, I'm having a terrific day.
There's no bullet hits
on any of them.
I don't believe this.
So you're not going
to investigate.
Jess, we're already
investigating.
Dr. Travis is
one of the...
Please... this study
is very important to him.
Just postpone your decision
a couple of days.
No, sir. We're trying
to just find evidence.
And the best evidence
we have is in your arm.
I cannot believe
that Jesse's life
is unraveling so completely.
You want me to tell
him about this?
Oh, no.
"Dr. Travis revealed
"he was taken aboard
an interstellar craft
and mated with
an alien love goddess."
Maybe we'll finally
get some answers.
Mr. Healy, I don't understand
why you say he's
no longer credible.
Dr. Travis is
one of the...
Just enough to
make Jesse sound
totally crazy.
No wonder Healy wanted him
off that project.
I cannot believe
that Jesse's life
What, and told them
about this alien
love goddess?
Well, I imagine this stuff's
been embellished somewhat.
Just enough to
make Jesse sound
totally crazy.
Jesse, please,
let's just run a few tests.
A full tox panel...
No.
No way. I have
been poked and
probed enough.
All the way from
here to... wherever.
Oh, I'm having a terrific day.
Let me make it just
a little more terrific.
If there's someone
really after me?
Jesse, if you don't
admit yourself for treatment,
then I don't have any choice.
I cannot have you
seeing patients
You want me to tell
him about this?
No, I'd better.
I can't put it off anymore.
And mated with
an alien love goddess."
Where do they get this stuff?
From Jesse, I'm afraid.
What?
He went to someplace
called the Encounter Institute.
What, and told them
about this alien
love goddess?
Yeah, and all these splinters
across his upper body.
Do they match the ones
in Jesse's arm?
Right down to traces
of machine oil
All the way from
here to... wherever.
All right, let's set up
a hypnosis session
with Dr. Celeste.
You want me to see a shrink?
It may help you remember.
Safe place.
Think about it...
If somebody's after you...
If?
What do you mean, if...
if there's someone
really after me?
I've stuck my neck out for you,
now you're going to fire me?
I'm not firing you...
I'm suspending you
until you get some sense!
Why should I check myself in?
Amanda took the splinters
out of my arm.
She has everything
she needs, right?
Jesse, please,
let's just run a few tests.
Until you get some sense!
Yeah, well, thanks
for the lesson in friendship.
Wait...
Oh, what are you
going to do, Mark?
Lock me up for my own good?
Two nine-millimeter bullets
in the chest?
Obviously not
a swimming accident.
Yeah, and all these splinters
It may help you remember.
Next thing you know,
you're going to be
penning me up
in some psycho ward!
Safe place.
They pulled him out of
the L.A. River this afternoon.
Two nine-millimeter bullets
in the chest?
But how many winos do you know
with perfectly capped teeth
and manicured nails?
Well, do you think
somebody tried
I cannot have you
seeing patients
in that condition.
After all I've done for you
and after all the times
I've stuck my neck out for you,
now you're going to fire me?
Well, do you think
somebody tried
to make this guy look
like a transient?
So nobody would be in any hurry
to identify him... yes, I do.
Well, I don't think some
space alien zapped him.
Do you?
Right now I don't know
what to think.
Lock me up for my own good?
Well, you can't... it's the law.
You'd better get that.
It could be a member of your
staff who still trusts you.
Stay away from the window.
Right down to traces
of machine oil
from where Jesse said
the shooting took place.
You know, according to this,
he was apparently homeless.
No I.D., ragged clothes.
Reeking of cheap alcohol.
What's your name?
It's safer if you don't know.
For both of us. Understand?
Yes, I understand...
It's... safer.
I just don't know
why they're after
me.
So nobody would be in any hurry
to identify him... yes, I do.
But why?
What possible connection could
he have to Jesse's abduction?
Well, I don't think some
space alien zapped him.
You know.
I... you know, you're just like
the guy at the warehouse.
You think I have
all the answers.
Aliens.
It's about alien abductions
Tell me.
What did you see?
Somebody could be watching.
Right. More than
one someone.
You're learning.
Faster than I want.
Who are you?
What's your name?
The select few
who know the truth.
It is the truth, isn't it?
What about you?
No, nowhere. Not anymore.
Because you don't know which
of your friends are dupes
We need to leave.
I've got a hole to hide in.
What about you?
You think I have
all the answers.
You do know, Jesse.
You were right there.
What did you see?
There is this cabin
in the mountains.
Sounds good.
Yeah.
No, no...
dump the electronics...
Pagers, watches, cell phones...
any of them
could contain a
tracking device.
If they do find you...
you may need this.
I'm a doctor. I-I can't.
It's about alien abductions
and the government
covering them up.
So...
now you're one of us.
The select few
who know the truth.
If they do find you...
Trust nobody.
It's you... or them.
And which ones are part
of the conspiracy.
I'm afraid they all
might be part of it.
Come on, think about it.
Someplace isolated and deserted.
What's the last place
they'd think to look?
There is this cabin
in the mountains.
Long before it became
that advanced.
Maybe it was.
Craddock was receiving
drug therapy...
Both antacids and H-2 blockers,
He's Parker Craddock,
a lawnmower salesman.
Doesn't sound like a
candidate for murder.
No, but an excellent
candidate for surgery.
Check out his autopsy report.
I've identified
our shooting victim.
He's Parker Craddock,
a lawnmower salesman.
I'm a doctor. I-I can't.
You have no patients anymore.
No friends either.
In a hit-and-run accident
eight days ago.
Not too long before one of
his patients was shot to death.
Possibly coincidental.
It's you... or them.
What was the doctor thinking?
We'll never know.
Craddock's doctor,
Neal Brooksmith, died
in a hit-and-run accident
eight days ago.
Both antacids and H-2 blockers,
including cimetidine
and Acidrol.
None of which were working.
What was the doctor thinking?
A lot more
than I'm comfortable with.
At any rate,
good news for Jesse...
Proof that at least part
of his story is true.
Check out his autopsy report.
He had a duodenal ulcer.
Ooh, and a bad ulcer.
Advanced anemia,
severe hemorrhaging...
They should have caught that
long before it became
that advanced.
Are exactly like
chronic drug use.
Mm-hmm.
We've got to search this place.
The key's here.
I know it is.
To turn to drugs.
You know, you're exactly right.
All of his symptoms
are exactly like
chronic drug use.
Given the demands
of Jesse's schedule lately,
he wouldn't be
the first physician
to turn to drugs.
Possibly coincidental.
Yeah, coincidental
just like it was coincidental
that Craddock was shot when
he was trying to warn Jesse.
That's an awful lot
of coincidences.
A lot more
than I'm comfortable with.
It's not drugs,
but it's definitely something.
So have I.
Proof that at least part
of his story is true.
The key's here.
I know it is.
We just have to find it.
Jesse wouldn't leave this.
His father gave him this watch.
It's not like him at all.
None of this is.
You know, there's one thing
we haven't considered.
Given the demands
of Jesse's schedule lately,
I found a listening device.
I put it under a pillow.
Somehow, I don't think
this should be here.
Which explains his irrational
behavior when he'd come home.
You know, I knew that Jesse
would never
willingly take drugs.
They had to do it this way
to get to him.
Somehow, I don't think
this should be here.
Wow.
This looks like
a time-release mechanism.
Two drugs that
would never show up
in a standard blood test.
Every time he took
a drink of water,
he got dosed again.
Which explains his irrational
behavior when he'd come home.
Mark?
Yeah?
I found something.
It's not drugs,
but it's definitely something.
What you're going through
must be horrible, Jesse...
Overwhelming anxiety,
hallucinations, visions.
Of course.
Call Steve and tell him
to meet me there.
This looks like
a time-release mechanism.
Mm-hmm.
Jesse's being poisoned?
Mm-hmm. And judging from
his constant thirst,
my guess is hyoscyamine
or scopolamine.
Two drugs that
would never show up
What you're going through
must be horrible, Jesse...
Hallucinations, visions.
You can't understand
what I'm feeling.
I know you've been drugged.
They had to do it this way
to get to him.
But why? Who would do this?
You know, Jesse's parka and all
of his camping gear was here
'cause Steve brought it back
from the cabin for him.
They're gone.
Jesse ran away again?
Not away... back.
To the cabin?
Of course.
The only friend
Dr. Travis has left.
Dad, I'm still
halfway down the mountain.
A rock slide has blocked
the road up to the cabin, and...
Imagine that.
And commit murder.
Think, Jesse.
Why would I do any of that?
Jesse?
You get away from me.
It's all right. Just relax.
Everything's all right.
Go away!
Why would I do any of that?
You'd do it for your employer,
Perris Pharmaceuticals.
This is their cabin, isn't it?
You don't care about me.
Then why am I here?
I could have stayed away,
but I didn't.
I knew you needed me.
Mark...
I know you've been drugged.
Jesse, put the gun down
and come home
with me. Please.
I can't. He told me
that I couldn't trust anyone.
He? Who is he?
The only friend
Dr. Travis has left.
I've always been.
Now, you know that.
You're lying.
You don't care about me.
Hello.
Dad, I'm still
halfway down the mountain.
Jesse!
We've got respiration and pulse.
Imagine that.
The road's blocked.
Well, you're obviously
a man of many talents.
You can block roads,
arrange alien abductions
and commit murder.
No!
Listen, you'd better
put some pressure
on that wound
before it bleeds out.
This is their cabin, isn't it?
And that's the gun
you used on Craddock
just as he was about
to tell Jesse the truth.
You can't trust
anything he says.
He's a part of all this.
Jesse, I'm your friend.
I've always been.
Jesse's wallet
on your base, don't you?
All right.
I'm beginning
to think you
expected us.
I shot him.
And now you're
keeping him alive.
Not to mention saving my life.
I shot him.
To resist investigating.
I don't like being manipulated.
Well, would you feel happier if
I promised never to do it again?
No!
Jesse, he's arrested.
We'll have to start CPR.
I'm beginning
to think you
expected us.
Well, I admit I was
kind of using you
as a backup plan
in case Steve got detained.
So what happened?
Brooksmith backed
out of the deal?
Probably because
of what Acidrol did
to his patient, Parker Craddock.
That's where your friend
at the cabin comes in.
Well, would you feel happier if
I promised never to do it again?
Which is why
Dr. Brooksmith had to go.
But I wasn't taking any bribes.
No, but you were filing
negative and potentially
very damaging test results.
Oh, good timing.
We need your helicopter
to get this man to a hospital.
You do want to find out
how he managed to plant
Jesse's wallet
on your base, don't you?
Well, two dead doctors
would have drawn attention,
so he decided to destroy
your credibility.
By staging
your abduction and putting
Unofficially, he was taking
some serious bribes.
Payment for a positive report
on Acidrol's capabilities,
no doubt.
So what happened?
Brooksmith backed
out of the deal?
As a backup plan
in case Steve got detained.
I figured that your little
listening post at Cedar Lake
would probably
pick up our broadcast,
and then I knew, of course,
that you wouldn't be able
to resist investigating.
See you.
See you tomorrow, Jesse.
Uh, Jess?
Oh, hey.
See you.
So Dr. Brooksmith worked
for Perris Pharmaceuticals?
Officially, he was in charge
of the Acidrol field tests.
Unofficially, he was taking
some serious bribes.
That's where your friend
at the cabin comes in.
His real name is Quinn Trask.
Perris hired him
as a crisis consultant.
The crisis being
the millions of dollars
the company would lose
if it couldn't market
Acidrol on schedule.
Which is why
Dr. Brooksmith had to go.
Negative and potentially
very damaging test results.
Well, then, why didn't Trask
kill me like Brooksmith?
Well, two dead doctors
would have drawn attention,
By staging
your abduction and putting
the UFO scenario in your mind.
It was an elaborate scheme.
Yeah, no kidding.
That must have cost a fortune,
rigging the cabin like that
with all the special effects.
Not to mention drugging you
and keeping you prisoner
for five days.
You know, I think you have had
enough excitement
for one day, hmm?
See you tomorrow, Jesse.
Uh, Jess?
Oh, hey.
See you.
Go home, E.T.
I'm going to bed.
Hey.
This is it?
I turned down a nice
trip to Miami for this?
Hey, who was it that said
that a weekend
in the mountains
would be more fun
than one of those
boring medical seminars?
That's because the guys at
Perris Pharmaceutical said
that this cabin
was like a resort.
And free, too.
Light beer?
You only brought light beer?
Hey... looking
out for you.
Hey, well, why don't you, uh,
watch out for some firewood
and light a fire
while I, uh, drive back to town
and get some real beer.
Uh, you can light a fire,
can't you?
Yeah, I know how
to light a fire.
I've seen every Robinson
Crusoe movie ever made...
even the one on Mars.
Uh-huh,
Mr. Light Beer.
If I was in Miami,
room service would take care
of this.
Matches...
in Miami, they have matches.
Hello.
Point out Steve Sloan
for me, will you?
Call in an extra team
if you need it.
We got plenty to spare.
Yeah, you got so
many guys up there
they're probably bumping
into each other.
Point out Steve Sloan
for me, will you?
Over there.
Thanks.
C.H.P. has grids five
and six covered.
Concentrate on three and four.
Call in an extra team
if you need it.
He's not exactly
the Daniel Boone type.
Well, maybe he wasn't
thinking clearly.
For one hiker,
who's been missing
less than a day?
First of all, Jesse Travis
wouldn't hike outside
of
Venice Bea
He's not exactly
the Daniel Boone type.
Maybe he went home.
He's not a heavy drinker,
his girlfriend is in Europe,
and if he wanted to go home,
he had to wait till I got back.
When I left Jesse last night,
he was cold, tired and hungry.
All he wanted to do
was get warm and relax.
I can work with this.
Is that an apology?
It's an offer.
Do you want my help or not?
Now, how likely is it
that he'd pack a
fireplace with wood,
then stroll off into the night
they're probably bumping
into each other.
And you are...?
Gary Barton... I'm
the district ranger.
I'm the guy who organizes
rescue efforts up here.
Your office said you were
up at King's Canyon
fighting a forest fire.
Yeah, and I had half
as many people working
on that situation.
You called in everybody
but the Coast Guard.
For one hiker,
who's been missing
less than a day?
Do you want my help or not?
Welcome to the team, Ranger.
Don't get too used
to having me here.
We got a nasty front moving in,
and as soon as it hits,
if we don't find him soon.
This is some of the roughest
country in California,
and it's going to get rougher
if the weather changes.
You have your guys grouped
together too closely here.
Other than that, I like
the grid you've laid out.
I can work with this.
He had to wait till I got back.
Are we finished here?
Not until I hear something
that makes sense.
Why the urgency?
Did you find any blood,
any signs of forced entry,
anything at all
to suggest foul play?
Not yet.
Then tell me
why I shouldn't send
half these people home.
When I left Jesse last night,
his landlady,
all of his patients
and all of his friends
I could track down.
And he hasn't contacted
any of them.
No.
Still no idea
what happened to him?
No, but I know
what's going to happen
if we don't find him soon.
Then stroll off into the night
without his jacket?
It's not very likely.
So, why don't you just
go fight a forest fire
and leave us alone?
Yeah, and if he did,
we'd be the first people
he'd call.
Well, let's hope.
Okay, we'll, uh, stay put.
Keep us posted.
You got it.
All right.
Well, still no sign of Jesse.
Oh...
But don't worry.
You know Steve.
Listen, if you need more help,
Amanda and I can...
No, no, you stay where you are.
We already have more searchers
than we can coordinate.
We got a nasty front moving in,
and as soon as it hits,
I'm going to have
to pull everybody out.
Sloan here.
Still no word?
No, not yet.
How about your end?
Well, I talked
to Jesse's neighbors,
I don't think Jesse
sees it as brutal.
I think he really thrives
on the pressure.
You know, Mark,
up until yesterday,
I may have agreed with you,
maybe he had some kind
of a breakdown and ran away?
Well...
I'd have a kind of a hard time
accepting that.
You know, he has
been overextended.
Well, we're all overextended.
That's an occupational hazard.
No, he's really been pushing it.
It's over when we find Jesse.
How?
We've combed every inch
of this sector
and turned up exactly zero...
We already have more searchers
than we can coordinate.
Besides, with
a little luck,
Jesse could
still find his own way
back to civilization.
Yeah, and if he did,
All right, try
to understand
what I'm saying.
We did our best, but
we've run out of time.
It's over for now.
It's over when we find Jesse.
Not a footprint,
not a broken twig, nothing.
Even without this storm,
I wouldn't know
where to send my people next.
But don't worry.
You know Steve.
He won't stop
until he finds him.
No. He hasn't
got any choice.
He can't run Barbecue
Bob's without him.
And we can't run the E.R.
without him either.
I barely managed
to round up enough residents
to handle Jesse's
next three shifts.
Why? Just because he works
65 hours a week?
Along with conducting
field trials
on Devon Lab's
new defibrillator.
You never heard about that?
No.
I knew about, uh,
Perris Pharmaceuticals.
Two studies at once?
Where does he find the time?
I guess when the rest
of us are sleeping.
It's got to be a brutal pace.
I don't think Jesse
sees it as brutal.
I may have agreed with you,
but what if Jesse
didn't just wander off?
What do you think,
maybe he had some kind
of a breakdown and ran away?
No, he's really been pushing it.
You can't leave.
We've got a deal.
We did, three days ago.
Now we got a storm on the way.
Well, what about Jesse?
He's still out there.
When the weather clears,
we will try again.
Oh, when?
Tomorrow?
Next Thursday?
Next week?
All right, try
to understand
what I'm saying.
Easy, guys.
I'm L.A.P.D.
All right,
let's see some I.D.
That's far enough, sir!
Hold it! Freeze!
Easy, guys.
What about Steve?
What does he say?
I've been paging him all morning
just hoping to get...
I wouldn't know
where to send my people next.
What about here?
We haven't searched
this area yet.
Cedar Lake Military Reservation?
That's strictly off-limits.
What, even for
the Forest Service?
Steve?
Oh, Mr. Healy.
No, I thought you were...
Yes, we'll keep you posted.
Let me guess.
Perris Pharmaceuticals?
No, I thought you were...
No, I'm afraid they haven't
found Dr. Travis yet.
My son's still down there...
Yes, I'm aware that
you have a deadline.
Mr. Healy, I assure you that
Dr. Travis is not avoiding
I already told you.
I'm Lieutenant Steve Sloan,
L.A.P.D.
Why were you attempting
to enter this facility?
Come with us, sir.
Please.
How could they call it off?
They haven't been
searching that long.
It's been over 72 hours...
bad country and
freezing weather.
But there's still a chance.
Not according to
the ranger in charge.
What about Steve?
What does he say?
You have no friends here.
What basis did you have
who tried to break
into a government facility.
Now, what is your name?!
I was looking for a lost friend.
I thought he might be here.
You have no friends here.
Mr. Healy, I assure you that
Dr. Travis is not avoiding
his obligation to
the Acidrol study.
What is your name?
Perris Pharmaceuticals?
Expressing their
sincere
concern.
Obviously, they have
their priorities.
And I have mine.
Um... one final thing,
Lieutenant.
Don't bother coming back.
Your friend couldn't
possibly
be here.
What is your name?
I already told you.
Answer the question!
Why were you attempting
to enter this facility?
I answered that, too.
Could we move on?
Why were you attempting
to enter this facility?
This way, sir.
Um... one final thing,
Lieutenant.
He's been cleared
by risk assessment?
What basis did you have
for thinking
your friend was here, hmm?
There was nowhere left to look.
What is your name?
You know who I am.
We know you are an armed man
who tried to break
into a government facility.
Your friend couldn't
possibly
be here.
Listening posts and
surveillance devices scan
every inch of this facility.
Your friend would have
triggered our alarms
just like you did.
Let's go.
I believe this is
also yours, sir.
He's been cleared
by risk assessment?
We're done here.
You may go.
I believe this is
also yours, sir.
Every inch of this facility.
All of it?
All of the time?
Your friend would have
triggered our alarms
Let's go.
Thanks so much.
It's all right.
You're home.
The Highway Patrol
found you outside of Ogden.
You've been missing
for five days.
What's the last thing
you remember?
We've been looking for you.
Why did you leave the cabin?
How did you get to Utah?
Utah?
The Highway Patrol
It's all right.
You're home.
Everything's going
to be fine, Jesse.
Jesse, what happened to you?
What happened?
We've been looking for you.
Do I know you?
What's the last thing
you remember?
You left me.
You're not the first.
Other people
up there where you were...
And you're going to have more...
a lot more.
Do I know you?
Forget me.
This is about you
and what you're
going through.
Wandering off again?
How's that?
I bet they're all blaming
you for that, aren't they?
I-I don't think they are.
Why would they?
They shouldn't.
You have questions.
And you're going to have more...
Other people
up there where you were...
It's happened to them, too.
I didn't think
he was hurt that badly.
He wasn't.
But traumatic memory loss
can be caused by something
other than a bump on the head...
I didn't think
he was hurt that badly.
This is about you
and what you're
going through.
Because if you're
missing a block of time...
if you have strange marks
on your body...
well, it's all part
of the pattern.
The only pattern I see
is that you got a hold
of my medical records.
None of his credit cards
have been used...
Not since before he disappeared.
If you've got any suggestions,
I'd love to hear them.
Other than a bump on the head...
Emotional stress for one thing.
So what do we do now?
How can we help him
get his memory back?
Well, some single word
works sometimes.
Pills won't help.
You need to talk to the people
who know the truth.
Out of the hospital.
If you don't care to go on...
Oh, no, it's okay.
Give me just a minute.
My husband was working late.
It started
a little past midnight.
At first, the lights flickered?
And-and it lit everything
like day.
Yes. And then
I heard sounds...
Like something in the sky.
Something big?
Yes.
Then the door opened,
and I saw them.
Well, some single word
works sometimes.
An image might be
able to trigger it...
Which means we have
got to find out
what happened to him
in the last five days.
Well, I've faxed his picture
to every airport, bus station
and train terminal
between here and Ogden.
Nobody remembers seeing him.
What about his wallet?
It's still missing.
None of his credit cards
have been used...
Tall...
the aliens everybody
calls "the Grays."
Excuse me?
If you've got any suggestions,
I'd love to hear them.
How about finding Jesse...
again?
Apparently he checked himself
out of the hospital.
I wasn't "grabbed by aliens."
I just got lost.
Denial...
That's usually the first thing.
You don't know
what I'm going through!
We know the pain and fear
because it's happened
to all of us.
The nightmares...
They won't just end.
Give me just a minute.
Like I said, I was alone.
My husband was working late.
No. I-I-I just don't
belong here.
I wasn't "grabbed by aliens."
I just got lost.
At first, the lights flickered?
Yes.
Yes, and then it
started shaking,
like an earthquake.
Then I saw this bright glow.
And it came in
through the windows...
I mean, it was the same for me.
And-and it lit everything
like day.
Not pills.
Encounter at Roswell?
The Truth About Hangar 18?
I do when my patients
check themselves
out of the hospital.
I a
Jesse, you've been
through an ordeal.
Then the door opened,
and I saw them.
Were they the tall, thin ones
or the short ones?
Tall...
Just tell us what you can.
I was, uh...
I was alone in this cabin...
Excuse me?
Uh, the meeting's just started.
I'm in the wrong place.
I'm sorry.
Oh, I see. Um...
you mean you're not
one of these nutcases?
There are no answers
for me there, Mark.
And that's what
I need right now...
Not pills.
Jesse, you've been
through an ordeal.
You need rest.
I know, and plenty of fluids...
Both of which I'm
getting right here.
You ever try and
sleep in a hospital?
You don't know
what I'm going through!
No one does.
Then anger. You see,
that always comes next.
Look...
we know you're afraid.
We know the pain and fear
I see.
You see. Oh, come on,
give me just this much honesty.
You think
that I'm bug-eyed nuts.
The nightmares...
They won't just end.
They-they keep coming back.
In fact, they get worse.
Do you want it to stop?
You have to talk it out.
Well, I don't remember
a whole lot.
It's not unusual.
Just tell us what you can.
And things happened...
Things that I can't remember...
things that maybe I don't
want to remember, but I...
I was alone in this cabin...
Hey, Mark! I didn't know
you made house calls.
I do when my patients
You think
that I'm bug-eyed nuts.
I'm just concerned.
Well, so am I!
I just lost a week!
And things happened...
Things that I can't remember...
No. Thanks.
Take care of yourself.
Okay.
You ever try and
sleep in a hospital?
A lot of strange people
going in and out
all night long.
Jesse, as your doctor
and as your friend,
you have to come back
to Community General.
There are no answers
for me there, Mark.
The Truth About Hangar 18?
These are answers?
Don't be so quick to judge.
I'm not judging.
I am just wondering...
Wondering what?
Why I'm wasting my time
with all this?
Well, you couldn't possibly
begin to understand.
Why don't you let me try?
These people... they understand.
The people at
the Encounter Institute?
They look just like
you or me, Mark,
except they've lived through
something terrible, like me.
I see.
Dr. Travis...
we need to talk.
What were you doing
You think that I'm crazy,
don't you?
I think you're exhausted.
I'm not going back
to that hospital.
All right. Then we're going to
bring the hospital to you.
I want to have
somebody here
twice a day
to make sure you're all right.
Fine. And I will be a good
little outpatient, okay?
I'll... I'm going to stay
right here,
and I'm going to get
plenty of rest.
You won't come back?
No. Thanks.
Answer me.
What were you doing
at Cedar Lake?
Wh-Wh-What's Cedar Lake?
I wasn't even there...
I mean, I don't think I was.
Then why'd we find your wallet
inside the perimeter fence?
Not too far from where
your friend tried to break in.
What was your objective?
Who do you work for?
Who else is involved?
Why did you go to Cedar Lake?
What was your objective?
I ask the questions
here, Doctor.
You answer them.
How can... how can I answer?
I-I mean, you think that I know,
What were you doing
at Cedar Lake?
What is this?
Wh-Wh-What's Cedar Lake?
I-I wasn't doing anything.
I wasn't even there...
I mean, I don't think I was.
What friend? Who?
I ask the questions
I-I mean, you think that I know,
but I, but I don't.
I-I don't know
what you're talking about!
Why did you go to Cedar Lake?
What was your objective?
Who else is involved?
Why did you go to Cedar Lake?
What was your objective?
Who do you work for?
Who else is involved?
Why did you go to Cedar Lake?
Jesse! Jesse!
It's me. Easy, easy.
Steve.
What happened in here?
"Them"?
They broke in last night.
And they tore up
my whole apartment,
- and then they started asking me all these questions,
- and then they started asking me all these questions,
But I-I couldn't
hear them, you know.
I couldn't hear them.
Jesse, Jesse, you're not
being coherent exactly.
I'm not incoherent!
I'm just not saying
what I mean very well.
Are they outside?
Did you see them?
What have you found out
about these Cedar Lake people
Jesse, I didn't see anybody.
That doesn't mean
they're not out there, Steve.
These guys are good... very good.
What have you found out
about these Cedar Lake people
he's so worried about?
For the record, there is
no base at Cedar Lake.
What happened in here?
They were here.
Did you see them outside?
"Them"?
Just in case
the CBC missed something.
What about an MRI?
The way he is, you'll
have to tie him down.
Ah, Pentagon refuses
to confirm or deny, I see.
I'm having trouble seeing
And on my turf this time.
Yeah.
Hi. How's he doing?
Oh, a little better.
Look, I'd like to run
a full toxic panel on him
just in case
the CBC missed something.
These guys are good... very good.
Jesse, where are you going?
Someplace they can't find me.
Jess...
Jesse!
You really want to hit me
with that thing?
Steve, what's happening to me?
We have to meet, but don't tell
anyone, not even your friends.
Remember, only someone you trust
can betray you.
Hello?
Is this Dr. Travis?
Right.
Dr. Zimmerman to recovery.
Dr. Zimmerman to recovery stat.
For the record, there is
no base at Cedar Lake.
Wait a minute... you were there!
Now, off the record,
it's an ultra top secret
R and D facility.
Ah, Pentagon refuses
to confirm or deny, I see.
The switchboard said
you'd be there.
Listen to me...
I know who they are,
and I know why they're after us.
I'm having trouble seeing
Jesse's connection
to this thing.
Well, if there is one,
I intend to find it.
And on my turf this time.
Hello?
The way he is, you'll
have to tie him down.
Yeah, he's right.
He's still agitated.
Well, we'll have to take it
one procedure at a time.
Right.
I'm here!
Dr. Zimmerman to recovery stat.
Is this Dr. Travis?
Yeah, this is Dr. Travis.
The switchboard said
you'd be there.
I know who they are,
and I know why they're after us.
Who is this?
I've talked too long already.
We have to meet, but don't tell
anyone, not even your friends.
Hello?
Remember, only someone you trust
can betray you.
Accounting's on,
uh, third floor.
Just go down this corridor,
turn right
and take the first elevator.
Thank you.
Mm-hmm.
You and I, we're
the only two left.
They've gotten rid
of everyone else.
Everyone?
Were you followed?
I don't know.
You don't know?
You don't know.
You and I, we're
the only two left.
Hello?
You already know...
that's why they're
trying to get rid of us!
I don't know!
Why can't you understand that?
I keep telling everyone, but no
one understands...
I don't know!
We have to get out of here.
We have to move on.
We can't stay here.
It's not safe.
They might have
followed one of us.
I'm not going anywhere.
Not until you tell me
what's going on.
You already know...
that's why they're
trying to get rid of us!
Jess, we're already
investigating.
What do you think
all these people are doing?
Building a case against me.
No, sir. We're trying
to just find evidence.
Are you okay, sir?
And run an analysis on them.
Now, it's the right thing to do.
Maybe we'll finally
get some answers.
We have Dr. Jesse
Travis in custody.
We copy. Will notify.
We swept the whole building.
I got them from the crates.
The crates were right there.
We've checked every
crate in the place.
There's no bullet hits
on any of them.
Sir, you could have gotten those
in the alley where we found you.
Or on the street before that.
You're covered with
cuts and scrapes.
I got them from the crates.
Let's go back to
Community General.
We'll have Amanda
take the splinters
out of your arm
and run an analysis on them.
Dispatch,
this is Patrol Ten.
Notify Lieutenant Sloan
we have Dr. Jesse
Travis in custody.
Listen, Jess...
let's go back to
Community General.
We swept the whole building.
There's no bodies...
Dead or otherwise.
No trace of blood either.
What's that supposed to mean?
That this didn't happen?
That I just imagined
these splinters in my arm?
I got them when they shot at me.
Sir, you could have gotten those
in the alley where we found you.
Just postpone your decision
a couple of days.
That's absurd.
Well, frankly, I don't much
appreciate your tone either.
You all right, Dad?
Oh, I'm having a terrific day.
There's no bullet hits
on any of them.
I don't believe this.
So you're not going
to investigate.
Jess, we're already
investigating.
Dr. Travis is
one of the...
Please... this study
is very important to him.
Just postpone your decision
a couple of days.
No, sir. We're trying
to just find evidence.
And the best evidence
we have is in your arm.
I cannot believe
that Jesse's life
is unraveling so completely.
You want me to tell
him about this?
Oh, no.
"Dr. Travis revealed
"he was taken aboard
an interstellar craft
and mated with
an alien love goddess."
Maybe we'll finally
get some answers.
Mr. Healy, I don't understand
why you say he's
no longer credible.
Dr. Travis is
one of the...
Just enough to
make Jesse sound
totally crazy.
No wonder Healy wanted him
off that project.
I cannot believe
that Jesse's life
What, and told them
about this alien
love goddess?
Well, I imagine this stuff's
been embellished somewhat.
Just enough to
make Jesse sound
totally crazy.
Jesse, please,
let's just run a few tests.
A full tox panel...
No.
No way. I have
been poked and
probed enough.
All the way from
here to... wherever.
Oh, I'm having a terrific day.
Let me make it just
a little more terrific.
If there's someone
really after me?
Jesse, if you don't
admit yourself for treatment,
then I don't have any choice.
I cannot have you
seeing patients
You want me to tell
him about this?
No, I'd better.
I can't put it off anymore.
And mated with
an alien love goddess."
Where do they get this stuff?
From Jesse, I'm afraid.
What?
He went to someplace
called the Encounter Institute.
What, and told them
about this alien
love goddess?
Yeah, and all these splinters
across his upper body.
Do they match the ones
in Jesse's arm?
Right down to traces
of machine oil
All the way from
here to... wherever.
All right, let's set up
a hypnosis session
with Dr. Celeste.
You want me to see a shrink?
It may help you remember.
Safe place.
Think about it...
If somebody's after you...
If?
What do you mean, if...
if there's someone
really after me?
I've stuck my neck out for you,
now you're going to fire me?
I'm not firing you...
I'm suspending you
until you get some sense!
Why should I check myself in?
Amanda took the splinters
out of my arm.
She has everything
she needs, right?
Jesse, please,
let's just run a few tests.
Until you get some sense!
Yeah, well, thanks
for the lesson in friendship.
Wait...
Oh, what are you
going to do, Mark?
Lock me up for my own good?
Two nine-millimeter bullets
in the chest?
Obviously not
a swimming accident.
Yeah, and all these splinters
It may help you remember.
Next thing you know,
you're going to be
penning me up
in some psycho ward!
Safe place.
They pulled him out of
the L.A. River this afternoon.
Two nine-millimeter bullets
in the chest?
But how many winos do you know
with perfectly capped teeth
and manicured nails?
Well, do you think
somebody tried
I cannot have you
seeing patients
in that condition.
After all I've done for you
and after all the times
I've stuck my neck out for you,
now you're going to fire me?
Well, do you think
somebody tried
to make this guy look
like a transient?
So nobody would be in any hurry
to identify him... yes, I do.
Well, I don't think some
space alien zapped him.
Do you?
Right now I don't know
what to think.
Lock me up for my own good?
Well, you can't... it's the law.
You'd better get that.
It could be a member of your
staff who still trusts you.
Stay away from the window.
Right down to traces
of machine oil
from where Jesse said
the shooting took place.
You know, according to this,
he was apparently homeless.
No I.D., ragged clothes.
Reeking of cheap alcohol.
What's your name?
It's safer if you don't know.
For both of us. Understand?
Yes, I understand...
It's... safer.
I just don't know
why they're after
me.
So nobody would be in any hurry
to identify him... yes, I do.
But why?
What possible connection could
he have to Jesse's abduction?
Well, I don't think some
space alien zapped him.
You know.
I... you know, you're just like
the guy at the warehouse.
You think I have
all the answers.
Aliens.
It's about alien abductions
Tell me.
What did you see?
Somebody could be watching.
Right. More than
one someone.
You're learning.
Faster than I want.
Who are you?
What's your name?
The select few
who know the truth.
It is the truth, isn't it?
What about you?
No, nowhere. Not anymore.
Because you don't know which
of your friends are dupes
We need to leave.
I've got a hole to hide in.
What about you?
You think I have
all the answers.
You do know, Jesse.
You were right there.
What did you see?
There is this cabin
in the mountains.
Sounds good.
Yeah.
No, no...
dump the electronics...
Pagers, watches, cell phones...
any of them
could contain a
tracking device.
If they do find you...
you may need this.
I'm a doctor. I-I can't.
It's about alien abductions
and the government
covering them up.
So...
now you're one of us.
The select few
who know the truth.
If they do find you...
Trust nobody.
It's you... or them.
And which ones are part
of the conspiracy.
I'm afraid they all
might be part of it.
Come on, think about it.
Someplace isolated and deserted.
What's the last place
they'd think to look?
There is this cabin
in the mountains.
Long before it became
that advanced.
Maybe it was.
Craddock was receiving
drug therapy...
Both antacids and H-2 blockers,
He's Parker Craddock,
a lawnmower salesman.
Doesn't sound like a
candidate for murder.
No, but an excellent
candidate for surgery.
Check out his autopsy report.
I've identified
our shooting victim.
He's Parker Craddock,
a lawnmower salesman.
I'm a doctor. I-I can't.
You have no patients anymore.
No friends either.
In a hit-and-run accident
eight days ago.
Not too long before one of
his patients was shot to death.
Possibly coincidental.
It's you... or them.
What was the doctor thinking?
We'll never know.
Craddock's doctor,
Neal Brooksmith, died
in a hit-and-run accident
eight days ago.
Both antacids and H-2 blockers,
including cimetidine
and Acidrol.
None of which were working.
What was the doctor thinking?
A lot more
than I'm comfortable with.
At any rate,
good news for Jesse...
Proof that at least part
of his story is true.
Check out his autopsy report.
He had a duodenal ulcer.
Ooh, and a bad ulcer.
Advanced anemia,
severe hemorrhaging...
They should have caught that
long before it became
that advanced.
Are exactly like
chronic drug use.
Mm-hmm.
We've got to search this place.
The key's here.
I know it is.
To turn to drugs.
You know, you're exactly right.
All of his symptoms
are exactly like
chronic drug use.
Given the demands
of Jesse's schedule lately,
he wouldn't be
the first physician
to turn to drugs.
Possibly coincidental.
Yeah, coincidental
just like it was coincidental
that Craddock was shot when
he was trying to warn Jesse.
That's an awful lot
of coincidences.
A lot more
than I'm comfortable with.
It's not drugs,
but it's definitely something.
So have I.
Proof that at least part
of his story is true.
The key's here.
I know it is.
We just have to find it.
Jesse wouldn't leave this.
His father gave him this watch.
It's not like him at all.
None of this is.
You know, there's one thing
we haven't considered.
Given the demands
of Jesse's schedule lately,
I found a listening device.
I put it under a pillow.
Somehow, I don't think
this should be here.
Which explains his irrational
behavior when he'd come home.
You know, I knew that Jesse
would never
willingly take drugs.
They had to do it this way
to get to him.
Somehow, I don't think
this should be here.
Wow.
This looks like
a time-release mechanism.
Two drugs that
would never show up
in a standard blood test.
Every time he took
a drink of water,
he got dosed again.
Which explains his irrational
behavior when he'd come home.
Mark?
Yeah?
I found something.
It's not drugs,
but it's definitely something.
What you're going through
must be horrible, Jesse...
Overwhelming anxiety,
hallucinations, visions.
Of course.
Call Steve and tell him
to meet me there.
This looks like
a time-release mechanism.
Mm-hmm.
Jesse's being poisoned?
Mm-hmm. And judging from
his constant thirst,
my guess is hyoscyamine
or scopolamine.
Two drugs that
would never show up
What you're going through
must be horrible, Jesse...
Hallucinations, visions.
You can't understand
what I'm feeling.
I know you've been drugged.
They had to do it this way
to get to him.
But why? Who would do this?
You know, Jesse's parka and all
of his camping gear was here
'cause Steve brought it back
from the cabin for him.
They're gone.
Jesse ran away again?
Not away... back.
To the cabin?
Of course.
The only friend
Dr. Travis has left.
Dad, I'm still
halfway down the mountain.
A rock slide has blocked
the road up to the cabin, and...
Imagine that.
And commit murder.
Think, Jesse.
Why would I do any of that?
Jesse?
You get away from me.
It's all right. Just relax.
Everything's all right.
Go away!
Why would I do any of that?
You'd do it for your employer,
Perris Pharmaceuticals.
This is their cabin, isn't it?
You don't care about me.
Then why am I here?
I could have stayed away,
but I didn't.
I knew you needed me.
Mark...
I know you've been drugged.
Jesse, put the gun down
and come home
with me. Please.
I can't. He told me
that I couldn't trust anyone.
He? Who is he?
The only friend
Dr. Travis has left.
I've always been.
Now, you know that.
You're lying.
You don't care about me.
Hello.
Dad, I'm still
halfway down the mountain.
Jesse!
We've got respiration and pulse.
Imagine that.
The road's blocked.
Well, you're obviously
a man of many talents.
You can block roads,
arrange alien abductions
and commit murder.
No!
Listen, you'd better
put some pressure
on that wound
before it bleeds out.
This is their cabin, isn't it?
And that's the gun
you used on Craddock
just as he was about
to tell Jesse the truth.
You can't trust
anything he says.
He's a part of all this.
Jesse, I'm your friend.
I've always been.
Jesse's wallet
on your base, don't you?
All right.
I'm beginning
to think you
expected us.
I shot him.
And now you're
keeping him alive.
Not to mention saving my life.
I shot him.
To resist investigating.
I don't like being manipulated.
Well, would you feel happier if
I promised never to do it again?
No!
Jesse, he's arrested.
We'll have to start CPR.
I'm beginning
to think you
expected us.
Well, I admit I was
kind of using you
as a backup plan
in case Steve got detained.
So what happened?
Brooksmith backed
out of the deal?
Probably because
of what Acidrol did
to his patient, Parker Craddock.
That's where your friend
at the cabin comes in.
Well, would you feel happier if
I promised never to do it again?
Which is why
Dr. Brooksmith had to go.
But I wasn't taking any bribes.
No, but you were filing
negative and potentially
very damaging test results.
Oh, good timing.
We need your helicopter
to get this man to a hospital.
You do want to find out
how he managed to plant
Jesse's wallet
on your base, don't you?
Well, two dead doctors
would have drawn attention,
so he decided to destroy
your credibility.
By staging
your abduction and putting
Unofficially, he was taking
some serious bribes.
Payment for a positive report
on Acidrol's capabilities,
no doubt.
So what happened?
Brooksmith backed
out of the deal?
As a backup plan
in case Steve got detained.
I figured that your little
listening post at Cedar Lake
would probably
pick up our broadcast,
and then I knew, of course,
that you wouldn't be able
to resist investigating.
See you.
See you tomorrow, Jesse.
Uh, Jess?
Oh, hey.
See you.
So Dr. Brooksmith worked
for Perris Pharmaceuticals?
Officially, he was in charge
of the Acidrol field tests.
Unofficially, he was taking
some serious bribes.
That's where your friend
at the cabin comes in.
His real name is Quinn Trask.
Perris hired him
as a crisis consultant.
The crisis being
the millions of dollars
the company would lose
if it couldn't market
Acidrol on schedule.
Which is why
Dr. Brooksmith had to go.
Negative and potentially
very damaging test results.
Well, then, why didn't Trask
kill me like Brooksmith?
Well, two dead doctors
would have drawn attention,
By staging
your abduction and putting
the UFO scenario in your mind.
It was an elaborate scheme.
Yeah, no kidding.
That must have cost a fortune,
rigging the cabin like that
with all the special effects.
Not to mention drugging you
and keeping you prisoner
for five days.
You know, I think you have had
enough excitement
for one day, hmm?
See you tomorrow, Jesse.
Uh, Jess?
Oh, hey.
See you.
Go home, E.T.
I'm going to bed.