Flatland (2002): Season 1, Episode 14 - Episode #1.14 - full transcript

- Do not dwell in the
past.

Do not dream of the future.

Concentrate the mind
on the present moment.

My name is Smith.

Welcome to Flatland.

When I first met the
devil his name was Kahn.

Mine, Saint Michael.

The war for the soul of mankindhas raged for 3,000 years.

The battleground today is
Shanghai.

I have forced three young
Americans to work for me.

JT, a gang banger.



Mr. Mitchell, a failed mob
lawyer.

And Amy Li, a beautiful young
woman.

They will ultimately discover
the history

when present and past collide,

and where one misstep on eitherside

of the fourth dimension

is fatal.

In the world of Flatland,

where nothing is as it appears
to be.

My name is Smith.

Welcome to Flatland.

- She's been like this
ever since she arrived.

- How long has she
been here?

- About 10 hours.



They brought here in
right after the accident.

- Is there a police report?

- For what it's worth,

they still don't know what
happened.

- She hasn't said anything?

- No, completely
retreated, not a word.

- Traumatized.

- Well, from what I've read,

she's been like this most of herlife.

Her mother died.

Her father came to
Shanghai a long time ago,

but unfortunately, the
hospital lost track of him.

Have you had any experience

with this type of psychosis,
Doctor?

- Once,

it didn't turn out too well.

- I thought a little food

might make her a little more
comfortable.

I'm sorry Dr. Burns, but
I have rounds to complete.

- I brought you some food.

Is everything okay?

No, please!

- So, is there a clinical
term for fear of tests?

- Don't worry JT, you'll do
fine.

- Yeah, I gotta admit, I
feel out of place sometimes.

- Nobody's out of place who
wants to learn something.

- I wanna thank you for taking
the extra time out with me.

- Actually, I'm afraid I can't
today.

Something,

something's come up.

- Anything I can do?

- I wish you could, I wish
anybody could.

Hopefully, the police will
get to the bottom of it.

- Police?

What's goin' on?

A patient was transferred
to my clinic yesterday,

a young girl.

Two men died, in a strangeaccident trying to get her here.

And last night, she disappeared

from a locked room.

- From a locked room?

- She, broke out a window.

But what concerns me is,
she could be in real danger.

- Danger of what?

- She's different.

She lives in a strange, mixed upworld.

- Well honestly, sometimes
I think we all do.

- I just don't wanna see
this poor girl harm herself,

or anybody else.

- I got some friends,

maybe we could help you find
this girl.

- You shouldn't get involved,
JT.

- I wouldn't be sitting here
if you didn't get involved.

I may be a little bit skittish
when it comes to mid-terms,

but I got a PhD in street stuff.

- Okay.

- When I saw her at the
hospital,

I couldn't believe it.

She's been reincarnated with
all the powers she had before.

I could use her, Tsao Min.

And use her well.

- No!

- You almost died that night.

And what she has is very
powerful.

I want it.

We have to find her.

- Mostly how to control,

this girl is feeling like
the whole world is after her.

- What was her name again?

- Leanna Jensen, she's 20 yearsold.

- What is it about her?

- I don't know, but this
file is trippin' me out.

When you read it, it's like
people think

that this girl is
responsible for people dying.

- And you don't so?

- Uncle, that girl is a sweet,
cherub-faced 20-year-old.

- JT, before we go any further
with this,

how did you get involved?

- Through a friend.

- A friend, who just
happens to be running around

with a mental patient's clinicalfile?

- He's a doctor.

- You wanna add to that?

- You gonna help me or not?

- Yeah, if you answer the
question.

- What the deal with the shrink?

- He's not just a shrink.

He's a professor.

- You're going to school?

- I'm just taking one
class, it's no big deal.

- I think it's great.

- I think so too.

It's a safe way of learning
things.

- The hell is with him today?

- Well, if you haven't noticed,it's with him everyday.

- Can I take a look?

- Look, you've got the wrong
guy.

And I don't have a daughter.

- Oh, come on now Mr. Jensen.

That's about five cans short
of a six pack and you know it.

- So who are you?

- Dr. Victoria Burns.

I wanna help your daughter.

- My daughter?

Look, that's nice, if you want
the truth.

- That would help.

- Nobody can help my daughter.

I haven't seen her in,
I don't know, 10 years.

- So, how'd you find me?

- Well, there arn't actually
a lot of Jensens in Shanghai.

- All right, look, as far as
I know, she was locked up,

which is where she belongs.

And if you know Leanna,

you better tiptoe on her,
do you know what I mean?

- No guilt, no remorse,

not even a hint of loving care?

- Blame it on her mother.

She got what she deserved.

- Let's cut the crap.

- Jesus, you're just like her.

- No, I'm nothing like her at
all,

but I do wanna know where she
is.

- I told you.

- Now, your daughter.

- She has the mind of a
three-year-old,

the doctors told me she'll neverchange.

I told you, she could wander
anywhere,

she wouldn't come here.

- No, not back to her loving
father.

Think Jensen, or you'll never
think again.

- The shows, maybe she'd go to
the shows.

- Shows, what shows?

- The puppets and things,
she always loved them.

Her mother made puppets and
toys.

She always.

- Sounds delightful.

- Smith, what are you doing
here?

- Cutting in.

- Thank you, but I already havea date.

- I've got seniority, indulge
me.

- What are we doing over
here in the corner, huh?

What, we're gonna trade secrets?

- That's exactly what we're
doing.

- Yeah, secrets about what?

- Two people, where they go,
what they do,

what they're talking
about, the whole shabang.

- I'm tailing somebody?

- And reporting back to me.

- Come one Smith, why me?

What about Amy or JT?

- They're busy.

- Busy doing what?

- Being followed by you.

- You want me to follow Amy andJT?

- And they better not know it.

- What, they do something wrong?

- Not yet.

- But you don't trust 'em?

- I don't trust what they're
doing.

- Which is?

- They're looking for someone,
a beautiful young woman.

And when they find her, I
wanna know that immediately.

- Who is this woman?

- I can't tell you.

- You can't or you won't?

- Both.

If they find her, do not go
near her, don't touch her.

Stay away, you got that?

- Is she dangerous?

- Very.

- Do you think you'll go
all the way, get a degree?

- I don't know about all that.

It's just one course, one
subject.

- One course leads to another,
and before you know it.

- You sound like my professor.

I mean, I'll admit I've always

wanted to have a formal
education, but.

- You should go for it.

You'll make a good shrink.

- Slow down girl, I said
education not profession.

- I don't know, you profiled
this girl's case pretty well.

Especially picking up on the
fact

that her mother made puppets.

- That was just a guess, we
still haven't found her yet.

- Something else smart you did,you knew this would hook me.

Girl looses her mother,
abandoned by her father.

You knew I'd find that familiar.

- Yeah, well.

- Dr. JT Dunnit it in the
making.

JT, second from the back.

Who are these guys?

- Don't know.

They don't look too friendly.

- Amy!

- Mitchell?

Grab the girl.

- Do not go near
her, don't touch her.

Stay anyway, you got that?

- Get her.

Why didn't you stop her?

- Huh?

- Mitchell, why didn't you stopher?

- Something happened.

- What are you doing here
anyway?

- I was just around and I.

- You were following us.

- Yes.

No, I was.

- It's the oldest trick in the
book.

I remember years ago, you
inject a little smallpox,

you don't get smallpox.

You shoot up a little cholera,
you don't get cholera.

Because the disease itself
carries the antidote.

So, I wonder if a dose
of Kahn would cure Kahn?

Now that's something to think
about.

I know that a sip of wine
does not cure a wino.

- All I asked you to do was
to catch one little girl!

But you let her escape
back down in her hole.

These two warriors,

take them away!

Tsao Min, see if you can
teach them something.

If not, leave them in there.

So, Mr. Smith,

now you're into it!

But you don't know what I do.

And the one who catches this
little mouse

will be the one who puts the
best cheese into the trap.

- This is the very
nature of parapsychology,

it's filled with events and
behavior

which are impossible to explain.

- The only thing I wanna explain

is why somebody else
is looking for Leanna?

- I don't know.

What I do know, is she
is living in a place

none of us have ever been
before.

- What you really mean is that
there's

more to her and wants to
confirm.

- Over the years she's been
studied.

15 unexplained deaths, can you
explain it?

- It's Flatland.

- What?

- The fourth dimension.

- Call it whatever you
want, the twilight zone.

People are looking for her,
but the only ones I know of

are from this dimension,

and most of us are doctors
concerned for her welfare.

- Hi, Leanna.

Look what I have.

Would you like to come and playwith him?

Why don't you come with me?

I think he would really like
that.

I could get you some food.

Now, I know you're shy

and a little nervous.

That's okay.

There now, that's better.

You're very different
when you're not afraid.

Do you like it here?

Would you like to stay here,

with me and our friend?

Well, you can, you know?

You can stay here as long as youlike.

I'm your friend too, just like
him.

It's good to have friends.

But there are some people

who aren't your friends, aren'tthere?

Some people try to hurt you,
don't they?

It's all right,

you don't have to be frightened.

You're here with me now.

Maybe tomorrow we can go and wecould

look for some other friends.

Would you like that?

Good, I know some.

Let's see if you like them.

- Don't touch me, get away fromme!

- Mitchell!

Look at me!

What do you see?

- I see Uncle.

- Tell me what happened to you.

- I don't know.

I can't explain it.

- Try.

- I was in a park.

There was a fight.

A young guy grabbed her.

She got away.

- And then?

- I panicked.

I didn't know what it
was and I just panicked.

I touched her.

- Did anyone else touch her?

- No.

What happened to me?

- You are frightened.

Just a little advice,

stay away from Amy and JT for awhile.

They're going to be dangerous.

- I don't get it, she's just
a frightened young girl.

She must be valuable to
somebody.

Maybe we should talk to Uncle.

All right all right,

I'll wait for you here
till you get back, JT.

- I think you're gonna like
these friends.

And I know they're gonna like
you.

You can trust me, Leanna.

- Hi, come in.

I really wanted to talk to you.

You know, you're not gonna
believe this,

but I was just thinking about
you.

And now I'm wondering, how
did you know to come here?

This is my friend's place, JT.

He's out now but he'll be back.

Listen, do you want something toeat?

There's some fruit.

Where were you yesterday?

Oh, no no no no no.

Please please please, don't.

Wait, don't leave.

- There.

- Hey hey hey.

It's okay, it's okay.

Leanna, right?

Is that your name?

Listen, I'm JT.

I'm gonna help you, okay?

I shouldn't touch you though.

Bad things happen when
people touch you, right?

This is yours, right?

Hey, I want you to come with me,okay?

I'll take you somewhere safe,

where nobody'll hurt you
nobody'll touch you, okay?

Come on.

- Get away from me!

- Amy,

is that you?

Amy!

What happened to you?

- Uncle?

- The girl, Leanna, she
was here, wasn't she?

- Yes.

She was here.

And then she left.

JT's looking for her.

- Then, she mustn't be a part ofit.

Why didn't I see it before?

- See what?

- Evil, here,

it's among us.

Mitchell is not whom he seems.

He's fooled us all.

- What do you mean, who is he?

- The most deadly person on
Earth.

We're not safe.

None of us are.

- Uncle?

You.

- What are you doing here?

- I should ask you that
question.

- But you already know the
answer.

- You're from Flatland, arn't
you?

- Are you afraid of me?

- You make me afraid.

- Then you have your answer.

- You're inside my head, aren'tyou?

That's what makes me afraid.

If I deal with that

then I don't have to worry aboutyou.

You stay away from me.

I don't wanna see you again.

- Lost your confidence?

- What makes you think that?

- It's your fear, your paranoia.

Everybody has them.

- And you think mine is
losing my confidence.

- Hmm.

- I'm glad you're here.

- You can say that again.

- What's going on?

I talked to Mitchell on the
phone, he's complete crazy.

Trying to find you, he
said he saw the girl,

then he started babbling on andon about

everybody who's after
him and that the enemies

that he's seeing in Flat--
- He sees them.

He touched the girl.

And well, so did I.

- What girl?

- A simple frightened soul

who's more deadly than any viruson Earth.

- She has a disease?

- She is the disease, she's an
aberration,

with emotions and paranoia so
strong

that she can infect others
merely by touching them.

- That isn't possible, is it?

- Of course it is.

It happens all the time
to a lesser degree.

Think about it, you and I are
friends,

we meet for a drink, all right?

You're in a great mood,
you're happy as a clam.

You sit down.

I tell you, I've lost my job,

I'm going broke, my wife has
left me.

End of the road.

The worse my story gets,
the worse you feel.

Your happiness drains away.

I suck you into my hell, you
end up feeling the way I do.

Now you consider that, a
thousand times stronger,

in the body of a person who hasonly known

mistreatment, pain and anger.

That's who's out there.

Kahn found her,

and he tossed her into
our world like a grenade.

And we're blowing up.

- Smith, what are you doing?

Smith?

- Leanna, I want you to meet a
friend.

- We've met.

Sort of.

I'm sorry I bumped into you
today.

JT, I need to be alone with
Leanna.

If Amy's still in the
loft, please be careful.

- He'll take good care of you.

- Are you frightened?

Here.

There's no need to be anymore.

- You've been following me longenough.

- You wanted this for a long
time.

Come on.

Come and get it.

- You're a very special
person, do you know that?

You can do things to people.

- I know.

- You can make them feel things.

Things you feel.

- They scare me.

- And you made them scared,

sometimes of each other.

- And they hurt themselves.

I don't want that.

- You can stop it, you know?

- How?

- By choosing to be not afraid.

You can also live your
life in happiness, Leanna.

Yes, you can.

JT tells me your mother made
toys.

Did she make that one?

I want you to think of the
very best time you ever had.

Can you do that?

You made me feel good.

You have that power.

You don't want people
hurting each other, do you?

- No.

- Take my hands.

Think of people not hurting eachother,

and treating each other the
way they wanna be treated.

It is a rule of life,

and it is golden.

Turn around, Leanna.

- What's your name?

- You can call me Uncle.

- Thank you, Uncle.

- No, no, wait Amy, don't!

- You bastard.

- Don't hurt him.

- What's happening?

Are you all right?

- No.

- Look how lovely, Leanna.

You've become a very good
person.

- I've never seen such a
change in my whole life.

She's making friends
like there's no tomorrow.

And I think she's gonna
be okay, thanks to you.

- JT's got that special touch.

- I believe you're right.

I'll turn him into a clinician
yet.

See you in class, JT.

- There you go,
doomed to be a shrink.

- No way.

- Come on, you could work on
Mitchell.

- It's a mission impossible,
I'd rather analyze Smith.

- Analyze Smith?

They don't make a couch big
enough.