Homecoming (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 10 - Stop - full transcript

I'm gonna stop you there, okay?

How should we sum up?

Let me tell you a story.

We had a guy come in,

three tours, great record.

The kind of guy you just...

You know what, I guess this
is on a, on a personal level.

It's the kind of guy you just root for.

You know, smart, articulate,
tons of potential.

He came into the program
with anxiety, sleeplessness,

fantasies of self-harm.

In the opening weeks,
there were incidents



of paranoia, even violence.

We were losing him.
Now, I... I don't have to

tell any of you what that's like,

watching these guys slip away.

This is a month later.

"I feel great.

"For the first time in a long time,

I'm looking forward to things."

Now, of course we
will keep a close watch

over the next 18, 24
months, but for today,

you can pick any metric you want:

heart rate, sleep cycle,
cognitive response.

Our guy is not "coping."

He's not "making the
best of it." He's cured.



He is cured.

And now what does he want

more than anything?

He wants to get back to work.

Very impressive.

- Thank you, Colonel.
- I have to tell you,

hearing that...

If this had come along
sooner, I might have...

I just wish this had come along sooner.

Heroes like you made
it all possible, sir.

Thank you.

Mr. Belfast.

Mr. Heidl, thank you
so much for making it.

Very provocative,

your presentation.

Our board meets next week. I...

Excuse me, sorry. Mr. Belfast,

I think this is something...

Mr. Heidl, I'm... I'm very, very sorry,

but I... I do have to take this.

Of course. We surely meet again.

Absolutely, let's both reach out.

- Soon.
- Okay. Thank you.

Craig, it's Colin. What's... Wh...

S... stop. Cr... Craig, stop.

Just tell me exactly what you saw.

This is Heidi Bergman,

and I'm here with Martin
Engel. This is week two...

Client is Joseph Shrier, this is week...

Oh, there we are. Um,
it's April 10, 2018.

This is Heidi Bergman.

I'm with Homecoming
client, Walter Cruz, week...

This is Heidi.

Heidi, hi. This is Colin.

Oh, hello.

I just got a pretty strange call, Heidi.

Okay.

Tell me you didn't do this.

I didn't do what?

Don't... You know exactly
what I'm talking about.

- You mean lunch?
- Lunch?

Yes, Heidi, I... I mean lunch.

I'm talking about you
in the client cafeteria

with Walter Cruz.

Craig... Craig's... He
misunderstood, right?

- Are you okay, Colin?
- What?

You sound a little hysterical.

What are you...

Of course I'm...

Wait, is it, is it true?

Is... is that what you're telling me?

Uh, it's true, we ate lunch.

You ate the food, the
fucking medicated f...

Yes.

The same dose as him, a week six?

I was hungry.

You are... Okay, I... I don't,
uh, I don't understand this.

So then, and then you forced
a... a second meal on Walter Cruz,

who'd already had his full dose?

- Yes.
- But that level...

I mean, he's... he's
already completed his cycle.

- He'll... he'll be, uh...
- Adversely affected.

Adversely aff... He's gonna
be fucking incapacitated!

The symptoms will take some
time to leave his system,

- if that's what you mean.
- H... how long?

I don't know, a... a year?

At least.

But what's the use, then, in...

H... how can we deploy him like that?

I guess we can't, you're right.

- Mr. Belfast, maybe...
- Uh...

- Where is he now?
- Domestic reassignment.

Domestic... You mean you sent...

- Mr. Belfast?
- Stop.

He experienced adverse effects.

That's the protocol, isn't it?

He belongs with his family now.

Why are you doing this?

I told you. He doesn't want to go back.

So you fucking reformatted
him? Are you insane?

It's possible.

Okay, you know what?

Nothing stops, you know that, right?

I... I'm at the DoD right now.

They're... they're talking
about using the program

institutionally, preemptively, even.

So if this is some kind of, you
know, emotional, vindictive...

uh, I'm gonna be fine, okay? Trust me.

Geist rewards results and I deliver.

You know what that means? Huh, Heidi?

It means I'm headed to Redwood

and you're heading to
whatever fucking suburb

I pulled you out of.

- Colin, is there anything else?
- What?

Is there anything else
you'd like to discuss?

I thought we were a team, Heidi.

I... I really tried to
mentor you, and you're just,

you're taking all this hard
work that we... we did and you...

Okay, I'm gonna stop you
right there, Colin, okay?

I just don't have a lot of time.

Don't move. I'm coming down there

and I'm gonna screw your
fucking head on straight,

- you hear me?
- I won't be here.

What?

Hello? Hello?

Fuck!

I...

- Good afternoon, Colin.
- Where's Ron?

I'm not sure.

Okay.

All right.

Okay, well, while we're waiting,

uh, you mind grabbing me a coffee?

- How was the funeral?
- The what?

Your aunt in Milwaukee?

Right, yes.

Thank you.

Or... was that in Florida?

Hmm?

You went to Tampa as
well, is that right?

I don't think I can
bring you in on that.

It's... it's really Ron's call.

Why did you go Tampa?

Well, I go to a lot of places, Audrey.

It's kind of part of the job.

What were you doing at
the Homecoming facility?

What... what was I doing?

Yes.

Uh, let's just wait for
Ron to get here, okay?

And then you can take your little notes

or whatever it is you do.

What happened to your face?

It's... I...

Okay. I see what this is.

Look, Audrey, I think it's
great that you're ambitious.

I do. I love it. Okay?
We need all kinds here.

But let's remember who you are,

and who I am. Okay?

Now why don't you step outside

and see if you can track Ron down?

Ron's not coming, Colin.

Why not?

He's not with us anymore.

What do you mean? Ron's
running the new division.

We're launching the roller.

Yes, that will all
continue, just without Ron.

When did this happen?

Today.

Today? Why?

Ron overextended himself.

And so what are you doing here?

I'm in a new role.

Should we continue?

When you were at the
facility, did you confront

a Department of Defense investigator...

What is... what are... what is...
What are you looking at there?

... and offer a sort of confession

and then taunt him?

My back was to the wall, Audrey, okay?

I was trying to... Okay, you know what?

He's filing that complaint,
okay, that... that's just reality,

so we should focus on that.

Okay. What do you suggest?

What do I suggest? We give them someone.

A rogue employee?

Yeah, that's right.

Disobeyed protocol.

Exactly.

Bergman got, I don't know, emotional,

- and she...
- Not she.

What?

We're not talking about Bergman.

This describes your
role in what happened.

You should look it over and...

What, you think you
could fix this without me?

Who... who eliminated the memory hiccup?

Who pivoted the medication
to comfort management?

The... the roller,
Audrey, that's all me.

Mr. Geist and I discussed all of that.

If you take responsibility
for your actions,

it would mean a lot to him.

It could affect your future here.

You talked to... to Geist?

Yes, at his farm. Have you been?

No, I... I... I haven't.

It's a beautiful property.

I am so excited for you, Audrey.

I'm so excited that they have finally

recognized your skills, and I am here

and willing to assist
in any way possible.

I'm a problem solver.

I really... I really am.

You were a problem solver.

What?

But now you are a problem.

And this...

... is the solution.

Walter?

We're gonna move you to a chair, okay?

Hey, buddy, nice and easy.

Here we go. Let's get you on your feet.

There you go. A few steps...

There you go. There we go.

Heidi?

Heidi?

Heidi?

Heidi.

Heidi, open the door.

Heidi, open the door.

Honey?

Heidi... look at me.

Heidi, unlock the door, honey.

Unlock the door. Unlock the door, honey.

Unlock...

Heidi...

Here's your car, soldier.

What have you done to him?

Hello.

Hi.

Do you remember me?

Yes.

I would like to talk to you.

What do you want?

Just to... to tell you
what happened, what we did.

Now? What's that gonna change?

Nothing, but you would know the truth,

if that's what you want.

You can sit.

The facility housed, um,
18 soldiers at a time.

We used their medical
records to find men under 30

who had certain symptoms,

basic PTSD markers.

The men all signed waivers.
They were used to that.

And then we began the sessions.

We would identify a target memory.

Something they did?

It didn't have to be,
just something resonant,

something intrusive.

We delivered the
medication through meals

over the course of six weeks,
and each week we would, uh,

discuss the targeted memory
to see if the response changed.

What does that mean?

To see if the memories were deleted.

That was your job?

Yes.

The therapy, the activities...

it was all for appearances.

All that, just so that
you could send them back?

Yes.

He thought you were helping him.

I know.

It worked.

Whatever you did.

Walter called me to tell me
that he wasn't coming home.

He sounded happy.

But then, two days later,

the Geist people called
to tell me to come get him.

I didn't know what to think.

Then I got your
envelope, the recordings.

Those belong to Walter. I was trying...

I understand what you did.

I don't forgive you.

I don't want you to.

Those years were taken from him.

Walter wanted to believe.

That was the best thing about him.

And you used that.

I understand. I do.

I've learned that there
are certain objects

or cues from that time

that could bring back
Walter's memories, and if I...

Why would we do that?

So that he can remember...

He's finally back to who he
was before this whole mess.

The war, what you did
to him, that place.

I just...

You want to help Walter?

Yes.

Then stay away from him.

You made mistakes.
My son paid the price.

Now you want to come
back for another try?

He doesn't want that. Any of it.

He's finally where he belongs.

So, what did we say, Yosemite?

Yeah, or around there.

Where do we stop?

I don't know, I guess we'll just go

until we've gone far enough.

What are we looking for?

We'll know when we see it.

Gas station, hardware
store, little café.

Right? Up in the
mountains, by the creek.

One stoplight, that's it.

And then we just... disappear.

Wait, don't we need jobs?

Nope.

Why not?

Well, it's gold country, isn't it?

Yeah. Or it used to be.

Yeah, well, there's
gotta be something left.

Sure. Guess we don't need much.

- What, a couple million?
- Yeah.

We'll get a cabin by the creek,

big pile of firewood,
wake up with the sun.

We'll just head out to
the creek and we'll...

We...

Pan?

Yeah, we pan for gold.

I mean, how hard could it be?

Yeah, it's just sitting
there in the creek.

Right? We just... pan it out.

Get all the gold we
need and we'll be rich.

Or we don't find anything.

Right.

Claim's tapped out.

The winter comes. The roads close.

But we keep trying.

The storm hits. We're stuck.

We use up all the firewood,
and we freeze to death.

Could happen.

But we died trying.

- It's honorable is
what it is. - Mm-hmm.

And we don't care what anybody thinks

because we're dead in the snow.

Just a couple of snow angels.

No one to bother us.

Or maybe... we get lucky.

Right.

Hey,

you want to hang on to this?

Just while I'm gone.

Sure.

This food is very good.

- I'm impressed.
- I know, right?

Heading out?

Want some coffee?

You got to be kidding me.

Deck's turning into a
real motherfucker, huh?

Yeah. It's about to end up
costing me more than the house.

Hey, Walter.

- How you doing?
- You know.

- Coffee?
- Yes, please.

Uh, I need to get a new pot. Hang on.

♪ We counted every
black car passing ♪

♪ Your house beneath the hill ♪

♪ And up until... ♪

Is everything all right?

♪ Someone caught us
in the kitchen... ♪

Yeah.

Um, I've just been driving, I...

I haven't talked to
another person in a while.

Are you just passing through, or... ?

Yeah, I think so.

You don't know?

No, sorry. I'm just
stopping for the night.

This just seemed like a nice...

... place, this town.

Here?

Yeah, it is.

It's kind of the end of the road,

if you're into that sort of thing.

And you are? Into that?

I guess.

I've always wanted to come out here.

Me, too.

You know, I was sort
of just driving around

and I saw this little place for sale.

- A cabin?
- Yeah.

Near a creek?

Yeah, actually.

Uh, it looked pretty good, so I stayed.

♪ I heard from someone
you're still pretty... ♪

What about you?

Where are you coming from?

Florida.

You've been driving since Florida?

Yeah.

You ended up here?

I was supposed to meet someone.

Hmm. They didn't show, huh?

♪ Tell my mother not to worry... ♪

No, they did.

Not what you expected?

♪ Were always done
in such a hurry... ♪

Everything I expected.

♪ Remember me that Halloween ♪

♪ Making fools of
all the neighbors... ♪

I was late.

♪ Our faces painted white... ♪

So what are you gonna do now?

Have you finished that deck?

Yeah. Almost.

Just a half a day left.

You said that yesterday.

I might have.

♪ Only now it seems so silly... ♪

Do you need anything?

Oh, uh, no. Thank you.

She's right, I should...
I should probably get going.

It was nice talking with you.

Good luck, with the deck.

Just a half a day left.

Maybe a day.

All right, I'll see you later, Jodi.

See you, Walter.

♪ But much too high ♪

♪ To see the empty road
at happy hour gleam ♪

♪ And resonate ♪

♪ Just like the gates ♪

♪ Around the holy kingdom ♪

♪ With words like "lost and found" ♪

♪ And "don't look down" ♪

♪ And "someone save
temptation," and please ♪

♪ Remember me ♪

♪ As in the dream ♪

♪ We had as rug-burned babies ♪

♪ Among the fallen trees ♪

♪ And fast asleep ♪

♪ Beside the lions and the ladies ♪

♪ That called you what you like ♪

♪ And even might ♪

♪ Give a gift for your behavior ♪

♪ A fleeting chance to see ♪

♪ A trapeze ♪

♪ Swinger high as any savior ♪

♪ But please, remember me ♪

♪ Finally ♪

♪ And all my uphill clawing ♪

♪ My dear ♪

♪ But if I make ♪

♪ The pearly gates ♪

♪ I'll do my best
to make a drawing ♪

♪ Of God and Lucifer ♪

♪ A boy and girl ♪

♪ An angel kissing on a sinner ♪

♪ A monkey and a man ♪

♪ A marching band ♪

♪ All around a frightened
trapeze swinger ♪

♪ Nah, nah nah-nah ♪

♪ Nah nah-nah ♪

♪ Nah, nah ♪

♪ Nah-nah, nah-nah,
nah-nah, nah-nah... ♪

I'm complying here. I'm a team player.

He'll bear that in mind,
won't he? Mr. Geist?

Audrey?

We will bear it in mind, yes.

Thank you.