Homecoming (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 3 - Optics - full transcript

Shrier and Walter attempt to leave the facility. Heidi realizes there is a gap in her memory. Thomas makes a discovery.

Oh, God.

What are you...

What?

We're not robbing a bank.

What are you doing? Hey, stop!

We're just gonna go get a beer.

Sure we are.

Come on, then.

I got it.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Can I help you?



Maybe. Yeah, um,

we've kind of got a little problem.

Oh. What?

Well, uh, you know, we've
really been looking forward

to coming home, and now we're here,

and it's like... I
mean, look at this place.

It's weird, right?

I think we're the only
thing in this whole building.

Yeah, not much to do.

I think we have some board games.

Do you like Monopoly?

- Yeah.
- Or Twister?

Well, actually, I was thinking maybe

me and him could run
into town, grab a beer?



Town?

Yeah, nothing far.

I mean, that... that'd be okay, right?

What are you asking...

Is there a bus or
something we could take?

It's just, um, there...

Uh, I think the...
I think there's a form

- that you need to...
- A form?

Yeah, I... You know what, it's...

I think it's in the
back. If you could just...

Could you just wait here for a second?

- Yeah, yeah, no problem.
- Okay.

See? She said it's okay.

No, she didn't. Look.

Hi. Someone's trying
to leave the premises...

What the fuck? Shrier.

Are you fucking nuts?

- Yo, in or out?
- All we got to do is fill out a stupid form...

There are no fucking forms!

Listen to me.

All right, you stay,
all right? I'll be okay.

Really.

What the fuck?

Don't do anything

until they do, all right?

See?

Florida.

You see palm trees, you say Florida.

License plates, Florida...

Yeah, that's 'cause it's Florida.

Walter, they built a
functioning North African village

outside of fucking Tucson.

I know. I was there. That
was a training exercise.

- Exactly.
- No, not "exactly."

I'm not agreeing with you.

Look, they had the food.

All right? The furniture.

Think about what you're saying.

This entire area for miles...

They had the fucking smells, Walter.

All right? I... it was perfect.

What, you don't think they
could pull off Florida?

Does it seem like this
would be difficult for them?

Who's "them"?

Look, I know you're trying
to keep us safe, okay?

- Don't patronize me.
- I'm not.

I'm just saying, this is different, man.

All right? So you don't got
to worry so much anymore.

Why? Why? Why is this different?

Because they want to help us.

Okay? The whole point of
this program is to help us.

Uh, listen,

I know that lady's friendly or whatever,

but you have to be careful
what you say to her.

- Who, Heidi?
- Yeah, Heidi.

Even that name, man, it's like, come on.

Okay, so, what, she... she's
a part of this whole thing,

this... what?

Exercise.

Okay.

Yes.

Just like Tucson, but
it hasn't started yet.

What would any of this
be training us for?

To see what we'd do if
we were deployed here.

At home.

Where the fuck are we?

Shoe store. Look familiar?

Fuck. They got us, they got us.

- Weapon.
- Wait, Shrier, no!

Shrier!

Wait.

I'm sorry. It's just funny now.

That's why it looked all frozen.

It was a retirement
community. Everyone was asleep.

I don't think you're grasping
the seriousness of this.

No. No, no, no. That's
what I'm trying to say.

Everything's fine now. It's fine.

I didn't want you to have
to come in on your day off.

Me and Shrier apologized.

We picked up the old guy and
we told him we just got back.

And it turns out he
was in the Navy, so...

he was basically cool.

Look, it was stupid, I know.

He was definitely happy to
see us get back in that van.

- I'll bet he was.
- But the point is,

Shrier's fine now.

I mean, seriously, when
we were driving back,

I hadn't seen him that
happy in a long time.

I mean, he was wrong and he knows it.

We're in Florida, we're getting help.

That's all there is to it.

I am glad to hear that.

Shrier's a good guy. It's just...

things that worked
well for him over there,

they don't work as well here, you know?

They'll keep that in mind, right?

Who?

Well, I mean if...

if there's gonna be
any disciplinary action,

you... you'll tell them, right?

You'll tell them it was my
fault, that Shrier's all right.

Do you feel like you have
to take care of Shrier?

Take care? No.

But you two are close.

I mean, well, yeah, I mean...

we spent a lot of time together.

Like, a lot. It's...

It's nice, that camaraderie.

Actually, I was gonna say annoying.

Like weird or...

I don't know.

You ever spent way too
much time with someone?

How do you mean?

- Well, are you married?
- No.

- But you have a boyfriend.
- Where you going with all this?

Okay. Uh...

Let's say we're taking
a road trip somewhere.

Who is? We are?

- Mm-hmm.
- Okay.

Where are we going?

How about Yosemite?

- Sure.
- Okay.

We're taking a road trip to Yosemite.

That's, what, like 3,000 miles?

- At least.
- Okay, but we figure

that'll be half the fun,
right? The drive out there.

I mean, we'll make a cool playlist,

we'll stop at weird local diners,

talk to old cowboys.

But the rest of the time,

we're essentially just
driving in the car.

What do we do in the car?

- Oh, are you asking me?
- Yeah.

Oh, um, we could read
aloud to each other.

Sure, um...

That's incredibly nerdy, but...

Okay.

And then we're doing what?

We're talking about what we're gonna do

- when we get there, right?
- Mm-hmm.

- I mean, check out the scenery, the animals.
- Yeah.

But then for the rest of the time,

we're just driving.

And it gets boring.

Even if we're the most
interesting people in the world.

The playlist is over,
we're not hungry anymore,

we ran out of funny stories to tell.

I'm tired of reading aloud.

And I'm tired of listening to it.

And for a second,

it gets almost scary...
like, we did this on purpose?

And now we just got to keep on going?

But it's that moment, that boredom...

that's when you really get
to know a person, you know?

You're forced to be yourself or...

as close to your real self as you can be

in front of another person.

You have no choice.

This road trip sounds terrible.

You should try it with
people shooting at you.

Right.

But you get what I mean, right?

Uh... sure.

I do.

You haven't, have you?

Haven't what?

Taken a road trip with a boyfriend.

Uh, on a road trip...

Wow.

I've had boyfriends.

Yeah, but that's not what I asked you.

I know that's not what you asked me.

I mean, come on.

Windows down, radio's on,
flying through the pines.

Colin, hi.

Uh... yes,

I'm actually talking to him right now.

Got your feet up on the dashboard.

He's staring at you.

Certainly.

Thanks.

No, I haven't.

Happy?

Mm, I'm satisfied.

I'm sorry, I know we
missed the farmers market.

- There was an emergency at work.
- That's fine.

Gave me a chance to think;
I realized a few things.

You've changed. You know that?

Changed to what?

Well, I don't know. That's
the part that scares me.

You're working constantly.

You never tell me anything
about what you're doing.

What is there to tell? It's work.

Well, it's literally the
only thing you care about.

If we really love each other,

- then I think we should...
- If we what?

Love each...

Heidi...

Jesus Christ.

I'm really starting to think

that we're on really
different pages here.

- I agree.
- About what?

I think it might be best.

No, Heidi, I'm talking about moving out.

I know.

W... we don't have
to rush into anything.

Don't answer that. Please.

Look at me. Look at
me. Don't answer that.

I...

Give it to me.

Give it.

Are you seriously... ?

Hi, Colin, can you
hold on just a second?

We're done. Get your
shit out of my bathroom

and your fucking forks.

There we go. Can you...?

Hey, listen... honey, you're gonna have

to finish Dad, okay? Soon.

Daddy has to get on this call.

- Listen...
- I...

- Sorry.
- Colin, I didn't catch that.

Yeah, it's okay. I'm home.

- Oh, that's nice.
- Yeah,

it's my little girl's birthday today,

so, you know, not really
something I could push.

No, of course not.

Oh.

- Um, Colin, Colin?
- Heidi, continue.

- Go ahead.
- Hello?

Heidi?

- Come on. Shrier?
- Um... oh, yes.

Did you see my report on that?

Yeah, I did. So, did we reassign him?

He's gone, right?

Well, I just, I just
wanted to... to wait...

- What? No. Wait?
- ... and speak to you before...

We don't have to wait.
What are we waiting for?

The guy's a classic week five burnout.

Paranoid ideation,
irritability, anxiety,

got impulse control problems.

No, we don't need those kind
of results. No, thank you.

Right, but don't you
think that, you know,

cutting him off midstream might have

serious effects that we should observe?

Heidi, the client is
experiencing adverse effects,

- correct?
- Well, yes.

- Hello?
- Yes.

Okay, and so, we have a
protocol for that, right?

I'm sorry.

Domestic reassignment.

- I... I'm just concerned.
- Don't overthink it, Heidi.

Well, we've seen what
happens when we pull someone

off the medication partway.

Yeah, I'm aware of that,
Heidi. You don't have

- to explain it to me.
- No, no. I know. I'm sorry.

- I wrote the fucking protocol.
- I just, you know...

Shrier is ramped up to week four dosage,

so taking him off the medication now,

the withdrawals could be serious...

panic attacks, hallucinations.

Uh, I mean, are his... is
his family really equipped

- to handle that?
- Okay.

So now you're talking about something

that's completely outside
of our jurisdiction.

You know what? Two minutes.
Give me two minutes.

- No, but, Colin, if you could just listen...
- Heidi, Heidi,

Shrier belongs with his family now.

That's the protocol.

No, him and his friend, too.

What's his name? Cruz?

Yeah, he's gone, too.

So... ah! Fuck.

Wait.

You want to remove Walter Cruz?

He was in the van with him, wasn't he?

With Shrier? Beat up the old guy,

the security guard, whatever the hell...

No. No, no. Didn't you read... ?

- I wrote all this up.
- He stole a vehicle, Heidi.

Okay? Threatened a civilian.

- He's paranoid. He's agitated.
- No...

It's the same thing
as with Shrier, right?

- No, no, no, not at all.
- So we should just cut bait

- with the both of them. What do you mean?
- Cruz has shown

no problematic symptoms, none.

I think this was a
situation where he just

really felt compelled
to help his friend.

He really believes in the process.

- Yeah, okay, well, I don't...
- He's committed to it.

Uh, no, I don't think so.

I think it's too much of a risk.

Like, we should just expel.

No, I... no, um, I mean, I
understand what you're saying.

I'm only hesitating
because I think, with Cruz,

we'd be missing a real opportunity.

O... optically.

Optically?

Yeah... yes. Yes, I think
that, uh, you know, Cruz

is gonna provide us with
some really powerful data.

Yeah, okay, but it still doesn't...

And... and if th... this
incident is on his report,

I mean, just imagine
how that will really, uh,

you know, dramatize the progress.

He's a perfect case study, you know?

Uh-huh. No, that is interesting.

I mean, he is a tough case, right?

And, you know, he's...
he's got a lot of issues,

and w... we would have lost him,

but then, of course, because the...

Exactly, the treatment is so effective.

Uh-huh.

All right, well, that
sounds great, Heidi.

That sounds great.

As long as y... you feel
confident that there's not gonna be

- any additional misbehavior.
- No, I feel confident.

Very confident. Nope. I will
take full responsibility.

S... so, if there's
nothing else, Colin...

Hey, we're getting full attendance

at the lunches, right?

Everyone's getting full doses?

Uh, yeah, as far as
we can tell, you know,

considering that we're
administering the medication

- in this unconventional...
- Yeah, well, listen,

these are highly paranoid,

highly unstable people here, okay?

They're noncompliant.

Half of them don't even
take the placebo, right?

Look, if you don't feel
confident the cafeteria

is correctly administering
the medicine...

No, no, no. I'm not...
I'm not saying that.

Maybe that's the problem
anyway here, right?

If they're getting insufficient
med... you know what?

Maybe we should be
giving them the medication

at lunch and dinner.

What? No. Doubling the dosage?

What's your feeling on that?

- Uh...
- Pivot?

I think we would run the risk

of seriously overmedicating the clients.

I mean, that could
really lead to confusion,

- loss of skills...
- Ah, wait, wait, wait.

- ... recovery time.
- Loss... loss of skills? Really?

They'd be unfit, you're saying?

Unfit, yes, exactly.

- Uh, significant impairment.
- Okay.

Okay, well, that's not
something that we want.

I still th... shit, shit.

- They're doing the cake.
- Oh, the cake.

Oh, well, happy birthday to...

Yay.

- Hi. You actually showed.
- How are you?

Oh, well, yeah, thanks...
thanks for... for coming. It's...

You guys need menus?

- Oh, sure.
- Oh, no.

- We're just gonna get a drink, and...
- We could eat a...

Uh, or we can eat, certainly.

No, that's fine.

Um, we'll have two
vodka martinis, please?

- Okay.
- Thanks. That's what you like, right?

Uh, sure. Yeah.

So... How have you been?

Good. Good, just trying to
take good care of myself.

Yeah, I left Keebler.

- Oh. That's good?
- Yeah...

They completely reorganized
the whole marketing department.

Massive layoffs, dozens of us.

- Oh, wow.
- Yeah. It was just such a viper's nest.

You know, cutthroat, ruthless.

Yeah, my job now is
more straightforward.

Well, that sounds great.

- I'm a personal trainer.
- Yeah... oh.

I was gonna ask.

Yeah, thank you. It's, um,

CrossFit-based but not CrossFit per se.

- Mm-hmm.
- Uh, sort of my own philosophy.

Um, so how about you?

- How's Tampa?
- Oh, I moved back home.

You did? Is there a... a VA near
there or a base or something?

No. No, I'm a waitress now.

You're joking. You, you quit your job?

The only thing you cared about?

Anthony, that's not true.

Well, that's not how I remember it.

Well, that's actually
why I wanted to talk.

I wanted to, um... just, I know
that things didn't end well,

and I, I guess I could
have handled it better.

- You guess?
- And I would like to, um...

I mean, I'm sure that
you've moved on, but...

No, I haven't.

Oh.

I appreciate you
reaching out, Heidi, uh,

I've thought about this
moment a lot, actually.

- Me, too.
- That's a surprise.

It never seemed like that at all.

How did it seem?

It seemed like you didn't care

- about anything except your job.
- Okay.

Which, I understand how
important that was for you,

helping those guys, but
it... it was hard for me.

And you had that boss who
was calling constantly.

- My boss?
- Yeah, Colin? I don't know.

Your boss or your supervisor?

Colin. Right, right.

Yeah, um, and, I mean,

I was thinking marriage,
kids, the whole thing.

It's just... it's just so hard
when you meet on the Internet.

I don't know... you don't
know what the stakes are...

Did I say anything about work?

- What?
- I mean, that seemed weird.

Weird? I don't...

Anything that I was
really stressing out about?

Is this why you wanted to see me?

- No.
- Because it seems like

you're really interested
in what I remember

about your job, not
what I was going through.

- Oh, no.
- You didn't tell me anything important,

if that's what you're worried about.

Your precious top secret
job was always off limits.

In fact, you treated
me like a goddamn child.

- Anthony...
- I can't believe this. Are you trying

to cover your tracks or what?

You haven't changed at all.
Why did you even want to see me?

I just wanted to talk
about what happened.

To us?

Sure. Mm-hmm.

You know, we... we dated
for months, and I...

Jesus Christ, Heidi,
it was almost a year.

- Okay. Exactly.
- Yeah.

We were dating and I
got the job down there

- and you helped me move.
- Right.

And then, the end.

What... what happened?

Uh, what was that like for you?

It...

Well, uh, I mean, for me...

it was over.

Us.

I just was trying to explain that to you

and be gentle at the same
time, and your boss called...

- Colin.
- Y... yeah.

What... why do you keep
saying his name like that?

- How?
- Like you've never heard of him.

He called constantly.
It drove you crazy.

I don't...

You don't remember him?

Uh...

No, I don't.

I re...

I remember moving down there,

and... that's all.