Journeyman (2007–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - The Legend of Dylan McCleen - full transcript

I can't control when I go.

I seem to come b kto the present
when I finish some chapterin the lives

of the peoplethat I'm tracking.

Who's the lucky womanwho got my fianc?

So if it feels like a dream,then maybe
it's something you're doing to yourself.

The mri didn't find anything,but
maybe it's something else.

Katie,I'm going back.

I can feel it.

- Katie?
- Yeah.

Jack's katie?

Did he tell you he saw
livia?It's interesting.



Don't you think that whatever he's
doing takes him right backto her?

What happens if you're travelingand
you die?Do you come back dead?

I'm not gonna die.

- I'm doing some research.
- On what?

- Tachyons.
- Tachyons?

Particles that travel
fasterthan the speed of light.

Katie...

- livia knows what you do.
- Livia does what I do.

Welcome back.

I'm not trying to break youand katie
up,dan.You're doing fineby yourself.

Where you been?

What is that in your pocket?

And I'm not in the moodfor a punch line.

Don't worry.It'S...



you can't keep going onlike this,katie.

It's complicated,jack.

What else?

Oh,we need lemongrassand
artichokes and heirloom tomatoes.

- Lemongrass?
- Yeah,I know.

Mom's decided that we can't eat
anythingout of boxes or tubes anymore.

What about ice cream sandwiches?

She stops those,we're moving o.

sorry

Hey,look.

Who's he with?

Doesn't matter.It's jack.

She'll be somebody elsenext week.

- hey,jack.
- Hey.

What are you doing here?

Apparently,my diet's lethal.

Too many donuts,that it?

Time to letthe holster out?

Oh,sorry.Theresa
sanchez,this is katie,dan.

Nice to meet youup there.

Jack talks aboutyou all the time.

Oh,really?Well...

- so,how'd you guys meet?
- In the er.

I'm stitching a guy upwhile
he's taking a statement.

Dream date.

You know me.I'm all about the romance.

- Oh,yeah,yeah.
- Cheese guy's here.

Oh,I love him.

Oh,so cheese is
okay,just not cheesecake?

Awesome.

Cool.

How do they do that?

Practice,buddy.

Can you do that?

No.

Zack,listen to me.

- We got to go,all right?
- Not yet!

We got to find mom,all right?

Got to find mom.

Dad,my hat!

Dad?

Dad?

Dad?

my god.

you are awful!

- Jack,you seen dan?
- No.

He was just here.

He's pretty goodat
evaporating these days.

Yeah.Zack's with him.

- I can't reach himon my cell.
- Take it easy.How far couldhe have gone?

I don't know.

Do you have any ideawhere
they were heading?

No.

I think zack might
beseparated from his father.

hey,it's vasser.

I'm at the cornerof collingwood
and market.I got a priority 807.

Don't worry.We'll find him.

Is somethinggoing on?

My brother.

where's my case?!

- What?
- Black plastic case!

You know where we are?

I don't even know when we are.

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Katie?

- Where is he?
- Upstairs.

Where'd you go,dan?

I got sick.Vertigo or...

- what,you fall into the bay?
- Jack...

- why didn't you call?
- Jack,stop.

Come on!Lost his son in a public
place,he can't call his wife and tell her?

Look at him!

How can this be okay with you?

What the hell's going on here?

Last week you had a
handgun at a fundraiser.

- Jack,this is a family matter.
- Yeah,and he's my brother.

What the hell's going on?

Jack...

jack,we have a problem and
it's serious and it's personal,

and right now I just
need you to trust me,okay?

- Okay.
- Thank you.

Wow,you,you've made
enabling an art form,kate.

Dan...

we got careless,both of us.

Zack was terrified.He just...

how do we do this...

- with you just vanishing?
- I don't know.

Right now,I just got to
go and talk to zack,okay?

Dan,clean up first.

I'm sorry about leaving you today.

Where did you go?

I-I got sick.

Got dizzy and I lost you in the crowd.

I thought you could see over people.

I can usually.

What's this,bud?

I'm making a sign for the 'niners
game so mom can see us on tv.

All right,yeah.

Want to help me?

I'd love to.

- Tomorrow after work,all right?
- Okay.

Dan...

I bought the tickets six months ago.

I promised him we'd go together.

Well,things are a little different now.

I know,but this doesn't seem like
the time to tell him that we can't go.

He's seven,kate.He's not
gonna understand any of this.

Honestly,being seven might help.

1.5% this quarter?

This month.

Wait a minute.Down 1.5 points
of circulation this month alone?

That's a precipitous decline.

Precipitous?

That's a freefall,gentleman.

John,what's going on with the
buyout of the senior reporters?

Everyone's come forward.

We're pretty leanright now.

We're notlean enough.I see a whole
lot of people runningaround out there.

Yeah,doingtheir jobs.

I don't doubtthat they are,hugh.

But you don't care.

And any additionalcutbacks

will leave us open to ageand
discrimination lawsuits.

Oh,yeah,and weaken the paper.

The one that got away

Here we go.

****1975**

You got to like a guywho's
got the bag to hijack a plane

and bail outwith a hundred grand.

No,you really don'T.

- So why you looking him up?
- Story.

- You got something on him?
- Maybe.

'Cause that'd be huge.

Dylan mccleen's just the namehe
brought the tickets under.

- Nobody knowswho he really is.
- I know that,jesse.

- You need any help?
- What?

I'm a floater.

Research a tattoo for me:

Lightning bolt,star on
the left,sun on the right.

- See what you can find.
- You got it.

This newspaper's bleeding,hugh.

Ad revenues are down 15%for the year.

Internet has decimatedour
classified section

and we have somereporters here
who only filea couple times a year.

We're not vanity fair.

Newspapers are
neverprofit machines,lane.

You want to make
money,invent a search engine.

And that 1.5 is betterthan last quarter.

Which means we're
pulling outof our dive.

- What about vasser?
- What about him?He works hard.

And he's expensive.

Hey,you want to hurtthis
paper,get rid of dan vasser.

I don't wantto hurt the newspaper.

I want to keep it running.

- That's an armyranger tattoo.
- You're fast.

75th regiment.

- Do you really think that dylan mccleenwas a ranger?
- Could be.

Well,they didlong-range recon
in vietnam,cambodia,and laos.

Hasn't every morsel been
pickedfrom that carcass?

- Dan's onto something new.
- Like what?

- A lead.
- Who he was,or is.

- Really?
- How much wouldyou love that?

Quite a bit.

Course,you havea better chance of getting
a q&a withjimmy hoffa,but surprise me.

can I come back?

Excuse me.

how the hell do youkeep finding me?

- Who are you?
- I'm nobody.

- Are you green beret?
- No.

- How did you knowmy landing zone?
- I didn'T.I was just there.

In the middleof the woods at night?

- You're special ops.
- No.

- Dylan...
- that's not my name.

- Why are you following me?
- I have no idea.

Who's the guy in the
picture?You looking for him?

- What?You want money?
- No.I want to help you.

Why?!

You follow me again...

just gonna watch me get stabbed?

What do you want me to
do,hurl myself onto his knife?

- It doesn't work like that.
- Oh,really?

Where's dad?

He's working late,sweetie.

He said he was gonnahelp
me with the sign.

I know he did,honey.

He will.

This new job of his,it's
real tough on him.

On everybody.

who is it?!

Sfpd.

Sorry to disturb
you,mrs.Vasser.Wilson hargraves,sfpd.

Is everything okay?

We're investigatinga robbery at a liquor
storethe night of your fund-raiser.

It's a place a coupleof blocks away.

Hey,honey.

Could you go upstairsand
play for a few minutes?

- Okay.
- Okay.

- Come on in.
- Thank you.

Dylan mccleen.You
haven'theard of dylan mccleen?

He's the guy who...he hijacked a plane.

I told you I
haven'T.What's your problem?

Sorry.

I've been on the road a lot.It
's taking its tollon the family.

Tell me about it.

Do you havea family?

no.

Well,I do.I've got a son.

His name's zack.

That's nice.

I'm doing a lousyjob of raising him.

I keep get suckedout of his
life at all the wrong times.

Right now he thinksthat
I don't love him.

Nsee?Osecrets with me.

That's hard.I'm sorry.

Two hot dogs,two sodas,please.

You worried thatI won't be able to
handle that you havea husband and family?

No,dan.

I knowyou can handle that.

Why are you still here?Why
are youkeeping an eye on me?

What are you doing here?

How are you gonna pay for lunch?

I thought so.

- It's becoming a problem.
- I told you to buy old currency.

It's expensive.Katie checked it out.

- $2.95.
- $2.95?It's a miracle.

Sticker shock.

You were co-chair of thebenefit
at the museum?Is that right?

That's correct.

I'd love to see aguest list,if I could.

I'd rather not.

We promise discretionto our donors.

We promise to arrest peoplewho
commit armed robberies.

Can I get that to you tomorrow?

You were at theevent all night?

I was co-chair.Yes.

And your husband?

He attended.

You didn't see anyone
therewith a gun,did you?

No.I never saw a gun,no.

Okay.

Well,um...

listen,get me that listby
tomorrow,if you can.

Here's my card.

Well,I...I reallyhope you get the guy.

Oh,we have a halfdozen witnesses,a
cabbie whogave him a ride.

A camera phone shot.

- I think we'll find him.
- Can I ask you a question?

- And I-I don't
meanto be flip. - Sure.

Did the ownerof the store say it
was a man in a tuxedowho robbed him?

I mean,isn't thatwhere you should start?

Well,the owner of the storewas
pistol-whipped within an inch of his life.

He's in a coma,sowe can't start there.

- You have a good night,mrs.Vasser.
- Yeah.

Look at me.Do you really
thinkI'd rob a liquor store?

No,but I didn't thinkyou'd come
armed to a black-tiefundraiser either.

And people go to prisonall the
time for crimes they didn't commit.

It's gonna be okay.

How's zack?

He's not great.

Jack says he'll takehim to the game.

You have to tell himthat
you're not going,dan.

I will.I'll do it tonight.

- How was your day?
- Fine.

I think I got a story on dylan mccleen.

- The hijacker?
- Yeah.

- You met him back there.
- Yeah.

Can you imagine?

Uncovering the identityof dylan mccleen.

It sounds like you'reenjoying yourself.

It has its adrenalinemoments,that's all.

- And the livia part?
- No.

You're anadrenaline guy,dan.

You liked the actionwhen
you were gambling.

- Maybe you want two women in different time zones.
- Katie...

no,I mean,you know,technically,itwouldn't
be cheating if it's in the past.

I was sleeping with jack.

Maybe you should sleep
with livia back there.

So if I'mwith livia back there,you
canstart sleeping withheack re,right?

What?Not funny?

honey,I'd trade adrenaline
rushfor marital bliss any day.

I know.

- Maybe if I just held onto you.
- We could try it.

- I'm gonna go see zack.
- Okay.

- Right away,sir.
- Excuse me.

A man is looking foryou; he's a soldier.

- Does anyone speakenglish here?
- Yes,sir.

Thanks.

Captain rich?

You speak english?Is that his name?

where are you going?Where do you live?

New job in the valley.We must leave now.

Wait.

I need to speak to
youabout captain rich.

He leave me.He said he'd help
get my familyhere,but he did not.

I wait long timefor
captain rich; he no come.

Captain rich has been lookingall
over this city for you.

I moved to oakland.

Now I move tosacramento.I follow work.

He has the money nowto help your family.

Please,please don't leave.

My name is choung seng.

Dan.

Do you knowhis first name?

Captain rich.

My children call him "chaka chacout."

It means "crazy dog."

he gave me this.

He helped me to escape,to come here.

- What happened to him?
- I do not know.

He was supposed to help
getmy family out of cambodia.

I never would have
leftwithout them,but...

he...promised hecould get
them out and then he leave.

Where is he now?

- I don't know.
- You do not know?

- You said he was here.
- Where do you live?How can I reach you?

- Do you,you have a job?
- I quit pacific dragon today.I have no job.

Go backto pacific dragon,get your
job back,and give me that medal.

- No.
- Please,I...

please,I just...I need it to help you.

No.

I'm sorry.

Hey!

good morning.

I need to know all I canabout an
army ranger named captain rich...

southeast asia,special ops.

- Do you thinkthis is mccleen?
- Maybe.

- Uh,first name?
- Don't have it.

- Okay,that's goingto make it hard.
- Yeah,probably.

- How's dylanmccleen coming?
- I think I'm ontosomething,hugh.

Like his identity?

Can you give meanother day?

We've waited 32 yearsfor this story.

We can wait a day.

Are you seriousabout this,dan?

I thinkI'm onto something,hugh,

and if it's not,I'll kill it.

can I help you?

- You're dan vasser.
- Yes.

I'm elliot langleyfrom
lawrence livermore.

I was speaking at usf.

I thought since I wasin
the neighborhood...

the apple doesn't
fallfar from the tree,hmm?

Yeah,uh,let's gosomewhere we can talk.

So...

how do youknow my father?

I had juststarted at nasa.

Your father was coveringthe
shuttle prototype.

You had questionsabout tachyons?

You know,I'm pretty surewe
spoke on the phone once about

ten,maybe15 years ago.

- Really?
- Yeah.

Maybe I was lookingfor your father.

Maybe.

You have a very good memory,though.

Look,I wasn'tentirely forthcoming.

- I'm not doing a storyon funding at stanford.
- Is that right?

It's not something I...

like people to knowaround here,but...

I'm workingon a book.

It has a sciencefiction element.

- Time travel?
- Yes.

The rules haven't changed
muchsince einstein.

Ultimately,whether
it'swormholes or warp drives,

- time travel requires you to go186,000 miles per second.
- The speed of light.

That's the rub because so far nothing
has demonstratedan ability to do that.

What about tachyons?

Theoretical particles,never
proven to exist.

So time travelis impossible?

No,just not proven.

500 years ago,we knew
pluto didn't exist.

Five years ago,we knew it was a planet.

Now we know it's
not.Did pluto change?No.

Did our understanding of pluto?

Yes.

You're an expert,dr.Langley.

Do you thinktime travel is possible?

Until you prove to meyou
can or can't,I don't know.

How does yourprotagonist get around?I...

dabble in fiction myself.

He just does.

Actually,he wants to
find a wayto control it.

Stop it.

He claims to befalling
through time randomly.

Maybe a wormhole.

How terribly inconvenient.

Yeah.

Any idea what might bedoing that?

Spontaneous symmetry breakage.

Perturbation in the
localdark energy density.

God.

Are people taking advantageof him?

Not yet.

They should; a person wieldingthat
kind of power would be very valuable.

Right?

Yeah,yeah,I guess.

I hope I've been some help.

You have.Yes.

I should go.

Let me know if you want
to talkmore about this.

I will.Thank you.

Do you validate?

Sadly,no.

Well,then...

you're good at this.You
could do this for a living.

Can you get us on the
fieldafter the game?

- I don't know ifI can do that,bud.
- Why?

- I'm not sure thatI can go to the game.
- What?

I got to work.But uncle
jack'sgonna take you.

You promised.

I know,I know,Z.

I got this big new project.I'm sorry.

I'll be two seconds,okay?Hello?

Not doing so well on captain rich.

Wow,they said you were good.

Okay,first of all,it's special ops,so
it's not likethere's a facebook.

And second,a first name would help.

I'll take anything,an address,

medical recordof any vet named captain
rich living in san franciscoin the '70s.

I don't care if he was a chaplain.

Aye,aye.

katie...

katie!

Katie,I got to leave!

Katie!

Hey.

Hey.

Sorry.

Dylan!

That sucks.

This assignment's a bitch.

- They're all a bitch.
- I just need a name.

If I could only findmccleen's
real name,I could find him.

What do youknow about him?

He was special ops in
cambodia duringthe vietnam war.

- I just need my laptop.
- Wait,dan,listen.

How did people survive back here?

- Dan.
- What?

I know someone hereyou can talk to.

A photojournalist
covered the vietnam war.

- No.
- Why not?

I thought I wasn't
supposedto mess with things.

You're not.Just get what
you needand get out of there.

He won't know you.

Dan...

let's go visit your father.

Vertigo?

That's what he said.

That's usuallyan inner ear
problem.How's his hearing?

- Dan's?
- Yeah.

I think he hears fine.He
just doesn't listen.

Well,they seemedreally nice.

- Katie's beautiful.
- Oh,yeah,katie's great.

So,uh,how manydates are
required for a full disclosure?

Normally,I'd say 20,but
since you justbrought it up...

- I'm gonna go with five.
- No,we'll go with 20.

No,buddy,you don'tget to do
that,open that doorand then walk away.

You were a woman.

I'm hurt that you could
evenconsider that a possibility.

I'm a doctor.I know what's possible.

And you have delicate hands.

I used to date katie.

Wow.

Like,once or twice?

For a couple years.

There's nothingbetween me and katie.

And yet you feltthe
need to tell me that.

Katie and I were overlong
before dan stepped in.

Oh,this is too good.

Hi.

- Hi,it's niceto see you again.
- You,too.

So I hope I'm notinterrupting.

Actually,I haveto get back to work.

Oh,no,please,don't go.I'm
just droppingsomething off.

No,really,I doactually have to leave.

It's a hospital.We never close.

- Thanks for lunch.
- Got it.

I'll see you later.

- See you.
- Bye.

niners tickets.Thanks for helping out.

Sure.

So,uh,I got to go.There's
a thingat zack's school.

Okay.Good seeing you.

Drop in onmy next date.

You couldn't have given mea
heads-up about the interrogation?

- Oh,you met hargraves.
- Yeah.

He wanted to knowhow we
were spending the booty.

He's just doing his job.

- So,you didn't send him?
- No.

This is his investigation.I'm homicide.

If the owner dies,you
might see more of me.

Jack,dandidn't do it.

So,uh,theresa.

- I like her.
- Yeah,she's fun.

But don't get too
comfortable.It might not last.

Why?

- You'll laugh.
- What?

She doesn't want to have kids.

wow.You live long enough...

um,so,when did you havethis epiphany?

Not too long ago.It's time.

I just need a fertile
myrtle,and I'm good to go.

Someone who'll order in chinesewith
you and watch south park?

Oh,please.I'll die aloneif
I wait for perfection.

That's a good point.

you okay?

Yeah.

Come on.

You see him?

No.

Hey,do you knowwhere I
could find frank vasser?

Thanks.

How old were youwhen he left?

Zack's age.

Go,dan.

Frank?

Dan carson,upi.I'm doing a
storyon war correspondents.

Could I talk to youfor a second?

Take your pictures,meet deadline,then
off to the washbagto decompress,right?

- Do I know you?
- Herb caen told meabout you.

Ten minutes.

five.

You can't drop a half a milliontons
of bombs on a country just

'cause it'snext to vietnam and
not expect peopleto go crazy.

Yeah,no kidding.

We were over there when the
khmer rouge rolledinto phnom penh.

Just teenage boysin red scarves
yelling,waving guns around.

It was,uh...

it was real ugly.

- How long were you there?
- Four months.

Had a hotel pool tilla
water buffalo died in it.

Must have been hardon your family.

Traveling comes with the job.

You know,it puts a roofover their heads.

There's a soldierI'm looking for.

Army ranger special ops guy.

He was in cambodiaaround that time.

A captain rich?

- You get a first name?
- No.

Well,if I knew a captain rich,I
doubt he'd tell mehe was special ops.

- Those guys don't talkabout what they did over there.
- Vasser!

- Yeah.
- What?

Your wife's on the phone.

Yeah,you know,just,uh...

just tell herI'm not
going to make dinner.

- I got to go.
- Okay.

Thank you.

Man,you,uh,sureyou don't mean ritchie?

Sorry?

Captain john ritchie,went into cambodia.

Worked on theho chi minh trail.

He got shot upover there.

He was an army ranger.

- Where would I find him?
- What's going on?

Great.

Thanks a lot.

Do you know where this ritchie might be?

Where he always is.

Critters pub.

So,dan has me lookingfor this
guy who foughtin the vietnam war.

He thinks that's dylan mccleen?

Maybe.

There's this one vets'message board
and buddy search that's really good.

Great.

Bird-dog him.

Well,uh,the boardis for vets.

Only.

Oh,come on,jesse.You must
be a veteranof something.

Sure,I could be.

It's a little misleading.

Is it illegal?

No.

It's the kind of stuff I
usedto do as a blogger,but...

look,are you goingto be quoting anybody?

Cite them as a source?

Probably not.

This is a big story.

Don't stop doingwhat got you hired.

so,you've gota hundred grand in
walking-aroundmoney,and you drinkin this dump.

They track the serial numbers.

have to be carefulwhere I spend it.

Choung must have quite a familyfor you
to want to spend the rest of your life

on the fbi's most wanted list.

- How do you know his name?
- I'm a reporter.

Tell me whyyou're looking for him.

if I was gonnaturn you in,I
would have done it by now.

I was wounded there.

His family hid me,fed me.

I promised himI'd get him out.

Couldn't the governmenthelp you?

Nah.

Everyone just wantsto...

forget.

- Yeah,but hijacking a plane is...
- cambodia's imploding,man.

People are gettingslaughteerd ov there.

I needed money,

and a bake salewasn't gonna cut it.

So choung didn't
knowwhat you were doing.

Hell,no.

After I bailed outof the plane,they
had a manhunt goingfor about six weeks.

I laid low until they left.

By the time I gotto san
francisco,choung was gone.

He probably wentto cambodia to try to get
his family outby himself,which means...

they're all dead.

Maybe not.

I'm not paying you to eat.

you can rest assured I'll always do my bestfor her on that I give my word in
a worldof steel-eyed death and men who are fightingto be warm "come in," she said

let's get out of here.

What are you doing?Who are you?

Hey,that's my dish diver.

I thinkhe's quitting.

Oh,no,no,I got15 tables,man.I...

imagining a place...

I'm callingthe cops!

- Do you knowwhere your family is?
- Yes.

- My friend inthailand tell me.
- Okay.

You got aboutfive minutes to pack.

We fly to thailandtomorrow.

I never unpacked.

So what,you're just
goingto buy your way out?

It's a little morecomplicated than that.

Let's just say I still
havesome infrastructure there.

Well,good luck.I think
this iswhere I get off.

- Hey,here.
- No,thanks.

I only need 50 grand.Just
don't spend itall in one place.

I don't want the money.

Fine.

- Let me buy your jacket.
- My what?

the place is crawlingwith cops.

I don't need to be
answeringa lot of questions.

You can take it.

You can take mine.

What,and take the rapfor your hijacking?

- That's got to be,what,30 to life?
- Then don't get caught.

Thanks you

you're sitting ona
pretty big story here.

Who says I'm sitting on it?

Let's go

huh.

Hello?

Professor choung seng?

Yes.

Professor seng,this is dan
vasser from the register.

I'm doing a storyon the khmer rouge.

Oh.

Yeah,I know.Uh,you had family there.

Yes.

Are they...

are they still there?

I was one of the lucky ones.

Really?

I got my family out.

But the others...

Yes,of course.Um,I'll call you tomorrow.

Thank you.

- Your name again?
- Uh,dan.

Okay,dan.

Good-bye.

Good-bye.

vasser?Uh,dan?

- Where you going?
- Home.

- I really gotto see my son.
- No,you can'T.Yougot to stay here.

- What are you talking about?
- I found captain rich.

Expert parachutist.And,uh,oh,get this.

In 1976,he got caughtin an
airport in bali with 12k in cash.

Think he was takinga little vacation.

so,what's he doing now?

He owns a custom motorcycle
shopin mission viejo.

Wife,coupleof kids.

it's a dry hole.

- What?
- I alreadychecked out ritchie.

He's got an alibifor
the day of the flight.

He talked to fbi in '76.

- Sorry.
- You sure?

- Positive.
- Damn it.

No.

- Hello,there.
- Hello.

Hi.

You're in a good mood.

I love coming home.

I just put zack down,if you
wantto go say good night.

I'd like that very much.

What's that?

- Football tickets?
- Three.

Let jack keep the other two.

- How much did they cost you?
- Don't worry.

I usedsome of our mad money.

- mad money?
- Yeah.

Oh,my god.

Oh,my god!

Dan,where did you get all that?

- I knocked off a liquor store.
- Dan...

- katie,relax.
- Relax?

- It's dylan mccleen'S.
- The hijacker?

It'sa long story.

Can I say goodnight to zack,then I'll
tell you aboutit over a glass of wine?

Sure.

- I'm awake.
- Hey.

- Guess what?
- What?

We're all going.

I'm sorry I haven'tbeen
around much lately.

It's okay,dad.

It's not,but I'm
goingto try to do better.

It's okay,dad.I think it's cool.

- You think it's cool?
- I saw it,dad.

- What did you see?
- You.

- What did you see,zack?
- You're magic.

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