No Ordinary Family (2010–2011): Season 1, Episode 20 - No Ordinary Beginning - full transcript

Previously, on No
Ordinary Family.

I read Litchfield's mind.

He was worried that
somebody might hurt him

if you didn't solve
those problems.

JJ...

Where am I? Well, you were
dead, but then I brought you back.

The kid refuses to do the work.

We each have our own
ways of getting things done.

Do I need to show you mine?

I might be having a super-baby.

You know how that
usually turns out, right?



Trilsetum is fully integrated
with the baby's DNA.

We need this baby.

And you're going
to get it for us.

Dr. Klein? Yes?

What's going on?

What're we doing here?

Forgive me, Lord, for
everything I've done!

What are you doing
here, Mr. Litchfield?

Come here.

You have something
I need, Powell.

Shaving cream and
anti-depressants?

Those equations I gave you. I
want the answers to them now!

How about you tell me
what it is I'm actually solving.

You can't, can you?



Because the answers
aren't for you, are they?

You don't understand the kind
of people that I'm dealing with.

They want answers,
not excuses...

Well, then you're just gonna have
to solve these equations by yourself.

And remember, always
show your work, Mr. Litchfield.

The Powell boy
isn't cooperating.

It was a simple task.

Are you all right, Dr. King?

Of the two of us,

I'm not the one whose health
you should be worried about.

Feeling unwell, Dayton?

Madame Chairman.

I just seem to be
fighting something.

Yes, I believe it's
called obsolescence.

A battle which you
appear to have lost.

Key card, please.

Are you firing me?

Helen, if this is about
the delay in solving

the equation, let
me assure you...

You went easy on the Powell boy.

Clearly, your feelings for his
mother have clouded your judgment.

It's a delicate situation.

Yes. Winning over a
married woman usually is.

This has nothing to do
with Stephanie Powell!

Just give me time.

If I had time,

I would wait for that little twit
your son knocked up to give birth.

A baby born with
Trilsetum in its DNA

would provide all the answers
we need to create permanence.

But I dislike both
children and being patient.

So, I have a back-up plan.

And what is that?

I'm afraid that information
can only be shared

with people who still work here.

But I assure you,

my methods will be far
less delicate than yours.

The man is crazy. Stalking
my kid on the street!

I can handle Litchfield,
Dad. The guy is harmless.

Maybe. But what about
the people he works for?

Mr. Litchfield. I need
to speak with you.

Whatever you've
got JJ mixed up in...

Hey, are you hearing me?

Mr. Litchfield.

I'm speaking to you...

Mr. Litchfield?

George, I feel
bad just sitting here

and doing nothing while
you unpack everything for me.

You are doing plenty.

You are gestating human life.

Cross your fingers
that it's human.

Katie.

I know that you're worried,

but I want you to know
that you're not alone.

Consider me your

go-to pregnancy guy, okay?

I can pick up gallons
of Rocky Road for you.

I can get you the jeans with
the extra-stretchy waistbands.

Actually there are
some pre-natal vitamins

waiting for me at Dr. Klein's.

Consider it done.

You would do that for me?

It's Jim.

Hey, buddy.

It has to be right this second?

Okay, I'll be right over.

Jim needs to see me right away.

See you later.

Okay. All right.

Well, you just couldn't
wait to see me again, huh?

Hi, Katie.

Joshua?

I can't believe it!

Litchfield was electrocuted?

Straight from my source
at the coroner's office.

But there were no exposed wires in
his classroom. No power sources nearby.

Maybe the body was moved.

How about this for a theory?

Litchfield was
killed by a super.

Why would some high-voltage freak
be after a high school math teacher?

I don't know.

Unless...

Oh, no. No! What?

Litchfield, he was
working for someone else,

forcing JJ to solve
these equations.

Now Litchfield's dead

and meanwhile the next person
who could be in danger is...

Hello?

Oh, thank God! Is JJ there?

Yes, of course. We were
just sitting down for dinner,

which you're late
to, by the way.

All right, Stephanie,

listen to me very carefully.

Sorry, I lost you. What was that?
The power went out for a second.

Stephanie, whatever you do...

Jim?

Steph? Stephanie!

Jim...

The power just
went out at my house.

I'll call her on
the cell. You go!

Here we go.

No Internet or TV tonight.

God forbid you
should pick up a book.

Yeah, it must be
that old electrical box.

I knew we should have
replaced it when we renovated.

Let me go take a look, Mom.

Probably just need
to reset the breakers.

Thanks, JJ.

It's totally fried.

Who the hell are you?

I'm sorry for the shock.

My name is Ben.

It's nice to meet you, JJ.

All right, I've combed the city,
must've covered every inch.

There's no sign of him anywhere.

Well, shouldn't
we call the police?

I think you're right.
We need help.

How will they help?

If this is the same guy
who went after Litchfield,

we're not dealing with an
ordinary kidnapper here.

But why would they want JJ?

No, the question is, who?

I believe I can help you there.

I ran a search on
Litchfield's cell phone records.

It turns out his last
call was to Global Tech.

And guess who?
Dayton King's line.

Start talking!

Jim, Stephanie, what's wrong?

Where's my son?
What've you done with him?

Answer me!

Jim, easy.

What's wrong with him?

Stephanie, please.

I need the Trilsetum
serum. I don't have any left.

Please,

help me and I'll help you.

The serum? Why do
you need the serum?

Because it's the only thing
that's keeping me alive.

A baby.

I wanted to tell you.

I tried to find you. But...

I didn't really
know where to look.

Well, the only reason I
stayed away is 'cause you said

you didn't want me
in your life anymore.

May I?

What the hell is he doing here?

Oh, George!

You want me to get rid of him?

No, no, no! No! It's okay.

Superpowers ain't
gonna save you this time.

You're right about that.

My powers are gone.

That's exactly what
you say to the woman

who doesn't want the
guy with superpowers.

Listen, Katie.

Now that we have
this baby coming,

we finally have a chance
to live a normal life together.

I love you.

Trilsetum? We don't
know what it'll turn him into!

But he's the only one that
knows what happened to JJ.

It's worth the risk.

Please.

Just let me do this.

My saving grace.

Dr. King.

Are you...

Like you?

No.

I don't have any abilities.

Beyond staying alive.

I've been using the
serum for 18 years.

Since I was
diagnosed with cancer.

They told me there was no
cure, so I created my own.

Without a steady stream of
Trilsetum, my system shuts down.

Well, you can only
cheat death for so long.

That's why, when I...

I heard about you,

your permanence...

I thought if JJ could
replicate the formula,

then I'd never die.

What have you done with our son?

I was protecting him.
But someone found out.

Who?

The person behind
Litchfield's death,

behind JJ's kidnapping,

Global Tech's CEO, Helen Burton.

She wants permanence as much
as I do, but for the wrong reasons.

Then you take us
to her. Right now.

You promised us you'd help.

And I'm a man of my word.

I'll help you find your son.

What is this place?

I thought I told you to
make him comfortable.

Well, he doesn't
look comfortable.

JJ, is there anything
you want? Anything at all?

Besides everything I've
brought in to amuse you?

I need to know why I'm here.

And I need to know
why a genius like yourself

would hand his math
teacher such a load of rubbish.

My math is perfect.

So if they aren't the
answers you're looking for,

maybe you're asking
the wrong questions.

I've got a question for you.

How did your family get
permanent superpowers?

I don't know.

I'm going to give you one last chance
to come up with the right formula.

Let's take him someplace
where he can concentrate.

Joshua?

JJ, what are you doing here?

I was gonna ask
you the same thing.

Now that I got you back,
I'm never going to let you go.

You're just going to get your
stuff. You'll be back in 15 minutes,

20 tops, with traffic.

What can I bring you?

Pimentos? Popsicles?

Come on, what do pregnant
women usually crave?

I already got
everything I wanted.

I'll be right back.

In all likelihood,

your son is being held captive here,
at the facility, in one of these cells.

But with a mind like JJ's, he can break out
of anything if you give him enough time.

This facility was designed to
contain very special prisoners.

I'm afraid escape, even for
someone like JJ, is just not possible.

And you know that because?

I designed it.

All right, look, there are nearly 80
rooms here. Are they all occupied?

Yes, and security
is extremely tight.

But, you know, perhaps,

with your family's abilities,
working in concert...

Well, I think teamwork
might be your only chance

to save your son's life.

Yeah,

we can work together
to get JJ out of there.

No, Daphne, you're
not going with us.

Why not?

It doesn't matter how many
doors you smash through

or how many guards you can speed
past if you don't know where JJ is.

Get me close enough,
and I can hear his thoughts.

Or I can get somebody to tell
us where they're keeping him.

He's my brother and he needs me.

This family needs me.

So are you working for them? No.

Because if they sent you
in here to threaten me... JJ.

Or mind control me or
whatever you do, save it.

Because I've already told
them everything I know.

JJ, I can't do anything
to you, all right?

Even if I wanted to.

What are you talking about?

The antidote your
mother gave me?

It worked.

My powers are gone.

I'm normal.

Well, then what are
you doing in here?

Being punished. For what?

Not screwing over
my family even more?

Yes.

You and I are in
the same boat, kid.

Fine.

Any ideas on how
to get out of here?

Maybe.

What is it that they
want you to tell them?

They're convinced I can solve
some sort of biochemical algorithm

on how to keep our
powers permanent.

Well, can you? Apparently not.

Maybe if I figured out how
the hell we got our powers,

I'd be able to figure out why
we've been able to keep them.

Well, maybe I can
help you with that.

That's impossible. I'm sorry, I just don't
recall meeting anybody by that name.

Katie Andrews.

Short, brown hair, killer eyes,

talks like one of those
wind-up dolls with the key.

And you say I saw
her last week, huh?

Yes, she told me to
come by your office

and pick up her
pre-natal vitamins.

This isn't helping, is it?

Well, you know, actually I did
miss a couple of days last week.

I got mugged right in
my own parking garage.

Maybe the covering physician
saw her, that's a possibility.

Nope. She's not in our system.

If Katie Andrews saw an OB-GYN,
I can assure you, it wasn't here.

Thank you.

All right. This is it.

Remember, you might have
superpowers but you're not bulletproof.

Anybody opens fire,

you get behind me.

I'm sorry, but this facility is
for authorized personnel only.

Look, I am authorized.
I have a patient inside...

I know who you are, Dr. Powell.
And your access has been revoked.

This is alpha one, I've got...

Put the radio down.

Alpha one, repeat.

Tell him everything's fine
and you made a mistake.

Everything's fine.
I made a mistake.

Copy that.

Now tell us, where are
they keeping JJ Powell?

I...

I don't know what
you're talking about.

My brother.

You people took
him, now where is he?

I don't know!

Daphne, stop!

He doesn't know.

We'll find him
ourselves. Let's go.

Ladies, after you.

What's behind door number three?

Stop right there.

Don't move.

Jim, can you stop
this many bullets?

Not from all directions!

Five seconds to hit the floor!

Put your gun down.

Little girl, you say one more
word and it'll be your last.

Stop, Daphne!

On the ground.

Listen, take me, let them go.

It's not gonna happen. Three...

Jim? Steph?

Two.

One.

That was new.

Let's go.

Amazing, aren't they?

They honestly believe
they're going to find that boy.

I hate to be the one
to disappoint them.

Disappoint them.

Katie said your family
developed your powers

after the plane crash
in South America.

Yeah, basically.

What'd the plane look
like, can you remember?

It was small. Silver.

Had, like, six seats
and propellers.

But my mom and Katie
already analyzed the crash site.

Nothing in the area would explain
how we got that plant in our system.

Well, maybe I can.

Your mom chartered a Global
Tech plane for your tour last summer.

But the pilot wasn't supposed
to have any passengers.

He went against protocol
to make a few extra bucks.

His plane was a runner.

Used to transport Trilsetum samples
from South America to Pacific Bay.

I loaded a shipment
into the cargo hold

the same day Katie said
that your plane crashed.

So when the engines blew,
your family would have inhaled

a large amount of
Trilsetum in the fire.

Inhalation.

You really think that that's
the key to permanence?

I don't know.

But maybe it is something that
you hadn't taken into account.

So how's Katie doing?

I don't know.

My mom said something about
the first trimester being a little rough.

What did you say?

What?

About Katie's pregnancy?

You didn't know?

We gotta get out of here.

This way.

King said the holding cells were
on the opposite end of the facility.

That's fine, but this place is
huge. He could be anywhere.

Come on.

Did you take my son?

Where is my son?

You tell me now!

Basement, cell 22.

Let's go.

I pray JJ is safe.

Don't worry, Stephanie.
We're gonna find him.

And then find a way out.

Everything's gonna be fine.

What is it?

Cover your mouth,
Daphne, cover your mouth!

Sweet dreams.

Daphne, Daphne, honey.

Honey, wake up. Wake up. Honey.

Dr. Powell, we haven't been
formally introduced, I'm Helen Burton.

I'm a big fan of the work
you've done for my company.

Where's Jim?
Your husband's fine.

He's resting. And
if you're wondering,

I gave your daughter
a mild sedative

just so that she doesn't do something
clever like make my men shoot at me.

You don't know who
you're dealing with.

When Jim finds out
what you've done, he'll...

Do nothing.

I took the precaution of
dosing him with cinoxate.

As you know, that renders
him quite powerless.

What do you want from me?

You?

What could I possibly
want from you?

Now, your son, on the other
hand, is quite a different story.

JJ, come in, love.

JJ! Mom!

Honey, are you okay?

No!

No!

Well, that was a
heartwarming moment.

I need some answers, JJ.

No, this is my fault.

It's my fault, I obviously haven't
given you proper motivation.

So, I'm gonna make
this easy for you.

You give me the answers I need,

or your sister dies.

No.

You know, I never let myself
dream you would come back.

But if I had, this is exactly
what it would've looked like.

Son of a bitch!

Hey. Hey, listen,

I know that Joshua's close

so I need you to be
cool, can you be cool?

Historically speaking,
it's not my strong suit.

Look, I just went to go
see your friend Dr. Klein

and there's one small problem,

he's never met you. What?

That's exactly what I said,

until I pulled up surveillance
video of Dr. Klein being knocked out

by that nut job
shape-shifter Victoria

just moments before you
were supposedly examined.

Look, I know that we
thought that Victoria was dead.

But what if she's not?

What if she's
pretending to be Joshua?

Yes, Dr. Powell, those
are disappointing findings.

Okay, listen, I'm on my
way. Until then, be careful.

Is everything okay at work?

You know what, I don't wanna
talk about work. Work is stressful.

You know what I
keep thinking about?

The night you asked
me to marry you.

Tell me that story.

I don't know. It's
all kind of foggy.

Foggy like the weather at the
beach the night you proposed?

Yeah.

Exactly like that.

I'm running out of patience, JJ.

I have told you
everything I know! I swear!

And somehow, I
still don't believe you.

JJ, please!

I'm sorry, I just
can't think, okay?

Stress over stimulates
the hippocampus!

My glucocorticoid receptors
haven't been this saturated since...

Since the plane crash.

Oh, my God.

Look, I know why our
powers are permanent.

Please, just let my family go

and I will tell you
everything you wanna know.

I promise.

Oh, JJ, I will.

Just... I will let them all go.

Okay, you've been mixing
the Trilsetum with epinephrine,

synthetic adrenaline.

But what you needed
was real adrenaline.

Now, the serum wasn't
wrong, the circumstances were.

Look, in moments
of extreme stress,

like life and death,
like a plane crash,

the receptors in the
hippocampus are wide open.

And the Trilsetum can be absorbed
enough for its effects to become permanent.

So, please...

Thank you, JJ.

You have been most helpful.

Give me 10 seconds, then
put a bullet in each of them.

No!

Are you hurt?

No. No, we're fine.

But, Jim.

I need to find him. That woman,
she took away his powers.

I'll find Jim.

She's probably
heading to her helicopter.

You're the only one
fast enough to stop her.

No, I need to know Jim's okay.

Stephanie, Helen Burton has
80 criminals waiting to be injected.

Once she knows how to
make their powers permanent,

she'll sell their services
to the highest bidder.

No. No, Jim is still...

I'll find Jim.

You save the world.

Okay.

What're you doing here?

After all we've been
through, you still have to ask?

Joshua, you're my son.
I'll always protect you.

But I don't know what to say.

Say thank you.
Then go find Katie.

I believe you have a
family of your own to protect.

Thanks, Dad.

If you don't let me out
of here, so help me God!

I'm glad to see
you're still standing.

Where's Stephanie?
Where are the kids?

They're all fine.

You, on the other hand...

You're a good man, Jim. A hero.

Which will make it that
much more difficult for me

to tell Stephanie
that I was too late.

That the guards got
to you before I could.

You really think a
bullet can hurt me?

Without your powers?

I'm gonna say yes.

You're just an
ordinary man now, Jim.

Don't worry.

I promise I'll take
good care of Stephanie.

She's getting away.

And the prisoners, she's
gonna turn them permanent.

That was her plan all along.

And we have no
way of stopping her.

Unless we get the antidote
that you tested on Joshua.

No, JJ. That didn't work.

Tell that to Joshua. The guy
doesn't have powers anymore.

Okay, well, I have more of
the antidote back at the lab.

Dr. King will know
where she took them.

We just have to
find your father first.

Stay here, okay?

Where's Jim?

Dr. King, please.

Where's my husband?

He was shot.

One of the guards.

He didn't make it.

Stephanie, I'm so sorry.

So, I'm having this
terrible pregnancy craving.

I need to identify a
singular food source

to stimulate all of my
taste buds simultaneously.

Come on, stay here, Katie.
I've missed you. Come on.

I'm just going to the
food court at the mall.

I said no! You're
not going anywhere!

I'll make you a snack here.

I know you're not Joshua.

Your friend George
tell you that?

I didn't need him to.
Nobody can replace Joshua.

Isn't that the way
that you feel, too?

There are two ways
that we can do this.

One, you come with me now and I
guarantee the safety of your baby.

Or, well, I don't think you
want to hear the other way.

Joshua, please,
it's me that you love.

The baby that she's carrying,
it was supposed to be ours!

And it still can be!

Just because you can
change how you look,

doesn't mean you can
change who you are!

I will never love you.

Never!

Joshua! Help me!

I think my water just broke.

Just get out of here! Go!

Are you okay?

It's going to be fine. It's
going to be fine. I'm here now.

Got you, girl.

Mom, Mom, what's going on?

Where's Dad?

I need to see him.

Don't do that to yourself.

You need to get the
children out of here now.

I'll take you all home. I'll stay
with you as long as you need.

Hey!

Get the hell away
from my family!

Jim! Dad!

You're alive!

Dr. King said you were shot.

I was.

A word of advice.

When you shoot a man
and leave him for dead,

you better be sure his
kryptonite hasn't worn off.

Stephanie, please,

I did it for you. For us.

You shot my husband for us?

I've loved you since the
first moment I met you,

and I know you share
the same feelings for me.

Stay the hell away from her.

Stay away from all
of us. Or I will kill you.

You'll kill me?

That's a bold prediction.

Good luck trying to
kill a man who can't die.

Just breathe, just
breathe through it.

No, it's too soon!

Look, it's gonna be all right.

No, the baby's not viable
yet. It'll never make it!

Listen, I'm right here. I'm not
going anywhere ever again, okay?

So whatever happens, we're going
to get through this together, okay?

Do you understand? All
right. You're doing good.

Breathe. Breathe.

It's coming.

Just breathe.

Trilsetum.

Gotta even the playing
field somehow, Jimbo.

And tilt that field just
a wee bit in my favor.

Dayton, stop!

You're better off without
him, Steph, trust me.

He drags you down. Always
did. He just can't keep up with you.

Daphne, push him!

I can't!

He's not letting me!

Steph, grab the kids
and get out of here!

You know, he's right.

You and the children
don't need to see this.

Seems like I can do everything
your family can do, only better.

Mom, the antidote!
It's the only chance.

Stop it! That's enough!

Listen to me.

Dayton, you're right. You
know, I do care about you.

And... And maybe
I hadn't realized it

until you finally
said something.

So, just please,
please don't hurt Jim.

So we can be together. Finally.

Okay?

Stephanie.

I'm disappointed.

Dayton, you're
not thinking clearly.

All the serum you've
taken, it's affected you.

You've broken my heart

for the last time.

Dr. King!

The antidote is negating
the Trilsetum's effect.

The cancer is taking
over all at once.

Come on.

Katie.

Please.

He's just too little. He
didn't have enough time.

Katie! Look at him!

No, I can't!

No! No, look at him.

Oh, my God!

Do you have to
muck everything up?

I didn't have a choice.

I had to leave.
Joshua came back.

And he wanted
nothing to do with me.

He only cared about
her and the baby.

Well, thankfully, I don't
need either of them anymore.

I know the secret to permanence.

Really?

What is it?

Just get on that plane.
You'll enjoy this trip.

Come on, Jim... Hey.

Back in line. Let's go.

No, no, no, you got it wrong.
I'm not one of them. I'm an ADA.

That's a new one.

I wonder where George is.
He's probably on the way over.

Well, he can help us celebrate.

Our son's back home safe,
Katie just had a healthy baby boy.

And there are 80 supers out
in the world unaccounted for.

About time, George.

James Powell?

Yeah?

Special Agent Hawkins. NSA.

There's been an incident.

It was a private aircraft flying over the
Shasta Cascade region in northern California.

At 8:17 PM, for reasons unknown,

the aircraft suddenly
began to lose altitude.

There were 80
passengers onboard.

80 people.

But when the aircraft crashed
near a reservoir east of Redding,

oddly, no bodies were
recovered from the wreckage.

That's horrible.

But why do you think any
of this has to do with us?

Because it has recently
come to our attention

that the four of you
are no ordinary family.

And these were no
ordinary passengers.

Mr. and Mrs. Powell, the
government needs your family's help.