Perception (2012–2015): Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot - full transcript

What is reality?

Hippie guy.

The observable universe?

I suppose that answer might
fly in the Physics Department,

but this is Neuroscience.

Who's got the brains to give me
an answer relating to the brain?

Ironic T-shirt.

Reality is exactly what we see and hear,

instead of what we fantasize
about or dream or,

you know, maybe hallucinate.

Ah. Hallucination.



That's an answer I would
have expected from hippie guy.

Sex, drugs,
and rock 'n' roll, right?

Okay. Now, here's something
that's really

gonna alter your consciousness.

Reality...

Is a figment
of your imagination.

Who here hasn't woken up
breathless from a nightmare

and thought, "oh,
thank God it's just a dream"?

That's because the
neurochemical impulses fired

when we're dreaming
or fantasizing

or hallucinating
are indistinguishable

from the ones banging around
inside our skulls

when we actually experience
those events.

So...



If what we perceive
is often wrong...

How can we ever know
what's real and what isn't?

All right.
Faculty meeting's at noon.

Rosenthal's at 2:00, so...

I picked you up one of the
veggie wraps that you like,

you can scarf it
down in between.

You know how you get
when you don't eat.

- Lewicki.
- Yeah?

Room and board in exchange
for some light housekeeping

does not make you my Mother.

Just trying to look
out for you, Doc.

Do you have my puzzles?

Yeah. Times, Chronicle,
Trib, Daily Mail..

Professor Pierce?

I was wondering if I
could buy you a latte.

Uh, I don't drink coffee.

Oh, it doesn't have to be coffee.

I just wanted to pick your
brain about my term-paper topic.

Oh.
Here's the thing, Miss..

- Karyn.
- Karyn. Uh..

"Discussing your term paper"
is obviously code for sex.

And.. And while we might
both enjoy that very much,

it could also get me fired, so
I'm afraid I have to regretfully

and respectfully decline your offer.

Pig.

Daniel.

Daniel.

Kate Moretti.

You'd be a lot easier to find
if you carried a cellphone.

If I carried a cellphone,
the government could track me.

- I am the government.
- My point exactly.

I thought you were at Quantico.

Got my old desk back.

Isn't that a demotion?

Got a few minutes?

His name's Clark Weilman.

He's.. Well, he was.

General Counsel of
Techsan Pharmaceuticals.

Skull was fractured
in six places,

and his wife confessed to
detectives from Chicago homicide.

Police have a confession. Why am
I looking at these pretty pictures?

Wife makes Nicole Richie look fat.

I don't know who that is.

I.. I think the wife has anorexia
or bulimia. I don't know.

Either way, she could
not lift this trophy,

let alone bash her husband
over the head with it six times.

You think the confession was coerced?

She has a vacant affect.

If she does have an eating disorder,

it could be a symptom of a much
more serious mental illness.

You were always one of my best students.

W.. Why is the FBI
involved in this anyway?

A couple of months ago,
Techsan informed the Bureau

that some of its top executives
were receiving death threats,

calling the
pharmaceutical industry

part of a vast
public/private conspiracy

to poison the American people.

Can't
argue with that.

S.A.I.C. says you gave
up the consulting gig.

Any particular reason?

Oh, uh..

After you left, the fun went out of it.

Well, I'm back.

Why did you kill your
husband, Mrs. Weilman?

I, uh..

.. Don't know.

You told the police you
wanted the insurance money.

Yes. That's.. That's
right, the insurance money.

And just what is
the point of this?

When did you and your
husband buy this policy?

I don't remember.

Was it last Thursday?

You met your husband for
lunch, and then you both went

to the insurance-company
offices and signed the papers?

Yeah. That's right.
It was.. Yeah.

Two days ago, when
you went for a walk,

did you find a stray kitten?

You took her home?
You called her Millie?

How did you know about Millie?

She's innocent.

What are you talking about?
She signed a confession.

That's because she's suffering
from Korsakoff's Syndrome.

- Korsa-what?
- It's a neurological disorder

characterized by
Anterograde Amnesia,

extreme susceptibility to
suggestion, and confabulation.

I tell her she has a
cat named Millie,

she remembers having
a cat named Millie.

You tell her she bashed
her husband over the head

with a golf trophy,
and she remembers that.

Only there is no cat. I made that up.

Just like you made up a story about a
murder plot to collect life insurance,

which is a bit of a
cliché, isn't it, Detective?

What the hell? Hey, hold on a second!

Hey! Hey!

Listen..

We did a background check.

We found out about that
policy, and we asked her.

You're acting like I beat it
out of her with a rubber hose.

Either way, it's a false confession.

She doesn't belong in jail.
She belongs in a hospital.

This is bullshit.

Can we go now?

Just give me a minute. Okay?

I'm gonna recommend that
Ms. Weilman be transferred

to a psychiatric unit
for further evaluation.

Are you kidding me?!
She confessed to murder.

Look, if Dr. Pierce..

My Lieutenant warned me about you,

said you'd come in here, flashing
your FBI badge, jacking our cases.

Screwing with one of mine now because
some nut job makes a drive-by diagnosis?

He's not a nut job, Detective Hammond.

He literally wrote the book
on forensic neuropsychiatry..

Four of them, actually.

Not a nut job, huh?

Okay..

So he's a little eccentric.

It takes on of us turning up
dead to get the FBI's interest?

You'll have to forgive
Alan, Agent Moretti.

He and Clark were very close.

And now that he's
gone, you'll be

taking over his job
as General Counsel.

What are you implying?

Nothing at all.

I just need access to all litigation

filed against Techsan
over the past five years.

Do you have any idea
how many frivolous claims

a company like ours has to deal with?

Mm. I can imagine.

But we may be able to connect
the death threats Techsan

received to someone who brought
a lawsuit against the company.

And I would also like access
to Mr. Weilman's e-mail account

and a list of his current
and former colleagues..

Really, anyone he
came into contact with.

Alan will get you everything you need.

Thanks, Alan.

Damage to the medial thalamus.

Bleeding in the mammillary bodies.

Generalized cerebral atrophy.

All of which would result in
extreme Thiamine Deficiency.

Manifest as Korsakoff's.

The great Daniel Pierce strikes again.

Thank you, Harvey.

Question is, how did Mrs.
Weilman lose so much Thiamine?

Maybe she's a big drinker.

Or a big puker.

Could be bulimia.

Or maybe she's just a beanpole.

That's your diagnosis? Beanpole?

Chronic beanpole syndrome?

Daniel?

Got a few more minutes?

These are the anonymous
emails sent to Clark Weilman

and the other Techsan executives.

These death threats were routed
through servers all over the world.

Whoever sent them knows
how to cover his tracks.

Anything you can tell us about the
psychology of the letter writer would help.

"Pharmaceutical industry and the FDA

are conspiring to keep
the American people sick".

Well, that part's certainly true.

Is he serious?

Restless leg syndrome?

You don't think that's an invention of
the drug companies to sell more pills?

"You scum need a hearty reminder".

That's repeated in each of the e-mails.

You think it means something?

"You scum need a hearty reminder".

"Techsan.."

" Murdered..

Irene May".

It's an anagram.

Some domestic terrorist
goes to all this trouble

to disguise the source of his e-mails,
and then he just gives us a name?

He's trying to prove
he's smarter than we are.

Very good, Agent Moretti.

"May v. Techsan, dismissed
in summary judgment,"

"filed by a Timothy May on
behalf of his Mother, Irene".

I've got an address.

Want to take a ride?

Wait here.

Once it's clear, you can
come up, take a look around.

Mr. May?

FBI! We'd like to talk to you!

Open it.

Mr. May?

FBI! Stop! Stairs!

Freeze, Mr. May!

Are you all right?!

Fine.

You want my professional opinion,
jumping off a second-story fire escape

is what we commonly
call "crazy".

Guess that makes two of us.

It's not against the law to send emails.

It's against the law to
make terrorist threats.

And murder is kind of a no-no, too.

I didn't kill anyone.

Then I will ask you again..

Where were you the night
that Clark Weilman died?

You think I'm gonna cooperate
with the beast better known

as The United States federal government?

Herbal tea.

What?

No milk, no sugar.

No sugar?

Processed sugar..

That's an addictive drug
peddled by Big Agribusiness

to promote an epidemic
in type 2 diabetes.

And then their pals in big pharma can
reap billions marketing treatments.

And don't even get me started
on why they put hormones in milk.

I.. I'm not a fed, by the way.

Then what are you doing here?

College Professor.

Sometimes they ask
for my expert opinion.

And I.. I bill the beast for
my.. For my time, believe me.

Figure as long as they're
gonna bleed me with taxes,

might as well get
something out of it, right?

Your Mother had type
2 diabetes, didn't she?

She was always sending me out
to pick her up soda, ice cream.

I should have told her no.

Well, she was your Mom.

You wanted to make her happy.

And you.. You wanted to help her.

That's why you signed
her up for a drug trial.

Is that right?

Techsan's new miracle pill, Insulprin?

They said it would cure her.

Instead, she drops
dead of a heart attack.

You think the drug killed her?

Oh, it's poison.

And the big-shot lawyers at
Techsan have your suit thrown out.

They said it was frivolous.

Bastards wouldn't even
pay for the funeral.

That must have made you pretty angry.

You got no idea.

Angry enough to kill Clark Weilman?

Look at me, Mister.

You really think I got it in
me to cave some guy's head in?

Drop you back at campus.

What about the case?

You helped us solve it. Thank you.

You don't really believe
that poor guy killed anybody?

No. He's paranoid. He's
not violent. I agree.

And we have no physical evidence
connecting him to the crime scene.

W.. Wait.. I'm told I can
be a little absentminded,

so maybe I'm missing something here.

We were assigned to
investigate terrorist threats.

We have the man who made
those threats in custody.

But there was a murder!

Local police matter.

Oh, come on.

You dangle a puzzle
like this in front of me,

and you expect me to drop
it before it's solved?

Listen..

You were right, okay?

My transfer back to
Chicago was a demotion.

What'd you do? Leap off one too many tall
buildings in pursuit of fleeing suspects?

The deputy Director said
that I had a tendency

to go beyond the scope of
my assigned investigations.

Well, you can try to be a good little
bureaucrat and deny your impulses,

but you know you're just as
incapable of letting this go as I am.

Thank you for seeing us, Dr. Bryant.

I don't know how much help I can be.

I.. I didn't know Clark well.

Lawyers don't mix much with lab rats.

Well, we've been talking to everyone
Mr. Weilman had contact with..

Uh, friends, associates here at Techsan.

Does your new blockbuster drug,
Insulprin, cause heart attacks?

How is that relevant?

Uh, no, that's okay.
I'm happy to answer that.

Insulprin..

Has been rigorously
tested for five years.

Subjects taking the drug are certainly
no more likely to have heart attacks

than the control group.

We're very proud of Insulprin here.

It's gonna save a lot of lives.

And earn billions of dollars.

W.. What does any of this have
to do with Clark Weilman's murder?

There was a lawsuit
filed against this company

by a man claiming his Mother's coronary
was caused by Insulprin, maybe Techsan.

Yeah. I remember that suit.

It was dismissed in summary judgment.

Something funny?

Sad, actually um..

I remember it, too, because it turns out

this May woman was in the placebo group.

She wasn't even taking the drug.

That answer your question?

Daniel?

Are we done here?

Daniel, are you okay?

Hmm.

Well, I appreciate your
maybe not-so-healthy

distrust of large institutions but,

how about we just put aside
your conspiracy theories

and focus on
finding the killer?

I'm looking for a Valerie Nelson!

Hammond?

I'm Valerie Nelson.

Oh. I'd like to have a word with you.

What's this all about?

Well, it seems that Pamela Weilman had
another motive for killing her husband.

According to his phone records, he
was making a lot of late-night calls

to a pretty, young co-worker.

I knew it was wrong, but..

I fell in love with him.

So, where were you on the
night of March 5th?

Home..

Waiting for Clark to call.

It was the night he was gonna
tell Pamela he was leaving.

I guess
she didn't take it so well.

One of the wife's symptoms
is Anterograde Amnesia, right?

- Mm.
- So her husband comes home.

Tells her that he's leaving her
for some hottie from the office.

She goes into an adrenaline-fueled
rage, and she kills him.

But, because of the Korsakoff's,
by the time the police get there,

she's forgotten why
she killed the guy.

And when the Detective says she
did it for the insurance money..

- That's how she remembers it.
- Impressive theory.

But wrong.

Pamela Weilman isn't a
killer. She's a victim.

First, her husband cheats
on her and then this..

Neanderthal cop tries to put her
in jail.. Which is typical of how

the mentally ill are treated
by our so-called justice system.

Well, I'm stuck.

And the only thing that I know of
that's going to get me unstuck..

Is burger grease.

You know Cholesterol
is the silent killer?

You'll have a garden
burger. I'll buy it for you.

- Let's go.
- No.

No, I.. I can't. I have..

I have an appointment.

So, why didn't you say yes?

Because I had a date with you.

Daniel, we haven't had
a date since grad school.

It's time to move on.

Admit it. I'm wearing you down.

- I'm wearing you down.
- How do you feel?

I'm fine. Why?

This consulting work
can disrupt your routine.

And we both know how you get when
you don't stick to your routine.

Which is why I have Lewicki.
He keeps me organized.

What are you gonna do when he graduates?

You know.. You know how
often Lewicki changes majors?

I don't think there's
much danger of graduation.

Fly ball to right. Well-hit.

Back near the wall.. And.. Gone!

- Yes!
- Into the basket!

You see that?

It's spring training. Let's
see how they do in October.

Oh, ye of little faith, I am
telling you, this is the year.

Believing the Cubs are
gonna win the pennant..

That is a symptom of a delusional mind.

Rationality's overrated,
particularly if you're a Cubs fan.

I have to go.

I have a class tomorrow. And so do you.

There's a game. What about the game?

Well, I think we both know
how that's gonna turn out.

But you enjoy it anyway.

Good night, Daniel.

And another..

.. Bad throw by Baker.

Everybody's safe.

Sloppy game again defensively,
and that ultimately cost the Cubs.

Sadists.

Lewicki?!

Lewicki?!

Dr. Pierce..

I'm so sorry to bother you at home.

You work at Techsan.

I.. I couldn't..

I couldn't talk to you
in front of everyone.

My name's Gerard Permut. I uh..

What can I do for you, Mr. Permut?

I.. I have information
on Clark Weilman's murder.

You should go to the FBI.

No, I.. I can't, I can't. I
can't trust them, okay? I can't.

Listen, I.. I've read all your books,
every single one of them, and I.. I know..

I know that you
understand people like me.

And, please, I don't..

I don't have anyone else
to turn to. I really..

All right, all right. All right.

Come on. Would you like to sit down?

I.. I didn't mean to do it,
but the voices in my head..

They told me that I had to do it.

All right. W.. What did
the voices tell you to do?

I'm in love with Valerie Nelson.

I found out that she was
sleeping with Clark Weilman.

The voices told me that the pain would..

Would go away if I killed him.

Ohh!

All right. I.. I'm
gonna get you some help.

She told me that we had a life together.

That's what she said. I never
should have trusted her, ever.

That bitch.. She's a liar!

Lewicki!

- Who are you calling?
- It's all right.

He works for me, all right?

W.. We're gonna get
you some help. Lewicki!

You need something, Doc?

I'm right in the middle of
kicking Obi-Wan's Jedi ass.

I'm sorry to call you away
from something so urgent.

But as you can see, I
have a situation here.

There's no one else here, is there?

No, Doc.

It's just you and me.

Almost had you.

Doc..

Doc, you have to eat.

This
is not what I wanted.

It's Mahler's first.

That is the Von Karajan
recording. I asked for the Solti.

Do you know how hard it
is to find a cassette tape?

All right, if you just
let me buy you an iPod,

we can download any recording you want.

You know what? That's not a bad
idea. You got to get with the program.

Just stay out of this.

He's here?

You know, Doc, maybe this guy
isn't just a hallucination.

You know, maybe he's some
kind of psychic vision.

There have been studies
that show that these..

No, Lewicki, there have been no studies.

There have been frauds and
scams and entertainments..

Okay, you said this vision told
you he was jealous of the dead guy.

Maybe there really is some kind of twisted
love-triangle thing going on, you know?

Why do
you keep this idiot around?

Because when assholes like you show up,

I need someone to tell
me that you're not real.

What's he saying?

Does.. Does he agree
with what I was saying?

Answer that!

Dr. Pierce's residence.

Yes, I'll tell him.

Dean Haley wants to see you.

What in God's name were
you thinking, Daniel?

I'll tell you exactly
what I was thinking, Paul.

I was thinking this
pheromone-spewing 20-year-old

has been sitting in the
front row of my class

making eyes at me for
three semesters running,

and now she's inviting me for a latte.

Oh, and, by the way, she's sticking
a skin-tight T-shirt in my face,

advertising herself as
a "stimulus package".

I don't need any more stimuli.

Look, you can't just go
around accusing students

of wanting to have sex with you,
especially not in front of witnesses.

What witnesses?

Are you
really that oblivious?

She was with a friend.

That's who filed the complaint.

You're joking. Tell me you're..

Look, Daniel, I have put up
with all of your eccentricities

because you are a brilliant scholar,

you're a popular teacher,
and you're my friend.

But have you any idea what kind of
a hit our endowment has taken, hmm?

We cannot afford a lawsuit.

What are you asking me to do?

He wants me to
apologize.. To both girls.

It's outrageous!

Why are you smiling? What,
y.. You think this is funny?

What I think is, is that
you deflected this offer

from this student for the same reason

you turned down the dinner
invitation with Kate Moretti.

Enlighten me.

You are petrified of
anything remotely resembling

an intimate connection
with another human being.

Oh, spare me the psychobabble.

Tell me I'm wrong.

Natalie, look at me.

I.. I.. I hear voices.

I see things that aren't
there. I talk to the walls.

How am I ever gonna have
an intimate connection..

With anybody?

You had an incident.

Daniel?

Well, sometimes this happens.
You deal with it, and you move on.

Right.

So, why is it that I get the feeling that
you're more worried about this than usual?

What if next time it
happens in front of Kate?

You told Kate about your
condition a long time ago.

Well..

Knowing and seeing are
two different things.

I don't.. M.. Maybe I
should get off this case.

Quit without solving it?
Then you'd really go crazy.

Have you talked to Rosenthal
about going back on your meds?

No, no.

We've talked.. Look, for some people,
they're a miracle.. N.. Not me.

But you had fewer symptoms.

And I couldn't concentrate long
enough to finish a damn Sodoku.

I couldn't write. I couldn't work.

No, no, no. I.. I can handle this, Nat.

I just.. I'll keep up my
talk therapy with Rosenthal.

I.. I'll stick to my
routine. I'll watch my diet.

I'll keep my mind focused and occupied.

Okay. Well, let's focus on the incident.

Tell me about it.

What is there to tell? It was
a schizophrenic hallucination.

It was the product of
randomly firing neurons.

Daniel, you know how your mind works.

Sometimes these
hallucinations tell you things

that your conscious
mind can't make sense of.

Tell me what you saw.

The man.

He works at Techsan, then he came
to my house, said he was the killer,

which I'm pretty sure
is physically impossible.

What else did he say?

That Valerie Nelson is a liar.

Who is she?

She was having an
affair with the victim.

She says she has nothing
to do with the crime.

And the police believe her.

Well, if she's lying..

How could you prove it?

The International Atomic Energy
Agency confirmed in the 1990s

that Saddam Hussein had an advanced
nuclear weapons development program.

Why are you making me
relive this nightmare?

Just watch.

.. Had a design for a nuclear weapon
and was working on five different methods

of enriching uranium for a bomb.

The British government has learned

that Saddam Hussein recently
sought significant quantities

of uranium from Africa.

Intelligence sources tell
us that he has attempted to..

Thank you, Jimmy.

Jimmy's an Aphasiac.

He's lost the ability to
comprehend spoken language.

To compensate, many aphasiacs
become highly sensitive

to subtle inflections in speech.

Now, when we lie, those vocal
nuances become more pronounced.

Most of us wouldn't
notice, but aphasiacs do.

And for some reason, to them..

It sounds funny.

He's a human lie detector.

Now, p.. Put that in.

You're doing great.

So, where were you
on the night of March 5th?

Home..

Waiting for Clark to call.

It was the night he was gonna
tell Pamela he was leaving.

Ms. Nelson, Agent Moretti, FBI.

Ms. Nelson?!

Valerie?
Valerie?

I need an ambulance.

Probert!

Think she's gonna make it?

It's too early to say.

Vicious blow to the back
of the head like that?

She might not even
have seen her attacker.

Why are we still on this case?

Chicago P.D. should be handling it.

Just find out who she's been talking to.

What's the nature of your
relationship with Ms. Nelson?

I couldn't have picked her out of
the crowd at the company picnic.

Then why the calls?

We came down here voluntarily.

Mr. Klane isn't under any
obligation to answer these questions.

Were you aware that Valerie was having
an affair with your dead General Counsel?

What does that have to do with me?

Maybe Clark Weilman wasn't the only one
getting executive perks from Valerie.

Maybe you found out, got
jealous, killed Clark,

and then you tried to do
the same thing to Valerie.

- What?!
- We're done here.

That's okay we've got
her hard drives emails..

Even if she doesn't
survive this surgery,

we will find out what
the two of you were up to.

- Okay, Philip, Philip, let's go.
- Sit, sit, it's fine.

Chamomile. No milk, no sugar.

After Clark was killed, I
got an e-mail from Ms. Valerie

saying it was urgent I
should call her, so I did.

You're welcome.

She said she had information that
could be damaging to the company.

What kind of information?

Something about anomalous study
results for one of our products.

Don't drink that.

What time?

It might kill you.

Are you trying to poison me?!

I told you, no milk, no sugar.

Come on, Doc. That's the murder weapon.

- Tea?
- Yeah, it's tea.

Not tea.. Poison. Remember Timothy May?

Said his Mother was poisoned.

I poisoned her.. And
killed Clark Weilman.

- I don't understand.
- What's to understand?

She's trying to establish motive.

I'll give you a motive.

She was going to expose
me, and now that's your job.

How?

Can you be quiet, please?
I'm trying to listen.

Aah! What the hell?

I just bought this suit!

Sorry. Try club soda.

You've had a gut feeling
all this time, haven't you,

especially after what
Timothy May said about his Mom

and what those people at Techsan
claimed about the Insulprin study.

What are you talking about?

Don't you remember my name?

Gerard Permut. So what?

So, I know how much you like puzzles.

It's another anagram.

I solved it.

I think I solved it.

"Gerard Permut. Drug tamperer".

Who's Gerard Permut?

You wrote on the wall?

I think somebody tampered with
the results of the Insulprin study.

What makes you say that?

Gut feeling.

Timothy May believed
his Mother was poisoned,

that her heart attack was
caused by the medication.

Timothy May is paranoid.

That doesn't make him wrong.

May's Mother was taking a placebo.

According to the data
reported by the company.

Which you believe was tampered with.

It would cost the company billions
to pull that drug off the market.

C.E.O. Would certainly have
motive to cover that up.

Maybe.

But who had direct access
to the study results?

Dr. Bryant.

Agent Moretti. Dr. Pierce.

What can I do for you?

We are trying to figure out who
tried to kill Valerie Nelson.

We found these on her hard drive.

We were hoping maybe you
could tell us what they are.

Well, these look like study
results of morbidity rates.

Right, from your Insulprin trial,

except they show an unusually
high incidence of heart attack

among women participating in the study.

Yeah, well, there..
There must be a mistake.

What about this one?

Ah, yes. These are the correct results.

Ah. You see here?

The incidence of heart attacks
is approximately the same

for those taking the placebo as
for those taking the real drug.

But only because somebody
tampered with these results.

They moved patient names
from one group into the other.

Come on. Who'd do something like that?

Dr. Pierce tells me that pharmacologists

of your stature get pretty sweet deals.

Shared patents on the drugs you develop.

What are you trying to say?

Valerie found out you
were falsifying the study,

so she went to her boyfriend,
Techsan's top lawyer.

They were gonna ruin everything
that you had worked for,

so you had to stop them.

That's ridiculous.

Size 10 Brogans?

- What?
- Your shoes.

You left a bloody footprint
in Valerie's apartment.

You spend your whole career looking
for that one miracle cure, you know?

This wasn't about money for
you. It was about science.

You understand, Dr. Pierce.

Every drug has side effects.

I figured out why it was
causing the heart attacks.

I could have worked out the kinks..

But Valerie started collecting
evidence against me like I'm a criminal.

You mean the study results.

Yes.

And then I saw her stealing pills..

So I followed her.

She brought them to Clark.

She goes to a lawyer instead of me?!

You figured that they were going to
get the pills independently tested,

prove that they were dangerous.

I thought..

If I could just make him understand.

Clark, I don't know what Valerie's
been telling you, but I can fix this.

Do you have any idea the liability
you've exposed this company to?

Clark, please!

Get out of here before I get the police!

Ohh!

I guess..

I guess I went a little crazy.

Nice work, Detective.

Psycho.

You didn't tell me you found a
footprint in Valerie's apartment.

I didn't.

Detective Moretti, I am shocked that
you would so blatantly manipulate

an obviously troubled individual.

What's up, Doc?

Daniel, what is it?

It's nothing.

No, it's not nothing.

You caught the killer.

So, what the hell am I still doing here?

Case isn't over yet.

What are you talking about?

Daniel?

Dr. Bryant!

What now?

You said you figured out why
Insulprin was causing heart attacks.

What was it?

The drug was depleting
patients' Thiamine levels.

Daniel, what is going on?

There's another victim.

I ran the second Tox
screen you asked for..

We found significant
levels of Concanavalin A.

The primary sugar-binding
molecule in Insulprin.

"She's just a beanpole".

- Excuse me?
- You were right, Harvey.

Pamela Weilman isn't
bulimic. She's just thin.

It was Insulprin that
depleted her Thiamine.

If Mrs. Weilman wasn't diabetic,
why would she be on a diabetes drug?

I don't think she knew she was taking
it. I think she was being poisoned.

Someone must have been putting it in her
food, trying to induce a heart attack.

But she didn't have a heart attack.

Because side effects manifest
differently in different patients.

Low Thiamine levels can
cause cardiac failure,

but in rare instances,
they can also cause..

Korsakoff's Syndrome.

Wait. So who was poisoning her?

Ms. Nelson? I'm Agent Moretti, FBI.

This is Dr. Pierce.

Would you mind if I asked
you a couple questions

for our case against Dr. Bryant?

I still can't believe
he tried to kill me.

Well, you found out he was
tampering with the Insulprin study,

so you told Clark Weilman
about your suspicions?

I knew that drug was gonna hurt a
lot of people when it hit the market.

Clark was a lawyer.

I.. I figured he'd know what to do.

So he told you you needed more evidence?

That's why you brought him the pills?

Clark didn't want to expose
the company to any liability

unless he knew for sure Dr.
Bryant had done something wrong.

What?

It's just funny you didn't
tell the police any of this.

They.. They wanted to know
about my relationship with Clark.

I didn't think it had
anything to do with the drug.

Oh, come on. You gave Clark Weilman those
pills so he could poison his wife, right?

Are you out of your mind?

Well, that's not the clinical
description, but yes, actually.

And poor Dr. Bryant.. He
was out of his mind, too.

He was feeling so guilty for what
he'd done that he became paranoid,

and he made the same mistake we did.

He assumed that you'd stolen
those pills as evidence

when in fact you were supplying Clark
Weilman with the perfect murder weapon.

What are you talking about?

The drug wasn't on the market yet,
so it was virtually untraceable.

You must have been
dosing Pamela for weeks,

just waiting for her heart to give out.

I was trying to do the right thing.

Why else would I call
the C.E.O. of the company

and tell him about
the falsified results?

You were worried that Pamela found
out her husband was poisoning her.

If she went to the police,
you would need a cover story

to explain why you had
given him the pills,

so you pretended to
be a whistle-blower.

No. That is not right.

No, what's not right

is that Pamela Weilman was
accused of killing her husband

when in fact

you and your boyfriend
were trying to kill her.

I want a lawyer.

Gonna need a good one.

Nice working with you, Doc.

You wanted to see me, Professor?

Karyn, yes. Uh, come in, please.

Um, I.. I wanted to apologize..

For what I said on the
common the other day.

It was.. It was, uh, highly
inappropriate and, uh, uh, offensive.

And very perceptive.

I'm sorry my friend was such a bitch.

I told her not to file that complaint.

Oh, oh, uh, uh, could you..

Could you just wait..
Uh, wait here one second?

Lewicki!

W.. What is it, Doc?

I need you to tell me if
there's someone in my office.

Hey!

That one was definitely real.

Last week, I
asked, "what is reality?"

This week, I want to
talk about normalcy.

What is normal?

If you feel sad, do you just
have a case of the blues,

or are you suffering from
a neurochemical imbalance?

The vast majority of the case
studies that we've been looking at

involve patients whose brains
are anything but normal,

and there's no question they suffer.

But..

Is it all bad?

For some, their neurological
states might actually protect them

from painful truths that no
one would want to think about.

Others develop a.. A
cheerful disposition

that may help them cope with
situations the rest of us

would find disturbing.

And if we are
to establish a baseline,

then we also have to ask ourselves..

How the brains of even
so-called normal people..

Respond to certain stimuli.

And if we're able to treat those people
living with neurological disorders,

restore them to.. Quote.. "Normalcy"..

Well, of course we're helping them.

But might we sometimes
also be stripping away...

what makes them unique.

Robbing them..

Of an essential part
of who they are?