Quantum Leap (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 8 - Stand by Ben - full transcript
- Dr. Ben Song risked
everything when he used
the Quantum Leap Accelerator
to travel back in time.
Now our team's working
to find out why.
As he leaps between bodies
with no memory of who he is,
he still has one hope...
That his next leap
takes him back
to the place and
people he calls home.
- Ben, come on!
- Be...
You know me?
- It's now or never, new guy!
- Go! Go, go, go, go, go, go!
- You get back here right now!
- Here we go.
- Whoo!
Freedom, baby!
- Leah, you slashed their
tires like I showed you?
Are you sure?
- Yeah, Stacy, I'm sure.
We did it.
We escaped.
- So we just escaped school?
- If you were gonna
change your mind
about escaping that hellhole,
you probably should have done it
before you stole the car keys.
- Right.
- I gotta hand it
to you, Klepto,
you said you could
do it, and you did.
So where you going to?
- Me? Uh, I'm...
I'm not... not sure.
- Well, once we get to Reno,
you'll have lots of options,
um, international airport,
train station, bus terminal.
- I'm going to Vegas.
- To be a stripper, right?
Sorry.
- To be a blackjack dealer.
Or craps.
Casinos are hiring like crazy,
and Vegas is a really
good place to start over.
It's better than
Alaska, that's for sure.
- You're going to Alaska?
- Mm-hmm. Bus to Juneau
and from there
into the interior.
Find a place as far away
from humanity as possible.
- They've got dope
there too, you know.
- I'll stay away from it.
- I just wanna go home.
- Leah.
You can't go home.
You know that, right?
Your parents sent you away
because they think
you're broken.
- Hey. Take it easy.
- What? I mean, it's true.
I don't want her to walk in
and think they'll suddenly
just accept her for who she is.
- You know, I have an
uncle who lives out here.
Maybe I'll call him.
He's nice.
I swear, he's on TV.
- The people you know
aren't the answer.
They're the problem.
They already made up
their minds about you.
- That's why you have to
start over as someone new.
It's the only way.
Ah!
- What's happening?
- The tire burst!
- Are you okay?
- Okay, you're okay.
Okay.
Everyone sure they're okay?
Any blows to the head
or... Or pain internally?
- Are you a doctor
all of a sudden?
- No... yes...
Just wanna make sure...
- This is so stupid!
- Hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, Stacy.
- Stacy, Stacy.
It's okay, all right?
It's not your fault.
All right...
- Don't touch me!
- Addison, thank God.
I was worried something
had happened to you.
- Sorry.
- No, no.
I'm just glad you're okay.
- Someone shut us
out of the last leap.
I don't know who it is, but...
- Janis Calavicci.
What the...
Hear
me? I've been trying
to reach you all day.
My name is Janis Calavicci.
You don't remember me.
But I am here to warn you...
- What?
- Yeah, she appeared
after you were shut out.
Said she was there to warn me.
- Warn you?
About what?
- I-I don't know.
I-I leapt before she
could say anything else.
Do you know who she is?
- Uh, sh...
You were working with her
before you leaped.
Do you remember that?
- Are you sure
youwant to do this?
- No, I'm not sure.
- Well, she's a
potential threat.
I... I have to talk to the team.
- Gotcha. I mean...
I mean, I'm just...
I'm just happy you're okay.
Uh, you should have
seen the last leap.
I saw a demon.
You did great.
You don't even need me anymore.
Of course I need you.
I always need you.
So why did I leap here?
- Uh, well, it is
July 10th, 1996.
You are Benjamin Winters,
a 16-year-old student
of Sierra Youth Academy.
Looks like in the
original timeline,
you and three other students
got lost on a school hike
and died of heat exposure.
- That doesn't make any sense.
This does not feel like
a school hiking trip.
More like the Great Escape.
- Okay, I'll have Ian run
a diagnostic on Ziggy,
but until then, just...
keep 'em out of the woods.
- Do you have an
imaginary friend?
It is, like, one, or do
you have a whole group?
When I was a kid,
I had this family
that I would talk to,
because my family was just...
Well, the therapist said
it was a coping mechanism,
which is maybe the
most obvious thing
in the history of history.
I was like,
do you really need a
PhD to make that call?
I talk to my fiancée.
Girlfriend, I t...
I talk to my girl...
I'm 16.
It's my girlfriend.
- Have you ever had a real one,
a girlfriend?
- Yeah.
- I did too.
- Was it nice?
- Yeah.
Yeah, it was.
Oh, Stacy has a plan.
- Okay, great.
- Janis cut our
connection to Ben?
How's that possible?
- Well, she must have
her own imaging chamber,
and a handlink.
- The one she took from
her mother's house.
- Ian, tell me you can stop
Janis from doing this again.
- I reprogrammed the OS
in the imaging chamber.
It... it won't happen again.
- Ben said that she was there
to warn him about something.
- About what?
- The other leaper?
- She didn't have time to say.
But if she was
there to warn him,
then that means Ben's in
danger from something,
and right now Janis is the only
person who knows what that is.
- You guys might get the
chance to ask her very soon.
The power requirements
for Janis' imaging chamber
are the same as ours.
So since we know when she
was trying to get in...
- You can look for local power
surges at corresponding times
and find her.
- What are you doing?
- Getting something to wear
instead of this
godforsaken uniform.
Also taking stock
of what I have.
Unfortunately, what's
good for Vegas isn't great
for the middle of nowhere, so.
- Ben, from what I can tell,
the school tried to
cover up what happened.
They claim that you all
got lost on a hiking trip.
But a few weeks later, the
director, Adam Sullivan,
put in an insurance
claim for his car.
Claimed it rolled
over right here.
- What kind of person does that?
- I don't know.
But you have to get
these kids back on the road.
In the original timeline,
they went south, split up,
and none of 'em made it.
Guys...
I think we should talk...
- I got some things we can use.
- Look, um, I understand the
idea was to leave school...
- Way to live up to
your nickname, Klepto.
No way.
You stole Director
Sullivan's fishing trophy?
He loves this thing.
- He stole something
from every one
of the sadists who
work at that place.
- Ringer's hat? Ohh.
What I would give for
that son of a bitch
to see me wearing
this right now.
- Okay, we were
just in a car crash.
So...
- Water, sunscreen,
a compass, and a map?
- Yeah, I figured if
the car didn't start,
we might have to go on foot.
- Leah, I know I give you
crap about being a genius,
but I will never do
that again.
- Okay, everybody, stop!
Okay?
- No wonder people
yell at teenagers.
- What exactly do you
think is gonna happen?
We're just gonna hike to Reno?
- You got a better idea?
- Yeah. We go back to the road.
- No way. No, they're
looking for us by now.
- Look, I get the idea was
to run away from school,
but getting lost in the woods
isn't gonna accomplish anything.
- We won't get lost.
We've got a map.
Okay.
There's Susanville.
It's not too far.
We'll get to Reno from there.
Look for a place called
the Elbow's Bend.
There's a cabin there...
The place the Benito brothers
went to when they escaped.
- Oh, no, that's right. I've
heard about that before.
- It can't be more
than five miles.
We get there tonight, rest up,
hike to Susanville
in the morning.
- Okay, not to sound
like a broken record,
but this is exactly
what must not happen.
- Yeah, five miles
in this terrain?
That's gonna take a
whole day right there.
We've got no food.
We've got one bottle of
water between the four of us.
And I hate to be the
bearer of bad news,
but this isn't some game, okay?
We get lost, we will die.
- Don't exaggerate.
- I promise, I am
not exaggerating.
If we do this, you're never
gonna make it to Vegas.
You won't make it to Alaska.
And you're never gonna
get to see your folks.
We're gonna die.
- You've only been
here a few weeks,
so you probably won't get this.
But I would gladly die before
I ever go back to that school.
- Me too.
- Me three.
- Come on. We can get
changed on the way.
- You can go back.
No judgement. Just, um,
make sure you don't tell
them where we're going.
Ben, you
have to stop this.
- Can you make sure
we don't get lost?
- Y-yes, but Ben, this...
- You do that, I'll
keep them alive.
- Where?
- A warehouse,
three miles east, rented by
a shell corp six months ago.
- Right when Ben and
Janis started doing
whatever it is they're doing.
- Our tactical unit will
meet us once we get up top.
And I got a backup unit
scrambling out of Torrance.
- Is that enough?
- Janis is a lone wolf.
She's gone to a lot of
trouble to stay hidden.
I'd be surprised if she hired
even one security guard,
lest she risk them
stumbling onto something.
- That sounds like admiration.
- Just one shark
recognizing another.
- So your dad reached out to me.
Says you're not
taking his calls.
- Yeah, there's
a reason I'm not.
We're about to capture Janis.
You of all people should
know now's not the time
to let anything get in our way.
That doesn't make any sense.
It says the whole office
is under lockdown protocol,
as if we're under attack.
I didn't give the command.
- Janis still has access
to our system, right?
Would her access include, say,
elevator cameras?
- She saw us coming,
and she's buying herself
time to get away.
Like you said,
a shark.
- Their chemistry is undeniable.
I mean, it makes
me, like, emotional.
- I've never heard
of them before.
- Wait till you hear "Wannabe."
It's the new
"Bohemian Rhapsody."
They're releasing it
in the States soon.
- What do we know about them?
Maybe if we know them
better, I know how to help.
- Okay, Roy Bacall,
the only child of very
successful parents.
High IQ, but has flunked out
of every school
he's ever been to.
Had two overdoses before
he got sent to Sierra.
The second one they didn't
think was an accident.
Stacy Thompson, star athlete,
voted "most popular"
freshman year of high school
until her mom died
in a car accident.
Looks like her dad
was an alcoholic.
She engaged in an escalating
series of physical altercations
on and off school grounds
until she was sent to Sierra
after trying to burn
down her own house.
Lost her
mom freshman year,
so she was a year younger
than I was when I lost my mom.
- Leah Valencia, the
youngest daughter
of a very religious family.
She has a dozen
different diagnoses
from a dozen different
psychiatrists...
Depression, anxiety, ADHD.
I mean, despite that, she
was a straight A student.
I mean, like, 100s
on every test.
Her parents sent her to Sierra
after she was discovered
cutting herself.
Addison,
I know each leap
is a challenge, but this one...
- Yeah. It's a lot.
- These three kids don't have
a single supportive person
in their lives between them.
- Well, four if you
include yourself.
Ben Winters was a socially
challenged introvert,
diagnosed with Asperger's.
Looks like he channeled most
of his anger into stealing.
- So, she hot?
Imaginary girlfriend, she hot?
Hope so.
Otherwise, what's the point?
Cute kid.
Ben, look at them.
They're exhausted.
- Stacy, maybe we should stop
before it gets any darker.
- No way. We haven't even
made it over the ridge.
- You got some torch we don't
know about, or do you just
think we'll be able to
keep going by moonlight?
- No, but I don't
think we should
stop until we have to.
- Well, this is us
saying we have to.
- Hey, go easy on that water.
It's all we've got.
- Ben, it's supposed to be
over 100 degrees tomorrow.
- It has to last all of us
until we get to the cabin.
- And Ziggy says there's
no record of any cabin.
- Klepto was right
about one thing,
we're not making it
five miles tonight.
So let's not make
a bad situation
worse by getting lost.
- Or by getting obnoxious
with each other, right?
- Okay, hey, guys, okay,
we're... we're all tired
and... and hungry, and I
know I've said this before,
but if we turn around now,
the road's not that far.
- What part of not going back
- don't you understand?
- Roy, come on!
- Fine!
You all win. We will stop here
for the night.
- You okay?
- Yeah.
- He just gets like that when...
yeah.
- What was that?
- I don't suppose there's a
gun in there I didn't see.
- Any suggestions what to do?
- Leah, you okay?
- Yes.
The best response...
To any predator...
Is to
become a bigger...
Scarier predator.
- Don't take this the wrong way,
but just to confirm, you
are an actual genius?
- No, Ben, she's right.
If you run or act afraid,
they'll attack.
- Now we charge!
- We what?
- And don't come back!
It worked.
It actually worked.
- Nice work.
So, uh, we're taking
shifts sleeping, right?
- Yeah, you bet your ass.
- Okay.
- Your girlfriend here?
No.
She needs her rest.
Can't sleep?
- Side effects of...
Ironic, right?
You'd think it'd be
the other way around.
I'm sorry... about before,
pushing you like that.
Worst part is, I hate it
when my dad puts
his hands on me.
Promised I'd never be like him,
says every kid ever.
- Ben, I was in the
military with people
who were sent to
place like this.
They always said the worst
part was that nobody cared.
Nobody cared if
they ate breakfast.
Nobody cared how
they did in school.
And nobody listened.
That's all anyone
at this age wants.
Talk to him.
Talk to him like
you would one of us.
- I have a friend.
He's a physicist.
And he does this thing
where he talks about life
in terms of physics.
- Maybe not literally
like you'd talk to u-us.
Okay. All right.
- Your friend
sounds like a riot.
- It's actually more
helpful than you'd think.
For example, he'll talk
about states of matter.
Like, water, you heat it
and heat it and heat it,
and nothing ever happens.
So you swear that... That
it will never change,
try as it might.
Until one day, poof.
It's steam.
You didn't try
anything new that day.
You just never quit
trying to change it.
- Your friend couldn't just say,
"don't quit trying to quit"?
- Well, this "water" here
has actually quit before.
I was sober before I
got to Sierra Academy.
And then I talked back,
and they put me in the box.
- The box?
- You know the one,
in the parking lot.
Size of a...
Thing no one should be put in.
Two days in there,
two days of Ringer and
his crew telling me
I was worthless,
and I believed 'em.
- Ben, I don't think this is
just about saving their lives.
I think there might
be more to this.
- Have you checked with
the engineering department?
- Yes, and surprise,
they are trapped
in their offices, just
like everyone else.
- Ian, we gotta get out of here.
- Oh! Oh, you wanna...
You wanna get out?
I mean...
Why didn't I think of that?
It's... it's not like
every single other
department isn't also trying
to call me every 30 seconds,
or that I'm trying to figure out
how to lift this
lockdown by myself,
or that I have to
monitor Ben's leaps.
I mean, that would be crazy.
Oh, wait, yes, it is
exactly like that.
- Feel better now?
- I, uh... I am working
as fast as I can,
but it's... It's
gonna be a while.
So...
Should we talk about it?
- Given how you
literally have me trapped
with no ability to walk away?
Sure, let's talk about it.
- He's your father.
- He's a con man with
a gambling problem
who left me to raise myself.
If I didn't have a
really strong group
of friends to lean on...
And a guardian angel...
- What can I say? I know
talent when I see it.
- Every few years,
he reaches out,
says he wants to reconnect.
And every few years, I say yes
because I'm an adult and
what's the harm, right?
But somehow, every few years,
when he disappears after
I've lent him money,
I'm still disappointed.
Like Lucy with the football.
- Charlie Brown.
It's Charlie who wants
to kick the football.
Lucy's the one who
always pulls away.
- You get my point.
- Yes. I do.
But take it from a father
who's made a lot of mistakes,
it's better to risk
disappointment than to give up.
- That sounds great
for a greeting card.
But it's not always
the case in real life.
- Just think about it.
- It's not withdrawal.
No, I'm just about to
collapse from heat exhaustion.
- Ben, Leah's flagging.
- Stacy, we need
to take a break.
Stacy...
- We've taken three breaks
this morning.
- Well, then maybe
we should stop,
sit in the shade
until it cools off.
- We can't stop!
Look, you were right.
This is harder than I thought.
But we have to keep going,
and you and I need to
look strong for them,
because we have a
way to go, and I...
I gave Leah the last of
our water ten minutes ago.
- Ben, Elbow Bend is
still over two miles away,
and Ziggy says the odds
suck no matter what you do.
- I keep thinking about
that box, Addison,
back at the school,
the one they stick you in
and leave you for days.
There's probably a
kid in it right now.
- I know.
- You said it
yourself, this is more
than just about me
saving their lives.
I was sent here to
help them escape,
and I will help them escape.
What happened?
I stepped in a snake
hole. It hurts!
- Leah, I'm just gonna
take a look at your ankle.
Okay?
- Uh-huh.
- It's broken.
- Her foot got caught
in a snake hole.
They're... they're everywhere.
- Okay,
I don't want anyone
to panic, okay?
My mom used to say, the
more scared you are,
the more fear you have
as fuel to fix things.
- In that case, your mom
should know I could power
a 747 right now.
- No, Ben is right.
We have to focus.
What do we do?
- First, we're gonna build a
world-class splint for Leah.
Then, we're gonna
get to that creek.
- It's 2.1 miles
as the crow flies,
but it's at least downhill.
- Water is the
only thing we need.
We can go hungry for
weeks if we have to.
- But we won't have to.
I'm sure that cabin
will have food.
- Ben, I checked again.
Ziggy says there's no cabin
for, like, a dozen miles.
Okay.
Here's what we need
for that splint.
- All right, you need
to stabilize the joint.
Find two branches.
- We need two branches.
- All right, we need some
kind of cushion and a cord.
- Okay, do you have some
T-shirts and a belt, maybe?
- All right, now you just
gotta secure the ankle.
- Now we just have
to secure the ankle.
Ready?
- Okay, that splint should
allow Leah to stand on her own
and walk with assistance.
- Okay.
I'll get better at it.
- Nice job, imaginary hottie.
- It is nice to be acknowledged.
- Everybody ready?
Next stop, the creek.
- Here, you can
have my painkillers.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
I don't need 'em anymore.
- Well, uh, I'd...
I'd like to say
that I know how much
longer this might take,
but unfortunately...
Or fortunately...
I'm not Jenn, so I
still have no idea
how much longer it's gonna take.
- Not a time for jokes?
Okay, noted.
Uh, hey, Addison,
I don't suppose
that you would mind coming
out of the imaging chamber
to help me free Magic and Jenn.
- No, I can't right now.
I will as soon as I can.
Okay, Ben,
it's only about a quarter
mile to the creek.
- Wow. I really
can't feel anything.
- How many did you give her?
- One, I swear.
- Do these pills
make you chatty?
I feel like they're
making me chatty.
It's funny because usually
I like to feel pain.
That's weird, right?
They say it's about control.
Like, people who self-harm
are actually seeking control,
which makes sense
because for me,
it doesn't matter how well I
do in school or anything else.
I'm interested in girls.
Just so happens that means
that my mom and dad think
that I'm going to hell.
And Stacy, I know you
would just tell me
not to care what they think,
but I can't help it.
I love them.
- Can you forgive them,
show them the kindness that
they couldn't give you?
- And who exactly
will that help?
- Her.
It'll help her.
- Maybe.
I mean, all my life, I just
assumed I was a misfit toy,
like, broken in the box.
But it seems like you
guys don't feel that way.
Like, maybe to
you I'm not weird.
- Leah, we don't think you're
weird because you're not weird.
- Yeah.
We think you're kind of great.
- You do?
- Yeah.
Then again, look at us.
You really wanna be
lumped in with this group?
That's a low bar.
- No.
No, no, no, no, no, no!
- There's no water.
- On all the maps,
this was a blue line.
- 1996 must have been
a dry year for runoff.
There's no way.
There's no way this is the leap.
There's no way.
- Ben?
- There's no way
this is the leap!
There's no way I
don't save these kids.
- Maybe he's talking
to his friend.
- Or maybe he's lost it.
There's no way.
I have to do this.
- What do you see?
- That's a perfect
circle, right?
That's not natural.
- That's because it's a pipe.
- An intake pipe...
For fresh water.
It's illegal to draw water
from a creek like this,
but that doesn't mean
people don't do it,
especially people who
want to live off the grid
and who want to stay...
Stay hidden.
- What?
What is it?
- We made it.
We made it!
The cabin was off the grid.
That's why Ziggy
couldn't find it.
- Wait, who's Ziggy?
- Hey, guys, there's
a generator out back.
Should I try to power it up?
- No, no, no. No need.
We got lights.
- What about food?
- Tons of food. Like, so much.
Take your pick. There's a
full cupboard back there.
- We got water.
- Was that your uncle you tried?
- Yeah.
He's not like my parents.
Okay, he's really cool.
He's on local news.
Okay, I get it.
You guys don't have
someone like him, but I do.
So trust me.
- Fine.
I trust you.
But under one condition.
You have to dance.
- Yes!
Tunes!
- But my ankle's broken!
- No, come on.
- It's... I... I can't...
- Come on, come on, come on.
Get up. Get up.
- Oh. Oh, no. Why...
Don't look at me.
- Up.
- Oh, no.
- Oh-hoh-hoh, yes.
Oh, so yes.
- What did he say?
My dad, what'd he say?
Is he in trouble?
Is he hurt?
- He's lonely.
He said he's lonely and worried
you'll never call him back.
Is it worth it?
Is it really worth the
risk of being disappointed?
- It's worth the risk.
- What, no quip?
No thoughtful pearls of wisdom,
just a straightforward answer?
- It's worth the risk.
- Anyone order room service?
- God, it feels good to be real.
- I've gotta admit,
you were right about this place.
- You doubted me?
Youdoubted me?
- No. No.
No, no, no, of course
not. Of course not.
- Really?
- Mm-mm.
- I don't need one of
your speeches, Klepto.
- It's not a speech.
Just an observation.
- An observation, huh?
- You're a leader, Stacy.
You're the reason
we're all here,
and you're the reason
we're gonna make it.
But being a leader's hard,
especially when it's
not your choice.
Like when you lose a parent.
You're forced to grow up fast.
Right?
Too fast.
Just know that it's
okay to slow down.
It's okay to let people in.
It's okay to make mistakes,
like, um, kissing the wrong boy.
Who knows? Might just end
up being the right one.
- I thought you weren't
gonna give me a speech.
That was totally a speech.
- It was a speech.
- Mm-hmm.
- It was also the truth.
- No. No, no, no, no.
- Blow out the candles.
Someone's coming.
- What?
- Someone is coming.
- It's the only
residence in the area.
Only so far they could've got.
- They're definitely here.
- Ms. Thompson, Mr. Bacall,
we know you're here.
You're just making it
worse on yourselves.
- Ms. Valencia,
I would to have to report
this little incident
to your parents.
Or yours, Mr. Winters.
- Hey! I'm out here, guys!
- Leah?
- Hey, let's get this over with.
Yeah, take your time.
I can't really run
anywhere, so...
I'm here all night.
Where are the others, Leah?
- They left about
five hours ago.
Yeah, said I was...
slowing them down.
- Well, I guess she
isn't faking it.
- Ow!
- We gotta help her.
- What are you gonna
do, fight them?
Leah's doing this to save us.
We go out there, get
caught... or worse,
and Leah's sacrifice
was for nothing.
- We need to get to Reno.
We get to Reno,
and we disappear.
- It's not finished.
What we set out to do,
it's not finished.
- What did we set out to do?
Escape! Leah just gave us that.
- You didn't set
out just to escape.
You set out to have lives.
And after having spent the last
day and half with you both,
you both want to have
lives that matter.
You go out there now,
you'll never forgive yourselves.
- What do you recommend? Huh?
We just storm the school,
just tear down
walls of oppression?
- Yes. That's
exactly what we do.
Once and for all.
- Great.
How?
- With Leah's help.
- Leah's help? What
are you talking about?
How can Leah help?
- Do you know the hell you're
putting your parents through?
If you just listened,
you wouldn't have
these problems, Leah,
but you refuse to help yourself.
- We tried to give you all
the tools you need to succeed,
but you insist on being defiant.
- Well, hopefully
a week in the box
will help you see the light.
- No! No!
No!
- Don't look at us.
You only have yourself to blame.
- I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!
You are so over.
- Start rolling right now.
- Uncle George!
- Are you okay?
- Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
- Wait, wait,
wait. What is this?
- That's my question for you.
What is going on here exactly?
What is your name?
- His name's Ringer,
'cause he likes
to ring our bell.
You like my hat?
- You, you're the director
of Sierra Academy,
isn't that right... Director
Sullivan, I believe?
- Uh...
- What were you doing
to my niece? What
are you doing
to the kids that
come here for help?
- No comment.
Now, this is private property.
I'm calling the police.
- Rest assured, they're
already on their way.
- Wanna guess who
goes into a box next?
- Well, have forensics
go over the place
and let me know if
you find anything.
- Gone?
- With all her most crucial
equipment stripped out
of her imaging chamber.
- Don't worry. You'll get her.
- How do you know that?
- Because you're you.
You never give up.
- Hey, Dad. How's it going?
No, sorry, I was busy.
No, I
haven't eaten yet.
I guess I could go
for some dim sum.
- You came back.
I was hoping you might.
- It was all Klepto's idea.
- Yeah, but calling
your uncle was Stacy's.
- What?
I listen.
- We're gonna get you all
out of here in a few minutes.
I just wanna make sure
you're all comfortable
with going on record.
- Oh, with pleasure.
- Not just with the press...
The police, CPS, everybody.
- You sure it'll change things?
- Whew. Big time.
- I have a pretty
good feeling it will.
- Sierra Youth
Academy is shut down.
Director Sullivan and
several members of his staff
are indicted on multiple
counts of child endangerment,
and Leah's uncle does a whole
series of investigative reports
about child youth camps
just like this one all
around the Southwest.
- What about the kids?
They're gonna be okay?
- Who's he talking to?
- Shh. Don't interrupt.
- Stacy moved to Vegas.
She's managing a casino.
Roy lives in Boston,
has four kids,
and runs a group home.
Leah is a rocket
scientist... Shocker.
And you're a sculptor.
Life isn't always easy,
but they stay friends.
Even go on vacations together.
- Hm.
Friends for life.
Oh, after this, I think we're
gonna be friends for life.
- Yeah, we can be pen pals.
- Or, I don't know, use a phone.
- Am I the only one
who's heard of email?
- Um, yeah, did you
think I meant snail mail?
- What's sn... oh.
I get it.
- Friends for life.
Promise?
- Promise.
- Promise.
- Promise.
- Promise.
I have to do this.
Promise me you'll
see this through,
no matter what happens.
- If you're right about this,
what choice do I have?
- Would you just excuse
me for just one moment?
- Ben?
You okay?
- I, um...
I remember.
- Remember what?
- Are you sure
youwant to do this?
- It's the only
chance we've got.
Why I leapt in the first place.
It's to save you.
- What?
everything when he used
the Quantum Leap Accelerator
to travel back in time.
Now our team's working
to find out why.
As he leaps between bodies
with no memory of who he is,
he still has one hope...
That his next leap
takes him back
to the place and
people he calls home.
- Ben, come on!
- Be...
You know me?
- It's now or never, new guy!
- Go! Go, go, go, go, go, go!
- You get back here right now!
- Here we go.
- Whoo!
Freedom, baby!
- Leah, you slashed their
tires like I showed you?
Are you sure?
- Yeah, Stacy, I'm sure.
We did it.
We escaped.
- So we just escaped school?
- If you were gonna
change your mind
about escaping that hellhole,
you probably should have done it
before you stole the car keys.
- Right.
- I gotta hand it
to you, Klepto,
you said you could
do it, and you did.
So where you going to?
- Me? Uh, I'm...
I'm not... not sure.
- Well, once we get to Reno,
you'll have lots of options,
um, international airport,
train station, bus terminal.
- I'm going to Vegas.
- To be a stripper, right?
Sorry.
- To be a blackjack dealer.
Or craps.
Casinos are hiring like crazy,
and Vegas is a really
good place to start over.
It's better than
Alaska, that's for sure.
- You're going to Alaska?
- Mm-hmm. Bus to Juneau
and from there
into the interior.
Find a place as far away
from humanity as possible.
- They've got dope
there too, you know.
- I'll stay away from it.
- I just wanna go home.
- Leah.
You can't go home.
You know that, right?
Your parents sent you away
because they think
you're broken.
- Hey. Take it easy.
- What? I mean, it's true.
I don't want her to walk in
and think they'll suddenly
just accept her for who she is.
- You know, I have an
uncle who lives out here.
Maybe I'll call him.
He's nice.
I swear, he's on TV.
- The people you know
aren't the answer.
They're the problem.
They already made up
their minds about you.
- That's why you have to
start over as someone new.
It's the only way.
Ah!
- What's happening?
- The tire burst!
- Are you okay?
- Okay, you're okay.
Okay.
Everyone sure they're okay?
Any blows to the head
or... Or pain internally?
- Are you a doctor
all of a sudden?
- No... yes...
Just wanna make sure...
- This is so stupid!
- Hey, hey, hey,
hey, hey, Stacy.
- Stacy, Stacy.
It's okay, all right?
It's not your fault.
All right...
- Don't touch me!
- Addison, thank God.
I was worried something
had happened to you.
- Sorry.
- No, no.
I'm just glad you're okay.
- Someone shut us
out of the last leap.
I don't know who it is, but...
- Janis Calavicci.
What the...
Hear
me? I've been trying
to reach you all day.
My name is Janis Calavicci.
You don't remember me.
But I am here to warn you...
- What?
- Yeah, she appeared
after you were shut out.
Said she was there to warn me.
- Warn you?
About what?
- I-I don't know.
I-I leapt before she
could say anything else.
Do you know who she is?
- Uh, sh...
You were working with her
before you leaped.
Do you remember that?
- Are you sure
youwant to do this?
- No, I'm not sure.
- Well, she's a
potential threat.
I... I have to talk to the team.
- Gotcha. I mean...
I mean, I'm just...
I'm just happy you're okay.
Uh, you should have
seen the last leap.
I saw a demon.
You did great.
You don't even need me anymore.
Of course I need you.
I always need you.
So why did I leap here?
- Uh, well, it is
July 10th, 1996.
You are Benjamin Winters,
a 16-year-old student
of Sierra Youth Academy.
Looks like in the
original timeline,
you and three other students
got lost on a school hike
and died of heat exposure.
- That doesn't make any sense.
This does not feel like
a school hiking trip.
More like the Great Escape.
- Okay, I'll have Ian run
a diagnostic on Ziggy,
but until then, just...
keep 'em out of the woods.
- Do you have an
imaginary friend?
It is, like, one, or do
you have a whole group?
When I was a kid,
I had this family
that I would talk to,
because my family was just...
Well, the therapist said
it was a coping mechanism,
which is maybe the
most obvious thing
in the history of history.
I was like,
do you really need a
PhD to make that call?
I talk to my fiancée.
Girlfriend, I t...
I talk to my girl...
I'm 16.
It's my girlfriend.
- Have you ever had a real one,
a girlfriend?
- Yeah.
- I did too.
- Was it nice?
- Yeah.
Yeah, it was.
Oh, Stacy has a plan.
- Okay, great.
- Janis cut our
connection to Ben?
How's that possible?
- Well, she must have
her own imaging chamber,
and a handlink.
- The one she took from
her mother's house.
- Ian, tell me you can stop
Janis from doing this again.
- I reprogrammed the OS
in the imaging chamber.
It... it won't happen again.
- Ben said that she was there
to warn him about something.
- About what?
- The other leaper?
- She didn't have time to say.
But if she was
there to warn him,
then that means Ben's in
danger from something,
and right now Janis is the only
person who knows what that is.
- You guys might get the
chance to ask her very soon.
The power requirements
for Janis' imaging chamber
are the same as ours.
So since we know when she
was trying to get in...
- You can look for local power
surges at corresponding times
and find her.
- What are you doing?
- Getting something to wear
instead of this
godforsaken uniform.
Also taking stock
of what I have.
Unfortunately, what's
good for Vegas isn't great
for the middle of nowhere, so.
- Ben, from what I can tell,
the school tried to
cover up what happened.
They claim that you all
got lost on a hiking trip.
But a few weeks later, the
director, Adam Sullivan,
put in an insurance
claim for his car.
Claimed it rolled
over right here.
- What kind of person does that?
- I don't know.
But you have to get
these kids back on the road.
In the original timeline,
they went south, split up,
and none of 'em made it.
Guys...
I think we should talk...
- I got some things we can use.
- Look, um, I understand the
idea was to leave school...
- Way to live up to
your nickname, Klepto.
No way.
You stole Director
Sullivan's fishing trophy?
He loves this thing.
- He stole something
from every one
of the sadists who
work at that place.
- Ringer's hat? Ohh.
What I would give for
that son of a bitch
to see me wearing
this right now.
- Okay, we were
just in a car crash.
So...
- Water, sunscreen,
a compass, and a map?
- Yeah, I figured if
the car didn't start,
we might have to go on foot.
- Leah, I know I give you
crap about being a genius,
but I will never do
that again.
- Okay, everybody, stop!
Okay?
- No wonder people
yell at teenagers.
- What exactly do you
think is gonna happen?
We're just gonna hike to Reno?
- You got a better idea?
- Yeah. We go back to the road.
- No way. No, they're
looking for us by now.
- Look, I get the idea was
to run away from school,
but getting lost in the woods
isn't gonna accomplish anything.
- We won't get lost.
We've got a map.
Okay.
There's Susanville.
It's not too far.
We'll get to Reno from there.
Look for a place called
the Elbow's Bend.
There's a cabin there...
The place the Benito brothers
went to when they escaped.
- Oh, no, that's right. I've
heard about that before.
- It can't be more
than five miles.
We get there tonight, rest up,
hike to Susanville
in the morning.
- Okay, not to sound
like a broken record,
but this is exactly
what must not happen.
- Yeah, five miles
in this terrain?
That's gonna take a
whole day right there.
We've got no food.
We've got one bottle of
water between the four of us.
And I hate to be the
bearer of bad news,
but this isn't some game, okay?
We get lost, we will die.
- Don't exaggerate.
- I promise, I am
not exaggerating.
If we do this, you're never
gonna make it to Vegas.
You won't make it to Alaska.
And you're never gonna
get to see your folks.
We're gonna die.
- You've only been
here a few weeks,
so you probably won't get this.
But I would gladly die before
I ever go back to that school.
- Me too.
- Me three.
- Come on. We can get
changed on the way.
- You can go back.
No judgement. Just, um,
make sure you don't tell
them where we're going.
Ben, you
have to stop this.
- Can you make sure
we don't get lost?
- Y-yes, but Ben, this...
- You do that, I'll
keep them alive.
- Where?
- A warehouse,
three miles east, rented by
a shell corp six months ago.
- Right when Ben and
Janis started doing
whatever it is they're doing.
- Our tactical unit will
meet us once we get up top.
And I got a backup unit
scrambling out of Torrance.
- Is that enough?
- Janis is a lone wolf.
She's gone to a lot of
trouble to stay hidden.
I'd be surprised if she hired
even one security guard,
lest she risk them
stumbling onto something.
- That sounds like admiration.
- Just one shark
recognizing another.
- So your dad reached out to me.
Says you're not
taking his calls.
- Yeah, there's
a reason I'm not.
We're about to capture Janis.
You of all people should
know now's not the time
to let anything get in our way.
That doesn't make any sense.
It says the whole office
is under lockdown protocol,
as if we're under attack.
I didn't give the command.
- Janis still has access
to our system, right?
Would her access include, say,
elevator cameras?
- She saw us coming,
and she's buying herself
time to get away.
Like you said,
a shark.
- Their chemistry is undeniable.
I mean, it makes
me, like, emotional.
- I've never heard
of them before.
- Wait till you hear "Wannabe."
It's the new
"Bohemian Rhapsody."
They're releasing it
in the States soon.
- What do we know about them?
Maybe if we know them
better, I know how to help.
- Okay, Roy Bacall,
the only child of very
successful parents.
High IQ, but has flunked out
of every school
he's ever been to.
Had two overdoses before
he got sent to Sierra.
The second one they didn't
think was an accident.
Stacy Thompson, star athlete,
voted "most popular"
freshman year of high school
until her mom died
in a car accident.
Looks like her dad
was an alcoholic.
She engaged in an escalating
series of physical altercations
on and off school grounds
until she was sent to Sierra
after trying to burn
down her own house.
Lost her
mom freshman year,
so she was a year younger
than I was when I lost my mom.
- Leah Valencia, the
youngest daughter
of a very religious family.
She has a dozen
different diagnoses
from a dozen different
psychiatrists...
Depression, anxiety, ADHD.
I mean, despite that, she
was a straight A student.
I mean, like, 100s
on every test.
Her parents sent her to Sierra
after she was discovered
cutting herself.
Addison,
I know each leap
is a challenge, but this one...
- Yeah. It's a lot.
- These three kids don't have
a single supportive person
in their lives between them.
- Well, four if you
include yourself.
Ben Winters was a socially
challenged introvert,
diagnosed with Asperger's.
Looks like he channeled most
of his anger into stealing.
- So, she hot?
Imaginary girlfriend, she hot?
Hope so.
Otherwise, what's the point?
Cute kid.
Ben, look at them.
They're exhausted.
- Stacy, maybe we should stop
before it gets any darker.
- No way. We haven't even
made it over the ridge.
- You got some torch we don't
know about, or do you just
think we'll be able to
keep going by moonlight?
- No, but I don't
think we should
stop until we have to.
- Well, this is us
saying we have to.
- Hey, go easy on that water.
It's all we've got.
- Ben, it's supposed to be
over 100 degrees tomorrow.
- It has to last all of us
until we get to the cabin.
- And Ziggy says there's
no record of any cabin.
- Klepto was right
about one thing,
we're not making it
five miles tonight.
So let's not make
a bad situation
worse by getting lost.
- Or by getting obnoxious
with each other, right?
- Okay, hey, guys, okay,
we're... we're all tired
and... and hungry, and I
know I've said this before,
but if we turn around now,
the road's not that far.
- What part of not going back
- don't you understand?
- Roy, come on!
- Fine!
You all win. We will stop here
for the night.
- You okay?
- Yeah.
- He just gets like that when...
yeah.
- What was that?
- I don't suppose there's a
gun in there I didn't see.
- Any suggestions what to do?
- Leah, you okay?
- Yes.
The best response...
To any predator...
Is to
become a bigger...
Scarier predator.
- Don't take this the wrong way,
but just to confirm, you
are an actual genius?
- No, Ben, she's right.
If you run or act afraid,
they'll attack.
- Now we charge!
- We what?
- And don't come back!
It worked.
It actually worked.
- Nice work.
So, uh, we're taking
shifts sleeping, right?
- Yeah, you bet your ass.
- Okay.
- Your girlfriend here?
No.
She needs her rest.
Can't sleep?
- Side effects of...
Ironic, right?
You'd think it'd be
the other way around.
I'm sorry... about before,
pushing you like that.
Worst part is, I hate it
when my dad puts
his hands on me.
Promised I'd never be like him,
says every kid ever.
- Ben, I was in the
military with people
who were sent to
place like this.
They always said the worst
part was that nobody cared.
Nobody cared if
they ate breakfast.
Nobody cared how
they did in school.
And nobody listened.
That's all anyone
at this age wants.
Talk to him.
Talk to him like
you would one of us.
- I have a friend.
He's a physicist.
And he does this thing
where he talks about life
in terms of physics.
- Maybe not literally
like you'd talk to u-us.
Okay. All right.
- Your friend
sounds like a riot.
- It's actually more
helpful than you'd think.
For example, he'll talk
about states of matter.
Like, water, you heat it
and heat it and heat it,
and nothing ever happens.
So you swear that... That
it will never change,
try as it might.
Until one day, poof.
It's steam.
You didn't try
anything new that day.
You just never quit
trying to change it.
- Your friend couldn't just say,
"don't quit trying to quit"?
- Well, this "water" here
has actually quit before.
I was sober before I
got to Sierra Academy.
And then I talked back,
and they put me in the box.
- The box?
- You know the one,
in the parking lot.
Size of a...
Thing no one should be put in.
Two days in there,
two days of Ringer and
his crew telling me
I was worthless,
and I believed 'em.
- Ben, I don't think this is
just about saving their lives.
I think there might
be more to this.
- Have you checked with
the engineering department?
- Yes, and surprise,
they are trapped
in their offices, just
like everyone else.
- Ian, we gotta get out of here.
- Oh! Oh, you wanna...
You wanna get out?
I mean...
Why didn't I think of that?
It's... it's not like
every single other
department isn't also trying
to call me every 30 seconds,
or that I'm trying to figure out
how to lift this
lockdown by myself,
or that I have to
monitor Ben's leaps.
I mean, that would be crazy.
Oh, wait, yes, it is
exactly like that.
- Feel better now?
- I, uh... I am working
as fast as I can,
but it's... It's
gonna be a while.
So...
Should we talk about it?
- Given how you
literally have me trapped
with no ability to walk away?
Sure, let's talk about it.
- He's your father.
- He's a con man with
a gambling problem
who left me to raise myself.
If I didn't have a
really strong group
of friends to lean on...
And a guardian angel...
- What can I say? I know
talent when I see it.
- Every few years,
he reaches out,
says he wants to reconnect.
And every few years, I say yes
because I'm an adult and
what's the harm, right?
But somehow, every few years,
when he disappears after
I've lent him money,
I'm still disappointed.
Like Lucy with the football.
- Charlie Brown.
It's Charlie who wants
to kick the football.
Lucy's the one who
always pulls away.
- You get my point.
- Yes. I do.
But take it from a father
who's made a lot of mistakes,
it's better to risk
disappointment than to give up.
- That sounds great
for a greeting card.
But it's not always
the case in real life.
- Just think about it.
- It's not withdrawal.
No, I'm just about to
collapse from heat exhaustion.
- Ben, Leah's flagging.
- Stacy, we need
to take a break.
Stacy...
- We've taken three breaks
this morning.
- Well, then maybe
we should stop,
sit in the shade
until it cools off.
- We can't stop!
Look, you were right.
This is harder than I thought.
But we have to keep going,
and you and I need to
look strong for them,
because we have a
way to go, and I...
I gave Leah the last of
our water ten minutes ago.
- Ben, Elbow Bend is
still over two miles away,
and Ziggy says the odds
suck no matter what you do.
- I keep thinking about
that box, Addison,
back at the school,
the one they stick you in
and leave you for days.
There's probably a
kid in it right now.
- I know.
- You said it
yourself, this is more
than just about me
saving their lives.
I was sent here to
help them escape,
and I will help them escape.
What happened?
I stepped in a snake
hole. It hurts!
- Leah, I'm just gonna
take a look at your ankle.
Okay?
- Uh-huh.
- It's broken.
- Her foot got caught
in a snake hole.
They're... they're everywhere.
- Okay,
I don't want anyone
to panic, okay?
My mom used to say, the
more scared you are,
the more fear you have
as fuel to fix things.
- In that case, your mom
should know I could power
a 747 right now.
- No, Ben is right.
We have to focus.
What do we do?
- First, we're gonna build a
world-class splint for Leah.
Then, we're gonna
get to that creek.
- It's 2.1 miles
as the crow flies,
but it's at least downhill.
- Water is the
only thing we need.
We can go hungry for
weeks if we have to.
- But we won't have to.
I'm sure that cabin
will have food.
- Ben, I checked again.
Ziggy says there's no cabin
for, like, a dozen miles.
Okay.
Here's what we need
for that splint.
- All right, you need
to stabilize the joint.
Find two branches.
- We need two branches.
- All right, we need some
kind of cushion and a cord.
- Okay, do you have some
T-shirts and a belt, maybe?
- All right, now you just
gotta secure the ankle.
- Now we just have
to secure the ankle.
Ready?
- Okay, that splint should
allow Leah to stand on her own
and walk with assistance.
- Okay.
I'll get better at it.
- Nice job, imaginary hottie.
- It is nice to be acknowledged.
- Everybody ready?
Next stop, the creek.
- Here, you can
have my painkillers.
- You sure?
- Yeah.
I don't need 'em anymore.
- Well, uh, I'd...
I'd like to say
that I know how much
longer this might take,
but unfortunately...
Or fortunately...
I'm not Jenn, so I
still have no idea
how much longer it's gonna take.
- Not a time for jokes?
Okay, noted.
Uh, hey, Addison,
I don't suppose
that you would mind coming
out of the imaging chamber
to help me free Magic and Jenn.
- No, I can't right now.
I will as soon as I can.
Okay, Ben,
it's only about a quarter
mile to the creek.
- Wow. I really
can't feel anything.
- How many did you give her?
- One, I swear.
- Do these pills
make you chatty?
I feel like they're
making me chatty.
It's funny because usually
I like to feel pain.
That's weird, right?
They say it's about control.
Like, people who self-harm
are actually seeking control,
which makes sense
because for me,
it doesn't matter how well I
do in school or anything else.
I'm interested in girls.
Just so happens that means
that my mom and dad think
that I'm going to hell.
And Stacy, I know you
would just tell me
not to care what they think,
but I can't help it.
I love them.
- Can you forgive them,
show them the kindness that
they couldn't give you?
- And who exactly
will that help?
- Her.
It'll help her.
- Maybe.
I mean, all my life, I just
assumed I was a misfit toy,
like, broken in the box.
But it seems like you
guys don't feel that way.
Like, maybe to
you I'm not weird.
- Leah, we don't think you're
weird because you're not weird.
- Yeah.
We think you're kind of great.
- You do?
- Yeah.
Then again, look at us.
You really wanna be
lumped in with this group?
That's a low bar.
- No.
No, no, no, no, no, no!
- There's no water.
- On all the maps,
this was a blue line.
- 1996 must have been
a dry year for runoff.
There's no way.
There's no way this is the leap.
There's no way.
- Ben?
- There's no way
this is the leap!
There's no way I
don't save these kids.
- Maybe he's talking
to his friend.
- Or maybe he's lost it.
There's no way.
I have to do this.
- What do you see?
- That's a perfect
circle, right?
That's not natural.
- That's because it's a pipe.
- An intake pipe...
For fresh water.
It's illegal to draw water
from a creek like this,
but that doesn't mean
people don't do it,
especially people who
want to live off the grid
and who want to stay...
Stay hidden.
- What?
What is it?
- We made it.
We made it!
The cabin was off the grid.
That's why Ziggy
couldn't find it.
- Wait, who's Ziggy?
- Hey, guys, there's
a generator out back.
Should I try to power it up?
- No, no, no. No need.
We got lights.
- What about food?
- Tons of food. Like, so much.
Take your pick. There's a
full cupboard back there.
- We got water.
- Was that your uncle you tried?
- Yeah.
He's not like my parents.
Okay, he's really cool.
He's on local news.
Okay, I get it.
You guys don't have
someone like him, but I do.
So trust me.
- Fine.
I trust you.
But under one condition.
You have to dance.
- Yes!
Tunes!
- But my ankle's broken!
- No, come on.
- It's... I... I can't...
- Come on, come on, come on.
Get up. Get up.
- Oh. Oh, no. Why...
Don't look at me.
- Up.
- Oh, no.
- Oh-hoh-hoh, yes.
Oh, so yes.
- What did he say?
My dad, what'd he say?
Is he in trouble?
Is he hurt?
- He's lonely.
He said he's lonely and worried
you'll never call him back.
Is it worth it?
Is it really worth the
risk of being disappointed?
- It's worth the risk.
- What, no quip?
No thoughtful pearls of wisdom,
just a straightforward answer?
- It's worth the risk.
- Anyone order room service?
- God, it feels good to be real.
- I've gotta admit,
you were right about this place.
- You doubted me?
Youdoubted me?
- No. No.
No, no, no, of course
not. Of course not.
- Really?
- Mm-mm.
- I don't need one of
your speeches, Klepto.
- It's not a speech.
Just an observation.
- An observation, huh?
- You're a leader, Stacy.
You're the reason
we're all here,
and you're the reason
we're gonna make it.
But being a leader's hard,
especially when it's
not your choice.
Like when you lose a parent.
You're forced to grow up fast.
Right?
Too fast.
Just know that it's
okay to slow down.
It's okay to let people in.
It's okay to make mistakes,
like, um, kissing the wrong boy.
Who knows? Might just end
up being the right one.
- I thought you weren't
gonna give me a speech.
That was totally a speech.
- It was a speech.
- Mm-hmm.
- It was also the truth.
- No. No, no, no, no.
- Blow out the candles.
Someone's coming.
- What?
- Someone is coming.
- It's the only
residence in the area.
Only so far they could've got.
- They're definitely here.
- Ms. Thompson, Mr. Bacall,
we know you're here.
You're just making it
worse on yourselves.
- Ms. Valencia,
I would to have to report
this little incident
to your parents.
Or yours, Mr. Winters.
- Hey! I'm out here, guys!
- Leah?
- Hey, let's get this over with.
Yeah, take your time.
I can't really run
anywhere, so...
I'm here all night.
Where are the others, Leah?
- They left about
five hours ago.
Yeah, said I was...
slowing them down.
- Well, I guess she
isn't faking it.
- Ow!
- We gotta help her.
- What are you gonna
do, fight them?
Leah's doing this to save us.
We go out there, get
caught... or worse,
and Leah's sacrifice
was for nothing.
- We need to get to Reno.
We get to Reno,
and we disappear.
- It's not finished.
What we set out to do,
it's not finished.
- What did we set out to do?
Escape! Leah just gave us that.
- You didn't set
out just to escape.
You set out to have lives.
And after having spent the last
day and half with you both,
you both want to have
lives that matter.
You go out there now,
you'll never forgive yourselves.
- What do you recommend? Huh?
We just storm the school,
just tear down
walls of oppression?
- Yes. That's
exactly what we do.
Once and for all.
- Great.
How?
- With Leah's help.
- Leah's help? What
are you talking about?
How can Leah help?
- Do you know the hell you're
putting your parents through?
If you just listened,
you wouldn't have
these problems, Leah,
but you refuse to help yourself.
- We tried to give you all
the tools you need to succeed,
but you insist on being defiant.
- Well, hopefully
a week in the box
will help you see the light.
- No! No!
No!
- Don't look at us.
You only have yourself to blame.
- I'm sorry! I'm really sorry!
You are so over.
- Start rolling right now.
- Uncle George!
- Are you okay?
- Yeah. Yeah.
Yeah.
- Wait, wait,
wait. What is this?
- That's my question for you.
What is going on here exactly?
What is your name?
- His name's Ringer,
'cause he likes
to ring our bell.
You like my hat?
- You, you're the director
of Sierra Academy,
isn't that right... Director
Sullivan, I believe?
- Uh...
- What were you doing
to my niece? What
are you doing
to the kids that
come here for help?
- No comment.
Now, this is private property.
I'm calling the police.
- Rest assured, they're
already on their way.
- Wanna guess who
goes into a box next?
- Well, have forensics
go over the place
and let me know if
you find anything.
- Gone?
- With all her most crucial
equipment stripped out
of her imaging chamber.
- Don't worry. You'll get her.
- How do you know that?
- Because you're you.
You never give up.
- Hey, Dad. How's it going?
No, sorry, I was busy.
No, I
haven't eaten yet.
I guess I could go
for some dim sum.
- You came back.
I was hoping you might.
- It was all Klepto's idea.
- Yeah, but calling
your uncle was Stacy's.
- What?
I listen.
- We're gonna get you all
out of here in a few minutes.
I just wanna make sure
you're all comfortable
with going on record.
- Oh, with pleasure.
- Not just with the press...
The police, CPS, everybody.
- You sure it'll change things?
- Whew. Big time.
- I have a pretty
good feeling it will.
- Sierra Youth
Academy is shut down.
Director Sullivan and
several members of his staff
are indicted on multiple
counts of child endangerment,
and Leah's uncle does a whole
series of investigative reports
about child youth camps
just like this one all
around the Southwest.
- What about the kids?
They're gonna be okay?
- Who's he talking to?
- Shh. Don't interrupt.
- Stacy moved to Vegas.
She's managing a casino.
Roy lives in Boston,
has four kids,
and runs a group home.
Leah is a rocket
scientist... Shocker.
And you're a sculptor.
Life isn't always easy,
but they stay friends.
Even go on vacations together.
- Hm.
Friends for life.
Oh, after this, I think we're
gonna be friends for life.
- Yeah, we can be pen pals.
- Or, I don't know, use a phone.
- Am I the only one
who's heard of email?
- Um, yeah, did you
think I meant snail mail?
- What's sn... oh.
I get it.
- Friends for life.
Promise?
- Promise.
- Promise.
- Promise.
- Promise.
I have to do this.
Promise me you'll
see this through,
no matter what happens.
- If you're right about this,
what choice do I have?
- Would you just excuse
me for just one moment?
- Ben?
You okay?
- I, um...
I remember.
- Remember what?
- Are you sure
youwant to do this?
- It's the only
chance we've got.
Why I leapt in the first place.
It's to save you.
- What?