Touch (2012–2013): Season 1, Episode 1 - Pilot - full transcript
For the third time in three weeks, Jake has run away from school and climbed atop a cell phone tower, breaking the tower's security alarms at precisely 3:18 in the afternoon each time. For Child and Family Services, they, who have previously diagnosed Jake as autistic, see Jake's behavior as Martin not being able to handle Jake on his own, they who send Clea Hopkins to investigate. To perform a proper assessment, she removes Jake from the home and places him in an institution for two weeks where she can monitor him. Martin not only finds that move contemptible, but also believes that Jake is trying to tell him something, especially as the numbers Jake is scribbling seem to pop up elsewhere in their lives, as Jake makes the stray cell phones that Martin has found for him ring simultaneously, and after the lottery ticket Jake temporarily steals ends up being the multimillion dollar jackpot winning numbers. In his search to find out if Jake is just mute or if he has some other condition affecting his behavior, Martin finds Arthur Teller of the Teller Institute, he who tells Martin his theory of Jake's condition. Clea begins to believe that their autism diagnosis is incorrect when she views Jake first hand. Meanwhile, one of those cells phones which almost made it into Jake's possession makes a 'round the world trip from London to Ireland to JFK to Japan to Baghdad where it ends up making it full circle from its owner, a distraught father, to the wannabe pop singer to the enterprising prostitute to the teen who wants to help his family by buying a commercial oven for their baking business.
One to 1.618 over and
over and over again.
Patterns are hidden in plain sight.
You just have to know where to look.
Things most people see as chaos
actually follow subtle laws of behavior:
Galaxies.
Plants.
Seashells.
The patterns never lie.
But only some of us can see
how the pieces fit together.
7,080,360,000 of us live
on this tiny planet.
This is the story of
some of those people.
There's an ancient Chinese myth
about the red thread of fate.
It says that the gods have tied a red
thread around every one of our ankles...
... and attached it to all the people
whose lives we are destined to touch.
This thread may stretch or tangle,
but it will never break.
It's all been predetermined
by mathematical probability...
... and it's my job to keep
track of those numbers...
... to make the connections for
those who need to find each other...
... the ones whose lives need to touch.
I was born 4161 days ago
on October 26, 2000.
I've been alive for 11 years,
four months, 21 days and 14 hours.
And in all that time...
... l've never said a single word.
Welcome to Kennedy Airport.
Just a reminder,
this is a non-smoking facility.
- Another 25 or so.
- Thanks.
No chargers, so probably dead.
What do you do with these things?
My son likes to take them apart.
Hello? Oh, thank God.
- Who is this?
- It's the owner of the phone...
- ...you are illegally in possession of.
- I'm not illegally possessing anything.
It was in the lost and
found at JFK. I work here.
New York. You're kidding me.
I don't care how you got it,
okay? I just want it back.
I lost it at Heathrow Airport two days ago.
People have been phone-skipping
it around the globe since.
So can I please have it back?
Can't you just get another one?
It's not the phone that I need.
It's a photograph inside it...
...of my daughter.
It's her birthday tomorrow.
I'm in Mumbai now.
I just need it back, okay?
All right, let me get your address.
Hang on. Now my phone is ringing.
Hello?
Again? You gotta be kidding me.
I pay your school good
money to keep my son safe.
Are you grasping the iron...?
Just tell them not to
touch him, understand?
Do not touch him!
I'll be there as fast as I can.
Hello? Are you still there? Hello?
MAN 1: Yeah, I'll put it back in the truck.
MAN 2: Well, the dad just showed up here.
- MAN 3 All units be advised, we've...
- Damn it, Jake.
You had to call the police?
MAN 4: Third time.
- Don't go near him. You can't touch him.
- Sir, your son cannot keep doing this.
I told you, you cannot touch him.
You gotta let me bring him down.
I can't let you go up there.
I'm not going up there. I'm scared
of heights. I got another idea. Jake!
Come back down, Lenny.
The kid's dad is here.
Hey, buddy!
Come on down, okay?
I got a present for you. See?
Jake, it's all right. Just come on down.
Come on down, buddy.
Jake!
Lucky there wasn't any rain today. That
thing gets wet, he goes up like a torch.
Does the time 3:18 mean
something to that kid?
Wait for me by the car.
All three times he tripped the alarm
on the security system at exactly 3:18.
Kid is like clockwork.
I don't know anything about that.
I'm gonna have to report him
to Child Services this time.
I know, I know.
I'm sorry for your trouble.
Jake.
Come on. Come on.
Why don't we leave the bus
alone now, okay, Jake?
You know what? I got a good idea.
I bet the store here has got orange soda.
Would you like that?
Of course you would.
Come on, Jake, please?
Jake!
- MAN And tonight at 8:00...
- Give me a lottery ticket, please.
- Hang on.
- The Children of 9/11...
... an in-depth look at the struggles and
the triumphs of the forgotten victims...
... those too young to have memories
of the mothers and fathers...
Eight-seven...
...one, nine, 20...
...31, 11.
... explores the psychological implications
of this tragedy on their young lives.
- Hey, hey. Kid, come here.
- Jake!
Kid, come back here.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, no!
- Jake.
- Hey, hey, whoa, kid.
- I'm sorry, I'll take care of it.
- Open the door.
- Hey, kid. Open it now.
- One, two, three...
- Jake.
- You ought to keep that kid in a cage.
- What did you say? Hey!
Unh!
Smile with the rising sun
Three little birds
Perched on my doorstep
Singin'sweet songs Of
melodies pure and true, yeah
This is my message to you
Sayin'don't worry about a thing
'Cause every little
thing Gonna be all right
'Cause every little
thing Gonna be all right
Whoo!
Ladies and gentlemen, the song
stylings of the next global phenom...
...Kayla Graham.
Play it forward, pass it along.
Start your fan clubs here.
Oh, you know what? I'm starstruck.
I mean, you killed tonight.
And now, for the
post-performance depression.
Kay... Kayla? Kayla.
How is it that you always
end up sitting out here?
It's the obvious place to ruminate
on the things I'll never be.
Half the company is
here because of you.
Niles, you know I love you.
But let's face it...
...l'm gonna be working two cubicles
down from you for the rest of my life.
We all have a destiny, Kayla, okay?
And yours is to be a megastar.
And this here...
- This is the rocket ship that launches it all.
- A mobile phone?
You know Doug from Sales?
He got back from New York today.
Someone stuck this into his bag.
You should see the videos...
...and the messages that are in
here from all around the world.
- It's like a pollen burst ready to explode.
- You got a video of me on that phone...
- ...singing in this bar in Dublin, Ireland.
- Yeah.
You'll send this phone out into the ether
and people are going to discover me?
- That's right.
- And just like that I'll become a megastar?
- Exactly. Heh, heh, heh.
- I'll see you tomorrow, Niles.
Yeah, well, we'll see, Kayla.
A megastar, love.
I mean, it's viral marketing.
We can't fail. Heh, heh, heh.
Taxi.
Airport, please. Air Japan.
Come on, buddy.
It's serious this time, Jake.
The police filed another report today.
We're already on thin ice.
I don't know what to do... Aah!
Damn it!
I'm sorry. It's my fault.
Heh.
There.
The doctor says you're
gonna be bigger than me.
How the hell's that gonna work?
Okay. Okay.
Get some sleep.
They're all the same number.
Jake, how did you do that?
ROCK Hello? Hello?
- Hello, hello?
- Hello, hello?
They're picking up the phone,
"Hello? Hello, hello?"
Mr. Bohm?
Clea Hopkins.
Child and Family Services.
I've come to do an assessment...
Oh, my God.
Your paper.
Thank you.
Can I get you something to drink?
You still working as a doorman?
I've been a taxi driver, construction
worker and baggage handler since then.
I guess I'm still trying to find myself.
Mr. Bohm, I'm sure you
know why I'm here.
- I can explain the cell tower.
- Third time in three weeks.
Well, look on the bright side.
At least he's consistent.
It's a symptom.
Five schools in seven years.
No mother in the home.
Your multiple jobs in the past few years?
It doesn't add up to a promising picture.
We've had our challenges,
but we always get through them.
Unfortunately, these things come
down to resources, commitment...
- ...personal involvem...
- You do not get to talk about commitment.
I'm just pointing out the obvious here.
When your son was born,
you were a reporter at the Herald.
You're working 50 hours a week at
ajob that cannot provide the care...
I've provided for him
for the last 10 years.
With less and less success, apparently.
The financial challenges will only
increase as your son gets older.
I wanna offer solutions, I do.
I'm all ears.
At the risk of being presumptuous,
this is a three-bedroom loft.
In the Meatpacking District?
For conversation's sake,
it was my wife's.
She was a stockbroker. She worked in the
North Tower of the World Trade Center.
It should all be there in your file.
Still, a loft like this has
to be worth an awful lot.
My wife's family had money. I made her put
everything in Jake's name, in a trust...
...because I didn't want
them to think I wanted...
Why don't I just take a few
minutes here so I can meet Jacob.
Knock yourself out.
He's right behind you.
Wow, you're a quiet one, aren't you?
- Hello, Jacob. I'm Clea.
- I wouldn't do that, if I were you.
Not unless you wanna spend the next
three hours peeling him off the ceiling.
He doesn't let anybody
touch him. Not even me.
Don't take it personally.
Hey, is that a dinosaur puzzle?
Oh, my God.
The numbers.
The numbers.
Eighty-seven, one, nine, 20, 31, 11.
Mr. Bohm?
Last night, all these phones went on.
They had numbers on them.
These numbers. Look.
The winning numbers for the lotto.
How would he know?
87, one, nine, 20, 31, 11.
If you're lucky enough to be holding
on to the ticket, congratulations.
But the question on everyone's
mind today is "Where are you?"
The multimillion-dollar
winning lottery ticket...
... is still remarkably unclaimed.
This is one of the biggest jackpots in
New York history. The previous largest...
WOMAN Hello?
Hi, it's me.
Randy?
I really wanna come home now.
- NELL Hello?
- Hi, it's me.
- What do you want, Simon?
- I was just checking in.
I'm on my way to Tokyo.
There's a new chain of
Italian bakeries opening up.
- Could be a huge account for us.
- Uh-huh.
Listen, uh...
...I was gonna try and get home
for her birthday tomorrow night.
I don't really see the point. Why bother?
Nell, please.
Is that everything? Because I have to go.
Last summer in Brighton...
...that hotel that we
stayed at on the beach...
...did we take any photographs...
... of Lily...
... besides the ones on my mobile phone?
No.
Why?
Nothing. Never mind.
Like I said, I'll try and be there, yeah?
That's okay.
There are strange coincidences
around us all the time.
And autistic children
often have a heightened...
Ability with numbers.
You think I don't know?
I never bought that label.
They've been trying to find something
that worked. Nothing fit Jake.
For all I know, he's got nothing to say.
It's not uncommon for a guardian
to feel a lack of human connection.
Unless that's what he's
trying to do, connect.
The truth is the state is going to
mandate a two-week evaluation...
...to determine if Jacob
should be institutionalized.
What if he's trying to communicate?
Sit down. Sit.
Look, Jake climbed
that tower three times.
Every time, the security
cameras caught him at 3:18.
For the last two weeks, he's reset every
clock in this house to that exact time.
And then there's this.
He's been trying to say something.
I just didn't realize it.
What you're talking about
is just wish fulfillment.
You saying I'm making this up?
I'm saying that human
connection is a powerful need.
We see meaning where there isn't any.
You got it all figured out.
You know it all, right?
I know enough to recognize
someone who's underwater...
...who's lost too much.
Career, wife.
Your life is now dominated by a child
that you can no longer control.
Have you ever truly
communicated with him?
Does he even know who you are?
That's not your fault.
No one is judging you for that.
There's a board-and-care
facility 15 blocks from here.
The best in the city.
After his two-week evaluation there,
you can make a case...
...for how you're going to provide a
safe environment for Jake going forward.
In the end...
...it may be determined that you can't.
I know that sounds harsh now...
...but once he's out of the house, l...
You may see that you'll both be
better off with this arrangement.
TARIK
- Eh.
- Eh.
It's only gonna be for two weeks,
then you'll come home.
I'm gonna see you every day, I promise.
Okay, we're all set.
We have tons of fun things for
you to do here, Jake. You'll see.
These will keep him busy for a while.
If he gets agitated, try orange soda.
Usually calms him down. Popcorn too.
He'll wanna count the
kernels before he eats them.
You're a very brave man, Mr. Bohm.
Right.
It's gonna be all right.
Give us 24 hours before you
come back for the first visit.
Hear that, Jake?
I'm gonna see you tomorrow.
I love you.
Come on, Jake.
I'll show you the rec room.
Hey, sweetheart.
They, um...
They say God never gives you
more than you can handle.
But I think he has this time.
I swear to you, I've tried to make it work.
I've tried to connect. I...
I just can't reach him.
And I've failed you both.
I hope you can forgive me, Sarah,
because I can't forgive myself.
'Cause every little
thing Gonna be all right
What do you want?
I'm looking for the Teller Institute.
Sorry, I think I've got the wrong address.
Let me guess. Your kid keeps
climbing a cell tower.
You coming in or not?
The whole cosmic wheel
of humanity comes down...
...to just electromagnetic
energy and connections.
There are those among us, mostly kids...
...whose sole purpose is to act
as air-traffic controllers...
...for that interconnectivity.
My son doesn't even talk.
Unnecessary, outdated,
an evolutionary speed bump.
Like your pinkie toe.
He had any formal math training?
- No. Why?
- Mr. Bohm, your son is one of those kids.
He discovered the Fibonacci
sequence on his own.
- The what?
- Here.
A mathematical sequence discovered
by a 12th-century mathematician...
...named Fibonacci.
The pattern's found in
nature over and over again.
The curve of a wave,
the spiral of a shell...
...the segments of a pineapple.
The universe is made up of
precise ratios and patterns.
All around us.
You and I, we don't see them.
But if we could...
...life would be magical
beyond our wildest dreams.
A quantum entanglement
of cause and effect...
...where everything and
everyone reflects on each other.
Every action, every breath...
...every conscious thought connected.
Imagine the unspeakable beauty
of the universe he sees.
No wonder he doesn't talk.
My son sees all that?
Mr. Bohm...
...your son sees everything.
The past, the present, the future.
He sees how it's all connected.
- You're telling me he predicts the future?
- No, I'm telling you...
...it's a road map.
And yourjob now, your purpose,
is to follow it for him.
It's your fate, Mr. Bohm.
It's your destiny.
I see you're arranging them
into little rows there.
Can I count those with you?
There's two in that one...
...and one in that one.
Two there. Nine.
Two, six, nine, two, two.
212-920-6922.
Heh.
That's my mother's phone number.
Haven't thought of that number in years.
Mom?
Mom, you there?
Hi, I'm Julie, your automated
Amtrak reservation assistant.
Say the name of the destination
you're traveling to.
Lynchburg, Virginia.
Lynchburg, Virginia. Okay. Now,
please say the location of your departure.
New York City.
New York City. Okay. Please hold
while I check for departure times.
It's a phone number.
Three-eighteen. It's today's date.
March 18th. I told you,
he's trying to tell us about something.
But what? Why?
I don't know. To stop it from happening.
To make it happen. I don't know.
But the time, the date,
somehow it's all connected.
And whatever it is, it's
supposed to happen today at 3:18.
Oh, my God. At Grand Central Station.
In 22 minutes. Come on, let's go.
- If we find the phone, what then?
- I don't know. Wait for a call, maybe.
There's gotta be 50 phones in this building.
Businesses, offices...
You go that way, I'll go this way.
No. No!
Sorry, I'm really sorry, but I
need to use that phone. I'm
waiting for a call. Listen, l...
Sir, I really need to use that phone.
I don't think you understand. I have
to have that phone. It's an emergency.
- You.
- You son of a bitch!
That's for the gas station.
COP 1: Hey! COP 2: Break it up!
Break it up!
I told him I was waiting for a
phone call. It's an emergency.
He started it. Look, I gotta get to
Penn Station. I gotta catch a train.
Shh.
MAN 1
KAYLA Singin'sweet song...
Tarik!
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
So far, and as much as
three inches of rain...
... expected to pound New York
and New Jersey in the next hour.
The storm is expected to last through
tomorrow, tapering off by tomorrow night.
So watch out on your
morning and your evening...
RANDALL Mr. Bohm,
my name is Randall Meade.
I was a fireman with
Ladder Company 318.
On September 11, 2001...
... I was on the 87th floor of the
North Tower of the World Trade Center.
I found a woman alive, barely conscious.
She was bleeding pretty bad.
It was your wife, Sarah.
I carried her down 31 flights of stairs.
I just couldn't carry her any farther.
I set her down, checked her pulse...
... and told myself she was already dead.
The truth is, I don't
really know if she was.
I've been thinking about her for 10 years.
I've played the same lotto
numbers every week for 10 years.
9/11, 2001...
...87th floor, 31 flights of stairs.
I was just trying to make
the numbers come out right.
I have some money now,
and it's because of her.
- Sir, I really need to use that phone.
- She'd want me to give it all away.
- So that's what I'm gonna do.
- I don't think you understand.
I have to have that phone.
MAN... owe their lives to one man. A
retired New York fireman, Randall Meade...
... pulled the children
from a burning bus...
... that rolled into a ravine
off the Jersey Turnpike.
This was the scene last night as our own
Sofia Martinez spoke with the hero himself.
As you can see, these are the
smoldering remains of the school bus...
... that earlier today held 25 children.
Mr. Meade, please tell us in
your own words what happened.
I was on my way back to my apartment.
I was just in the right
place at the right time.
And I saw the bus.
I started pulling the kids out...
... one by one.
Mr. Meade?
You made me miss my train.
I'm sorry?
Oh, I'm just saying, if I hadn't have
missed my train, I wouldn't have been here.
It's amazing how things work out.
- I need to see my son now.
- Visiting hours are from 9 to 5.
- Jake! Jake!
- You can't be in here, sir.
- Jake!
- Oh, thank God you're here. It's okay.
The numbers, they were right.
- I tried to call.
- He predicted everything.
- The bus, the kids, 318, lottery, everything.
- He's gone.
- What?
- I went to check on him and he was gone.
- I thought maybe he tried to go back home.
- He's not going home.
- What? How do you know?
- I just do.
Simon Plimpton.
44-077-0090-0488.
Please hold while we transfer
you to a representative.
How may I help you?
Yeah, I've been trying to
find my phone for three days.
And now I'm getting a recorded
message about an invalid territory.
Certain territories are blocked to
our customers, for security reasons.
So if your phone is in any one of these
areas, I won't be able to help you.
- Perhaps it's time to get a new phone.
- Yeah, I got a new phone...
...but I need what's in that phone.
Can't you just GPS it orjust
call the number for me?
We're not supposed to do that, sir.
Listen, I am 6000 miles
from my home in London.
On the road. I sell
restaurant supplies and...
Look, I know that it's a long shot...
... but there's some photos in
the phone and I need to see them.
There's someone in them that
I'm not ever gonna see again.
My daughter. She died a year ago today.
March 18th.
Okay. I'm gonna have to put you on hold.
Yeah, fine.
KAYLA Hello, is anyone there?
- Hello?
- Who is this?
You're using a phone that
doesn't belong to you.
They just put it on me. I don't know.
- Sir?
- To explode the bomb.
- I'm sorry, did you just say...?
- A bomb...
...in one minute and 34 seconds.
- The phone, it's the timer.
- This is ajoke, right?
I'm not a bad person.
- Sir, where are you?
- When you hear this on the news...
...you will tell people I
was not a bad person, yes?
No. No, you can't do this.
Listen to me, you have to take the
battery out of the phone right now.
No, I can't. I have no choice.
We always have a choice.
Think of the people, and if you can't think
about that then think about yourself.
You must have a life you
dream about, a future.
I have no dreams.
I'm a fool.
I wanted to be a
comedian like Chris Rock.
I love Chris Rock.
We're all fools for our dreams.
Maybe there's someone who
can help you reach yours.
- No one can.
- How can I help you?
What would make you
not want to do this?
An oven.
An oven for my family.
An oven.
Restaurant supplies. I know
someone who can get you an oven.
Can you hear me? I know someone
who can get you an oven.
So here's what we're gonna do.
I'm gonna disconnect your phone at my end.
But you have to take the battery
out of the phone right now.
Then call this number back when
it's safe. Understand? Please.
- Are you sure you can get me an oven?
- Yes.
Okay, I'll do it.
God, what's he doing up there?
Come on down, Jake!
Come on down! Can you hear me?
Jake, look, I got a phone for you, see?
The ratio is always the same.
One to 1.618 over and
over and over again.
The patterns, mathematical in design...
... are hidden in plain sight.
You just have to know where to look.
7,080,360,000 people.
And only a few of us can
see the connections.
Today we'll send over 300 billion e-mails.
Nineteen billion text messages.
Yet we'll still feel alone.
The average person
will say 2250 words...
... to 7.4 other individuals.
Will these words be used to hurt...
... or to heal?
There's an ancient Chinese myth
about the red thread of fate.
Don't look down.
Don't look down.
It says that the gods have tied a red
thread around every one of our ankles...
... and attached it to all of the people
whose lives we are destined to touch.
This thread may stretch or tangle.
You can do this.
But it will never break.
Jake, listen to me.
I did what you wanted.
I followed the numbers.
The kids on that bus,
they were saved because of you.
Jake.
I don't know if you understand
a single word that I'm saying.
I don't even know if you hear me.
But I can hear you, Jake.
Do you understand that?
I can hear you now.
I don't understand. What is it?
It's a road map.
- ARNIE Hello, this is Arnie.
- Hello, my name is Martin Bohm.
Look, I know this is gonna sound crazy but
I think we're supposed to find each other.
over and over again.
Patterns are hidden in plain sight.
You just have to know where to look.
Things most people see as chaos
actually follow subtle laws of behavior:
Galaxies.
Plants.
Seashells.
The patterns never lie.
But only some of us can see
how the pieces fit together.
7,080,360,000 of us live
on this tiny planet.
This is the story of
some of those people.
There's an ancient Chinese myth
about the red thread of fate.
It says that the gods have tied a red
thread around every one of our ankles...
... and attached it to all the people
whose lives we are destined to touch.
This thread may stretch or tangle,
but it will never break.
It's all been predetermined
by mathematical probability...
... and it's my job to keep
track of those numbers...
... to make the connections for
those who need to find each other...
... the ones whose lives need to touch.
I was born 4161 days ago
on October 26, 2000.
I've been alive for 11 years,
four months, 21 days and 14 hours.
And in all that time...
... l've never said a single word.
Welcome to Kennedy Airport.
Just a reminder,
this is a non-smoking facility.
- Another 25 or so.
- Thanks.
No chargers, so probably dead.
What do you do with these things?
My son likes to take them apart.
Hello? Oh, thank God.
- Who is this?
- It's the owner of the phone...
- ...you are illegally in possession of.
- I'm not illegally possessing anything.
It was in the lost and
found at JFK. I work here.
New York. You're kidding me.
I don't care how you got it,
okay? I just want it back.
I lost it at Heathrow Airport two days ago.
People have been phone-skipping
it around the globe since.
So can I please have it back?
Can't you just get another one?
It's not the phone that I need.
It's a photograph inside it...
...of my daughter.
It's her birthday tomorrow.
I'm in Mumbai now.
I just need it back, okay?
All right, let me get your address.
Hang on. Now my phone is ringing.
Hello?
Again? You gotta be kidding me.
I pay your school good
money to keep my son safe.
Are you grasping the iron...?
Just tell them not to
touch him, understand?
Do not touch him!
I'll be there as fast as I can.
Hello? Are you still there? Hello?
MAN 1: Yeah, I'll put it back in the truck.
MAN 2: Well, the dad just showed up here.
- MAN 3 All units be advised, we've...
- Damn it, Jake.
You had to call the police?
MAN 4: Third time.
- Don't go near him. You can't touch him.
- Sir, your son cannot keep doing this.
I told you, you cannot touch him.
You gotta let me bring him down.
I can't let you go up there.
I'm not going up there. I'm scared
of heights. I got another idea. Jake!
Come back down, Lenny.
The kid's dad is here.
Hey, buddy!
Come on down, okay?
I got a present for you. See?
Jake, it's all right. Just come on down.
Come on down, buddy.
Jake!
Lucky there wasn't any rain today. That
thing gets wet, he goes up like a torch.
Does the time 3:18 mean
something to that kid?
Wait for me by the car.
All three times he tripped the alarm
on the security system at exactly 3:18.
Kid is like clockwork.
I don't know anything about that.
I'm gonna have to report him
to Child Services this time.
I know, I know.
I'm sorry for your trouble.
Jake.
Come on. Come on.
Why don't we leave the bus
alone now, okay, Jake?
You know what? I got a good idea.
I bet the store here has got orange soda.
Would you like that?
Of course you would.
Come on, Jake, please?
Jake!
- MAN And tonight at 8:00...
- Give me a lottery ticket, please.
- Hang on.
- The Children of 9/11...
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...one, nine, 20...
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of this tragedy on their young lives.
- Hey, hey. Kid, come here.
- Jake!
Kid, come back here.
- Whoa, whoa, whoa, no!
- Jake.
- Hey, hey, whoa, kid.
- I'm sorry, I'll take care of it.
- Open the door.
- Hey, kid. Open it now.
- One, two, three...
- Jake.
- You ought to keep that kid in a cage.
- What did you say? Hey!
Unh!
Smile with the rising sun
Three little birds
Perched on my doorstep
Singin'sweet songs Of
melodies pure and true, yeah
This is my message to you
Sayin'don't worry about a thing
'Cause every little
thing Gonna be all right
'Cause every little
thing Gonna be all right
Whoo!
Ladies and gentlemen, the song
stylings of the next global phenom...
...Kayla Graham.
Play it forward, pass it along.
Start your fan clubs here.
Oh, you know what? I'm starstruck.
I mean, you killed tonight.
And now, for the
post-performance depression.
Kay... Kayla? Kayla.
How is it that you always
end up sitting out here?
It's the obvious place to ruminate
on the things I'll never be.
Half the company is
here because of you.
Niles, you know I love you.
But let's face it...
...l'm gonna be working two cubicles
down from you for the rest of my life.
We all have a destiny, Kayla, okay?
And yours is to be a megastar.
And this here...
- This is the rocket ship that launches it all.
- A mobile phone?
You know Doug from Sales?
He got back from New York today.
Someone stuck this into his bag.
You should see the videos...
...and the messages that are in
here from all around the world.
- It's like a pollen burst ready to explode.
- You got a video of me on that phone...
- ...singing in this bar in Dublin, Ireland.
- Yeah.
You'll send this phone out into the ether
and people are going to discover me?
- That's right.
- And just like that I'll become a megastar?
- Exactly. Heh, heh, heh.
- I'll see you tomorrow, Niles.
Yeah, well, we'll see, Kayla.
A megastar, love.
I mean, it's viral marketing.
We can't fail. Heh, heh, heh.
Taxi.
Airport, please. Air Japan.
Come on, buddy.
It's serious this time, Jake.
The police filed another report today.
We're already on thin ice.
I don't know what to do... Aah!
Damn it!
I'm sorry. It's my fault.
Heh.
There.
The doctor says you're
gonna be bigger than me.
How the hell's that gonna work?
Okay. Okay.
Get some sleep.
They're all the same number.
Jake, how did you do that?
ROCK Hello? Hello?
- Hello, hello?
- Hello, hello?
They're picking up the phone,
"Hello? Hello, hello?"
Mr. Bohm?
Clea Hopkins.
Child and Family Services.
I've come to do an assessment...
Oh, my God.
Your paper.
Thank you.
Can I get you something to drink?
You still working as a doorman?
I've been a taxi driver, construction
worker and baggage handler since then.
I guess I'm still trying to find myself.
Mr. Bohm, I'm sure you
know why I'm here.
- I can explain the cell tower.
- Third time in three weeks.
Well, look on the bright side.
At least he's consistent.
It's a symptom.
Five schools in seven years.
No mother in the home.
Your multiple jobs in the past few years?
It doesn't add up to a promising picture.
We've had our challenges,
but we always get through them.
Unfortunately, these things come
down to resources, commitment...
- ...personal involvem...
- You do not get to talk about commitment.
I'm just pointing out the obvious here.
When your son was born,
you were a reporter at the Herald.
You're working 50 hours a week at
ajob that cannot provide the care...
I've provided for him
for the last 10 years.
With less and less success, apparently.
The financial challenges will only
increase as your son gets older.
I wanna offer solutions, I do.
I'm all ears.
At the risk of being presumptuous,
this is a three-bedroom loft.
In the Meatpacking District?
For conversation's sake,
it was my wife's.
She was a stockbroker. She worked in the
North Tower of the World Trade Center.
It should all be there in your file.
Still, a loft like this has
to be worth an awful lot.
My wife's family had money. I made her put
everything in Jake's name, in a trust...
...because I didn't want
them to think I wanted...
Why don't I just take a few
minutes here so I can meet Jacob.
Knock yourself out.
He's right behind you.
Wow, you're a quiet one, aren't you?
- Hello, Jacob. I'm Clea.
- I wouldn't do that, if I were you.
Not unless you wanna spend the next
three hours peeling him off the ceiling.
He doesn't let anybody
touch him. Not even me.
Don't take it personally.
Hey, is that a dinosaur puzzle?
Oh, my God.
The numbers.
The numbers.
Eighty-seven, one, nine, 20, 31, 11.
Mr. Bohm?
Last night, all these phones went on.
They had numbers on them.
These numbers. Look.
The winning numbers for the lotto.
How would he know?
87, one, nine, 20, 31, 11.
If you're lucky enough to be holding
on to the ticket, congratulations.
But the question on everyone's
mind today is "Where are you?"
The multimillion-dollar
winning lottery ticket...
... is still remarkably unclaimed.
This is one of the biggest jackpots in
New York history. The previous largest...
WOMAN Hello?
Hi, it's me.
Randy?
I really wanna come home now.
- NELL Hello?
- Hi, it's me.
- What do you want, Simon?
- I was just checking in.
I'm on my way to Tokyo.
There's a new chain of
Italian bakeries opening up.
- Could be a huge account for us.
- Uh-huh.
Listen, uh...
...I was gonna try and get home
for her birthday tomorrow night.
I don't really see the point. Why bother?
Nell, please.
Is that everything? Because I have to go.
Last summer in Brighton...
...that hotel that we
stayed at on the beach...
...did we take any photographs...
... of Lily...
... besides the ones on my mobile phone?
No.
Why?
Nothing. Never mind.
Like I said, I'll try and be there, yeah?
That's okay.
There are strange coincidences
around us all the time.
And autistic children
often have a heightened...
Ability with numbers.
You think I don't know?
I never bought that label.
They've been trying to find something
that worked. Nothing fit Jake.
For all I know, he's got nothing to say.
It's not uncommon for a guardian
to feel a lack of human connection.
Unless that's what he's
trying to do, connect.
The truth is the state is going to
mandate a two-week evaluation...
...to determine if Jacob
should be institutionalized.
What if he's trying to communicate?
Sit down. Sit.
Look, Jake climbed
that tower three times.
Every time, the security
cameras caught him at 3:18.
For the last two weeks, he's reset every
clock in this house to that exact time.
And then there's this.
He's been trying to say something.
I just didn't realize it.
What you're talking about
is just wish fulfillment.
You saying I'm making this up?
I'm saying that human
connection is a powerful need.
We see meaning where there isn't any.
You got it all figured out.
You know it all, right?
I know enough to recognize
someone who's underwater...
...who's lost too much.
Career, wife.
Your life is now dominated by a child
that you can no longer control.
Have you ever truly
communicated with him?
Does he even know who you are?
That's not your fault.
No one is judging you for that.
There's a board-and-care
facility 15 blocks from here.
The best in the city.
After his two-week evaluation there,
you can make a case...
...for how you're going to provide a
safe environment for Jake going forward.
In the end...
...it may be determined that you can't.
I know that sounds harsh now...
...but once he's out of the house, l...
You may see that you'll both be
better off with this arrangement.
TARIK
- Eh.
- Eh.
It's only gonna be for two weeks,
then you'll come home.
I'm gonna see you every day, I promise.
Okay, we're all set.
We have tons of fun things for
you to do here, Jake. You'll see.
These will keep him busy for a while.
If he gets agitated, try orange soda.
Usually calms him down. Popcorn too.
He'll wanna count the
kernels before he eats them.
You're a very brave man, Mr. Bohm.
Right.
It's gonna be all right.
Give us 24 hours before you
come back for the first visit.
Hear that, Jake?
I'm gonna see you tomorrow.
I love you.
Come on, Jake.
I'll show you the rec room.
Hey, sweetheart.
They, um...
They say God never gives you
more than you can handle.
But I think he has this time.
I swear to you, I've tried to make it work.
I've tried to connect. I...
I just can't reach him.
And I've failed you both.
I hope you can forgive me, Sarah,
because I can't forgive myself.
'Cause every little
thing Gonna be all right
What do you want?
I'm looking for the Teller Institute.
Sorry, I think I've got the wrong address.
Let me guess. Your kid keeps
climbing a cell tower.
You coming in or not?
The whole cosmic wheel
of humanity comes down...
...to just electromagnetic
energy and connections.
There are those among us, mostly kids...
...whose sole purpose is to act
as air-traffic controllers...
...for that interconnectivity.
My son doesn't even talk.
Unnecessary, outdated,
an evolutionary speed bump.
Like your pinkie toe.
He had any formal math training?
- No. Why?
- Mr. Bohm, your son is one of those kids.
He discovered the Fibonacci
sequence on his own.
- The what?
- Here.
A mathematical sequence discovered
by a 12th-century mathematician...
...named Fibonacci.
The pattern's found in
nature over and over again.
The curve of a wave,
the spiral of a shell...
...the segments of a pineapple.
The universe is made up of
precise ratios and patterns.
All around us.
You and I, we don't see them.
But if we could...
...life would be magical
beyond our wildest dreams.
A quantum entanglement
of cause and effect...
...where everything and
everyone reflects on each other.
Every action, every breath...
...every conscious thought connected.
Imagine the unspeakable beauty
of the universe he sees.
No wonder he doesn't talk.
My son sees all that?
Mr. Bohm...
...your son sees everything.
The past, the present, the future.
He sees how it's all connected.
- You're telling me he predicts the future?
- No, I'm telling you...
...it's a road map.
And yourjob now, your purpose,
is to follow it for him.
It's your fate, Mr. Bohm.
It's your destiny.
I see you're arranging them
into little rows there.
Can I count those with you?
There's two in that one...
...and one in that one.
Two there. Nine.
Two, six, nine, two, two.
212-920-6922.
Heh.
That's my mother's phone number.
Haven't thought of that number in years.
Mom?
Mom, you there?
Hi, I'm Julie, your automated
Amtrak reservation assistant.
Say the name of the destination
you're traveling to.
Lynchburg, Virginia.
Lynchburg, Virginia. Okay. Now,
please say the location of your departure.
New York City.
New York City. Okay. Please hold
while I check for departure times.
It's a phone number.
Three-eighteen. It's today's date.
March 18th. I told you,
he's trying to tell us about something.
But what? Why?
I don't know. To stop it from happening.
To make it happen. I don't know.
But the time, the date,
somehow it's all connected.
And whatever it is, it's
supposed to happen today at 3:18.
Oh, my God. At Grand Central Station.
In 22 minutes. Come on, let's go.
- If we find the phone, what then?
- I don't know. Wait for a call, maybe.
There's gotta be 50 phones in this building.
Businesses, offices...
You go that way, I'll go this way.
No. No!
Sorry, I'm really sorry, but I
need to use that phone. I'm
waiting for a call. Listen, l...
Sir, I really need to use that phone.
I don't think you understand. I have
to have that phone. It's an emergency.
- You.
- You son of a bitch!
That's for the gas station.
COP 1: Hey! COP 2: Break it up!
Break it up!
I told him I was waiting for a
phone call. It's an emergency.
He started it. Look, I gotta get to
Penn Station. I gotta catch a train.
Shh.
MAN 1
KAYLA Singin'sweet song...
Tarik!
Tsk, tsk, tsk.
So far, and as much as
three inches of rain...
... expected to pound New York
and New Jersey in the next hour.
The storm is expected to last through
tomorrow, tapering off by tomorrow night.
So watch out on your
morning and your evening...
RANDALL Mr. Bohm,
my name is Randall Meade.
I was a fireman with
Ladder Company 318.
On September 11, 2001...
... I was on the 87th floor of the
North Tower of the World Trade Center.
I found a woman alive, barely conscious.
She was bleeding pretty bad.
It was your wife, Sarah.
I carried her down 31 flights of stairs.
I just couldn't carry her any farther.
I set her down, checked her pulse...
... and told myself she was already dead.
The truth is, I don't
really know if she was.
I've been thinking about her for 10 years.
I've played the same lotto
numbers every week for 10 years.
9/11, 2001...
...87th floor, 31 flights of stairs.
I was just trying to make
the numbers come out right.
I have some money now,
and it's because of her.
- Sir, I really need to use that phone.
- She'd want me to give it all away.
- So that's what I'm gonna do.
- I don't think you understand.
I have to have that phone.
MAN... owe their lives to one man. A
retired New York fireman, Randall Meade...
... pulled the children
from a burning bus...
... that rolled into a ravine
off the Jersey Turnpike.
This was the scene last night as our own
Sofia Martinez spoke with the hero himself.
As you can see, these are the
smoldering remains of the school bus...
... that earlier today held 25 children.
Mr. Meade, please tell us in
your own words what happened.
I was on my way back to my apartment.
I was just in the right
place at the right time.
And I saw the bus.
I started pulling the kids out...
... one by one.
Mr. Meade?
You made me miss my train.
I'm sorry?
Oh, I'm just saying, if I hadn't have
missed my train, I wouldn't have been here.
It's amazing how things work out.
- I need to see my son now.
- Visiting hours are from 9 to 5.
- Jake! Jake!
- You can't be in here, sir.
- Jake!
- Oh, thank God you're here. It's okay.
The numbers, they were right.
- I tried to call.
- He predicted everything.
- The bus, the kids, 318, lottery, everything.
- He's gone.
- What?
- I went to check on him and he was gone.
- I thought maybe he tried to go back home.
- He's not going home.
- What? How do you know?
- I just do.
Simon Plimpton.
44-077-0090-0488.
Please hold while we transfer
you to a representative.
How may I help you?
Yeah, I've been trying to
find my phone for three days.
And now I'm getting a recorded
message about an invalid territory.
Certain territories are blocked to
our customers, for security reasons.
So if your phone is in any one of these
areas, I won't be able to help you.
- Perhaps it's time to get a new phone.
- Yeah, I got a new phone...
...but I need what's in that phone.
Can't you just GPS it orjust
call the number for me?
We're not supposed to do that, sir.
Listen, I am 6000 miles
from my home in London.
On the road. I sell
restaurant supplies and...
Look, I know that it's a long shot...
... but there's some photos in
the phone and I need to see them.
There's someone in them that
I'm not ever gonna see again.
My daughter. She died a year ago today.
March 18th.
Okay. I'm gonna have to put you on hold.
Yeah, fine.
KAYLA Hello, is anyone there?
- Hello?
- Who is this?
You're using a phone that
doesn't belong to you.
They just put it on me. I don't know.
- Sir?
- To explode the bomb.
- I'm sorry, did you just say...?
- A bomb...
...in one minute and 34 seconds.
- The phone, it's the timer.
- This is ajoke, right?
I'm not a bad person.
- Sir, where are you?
- When you hear this on the news...
...you will tell people I
was not a bad person, yes?
No. No, you can't do this.
Listen to me, you have to take the
battery out of the phone right now.
No, I can't. I have no choice.
We always have a choice.
Think of the people, and if you can't think
about that then think about yourself.
You must have a life you
dream about, a future.
I have no dreams.
I'm a fool.
I wanted to be a
comedian like Chris Rock.
I love Chris Rock.
We're all fools for our dreams.
Maybe there's someone who
can help you reach yours.
- No one can.
- How can I help you?
What would make you
not want to do this?
An oven.
An oven for my family.
An oven.
Restaurant supplies. I know
someone who can get you an oven.
Can you hear me? I know someone
who can get you an oven.
So here's what we're gonna do.
I'm gonna disconnect your phone at my end.
But you have to take the battery
out of the phone right now.
Then call this number back when
it's safe. Understand? Please.
- Are you sure you can get me an oven?
- Yes.
Okay, I'll do it.
God, what's he doing up there?
Come on down, Jake!
Come on down! Can you hear me?
Jake, look, I got a phone for you, see?
The ratio is always the same.
One to 1.618 over and
over and over again.
The patterns, mathematical in design...
... are hidden in plain sight.
You just have to know where to look.
7,080,360,000 people.
And only a few of us can
see the connections.
Today we'll send over 300 billion e-mails.
Nineteen billion text messages.
Yet we'll still feel alone.
The average person
will say 2250 words...
... to 7.4 other individuals.
Will these words be used to hurt...
... or to heal?
There's an ancient Chinese myth
about the red thread of fate.
Don't look down.
Don't look down.
It says that the gods have tied a red
thread around every one of our ankles...
... and attached it to all of the people
whose lives we are destined to touch.
This thread may stretch or tangle.
You can do this.
But it will never break.
Jake, listen to me.
I did what you wanted.
I followed the numbers.
The kids on that bus,
they were saved because of you.
Jake.
I don't know if you understand
a single word that I'm saying.
I don't even know if you hear me.
But I can hear you, Jake.
Do you understand that?
I can hear you now.
I don't understand. What is it?
It's a road map.
- ARNIE Hello, this is Arnie.
- Hello, my name is Martin Bohm.
Look, I know this is gonna sound crazy but
I think we're supposed to find each other.