Touch (2012–2013): Season 1, Episode 4 - Kite Strings - full transcript

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The first transatlantic telegraph cable was
made of 340,500 miles of copper and iron wire,

designed to stretch 2,876. 95
miles along the ocean floor.

Once the cable was in place,

you could use electrical impulses and signal code to send
any message you wanted to the other side of the world.

Human beings are hard-wired with
the impulses to share our ideas...

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and the desire to know we've been heard.

It's all part of our need for community.

That's why we're constantly
sending out signals and signs.

It's why we look for
them from other people.



We're always waiting for messages.

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Hoping for connection.

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And if we haven't received a message,

it doesn't always mean
it hasn't been sent to us.

Sometimes it means we haven't
been listening hard enough.

Okay,we already cleared
it with the director,

and he's done with his
therapy,so...we're ready.

Thank you. I appreciate this.

Sundays are always spent with
family. Just... be back by 5:00.

Okay. H-Hold on one sec.

Is everything all right?

Y-Yeah. I got some news today.



Not exactly news,I
was expecting it,but...

now the state of New York
has told me definitively.

If it's something about Jake's case...

No,no,it's not about
Jake,it's about his mother.

Apparently there are limits
to our current DNA technology.

"...deeply regret to inform you
we can find no further linkages."

They've hit the endpoint for
trying to identify victim's remains.

I'm sorry.

I just... I... just wanted something.

A piece of her,to... put in the ground.

I wouldn't have cared
if it was just ashes,

I...kind of wanted to be able to look up in the sky
and know where Sarah was before the buildings came down.

When Jake was a baby,I
traveled a lot for work.

The truth is,I wasn't there for her.

I wasn't there for Jacob.

I thought I had all
the time in the world.

I was thinking about going
to the cemetery today,

but it's not really the place for him.

It's exactly the place for him.

You're acknowledging that you miss her.

Jake deserves the
chance to witness that.

You might be right.

You remember this place?

You know,sometimes when people die...

they're just gone.

They don't leave anything
behind,well... nothing physical.

Mommy was like that.

But at least we've got this
place to remember her,right?

Jake... Jake! Jake,you can't run here!

Excuse me,but this is my wife's grave,and
I don't believe we've met before.

No. No,but I knew Sarah.

My name's Martin.

Bobby. Bobby Ariza.

How'd you know Sarah?

Summer of 2001.

I was a bike messenger; she was
on my World Trade Center route.

I saw her every couple of
days,and,uh... we became friends.

Summer of 2001. That's
right before she...

I'm sorry,I can't let him get
that far away. I'll be right back.

Jake!

Hey,buddy. Stay close,okay?

Guess what?

I just met one of Mommy's friends.

Where's he going? I
wanted to talk to him.

Hey,I bet if we chased him,we can
catch up to him. What do you think?

Jake?

Nine point five,nine point five.

Nine and a half.

9:50.

Okay,Jake,we'll follow it.

Jake!

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Buddy,it looks like the
traffic got your kite.

There's got to be a toy
store around here somewhere.

Come on...

Jake. Come on. Sweetheart,what's wrong?

Jake,I'm trying to understand what you
want,but you've got to help me out,please.

Damn it. It's like a
game of hot and cold.

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"9.5 percent." Where
are you taking me,Jake?

Nine point five. 9.5,okay.

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- Transfer of power happened,yes?
- Yep.

There are barely any Americans here now.

You need morale,back at the embassy.

We can help you.

He is head of Deep Lightning
band. Raw metal power.

- You guys are in a band together?
- Oh,not me.

I warm up the crowd,like Chris Rock.

All of my customers like this.

I am a crossover hit,baby.

All right.Uh,tomorrow,when we
come by on this training patrol,

- we'll see what you got.
- Okay.

- All right? All right.
- Thank you.

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Laura! Guess who got the audition?

Congrats,Abdul.

You must watch. You inspired me
with all of the Chris Rock DVDs.

Tomorrow,I will tell all of his jokes.

And if this goes well,next
stop is the U.S. Embassy.

Okay,I'll do what I can to be there.

I'm on a 30-minute string,so I might have
to go out in the field if something comes up.

But if I'm here,I will
absolutely come to your audition.

Okay. Thank you!

Thank you.

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And that's why Jesus says that
he is here for the righteous.

Oh,hold on. I'm sorry,no,uh...

Sorry. I can't read
my own writing,sorry.

Uh,Jesus says that he is not
here for the righteous,Yeah.

"Not here for the
righteous,but for the sinners."

Exactly. For the sinners.

All right,now let us all turn in our
Bibles to Luke,verse nine,chapter five.

I mean,chapter nine,verse five...

where Jesus says that we
should dust off our feet

as we leave the homes of
those that will not welcome us.

Good to see you,Jim.

All right,have a nice day,dear.

It's good to have a new face here.

What brings yo to our church?

I saw your sign.

I gotta tell you,that's a
lot of false advertising.

That whole "he has the answers" thing?

Y-You didn't give us a single answer.

Thank you. For your honesty.

It's a,uh,welcome change from the usual.

Hey,could I,uh... could I offer
you a refill on that coffee?

Sure.

Jake! Wait for the light!

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Jake.

Jake!

Jake... slow down

Jake.That's the last apartment,65.

I'm sorry. There is no 95,sweetheart. We're
going to have to look somewhere else,okay?

Jake?

Come on,kids,I told you,no more
playing soccer in the hallway...

You following me?

Jake's kite got away from
us,and we were looking for it.

And he just walked into this building.

But I have to say,I think our
paths were supposed to cross.

Right now's not a good time.

I'm not just talking about Sarah's grave. I'm
talking about why I'm standing here right now.

I know this is gonna sound crazy,but does
the number 9.5 or 9 1/2 mean anything to you?

No.

No,listen,my wife is going
to come back in a few minutes.

So,I would appreciate it
if you just please leave.

Look,I was just wondering,you said
that you and Sarah were friends.

You must have been really young,right?

22,23. Old enough.

Old en...

- Jake!
- Jake! You can't be in here.

Let me just handle this,please.
Okay,if you touch him...

Just let me handle this.

Jake,sweetheart,we can't just come...

You have a daughter.

Her name is Sarah.

Yeah.

LT,this is Sullivan.

- We are clear of checkpoint four.
- Copy that,Sullivan.

How far behind is our escort?

Far enough so that we arrive alone.

The message said we
have to meet as equals.

We bring a vehicle,he brings a vehicle.

Otherwise,he won't do the meet.

- Okay,let's back off and give him some space.
- Roger that.

When I translate for you,I'll tell
him our car's still bigger than his.

LT,you okay?! Get over there.
We got to help them! I'll...

We're taking fire! Multiple
snipers on the rooftop!

We're taking fire from all
directions! They got us pinned down!

Only one way to go,then.

Well,my grandpa,the,uh,first
Steve Whitaker--

now,he truly had a
gift for helping people.

He built this church.

He left it to his son,Stephen Junior.

My daddy,uh,he was a believe,too, but what he really
excelled at was maintaining the church's upkeep.

Dad passed right after I was ordained.

Stuck around just long enough to
make sure I fulfilled my obligations.

Uh,I guess I'm,uh,glad he's not here to
be disappointed by my lack of answers.

Nobody seems to have the
answers,not that I can tell.

So,you're on a spiritual quest,then.

Just trying to figure out what I'm
supposed to do with some money I came into,

so I can make amends with some people.

Doing some renovations?

Oh,this is just maintenance.

My daddy had some grand
design for the church,

but I've never had the
time to get it going.

Looks like your dad did
want to expand the place.

With a reception hall in the
back,new footings in the basement.

You got a knack for
that kind of stuff,huh?

My old man was in the
construction business.

I spent a lot of
summers working for him.

Yeah? Well...

My dad always talked
about that reception hall

when he had his stroke and...

I had to change my plans out of high
school to stay and take care of him.

Truth is,I've been
chained here ever since.

Where were you going before?

Well,my class of '95 plan was to
follow my girlfriend up to New York.

Go to school up there like she did.

- New York's not all it's cracked up to be.
- Yeah.

Is that where you're from?

Well,I spent the last 15 years there.

But actually,I'm originally
Lynchburg. Born and bred.

Well,your family must
be glad to have you home.

They don't know I'm here.

I told them I'd let them know when I
arrived but I've been putting off calling.

You mentioned in the sanctuary
that you needed to make amends.

Do you mind if I ask what for?

I think I let someone die.

I understand that you're busy,

but there's so many things about Sarah's
life that last summer that I don't know;

I would be so grateful if you could
just tell me anything that you remember.

You're right. We're
intruding. I'm-I'm sorry.

We'll leave. Jake. Come on,we got to go.

Thank you.

S-Sarah was a great lady.

Look,the reason why we
became friends was because,

out of everybody I delivered to,

Sarah was the only one that gave a
damn about what was going on with me.

She always asked to see
pictures of my little boy.

She loved kids.

She said they made life complete.

It sounds like her.

And she always said that I shouldn't be risking
my neck on a bike out there in Manhattan,

not with a family at home.

But...

I couldn't get a promotion
to dispatcher without my GED.

So,Sarah volunteered to tutor me in
math. Every Wednesday at lunch time.

I got my GED,and then I
got that promotion,too.

Turned my whole life around.

You know,I owe your wife a
debt that I can't ever repay.

So,she tutored you the entire summer,so you
spent time with her right up until the end.

That's right.

Thing is,she never mentioned you to me.

Like you said,there was
a lot you didn't know.

Well,maybe there's a couple
other things you can tell me,

like why you ran off at the cemetery, or why
you're afraid your wife would find us here.

Listen...

I don't know what problems you were
having with your marriage or anything...

What did you just say?

Where I'm from,when a woman
stops wearing her wedding ring,

it means something.

She wasn't wearing her wedding ring?

No.

Maybe if you weren't traveling so much in Bolivia
- or whatever,she would actually thought...

You don't know me. You don't
know a damn thing about me.

So,for your information,it
was the Balkans,not Bolivia.

And I was a reporter,that's what
I did for a living. It was my job.

So don't you dare insinuate
that I abandoned my family.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

But,uh... How could I possible know that
those damn buildings were going to come down?

How could I... How could
I possible know that?

I did.

I was on my route,next to the
tower,when that first plane hit.

They were telling
people to stay inside--

stay in their offices--
and I knew that was wrong.

It was wrong. I knew that I should've...

helped people get out. I... helped,uh...

get Sarah.

But I didn't.

I froze.

I was scared.

I... I never forgive myself for that.

I'm so sorry.

Who's this?

Jake.

I'll get him.

Jake. Jake!

Jake,unlock the door.

Jake,unlock the door now!

Her name was Sarah Bohm.

I carried her down 31 flights of stairs.

The whole time she was saying
these names,Martin and Jake.

Martin and Jake.

She wanted me to find them for her.

So I asked her,"Were they in
the towers somewhere? " But...

she didn't answer.

And then I saw that
she wasn't breathing.

At least I-I thought
she wasn't breathing.

I guess I told myself...

she was already dead.

The truth is...

I couldn't carry her anymore.

I wanted to save myself.

I'm so ashamed.

I can't change what I did.

I just wanted a way to move on.

So I started obsessing about
the numbers from that day...

nine,eleven,87th floor,31
flights of stairs.

And then I figured if I used
the numbers to win the lottery...

somehow it'd make sense.

It'd give me permission to... move on.

But after all these years...

I finally won.

And I don't feel any different.

Maybe you just need some time.

Maybe.

Maybe I just need
something to keep me busy.

Well...

you could do me a favor.

You want to show me,uh,what
the heck a footing is?

I don't know.

It really wouldn't take that
much to fix this place up.

Well,friend,I wouldn't
even know where to begin.

Jesus was a carpenter,but guess
who can't swing a hammer...

Oh,no,no,no,no,no,no,no,no.

I just locked us in here.

I'm gonna try to find us a
route back to a safe checkpoint.

Hold up.

I got to stop the bleeding.

Still coming after us.

- So we'll keep going.
- Where?

Away from the bad guys.

You know,a friend of mine used to say you can
get anywhere you want one foot step at a time.

You and I are gonna prove him right.

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Dear King Roadie.

My name is Abdul and I am with
Deep Lightning metal band in Iraq.

The bass guitar needs power for his amp,

a RitchterVox Model 95-A.

Please tell me what is the maximum
feed so that we don't blow up.

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Baby? Ann-Marie?

King-Roadie. com has just
officially gone global!

I just got an e-mail from
this Iraqi cat named Abdul.

- Did you hear that,baby?
- What?

Okay.

Dear Abdul,

I congratulate you on your metal journey
and on your RichterVox Model 95-A.

That's a real collector's item,man.

By all means,draw the
power from an outside line,

but do not on any account turn
the feed past... turn the feed...

Baby,darling,do you know
where my-my red suitcase is?

Where I keep all my really
old instructions manuals?

I put it on your desk
behind your keyboards.

On my desk behind the keyboards...

I can't give him an answer
till I find that suitcase.

If you ain't never
contemplated killing nobody,

you ain't never been in love!

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One,one step at a time.

Had a visual on Davis and
Shea heading out of the desert.

I lost them in the dark.
Continuing to search.

They're both wounded.

If we don't find them,they'll
never survive out here.

Jake,open the door now!

And this man's wife was your teacher?

- Yes,but a long time ago.
- Jake!

- This might work.
- Okay,thanks.

Sarah saw something in
me that nobody else saw.

- Sarah? Did you name our daughter after her?
- Yes.

Bobby,I don't understand... Why did
you keep all this a secret from me?

Jake. Jake!

Jake...

You get in here now,you hear me?!

Son of a...

Jake,look,I know you wanted me to come
here, but we're not helping anybody,

so please,just get back inside.

Damn it,Jake! Don't you do it!

Jake!

Jake!

Jake!

No,wait!

Okay,okay.

I'm not chasing you anymore.
Please,don't go any higher.

Do not on any account turn
the feed past... 50 volts.

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Oh,come on! Baby,my Internet
connection's not working.

I think we're actually gonna have to open
up the window and check the satellite dish.

Do you maybe think you
could help me out with that?

There's not enough room in this place
for you and me and all your stuff.

Ann-Marie! Are you okay,baby?

Jake,sweetheart,don't you understand? It is
my job to make sure that you're safe. Please.

What's he doing up there?

Every time I go after him,he
just climbs even higher.

Wait a minute.

You don't want me to come and get you.

You want him.

- You gotta get him.
- Why?

Bobby,look,I can't explain it all,

but the kite,the cemetery,9.5,it
all leads to this moment.

He wants you to get him,not me.

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Get my son,Bobby. Go!

- What are you doing?
- Just wait.

Jake...

He's coming up,Jake.

Don't go any higher,Jake.
I got the kite.

You got to grab him. He'll go
ballistic. Just hold on to him tight.

Okay,okay,okay.

Jake,just hold on!

All right,just hold on a second,Jake.

No!

Jake,don't go out there. Jake,come on.
I can get the kite. Just come down,Jake.

Jake,just do what he says!

Jake,come on down. Come on down.

I can get the kite. Come on,Jake.
I can get the kite,come on.

No!

Jake!

It's okay,Bobby. Let him go.

Jake...

Jake...

Earlier,you said you wanted
to repay your debt to Sarah?

You just did.

You saved his life. Thank you.

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Boo-ya!

We're now five klicks
from the last checkpoint.

Still no sign of Davis and Shea.

Your operation is compromised.
You need to return to base.

Negative. I will not
leave them out here.

I'm gonna circle back and keep looking.

There's got to be a way to find them.

You can do it,Shea.

Come on.

One... step... at... a time.

One... one step at a time.

I got a visual! I found Davis!
West-northwest of my position.

Send an evac chopper
to coordinates 3095!

All these windows have bars on them.

Sorry I got you into this mess.

It's not your fault.

I played my numbers.

They reset my karma.

That's why I'm here.

Whatever happens next,is meant to be.

You know,I realized that I envy you.

What the hell for?

You received a sign.
Through your numbers.

You know who,uh,received
signs in the Bible?

Prophets. Holy people. Leaders.

People with something worthwhile to do.

Something important to say.

You know who didn't
receive any signs at all?

Everyone else who doesn't
get mentioned in the Bible.

People who live their
lives... without meaning.

People like me.

Jake. I'm sorry for the trouble.

- I'm just glad your son's okay.
- Thank you.

You asked about a number. About 9.5?

It probably doesn't mean anything,but...

I remember September 5,2001,

was my last session with Sarah.

She showed up late that day.
Said she had another appointment.

That was September 5. Nine/five.

He looks like her.

You notice that?

Every single day.

Come on,Jake.

I can break this window.

At least I can yell for help...

Pastor Steve?

- Pastor Steve?
- Yes!

Are you in there?

I need your help,we're in the basement!

Watch your step.

What on earth?

Dry rot. Just... call 911!

Pastor,something's happened
in Iraq. Laura's been wounded.

How bad?

She's been medevaced to an Army base in
Germany. She's about to go into surgery.

She wants to talk to you.

- To me?
- Of course.

All right.

Listen,I want to talk to her,but this
man needs medical attention,all right?

- So call 911 on the church landline.
- If it works.

Hello?

Steve.

I'm so glad my brother found you.

He says that you're hurt. What happened?

I... I was with a guy from
my unit... Corporal Shea...

when we got lit up by sniper fire.

They said my wound is
septic. It's really bad.

- Oh,my God,Laura...
- But out in the desert...

I just kept thinking about
what you told me in high school.

About moving ahead
one footstep at a time.

It kept me going.

All the way to where they found us.

You helped save Corporal Shea's life.

And... whatever happens to me,I
just,I wanted to tell you...

Don't... talk like that.

You're gonna come out of
that surgery just fine.

And I'm gonna be there as soon as I can.

I promise you.

- You don't have to come here.
- Yes,I do.

Listen to me. This church
doesn't need me anymore.

I've been given a sign.

I'm leaving it all behind me now.

What do you mean,"She's gone"?

Lieutenant Davis was
flown out by medevac.

She was wounded in an ambush.

That's what happens when
you include the nationals.

"Include" them?

They live here! We live here!

We include you! Get it?

Then let me break it
down for you,brother.

Iraqis have been here
forever. Since Mesopotamia.

We started our party 9,000 years ago.

We have been around almost as long
as,uh... as long as The Simpsons.

Want to audition now?

- Yeah?
- Yes.

All right. Go ahead.

In spite of all our
communication technology,

no invention is as effective
as the sound of the human voice.

* By the glaze in your eye
By your shape,by your size *

* By the pen in your heart
By the art in your room *

* By your bicycle *

* By the hole in your shoe
By New York,by the blue *

* By the song in your throat
By the sting in your nose *

* By your watermark *

When we hear a human voice, we instinctively
want to listen, in the hopes of understanding it.

Even when the speaker is searching
for the right words to say.

Even when all we hear is
yelling,or crying,or singing.

* You can pull on the chain
You can knock on the door *

* You can sing in the rain
You can roll on the floor *

* You can separate *

That's because the human voice resonates
differently from anything else in the world.

That's why we can hear a singer's voice
over the sound of a full orchestra.

We will always hear the singer,no
matter what else surrounds it.

September 5. Nine/five.

Sarah's appointment.

"B.A. " Bobby Ariza.

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Normally,we wouldn't hold
an item for so many years,

but...it was a wedding ring,after all.

It's my wife's ring.

That's why she wasn't wearing it.

She couldn't wear it while
it was being engraved.

"One plus one equals three."

That's what she used to
say when our son was born.

Jake made us a family.
One plus one equals three.

Sir?

Do you still want this ring?

Yes. Please.

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