Touch (2012–2013): Season 1, Episode 8 - Zone of Exclusion - full transcript

Previously on Touch:

We're missing a few seconds
of Teller outside of Room 6.

Amelia.

Ten minutes later he was dead.

Sheri, what can you tell me
about the patient in Room 6?

Jake keeps going AWOL
and ending up there.

Wondering who's inside.
No one. The room's empty.

They say that the shortest
path between two points

is a straight line.

But what happens if
that path gets blocked?

When sediment impedes
the flow of a river, it redirects.



Zigging and zagging instead
of following a straight course.

What looks to the
crow like meandering,

is to the water, the
most efficient route

from source to outlet.

Nature finds a detour.

Sir. Sir, excuse me.

You dropped something.

Ham radio has what,
three working parts?

I told them the tube was
loose, but nobody listens.

Thanks, though. You're welcome.

When two points
are destined to touch

but a direct connection
is impossible,

the universe will
always find another way.

Would you mind watching
Jake? I forgot his...



hat. SHERI: Come on, guys.

Let's light a fire.

Are you okay?

Yeah, about a year ago I took
Jake to the science museum.

I spent three hours
trying to talk him

out of a stall in
the men's room.

I'm just not sure about today.

For you to even have a
dog in the custody fight

Jake's gonna need
to show progress.

Right now, he lives in a
world of his own making.

Experiences like today
push the boundaries,

but we don't grow if
we stay comfortable.

We're not just talking
about Jake now, are we?

Clea, you guys coming or what?

Okay, buddy. You ready?

It's time to get going.

What is it?

The pattern.

The company your
sister-in-law works for.

Aster Corps.

It's the same symbol.

It can't be a
coincidence that Jake

keeps landing on a triangle.

Okay, buddy, stay
where I can see you.

Good, all seven present
and accounted for.

That's right, we're one
down. I keep forgetting Room 6

is still empty. Who did
you say was in there last?

I didn't.

Jake.

Jake, stop!

I'm so sorry. My son,
he gets away from me.

Not to worry. I remember
when mine was that age.

- Enjoy the museum.
- Thank you.

Check it out. She's
waving at the boy.

She can see him.

I read about this, it's
a live shot of Paris.

This isn't my phone.

555-0101?

Hello?

I'm sorry. Look, I think I have

a pretty good idea
how this happened.

My son must have picked it
up. We're in the first exhibit hall.

We'll wait for you here.

You're welcome. Jake.

What are the chances you
had something to do with that?

Oh, my God.

It's all right, buddy.

We'll just go look at something
else. I spy something red.

I'll get her back. MARTIN: Okay.

Just calm down. Jake, okay?
It's going to be all right. Jake.

Yeah, I can see you.
Can you see me?

I'll take care of this.

I'm sorry to bother you.
But could you ask your friend

to grab the lady
with the red coat?

Please, it's important.

He needs to speak to
the woman in the red coat.

Buddy, look, someone's
going to get her. Jake, please.

See, buddy? She came back.

Jake, I don't know what
you want me to do right now.

Hello? Hello?

Here she is.

Hello?

I'm sorry. I don't speak French.
- I do.

Excuse me. I think
you have my phone.

I'm so sorry, my son has
a thing for cell phones.

It's okay. Thank you.

Excuse me,

by any chance is
your name Simrin?

Yes.

I'm sorry, do I know you?

No, but I think she does.

I'm sorry.

This can't be happening.

I'm so sorry.

No.

No. What the hell just happened?

She says, she thinks
that was her mother.

But her mother
died 21 years ago.

Veronique's birth mother
died when she was an infant.

All she got was one picture
and her mother's name.

Sounds pretty far-fetched.
It's been more than 20 years.

I told you before,
these numbers, patterns,

they're not just coincidence.

She says, Simrin isn't
a common Indian name.

The birthmark on her cheek.

She's the right age.

Damn it.

Jake,

I want to follow
the road map, I do.

But there isn't a
number this time

and I don't understand
what the triangles mean.

And today's a really
important day for us too.

I just can't leave.

Maybe Clea's right.
I mean, we can't

be certain that
this is her mother.

I mean, it's been 20 years.

Jake...

It's her mother.

How can you be sure? I just am.

You look after Jake. Tell her
I'm going to try and find her.

Hello, Triborough drivers,
you fine specimens of humanity.

That's right, Sal Slaykoff
is back from breakfast.

And it was delicious.
Thanks for asking.

Funny thing happened
to me on my way back

from Diego's Chicken
and Waffle House.

Total stranger took a moment

out of his busy day
to do me a solid.

Found something I'd lost.

We're all moving forward
in this big, crazy world.

Each of us in
our own little box.

Wouldn't kill you to make
a bit of human contact.

Keep that in mind next
time you pick up a fare.

Anybody copy?

What, am I talking
to myself here?

Veronique, my God, what?

Finding her alive would
change everything.

Hey, Ipolita.

The suit with your comm gear
is taking the next space walk.

Grazie, Allegra.

Damn it.

Jake.

What the hell are you doing?

This running off has
to stop. It is not safe.

I tried to find her, okay?
I couldn't, I'm sorry.

We have to go back inside
before they notice we're gone.

Come on. Now.

- Tell me Jake's with you.
- Yeah, I've got him.

We're on our way back.

Jake!

Sweetheart, what
is it? Is he all right?

Yes, thank you, he's fine.

You free? Hey.

Jackass.

You'll make two stops
before dropping me off at JFK.

I have a 10-2 at 35th and 9th.

Copy, that's your
last fare of the day.

Jake,

I don't know what
you want me to do.

I tried to find
her, but I couldn't.

You know what? I've got an idea.

Clea Hopkins. Hey, it's me.

The mother, Simrin, her
cell phone when it rang,

do you remember what I
said the incoming call was?

It started with 555.
I think it was 0101.

I think that's it, 555-0101.

Yeah, I think that's what it
was. I want to try something.

We're going to be a
minute. Okay, thanks.

555-0101.

Hotel Trio, how may I help you?

Come on, buddy.

Excuse me, I'm
looking for a woman.

She called me
earlier from the hotel.

Jake.

Jake. Damn it.

Hey, little man.

Are you lost? MARTIN: Jake.

I'm sorry, it's my
son. I'll take care of it.

Nice job on the SARJ inspection.

Stow your camera,
and we'll move on.

What? No smoke break?

You want to wrap
this up in six hours,

I suggest you head to S1
Zenith for the RPCM swap.

Roger that.

Hey, hey.

Give me a glove check.

Pristine.

One cut could really put
a damper on your day.

Says the woman sitting inside.

Translating.

Can you verify the HUD
compares well with the DCM?

I know men aren't known
for their multitasking abilities

but I need a check
on your suit's data.

How do you read?

Gio, do you read me?

Gio, do you read me?

Is there something
I can help you with?

Veronique, right?

I'm sorry, my name is Nandu.

How is that possible?
I just saw you.

Are you a guest in this hotel?
No, no, please just hear me out.

I think I met your
sister, your twin sister.

I'm sorry, I'm an only child.

I'll just call the front desk.

Wait, do you have any
family in France? Paris?

No, I was born in India and
I moved here before I was 1.

Please, just call your mother.
Her name's Simrin, right?

How do you know
my mother's name?

She lost her cell
phone. I found it.

She called me from this
hotel. I know this sounds crazy,

but I think I'm supposed to
reunite you and your sister.

I told you, I don't
have a sister.

What if I can prove
to you that you do?

There you are.

Where's Jake and Mr. Bohm?

Uh, checking out
an exhibit upstairs.

We're taking off in 20.

Don't want to be
late for the surprise

back at the Board & Care.

The exhibit,

the video wall,

it's sponsored by the same group

that donated the beta tablets
to Board & Care, Aster Corps.

Is it?

I hadn't noticed.

Where are you? We're
leaving in 20 minutes.

I know. I need you
to call Veronique.

I have her on the
other line. Good.

Ask where she was born,
the more specific, the better.

Okay, give me one second.

In a town called
Akaltara. Okay, thanks.

You said you left India
before you were 1?

Were you born in a
town called Akaltara?

It's just got to
be a coincidence.

Ask Veronique
what her birth date is.

May 1, 1991.

That's your birthday, isn't it?

The same birthday,
from the same town.

There are coincidences,
and there are truths.

I was meant to connect
you and your sister today.

Please, just let
me take you to her.

Sometimes, twins
share allergies.

Ask Veronique if she's
allergic to something.

You're scaring
me. Don't leave...

She's allergic to strawberries.

Damn it.

We're on our way back.

Jake, we need to go
back to the museum,

or I'm going to be
in really big trouble.

I apologize again for
having to meet on the fly

as they say, but I wouldn't
want to miss my flight.

No, of course not.

You're a miracle
worker, Dr. Knox.

Well, there's a great deal
of suffering in the world

but if I can help to ease even
one person's pain, well, then

I've served a greater purpose.

When we spoke on the phone...

Oh, right. Of course. Heh.

By this time next week

you will be a different woman.

Hey, 5:30 a.m. shift.

That's the fat lady singing.

You're shift's up, time to
bring those rides home.

Hang up your keys,

take a shower, hit the
bodega on the way home,

and buy some
flowers for the wife.

Fly free, little birds.

I'm stuck here in this cage.

Let me live
vicariously through you.

Nobody listens.

Tell her I'm sorry.

But the phone number?
Didn't you reach Simrin?

It's complicated.

I'm allergic to strawberries.

Is it possible that we have met?
Maybe I've driven you before.

Doubtful.

I avoid this city
like the plague.

I'm here on business
for the day, that's all.

What is it you do?

Obstetrician.

Work can be difficult when
you're away from the family.

For every man shall
bear his own burden.

That's what I used to
tell my little one. Although,

she is not so little
anymore... I'll tell you what.

Why don't you just
focus on the road,

so I don't have to
pretend to be interested

in anything you have to say?

I lied to Sheri.

After Jake slipped out,
she asked where you were.

Come on, troops.

Drop your stuff and
meet up at the rec room.

We got a surprise for you.

Did she buy it?

Yeah. For the rest of the day,
she needs to see you here.

Jake's evaluation
hearing's around the corner.

I know, I know. No
more meltdowns.

Seeing Veronique and
Nandu together today, it was...

The way it should be. I know.

I better go help Sheri.
Okay. We'll be right in.

Come on, buddy, it's our turn.

Thank you.

What am I missing?

Jake, the triangles.
I know. We did that.

Veronique, Nandu, Simrin.

They were the triangle, and
we brought them together.

Isn't that what you wanted?

Jake. Jake, just calm down.

I just don't know
if I can do this.

It's a fait accompli.

If anyone ever found out...

And how would they do that?

There's no ties
binding you to me,

me to her,

us to them.

Why do you think I
had you meet me here?

Like I said, no ties.

We're playing
with people's lives.

You should've considered that
before you cashed the check.

1604, this is dispatch. Your
shift ended 20 minutes ago.

Service is waiting
on your vehicle.

Listen, you're right not to
be taking the situation lightly.

We're not God, but have no
doubt that we are helping people.

You are helping people.

Pull over.

My esteemed colleague
will be getting out here.

Then you can take me to
JFK, international departures.

CAPCOM comm
check. Gio, do you read?

He's too focused on the task.

Allegra, do you have
visual? Negative.

It's possible Gio
translated into an area

where structures are
blocking your signals.

Readjustment already in process.

Go ahead and keep your
scheduled rendezvous.

Are you kidding me?

I think the current situation
warrants I cancel and continue...

We'll assume IV from the ground.

Take another stab at
reestablishing comm.

Roger that.

We're about to join a
webcast being streamed

to schools and libraries
all across the country.

Now, seeing that we spent
the day at the museum

exploring space,

I figured why not bring a
little space home with us.

We good to go? MAN: Yeah.

Hello, Earth. GIRL: Hi.

Greetings from the
International Space Station.

My name is Allegra,
and my partner,

Gio, and I have spent the past
two and a half months up here

working on space
observation studies.

We also do housekeeping.

And that's where Gio
is right now, actually.

He's outside fixing
a piece of the ISS,

that's kind of like
a circuit breaker.

I know that he would love
to talk to you himself, but

unfortunately, communication
is down temporarily.

Comm blackouts are
normal. As a matter of fact,

once every orbit, the ISS
loses all contact with Earth

as we pass through
the Zone of Exclusion.

It's like when you wear ear
buds to tune out your parents.

Okay, today's topic is
radio communication.

Currently, I am orbiting
400 kilometers above Earth

while simultaneously talking
to a capsule communicator

in Houston and our
webcast server in New York.

Three distinct, individual
points connected.

These two

by 5191 miles.

We call it triangulation.

In this case, an
isosceles triangle

where two sides are identical.

That's because right
now, at this very moment

the distance between
the ISS and Houston,

and the ISS and New
York is exactly the same.

Five thousand one
hundred and ninety-one.

What?

May 1, 1991.

That's Veronique and
Nandu's birthday, remember?

Who can figure out, based
on my two equidistant sides

what the missing
piece of my triangle is?

The top angle is 18 degrees.

Cat's cradle and the
triangles brought us here

but the number
she's talking about,

that's what Jake
wants me to know.

That's why he was
still playing the game.

One-six-zero-four.
One-six-zero-four.

Did anybody get that?

What does it mean?

I don't know yet.

The only people that
do are part of the triangle.

I need to talk to Veronique
or Nandu. I need to go.

But Sheri, she's watching.

You want to see
another meltdown?

I don't have a choice.

I'm going to have to
cut our chat short, kids.

I hope that someday
I'm down there

talking with one of you up here.

Ciao.

Houston, are you getting this?

Extravehicular 1's
reading elevated for CO2.

We have to purge
his suit immediately

or he'll enter hypercapnia.

Please tell me you've
regained comm.

Negative. Comm is still down.

Gio...

I need to know if
the number 1604

means anything to
you or your sister.

How did you?

Yeah, my father,
he's a taxi driver.

It's his medallion number.

I'm going to need to speak
with your father. It's important.

I was reduced to
sympathetic hand-holding,

but the transaction's complete.

I'm off to Korea right now to
shore up the third package.

Problem? Please. These
people are desperate.

Hey!

What part of JFK
did you fail to grasp?

I know who you are.

And I know what you're doing.

I'll call you back.

Ah, yes.

Every so often I run
into one of you people.

So you do?

You do remember me?

No.

But then, I'm
terrible with faces.

I won't let what happened
to my family happen again.

I'm taking you to the police.

We can't put spilled milk
back in its bottle, brother.

You are a leech,

feeding off people's
desperation. It's wrong!

You made me give up my child.

I furnish a service, nothing
more. I'm simply a conduit

providing people with the
happy lives they deserve.

Now, the best thing
for all concerned,

would be for you
to finish your fare

and then go about your life.

My life?

You took my life from me.

Every action has
its consequence.

No!

How can I possibly face her?

It's too late.

Twenty years of a lie.

How could she ever forgive me?

I can't promise
you that she will.

But your daughters are reunited

and there's nothing that you
can change about the past,

but the future, that's an
entirely different story.

Veronique.

It's a beautiful name.

Yeah.

How did this happen?

We were just 18 when Simrin
discovered she was pregnant.

We couldn't look after
ourselves, let alone a child.

We hitchhiked to a free
clinic when she went into labor.

An hour later, we had Nandu.

Pink and healthy.

Wait, you didn't know
there were twins?

Not until the doctor told Simrin
to get ready to push again.

We could scarcely
provide food and shelter

for one child, but two?

He said,

he could give our
baby a better life

and with the money
he could give us,

we could move
far away, start over.

He wouldn't even
let us hold our baby.

So we packed our bags
and we moved to New York.

The secret we
carried, it tore us apart.

He took our daughter for profit.

And now he's doing it again.

What do you mean?

I didn't recognize him at first

but with each stop we
made, everybody he spoke to,

the plans he was making
for today, I realized

the doctor who sold
Veronique on the black market,

he was sitting in the
back of my taxi today.

He was mapping the
sale of another child,

like he was making
a grocery run.

You're absolutely positive?

You're certain that
that was the same man?

Yes.

I thought I could stop him
from destroying another family.

But I failed my daughters
all over again today.

Where did you drop him off?

We didn't make it that far,
but he was going to JFK.

I need to know every stop
you made with this man.

EV1's metabolic rate is rising.

We'll have to get him to airlock

and terminate for
high CO2 levels...

EV's are trained to recognize
the symptoms of euphoria.

He could make his way
back under his own steam.

You don't know Gio.

Ipolita.

No, the suit. It's fitted
with updated comm gear

we were set to test today
including a ham radio.

It's low-tech, but worth a try.

Stick with procedure. We
haven't ruled out structural

blockage and we're two
minutes away from loss of signal.

Copy. Two minutes away
from the Zone of Exclusion.

We won't have any comm
for 10 minutes, which is why...

Let us give it one more try
from here. EV1, this is CAPCOM.

If you read, start making
your way back to ISS.

Houston?

Houston, do you read me?

Hello?

Excuse me.

My lucky piece.

Everything okay?

I'm trying to finish what
Jake started. Is he still...

Playing the game?

Yeah.

Okay, I'll be back
as soon as I can.

We need to have a conversation.

Is everything okay?

I know Jake and Mr. Bohm
weren't in the museum

for large parts of today.

You lied to me, Clea.
I just want you to know

that I'm going to take
this to the review board.

We need to figure out
what to do with you.

I thought we were going
to have a conversation.

Excuse me?

I'm just saying, you're not
the only one with questions.

When I asked you if there was
anyone in Room 6, you said no.

Were you lying to me, Sheri?

Ow!

Idiot! Watch where you're going.

Your Italian is as
trashy as you are.

You are an idiot!

Sorry. I didn't read
you. Say it again.

Break. IT1SS hailing
any available station.

I repeat. Mayday. Mayday.

Well, I'll be a son of a...

CQDX, this is the
International Space Station.

Please respond. Over.

Mayday. I repeat, Mayday.

IT1SS hailing any
available station.

I repeat, Mayday. Mayday.

Break. Break. This
is KG2DDD. Over.

KG2DDD. Over.

Do you read me?

The vacuum tube.

KG2DDD.

Over. Do you read
me? Roger that.

This is India Tango
One Sierra Sierra.

The International Space Station.

Holy crap. I'm talking to space.

Kilo Golf Two Triple
Delta, you read me?

Loud and clear.

Dr. Knox.

Do I know you? No.

But I know you.

Triple Delta, you copy?

If your coordinates are correct,

this should connect
me to your guy.

Let's do this.

Switching over now.

KG2DDD with urgent
relay from IT1SS.

Do you copy?

Do you copy?

Gio.

Come on, buddy,
you got to hear me.

Yes. This is KG2DDD? I
have you five by five. Go ahead.

Yes!

I mean, you need
to head to airlock.

IV needs you to terminate for
high CO2 levels immediately.

Affirm. Wilco. NA1SS
returning to station now.

Two cans and a string, of all
the things in the suit to work,

her ham radio.

I don't know who you
are, but I owe you a beer.

You don't owe me a thing.

Just tell me this.

How do we look from up there?

Beautiful.

Don't believe we've
met. We haven't.

I know about the way
you prey on the lives

of desperate people for profit.

There must be some mistake.

Perhaps you're confusing
me with someone else.

No mistake. The taxi
driver recognized you.

It's hard to forget the
man who stole your child.

I'm sorry, but
this, it's farcical.

I'm merely an
obstetrician, nothing more.

As you have no proof to back
up your slanderous claims,

I must go.

I think I have all
the proof I need.

Starting with the fraudulent
adoption documents

you're holding and an
eyewitness who'll testify

he altered them after he
received payment from you.

No one has the right to separate
a child from a parent they love.

Nobody.

All right. Come on.

Hello, Triborough drivers,
you fine specimens of humanity.

You wouldn't
believe me if I told you

what happened to me today.

What's that? You
want to hear it anyway?

Well, you know all
of that so-called junk

I got up here on
my dispatch box?

Today, I used it to save
the life of an Italian astronaut.

Seriously?

- You pulling our leg?
- That's incredible, Sal.

Wait till you hear
this story, guys.

If two points are
destined to touch...

the universe will find a
way to make the connection.

Even when all hope seems lost,

certain ties cannot be broken.

They define who we are.

And who we can become.

Across space,

across time,

along paths we cannot predict,

nature always finds a way.

Hey, buddy.

I want you to know
everything worked out.

Jake,

I need you to know that
you made a difference.

Together we changed things.

Do you want me to
make the next move?

Okay.

What's wrong?

I'm off Jake's case.