Touch (2012–2013): Season 2, Episode 6 - Broken - full transcript

Previously on Touch...
You're late. Come on.

Hi. I'm Soleil's mom.

This is my dad, Soleil's
grandfather. I'm Carl.

Don't do this, Frances.

Don't cut me out of your life.

Longtime librarian...
Frances Norburg.

Two children. William and...

MARTIN: Calvin.

Calvin Norburg has my daughter.

She's doing well.

You're a very
special girl, Amelia.



And you may not know it,

but you're going to help

a lot of people one day.

I have committed a mortal sin.

Murder.

You want peace,
stop what you're doing.

I cannot stop until
all the 36 have gone.

Because I'm one of them.

What do you mean she
walked out on her own?

You were supposed to
watch her every move.

Amelia! [tires screech]

[screams]

No!

Amelia!



Mandlebrot Incorporated
just bought a loft downtown.

Do you think that's
where Calvin's living?

TREVOR: It's a good bet.

[gasps]

[tires squealing]

[gasps]

[crickets chirping]

[catches his breath]

[gasps, panting]

[sighs]

[sighs]

[knocks] Lucy?

Lucy, you still up?

Oh, no. No!

[touch tones sounding]

You've reached Lucy.
Leave a message at the beep.

[beep] Lucy, it's Martin.

Please call me back, okay?

I'm worried.

Look, I just need to know

that you didn't go
to the police, okay?

Please call me back.

[under his breath]: Damn it.

Jake, come on,
buddy, we got to get up.

I'm sorry, buddy,
but we got to go.

The cops are going
to be looking for us.

[door sliding shut]

[rustling]

[rustling continues]

What happened?

You...

[sighs]

What are you doing here?

You know what I'm
doing here. Where is she?

[groaning]

[pained groaning]

[phone chimes]

[groaning]

You think it hurts now,
you better start talking.

[moaning]

[panting]

[loud panting]

[man speaking Spanish]

[speaking Spanish]

Hi there.

Not lost out here, are you?

No. No, sir.

Do you have a trail map?

If not, I have extras.

I do... in my bag.

Okay, forgive me for saying,

you don't look
like a typical hiker.

I understand, sir,

but God sent me
here for a reason,

and I plan to fulfill it.

Oh. Okay.

You know the peaks
here can be tricky.

You need to be prepared.

Food, water, shelter,
proper clothing...

I assure you, I'm prepared.

Do me a favor...
Stick to the main trail.

There's no cell reception,

and I'm out here looking
for one guy missing already.

All right, then.

Be careful.

Have a nice day.

[staticky snippets of sound
as radio dial changes stations]

[indistinct snippets
of voices and music]

MARTIN: Jake?

Come on, buddy, I need
you to grab your bag, okay?

[indistinct chatter and music]

Jake.

[sighs]

Come on.

Jake, turn that down!

[static]

Come on, buddy.
We better go, okay?

Here's your backpack.

[static]

[panting]

[static]

Jake... please.

89.2.

Okay, buddy, I got it.

[turns radio off]

[birds singing]

This is Soleil's.

What do you want
me to do with it?

You want me to
take it back to her?

Okay, fine, we'll
take it back to her.

[car alarm chirps]

[engine starting]

[snippets of sound
and music over radio]

Jake, I get it. 89.2.

But it doesn't need
to be that loud, okay?

Thank you.

JAKE: In a vacuum, radio
waves travel at the same speed

as all forms of
electromagnetic radiation.

That is, 299, 792,458
meters per second.

But human beings do
not live in a vacuum.

Wherever we are, we're
surrounded by stimuli,

both positive and negative.

[static]

[sighs]

Look, it's just static.

[turns radio off]

[static] [sighs]

JAKE: When negative
stimuli is perceived

it travels from its
source to its destination,

the sensory cortex,

at a mere 100 meters per second.

But regardless of its’
relatively slow speed,

this unpleasant
sensation registers

as something we call pain.

[gasping]

And as humans,
we are conditioned

to do anything and
everything to avoid it.

[panting]

Water. I need water.

You're lucky I don't shove
a hose down your throat

and drown you.

[yelling] Where is she?!

[groaning]

Do you feel that?
Calvin, whatever pain

you are feeling right
now amounts to nothing

compared to what
you put me through

for the last three years.

Do you understand me?
Now where is Amelia?

[bones crunching,
screaming] Where is she?!

I know that you know.

Yes, I do.

[panting]

I do. Oh.

Where?

[groans]

Where?

[panting]

I want you to know,

I would never hurt her.

Not in a million years.

[sighs]

[groans] I need a doctor.

Okay. Okay, where does it hurt?

[panting]

My ribs. I think they're broken.

Here or here?

The right. Mostly
the right. Here.

Okay.

[grunts] [screaming]

Where is my daughter?!

[groans, coughs]

Hey, buddy... we need
to wait a while, okay?

It's still a little early to be
knocking on anyone's door.

[sighs]

Jake? Jake?!

Jake!

[knocking] Jake.

Well, morning, guys.

Good morning, Mr. Hirsh.

Carl. Carl.

I'm-I'm sorry to
bother you at this time,

but Jake found something
that belonged to Soleil,

and obviously, he felt
it couldn't wait. Jake!

I'm sorry. He's got
a mind of his own.

Don't they all. Come in.

Do you want some coffee?

No, thank you. We
won't be staying that long.

Jake, put that back.
It doesn't belong to us.

CARL: That's okay.
Beth loves pictures.

Still prints them,
like the old days.

I'll check on Soleil
and see if she's awake.

You just make
yourself comfortable.

MARTIN: Thank you very much.

What do you got there, buddy?

Let me see.

That's Calvin Norburg's mother.

Oh, my God.

[Carl sighs]

Well, Soleil is still in bed.

Carl, I-I hope I'm
not being too forward,

but h-how do you know

this woman?

[coughing]

[panting weakly]

Tell me where she is.

I'll go get her, I promise.

[Lucy grunts, Calvin screams]

Not good enough, Calvin!

Where is she?

[panting]

She's here in Los Angeles.

Where?

Where?

My brother.

I did it for my brother.

I don't care about your brother.

Where is my daughter?

My research.

Amelia... mapping her
brain is the key to everything.

I know that taking
her was wrong,

but-but I'm so close,

and her gifts... they
could change the world.

You are not hearing me, Calvin.

[whimpering]

Calvin.

Calvin!

Stay with me.

Painkillers... in my bedroom.

You give me the painkillers,
I'll give you your daughter.

[panting]

How do you know Frances, Martin?

I don't really know her.

I've met her a few times.

I was friends with
her son Calvin

and I haven't seen him
for quite some time either.

I didn't know she had a son.

Our relationship
was mostly confined

to the Santa Monica Library.

I was a volunteer, she
was the head librarian.

Sounds romantic, huh?

[chuckles]

You know, I was
looking for Calvin.

Uh, w-where does she live?

I wish I knew.

For some reason she
decided to move on.

Quit her job, sold her
house, no forwarding address.

She gave me a number,

but she never calls me back.

I don't know what else to do.

I guess she doesn't want to
talk to me. Wish I knew why.

It's her life, but I feel
I deserve to know.

[staticky snippets
of sound over radio]

MARTIN: Well, if
I run into Calvin,

maybe I can help you find her.

Jake.

He's been trying to find

this radio station all morning.

I'm sorry, we'll get
out of your way.

Jake, come on, Jake.

[alarm beeping] MAN
[over radio]: Ye know not

what shall be on the morrow.

It is even a vapor that
appeareth for a little time

and then vanisheth away.

What is that?

Submit yourselves,
therefore, to God.

Are you okay, honey?
Resist the devil,

What is it? And he
will flee from you.

Draw nigh to God and
he will draw nigh to you.

They're coming.

Who's coming? Humble yourselves

in the sight of the Lord,

and he shall lift you up.

[grunting]

[bird screeching]

[man coughing]

Here.

[grunts]

[closes canteen]

Are you alone?

[sighs]

Can you move?

No.

Please... kill me.

What was that?

Kill me. Hey...

[grunts]

Hey.

What happened yesterday?

We almost got Amelia back.

Lucy was 150 feet
away from her daughter.

Then a car pulled
up, guy got out,

grabbed her, and took off.

Needless to say,
Lucy's devastated.

I don't even know
where she is right now,

but I think I can find Calvin.

I got his mother's license
plate number... I want to run

a check on it, see if
we can pull an address.

What happened to the
address I gave Lucy last night?

What are you talking
about... What address?

An apartment registered
to a shell corporation

connected to Calvin...

2305 Fifth Street.

You really think

this is his? It looks like it.

Look, uh, can I leave

Jake here for a couple hours?
This could be dangerous.

Of course... are you going
to tell me what's going on?

Later... right now
I got to find Lucy.

[grunts]

[panting]

There they are.

Don't move.

[panting]

I could have left right now...

walked out the front door.

Could have called the cops,

had you arrested for kidnapping,

but I didn't.

Now, you can see
your daughter today.

But I need you to do
something for me, too.

What are you doing?

You from around here?

No.

Are you?

Come here once a
year with my family.

Not this trail, though,
it's too dangerous.

You shouldn't be here.

What is it you do?

I'm a priest.

It's been a while

since I've been in to church.

You're a doctor?

I was.

What are you now?

I don't know.

I made a mistake.

I came out here
to clear my head.

Why are you here, Father?

For the same reason you are.

Exactly the same.

Please, Father.

Just put me out of my misery.

Confess your sin, and I
will help you with your pain.

I'm a pediatric neurosurgeon.

Three months ago

a seven-year-old boy died...

while I was repairing
something called

an arteriovenous malformation...

and I was drinking
the night before.

No alcohol is permitted

24 hours before
performing surgery.

It's my fault that boy is dead.

That's why you're
here... Penance.

You're making no
effort to save yourself.

Allowing God to punish
you for your misdeeds?

And he did.

This is what I deserve.

I needed to be stopped.

You hungry, sweetheart?

No.

Amelia, I just think you
should eat something.

I made you a sandwich.

You're a liar.

Excuse me?

Liar, liar, liar! Amelia...

You've been lying to me
every day, every minute.

You stop this,
young lady, right now.

You said my mom gave me
up, but she didn't. I saw her!

That's enough.

You're hungry, you need to eat.

Where is she?!

Okay, okay, okay.

That was her on
the pier, wasn't it?

Yes, it was.

Take me to her!

It's just not that
simple, Amelia.

There's danger out there.

There are people who
want to do harm to you.

You poor thing,
caught up in this mess

and all because of your gift.

Stop pretending like
you care about me!

I know it's hard to understand,

but I do. We all care about you.

No, you don't! My mom does.

You're a liar and a criminal

and a horrible person!

I am doing this to help my son.

Well, I want my
mom! I'm leaving.

No. [screams]: Let me go!

Let me go! No.

Please... Let me go!

[knocking]

[pants]

Sit down.

Sit.

Now...

I need you to listen to me.

[pants]

[grunts]

Okay, I'm listening.

[grunting]

The first thing

you need to know:

Martin Bohm is a liar.

He lies about everything.

Even his name.

You can't trust anything

he says.

I-I can't hear that right now.

Just, just... I-I just
want Amelia back.

And I want you to have her back.

I do.

But I need you to understand

what it is that I'm doing.

My work is very important,

and Amelia is
at the heart of it.

Mapping the connections

within her brain
mathematically...

it can help millions of people.

Millions.

She is just a child, Calvin.

There are miracles

inside your
daughter's brain, Lucy.

Miracles.

All I'm trying to do

is provide a window so
that we can see them.

♪♪

[softly]: Lucy.

[grunts]

[grunts]

There she is.

This was taken two days ago.

[grunts softly]

My mom's been
taking care of her.

She's so big.

She's doing really well.

She's talking again.

Now,

if you want to see her again,

you're gonna have to do

everything that
I tell you to do.

[banging]

MARTIN: Open the door!

Calvin, open the door!

No. What are you
gonna do, kill me?

Yes. Okay, go ahead.

You'll never see
your daughter again.

[grunts] [banging]

Calvin, I know that's
Lucy's car out front!

Now open the door!

It's up to you.

[banging]

Open the door!

[quietly]: What do
you want from me?

I bring you Amelia...

you bring me Jake Bohm.

[banging]

Calvin, open the door!

That's your good
deed for the day?

I guess it is.

It's pretty hot
out here for a fire.

You're cold.

That's the least I can do.

Rest...

and I will decide the next step.

[distorted whispers]

[whispered voices]

I don't see him.

I'm gonna go get Amelia

and bring her to
the Valley reservoir.

I'm coming with you.

No, you're not coming with me.

So, what, I just
bring Jake there?

Yes, by 2:00.

Off the access road at Woodley.

You promise?

Just be there.

[loud bang]

[banging continues]

[grunting]

[grunts, pants]

[softly]: Eight, nine, two.

[clunk, whirr]

Oh no Lucy.

[engine roars]

[tires squeal] Son of a..

♪♪

[tires squeal]

[crank whines]

What are you doing?

You should have told
me that you had a way

to power your phone.

Don't you dare call for help.

Did you know that
on God's planet Earth,

there are a finite
number of people

who are equipped
to interfere with fate?

Fortunately for
you, I'm one of them.

Well, then, do
what you promised!

I'm quite capable
of taking a life.

But I've chosen a
different direction.

You promised me...

you would let me die here.

It's what I deserve.

God wants me to die.

Who are you to speak for God?

[shouts]: I killed a child!

I have a son.

How can I...

[panting]

Just...

leave me here.

All right?

Just leave me alone.

[pants]

[engine shuts off]

Hello?

Is anybody here?

[clears throat]

Martin?

[touch tones sounding]

Come on, Trevor,
answer the phone.

Did you figure out the problem?

I cleaned the SD card.

Should be good to go.

Back on right...

[phone beeps]

now.

[video game tones
playing] [phone rings]

Trevor Wilcox.

Uh, hey, Trevor, it's Lucy.

Oh, hey, Lucy.
Looking for Martin?

Uh, no, no, no. That's okay.

Um, you don't need to
get him on the phone.

We had an argument.

Oh, he's not here.

He was, but he rushed
off to that address

I gave you last
night. But Jake's here.

Uh, he is?

Yeah.

I'm looking straight at him.

Okay, um...

why don't I come take
him off your hands?

I'll, uh... I'll be there

in a few minutes, okay?

Sounds good. See you then.

[video game tones playing]

♪♪

You know what's going
on here, don't you?

I know you know.

It's gonna be okay.

♪♪

[engine rumbling]

LUCY [recording]:
You've reached Lucy.

Leave a message at the beep.

Damn it.

[touch tones sounding]

Uh, uh, Martin,

it's me.

Please meet me at the reservoir

north of the 101 freeway.

There's an access road

off of Woodley.

Uh, I have Jake with me.

I will explain later, but
you need to come right now.

[phone chimes]

Why the hell aren't you
answering your phone?

I.T. problem. What did I miss?

The address you gave me was
Calvin's apartment. Lucy's car

was parked right out in
front. There were signs

of a struggle. I don't
know what to do.

Martin, she came by

ten minutes ago to pick up Jake.

What?!

Oh, no.

Where is Jake?

Like I said..

You let her take my
son? You let her take Jake

without calling me?! I'm sorry.

Where's my phone?
Wait. It's Lucy.

Why would I have a
reason not to trust her?

[whirring]

Doctor, I understand that
a child died at your hands,

but do you understand
what happens

to the child of a man
who dies at his own?

A child of a suicide
often decides

that his own life
is not worth living.

What is your son's name?

Sam.

Do you wish that for Sam?

And how long ago did
you say the boy died?

Three months?

It was 89 days ago.

89 days ago, one boy
died due to your negligence.

But how many children
have you saved?

How many children will die
if you abandon your practice?

Your story has reminded
me, there is acceptable loss.

I needed that reminder.

Now, it's time for me
to get you out of here.

Oh, but there's...
there's no way out.

There is always
the way you came in.

Come on.

[vehicle approaching]

Lucy, don't you move!

So help me God, I'll kill you.

Jake, get in my car now!

Jake, get in the car!

Martin, things have changed.

You took my son?!
Listen to me! Just stop!

You took my son!

If I hadn't met you
that day on that pier,

you'd still be walking up
and down the beach, lost,

wondering if your
daughter was even alive.

This is how you pay me back?

This is your gratitude?

I called you! I left
you a message!

Why don't you tell me
what you're doing here, Lucy.

I found Calvin. I got to him.

He's bringing Amelia here,
right here, in a couple of minutes.

So you're gonna trade
my son for your daughter?

No! I would never
do that, never!

Why couldn't you just let
this play out through Jake?

You had to do
things your own way?

He played you!

Look. Listen to me. What
do you mean by that?

You bought him the
time to get away...

with your daughter.

No. Listen to me. I-I saw her.

She was this close.

She looked me in the eyes,

and she knew who I
was after three years!

And then, it was like she was
ripped from my arms again,

so what would you do?!

What was I supposed
to do?! Tell me!

Anything.

Anything but this.

[car engine starting]

[tires squealing]

[engine revving]

Mom?

Amelia?

[sighs]

Lucy, it's been 40 minutes.

He's not coming.

He's coming. I know he is.

He's not.

I'm sorry, Lucy. It's over.

Just give it 15 more minutes.

He could be on his way right...

Lucy, he could be halfway
out of the country by now.

[snippets of music and
voices as radio dial turns]

MAN [over radio]: At that
moment, heaven was opened,

and he saw the Spirit of
God descending like a dove

and alighting on him.

And a voice from heaven said,

"This is my Son, whom I love."

Lucy? MAN [over radio]:
"With Him I am well pleased."

Lucy, Jake's been trying to
get this radio station all day.

It was static... Just get in
the car. Please, get in the car!

After fasting 40
days and 40 nights,

he was hungry, and the
tempter came to him and said...

Jake's been trying to find
this radio signal all day.

I think somehow, if the signal's

getting stronger, we're
getting closer. To what?

Hopefully, your daughter.

"but on every word that
comes from the mouth of God."

Then the devil took...

Look over there. A radio tower.

"If you are the Son of God,"

he said, "Throw yourself down.

"For it is written.. he
will command his angels..

[indistinct radio
transmission, crowd chatter]

I'm sorry, ma'am. No
sign of your husband.

The next hour or so, we're
gonna have to call it a day.

[indistinct radio transmission]

[panting]

Sam, it's him!

Daddy?!

Daddy!

JAKE: The power of
a radio signal depends

on the magnitude
of its electrical field

in relation to the
position of the observer.

Mathematically,

this power is expressed
in millivolts per meter.

But more often,

the connection is
simply described

as strong or weak.

For an observer in
motion, the connection

is always subject to change.
[man continues speaking over radio]

LUCY: Signal's getting stronger.

JAKE: If the distance
becomes too great,

the connection
will cease entirely.

MAN [over radio]: "you will
bow down and worship me."

Oh, my God.

What?

There's Frances Norburg's car.

That's her license plate.

"Worship the Lord your
God and serve him only...

"And the devil left him,

and the angels came
and attended him."

Jake, you stay in the car.

Okay? Let's go.

[Lucy gasps]

Oh, my God.

[sniffling]

Amelia?!

Ameli... Amelia?!

Amelia?

What are you doing here?

They killed her.

How could they do this?

Where is Amelia?

[gasps]

Amel... Amelia?!

Amelia's gone. She was
here. I know she was.

Calvin, where is
she? Where is she?!

She's gone. Calvin,
put that gun down.

You promised!

Put the gun down now!

Get on your knees.
Now! Get on your knees!

Where is she? Where is she?

You promised! Where is she?!

She's gone.

[panting]

And my mom is dead.

[sniffles]

[Calvin pants]

[panting]

[grunts]

[panting]

Do not try to follow me.

Or I swear to
God, I will kill you.

I'll kill you both.

MAN [over radio]: Recall the
lesson passed on to the elders.

"Be self-controlled and alert.

"Your enemy

"the devil prowls
around like a roaring lion

"looking for someone to devour.

"Resist him, standing
firm in the faith,

"because you know

"that your brothers
throughout the world

are undergoing the
same kind of suffering."

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