Warehouse 13 (2009–2014): Season 4, Episode 4 - There's Always a Downside - full transcript

Previously on Warehouse 13...

Using the astrolabe
unleashes a formidable evil

that has to be eradicated.

Now will you help me, Arthur?

Of course.

The metronome is for Steve.

I'm bringing him back.

Agent Jinks is linked
to the metronome.

We do not yet know the downside
of this artifact.

Oh, ow!
Oh, they got me.

- I don't see anything.
- God, I can feel it.



Where's Artemis?

No, no, you just...
Finally.

You told us to meet you here
30 minutes ago.

You're never late.
Are you okay?

I told them you probably
got hung up

yelling at kids
to get off your lawn.

Yeah, or maybe you were
busy inventing fire.

You know, from caveman times.

I'm not allowed
to do those, am I?

No.

I got a message
from Hugo Miller.

- Oh, huey!
- Oh, how is he?

Oh, he's... he's still
irritating.

And he's scattered.



But I managed to piece together
that he's found an artifact.

We're gonna have
to go retrieve it.

So, Pete, I'm gonna
be sending you and Claudia.

What?

But I partner with Steve.

I mean, I did just
bring him back from the dead,

so I kinda own him now.
No offense, Pete.

- Nah.
- No offense, Pete?

You are going with Pete.

This is a job.

This is not a choose your own
adventure book.

Ooh, why don't you
come here, you...

All right, Steve, you and Myka,

you're gonna go to new Orleans.

You're gonna talk
to a Dr. Nina Golden.

She's a therapist.

Well, maybe she's just
a good therapist.

No, no, these people
have severe issues...

P.T.S.D., grief,
paralyzing phobias.

And literally overnight,
these issues have disappeared.

It's been going on
for three months.

So we are gonna
stop an artifact

that helps troubled people
become well?

Yes, you are.

What do we know
about artifacts?

Any artifact, even the ones

that apparently
are just doing good?

Yes, we've got it.
We're on it.

- Good.
- Great.

Everybody go away.

Pete, Pete.

Aah-aah, manhandling, Artie,
manhandling.

I want you to keep
an eye on Claudia.

What... why, what's wrong?
Is she okay?

No, no, she's fine.
She's just been through a lot.

And I just wanna make sure
that she's not

under too much stress.

Oh, all right, okay.
Sure, of course.

Good. Bye.

Okay.

It is such a treat
to have visitors.

You know,
I-I've been a nomad

for the last couple of years,

and I finally decided
to quit fighting it

and come back to my old pad,
my home sweet home.

Yeah, I love what you've done
with all the... the beige.

Yeah. Sit. Sit.

So, Hugo, do you, uh...

Do you have something for us?

I thought you'd never ask.

Take a look at these
little beauties.

This, my friend,
is a bag or marbles

once owned by a young
Bobby Fischer.

Huh?

Just one of these little cuties

gives the holder intense focus

and a powerful drive to achieve
any goal he sets.

Cool.

However, prolonged exposure
can lead to violence...

Uh, less cool.

And ultimately insanity
and/or stroke.

I searched for them
back in the '70s,

but I was never able
to find 'em.

And then I was, uh, waylaid

by the warehouse computer
system.

- So how'd you get 'em?
- Fedex.

Well, that's weird.

Whoever sent these
must have known

these little beauties
were way up

on my most wanted list.

Uncle huey.

Hey!
Here he is.

- Agents Donovan and Lattimer...
- Hey.

This is my one and only
nephew Brady.

Very nice to meet you both.

Brady's staying with me
while he attends

the Tilson academy,
my alma mater.

Brady here got hold
of the bag of marbles,

which I left on my desk,
and, uh, research papers,

and he took them
with him to school,

the little devil.

I just got curious.

Curious.

Did you hear that?

I mean, bad, Brady, bad.

Tilson's competitive.

Especially this week,
there's even more pressure

'cause of the I.M.T.

Oh, right.

The I.M.T.,
the international monkey...

interschool multidiscipline
tournament.

- Like Hogwarts.
- Oh, cool.

Less cool.

See, unfortunately, it's all
tied up with alumni support.

So the parents
and the faculty tend

to push the kids a bit hard.

It's down to us and
north lake prep,

our crosstown rivals.

We hate them.

So, Brady, you wanted
the marble to focus you,

to give you an extra boost?

Yeah, yeah.

I mean, I used one
to write my paper

for the I.M.T.
computer engineering event.

Wrote it in, like, 20 minutes.

It was awesome.

But he... he brought them
right back

before anything bad happened.

Well, actually, uncle Hugo,

there is kind of a problem.

I mean, uh, well,
I thought it would...

I thought it would go away,

but it's just getting worse.

4x04
There's Always a Downside

Finished my latest tour
in Afghanistan six weeks ago.

I'm a helicopter pilot.

And you started seeing
Dr. Golden

as soon as you got back?

Alex suffered from P.T.S.D.

He was shell-shocked
and withdrawn,

and we hadn't even
gotten to the core issues.

And then yesterday,
his symptoms were simply gone.

Is it possible that you...

Well, you're just having
a good day?

Except I don't even
remember being P.T.S.D.

No, I've seen similar responses

in several patients
over the last three months.

And I'm worried.

Proper healing takes time.

Is there any connection
between the patients?

Any of them related,
live in the same neighborhood?

No, they're not even
suffering from the same traumas.

A young Katrina widow,

a child recovering
from an accident,

and Alex's war experience.

They're all completely over it.

Well, it's a good thing
we're here

to stop that from happening.

Steve.

And you're from the government?

I mean, it's fine.

It just seems odd that
the federal government...

Uh, health and human services.

We're here collecting data.

We... we love numbers.

Uh, have you gotten
any unusual objects

in the office recently?

Hm, objects?

No, I-I don't think so.
Why?

We'll need to see your files

and your patient reports.

You can black out the names
for confidentiality.

But we're here
to help you find a link.

Of course.

Arthur.

- Hello.
- Brother Adrian.

I... look, this isn't
a good time.

And I have not found
anything yet

to help you locate
the astrolabe.

But I promise you...

Exactly why I'm here.

I believe I found something
to help us

discover just who stole it.

Great.

Brady, you shoulda
told me about this.

Well, it just started
happening.

All right, well,
we're gonna fix this right now.

Just stand back.
Prepare to be wowed.

Wow.

It's usually
much "wowier" than that.

No reaction.

- Kid, let me see your arm.
- Yeah.

No change.
What have we missed?

Well, I mean, I might have...

Loaned a marble
to a kid named Tommy?

Bunch of cell phone videos
in your friend feed.

A rather scrawny Tommy
is currently

in the process
of beating the crap

out of a much larger Slytherin.

Brady, you loaned out
one of the marbles?

Actually, I might have
loaned out four of them.

I know that boy.
He's a good kid.

It's only fair
to lend out the marbles.

I didn't wanna be selfish.

Which would be admirable
if you were

sharing a bag of chips,
or passing around

a joint at a concert.

Which would be really bad.

That would be terrible.

What uncle huey means

is that artifacts
are always dangerous.

Why don't you wait in there

while I do my work out here?

Good idea.

Hey.

All right, Tommy, show 'em.

Go ahead, show 'em
what you showed me.

Brady said the marble
would just

help me focus on my goals.

You're not gonna
call my parents, are you?

No, just next time
try a red bull.

Well, I don't get it.

Was beating up that kid
one of your goals?

No, but I had to get
onto the I.M.T. calculus team,

and there was only
one spot left.

So that gigantor
is a calculus expert?

All right.

Look, we, uh... we're gonna
need that marble back now.

Fine.

Agent Lattimer,
thank you for waiting.

I'm still not sure why
the secret service cares about...

Uh, school violence.

Yeah, the president's
made it one of his

top priorities this year.

I'm in trouble, aren't I?

Tommy, pulling this
during I.M.T. week?

Thanks to the absurd
budget cuts

our esteemed school board
is making,

we're all under pressure
to generate more alumni support.

The atmosphere's already
fraught with tension.

The board must see I.M.T.
as a success.

I have to enforce
a zero tolerance policy.

I'm sorry.

Great.
Hear that?

The atmosphere's fraught
with tension.

Yeah, throw in some
violent, deadly marbles

and Harry Potter
becomes full metal jacket.

There's nothing here

except a lot of seriously
depressing stories.

Hey, uh, Steve.

You know, I know what it's like

coming back after being away.

So if you ever wanna talk...

Kinda different
circumstances though,

wouldn't you say?

Yes, it is.

But still, talking's talking.

I'm good.
Really, I am fine.

Really?

It's ironic, you know?

The guy who can see lies
is actually a terrible liar.

You know, Pete warned
me about this.

He said if you started
talking about feelings

that I should just
change the subject.

Really?
Like Pete has feelings.

You don't wanna talk about it.

That's... that's fine.

You're right.

There is nothing in here.

Steve.

Steve, come look at this.

It's a jazz club
right down the street.

"The altered scale."

Does the logo look familiar?

Alex had it on his t-shirt,
so we know that he's been there.

Well, given how close
the bar is,

and how any patient who's
been here would've seen it...

Well, maybe we should
talk to them and find out

if any other patients
like jazz and free drinks.

I know I do.

Here's a list
of the other three guys.

What if they turn violent
like Tommy did?

Hey, don't worry about it.

You're gonna be celebrating
in no time.

Hey, brade-ster, you probably
know their schedules, right?

So let's figure out
what classes

- your pals are in right now.
- You okay?

Yeah, yeah.
I just... I'm...

I was careless
with an artifact again.

And now my nephew
is in trouble.

Hey, it's all right,
accidents happens.

Don't beat yourself
up about it.

You can just get Tommy
to do that.

Yeah.

Okay, guys, let's split up,

and get us some marbles.

- Come on, we'll fix this.
- Right.

So what do you think,
home in time for dinner?

It used to belong
to some old sheriff I think.

Jack Duncan,

the most successful
bounty hunter in new Mexico,

not some old sheriff.

Details, specifics,
they matter.

That's how we understand

what these artifacts
actually do.

Of course, of course.
It's fascinating.

Well, from what I've learned,

this spur can help us
track the movement

of the missing astrolabe...

The way a... the way
a bounty hunter tracks a person.

That's... that's quite good.

Yes, isn't it?

Unfortunately,
the regents, they...

They're our board of directors
and they're rather strict.

And warehouse agents
aren't allowed

to actually use
these artifacts.

Understandable.

However, given the danger
of the astrolabe,

isn't it in all
of our interests,

your organization and mine,

to retrieve it
by any means necessary?

It would take a tremendous
amount of digging

into how this spur
actually works

to know what the potential
downsides are.

See, we don't just
rush into these things

without a huge amount of...

Research.
Mm-hmm.

These are my findings.

- You have findings.
- Yes, I do.

Histories of the spur's use,
plus anecdotal evidence

showing minimal downside.

Horses will be afraid of you
for a couple of days.

Do you ride horses?

What a relief.

So now you're free to show me
how all of this works.

Ahh, this is exciting,
isn't it?

Yes, let's use that word.

Oh, my God.

Will you look at this place?

Can you goo a whole building?

It could be any
of these things.

Well, whatever it is,
we need to be careful.

None of the patients
can remember exactly

what happened to them
when they were here,

which means that there's
a memory thing

attached to whatever it is
that we're looking for.

I'm still trying to understand

how losing horrible memories
is a bad thing.

Because when an artifact
makes it happen,

I mean, who knows
what the price will be?

Help you guys?

Yes. Hi.

Uh, we were just wondering

if any new objects have
shown up here recently.

New objects?

There's half an inch of dust
on every piece of crap in here.

Sorry, "valuable n'awlins
memorabilia."

What's this about?

You guys cops?
You look like cops.

I'm special agent Bering.

Special agent Jinks.

Dina Smith, special bartender.

Is this about smugglin'
or something?

No, it's more
of a data gathering thing.

So are people pretty happy
around here?

It's the quarter.
If drunk is happy,

then they're pretty happy.

Ups and downs, you know?

How about these, uh...
These musicians?

They play here
pretty regularly?

Some of 'em.
I mean, musicians usually

sign up for the nights
they want, so...

Uh, this one musician...
Ethan?

Looks like he plays here
every night.

He's the only one.

Ethan Ellis, yeah.

Wow.

He's really good.

He's our prodigy.

Is he okay?

He looks weak.

Yeah,
it's some kind of nasty bug.

It just won't let go of him,
poor kid.

How long's he had it?

Now that you mention it...

Must be almost three months.

He's been to a bunch of doctors,
but they can't find anything.

Excuse me.

That is not a bug.

I was in less pain
when I was dead.

So several people
who've been here

have recently lost their pain.

And one guy also here
is walking around

with a mess of pain that nobody
can figure out for the last...

Three months.

Somebody has been giving
Ethan Ellis

other people's pain.

Declan, no!
Put that down!

I can't get a "B"!

He wants me to change
his grade.

"A" students in biology

participate
on the I.M.T. bio team.

And what, making your
teacher's brain go splat

makes you team Captain?

- Aah!
- Fine.

Don't change it.

I'll get on the bio team
some other way.

They always run.

Why do they always run?

And in one of the stranger
things I've said

on this job:
Declan, give me your marble.

Hey. You got it?

Yeah.
Two down, two to go.

Not so hard really.

Very piece of cake-ish.
Aah.

How you guys doing?

Uh, my guy's here somewhere.

I just gotta find him
and reel him in like a fish.

A angry, overly focused,

possibly violent fish, Claud.

I'm talking, like Piranha 3-D,
so be careful, okay?

Oh, there's...

There's Hugo calling, gotta go.

Got it.

So we're thinking that Pierce,

the boy with the third marble,
might be in this seminar.

Whoa, whoa, whoa, grab him!

Update, it's Pierce.

We have to stop him, uncle...

No, no, no.
Brady, Brady,

- as soon as Pete...
- No, no, no. There's no time.

We have to get that marble now.

It seems that, uh,
Brady has made the retrieval

of that third marble
his main goal.

He's very focused.

I can't...

I can't let
this happen anymore.

Brady.

Brady? Brady?

How's Brady doing?

It's getting worse, I'm afraid.

I'm trying to keep a lid on it.

That school nurse
is alarmingly gullible.

I convinced her I'm a doctor.

I sent her to find an antibiotic
that doesn't exist.

So, yay on that.

All right, well, once Pete
gets Pierce's marble

and I get this one, we're done.

Good, 'cause the downside
is starting to kick in...

Erratic heartbeat,
high blood pressure.

I'm afraid these boys
are headed

for cardiac arrest or stroke.

Fret not.
I've got my marble in sight.

Okay, well, you need
to win this one.

Gotta crush these
north lake prep guys.

I know.

Hey, hey, look at me.

You have one goal.

Be the last one standing.

I will.

Okay.

I will.

Hi, do you have a marble?

I'm gonna need you
to close your eyes.

Picture the astrolabe.

Concentrate very hard.

I want you to concentrate.

Keep concentrating
on the astrolabe,

and keep that picture
in your mind.

Now that you've got
a very vivid picture,

you can open your eyes.

All right,
now all we have to do is...

Oh, no.

I should've known.

When you use one artifact
to try to find another artifact,

especially one as powerful
as the astrolabe,

it gets very complicated.

I see.

Well, it's a good thing
this wasn't

actually Jack Duncan's spur.

Yeah...

It wasn't?

No.

I bought it at a thrift shop
in Univille.

I wasn't sure
of your intentions.

Now I am.

When did you start to suspect?

The first time I was here.

You used the astrolabe.

You foolish, selfish...

You've released an evil...

I did what I had to do.

We're done here.

No more games.

Someone who's trying
to hurt me?

- Come on, I...
- We heard you play.

You're really good.

Do you think anyone
might be jealous?

Jealous of me?

No, everybody here is good.

Truth is, I'm jealous of them.

Well, has anyone given you
any gifts lately?

Anything, um, unusual?

Or your trumpet,
how long have you had it?

No, nobody's given me anything.

And I've had my horn for years.

We're just trying
to explain your illness.

Good luck.
In three months,

the only thing the doctors think
is that I'm dying'.

No idea why.

You know Billy Colfax?

Was a wicked good sax player.

He had M.S.

He said you just gotta
play through the pain.

It made him stronger.

So that's what I'm gonna do.

I'm gonna play through
the pain...

While I can.

Excuse me.

We got a good news,
bad news thing.

Marble.

This one was a little
too volatile to leave behind.

Oh, great.
We're starting a collection.

I have to win the debate.
You ruined everything.

His dad thinks he's
in the boys' room dry heaving.

We gotta hurry.

Where is Pete
with the last marble?

We have to goo this bag now.

Couldn't agree more.

Brade, you okay?

It feels like my chest
is about to explode.

We've got a wrinkle.

Well, tell 'em.

I don't have the marble.

It got confiscated.

Confiscated?
By whom?

Marshall, the headmaster.

I had a little
anger thing in class.

A little anger...
The master of understatement.

And with this whole
zero tolerance thing this week,

he took all my stuff.

He said I could
get it back after class.

So the headmaster
has the last marble.

Okay.

And his big goals are what?

Probably kids getting
a good education, right?

Or making more money
at the bake sale.

Car wash.

I'll bet he's putting together
a varsity car wash.

So what's our next move?

We need to find the headmaster
and get that last marble.

Okay, Hugo, you stay
with the guys.

Let's get the school
to shut down

this I.M.T. thing
before it gets ugly.

Thanks for letting me
look at this.

Yeah, I can't help
but notice that...

Well, Ethan plays here
every night.

But three months ago,
not... not at all.

Oh, God, he didn't wanna get up

in front of a crowd
till he got good.

I mean, he hung out here
all the time, but just watching.

And he started getting good...

Oh, gosh, about two,
three months ago.

Right about the same time
that he started getting sick.

Well, did anything change?

Did he get a new teacher, or...

Not that I know of.

But, you know, one night,
this old jazz man came in.

And I remember
because of the look

on Ethan's face
as he listened to him.

He was so enthralled.

What was he saying?

He was saying
that to really play,

to play from your soul,
you have to let

your life's pain out
through your music.

And to be a great jazz player,
Ethan needed

to experience more life.

More... more pain.

Ethan's music
is the most important thing

to him, isn't it?

It's the only thing
he thinks about.

Wow.

Thanks.

Okay, so if musicians...
Really good musicians...

Draw on life experience,
pain, sorrow, fear...

Yeah.

And all Ethan's
ever wanted to do

is be a great musician...

Well, you think that
he's doing this to himself?

Maybe he has an artifact
that allows him

to play through the pain,

to become a real jazz player.

Even if it kills him.

Well, Mr. Marshall
went to the gym, of course.

The last event of the I.M.T.
is always basketball.

The whole school turns out.

Okay, thanks.

But I wouldn't bother him.

He was loaded for bear.

The school board's
going to be there,

and he kept talking about how

they were going to get theirs.

I don't think I've ever heard
him swear like that.

Angry headmaster
has it in for the school board?

- I didn't say that.
- Budget cuts.

He mentioned something about
the school board, uh,

doing some budget cutting.

More like budget killing.

Mr. Marshall knows this board
would take down

the whole school
just to save a buck.

But I didn't say that either.

He's going for
the school board.

And in a gym full of kids.

All right, I'll make
my way to the gym.

You go grab Hugo
and meet me there.

He knows his way around.
He can help.

Okay.

I-I don't see him.

I don't see Marshall anywhere.

All right, well, I got Hugo.
We're on our way.

Now, if the headmaster's
not in the gym...

No, no, don't worry about that.

I know every nook and cranny
of this school.

And I remember one time
when I was 14 years old...

Uh, yeah.

More on that later.

We won't let you
shut down the I.M.T.

Brady, what are you doing?

We heard agent Lattimer
say that he's gonna

shut down the I.M.T.
and he can't.

Tilson has to win!

You can't just
walk away from this.

Maybe not.

But I will not
give you back the astrolabe.

I don't want it back.

I want you to use it again.

Undo everything I've done?

No.

Do you seriously believe

you have a choice
in any of this?

It should be your choice too.

There is a great deal more
at stake than you know.

Ethan, you need to stop.

Everybody's a critic.

We know what you've been doing.

You've been stealing other
people's pain for yourself.

That sounds like
science fiction.

Yeah.

But you know it's not.

I also know
I'm not giving it up.

No.

Don't worry about
the I.M.T.

Go make sure agent Lattimer

isn't shutting it down
and I won't worry.

You know I can't do that.

I'm sorry, uncle huey.

Tommy, go!

There.

That ought to hold 'em.

Wha... wait.

Why did you do that?

What?

The world had lost hope.

The astrolabe
was our only solution.

You... you have to believe me.

I tried to tell you.

I was there?

Oh, yes.

Well, surely I...
I told you you'd...

You'd be creating an evil...

An evil that I'd have to
live with the rest of my days.

Yes, you did.

But I can handle it.

What about the rest of us?

Will you condemn
the rest of the world

to live with your evil?

It's okay.

This is what I want.

Steve!

Hey, come on.

But it's killing you.

It's worth it.

I can help you too.

No!

I can take away your pain.

No, you can't.

Oh, my God.
What happened to you?

This is all my fault.

- This isn't your fault.
- Yes, it is my fault.

Brady knew about the marbles
because I showed them to him.

- I told him how they worked.
- What?

Why... why would you
do something like that?

I didn't mean for him
to use them.

But... he's smart.
He's special.

Oh.

Oh, my God.

You... you wanted him to become
a warehouse agent like you.

That's... that's why you
showed them to him?

Uh...

What is this?

This is my pain.

Please stop.

- Are you all right?
- Uh-huh, yeah.

I'm just having
a little trouble breathing.

This is another downside.

What is wrong with me?

Why are you taking this out
on yourself?

For 30 years, I didn't exist.

Then I got a second chance.

But was that enough for me?
No.

I had to leave a legacy...
Brady.

- I was greedy.
- No, reckless, maybe...

But not greedy.

And I'm... I'm gonna be fine,
I think.

What if I've run out
of second chances?

What if the universe
is making you and Brady

pay for my mistakes?

- Aah!
- Stop, stop.

You're choking, Claudia.
You could kill her.

What?

Aah, no!

Aah!

There.
See?

It was probably just
a little bit of stress.

I'm fine.

Brady's gonna be fine
in a minute.

And by the way,
I don't think the universe

hurts teenage boys
to punish their wacky uncles.

I did this to him.

Hugo...

If Brady is going to become
the warehouse agent

- you hope he will be...
- Yeah.

Then save him.

The only way we're gonna
help him

is if we find the headmaster
and that last marble.

So we need you, Hugo.

We're running out of time.

I will not undo
what I have done.

The brotherhood
is more powerful than you think.

I work for some pretty
powerful people myself.

You came into my house
and stole from me,

dismantled my life's work,

and I will respond in kind.

Things have already
been set in motion.

And unlike your regents,

we follow no rules.

We do whatever has to be done.

Yeah?

Guys, we got a code red.

The entire school's here.

No one can find the headmaster.

Okay, and my... my vibes
are off the charts and...

Oh, crap.

It's the school board.

The headmaster's targets.

If this guy's planning
on getting revenge in here,

there's gonna be a whole lot
of kids caught in the crossfire.

This is a lot of kids.

Yeah, and I don't need vibes

to know this is gonna get bad.

Look, Hugo, if the headmaster
had a weapon

like a... I don't know,
a rifle or something,

is there any place he could hide
to get a clean shot?

Everything's exposed.

Well, he's here somewhere.

No, there was only
one place we could...

- Pete.
- Yeah?

That door.

Where does it lead?

- The furnace room.
- Which is where?

Underneath the gym.

All right, look,
you guys stay here

and keep looking for him
in case he shows up.

You're in my way.

Stay right there.

Someone has to stop the board
from tearing

this school apart,
program by program.

What is that stuff?

Before I was an administrator,

I was a chemistry teacher...

Another program they wanna cut.

Furnace will turn this compound
into a gas in 60 seconds.

School board is sitting right
under the vents in the gym.

That will be that.

They're not the only ones
in there.

You're gonna poison
the whole damn student body.

Collateral damage.

Stop the board,
that's the goal.

It's good to have goals.

Yaah!

Now that's how
you knock somebody out.

Yeah, so if this stuff
turns into gas...

No, Pete, you've got
to shut down the furnace

before that happens.

Okay.

Um...

I got it.

Eww.

It's all wires
and circuits and stuff.

Oh, hang tight.
I'll be right down.

No, Claud, no.
You won't make it in time.

Just get everybody
out of there...

In case I can't pull this off.

Okay, Pete, come on.
Come on, Pete.

Think, think.

Just focus, focus.

What do I need to focus?

A marble.

Come on.

Hey there, little buddy.

I'm gonna need your help.

So please work
and don't kill me.

All right, heathers, very nice.

Heather, Heather, Heather,

Heather, and Heather,
let's not have

a brain tumor for breakfast.

Everybody out this way, please.

Now whatever you do,
don't panic.

Trampling each other
will only make it worse

if the poison gas gets out.

Did you just say poison gas?

Yeah, it's kind of
a chemical reaction, you know?

Oh, my gosh, come on.

Hugo, probably best
not to use words

like "poison" or "trampling."

Right.

Okay, boys, carry on.

All right, Mr. Davis,

eighth grade shop class,

you told me to start
with the ground, so...

Whoa.

Wow, that is so not uncool.

We're never gonna get all
these kids out of here in time.

Well, just... just...
Just a sec, Claud.

Pete, it's kind of
a now-or-never situation.

Okay.

Here we go.

Up we go.

Okay.

Oh, Mr. Davis, Mr. Davis.

Oh, thank you. Thank you.
Thank you.

Hey.

You got it, right?

Pete, your arm.

Pete?

- Pete!
- Hi.

- Yeah.
- Yep, let's do this.

What the hell was that?

Did I just...

Did I try to kill the...

No. Kill?
No.

No, no, no.
What did...

Well, maybe...
What did you have for lunch?

Nothing, just, uh, salad.

Salad.

- Yeah, it's the mushrooms.
- Yep, mushrooms.

It's all taken care of.

It's all... the government's
taking care of that, so...

- Bad batch.
- Mushrooms.

Whoa, good.
Thanks.

All right, let's go get
that head taken care of, huh?

Claudia, thank you.

No way, you were the one
who figured out

he was in the furnace room,
so...

Not about that.

Before, Brady.

Oh.
Yeah, sure.

Hugo, when I was really young,

my brother was reckless
and I lost him for a long time.

You just got Brady
into your life.

Why would you wanna
be reckless with that?

Oh.

Right.

Hey.

My great-great grandfather
worked with Scott Joplin.

Joplin left him
this cigarette case,

said it made him feel life
more fully.

That's what he put
in his music.

So you thought the case was
a shortcut to inspired music?

I was helping myself.

But those people,
I-I helped them too.

People have the right
to work through their pain

on their own terms,
heal themselves.

You have to learn how
to live your own life, Ethan.

I'm 27.

It's a good time to go,
you know?

My... my music would live on.

Morrison, Hendrix,
Janis Joplin,

Cobain, Winehouse, it's...
It's good company.

It's selfish.

How dare you just decide
to leave

without thinking about
the people in your life?

The people who...
Who love you.

Like who?

Okay, you're not just selfish.

You're also blind.

You like... you like me?

I mean, I like...
I like you.

I just didn't think...

Ugh.

Musicians.

Okay, there's some
life experience

waitin' for you right there.

I figured it out last week.

Whenever I get hurt,
Claudia feels the pain.

The metronome might
keep my alive, but...

But if something terrible
happens to you,

it happens to Claudia too?

And there had to be a price
for Claudia bringing me back,

but I won't let Claudia
pay with her own life.

Well, what does she think
about all this?

You haven't talked to her yet.

If I tell her,
she'll just stop me

from doing what I have to do.

And you and I both know
that taking myself

off the metronome might be
the only way

to keep Claudia safe.

What I know is that I've lost

too many people
that I care about.

Sam died.
Dickenson died.

H.G. is God knows where.

I know.
I know.

I found your body
in that hangar.

I won't go through that again.

There's another solution.

There... there has to be.

I don't see what.

Well, you haven't really
looked yet.

Maybe it's time to start.

Ethan started getting better
once we neutralized the case.

Though the sorrow and pain

returned to everyone
that he'd affected.

Well, now they can
start to heal.

Uh, speaking of that, Artie,

I need to spend some time
close to home.

Skip a few missions and
just focus on processing,

learn more about the metronome,
how it works.

Take all the time you need.

Thanks.

Success, artifact retrieved,

crisis averted, day saved.

Good job.
Bragging is unbecoming.

Since when?

'Sup, Jinksy?

Why are you wearing
a serious face?

I keep telling you guys,
this is just my face.

- I'm contemplative.
- I don't know.

I'd say it's more
"constipatetive."

That's not a word.

I have something to make you
contemplate a smile,

Revenge on TiVo.

Why does everyone keep trying

to get me to watch that show?

Hello, Artemis.

One artifacts.

- Pete?
- Yeah?

How... how did Claudia do?

Oh.
Scary, actually.

Scary?

What do you mean?
How scary, evil?

No, Artie, scary what a strong,

powerful woman
she's grown into.

I mean, uh,
Hugo said it himself,

"she's a force
to be reckoned with."

No, you'd be...
You'd be proud.

That's good.
It's all good.

And wh... any trouble?

Oh, yeah, pfft,
nothing we couldn't handle.

I mean, sure,
it took us some time,

but we retrieved all
the marbles, gooed the bag.

Kids are all right,
yada, yada, yada.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.

Marbles?

Yeah.

Bobby Fischer's marbles.

Yeah, yeah they showed up
on Hugo's doorstep.

Good thing too, because
that is one bad sack of...

Artie?

Dismantled my life's work.

What?

Uh, nothing.

Nothing, but good job.

You go get some rest.

I'll catch you later.

Okay.

No, please, no.

No.

Things have already
been set in motion.

No!