Painkiller Jane s01e03 Episode Script

My name is Jane Vasco.
I could use you one my team.
I work for a secret govenement agency that hunts neros.
People who can do dangerous things with their minds.
On my first assignment Something a little weird happened, okay, something really weird.
Until i get some answers i'm getting on with my life, doing my job.
Stocking up on aspirin, because let me tell ya, pain's a bitch! What the hell are you doing? We're not supposed to hit this sector past seventy! We're not going to jump the tracks! Throttle back! Throttle back now! I I don't know how.
What the hell are you talking about!? I don't know how! They say you can feel lonelier in a crowd than when you're by yourself.
Maybe.
I'll tell you this though, whoever said it, never had to wade through the crowd that i ever did.
It's hard to feel lonely when your every walking moment is spent trying to avoid being pick-pocketed, jostled, hassled and cursed at.
Did i mention pinched? I realize i don't live in one of the better parts of town, not that there are many better parts anymore, and i couldn't afford one anyway.
When is your environment an excuse for bad behaviour? I mean, what happened to common courtesy? Is everyone so completely absorbed in their own personal drama today.
Let's just pretend i didn't ask that.
I realize that appearances can be deceiving sometimes a lot deceiving.
I mean, let's face it, life can be deceiving.
Just when we think we got it all figured out, it get's turned on its head.
We're not supposed to hit this sector past seventy! We're not going to jump the tracks! Throttle back! Throttle back now! I I don't know how.
What the hell are you talking about!? I don't know how! Black box showed everything on line and working perfectly.
Unity rail attributes it to driver error.
Pull up the driver.
Jason hampton.
Good man.
You know him? It's a small world when it comes to trains.
He worked with the rail company as long as i worked with the subway.
For the record, his record was spotless.
Well it just got smudged.
Okay, this might fit the pattern of other skill-specific amnesia cases that we've been tracking.
Any medical? Nothing significant.
Angio-plasty five years ago.
Maybe he was suicidal.
He sounded terrified and confused, not suicidal.
Last week at the hospital, a patient came in for a full neurological workup.
He was worried because he suddenly couldn't remember a critical part of his job.
How often does that happen seth, where a person loses part of their memory? It's rare.
Usually accompanied by trauma, an aneurysm, something psychological.
Edgar dawson had none of those.
Edgar dawson? Software fricking genius.
He formulated his own bbs string matrix network.
Wow.
Vasco, why don't you have a word with this edgar, see if he fits the pattern we've been tracking.
Better take an interpreter.
Me? It's your big shot.
Don't get in her way.
Hash four cat algorithm coded logs converted by a quad matrix.
No man, unless you're operating from a There's a place for people like them, anywhere i'm not.
We had an optical failure in a fifteen circuit and i I I still can't even tell you the formatted triangulation.
Code protocol for x- juncture phase development.
Secondary milli-ohm diversion, code nanex, octo, td T.
d They took me off the project.
Two years of work and it's just Gone.
My whole life changed in, like five minutes.
Mr.
Dawson, can you remember encountering anyone new just before this happened? A stranger? Someone you might have been introduced to Shook hands with? If it happened I'm sorry, i don't remember.
That ever happens to me, just put a bullet in my brain.
Life would not be worth living.
I'll try to keep that in mind.
Which part of his did dawson lose? He's still fluent in most of what he knows Except for what he doesn't.
And what is that? Edgar dawson has completely forgotten a series of third level code algorithms.
Algorithms that he created.
It's related to his patent on high speed electronic relays that transfers electronic pulses across a hypernetwork.
Riley, what's it used for? Train switching routers.
They use that kind of electronic relay system now.
Rail conglomerate grew so fast, switch operators couldn't keep up.
A train engineer and the guy who designed the switching systems lose part of their memory within three days of each other.
Riley, check unity rail's personnel files see if anyone had a reason to have a grudge.
Will do, boss.
Thank you.
Get off me! What the hell are you doing, man?! What are you doing, man?! Are you alright dude? You need a paramedic, dude.
Easy, easy, easy! Stay still man! Stay still! Easy, easy, i'll get a paramedic.
Lost consciousness, pulse is 170, rapid and thready.
Stay back, please sir.
Stay back, please sir.
A- fib with rapid ventricular response.
Push 20 c.
's cardiazem in the i.
v.
No! You could kill him.
We've got it covered.
Then why are you trying to skyrocket his heartrate and send him into v-fib? Wpw syndrome, vitals might read the same but the ekg's got a delta wave, qrs is wide.
Cardiazem's going to block the av node, push his heart rate into the 200s! We've got to shock his rhythm so it slows back to sinus.
Get me paddles and charge it to 200 joules.
He might be right.
Now! Clear! He's stabilizing.
I don't believe it.
Hey, hey, stick with us.
Grab the bag.
Stay with us.
when paramedics started to initiate an i.
v.
Drip with a semplar push subject informed them the patient had tertiary anemia.
Caller reported he had diagnosed from the pulse pattern and dried blood.
The trick is to only suture the first fifteen millimeters of the primary sheath.
that way the tissue can accept the artificial intrusion as organic.
You're an m.
d.
Uh-huh.
Where did you study? Johns hopkins.
I specialized in neuro-muscular syndromes.
I've written extensively about it.
Oh? The nordic degeneration and the middle aged male.
Dr.
Allen rafferty wrote that article.
That's right.
Five months ago, allen was in the middle of an aortic bypass.
He's done hundreds of them.
They said he just, froze, he couldn't remember how to continue.
The assisting had to take over.
The patient almost died.
Neurologist checked him out? They couldn't find anything wrong.
Everything allen knew about medicine, it's just Gone.
Allen knew it was over.
Medicine was his life and he just couldn't face it.
He started drinking.
.
And then he tried to kill himself.
I got to him in time but now How could something like this happen? There's only a handful of surgeons in the city who can do what dr.
Rafferty does.
This homeless man knew his procedures as well as he did.
So we're not talking about sudden partial amnesia It's about picking people's brains.
Looks that way.
And no, he's not a neuro.
I tested him.
In order to have acquired rafferty's knowledge, there must have been a middle man.
It would seem so.
Three victims.
Two areas of knowledge.
Trains and medicine.
What do they have in common? There was no answer when i knocked.
I thought I heard some noises.
I was singing.
What? I was singing! When i didn't hear an answer, i thought there might be problem so i You picked the lock! It's really not that difficult.
What are you doing here, riley? Just walking, taking a walk.
You live five miles away.
Want some wine? No, i don't.
It's for the best anyway.
I found no connections between the engineer, edgar dawson or dr.
Rafferty.
That's great.
Yeah.
You came all the way over here to tell me that.
I did see something else interesting.
I'm listening, riley.
There was a break-in at the pharmacy close to where the paramedics worked on the homeless guy.
Junkies break into pharmacies every ten minutes.
There weren't any drugs stolen, at least not the kind of drugs that get you high.
Hemoglobin accelerators.
The paramedics used hemoglobin accelerators on the guy having the seizure.
What you're saying is the man who had the seizure was the middleman.
He'd need someone with some medical expertise to help him doctors can't operate on themselves.
Unless He contact with dr.
Rafferty he could have taken his medical knowledge.
If he had contact with dr.
Rafferty, why not just have rafferty treat him? If i had all the answers, i'd be you.
Exactly.
You sure you don't have any wine.
No, riley.
I still don't have any wine.
Look, i was thinking we could check out the pharmacies.
So you didn't just "happen" to be in my neighborhood.
Look.
I know you want to be in the field.
And i know you know that i have a reputation for not always going by the book.
But not now Not tonight.
Okay? Hey, riley, we'll grab a drink another time, i promise.
Help! Probably an isolated rib fracture or minor costochondral separation.
Not much we can do, either way.
It'll just take time.
Wouldn't hurt to get an abdominal exam to rule out splenic or hepatic trauma.
You're the one with dr.
Rafferty's medical knowledge.
Seth, was looking for you.
The homeless guy.
The one you told the paramedics how to treat.
Can you tell me where to find him? Yeah.
You found the neuro? I'm with him now.
Alley behind seventh, and colter.
Riley, listen to me, we'll be there in fifteen.
Don't move.
Don't do anything til we get there.
You got that? Yeah, don't worry.
I'm in too much pain to move.
Good work, riley.
Charlie, you let me know, you see anything, i'm going to take care of you, alright.
Nothing, not a damn thing! C'mon, i told him to stay put! Hey, there he is! Riley, what's wrong? Riley, talk to us, what happened?! What do you people want from me? Where's the neuro, riley? What's a neuro? Why can't i access this? It's not partial like the others.
Riley has full on amnesia.
Did you tell him who he is? Just that we're his friends.
I don't want to overwhelm him.
The thought of riley being overwhelmed by anything What did riley tell you last night? That someone had stolen hemoglobin accelerators from a pharmacy.
The same meds the paramedics used to save the man with the seizure.
The man with the seizure is the neuro.
Probably suffering from linortic degenertia.
Something dr.
Rafferty had done extensive research on.
What are the symptoms? There are plenty.
But the most obvious would be poor balance Trouble walking.
It's chronic and eventually fatal.
Riley found the bastard last night.
He wanted me to go with him and check out the pharmacy.
Only i didn't.
If our neuro does have this linotype degenerate whatever, it makes sense to take the knowledge from the doctor.
But how does that fit with a train engineer and edgar dawson's railroad switches? They're neuros.
They don't have to make sense.
Vasco, bowers, get on riley's system.
See what he was looking at.
Seth, get in touch with the hospitals and see if there has been any reports on similar seizures get me a description from the paramedics.
Connor, you and i are gonna hit the streets.
Maureen can cover the computer.
I'll be more help with you.
Why? Because you didn't go out with riley last night.
No.
Please.
Let me help.
Not now.
Not tonight.
What if we've lost riley, andre? What if we've lost him? We haven't lost riley.
Only his mind.
Hey! I don't need that from you.
According to the paramedics, looking for a "caucasian male.
"late 40's to early 50's, "150 to 170 pounds.
"ragged clothing.
"hadn't bathed in a while.
" your point is? I don't know!? I'm not riley! I didn't say you were.
You were implying! I'm as frustrated as you are.
I just wish he were here.
It's not your fault, jane.
I should have gone with him.
Yeah, let's try again.
I'm riley, aren't i? Yes.
I'm some kind of computer geek.
In the best possible sense, yes.
Do you want to try? Warning system failure! Warning system failure! It's going to be okay.
Help me, please.
How'd he do? Slept all night.
More than i can say.
Morning guys! Hey, jane.
Riley, what's going on? Well, this is a bitch.
Tunnel's been breached.
What the hell happened to the security system? Yes! Your security system isn't working because i shut it down.
I suppose i should be flattered.
An entire team The best of the best Devoted to following and finding People like me.
Your friend riley's mind is a vault of information.
Neuros.
That's what you call us.
At least i'm glad to know i'm not alone in my Uniqueness.
Your lucky day, pal.
I'm about to arrange for you to join the rest of the freaks so you won't feel so lonely.
If you ever want to see your friend again Intact, that might not be the wise thing to do.
Wait! Let's hear him out.
We don't know if anyone can restore riley's memory.
I can.
I can steal knowledge.
I can transfer knowledge.
I can restore knowledge.
He can.
I got a call from carla rafferty.
Dr.
Rafferty seems to have made a complete recovery.
Call it a show of good faith.
And proof.
Alright, what do you want from us? In exchange for riley, i want your help.
What kind of help? I want you to rob a train.
My name is simon connolly.
I'm ill.
But you probably already know that.
There's something i want.
Something that's important to me.
It's being shipped in a high security container aboard freight rail line 122 tomorrow.
If the robbery's successful, and i get to do what i want I'll restore riley's mind.
I'm prepared, when this is over, for you to chip me.
Andre, this is our only chance to save riley.
Even if we agree to this, what makes you so sure we have the expertise to rob a train? What's the transfer rate of the I-6 video lines from central rail control? security system code matrix from car 17 from the same line? Random 14 symbol evolving algorithm, expression key rio, 4, x, omega.
De-coupling override procedure for transrail 4000 c series engine? Coupling to manual, enter override code odx 9, program auto sector postvelocities and program the connection.
Switch codes within five kilometers of the sector You were here last night.
Among other places.
Help me, please.
If we're doing this, we're doing it on our terms.
You won't need any additional knowledge, agent vasco.
You'll be handling the most physically challenging part of the operation.
What are you doing? Doing what riley would have done.
Manipulating the system to the team's advantage.
You have an amazing gift, jane.
Yeah, well Some might call it a curse.
Applying my special talents to the others didn't pose a problem for me.
But, when it came to you, knowing what i know now Are you suggesting i'm like you? All i know is that it somehow didn't feel right.
I'm on your side, jane.
To be honest, i'm a bit saddened that you're not on mine.
Have you ever stopped to wonder just which side might be the right side? Is being different such a crime? Two people are dead because of what you've done.
Something i deeply regret and didn't intend.
That puts you on the road to hell with a lot of other people.
I'll give you that.
But where does your being different put you? Six two, you have a clear line to western connect depot at 0917 roger control, proceeding out on yard track a- four-seven Connecting to line six-b at kilometer two-five.
K-317 you are clear to proceed west at 7.
Conductor, we're under way.
Yeah, cargo restraints holding.
Artificial contact with line 122.
Track switch.
to switch contact.
I'm going hot.
All clear here.
Cargo? Holding.
Let's keep this tight.
Monitor 3 is off-line.
we're good to go.
We made contact.
Am i low in here? We're back on.
Come on, come on.
What's that? Electrostatic pulse.
want to be specific.
He wants us to steal it from that safe.
Don't tell me you can't turn it off.
What do we have? A really bad situation.
sorry, jane, i don't know what else we can do.
The electricity is generated from that junction box.
We get too close, we get fried.
This is a re-direct circuit.
It attracts electrical energy.
Get it on the junction box and it'll fry itself out.
It's the only way i know.
This is unacceptable! You find another way! There's no way to gage the electrical output of this thing, it could fry whatever gift i have to a crisp.
Along with the rest of me.
Let's hear it.
Hear what? The alternative.
I'm ready to hear the alternative.
You're funny.
Jane, we've done all this for riley.
Yeah.
Good luck.
Bite me.
I'm really going to hate this.
Do not ask me if i'm okay! Just find out what's in the crate! What the hell is that? We did all this for a freaking painting.
I was ten years old when i sat for the painting.
He was unknown at the time.
My dad lost his business and was forced to sell it.
Who knew it would eventually be worth millions.
Funny things is, i never really liked it.
I was always embarrassed when my friends came over and saw it.
But when it was taken away, i felt, somehow, that a piece of me was taken away.
When i heard that it was being shipped to another city for a showing It was my chance.
To experience life as it was.
One more time.
Before i died.
Why steal dr.
Rafferty's knowledge? Why not just go to a hospital? I watched my father die in a hospital.
It wasn't pretty.
If i could help it, it wasn't going to be the way i went out.
So was it worth it? For this moment? Not sure.
I can tell you this It's not like it was before.
But then I'm not like i was before.
I'm ready.
Whatever the reason, whether some part of me thought i was a part of him, or because i just plain old felt sorry for him, i couldn't.
If you leave, we'll know about it.
Don't leave.
Something on your mind, agent vasco? Yeah, i was wondering you made the decision you made back there? Why did you decide not to send him to nico? Don't read too much into it.
The man doesn't have too long to live if he decides to go anywhere, we'll find him.
Burns healed? Almost.
Which is More than i can say for every stitch of clothing i had on.
You know, i go through a lot of clothes on this job.
Maybe the agency might think of No.
compensating me Just throw it out there, see what stuck.
Riley? What's wrong? Simon seems to have given riley back his thoughts, but But? There seems to be a bit of a problem, he knows his name and that he works here.
But when i checked the logic side of his brain with some simple questions, for example Seven minus one.
Seven minus one is zero.
Seven minus one is zero.
Seven minus one is not zero.
It depends how you quantify the equation.
Seven people on this team minus one of me amounts to six zeros.
Since six times zero is still zero Without me We're nothing.
Now there's a smart man.
Stephen hawkings has nothing on riley jensen, baby.
Okay, we're three days behind our systems maintenance report, riley get cracking, connor, bring them up to speed.
What is the systems maintenance report? Like i said, appearances are deceiving, what makes people special is not always what you see on the outside.
Unless you're a nudist, but that's not the point.
It really is beautiful, you know.
You were beautiful.
The point is love or hate what makes us different, it does make us who we are.
To take that away I thought i would feel this remarkable sense of loss when the power was gone.
But i don't really.
I feel very much the same.
Or am i the same? That chip gun You put a blank in it.
Don't read too much into it.
When the hunters begin to realize they've become the hunted You got what you wanted.
You'll spend your last days in your own home.
And intact.
Don't believe you know everything about me.
We're monitoring you.
Take one step off these premises, i will kill you.
With the surprise that andre mcbride did something that andre mcbride never does, give a neuro a break, first yeah, it even crossed my mind that he'd been neuro'd, but then oh, about nine glasses of wine it came to me, andre is just as conflicted about what we do as i am.
Only difference is, he can't say it.
He can't show it.
With his one simple beautiful gesture, agent mcbride just became an open book.
Good-bye simon, i'll miss you and don't even think about screwing me over.