Alphas s01e08 Episode Script
A Short Time in Paradise
Let me hide myself in thee let the water and the blood Don't be afraid.
I'm not.
Remember, we'll be together in love forever.
Jonas? Jonas! Stay with us! Jonas! No! don't say no for an answer and there's no telling where we've been 'cause people don't understand understand, understand people don't understand people like me Let's put 'em in the break room.
So exactly how much stuff are you giving away? I don't know.
Whatever you guys don't want, we'll send 'em to the homeless shelter.
And this is part of your therapy? Rosen's idea.
I've accumulated a lot of things throughout the years.
Hmm.
Pushing people? Rosen thinks surrounding myself with ill-gotten gains keeps me hooked into my old lifestyle, my old patterns.
Does anyone have dibs on the Blu-ray? Yeah, Patti, what's up? Yeah, okay.
Just one second.
A seminar on police tactics? All my buddies at the ATF take it.
Well, this is hostage rescuing.
"Breach and clear.
" What the hell is breach and clear? Well, that's my point.
I've told you a million times.
- We have to be prepared.
- Yeah, first badges.
Hmm? And now this mandate? Just read the thing.
Let me know what you think.
Slots are filling fast.
I need to book this.
Wait, wait, Bill.
"Multiple threat assessment"? I mean, what is this? Jacketed versus hollow point? Seriously, can you imagine me firing an AK-47, much less Gary? Gary's a special case, okay? But you-- I've never fired a gun in my life.
And that's a conscious choice.
It's time for you to make some new choices.
Looking for anything in particular? Yeah, a going away present for my kid.
Tyler's leaving? Patti wants a fresh start, so she's, uh, she's movin' back to Nevada.
And she's taking Tyler with her.
Ah, sorry to hear that, Cameron.
That--that's terrible.
Yeah, well, when you go into a custody hearing with a couple of DUIs, you don't normally win.
You're not thinking of giving your son that, are you? You know, I, uh, I haven't really been to too many meetings lately.
I think that's an excellent idea.
Uh, Gary, you're supposed to take your shoes off.
No, no, I like it this way.
It's all buzzy.
Do you have one where I can lie down? No.
Get one.
Give it to me.
Hey, do you guys know where Hicks is? Yeah, he just left.
NoNo, no.
I I had it all planned out.
I was gonna take Omar from the gym, but then him and his boyfriend decided to go on a cruise last minute and Hicks was my backup plan and and now I don't know what to do.
You should get a foot massager.
It's very therapeutic.
This one has 15 settings and a shiatsu mode.
I-I don't want a foot massager, Gary.
I could help if I knew what you were talking about.
My sister, she's having her engagement party, and if I show up without a date, my mother is gonna auction me off.
Okay, well, take Harken.
Isn't he a little old? Plus, he's married.
That's just weird.
So Rosen's out.
Isn't there someone you can push? I mean, the express mail guy's gonna be here in 15 minutes.
Look, Nina, if I don't find a date, I'm gonna spend the rest of the year going on blind dates with third cousins.
My feet are so happy.
It's just desperate.
Desperate times Thanks, Margaret.
That was real.
Anyone else like to share? Cameron? Cameron If I may I'd like to say something.
Yeah, go for it.
My name is Jonas.
- I am not an alcoholic.
- Whoa.
We said at the start no sharing unless you're one of us.
I may not have experienced your pain personally, but I can help you.
How many people here are happy? Truly happy? Look, Gil asked you nicely.
Are you happy? You don't look it.
That's it.
It's time to go.
I have my answer.
And I have your answer.
Yeah, it's pretty.
There's really good food.
There's gifts.
Yeah.
Is that Rachel with a boy? Her poor mother.
They're all talking about us.
Yeah, of course they are.
We're special.
I should go congratulate Sari, and remember, we've only been dating for two weeks.
Yeah, Rachel, I memorized the cover story.
I'm a professional government agent.
Yes, I know, Gary.
Just please don't say that to anyone else, okay? - Okay.
- Oh, and thank you.
You're really helping.
Rachel! - Pa.
- I didn't think you'd come.
Salam.
I know how it is between you and your sister.
That's--that's a wool and silk blend.
- It's Italian.
- What, you know your fabrics? Your family in the business? Heh, I like jackets.
Then you should wear one.
You're sick.
You know, sick people shouldn't come to parties.
It's rude.
Papa, are you all right? Yes, it's nothing, Rachel.
It's nothing to worry about.
It's a cough.
No, there's definitely something wrong.
Oh.
Please, Rachel, not now with the smells.
Nothat's her ability.
That's what makes her special.
Gary - Her synesthesia.
- Gary, stop.
I'm glad I don't have it, though.
I don't-- I don't like smells.
Gary, you're not helping.
What is it? Is something wrong? LookI'm sorry, mom.
I don't mean to upset anybody, it's just Papa, you need to go to the doctor.
Right away.
Enough.
Not here, not now.
Enough! - I'm not kidding! - Enough! This is a special day for your sister.
Please, don't ruin it.
Do we go back to the office now? Yeah.
Hicks, it's, like, 7:00 a.
m.
I know.
My God, you look beautiful.
Are you okay? I'm more than okay.
Nina, my life my life finally makes sense.
But you know how it is.
I mean, you go along, and things are one way and I don't know, you just start to think that they're always gonna be that way, but but then, one day, out of nowhere, it's different.
Well, you definitely seem different.
I want you to come with me, Nina.
Listen, there's something-- I wanna show you something.
It is amazing.
What about work? We can be late for one day.
Come on.
Do this for me.
Okay.
Okay.
So what is it you want to show me? Not that I don't enjoy the tour.
I want you to meet my friend Jonas.
They said he'll be out soon.
He's preparing to speak at a big gathering this weekend.
There's gonna be thousands of people.
Sounds like a big shot.
I'm telling you, Nina, there's something about this guy.
Something different.
Something you have to experience for yourself.
Wait, are you saying that you've experienced firsthand what this Jonas can do? Jonas can make you see things in a new light, I promise you.
These people look pushed.
Is Jonas an Alpha? Nina, I'm happy.
First time I'm actually happy.
I just--I want you to be happy too.
That's it.
We're out of here.
Hello.
Trouble in paradise? Jonas, this is my friend Nina I was telling you about.
And I'mafraid she's not sure if she wants to be here.
I know I don't.
How can you know anything? You've only just arrived.
You're gonna tell me what's going on here.
What you're doing to all these people.
Cameron told me about you.
The wonderful things you can do.
It's not working.
Cameron - Trust me, Nina.
- Get us out of here.
You're gonna thank me.
Rachel, did you get me the hummus? You promised me the leftover hummus.
Bottom shelf, Gary.
Oh, ah.
I like hummus.
'Cause it's all one color, and it's soft.
Is your father at the hospital? Did you get the test results? He didn't go.
He won't listen to me.
No, but he has to listen to you.
Otherwise--otherwise, he'll just get sicker.
And then--and if you get too sick, then you die, and then it's too late.
Gary, I can't talk about this with you, okay? No, but you have to talk to me, because I'm pretending to be your boyfriend.
I don't think you'd understand, Gary.
- My family-- - No, I--you don't understand.
Rachel, uh I always say what's on my mind.
And you should learn from me.
Yeah.
You have to go, and you have to tell your father the truth.
And then you have to keep telling him.
You have to keep telling him the truth until he pays attention.
Just like I do with Bill.
Or like this, like I'm doing it with you now.
Rachel, come on.
You gotta-- you gotta go and you gotta tell him.
And I won't stop talking to you until you do go.
Okay? Okay, Gary.
Okay.
I'm looking out for you.
What happened to him? Nothing to alarm here.
Everyone back to work.
He looks sick.
Sometimes the darkness overwhelms my followers.
I think he needs a doctor.
A doctor wouldn't understand what we're trying to accomplish here or what's attacking this man.
Our boss, Dr.
Rosen, he understands us.
He'd understand you.
Hello.
Are you here to see father? Well, that depends.
Uh, who is your father? Jonas.
He's everyone's father.
Daddy used to be my father, but they had to burn daddy up when he got sick.
We practice cremation.
Environmentally, it's more responsible than burial.
Father, I want to see the lights! Can I see the lights? Not now, Teddy.
Go find your friends, okay? You must be Jonas.
Dr.
Rosen, I hope you're as competent as Nina and Cameron say you are.
I expected them to meet me here.
Uh, I should probably speak with them.
Don't you want to see your patients first? Patients? Um, plural? Uh, Mr.
Hicks didn't go into that much detail on his call.
He just said that I was the, uh, the only one who could help.
It's much more complicated than that.
This is it.
How long has this man been like this? A week or so.
We can force him to eat and drink a little.
But eventually, they waste away.
And then others? Some longer, some less.
These people need to be in a hospital.
Can't you help them? I can certainly try.
I Oh.
For starters, this man needs IV fluids.
He's extremely dehydrated.
And this woman is this woman is dead.
She's been dead for hours.
I've seen it so often.
I try to stop it.
I try to keep them safe from the world.
Butit's everywhere, the enemy.
I'm not sure I'm quite following you.
I show them the truth behind the world.
It's my gift.
I let them see the light The interconnectedness of all things, all people.
You're an Alpha.
Nina and Cameron, they said you'd understand that-- Uh, yes, I have, uh, studied people like you, uh, quite extensively.
Perhaps you could describe what exactly it is you do.
Perhaps I could show you.
No, I don't think that would be a good idea right now.
It'll make you happy and content.
I don't need to be happy or content at the moment.
I need to be very focused.
People are very sick.
You would rather live in darkness? Uh, yes, for now.
Uh Could I see Mr.
Hicks and Ms.
Theroux? I think talking to them would be very helpful.
This way.
Doc.
Oh, this is a bit awkward.
Uh, Nina, don't get up on my account.
It's, uh--would you excuse us for a moment, please? Don't take too long.
Those people downstairs need you.
Uh, this might be stating the obvious, but this man has used his Alpha ability on you.
Jonas doesn't call it an ability.
He says it's a divine gift.
There's this light, this light of the world, and it's in all of us.
It connects us.
Look, Doc, I know it's hard to understand that it's there, but once Jonas explains it to you, you'll see it.
Everything just makes sense.
This might seem all quite miraculous to you, but what you're experiencing has nothing to do with the divine.
This is a result of his ability.
His Alpha ability.
You should let him show you.
Uhwell, maybe I will, Nina.
Um, but, uh not right now.
Uh, right now, I need you to put on some clothes, and come back to the office with me.
Clearly, we have a lot to discuss.
But I don't want to do it here.
I don't get it.
I mean, I thought this is what you wanted for us-- for us to find peace.
You should be happy for us.
I ambelieve me.
But we should go.
Cell phones are a distraction.
Part of the white noise of the world that keeps us from truly knowing each other.
I see.
Have you blocked the signal somehow or-- We disabled the only tower for miles.
The patients are waiting.
Heh.
You're curing them.
Uh, diagnosing them.
I-I believe these people are suffering from a form of encephalitis lethargica.
It's a condition which attacks the brain and leaves the individual speechless and, well, emotionless.
Let me ask you something.
When you share your ability with these people, they see things, right? Light and, uh, angels that they draw? They perceive the luminous.
There's a neurological explanation for all of this.
Are you familiar with the pineal gland? Overstimulation can induce hallucinations, brilliant visions, and often, an overwhelming sense of well being.
You think you can quantify everything.
Put it into a little box.
If you'd just let me show you, you'd see.
Well, you run the risk of turning your doctor into another patient.
Th-there is, however, a medication which could help-- L-Dopa.
I can run out right now and bring some right back.
I'll send someone.
How much do you need? Well, they'll only give it to a doctor.
So write a prescription.
Last drop-off is 10:00 p.
m.
Pop! Rachel! It's late, don't you have work in the morning? Yeah.
Look Back home in Tehran, when you were a doctor what would you do if a patient wouldn't listen to your recommendation? But you're not a doctor.
And I haven't been one for a very long time.
Papa, you're sick.
And you need to get help.
Rachel I'm tired.
I want my dinner.
Hey.
Hey.
Listen to me.
When Sari and Darius and I were little and we got sick, you brought us our medicine.
You made sure we got our sleep.
You never left our side.
You're my children.
And you're my papa.
And, papa, you have cancer.
In your throat.
And if you don't do something about it soon, you will die.
You will not see your grandchildren.
You will not walk me down the aisle.
You'll be gone.
All because you were too stubborn to listen to your loved ones.
- I-- - Now are you gonna go to the doctor? Or do I have to talk to mom? You were such a quiet, obedient child.
I'm not a child anymore.
Tomorrow, okay? Or I'm coming back.
Oh, no! Shoot.
Dr.
Rosen Jonas is looking for you.
Maria Parsonetti came to us a drug-addicted runaway.
She ascends now.
May her soul be blessed as it returns to the great light.
And together, we say Amen.
That woman didn't have to die.
And you're going to have to burn a lot more bodies before this is done.
This is how it's always been.
If these people's lives mean anything to you, make sure it ends differently this time.
Pop, I'm so glad.
You let me know as soon as you get the test results.
Promise? Pop, I don't need to be protected, I need the truth.
Okay.
Did you ask if there's any more hummus? I really like the hummus.
Gary, I will get my mom to make you as much hummus as you want.
Guys, guys, guys.
Where is everybody? I'm calling--phones, texting--no one's answering.
Dr.
Rosen never turned up to drive me.
He didn't pick you up this morning? No, my mom had to drive me.
And she said that I made her late for work, but she made me late for work too.
You know, Nina didn't come home last night.
And, actually, she hasn't returned any of my texts.
I think I heard her leave with Hicks yesterday morning.
- Gary, can you please try-- - Yeah, yeah, Bill.
Ping ping ping.
Out of area, out of area, out of area.
What does that mean? It means out of area.
It means no one's near a tower.
- What, all three of them? - Yeah, it's weird.
'Cause I can only ping them if they're near a tower.
Gary, you're gonna have to figure out something else.
I'll check Dr.
Rosen's computer.
Bill, did you know his password is - No, I don't know - S-W-1 - Gary - M-M-3-R.
It's "swimmer," but it's numbers instead of vowels.
Let's go check the computer first.
It's clever.
I set it up.
That doesn't seem to be working.
Eh I could increase the dosage, but I'm afraid it might kill her.
Maybe it's meant to be.
Um Mr.
Englin, uh you said it's always been like this.
When was the first time this happened around you? I was very young.
My father was a preacher.
He was the first person I gifted.
And he realized I'd been given A divine calling.
So he brought you in to the family business, so to speak.
I was helping people.
Yeah.
The entire congregation was grateful.
And then people started getting sick.
People you'd gifted? My father said it was the devil's work.
That the darkness was trying to steal back my gift.
He prayed on it.
And he saw how to save everyone.
Well, how exactly did he do that? He purified his congregation.
With fire.
It's--it's working.
Here, take some more.
Did I do anything stupid? All I remember is glowy lights and feeling really, really good.
Like a speed ball, butway better.
I gave you insight.
Not a drug.
Call it what you want, but put that in a bottle, I'd crawl right inside.
Do you feel any connection at all with that man? Or anyone else right now? I just wanna go home.
That could be a problem.
Yep.
- Right here.
- Yeah, right.
- BillBill - Yeah? Dr.
Rosen's last Google.
It shows that he went to Connecticut, to a house that used to belong to Fred Bask.
And he--he was old, and he died.
And then he gave his house away as a gift.
To the Reverend Jonas Englin.
He's some sort of a religious leader.
Yeah, and he's speaking tomorrow at a big church-- - Wait, wait, wait.
So Rosen is with a religious group? What the hell is going on? Excuse me, where's the medication that was here? Father took it away.
Of course I took it.
Gil may live, but your poison robbed him of my gift.
Mr.
Englin, your gift is what is killing those people.
That is a lie.
It's not me.
It's the world! It's the darkness! I understand that you're going to be speaking to some sort of religious gathering.
To spread the light, yes.
It's what I was meant to do.
And you're going to expose all these people to your--your ability? Dr.
Rosen you've seen the pain.
The indignities all around us.
The terrible things the unenlightened do to themselves and others.
I can change that.
Or is this broken world enough for you? Making people sick, killing them, it-- that's not gonna fix anything.
So will you please give me back this medicine so that I can help your people? Do you know what the worst part of my gift is? I can't feel it.
Like you, I'm trapped in the darkness.
I would sacrifice everything, even my life, to experience for just one moment what I give to others.
So tell me what's better-- a lifetime of suffering or a short time in paradise? You don't have the right to make that choice for people! Well, neither do you.
No more poison.
You'll have to come up with another answer.
Find a way to give my people paradise and life or the others are gonna die too including Nina and Cameron.
Stop.
This is the address on Rosen's computer.
Okay, I'm picking up a lot of heartbeats, Do you at least hear Rosen or Hicks or Nina? No, it's too far, even for me.
These dead bodies look like barbecued chicken.
Gary, not appropriate.
This guy scares me.
Like Jim Jones scary.
Well, let's just hope he hasn't started handing out the purple kool-aid.
Rachel, I need a visual on an entry.
Front door is covered.
There's some windows low on the side that nobody's watching-- we can go in that way.
Well, no, no, no, no.
I'll go in alone, okay? - No! - Bill, no.
I go alone.
If you don't hear from me in 20 minutes, you call tactical.
Let 'em know it's a hostage situation, okay? - Bill, that's wrong.
- Let 'em know-- under no circumstances are you to follow me in here, Gary.
But Okay.
Okay.
Doc! Bill.
Bill, you've got to get out of here.
Right now.
Bill Nina Give me the gun.
And come with me.
Nina Nina! Nina, don't do this! Nina! Okay.
Tactical's on their way.
No, you have to sterilize my phone when you use it.
- Gary, I'm sorry, my-- - Bacteria.
Ear wax.
I know, I know.
I'm sorry, my phone does not work up here.
Here, it's clean.
Thank you.
This is wrong, though.
Bill needs us.
I bet he's in trouble right now.
We should just go in.
Hey, no.
Bill said no.
I don't hear any gunshots, and there's no fighting.
We wait.
The police are coming here? It's not the police, it's D.
O.
D.
, so that means assault rifles, flak jackets and armored vehicles and helicopters and I'm sorry, I didn't-- I didn't know that-- You can call them off, right? No, I can't.
They think it's a hostage situation.
They think I'm a hostage, and, oh, and Hicks and Nina and Dr.
Rosen.
I must pray on this.
We'll be all right.
You guys have been holding out on me, huh? I had no ideaI needed this.
I know.
Everyone should feel this way.
Everyone will.
You were a mistake.
I never should have agreed to bring you here.
N-no, you were right to bring me here.
You wanted to help these people, and so do I.
I just need more time.
Time? To find a treatment? Or time for your government thugs to invade my home? No one wants any violence.
I can bring peace to the entire world.
Why would I let anyone stand in my way? Jonas, you are so much more than your ability.
Your message about connectedness and that there's a light in all of us, that is worth hearing.
Those are just words.
Without my gift, they're just words.
- Words have power.
- No! You want to make me into a charlatan.
Faith healing and revival tents and bless you for this donation.
Jonas, your ability is killing these people.
I gave these people paradise.
Once they experience it, they can't let it go.
How do you know? Have you asked any of them? What about Gil? He was ready to drink again.
You're asking me to let you tear it away from them? - No.
- I'd rather die first.
So would they.
My father understood that.
I never did until today.
This time, I won't run from the flames.
You'll burn too.
But you'll never know paradise.
Hey.
You wanna try to give me a hand? Gettin' lazy on me, Bill? No, II amped up, but it didn't work.
- All right.
- It's weird.
Cameron? CameronCameron What's wrong? He's been called.
We all have.
Oh, jeez.
Don't be afraid.
You came to me broken, looking for answers.
From the pain that infects this world.
And I healed you.
I showed you the light.
The connection, not just to each other, but to something greater than ourselves.
The outside world doesn't understand it.
They think everyone should live in fear and darkness.
It frightens them that we live free and without worry.
And now they are beating down our walls, trying to destroy what we've built here.
It can't happen today.
Today, the light that shines from me shines for us all.
Join me in the light.
And we'll spend eternity together.
What are you doing? It's alright.
Dr.
Rosen take your poison out of here.
Put the torch into the furnace, Jonas, please.
This is the only way out! Please do it.
Lee people as you can.
- Nina, don't listen to him.
- No, no.
- No, just don't move.
- Nina, no.
You can't control them anymore.
I'm not gonna let you bring darkness into my house.
Don't do this, Jonas.
Hey.
Jonas's victims are responding to the L-Dopa, like you said they would.
I think tactical's got everything under control.
We can go.
Oh, I see him.
Stop.
Dad! Dad.
I talked to mom.
She said cancer.
Stage one.
It's very treatable.
They never catch it this early.
But then no one else has a daughter like you.
I'm so glad.
You're a miracle.
Nowyour Aunt Parashtou.
She's coming to dinner.
Okay.
Uh, she's got a mole she needs you to look at.
Okay.
Hey.
Hey.
So group should be interesting today.
We're not gonna talk about it, right? What happened between us.
I figure that's a private conversation.
I'll just pretend it never happened.
I'll talk about Tyler, how he's leaving and, uh, how I can't stop it.
Still can't believe Rosen saw us naked.
Doc, you ready? We're waiting on you.
In a minute.
You okay? Am I okay? Well I killed a man, Bill.
No, you killed a bad guy and saved a whole lot of folks from being barbecued.
That's the part you hold onto.
How does it feel? The light.
Oh, I, um never felt better in my life.
I mean, I still can't amp up, and I'm glad to be among the breathing, but You know, Bill the D.
O.
D.
is going to cover this whole thing up.
If you kill someone, you should pay a price.
You are definitely paying the price.
So why don't we just go andTalk about it with the group, ornot, or Okay, Dr.
Harken.
Alright, then here's some advice next time aim for the chest.
It's an easier stop.
I was aiming for his chest.
I'm not.
Remember, we'll be together in love forever.
Jonas? Jonas! Stay with us! Jonas! No! don't say no for an answer and there's no telling where we've been 'cause people don't understand understand, understand people don't understand people like me Let's put 'em in the break room.
So exactly how much stuff are you giving away? I don't know.
Whatever you guys don't want, we'll send 'em to the homeless shelter.
And this is part of your therapy? Rosen's idea.
I've accumulated a lot of things throughout the years.
Hmm.
Pushing people? Rosen thinks surrounding myself with ill-gotten gains keeps me hooked into my old lifestyle, my old patterns.
Does anyone have dibs on the Blu-ray? Yeah, Patti, what's up? Yeah, okay.
Just one second.
A seminar on police tactics? All my buddies at the ATF take it.
Well, this is hostage rescuing.
"Breach and clear.
" What the hell is breach and clear? Well, that's my point.
I've told you a million times.
- We have to be prepared.
- Yeah, first badges.
Hmm? And now this mandate? Just read the thing.
Let me know what you think.
Slots are filling fast.
I need to book this.
Wait, wait, Bill.
"Multiple threat assessment"? I mean, what is this? Jacketed versus hollow point? Seriously, can you imagine me firing an AK-47, much less Gary? Gary's a special case, okay? But you-- I've never fired a gun in my life.
And that's a conscious choice.
It's time for you to make some new choices.
Looking for anything in particular? Yeah, a going away present for my kid.
Tyler's leaving? Patti wants a fresh start, so she's, uh, she's movin' back to Nevada.
And she's taking Tyler with her.
Ah, sorry to hear that, Cameron.
That--that's terrible.
Yeah, well, when you go into a custody hearing with a couple of DUIs, you don't normally win.
You're not thinking of giving your son that, are you? You know, I, uh, I haven't really been to too many meetings lately.
I think that's an excellent idea.
Uh, Gary, you're supposed to take your shoes off.
No, no, I like it this way.
It's all buzzy.
Do you have one where I can lie down? No.
Get one.
Give it to me.
Hey, do you guys know where Hicks is? Yeah, he just left.
NoNo, no.
I I had it all planned out.
I was gonna take Omar from the gym, but then him and his boyfriend decided to go on a cruise last minute and Hicks was my backup plan and and now I don't know what to do.
You should get a foot massager.
It's very therapeutic.
This one has 15 settings and a shiatsu mode.
I-I don't want a foot massager, Gary.
I could help if I knew what you were talking about.
My sister, she's having her engagement party, and if I show up without a date, my mother is gonna auction me off.
Okay, well, take Harken.
Isn't he a little old? Plus, he's married.
That's just weird.
So Rosen's out.
Isn't there someone you can push? I mean, the express mail guy's gonna be here in 15 minutes.
Look, Nina, if I don't find a date, I'm gonna spend the rest of the year going on blind dates with third cousins.
My feet are so happy.
It's just desperate.
Desperate times Thanks, Margaret.
That was real.
Anyone else like to share? Cameron? Cameron If I may I'd like to say something.
Yeah, go for it.
My name is Jonas.
- I am not an alcoholic.
- Whoa.
We said at the start no sharing unless you're one of us.
I may not have experienced your pain personally, but I can help you.
How many people here are happy? Truly happy? Look, Gil asked you nicely.
Are you happy? You don't look it.
That's it.
It's time to go.
I have my answer.
And I have your answer.
Yeah, it's pretty.
There's really good food.
There's gifts.
Yeah.
Is that Rachel with a boy? Her poor mother.
They're all talking about us.
Yeah, of course they are.
We're special.
I should go congratulate Sari, and remember, we've only been dating for two weeks.
Yeah, Rachel, I memorized the cover story.
I'm a professional government agent.
Yes, I know, Gary.
Just please don't say that to anyone else, okay? - Okay.
- Oh, and thank you.
You're really helping.
Rachel! - Pa.
- I didn't think you'd come.
Salam.
I know how it is between you and your sister.
That's--that's a wool and silk blend.
- It's Italian.
- What, you know your fabrics? Your family in the business? Heh, I like jackets.
Then you should wear one.
You're sick.
You know, sick people shouldn't come to parties.
It's rude.
Papa, are you all right? Yes, it's nothing, Rachel.
It's nothing to worry about.
It's a cough.
No, there's definitely something wrong.
Oh.
Please, Rachel, not now with the smells.
Nothat's her ability.
That's what makes her special.
Gary - Her synesthesia.
- Gary, stop.
I'm glad I don't have it, though.
I don't-- I don't like smells.
Gary, you're not helping.
What is it? Is something wrong? LookI'm sorry, mom.
I don't mean to upset anybody, it's just Papa, you need to go to the doctor.
Right away.
Enough.
Not here, not now.
Enough! - I'm not kidding! - Enough! This is a special day for your sister.
Please, don't ruin it.
Do we go back to the office now? Yeah.
Hicks, it's, like, 7:00 a.
m.
I know.
My God, you look beautiful.
Are you okay? I'm more than okay.
Nina, my life my life finally makes sense.
But you know how it is.
I mean, you go along, and things are one way and I don't know, you just start to think that they're always gonna be that way, but but then, one day, out of nowhere, it's different.
Well, you definitely seem different.
I want you to come with me, Nina.
Listen, there's something-- I wanna show you something.
It is amazing.
What about work? We can be late for one day.
Come on.
Do this for me.
Okay.
Okay.
So what is it you want to show me? Not that I don't enjoy the tour.
I want you to meet my friend Jonas.
They said he'll be out soon.
He's preparing to speak at a big gathering this weekend.
There's gonna be thousands of people.
Sounds like a big shot.
I'm telling you, Nina, there's something about this guy.
Something different.
Something you have to experience for yourself.
Wait, are you saying that you've experienced firsthand what this Jonas can do? Jonas can make you see things in a new light, I promise you.
These people look pushed.
Is Jonas an Alpha? Nina, I'm happy.
First time I'm actually happy.
I just--I want you to be happy too.
That's it.
We're out of here.
Hello.
Trouble in paradise? Jonas, this is my friend Nina I was telling you about.
And I'mafraid she's not sure if she wants to be here.
I know I don't.
How can you know anything? You've only just arrived.
You're gonna tell me what's going on here.
What you're doing to all these people.
Cameron told me about you.
The wonderful things you can do.
It's not working.
Cameron - Trust me, Nina.
- Get us out of here.
You're gonna thank me.
Rachel, did you get me the hummus? You promised me the leftover hummus.
Bottom shelf, Gary.
Oh, ah.
I like hummus.
'Cause it's all one color, and it's soft.
Is your father at the hospital? Did you get the test results? He didn't go.
He won't listen to me.
No, but he has to listen to you.
Otherwise--otherwise, he'll just get sicker.
And then--and if you get too sick, then you die, and then it's too late.
Gary, I can't talk about this with you, okay? No, but you have to talk to me, because I'm pretending to be your boyfriend.
I don't think you'd understand, Gary.
- My family-- - No, I--you don't understand.
Rachel, uh I always say what's on my mind.
And you should learn from me.
Yeah.
You have to go, and you have to tell your father the truth.
And then you have to keep telling him.
You have to keep telling him the truth until he pays attention.
Just like I do with Bill.
Or like this, like I'm doing it with you now.
Rachel, come on.
You gotta-- you gotta go and you gotta tell him.
And I won't stop talking to you until you do go.
Okay? Okay, Gary.
Okay.
I'm looking out for you.
What happened to him? Nothing to alarm here.
Everyone back to work.
He looks sick.
Sometimes the darkness overwhelms my followers.
I think he needs a doctor.
A doctor wouldn't understand what we're trying to accomplish here or what's attacking this man.
Our boss, Dr.
Rosen, he understands us.
He'd understand you.
Hello.
Are you here to see father? Well, that depends.
Uh, who is your father? Jonas.
He's everyone's father.
Daddy used to be my father, but they had to burn daddy up when he got sick.
We practice cremation.
Environmentally, it's more responsible than burial.
Father, I want to see the lights! Can I see the lights? Not now, Teddy.
Go find your friends, okay? You must be Jonas.
Dr.
Rosen, I hope you're as competent as Nina and Cameron say you are.
I expected them to meet me here.
Uh, I should probably speak with them.
Don't you want to see your patients first? Patients? Um, plural? Uh, Mr.
Hicks didn't go into that much detail on his call.
He just said that I was the, uh, the only one who could help.
It's much more complicated than that.
This is it.
How long has this man been like this? A week or so.
We can force him to eat and drink a little.
But eventually, they waste away.
And then others? Some longer, some less.
These people need to be in a hospital.
Can't you help them? I can certainly try.
I Oh.
For starters, this man needs IV fluids.
He's extremely dehydrated.
And this woman is this woman is dead.
She's been dead for hours.
I've seen it so often.
I try to stop it.
I try to keep them safe from the world.
Butit's everywhere, the enemy.
I'm not sure I'm quite following you.
I show them the truth behind the world.
It's my gift.
I let them see the light The interconnectedness of all things, all people.
You're an Alpha.
Nina and Cameron, they said you'd understand that-- Uh, yes, I have, uh, studied people like you, uh, quite extensively.
Perhaps you could describe what exactly it is you do.
Perhaps I could show you.
No, I don't think that would be a good idea right now.
It'll make you happy and content.
I don't need to be happy or content at the moment.
I need to be very focused.
People are very sick.
You would rather live in darkness? Uh, yes, for now.
Uh Could I see Mr.
Hicks and Ms.
Theroux? I think talking to them would be very helpful.
This way.
Doc.
Oh, this is a bit awkward.
Uh, Nina, don't get up on my account.
It's, uh--would you excuse us for a moment, please? Don't take too long.
Those people downstairs need you.
Uh, this might be stating the obvious, but this man has used his Alpha ability on you.
Jonas doesn't call it an ability.
He says it's a divine gift.
There's this light, this light of the world, and it's in all of us.
It connects us.
Look, Doc, I know it's hard to understand that it's there, but once Jonas explains it to you, you'll see it.
Everything just makes sense.
This might seem all quite miraculous to you, but what you're experiencing has nothing to do with the divine.
This is a result of his ability.
His Alpha ability.
You should let him show you.
Uhwell, maybe I will, Nina.
Um, but, uh not right now.
Uh, right now, I need you to put on some clothes, and come back to the office with me.
Clearly, we have a lot to discuss.
But I don't want to do it here.
I don't get it.
I mean, I thought this is what you wanted for us-- for us to find peace.
You should be happy for us.
I ambelieve me.
But we should go.
Cell phones are a distraction.
Part of the white noise of the world that keeps us from truly knowing each other.
I see.
Have you blocked the signal somehow or-- We disabled the only tower for miles.
The patients are waiting.
Heh.
You're curing them.
Uh, diagnosing them.
I-I believe these people are suffering from a form of encephalitis lethargica.
It's a condition which attacks the brain and leaves the individual speechless and, well, emotionless.
Let me ask you something.
When you share your ability with these people, they see things, right? Light and, uh, angels that they draw? They perceive the luminous.
There's a neurological explanation for all of this.
Are you familiar with the pineal gland? Overstimulation can induce hallucinations, brilliant visions, and often, an overwhelming sense of well being.
You think you can quantify everything.
Put it into a little box.
If you'd just let me show you, you'd see.
Well, you run the risk of turning your doctor into another patient.
Th-there is, however, a medication which could help-- L-Dopa.
I can run out right now and bring some right back.
I'll send someone.
How much do you need? Well, they'll only give it to a doctor.
So write a prescription.
Last drop-off is 10:00 p.
m.
Pop! Rachel! It's late, don't you have work in the morning? Yeah.
Look Back home in Tehran, when you were a doctor what would you do if a patient wouldn't listen to your recommendation? But you're not a doctor.
And I haven't been one for a very long time.
Papa, you're sick.
And you need to get help.
Rachel I'm tired.
I want my dinner.
Hey.
Hey.
Listen to me.
When Sari and Darius and I were little and we got sick, you brought us our medicine.
You made sure we got our sleep.
You never left our side.
You're my children.
And you're my papa.
And, papa, you have cancer.
In your throat.
And if you don't do something about it soon, you will die.
You will not see your grandchildren.
You will not walk me down the aisle.
You'll be gone.
All because you were too stubborn to listen to your loved ones.
- I-- - Now are you gonna go to the doctor? Or do I have to talk to mom? You were such a quiet, obedient child.
I'm not a child anymore.
Tomorrow, okay? Or I'm coming back.
Oh, no! Shoot.
Dr.
Rosen Jonas is looking for you.
Maria Parsonetti came to us a drug-addicted runaway.
She ascends now.
May her soul be blessed as it returns to the great light.
And together, we say Amen.
That woman didn't have to die.
And you're going to have to burn a lot more bodies before this is done.
This is how it's always been.
If these people's lives mean anything to you, make sure it ends differently this time.
Pop, I'm so glad.
You let me know as soon as you get the test results.
Promise? Pop, I don't need to be protected, I need the truth.
Okay.
Did you ask if there's any more hummus? I really like the hummus.
Gary, I will get my mom to make you as much hummus as you want.
Guys, guys, guys.
Where is everybody? I'm calling--phones, texting--no one's answering.
Dr.
Rosen never turned up to drive me.
He didn't pick you up this morning? No, my mom had to drive me.
And she said that I made her late for work, but she made me late for work too.
You know, Nina didn't come home last night.
And, actually, she hasn't returned any of my texts.
I think I heard her leave with Hicks yesterday morning.
- Gary, can you please try-- - Yeah, yeah, Bill.
Ping ping ping.
Out of area, out of area, out of area.
What does that mean? It means out of area.
It means no one's near a tower.
- What, all three of them? - Yeah, it's weird.
'Cause I can only ping them if they're near a tower.
Gary, you're gonna have to figure out something else.
I'll check Dr.
Rosen's computer.
Bill, did you know his password is - No, I don't know - S-W-1 - Gary - M-M-3-R.
It's "swimmer," but it's numbers instead of vowels.
Let's go check the computer first.
It's clever.
I set it up.
That doesn't seem to be working.
Eh I could increase the dosage, but I'm afraid it might kill her.
Maybe it's meant to be.
Um Mr.
Englin, uh you said it's always been like this.
When was the first time this happened around you? I was very young.
My father was a preacher.
He was the first person I gifted.
And he realized I'd been given A divine calling.
So he brought you in to the family business, so to speak.
I was helping people.
Yeah.
The entire congregation was grateful.
And then people started getting sick.
People you'd gifted? My father said it was the devil's work.
That the darkness was trying to steal back my gift.
He prayed on it.
And he saw how to save everyone.
Well, how exactly did he do that? He purified his congregation.
With fire.
It's--it's working.
Here, take some more.
Did I do anything stupid? All I remember is glowy lights and feeling really, really good.
Like a speed ball, butway better.
I gave you insight.
Not a drug.
Call it what you want, but put that in a bottle, I'd crawl right inside.
Do you feel any connection at all with that man? Or anyone else right now? I just wanna go home.
That could be a problem.
Yep.
- Right here.
- Yeah, right.
- BillBill - Yeah? Dr.
Rosen's last Google.
It shows that he went to Connecticut, to a house that used to belong to Fred Bask.
And he--he was old, and he died.
And then he gave his house away as a gift.
To the Reverend Jonas Englin.
He's some sort of a religious leader.
Yeah, and he's speaking tomorrow at a big church-- - Wait, wait, wait.
So Rosen is with a religious group? What the hell is going on? Excuse me, where's the medication that was here? Father took it away.
Of course I took it.
Gil may live, but your poison robbed him of my gift.
Mr.
Englin, your gift is what is killing those people.
That is a lie.
It's not me.
It's the world! It's the darkness! I understand that you're going to be speaking to some sort of religious gathering.
To spread the light, yes.
It's what I was meant to do.
And you're going to expose all these people to your--your ability? Dr.
Rosen you've seen the pain.
The indignities all around us.
The terrible things the unenlightened do to themselves and others.
I can change that.
Or is this broken world enough for you? Making people sick, killing them, it-- that's not gonna fix anything.
So will you please give me back this medicine so that I can help your people? Do you know what the worst part of my gift is? I can't feel it.
Like you, I'm trapped in the darkness.
I would sacrifice everything, even my life, to experience for just one moment what I give to others.
So tell me what's better-- a lifetime of suffering or a short time in paradise? You don't have the right to make that choice for people! Well, neither do you.
No more poison.
You'll have to come up with another answer.
Find a way to give my people paradise and life or the others are gonna die too including Nina and Cameron.
Stop.
This is the address on Rosen's computer.
Okay, I'm picking up a lot of heartbeats, Do you at least hear Rosen or Hicks or Nina? No, it's too far, even for me.
These dead bodies look like barbecued chicken.
Gary, not appropriate.
This guy scares me.
Like Jim Jones scary.
Well, let's just hope he hasn't started handing out the purple kool-aid.
Rachel, I need a visual on an entry.
Front door is covered.
There's some windows low on the side that nobody's watching-- we can go in that way.
Well, no, no, no, no.
I'll go in alone, okay? - No! - Bill, no.
I go alone.
If you don't hear from me in 20 minutes, you call tactical.
Let 'em know it's a hostage situation, okay? - Bill, that's wrong.
- Let 'em know-- under no circumstances are you to follow me in here, Gary.
But Okay.
Okay.
Doc! Bill.
Bill, you've got to get out of here.
Right now.
Bill Nina Give me the gun.
And come with me.
Nina Nina! Nina, don't do this! Nina! Okay.
Tactical's on their way.
No, you have to sterilize my phone when you use it.
- Gary, I'm sorry, my-- - Bacteria.
Ear wax.
I know, I know.
I'm sorry, my phone does not work up here.
Here, it's clean.
Thank you.
This is wrong, though.
Bill needs us.
I bet he's in trouble right now.
We should just go in.
Hey, no.
Bill said no.
I don't hear any gunshots, and there's no fighting.
We wait.
The police are coming here? It's not the police, it's D.
O.
D.
, so that means assault rifles, flak jackets and armored vehicles and helicopters and I'm sorry, I didn't-- I didn't know that-- You can call them off, right? No, I can't.
They think it's a hostage situation.
They think I'm a hostage, and, oh, and Hicks and Nina and Dr.
Rosen.
I must pray on this.
We'll be all right.
You guys have been holding out on me, huh? I had no ideaI needed this.
I know.
Everyone should feel this way.
Everyone will.
You were a mistake.
I never should have agreed to bring you here.
N-no, you were right to bring me here.
You wanted to help these people, and so do I.
I just need more time.
Time? To find a treatment? Or time for your government thugs to invade my home? No one wants any violence.
I can bring peace to the entire world.
Why would I let anyone stand in my way? Jonas, you are so much more than your ability.
Your message about connectedness and that there's a light in all of us, that is worth hearing.
Those are just words.
Without my gift, they're just words.
- Words have power.
- No! You want to make me into a charlatan.
Faith healing and revival tents and bless you for this donation.
Jonas, your ability is killing these people.
I gave these people paradise.
Once they experience it, they can't let it go.
How do you know? Have you asked any of them? What about Gil? He was ready to drink again.
You're asking me to let you tear it away from them? - No.
- I'd rather die first.
So would they.
My father understood that.
I never did until today.
This time, I won't run from the flames.
You'll burn too.
But you'll never know paradise.
Hey.
You wanna try to give me a hand? Gettin' lazy on me, Bill? No, II amped up, but it didn't work.
- All right.
- It's weird.
Cameron? CameronCameron What's wrong? He's been called.
We all have.
Oh, jeez.
Don't be afraid.
You came to me broken, looking for answers.
From the pain that infects this world.
And I healed you.
I showed you the light.
The connection, not just to each other, but to something greater than ourselves.
The outside world doesn't understand it.
They think everyone should live in fear and darkness.
It frightens them that we live free and without worry.
And now they are beating down our walls, trying to destroy what we've built here.
It can't happen today.
Today, the light that shines from me shines for us all.
Join me in the light.
And we'll spend eternity together.
What are you doing? It's alright.
Dr.
Rosen take your poison out of here.
Put the torch into the furnace, Jonas, please.
This is the only way out! Please do it.
Lee people as you can.
- Nina, don't listen to him.
- No, no.
- No, just don't move.
- Nina, no.
You can't control them anymore.
I'm not gonna let you bring darkness into my house.
Don't do this, Jonas.
Hey.
Jonas's victims are responding to the L-Dopa, like you said they would.
I think tactical's got everything under control.
We can go.
Oh, I see him.
Stop.
Dad! Dad.
I talked to mom.
She said cancer.
Stage one.
It's very treatable.
They never catch it this early.
But then no one else has a daughter like you.
I'm so glad.
You're a miracle.
Nowyour Aunt Parashtou.
She's coming to dinner.
Okay.
Uh, she's got a mole she needs you to look at.
Okay.
Hey.
Hey.
So group should be interesting today.
We're not gonna talk about it, right? What happened between us.
I figure that's a private conversation.
I'll just pretend it never happened.
I'll talk about Tyler, how he's leaving and, uh, how I can't stop it.
Still can't believe Rosen saw us naked.
Doc, you ready? We're waiting on you.
In a minute.
You okay? Am I okay? Well I killed a man, Bill.
No, you killed a bad guy and saved a whole lot of folks from being barbecued.
That's the part you hold onto.
How does it feel? The light.
Oh, I, um never felt better in my life.
I mean, I still can't amp up, and I'm glad to be among the breathing, but You know, Bill the D.
O.
D.
is going to cover this whole thing up.
If you kill someone, you should pay a price.
You are definitely paying the price.
So why don't we just go andTalk about it with the group, ornot, or Okay, Dr.
Harken.
Alright, then here's some advice next time aim for the chest.
It's an easier stop.
I was aiming for his chest.