The Bionic Woman (1976) s01e08 Episode Script
Jaime's Mother
BOYLlN: Well?
(STUTTERlNG) Look,
it wasn't my fault.
I mean, I thought I had her
here in Santa Barbara.
But some guy got in
the way just as I shot.
So you missed?
No, no, no!
I nicked her in the arm.
I was in the hotel window
with the rifle.
By the time
I got to the street,
she was already gone.
But she didn't get away.
I traced her to
a car rental agency here
and she took out
a dark gray sedan,
Iicense 559 M-J-l.
And she asked about Ojai.
Ojai.
She's gone back to
tell Jaime Sommers
she's her mother.
After all these years?
Suppose the Sommers girl
believes her?
Then we might have
to kill 'em both.
(ROOSTER CROWlNG)
I brought you
something, Jaime.
Do you like it?
(ANN LAUGHlNG)
ANN: Okay, okay,
here we go.
Oh, that's good.
Good, Jaime.
No, no. You know
you hit it
Oh, that's wonderful, Jaime.
That's wonderful.
(LAUGHlNG) Good, Jaime.
That's good.
(CREAKlNG)
(PHONE RlNGlNG)
Hello?
WOMAN: Is this
Jaime Sommers?
There was a problem
at the cemetery
last night.
I'm sorry to
bother you this early,
but your parents' graves
were vandalized.
What?
Could you come
right over, please?
Hello?
WOMAN:
Is this Jaime Sommers?
Jaime Sommers?
Jaime? Jaime?
(PUZZLES BARKlNG)
(WHlMPERlNG)
Puzzles?
ANN: Where is Puzzles?
(LAUGHlNG)
ANN: Jaime, have you
seen Puzzles?
Here, Puzzles! Puzzles!
Come on, Puzzles!
Puzzles!
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
(ENGlNE STARTlNG)
Mother?
HELEN: You could've
imagined it all, Jaime.
Helen, it wasn't a dream.
I'm sure it wasn't.
It was her voice.
And I only got
a glimpse of the face,
but I swear it looked
just like my mother.
Honey, I want
to believe you.
But I was at the funeral,
and so were you.
Maybe it was the power
of suggestion with
the dream starting it
Starting what? An entire
train of hallucinations?
Well, all things
considered,
I don't see how
she was there.
Do you?
Look, Jaime,
Oscar's at the base.
Let's call him.
No! What are you
gonna tell him?
Helen, I am
not hearing bells
that aren't ringing,
or voices that
aren't talking,
and I am
not seeing people
that weren't there.
Look, I know you're
trying to help me,
but you're really
not making things
any easier.
I'm trying to.
Jaime, you've
admitted to having
emotional problems,
and you know,
funny, little troubles,
you called it.
Helen, what are you
I didn't say that.
You did.
What I mean is,
you've had
memory problems
about Steve
and other things.
Oscar and Rudy asked me
to keep an eye on you.
Keep an eye on me?
Yes. So they might catch
any new problem early,
for your own good.
Oh, that's really cute.
Now they've got
you spying on me.
Spying?
We all care for you.
We don't want anything
to happen to you.
Well, I'll make
that unanimous.
What about Puzzles?
He isn't dead.
Helen, I felt his fur
with my own hand.
I petted him,
I saw his name
on his tag.
Oh, Puzzles is possible.
Remember,
he used to run away from
our house all the time
after the accident
and go over to
the old house.
Yes, you could've
seen him recently.
Recently? Helen,
I saw him two hours ago
in the cemetery.
Do you know that if
what you're saying
is true,
I can't trust
my own mind?
I didn't say that.
Because you love me.
But that's what it all
boils down to, isn't it?
Where're you going?
To my old house
to find Puzzles!
Maybe seeing him
will tell me if he was
really there or if I was.
Jaime
JAMES: Jaime!
Don't dig up the flowers.
ANN: A girl has
just as much right
to dig as a boy.
It's part of
her development.
I wouldn't be wild
about a son digging up
my roses either.
MRS. NOAH: Jaime.
Hi.
Hi, Mrs. Noah.
How are you?
Oh, I'm just fine.
(CHUCKLlNG)
Good to see you.
You, too.
I was wondering
when you'd come by
and see the old place.
Come on in.
No, I just dropped by
to see Puzzles.
Is he around?
Right there.
Hello.
You haven't
been around to see
much of him either.
No, I haven't.
Has he been
behaving himself?
Oh, yes.
He still chases
jack rabbits occasionally.
Hasn't caught one
for about eight years.
Does he ever play
around the cemetery,
Mrs. Noah?
Not that I know of.
I can remember
when I used to be
his favorite toy.
Ah.
Okay. Thank you very much.
It was nice to see you.
Jaime, come back
and see me.
The door is always
open for you.
Thank you.
(CAR ENGlNE STARTlNG)
JAlME: Mother?
Mother?
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
JAlME: Helen?
Hello, dear.
Helen, I wasn't
imagining it all.
I just
Look who
just dropped by.
Hi.
So you called
him anyway, huh?
I would have been
angry with her
if she hadn't.
Helen, would you
excuse us for
a moment, please?
Certainly.
It was awfully nice
of you to drop all
the nation's problems
and come
over here, Oscar.
Were you afraid I had
blown a fuse literally?
I usually carry a spare
for my bionic friends.
You know, I feel
like I am getting
special treatment
number five.
First you relax
the subject,
and then you
gently tell her
that she needs a room
with mattress wallpaper
in it.
Why don't
you sit down?
Sit down.
After Helen called me,
I talked to Rudy.
He says
you're imagining.
Sounds a lot better
than hallucinating.
Rudy thinks that
that subconscious
is working now.
Now, you remember
I gave you a dossier
about your past life.
When I gave you
that dossier,
there were some things
I left out,
things I couldn't
tell you
because I was afraid
it might shock you,
that you weren't
ready for it.
Now, the problem
we've got is,
we don't know
if that accident
drove this, what I'm
about to tell you,
out of your mind,
or whether you didn't
know about it at all.
Now, I'm going to
tell you the truth
about your parents.
They worked for
the university.
They were
college professors.
But your mother was also
an undercover agent
for the United States
government.
What?
Top echelon,
political science.
Read it.
The last sentence there.
Oh, my God!
Oscar
I never knew
about any of this.
You didn't?
No, I didn't.
(SlGHS)
I'm sorry, Jaime.
I guess I shouldn't
have told you.
You see,
we thought that dream
made this
information surface,
and all these things
that are here
were coming up,
and by telling you
about your parents
would destroy
the mystery of it.
I'm afraid that
we've just made
things worse.
No, you haven't.
Because I did see
that car again,
Oscar. I did!
Jaime, that woman exists
only in your dreams
and on these pages.
I don't know
what to think.
Jaime
Take it easy,
will you?
Rest.
Read some of
this stuff, and
I'll call you
in a couple of hours.
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
I have to leave.
But I brought you
something, Jaime.
Do you like it?
HENDERSON: What could
she hope to gain
by finally telling
Jaime Sommers
she's her mother?
BOYLlN: Money!
She's broke!
She needs money
to run any further.
We should be in Ojai
in about an hour.
You said you shot her
in the arm.
How badly
was she hit?
I couldn't tell.
But the next time
I won't miss.
I brought you
something, Jaime.
Do you like it?
(PHONE RlNGlNG)
Hello?
Jaime,
this is Betty Noah.
The strangest thing
just happened.
What is it?
Well, this woman
came by and asked
to see the house.
And it was
really kind of weird.
She knew where every
stick of furniture was
when we moved in.
And then she asked
to see your old room,
and asked a lot of
questions about you.
Now, I hope you
won't think I'm crazy,
but I could've sworn
I was talking to
your mother's ghost.
Is she still there?
No. She said she was
in town for one day,
and that she was
gonna pay last respects
to an old friend,
and then leave.
(STUTTERlNG)
Who is this old friend?
Did she say?
Well, I was so shook up
I didn't want to pry.
Look, another
funny thing.
I noticed in the car
a bouquet of yellow roses,
and they looked
like the roses
from the old bushes
around the house.
Jaime?
JAlME: Last respects?
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Oh. No, please.
Who are you?
Let me go!
Tell me who you are!
No, please.
I didn't want
you to see me.
Please.
Please let me go.
Mother?
No. No.
Are you my mother?
Are you my mother?
Oh, Jaime.
Oh, yes.
So, why isn't
this information
in our files?
Because the records
are sealed
and everything
pertaining to the case
is stored at the CBl
in Los Angeles.
Well, get them.
Well, us underlings
can't bring this kind of
a mountain to Muhammad.
Now, you control
the thing,
but you've gotta sign
it out personally.
All right.
Get my helicopter
on the pad.
I'm going
to Los Angeles.
(PHONE RlNGlNG)
Hello?
Helen, this is Oscar.
Is Jaime there?
Well, no, she isn't.
I just came by
to see how she is.
Now, look,
don't ask for answers
that I can't give you
to these questions,
but as incredible
as this may sound,
the woman that's
buried in that cemetery
may not be Jaime's mother.
What?
It seems
there were two Anns.
I just
I just wanted
to see you
and then leave.
I don't understand.
If you didn't die,
then who did I see
buried here?
It won't do you any good
to know that, Jaime.
Well, if I'm your daughter,
I think you owe me
an explanation.
Yes, of course.
You're right.
But not here.
What's What's wrong
with your arm?
Nothing. Nothing.
HENDERSON: Hey,
you want to stop for
coffee or something?
BOYLlN: Nah, keep going.
I want to get this thing
over with.
ANN: Her name
was Chris Stuart.
She was with your father
in the accident.
And the people who
caused that accident
were after me.
There was something
in a dossier about them
being murdered.
Jaime, you'll have
to understand it
in the context
of that time,
it was the early 1950s,
the Cold War
was very hot,
and there was
a lot of paranoia
in the country.
Those of us
in undercover work
thought we were doing
something important
and that it was worth
the sacrifice.
We were all afraid
that the country
was being undermined
by foreign agents,
and what we feared
didn't happen.
So, I suppose
in retrospect,
it all seems
very foolish now.
What are you scared of?
Nothing.
Look, can't we just
stop driving for
a while and talk?
All right.
If you turn off
to the right
up here on this road,
there's an old barn.
Oh, sure,
the old Hanson place.
ANN: Remember when
I caught you hanging
from those rafters?
Why do all mothers
think their children
are suicidal?
What was
this Chris Stuart
doing with my father?
I needed a cover
so I could attend
conferences secretly.
People didn't realize
then how saturated
this country was
Government agents
in the universities,
everywhere.
So the department
found an actress
who looked enough
like me to be my sister.
And plastic surgery
improved on that.
You don't believe me,
do you?
Well, if what
you say is true,
then how do I know
you're not Chris?
It wouldn't matter
if I were.
In all the ways
that count,
I'm as dead as Chris
and your father.
No, I don't believe you.
Maybe there were
things that I didn't
know about her,
but the mother
that I remember
first of all,
self-pity was not
one of her traits,
and secondly
she loved me very much
and she would have
come back somehow.
She would have at least
tried to see me.
Don't you think I did?
I was at your
high school graduation.
I watched
your first tournament.
You took
the center court match,
six-love, six-love.
And I watched
what the Elgins
were giving you.
I saw you with Steve.
You were building
a good life.
You were going
somewhere.
Should I have taken
all of that away
from you, Jaime?
Was that
any kind of love?
What did I have
to offer you?
Well, I'm sorry
you don't know.
Well, maybe I do know
better than you.
The government decided
I could go on working
and be useful
only if I was
believed dead.
They erased
my existence.
They sealed off my records,
as they politely call it.
Jaime, I was doing it
for my country!
For your country?
What about for
your daughter?
The people
who killed Chris
and your father
wouldn't have stopped
if they'd known
I was alive.
They wouldn't have
hesitated to kill you
to get to me.
Well, then why have
you come back now?
I didn't intend
for you to see me.
Oh, well,
what does it all
matter now anyway?
Jaime, there's no reason
for you to accept this
on faith.
But you like Helen,
and you trust her.
Let's go and see her.
(DOOR OPENS)
Jaime, where have
you been? Oscar
Hello, Helen.
Ann?
Then it is really you?
The shattered remains.
Oscar called. He
He said he has reason
to believe
that Ann
could be alive.
The old furniture
looks good
in the new place.
I was telling you
10 years ago to sell it.
I was telling you
To mind
my own business.
That you were
comfortable with it.
Oh, Helen.
You saved
Jaime's racket!
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Oh.
I meant to get
that thing fixed.
Helen.
(STUTTERlNG)
Is she my mother?
Oh, Jaime,
I honestly don't know.
Please help me.
And tell me something
that only my real mother
could possibly know.
On On the day
of the accident,
before your dad and l
went to meet Chris,
I gave you a present.
You're my mother.
Jaime. Oh, Jaime.
(SOBBlNG)
Well, that confirms it.
There were two of them.
You know, it beats me
why there was no
positive lD made
at the time
of the accident.
I guess
they just presumed
that it was Ann.
Call up Legal, Russ.
I want to
get a court order
to open up that grave.
I want to confirm
that Chris Stuart
is indeed in there.
Then we can start
looking for Ann.
If she has surfaced,
the other side
wants her, too.
Even more than we do.
Steve and I were
gonna be married,
but I had
a sky diving accident.
Sky diving accident?
You were badly hurt?
Yes. But, you know,
in some ways,
these legs are
a lot better than
the ones you gave me.
They're artificial?
Well, yes,
but they're bionic, Mom.
Bionic?
I don't understand.
What is bionic?
Well, bionic is
It's something
you're just gonna
have to see to believe.
That's all
there is to it.
Now, Steve calls me
the highest form of the art.
However, I'm not quite so sure
how scientific he means that.
Mom, do you remember
how I used to fall out
of trees all the time?
Yeah.
Watch this.
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(LAUGHlNG)
Hi.
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(THUDS)
Oh.
(EXCLAlMS)
Well, here I am,
your little girl.
With a four on the floor
and a 3.7 differential.
(LAUGHlNG)
See this?
That is very strong, too.
(TRACTOR CREAKlNG)
(EXHALES)
You know, Mom,
we really are
Iike mother
like daughter.
You see, I died
and they brought me
back to life.
And, now,
you've come back, too.
Oh, Jaime.
Hey, come on.
I thought we were
gonna be happy.
(LAUGHS) Well, I am.
I am happy.
Happy to be here
(SNlFFLlNG)
Glad to have
this time with you.
This time?
Mother, come on.
We have the whole
rest of our lives.
Now, I have
some terrific plans.
First of all,
you're gonna
move in with us,
and then
we're gonna pick up
where we left off.
No, that's
not possible, Jaime.
Oh, God!
Oh, how I wish it were.
What are you afraid of?
(LAUGHlNG)
Nothing. Oh, God.
I am so emotional.
I am just so happy
to be here.
Mother, I can see
you have a problem.
Why won't you
share it with me?
Jaime
(SlGHS)
After my usefulness
to the government
was over,
they finally let me go.
I burned my bridges,
and I had to find a job
to survive.
So l I wound up
working for
the other side. Not
Not the group that
killed your father,
of course,
but still
the other side.
You became
a double agent?
That's right.
An embarrassment
to both sides
and now hunted
by both sides.
That's why
I can't include you
in my plans, Jaime.
It would be
too dangerous.
I can't bring you
down with me.
I'm not gonna lose
you again, Mom.
We don't have anything
to say about that, Jaime.
Hey, do you
remember the man
that Helen spoke of?
He can help us.
His name is
Oscar Goldman,
and he works
for the OSl.
Help us?
Jaime, he'd put me
in prison, and l
couldn't stand that.
You see, I'm
I'm too old for that.
Mother, he's a friend.
He has to take orders,
doesn't he?
Everybody does.
All right.
Look, I promise,
I won't say
anything to him.
But we're gonna
have to buy us
some time, okay?
Come on!
Where?
Where're we going?
Well, take your choice.
New York, Chicago,
Dubuque?
(LAUGHS)
(PHONE RlNGlNG)
Hello.
Jaime, I've been
trying to reach you.
Where are you?
Oh, hi, Oscar.
I was just
taking a walk.
You know, trying
to work things out.
Well, I owe you
an apology.
You weren't
imagining things.
Has your mother
been trying to
contact you?
My mother? No.
Well, if she does,
I'm at the cemetery here.
Get through to me
right away.
What's up, Oscar?
Well, we're confirming
the body of a woman
named Chris Stuart
is buried in your
mother's grave.
Now, I'll be there
in about a half an hour.
I'll explain
the whole thing.
Meanwhile, stay there.
All right. I won't move.
Bye-bye.
I told you.
I've got no future.
We'll figure
something out.
You know, Mom,
we're very lucky.
I had some
pretty good paydays
on the tennis tour.
Of course,
I've got all my money
scattered around
in a whole bunch
of different savings
and loan companies.
I didn't want
to lose my whole $20
on one crash.
Just like your father.
(CREAKlNG)
Wait a minute.
Somebody's coming.
(CAR APPROACHlNG)
ANN: It's them.
They're here.
They finally
caught up with me.
Hold it!
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Mom, go start the car.
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Come on. Let's go.
Hey, what happened
to the car?
What the heck
do I know?
But we need
another car right now.
All right. Go on.
Keep it going, huh?
Yeah. All right.
What've you got?
You're not gonna
like it, Oscar,
but here it is.
God! Are you sure
there's not some mistake?
Dental charts
were conclusive.
The body in that grave
is Ann Sommers.
It's Jaime's
real mother.
Well, the woman
who's surfaced then
must be Chris Stuart.
And if that's true,
Jaime's in a lot
of trouble.
Come on.
Let's get out of here.
Get that motor started.
(ENGlNE STARTlNG)
Let's go now. Hit it.
Check the plates
on that car
and phone them in.
Jaime. Helen,
where's Jaime?
I don't know.
That car outside,
do you know
anything about it?
No. No, I don't.
Oscar, the woman
Jaime saw is her
Is an imposter.
Her name
is Chris Stuart.
She was
Ann Sommers' double.
Oh, no!
She was here.
Oh, I should've
called you,
but she looked
so much like Ann.
Oh, I should've
known better.
Helen, let me
ask you a question.
Do you think that
Jaime would tell Chris
about her bionics?
I don't know.
But she does think that
Chris is her mother.
When our government
let Chris go,
she went to work
for the other side.
She's been selling
them information,
mostly false, for years.
We'd arrest her,
they'd kill her.
She's that desperate.
Knowing about
Jaime's bionics
gives her the one hold
she needs on life.
Then you think she might
sell Jaime to them,
is that what you're saying?
How much is in here?
Oh, round figure's
about $2,624.15.
You know, the next bank
is just down the street
a little
No, no, no.
This will be enough.
I don't think so, Mom.
'Cause once you get there,
you're gonna
have to live,
you know.
No!
Jaime, I didn't come here
to take all your money.
Well, it's our money.
You paid for
the tennis lessons.
Jaime, I've got to
tell you something.
What's the matter?
Nothing.
I guess
we've all got to do
what we have to do.
What are you
talking about?
Look, if that's
enough money, fine.
But we have to
get you to the airport,
so let's go, all right?
Okay.
(ENGlNE STARTlNG)
This is Oscar Goldman
speaking.
I want an all-points
bulletin out
on a Chris Stuart,
alias Ann Sommers.
Now, I want
everybody in on this.
The OSl, the MP's,
the California Highway Patrol,
the local police. Everybody!
It's funny.
All my life,
nothing I ever planned
turned out.
All the best things
that ever happened to me,
just sort of happened.
Like today,
being here with you.
Can you imagine me
being here with you?
(TlRES SCREECHlNG)
(EXCLAlMS)
(TlRES SCREECHlNG)
Let me handle this, Mom.
No. No.
CHRlS: I'll talk to them.
You stay here.
Mother!
Stay!
CHRlS: Hello, Vic.
BOYLlN: Hello, Chris.
Hello, Chris.
Chris. Chris.
Oh, Chris.
BOYLlN:
It was a sucker move
to come back here.
I'd have had more trouble
finding you otherwise.
I've never
been smart, Vic.
Not even surprised
to see me?
CHRlS: No, no,
I knew I would,
if not today,
tomorrow, next week,
sometime.
Let's not drag this out.
You know I've got
a job to do.
Get the girl.
You're not gonna
kill her, too.
BOYLlN: You got her
into this.
You're both one,
as far as I'm concerned.
Vic, I think you ought
to know something.
She's innocent.
She doesn't know
anything about this.
I told her who I was
and she lent me
some money, that's all.
Look, nobody
will miss me, but
they'll miss her.
Won't they? I mean,
they'll try to find her.
Through her they'll
trace me right to you.
Come on, Vic,
don't be sloppy.
Loose ends aren't
your style.
I just don't want her
to see you do it.
(CHUCKLlNG) Vic,
she's a school teacher
in a hick town.
Alive she's
no problem to you.
What about these?
How're you gonna
explain them?
I'll take care of it.
I just want to say
goodbye to her. Okay?
Don't tell her
anything else.
Don't worry.
I'm all out of tricks.
Jaime, these men
are from the FBl.
And I've got to
go with them.
But everything will
be all right.
You understand?
You just stay here
until after we're gone
and nothing will happen
to you either.
I'll see you soon.
Goodbye, baby.
(ENGlNE STARTlNG)
Not quite goodbye yet.
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Jaime, look out!
(GUNSHOT)
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Are you all right?
Jaime
We've got to get you
to a hospital.
Jaime, I've got to
tell you something.
All right.
Don't talk now.
I'm not your mother.
I know, Chris.
(GROANlNG)
Oh, God.
(SlREN WAlLlNG)
Hello.
Brought you
some flowers.
For old time's sake.
Chris, Oscar just
told me that
That you can get
a light sentence
or even suspension,
if you'd help out
with some information.
Guess nothing's
gonna cheer you up,
is it?
(CHUCKLES)
Why didn't you turn me
over to those men
when you had a chance?
I mean, you could
have been home free,
named your own price.
You know,
you were about
two years old
when I first saw you.
Ann did let me
take care of you
sometimes.
When we were
all together.
She and I started
sharing so much.
She told me
she was buying you
that locket.
The times I spent here
in the Ojai Valley
were the best times
of my life.
Ann was the best friend
I ever had.
I loved her, I admired her,
I wanted to be like her.
I didn't come back here
to cheat you.
I knew it was only
a matter of days
before they found me.
So, I just came
crawling back
to the only place
I'd ever felt safe
and loved.
I would have helped you
if you had told me
who you really were.
I know that.
Oh, Jaime.
I was so tired
of being me.
When I pretended to be Ann,
and you believed me
Oh, it was so lovely.
It was an escape.
It was my big moment.
You were my baby,
if only for a few seconds.
I finally I finally got
to be your real mother.
Helen.
Oh, hi, Jaime.
Hi.
How is she?
I think she's
gonna be fine.
I'm ashamed to admit it,
but I wasn't very happy
when I thought
she was Ann.
Isn't it terrible?
I was jealous.
Oh.
I didn't really want
anyone taking my place
with you.
Well, Mom, come on.
Mothers aren't
like used cars.
You know, you don't
just change models
on a whim.
You mean, I'm locked
into the job?
No, I mean
you're stuck with it.
(LAUGHS)
And don't tell me
you haven't been known
to think along
those lines yourself.
Remember the time
I got a D in math?
Or the time that
I bumped the fender
on your brand new car?
(LAUGHlNG)
You don't get to share
those joys with anybody.
Is that a promise?
You bet.
Oh, you're a sweetheart.
I love you.
I love you
very much, too.
(STUTTERlNG) Look,
it wasn't my fault.
I mean, I thought I had her
here in Santa Barbara.
But some guy got in
the way just as I shot.
So you missed?
No, no, no!
I nicked her in the arm.
I was in the hotel window
with the rifle.
By the time
I got to the street,
she was already gone.
But she didn't get away.
I traced her to
a car rental agency here
and she took out
a dark gray sedan,
Iicense 559 M-J-l.
And she asked about Ojai.
Ojai.
She's gone back to
tell Jaime Sommers
she's her mother.
After all these years?
Suppose the Sommers girl
believes her?
Then we might have
to kill 'em both.
(ROOSTER CROWlNG)
I brought you
something, Jaime.
Do you like it?
(ANN LAUGHlNG)
ANN: Okay, okay,
here we go.
Oh, that's good.
Good, Jaime.
No, no. You know
you hit it
Oh, that's wonderful, Jaime.
That's wonderful.
(LAUGHlNG) Good, Jaime.
That's good.
(CREAKlNG)
(PHONE RlNGlNG)
Hello?
WOMAN: Is this
Jaime Sommers?
There was a problem
at the cemetery
last night.
I'm sorry to
bother you this early,
but your parents' graves
were vandalized.
What?
Could you come
right over, please?
Hello?
WOMAN:
Is this Jaime Sommers?
Jaime Sommers?
Jaime? Jaime?
(PUZZLES BARKlNG)
(WHlMPERlNG)
Puzzles?
ANN: Where is Puzzles?
(LAUGHlNG)
ANN: Jaime, have you
seen Puzzles?
Here, Puzzles! Puzzles!
Come on, Puzzles!
Puzzles!
(CAR DOOR CLOSES)
(ENGlNE STARTlNG)
Mother?
HELEN: You could've
imagined it all, Jaime.
Helen, it wasn't a dream.
I'm sure it wasn't.
It was her voice.
And I only got
a glimpse of the face,
but I swear it looked
just like my mother.
Honey, I want
to believe you.
But I was at the funeral,
and so were you.
Maybe it was the power
of suggestion with
the dream starting it
Starting what? An entire
train of hallucinations?
Well, all things
considered,
I don't see how
she was there.
Do you?
Look, Jaime,
Oscar's at the base.
Let's call him.
No! What are you
gonna tell him?
Helen, I am
not hearing bells
that aren't ringing,
or voices that
aren't talking,
and I am
not seeing people
that weren't there.
Look, I know you're
trying to help me,
but you're really
not making things
any easier.
I'm trying to.
Jaime, you've
admitted to having
emotional problems,
and you know,
funny, little troubles,
you called it.
Helen, what are you
I didn't say that.
You did.
What I mean is,
you've had
memory problems
about Steve
and other things.
Oscar and Rudy asked me
to keep an eye on you.
Keep an eye on me?
Yes. So they might catch
any new problem early,
for your own good.
Oh, that's really cute.
Now they've got
you spying on me.
Spying?
We all care for you.
We don't want anything
to happen to you.
Well, I'll make
that unanimous.
What about Puzzles?
He isn't dead.
Helen, I felt his fur
with my own hand.
I petted him,
I saw his name
on his tag.
Oh, Puzzles is possible.
Remember,
he used to run away from
our house all the time
after the accident
and go over to
the old house.
Yes, you could've
seen him recently.
Recently? Helen,
I saw him two hours ago
in the cemetery.
Do you know that if
what you're saying
is true,
I can't trust
my own mind?
I didn't say that.
Because you love me.
But that's what it all
boils down to, isn't it?
Where're you going?
To my old house
to find Puzzles!
Maybe seeing him
will tell me if he was
really there or if I was.
Jaime
JAMES: Jaime!
Don't dig up the flowers.
ANN: A girl has
just as much right
to dig as a boy.
It's part of
her development.
I wouldn't be wild
about a son digging up
my roses either.
MRS. NOAH: Jaime.
Hi.
Hi, Mrs. Noah.
How are you?
Oh, I'm just fine.
(CHUCKLlNG)
Good to see you.
You, too.
I was wondering
when you'd come by
and see the old place.
Come on in.
No, I just dropped by
to see Puzzles.
Is he around?
Right there.
Hello.
You haven't
been around to see
much of him either.
No, I haven't.
Has he been
behaving himself?
Oh, yes.
He still chases
jack rabbits occasionally.
Hasn't caught one
for about eight years.
Does he ever play
around the cemetery,
Mrs. Noah?
Not that I know of.
I can remember
when I used to be
his favorite toy.
Ah.
Okay. Thank you very much.
It was nice to see you.
Jaime, come back
and see me.
The door is always
open for you.
Thank you.
(CAR ENGlNE STARTlNG)
JAlME: Mother?
Mother?
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
JAlME: Helen?
Hello, dear.
Helen, I wasn't
imagining it all.
I just
Look who
just dropped by.
Hi.
So you called
him anyway, huh?
I would have been
angry with her
if she hadn't.
Helen, would you
excuse us for
a moment, please?
Certainly.
It was awfully nice
of you to drop all
the nation's problems
and come
over here, Oscar.
Were you afraid I had
blown a fuse literally?
I usually carry a spare
for my bionic friends.
You know, I feel
like I am getting
special treatment
number five.
First you relax
the subject,
and then you
gently tell her
that she needs a room
with mattress wallpaper
in it.
Why don't
you sit down?
Sit down.
After Helen called me,
I talked to Rudy.
He says
you're imagining.
Sounds a lot better
than hallucinating.
Rudy thinks that
that subconscious
is working now.
Now, you remember
I gave you a dossier
about your past life.
When I gave you
that dossier,
there were some things
I left out,
things I couldn't
tell you
because I was afraid
it might shock you,
that you weren't
ready for it.
Now, the problem
we've got is,
we don't know
if that accident
drove this, what I'm
about to tell you,
out of your mind,
or whether you didn't
know about it at all.
Now, I'm going to
tell you the truth
about your parents.
They worked for
the university.
They were
college professors.
But your mother was also
an undercover agent
for the United States
government.
What?
Top echelon,
political science.
Read it.
The last sentence there.
Oh, my God!
Oscar
I never knew
about any of this.
You didn't?
No, I didn't.
(SlGHS)
I'm sorry, Jaime.
I guess I shouldn't
have told you.
You see,
we thought that dream
made this
information surface,
and all these things
that are here
were coming up,
and by telling you
about your parents
would destroy
the mystery of it.
I'm afraid that
we've just made
things worse.
No, you haven't.
Because I did see
that car again,
Oscar. I did!
Jaime, that woman exists
only in your dreams
and on these pages.
I don't know
what to think.
Jaime
Take it easy,
will you?
Rest.
Read some of
this stuff, and
I'll call you
in a couple of hours.
(DOOR OPENS)
(DOOR CLOSES)
I have to leave.
But I brought you
something, Jaime.
Do you like it?
HENDERSON: What could
she hope to gain
by finally telling
Jaime Sommers
she's her mother?
BOYLlN: Money!
She's broke!
She needs money
to run any further.
We should be in Ojai
in about an hour.
You said you shot her
in the arm.
How badly
was she hit?
I couldn't tell.
But the next time
I won't miss.
I brought you
something, Jaime.
Do you like it?
(PHONE RlNGlNG)
Hello?
Jaime,
this is Betty Noah.
The strangest thing
just happened.
What is it?
Well, this woman
came by and asked
to see the house.
And it was
really kind of weird.
She knew where every
stick of furniture was
when we moved in.
And then she asked
to see your old room,
and asked a lot of
questions about you.
Now, I hope you
won't think I'm crazy,
but I could've sworn
I was talking to
your mother's ghost.
Is she still there?
No. She said she was
in town for one day,
and that she was
gonna pay last respects
to an old friend,
and then leave.
(STUTTERlNG)
Who is this old friend?
Did she say?
Well, I was so shook up
I didn't want to pry.
Look, another
funny thing.
I noticed in the car
a bouquet of yellow roses,
and they looked
like the roses
from the old bushes
around the house.
Jaime?
JAlME: Last respects?
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Oh. No, please.
Who are you?
Let me go!
Tell me who you are!
No, please.
I didn't want
you to see me.
Please.
Please let me go.
Mother?
No. No.
Are you my mother?
Are you my mother?
Oh, Jaime.
Oh, yes.
So, why isn't
this information
in our files?
Because the records
are sealed
and everything
pertaining to the case
is stored at the CBl
in Los Angeles.
Well, get them.
Well, us underlings
can't bring this kind of
a mountain to Muhammad.
Now, you control
the thing,
but you've gotta sign
it out personally.
All right.
Get my helicopter
on the pad.
I'm going
to Los Angeles.
(PHONE RlNGlNG)
Hello?
Helen, this is Oscar.
Is Jaime there?
Well, no, she isn't.
I just came by
to see how she is.
Now, look,
don't ask for answers
that I can't give you
to these questions,
but as incredible
as this may sound,
the woman that's
buried in that cemetery
may not be Jaime's mother.
What?
It seems
there were two Anns.
I just
I just wanted
to see you
and then leave.
I don't understand.
If you didn't die,
then who did I see
buried here?
It won't do you any good
to know that, Jaime.
Well, if I'm your daughter,
I think you owe me
an explanation.
Yes, of course.
You're right.
But not here.
What's What's wrong
with your arm?
Nothing. Nothing.
HENDERSON: Hey,
you want to stop for
coffee or something?
BOYLlN: Nah, keep going.
I want to get this thing
over with.
ANN: Her name
was Chris Stuart.
She was with your father
in the accident.
And the people who
caused that accident
were after me.
There was something
in a dossier about them
being murdered.
Jaime, you'll have
to understand it
in the context
of that time,
it was the early 1950s,
the Cold War
was very hot,
and there was
a lot of paranoia
in the country.
Those of us
in undercover work
thought we were doing
something important
and that it was worth
the sacrifice.
We were all afraid
that the country
was being undermined
by foreign agents,
and what we feared
didn't happen.
So, I suppose
in retrospect,
it all seems
very foolish now.
What are you scared of?
Nothing.
Look, can't we just
stop driving for
a while and talk?
All right.
If you turn off
to the right
up here on this road,
there's an old barn.
Oh, sure,
the old Hanson place.
ANN: Remember when
I caught you hanging
from those rafters?
Why do all mothers
think their children
are suicidal?
What was
this Chris Stuart
doing with my father?
I needed a cover
so I could attend
conferences secretly.
People didn't realize
then how saturated
this country was
Government agents
in the universities,
everywhere.
So the department
found an actress
who looked enough
like me to be my sister.
And plastic surgery
improved on that.
You don't believe me,
do you?
Well, if what
you say is true,
then how do I know
you're not Chris?
It wouldn't matter
if I were.
In all the ways
that count,
I'm as dead as Chris
and your father.
No, I don't believe you.
Maybe there were
things that I didn't
know about her,
but the mother
that I remember
first of all,
self-pity was not
one of her traits,
and secondly
she loved me very much
and she would have
come back somehow.
She would have at least
tried to see me.
Don't you think I did?
I was at your
high school graduation.
I watched
your first tournament.
You took
the center court match,
six-love, six-love.
And I watched
what the Elgins
were giving you.
I saw you with Steve.
You were building
a good life.
You were going
somewhere.
Should I have taken
all of that away
from you, Jaime?
Was that
any kind of love?
What did I have
to offer you?
Well, I'm sorry
you don't know.
Well, maybe I do know
better than you.
The government decided
I could go on working
and be useful
only if I was
believed dead.
They erased
my existence.
They sealed off my records,
as they politely call it.
Jaime, I was doing it
for my country!
For your country?
What about for
your daughter?
The people
who killed Chris
and your father
wouldn't have stopped
if they'd known
I was alive.
They wouldn't have
hesitated to kill you
to get to me.
Well, then why have
you come back now?
I didn't intend
for you to see me.
Oh, well,
what does it all
matter now anyway?
Jaime, there's no reason
for you to accept this
on faith.
But you like Helen,
and you trust her.
Let's go and see her.
(DOOR OPENS)
Jaime, where have
you been? Oscar
Hello, Helen.
Ann?
Then it is really you?
The shattered remains.
Oscar called. He
He said he has reason
to believe
that Ann
could be alive.
The old furniture
looks good
in the new place.
I was telling you
10 years ago to sell it.
I was telling you
To mind
my own business.
That you were
comfortable with it.
Oh, Helen.
You saved
Jaime's racket!
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Oh.
I meant to get
that thing fixed.
Helen.
(STUTTERlNG)
Is she my mother?
Oh, Jaime,
I honestly don't know.
Please help me.
And tell me something
that only my real mother
could possibly know.
On On the day
of the accident,
before your dad and l
went to meet Chris,
I gave you a present.
You're my mother.
Jaime. Oh, Jaime.
(SOBBlNG)
Well, that confirms it.
There were two of them.
You know, it beats me
why there was no
positive lD made
at the time
of the accident.
I guess
they just presumed
that it was Ann.
Call up Legal, Russ.
I want to
get a court order
to open up that grave.
I want to confirm
that Chris Stuart
is indeed in there.
Then we can start
looking for Ann.
If she has surfaced,
the other side
wants her, too.
Even more than we do.
Steve and I were
gonna be married,
but I had
a sky diving accident.
Sky diving accident?
You were badly hurt?
Yes. But, you know,
in some ways,
these legs are
a lot better than
the ones you gave me.
They're artificial?
Well, yes,
but they're bionic, Mom.
Bionic?
I don't understand.
What is bionic?
Well, bionic is
It's something
you're just gonna
have to see to believe.
That's all
there is to it.
Now, Steve calls me
the highest form of the art.
However, I'm not quite so sure
how scientific he means that.
Mom, do you remember
how I used to fall out
of trees all the time?
Yeah.
Watch this.
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(LAUGHlNG)
Hi.
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(THUDS)
Oh.
(EXCLAlMS)
Well, here I am,
your little girl.
With a four on the floor
and a 3.7 differential.
(LAUGHlNG)
See this?
That is very strong, too.
(TRACTOR CREAKlNG)
(EXHALES)
You know, Mom,
we really are
Iike mother
like daughter.
You see, I died
and they brought me
back to life.
And, now,
you've come back, too.
Oh, Jaime.
Hey, come on.
I thought we were
gonna be happy.
(LAUGHS) Well, I am.
I am happy.
Happy to be here
(SNlFFLlNG)
Glad to have
this time with you.
This time?
Mother, come on.
We have the whole
rest of our lives.
Now, I have
some terrific plans.
First of all,
you're gonna
move in with us,
and then
we're gonna pick up
where we left off.
No, that's
not possible, Jaime.
Oh, God!
Oh, how I wish it were.
What are you afraid of?
(LAUGHlNG)
Nothing. Oh, God.
I am so emotional.
I am just so happy
to be here.
Mother, I can see
you have a problem.
Why won't you
share it with me?
Jaime
(SlGHS)
After my usefulness
to the government
was over,
they finally let me go.
I burned my bridges,
and I had to find a job
to survive.
So l I wound up
working for
the other side. Not
Not the group that
killed your father,
of course,
but still
the other side.
You became
a double agent?
That's right.
An embarrassment
to both sides
and now hunted
by both sides.
That's why
I can't include you
in my plans, Jaime.
It would be
too dangerous.
I can't bring you
down with me.
I'm not gonna lose
you again, Mom.
We don't have anything
to say about that, Jaime.
Hey, do you
remember the man
that Helen spoke of?
He can help us.
His name is
Oscar Goldman,
and he works
for the OSl.
Help us?
Jaime, he'd put me
in prison, and l
couldn't stand that.
You see, I'm
I'm too old for that.
Mother, he's a friend.
He has to take orders,
doesn't he?
Everybody does.
All right.
Look, I promise,
I won't say
anything to him.
But we're gonna
have to buy us
some time, okay?
Come on!
Where?
Where're we going?
Well, take your choice.
New York, Chicago,
Dubuque?
(LAUGHS)
(PHONE RlNGlNG)
Hello.
Jaime, I've been
trying to reach you.
Where are you?
Oh, hi, Oscar.
I was just
taking a walk.
You know, trying
to work things out.
Well, I owe you
an apology.
You weren't
imagining things.
Has your mother
been trying to
contact you?
My mother? No.
Well, if she does,
I'm at the cemetery here.
Get through to me
right away.
What's up, Oscar?
Well, we're confirming
the body of a woman
named Chris Stuart
is buried in your
mother's grave.
Now, I'll be there
in about a half an hour.
I'll explain
the whole thing.
Meanwhile, stay there.
All right. I won't move.
Bye-bye.
I told you.
I've got no future.
We'll figure
something out.
You know, Mom,
we're very lucky.
I had some
pretty good paydays
on the tennis tour.
Of course,
I've got all my money
scattered around
in a whole bunch
of different savings
and loan companies.
I didn't want
to lose my whole $20
on one crash.
Just like your father.
(CREAKlNG)
Wait a minute.
Somebody's coming.
(CAR APPROACHlNG)
ANN: It's them.
They're here.
They finally
caught up with me.
Hold it!
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Mom, go start the car.
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Come on. Let's go.
Hey, what happened
to the car?
What the heck
do I know?
But we need
another car right now.
All right. Go on.
Keep it going, huh?
Yeah. All right.
What've you got?
You're not gonna
like it, Oscar,
but here it is.
God! Are you sure
there's not some mistake?
Dental charts
were conclusive.
The body in that grave
is Ann Sommers.
It's Jaime's
real mother.
Well, the woman
who's surfaced then
must be Chris Stuart.
And if that's true,
Jaime's in a lot
of trouble.
Come on.
Let's get out of here.
Get that motor started.
(ENGlNE STARTlNG)
Let's go now. Hit it.
Check the plates
on that car
and phone them in.
Jaime. Helen,
where's Jaime?
I don't know.
That car outside,
do you know
anything about it?
No. No, I don't.
Oscar, the woman
Jaime saw is her
Is an imposter.
Her name
is Chris Stuart.
She was
Ann Sommers' double.
Oh, no!
She was here.
Oh, I should've
called you,
but she looked
so much like Ann.
Oh, I should've
known better.
Helen, let me
ask you a question.
Do you think that
Jaime would tell Chris
about her bionics?
I don't know.
But she does think that
Chris is her mother.
When our government
let Chris go,
she went to work
for the other side.
She's been selling
them information,
mostly false, for years.
We'd arrest her,
they'd kill her.
She's that desperate.
Knowing about
Jaime's bionics
gives her the one hold
she needs on life.
Then you think she might
sell Jaime to them,
is that what you're saying?
How much is in here?
Oh, round figure's
about $2,624.15.
You know, the next bank
is just down the street
a little
No, no, no.
This will be enough.
I don't think so, Mom.
'Cause once you get there,
you're gonna
have to live,
you know.
No!
Jaime, I didn't come here
to take all your money.
Well, it's our money.
You paid for
the tennis lessons.
Jaime, I've got to
tell you something.
What's the matter?
Nothing.
I guess
we've all got to do
what we have to do.
What are you
talking about?
Look, if that's
enough money, fine.
But we have to
get you to the airport,
so let's go, all right?
Okay.
(ENGlNE STARTlNG)
This is Oscar Goldman
speaking.
I want an all-points
bulletin out
on a Chris Stuart,
alias Ann Sommers.
Now, I want
everybody in on this.
The OSl, the MP's,
the California Highway Patrol,
the local police. Everybody!
It's funny.
All my life,
nothing I ever planned
turned out.
All the best things
that ever happened to me,
just sort of happened.
Like today,
being here with you.
Can you imagine me
being here with you?
(TlRES SCREECHlNG)
(EXCLAlMS)
(TlRES SCREECHlNG)
Let me handle this, Mom.
No. No.
CHRlS: I'll talk to them.
You stay here.
Mother!
Stay!
CHRlS: Hello, Vic.
BOYLlN: Hello, Chris.
Hello, Chris.
Chris. Chris.
Oh, Chris.
BOYLlN:
It was a sucker move
to come back here.
I'd have had more trouble
finding you otherwise.
I've never
been smart, Vic.
Not even surprised
to see me?
CHRlS: No, no,
I knew I would,
if not today,
tomorrow, next week,
sometime.
Let's not drag this out.
You know I've got
a job to do.
Get the girl.
You're not gonna
kill her, too.
BOYLlN: You got her
into this.
You're both one,
as far as I'm concerned.
Vic, I think you ought
to know something.
She's innocent.
She doesn't know
anything about this.
I told her who I was
and she lent me
some money, that's all.
Look, nobody
will miss me, but
they'll miss her.
Won't they? I mean,
they'll try to find her.
Through her they'll
trace me right to you.
Come on, Vic,
don't be sloppy.
Loose ends aren't
your style.
I just don't want her
to see you do it.
(CHUCKLlNG) Vic,
she's a school teacher
in a hick town.
Alive she's
no problem to you.
What about these?
How're you gonna
explain them?
I'll take care of it.
I just want to say
goodbye to her. Okay?
Don't tell her
anything else.
Don't worry.
I'm all out of tricks.
Jaime, these men
are from the FBl.
And I've got to
go with them.
But everything will
be all right.
You understand?
You just stay here
until after we're gone
and nothing will happen
to you either.
I'll see you soon.
Goodbye, baby.
(ENGlNE STARTlNG)
Not quite goodbye yet.
(CAR DOOR OPENS)
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Jaime, look out!
(GUNSHOT)
(BlONlC POWERS ACTlVATlNG)
Are you all right?
Jaime
We've got to get you
to a hospital.
Jaime, I've got to
tell you something.
All right.
Don't talk now.
I'm not your mother.
I know, Chris.
(GROANlNG)
Oh, God.
(SlREN WAlLlNG)
Hello.
Brought you
some flowers.
For old time's sake.
Chris, Oscar just
told me that
That you can get
a light sentence
or even suspension,
if you'd help out
with some information.
Guess nothing's
gonna cheer you up,
is it?
(CHUCKLES)
Why didn't you turn me
over to those men
when you had a chance?
I mean, you could
have been home free,
named your own price.
You know,
you were about
two years old
when I first saw you.
Ann did let me
take care of you
sometimes.
When we were
all together.
She and I started
sharing so much.
She told me
she was buying you
that locket.
The times I spent here
in the Ojai Valley
were the best times
of my life.
Ann was the best friend
I ever had.
I loved her, I admired her,
I wanted to be like her.
I didn't come back here
to cheat you.
I knew it was only
a matter of days
before they found me.
So, I just came
crawling back
to the only place
I'd ever felt safe
and loved.
I would have helped you
if you had told me
who you really were.
I know that.
Oh, Jaime.
I was so tired
of being me.
When I pretended to be Ann,
and you believed me
Oh, it was so lovely.
It was an escape.
It was my big moment.
You were my baby,
if only for a few seconds.
I finally I finally got
to be your real mother.
Helen.
Oh, hi, Jaime.
Hi.
How is she?
I think she's
gonna be fine.
I'm ashamed to admit it,
but I wasn't very happy
when I thought
she was Ann.
Isn't it terrible?
I was jealous.
Oh.
I didn't really want
anyone taking my place
with you.
Well, Mom, come on.
Mothers aren't
like used cars.
You know, you don't
just change models
on a whim.
You mean, I'm locked
into the job?
No, I mean
you're stuck with it.
(LAUGHS)
And don't tell me
you haven't been known
to think along
those lines yourself.
Remember the time
I got a D in math?
Or the time that
I bumped the fender
on your brand new car?
(LAUGHlNG)
You don't get to share
those joys with anybody.
Is that a promise?
You bet.
Oh, you're a sweetheart.
I love you.
I love you
very much, too.