Mutant X s03e14 Episode Script

ALL RIGHT, WE'RE IN THE BUILDING, JESS.
WHICH WAY? I'M ONLY GETTING ONE READING BESIDES YOU GUYS.
WHICH DIRECTION? UH END OF THE CORRIDOR, TURN LEFT.
DOESN'T MAKE SENSE THERE'S ONLY ONE PERSON.
THE GUY WE'RE LOOKING FOR HAS FIVE OF THE DOMINION COUNCIL MEMBERS.
MAYBE THEY'RE BEING SHIELDED.
NOTHING'S GOING TO SHIELD THIS GUY -- HE'S DEAD MEAT.
GUYS, LOOK OUT.
THE SIGNAL'S RIGHT AROUND THE CORNER.
VOICE: IF YOU CAN SEE THIS, IT MEANS THE DOMINION HAS DECIDED TO IGNORE MY WARNINGS.
JESS, YOU GETTING THIS? YEAH.
CAN'T TELL WHERE THE IMAGE IS BEING BEAMED FROM.
VOICE: BY CHOOSING NOT TO PAY MY DEMANDS, YOU'VE EARNED YOUR FRIENDS A FIRSTHAND EXPERIENCE OF THE PROCESS.
WHAT'S HE DOING TO THEM? VOICE: YOU KNOW WHAT THE PROCESS WAS DESIGNED TO DO.
THEIR BODIES COULD LAST A HUNDRED YEARS AND STILL BE BROUGHT BACK AS IF THEY HAD JUST AGED A SECOND.
COMPUTER VOICE: DON'T TOUCH HER.
VOICE: OH, DID I MENTION THEY'RE A BIT BRITTLE? PAY WHAT I WANT AND THE OTHERS WILL BE REVIVED.
DON'T, AND ANOTHER ONE WILL DIE EVERY TWELVE HOURS.
IT'S NOT YOUR FAULT, SHAL.
YOU COULDN'T KNOW THAT WAS GOING TO HAPPEN.
SCIENTIST ADAM KANE WAS A PIONEER OF GENETIC RESEARCH, MANIPULATING DNA TO SAVE HUMAN LIVES.
BUT IN MANY THEIR GENES UNEXPECTEDLY MUTATED AND THEY DEVELOPED SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES.
TOGETHER, FOUR OF THE MOST POWERFUL FIGHT TO PROTECT A WORLD THAT DOESN'T EVEN KNOW THEY EXIST.
THEY ARE HER NAME WAS MIRANDA DENNIS.
SHE WAS A BRILLIANT PHYSICIST AND A MEMBER OF THE DOMINION COUNCIL.
AND THAT COWARD KILLED HER WITHOUT A SECOND THOUGHT.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO HE IS? THERE'S ONLY ONE MAN WITH THE MOTIVE AND THE KNOW-HOW.
UNTIL SIX MONTHS AGO, KEITH BURSTYN WAS WORKING IN A DOMINION-SPONSORED LAB TRYING TO PERFECT A METHOD OF SUSPENDED ANIMATION.
WELL, THAT'S WHAT WE SAW AT THE WAREHOUSE.
ALL THE HOSTAGES WERE PEOPLE WHO HAD CONTACT WITH BURSTYN OVER THE TIME HE WORKED WITH THE DOMINION.
YOU SAID THERE WAS A MOTIVE.
BURSTYN BLAMED THE DOMINION FOR A PERSONAL TRAGEDY.
HE DISAPPEARED WITH HIS RESEARCH AND WE'VE HAD NO CONTACT WITH HIM UNTIL TODAY, WHEN HE SENT HIS DEMANDS FOR THE RETURN OF OUR PEOPLE.
HUH.
NICE GUY.
FOR WHAT HE'S DONE, HE'S A DEAD MAN WALKING.
I GUARANTEE YOU.
WE'LL FIND HIM.
THERE'S SOMETHING ELSE WE FIND EQUALLY DISTURBING.
THERE HAVE BEEN UNTRACEABLE COMMUNICATIONS COMING INTO SANCTUARY OVER THE LAST WEEK.
HUH.
I GUESS BIG BROTHER REALLY IS WATCHING.
NOTHING SHOULD SURPRISE ME ANYMORE.
SANCTUARY IS FUNDED BY THE DOMINION.
WE LOOK AFTER OUR INTERESTS.
YOU'RE SAYING YOU DON'T KNOW THE SOURCE OF THESE TRANSMISSIONS? NO.
BUT I'LL ASK THE OTHERS.
DO THAT.
THE COUNCIL IS OUT FOR BLOOD, DON'T LET IT BE YOURS.
WELL, I LOOKED INTO THIS KEITH BURSTYN.
UNTIL SIX MONTHS AGO HE WAS A POSTER CHILD FOR SUCCESSIVE GENETICS.
GRADUATED SUMMA CUM LAUDE FROM MIT, YOUNGEST IN HIS CLASS.
RECEIVED A FELLOWSHIP FROM THE NATIONAL HUMAN GENOME RESEARCH INSTITUTE.
OH, DOESN'T SOUND LIKE THE KIND OF GUY THAT GETS OFF ON MURDERING INNOCENT PEOPLE.
WELL, WE'RE NOT HERE TO PSYCHOANALYZE HIM, BUT FIND HIM BEFORE HE KILLS ANY MORE HOSTAGES.
WHY DOESN'T THE DOMINION JUST PAY THE RANSOM? BECAUSE THEY DON'T RESPOND TO DEMANDS.
NOT EVEN FOR THEIR OWN PEOPLE? HUH, THEY'RE EVEN COLDER THAN YOU ARE.
WELL, I'LL TAKE THAT AS A COMPLIMENT.
OKAY.
WELL, I'M GOING TO KEEP LOOKING INTO BURSTYN'S HISTORY, SEE IF ANYTHING COMES UP THAT CAN GIVE US ANY IDEA WHERE HE'S HOLED UP.
HEY, SHAL, YOU OKAY? NO.
LOOK, WHAT HAPPENED TO THAT WOMAN WASN'T YOUR FAULT.
SHE WAS BOOBY-TRAPPED.
IT WAS HIM ALL THE WAY.
JUST BEFORE I TOUCHED THAT WOMAN, THE GUY WHO'S BEEN CALLING ME WAS IN MY COMLINK.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
HE WARNED ME NOT TO TOUCH HER.
I JUST WISH I KNEW WHO THE HELL THIS GUY WAS.
WHAT HE WANTS.
OKAY, LOOK, WHATEVER IT IS, LET'S WE'LL JUST HAVE TO GET HIM TO SHOW HIMSELF.
OKAY? IT'LL ALL MAKE SENSE AFTER THAT.
I HOPE SO.
[ringing.]
WHAT? I CAN HELP YOU FIND THE MAN WHO KIDNAPPED THE DOMINION COUNCIL MEMBERS.
I TOLD YOU, I'M NOT TALKING TO YOU UNTIL YOU TELL ME WHO YOU ARE.
ALL RIGHT WE HAVE TOO LITTLE TIME.
ADAM? OH YOU'RE ALIVE.
IT'S A HOLOGRAM.
IT'S TOO DANGEROUS FOR ME TO COME HERE IN PERSON.
HOW DO I EVEN KNOW IT'S YOU? THE DAY WE MET? I FOUND YOU HIDING IN THE ALLEY.
YOU THOUGHT I WAS LIKE THE OTHERS AND I WAS THERE TO HURT YOU.
BUT YOU LASHED OUT AT ME.
BUT I SAW YOU FALL.
I TRIED TO SAVE YOU.
ECKHART SAID HE FOUND YOUR BODY.
HE HAS YOUR RING.
YOU SHOULD'VE KNOWN NOT TO TRUST HIM.
HOW COULD YOU DO THAT TO ME? YOU LET ME BELIEVE THAT YOU DIED WITH EMMA.
[SIGHS.]
LOOK, WE ALL SUFFERED WHEN EMMA DIED.
BUT NOT BEING ABLE TO BE WITH YOU ALL MADE IT EVEN WORSE.
YOU JUST CAN'T COME BACK AND DO THIS TO ME.
SHALIMAR, MY COLLEAGUES WERE DISAPPEARING, BEING KILLED.
MY SOURCES TOLD ME THAT I WAS THE NEXT TARGET.
THE EXPLOSION WAS MY WAY OUT.
YOU COULD'VE TOLD US.
I COULDN'T.
I WOULD'VE PUT YOU IN THE SAME DANGER I WAS IN.
WHAT DANGER? FROM WHO? I'M NOT QUITE SURE YET.
BUT SIGNS OF THEIR ACTIVITY ARE HEATING UP.
THEY MIGHT BE THE ONES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE KIDNAPPING.
YOU SAID YOU COULD HELP US FIND WHO IS RESPONSIBLE.
I CAN GET YOU TO BURSTYN.
HE'S NOT WHAT HE SEEMS TO BE.
JUST TAKE ME TO THE BASTARD.
I CAN GET YOU HIS ADDRESS.
BUT YOU HAVE TO PROMISE ME THAT YOU WILL GO IN AFTER HIM ALONE.
THE OTHERS CANNOT KNOW ABOUT THIS: MY LIFE DEPENDS UPON IT.
DON'T MAKE ME DO THIS, ADAM.
I WILL TELL THE OTHERS AS SOON AS I CAN THAT I'M ALIVE, BUT THIS HAS TO BE BETWEEN US.
I CAN'T DO THIS BEHIND THEIR BACKS.
ALL RIGHT, SHALIMAR.
IF YOU WANT HIS ADDRESS, YOU HAVE TO.
CAN I TRUST YOU? NOW? I PROMISE: NO MORE LIES.
WE HAVE THE BEST TACTICIANS IN THE WORLD IN THIS ORGANISATION.
WHAT DO YOU KNOW THAT THEY DON'T? I KNOW THAT BURSTYN IS INSANE.
HE KILLED MIRANDA AND HE WILL KILL THE REST.
DO YOU WANT THAT ON YOUR CONSCIENCE.
WE HAVE TO PAY HIM.
I HAVE FIVE EMPTY CHAIRS AT THIS TABLE.
WE WILL NOT NEGOTIATE.
MUTANT X FAILED.
WHY? BURSTYN WAS ALREADY GONE.
OUR INTELL WAS FAULTY.
OUR INTELL WAS SOUND! IT WAS THEIR MISSTEP THAT GOT MIRANDA DENNIS KILLED.
WHAT HAVE YOU LEARNED ABOUT THE SECRET COMMUNICATIONS? LEXA PIERCE HAD NO IDEA ABOUT THE CALLS.
OR SO SHE SAYS.
THERE IS NO REASON TO DOUBT HER LOYALTY.
THE SAME MIGHT NOT BE SAID FOR THE REST OF MUTANT X.
WHOEVER IS COMMUNICATING WITH THEM, MIGHT BE MANIPULATING THEM AGAINST US.
TO WHAT END? THESE GAMES RUN DEEP.
FOR ALL WE KNOW THEY MAY BE TRYING TO GET TO THE CREATOR.
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE.
NO ONE OUTSIDE THIS ROOM EVEN KNOWS HE EXISTS.
WE CAN'T TAKE THAT CHANCE.
WE'RE NOT GOING TO PAY THE RANSOM.
AND WE WILL MONITOR MUTANT X EVEN MORE CLOSELY.
WE WILL NOT TAKE THE CHANCE OF THEIR BEING LED ASTRAY BY THIS UNKNOWN ELEMENT.
HEY, WE HAVE TO TALK.
I'M ALL EARS.
HOW LONG HAVE YOU KNOWN ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS COMING INTO SANCTUARY? OH, YOU'RE DIRECT, AS USUAL.
I HAVE NO IDEA WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT, THOUGH.
DOES IT HAVE ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE KIDNAPPING OF THE DOMINION COUNCIL MEMBERS? I TOLD YOU, I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT.
BRENNAN, LEXA! I LOGGED ANOTHER ONE OF THOSE INCOMING COMMUNICATIONS.
AND? IT CAME INTO SHALIMAR'S TERMINAL.
WELL, DID YOU TRACE THE SOURCE? NO.
BUT I DID MANAGE TO RETRIEVE THE CONTENTS OF THE COMMUNICATION.
IT WAS AN ADDRESS.
OKAY, WHERE IS SHE NOW? SHE LEFT FIVE MINUTES AGO.
OKAY, FEED THE ADDRESS TO THE HELIX.
I'M GOING AFTER HER.
I'M GOING WITH YOU.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING ABOUT THIS AND YOU'RE NOT TELLING ME.
I AM NOT THE ENEMY HERE, BRENNAN.
WELL, I GUESS WE SHOULD KEEP REMINDING OURSELVES OF THAT.
DON'T EVEN THINK ABOUT IT, BURSTYN.
I'M NOT COMING BACK.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO KILL ME.
NOT A PROBLEM.
WHERE ARE THE PEOPLE YOU KIDNAPPED? I DIDN'T KIDNAP ANYBODY.
SHALIMAR! DON'T! HE'S TELLING THE TRUTH.
NO MORE GAMES, ADAM.
I TRIED TO TELL YOU BEFORE.
HE'S NOT WHAT HE SEEMS.
HE'S A SCIENTIST.
HE'S THE GUY WHO DISCOVERED THE SUSPENDED ANIMATION PROCESS AND HE GOT SET UP.
WELL, I'LL MAKE SURE HE GETS A CHANCE TO PROVE THAT.
NO.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THAT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO WORK WITH HIM.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HELP HIM FIND A COUNTER-AGENT FOR THE PROCESS.
THAT'S THE ONLY WAY TO SAVE THOSE PEOPLE.
ADAM, YOU SAID YOU WERE GOING TO HELP ME.
SHALIMAR'S ALL THE HELP YOU NEED.
LISTEN, YOU TAKE HIM IN NOW, FOUR MORE PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE.
ALL RIGHT.
YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO HURRY.
GO.
DO YOU HAVE A CAR? IN THE ALLEY.
THEN GO.
I'LL MEET YOU.
SHAL, WHAT ARE YOU DOING? BURSTYN'S INNOCENT.
NO, HE'S A MURDERER.
NO, HE'S NOT.
I NEED TIME TO PROVE IT.
WE DON'T HAVE TIME.
SHAL, WE'LL SORT ALL THIS OUT.
JUST GET HIM BACK HERE.
SORRY, BRENNAN.
I CAN'T.
SHAL! NOW YOU WANT TO TELL ME HOW WE CAN TRUST HER? THAT'S THE PLACE HE TOLD ME ABOUT.
DOESN'T LOOK LIKE A HIGH TECH FACILITY TO ME.
THAT MAY NOT BE A BAD THING FOR US RIGHT NOW.
WELL, THERE YOU GO.
EVERYTHING A MAD SCIENTIST COULD POSSIBLY NEED.
I DON'T WANT TO BE HERE ANY MORE THAN YOU DO, SHALIMAR.
OH, I DOUBT THAT.
I'VE SPENT YEARS CLEANING UP THE MESSES THAT PEOPLE LIKE YOU CREATED.
HEY, I TRIED TO LEAVE ALL THIS BEHIND.
ALL I WANTED WAS TO BE LEFT ALONE.
I GUESS WE DON'T ALWAYS GET WHAT WE WANT, DO WE? EVER SINCE WE MET, I'VE BEEN ON THE DEFENSIVE.
IF WE'RE GOING TO SOLVE THIS THING, THAT'S GOTTA CHANGE.
YOU GOOD WITH THAT? YEAH.
DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHO'S BEEN USING YOUR TECHNOLOGY? WELL, THERE'S PROBABLY TEN OTHER PEOPLE WHO WOULD HAVE HAD ACCESS TO MY RESEARCH.
SOMEONE'S BEEN PLANNING THIS FOR A WHILE.
DON'T WORRY.
WE CAN WORK IT OUT.
WE NEED TO TALK.
THIS ISN'T A SECURE TERMINAL.
FORGET THE SECURE TERMINAL.
THE COUNCIL KNOWS SHALIMAR FOX HELPED KEITH BURSTYN ESCAPE.
WE'RE WORKING TO GET THEM BACK.
I WANT TO KNOW HOW LONG SHE'S BEEN INVOLVED WITH HIM.
SHE ISN'T.
ARE YOU JUST IGNORANT OF WHAT'S GOING ON, OR ARE YOU A PART OF IT? SHE'S BEEN PLOTTING WITH HIM RIGHT UNDER YOUR NOSE.
LOOK, WE DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT REALLY HAPPENED, OKAY? FOR ALL WE KNOW, HE MAY HAVE KIDNAPPED HER.
NOW WE BOTH KNOW THAT'S NOT TRUE.
WE'LL GET HER BACK, OKAY? BOTH OF THEM.
YOU DO THAT.
THERE ARE FORCES HOSTILE TO THE DOMINION THAT ARE TRYING TO TURN MUTANT X AGAINST US.
THEY WON'T HESITATE TO RIP THE TEAM APART IN THE PROCESS.
THAT MAY HAVE ALREADY HAPPENED.
THEY DIDN'T TAKE ME SERIOUSLY.
I GUESS THEY JUST NEED A BIT MORE CONVINCING.
MAYBE THIS WILL HELP THEM GET THE MESSAGE.
THEY'RE LOSING FRIENDS BY THE MINUTE BIG PROBLEM WITH SUSPENDED ANIMATION IS ISCHEMIA.
THAT'S THE DAMAGE THAT HAPPENS WHEN THE CELLS ARE DEPRIVED OF OXYGEN AT DEATH.
I REALIZED THAT THE ANSWER WAS TO STEP UP THE PRODUCTION OF GLYCOSE WHICH FEEDS THE CELLS THROUGH THE VITRIFICATION PROCESS.
SORRY.
I USED TO CUT SCIENCE CLASS.
I WISH I HAD TOO, SOMETIMES.
ANYWAY, THE THING THAT ALWAYS FRUSTRATED ME WAS THE PROBLEM OF MAINTAINING THE CELLS' INTEGRITY AS I BROUGHT THE SUBJECT BACK.
SO YOU NEVER FINISHED THAT PART OF THE PROCESS BEFORE YOU DISAPPEARED? THAT MEANS WHOEVER SUSPENDED THOSE HOSTAGES HAD NO INTENTION OF BRINGING THEM BACK.
I WAS ALMOST THERE WHEN I GAVE UP.
YOU KNOW, YOU DON'T STRIKE ME AS THE TYPE TO GIVE UP ON ANYTHING.
THE REASON I STARTED THIS PROJECT WAS FOR MY WIFE.
SHE DIED LAST YEAR.
TWO YEARS OF TREATMENTS AND FALSE HOPES.
I THOUGHT, YOU KNOW, IF I COULD JUST SUSPEND HER 'TIL THEY FOUND A CURE BUT, I WAS TOO LATE.
I JUST DIDN'T WANT TO LET HER GO.
BUT FOR ME THE PROJECT WAS ABOUT SAVING HER.
DOMINION DIDN'T GIVE A DAMN.
BUT FOR ME, THERE WAS NOTHING LEFT.
I HAD TO GET OUT.
SORRY.
I DON'T WANT TO BE RESPONSIBLE FOR OTHER PEOPLE'S LIVES ANYMORE, SHALIMAR.
WHEN THIS IS OVER, WHEN THEY HAVE WHAT THEY WANT, MAYBE I CAN JUST TRY TO LIVE MY LIFE.
WE'LL MAKE SURE OF THAT.
NOW HOW CLOSE ARE YOU TO SOLVING THIS THING? WELL, I CAN BRING THE CELLS BACK FROM STASIS, BUT THE PROCESS IS TOO SLOW.
TOO MUCH DAMAGE OCCURS.
I NEED A WAY TO EXCITE THE CELLS AS THEY REVIVE.
MICROWAVE ACCELERATOR WOULD HELP THE PROCESS, BUT THE ONLY ONE I KNOW OF IS IN A DOMINION LAB, AND THERE'S NO WAY WE'D GET TO IT.
I HAVE ANOTHER ONE -- AT SANCTUARY.
OKAY.
YOU DON'T JUST EXPECT ME TO WALTZ BACK INTO SANCTUARY, DO YOU? WE DON'T HAVE AN OPTION, SHALIMAR.
I'LL CLEAR THE ALARMS AND OPEN THE DOORS TO GET YOU IN.
YEAH, WELL, GETTING IN ISN'T WHAT WORRIES ME.
SHALIMAR, OVER HERE.
IT'S THE LONG BLACK TUBE.
BE CAREFUL.
IT'S FRAGILE.
BRENNAN! WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? DON'T TRY AND STOP ME, BRENNAN.
WE NEED TO TALK ABOUT THIS, SHAL.
KEITH BURSTYN'S BEING FRAMED.
NO, HE'S GOT YOUR HEAD ALL TURNED AROUND.
THE DOMINION SAYS HE'S TRYING TO GET TO THEM.
IT'S NOT HIM.
OKAY, THEN WHAT IS IT? IT'LL ALL MAKE SENSE SOON.
GUYS, SHAL'S HERE IN SANCTUARY.
SHE'S HEADING FOR THE HANGAR.
YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE.
YOU CAN'T STOP ME.
I'M SORRY ABOUT THIS.
[YELLING.]
SHALIMAR! I SHOULD BE ABLE TO DELIVER HER RIGHT BACK TO US.
SHOULD? HEY! YOU COULD DO BETTER? THE KEYBOARD IS YOURS.
SHALIMAR JUST NEEDS TO TAKE A STEP BACK.
BRENNAN, SOMETHING ELSE IS GOING ON HERE AND EVEN I'M OUTSIDE OF IT.
COME ON, YOU KNOW SHALIMAR.
TELL ME, WHAT'S GOING ON? OKAY, SHE'S BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM SOMEBODY.
I DIDN'T KNOW THAT IT WAS BURSTYN, OKAY? YOU BETTER HOPE THAT I CAN GET HER BACK.
THE DOMINION'S LOOKING FOR BLOOD AND RIGHT NOW I DON'T THINK THEY CARE WHOSE IT IS.
OKAY.
I THINK I'M IN.
WHAT THE HELL? ADAM: THEY'RE ENGAGING THE REMOTE SYSTEM.
I GOT IT.
I'VE LOST CONTROL.
GOT ANY IDEAS? DROP TO THE SUBSYSTEM.
HIT COMMAND 5-5-0-5 IT'LL CUT OFF SANCTUARY'S ACCESS.
DOCKING SEQUENCE INITIATED.
HERE GOES NOTHING.
WHA WHA WHAT HAPPENED? THAT CAN'T HAVE HAPPENED.
I DON'T UNDERSTAND IT.
SHE'S OVERRIDDEN MY ACCESS.
SOMEHOW, SHE'S BLOCKED ALL EXTERNAL ACCESS.
BUT I DON'T UNDERSTAND.
SHE DOESN'T HAVE THE CODES TO GET THAT DEEP INTO OUR SYSTEM.
WELL, SOMEBODY'S GOT TO BE HELPING HER.
YEAH, BUT WHO COULD'VE GOTTEN INTO OUR SYSTEM? THE DOMINION? OH, PLEASE.
THEY WOULDN'T JEOPARDIZE THEIR OWN OPERATION.
WELL, HOW WOULD YOU KNOW THAT? YOU ONLY KNOW ABOUT THE LITTLE TIDBITS THAT THEY THROW AT YOU.
WELL, MAYBE SHE GOT A LITTLE HELP FROM THE INSIDE.
HEY! WE WANT HER BACK AS BADLY AS YOU DO.
OKAY, YOU KNOW WHAT? SHE DID SAY SOMETHING.
SHE SAID THAT BURSTYN WAS BEING FRAMED.
SO FAR TODAY, SHE HELPED A MURDERER ESCAPE, SHE STOLE CLASSIFIED EQUIPMENT, AND KICKED MY ASS.
SO FORGIVE ME IF I DON'T TAKE EVERYTHING SHE SAYS AS GOSPEL.
HEY, THIS IS SHALIMAR THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, ALL RIGHT? WE NEED TO HAVE A LITTLE FAITH HERE.
I'M TRYING, BRENNAN.
MAYBE I CAN HELP YOU WITH THAT.
I'M GOING TO GO TAKE ANOTHER LOOK AT THE KIDNAPPER'S TAPE, SEE IF I CAN COME UP WITH SOMETHING.
OKAY, AND I'M GOING TO SEE IF I CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT IT WAS THAT SHE TOOK.
WHAT DO YOU THINK? I DON'T KNOW IF I CAN DO THIS.
CAN YOU HAND ME THE WIRE CUTTERS? THANKS.
SO, HOW LONG HAVE YOU WORKED WITH ADAM? ABOUT TEN YEARS.
FOUND ME LIVING ON THE STREETS, TOOK ME IN.
HELPED ME COME TO TERMS WITH WHO I AM.
HE'S A GOOD GUY.
HONORABLE.
I ALWAYS THOUGHT SO YOU DON'T ANYMORE? I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO THINK ANYMORE.
UNTIL A FEW HOURS AGO I THOUGHT HE WAS DEAD.
EVERYTHING'S SO COMPLICATED NOW.
YOU KNOW? WE USED TO HAVE A CLEAR MISSION.
HELP OTHER PEOPLE LIKE US.
OTHER MUTANTS.
CLEAN UP THE GENETIC MESS THEY MADE AT GENOMEX.
AND NOW? WELL, I GUESS I'M WHERE YOU WERE WHEN YOU LEFT.
NOT KNOWING THE PEOPLE I WORK FOR, NOT KNOWING WHO TO TRUST.
NOT REALLY HAVING AN OPTION.
YEAH, THAT'S THE WAY I FELT.
I DID EVERYTHING THEY ASKED ME TO DO AND IT LOST ME EVERYTHING.
THAT'S WHEN I LEFT.
IT'S NOT THAT EASY FOR ME.
I'M A LITTLE DIFFERENT.
[LAUGHS.]
YEAH, I NOTICED.
THAT'S WHAT I LIKE ABOUT YOU.
[SIGHS.]
I'M A FERAL.
AND WHEN I SENSE ANYTHING THAT THREATENS MY FAMILY, I FIGHT.
I'LL FIGHT TO THE DEATH.
AND RIGHT NOW, IT FEELS LIKE WE'RE UP AGAINST SOMETHING THAT'S SO BIG, YOU KNOW, SOMETHING THAT WE MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO WALK AWAY FROM.
THEY NEED ME RIGHT NOW.
HEY, YOU KNOW, IT'S GOOD TO CARE ABOUT YOUR FAMILY.
BUT YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT YOU NEED, TOO.
IT'S NOT THAT EASY TO JUST DISAPPEAR.
IT IS.
YOUR LIFE CAN BE ANYTHING YOU WANT.
WITH ANYBODY YOU WANT IT TO BE WITH.
SHALIMAR, IF THERE'S ONE THING I'VE LEARNED, IT'S THAT YOU OWE YOURSELF A CHANCE TO FIND OUT WHAT MAKES YOU HAPPY.
AND YOU GO OUT AND GRAB IT.
YOU JUST THINK ABOUT THAT.
OUR KIDNAPPER TRIED TO HIDE HIS FACE BY DIGITIZING IT.
NOW, THAT WORKS FINE FOR SINGLE FRAMES.
WHAT HE FORGOT IS THAT ONCE IN A WHILE, THESE SQUARES GIVE AWAY SPECIFIC POINTS THAT I COULD USE AS REFERENCES.
WHAT I'VE BEEN DOING IS INTERPOLATING THE CLUES TO FIGURE OUT EXACTLY WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE.
AND WHAT HE LOOKS LIKE IS ANTHONY GERVAIS.
NOW, HE'S A TOP-FLIGHT GENETICIST WITH HIS FINGERS IN EVERY CUTTING EDGE PROJECT GOING, BUT OFFICIALLY ATTACHED TO NONE.
SOUNDS LIKE A DOMINION PLAYER.
THAT'S PROBABLY HOW HE KNEW ABOUT BURSTYN'S SUSPENDED ANIMATION RESEARCH.
YEAH.
SEE WHAT I CAN DO ABOUT TRACKING HIM DOWN, HUH? CALL ME IF YOU FIND ANYTHING.
YOU KNOW, ANOTHER PERSON WOULD'VE SAID SOMETHING RIGHT ABOUT NOW, LIKE, UH, I WAS WRONG, SHAL WAS RIGHT.
SHE STILL DIDN'T HAVE TO PLAY IT THE WAY SHE DID.
WHY? BECAUSE YOU WOULD HAVE GIVEN HER THE BENEFIT OF THE DOUBT.
HEY, YOU THINK I HAVEN'T? I'VE BEEN LYING TO THE DOMINION SINCE THIS WHOLE THING STARTED, TO COVER HER ASS.
THAT'S THE RIGHT THING TO DO.
LOOK, ANOTHER ONE OF THE HOSTAGES DIED ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.
THE DOMINION GOT HIS HAND BACK IN A BOX.
DO YOU EVEN UNDERSTAND HOW DANGEROUS OUR SITUATION IS RIGHT NOW? I'VE PUT MY HEAD IN A NOOSE FOR YOU AND YOU'RE STILL HOLDING OUT ON ME.
LEX THE COMMUNICATIONS THAT YOU'RE INTERESTED IN, NOW SHAL'S ONLY TOLD ME ABOUT THIS, BUT SHE HAS BEEN GETTING CALLS FROM SOMEBODY.
WHO? WELL, WE DON'T KNOW, BUT THE GUY'S BEEN GIVING HER INFORMATION ABOUT OUR MISSIONS.
THIS THING'S GOT HER ALL FREAKED OUT AND I'VE BEEN HELPING HER THROUGH IT.
AND YOU COULDN'T TELL ME THAT? WELL, WE DIDN'T KNOW IF WE COULD TRUST THE GUY.
FURTHERMORE, I DIDN'T KNOW IF WE TOLD YOU, IF I COULD TRUST THE INFORMATION WOULDN'T GET BACK TO THE DOMINION.
YEAH, WELL, YOU'RE RIGHT.
THANKS FOR TELLING ME NOW.
BRENNAN! I JUST TRACKED THE HELIX'S HOMING SIGNAL.
SHALIMAR DUMPED IT IN A IN A FIELD JUST OUTSIDE OF TOWN.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY, I'M GONNA GO GET IT.
JUST GIVE ME THE INFORMATION ON THE WAY.
YEAH.
YOU'RE STARTING TO CARE FOR HIM.
THANKS FOR THE PRIVACY.
[LAUGHS.]
MAN, I THOUGHT YOU WERE CONTROLLING WHEN YOU WERE WITH US.
YOU'RE EVEN WORSE AS A HOLOGRAM.
BOTH OF YOUR LIVES DEPEND ON WHAT HE ACCOMPLISHES HERE IN THE NEXT FEW HOURS.
DON'T LOSE YOUR FOCUS.
YOU THINK IF HE DOES THIS, THEY'LL REALLY LET HIM WALK? NO.
WHAT HE KNOWS IS TOO IMPORTANT.
LOOK.
DOMINION ISN'T THE ONLY PLAYER WHO WANTS THIS RESEARCH.
AND IF THE OTHER PLAYERS CAN'T CONTROL HIM, THEY'RE GOING TO WANT HIS KNOWLEDGE ERADICATED.
THEY'LL WANT HIM DEAD? YEAH.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET THAT HAPPEN.
I'M GOING TO DO EVERYTHING I CAN TO PROTECT HIM.
HUH.
WHY'D YOU HAVE TO COME BACK, ADAM? HUH, SHALIMAR YOU BREEZE BACK INTO MY LIFE AND TURN EVERYTHING UPSIDE DOWN AGAIN.
SHALIMAR, WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT WHO'S BEHIND THIS.
WE'RE GOING TO FIND OUT IF THEY'RE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO ARE TRYING TO KILL ME.
AND THEN YOUR LIFE IS GOING TO BE YOUR OWN AGAIN.
WAS IT EVER MY OWN? HUH, I CAN'T HELP WONDERING IF MY LIFE WAS ALL PLANNED OUT FOR ME BEFORE I WAS EVEN BORN.
YOU KNOW, GENOMEX WROTE IT INTO MY GENES ALONG WITH ALL THAT OTHER STUFF, YOU KNOW, AND AND EVERYTHING THAT I SAY AND DO, IT'S JUST ACTING OUT WHAT SOME SCIENTIST WANTED TO HAPPEN.
NO.
NO.
YOUR DESTINY HAS ALWAYS BEEN IN YOUR OWN HANDS.
WE'RE GOING TO MAKE SURE THAT IT STAYS THAT WAY.
HEY.
WHAT'S GOING ON? GOT A POSSIBLE LOCATION OF GERVAIS.
IT'S A RESEARCH FACILITY HE WAS TIED TO.
POSSIBLE LOCATION'S AS GOOD AS WE'RE GOING TO GET RIGHT NOW.
LET'S DO IT.
OKAY, GUYS, I THINK WE HIT PAY DIRT.
I GOT SIX READINGS, THREE OF THEM MOVING AND THREE OF THEM STILL.
WHERE ARE THE HOSTAGES? THEY'RE RIGHT IN FRONT OF YOU, BUT I DON'T KNOW WHICH WAY IS FASTER.
OKAY, LET'S SPLIT UP.
WHOEVER GETS THERE FIRST WAITS FOR THE OTHER BEFORE MAKING A MOVE, ALRIGHT? ALRIGHT, GOT THAT, JESS? YEAH.
I'LL KEEP FEEDING YOU ANYTHING I SEE.
IT'S A TRAP! I'M ON MY WAY.
THAT'S FAR ENOUGH.
NICE TRICK, BUT I WOULDN'T TRY ANYTHING.
IT WOULDN'T TAKE MORE THAN A TOUCH TO TURN HIM TO POWDER.
HE DIES, YOU DIE.
I HAVE NOTHING LEFT TO LOSE HERE.
IF YOU'RE HERE, THE COUNCIL KNOWS I'M THE ONE WHO DID IT BY NOW.
THERE'S NO GOING BACK.
WALK AWAY.
GET ME MY MONEY! THIS ISN'T THE END.
NO, BUT IT'S CLOSE.
OKAY, THE SPEED OF THE REVERSE VITRIFICATION'S RAMPED TO ALMOST WHERE IT NEEDS TO BE.
THE TRICK NOW IS TO PREVENT CELL DAMAGE INTRODUCED BY THE FREE RADICALS WHEN THE CELL WAS SHUT DOWN.
IT'S A FAST-MOVING SCAVENGER VIRUS THAT BONDS WITH THE FREE RADICALS, STABILIZING THEM.
IF THIS WORKS, IT SHOULD TREAT THE WHOLE SYSTEM IN SECONDS.
WHAT'S HAPPENING? IT'S NOT PERVASIVE ENOUGH.
TOO MUCH CELL DAMAGE IS HAPPENING BEFORE THE ORGANISM WOULD BE VIABLE.
WELL, SOME OF THE CELLS LIVED.
YEAH, BUT WE HAVE TO REANIMATE THE ENTIRE ORGANISM AT THE SAME TIME.
LIPIDS, CELL STRUCTURE, EVEN THE DNA, ALL HAS TO BE PROTECTED.
YOU SAYING YOU CAN'T DO IT? I THINK THE ANSWER IS RIGHT IN FRONT OF ME.
I JUST CAN'T SEE IT.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY TO MAKE THIS WORK FASTER.
WE'LL GET IT.
WHATEVER YOU DO, YOU HAVE TO MAKE IT WORK FASTER.
THEY'VE GOT BRENNAN.
HE'S ONE OF THE HOSTAGES NOW.
I SHOULD'VE BEEN INFORMED OF GERVAIS'S CONNECTION TO BURSTYN'S WORK.
THERE WAS NO REASON TO SUSPECT A COUNCIL MEMBER.
MISS PIERCE SUGGESTS PAYING THE RANSOM.
WE CAN TAKE HIM AT OUR LEISURE.
WE WILL NOT PAY THE RANSOM.
IF BURSTYN HASN'T CREATED THE REVERSAL PROCESS, OUR PEOPLE ARE ALREADY DEAD.
SHALIMAR FOX IS WORKING WITH HIM AS WE SPEAK.
MUTANT X WILL IMPLEMENT THE CURE AS SOON AS IT'S READY.
WE MOVE ON GERVAIS'S LOCATION IN ONE HOUR.
AND DO WHATEVER YOU HAVE TO DO TO FIND BURSTYN.
IT'S ALREADY BEEN PROVEN BURSTYN'S INNOCENT.
INNOCENCE HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH IT.
WE NEED HIM.
THAT'S ALL YOU HAVE TO KNOW.
OKAY, HIT THE PROJECTOR ON MY SIGNAL.
OKAY.
NOW.
IT'S WORKING.
LESS THAN .
001 PERCENT CELL LOSS.
WE DID IT! I SHOULD BE ABLE TO FABRICATE ENOUGH OF THE COMPRESSED SOLUTION TO REVIVE THE HOSTAGES IN LESS THAN AN HOUR.
WHAT ABOUT THE MICROWAVE PROJECTOR? I CAN PROGRAM IN THE SETTINGS.
ALL YOU'LL HAVE TO DO IS PULL THE TRIGGER.
IN JUST A FEW HOURS THEY'LL HAVE THEIR MEMBERS BACK AND THEY'LL BE OUT OF MY LIFE FOREVER.
THEY DON'T INTEND TO LET ME GO, DO THEY? THAT'S OKAY.
I GOT AWAY BEFORE.
I COULD DO IT AGAIN.
IT WOULD BE EASIER WITH TWO OF US, THOUGH.
KEITH.
I KNOW HOW YOU'RE FEELING, AND THERE'S A WAY OUT.
JUST THINK ABOUT IT, OKAY? I'LL THINK ABOUT IT.
OKAY.
COME ON, LET'S GET BACK AND FINISH THIS.
[RINGING.]
WHO IS THIS? JESS, IT'S ME.
SHALIMAR, WHERE ARE YOU? I'M ON MY WAY TO WHERE THEY'VE GOT BRENNAN.
I'VE GOT A WAY TO REVERSE THE PROCESS.
NO, NO, NO, NO, THAT IS NOT A GOOD IDEA.
LOOK, COME BACK TO SANCTUARY, AND WE'LL WORK THIS OUT.
CAN'T DO IT.
MEET ME THERE IF YOU WANT A PIECE OF THIS.
WHERE ARE YOU GOING? WE'RE GOING.
SHALIMAR'S ON HER WAY TO GERVAIS'S LAB AND SHE SAYS SHE'S GOT THE REVERSAL PROCESS.
REMEMBER, YOU'VE GOT TO GIVE THE GAS TIME TO ACTIVATE BEFORE HITTING THEM WITH THE MICROWAVES.
OKAY.
I'M GOING TO GO BACK TO MY PLACE AND GET MY STUFF.
WHEN THIS IS OVER, YOU MEET ME THERE, AND TELL ME WHAT YOU'VE DECIDED.
OKAY.
I'M NOT GOING TO LET THEM TAKE YOU.
I'LL SEE YOU.
OKAY, THIS IS THE QUICKEST ROUTE TO THE HOSTAGES.
WHERE IS SHE? SHE SAID SHE'D BE HERE.
OH, YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO CAN BE INVISIBLE.
LET'S DO THIS.
[WHISPERING.]
THERE'S A GUARD.
IT'S GOING TO BE HARD TO GET TO HIM BEFORE HE CALLS THE ALARM.
NOT REALLY.
I'LL TAKE CARE OF BRENNAN.
YOU GUYS GO FOR GERVAIS.
COME ON.
PLEASE WORK.
HEY YOU OKAY? YOU CAME BACK.
OF COURSE I DID.
OKAY, DON'T MOVE TOO MUCH, ALL RIGHT? I'M GONNA GO FIND THE HOSTAGES.
OKAY? YEAH.
YOU'RE TOO LATE.
ALL YOU'LL HAVE TO WORK WITH IS DUST.
ARE YOU DONE TWIRLING YOUR MUSTACHE? YOU'RE PRETTY GOOD WITH HELPLESS HOSTAGES.
YOU WANT TO TRY ME? WE'VE RECOVERED THE HOSTAGES.
THAT'S GOOD.
OUR MEDICAL TEAM WILL BE THERE SHORTLY TO PICK THEM UP.
IT'S WAS KEITH BURSTYN'S DISCOVERY THAT SAVED THEM.
IT CONFIRMS HIS INNOCENCE.
ANOTHER TEAM IS BEING DISPATCHED TO TAKE BURSTYN INTO CUSTODY.
WHAT? WE WORKED OUT HIS LOCATION FROM A TRANSMISSION A FEW MINUTES AGO.
YEAH, BUT I FOUND OUT ABOUT THE COMMUNICATIONS.
THEY WERE FROM BURSTYN AND WE KNOW HE'S INNOCENT.
THERE'S NO REASON TO TAKE HIM IN.
STAY OUT OF IT, LEXA, FOR YOUR OWN GOOD.
SHALIMAR, YOU NEED TO STOP RUNNING OUT ON US.
THE DOMINION'S SENDING A TEAM AFTER KEITH.
THERE'S PROBABLY NOT MUCH TIME.
ALL RIGHT, WHEN ARE YOU COMING BACK? I DON'T KNOW, BRENNAN.
I'LL CALL YOU.
KEITH! KEITH! SHALIMAR! IT WORKED.
YEAH.
GRAB YOUR STUFF.
THEY'RE COMING.
I'M NOT GOING BACK.
I WON'T LET THEM TAKE YOU.
IT'S TOO LATE.
GET INSIDE.
BYE, SHALIMAR.
YOU'RE NOT TAKING HIM! KEITH! HEY, YOU OKAY? NOT REALLY.
HE JUST WANTED TO BE FREE, YOU KNOW? YEAH.
LOOK, I'M HERE IF YOU NEED TO TALK ABOUT ANYTHING, OKAY? SHALIMAR.
I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU DID IT AGAIN.
WELL, I GUESS I'M GETTING GOOD AT MAKING PEOPLE DISAPPEAR.
HOW COULD YOU LET ME BELIEVE HE DIED? SHALIMAR, I'M SORRY.
IT WAS THE ONLY WAY.
IT HAD TO BE LIKE THIS.
YOUR BELIEVING HE WAS DEAD WAS THE THING THAT CONVINCED THE DOMINION.
I'VE GOT TOO MANY GHOSTS IN MY LIFE.
ADAM'S SENDING ME INTO THE MUTANT UNDERGROUND.
YOU'RE GOING TO FINALLY GET WHAT YOU WERE LOOKING FOR.
THERE'S STILL TIME.
YOU CAN COME WITH ME.
YOU DON'T KNOW HOW GOOD THAT SOUNDS RIGHT ABOUT NOW, BUT, I CAN'T LEAVE.
NOT YET, ANYWAY.
WELL, THERE'LL ALWAYS BE A WAY TO FIND ME.
WELL, THANKS FOR MAKING THE RIGHT CHOICES.
BECAUSE YOU KNOW YOUR DESTINY ISN'T SOMETHING YOU'RE RUNNING AWAY FROM, IT'S SOMETHING YOU'RE RUNNING TOWARD.
YOU WERE RIGHT TO TRUST YOUR INSTINCTS.
I TRUST YOU.
I DON'T KNOW IF THAT'S THE SAME THING.
BUT IT SCARES ME THAT I DON'T KNOW THE DIFFERENCE.
YEAH? WELL, IF I'M SUCCESSFUL, NONE OF US WILL HAVE TO BE SCARED ANYMORE.
AM I GOING TO SEE YOU AGAIN? [SIGHS.]
YOU NEVER KNOW.