Mutant X s03e16 Episode Script

THERE HE IS.
WE NEED TO TALK -- PRIVATELY.
ALRIGHT.
NOW, CAN YOU EXPLAIN THIS CLOAK AND DAGGER MYSTERY TO ME? I GOT A TIP SOMETHING BIG'S GONNA GO DOWN.
THERE'S A GROUP ABOUT TO RESURRECT AN OLD MILITARY EXPERIMENT THAT WAS TERMINATED YEARS AGO.
HOW OLD ARE WE TALKING? HOW'D YOU HEAR ABOUT THIS? THE DOMINION? NO? THEN WHO? LOOK, I KNOW THIS IS GOING TO SOUND CRAZY, BUT I CAN'T TELL YOU.
I GAVE MY WORD.
WHY'D YOU DRAG ME DOWN HERE AND NOT BRENNAN? BECAUSE, JESS, WHATEVER'S ABOUT TO HAPPEN CONCERNS YOU.
WHAT DID YOU DO TO ME? LEAVE HIM ALONE! ARE YOU ALL RIGHT, BUDDY? WHAT HAPPENED? HE WAS YOUNG.
THAT'S THE TOMCATS.
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 MUTANT X.
HIS NAME WAS PETER HANSON.
HE WAS A NAVAL FIGHTER PILOT IN A UNIT CALLED THE TOMCATS IN THE SECOND WORLD WAR.
SO HE WASN'T YOUNG.
THAT'S WHAT HE LOOKED LIKE WHEN WE FIRST SAW HIM.
WHAT IS IT? COME ON -- THERE'S SOMETHING YOU'RE NOT TELLING.
LEXA, WHAT DO YOU KNOW? OKAY.
I HEARD A RUMOUR THAT BACK DURING WORLD WAR II THE MILITARY LED A SERIES OF COVERT ANTI-AGING EXPERIMENTS.
AND ONCE THE DOMINION HEARD ABOUT IT THEY SHUT IT DOWN.
AND? THAT'S IT.
THAT'S ALL I KNOW.
IT'S THE TRUTH.
HEY, WHAT'S WITH YOU? I MEAN, YOU SEEM TO BE TAKING THIS SO PERSONALLY.
IT IS.
MY GRANDFATHER WAS A MEMBER OF THE TOMCATS UNIT.
REALLY? YEAH.
THEY GAVE HIM THE MEDAL OF HONOR AFTER HE LED SEVEN ATTACKS OFF MALAITA ISLAND.
HIS PLANE WAS HIT BY ENEMY FIRE, BUT HE SURVIVED.
HE SPENT HALF THE NIGHT IN SHARK-INFESTED WATERS BEFORE HE MADE IT TO SHORE.
HUH.
WOW.
HE SOUNDS LIKE QUITE THE WAR HERO.
YEAH, HE WAS OR IS.
SO NOW YOU KNOW WHY I NEED ANSWERS.
YEAH.
WELL, I'LL SEE WHAT I CAN DO.
THANK YOU.
UNTIL THEN, MAYBE IT'S TIME TO CHECK IN WITH YOUR GRANDPA.
UH, MY GRANDPA AND PA HAD A FALLING OUT WHEN I WAS YOUNGER.
I DON'T EVEN KNOW WHERE TO START LOOKING.
WELL, MAYBE IT'S TIME YOU TRIED.
ABSOLUTELY REMARKABLE.
ALTHOUGH ALL OUTWARD PHYSICAL SIGNS SEEM TO INDICATE THAT THE SPECIMEN IS BETWEEN HIS INTERNAL ORGANS ARE THOSE OF A HEALTHY 30-YEAR-OLD MALE.
HOW'S THAT POSSIBLE? HOW CAN SOMEONE AGE FIFTY YEARS WITHIN A FEW SECONDS? I'M AFRAID I WON'T KNOW MORE UNTIL I BIOPSY THE TISSUE SAMPLES.
DOC, IS IT POSSIBLE TO REVERSE THE AGING PROCESS THROUGH GENETIC MANIPULATION? WELL, SO FAR, SCIENCE HAS LOOKED FOR WAYS TO EXTEND LIFE AS OPPOSED TO TRYING TO RESET THE BIOLOGICAL CLOCK.
WHAT ARE WE TALKING ABOUT HERE, DOC? FOUNTAIN OF YOUTH? NOT EXACTLY.
THE CATALYST USED TO SET BACK HIS CLOCK IS ONLY TEMPORARY.
HE REPRESENTS A WORK IN PROGRESS.
I GUESS WHOEVER'S RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS IS TRYING TO FIND A NEW WAY TO SAY, "LIFE BEGINS AT EIGHTY.
" HOW COULD YOU IDIOTS HAVE LET HANSEN ESCAPE? THIS MAN REPRESENTED THE CULMINATION OF A LIFETIME OF RESEARCH.
THERE WAS NO WAY OF ANTICIPATING HOW QUICKLY HIS CELLS WOULD REGENERATE.
HANSEN CAUGHT OUR MEN OFF GUARD.
THE MAN WAS COMBAT TRAINED.
WHEN HE WOKE UP HALF A CENTURY YOUNGER, WHAT DID YOU EXPECT HE WOULD DO? SIR, THE GOOD NEWS IS THE SIRTUIN STIMULATORS WERE SUCCESSFUL IN EFFECTING CELL REJUVENATION.
BUT ONLY FOR A FEW HOURS.
HANSEN'S FREE RADICALS QUICKLY BECAME UNSTABLE.
NEVERTHELESS, THIS IS THE BIGGEST BREAKTHROUGH WE'VE HAD SO FAR.
I'M SURE WITH TIME WE CAN SUSTAIN THE REACTION.
TAKE A GOOD LOOK AT ME, DOCTOR.
I'M NOT EXACTLY IN THE PRIME OF MY LIFE.
TIME IS NOT ON MY SIDE.
THEN WITH YOUR PERMISSION I'D LIKE TO MOVE FORWARD ON TESTING THE FINAL SUBJECT IMMEDIATELY.
DO IT.
THANK YOU, COLONEL.
HAS KILMARTIN HAD ANY SUCCESS IN LOCATING HIS GRANDFATHER? NO, NOT YET.
SO I ASSUME HE WAS PART OF THE ORIGINAL EXPERIMENT.
IT WAS KNOWN AS OPERATION IMMORTALIS, LED BY COLONEL HENRY BURNS.
THE PROJECT WAS CLOAKED BY THE MILITARY AS A NEW TREATMENT TO COUNTERACT TUBERCULOSIS.
BUT THEY USED THE MEN OF THE TOMCATS UNIT AS HUMAN GUINEA PIGS? I'M AFRAID SO.
AFTER WE SHUT IT DOWN, BURNS ESCAPED.
WELL, WHAT BECAME OF HIS RESEARCH THEN? IT WAS DESTROYED DURING THE ATOMIC BOMB TESTING OVER THE BIKINI ATOLL.
SINCE THEN, BURNS HAS MANAGED TO STAY UNDER THE RADAR.
YEAH, UNTIL NOW.
WHAT WAS DONE TO THE MEN BACK THEN REPRESENTS ONLY THE FIRST STAGE IN THE EXPERIMENT.
WE BELIEVE BURNS HAS FINALLY RESURFACED TO FINISH WHAT HE'S STARTED.
YEAH, BUT WAIT A MINUTE -- THIS STUDY WAS DONE OVER SIXTY YEARS AGO.
HOW MANY OF THESE MEN ARE STILL AROUND? ONE.
COME ON.
I DON'T HAVE TIME FOR THIS.
JESSE, YOU HAVE TO LISTEN TO ME CAREFULLY.
YOUR GRANDFATHER'S IN DANGER.
WHO IS THIS? YOU'RE THE ONE WHO TIPPED OFF SHALIMAR.
YES.
YOU'LL FIND YOUR GRANDFATHER AT THE CLARKPORT VETERAN'S HOSPITAL.
YOU NEED TO GO NOW.
WHY? WHAT'S GOING ON? GUYS, I NEED YOUR HELP.
I DON'T HAVE ENOUGH TIME TO EXPLAIN.
BUT I GOTTA GO GET MY GRANDDAD.
WHAT'S THE BIG RUSH? GUESS HE'LL FILL US IN ON THE WAY.
I CAN'T TELL YOU ANYTHING NOW.
JUST DROP ME OFF AND WAIT.
IT'S GALLANT.
HE'S GOOD TO GO.
MEET ME AT THE NORTH ELEVATOR.
AND I WANT KILMARTIN READY FOR TRANSFER IMMEDIATELY.
GRANDPA? GRANDPA, IT'S ME, JESSE.
CAN YOU HEAR ME? JESSE? YEAH.
IS IT REALLY YOU? YEAH.
HE'S IN THE ADVANCED STAGES OF LYMPHATIC CANCER, JESSE.
ADAM, WHAT THE HELL -- YOU'RE DEAD.
I NEEDED YOU TO BELIEVE THAT.
SINCE THE EXPLOSION I'VE BEEN IN HIDING.
BUT IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU KEEP THAT A SECRET.
MY ENEMIES ARE EVERYWHERE.
WELL, I I'M SURE YOU HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS.
RIGHT NOW THERE ISN'T TIME.
YOU HAVE TO TRUST ME.
TRUST YOU? ADAM, YOU'VE BEEN LYING TO ME FOR A YEAR, AND NOW YOU WANT ME TO TRUST YOU? THIS ISN'T ABOUT US.
THIS IS ABOUT YOUR GRANDFATHER.
YOU HAVE TO GET HIM OUT OF HERE.
HIS METABOLISM IS ALREADY STARTING TO REVERSE.
WHAT HAVE THEY DONE TO HIM? HE'S BEEN GIVEN AN EXPERIMENTAL SERUM.
RIGHT NOW THERE ARE GUYS ON THEIR WAY UP HERE TO TRANSFER HIM.
SO YOU'RE GOING TO HAVE TO FIND ANOTHER WAY OUT.
JESS.
QUICK! YOU HAVE TO MOVE NOW.
HEY, GUYS, LISTEN CAREFULLY.
I NEED YOU TO PULL THE DOUBLE HELIX UP TO THE WINDOW, THE SOUTH SIDE, TOP FLOOR.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? YEAH.
WHAT'S GOING ON? JUST DO IT, OKAY? OKAY.
COME ON.
COME ON.
ALL RIGHT OKAY.
WILLIAM? WHERE ARE YOU TAKING MR.
KILMARTIN? STOP HIM! BRENNAN, TELL ME YOU'RE IN POSITION.
ALMOST.
ALMOST BETTER BE GOOD ENOUGH.
WHAT'S GOING ON? UGH! OH, MY GOD! GUYS, GO! WHAT'S GOING ON? WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING AT ME LIKE THAT FOR? WHERE ARE WE? IT'S OKAY.
YOU'RE GOING TO BE SAFE.
JESS? UH, THIS IS MY GRANDFATHER.
DOES HE HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENED TO HIM? I DON'T KNOW.
JESSE BARELY GOT OUT WITH HIM ALIVE.
YEAH, WELL, ACCORDING TO HIS MEDICAL FILE HE WAS BEING TREATED FOR LYMPHATIC CANCER.
MUST BE SOME POWERFUL MEDICATION.
LOOKS PRETTY DAMNED GOOD TO ME.
YEAH, NO KIDDING.
THE TWO OF THEM COULD PASS FOR BROTHERS.
YOU KNOW, I STILL THINK DR.
SAUNDERS SHOULD CHECK HIM OUT, SEE IF HE REALLY IS AS GOOD AS HE LOOKS.
WELL, GOD BLESS AMERICA.
FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY LIFE I DON'T MIND BEING USED AS A LAB RAT.
WELL, WHO DO I HAVE TO THANK FOR THIS NEW LEASE ON LIFE? WELL, RIGHT NOW WE DON'T KNOW, GRANDPA, BUT WE'RE WORKING ON THAT.
AND LOOK AT YOU.
HAH! I CAN'T BELIEVE IT.
OH, THE LAST TIME I SAW YOU, YOU WERE SIX YEARS OLD.
TEN.
OH, THAT'S RIGHT.
YOUR MOTHER BROUGHT YOU BY TO TALK TO ME ABOUT A A REPORT YOU WERE WRITING FOR YOUR HISTORY CLASS.
YEAH.
THAT WAS A PRETTY BIG DEAL.
NOT EVERY KID'S GOT A WAR HERO AS A GRANDDAD, YOU KNOW? AGH AND YOU WERE EVEN GOING TO COME TALK TO MY CLASS UNTIL DAD MADE YOU BACK OUT.
UH HUH.
BUT WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO DO, KID? IT'S WATER UNDER THE BRIDGE.
MR.
KILMARTIN? LEXA PIERCE.
WELL, HELLO, THERE, MISSY.
YOU MUST WORK FOR MY GRANDSON HERE.
WELL, UH THAT'S RIGHT.
I DO.
HUH.
WELL, THAT'S A THAT'S A PRETTY FANCY PLANE YOU GOT THERE.
WHAT ARE YOU PACKING IN THAT BAD BOY? TWIN SPOOL TURBOJETS.
NIFTY.
I READ ABOUT THOSE.
YEAH, MY GRANDDAD WAS TRAINED AT PRESIDIO.
WELL, THAT'S PRETTY IMPRESSIVE.
NOW, I HEARD YOU COULD FLY UNDER BRIDGES AND BLOW WASH OFF CLOTHESLINES? YEAH, WELL TELL HER.
TELL HER.
YEAH, WELL, I PISSED OFF A LOT OF HOUSEWIVES IN MY DAY.
NOT TO MENTION A FEW HUSBANDS.
LISTEN, MR.
KILMARTIN, JUST TO BE ON THE SAFE SIDE, YOU KNOW, WE'RE GOING TO HAVE ONE OF OUR DOCTORS COME AND CHECK YOU OUT.
ARE YOU KIDDING? I FEEL LIKE A NEW MAN.
I COULD DANCE ALL NIGHT.
DARLIN'? HM? OH.
I'M GONNA GET YOU SOME CLOTHES, GRAMPS.
OH, YEAH.
I THOUGHT IT WAS A LITTLE DRAFTY IN HERE.
THANKS, PALLIE.
WELL, NOW, I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU, DARLIN', BUT THIS FLYBOY'S SPOKEN FOR.
WHEN MY GAL BACK HOME GETS A LOAD OF ME SHE'S GONNA PASS OUT.
AH HA! YEAH.
DAMN! JESSE.
WELL, WELL, WELL.
THIS GOING TO BE A REGULAR THING? MAYBE.
WHAT ARE YOU DOING HERE? HOW'S YOUR GRANDFATHER? PRETTY AMAZING.
SOMEHOW, I SUSPECT THAT YOU ALREADY KNEW THAT.
NOW, WHAT'S THIS ALL ABOUT? IT'S IMPERATIVE THAT YOU FIND BURNS AND DESTROY HIS RESEARCH.
WHY? HOW IS ANY OF THIS A BAD THING? YOU'LL SEE WHEN YOU FIND THE FILES ON OPERATION IMMORTALIS.
ACCORDING TO LEXA THOSE FILES DON'T EXIST.
THAT'S NOT TRUE.
AND YOU'RE NOT THE ONLY ONE WHO'S LOOKING FOR THOSE FILES, SO IT'S IMPORTANT THAT YOU FIND THEM FIRST.
HOW? WHO ARE YOU TALKING TO? UH, NO ONE.
WELL, LEXA'S READY FOR DR.
SAUNDERS TO GIVE GRANDPAPPY THE OLD ONCE-OVER, IF YOU WANT TO CHECK IT OUT.
YEAH.
THANKS.
LISTEN, WHILE WE'RE AWAY, SEE IF YOU CAN FIND OUT WHERE THE FILES ON OPERATION IMMORTALIS ARE BEING KEPT.
THOUGHT THEY WERE DESTROYED.
YEAH.
YOU THOUGHT WRONG.
NOW, WE HAVE LOST KILMARTIN? I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT, COLONEL.
THE MAN WHO WAS WITH KILMARTIN HAD THE ABILITY TO RUN RIGHT THROUGH A WALL.
I SUSPECT IT WAS ONE OF THE DOMINION'S PEOPLE.
THEY WERE THE ONES WHO SHUT ME DOWN BACK IN '43.
HYPOCRITES.
THE DRUG WAS ALREADY TAKING EFFECT ON KILMARTIN.
I THINK THIS TIME WE WERE SUCCESSFUL IN ACHIEVING COMPLETE CELLULAR REJUVENATION.
REALLY? WOULD YOU BET YOUR LIFE ON IT? YES, I WOULD.
WELL, YOU'LL UNDERSTAND IF I'M A LITTLE UNWILLING TO EXCEPT YOUR ASSURANCE.
EVEN WITH ALL OUR RESOURCES TRYING TO LOCATE KILMARTIN, THERE'S NO GUARANTEE WILL FIND HIM.
HE'LL TURN UP.
THE MAN JUST WOKE UP WITH A WHOLE NEW LIFE AHEAD OF HIM.
WHAT WOULD YOU DO? OKAY, THAT'S FINE.
LET ME DO ONE MORE MILE.
IT'S NOT A RACE, WILLIAM.
COME ON, YOU DON'T WANT TO WEAR YOUR HOT BODY OUT.
COME ON.
HOW IS HE? WELL, YOUR GRANDFATHER'S BLOOD PRESSURE'S PROBABLY LOWER THAN YOURS.
HIS PRELIMINARY TESTS SHOW THAT HE'S GOT THE PHYSIOLOGY OF A THIRTY-YEAR-OLD.
WHAT ABOUT MY CANCER? BASED UPON YOUR X-RAYS, THE TUMOURS HAVE COMPLETELY VANISHED.
I CAN'T EXPLAIN IT.
HEAR THAT, KIDDO? I GOT A CLEAN BILL OF HEALTH.
WELL, NOT EXACTLY.
I DID FIND SOMETHING IN YOUR BLOOD WORK THAT WAS A LITTLE PUZZLING.
THE FREE RADICALS SEEM TO BE OXIDIZING AT ABOUT TWICE THE RATE OF A NORMAL THIRTY-YEAR-OLD'S.
WAIT A MINUTE.
YOU LOST ME AFTER PUZZLING.
WELL, OXIDATION PRODUCES BY-PRODUCTS CALLED FREE RADICALS.
IT'S HOW WE AGE.
WHEN THIS PROCESS OCCURS IN METALS IT'S CALLED RUSTING.
WELL, I DON'T FEEL TOO RUSTY.
IS THIS SOMETHING WE SHOULD BE WORRIED ABOUT? IT COULD JUST BE HIS METABOLISM ADJUSTING TO WHATEVER THE ACTIVE AGENT WAS THAT STARTED THE PROCESS IN THE FIRST PLACE.
AT THIS POINT, WE STILL DON'T EVEN KNOW WHAT THAT IS.
I'M AFRAID NOT.
WELL, THAT'S ABOUT TO CHANGE.
BRENNAN, DID YOU MANAGE TO DIG UP ANYTHING IN THE PROJECT IMMORTALIS FILES? I THINK I FINALLY HIT SOME PAYDIRT HERE.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS TRYING TO GET 'EM OUT OF THERE.
WAIT A MINUTE - THE DOMINION SAID THEY WERE DESTROYED.
YEAH.
WHAT'S THE PROBLEM? WELL, THEY'RE STORED AT THE MILITARY WAREHOUSE AT MCLAREN AIR FORCE BASE.
ANYONE UNAUTHORIZED COMES WITHIN A MILE OF THAT PLACE, GONNA NEED TO MAKE FRIENDS WITH A TEAM OF F-16s.
THERE'S GOT TO BE A WAY ONTO THAT BASE.
YEAH, BUT HOW? I MEAN, THE GUY SAID THIS WAREHOUSE IS GUARDED LIKE THE ARK OF COVENANT.
WELL, WHAT YOU NEED IS A DIVERSION.
JESSE, THIS IS A SUICIDE MISSION.
IT WILL NEVER WORK.
IT WILL WORK.
TELL HER AS SOON AS WE ENTERED MILITARY AIRSPACE THEY STARTED SCRAMBLING FOR AN AIR ASSAULT.
DID YOU HEAR THAT? YEAH, I KNOW, THAT'S THE SUICIDE PART OF THE MISSION.
DON'T YOU WORRY YOUR PRETTY LITTLE HEAD ABOUT THAT, SWEETHEART.
WE'RE JUST GOING TO PLAY A LITTLE GAME OF CHICKEN, IS ALL.
RELAX THIS IS GOING TO BE A PIECE OF CAKE.
UNIDENTIFIED CRAFT WELL, WE GOT THEIR ATTENTION.
GOOD.
THIS IS WHERE IT GETS FUN.
LEXA, YOU MOVING? I DON'T WANT TO PLAY CHICKEN WITH THESE GUYS ANY MORE THAN I HAVE TO.
I'M ON IT.
WELL, THEY'VE STARTED THE FIREWORKS.
YOU GOTTA GET DOWN LOWER TO LOSE 'EM.
IF I GO ANY LOWER, WE'LL CRASH.
GIVE ME THE STICK.
SON, I USED TO DO THE MANOEUVRES IN MY SLEEP.
ALL RIGHT.
OKAY.
HERE WE GO.
AND THERE'S OUR WAY OUT RIGHT THERE.
THAT BRIDGE? WE CAN'T MAKE IT UNDER THAT BRIDGE.
COME ON, YOU'RE KIDDING.
WANT TO BET? GUYS, I GOT IT.
LET'S MOVE.
GRANDPA, THIS IS NOT SOME TWIN-PROP AIRPLANE YOU CAN JUST KICK AROUND.
COME ON.
HOLD ON WHOO! YOU SMOKED THOSE TWO! HA HA! OL' BLUE EYES IS BACK.
YOU WANT TO TAKE IT OUT OF HERE? LIKE YOU HAVE TO ASK.
BEAUTIFUL.
HOLD ON.
YEEHOO! DAMN! THE LAST TIME I FELT THIS ALIVE WAS BACK ON OCTOBER 10TH, 1942.
I WAS ON THE CACTUS FIGHTER COMMAND, THERE WERE THREE OF US LEFT IN THE AIR CIRCLING THIS JAPANESE DESTROYER SOMETHING WRONG THERE, JESS? NO, I IT'S REALLY GREAT BEING WITH YOU.
BUT I'VE NEVER UNDERSTOOD WHY MY DAD KEPT US APART.
OH, DON'T BLAME HIM, SON.
WHY NOT? WELL, BECAUSE THE TWO OF US HAVE BEEN GIVEN A SECOND CHANCE.
AND YOU CAN'T CHANGE THE PAST.
JESS? CAN I SEE YOU FOR A MINUTE? YEAH, UH YEAH, I'LL BE RIGHT BACK.
WOW.
MY GOD, WHAT IS THIS? RESEARCH PHOTOS TAKEN IN 1943, DURING THE EXPERIMENTS OF OPERATION IMMORTALIS.
THIS RESEARCH READS LIKE A HORROR NOVEL.
BURNS WAS TRYING TO REVERSE THE AGING PROCESS BY USING MEMBERS OF THE TOMCATS AS HUMAN DONORS.
YEAH, AND HE TRIED TO TRANSFUSE THEIR GENETIC VITALITY TO OTHERS AS TEST SUBJECTS.
YOU KNOW, THE SAD PART -- HALF THE MEN LOST THEIR LIVES IN THIS EXPERIMENT, AND THEN LATER THEY WERE ALL LISTED AS MISSING IN ACTION.
GUESS YOUR GRAMPS WAS ONE OF THE LUCKY ONES, EH? I HAD NO IDEA WHAT THEY WERE DOING TO US.
W.
MCGOWAN MY GOD, THAT'S WHITEY MCGOWAN.
THEY TOLD ME HE WAS SHOT DOWN IN A RAID OVER NEW GUINEA.
GRANDPA, THIS IS NOT YOUR FAULT.
THERE'S NO WAY THAT YOU COULD'VE KNOWN WHAT YOU WERE A PART OF.
YEAH, WELL, THE ONLY REASON I'M STILL HERE IS BECAUSE THAT BASTARD MURDERED SOMEBODY ELSE IN MY SQUADRON INSTEAD OF ME.
OH GRANDPA, ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? I'M FINE.
I'M JUST JUST A LITTLE DIZZY, IS ALL.
YOU KNOW I THINK IT WOULD BE A GOOD IDEA IF WE GOT DR.
SAUNDERS TO CHECK HIM OUT AGAIN.
YEAH.
WE'LL TAKE CARE OF HIM, JESS.
THANK YOU.
HE'LL BE OKAY.
HE'S JUST A LITTLE OVERWHELMED.
IT'S A LOT TO GET OVER, YOU KNOW.
LEXA, THIS ISN'T THE KIND OF THING YOU GET OVER.
I'M SORRY, BUT I DON'T GET IT.
IF THE DOMINION IS AS POWERFUL AS YOU SAY IT IS, THEN WHY DID THEY ALLOW THIS EXPERIMENT TO GO ON FOR SO LONG BEFORE THEY DECIDED TO SHUT IT DOWN? WELL, MAYBE THEY TRIED.
AND MAYBE WE'LL NEVER KNOW, WILL WE? COLONEL, I'M CONCERNED YOUR HEART WILL GIVE OUT BEFORE WE FIND KILMARTIN.
MY HEART'LL BE FINE.
WE'VE GOT MEN STAKING OUT EVERY PLACE HE MIGHT FREQUENT.
HE HASN'T TURNED UP YET.
PATIENCE.
IT'S MORE PRUDENT, SIR, AT THIS POINT TO PROCEED.
NO.
WE WAIT UNTIL WE FIND KILMARTIN.
I'M NOT INTERESTED IN BECOMING THE FINAL LAB RAT.
ADAM, SHOW YOURSELF! IT'S TIME YOU FILLED IN SOME BLANKS HERE.
I TOLD YOU YOU WOULD FIND YOUR ANSWERS IN BURNS'S RESEARCH.
BURNS.
THE DOMINION LET HIM ESCAPE, DIDN'T THEY? THEY ACTUALLY HOPED THAT HE WOULD FINISH WHAT HE STARTED.
WELL, I DON'T HAVE ANY PROOF, BUT IT'S POSSIBLE THAT SOME PEOPLE WITHIN THE ORGANIZATION REALIZED THE POTENTIAL OF THE THERAPY, SHOULD IT BECOME VIABLE.
WHICH IS WHY IT'S UP TO YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT DOESN'T HAPPEN, OR ELSE MORE INNOCENT PEOPLE ARE GOING TO DIE.
AND HOW AM I SUPPOSED TO DO THAT? YOU GOTTA FIND BURNS.
YOUR GRANDFATHER'S THE KEY.
YOU WANT ME TO USE MY GRANDFATHER AS BAIT? I NEVER SAID THIS WAS GOING TO BE EASY.
I'M SORRY.
YOU OKAY, MR.
KILMARTIN? I JUST DON'T DESERVE ANY OF THIS.
I HAVE I HAVE TOO MANY REGRETS.
I WASN'T THE MAN I SHOULD'VE BEEN.
WELL, I THINK WISHING WE COULDA DONE THINGS A LITTLE BIT DIFFERENTLY.
HM, MAYBE SO.
I JUST HOPE IT'S NOT TOO LATE TO MAKE THINGS RIGHT.
HEY, SHAL, DR.
SAUNDERS WANTS TO HAVE A WORD WITH US.
YOU GO AHEAD.
I'LL BE FINE.
MISS PIERCE, WHEN WERE YOU GOING TO TELL US ABOUT YOUR LITTLE CAPER ON MCLARENS AIR FORCE BASE? ABOUT THE SAME TIME YOU WERE GOING TO COME CLEAN ABOUT BURNS'S RESEARCH BEING DESTROYED.
WE WANT ALL THE MATERIALS YOU STOLE FROM THE FACILITY.
MISSION WAS A BUST.
COULDN'T FIND ANYTHING.
IN THAT CASE, I WANT YOU TO USE ALL MEASURES NECESSARY TO LOCATE BURNS AND SECURE HIS RESEARCH.
DO YOU UNDERSTAND? PERFECTLY.
OKAY, YOU'RE RIGHT.
SOMETHING DEEPER'S DEFINITELY GOING ON HERE.
HEY.
WILLIAM! GUYS, WILLIAM'S GONE AWOL.
WHAT? DR.
SAUNDERS WAS GIVING US THE RESULT OF HIS EXAM AND HE TOOK OFF.
JESS, I DON'T KNOW HOW TO TELL YOU THIS, BUT YOUR GRANDFATHER'S CONDITION IS REVERSING.
HE'S STARTING TO AGE FAST.
DOES HE KNOW WHAT'S HAPPENING TO HIM? I DON'T THINK SO.
SO WHERE DID HE GO? HELLO, DARLIN'.
IT'S ME.
IT CAN'T BE.
IT'S IMPOSSIBLE YOU'RE NOT DREAMING.
THIS IS REAL.
IT IT'S NOT NATURAL.
IT'S NOT RIGHT.
PATTY I GOTTA TALK TO YOU ABOUT SOMETHING.
ALL RIGHT? NO, DON'T TOUCH ME.
PATTY? PLEASE OH, JUST DARLIN' JUST GO AWAY! DARLIN' DARLIN', I JUST GOTTA SAY GOODBYE.
WHY, MR.
KILMARTIN, COLONEL BURNS HAS BEEN EXPECTING YOU.
EASY, BOYS! EASY.
EASY I CAN'T WAIT TO SEE 'IM.
WE GOT A LOT TO CATCH UP ON.
ADAM, NOW IS NOT THE TIME TO BE HOLDING OUT ON ME.
EITHER HELP ME FIND MY GRANDFATHER OR GET THE HELL OUT OF HERE.
I'M GUESSING THAT WHEREVER HE WENT BURNS'S MEN WERE WAITING FOR HIM.
WHAT ARE THEY GOING TO DO TO HIM? WELL, THEY HAVE TO DETERMINE HOW EFFECTIVE THE SERUM WAS IN SUSTAINING THE AGE REVERSAL.
LOOK, ACCORDING TO OUR DOCTOR HE'S ALREADY BEGINNING TO REGRESS.
WHAT? THAT'S NOT TRUE? COME ON, ADAM.
YOU KNOW SOMETHING HERE.
HE'S NOT DYING, IS HE? IS HE? JESSE, THERE ARE NO GUARANTEES HERE.
BUT IT'S UP TO YOU TO MAKE SURE THAT BURNS DOESN'T SUCCEED.
WHY? BECAUSE HIS DISCOVERY COMES AT THE COST OF INNOCENT HUMAN LIFE.
FINE.
YOU HELP ME FIND MY GRANDFATHER AND I WILL MAKE SURE THAT THAT NEVER HAPPENS.
NO.
YOU CANNOT HAVE IT BOTH WAYS.
EVEN IF YOU DESTROY BURNS'S RESEARCH, THERE ARE OTHERS OUT THERE WHO ARE GOING TO USE YOUR GRANDFATHER TO REVERSE ENGINEER THE PROCESS.
ADAM, WHAT DO YOU EXPECT ME TO DO? DO YOU EXPECT ME TO LET HIM DIE? HUH? I'M EXPECTING YOU TO DO THE RIGHT THING.
MY GOD, IT'S AS IF HE'S BEEN TRANSPORTED BACK FROM 1943.
AND HOW MANY OF OUR MEN DID YOU MURDER TO DO THIS? WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE? THE LIFE EXPECTANCY OF A FIGHTER PILOT IN THOSE DAYS WAS LESS THAN A YEAR.
BUT THEY WERE WILLING TO DIE FOR THEIR COUNTRY -- NOT FOR YOU.
ANY ADVANCEMENT IN SCIENCE HAS ITS CASUALTIES.
ISN'T IT BETTER A FEW MEN HAVE TO DIE TO KEEP THE EINSTEINS OF THE WORLD ALIVE? RESULTS OF HIS BLOOD WORK.
I'VE DISCOVERED THE KEY TO PREVENTING CELLULAR REGRESSION.
SIRTUIN LEVELS MUST BE CONSISTENTLY REGULATED.
IN OTHER WORDS, BOOSTER SHOTS MUST BE ADMINISTERED ON A REGULAR BASIS.
EXACTLY.
SAME WAY A DIABETIC USES INSULIN.
I'VE BEEN WAITING SIXTY YEARS TO SAY THIS: LET'S PROCEED.
GUYS, WE'RE WASTING TIME HERE.
WE'RE NO CLOSER TO FINDING MY GRANDDAD.
LOOK, THE SECURITY FOOTAGE JUST GAVE US A CLEAR IMAGE OF THE LICENCE PLATE OF THE AMBULANCE THAT BURNS' MEN JUST DROVE HIM OFF IN.
YEAH, AND BY TAPPING INTO THE DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION, WE SHOULD BE ABLE TO MONITOR THEM THROUGH THE TRAFFIC CAMS.
I CAN'T WAIT AROUND FOR THIS.
WE'RE GRASPING AT STRAWS.
NO, REALLY -- YOU MIGHT WANT TO CHECK THIS OUT.
I THINK I FOUND HIM.
HEADING WEST ON GARNET AVENUE.
NOW, AS LONG AS THEY STAY OFF THE INTERSTATE I THINK WE'LL BE ABLE TO TRACK HIM.
THIS IS HOPELESS.
JESS.
LOOK, WE'RE GOING TO FIND YOUR GRANDFATHER, OKAY? JUST DON'T LOSE FAITH.
DON'T LOSE FAITH? SHALIMAR, I DON'T THINK YOU UNDERSTAND.
IF BURNS FINDS MY GRANDDAD, HE'S GOING TO SLICE HIM AND DICE HIM UNTIL HE GETS WHAT HE WANTS.
OKAY, GOOD NEWS, PEOPLE.
LAST PICTURE WAS TAKEN OF THE AMBULANCE ON MISSION BAY DRIVE.
SO WHAT'S THE BAD NEWS? THERE IS NO BAD NEWS.
THAT STREET ENDS IN A DEAD END.
AND AT THE END OF THAT DEAD END IS AN OLD PHARMACEUTICAL LAB.
THAT'S GREAT.
YOU HEAR THAT, JESS? JESSE? HOW CAN YOU PEOPLE STAND BACK AND LET THIS HAPPEN? SAVE YOUR BREATH, MAJOR.
YOU SHOULD BE MORE APPRECIATIVE.
YOU'RE ABOUT TO WITNESS HISTORY IN THE MAKING.
GO TO HELL! SAY, THERE LIES THE RUB.
BY UNLOCKING THE KEY TO ETERNAL YOUTH I NEVER HAVE TO GO THERE.
LAB'S UP AHEAD.
I'M GOING TO TAKE HER DOWN ON THE ROOF.
JESSE'S NOT RESPONDING TO HIS COMLINK.
WHY WOULD HE TAKE OFF WITHOUT US? WELL, I'M SURE HE FEELS LIKE THIS IS HIS BATTLE.
PART OF ME CAN'T BLAME HIM.
MAYBE.
HE HAS NO IDEA WHAT HE'S GETTING HIMSELF INTO.
HE'S GOING TO NEED ALL THE HELP HE CAN GET.
WELL, MAYBE WE SHOULD GIVE IT TO HIM.
HOW'S THAT? I FEEL LIKE A NEW MAN.
WELL, ALL YOU DID WAS WRAP THAT ROTTING SOUL IN A NEW PACKAGE.
WELL, I GUESS IT'S TRUE WHAT THEY SAY, THEN, ISN'T IT? WHAT'S THAT? YOUTH HOW IT'S WASTED ON THE YOUNG.
NOW, DESPITE WHAT YOU MIGHT THINK LIFE IS SOMETHING THAT I REALLY DO HOLD QUITE DEAR LONG AS IT'S MINE.
AGH! TAKE HIM OUT.
AGH! ALL RIGHT.
THAT'S IT, SONNY-BOY.
IT ENDS HERE, OR YOU'LL BURY YOUR GRANDFATHER WITH A HOLE.
I MEAN IT.
ALL RIGHT, WHAT DO YOU WANT? YOU TURN AROUND.
AND I PROMISE I WON'T HURT HIM.
THE SIRTUIN IS HERE ON THE TABLE.
IF YOU LEAVE NOW, IT'S ALL YOURS.
OTHERWISE, I KILL HIM.
PICK YOUR POISON.
DON'T DO IT, JESSE.
ALRIGHT.
EXCELLENT.
UGH! GRANDPA? WELL, I GUESS YOU'RE RIGHT, BURNSIE.
YOUTH REALLY IS WASTED ON THE YOUNG.
OH OH NO, THAT'S OKAY, KIDDO.
GRANDPA, YOU GOTTA TAKE IT.
YOU KNOW WHAT'LL HAPPEN IF YOU DON'T.
NO, SON.
THIS HAS TO END HERE.
I'VE ALREADY LIVED MY LIFE.
YEAH, WELL, MAYBE I'M JUST NOT QUITE READY TO LET YOU GO, YET.
I DON'T THINK THAT'S YOUR DECISION TO MAKE, JESS.
DESTROY IT ALL.
YOU HEARD HIM.
WHAT ARE YOU GOING TO TELL THE DOMINION? SOMETHING SHORT AND PITHY.
I'LL BE DAMNED IF ANYONE DOES THIS AGAIN.
TAKE CARE OF ONE LAST WISH FOR AN OLD MAN? ANYTHING YOU WANT.
LET'S GO HOME.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO SAY.
WORDS ARE OVERRATED.
I KNOW HOW YOU FEEL.
LISTEN, JESSE, YOU GOTTA DO ME A FAVOUR AND PROMISE ME YOU'LL STOP BEING ANGRY WITH YOUR OLD MAN.
GRANDPA, HE WAS A POOR EXCUSE FOR A FATHER.
NO, JESSE.
HE DID THE BEST HE COULD.
HE WAS RIGHT TO KEEP YOU AWAY FROM ME.
HOW CAN YOU SAY THAT? I MEAN, YOU WERE A HERO.
OH THE THING ABOUT HEROES IS THAT IN REAL LIFE THEY'RE FULL OF NOTHING BUT FLAWS.
WHEN I GOT OUT OF THE SERVICE, I DIDN'T ADJUST REAL WELL TO CIVILIAN LIFE.
TURNED OUT TO BE NOTHING MORE THAN A SELFISH HUSBAND, AND A LOUSY FATHER.
I DON'T BELIEVE THAT.
LISTEN TO ME -- YOUR DAD WAS ONLY TRYING TO PROTECT YOU.
HE WANTED TO MAKE SURE I DIDN'T LET YOU DOWN THE WAY I DID WHEN HE WAS GROWING UP.
I UNDERSTAND.
THERE'S SOMETHING I WANT YOU TO HAVE.
GRANDPA, NO, I CAN'T TAKE THAT.
IT'S YOUR MEDAL OF HONOR.
YOU EARNED THAT.
SO DID YOU.
BETTER NOT KEEP THE LADY WAITING.
SEE YA SOON, KIDDO.
YEAH.
YOU DID THE RIGHT THING, JESSE.
IS THAT WHAT THIS WAS ALL ABOUT? SOME KIND OF A TEST OF TRUST? MAYBE.
SO HOW DID I DO? I THINK YOU ALREADY KNOW.
AM I EVER GOING TO SEE YOU AGAIN? IF THE TIME IS RIGHT.
TYPICAL EVASIVE ANSWER.
GUESS I COULDN'T HAVE EXPECTED ANYTHING ELSE, HUH? YOU TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF.
YOU'LL BE ALL RIGHT.
YOU, TOO.