The Outer Limits (1995) s05e08 Episode Script

1 ( heavy breathing ) ( screaming in pain ) ( tires screeching ) damn it.
The shape he's in, he couldn't have gotten far.
We'll find him.
We better Before he finds himself.
Yeah, right.
That's it? This isn't enough for dinner.
Yeah, brunch maybe, but definitely not dinner.
Yeah, I know guys.
Our last food drive didn't go as well as we'd hoped, and we have to We have to make do with Fresh vegetables instead.
Courtesy of Gino's market.
Okay, just give us a minute here.
There's enough for everybody, I promise.
Courtesy of Gino? What did this cost you? Just a drink on Friday.
And dinner.
And nothing else.
Did you have another, uh, tough night last night? I slept almost an hour.
Why don't you go home? We'll handle it.
( choking sound ) or maybe not.
Starting early tonight.
Get off, get off! You don't touch that! Guys, guys! I just want to see Okay, okay.
Everything's under control.
It's all right.
What's going on? What happened to you? How did you hurt yourself? I fell I they were chasing me, and they were chasing you? Who was chasing you? It doesn't matter.
Okay, what's your what's your name? Don't be frightened.
I don't know who I am.
I don't know where I am.
I don't know who's chasing me! Wouldn't you be frightened? Wouldn't you be frightened? This is the only thing that matters.
What is it? Everything I am.
Everything I am is inside these tubes.
My memory is in here.
( groaning in pain ) ( control voice ) There is nothing wrong with your television.
Do not attempt to adjust the picture.
We are now controlling the transmission.
We control the horizontal and the vertical.
We can deluge you with a thousand channels or expand One single image to crystal clarity and beyond.
We can shape your vision to anything our imagination can conceive.
For the next hour, we will control all that you see and hear.
( ) You are about to experience the awe and mystery which reaches from the deepest inner mind to The outer limits.
Do our memories define our identity? If we are merely the sum of our experiences, what do we become if those experiences are lost? How's he doing? Well, his colour's coming back.
He should be able to sleep it off.
I think he just fainted.
Did he have any I.
D.
? No, no, just this.
I found it tucked inside his jacket.
He was probably mugged.
What do you think he meant when he said his memories were inside that? Oh, I think that he shot up.
( woman ) I've never seen that before.
No, me neither.
Maybe it's some new type of Crank with a fancy skin-Popper.
He's somebody at the cutting edge.
We should have the police look at it.
I'll drop it off in the morning.
Yeah, okay.
I'll put it in the box.
No.
Four down, one to go.
( panicked groaning ) Calm down.
All right, all right.
It's all right, you're all right.
Where am I? Where am I? You're at the goodwill house.
It's a homeless shelter.
I work here.
My name is hope.
What's your name? I can't remember.
I I I don't know.
I, uh I where's my case? Where's my case? Where's my case?! ( hope ) Okay, listen, listen.
Where's my case? Where's my case? Listen, listen We had to confiscate it.
I need it, please.
We don't allow drugs here.
No, they're not drugs.
They're my memories.
Really? And how do you remember that? What is this? What is this? Uh, I don't know.
It looks like a burn, or a circle with holes in it.
Hope, can you give us a hand over here, please? Yeah, I'm coming.
Okay, I'll be back in a few minutes.
Stay here.
We'll talk some more.
I'll be right back.
Please.
Check on him in 20 minutes.
I'll call Washington, tell them the package is wrapped.
( rapid breathing ) Call the Delaware office and tell them Hey! No, no! Ahh! Did you check his apartment? Uh-huh.
What about his gym? Uh-huh.
Nobody's seen him in six hours.
Where would you go if you were him? He probably doesn't know he's him.
Unless he's used the injector.
So tell me, if somebody brought something in that was dangerous, where would it end up? Like Kurt's knife and Tara's medicine? Yeah, yeah, yeah.
In the cabinet in Jack's Office.
Good idea.
Yeah, clever.
You know, it's not just that weird mark on his neck.
There's something different about him.
His hands are really soft, and his fingernails are manicured.
And that shirt he's wearing would cost me about a week's salary.
People fall from the top, as well as the bottom.
Yeah, I know.
Hope, we're here for everybody, remember? Yeah, and sometimes a little extra attention pays off too, remember? Yeah, just don't get too attached.
Hey, I learned from the master.
Where did he go? Here, hold that for me.
What are you doing in There? Hey, open this door now! Open this door now! Damn it.
Jack, come here, I need you.
Hey, hey! What are you doing? Come on! Jack! Open up, right ( Jack ) Open this door! ( hope ) Hurry, he's getting the case.
Unlock this door now! Open it.
Let me in my office, right now! Put it down.
( Jack ) You don't need to do that.
Hey, what are you doing? Put it down, put it down! Don't do that.
Let me in my office! ( Jack ) Stop, stop! Don't do that.
Don't do it, don't do it.
Ahh! Come on, get in there.
Okay, give me the case.
My name is Tom Cooper.
I know who I am.
You have to believe me.
Am Tom Cooper.
You ever seen this guy? No? Thanks.
Here's a little something for you and your friends.
Even if he's figured out how to use the injector, he can't be back yet.
We can't afford to give him that chance.
( Jack ) You say your name is Tom Cooper.
You expect us to believe that thing just gave your memory back to you? How else can you explain that I suddenly know my name? I can remember my Dad.
He smoked a really fat cigar.
( father ) Hey, Tommy.
Every night after dinner.
You want a cigar? It was like honey.
And uh we moved around a lot.
Always changing schools.
( woman's voice ) and this is your room.
New bedrooms, different houses.
A lot of small towns, like, um, Milton and, uh, and Barrie and haliburton.
Haliburton? That's not far from here.
And Paula Gilchrist, she lived next door.
God, she was so pretty.
Deep blue eyes.
And my brother My brother had a thing for her, but she liked me better.
She liked me better.
And she She, uh what? What? I can't remember.
There's nothing after that.
It stops there.
It just stops! Open up.
Come on.
Why won't they open up? ( hope ) Please, wait.
Do yourself a favor, let this one go.
I'll be okay.
Where are you going? Haliburton.
Why? I lived there once.
I know I did.
Maybe somebody will recognize me and tell me who I am.
You're not making this up? You really believe this can manipulate memories.
You sound like you want that to be True.
Well, maybe I do.
Well, we're not going to find out here.
( hope ) it can be hard for people to get away from their past.
A device that could take away bad memories, put better ones in their place, could do a lot of good.
Maybe that's what it's for.
I don't know.
I don't know.
Recognize anything? No.
I wonder if they're still alive.
Who? My parents, my brother.
See, right now, in my mind, they're all they're all right there.
But after 10 or 11 it just gets Real fuzzy.
It just goes Blank.
Do you have any family? Parents, brothers, sisters? I have a sister, but we don't really keep in touch.
Yeah.
Marine garage Wait, wait! I remember that gas station.
Right there, right there.
My house was only it's a couple of blocks from here.
Go down here and take a right.
It's close.
There! There! It should be right over there.
Stop, stop, stop.
No! My house was here.
I lived here.
I lived here.
Tom, I'm sorry.
I lived here.
There.
You see? Tom Cooper and Paula Gilchrist.
My brother was so jealous.
He was so jealous that she liked me better, so I carved our initials in this tree to rub it in.
This is where I kissed her, for the first time.
We were sitting close together.
It was an autumn evening.
Oh, the air was cool and Crisp, and it was perfect.
Okay, maybe we could talk to the people in the neighborhood.
See if they remember you.
I want my memories back.
Give me your keys.
Give me your keys.
Please, please.
Okay.
Come on, you don't know what you're doing.
I don't care! I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
Grab the crystal.
Please, I need to know who I am.
Grab the crystal.
Ahh! Oh, Tom.
What happened? It didn't work like before.
I'm getting flashes, bits and pieces, but something went wrong.
( beeping ) the tubes They must be on a timer, like an automatic drug dispenser.
Maybe I forced the information into my mind before my mind was ready for it.
Dr.
Cooper! Dr.
Cooper.
Dr.
Cooper? Do you know them? I don't think so.
Get in.
We thought you'd come here.
Get in, go! Dr.
Cooper, wait! We need to talk to you.
Wait a minute.
Damn.
( Tom ) They're not the same guys.
( hope ) Whoever they are they won't look for you here.
I need to lay low, long enough to take the remaining crystals.
Mommy.
( screaming ) What did they do to you? Hey? Hey, my, uh, my pants? My shirt? Oh, I threw them in the wash.
They'll be ready in an hour.
But you can wear these.
Thanks.
And that card is on the counter.
I thought you lived alone.
I do.
They're leftovers.
Oh, and Mr.
Leftover, he's not going to walk in here and demand these back? No, I doubt it.
It's been a while.
I see.
( deep voice ) I see.
I didn't say anything, I Yes, you did, you said, "Oh, he dumped you, he" no, no.
You said, "I see.
" Really, it's none of my business.
So what happened? ( kettle whistling ) I'm making some tea.
Do you want some? Sure.
If you don't want to talk about it, just tell me.
How big was this guy? Big enough.
I, um, I couldn't find a listing for Dr.
Tom Cooper, and I called a friend downtown.
As far as missing persons is concerned, you aren't missing.
I've been missing from my life for at least 24 hours.
Somebody must have noticed.
If anybody cared.
Yeah, if anybody cared.
I keep getting flashes of fragmented memories from the second crystal.
My parents Mom drinking, dad yelling.
And my brother, he's jealous all the time.
It gives me an empty feeling inside, a deep sadness, and I don't like it.
So, what happened? I think my mom was frustrated.
She had ambitions she could never meet, or dad provide, so she drank.
And then dad, he lost his job, and that left him frustrated.
They were going to conquer the world together.
But they got beat.
And I vowed I never would.
And Paula Gilchrist? I really don't know.
Thank you for believing me.
You're welcome.
So why aren't you running a corporation or something? What do you mean? I mean, you are smart, beautiful, and you've got a great personality.
And I can make tea.
Exactly, so how did you avoid law school, or business school, or astronaut school, I don't know? Well, I was, uh, I was living on the street when I should have been in tenth grade.
That's how I met Jack at the goodwill house.
Why did you run away? You have to believe me.
I love Joanne, my sister.
If it weren't for her, I don't think I would have lasted as long as I did.
Even though it was happening to both of us.
You see, our our father he used to mom wasn't around, so what were we supposed to do? So we made a pact, me and Joanne, that we would run away together.
And I got scared that I wouldn't be able to take care of Myself, much less the two of us, so I left her behind, with him.
All I have is this picture of her.
You were just a kid.
Yeah, well, so was she.
So was she.
I keep telling myself that I shouldn't feel guilty for saving myself, But, uh, sometimes I just wish I could forget.
Tom? You did another one? Hey, hey, are you all right? Yeah, I'm fine.
I finally left home.
I left behind that living hell for good.
You see that scar? I stepped in front of a flying bottle to protect my brother.
That is the last time I stuck my neck out for somebody.
After college I went to med school.
Those goons were right.
I am a doctor.
I spent my residency at Washington, D.
C.
And that's, that's what? What is it? I'm married.
Yeah, that's that's him all right.
He looked like he'D seen better days.
That's definitely him.
And he was here last night? That's right.
He came in around dinner time.
Oh, he's real messed up, he was shooting up Where is he now? Oh, I don't know.
He left early this morning.
Did he leave alone? He didn't seem dangerous.
Yeah, yeah, he left alone.
Did he say where he was going, or make any calls? Uh-Uh, so What'd this guy do exactly? I just happened to run into Paula one day in D.
C.
Hadn't seen each other in years, but it was like we'd never been apart.
We were married a month later.
You weren't wearing a ring.
Maybe it was stolen, along with my wallet and the other stuff.
I can see her.
She's walking towards me on our wedding day.
We're outside.
The sun is just so warm.
God, she's beautiful.
Are there children? No.
I don't think so.
Oh, my God.
I didn't plan this.
( phone ringing ) if you're looking for hope, you're not alone.
Leave me a message, and I'll get back to you.
Hope, it's Jack.
You there? Hope, I know you're a big girl now and you can look after yourself, but that guy you went with Could be real trouble.
There were some men in the office, federal agents.
They said he escaped from some high security mental institution.
They said he's psychotic.
Now, I didn't tell them that you left with him.
But, hope, this guy is bad news.
If you know where he is, I think you should turn him in.
Got it.
And please be careful.
Call me as soon as you get in.
You can't believe that.
You can't believe that.
Just stay away from me.
Stay away from me! No, no, no, wait.
Get the hell away from me! Listen to me! Please, they're making that story up.
You just discovered you're married.
Anything with you is possible.
You're right, you're right.
But do you really believe I'm dangerous? Do you? I don't know what to believe anymore.
All right, all right, all right.
Then you phone the police, and you turn me in.
Thank you.
Just let me call Jack.
He'll worry about me.
Sure.
( beeping ) Only two more left.
Hey Hey, Tom.
Are you okay? Tom, we've got to go.
Come on, come on, Tom.
I'll drive.
Are you sure? Dr.
Cooper? Car! Damn, they took off.
Ahh, Tom! No! Who the hell are you guys? You still don't know? Tell me, now! Tom! I know I'm dr.
Tom Cooper, and you're going to tell me what you did, and then you're going to take me to my wife.
Paula? She's dead.
No.
You're lying.
Paula's been dead for years.
Truth hurts, doesn't it? She was mugged, raped.
She died on the way to the hospital.
I'm sorry.
There's more.
When I was in Washington I started doing memory research.
I figured out a way to manipulate brain cells to access and delete their contents.
Are you saying that you may have had something to do with this injector? I invented it.
Then why would someone want to use it on you? I think I know where to find the answer to that.
I know this place, but I didn't know there was any research being done here.
I know, but I'm sure I worked here.
It does seem Like pretty high security for a clinic.
This is where they took my memories.
This is where I escaped from.
Right here.
What were you doing here? I don't know.
I don't Look, isn't he from goodwill House? Yeah, that's Mickey.
"Test subjects wanted for clinical trials.
We pay you.
" son of a bitch.
What? What are they doing in There? Wait.
Wait.
Maybe we can find out.
Wait.
You wait here, and keep a lookout.
And hold onto this.
Last crystal.
Please, hold onto it.
No, please! I'm sorry.
Tom, are you all right? Are you all right? Stay away from me.
What? What? What happened? What did you see in there? It's my fault.
It's all my fault.
( mumbling ) They're using the injector.
My injector.
They're experimenting on people, erasing memories.
You've built a weapon.
No, it's not possible.
I couldn't.
( beeping ) No, don't do it.
I have to prove I'm not a monster.
No, no, no.
You don't have to prove anything.
I care for you.
The man you are now.
Not the man you were.
And what if this turns you back into that person? That person wasn't me.
You don't know that.
You don't know who he was.
Are you willing to take that chance? There's a whole part of my life that's gone.
I don't know if I'll ever Stop wondering who I was.
That doesn't matter.
You have a chance that most people only dream about.
Do you understand? You have a chance to start fresh with a Blank Slate.
We have a chance.
We can both start over.
If you want.
When Paula died a part of me went with her.
She was my conscience.
And after she was gone I I think I stopped caring for anybody, until I met you.
Why don't we go find your sister? I'd like that.
I'd like that too.
Good evening, Dr.
Cooper.
You finally remembered the clinic.
You're too late.
He destroyed the last crystal.
I'm no use to the department now.
You think we're with your old employer? The ones that had you erased? You've got it backwards, Dr.
Cooper.
We're with the crovus corporation.
Your new employer.
My new Employer? You wanted to defect to the private sector.
For a very high price, I might add.
But those black-Op types you worked for didn't want the technology you developed to get out.
They had you erased.
But you had made a copy of your memories, a back-up, and sent it to us.
Just in case something should happen.
You're here because you made it through the first four crystals.
We're following your orders, sir.
Remember? I'm sorry.
If you don't, you will.
Let her go.
No can do, doc.
I'm sorry, miss We need Dr.
Cooper the way he was.
Not the way he is.
No! Ahh! No! Tom? Don't worry, hope, this will only take a minute.
Don't do this, please.
Considering how awful most of your memories are, you should be thanking me.
I'm making the pain go away.
No, please don't do this.
Don't worry.
You won't remember a thing.
( control voice ) The same qualities that make each of us unique can also prevent us from changing who we are, even if it might be a change for the better.
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Vancouver, B.
C.
1999