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Previously, on Alphas
I found it. The shipment that
arrived in New York
from Stanton Parish's factory.
All right, shh, shh-
This is it,
the manifest.
It says,
"industrial electronics."
Boxes were here.
Thousands of them.
Parish already
has them.
- Who are you?
- I'm Stanton Parish.
I'm here
to make you an offer.
A child like Zoe,
she needs an environment
that she can thrive in,
as do you.
You think you're gonna
come in here
and start giving us orders?
Rosen invited us.
What?
Told me I had free access
to all the intel.
The investigation is not
gonna be run by this team.
Well, Cley's back
at our office
rifling
through our stuff.
You seriously gonna
trust this to him?
Show me your hands
right now.
- Hey, what's your name?
- UhMitchell.
Why are you
locked in this room?
Well, I have to be here.
I'm very important.
Yeah? Says who?
Stanton Parish.
So he touches you, right,
and zap!
He records whatever memory
you're thinking about.
So he's
a total recall Alpha.
Hello, Mitchell.
Can you show me the last time
you spoke with Mr. Parish?
I promise you,
you will grow old
in a better world than I have.
Parish won't let you
keep Mitchell chipped.
He'll come for him.
Let him come.
It's all right, baby.
It's gonna be okay.
Aww.
- What's so funny?
- You, the baby whisperer.
Yeah?
Make you a little jealous.
- I'm not jealous.
- Ah, you are.
- Maybe I'm a little jealous.
- I can tell.
- Maybe a little.
- Don't worry, because you
you been great
with this kid.
When it comes time
for us
to have our own,
you're gonna be great
with him too, all right?
Even if I am,
what kind of world
are they gonna grow up in?
No, no, no, we're not gonna
have this conversation now.
Things are getting so
Now, then,
fresh spring air
What was that?
Look out!
You're okay.
Stay here.
Stay down.
Okay, listen up.
We've got one dead,
three injured.
This is the fifth attack
on the power grid this week.
There's no discernible pattern
to the attacks,
but on the bright side,
in a day or two, we'll have
these power grid protectors
in place everywhere,
so Parish will have
a hard time keeping this up.
The DOD says Parish is
building up to something big,
and since his last plan
targeted the entire city,
we're expecting this one
to be even bigger,
and according
to these intercepts,
it's gonna happen within
the next few days.
Two days from now
is October 22.
Yes.
October 22, 1862.
A Union officer was shot
in the head
and apparently killed.
Then, he miraculously
came back to life.
And that is when
Stanton Parish
discovered he was
an Alpha.
So what are you saying?
This is some sort of
twisted birthday party?
- Yes.
- 150 years to the day.
Terrorists love
anniversaries.
Look, the plan is
to keep pressuring
his organization.
D.C. thinks
that if we push hard enough,
eventually
something's gonna snap.
The best lead that we have is
that electronic shipment
that we
almost intercepted.
That's gotta be
a part of this.
We don't even know
what Parish was planning to do
with those components.
Yeah, well, that's why
Rachel is looking
for Skylar Adams.
Skylar knows how
to figure these things out,
if we can find her.
I'm doing my best,
but Skylar is very good
at not being found.
Folks, we're talking
about two days from now.
We're still boxing
in the dark.
We need to find a way
to Parish,
and find it fast.
Now wewe gotta
get inside Parish's head.
Mitchell Morgan,
page four.
If you want to get inside
Parish's head, he's the answer.
- Parish's memory guy?
- Yes.
Oh, I thought Parish
was only using him
to store sentimental stuff.
Yes, he did.
I think there may be a way
to dig deeper,
but we'd need to move him
to a more appropriate facility,
and New York Psychiatric
has a, uh, secure unit.
You want me to transfer
a high-value asset
out of Building Seven
in the middle of all this?
Yes, that is
what I am asking.
I could
go with you.
Mitchell knows me.
I can make him more comfortable.
I'd rather you not, Kat.
I'm freshly trained
in all this stuff,
and what I don't know, I can
learn in, like, ten minutes.
Well, learning is not quite
the same thing as applying.
Doc, she aced Quantico
in two weeks.
- Bill
- Look, the clock's ticking.
I'll take whatever help
I can get.
All right, fine.
Just get it done.
Sir.
We're stocked up
on meds.
Transportation's in place.
Doctors are reporting soon.
Have we gotten what we need
from Skylar Adams yet?
Vince is working her
as fast as he can.
That is simply not
good enough.
I'll have a word
with Vincent.
It's all
coming together now.
People will be scared.
They'll need a place to go
for the transition.
It's Danielle's idea.
Her legacy.
Hey, Jeannie.
Oh, sweetie.
Just stay at your mom's.
You'll be all right.
Okay?
Yeah, I love you too.
Yeah, kiss the baby.
All right. Bye.
That Jeannie?
How is she?
She's traumatized,
of course.
Bill, I think I
I have an alternative approach
to this whole thing,
a way to take it
directly to Parish.
That's great,
because I'm expecting
a conference call
from D.C. right now.
I'll run it by them,
see if it flies.
Speaking of which.
Harken.
Yep.
You don't want
to do that.
No.
This is
strictly unofficial,
you understand?
Do I understand?
You
can you hold, please?
Do I understand?
Parish's organization
is huge and nasty
and about to pull the trigger
on something big.
Cley needs all of us to be
rowing in the same direction,
okay, that's NYPD,
that's DOD, and us
I realize that.
Look, you
you either
grab an oar
or get the hell out the boat.
We don't have time
to do anything cute.
Knock, knock.
Sorry to interrupt.
You got that, right?
No, not you, okay?
Yeah.
No, you're right.
Of course.
Yeah, okay.
He didn't go for it.
His involvement
isn't critical.
What if he gets
in our way?
Well, let's just hope
he doesn't.
Good luck.
All right,
give me five.
Mmhmm.
Okay, lead vehicle,
call out your turns.
Advance team,
maintain lockup.
Copy that.
You really think Rosen can
get more intel out of this guy?
Yeah.
Nobody knows Parish
as well as Mitchell.
Sucks he's chipped.
He was a good guy
to road trip with.
Yeah, if you say so.
Hey, blondie, you're following
too close to the lead vehicle.
Maintain a constant
driving speed.
Yeah, how about we switch?
You drive,
and I'll boss you around?
My feet won't reach
the pedals.
Kat, you okay?
- Yeah!
- Watch Mitchell.
Damn it,
it's Scipio!
Come on!
Red team with me.
Blue team
stay with the truck.
Holy crap.
Put him down, now!
Ow.
Move!
Go, go!
Blue team, fan out.
Cover the stairwells.
Stairwells are secure,
but no sign of him.
Where the hell
did he go?
There's no way
he got past us.
- I lost Mitchell too.
- Nothing here.
Damn it!
Cover the exits!
Yes, sir!
Spread out!
Original Air Date on October 15, 2012
* Don't say no *
* for an answer *
* and there's no telling *
* where we've been *
* 'cause people
don't understand *
* understand,
understand *
* people don't understand *
* people like me *
So the feds
don't have Scipio.
I don't know
where the hell he is.
We'll deal
with that in due time.
Almost done.
Thank you, Doctor.
You're all dismissed.
I said dismissed,
Mr. Kowalka.
Mitchell?
Hey, Stanton.
How are you feeling?
Uh
my neck hurts.
We removed the chip
they inserted.
It's really good
to see you again.
May I?
Yeah.
They're gone.
Rosen did this, didn't he?
He erased my memories.
Dr. Rosen.
Yeah.
He, um
he gave me an IV,
andand, uh,
a few injections
about three days ago
no, about
about four days ago.
After that,
all the extra stuff
was just
gone.
It's funny.
For the first time
in years,
I actually feel like
like me,
you know?
Like me.
You were right.
Parish took the bait.
Did we get what we need?
Yeah,
I just
I feel bad for Kat.
Well, so do I,
but she'll forget everything
in two weeks.
That's something.
I just
I wish it didn't have
to go that far.
As do I, Nina.
Hicks.
It's them.
How is he?
Alive.
Is everything ready?
Yeah, he's still out.
I can smell the tranq working
its way through his system.
I got this.
Wake up, sunshine.
We need to talk.
Hello, Cornell.
It's all come down to this,
hasn't it?
Is this really
who you want to be, Cornell?
Someone responsible for
the death of millions of people?
Is this what you
really want?
What I want
is a lawyer.
So what, I don't have
civil rights?
Why?
'Cause I'm not human?
You're very much
a human, Cornell.
You just choose
to deny the fact,
but there's still time.
Actually, there's a lot
less time than you think, Doc.
Hey, you know,
the way I'm tied up
I could burn myself,
if I accidentally
trigger my ability.
We wouldn't want that,
would we?
I know it's bothered you
for a very long time
how closely aligned
your emotional state is
with your ability,
that you've always wanted
to transcend it.
Well, you can right now.
Seriously?
That's the best you got?
You try
to head-shrink me
into getting in touch
with my humanity?
Where were you when I
set my parents' house on fire?
No, you're 20 years
too late, Doc.
We need
to move things along.
Heh.
Two weeks ago,
Parish shipped a large number
of electronic components
from China to New York.
What do you know
about that?
Gone.
They've moved.
Where did they go?
Parish doesn't tell me.
It's above my pay grade.
Were there other shipments?
Answer her.
Hundreds.
Stuff's been coming in
for months.
Ask him about Parish.
Where is he?
Where's Stanton Parish?
Where is he right now?
Where is Stanton Parish?
Answer me!
Where is he right now?
Wouldn't you like
to know.
The last time you
spoke with Parish,
where did it take place?
Aah, bite me!
Nina, he's blocked,
just like the Senator.
Oh, yeah, I got a vault
in there, boys and girls.
It's ironclad.
Well, let's unlock it,
shall we?
- Ooh.
- Rachel, amobarbital, 15ccs.
Amowhat?
Oh
You gotta let it go, Kat,
you know?
Sounds to me like
you did your best
excuse me, good morning.
- Good morning, sir.
Yeah, except
I lost Mitchell
and Jeff Kowalka.
Plus, I had Cornell Scipio
in my hands,
and I let him go too.
So basically, I suck.
Well, sometimes in life
that happens.
Really?
Really, we're gonna do that?
We got more important things
to worry about.
Tomorrow's the 22nd.
Yeah, I know,
the world's gonna end.
Look, Rosen said that Mitchell
is the key to everything, right,
so let me just
let me just recheck the scene.
Maybe I missed something.
Call Rachel, okay?
It's her department.
Yeah, no,
I thought of that.
Can't get through.
You try Nina?
Nina always knows
where she is.
Yes, I thought
of that too.
She's not answering
her phone.
In fact, I haven't seen
either of them since yesterday.
- What?
- Should we be worried?
You know what?
Why don't you
go check the scene?
Hicks.
Hey
Hicks?
I'll take care of it.
Hicks?
Bill.
Bill!
- Hey.
- Hey, what are you doing here?
- I figured it out.
- Good for you.
- Iaw, thanks.
- You're supposed to be
in the hospital.
No, sarcasm.
No, Gary, go back,
spend time with your mother.
Ohno,
they kicked me out, Bill.
The head nurse said
that I was disruptive,
and I said that she
looked like an animal.
But thenthen when I was
All right, Gary
- In the cab, I f
- What's the point, Gary?
Oh, II was scanning
for Skylar in the cab, Bill,
andand the cab had GPS,
which is crazy,
'cause New York streets
are on a numbered grid,
so theythey don't even
need the GPS, Bill.
Gary, Gary, we're gonna
be dead by the time
you finish this story.
Mm-
No, Bill,
it was the chip.
The cab had a chip,
and Skylar
has a chip.
It's in her arm.
She uses it to communicate
with her wasps.
So I just
I ping it,
and now she knows
that I wanna communicate.
She's gonna call me back.
Hey, Dij?
Do you hear that buzzing?
You need to finish, or Vince
won't bring me popsicles.
I'm going as fast
as I can.
You really
don't hear that?
Maybe it's the phone.
Where's the phone?
We don't have one.
We don't have a phone?
Why don't we have a phone?
We just don't.
Vince!
Hey, Zoe.
How's it goin',
Miss Adams?
It's Skylar.
Yes, ma'am.
Popsicles!
Popsicles!
Your wish is my command.
- Thanks.
- You're welcome.
Orange.
My favorite.
You always know
exactly what she wants.
Just trying
to make her happy.
Is, um,
this for me?
Well, it's not done yet.
Still haven't found a way
to get it to cut bone
without releasing
a crapload of bacteria.
You promised me
it would be done.
You don't want
to get me in trouble, do you?
No.
No, I want to
do this for you.
Good, good.
I have an idea.
Why don't I look after Zoe
for a little while
so that you can, um,
concentrate on your work.
Thanks.
You're welcome.
Zoe.
How much longer?
What's your problem?
I got you
a lot of stuff already.
I meanI mean,
all kind of tech.
That first thing
she did for you?
That flashy thing?
You acted like it was
Christmas morn
What is my problem?
What is my problem?
I want that device,
and I need it now.
All right
all right, look, man.
Something's wigging her out,
okay?
I am trying
to keep her focused.
You have no idea
how hard that is.
Nor do I care.
You promised me
you'd get the job done.
I intend to hold you
to that.
Understood?
Uhhuh.
Focus on the walls.
Are they white?
Are they blue?
Were they green?
Focus!
All right, you can ask
the question any way you want.
The answer
is gonna be the same
up your ***.
Nina, deep breaths.
Your pulse is racing.
I just
I just need a break.
We need to get through.
We got a day, maybe two.
Listen to me.
Nina's exhausted,
and Scipio's blood pressure
is topping off
at 200 systolic.
You're sweating quite a bit
right now.
If I were you,
I wouldn't get too excited.
Dr. Rosen.
We are in over our heads.
I have friends at the CIA
that do this for a living.
It is time
to call in the experts.
No, we're the damn experts.
Now, you know Parish
has people everywhere.
How the hell else
do you think they knew
that Mitchell
was being transferred
Rachel, we're not
calling anyone else in.
We're doing this
ourselves.
There's some aminorex
in there.
Prepare a 5cc injection,
please.
Aminorex?
Yes, 5ccs,
right now.
Hicks, aminorex can
be dangerous.
What are we doing here?
Getting answers.
Are we, really?
'Cause it seems like
all we're doing
is bashing Nina's head
up against the wall.
What if Scipio's a dead end,
huh?
What if
we're wasting time?
Look, the only one
wasting time is you.
Get what Rosen wants,
and get it in there.
Here's 5ccs of aminorex,
but it won't lower
his pressure,
and it will not
bring down his resistance.
It's a stimulant, Dr. Rosen.
I know.
It's for me, Rache.
I'm sorry.
I just
I couldn't break through.
You did your best.
Now, it's my turn.
Cameron.
I have another idea.
Gary.
Come on, I need something
from you.
Skylar is
ignoring me still.
- Hey
- It's annoying.
I hate that, Bill
Look into those things.
When people ignore me.
Gary, listen,
I need you to look
for uh, Rosen. Okay?
Bill-
- See if you can get a location.
- You're ignoring me!
I was talking about Skylar.
Gary, this is important,
okay?
Yeah,
there's no signal.
Just like Nina
and Hicks.
They're all
out of range?
No, they
no.
They probably just
took the batteries
out of their phones.
Okay, why would three people
take the batteries
out of their phones?
- I don't know.
- Heyhey.
I went back
and checked the scene.
I found something.
It kinda sucks.
Tranq dart.
One of ours.
Found that
where Scipio disappeared.
Lab confirms blood on the tip
is his.
Oh, he was darted.
I ha-I hate that
- Gary
- Being darted, it's exhausting.
- Justcould you
- c'mon.
- On the dl, please. Quiet.
I already checked
with John.
Nobody on the TAC team
had tranq guns,
which leads
to the question
who tranq'ed him?
Harken.
No.
I'm just gonna
go in here for a second.
That smells.
We need to finish this.
Mommy, are you okay?
It didn't hurt.
That's good.
It should.
Something's wrong.
What are you doing?
- Looking at something.
- What is that?
Are you a Terminator?
It's a transceiver.
I made it.
It controls my wasps.
Where are my wasps?
So why is it
bothering you?
Someone is trying
to call us.
Maybe we should
call them back, then.
Ohow.
Ow.
Huh.
Skylar.
No!
Nono!
No!
Baby!
Meg.
What did you do
to her?
You wanna be a tough guy,
right? Hmm?
We're just getting started.
I'll let you two catch up.
Son of a ***!
I'm okay.
Don't tell them anything.
I haven't
told them crap.
Those blocks,
they work like a charm.
What are they after?
What do you think?
Parish.
They want to know
where he is.
He's safe, right?
He isn't still
at the house, is he?
Why?
I'm worried!
I
I can't think straight.
I'm so sorry, Meg.
I missed you.
You know what's been
getting me by?
Thinking about you and me up
at Saranac Lake.
You remember that cabin?
Yeah, yes.
It's so pretty
up there.
Nice try, ***.
Meg hates the mountains.
She's got allergies
Cameron!
You kidnap me
you beat me,
you drug me
and now you
try to mind-*** me?
- I can do this.
- Justno.
She's not very good.
Come here.
Hey, Doc.
I was wondering
about what it's like
to be betrayed
by your own daughter.
I mean, you sent her
to her death,
but she was a liar.
She was a traitor.
She deserved to die,
I think.
Don't you?
Cornell, when you
set your family's home on fire
when you were 15,
did you ever wonder
what your mother and father
andand sister felt
when they were
burning to death?
Hmm?
Or how
your other victims feel
when you, uh
how did you put it,
when we
when we first talked?
When you make
their skin sizzle?
Drop dead, Doc.
This is adrenaline,
and you know
that it triggers your ability,
and while your
your hands
may be fire-resistant,
the rest of you
is not.
You wouldn't.
This has gone
far enough.
He's a murderer.
This is just
about revenge, isn't it?
You don't like it?
Cover your ears.
I can't stay in here.
Rachel.
I can smell
Scipio's flesh burning.
Skylar.
- What are you doing?
- I'm leaving.
Zoe, you stay there,
okay?
You don't have to do that.
This is a safe place.
Really?
How did I get here?
What'd you do to me?
What'd you do to my daughter?
I just helped you to be happy
for a change.
Happiness
is a warm gun.
I'm trying to be nice.
If you're nice,
then I'll be nice,
and this place
will be nice.
But if you're not,
well, you don't want this place
to stop being nice.
- Zoe!
- Mommy, help!
Zoe!
Zoe!
There's no way out
unless you do
as you're told.
Zoe!
Zoe!
Zoe!
Zoe!
Zoe!
It's only gonna get worse.
There's no way out.
There's no way out.
- Zoe!
- You're terrified.
Zoe!
- Zoe!
- There's no way out.
Mitchell,
hope you're feeling better.
A little empty,
actually.
All this stuff,
it, uh, looks
like it's really important.
That is correct.
Tomorrow, the world
is going to change.
People may want
to understand
what I was feeling,
thinking,
my intentions.
Do you still have
your ability?
- Yeah.
- Would you allow me?
Yeah.
I'm about to change
the world.
It's just a shame that
so many people have to die.
I told you
where they are,
I don't know
anything else!
Ahh, ahh!
Need more, Cornell.
I need more details.
Doc!
We got three
DOD SUVs outside.
Uhoh, we need
to go.
I can't take the chance
of anybody
finding out
what I know.
It'll leak to Parish.
You bet your ***
it will.
It's Harken
and Kat outside.
What the hell, Rachel?
You're supposed to be
listening for people.
- You called them?
- You said it.
We were running out
of time.
You just didn't want
to get your hands dirty.
Not this dirty.
It's all right,
Rachel.
Let's go, Nina.
I'll stay with Rachel.
You go.
Just go.
Go! Move, move, move!
All right.
Watch the prisoner.
Oh, my God.
What the hell
did you people do?
I cannot believe
Rosen screwed me again.
I know.
The glasses,
the messy hair,
the cardigans, he seemed like
such a nice old dude.
Please tell me that you got
something useful out of Scipio.
Rosen said
he got what he needed
whatever that is
when Rachel
- Rachel was
on the phone with us.
Tomorrow is
October 22nd, okay?
We got a lot of work to do,
and we're losing time.
We all have work
to do.
We need to get
back to this office.
Whoa, whoa, whoa.
Them too?
Harken, you saw
what they did in there.
They went totally
medieval on him.
She's right.
We lied to you.
Yeah, you're a bunch
of lyin' ***,
but you know what?
I still need you.
Let's go.
That's not too much
to ask, is it?
All right?
So please, go back to the office
and get it done.
Hey!
- Go with them. Thanks.
- Bill!
- You got it.
- Gary, what's goin' on?
Wait.
I found them!
I know where
they are!
- What, Hicks and Rosen?
- No, Skylar and Zoe.
I know where they are,
but you have to pay Obuke.
- Whowhat?
- Obuke.
He's the cab driver.
He's from Nigeria.
He's fiesty.
All right.
Okay, Bill
Bill, it's here!
- All right, all right.
- It's here.
Gary, where?
Ohoh
Hey, hey, hey!
Gary, stay in the car!
No, no!
It's my rescue, Bill.
Come on.
- Zoe!
- Easy, easy.
Put your hands
where I can see 'em.
Easy.
E
- Ohoh!
- Bill, I wanted to do that.
Zoe!
Zoe!
Hey, GarGary.
Cuff him.
Oh. Yeah.
It's okay.
Easy, easy, easy.
You're safe now, okay?
You okay?
Hold your arm.
You okay?
This place is gross.
Yeah, it is.
Skylar, how did you
get in here?
Parish.
He asked me
to work for him.
I told him
to go screw himself,
and then we ended up
in this toilet with some
Scuzzball.
Skylar, these look
like your designs.
Were they having you
work on these
in the twilight zone?
Skylar, what were you
designing?
The end of the world.
Parish's been preparing
for a disaster.
One of his own making.
Parish is calling this
an adjustment center.
An adjustment to what?
Look, whatever he's planning,
he's planning
to do it all over the place,
and look at this.
Baltimore, Chicago.
Oh, geezTyler.
You've got to warn them.
No, look, I'm not leaving
you here.
Cameron, you need to get all
of this information to Bill
right now.
You have a family.
I don't.
Now go.
Look, okay,
take this.
You take this.
You might need it, okay?
- All right.
- I'll see you soon, huh?
Yeah.
I'm sorry, I should've warned
you about the conflict.
It's just I didn't
Look, if we're still
alive in a day or two,
we'll talk about it.
- John
- No.
This is one of the things
Parish made me build for him.
It's a mini photostim.
Oh, but there's
no light bulb.
Thatdoesn't it
need a light bulb?
Yeah, it has to be hooked up
to something
like a lamp
or a computer screen.
Power goes in.
Flashes come out.
It's likeit's like
a Serotonin storm for the brain.
Which can cause seizures like
the one that happened to me,
but Skylar, it actually
boosted my Alpha ability
and made everything better.
Oh, yeah,
if you're an Alpha, sure.
It's like steroids.
Okay, so increased ability,
more control.
Well, that's cool.
I-I want that.
- Yeah, except
- everyone should.
- Yeah, but what happens
to people
who aren't Alphas?
Mostly
They die.
Wait a minute.
Wait, wait, wait.
So how many of these
were on that shipping container?
Thousands?
Scipio said there
were hundreds of shipments.
Hundreds of shipments?
Yeah, and these are
much smaller than we thought,
so there could
actually be millions.
We're gonna start lookin'
for 'em now.
Where the hell
have you been?
- Where's Rosen?
- Why don't you have Rosen?
- We went after Parish.
- What the hell do you mean
Yonkers, there's an old
National Guard Armory,
and we found something
just stop and listen to me!
Whatever Parish
is planning on doing,
he's planned
on doing it everywhere.
So what?
You just leave Rosen there?
- He wasn't done.
- Of course not.
He's trying to take out Parish
on his own?
We'll send some people
over there to deal with that.
Millions of lives are at stake
because of this thing.
This is what's important.
This is what matters now.
That's the last grid protector
for the day.
Wanna grab a beer?
Club tonight. I'd cancel,
but her royal highness
would have a heart attack.
Another time.
Mitchell.
Dr. Rosen.
Where's Parish?
Is he here?
I have a plan
to change the world.
It's just such a shame
that so many people have to die.
He's given you his memories
again, hasn't he?
I'm gonna watch the world
change with a God's eye view.
What do you mean
God's eye view?
Whwhwhat is that?
What, in an airplane? What?
I'm so hungry.
Do you have an apple?
They used to grow apples
right around here.
Listen, they're gonna be
coming for you.
You need to hide somewhere
for two days.
Two days.
Hey, Dr. Rosen.
Parish wants you alive.
Me? Never really
saw the point.
Adios, Doc.
Oh, God.