04x09 - Check Your Ed

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(announcer) Previously on "Blindspot"...

Hobbes... it's me, it's Remi.

From what I can tell, I'm still undercover with the FBI.

(Roman) Think Weller's onto you?

Think you're you again?

Whoever this is, he just became our most wanted.

This method could reawaken Jane's memories.

Uhh!

Argh!

Jane... stop.

I'm not Jane!

(both grunting)

Aagh! Jane!

Uhh!

Please... don't make me do this.

Don't.

(both grunting)

Uhh!

(Jane grunting)

(Jane) Your wife is gone.

Agh! Not if I can help it.

(Jane grunting and gasping)

(spits)

Uhh!

(panting)

Agh! Uhh!

Tasha, drop the g*n.

You know I'm a better sh*t.

Well, are you a better sh*t twice?

'Cause this is not a football bet.

You really gonna k*ll me?

Fine, go ahead. sh**t.

Then drop the g*n.

(kicks g*n away)

Turn around.

(handcuffs snapping)

You have the right to remain silent.

Anything you say can and will be...

(heart monitor beeping)

Special Agent Dr. Nancy Williams.

FBI by way of Harvard Medical's Computational Neurobiology and Behavior department.

Special Agent Kurt Weller.

(Patterson) Let's be honest.

As a scientist, this procedure scares me.

But with the help of Nancy, we have gone through the technical specs of Roman's data cache to the letter.

How does this work?

The introduction of ZIP into Jane's system effectively established a barrier in her brain.

She could create and retain new memories, but all of her previous ones were completely closed off to her.

But the prolonged effects of ZIP poisoning seemed to have flipped a switch, changing which side of the barrier she has access to.

If this procedure works, it should flip it back, forcing Remi's personality out of dominance and bringing the woman you all know and love back to you.

Okay, so... what do you mean "should"?

This guy's methods were unorthodox, and the clinical trials were very short-lived.

But the research is solid-- I mean, when the results were good, they were very good.

What, and so when they were bad, they k*lled someone?

(Rich) All right, you see these current patterns on the left here that I've coded in red?

That's Remi.

The older patterns, the ones labeled in blue, on the right, that's Jane.

That is what we're trying to reactivate.

Kurt... once we start this process, we can't just pull the plug if it goes sideways.

Stopping in the middle will k*ll her.

Do it.

(Weller) Come back to me, Jane.

(distant crowd chattering)

(whimpers softly)

(distant chatter continues)

Hello? Hello?

Help me. Someone help me.

(man #1) You know whose bag this is?

(man #2) No clue.

(man #1) Ma'am... do you know whose bag this is?

Excuse me, is this yours?

(muffled) Help me!

(man #2) No signs of radiation.

Commencing manual inspection.

Nothing anomalous on the exterior.

Okay, I'm gonna feel for wires.

Let's see what we're dealing with here.

(man gasps)

There's something in there!

(zipping)

(panting)

Turn around! On your knees!

Hands on your head! Now!

(Bethany) Do you recognize her?

(Weller) No.

I've never seen that woman before in my life.

(Jane) Okay, I want to speak to someone in charge.

(man) Just take a deep breath.

I want to speak to someone in charge!

(static)

(breathing hard)

I'm Special Agent Kurt Weller.

I'm lead agent on your case.

Please tell me you know what's going on.

Who am I?

We don't know... yet.

Do you recognize me?

Why would I...

I don't even recognize me.

Why would you be familiar?

Because my name...

Kurt Weller... is tattooed on your back.

(gasping)

I don't understand any of this.

I know this is... a little overwhelming.

Please try.

Something may come back to you.

(distant voices echoing)

Anything?

No.

(alarm beeping)

(alarm continues)

(Weller) What's going on?

(Williams) Her vitals are spiking.

(Weller) Why is this happening?

(Williams) I don't know, it shouldn't be.

Hey...

I can't lose her.

(shaky) I can't.

You won't.

How do you know that?

You saw what was happening in there.

I said yes to that treatment.

I put her in that position!

Hey, Kurt, we are doing everything that we can.

I can't im-- I can't imagine my life without her.

Jane needs you in there doing everything you can.

We don't know what she can feel or what she can hear, so you gotta stand beside her and hold her hand and tell her that she can do this.

Because she can.

If you want your wife back, Jane is not the only one who needs to fight right now-- you gotta fight, too.

Come on.

Get in there. Let's go do this.

(sniffles)

Okay.

All right.

(heart monitor beeping)

Jane...

Come on, Jane. You can do this.

(echoing) I'm right here...

(faint grunt)

(whispers) I love you.

(Jane) You... you're my starting point.

(gasping)

Kurt.

Jane?

Kurt.. what the hell is happening?

I... don't know.

But I think you're in trouble.

(gasps)

I... I know this place.

Why does it feel so different?

(Kurt) I don't know.

I think you're under att*ck.

att*ck?

From who?

(static)

From her.

(Weller) How's she doing?

(Williams) As you can see, these red "Remi" synapses are still f*ring in the vast majority of Jane's brain.

Yeah, we're calling those Cobra, but the blue, G.I. Jane, is starting to make a comeback.

How long does she have to be under?

(Patterson) It's hard to say.

We can't fire all the synapses at once.

We need to slow fire them at perfect intervals until Jane's brain relearns how to do it on its own.

So that's it-- these machines decide whether or not I get my wife back?

No, they are essentially a prolonged jumpstart until these lost connections learn how to rebuild themselves.

The machines can't do it on their own.

Jane needs to fight with everything she's got to get control of her brain...

(Jane and Patterson) ...back from Remi.

Your brain?

Yeah. Yes! My brain.

(chuckling) This, all of it, the...

We're inside of it, and... and that's Remi.

She's the one who's taken it from me.

I have to find her.

If she stays, I lose everything.

I have to take it back.

(grunts, panting)

Uhh!

(Weller) I guess it's not that easy.

(Jane) It's a puzzle.

(Weller) So where do we start?

I don't know, I...

I remember you, but there's so many missing pieces.

I barely know who I am.

How am I supposed to know how to get out of this room?

I need help!

We're defined by our choices.

(Borden, echoing) You just don't remember yours.

I got you a coffee and a tea this morning.

(echoing) Which would you prefer?

What are they?

A memory.

(grunts)

This one tastes like grass trimmings.

My bad. This one's mine.

Reade?

Whoa. Take it easy. Hot beverage.

Oh, heh.

Nice to see you, too, Jane.

All right, what do we got?

Well, we're trying to get out of this room.

Cheers to that.

(Patterson) Do you know what a tangram is?

No.

It's a dissection puzzle consisting of...

...flat geometric pieces.

Exactly.

This team has been one shape for a very long time.

But we will find our new shape.

(Rich) Ah, tut-tut-tut-tut...

Wouldn't do that if I were you.

Hi, Rich. May I?

Okay, now I need you to hold this thing very still and about an inch forward from the wall.

If we remove the painting from the wall without disengaging the four wires tethered behind it, then a shotgun blast will fire from behind the canvas, destroying it... (snip)

...and putting a whole bunch of new holes in your face, so...

Okay, go for it. Go ahead.

(gasps and laughs)

All right. Look at that.

And, hey, nobody got sh*t.

Whew.

(g*nsh*t)

(Jane gasping)

It's a clean sh*t.

Zapata!

Wh-What are you doing?

Helping.

I don't think that's particularly helpful.

I think you should look up the meaning of that word.

I love you.

You should... get that looked at.

It needs both of us to work.

(faint pinging)

(pinging)

You solved it.

We solved it... together.

The more I remember, the stronger I get.

Well, what are you waiting for? Go get 'em, tiger.

(stammering)

You guys aren't coming?

I'm only Jane because of you.

I mean, I really gotta clean this stuff up.

I got a lot of paperwork to get through.

I would like to, but I'm... frightened.

I really don't want to.

You guys can't go out there, can you?

We'll always be here when you need us.

Come on, let's go.

All right. Let's move.

Good luck.

Why is it so dark out here?

I'm sick.

It must be getting worse.

What's wrong? Nothing. Come on.

I'm gonna try to stay with you.

I don't think Remi wants you to remember me.

She wants you scared, alone.

Which way do we go?

That way.

I think I'll pass on that.

Okay... that way.

Come on.

Come on, come on.

Are you sure this is the right way?

(elevator bell chimes)

What? Coin slot?

What am I supposed to do with--

No, no! No! No! Please!

Kurt!

No! No!

(alarm trilling)

What's happening? What's changed?

I don't know.

(Williams) She's at w*r with herself.

And Jane's losing.

Come on, Jane.

(grunting)

(rattling)

Who are you? What do you want?

(faint laughter)

(growling and clanking)

(door banging)

(growling)

(door banging)

(girl screams)

Hey! It's me. Hey, Jane!

(gasping) Yeah.

Look at me.

Just breathe.

It's okay.

Just breathe.

Keeping you scared is how Remi keeps control.

You have to fight that fear.

You can be hunted... or... you can be the hunter.

It's not invincible.

I have an idea.

Kurt?

(gasps)

(panting)

(static)

(man grunts)

(man panting and snarling)

Who are you?

(bones cracking)

(gasps)

(high-pitched tone)

How long have we known each other for?

A very long time.

No!

Do it!

Roman?

(raspy breathing)

What do you want?

(grunting and snarling)

I want you here with me!

(growls) In the dark!

I want you to feel... what I feel.

If you want me... come and get me!

(growls)

(Roman grunting)

Now!

Gaaah!

How do I get to Remi?

(raspy breathing, chuckles)

You don't wanna fight me.

I always win.

No... you don't.

(Shepherd) Another win for Remi.

I wonder what'll happen when you lose.

Nothing good.

Wait, what...

Why did I choose this?

You played this with Remi, not me.

Excellent question.

How do I get to Remi?

We're not finished yet.

Until we are, you can't move--

(groans)

You're still bleeding.

Doesn't seem to want to stop.

I'm sorry.

For what, not k*lling me yourself?

(marbles rattle)

For not protecting you.

From our parents' deaths, from...

Crawford's orphanage, from Shepherd.

From me.

Uhh!

You really did a number on me.

I was trying to save you.

To give you the chance I got for a fresh start, I--

I didn't know it would k*ll you.

Well, technically, it didn't, remember?

Anyway, how could you have known the ZIP was poison?

Shepherd didn't tell us.

I should have gotten us away from her.

There was never a way out of that.

Anyway, none of that matters now.

It matters to me.

Okay.

I forgive you.

(crying) I miss you.

You're the only one who really knows me.

All of me.

No... there's another.

Who?

Kurt?

You really remember all that stuff from when we were kids?

(muffled laughter)

Yes.

That was Remi's life.

What does that mean?

You win.

Hey... I got you something.

(gasps)

Good-bye, sis.

(Weller) Did you get what you need?

I think so.

Good.

It's time to get Remi out once and for all.

What's wrong?

I don't know.

I still don't think I'm ready.

Roman...

Hey...

You can do this.

(coin rattles)

(clanking and whirring)

What's happening? Wait, why is it going down?

Why is it going down?

You said Remi was above us.

She is! So where is it taking us?

(loud clatter)

(Shepherd, distant) I'm your mother.

I'm your mother. I'm your mother.

(bell chimes)

(Weller grunting)

No!

Hello, Jane.

You remember me, don't you?

Memories can be a dangerous thing.

I'm not here for you.

I'm here for Remi.

(chuckling)

You'll never defeat her.

I built her to be unbeatable.

My advice?

You should go back to solving puzzles in the lab with your little friends.

That's what you were built for.

You expect me to roll over... while Remi steals my life from me?

I want my memories back.

They're mine.

You have no idea what you're chasing.

(Shepherd) Strap her in!

No... no!

Get away from me!

(Jane panting)

You want to remember?

Then remember all of it.

(muffled g*nshots)

(Shepherd) You think remembering is so wonderful?

Look at how much pain you felt.

How much pain you've caused.

(indistinct voices)

(Mayfair) You lied to all of us!

(whispering) I'm sorry.

(grunting)

(Avery) You abandoned me!

(indistinct voices)

(Weller) Don't!

(Roman) There's a place in your mind no one can get to.

A place that belongs only to you.

No matter what they say, no matter what they do, no one can reach you there.

Pain... is a dream.

Pain is a dream.

No... how is she doing that?

This isn't supposed to happen!

(Jane) I remember...

We aren't done.

Not by a long sh*t.

Uhh!

(Weller) Help! Jane! Help me!

Jane! Jane, I need you!

The FBI doesn't negotiate with t*rrorists.

(Jane grunting)

(g*nshots)

We have to get to Remi. Come on!

(Weller) Jane! Help me!

Help me!

Damn it. Kurt!

Kurt!

Jane! (panting)

Get me out of this thing.

I don't understand.

What am I doing wrong? Why does this keep happening?

This b*mb can only be defused by removing the trigger trip, but it's protected by an anti-tamper device.

So you need to reach inside this tube, remove the cap, and pull it out.

But it's asymmetrical.

I need you to twist and turn it to avoid the contact points, okay?

What are you doing? Come on.

Jane! We're running out of time!

No, this is never gonna stop.

She's just gonna keep doing this over and over, holding us here.

Who is?

Remi.

She's using you to keep me away from her.

She knows I'm never gonna stop trying to save you.

So save me!

Jane, get me out of this thing.

Except, you're not really you.

What?

What are you talking about, Jane?

I am me!

No. No, you're me.

Which means I'm the only one with the power to stop this.

So stop it, Jane.

(countdown beeping)

Please... don't do this.

I'm sorry, Kurt.

Please, don't.

I'll see you when I wake up.

The real you.

I think I have to do this part alone.

Don't. Jane...

I'm sorry.

Jane!

Jane! (beeping continues)

Jane!

(sobbing)

(alarm beeping)

(Weller) Something's wrong!

Shut it down.

Shut it down now, please.

We can't. If we unplug her, she's either gonna be dead or a vegetable.

Rich... He's right.

There's no way back now.

(Patterson) I'm sorry, Kurt.

Jane has to fight this battle on her own now.

(beeping continues)

(Jane panting)

(light bulbs popping)

(rattles door)

(panel beeps)

No.

(rattles door)

No. Open the door.

Good-bye, Jane.

Hello?

Patterson? Reade? Rich? Zapata?

You said you'd always be here when I need you.

Fine.

Fine, I guess I just have to do it on my own.

Or do I?

Okay... what would the team do if they were here?

That handprint from the scanner.

Why was it so familiar?

It's another puzzle.

Okay, Reade would tell Rich and Patterson to start digging in, and that would remind Patterson of something.

(typing) And then they would start looking at codes and ciphers related to hands and fingerprints.

Then they would notice something.

That same weird hand appears four times on my body.

They'd get an idea.

They would get an idea, and they would... map the body like a grid and overlay the four hand tattoos.

The letters that appear in the same position on all four tattoos are the ones to isolate.

It's all scrambled.

You said you'd always be here.

Wait a second... what if that's the cipher?

"We'll always be here when you need us."

(beeping) Huh.

"Alice Through the Looking Glass."

(Jane) What is that?

It's Taylor's.

Taylor Shaw's doll?

Is that the answer?

Taylor... Shaw...

(beep)

Uh... Jane.

(beep)

(sighs) Remi?

(beep)

Your real name is Alice Kruger.

Alice...

(beep beep)

Ah! It's me.

Before I was Remi or Jane.

You're-- you're me before anything bad happened.

You're Alice Kruger.

(panel trilling)

(chirps)

(door unlocks)

Well, if it isn't Jane Doe, FBI.

It's time for you to go.

You wanna k*ll me? Be my guest.

Uhh! (high-pitched tone)

(grunting)

That's what I thought.

(Jane grunting)

(Williams) Temperature's spiking.

Blood pressure, respiratory rate dropping.

Heart rate's completely erratic.

She's been under too long.

Come on, Jane.

(alarm beeping)

Jane. Jane! Don't give up.

I never gave up on you.

Don't you give up on me.

(grunts)

(both grunting)

Do it! k*ll her!

You think you're so righteous?

That you deserve this?

(groaning)

You were nothing but a device, a vessel, so that we could get what we want.

(grunts)

You're not a person.

You're a blip.

An anomaly on a brain scan.

Besides, I was here first.

(Jane panting)

No, you weren't. Alice was.

And you're not the enemy. Shepherd is.

She did this to us.

Keeping you alone... suspicious, wielding you like a w*apon, filling you with fear and hate.

(scoffs) Nice try.

But if I'm alone then so are you.

No. No, I'm not.

(monitors buzzing)

I have something Shepherd never gave us.

People who care about me.

Who are there for me whenever I need them.

(Shepherd) Give it up.

Walk away... or I k*ll the girl.

(scoffs) It's too late.

You already did.

No... there's another.

This wasn't your fault.

And I'm not here to defeat you.

I'm here to make peace with you.

Peace?

We're not as different as you think we are.

We were both that little girl once before Shepherd took that away from us.

I'm nothing like you.

No, you're wrong.

I remember what you did when you were out there pretending to be me.

I remember the bad, and I remember the good.

All the lives you saved.

Strategy... to buy their trust.

Did you hear what I said? I said I remember.

We are the same, two sides of one coin.

But we can't be free until we break her hold on us once and for all.

And how do we do that?

Remi, don't listen to her.

Together. You and me.

You don't have to be what she says you are.

And you don't have to be alone.

And whatever you did... whatever we did... I forgive you.

(pieces clattering)

(office chatter)

(gasps)

(Weller) Hey!

(Williams) We got her.

Jane! Is it you?

(weakly) Kurt?

It's me. It's Jane.

I'm back.

(Jane grunting)

I thought I lost you.

(softly) I thought I lost me, too.

Oh, here...

I-- I remember... everything.

My memories and...

Remi's, as bad as a lot of them are.

But for the first time in my life, I feel like a whole person.

(sniffles) What?

Shut up, you're crying.

I'll let you guys catch up.

You helped bring me back?

It was a team effort.

Thank you. I'm Jane.

It is nice to meet you, Jane.

Stay here, you need to rest.

I'll be back soon.

I broke Shepherd out of the black site.

When I was-- when I was Remi, I went and I--

Yeah. We know.

It's okay. You weren't yourself.

We'll figure out a way to explain that to Weitz and the CIA when the time is right.

No, no, I mean I know where she is.

I can take you to her right now.

No. No, no, no.

Okay? You've been through enough already.

So, you tell us the address and-- and we'll go.

Yeah, I wouldn't trust me yet, either.

This is all the proof we need.

You're back. But, yes, more is better, and we can run all of the tests, but... we should get you to the hospital right now.

Rich, do you want to go with her?

You got it.

I will arrange for the ambulance.

Okay. And, Patterson... let's go get Shepherd.

(softly) Kurt...

I'm so sorry.

For everything I did to you, for the lies I told you.

Shh, shh, shh.

It's okay. Doesn't matter.

You're back... and I love you.

I love you.

All right.

Get her.

(gate bangs open)

(agent #1) Clear!

(agent #2) Clear!

She's gone.

(Patterson sighs) You don't think...

Jane misremembered, do you?

Or... Or what?

Intentionally misled us? No, I don't.

Now, can you stay here? Keep working with Forensics.

We need something that tells us where Shepherd went.

Security detail will be taking Jane home from the hospital soon.

I'm gonna go and check on her, see if she remembers anything that might be useful to us.

(door latch clicking)

Jane? I'm home.

(both grunting, g*nsh*t)

Where's Remi? What did you do to her?!

(growling) She's gone.

I don't believe you! She'll come for me.

(g*nshots)

Are you okay?

I'm fine.

(breathing heavily)

I'm get-- I'm getting some very mixed signals from you lately.

Is this any way to treat your mother?

A mother would never have done what you did to me and Roman.

But you can't hurt us anymore.

Or anyone else. It's over.

You lost.

I love you.

(crying)

And your brother... in my own way.

Maybe that's true, and maybe it isn't.

I don't even know if you know.

But everything you did brought me to where I am now.

And I like who I am.

(Shepherd gasping)

(exhales)

Good-bye, Shepherd.

Okay, ready?

Yeah, I am.

He-hey, there she is!

Wow. How are you feeling?

I'm, um... ahem.

Like a new woman.

The good one.

We saw your CT scan and your MRI and your psych eval and your polygraph.

Welcome back.

(Weller) And on that note, I believe this is yours, Agent Doe.

Okay, this is nice here, right?

Finally, one big happy family again.

No more lies, no more...

(elevator dings)

...drama.

(Reade) Let's go.

So much for the one big happy family.

(man) Greg, move your head.