01x04 - Enigma

[bunniefuu]

[NAOMI] Last time on Naomi...

[DEE] Having powers doesn't
mean you're ready to use them.

[ZUMBADO] I didn't just find
the disc, Akira. I found the girl.

Her powers are beginning to manifest.

This world isn't safe anymore.

[NAOMI] Thanks for this.

[NATHAN] Anything for you.

Even though you, uh, dumped me.

It doesn't change
the way I feel about you.

[NAOMI] I was able to translate
the markings on the disc.

It says "The Twenty-Nine".

[JENNIFER] We have
something to tell you.

[NAOMI] What is this?

This is where we found you.

["LET MY LOVE OPEN THE DOOR" PLAYING]

[GREG] The story of how
you came into our lives

begins a long time ago.

♪ When people keep repeating ♪

♪ That you'll never fall in love ♪

♪ And everybody keeps retreating ♪

[GREG] Before we found you...

♪ But you can't seem to get enough ♪

... we had to find each other.

♪ Let my love open the door ♪

♪ Let my love open the door ♪

♪ Let my love open the door ♪

♪ To your heart ♪

[CROWD CHEERING, APPLAUDING]

♪ I can stop you falling apart ♪

♪ Try today you know your sway ♪

♪ Come on and give me a chance to say ♪

♪ Let my love open the door ♪

♪ Let my love ♪

[LOUD BOOM]

♪ Open the door... ♪

[WHIRRING OVERHEAD]

[BABY COOING]

[BABY COOING]

You said that you adopted me
someplace on the East Coast.

You said that it was a closed adoption.

But you really found me here.
In the woods, on a rock.

I've spent my whole life
imagining my birth parents.

Who they are, where they're from.

Who I really am.

Which you both knew this whole time.

We should have told you.
We are truly sorry.

But we don't know any of those details.

We never did.

I tried to find out. I used every
government contact I had.

But there was nothing.

All we knew is that you came
from somewhere...

- up there.
- But how did I get here?

Did I come in some kind of spaceship?

There was no spaceship. No wreckage.

Just you.

Someone just left me here?

We don't know that.

Maybe your birth parents
sent you here to protect you.

Maybe they saved you.

Don't assume the worst in them.

I know that you're sorry

and I understand the circumstances.

But why didn't you tell me sooner?

We kept saying we'd do it
when you were older.

But you seemed happy.
So were we. We felt...

normal.

It was wrong not to tell you.

And we understand if you hate us.

But we really hope, maybe one day,

you might be able to forgive us.

[ANNABELLE] And you did?

- You forgave them?
- Pretty much.

I can't believe Greg and Jen
have been lying to you.

I can't believe they've
been lying to me.

I told my parents everything.

About Dee, about Zumbado,
about the disc.

My mom does that thing where she gets

really teary and quietly
stresses about me.

And my dad went with a lecture.

Greg, no! Read the room.

He just said that I have
to be more careful.

I don't know anything more
than I did yesterday.

Except for the fact that
your parents have been keeping

a giant secret for, like,
your entire life.

You seem surprisingly chill about this.

Everything's finally back to normal.

No more secrets. No more weirdness.

I guess I just wanna keep it that way.

Babe, you're an alien, not a robot.

What am I supposed to do?

- [SCHOOL BELL RINGS]
- Yell? Cry? Scream into my pillow?

All of the above. All of the above.

Ladies, we have a big problem.

Is that dried fruit?

Esme decided to help us make
"healthier lifestyle choices".

Since when does a class president
get to decide on snacks?

She's a monster.

First, no off-campus lunches
and now a sugar ban?

Maybe we should organize a recall.

That's exactly what we should do.

- I... I was kidding.
- Yeah. It's a real thing.

All we have to do is to find
someone to run against Esme.

Someone who can actually b*at her.

[BOY] Yeah, Naomi.

- [GIRL] If anyone can do it, it's you.
- Me?

- [BOY] Just do it.
- No, no. Guys, that's not what I meant.

Come on, you'd be great.

Weren't you planning on
running next year anyway?

Well, yeah, I was, but now...

I'm just not sure it's the best idea.

She kind of has a lot on her plate.

Naomi, we can't let this stand.

There are pistachios in there.

Please, Naomi. Save us.

[GIRL] Please.

[CROWD CHATTERING]

Okay. Yeah. Yeah. I'm in.

- [ALL CHEERING]
- Let's take back our candy bars.

Down with almonds!

- Easy. Easy.
- [BREATHING HEAVILY]

Focus on precise, calculated movements.

[PANTING]

Dee, I'm so sorry. I didn't
even know I could do that.

[PANTS]

[TILES CLANKING]

[DEE] Naomi, it's okay.

It's okay.

Really.

Maybe next session, we'll
start the meditation training.

I'm not really into the whole yoga
pants on a mountaintop thing.

Meditation is about
being aware and present.

A mind that isn't aware of its emotions

is at risk of being controlled by them.

Is there, um, something on your mind?

[EXHALES]

Yeah, I found out my parents

have known I'm from
another planet all along.

They took me into the
woods and showed me

this rock where they found me.

That explains the, uh, punching bag.

- That must have been difficult.
- I'm fine.

It was just weird.

I also told them about you.

And now they want you to come to dinner.

I'm so sorry, I should've asked.

It just happened so fast.

Well, I appreciate your honesty.

I think the worst part

is my parents weren't able
to tell me anything

about where I'm from or who I am.

[DEE SIGHS]

For someone to send you here...

the situation must have been very bad.

What do you mean?

The universe is vast.

There are more planets than
humans have even counted.

More than they can imagine.

I don't even know all of them myself.

But there's a hierarchy.

Some planets are strong,
others are weak.

And there are a few

that are considered
the most special of all.

- You think I'm from one of those planets?
- Yes.

Naomi, you are different.

I knew it from the first time
I sensed you.

Your powers, your energy.

It's rare.

I may not know who you are exactly...

but I know you're someone
very special in this universe.

You have great power.

[DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES]

[NAOMI] I'm here for my disc.

The real one.

You should go home, Naomi.

I'm not afraid of you.

Not many people do this by hand anymore.

The machine is easier.

Faster.

People prefer the convenience.

There's no substitute for the work.

These things take time.

I know who you are.

What you are.

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

I very much doubt that.

I know that you're not from this Earth.

And I know what the numbers
on the disc say.

The Twenty-Nine.

I've warned you, I've threatened you.

Yet here you are, so certain
that you know what's happening.

I'm not leaving without my disc.

It's real.

And you're just giving it to me.

Why would you do that?

I told you before.

Don't believe everything you think.

["RARARA" PLAYING]

♪ Ra, ra, ra ♪

♪ Everybody singing
just like la, la, la ♪

♪ Everybody shouting now
like ya, ya, ya ♪

♪ I don't care about it now,
like nah, nah, nah ♪

♪ I just learned all my
lessons da, da, da ♪

♪ Everybody cheering
just like ra, ra, ra ♪

♪ Everybody singing
just like la, la, la ♪

What the hell...

I have questions.

Many, many questions.

One, why did scary Zumbado
just give you the disc?

Two, are we worried that
the disc is going to explode?

Three, why does the disc always
want me to do math?

[NAOMI] These numbers were on the disc.

- It's a cipher.
- Clearly binary.

Might even be Vigenere or Caesar.

I used the monogram frequencies,

and the index of coincidence is . .

My little nerds.

I literally don't understand
a word you're saying.

All codes can be cracked.

You just have to find the right method.

I just haven't found it yet.

Don't feel bad.
Did you see Interstellar?

Even McConaughey struggled
with this sort of thing.

What if we ran a PCO algorithm?

Like the one we built in coding club?

That could work.

Although, it might take a while
to find the solution vectors.

Okay, then let's get started.

[PHONE RINGING]

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

Sir, what's happening?

It feels like we're under att*ck.

We might be, Major.

That blackout last night
sent our systems offline.

You suspect alien activity?

We detected electron diffusion

occurring within the region
just prior to the blackout.

A possible dimensional breach.

You think someone's arrived?

That's our working theory, yes.

That blackout

was the result of a massive energy draw.

Over a gigawatt.

Someone could do a lot of bad things

with that much energy.

Exactly.

We need to find out the
origin point of that blackout

and figure out what
the hell just happened.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

Hi.

Hi.

Forgot my book.

Isn't there a big campaign
thing happening right now?

Yeah, Annabelle thought we
should have an open Mic forum,

and Jacob brought his karaoke machine.

You're straight-up hiding right now.

What? No, I'm not.

- Okay, maybe a little.
- [CHUCKLES]

You know, "President McDuffie"
does have a nice ring to it.

But, uh...

are you sure this is
what you really want?

I was just taking a break, but...

You know, you're right.
I should get back.

That's not what I meant.

It just, uh, seems like

maybe your heart's not really in this.

[SIGHS] Everyone wants me to run.

So?

Who cares what they want?

You need to trust how you feel.

That's all that matters.

How are you always
so sure about everything?

[CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

I'm not sure about anything.

Well...

except for one thing.

- [DOOR OPENS]
- [ANNABELLE] Babe!

There you are. You missed
Jacob singing "The Boss".

- Epic.
- [JACOB] It really was.

[JACOB CHUCKLES]

Um, but I come bearing bad news.

Our algorithm failed us.

[SIGHS] I can't figure out
the code, either.

I think our method is too complicated.

We need something simple.

Like...

a Turing machine.

Is that the thing that makes
those little cups of coffee?

[LAUGHING] Turing.

As in, Alan Turing.

The mathematician
who developed a machine

to break the Nazis' Enigma code.

He was instrumental in helping
the Allies defeat Germany.

Not many people have
those anymore, though.

Mostly just hobbyists.

Then we need to find someone who does.

I hope that chicken's
not too dry. [LAUGHS]

I sometimes overcook it.

I'm sure it's delicious.

Mom, he has wings.

Like a bird?

Dee, I am so sorry. Please, let
me make you something else.

It... it's fine.

Uh, really, I'm okay.

[SIGHS]

Naomi, why don't you tell us

how your training with Dee is going?

Good.

He's teaching me how to box.

I had no idea how much
discipline it requires.

It's really about learning control.

We're introducing, uh, meditation next.

Oh, that's wonderful.

The recent science is very compelling.

I wouldn't have pegged you
as a New Agey kind of guy.

You know, then again,

I wouldn't have pegged you
as a guy who has wings.

Meditation is, uh, very centering.

Right.

You've been in Port Oswego
a long time, Dee.

Almost years.

Well, not the whole years.

Dad, what are you doing?

I'm just making conversation.

It's okay, Naomi.

I'm sure your father has
done his homework on me.

He's right.

I did leave town for a couple of years.

Actually, I left Earth entirely
back in .

Did you go back to your home planet?

I'd rather not talk about it.

You seem to be embracing
this whole "aliens are real" thing.

[JENNIFER CHUCKLES SOFTLY]

- Well, it definitely took some getting used to, but, uh...
- Yeah.

... we love our daughter.

Naomi tells me you found her, uh,

on a strange rock

in the woods.

Was there any kind of light
hovering above it?

No. Just our Naomi,
wrapped in a blanket.

Light... Why would there be any light?

It's an energy source.

Normally present at arrival events.

[CHUCKLING] Well, there
was nothing like that.

And there was no one else there?

That's right.

So, Naomi says your wings
can somehow sense

if a person isn't from this Earth.

Within a certain range.

And if they have powers.

That's how I knew Naomi

was not from this planet.

Which... which you told her
before we could.

Dad.

You only had years.

[ELECTRICITY BUZZING]

Looks like we need a new
bulb. [CHUCKLES]

[JENNIFER CHUCKLES NERVOUSLY]

Who's ready for dessert?

I should go.

It's getting late.

[DEE CLEARS THROAT]

Thank you for a, um, lovely dinner.

[DOOR OPENS]

[NATHAN] So, there's supposed
to be Turing machine in here?

I did this escape room last year in
Portland called Merlin's Revenge,

and it was awesome.

The one with the secret bookcase

- that leads to the magician's lair?
- [JACOB] Yeah.

Is anyone else a little
freaked out that we're, like...

trapped in here?

Dude, we're not actually trapped.

The owner said the Turing
machine was a part of this.

There must be a second room.

We have to b*at the game.

[UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING]

♪ I guess I'll never never know ♪

♪ I tried to piece it all together ♪

♪ I wish I could remember ♪

♪ I blacked out like a hero... ♪

Wait, so we're supposed to
solve the clue by smelling it?

I think we have to figure out the flower

by matching it to the smell.

It could be lavender.

Mmm, definitely not.

My mom had lavender
potpourri, and that smell

has been b*rned into my brain.

Lilac!

[ANNABELLE] There's the Turing machine.

♪ I tried to piece it all together ♪

♪ I wish I could remember ♪

♪ I blacked out like a hero ♪

I think these are coordinates.

[JACOB] There's also a description.

[NAOMI] A blonde woman with blue eyes.

[LOURDES] W.

[BELL DINGS]

For west.

- [ALL LAUGHING, CHEERING]
- Yes!

I think the first set of coordinates

is a street corner in Portland.

Why is she in Portland?

I have no idea.

But I'm gonna find out.

[LIQUID POURING]

- Morning.
- Morning, pumpkin.

Morning.

Might want to hold off on that bagel.

I'm making French toast.

[SIGHS] That's okay.

Um, I think I'll stick with the bagel.

Uh, we were hoping to have
a post-dinner "Dee-brief"

over breakfast.

Really? Nothing?

I mean, that was one of my best puns.

[CHUCKLES]

We just wanted to make sure you're okay.

Last night was a lot.

I'm fine.

But you guys were pretty harsh on Dee.

That wasn't our intention.

But how much do you really
know about him?

We just don't want you to get hurt.

You know, I think I should really go.

Uh, I have student council

and then I have a town hall meeting,
so I won't be home for dinner.

You're running for student
council? Since when?

- A couple of days ago.
- [GREG] Why didn't you tell us?

I mean, we're excellent
campaign advisers.

[JENNIFER AND GREG LAUGH]

It all just happened really fast.

You know, pumpkin, we threw
a lot at you the other night.

It's...

okay to be upset.

You can always be honest with us.

Always.

You know that, right?

I do know that.

And I'm fine.

Really.

I'll see you guys tonight?

See you tonight.

[MACHINE BEEPING]

Can I help you?

Just browsing, friend.

This area's off limits.

Off limits is just a matter
of price, isn't it?

Depends on what you're looking for.

It's hard to say.

The best cars are usually
hiding something.

Who are you?

What do you want?

Something rare,

valuable.

Powerful enough to be dangerous.

I'll know when I see it.

Something that dangerous...

you might get in over your head.

I wouldn't have come all this way

if I wasn't sure I could handle it.

Like I said, just browsing.

Then I suggest you look elsewhere.

You won't like what you find here.

[INDISTINCT CHATTER]

[NAOMI] Blonde hair.

Blue eyes.

["RUN WILD" PLAYING]

♪ Bad boy run wild ♪

♪ I'm on a mission and I won't stop... ♪

Wait!

♪ Don't judge me you only live once ♪

♪ Homies in the back
so we gotta live it up ♪

♪ Party in the lake
everybody get in now ♪

♪ Get it now, get it now get it now ♪

♪ Run wild ♪

♪ I'm on a mission and I won't stop ♪

♪ You gotta let me go
you gotta let me go ♪

[CAR ALARM BLARING]

[AKIRA] That was reckless.

You shouldn't have done that.

You might expose yourself.

Well, If you hadn't run,

I wouldn't have had to chase you.

You're not what I expected.

Did Zumbado send you?

You know Zumbado?

No. No, he didn't send me here.

Good. Zumbado is dangerous.

He's the one who ruined Earth- .

Earth- ?

Is that where you're from?

Is that where I'm from?

Where is it? What is it like?

It used to be beautiful.

Vibrant.

It was full of color and life.

But now... that's all gone,

thanks to him.

If Zumbado didn't send you,
you found me using the disc?

You shouldn't have activated it.

What do you know about the disc?

It's a mistake.

We thought we might need it
to find each other,

which we should have known
might be a bad idea.

Wait. Who would need to find each other?

Please.

Uh... just tell me who you are.

Tell me who I am.

This is hard to understand.

The less you know, the safer you are.

[TIRES SCREECH, CAR HONKING]

[MAN] Hey, watch where you're going!

["ALL MY TIME IS WASTED" PLAYING]

♪ Now, I'm running behind
it's a quarter till : ♪

♪ Headed to Spring Street ♪

Thanks for coming.

Aren't you gonna ask me
what I'm doing in Portland?

You'll tell me when you're ready.

Thanks for picking me up again.

I really didn't want
to bother my parents.

But you don't have to worry.

It's all fine.

You, uh... made a light bulb
flicker at dinner

during a tense moment with your parents.

Did you know that?

I can also make them explode. [CHUCKLES]

The light bulb's not the problem.

I didn't realize there was a problem.

There's a connection between
your emotions and your powers.

Ever since you found out
your parents have, uh,

not been honest...

have you been in more
or less control of them?

Are you gonna tell me

I need to be more honest
with my parents? [LAUGHS]

No.

You need to be honest with yourself.

Our next question is from AJ.

"Are you waging a w*r on candy?
If so, who hurt you?"

[ALL LAUGHING]

I appreciate AJ's concern,
but the candy situation

is about my concern for all of you.

Because you know what has hurt people?

- Sugar.
- [BOY GROANS]

We're in the middle of an epidemic...

[BOY] Give me a break.

Where is she?

She'll be here.

I've been texting her for an hour.

So, either her phone's dead,
she's dead, or we're dead.

Are we dead?

[GREG] Sir.

[STEEL] What do we have, Major?

A massive electromagnetic signal
just ripped through Port Oswego.

Every cell and radio tower within
miles just picked it up.

So we found our missing gigawatt.

You think this could be
another arrival event?

[GREG] No. No, this is different.

The signal's repeating.

The pulse frequency resembles
something like radar.

Like someone's searching?

Yes, sir.

The question is for what.

And now let's hear from our challenger.

Please welcome Naomi McDuffie.

[ALL CHEERING, APPLAUDING]

[MRS. VARADY] Our first
question is from Henry.

"Why should we vote for you?"

Um...

Before I start...

I just want to say,

whatever problems we have
with Esme's policies,

we shouldn't have with her.

No one cares about this school more.

And she's always been upfront
about what she's doing and why.

It's not always easy putting
yourself on the line like that.

We have some possible locations
for the signal, Major.

Putting it on your screen.

[LAPTOP BEEPING]

You recognize something?

No.

It's easier to wait for someone else

to take care of our problems.

Until one day you look up

and there are no candy bars
in the vending machine.

I guess what I'm trying to say is...

being honest about what you really

want and how you feel...

It's scary,

especially if you don't know
how others will react.

It makes you feel vulnerable.

It leaves room for rejection.

And It makes you feel weak.

But... [LAUGHS]

if we decide to face it

and be engaged and active,
despite the risk,

there's nothing that this
school can't do.

And I promise to do that.

And that's why you should vote for me.

[ALL CHEERING, APPLAUDING]

[INDISTINCT CHITTERING]

[ALL CHANTING] Candy! Candy! Candy!

[IMPERCEPTIBLE]

[GREG] Someone's looking for Naomi.

No wonder politicians are cranky.

I'm exhausted.

You know what would sound
so good right now?

Bed?

A double cheeseburger from Murray's.

No pickles, extra onions.

- Side of fries, extra crispy...
- I don't know.

I have a calc test first period,

and you know how cranky I am
if I don't get a solid six.

But you could get one of
those shakes that you love.

Double chocolate fudge
with whipped cream and...

Extra chocolate sprinkles.
Tiny slivers of magic.

You do know the way to my heart.

Fine. I'm in.

I have to get something from my locker,

but I'll meet you there?

[DOOR OPENS]

[DOOR CLOSES]

[SWOOSHING, CRACKLING]

[SWOOSHING]

[PANTING]

Who are you?

I'm here to take you back.

Take me back?

To Earth- .

There are a lot of people
looking for you.

Sorry. It's just business.

I'm not going anywhere with you.

I'm afraid you don't have choice.

[SWOOSHING]

[PANTING]

[PANTING]

[DRAMATIC SONG PLAYING]

♪ The time is now ♪

[BOTH GRUNTING]

♪ The time is now ♪

[BOTH GRUNTING]

♪ The time is now ♪

♪ The time is now ♪

♪ The time is now ♪

[NAOMI] Where is he?

♪ The time is now ♪

♪ If you haven't figured it out by now ♪

♪ You're in for a surprise ♪

I searched the campus.

He's gone.

You're safe now.

Who was he?

I believe he was a bounty hunter.

Bounty hunter?

From where?

[SIGHS]

There are many beings
like him in the multi-verse.

[SIGHS WEARILY]

He said that he was gonna
take me back to Earth- .

How did he even find me?

I don't know.

But you have an idea.

Dee, what are you not telling me?

I think his arrival

might be tied to the emergence
of your powers.

They could be acting as a magnet.

So there might be others that will come?

What if they find me?

Then they'll have to go through me.

You were right about my powers.

I tried to control them, but I couldn't.

I was too afraid.

The first step towards fixing a problem

is admitting you have one.

Acknowledging your true feelings

doesn't make you weak.

It makes you strong.

That kind of sounds like an oxymoron.

Can I tell you something?

Mmm-hmm.

This Q

is for Qyeala.

What does it mean?

To me, everything.

It's the name of the one I loved.

She's the reason why I left
the planet back in .

What happened to her?

I don't know.

But

I do know that life is short.

And I wish I had known back then...

how precious time is.

I wish I had...

told Q how much she meant to me.

Why didn't you tell her?

I was afraid.

I was too scared to love.

To say the things I felt.

Love is important, Naomi.

If you find it, you hold on to it.

Even when it scares you.

At hundred hours,
the signal went dead.

Alpha Team also found no sign of life

or a device at either of the sites.

So, whoever this was, just...

vanished.

For now.

We're monitoring it.

Alpha Leader said you detoured

prior to the arrival at the second site.

The data suggested a third site nearby.

I decided to investigate,
but I didn't find anything.

Thank you, Major.

[ROMANTIC POP SONG PLAYING]

- Hi.
- Hi.

That was some speech last night.

Guess this means I have

to start addressing you
as Madame President.

[CHUCKLES] No. I dropped out.

Good for you.

Does this mean you figured out
what you really want?

♪ The problem with
the words that I wrote ♪

♪ Is they do not describe this oh, no ♪

♪ Even if our hands don't come close ♪

♪ I will never leave you I won't ♪

[NAOMI] Yeah.

Yeah, actually it does.

♪ And it feels like ♪

♪ It goes like ♪

♪ Can we just drive? ♪

♪ Can we just drive? ♪