01x03 - Before I Forget

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01x03 - Before I Forget

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Table on the left.

You good?

I'm good.

You need to come with me.

Carter! What did you do?

Why did you sh**t Henry?

(Stammering) I don't remember.

I don't remember anything.

Be reasonable, Carter.

I went back to check some of my own
personnel files, and they'd been classified.

(Laughing)
I mean, they're my files.

It's not my fault that there
are things about yourself

that you're just
not cleared to know.

Yeah, I'd hate to stumble across something
that if I told me, I'd have to k*ll me.

Right? What's next?

They going to classify the contents
of my fridge, my undennear drawer?

You think agents of a foreign
government would be after your undennear?

Maybe. I can pretty up
when I want to.

Jack, come here. I want you
to meet two of my oldest friends.

(Chuckling)

Kim, this is the new
sheriff, Jack Carter.

Good to meet you.
Good to meet you.

And the man himself,
Jason Anderson.

Hey. A pleasure, sheriff.

Good to meet you.

Morning.

Sarah, coffee, black.

SARAH: Parental override
initiated. Decaffeinated tea for Zoe.

Oh, come on. I was up all
night reading Shakespeare.

Uh-huh. You're really into
that school play, huh?

Yeah. You know...

I think drama club is really
helping me find myself emotionally.

I feel like I'm really
starting to fit in.

How many classes you
get to skip for rehearsal?

Last period every day.
Including geometry. Love drama.

That's what I thought.

Do you remember my
school plays when I was a kid?

Mmm-hmm.

Remember third grade,
parade of nutrition?

You remember my cucumber outfit?

Mmm-hmm. Do you?

Yes.

Zoe, you were the cutest
cucumber in the garden.

I was a tomato, actually.

Oh, yeah.

You weren't at
parade of nutrition.

I knew you were a vegetable.

In fact, you weren't
at anything I ever did.

Come on, it's not like you
did anything in those plays.

You just sort of sat there
looking...

I sat there looking...

Come on, Zoe.

Work was crazy back then.

But it's different here.

SARAH: There's a visitor
at the door.

It is different.

Mmm-hmm. It is.

Mmm-hmm.

SARAH: Alert.
There's a visitor at the door.

Nobody there, Sarah.

All right, don't tune me out
with the newspaper.

I invented tuning out
with the newspaper.

Forget I said anything.

SARAH: Alert. There's
a visitor at the door. Hey.

Sarah, there's nobody
at the door!

Hello, sheriff.

I'm Putnam.
I go to Zoe's school.

Theatrical director?
What are you, like, 11?

He's a senior. Twelve, actually.

Put it in gear, lamb chop, I wanna
run through act one before first period.

Space is time, time is
relative, and all of it's money.

I gotta grab my costume from Vincent after
school and then I have rehearsal until 6:00.

You asked Vincent
to make your costume?

Sir, you should know, your
daughter's an incredible talent.

Her audition, she was
blackbody radiation in 1901.

Changed the paradigm.

Let's roll.

Oh, yeah,
and a tomato is a fruit.

HENRY: Hey. Table food has
always been community property.

Uh-uh!

You remember Thailand?

(Speaking foreign language)

(Speaking foreign language)

(Chuckling)

It is good to have you back.
Stealing my breakfast.

Well, don't get used to it.

We finish this project for
stark, we're off to Geneva.

Oh, no. I know. I know. I know.

But Jason doesn't like
staying anyplace for too long.

And he does his
best work on the road.

Well, you can't
argue with results.

Hey, listen,
Jason would never ask,

but we could use
your help on this one.

What? The wonder
twins do not need my help.

We do.

We're stuck, and stark's already
scheduled a d.O.D. Field test.

Come on, it'll be fun.

Like those all-nighters
we used to pull at jpl.

All right. All right.

Ta-da! Fetching.

I thought Zoe was
picking this up.

Yeah, I'm saving her the trip.

Be careful with the tentacles.

I thought they were doing Shakespeare.
Putnam's re-imagining it. He's...

He's a visionary. And I
thought he was just annoying.

None of the white stuff, right?

Hey, hands off the wife.

I was just recruiting him to
help us out on the body armor.

Ah, just like old times. Yeah.

Speaking of which... yeah.

See you there? Yes.

Henry, I gotta fly before
stark has an aneurysm

because we're being way
overpaid to pinch-hit on this project.

But listen, if you can
help us cr*ck it,

there's a very expensive
bottle of scotch in it for you.

A very expensive
bottle of scotch.

Done.

Excuse me. I don't
mean to be a hardass,

but blocking a police
vehicle, not a very good idea.

My apologies, sheriff.
I'll get right on it.

All right.

Nice costume.

Healthy ego on your
buddy. Oh, yeah.

Jason has more patents than
the fortune 500 combined.

Universities throw grants at him just
to rub up against their blackboards.

What about his wife? Amazing.

Amazing scientist.

No, I meant, what about
his wife and you?

I saw you talking.

We're friends. Uh-huh.

Uh-huh.

When weren't you friends?

Come on, man, it's obvious.

Long time ago.

We worked together for years.

And...

I was best man at their wedding
and the rest is ancient history.

I'll catch you later.

(b*ll*ts clattering)

Kinetic absorption complete. The protective
energy conversion field is holding.

Napalm.

(Alarm beeping)

There's a breakdown
when the protective field

tries to cross-convert
thermal and kinetic energy.

That's exactly right.

The army was promised
indestructible force field body armor

based on your
preliminary designs.

Field demonstration's tomorrow.

Even without the fix, this still
could save thousands of lives.

Not just soldiers.
Police, firemen...

The goal is to allow 12 men

to be able to clear out an
entire insurgent stronghold.

Army's all stocked up on
insurgent strongholds right now.

You get paid to produce results.

I get paid regardless.

Field test is tomorrow.

I know you won't let me down.

I'm going for a drive,
clear my head.

We can adjust the
feedback loop. Just...

I haven't failed in 15 years.
I'm not going to start now.

Who's gonna make the coffee?

All right, insert tab epsilon
into slot gamma.

Okay.

Who writes instructions
with Greek letters, anyway?

Greeks? I thought they
were doing Shakespeare.

A midsummer night's dream.
Putnam changed it.

Putnam. The kid's a visionary.

Yeah, well, I think he
has a crush on Zoe.

It's cute. It's all very normal.

Normal is good. Normal's
very good, the more the better.

My mom used to make my costumes.

You used to do theater?

Believe it or not, Carter, I didn't have
childhood dreams of becoming a commando.

So you went from being told to
break a leg, to actually breaking them.

Enjoying yourself?

Yeah. But I gotta get this
to Zoe before rehearsal.

Trying to score some points.

Tell her to break a
leg for me. Thanks.

Yes.

ELECTRONIC VOICE:
Approaching car, 60 miles per hour.

(Siren wailing)

What do we have here?

Sheriff, Dr. Anderson is
under a great deal of stress.

We're in a dynamic
therapy session.

I'll bet you are.

This isn't what
you think, sheriff.

My concern about this is that you're
doing 60 in a 30-mile-an-hour zone.

Then why don't you just
write me a ticket?

That's exactly
what I'm gonna do.

I just... I gotta get
my ticket book.

What are you waiting for?

Hey! Get back in the car.

I'm sorry, sheriff,
we can't be seen together.

Well, you can get right on
your way just as soon as I...

(Chuckles)

Got it. Right.

Now, back in your car.

Get back in yours.

Are we gonna have a problem?

Looks that way.

Yeah.

Jo, this is Carter. We're gonna
need some backup on old post road,

somebody's in a lot of trouble.

JO: Be right there. Over.

(Car door closes)

Where's the perp? You called me.

Why did you call me?

I can't remember.

What do you got?

You forgot the hamiltonian.
No, I didn't, just keep going.

I got it. All right.

So the electrodynamics work.
The force field works.

We just can't finish the algorithm
for the software to run the conversion.

Mmm-hmm.

You know what?

It's time for more coffee.
Dive in.

KIM: There's no point.

Jason will solve it again.
You'll see.

Oh, come on, we can cr*ck this.

I've seen it a million times,
Henry.

It's his gift.

He'll just take it all in
and he just sees the answer.

It's amazing.

You don't sound amazed.

Well, sometimes playing
second fiddle can be a little tiring.

You are not second to anything.

You and I can solve this.

Together.

Okay.

I didn't go for
that long a drive.

We pulled up all the research.
I double-checked...

(Murmuring)

You got the force vectors.

Well, Henry got
the force vectors.

That funky Russian math
you use is like a fingerprint.

All right.

(Inaudible)

T. That is it.

It works. You son of a...

You saved us again.

You and Henry laid it all out.

You solved the
force field problem.

I couldn't have
done it without you.

(Groans)

Look, my dad took my costume for reasons I
can't imagine, and I don't know where he is.

Zoe, no, you don't have your
costume, you can't rehearse.

I must see my vision.
Puck! Where's my puck?

I'm gonna k*ll my father. Speak!

(Clears throat)

If we shadows have offended,
think but this, and all...

Is mended.

Putnam, I can't do study hall.

Think but this,
and all is mended.

That you have but...

That you have
but slumbered here.

Slumbered here, okay?

Sorry, Zoe.

I can't break the rules for
you. People will talk about us.

Dad. Now, the jetpack.

(Beeps)

(Inaudible)

(Rapid beeping)

(Exclaiming)

(Crashing)

(Coughing)

Note to self;

Adjust the fuel mix
in the jetpack.

(Crashing)

Note to self; Find new puck.

What fools these mortals be.

It's called a senior moment.

Soon you'll be driving, just that
one right blinker going nonstop.

No. I mean, I...

I took my ticket book
out of the car for a reason.

I need Henry. Was this on
the way to or from Zoe's school?

Oh, no. She's gonna k*ll me.

She's right to k*ll me.

Hey, Jack... Henry, I wanted
to ask you about losing time.

Have you gotten any reports
on anybody who's lost time?

So 10 minutes?

Maybe more. I was at global
dynamics, so it could be section five.

No. No, I was out by the farm.

I must have called Jo.

We digitize all the audio,
including the radio calls.

Time code says you called me
two minutes before I got there.

Jo, it's Carter.

I need some backup
on old post road,

somebody's in a lot of trouble.

Wow.

I don't remember saying that.

But I must have
pulled someone over.

The ticket's gone.
Carbon's missing, too.

Well, I can put that under
a uv scope. It'll high...

Or you could just draw over it.

Same thing.

Okay.

First four of the plate
are n-I-d-5.

Are you serious?

Nid-563.

I passed that car
on the way out to see you.

And Jason was there
when I lost time.

Table on the left.

You good?

I'm good.

You need to come with me.

(Grunting)

Carter!

What did you do?

Why did you sh**t Henry?

I didn't.

(Stammering) I don't remember.

I don't remember anything.

Sorry, Carter, I have to
keep your badge and g*n.

(Groans) No.

No. Whatever happened,
it wasn't Jack's fault.

There's no way I could
intentionally hurt Henry.

Protocol for discharge of a
w*apon, injuring a civilian...

And what does your protocol
say about the fact that nobody,

absolutely nobody,
remembers what happened?

I've got nothing, and all
the cafe witnesses are fuzzy.

Last thing I remember
I was in my office.

Allison, we have to
figure this thing out.

I'm sorry, Carter.

Sarah, door.

SARAH: Sheriff.
Down in front, please.

What?

Up and down, up and down.

I will bring them up and down.

I am feared in field and town.

Goblin lead them up and down.

Here comes one now.

I know I've been forgetting a lot of stuff
today, but I know this is my living room.

SARAH: Shh!
Rehearsal in progress.

Sorry. I was just
checking her blocking.

Oh, crap. I have
your costume in my car.

Yeah, luckily for you,
I don't need it,

because I have a new part
with a new costume.

I was trying to help.

I know. Just don't
ever do it again.

What? That's not fair.

Uh-uh. Promise.
Putnam, put this on tape.

Aw, come on.

Okay.

I promise.

Clever little set-up.

PUTNAM: That's a holographic
generator I invented.

Theater's about
creating illusion.

The device helps me
realize the vision.

Zoe, take it from
where puck arrives.

With oberon? Right,

and puck uses his magic to make
titania and bottom wake from their spell.

ZOE: Okay.

(Clears throat)

Now, when thou wakest,
with thine own fool's eyes peep.

Did you wish to add something?

Putnam, you're a genius.

Sarah, door.

True.

SARAH: Putnam, can I offer
a few small notes?

Everybody's a critic.

Spring-cleaning?

Somebody's done something
to us. We just don't know what.

He can make us not see, or
move through time, or just blank out.

Okay.

We all forgot, all of us?

I mean, Henry gets sh*t
and no one saw anything?

Come on, Jo.

We're being pucked with.

Your argument is so strong. It's
almost petty of me to ask, "how?"

He's got a thing.

A thing?
Yeah, a gizmo. A device.

Has to be a device.

Do you have a piece of
device-orientated evidence?

No, but look.

What's my ticket book
doing there?

It's gathering dust.

That's right.
I always have it in my car.

In the trunk, on the
floor. And yet, here it is.

I remember doing that.

Okay, this is weird.

Okay, big one for you.

Hey, you okay?

Yeah. Just...

Just thinking.

Well, less thinking and more eating. I
mean, Vincent gave us way too much.

You know how much
I love tandoori.

Mmm-hmm.

Hey, how are you really feeling?

Better now.

What?

This is weirder.

CARTER: Jason Anderson.

What if Jason was at cafe
diem, that's why we were there?

We can't prove that. Vincent.

Check the receipts.

See if Vincent made
a meal for Jason today.

Okay. And where
are you gonna go?

I got to go see
a guy about a thing.

Device. Gizmo. Just...

But there's something else
we have to do first.

I heard they
suspended the sheriff.

It's not his fault
what happened.

What did happen?
I'm not really sure.

I have this blank spot
that I just cannot fill in.

I know the feeling.

What happened before with us?
I've been trying to remember.

Did you say something, or did I?

Look, if we were
meant to be together,

you wouldn't have
wound up with Jason.

Whatever it was, an argument,
a sulk that went on too long,

I'm just...

I'm just grateful that we were
able to salvage our friendship.

Did we ever even kiss?

Couldn't have been that
great a kiss if you have to ask.

I thought you were suspended.
You worried to see me?

You sh*t my friend, so yes.

I figured it all out.
I know what you're up to.

In regards to?
I know you have a device

that can create a wormhole, or
bend time or make you invisible.

A wormholing, time-bending, invisibling
device that shields you from the mind.

Yes. He said invisibling.

No! Allison: Carter!

You're already under suspension.

Carter! Stop it!
Why are you doing this?

There. That's the device
that invades your mind.

It also starts my car.

ALLISON: Okay, just let go of
him. Get out of here while you can.

What does he have to do to get
fired, sh**t another innocent person?

Good question. Allison?

Okay, you guys do your job.
I'll do mine.

Carter!

BEVERLY: It's a little unorthodox,
but I've dealt with worse.

How are you so strong?

I'm small, but I'm scrappy.

I don't need therapy.

Maybe not, but if it keeps
you away from Jason Anderson

until after the dod. Test this
afternoon, consider it time well spent.

Fifty minutes.
Not a second less.

(Door closes)

Okay. Come on, Jo.

Oh, that's not my call, Carter.

I'll be at cafe diem
if you need anything.

(Groans)

Well, I've had resistant patients,
but you've set a new benchmark.

I don't have time for this.

I understand Henry's doing well?

Well, yeah, aside from the
b*llet hole, yeah, he's doing great.

How do you feel
about what happened?

I don't know what happened.

I mean, I was trying to find out,
but I can't do that from in here.

Sheriff... Beverly,

no offense, I really, really
don't want to do this.

I get that. Okay.

But since we're both here, we
might as well talk about something.

I mean, who knows, I might
even be helpful if you let me.

Okay.

All right.

Do you know any way that someone
could make people forget things?

Hypnotherapy could potentially
be used to trigger memory loss.

No. Nobody could
hypnotize me that fast.

And it wasn'tjust me,
it was everybody at cafe diem.

You'd be surprised
what the true masters can do.

Do you know Jason Anderson?

I've met him in passing.

Yeah.

He and Henry go way back.

I don't trust him.

Do you trust Henry? Of course.

Then shouldn't you trust
Henry's opinion of Dr. Anderson?

I don't even know
his opinion of Dr. Anderson.

I should ask him. That's not
exactly where I was driving.

Well, but we all get different
things from therapy, right?

I mean, I need to see Henry, that
would help me in my processing.

That's what you'd recommend,
right?

Under normal circumstances,
yes, but_ great.

So, I can go?

Absolutely.

In 46 minutes.

JASON: Don't wander off too
far. The test is in a couple of hours.

Not to mention, that crazy
sheriff is still out there.

He does seem fixated on you.

Yeah, well, he's just trying to
deflect his guilt over sh**ting Henry.

Do you think he
intentionally sh*t Henry?

Doesn't everyone?

I mean, Kim, come on,
they found this nutjob

standing over our friend
with a smoking g*n.

How else do you explain that?

I don't know.

There seem to be an awful lot of things around
here lately that require an explanation.

Solve it again. What?

Looking at it, I know I
can do it. I can solve it.

But I want to watch you
do it again.

What did you do?

Come in here,
bring in some coffee,

see that Henry and I
already solved the problem?

Erase the board, erase us, and stroll
back in here like it was the first time?

Looking for this?

Something is going on.

There's just too many
weird coincidences

for this to be just
about you losing it.

Last night I had a theory
about your buddy, Jason.

Jason? Yeah, hke_.

That he had a device
of some kind.

Oh, that at least
narrows it down.

Oh, don't you start up.

You know,
a device that could, like,

erase short bursts of time,
or how we perceive them.

Almost like he can make us
forget all about him.

CARTER: What?

Not just about him.

He can make us forget
about whatever he wants.

And that's not crazy?
Not at all.

Jason...

Jason Anderson has a machine
that can wipe out short-term memory.

How can you be so sure?

Because I built it 20 years ago.

I had a theory that a
properly modulated em burst

could change the electrical
properties of your brain cells.

Unbind short-term memory before
they can imprint as long-term memory.

So you have one, too? No.

While I was developing it, with Jason,
I could never get a single test to work.

Not one that you
remember, anyway.

Now I know what the son
of a bitch has been up to.

Jo, this is Carter. Look, I may
need that backup we talked about.

Meet me in the
global dynamics lobby.

You're not storming into a test
session with one of the joint chiefs.

Jason Anderson has a...
A device.

A device. Oh, great. You, too?

He can erase short-term memory.

Why would he do that?

Pull Kim's personnel files,
and Jason's.

All the records back to
college. That'll show us why.

Make sure those are armored
piercing rounds. I want the works.

You sure about this?

We tested the force field
six times.

Pentagon sees this, they're gonna
jam us into production right away.

Good for us,
good for global dynamics.

And whose insane idea was this?

I don't remember.
We were talking...

I think it was mine.

Must be.

Kim is far too sensible
to try something like this.

Good luck.

Here.

(Laughs)

Here.

Here.

Oh, and look, here.

All of Jason's breakthroughs
were fields Kim pioneered.

This is Jason Anderson
we're talking about here.

This is yourfriend, Henry.
I thought he was.

But Kim's the real genius.

He's been stealing
her work for decades.

What about all the other
research projects he's helped on?

Wait for the team to make the
breakthrough and then wipe them out.

Cover your tracks and
then ride in and save the day.

This is monstrous.

Twenty minutes at a time.

How many times do you think?

Kim... add it up, Henry.

He took a lot more than
20 minutes of my memory.

He took my life.

I know.

We'll make this right, Kim.

I already have.

Carter, what are you doing
here? You're under suspension.

We had a...

It was...

It was important.

(Scoffs)

You might want to
put these on, sir.

MAN: Clear the area
for live a*mo test.

(Alarm blaring)

Okay, would love to stay here and play with
you two all day, but I have work to do.

You have no idea
why I'm here, do you?

Wow.

What...

Hidden camera.

Saw the whole thing.

Initiate test on my Mark.

Three, two, one.

Stop!

CARTER: Don't.

Kim, wait.

Don't. Please.

I am leaving.

I can run and you won't even
know why you should chase me.

You haven't run away
from anything in your life.

How do you know?

I don't... I don't know
anything anymore.

Maybe I cheated on him.

How many times did I catch Jason
cheating on me and he made it all better?

Maybe I left him.

How many times did I tell Jason

I'm leaving, and I walk out that
door and boom, none of it happened?

Whatever he took from you,

from everybody, is unforgivable.

But you cannot k*ll him for it.

Henry, what did he
take from you?

Why can't we remember
if we ever even kissed?

Remember our biggest fight?

Remember when you told Jason
it was okay to ask me out?

Do you?

More than 20 years ago. I...

We had to move on. I had to.

Henry, if he stole us...

Stark, what's going on?

Someone's about
to lose their job.

Nathan, there's something
you should know.

Sheriff, you're standing
in the way of science.

Jason, the camera never lies.

My daughter taught me that.

I had Jo rig me up
with this digital video,

and we just finished
watching the surveillance feed.

We know about your memory wiper,

which is a device that
Henry built and you stole.

A memory wiper. Stark,
are you listening to this?

Can you have
this maniac hauled off?

I outsmarted you.

Now I know you're hallucinating.

Activate the damn test.

I'll get that.
Okay, fair enough.

I mean, you're 100% certain
that you're smarter than me.

Are you smarter than Kim?

I mean, she's the one that
programmed your very fancy little vest.

I double-checked the algorithms.

Sure, and if Jason Anderson is
the genius everybody says he is,

then there's no way you're in any
danger. But, if Kim's the real genius,

then you have no way of
knowing if she sabotaged that vest.

But, if you're smarter than her, then
there's no way she could have figured it out.

If she had a problem,
she would have said something.

Maybe she did, and you
just don't remember it.

There's no way
she'd play you, right?

I mean, you're Jason Anderson.

You're the genius, not her.
So let's fire this puppy up.

No! No!

I think it's time
for you to go, Jason.

Stark, come on.

Cash that check quick.

It's the last one
you're gonna see.

General. Yes, sir.

How could you do this?

I just wanted what you had.

You and Henry.

Look, I did what I had to do
but I gave you a good life.

No. You took it.

What can I say, Henry?
I'm sorry.

If I hadn't come when I did...

He would have been fine.

Even though you stole
my life, I couldn't take yours.

The vest works.

I just turned down the power
so you'd get banged up a bit.

Is that right?

(Grunting)

Even I saw that one coming.

KIM: Henry.

Hey. I thought maybe
you'd changed your mind.

No, I had some thinking to do.

Sure. You know,
a lot's happened.

If you don't wanna do this,
I understand.

Stark offered me
a position at g.D.

Oh. Yeah.

So I'd stay here in...
Are you...

Considering it?

Yeah. Well, that's good.

Ah, well, for the town.
I mean, you know,

no question you'd be an asset.

I remember that.

GIRL: Ladies and gentlemen,
please take your seats.

A midsummer night's invasion
is about to begin.

(Laughing)

Where are my cybernetic
faeries? Faeries, assemble.

Excuse me.
CARTER: Yeah.

The backstage is for...
Two seconds, two seconds.

Hey. These are for you. Dad?

I'm psyching up. I know.

I just wanted you to know
that I'm here, this time.

You're gonna be great.

Break a leg.

Thanks, dad.

If we shadows have offended,

think but this,
and all is mended,

that you have but slumbered here

and these visions did appear.

And, as I am an honest puck,

if we have unearned luck,

now to escape
the serpent's tongue,

we will make amends ere long.

Else the puck a liar call,
so, good night unto you all.

Give me your hands,
if we be friends,

and Robin shall restore amends!

(Whoops)

Oh, she was amazing.
And her costume is terrific.

Oh, my god, all the drama
they put us through as parents,

and these are the moments
we're gonna remember the most.

If we're lucky.

(Whooping)
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