02x01 - Phoenix Rising

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FARGO: Previously on Eureka.

Relax, Carter.
It's a promotion.

You know, sometimes
it sucks having a dad
who's the town Smokey.

Well, sometimes it sucks
having a daughter
who's the town delinquent.

Dog!

(TIRES SCREECHING)

I'm Jack Carter.
He's a US Marshal.

I was an engineer.

As in trains?
Space shuttles.

Allison Blake,
Department of Defense.

CARTER:
Where are you taking me?
ALLISON: Welcome to Eureka.

ALLISON: A haven where the
world's greatest thinkers
could live and work.

You must be the new sheriff
I've heard so much about.
Nathan Stark.

Do you two have a history?
Not exactly.
He's my husband.

ALLISON: That's Section Five,
restricted to
m*llitary projects only.

NATHAN: We happen to be in
the most advanced scientific
facility in the world.

HENRY: The artifact
is the last remnant

of whatever universe existed
before our own.

What's happening in there?

I don't know!
Systems are offline!

(GRADUATES CHEERING)

You feel that?
Yeah.

Henry, what did you do?
I couldn't let you go.

KIM: None of what we've known
for the past four years
was supposed to happen.

Henry went back
and changed history,
thereby creating a paradox.

We need to stop Henry
from saving Kim.

Someone's gotta go back.

I love our life.
I love this baby.

CARTER: There is no time,
no way that we
don't end up together.

SARAH: October third, 2006.

What are you doing here?
I'm stopping you, Henry.

I have to save her.
Get the hell out of the way!

HENRY: (CRYING)
No! No!

I think this is definitely
becoming our thing.

We don't have a thing.

We might.

(ALARM RINGING)

We are at marginal
proximity now.

No change in core temperature
or ambient emissions.

Let's proceed.

Extreme proximity now.

Still no reaction
from the artifact.

Moment of truth.

What's happening in there?

I don't know!
Systems are offline!

Get them back online!

I'm trying!

(ALARM BLARING)

Oh, my God.

(DOOR OPENING)

I thought I'd find you here.
You're not returning
my phone calls.

I didn't feel
much like talking.

(DOOR CLOSING)

You know, you can't keep
reliving this, Henry.
It's been over a month.

I know.

I can't bring
Kim back, either.

Well, you could,
but not without unraveling
the universe, so...

Sorry.

Look,

you and I are gonna
be living with the memory
of a timeline that's gone.

I know it's gonna
seem impossible,

and I know it's not
gonna happen overnight,

but...

I think that you and I
should help each other
move on.

I mean, don't you?

Working on it.

(DOOR CLOSING)

Then the Phoenix appears.

The firebird rising
from the ashes.

The mythical symbol
of death and rebirth.

"Mythical" is right.
The Phoenix is about
as real as Bigfoot.

History and cultures
are chockablock
with stories of the Phoenix.

Its sacrifice to the flames
begins our salvation,

lest we suffer
the flames ourselves.

(GULPS)

So show a little respect, lad.

Okay.

Another refill, Vincent.

That is my famous
five-alarm chili, Wayne.

You may wanna go easy.
Try a lobster button.

I've been fighting a cold.

You know, spicy food
cleanses the evil spirits.

The hotter the better.

All right.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

ZOE: So why don't you
just go talk to him?

I can't. You know,
everything is all weird
with us now.

You know, maybe
it was just
a one-time thing.

You know, adrenalin,
heat of the moment.

Making out
with Taggart?

More like a moment
of insanity.

Not so loud.

Look, I really need
some outside
perspective here.

Please?

You want perspective?

Uh-huh.

You hooked up with a guy
whose age difference with you
is the same as me and my dad.

That did it. Thanks.

You're welcome.

You need something, Fargo?

(STAMMERING)
What? No. I mean...

I was just gonna
go get some food.

Uh, do you want anything?

I'm good.

Okay, then.

ALLISON: Nathan!

I didn't expect
to see you here.

Well, I didn't
expect to be here,

but my ears finally
stopped ringing.

I thought I could use
the distraction.

Well, it's good
that you came.
Yeah.

So how are
your burns healing?

Surprisingly well, actually.
My last treatment's tomorrow.

I take it there's no news
from the disciplinary
committee?

It's the Department
of Defense.
Nothing happens quickly.

Well, it was my call
to sample the artifact,

and Kim Anderson d*ed
as a result.

As did the artifact.

Well, someone has to
take the fall.

Nathan, it was an accident.

Let's just wait to see
what the results are

before we jump
to worst-case scenarios.

I'm gonna head back
to the lab.

Take one last look
at the artifact,
just in case.

Look, I don't think you should
necessarily forget
about what happened,

I think it would be wrong,
it would be horrible.

But I do think
that we should look
on the positive side.

Positive?
Yeah.

Like?

Like, um...

The little things.
You know, for
the next four years,

we're gonna know
which movies suck
before they even come out.

We're gonna know
where bad guys
are gonna do bad things

before they even happen.

We're gonna know the outcome
to every major sporting event.

Huge financial upside!

Jack, I don't think
you understand.
That life is gone!

We are not likely
to relive many of
the same events again.

Well, I've had
this picnic before.

Right? As a matter of fact,
tonight is the night

when I ask Allison out
for the first time.

I remember that
because Vincent
was right over there,

making the same
lobster balls.

Buttons.
What?

Oh, whatever. The...

Oh, and see the sweaty
Asian guy here?

He's gonna trip
on that kid's hover thing

and spill his chili
all over that guy's T-shirt.

And I know that,
because tomorrow,
when I go to the dry cleaners

to get my clothes
for the first date
with Allison,

he's gonna be complaining
about how the stains
didn't come out of his...

Whoa!

Yeah.

No, Jack, you have to
take a step back.

Granted, some things
may occur in a similar way,

but they are going to
diverge more and more.

No...
You lived through four years
of a timeline that was erased

because you stopped me
from doing the thing
that created it,

saving Kim.

And the very fact
that we're having
this conversation

means things
are going to change.

Everybody get ready!

The moment has arrived.

There she is. The firebird.

Well, so far everything's
happened exactly the way
it did last time,

including the fact
that I still can't see
Taggart's crazy firebird.

(SIZZLING)

(ALL EXCLAIMING)

Okay, that's new.

So no one saw
what happened?

No. All our eyewitnesses
were staring at the sun.

There's not much tissue left,
but I can run a DNA sample
and get an ID.

No, I know who it is.
It's fat, sweaty Asian guy.

What?
Carter!

I'm being descriptive.
If I knew his name I'd use it.

His name is Kwan,
Wayne Kwan.

What? Are you sure?

Yeah, he was on
his third bowl
of five-alarm chili.

Well, fourth if you count
the one he spilled
on Dr. Brock.

You okay?
Yeah. That's Kevin's
occupational therapist.

He's been working
with him for years.

ALLISON: I don't know
how I'm gonna tell Kevin
that he's gone.

What's up?

Um. So what, he get
too close to a barbecue?

None nearby.
Uh. Drop a cigarette?

Mmm-mmm.
Wayne was asthmatic.
He never touched them.

Vincent, do you have
any special ingredients
in that five-alarm chili?

Like what?
I don't know,
alcohol, rocket fuel,

whatever else you cook up
in that chemistry lab
you call a kitchen.

I'll have you know
I come by
my spice naturally.

Without a doubt. But that guy
ate three bowls of your chili
and burst into flames,

so if it's not
too much trouble,
I'd love a sample.

Cool. Help yourself.

Henry, you wanna test it
for me?

It's what I live for.

JO: Well, there is
another possibility.

Yeah, what's that?

Oh, you're not buying
into Taggart's crazy
firebird fairy tales?

You've got to admit
the timing was
a little disturbing.

There are documented
incidents of combustion

when certain chemicals
are exposed to sunlight.

But in this case,
most of them would have been
in his GI tract.

He also spilled a bowl, so...

So maybe there is something
to this Phoenix thing?

Fine. Go talk to Taggart.
But don't get your hopes up.

Uh, talk to Taggart?
By myself?

Why, do you have
a problem with that?

No. Uh, you just never
let me follow up on
my own leads, so...

Jo! You've done this
dozens of times
over the years.

What years?

(CLEARS THROAT)

Why, you know...
I mean, "No time like
the present." It's, uh...

I have every
confidence in you.

(CHUCKLES)

Great.

See? We're not
in Kansas anymore.

How's Kevin doing?

Hush. I asked Beverly
to come over and help him
process the news.

Oh.

Kevin, has your mom told you
what happened to Wayne?

He's gone.

BEVERLY: Yeah. Yeah,
I'm afraid he is.

How do you feel
about that?

Will I still see
the other man?

What other man?

The man downstairs.

Do you know
who he's talking about?

No, his sessions
were always one-on-one.

Kevin, can you tell me
the name of the man?

Kevin?

I don't know.

Okay.

BEVERLY:
I don't wanna push him.

It's an awful lot
for him to process
at one time.

He may even be making up
this other man
as a defense mechanism.

Well, thanks for
coming by, Beverly,
we really appreciate it.

And by "we," I mean,
just all of us,
you know, in Eureka.

It takes a village.

Okay. I might be making
a lot of house calls
in this village today.

I'll see you tomorrow.

Thank you, Beverly.

(PHONE RINGING)

Hey, it's Carter.

I just talked to Taggart,
and he thinks he may know
what happened with Wayne.

All right,
I'll be right there.

I call it
"The Phoenix Effect."

When the firebird appears,
solar flares emit high-energy
exotic meson particles.

Under the right
atmospheric conditions,

you can get
spontaneous combustion.

(STAMMERING)
Is that human?

Of course it is.
Freshly grown skin grafts
from the bio-chem burn unit.

TAGGART: Now watch.

Unidirectional
meson particle emitter.

Turn up the juice, and...

The Phoenix rises.

(expl*si*n)

I hate you.

You're welcome!
Now, mystery solved.

Except why did it
only happen to
Wayne Kwan?

Eh, interesting point.

I'm gonna go shower.

I'm covered in human.

ZOE: Dad! It's been 20
minutes. I need you to
take me to the concert.

(SHOWER RUNNING)
CARTER: Zoe,
I'll be out in a minute!

SARAH: Allison Blake
is calling, Sheriff.

CARTER: Oh! Great,
put her through!

Oh, yeah, please,
take your time!

Hey, Allison,
can you hear me?

Um, uh, yeah, I can do
more than hear you.

Oh! Sorry, the...
Yeah. Hey.

"Hey"? Can you put
that away, please?

Oh! Right.

CARTER: Um, SARAH,
no videophone in the bathroom!

Any idea what happened
to Wayne Kwan yet?

Henry's testing the chili,
and Taggart thinks the fire
was caused by an eclipse.

Uh, that's impossible.

Yeah.

He has impressive
visuals, though.

Um, anything more
on the man downstairs
that Kevin was talking about?

ALLISON: No, I checked Global.
Wayne wasn't working
with anyone else.

I don't know, maybe...
Maybe Kevin did make it up.

Huh.

Do you have access to
the G.D. Phone records?

Yeah, why?

Well, I figure
if we can find out
who he was talking to,

it might tell us something.

All right. Hold on
while I pull it up.

All right. Take your time.

Okay, you know what?
Now you're just mocking me.

All right...

Drive yourself.

Really?
Yeah. But if you're
not home by 11:00,

you will be sleeping
in a jail cell.
ALLISON: Carter.

Oh, I'm not gonna make her
sleep in the jail cell.

She's only 15.

Right.

Which obviously
means that you
don't have a license.

Yeah, well,
I won't tell
if you don't.

Well, I was testing you.

And I'm disappointed.
You failed.

Carter. There are a bunch
of calls to a chemist,
Rob Matthew.

But he works in Section Five.
Why would he be talking
to Kevin's therapist?

Nice place.

Yeah, Section Five guys
say they don't get the
best houses, but they do.

Well, I live in
an underground bunker

that has more opinions
than my ex-wife.

I'd be thrilled
just to have a window.

Do you smell smoke?

Dr. Matthew?

Is everything okay?

Oh, Carter.

Oh, no.

Dr. Matthew?

I guess that would explain
why he didn't answer
his phone.

Yeah, if Taggart's right
about the Phoenix,
everyone could be in danger.

Oh, it's not
the stupid Phoenix.

After everything we've seen,
how can you say for sure?

Well, because Taggart
said that the
combustion was caused

by meson particles
coming from a solar flare.

I'm no astrophysicist,

but I don't think there
are a lot of solar flares
inside a house.

He's right.

Really?

Could you not act
so surprised?

Think of it
as getting a sunburn.

Sun's rays burn you
from the outside in.

This guy's b*rned
from the inside out.

Now, this is where
the initial combustion
happened.

Radiating from here,
the frontal lobe.

So their own minds
did this to them?

Yeah, it's like a power surge
in the body's
electrical system.

Think of the brain
as the microprocessor

and the body
as the motherboard.

So then food would
be the energy source.

Great! Have you tested
Vincent's chili yet?

Digesting the beans
in the chili would
release methane,

which is extremely
flammable, except then,

the burning would have
started in the GI tract,
and not in the brain.

So we're back to,
"They just burst into flames
for no apparent reason."

Everything has a reason.
We just haven't
figured it out yet.

Or maybe that's the thing
we should be looking for.

JO: What's the "thing"?

Well, all this time,
we've been assuming
that it was an accident.

What if someone
had a reason to
want them dead?

(BEEPING)

That should do it,
Dr. Stark.

Can't even see the scars.

Yeah, all better.

Time for your monthly
Botox injection?

Hello, Sheriff.

Really?
No comeback?

Just not in the mood.

CARTER: All right.

There was another fire
last night.

This time,
we lost a researcher
named Rob Matthew.

Well, what in
the hell's going on?

That's what I'm trying
to figure out.

I mean, two guys
b*rned to death
within eight hours.

I'm guessing it's related.

Were they working on
anything together?

I doubt they even
knew each other.

Wayne was an occupational
therapist in Section One.

Dr. Matthew studied
bio-technology
in Section Five.

All right. Well, we found
a number of inter-office
phone calls between them.

They must have been
talking about something.

I can't imagine
what it would be.

I'm gonna need
a list of names.

Anyone they had contact with,
friends, family, coworkers,
enemies, all of it.

You think someone
did this to them?

When something
seems too coincidental,
it usually is.

Dr. Stark is one of
the finest scientists
Eureka has ever known

and I think that
his past contributions

should be considered
in your review.

Yet the fact remains
that Dr. Stark's decision
to sample the artifact

cost millions of
dollars in damage,

and the life of another of
Eureka's finest scientists.

Eureka is a place where
we push the boundaries

of human understanding
every day,

and it is hypocritical
to punish Dr. Stark
for doing his job.

Are you speaking
as a D.O.D. Liaison
or as his wife?

Ex-wife.

And I believe that
my track record shows

that our personal history
has never interfered with
my professional judgment.

Given the magnitude
of this incident,

I'm afraid the committee
has no choice

but to appoint a new head
of Global Dynamics,
effective immediately.

NATHAN: Why would
anyone wanna k*ll them
in such a public way?

CARTER: Oh, I don't know.

I guess that's where
this thing called
investigating comes in.

Look, I need to know
who they worked with

and what kind of research
they were doing.

What's wrong?
I'm having trouble
logging in, system error.

Oh. Well, sure
you have access?

There's nothing
in this facility
I don't have access to.

Hey, Allie.
Carter... Um, "Allie"?

Oh, I'm just trying
something a little
less formal.

I prefer you didn't.

So would I.

Can't get in the database.
Any idea what's wrong?

Yes. The committee
has reached a decision.

And you're the messenger.

I'm sorry, Nathan.

Have they found
my replacement yet?

Actually, they have.

Anyone I know?

Yes.

Me.

CARTER: This isn't right.
NATHAN: I'll say.

Thanks for the vote
of confidence.

No, I didn't mean that.

I defended you,
Nathan.

Looks like you
defended me right into
a promotion for you.

The only reason
you're not being
redacted

and escorted
to the city limits
is because of me.

So I should be thanking you?
Guys, bigger issues at...

Damn right
you should be.

You were obsessed
with the artifact
and it cost Kim's life.

I mean, what did you expect?

I don't know. Not this.
Good luck, Allison.

Nathan...

So what do we do?

Well, we crosscheck anyone
Wayne Kwan and Rob Matthew
had in common,

to see if they
were targeted.

You okay?

Yeah, let's just...
Let's just find those names.

Sure.

I don't know if this helps,
but I believe things work out
the way they're supposed to.

You just have to have
a little faith.

Yeah, well, I don't have
a lot of faith these days.

(BEEPING)

Go back.
I know that guy!

That's the guy
Wayne spilled his chili
on yesterday!

Yeah, Ryan Brock,
Bio-tech, Section Five.
He worked with Dr. Matthew.

What did
they work on?

The origins
of the artifact.

That thing's been
nothing but trouble.

Yeah, tell me about it.

I've seen him
somewhere else, too.

Yeah, hi,
this is Allison Blake.

Can you send Dr. Brock up
to see me, please?

Really, when?
Okay, thank you.

He left for the day
with a fever.

Uh...

Good afternoon,
Dr. Stark.

Good afternoon.

(BEEPING)

Is there a problem?

Sorry, sir.
For some reason your access
is coming up denied.

Well, I'm pretty sure it's me.
Why don't you just perform
an override?

Regulations require special
authorization for that, sir.

And who would you get that
special authorization from?

Well, you.

Gotta love the irony.

(ON RADIO) Hey, Jo,
it's Carter. You copy?

Lupo. What's up? Over.

Keep your eye out
for a Dr. Ryan Brock.
He's gonna be driving...

A black Subaru Forester.
JO: What did Brock do?

Ah, more was done to him,
just like Wayne and Matthew.

We might have
another fire brewing.

We're gonna go
to his house right now.

Got it. Over.

Wait. The... Wayne...

Scratch that.
We're gonna, ah, stop
at the dry cleaner.

Wait, what?
How do you know that?

Well, uh, I bumped into Brock
at the dry cleaner the day
we had our first, uh...

First what?

Nothing. I just know.

(HORN HONKING)

DRIVER: Hey! Watch it!

It's Brock!
Damn it! What's
he doing over there?

Dr. Brock! Hey, uh, yeah,
glad we could catch up
with you. You okay?

He's burning up.
I'll call the paramedics.

Actually, I'm not
feeling so hot.

Um, maybe get
the fire extinguisher.

Yeah.

Fire extinguisher?
What's happening to me?

Uh, we don't know, but it's
the same thing that happened
to Wayne Kwan and Rob Matthew.

Rob, too?
Yeah.

Oh, God...
Yeah, who would wanna
do this to you?

I don't know!
Take a seat. Take a... Ow!

Dr... Everybody
clear out! Allison!

CARTER: Over here!
Over here!

Carter, you tried
to save him.

I screwed up.
If I'd been
a little sooner, I...

I'm having trouble
keeping the times straight.
Everything's changed.

What are you
talking about?
What's changed?

Ah, just something
Henry was saying...

Henry.

What about him?

That's where I've seen
Brock before.

Oh, man!

Hey, Henry,
what you working on?

Jack, hey!
Ah, just tinkering.

What's up?

That's what I'm trying to
find out, and I sincerely
hope I'm wrong.

About what?

Could you, uh,
run the hologram?

Just... I need...
There's something
I need to see.

I thought you wanted me
to leave it off, move on,
and all that.

I did. But I just realized
what our victims
have in common.

So, turn it on. Please.

CARTER: Stop it there!

It's them.
It's Brock and Matthew!

Hey, look at that!

You telling me
you didn't know?

Yeah. What are you saying?

I'm saying that everybody
in this room could be held
responsible for Kim's death.

I ruled out the accident,
I ruled out the eclipse,
I ruled out the chili,

or should I say
you did.

You think I'm capable
of m*rder?

Well, you risked the universe
for her once, why is it
really that different?

Taking a risk and taking
a life are two very
different things,

and I am incapable
of the latter!

Really? Even for Kim?

Especially for Kim!

What are you working
on over there?

(CHUCKLES)

Not what you think.

Well, knowing the lengths
you went to last time
to bring her back,

what do you think I think?

Even if I did
blame those men,

what motivation could
I possibly have
to k*ll Kevin's therapist?

He wasn't even there!

You're right.

Unless he was.

HENRY: We can see everybody
in the room.

Just a sec.

Can you fast forward this for
a second? Please. You don't
have to watch it again...

HENRY: Yes, I do.

Okay, stop it there!

CARTER: Can I see
the other side
of the room?

Okay.

This might be
a stupid question, but
what exactly k*lled her?

A concentrated burst
of particulate radiation.

CARTER: Like a...

A shotgun blast.

Shotgun.

What's on the other side
of this wall?

Another lab.
You'd have to look at
a building schematic. Why?

My first year as a Marshal,
I tracked this guy down
to a hotel.

Uh, I kick in the front door,
he comes out of
the bathroom f*ring,

just barely missing me.

But, the woman in the
next room wasn't so lucky.

A stray b*llet.

Yeah.

We have to find out
if anyone was on the
other side of that wall.

Does this mean
you believe me now?

It doesn't matter
what I believe.

ALLISON: But the lab behind
the blast wall wasn't damaged
in the accident.

Well, not that
we know of.
Keep scrolling.

HENRY: The radiation from the
artifact is unlike anything
we've seen before.

We don't have equipment
sophisticated enough
to measure it.

Which means that some of it
could have passed through
the wall undetected.

There. Just now.
Who works in that lab?

ALLISON: Um...

ALLISON: Dr. Matthew.

Who was exchanging
frequent phone calls
with Kevin's therapist.

Can you tell if anyone
was in there at the
time of the accident?

Yeah, uh, each lab
in Section Five has
a biometric security scanner.

I can pull up
the entry log.

ALLISON: I can't believe it,
it's Wayne!

And look at the time code,
he should have been
in therapy with Kevin.

What was he doing
in there?

He was visiting
the man downstairs.

Oh, my God, Kevin
could have been
in there with him!

Wait, where is he now?

Uh, in session with Beverly,
Section One.

HENRY: Jack. There was
someone else in that chamber.

Nathan is
the last man standing.

Well, he won't be for long.
Oh, I'll have security
help you find him.

No...

Get him to cryogenics
while there's still time.

GUARD: Yes, sir.

Everything looks fine.

But we'll keep him under
observation just to be
on the safe side.

Thank you.

They found Dr. Stark.

Can you watch
him, please?

HENRY: We have to
cool him down.

I'm so close...
So close to understanding...

Nathan, stay with me!

HENRY:
Just try to stay calm.

(NATHAN BREATHING HEAVILY)

Nathan!
HENRY: He's overloading.
Like the others.

BEVERLY: It looks like
a massive seizure.

HENRY: It is.

From what?
Exposure to the...

Henry!
That's classified.

His temperature's
up to 104.

Okay, the seizure's frying
his electrical system.

We... Can we shut it down?

BEVERLY: You shut down
the system, he dies.

Well, not the whole thing,
just the bit of it
that's misfiring,

you know, like,
tripping a breaker?
Maybe we can.

BEVERLY: How?
Fight fire with misfire.

Jack is right. We don't have
to shut down the circuit.
We just have to disrupt it!

Great. How do we do it?
HENRY: Electroshock therapy.

No!

Small silver box.
Got it!

They have used electroshock
therapy very effectively
to disrupt seizure disorder.

Yes, in dealing with epilepsy!

But we have no idea
how that will affect

what's going on
inside of his head!

And we don't have time
to fight about it!

Allison!

He's right.

Are you sure?

(BREATHING HEAVILY)

Please don't
burst into flames.

I'll do my best.

CARTER: All right,
hang in there.

Oh, Sheriff,
I didn't know you cared.

Oh, I don't.

WOMAN: Systems are online.

You ready?

Henry? Sorry about Kim.

I know.

(SCREAMING)

How are you feeling?

Oh, like someone
microwaved my brain.
But besides that...

Well, your fever topped 106.
We were all really worried.

Me burst into flames?

I'm not giving the D.O.D.
The satisfaction!

I really am sorry, Nathan.

Don't be.

You made the right choice.

You mean that?

Absolutely.

After everything's that's
happened, I don't even think
I could do the job anymore.

You might be just
what this place needs.

This place still
needs you, too.

Well, I should probably
let you get some rest.

Nathan, can I ask you
something?

Sure.

What was Kevin's therapist
doing in a lab
in Section Five?

I wish I knew.

Hey, Henry.

Jack! I hear, um,
Nathan's on the mend.

Oh, sure! Rub it in!

Huh. Allie has that book...
Had that book,
in the other timeline.

You okay?
No, you're right.

Every time I try to make
things happen with Allie
the way they did before,

the more they change.

Tonight was supposed
to be our first date.

Stark was supposed
to take the job
in San Francisco.

And instead she's
holding his hand,
convincing him to stay.

And, uh,

I'm sorry
I suspected you.

You were just
following your instincts.

Yeah. Which are all wrong.

I mean...

I thought it would be
easier this time around.

I thought, uh,
it would be fun.

You know, like I could
do things better.

Well, instead,
uh, a man d*ed,

and I accused you of m*rder,

and the woman I love
is slipping away.

Nah, I don't...
I don't know
if I can do this.

Maybe you won't have to.

And what is that?

It's a modified version
of the memory neutralizer
that I designed years ago.

The original was like
a shotgun, erasing
short-term memory.

This one erases
long-term memory but
is much more precise.

It can pinpoint the neural
pathways associated with
specific experiences

and time periods.

You want to erase
your memory from
the other timeline?

I want to erase
our memories.

Whoa... I...
Jack, you're
my closest friend.

And intellectually I know
that you had to prevent me
from saving Kim,

but emotionally
I blame you for her death!

I can't look at you
without thinking that
you're the one who did this,

that you're the one
who took her away
from me.

I wish there had been
another choice.

I know.

But the pain that
I feel every day
that she's not here,

the pain that you feel
knowing that you're not
gonna be with Allison,

that you're not gonna be
meeting the child that
you were having together,

this takes all that away.

Can we keep some of the
memories? 'Cause there was
this one time with Allison...

Jack. I'm afraid it has
to be all or nothing.

You're really
gonna do this?

We have to.

And who would go first?
I'll make it easy for you.

I hear Nathan's
on the mend!

Oh, sure, rub it in!

Mmm.

My head is k*lling me.

You okay?

Yeah...

What...

Can I borrow this?

Sure.

Huh.

I'll see you later.
I'll see you later.

(DOOR CLOSING)

And I will never forget.

HENRY: Good morning, Allison.

Henry! You look nice.

Going for
a job interview?

Actually, I am.

I, uh...

I want to work
at Global Dynamics.

BEVERLY: Congressman Faraday.

According to Nathan Stark,
the artifact appears
to be dead.

That isn't possible.

I said "appears."
Energy of that magnitude
doesn't just die.

It had to go somewhere.

Kevin, honey,
dinner's ready!

ALLISON: Come on, baby.