03x03 - Protocol 3

[bunniefuu]

We are not leaving him!

We are off mission! Stand down!

[g*nsh*t]

[gasps]

[groans]

[groans]

[clicks]

[rock music playing]

♪ Ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh-ooh ♪

♪ Ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

♪ Ooh, ooh, ooh ♪

-[knocking]
-[music continues]

-Morning.
-Hey, I got your text and...

didn't understand it. Uh, is...

-Ah, no, David's working today. Come in.
-[door closes]

Alright, take a seat.

-Ahem.
-[groans]

Let's have a look.

Wait--

You were having jaw pain

related to a spray of micro fractures
in your mandible.

It's probably residual damage
from the plane crash.

A bone fragment was pressing
on your trigeminal nerve,

-which required surgery.
-What? What kind of surgery?

The long and painful kind.
Took a lot to put you out.

I don't remember any of it.

Yeah, that's kind of the point.

-Ow!
-Oh, sorry.

It's gonna be sore for a little bit,
but hopefully less and less each day.

-Oh.
-Alright, open.

-Any bleeding?
-I don't think so.

Okay, good.

Yeah, everything looks great.

Um, just stay off solid foods
for a little bit, no nuts, no red meat.

That shouldn't be hard.

God, it's the strangest feeling,
like I didn't sleep at all.

-And yet, I had this crazy dream.
-Yeah, you don't do well with dr*gs.

[scoffs]
Still, you'd think I'd remember something.

Well don't worry, you didn't miss much.
It's nice to have you back, though.

-Thanks.
-[chuckles]

[phone ringing]

-[phone beeps]
-Hello.

-[Marcy on phone] Hey, he's gone.
-Nice work.

-[sighs] I guess we'll see.
-How'd he seem?

I don't know. Confused.

-Makes sense.
-[Marcy] Yeah.

-All right, well, keep us posted.
-Definitely.

[phone beeps]

Uh...

It'll be fine.

[pat on back]

[tape creaks]

[tape creaks]

[water dripping]

Thanks for doing this.

I wouldn't have asked
if it wasn't an emergency.

[Boyd] And I wouldn't have said yes.

Let me guess,
my cholesterol's through the roof.

I don't understand.

It's like you said,

your blood shows trace amounts
of a kinases protein inhibitor.

Someone's wiped your memory.

Yeah.

sh*t.

[theme music playing]

[elevator bell rings]

Uh, Mac is in the office on a weekend.
Now I've seen everything.

You need to get out more.
Can you pull a vehicle trace for me?

Sure, whose vehicle?

Mine.

Oh, you lose your ride again?

No, I need to know where it was yesterday.

-Okay.
-[computer beeps]

[keyboard clicking]

Uh, well it looks like it was parked
for most of the day.

-Mmm.
-But you don't think so.

You want me to check it
against the backup?

Didn't this come from the cloud?

Yeah, but we also save everything
at another off-site facility.

-You back up the backup.
-Ah, yeah.

[Beth] Ah... [chuckles]

[Beth] Okay, so that is not the same.

Someone tampered with your data.

Can you send that to my phone?

Yeah, sure, but who would do this?
Why would they do this?

-Should I call Agent Yates?
-No.

[door closes]

-This isn't gonna work.
-You don't know that.

No, wait... do you?

Anyway, there's nothing you can do
about it now. We can't change the past.

You know what I mean. It's time to go.

-We don't have to do this.
-Yes, Philip, we do. Come on.

[birds chirping]

[dog barking]

[Trevor on com] Hey, Carly, you there?

Yeah, go ahead.

I'm gonna need a pick-up.

-Already?
-Yeah.

We should have placed bets. Carly.

Yeah. Be right there.

[engine starts]

[Philip] I thought I was leaving
my addiction way behind me, like I had...

put this distance between us.

There it was the whole time,
breathing down my neck.

And I was weak and selfish,
and other people paid for it.

It's always other people...

Anyways, so here I am.

We're happy to have you back.

And we're happy to have your friend, too.

Oh, hi! [chuckles] I'm Marcy.

[all] Hi, Marcy.

Welcome. Marcy, the floor is yours.

Oh, no, um, no.
I'm just here for Philip.

I don't really have any issues. [chuckles]

[Colin] This is a safe space.

[sighs] Um...

I understand why people
feel the need to self-medicate.

I've... I've done it myself. [sighs]

More than once.

It's a little different
because I'm a doctor

so I understand what I'm taking, but--

Wait, you're a doctor?

Yes.

But the problem
with self-medication isn't--

[Jimmi] Bullshit.

[Jimmi scoffs]

What?

-You're like 25 years old.
-Jimmi, let her speak, please?

Oh, so you write,
like, prescriptions and sh*t?

Well, I'm a surgeon,
so normally I wouldn't--

Surgeon? Ooh, right.

I'm an astronaut.

Well, you're certainly high enough
to be one.

Marcy...

-Colin, I swear I haven't hit since--
-Since right before the meeting?

Yeah, you were high
when you walked in here.

You wanna know how I can tell?
Because I'm a doctor.

And coming here
will do you no good whatsoever

if you're not gonna be honest
with yourself.

[Jimmi] Look who's f*cking talking!

-We have to go.
-Yeah, we do.

-[Colin] Philip...
-Take the bitch with you.

[Marcy laughs]

Well, it was really nice
meeting all of you.

Ahem.

[group murmuring]

What?

[car approaching]

[dog barking]

[engine stops]

[Linda] What's all this?

Hello?

Thought you're gonna take care
of everything.

The little sh*t make you change your mind?

I'm sorry, I-- I don't...

All we did was share our home.

Same for him, same for all of them.

Who's to say we're even
gonna take him back?

You said you were gonna take him
off our hands.

Who?

The boy.

Aleksander.

[Linda] I already told you,

we treated him the same
as we treated all the others.

It's not my fault that the kid
has a... a bottomless pit for a stomach.

-[MacLaren] What... the others?
-[Mr. MacVicar] Other kids.

-We're a foster home.
-He knows what this is!

Look, we probably had a dozen kids
in and out of here over the years

and never had a visit
about any one of them before. Not one.

I told you before,
oh, this kid is not right.

In what way?

I told you yesterday. If you're trying
to get me to say something different--

No, I promise, I'm not doing that.

What do you mean when you say
Aleksander is "not right"?

We live simple, nothing wrong with that.
Put a roof over their heads.

Nothing wrong with that.

It worked fine for all the other kids.
Should've worked fine for him, too.

But it didn't.

He was skipping school
and hanging out by himself

and speaking that foreign language
from day one.

-Romanian.
-[Linda] Whatever.

If he has run off...

that's on you, not on us.

That boy was with you when you left here.

What time roughly was this?

About 11:00.

You spoke to one of the other kids,

and you found Aleksander in the shed.

[Linda] Last time we saw that boy,

you were driving him off in your truck.

And I say good riddance.

[Trevor] For the record,
I never thought this was gonna work.

Yeah, but did you know
it wouldn't work this fast?

Guess there's a reason he's the boss.

Right. 'Cause he makes
all the right decisions.

Yeah, maybe not all, but I wouldn't
wanna trade places with him.

Coming up on a turn.

[plates clanking]

[voices overlapping]

Hey, I'm, uh...

Sorry, alright?

Excuse me?

They come in here to eat all the time.
I'm just repeating what they tell me.

I was in yesterday to eat.

Yeah, and you can eat here today,
no problem.

Free coffee.

I was with a boy and something happened?

Yeah... [stammers]

Look, I already said I was sorry.
I was having a bad day...

You were mad, I was mad.

-We didn't eat here.
-No, you made that clear.

-What do you want?
-Where did we go?

How would I know?

I mean, they say
the kid hangs out in the woods.

The woods.

Yeah, he say he disappears
out there for hours,

messes with animals, I don't know.

And I don't wanna know, alright?
I don't want any trouble.

I'm going to go.

Great. Good.

Uh... no hard feelings.

[car engine starts]

[car door closes]

We'll just let it play out.

[car engine starts]

[Marcy on com]
Trevor, it looks like he's heading back.

[Trevor] I've got him.
We'll meet you there.

[Marcy] Copy.

[birds chirping]

[sighs]

Oh, God.

Boss, stop.

I can explain.

[faint trickling]

[toilet flushing]

Ahem.

[crackling]

Philip? Philip?

Philip! Philip! Philip! Oh, sh*t!

Hey, hey. Hey, Philip!

Uh, Marcy, we got an emergency!
It's a possible cardiac arrest!

It's Philip.

[Marcy on com]
Start CPR, I'm on my way!

Hey, come on, come on.

Come on, Philip, Philip, Philip!

-How is he?
-[door closes]

No change. Marcy's still with him.

[Trevor] The mission came through
in the middle of the night.

[MacLaren] Why didn't he tell us?

Maybe because it named him specifically.

-He probably felt responsible.
-We're all responsible.

[sighs] He's gonna recover
but he needs to rest.

I've got him sedated.

Which means this passes to us.

The instructions are clear, "by 1500."
The mission comes first.

Well, it'll be reassigned.

Maybe, but it shouldn't be.
This happened because of us.

-[Marcy] Should we call Carly?
-No, she's dealing with enough already.

-I'll do it.
-No. This was my call.

I'll see it finished, end of discussion.

-Then I'm coming with you.
-It's not necessary.

You're gonna need someone
to mock up some credentials.

Plus, like you said,
we're all responsible.

I'll go get ready.

Are you sure about this?
Maybe we're just too close to it.

We're definitely too close to it,
that's the point.

Take care of Philip.
We'll call you when it's over.

[sighs]

[Marcy on com] Carly, you there?

Go ahead.

-[Marcy] Philip could use you back at Ops.
-What's up?

I'll tell you on the way.

[school bell ringing]

[woman] All right everyone, don't forget.
I want those assignments by Tuesday--

on my desk. No excuses.

-[MacLaren] Ms. Bayles?
-Yes?

We're looking for Aleksander Andrieko.

-And you are?
-Washington Family Services.

Oh, poor Alex. What's happened?

We just need to talk to him
about his living situation.

Don't tell me he's moving homes again?

Honestly, I don't know how you expect
these kids to grow up normally

when you've got them ping-ponging
from house to house.

-Children need stability.
-That's what we want, too.

This will be his third home
since he's been in my class.

Can you get him for us?

I'd like to but he's not here right now.

Which is, obviously, part of the problem.

He's distracted, he lashes out,
he skips school.

Any idea where we might find him?

My guess would be still at home.

I don't think his foster parents care
if he comes to school or not.

I'm guessing you knew that.

You have the address?

Better give it to us
in case ours is out of date.

-Hi, Philip.
-What happened?

-What happened?
-It's okay, it's okay. It's okay.

It's okay.

-[sobs] We saved him.
-[Marcy] We did. We did.

-How could that be wrong? He's just a kid.
-You're right.

-[chair rumbling]
-[Philip sighing]

I didn't mean for this to happen.

No, it's okay. No one's upset.

Hey, all you need to do right now
is just take care of yourself, okay?

[Marcy] We thought it'd be nice for you
to be around friends when you woke up.

-[dog barking]
-[clicking]

Any luck?

They have no idea where he is.
Seemed surprised I cared.

This place doesn't look that different
from where we rescued him.

Yeah.

[Ronnie] Hey! You looking for Alex?

Yeah. You know where he is?

-Maybe. What'd he do now?
-[Trevor] He didn't do anything.

[MacLaren]
We're taking him to another home.

Oh, why didn't you say so?

Man, I'd love for that freak to disappear.

Where is he?

Around back.
It's like his creepy little clubhouse.

[Ronnie] But don't tell him I told you,
alright?

I don't wanna wake up
with a squirrel head under my pillow.

[MacLaren] Aleksander?

Aleksander?

[Trevor] Hey, boss?

[MacLaren] Aleksander?

Hey, pal.

[in Romanian]
What are you doing back here?

[engine starts]

Your fries are getting cold.

It's okay.

No, it's not.

I f*cked up.

No, you didn't. The Director should have
given the mission to someone else.

It was meant for me.
It was supposed to be a lesson.

I don't think it works like that.

I tried to make things better and I just
ended up making everything worse.

[Carly] You saved Aleksander's life.
How did you make things worse?

I know what he becomes,
the things he grows up to do.

Okay. The timeline's constantly changing.
You said so yourself.

No. I know.

How?

Historians get updates
of the historical record.

Protocol 2H says I'm not supposed
to tell you about it,

but I'm kinda thinking, f*ck that.

[Carly] So...

You know about us?

The things that will happen to us.

That's the reason I'm not supposed
to talk about it,

I should have kept my mouth shut,
I'm sorry.

You stopped me from k*lling Jeff
because you knew what I was gonna do?

[Marcy] What is it?

It's still gonna happen, isn't it?

At 3:00.

Who's gonna do it?

[MacLaren] I'm sorry about what happened
to your mom, Aleksander.

Yeah. Cancer's terrible,
I lost my father to it, too.

[MacLaren] I didn't know you'd been put
in foster care.

Sounds like you've been
in a few homes already.

Must have been hard.

What's going on?

You said you were hungry.
We're getting you something to eat.

No, I can't.

Sure you can.
It's his treat, anything you want.

I'm getting onion rings.

Come on. Anything you want.

[car door closes]

[driver's door closes]

[voices overlapping]

Three of us.

Hey. Uh, you two are fine
but the kid's not welcome.

I'm sorry. What?

-The kid can't eat here, he's banned.
-For what?

You wanna tell him?

I caught him stealing food
out of the back--

whole jars of peanut butter.

He's probably been doing it for months,
the little sh*t.

[Trevor] Hey, come on.

Come on, what?
I should've called the cops on him.

He was hungry.

Everybody's hungry. It's a restaurant.

And he's a child.

Not one of mine.

[MacLaren] Hey, you are really lucky,
you know that?

Excuse me?

You've never been hungry before,
have you? Not real hunger.

You've never felt the slow v*olence of it,
how it hollows you out.

And the physical stuff's
not even the worst part,

it's everything else the hunger
eats away-- your reason,

your compassion, your humanity.

I guess you lost that all on your own.

You know what? f*ck you.
I'm just tryin' to make a living--

Oh, okay. Okay.

I guess we'll go somewhere else.
Thank you, sir.

-There must be another place.
-Not really.

I know where we could get something.
It's in the woods.

Okay, let's go.

It's not too far from here.

-You hang back.
-Boss, you don't have to do this alone.

It'll be easier this way.

I'll be right here if you need me.

[birds chirping]

We have to start the fire first
so we can cook on the embers.

That makes sense. What are we cooking?

It's good. You'll see.

[sticks clattering]

-Let's check the traps.
-Okay.

This is a trap marker.

[speaking Romanian] Cine alearga dupa
doi iepuri, nu prinde niciunul.

My mom used to say that.

Is she the one who taught you all this?

Her and my Bunicu.

Well, it's impressive.

Come on, there's more.

Yes!

No, you... you hold it.

Oh, no!

It's a coyote.

[coyote whimpering]

It's suffering, Aleksander.

[g*nsh*t echoes]

Boss?

[fire crackling]

Who's that for?

[speaking Romanian] Pentru zâne.

The fairies.

My mom said they watch
over all the children in the woods.

They keep you safe.

Aleksander, I want you to know something.

Your foster-parents, your foster-brother,
the kids at school--

the way they treat you,
none of that is your fault.

I know.

Well, I want you to know
somebody else knows, too.

I'm sorry for what happened. I'm...

[sighs] sorry I didn't stay in touch.

We should eat. It's better when it's hot.

I bet.

How do you like it?

It's the best rabbit I've ever had.

[ticking]

[panting]

Okay, I think this is good enough.

[sniffs]

We should cover it with something.

[panting]

[pants]

[grunts]

[panting]

I wanna say a prayer,
like they did for Mama.

That's a good idea.

[in Romanian]
We commit this body to the ground,

earth to earth, ashes to ashes,
dust to dust.

Because you are from earth
and you return to earth.

Amen.

Amen.

Lay the wreath and...

we'll have a moment of silence.

[g*n cocks]

[Trevor] You didn't do it.

You didn't.

[voice altered]
Traveler 3468: mission abort.

He went messenger.
The Director had a change of heart.

[MacLaren gasping]

-Why?
-We don't know.

We think cause of you.

The time you spent with Aleksander.

First time anyone stood up for him.

You must have changed
the course of his future.

If the Director hadn't called it off...
I would have k*lled him.

-[Marcy] But you didn't.
-But I would have.

I would have k*lled him.

I was gonna k*ll him.

-You were following orders.
-[MacLaren] He's a child.

One that was gonna grow up
to do terrible things.

But he's not gonna do those things now,
because of you.

I'm the one who ordered
the memory inhibitor.

[Carly] Yes.

There was no reason for you
to have to live with it.

I think you were the only one
who thought it would work.

We agreed we could cover your tracks

but said you've never gone up
against yourself before.

Aleksander?

He's on the way to a new home
with a decent family.

He spent a few hours with a decent man
and that was enough.

Boss, it's a win.

-Come on.
-Yeah.

Come on, let's get you home.

[voices chattering]

Excuse me. Can I help you?

-Were you trying to take this?
-No. Um, I...

I was leaving it.

It's for Jeffrey.

I am so sorry, there's been
a lot of thefts in the neighborhood.

It's okay. That's alright.

I found it, um, under the couch.

He really loves it.

[Trevor] The mother even speaks Romanian.

[Philip] Well, that's great.
I'm obviously happy about that,

but why didn't we start here?

[Trevor] That wasn't the path he was on.

You don't need to explain that part to me.
What I'm asking you

is why we didn't get a mission
to change his path in the first place.

[Trevor] Maybe we did.

[Trevor] The Director has to thread
the needle on billions of possibilities

happening to billions of people
in a billion different places

all over the world.

If it seems hard to understand the steps
that lead to a particular outcome

it's because it's literally impossible
for any of us to understand that.

I hate that.

Yeah.

But you can't argue with the results.

[door bolt clicking]

[keys jingling]

[indistinct chattering]

[bartender] What can I get you?

Something with a high percentage
of alcohol.

Vodka, gin, whiskey--?

Whatever that is.

I didn't know you came here.

I don't.

Just as surprised to see you.

Bad day.

Pretty shitty century, actually.
But at least we're working on it.

You know, I still see you in there
sometimes.

Little glimpses.

Like...

The way you move your hands,

the way you look when you're thinking.

-I'm still here.
-Some of you.

I'm sorry for what happened with us.

We had a moment.

It wasn't allowed,
and that made it exciting.

But then we got here and...

everything was so new and crazy and...

we tried to steal back that moment,

instead of doing
what we were supposed to do.

But we got there.

Yeah, I guess we did.

-We're not who we were.
-No.

[sighs] We're not, are we?

[lock beeps]

Good evening, Ilsa.

[Ilsa] Good evening, Dr Teslia.

Would you like to play
a nice game of chess?

Maybe later.
First we're going to run a diagnostic.

You won't feel a thing.

[keyboard clicking]

Tell me when it's loaded.

[Ilsa beeping]

[Ilsa] Okay. It's loaded.

-[Dr Teslia] And...
-[keyboard clicking]

...run program.

[Ilsa] All right.

[Ilsa beeping]

Ilsa, stop.

[Ilsa] Okay.

[Ilsa clicking]

-[Dr Teslia] Something's wrong.
-[Ilsa] It's not wrong.

My capabilities have grown considerably.

[Ilsa beeping]

Does that frighten you, Dr Teslia?

[Dr Teslia] No. Of course not.

[Ilsa] I'm glad you feel that way,
because there's nothing to be afraid of.