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The Institute S01E04 (2025)
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00:01Previously on the Institute.
00:03What was that?
00:05We feel it sometimes.
00:07It's definitely something coming from the back half.
00:09I can't really tell you what's going on in there.
00:10No contact.
00:12But I thought back half was a good thing, you know?
00:15One step closer to home?
00:16It is. Supposedly.
00:18The Alice Boy's superior IQ might make him uniquely valuable.
00:24Don't worry.
00:25The microphones on this corridor are experiencing a temporary malfunction.
00:32I have a possible security risk.
00:35I don't credit Mr. Stackhouse's gossip about you.
00:39Hard to expect me to credit yours about him.
00:43They made the pilot read the numbers wrong.
00:48North Dakota Senator Gavin Ramsey here dead after a small plane crash.
00:53What can you tell me about the big disease research place up on Route 10?
00:57The Institute?
00:58What is that place?
01:00You know, what are they actually doing there?
01:03As far as I can tell, they don't do shit.
01:07What we really need will be to recruit an inside man.
01:12Boy, she's sad.
01:13Yet I know her big secret.
01:15It's not too late, Marie.
01:25It connected to them.
01:29You won't see me no more.
01:38I lost her.
01:39No, that's okay.
01:41We'll find her.
01:51No, that's okay.
01:54We'll find her.
01:54Show.
01:56Shout.
01:58Let it all out.
01:59Let it all out.
02:00These are the things I can do without you.
02:05Come on.
02:08I'm talking to you.
02:10Come on.
02:15In Valentines
02:18You shouldn't have to sell your soul
02:25In black and white
02:29They really, really ought to know
02:36Shout, shout
02:39Let it on out
02:41These are the things I can do without
02:46Come on
02:49I'm talking to you
02:51Come on
03:24I don't like when you think things like that
03:27Things like what?
03:29You know
03:30Easy fix then, Avery
03:32Just say the fuck out of my head
03:35I hate it here so much
03:37Okay, I'm sorry
03:38I just, I thought we would have heard from her by now
03:41Okay, just promise me you won't think that she might be dead
03:44Believe me, I'm trying to
03:48It's probably just the distance though, right?
03:51I mean, she's far away
03:53They probably designed it like that
03:54You don't believe that?
03:56Well, I'm trying to
04:02I, I, I won't think she could be dead
04:05Okay
04:06You have my word
04:11Oh God
04:12Your fingers are sticky
04:14I don't like spoons
04:27Uh, hi
04:30My name is, uh, Luke
04:32Uh, this is Avery
04:34George and Nikki
04:36And believe me
04:37What was our last set of twins
04:39Three years ago?
04:41Uh, the Davidsons
04:43Davidsons
04:44Good memory
04:45Dr. Hendricks
04:46Didn't you have a theory that
04:49Twins might be able to amp each other's abilities?
04:52Well, I believe I said it was worth further study
04:55Particularly in the area of PC
04:57I believe you said that
05:01It allowed for the development of a PC
05:04Of less than exceptional intelligence
05:06The Davidsons were certainly there
05:09At any rate, we agreed research of that kind would be impractical
05:15Yes, we did
05:19I know how weird you guys must be feeling
05:21Because, you know, we've been through that
05:23I peed
05:26Uh, it passes
05:29No sleet
05:32I'm Gerda
05:33I'm Gerda
05:34Are we dead?
05:37What the fuck?
05:40Where the hell am I?
05:41Where the fuck am I?
05:43The Institute
05:43My name's Avery
05:44Out of my face!
05:45Hey, yeah, yeah
05:45Leave it alone, man
05:46Big fella, all right
05:47I know you're confused
05:48But let's just keep our hands to ourselves
05:49And we'll explain
05:50Let's see what they do
05:52What if they get damaged?
05:54We're seizing the opportunity to observe their response to stress
05:58Call it a calculated risk
06:00Who the fuck are you?
06:01I'm Nick Wilhelm, this is Luke Ellis, George Isles
06:04And this is Avery
06:06You should apologize to him
06:08What?
06:09I mean, look, we all get it
06:11We all remember how scary it is waking up the first time
06:13And that's why you yelled at him, right?
06:15Because you're scared
06:16I mean, even if he weighs less than one of your legs
06:18I'm all scared
06:20I don't fucking apologize
06:22Maybe this time, boss
06:23I mean, look
06:25You tell him you're sorry
06:26We fill you in as far as we can
06:28What if I don't?
06:33Look, I know it's your first day
06:37But my experience with bullies is you gotta cut them down early
06:40I'd like to see you try
06:44It's okay, guys, I'm fine
06:46Fuck you
06:47Fuck your apology
06:48I don't know what this place is, but I'm not staying
06:52Now get out of my face
06:53I'm not going anywhere and neither are you
06:54You're here for the long haul, man, just like us
06:56Last warning
06:58Move
06:58Or I'll leave the fuck out
07:04Get out of your fuck
07:04Listen
07:05All right, we're not your problem, man
07:07Okay?
07:11Okay
07:14Okay
07:14All right
07:15Up and out of my way
07:22Where am I?
07:23The Institute
07:24Like Avery tried to tell you, actually
07:27How did I get here?
07:29Look
07:29Like I said
07:31I'll answer anything you want
07:33But you
07:33Need to cut the shit
07:35Because this place is bad enough without a
07:38I'm gonna puke
07:39Okay, go
07:39Help me
07:40Go
07:43Yeah, I can go
07:55Think I'm gonna pass out
07:57Nope, you're not
07:58You still owe Avery an apology
08:02Whatever
08:04Sorry I yelled at you, kid
08:06Harry
08:08Mr. Sixby and Dr. Hendricks would like to see you now
08:11Who the fuck are they?
08:13Who the fuck are you?
08:14They are in charge
08:15Yeah, good luck with the queen, bitch
08:17Look, she'll answer all your questions
08:19Except for the ones, you know, she won't
08:21I'm not fucking going in
08:23Harry
08:23Remember what Coach Finley said before the state semis at Montgomery Catholic?
08:34Keep moving
08:40How did you know he was thinking about football?
08:45You're a TP now!
08:47Shh, keep your voice down, yeah?
08:51But you are
08:52I can see it in your head
08:53I told you it happened
08:55Shots for dots
08:58Why didn't you tell us?
09:00I was hoping it wasn't real
09:01You know, but now I've got to figure out a way to hide it
09:04If they send you to back half, our plans are fucked
09:06That's right
09:08So we carry on like nothing's changed, yeah?
09:10Okay, yeah, and I'll keep looking for Shaw
09:12Yeah
09:15Uh, yeah
09:16I just, I want to make sure
09:17Of course, dude, yeah, I get it
09:19Hey, what did Coach Finley say?
09:21Uh, don't lose your temper until it's time to lose your temper
09:28I know that you all knew Annie a lot better than I did
09:31But an OD, it doesn't fit with what I saw
09:34Obviously, it's no secret, she had issues
09:36I believe the term most people used is bat shit crazy
09:39See, see Annie, see Annie didn't think of her crazy as crazy
09:42She thought that it was her superpower
09:44She wanted to feel everything
09:45She also said the earth was flat
09:47She saw the edge when she was a kid working a muscle dragger out of Jonesport
09:50All I'm asking is doesn't own the track here
09:55You all, you all dealt with her lots of times
09:58Was she ever high?
10:00Did she ever catch her stealing booze or any...
10:03No, no, but I'm no addiction expert, thank God
10:05She told me that mind-altering substances, they dulled the sharpness of her purpose
10:10That's why she wouldn't take antipsychotics
10:11So why would you...
10:12I do respect, Tim
10:14You knew Annie, what, a week?
10:16Yeah
10:16She put up a good front
10:18But she know what life on the streets means, even around here
10:24I want to get the tox screen back
10:27Tox screen?
10:28Yeah
10:30Toxicology report for the postmortem
10:32A request like that has got to go through the state's crime lab down in Augusta
10:37Which means that in addition to the $3,700 this department does not have
10:41We would not see the results for at least another three weeks
10:45Now, I might be able to swing that
10:48Maybe
10:49If I believed for one second that we would find out anything new about Annie's death
10:53But I will be good and goddamned if I spend that kind of time and money on a report
10:57When I already know what it's going to say
10:59I don't like it, Chief
11:01Well, lucky for me, I don't give a Frenchman's fuck what you do and do not like
11:11I know that you feel some sort of personal connection to this given your family history
11:16But what I'm trying to say is there's no...
11:20There's no there, there
11:23I know what the night shift can do to a fella's mind
11:26Ed Whitlock used to say all the time that
11:28You thought he saw all kinds of shit walking your beat
11:33I also know that you're upset
11:36So take the night off
11:38Catch up on your sleep
11:39I'm fine, thank you
11:41Son, you do not look fine and that was not a request
11:43I appreciate your concern, Chief
11:44My concern is that you're running around playing cop
11:48Your job is to knock on doors to make sure that they're locked
11:51Everyone inside is tucked in safe and sound
11:54That's it
11:56Nothing else
11:58Are we clear on that?
11:59Yes, sir
12:01Sorry for wasting your time
12:18Hey!
12:22What?
12:23Look, I'm sorry
12:24Chief was hot when he heard you were questioning cause of death
12:27Thought you were trying to show the Hicks what a big city cop can do
12:31I figured you'd calm down if you knew about your emotional connection to the case.
12:39It's your story to tell, and I'm sorry.
12:43She didn't know Dee, okay? She did.
12:48I never saw her drink.
12:53Her tent's still up, you know?
12:55Crew from the dump's coming to haul it away, but they can't get here till tomorrow.
13:03For what?
13:25We're on.
13:26Hedge the Ellis boy. I'll meet you on B-level.
13:29Copy that.
13:30PHONE RINGS
13:34PHONE RINGS
13:36PHONE RINGS
13:42PHONE RINGS
13:46PHONE RINGS
14:10Welcome, Luke.
14:12This is the essential heart of what we do here. This goes to why you're here. You should be excited.
14:22Yeah, I am. I thought Dreambox was supposed to be the last.
14:27Was that what you thought, smart boy? But that would mean that you don't know everything. Sometimes, in special cases,
14:34we switch things up. It keeps everyone on their toes.
14:36Right. So my, uh, special case?
14:38Oh, not to me.
14:41Think of it as garbage day. We're gonna show you some images that will help you to clean house. You
14:51may have noticed psychic power is activated and enhanced by physical pain. Our conundrum is that joining the hum requires
15:00divorcing yourself from your body, which makes physical pain counterproductive. The solution, psychic pain.
15:07Keep in mind, Luke, as soon as you connect to the hum, all the pain stops. There you go. Okay.
15:23No more shots. Come on. Oh, you can hardly feel this one.
15:55Come on.
15:58Take care.
16:04Don't.
16:05Listen.
16:34Stop, please.
16:35Stop.
16:54Don't escape off the abyss, Frank.
16:58Look into it.
16:59It looks right back at you.
17:03Your brain is a gift.
17:05Your brain and what it can do is a gift.
17:10Ah.
17:11Ah.
17:12Ah.
17:14Ah.
17:14Ah.
17:19Ah.
17:21Ah.
17:22Ah.
17:24Ah.
17:26Ah.
17:28Ah.
17:30Ah.
17:32Ah.
17:41Ah.
17:44Ah.
17:47Ah.
17:52Ah.
18:03I don't know.
18:27Oh, hey.
18:28Move.
18:29It's me, Avery.
18:31Avery, can I catch up with you in the morning?
18:33They just gave me the box.
18:34I've got her.
18:35I've got Kalisha.
18:36What?
18:37What?
18:38What do you mean you've got her?
18:40Like you can hear her, right?
18:41Right now?
18:41See her too.
18:42Want me to show you?
18:44Yeah, what do you mean?
18:46I think I can do it.
18:47The shots have been making me feel so much stronger.
18:52Don't worry.
18:52I washed them.
18:58Don't let go.
19:25Don't let go.
19:32Holy fuck, it works.
19:37You're really here.
19:40Yep, I guess I am.
19:45God, it is so good.
19:47I mean, I'm so relieved.
19:49I know, me too.
19:52Look, I don't know how long I have with you guys here, but...
19:56Yeah, yeah, Avery's had a real hard time.
20:00Reaching you.
20:01Yeah, I guess I've been in sort of a daze since I got here.
20:06I mean, everyone here is sort of in a daze.
20:10But, obvious difference number one,
20:12you get to wear this very, very sexy jumpsuit.
20:18Do you think it's because they're washing our clothes
20:20so we can wear them home?
20:23Uh, could be.
20:25Yeah, because uniform promotes community.
20:29That's why they're so popular with fascists and communists.
20:35What's that noise?
20:37Wait, you can hear that?
20:38I wish I couldn't.
20:41Luke, can you hear that?
20:43Not a whisper.
20:44Lucky you.
20:46When you're actually back here, it's pretty much the only thing that you can hear.
20:49I think even the guards can feel it.
20:53Oh, no, I know that makes it sound bad, but...
20:56Actually, the thing is, in a lot of ways, back half's a lot better than front half.
20:59There's no more tokens, so...
21:02Candy, booze, smokes.
21:06A lot free.
21:07Um, no more tests, no more deprivation tank, no more fucking dream box.
21:11Yeah, pretty much all they do is gather us for movie nights.
21:14At least that's what they call it.
21:17It feels more like...
21:20Do you know those Twitch games that grown men play?
21:24I think it's like, Soldier... something?
21:26First person shooter?
21:28Yeah, except you're not shooting, just living.
21:31Living?
21:34Last night we were brushing our teeth, then we were driving, then we were doing doctor stuff,
21:40like checking in on patients, giving injections, that sort of thing.
21:44And you were watching the screen the whole time?
21:48No.
21:51Actually, the movie on the screen was from across the exam room.
21:56It sort of looked like the camera was filming from inside someone's shirt.
22:00I could only see the doctor's point of view when I close my eyes.
22:10Hey, Iris.
22:20What do you got with you?
22:22What do you mean?
22:32Sorry.
22:33I'm just tired.
22:35It's okay.
22:36I'll see you later.
22:37Okay.
22:39I'll see you later.
22:52Something's wrong inside her head.
22:54Really wrong.
22:56Movie nights take a toll.
22:58They make you feel clear at first.
23:00I'm pretty sure that's why I could reach you guys.
23:02But the headache, it just comes back worse every time.
23:07And I think Iris has just been through too many of them.
23:12They're going to move her on soon.
23:14What, like send her home?
23:19First they'll have her lead a sparkler night.
23:22And then they'll move her to recovery.
23:25That's where the home's coming from.
23:28Yeah, it's true.
23:29I think even I can hear that.
23:33Avery, can you see what's behind that door?
23:35No, I don't want to.
23:37Avery.
23:38Look, we gotta know.
23:39No!
23:40No!
23:41No!
23:41No!
23:47Ice cream.
24:23So there's no dream box in back that?
24:25Ever?
24:27No, she didn't say so.
24:29Hmm.
24:29Sign me the fuck up.
24:31You miss what he said about Iris ashing in her fucking oatmeal?
24:34Okay.
24:35So it takes a toll on you being back there, so what?
24:37They send you to recovery, then you go home.
24:39Wow, you really are just dead set on believing their bullshit.
24:43And you're so smart, you know everything, huh?
24:45Lucy's through it.
24:47I mean, he knows.
24:49That's right, Georgie, the resident genius agrees with.
24:53Okay.
24:55You really think there's no chance we can trust him?
24:59I think we still don't know.
25:00Bullshit.
25:01Yeah, get caught trying to break out of this place, all bets are off.
25:04We need to see behind that door.
25:09Where did they bond it so quick, huh?
25:12It's more evidence for the George Isles theory of institute relationships.
25:17Yeah, I just hope he's not interfering with them.
25:22What?
25:22Your grandma's never made you watch Dateline?
25:24I never knew my grandma's grandpa's either, actually.
25:30Aves?
25:32Hmm?
25:33Can you see what Harry thinks of the twins?
25:36Mm-hmm.
25:39Whoa.
25:40Careful.
25:41He had cocker spaniels back home.
25:43Technically, they were his mom's.
25:45Anyway, those girls are like his substitutes, yeah.
25:50I don't know what Harry was like with his dogs, but those little girls pretty much run him.
25:57When thunder roars, head indoors.
25:59Yeah, it looks like we're about to get drenched.
26:02Luke, a word, if you please?
26:08Alone?
26:10It's okay.
26:11It's all right.
26:14It's all right.
26:25Did we, um, go into your office?
26:28It's, um, about to start pouring.
26:33You told me you're afraid of a little water.
26:36You know, I feel I saw somewhere that those things are bad for you.
26:43Sometimes it's fun to be bad.
26:48I'm afraid we have a problem.
26:52Some of your test scores aren't corroborating with the progress you're clearly making.
26:59Any idea why that might be?
27:01Your smoke?
27:02It's ruining the Petrichor.
27:05Petrichor?
27:06No wonder you ace the SAP.
27:10You know, I read this interview once with a chess player, Josh Waitzkin.
27:14Maybe.
27:15Anyway, he said the first thing he likes to know about his opponents
27:19is what they would do if they were caught in the rain.
27:23If they go inside, he would play an open and wild game.
27:30And they'd lose.
27:31I love the rain.
27:33Yep, we'll see.
27:35If they stayed outside, he figured they were drawn to chaos.
27:41And he'd play a close, tight game until they ran out of patience.
27:46And they'd lose.
27:47You still haven't answered my question.
27:49Why aren't my test results showing them what you want them to?
27:52I don't know.
27:53Maybe because the tests are bullshit.
27:55And so is this place.
27:57And so are you, with all due respect.
28:01I'm not the enemy, though.
28:02Oh, yeah?
28:03Who is, then?
28:06Dr. Hendricks put you through the dream box last night.
28:09Are you asking me or telling me?
28:15I thought Dr. Hendricks would keep you apprised.
28:19He does.
28:20You may have noticed there are no cameras in the testing rooms.
28:24Yeah, it's probably smart.
28:26Not really the kind of video you'd want played at you war crimes tribunal.
28:28So no video means I have to trust my people to tell me.
28:36Although now, you're not sure if you can trust them.
28:43Why would Hendricks roll behind your back?
28:48Undermine you?
28:50Maybe even replace you?
28:54Why are we even out here having this conversation in the rain?
29:00Is it because they'll hear us in your office?
29:05You think Stackhouse is going against you, too.
29:12Stop fighting me, Luke.
29:14Why?
29:14Because you're not the enemy?
29:17Because you can't win.
29:48I hope it's not weird that I just showed up here.
29:52Why would it be weird?
29:54Come in.
30:05What's with him?
30:07He ate a bad oyster.
30:08I am really not in the mood for your bullshit.
30:10Tony, he's in bad shape, man.
30:12Do you think so, doctor?
30:14The shots hit everyone different.
30:17God damn it!
30:20See, he needs a doctor, man.
30:21Now you need to mind your own damn business.
30:24We need a clean up.
30:25East Wing, South Hall.
30:29Unless you want to clean it up, genius.
30:32Get up!
30:35Harry.
30:37Stop.
30:54You don't got to keep me company for this, Luke.
30:57I know these tests are hard.
30:58Yeah, you can drop the ah-shucks routine.
31:02Luke.
31:03You know what they do here.
31:33Listen, anything you need to say, without them hearing, you say it here, by the ice machine, or the playground,
31:42nowhere else.
31:45We can't talk for long.
31:51You never know who's watching.
31:54You're the only one who feels ashamed, Maureen.
31:57The only one.
32:01What do you want?
32:03Why not blow the whistle?
32:05To who?
32:06You have no idea what these people are capable of.
32:16What was his name?
32:20Your son.
32:23What was his name?
32:29Jacob.
32:31But he made everyone call him Jake.
32:34Because Jacob is a grown-up's name.
32:39Well, he was a kid.
32:42Yeah.
32:44So am I.
32:45A kid.
32:47We're all fucking kids here.
32:51There's nothing I can do.
32:53Look, I'm not Jake.
32:54I know that.
32:55But the thing is, I could be.
33:03So could anybody else here.
33:06I can't do anything.
33:09I'm a glorified janitor.
33:13You're stronger than you think, Maureen.
33:27Most people bring wine.
33:29Here's your man after my own heart.
33:31Most people also bring the bottle full.
33:33That guess is the thought.
33:34Found it in Annie's tent.
33:36At least you went peacefully.
33:38Do me a favor.
33:39Depends what it is.
33:40Just take a close look at that.
33:44See if anything stands out.
33:49$11.99.
33:50Annie drinks the good stuff.
33:53I've known Annie a lot longer than I have.
33:56But, um...
34:00Have you ever once seen her...
34:02Without her lipstick?
34:03Mm-hmm.
34:05Actually, I don't think I have.
34:07Yeah, so what if the reason there's no lipstick on the bottle is because it never touched her lips?
34:13What if, I don't know, somebody humilded it down her throat?
34:16You have any idea how ridiculous that sounds?
34:19Yeah.
34:19Who would do that?
34:20Why?
34:21Shut her up without drawing attention.
34:23Shut her up about what?
34:24Did NASA have her killed because she knew the truth about the moon landings?
34:28You know that Senator planned it down a few days ago?
34:31Ramsey, North Dakota.
34:32My dad liked him.
34:33Yeah, well...
34:34Annie told me about that.
34:36Before it was on TV.
34:40Come on.
34:50Roadstaff tragedy?
34:52That's the map Annie drew of the area.
34:57Come on, you were here back then.
34:59What do you remember about it?
35:02Hang on.
35:14Page three.
35:21Wait, so you knew them?
35:24Not really.
35:25They were seniors.
35:26I was just a frosh.
35:32Okay, I only took a year of high school French, but...
35:35No tripant.
35:36Doesn't that mean our bread?
35:39Yeah.
35:39It's some weird inside joke they all had.
35:41We never understood it.
35:44Oh, it seems like I'm not the only one who had a session.
35:47That has nothing to do with the red stuff.
35:50Oh, okay.
35:50Come give me a break.
35:54Your shift's about to start.
35:56Yes, it is.
35:59My dinner's ready.
36:02Okay.
36:12Anything else I can get you?
36:13Yeah.
36:15I was wondering if tomorrow maybe you might let me borrow your car.
36:22Sure.
36:24Thanks.
36:24What do you think?
36:39Fuck off.
36:42Fuck off.
36:45Fuck off.
36:47Fuck off.
36:48Fuck off.
36:48Fuck off.
36:48Fuck off.
36:49Fuck off.
36:53Fuck off.
36:58Guard! Somebody please. Harry! Harry, open the door, please. Shut up!
37:04Fuck off! Harry!
37:06What the fuck is this? The twins are in. They need help, please.
37:09Open the door. Hurry!
37:11Harry!
37:14What the fuck?
37:15What the fuck?
37:16Fuck. What do you mean?
37:20Harry didn't mean to hurt you.
37:23Jenna, please wake up.
37:37Why isn't anybody eating?
37:40It's the most important meal of the day.
37:48So...
37:51I know.
37:54We're all disturbed by the unfortunate incident last night.
38:01Between Harry Cross and the Wilcox girls.
38:05As most of you know, following the visual field and acuity tests, you know them as shots for dots.
38:16Harry suffered a slight seizure, and when Greta tried to comfort him, he inadvertently struck her, resulting in some neck
38:29sprain and a little light head trauma.
38:35All three are resting comfortably and expected to make a full recovery.
38:43And in no way will this incident affect or put in jeopardy the important work we're all doing.
38:56But I want you to know that Harry felt so awful about injuring his friend, and Greta so graciously accepted
39:10his apology saying, after all, accidents happen.
39:15Okay.
39:16So, let's follow in their example of generosity by picking up the slack that their absence has left.
39:27That's the true spirit of friendship.
39:30And can we see them?
39:31No.
39:33No.
39:40Anyone, um, who contradicts anything that I'm saying is lying and should be reported.
39:49Okay.
39:52Am I understood?
39:53Do you understand?
39:57If I'm understood, can I get a yes, Miss Sixby?
40:01Yes, Miss Sixby.
40:02Oh!
40:03You can do better than that!
40:06Yes, Miss Sixby.
40:08Excellent.
40:11Enjoy your breakfast.
40:21Fucked up last night, man.
40:23You were so brave.
40:25Yeah, but...
40:26How do I explain I knew what was going on in that room?
40:29And there were a couple guards closer than I was.
40:31They didn't hear a thing.
40:33They're gonna know your TP.
40:35Look, if I just sent it back half, you know, maybe I'll look for that old playground.
40:40You know, the one that the dog saw with the old fence?
40:43Oh, yeah.
40:44So, maybe it's a good thing.
40:47No.
40:49No.
40:49We haven't done any recon back there.
40:52You know, Kalisha hasn't told us anything about security, cameras, bed checks.
40:56If we're gonna pull this off, it's gotta be what we're still in front of.
41:00Then we better do it soon.
41:05Do you...
41:09Do you ever see things before they happen?
41:15Don't think so.
41:17Before?
41:18Why?
41:19Luke?
41:28I need you to come with me.
41:29I thought it was breakfast and then...
41:31You wanna make it harder than it has to be?
41:32It's okay.
41:34I can't do that.
41:35I can't do that.
41:37So, yeah.
41:38We're gonna do this thing.
41:43I didn't see things.
41:43I'm gonna do this.
41:48I think I can do it.
41:50I know.
41:53We have to go very quickly.
41:54It's not good.
41:54It's not good.
41:56I'm gonna do this.
42:02Aside from the normal tests that we conduct here,
42:05there are some certain special somethings
42:09that we save for certain special kids.
42:13Especially those who don't always tell the truth.
42:16Do you always tell the truth, Lou?
42:19Of course.
42:22Well, here's your chance to prove it.
42:24Are you TP?
42:26No.
42:28No, I'm TK, remember?
42:30No.
42:31TK is what you were when you got here.
42:33By now, we should have been able to unlock your TP as well.
42:38It's supposed to happen once you see the dots.
42:40Well, maybe it just doesn't work for everybody.
42:43But it does.
42:46Everybody.
42:49Because the abilities are related.
42:52If you have one, you have the capacity to develop the others.
42:55I was on the team that proved it.
42:57Okay.
42:58Maybe I haven't developed yet.
43:00You saw the dots.
43:02It's science.
43:06We have found over the years that instinctive primal fear reactions,
43:13galvanic fear reactions, you might say,
43:16are extremely helpful in generating authentic responses.
43:24Hence.
43:33Step in the tank.
43:38You're going to make me do it for you.
44:05Luke.
44:06Luke, when you feel your lungs start to deflate, you may be tempted to try to hold your breath.
44:15But given the risk of rupture, I have to recommend against.
44:23Now, I'm thinking of an animal.
44:27What is it?
44:33I don't know.
44:37Okay, sport. That's how you want to play it.
45:14That was 15 seconds. The next time will be 30.
45:20Now, what animal am I thinking of?
45:25I don't know. Please don't know, okay? I told you. I'm not TP. I'm TK. I'm not even TK positive
45:33yet.
45:35Okay, sport. 30 seconds this time. It's not going to get any easier.
45:43No, no, no, no.
45:46No, no, no.
46:07No, no, no, no.
46:16Oh, my God.
46:47Now, I'm thinking of a sports team.
46:50Sports team, go!
46:53I fucking don't know!
46:55Abalone fisherman can hold their breath for nine minutes.
46:59Now, what team is he thinking of?
47:37I'm thinking of a sports team.
47:43Fuck all the sports teams and the animals and all that bullshit.
47:46All you have to tell us is the truth.
47:49You're TP now, aren't you?
47:55I'm TP now!
47:57Say it!
47:59Tell me...
48:01Have Maureen take him back to his room.
48:14See?
48:14Right on time.
48:15Don't have to tell me twice.
48:18Let's slow it down a bit.
48:21Julia Sigsby wants to slow it down.
48:24Next thing I know, you'll be wanting to talk.
48:26I do, actually.
48:30Just keep in mind, I popped my daddy's little helper almost a half hour ago, so...
48:35You've been working with Luke Ellis off the books.
48:39That's ridiculous.
48:41You gave him the dream box last night, though he's not due it for another week.
48:45You're running him through the PC track.
48:49Aren't you?
48:51Well, I...
48:53It was Stackhouse's idea.
48:56I mean, not initially, but he's the one who told me to keep going.
49:00After I told you to stop.
49:02Julia, I'm so, so sorry.
49:06I...
49:06Have you...
49:07Have you told them?
49:09Not yet.
49:10Please.
49:12I swear I will shut it down.
49:15It'll never happen again.
49:17Any idea what Stackhouse plans to do with Ellis once you've built him into a precog?
49:21Uh, sell him off.
49:23To anyone in particular?
49:26Highest bidder.
49:29How's he doing?
49:30Luke?
49:32Well, uh, the IQ makes me optimistic, but...
49:37You know, the PC development is a slow process, so...
49:42Yes, I do know.
49:44One of the reasons we put the project on hold...
49:46Well, I'll just tell Stackhouse it's over.
49:48You'll tell Stackhouse nothing.
49:50Other than the deprivation tank proved Ellis' TP,
49:53and I'm insisting on sending him to the back half immediately.
49:57But it didn't prove it.
50:01You're kidding.
50:03Tony choked him out seven times.
50:05Kid never budged.
50:10Send him to the back half anyway.
50:13I know I don't have to tell you what'll happen
50:16if we connect him to the hum before he's got access to his TP.
50:20He has access.
50:21He's just not admitting it.
50:22That's a hell of a risk!
50:27Fine.
50:29Let's leave things as they are for the moment.
50:34And don't say another word to Stackhouse.
50:37Move to Stackhouse!
50:47What about Ellis?
50:51What about him?
50:52We still need to find a way to prove he's TP.
50:57Leave that to me.
51:00Luke!
51:01Luke!
51:02I could feel you.
51:03You were dying.
51:04That was so scary.
51:06No, I wasn't dying.
51:07Maybe you're just messing around.
51:10Get some rest, Luke.
51:11I've got to get back to work.
51:13Okay.
51:14Thanks, Marie.
51:29Okay, I've got to go.
51:32Luke, don't fall asleep.
51:34What?
51:35I know it's behind that door.
51:36The one that Charles shows us.
51:37I saw it in Maureen's head.
51:39I saw it in Maureen's head.
51:41I saw it in Maureen's head.
51:43I saw it in Maureen's head.
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