Beyond

Previously, on Beyond...

Hollow Sky's been alerted to a young man

with special abilities.

Your services are required.

Am I the first girl to be brought up to your bedroom?

One of the gazillion things I missed was... hangin' out with girls.

There, I said it.

The people that killed my brother are after your son.

I need your help.

Ian agreed to wait up for Holden with me.

That's a kind gesture. Doesn't go unnoticed.

I know we had something. That's what matters.

It's not just about us.

It was all so I could go back in.

- For him, for Arthur? - It's complicated.

Let me know when you un-complicate it.

I'm looking for Holden.

He's not here.

This is my number.

Could you tell him to call me?

The year I went into my coma,

I was supposed to visit

this telescope in Colorado.

Of course I never got to see it.

Wait, is it the emperor or the prince in the carriage?

- The prince, c'mon. Keep up. - Okay.

So the... the prince is traveling through the countryside?

In disguise, yeah.

He wants to see how common folk will treat him,

if they don't know he's royal blood.

But what he realizes is he actually likes being special.

Problem is, by the time he returns to the Forbidden City,

his father, the emperor, had died,

and no one will recognize him as the crown prince.

So he has to just go on living the rest of his life as a regular Joe...

er, Xiao.

I feel like I'm supposed to be taking something from this.

You say you want a normal life.

I do wanna have a normal life.

Nobody wants to have a normal life.

And what... what the hell is normal anyway?

For starters, not... going into a 12-year coma.

Not... setting houses on fire with my mind.

- Or... - Super powers?

'Cause you're special.

I'm not special and they're not... super powers.

Okay, what would the normal 25-year-old Holden Matthews

be doing in his normal life right now?

I would... you know, graduated college.

Have a job.

Building telescopes.

You know and... maybe even build one

to send to outer space like the Hubble.

I... I built a telescope when I was 13, the summer before.

God, when you talk like that, all enthusiastic and smart,

I... I just... I just wonder is there really no limit to your space nerdiness?

Thanks.

Oh, my God, did you see that milkshake?

- You want one? - Oh... yes! No, no!

It's... it's like a million calories.

Don't think you have to worry about calories.

You haven't seen me naked.

So... speaking of not-normal,

I dare you to totally blow these normal people's minds right now.

And how would I do that?

Do something subtle, like,

change the god-awful music on that jukebox.

C'mon. Let's get psionic up in this bitch.

Okay.

Okay. Remember, focus on a specific point.

- Stare inside it. - Shh! I'm workin' on it.

Oh, yep, we should bounce now.

Go, go... go, go!

Oh, my God, that was amazing!

I was trying to change the music, not cause a blackout!

Blackout's way better, dude!

Got you somethin'.

C'mon, you know you want it.

Couple sips is only like 25,000 thousand calories.

Mmm!

Let's go!

So he just lit out in the middle of the night?

It wasn't the middle of the night.

He asked if they could go and I said yes.

What's at Mt. Remick? 350 miles away.

Remember that observatory that he talked

nonstop about when he was a kid?

Who's the girl?

Charlie, she's very sweet.

Who... who's Charlie?

Apparently your brother took off on a road trip

with some girl named Charlie.

Huh. Yeah, first it was Jamie and then Willa, and...

- Who's Jamie? - Who's Willa?

Or was it Willa first?

So, what, you just let him leave, Mom?

I didn't just let him leave, he's 25 years old.

- We gave him a truck. - Which needs a new timing chain.

And I'm not gonna stop him from catching up

on some of the things that he missed.

I worry about him, too.

I'm really late for work.

That is old.

Do you have a reservation?

No, uh... is that a problem?

Oh... I just got a cancellation on Cabin 4.

Great! Um... we'll take it.

If you don't, somebody else will!

If you could just sign my ledger here,

Mr. and Mrs...

Matthews.

Mr. and Mrs. Holden Matthews.

Of Fort Reed, Kansas. We're newlyweds.

Kansas, huh? Beautiful country.

You been?

No. Uh, but my sister-in-law...

my former sister-in-law...

she spoke very highly of the Buckeye State.

- Jayhawk State. - Come again?

Nothing. Um... the cabin,

it's, uh... it's got two beds?

Why would we need two beds, dear?

Unless you're expecting company on our honeymoon?

- Um... - Boy, she's funny.

She's... she is great, um...

- What do you want? - You don't call,

you don't write. How's our project coming along?

I don't... I don't know what you think Holden can do,

or what Frost wants with him,

but... I've been looking over my shoulder

ever since I woke up,

and I'm not gonna do that to Holden.

I shoulda told you in Monte Carlo

what I'm telling you now: you can go...

You like him.

How adorable.

But that doesn't change our deal.

You help bring in Holden,

and we help you get Arthur.

Arthur will get what's coming to him, Holden or no Holden.

You might want to rethink your position.

Oh, is this where you tell me that you'll get your hooks

in Holden with or without my help?

No. This is where I tell you a story

about a bright 15-year-old in Oregon,

named Annabelle.

I... I don't... I don't know who that is.

You don't remember the foster sister you befriended back in the day?

You are still paying for her posh boarding school, aren't you?

- Stay away from Anna. - I would hate to see her thrust

back into the inner city foster care system

you're so familiar with.

I will kill you!

I will destroy Hollow Sky,

I will burn down the entire building and everybody in it!

Now, Charlie, is that any way for you to talk to an old...

God... dammit!

Ohhh! God!

Sorry if I sounded distracted, I...

I can't say I expected your call.

Can't really say I... expected you to answer.

Is everything okay... with Holden?

I don't... know...

how to say this, so I'm...

I'm just gonna say it.

Who the hell are you, and... and what do you want with my brother?

Me, I... we're just friends.

See, uh... I can tell a bad liar from a good liar.

And you're terrible.

Look, I'm helping with Holden's rehab.

Holden quit physical therapy weeks ago.

Do you wanna go for strike three,

or do you just wanna skip to the truth?

Holden drew these, and...

and you know what they are.

Don't you?

This... is where your brother was...

when he was in his coma.

Wh... what are you...?

But that's crazy.

Sounds crazy, but...

more than that, you need to ask him.

I'm sorry.

So what're we looking for?

The main event is Mercury in retrograde.

It'll look like the planet is actually moving backwards.

But it's... not?

No, but it does slow down.

See, it's the only planet whose orbit speed changes,

so, Earth is moving the same speed while Mercury slows down,

so it seems like it's moving... backwards.

- Ohh. - Okay. C'mere. Take a look.

Okay.

Look for the brightest object in the sky above the moon.

Oh, yeah, I see it.

I... I think, maybe.

- Maybe. Uh... - Don't worry.

Once we go inside and look through the big telescope,

it'll be like we're looking right out the window.

Then what are we doing out here with this rinky-dink telescope?