Invasion

- But I think I told her that. - Yeah.

- No? - Yeah, you did.

- Ry, honey. - Yeah?

This yellow one has nuts. Make sure Miss Denise knows.

- Sure. - Mmm.

This is amazing. What's in this?

- It's, uh, aubergine and kashk. - Mmm.

It's like dairy.

- You want some? - Yes. Thank you.

- Mmm. Mm-hmm. - It's good, huh?

- So good. - I know.

Dad! Dad! Dad.

You have to talk Mom into letting me have a turtle.

A yellow-bellied slider like Isabelle's.

They can be friends.

I don't think aquatic turtles

are the kind of pets you can take over for a play date, honey.

Mr. Evans, check it out. No braces.

Looking good, Jack.

Hey, you owe me a quiz.

Lunch, Monday.

- Okay, turtles. - Turtles.

Stepped right off that third step. You know the one on the back porch?

Bert, I want you to come to the hospital tomorrow so I can take a look.

I will be there around 8:00. What time will you be there?

No, Doc, I don't want to be a bother now.

No, no. It's no bother.

And I don't like that swelling.

Hey, they're getting ready to start!

There weren't block parties when we moved here a year ago.

- No, there weren't. -

- About time though, isn't it? - Yeah.

Check, check, one, two.

- Hey, you. - Hi.

Ew!

Hey!

Sarah, is your sleepover bag packed?

It's under the stairs.

He's so happy.

He's not the only one.

Hey, Dad.

- Hey. Hi. Do we have some more dips? -

Yeah, yeah. In the fridge, second shelf on the right.

- Come, I'll show you. - Wait. Wait.

Blue hoodie, 11 o'clock.

- Okay. - Mm-hmm.

Kyra. She's in his algebra class.

Do not tell Luke that I told you.

- They're so cute. - Mmm.

Biology and Organic Chemistry in one semester is a lot.

I just wanna get the prerequisites over with.

You think it's too much?

No, I just think there's no rush.

What about that poetry seminar?

No, the sooner I get into medical school, the sooner I can do something useful.

Ryder, this is useful.

What you're doing is useful.

Just have fun, meet new people, do new things.

You're gonna be an amazing doctor.

The world is lucky to have you.

But, like, don't short yourself on youth,

on parties, on poetry.

You know, your generation had to grow up too fast.

And now you need to teach yourself to slow down.

Just try.

For me.

Okay. I'll try.

Thank you.

You know, you're kinda failing at the stereotype.

Most parents would be proud I'm so goal-oriented.

I'm proud.

I am proud no matter what.

This must be Jenny.

Can you grab Sarah's bag?

- Yep. - She said it's, uh, under the stairs.

Okay.

Hey.

Can we come in?

I can watch them.

Bring them back later.

Ten minutes to myself? I'll take it.

You're an angel.

What you did back in Idabel two years ago,

I've only seen something like that before once.

Caspar Morrow.

Yeah, he can do that.

You know, just get to the aliens' minds,

see through 'em.

Connect.

I'm not like him.

- I'm just-- - A kid?

Yeah.

He was a kid too.

Brave kid.

A little too brave.

I kinda feel like him and you right now, you know?

I mean, I can't do what you can do,

but ever since I got back, I had these images in my head.

These things that I can't get out. And...

I mean, they keep nagging at me, you know?

Things that I gotta remember. Things that are important.

I mean, I know they are.

You ever, um, feel like that?

Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Like I said, I can't just tap in like that.

So I was hoping maybe you could help?

How?

So, Jamila here was actually a friend of Caspar's.

She was with him the entire time when it all went down.

When he died.

I'm so sorry.

It's all right.

We wanna show you something.

See if it sparks anything. If you remember anything.

Would that be okay?

I don't know.

We put this all behind us. You know?

I...

I'm sorry for what you've been through.

And I'm grateful. We're all grateful for everything that you did to save us,

but we've been through a lot too.

I understand.

I do.

But I wouldn't be here if it wasn't important.

Maybe...

Luke should decide.

Hey.

We show this to you and then we'll be gone.

Okay?

This is Caspar's brain activity minutes before he died.

This can't be right.

Are you sure this is Caspar's?

Yeah. Of course I'm sure.

You a doctor?

Yes, and...

this activity,

a singular event-spike like this...

Even the morphology, the amplitude...

Doesn't make sense.

WDC doctors looked at this?

Mmm.

What were their conclusions?

Caspar had epilepsy.

They think it was a Tonic-Clonic seizure brought on by whatever happened up there.

What do you think?

I'm no doctor.

But?

But yeah, I think it's shit.

I think it's just them saying they don't know

and making up an answer so they can be done thinking about it.

Put the past behind them, you know?

You recognize it?

Does it mean anything to you?

Um, I actually...

- - I haven't heard anything.

Not since the mothership crashed.

Are you sure?

I'm sure.

Can you just look at it one more time?

Is that possible? Please. Just one more time.

- He... He said he's sure. - Just look one more time for me. Okay?

Luke, buddy, why don't you head out?

Home by 10:00, okay?

Yeah, okay.

Nice meeting you, Mr. Cole. Jamila.

Yeah. You guys are sounding wicked out there.

Thanks.

I need to show you something.

One minute.

Here it is, here it is.

Infinitas leaked data from the portal sites a few days ago.

It's been going around.

Infinitas?

He's this...

Nobody knows who he is.

He leaks government documents about the aliens, the mothership,

activity in the Dead Zone around the ship.

A lot of conspiracy theorists follow him, but seems pretty real to me.

- And the WDC hasn't caught him? - No.

He's a ghost.

Or several ghosts.

Here.

This is the only known photo of him here.

At least, people think that's him. No way to know for sure.

And there's so much more.

People sensing messages coming from the hunter-killers.

Reports of bodies found at the edge of the Dead Zone.

Threads about a mothership master plan.

That is a lot.

A lot more since you came back.

You know a lot about this.

Do you teach it in your class or something?

No, he doesn't.

Here, here, here. Here it is.

Okay. This frequency emanated from all the portals

approximately three minutes before you returned from the mothership.

It was recorded, uh, dismissed as a random ripple.

It happens sometimes.

But then, exactly three minutes and four seconds later,