Kyle XY

Previously on Kyle XY...

Adam wanted me to give you this.

It's a ring.

That's a beautiful stone.

I'll be back for that.

It's not in there, kid. Your ring?

- I sold it. - Who bought it?

Welcome to Madacorp.

I think I made a mistake bringing Jessi to you.

I think it's vital that she continue coming.

In fact, if Jessi misses even one appointment,

I won't hesitate to call Social Services.

'Cause I like you. Don't you like me?

Well, yeah.

Let's count to 3

and both say what's on our minds at the same time.

- I like you. - I have cancer.

What?

Zzyzx. That's the way in.

When we were down there...

I saw things.

This was Baylin's.

Can't get it open.

Locks can play secrets.

The stronger the lock, the bigger the secret.

Adam Baylin's secrets are locked inside this box.

The secrets of Zzyzx are locked inside my head.

But what could be so important

to make me lock them away

and keep them a secret from myself?

I guess sometimes the only thing

more elusive than secrets

is the key to unlocking them.

In this case, the key was the ring that Adam gave me:

the ring I no longer had.

I just don't understand what's so important

that's locked inside Kyle's head.

Everything that Zzyzx was able to feed him--

that is, before you could fit their remains in an ashtray.

How did your trip with Stephen Trager go?

It went well.

He opened up about his dead father.

I'd say we bonded.

And how are things with Nicole since your...altercation?

We'll find out.

She has another session with Jessi

in a couple of days.

We need to speed things up.

o/~ I know it won't be the same o/~

o/~ Two figures meet

Drop the spoon and back away from the stove, nice and easy.

Come on, I'm starving.

It's your fault this stuff smells so good.

I think there was a compliment in there somewhere.

Mm. Pasta, most delicious of all carb delivery systems.

Yeah, it's an old family recipe.

How old?

Oh, about 53 minutes.

Oh, I need you to set an extra place at the table.

Amanda is joining us.

Did Kyle invite her?

Yes, and he's very excited

and whatever the Kyle version of nervous is.

Great. Kyle has a date.

Bye-bye, leftovers.

Josh, this is important to him.

Hey, Josh, why don't you invite Andy over for dinner?

What, no smart-ass reply?

What's next, locusts?

Hey, guys.

We have a guest for dinner.

This is my boss, Julian Ballantine.

Sorry to spring this on you.

I didn't get a chance to call.

Oh, no. Don't be silly.

It's so nice to finally meet you, Mr. Ballantine.

Bye-bye, seconds.

This is Josh and Lori.

Good to meet you, and please call me Julian.

Nicole.

I brought, uh, red and white.

Didn't know what you'd be serving.

Oh, I like red.

I mean--

I mean, I will when I'm 21.

I heard the door. Is Amanda--

Oh.

Oh, you must be Kyle.

I heard so much about you from Stephen.

We work together at Madacorp.

Excuse me.

You have to forgive Kyle.

Tonight's kind of a date.

Hi.

You look beautiful.

I didn't know what to wear.

I wasn't sure how fancy it would be or not, so I--

You wear what you were wearing the first time I saw you,

when you were playing the piano.

I had no idea I--

Wait, how could you even remember that?

How could I forget it?

Well, I almost forgot.

There's this concert at Seattle Phil.

They're playing all Pachelbel's works, and--

I'd love to.

Go with you, I mean.

Yes. That's good, that's good.

Oh, please.

You know, I almost brought champagne,

but I figured we'd save that till after the test this week.

What test?

It's a systems integration test.

We bring all the software and hardware

online together at the same time.

We synch it all up to the mainframe

and evaluate the biometric signature compatibility.

So you're turning neural impulses

into computer data.

Yeah.

Sounds like you understand this stuff better than I do.

You know, maybe I should have served dinner with a manual.

I don't know what I did before we had Stephen around,

but after this week, I promise

I won't keep him away from you

any more than absolutely necessary.

I figured Emily can handle the next trip solo.

Oh, Emily went with you last weekend?

Yeah. She's part of the project.

I'd like to propose a toast, if I may.

To Stephen and your wonderful family,

whom I hope I get to know much better in the future.

Cheers.

Baylin's ring?

Yeah. I saw it right there on Ballantine's finger.

What do you think?

The man who just happens to be Stephen's boss

also just happens to be in possession

of a ring-- Baylin's ring-- that you pawned.

A ring that just so happens

to be the only way of opening Baylin's box

that you happened to dig up

out of that underground death trap.

What do I think?

I think there's no such thing as coincidence.

I need to talk to Foss about this.

Baylin told you not to trust him.

Baylin told me not to trust Taylor.

I think Taylor switched the message.

Whatever. You can't just sit back

and wait for Foss' blessing.

Amanda, it's Kyle.

He's gonna be thrilled no matter what you wear.

Trust me, if I wear something lame, he'll remember it.

Okay, what's the matter?

I got a letter from this conservatory in New York.

I applied there a long time ago to study piano.

And I kind of got in.

That's awesome.

Oh, I would kill to get to go to New York.

I'm totally excited. It's just--

It's for a whole semester, and--

The long-distance thing.

It explains your attention to detail.

Yeah.

Am I crazy to think it could work?

I mean, it's three time zones away.

With any other guy,

I'd say don't waste your anytime minutes,

but it's Kyle.

He spent the last year pining over you from a distance.

I'm sure one semester won't even make a dent.

Dig in. Don't worry.

There's, like, zero nutritional value in there.

No, thanks.

I can go back and get a turkey club,

if you'd rather have that.

Josh, my stomach's kind of on edge.

I have a test tomorrow.

Oh.

Well, fear not.

I got a laser printer

that can print, like, nanoscopic

so I can make you the primo cheat sheet.

It's not that kind of test, Josh.

Oh. You mean--

It's how the doctors are planning more chemo.

Right.

You should get some popsicles, then.

No, I was reading online

that chemo makes you really dehydrated,

and one thing that helps is popsicles.

- Josh-- - No, seriously.

What flavors do you like?

You know, just in case the cancer's back.

Please don't use the C word.

The other C word.

Remember when I said

you couldn't talk to anyone about this?

Well, that includes me.