The Stranger

Okay, you've got to make a wish.

But I married you to take care of us.

Okay, everybody ready for cake?

Your family is doing well in protective custody.

Did you do it?

Yay, okay. Everyone sing Happy...

Don't you understand? You help me you help yourself.

I love it, Daddy.

So you're saying you can't or you won't intervene in Salt Lake City?

Look, Mason, you're not my superior. I don't take my orders from you.

I asked you nicely.

So what is there in Salt Lake City that scares you?

The Jazz?

Look, it's none of our business.

It's Bureau business and it started in our jurisdiction.

AII right, if you really think our presence there will make the difference,

I'II contact them and get a copy of the report.

But for the record, you're still not my boss.

Yet.

He's back.

Then the red cart,

that would represent her childhood.

So as you can see, random objects can in themselves

trigger profound reversal of some forms of retrograde amnesia.

Which in many cases can result in a recaptured memory.

Excuse me.

- Was it really him? - I'm fine. And you?

I'm sorry. It's good to see you.

You knoW, it might have been him. I showed his photo to Seattle SWAT.

- And? - Well, they saw a resemblance.

But this guy, he was a dirty doWn-and-outer.

Besides, they only got a brief glimpse of him before he ran.

- Why did he run? - He killed a guy.

It actually was in the act of saving a little girl's life.

That sounds more like him.

The local PD was running a ransom exchange.

A local lawyer recorded some incriminating conversations

with the son of a big mob boss.

Kid got spooked, kidnapped the lawyer's daughter.

I guess our guy was in the right place at the right time.

- Was it really him? - Give me back my baby.

I gave you what you wanted. Now let her go.

Maybe I should just keep her.

She is a pretty little thing.

For God's sake help me, please.

Please help me.

You just killed her.

Say goodbye to your little...

They tried to kill him for his efforts.

This is it.

God knows how he is, but he got away.

Now we're not the only ones Iooking for him.

Let them join the club. See if they have any better luck.

They think he's been here for about six months,

but they couldn't make a positive ID without prints.

You can't leave prints when you don't have any.

Mason.

It's another digit.

He's starting to remember.

So what do we do now?

Same thing we always do... We wait.

What are you gonna do with that?

If we see him again it could be a key

to unlocking some of his buried memories.

I want to thank you for sticking through all this.

He is my patient.

I need to see this through.

And you don't miss me at all?

It was one night.

I think we should leave it at that.

So he got away again?

Yes, sir.

And the last time we had any contact with him was?

1 0 months ago. Tucson. No collateral.

But there's been more than enough collateral on this case,

hasn't there, Agent Reese?

But he's potentially a major source of embarrassment for us, sir.

Not as embarrassing as an overbudgeted case with no results.

Look, somewhere in that screwed-up head of his

he knows who the mole who's been tipping off the Russian mob is.

Don't we want to be ahead of that?

Sure. But we haven't been so far, have we?

Let it go.

Even in these alternate states,

the clues to the true self can always be found

in the metaphor that the mind is playing out.

If we look at each piece of the larger puzzle

then we can discover...

we can discover

that they fit together to tell the story.

But putting the puzzle together,

noW that's something that only the patient can do

and only when they're ready.

That's it for today, class. Paper is due tomorrow.

Thank you.

What are you doing here?

Has something come up with the extension of the numbers?

No.

I mean, I don't know.

Look, Grace, there's no way to sugar-coat this.

They've killed the case.

What? You can't do this.

It's not up to me.

But I don't understand.

It's Chief Pickar.

He's wanted to shut this down ever since our guy went rogue.

He's not rogue. He's sick.

He needs help.

It's out of my hands.

So that's it?

You just forget about it? Act like he never existed?

He has.

Grace, I can't go against orders.

Well, maybe you can't.

But...

but if I can find him...

I can help him.

It's not a good idea.

Look, you work for the FBI, not me.

Now for this first interview

I'm just gonna ask you a few simple questions, okay?

I'm not crazy.

Is that what you think? That I think you're crazy?

Well, you did say you found me covered in blood

trying to break into the Seattle shipping docks.

Well, yes, there was that.

So if I'm not crazy, then what am l?

The mind is an amazing thing.

When things become too much for us to bear,

it can protect us without us even knowing.

I believe you saw and or experienced some kind of trauma

that initially triggered this state.

Amigos.

Uno, dos...

Gracias.

Muchas gracias, señor.

Make sure the gringo is dead.

Vamos.

Is it someone that you know?

Fuck.

Big bad ass, this one.

I keep telling you

I don't know who they are.

Maybe you don't, amigo.

But you know where you were taking them.

I am going to show you...

I am going to show you

what we do

to cop killers in this country.

Aw, shit.

Is it a child that you're drawing?

Don't do it.

Hello?

Hello? Hello?

Hello?

I don't know who I'm calling here.

It's the only number I can remember.

Where are you?

I'm sorry for bothering you.

No no, you're not bothering me. Please don't hang up.

I'm a friend.

Hey! Hey, what are you doing?

Hey!

Yeah, I called the number back.

It's a gas station just north of the California-Oregon border.

Slow down. Are you sure it was him?

Definitely. He may be retracing his steps.

Look, he sounded very disoriented.

I'm looking at some pretty gruesome photos of an all-out slaughter

- at the Tijuana Police Department. - And?

And they were interrogating a coyote that fits his description

when he went ballistic and took down the whole police force.

And you think that it's him?

Or whoever he thinks he is these days.

Look, just the fact that he called means he's remembering.

It's a cry for help.

Mason, we have to do something.

We've been warned to leave it alone.

No.

You've been warned.

He remembered her number.

I guess that's progress.

Good. Then what are we doing here?

She wants to try and track him down.

But if we go against orders it'II just draw suspicion.

What's going on?

They're in my computer.

So what did you find out about my computer problem?

I don't think you want to know. I don't think l want to knoW.

I'm a big boy. I can handle it.

AII right, okay. Look,

nobody can access our system from the outside. Nobody.

- So it is from inside the Bureau. - Yeah, but here's the thing.

Only two people have the access code to get into the individual files.

- And I'm one of them. - And the other is?

Who do you think? Pickar.

I figured.

Don't sweat it. It's not like he was checking up on you personally.

- You're cool. - What do you mean?

- You know what he's searching for? - Yeah. Dude, she's hot.