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Cameron: Previously on Stitchers.

Said Kirsten was smart, but who knew.

Yeah, who knew.

Ivy, it's so nice to meet you.

You can help me save our father or you can go.

My test results came back. They are not what we had hoped for, Linus.

Give me a swashbuckling scientist any day.

You used to wear your wedding band, but you haven't since the hospital.

It's time to move on. Thanks for getting me off my ass in the hospital.

Golly, don't go all weepy on me now, Fisher.

Kirsten: My father stitching me into my mother killed her.

- What's your name? - Kirsten.

I'm Cameron.

You had no authority to ditch your security detail.

Actually...

this says, I do.

Someone's going to visit you to ask a very specific question.

Your answer will show if you're ready to hear the truth.

Will you marry me?

She turned me down. What's plan B?

- Camille? - Liam?

Liam believes my joining his gym was a coincidence.

I need to find out what his role is.

How far do I go with this?

Liam!

Come in.

How did you get in here?

Good morning to you, too.

- Camille let me in. - I didn't know she was still home.

She is.

And she's worried about you, and so am I.

Spare me the lecture, okay?

I'm not here to lecture you about your crazy walls and...

That wasn't a lecture, that was passive-aggressive.

But I'm just here to make sure that you're doing okay after what happened to Liam.

Seriously, though, how are you coping with it?

- I'm fine. - Hmm.

Aside from the best chance I have of finding my father,

or taking a bullet to the brain.

God, that's a little cold, don't you think?

What the hell was my father mixed up in?

Have you spoken to Ivy again?

No, I don't want to bring her into this.

Especially after what happened to Liam.

You should see her again.

I don't know, maybe she can help you if you make it more about getting

to know your sister and less about finding your father.

Everything is about finding my father.

I don't want her getting hurt, so I'm gonna figure out where Stinger's hiding

without dragging her anywhere into it.

Okay, well, I hope you figure it out and soon,

'cause you're getting lost in this obsession.

And yes, I've said that before, and yes, that was a lecture.

That's why I need to find my father as soon as I can.

Before I get so lost I can't find my way out.

Hey, yo, is everything okay?

Well... My dad's got a fifty-fifty chance of pulling through,

so, other than that, I'm good.

- Look, if you have to leave... - No, no.

This is where I need to be.

Good. 'Cause this is where I need you to be, too.

Feels like we're on a collision course with something,

and I don't want to go through it without my Samwise Gamgee.

- Thanks, man. - Yeah. Anytime.

But... we agreed that you're Samwise and I'm Frodo, remember?

Never agreed to that.

For being a neuroscientist, you have the absolute worst memory.

Hey, tough guy, we're almost ready to stitch.

Yeah, I think I'm going to sit this one out.

Because of Liam?

Yeah, because I could've saved him and I didn't.

Your job was to gather information...

- My job wasn't to get him killed. - But it happened.

And sometimes, that is the job.

I know, you're trying to...

"blunt instrument" my brain into accepting my negligence,

but I kind of just need to feel this pain for a little while and figure out

if I'm even cut out for this line of work, so, if you could go.

Tell me what you could've done differently.

Okay. I could've warned Liam that people who hang out with Stinger often become dead

and he might be next.

Instead, I made out with him.

I can't... I can't do it. I can't look at another person I know

in that corpse cassette

and not think about how I should've done something.

I'm not strong enough.

Yes, you are.

And I know this because I wouldn't have spent all the time with you that I have.

Oh, lay off, Fisher, please.

You didn't lay off of me when I got shot.

So what is this? My punishment?

No. This is "thank you."

Lights at 20%, please.

So, the trajectory of the bullet went through the area

of Liam's brain where his working memories are stored.

So, I'm not sure how much we can reliably retrieve,

so everyone stay sharp.

I need a go, no-go for stitch neurosync. Life-Sci?

Go.

- Sub-Bio. - Go.

- Engineering. - Go.

- Medical. - Go.

- Communications. - Frodo is go.

I'm gonna let that one slide.

Comm check, Kirsten. One-two, one-two. Are you sure you're okay to do this?

Whatever gets me to the truth.

Okay. Induce stitch neurosync on my mark.

In three, two, one... mark!

Oh, wow.

Do you see Stinger?

No, I see Liam when we first met at school.

Liam: Advanced Statistics in Information Theory.

That's going to take some time to get through.

That makes no sense. Everything takes time.

I was just making small talk.

Let's make no talk.

God! Did I really used to sound like a robot?

- No. - You sounded like an angry robot.

Wait, I'm being pulled.

Guys, I think I found the path of the bullet.

_

Excuse me.

Stupid accent, works every time.

Mapping a memory hot spot.

Hold on, C3PO. You're on the move.

I hear buzzing.

What kind of buzzing?

What kind?

- Electrical. - Interference maybe?

It's not us.

Well, it could be damage to Liam's brain, Kirsten.

I don't know, it sounds like it's coming from overhead.

Stinger: I want to know everything there is about my daughter.

Who she calls, who she emails, and if anyone approaches her.

Liam: Kirsten will feel like I'm smothering her.

Stinger: No, she won't. That's a time-based emotion.

Just keep using that phony British accent.

Stinger: Girls love it.

Liam wasn't British. He faked it.

- Is that a joke? - I wish.

Of course there is a way I can be close to her all the time.

I could marry her.

We have chemistry,

at least enough for me to close the deal.

Stinger: What if Kirsten doesn't accept your proposal?

Liam: Then I'll stay in LA.

Circle around, work my way back into her life.

Maybe get to Kirsten through that roommate of hers.

You okay?

Yeah.

Get me out of here!

I've got something near the death memory.

All I got left is the death memory.

Anything is better than this.

Liam's waiting for me in the alley.

Kirsten? Where are you?

Yeah, I'm just around the corner. Stay where you are, I'll come to you.

Wait, no!

I'm bouncing!

Did you get a lead on Stinger?

I'm not sure.

That lying bastard got what he deserved.

Hey, did you, uh...

manage to get any sleep last night?

Yeah, a little bit.

Is everything okay?

Every equation that might help me is here.

And it's still not enough.

I can't figure it out.

I've been...

racking my brain, hoping that something is going to just jump out of me,

or that I'll... that I'll make like some connection.

Oh, my God! What a waste of time.

Hey, hey, hey! Don't do that, I get it!

You're frustrated, you're tired.

I'm tired, I'm tired, I'm tired and I'm done!

If I'm so smart, how could I be so stupid?

Someone... Someone moved that string.

Don't look at me.

I don't come in your room when you're gone. This creeps me out.

Who else was in here?

Um... Cameron... Nina...

Ivy.

She could have done it.

That's... That's the equation for power lost

during the transmission of electricity.

I wanted to see how far a power surge could travel.

- Of course, you did. - In the stitch,

when Liam met with Stinger,

I heard a distinct buzzing sound. In the background,

It sounded a lot like electricity, a lot of it!

Okay, uh, generator?

Power lines? Substation?

Monterey Park. Monterey Park.

Why would anyone need his own personal substation?

There's only... one DWP substation in the area.

It's old, but it's not abandoned.

He's there.

Ivy couldn't come right out and tell me, so she left me this message.

Why?