The Gifted

- Hey, look who's here. - Help!

- I was just so angry. - You couldn't feel anything.

Mom, accept it, Andy is a mutant.

This is the Sentinel Services. We will use deadly force.

Clarice, you got to get us out of here.

Dad! -No!

- Dad! - No!

- Where is my dad? - We need to go back.

Right now, we need to take care of Clarice.

She may be in shock.

It may be affecting her abilities.

What does she need?

Hypercortisone-D to stabilize her powers.

Clarice is still inside. Give me the medication.

I'll go in there, I'll try to give it to her.

No, you don't know the dosage.

Too much could make this worse.

It's gonna be okay.

We are gonna do a deal today.

I will cooperate with you, but I go down for this alone.

And my wife and children stay out of prison.

One condition.

I get the Mutant Underground.

It is always this quiet out here?

You get used to it.

How did you guys get your hands on this place?

It's huge.

Yeah, it was condemned after the Oakwood Riots.

National Guard stormed a mutant orphanage up the road.

Some poor kid lost control, destroyed the whole area.

They didn't know what he did exactly, so folks stayed away.

We needed a place, so...

Well, I love what you've done with it.

Look, we're hiding fugitives, not hosting garden parties.

What matters is we're together.

We fight for each other. We take care of each other.

Ever wonder what you did in a past life to deserve this?

Having a gene that forces us to live this way?

Is that really what you think?

I wouldn't change who I am

or... or what I can do for anything.

Tell me this.

When you discovered your ability,

what was the first thing you did just for the joy of it?

Joy?

I was living on the streets of Bogotá

sleeping in a cardboard box.

Come on.

Okay, fine.

Know why I started wearing steel-toed boots

and metal bracelets?

Misguided fashion sense?

No.

Because when I was 16, I discovered I could do this.

Wow.

Your turn.

Seriously, I don't know...

It's dumb.

Come on.

Well, look at that.

What is that?

I... I, uh...

I think it's the Aurora Borealis.

It happens in the Arctic,

when the solar energy hits the magnetosphere.

They say it's the most beautiful thing on Earth.

Not even close.

Ms. Dane. How you doing?

I'm Jace Turner.

Sentinel Services.

Listen, I'd love to chat, but I'm sort of busy here.

Yeah. Yeah, I can see that.

I think you're gonna want to make time for this, though.

I'm about to take down all your friends

- in the Mutant Underground. - Good luck with that.

Yeah, I don't think I'm gonna need luck.

I'm gonna start with Marcos Diaz.

Street name Eclipse? Does that ring a bell?

Course it does, that's... that's your baby daddy, right?

I'm want to give you

one more chance to cooperate with us.

If you do, when the little one's born,

I'll arrange visitations for you and Diaz.

You guys can still have some sort of family.

In prison.

No, I was thinking the Bahamas.

Yeah, prison.

Ms. Dane...

prison's where you want to end up right now.

If you don't cooperate, you're going someplace much worse.

So you can give me what I want here,

or you will give me what I want there,

because, believe me,

everybody gives me what I want there.

Anyway.

Think about it.

And think really hard, okay?

Because if we do this bust without you,

you got no cards left.

So, what, we just forget about Lorna

'cause she's behind bars? -You know that's not what I'm saying.

God knows what she's going through in there.

You're talking about breaking into a jail.

20-foot walls. With guards.

- With guns. - We have a way past all of it:

Clarice. You saw what she can do.

I saw her tearing through the fabric of space.

She almost destroyed half the building. She almost died.

She's fine now.

In your expert medical opinion.

Yeah, well, she's better than she was.

Even if she is, she's nowhere near ready

to take on what you're proposing.

Then train her.

Just like you trained most of the people in this room.

You train her.

Johnny, Clarice did

get herself out of jail.

I mean, maybe she can do this.

So you're on his side.

No.

I'm on Lorna's side. She's my friend.

All right.

W-Wait.

We still live in a country of laws.

H-Have we tried calling a lawyer?

Some members of Congress are sympathetic to mutants.

- You're really overestimating... - Why not try?

We can assault a building,

but we can't talk to a person?

- You said you wanted to fight. - I do.

But there are ways to fight that don't involve battles.

I have connections. I can reach out. -We can't have contact

with the outside world while you're staying here.

Sentinel Services will be looking for you. We can't risk

- the exposure. - Even if it could help?

Much better odds they turn on us.

I'm sorry, Caitlin.

No, it's too dangerous.

This is the jankiest board ever.

I'm pretty sure that money has mold on it.

Okay, that's not...

It's mold.

It's mold.

So, uh, I guess since the tens

are all stuck together, I figure we use

the ones as tens and then the little paper nubs

- will be the ones. - Doesn't matter to me.

I'm gonna win it all anyway.

Sure. Remember last time.

Oh, when I let you win?

It's not your birthday anymore.

Okay, just take your piece. -

I'll be...

nickel.

I think I'm gonna be the shoe.

No. You can't be the shoe.

Be the bottle cap. -What do you mean? I just called the shoe.

- I don't care. Put it back. - What's your problem, psycho?

Dad's always the shoe.

Okay?

Yeah.

This Lorna chick went to jail saving my ass. I owe her.

But it won't work. I can't do anything.

See?

Nothing.

And you want me to help you get into a jail? You'd be

better off with a couple glow sticks and a hacksaw.

Something changed

after I got sick.

I woke up with this new beauty mark here.

And my powers... I don't know... they're...

they're broken.

Hey. Abilities don't break.

Most mutants first access their abilities from strong emotions.

Fear, anger, pain.

But those are all unreliable.

The challenge is to tap into something positive.

- Positive. - Mm-hmm.

Like, what, we do some hot yoga and find my spirit animal?

Um... no, thanks.

I'm pretty sure your spirit animal would bite me.

No. It'd rip your head off.

No, it's impossible. My head can't be ripped off.

Hey. We're gonna work on it.

See you in the morning.

Excuse me.

Hey. Hey.

How'd it go with Clarice?

Um...

it's-it's gonna be a... process.

Her power has always been fueled by fear. She needs

to find something she cares about enough to get past it.

Johnny, Lorna doesn't have time for us to make mistakes.

Let me help.

- No. - I can give Clarice memories,

make her think Lorna's her best friend.

You're talking about... planting stuff in people's heads.

That goes bad, all right?

Remember Walker?