Mutant X s01e11 Episode Script

Hey, neil.
Hey, what's up, bro? Hey, guys.
Sorry we're late, man.
Everything okay? Yeah, everything except for the line at the java hut.
Oh, that's my fault.
I don't get a double latte before noon, i'm toast the rest of the day.
Never been a problem for me.
Yeah, not with your new mutancy.
Hey, how much sleep do you need, anyway? About half an hour, mostly.
I'd save fifty bucks a week on coffee alone if i had your mutant powers.
Only problem is finding stuff to do to fill the time.
Sure does help driving cross country.
But that makes you the perfect courier for the new mutant underground.
Still means i got to watch a lot of other people snooze while i'm wide awake.
The cyto-filter adam requested from doc hollis is over there.
And this goes back with you to dr.
Hollis.
It's adam's new prototype for a genetic sequencer.
If dr.
Hollis can replicate the technology, then we can stick them in safe houses across the country.
Help restore the dna of ailing new mutants.
Not to worry.
You can tell adam it'll ride up front with me.
Great.
Want to give me a hand over here? Adam's gear is on the bottom.
Yeah.
I'll be right there.
Yeah.
What the hell? Hey, guys.
Where did it go? Ach.
Forget it.
I thought i heard someone in here before you guys came in.
Yeah, well, whoever or whatever it is is long gone.
Who's going to tell adam? He is.
I knew the minute that word about the sequencer got out there that something like this might happen, so i installed a built-in tracking device in the control panels so that the minute it's activated it can be tracked.
Right in the heart of genomex i'll bet.
Oh, not necessarily.
It's not really of any use to eckhart or the gsa, but for any new mutant whose dna is mutating out of control it could really be useful.
Now, i have to say, you seem to be taking this very calmly.
Well, what do you suggest? I don't see how anger's going to bring it back? Yeah, but we're talking about a one-of-a-kind prototype you spent a year of your life working on.
I don't know - i just figured you'd be a little bit more upset about it.
Well, you seem upset enough for both of us.
Look.
There are very few mutants with this stealth gift out there, right? So, if one of them is desperate enough to steal it, then they probably really need our help.
You keep saying stealth instead of invisible.
Yeah.
Because they're not like h.
g.
Wells' invisible man.
They emit an aura that serves as a kind of light-reflecting shield and then they remain invisible within this shield.
Now, the problem is that if this aura starts to break down, it can be extremely debilitating.
Why don't you and shalimar go over to the safehouse and see what you can find out for me.
Okay, but okay? Thanks.
Okay.
Ah, the informant alden berkley.
It's aldous.
Come on, man.
I've been feeding you tons of dope on these mutants for a while now.
And you've been well-compensated for it, i might add.
What do you want now? I'm sick of being on the outside looking in.
Seems to me i deserve a steady gig.
Do you expect me to provide this "steady gig"? Well, i've i've got some information on the disappearance of a valuable piece of mutant x hardware.
Mild interest, at best.
Ripped off from mutant x by an invisible thief.
Invisible? According to my sources, this thief had stealth abilities.
And where is this stealth mutant now? That i couldn't tell you.
But, man, you give me a shot and i'll find out.
Your information has always been dependable, mr.
Berkley.
Talk to mr.
Kelland in personnel about getting you outfitted.
Thanks.
Is it just me or is adam acting a little weird about all this? What do you mean? I don't know.
Wouldn't you expect him to be really pissed off that the sequencer was stolen? Yeah, but he wasn't really angry, was he? More like he was excited about the thought of an invisible thief.
You know, he really did come right out and say it, but i think he kind of knows who did this.
A stealth mutant who's got some history with him.
What have you got? Blood.
Not much.
Enough to run a dna test.
I'd say there's no doubt about it: This blood sample is definitely a new mutant and, thanks to you, now i know it's a woman.
But beyond that, i am clueless.
No idea who it could be.
Why? I mean, i figured you'd be able to get a precise dna signature and then match it against the database.
Yeah.
Ordinarily, yeah.
But this dna's so deteriorated, i can barely identify it as human.
Well, i guess now i know why our thief was so desperate to get her hands on the sequencer.
Exactly.
However, using the sequencer on dna this deteriorated's like using a band-aid on a broken neck.
Adam? Yeah? We got a hit.
You got a location? And a new record for the sanctuary dash.
It's a house at Just off fairwood.
Adam, we should've gone with you.
Not this time.
This is something i have to do alone.
You sure? You guys stay put.
I got it covered.
Danielle.
it was the wind that did me in.
Twice.
Mmm.
And it blew the leaves that revealed your arm and and it carried your fragrance to me.
Mmm.
You always knew how to touch me, adam.
So why did you steal this? I heard it could help me.
Alright.
Come with me.
Gotta go.
No, no.
Wait.
Meet me tonight.
You know exactly where.
Go get her.
How did it go? It didn't.
Hey, did you find the sequencer? Hey, i've been trying to reach you.
Turned off my comlink.
Is everything okay? I got my ass kicked.
I'm going to, uh yeah, i'll help you with what are you looking at? it's the dna from that blood sample.
The chromosomes look splintered.
Yeah.
This woman that stole the sequencer, she wasn't just a child of genomex.
She meant a lot to you, huh? Are you scanning me? There's no need.
You're an open book.
Huh.
Yeah.
Her name was danielle hartman.
Met her, oh, sixteen years ago at genomex.
She was still struggling with her gift.
I fell in love with her.
So what happened? I don't know.
I think she knew her lifespan was going to be limited.
I guess she just didn't want to get tied down.
You guess? You never talked to her about it? No.
Never had the chance.
She just disappeared.
I thought i made myself clear: The device is of secondary interest to me.
You want the stealth mutant, right? This is phase one.
And when can i expect phase two? She slipped by us - but we'll get her.
A woman? Yeah.
Named danielle hartman.
You failed to detect her presence even equipped with infrared goggles? We didn't have goggles that time.
I think it's time to reassign this case to a more experienced squad leader.
You need somebody as connected as me on your team.
It appears to me your connections only get you so far.
After that, competence - or lack of it - comes into play.
Just please, mr.
Eckhart, just give me a shot - i'll bring her in.
You're aware of the consequences if you don't? I hear it all out on the street.
Just don't harm her in any way.
Am i clear, mr.
Berkley? As a bell.
Hey.
Hey.
I knew you'd remember.
I wasn't sure you'd show up.
I wasn't all that sure myself.
So have i changed as much as this place has? You haven't changed a bit.
That's my line.
then we'd both be lying.
Cheers.
Cheers.
You're still very beautiful.
Hmm.
So what's happening? Exactly as you predicted.
So why haven't you come to see me? The way i left i thought you'd hate me.
I did.
For a while.
So why'd you just leave like that? After what mason told me, i didn't have much choice.
What'd he tell you? That genomex was everything to you.
If i stayed, i'd spend my life as your lab experiment.
And you believed him? You didn't see that was his jealousy talking? I trusted mason - and so did you.
Once upon a time.
I knew you'd never accept the inevitable.
I wanted to enjoy the time i had.
Not pine away for some miracle cure that wasn't going to happen.
Yeah.
So you made a decision for both of us.
Danielle? You okay? I'm beginning to lose control.
You know, i'm not comfortable with this.
What? I mean, if adam finds out, we'll just you know, tell him that we were looking for evidence.
Yeah, well, let's hope adam doesn't find out.
Okay.
Okay.
This is breaking and entering, you know.
It's all for a good cause.
Snooping into adam's private life? Look, he hasn't seen or heard from this woman in sixteen years.
We don't know what she's after.
Ah, right.
Right.
So we're doing this for his protection.
Yes.
Okay.
What's that? "Catherine, having dinner with an old friend.
Back before you know it.
" Who do you think catherine is? I think we're about to find out.
Mom? Who's there? Who the hell are you? We're uh friends of your mother.
Yeah.
Cut the crap.
We just moved here.
My mom doesn't have any friends.
We're new mutants.
Like you and your mother.
Has your mom ever talked about a guy named adam? You know adam? I think the gsa's back.
We better get out of here.
I can go stealth.
That's not going to help you.
Done.
You're going to jump? Yeah, and so are you.
I want to run some new tests.
Adam, don't play with me.
It's too late for that.
What about ephenol? Ephenol.
No.
Does more damage than good.
Mason thought it had a lot of promise.
Well, mason doesn't know what he's talking about.
Ephenol has never been successfully administered.
But it's proven to halt dna mutation.
Yeah, it's also been proven to have serious side effects.
Fine.
But the right dosage on the right subject danielle, it's too risky.
I'm willing to take the risk.
All right, look, there's got to be another way.
I don't have time to find another way.
I've got to do this - for catherine.
Catherine? My daughter.
How old is she? She just turned fifteen.
I passed my mutancy on to her.
I don't want her to go through this.
Danielle.
Don't.
I can't stop it.
I'll take you back to sanctuary.
You're using the ephenol? Yeah.
Just half the recommended dosage.
Maybe it'll buy us a little time.
See, the real problems with ephenol are the wild card side effects it has on dna.
So we need to monitor this thing very closely otherwise, we're not going to know the impact that the drug has on her strand until it's almost too late to do anything about it.
All right.
Good.
It seems to be working.
Like i said, we need to monitor her system really closely.
This really sucks.
What's this place supposed to be? Well, we call it sanctuary.
You ever hear of mutant x? Come on.
You two? And adam? Well, you're looking at the mutant x secret headquarters.
Huh-ha, and now that i'm here, three-fifths of the mutant x team.
Brennan, this is catherine, danielle's daughter.
Hi.
Where's my mother? Umm what happened? She's here, but i want to see her.
Now.
Well, adam thinks it's better that she doesn't have any visitors right now.
Is she getting worse? It's okay.
Adam's treating her now.
Catherine been here before.
Hey.
Hey.
Mmm.
Not now.
Lie back.
You need to rest.
So you tried the ephenol.
Just half a dose.
Welcome back.
You okay? I'll be fine.
How did you get here? We brought her in.
Thanks.
These guys are mutant x.
There's someone i want you to meet.
You're adam? Hello, catherine.
My mom's told me all about you.
C'mon, man, we staked out her place in case she comes back.
The clock is ticking, mr.
Berkley.
Yeah, yeah.
There's a new development.
She's got a daughter.
Does the daughter have stealth abilities? It's possible.
We didn't see her.
Okay.
We did find this in a backpack with some textbooks.
She's fifteen, man.
Danielle's nearing the end of her short but unhappy life.
But her daughter - this girl could be the key to the kingdom.
Make her your priority.
Adam's doing everything he can to help your mom.
There's nothing he can do.
My mother knows she's dying and she's trying to help me.
Do you have any other family? We're it.
What about your father? Not in the picture.
Never was.
Did your mom ever tell you anything about him? All she ever said was that he was smart.
And for a little while, they really loved each other.
Hey, take it easy.
The ephenol's working.
I can feel it.
What you're feeling are the euphoric side effects.
I'm healing.
I know it.
I haven't felt this good in months.
No.
Here.
C'mon, i want you to sit down.
You shouldn't be on your feet.
Why not? You've done it.
You're as brilliant as ever.
No.
Listen listen.
Thanks.
But hey.
C'mon, there's something you gotta know.
The dose that i gave you has bought you some time, but your bloodwork shows that it's all that it's done.
I know i can handle the full dosage.
No.
Until i've run more tests, there's no way to tell how much your system can take.
I know how i feel.
Huh.
I wish it was that simple, but it's not.
I mean, look, it's already affecting your judgement.
If you don't give it to me, i know someone who will.
You want to do that? Eckhart can not be trusted? Hey? What about catherine? If something goes wrong, what about her? All right.
We'll do it your way.
Adam? Yeah? Sequencer's been activated again.
He must be testing it.
I'll be right there.
Go do what you have to.
I'm fine.
All right.
Now, i want you to lie down, get some rest.
Yeah.
Okay.
So it's still operating yeah, but if they're testing it why is it moving? That's a good question.
And i don't have the faintest idea.
Well, that's refreshing.
At least it reminds us that you're still human.
So why don't you guys take off for a while? All right? I'll have shalimar do the tracking from here.
But, guys, hey - don't worry.
You're not going to miss a thing.
I'm sure she'll give you regular updates on what's going on between danielle and i.
Danielle? Danielle lovely to hear your voice.
It's been too long.
Hello, mason.
To what do i owe the pleasure? When i left genomex, adam was still working on my problem.
Yeah, something about your premature mortality, wasn't it? Yes.
He never solved it.
Now you are feeling the effects of his failure.
And i was hoping you could help me.
Well, why don't you and your daughter come in and we'll see what we can do to help you out.
How do you know about my daughter? Simple background check.
When can we expect you? Why don't we get together for dinner and talk this over? Lovely idea.
I remember you were always fond of gaetano's, wasn't it? Let's say eight o'clock.
Hey we'll find her.
Catherine, i promise.
Whatever my mother's done, she did it for me.
Though i guess that makes this my fault as much as hers.
It's not true.
If anyone's responsible for what's happened to her it's me.
You? Going back to when she first came to me for treatment.
You mean if you hadn't gotten together back then i wouldn't be here? No.
No.
The work i did at genomex saved her life.
It also gave her these stealth abilities, right? Right.
Now it's these stealth abilities that are causing her the pain.
Look, if you're as smart as she says you are, why can't you help her? Well, there's a chance that i can.
I'm going to need your help.
I'll do anything.
Okay, good.
Because it hit that if i recombine your dna with hers, there's a chance that i can reverse her breakdown and maybe prevent you from having the same fate.
And how do i do that? Well, by using the genetic sequencer that she stole from the safe house.
But those guys that broke in took it.
Ah, but i sent emma back to try to find it.
Hey, emma, the sequencer's come to a stop.
It's at the hotel infantino on carmine street.
What about danielle? Well, she just pulled into the parking lot at gaetano's and the guys are already on the way.
Got it.
Wish me luck.
Hey, is this seat taken? Huh - only by you, gorgeous.
You and you alone.
Can i buy you a drink? Amaretto sour.
Okay.
Amaretto sour, please.
Thank you.
You're welcome.
I sent the kitchen staff home and brought my own personal chef in for the evening.
My dear, i hate to say this but, on closer examination, you don't look well at all.
We always knew this stealth thing would eventually catch up with me.
I'm here to help, danielle.
All of genomex is at your disposal.
You catching up on some work? No.
No.
It's just a little thing i'm playing with.
Can i take a look at it? Be careful with it.
It's one of a kind.
I'll bet it is.
No! Oh! You really shouldn't drink in public.
Eugh! Sit down.
I moved upstate and got a job with a shipping company.
Kept my new mutancy a secret until i couldn't control it any more.
And you came looking for help.
I still had a few contacts in the underground.
That's how i found out about a genetic sequencer.
i think that if i could get my hands on it stopgap measure, at best.
But it might keep me around a little bit longer for catherine.
You're her only family? Well, then, by all means, we'll bring her to genomex, too.
Right now i need to take care of me, mason.
We'll take care of you, danielle, but it's important that you have the emotional support just me.
I'm torn, danielle, between the feelings we once shared and the exigencies of the work that has been thrust upon me.
Unfortunately, today's realities preclude yesterday's romances.
Adam was right.
Whatever you do, don't let go of her.
Sorry i'm late, mr.
Eckhart.
About time you got here.
What about the daughter? Where the mother goes, the daughter follows.
Okay.
Gently, mr.
Berkley.
We need her in the best of condition to serve as bait.
Wow.
Hand delivery.
I'll take her from here.
She's coming with me.
Adam, stay down.
We're on our way in.
Emma, i need you to download the data into the sequencer.
Shalimar, i need you to prepare catherine's blood sample.
Gotta have a little faith, catherine.
Your mom's going to be fine.
Okay.
Where do we stand? I followed your instructions to the letter, but you should really check this out.
Good.
Catherine's blood.
Perfect.
Catherine mom.
Don't worry, honey, everything's going to be okay.
Yeah.
Yeah, you're right, mom.
The sequencer it's it's going to make everything better.
It's just another way you're like me.
You're a lousy liar.
All right.
Everybody, stand by.
I love you, mom.
I love you too.
All right.
We're ready.
Eggs, bacon, cheese and cream.
Satan's four major food groups.
Mmm i don't know what's going to kill me first.
The nitrates in the bacon, the fat in the cheese and cream, or the cholesterol in the eggs.
But, we only live once, don't we? You haven't even touched your dinner, mr.
Berkley.
I'm actually not that hungry.
One thing you should know about me: I don't like to eat alone.
My compliments to the chef.
Well, neil's all set to go whenever you guys are - take you to your new home on the coast.
And finally deliver the sequencer to dr.
Hollis.
A- ha.
Mom? I'll be right there.
Thanks so much for everything.
Yeah, thank you.
You're great.
Hope to see you soon.
Yeah.
Hey, let me get that for you.
How long's it going to take us to get there? A couple of days.
You ever get a chance to visit the coast? No.
Well, no, she's great.
You don't have to tell me that.
Done a wonderful job raising her.
Hasn't always been easy.
You know i have to ask you, right? She's not your daughter.
I can see how disappointed you are.
I'm sorry for that.
Well, i was wondering where she got those blue eyes, anyway.
Thank you.
Now you have to go.
Yeah.
I've got a daughter to finish raising.
But you know where i am.
That i do.
I'll see you.
Soon.