"Previously on Touch..." "Her name is Abigail Kelsey." "She says she's Jake's aunt." "I brought something for Jake." "It's my company's latest computer tablet." "The numbers your son gives you..." "He found the Amelia Sequence." "AVRAM:" "Clea worked with her for years." "You know her." "I saw her on security footage the day Teller died." "You lied to me, Clea." " What's wrong?" " I'm off Jake's case." "JAKE:" "Symmetry is the language of the universe." "It is written in mathematical language, and the letters are triangles, circles, and other geometrical figures, without which it is humanly impossible to comprehend a single word." "But some of us can speak it." "We see the precise patterns, the tessellations." "Those geometric shapes... rotated and reflected infinitely repeated." "And when you speak the language, follow the logic." "You can predict the next step." "You just have to trust in where the path leads." "Hey, buddy, slow down, okay?" "Excuse me." "Hey, buddy, let me help you with that." "There." "Hey, look, there's the Brooklyn Bridge." "Your mom and I used to walk across it on the weekends." "Go to this little place, get Italian ices." "We should do that sometime." "I bet they've got an orange flavor." "Here, let me show you." "Look, there." "Tilt up." "Jake, come on." "Here..." "Just look." "(sighs) Guess not." "25-45..." " There's my little man." " Hey." "Hey, Jake, it's Auntie Abigail." "Thank you for coming." "Sure." "Actually, I was surprised to get your call." "Well, with everything that's happened," "I think it's high time we put our personal feelings behind us, if for nothing else, for Jake's sake." "I couldn't agree more." "I got this for you to give to him." "He liked it a minute ago." "Please." "Hey, Jake." "This is for you." "ABIGAIL:" " Sarah's hair..." "MARTIN:" " Yeah." "I know she wants you to know him." "We can't keep fighting like this." "It's not fair to Jake." "You're the only other family he has." "It's about time I started treating you like that." "I know it." "I'm sorry." " If something happened to me..." " I'd be there." " You know that I would." " I know." "The thing is, it might not matter anymore." "The state seems pretty intent on carting Jake off to some facility that they think better suits his needs." "Yeah, well, I'm not going to let that happen." "Then help me stop them." "Please." "I have to go before the review board soon." "I'm going to need all the help I can get." "What do you propose?" "Well, for starters, your company." "Aster Corps?" "They're funding a program for Jake's board and care center, right?" "They took Jake's social worker off his case, a girl name Clea Hopkins." "Jake really bonded with her." "Her testimony's going to be vital to maintain the custody." "I need it reinstated." "I was hoping that maybe you could pull some strings." "Of course." "I'll make the call." "(sighs) Thank you." "_" "_" "_" "Hey." "Hey." "CLEA:" "How'd it go with Abigail?" "She took the olive branch." "Why wouldn't she?" "She knows I'm desperate." " So, she'll do it then?" " Already did." "Called someone on the board." "They're calling her supervisor now." "CLEA:" "Can't imagine Sheri will be too pleased." "Buddy, be careful with that, okay?" "Is Abigail still petitioning for guardianship?" "I've managed to convince her to focus on stopping the state from taking custody of Jake." "When that's done," "I'm sure she'll want to duke it out with me." "She may surprise you." "MARTIN:" "I doubt it." "CLEA:" "In the meantime, she's proving to be a useful ally." "How is it exactly Aster" " has such sway with them?" " Money talks." "MARTIN:" "Wait a second... 25-45." "That's the same number that Jake was trying to get me focus on down at the pier." "MARTIN:" "Damn it." "Why would a shipping company give Teller $10,000?" "For services rendered." "Mobius." "They were the ones funding his research." "Shipping?" "But I thought you said he was doing developmental studies with children?" "That's what I thought." "AVRAM:" "It seems your son there wants to get your attention." "If I were you, I'd follow his lead." "We are." "What do you think we're doing here?" "It's what I've been telling you." "Your son is trying to right an imbalance in the world to actualize the divine potential." "What do you mean "divine"?" "It's just a theory." "It's a pretty big theory." "Why don't we just let Jake be an 11-year-old kid for now, okay?" "Clearly he's not." "Either way, your son is trying to tell you something." "Oh, my God." "This was the logo that was on the shipping containers that we saw this morning." "This address-- this is where" "Jake wants me to go." "CLEA:" "Wait." "You need to take him back to board and care first." "You signed him out." "You're right." "Okay, I'll call you as soon as I find out anything." "You ready to go, buddy?" "I'll run home, grab my files;" "then head over there." "Okay." "Hello?" "!" "(grunts)" "Hello?" "!" "H..." "Empty." "Damn it." "(starts engine)" "25-45." "Come on..." "MAN:" "You Glen's cousin, Mike?" "Almost thought you weren't going to show." "Is that your truck?" "Of course it's his truck, Joey." "I'm Ed." "Hey." "Mike." "This here's Larry." "I'm sure your cuz told you about Joey." "It's all there-- everything you told us to bring." "All right, here's your walkie." "Channel 5." "The security's about to change shifts." "(walkie turns on)" "Once we get to the high-line, we got 15 minutes to pop the can and load up the truck." "Testing." "(panting)" "(engine starts)" "(gun cocks)" "Never can be too careful, right?" "MAN:" "Our boss, Nelson, the terminal supervisor, has been moving hot merch through these docks for months." "But word is he's got some valuable cargo coming through today." "Usually, it's electronics... flatscreens, computers." "One pallet could be worth 400-500 thou easily." "MAN 2:" "Idea is we liberate a few from behind his back." "It's already stolen so, victimless crime, right?" "As long as it gets back at Nelson for screwing over Joey." "The plan good with you, boss?" "A job's a job." "Cans should be under the hook by now." "Step on it." "We're looking for a ship with the IMO number ending in 2545." "2545, I got it." "_" "_" "_" "Tomer, what if your father sees?" "Ah, he's too busy reading the paper and worrying." "What is that look?" "Tomer, I really like you, but... (chuckles)" "What are we doing?" "How far can this go?" "_" "You're a dreamer." "_" "'Cause your people kill my people and my people kill your people." "(man clears throat)" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "(Jake panting)" "Okay, Jake, now you finish the pattern." "(panting)" "MAN:" "Have him do it again." "Are you sure?" "Just have him do it again." "(panting loudly)" "(Jake panting)" "CLEA:" "Sheri?" "Clea, you're back early." "We just can't seem to keep you away, can we?" "No rest for the weary." "Really weren't expecting you back till tomorrow." "Thought I'd take advantage, get a head start." "Never know what I might have missed while I was gone." "What's this?" "Just some toys from one of our behavioral kits." "Jake seemed to like them." "Hey, Jake, how are you?" "Can I speak to you in private, please?" "If it were my decision, you'd be serving out your suspension." "I appreciate your honesty." "I can only hope that the time away gave you a chance to reevaluate the dangers in letting personal feelings cloud your judgment." "I want what you want, Sheri, and that's what's best for Jake." "We're doing group play at the park after lunch." "I'll be there." "(phone rings)" "Cousin Avram." "Did my friend Moshe sell you the ring?" "Um, no, it did not work out." "But I told him you were family, that he should make you a good deal." "It's not that." "He did not approve of the girl I am in love with." "The Palestinian." "You say it like she has horns." "You already know how I feel, but the Torah says judgment belongs only to God, so we'll leave it at that." "I call my friend Moshe, huh?" "I get you that ring." "Toda, my cousin." "How long before the fence can get us our money?" "ED:" "You do have a fence, right?" "'Cause the whole reason Glenn set us up with you was 'cause you knew the right people." "Ed, cool it." "Depends on what we get." "What the hell?" "The ship was supposed to be here by now." "Where is it?" "Customs." "What are they doing here?" "Maybe someone snitched on Nelson." "What do we do now?" "_" "Are you doing something right now?" "I mean, of course you are doing something, but what I meant was, if you're not too busy..." "Tomer, I just found out, it's my brother Fadi." "He got swept up in a raid last night." "Are you surprised?" "Tomer, I swear to you, he is innocent of what they say." "A man came to the store." "He said that my brother has a message for me and only for me." "The guards" " I'm Palestinian-- they won't let me in." "(chuckles)" "You want me to smuggle out a message from a prisoner?" "Tomer, it's my brother." "If they catch me, I'll go to prison for years." "And what if he's a...?" "What if what?" "What if he really is a terrorist?" "That's what you were going to say, isn't it?" "_" "_" "I'm sorry about your brother, but what you are asking of me is very dangerous." "Just this morning I asked you, how far can this go?" "A Palestinian and a Jew." "Well, now I have my answer." "(sighs)" "ED:" "I radioed receiving." "They said Customs ordered additional inspections on the vessel." "The superintendent's holding up the process by rerouting the ship to another dock." "Nelson knows Customs is on to him." "Maybe he thinks he can hide the shipment till Customs loses interest." "You've got to go talk to Nelson." "Find out where he's sending that ship so we don't lose our window." "Why me?" "He knows you guys." "Look, you're the truck driver." "We just move the cargo, and if it's late," "Nelson'd just tell us to be happy with the OT." "If he sees Joey back here, he's gonna lose it." " Why?" " 'Cause I was fired." "What?" "Look, you're the trucker." "You just go in there and talk to him." "Find out where 2545 is headed." "Fine." "What's with this guy?" "I don't know." "You Nelson?" "I'm looking for my cargo." "What do you want, a gold star or something?" "Look, I'm supposed to be in Atlanta tonight." "I should have been on the road over an hour ago." "What's the ship's IMO?" "2545." "There a problem?" "No, no problem." "Just the usual drama." "Customs wants to go over the ship with a fine-tooth comb." "Ship's on its way to Pier C." "Thank you." "CLEA:" "Martin, what's going on?" "Is Jake there with you?" "Yeah, I just saw him." "I walked in on Sheri giving him a behavioral test with numbered blocks." "I'd never seen it used before, but I recognize it from Teller's office." "When Jake was taking the test, did any numbers stand out?" "Did he try and show you any numbers?" "Yeah, the same ones as this morning, 25 and 45." "25 and 45, damn it." "Why, what is it?" "Every time I've followed the numbers for Jake, they've led me in the right direction." "This time it's something illegal." "It's gonna be pretty hard to explain at the hearing, don't you think?" "Then don't do it." "Just come back." "I can't." "If running down these numbers for Jake stops him from feeling pain, then I have to follow them." "I don't have a choice." "I got to go." "Martin?" "Hey." "Had to make a phone call." "Glenn called." "Big Mike." "He got arrested last night." "So who the hell are you?" "(grunting)" " Ed, Ed, Ed, Ed." " What?" "Enough, enough." "Are you a cop?" "No, I told you." "I'm just trying to help my son." "WOMAN:" "Joey." "What are you doing?" "We're just messing around with the new guy." "Isn't that right?" "First day initiation." "Have we met before?" "You look familiar." "No, I don't think so." "What are you doing here?" "The doctor said you weren't supposed to drive." "Would you please...?" "You forgot your lunch when you left for work this morning." "I'm supposed to let my husband starve to death?" "I'm $40 short on my prescriptions." "I didn't know what else to do." "Remember, the doctor said I shouldn't skip a day." "JOEY:" "Baby, I'm sorry." "I-I thought I left it on the table this morning." "(groans)" "I just wish you would get some rest." "Let me walk you to your car." "Hey, I'm a big girl." "Enjoy your lunch." "I made your favorite." "Pastrami on rye?" "You better believe it." "What'd you bring me?" "Screw you, Larry." "You had a chance." "Why didn't you run?" "(panting)" "Why didn't you say something?" "(panting)" "I know this is gonna sound crazy." "I think I'm supposed to help you." "You and your wife." "(buzzer sounds)" "(door slams shut)" "(buzzer sounds)" "(door slams shut)" "_" "_" "Your sister asked me to come." "She say you have a urgent message." "My sister?" "I'm in love with her." "Why else would I be here?" "A friend needed to escape the country." "He was in fear for his family's life." "I helped to arrange safe passage out of Israel." "But I was arrested before I could complete my task." "If this message is not communicated tonight they will all die." "Why did he need to escape Israel?" "The army was hunting him?" "Does it really matter what side he's on?" "We're all victims of these circumstances." "Are we not?" "What is the message?" "9808 has changed." "It is now 2545." "I don't understand." "You don't need to." " You just need to remember the numbers." " How do I not know you're having me deliver a terrorist message, huh?" "9808 has become 2545." "_ _" "Tell my sister..." "Tell her to wish Mikhail happy birthday." "Tonight." "She must call tonight!" "She must call Mikhail tonight!" "(door slams shut)" "So, did you get the ring?" "I-I told Moshe to give you a good deal, huh?" "It was a fair price, Avram." "It just did not go as planned." "Kabbalah teaches that numbers have certain meanings, yes?" "Yes." "There are writings on numerology in Kabbalah." "Whether there is any truth there, you have to decide that for yourself." "Uh, I have been given a message to relay." "I do not know if it will be used for good or for evil." "What of the numbers 9808 becoming 2545?" "Nine is strife and anger; eight represents death and decay." "Eights you don't want, huh?" "Two, on the other hand, stands for attraction, emotional strength." "Four is connected to Venus, which is, of course, the planet of love." "Five is strength and wisdom." "So, 9808 becoming 2545..." "Yeah, I would say that's very good news, Tomer." "Thank you, my cousin." "Mm." "CLEA:" "I need to ask you something, and I'd appreciate a straight answer." "Ask, ask, ask." "Do you know what these are?" "Teller's playthings." "The five Platonic solids." "Plato theorized that these were the very building blocks of life itself." "Each shape corresponds to a classical element." "Fire, earth, air, water, ether." "Yes." "The dodecahedron." "12 sides for the 12 Zodiac signs our sun passes through in a year." "It's said to represent the universe itself, which is why Teller selected it." "Where did you get this?" "My supervisor." "She had Jake playing with it." "They were part of a method that Teller developed to measure the individual's sensitivity to the noospherical connections." "Meaning what?" "I believe Teller was searching for the Lamed-Vav." "The 36 righteous ones you were telling Martin about." "So, this was some kind of litmus test to identify the 36?" "A test that ultimately failed." "Failed to work, or failed because of who was tested?" "Amelia, the girl that was his patient-- is that who" "Teller used this test on?" "Poor girl-- they..." "They pushed her beyond her limits." "Teller blamed himself, and you know how that story ends." "Do you think my supervisor is trying to test if Jake is one of these 36?" "I can't answer that." "But the question you should be asking yourself is, why does she want to know?" "Because she's taking orders." "There was a camera." "Someone else was watching." "I've got to find out who was on the other side of that computer." "My wife is sick." "That's why I couldn't tell her that I got fired." "Last year she was diagnosed with MS." "She's got to take meds, give herself shots, go to physical therapy." "My insurance was supposed to take care of it all." "Instead, Nelson fired him." "Insurance company complained it was costing too much money." "He's the superintendent, the guy we're supposed to be taking our grievances to." "He's got friends all the way up the food chain, so, he's got us all over the barrel." "I tried to keep it a secret for a while till I got a job, but there's no work." "I got two kids and a mortgage." "I can only stretch that unemployment check so far." "Look, none of this explains who the hell you are and why you're here." "If I tried to explain it to you, you wouldn't believe me." "But I am supposed to help you." "How do I know I can trust you?" "You don't." "Sometimes in life, you're just supposed to take a leap of faith and hope you land on your feet." "Besides, I'm the only one who knows where that ship's going." "You need me." "Let's take a look." "JOEY:" "Patrol was at lunch before." "Nelson told you the right pier, but we missed our window." "How are we gonna get past security now?" "I'll get the container's location from the checker." "We just got to do something to keep security occupied while we bring the truck in." "I'm on it." " Come on." " What?" "(truck doors close)" "Did Sheri and the kids already leave?" "Yes, they did." "I forgot my tablet." "What are you doing here?" "Just looking for a DSS directory." "Someone must have snagged mine off my desk when I was gone." "Well, you can have it." "Next time, just ask." "We're on our way out." "Wouldn't miss it for the world." "Checker says the containers just got offloaded." "New location." "Row F, container number 9808." "Copy that. 9808, Row F." "(horn blowing)" " Are you kidding me?" " No, no." "I'm sorry." "I'm..." "Let's go." "(engine revving)" "We'll meet you at the container." "Copy that." "All right, we'll just keep going straight." "(siren blaring)" "What do you want me to do?" "I don't know." "(sirens blaring)" "What the hell is going on?" "Pull over here. 9808's right around the corner." "We're too late." "You copy?" "We're too late." "It's over." "Hold on." "Hold on." "It's not 9808." "We got the wrong container." "All right, we're coming back to you." "Let's go." "So, half the Coast Guard don't wear the look." "Mike was arrested." "Maybe he rolled over on us." "MARTIN:" "They don't use a tactical team to open a container of contraband electronics." "Something else is going on here." "Either way." "The container we're looking for is buried" " somewhere in the stacks." " Hey." "Where's Joey?" "The bag is gone." "Joey's got the gun." "We'll check the stacks." "You check the high-line." "What's the high-line?" "Just along the water." "Okay, fine." "SHERI:" "Who wants to play a fun game?" "Okay, now this game records your location in the real world." "Everybody get up and spread out." "Now, the object of the game is to go the longest without crossing anyone else's lines." "If you do, you're out." "The other rule is you must stay inside the red boundary." "Let's do it." "Everyone go slow at first, please." "Come on, Jake." "Don't you want to try?" "That test you were taking, someone else was watching." "Slow down." "I said slow down, please." "Help me get them back inside." "Thank you, Jake." "Hey, wait up." " This ain't your problem." " If you stop right now, it won't be anybody else's problem, either." "Come on, Joey, what are you gonna do with the gun?" "There's a safe in the office." " We'll see how Nelson feels taking orders for once." " This is crazy." "You're a good man in a bad situation." "Please, let me just try and help you." "How you gonna do that, huh?" "I'm all ears." "I don't know yet, but if you do this, it's just gonna make things worse." "What about your wife, your kids?" "Who the hell do you think" "I'm doing this for?" "Now, get out of my way." "_ _" "Kamilah, wait." "I need to know something;" "who's Mikhail?" "We have to call him and deliver a message." "Lives are at stake." "_" "I saw your brother." "You saw Fadi?" "You did that for me?" "I don't know where the message goes." "All Fadi said was to wish Mikhail a happy birthday." "Do you have any idea what this means?" "We have an uncle named Mikhail." "He lives in America." "That must be what he was talking about." "Only one way to find out." "(grunting)" "(panting)" "What am I supposed to do?" "(phone ringing)" "Hello?" "(speaking Arabic) What?" "Uncle Mikhail, is that you?" "This is Mike's phone." "9808 has changed." "It is now 2545; 9808 is now 2545." "Hello?" "Hello?" "What was that?" "It was a call meant for Mike." "Larry, Ed, I've got Joey." "We've been looking for the wrong container." "We should be looking for 2545." "Do you copy?" "That's the same number as the ship." "Hold on." "I'll check." "Yes, it's all the way down at the end of row L." "Copy that." "We're on our way." "That's over here." "There." "(sighs) Damn it." "Please, you must help us." "Oh, my God." " Can I get you anything?" "Water, coffee?" " Answers." "I'll try my best." "I believe you're familiar with the work of Professor Arthur Teller, the late Arthur Teller." "The name rings a bell." "His focus was child development and mathematics, specifically, number sequences." "He developed one test in particular that expressed highly complex hidden patterns using geometric forms." "That test was used on one of his research subjects." "A young girl named Amelia." "I believe it caused her irreparable brain damage." "I'm sorry." "I have an appointment." "What does this have to do with me?" "Today I walked in on my supervisor, Sheri Strepling, giving that same test to your nephew." "And she wasn't alone." "Sheri had a computer set up so that someone could observe Jake." "A man from Aster Corps." "You keep saying you have" "Jake's best interests at heart, but this whole time, the company you work for has had a target on his head." "The dodging, the double-speak-- it stops now." "REPORTER:" "I'm live at the Red Hook Container Terminal..." "MARTIN:" "Actually, I don't really work here." "I was just helping out for the day." "The real hero is that guy over there, Joey." "...Palestinian stowaways seeking political asylum." "Left in a container for days with little food or water, they owe their lives to longshoreman and Brooklyn native, Joseph Deluca." "Joseph, in your own words, tell us what happened." "Uh, uh, I heard banging coming from inside the container, so, uh, we busted the lock, and, uh," " we saw them..." " COP:" "Please, ma'am, stand back, stand back." "I'm sorry." "Excuse me just for one second." "It's all right." "It's all right." "She's his wife." "Okay, you can go." "Joey?" "Oh, i-it's my wife." "I'm sorry." "Thank you." "It's all over the news." "Um, honey, I got to tell you something." "I lost my job." "I got fired." "Yeah, about two weeks ago." "(indistinct radio transmission)" "It's all right, baby." "It's okay." "Look, I swear to you by all that's holy," "I didn't know what the merchandise was." "I don't ask questions." "Well, maybe you should've." "I used to be a reporter;" "I know exactly how this is gonna play out." "Those charges you were facing-- racketeering and smuggling?" "They just got bumped up to human trafficking." "You honestly want to take the fall for the people that are really responsible for this?" "Look, if you're asking me to roll over, that ain't gonna happen." "They know where I live, all right?" "I got kids." "You go public with this, they can't touch you." "Look," "I'll give you the name of a reporter I know from The Herald." "Rush Middleton." "There's his number." "You tell him" "I told you to give him a call." "The only way he gets an exclusive with you is if he helps you out with one of their lawyers." "You cut a deal with the D.A., you tell them everything you know that's going on down here, you'll most likely walk." "You don't owe me anything." "Why are you doing this?" "I need a favor." "I want you to give Joey his job back." "Joey's wife is sick;" "she needs medical care." "Trying to give you a chance to do the right thing here." "JAKE:" "We're all part of this infinite tessellation, each a single cellin the honeycomb." "And though individual pieces of this puzzle may never physically touch they all form part of that same grand mosaic." "Like bricks in a wall, the whole is made stronger by each brick." "Remove one, and it all comes crumbling down." "Though we may not realize it, the integrity of this wall is tested daily." "But the wall holds because of everyone's collective support." "CLEA:" "Martin." "What is it?" "What's wrong?" "Aster Corps." "They're continuing Teller's research." "First it was Amelia." "Now they're after Jake."