"JAKE:" "89 degrees, 15 minutes and 50.8 seconds." "That's the current position of Polaris." "The Northern Star." "Viewed from another planet, it's just one among many." "But on Earth, it's uniquely important." "Fixed in place, an anchor." "No matter where you are in the northern hemisphere, if you face Polaris," "(phone ringing) you face north." "You know where you are." "But there are other ways to get lost." "In the choices we make." "In events that overwhelm us." "Even within our own minds." "What can be an anchor then?" "What beacon can we turn to to guide us from darkness to light?" "What if it's other people?" "The lives that touch our own, in ways big and small?" "Because unlike Polaris... the light that they bring... will never fade." "Hey, buddy." "(sighs)" "I'm sorry." "I had to work an extra shift dropping off bags last night." "Yep." "It was as fun as it sounds." "I had the dream again." "I love you, Jake." "SHERI:" "All right." "Jake Bohm." "Where are we?" "I will admit, on paper, there's reason for concern." "I'll say." "Father's overwhelmed, child's unresponsive." "However, from where I stand I see positive signs." "You always do." "You make it sound like a bad thing." "We're a week away from the final eval with no tangible progress." "Nothing we can put before the board and say," ""this situation's stabilized."" "Now I know a lot can change in a week, but I think we should have options prepared." "Options?" "For where Jake might be institutionalized." "Sheri, please, if I could just... (phone rings)" "I'm so sorry." "This is Clea Hopkins." "Ms. Hopkins, I'm calling from Victory Memorial, at the psych ward." "Your mother is here." "ARTHUR:" "Did you bring what I asked?" "Yes." "Yeah." "I wrote down every number that Jake has given me since March 18." "The anomalies." "What is this about?" "Read them." "Three-18, five-two-nine..." "Six... three, two, eight, seven nine, five, two, two." "How could you possibly know that?" "The numbers your son gives you, Mr. Bohm, aren't new." "They've always existed." "He found the Amelia Sequence." "Those numbers changed everything for me." "The first time it happened... ten years ago." "My vision swam, I..." "I-I couldn't feel my limbs." "It's as if" "I wasn't a body anymore." "I was just, I was just one with everything." "And that's the first time you saw these numbers?" "The road map." "The sequence that connects everything, everyone..." "I just for a moment," "I had a grasp of it." "They told me it was an aneurysm," "I'd lost brain function." "I hadn't lost anything." "I found my purpose." "But I couldn't hold onto it." "Your sequence has three more digits that Jake's." "Nine-seven-five." "The next anomaly." "What does that mean?" "That's why I called you here." "Those are the last numbers to my vision." "I think we're on the threshold of something." "It is a critical stage." "I need to see Jake today." "I mean... for real." "Now." "Right now Jake's under a microscope." "If I'm not careful," "I'm gonna lose custody." "Please." "I'm sorry." "I can't." "Look, when Jake comes back home things will be different, but... until then I can't risk rocking the boat." "Look..." "I'm late for work." "Thank you." "Thank you." "WOMAN:" "Okay, sounds good." "Pull the files, we'll talk when I land." "Oh, wait." "I do need your help." "Clue is... first name in rags, five letters." "No, no, no, no, don't look it up." "Yep." "I got this." "(sighs)" "Eubie." "I'm sorry." "The answer..." "it's Eubie." "James Hubert Blake." "Jazz and ragtime legend." "Sometimes I wonder who they make these for." "An eight letter word for feet?" "Trilbies." "That's not a word." "Either you're a genius or I have to go back to school." "Or I'm just a know-it-all who can't help himself." "I'm sorry." "Enjoy your puzzle." "Lanny Zheng." "Will Davies." "Nice to meet you." "Yeah, you, too." "Drop off from JFK, your lost bag." "Sorry for the inconvenience." "If you could just sign right there." "Thank you." "(indistinct radio transmission)" "You got kids?" "Yeah, a son." "MAN:" "Mr. McNichols?" "Do you have any idea what your son was wearing when he went missing?" "Any recent photos?" "I'm sorry to pull you away from work, but we can only hold her for 24 hours, and it took us a while to hunt down your name." "Do you know why she was arrested?" "Shoplifting, but she was obviously confused, so they brought her here for evaluation." "When's the last time you saw your mother?" "It's been six years." "She's schizophrenic." "Lives on the street." "The good news is we have a bed available." "If she'll consent." "Hi." "I know what you want." "I'm not staying here." "Nothing changes, right?" "The other day I got a call from the hospital." "They told me you'd been hit by a car." "You might not wake up." "It was a mistake, obviously." "But the sad part?" "Part of me felt relieved." "It's not right, Mom." "I don't want that to be our story." "Stay here." "Let them help you." "I'm asking as your daughter." "Daughter?" "I don't know you." "Mom... it's me, Clea." "I'm your daughter." "No, you not." "My baby at home." "Your baby?" "Mom, what are we talking about?" "Let me go!" "ARTHUR:" "Good morning." "Dr. Arthur Teller." "Here for a consult." "Hello, Jake." "My name is Arthur Teller." "I guess you've been expecting me." "Thanks again for coming down." "I wish things had turned out differently." "The policeman that brought my mother here, did he say what she tried to steal?" "I think he said it was children's medicine." "Cough syrup." "My mother said she had to get home to her baby." "A few years ago there was an incident." "She was confused, and she tried to walk away from a playground with someone else's child." "If you want I can check AMBER Alerts." "MARTIN:" "Delivery for Dr. Williams." "Please sign here at the bottom." "Mr. Bohm?" "What are you doing here?" "I'm working." "What are you doing here?" "Is everything all right?" "Yeah." "It's just been a weird morning." "NEWSWOMAN:" "What can you tell us about Andy's disappearance?" "Um, Andy was wearing a red baseball cap." "I just talked to that guy." "Can you turn that up, please?" "Andy has a cold." "He's been coughing, and..." "Cough syrup." "(Andy's mother sobbing)" "MOTHER:" "I turned around for one minute, and he was gone." "What is it?" "I think my mother might have taken that child." "...and a red baseball cap at the time of his disappearance." "You're flying stand-by, right?" "Mm." "I don't think you're gonna make it." "There are worse fates." "What do you mean?" "I-I just closed this huge real estate deal here in Manhattan-- my first one-- and, uh... buyers are flying me out for a back-slapping session." "That's a good thing, right?" "Yeah." "I'm a huge jazz nut, and I knew about this building in Queens, hundred years old." "All the greats used to go there." "(chuckles)" "And I told my bosses about it, and now they're gonna tear it down, put up some slick new high-rise." "And I feel..." "I'm sorry, it's just one of those days where... (clears throat) you wonder what it all means." "What-what my purpose is?" "Do you ever wonder that?" "Not before my morning coffee, no." "(laughs, sighs)" "If my parents were here, they'd say it's procreation." "Carrying on the family name." "I've tried that, actually." "You know, when I was a kid, I tested 150 IQ." " Wow." " Yeah." "I guess I thought I would've done something more significant by now." "Something more..." "meaningful." "There's still time, right?" "WOMAN:" "Lanny Zheng?" "I need you to come with us, ma'am." "Your luggage went missing" " in our system." " Oh, you're joking." "I'm boarding in two minutes." "MAN (over P.A. system):" "Will Davies, please come to the counter to claim your stand-by seat." "Okay." "I think I just got your seat." " I am so sorry." " Unbelievable." " I'm gonna miss my meeting." " Hang on." "For next time." "WOMAN:" "Ma'am." "Ma'am." "(sighs)" "ARTHUR:" "Jake." "There's something I need to ask you." "Do you remember a few days ago, you were very upset, screaming?" "Well, I was there." "I-I used to have a patient, Jake, a young girl." "Her name was Amelia." "I've been looking for her for a very long time." "Toy cars were her favorite." "Is she here, Jake?" "Is that what you're trying to tell me?" "(toy car hits wall)" "SHERI:" "It's Arthur Teller." "He's here." "Yes, I'm sure." "He's got a visitor's badge." "He's here." "I'll find him." "Six." "Thank you, Jake." "Of course." "975." "Teller was right." "I understand." "All right, thank you." "What'd the police say?" "I gave them my mother's description and history." "They said they'd look into it." " That's it?" " I told them she might have that boy-- they're scouring the city;" "they can't jump at every tip." "Look at this-- this is the missing boy's case number-- 975." "I've already seen that number today." "And then later, I had to drop a suitcase off at that boy's house-- I met his father." "And now I randomly run into you?" "Meaning what?" " We'll have to find your mother ourselves because that's the only way we're gonna save that boy." "Where do we start?" "(gasping breaths)" "(approaching sirens growing louder)" "(sighs)" "(man and woman speaking Chinese)" "(both speaking Chinese)" "Serena." "(gasps)" "You're not supposed to be home." "I got pulled from my flight by mistake." "What is going on here?" "Uh, this is George." "He's a medium." "Excuse me, can I get one of those city maps, please?" "TV NEWSWOMAN: - ...who went missing 48 hours ago." " Thanks." "Andy is of average height, with brown hair and hazel eyes." " Okay." " An actual map?" "Surprised they still sell those." "Yeah, well, I'm kind of old-school like that." "Okay, this is where Andy's parents reported him missing, and this is where your mother was arrested." "Wow, they're only a few blocks apart." "Here's where you come in." "I want you to mark down on the map any other places in this area that your mother would normally frequent." "Ms. Hopkins, please, I'm just trying to help you" " find your mom and the boy." " That's not it." "Social services took me from my mother when I was eight years old." "She's been on the street my entire life." "I know this is our old neighborhood, but that's it." "I don't know anything else about her." "Did you have any contact with her?" "Now and then." "She'd get picked up or arrested." "I'd try to get her into a hospital." "She'd always refuse." "Then... she'd just... disappear again... until the next phone call." "I'm sorry." "But we're looking for a needle in a haystack, so anything that you can remember, no matter how small, is gonna help us get closer." "So please, just-just try." "Queensboro Plaza." "What about it?" "The other day, a homeless woman got hit by a taxi there-- she was carrying my mom's cell phone." "Oh, my God, I saw that accident happen." "She ran right into me." "Still think that there's nothing to this?" "TV NEWSMAN: ...the Hudson Valley outside of Yonkers, where a Pan American flight out of JFK has crashed." "Emergency responders now on the scene, and they have reported, as you can see, the damage is near catastrophic." "Authorities have given us no indication as to the cause of the crash." "We will continue to provide updates as events unfold." "(sighs)" "(sighs)" "MAN:" "Davies." "What are you doing here?" "Aren't you supposed to be in Omaha?" "I never got there." "Everything all right?" "I think if I told you, you wouldn't believe me." "Hey, I'm glad you're enjoying yourself." "You deserve it." "Because that right there, deal of the year, my friend." "Just think, couple of hours, kaboom." "Keep up the good work, all right, chief?" "Mm." "I can't believe I have to ask this, but... why do you have a medium in our home while I'm away on work?" "The lab called." "None of my embryos were viable." "Oh... (quiet sobbing)" "I'm sorry." "There has to be a reason." "The doctors warned us, your follicle count is..." "George said one of our dead ancestors is upset with us." "That's why I can't get pregnant." "_" "_" "_" "_" "That's why I brought him here-- if the spirits have a message," " I want to hear it." " Baby, that is not a good idea." " Why not?" " Because you're very upset." "And this is all due respect, nonsense." "Nonsense?" "It wasn't nonsense when you got that promotion at work." "(wry laugh)" "I got that promotion because I deserved it, not because you offered peanuts and wine to your dead great-grandfather." "I seem to remember you asking me to do it." "I was trying to be nice." "George." "_" "(sniffles) (sighs)" "Amelia." "(door closes)" "(squeaking)" "(squeaking continues)" "Hey, Amelia." "Arthur!" "MARTIN:" "Any luck?" " Any sign of your mother?" " No." "It doesn't make sense." "We must have been led here for a reason." "Is there anything about this place that you're not telling me?" " It doesn't matter." " What is it?" "It doesn't matter." "Hey, we're looking for a missing child." "How on earth can you tell me it doesn't matter?" "You really want to know?" "I told you before, the smallest thing might get us closer." "This is where I would wait while my mom went up to the tracks and screamed at the top of her lungs while the train passed." "Because it was the only way to silence the voices in her head." "Meanwhile, I'd hide down here, scared out of my mind, not knowing if she would come back down or not." "Does that help you to know that?" "Does that get us closer?" "I'm sorry." "There's nothing here." "Let's move on." "Damn it." "There's got to be something." "What is it?" "Did you find her?" "We checked every hallway." "There's no sign of any girl." "Please, you got to believe me." "I..." "You told me your interest in this facility was about a patient." "That was a lie, wasn't it?" "You're still chasing ghosts." "I know what I saw." "There was a girl in that room." "Her name is Amelia." "If you don't believe me, just check your-your..." "You're a part of this." "What did they promise you, money, fame?" "They promised me those things, too." "If I see you near here again, I will call the police." "_" "_" "_" "(phone rings)" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "_" "What?" "!" "_" "_" "_" "Serena, you can't believe that." "He is making it up." "(phone rings) Is it true?" "Do you not want a baby with me?" "I have done everything I can to have a baby." "I have paid for the treatments, the special diets, the premium donor list." "I'm not asking what you paid for." "I'm asking what you want." "Honey, you know that I love you." "I..." "Hey." "(door slams shut)" "_" "I remember this." "My mom drew it here when I was a kid." "Why?" "In case something happened to her, or I got lost." ""Twinkle, twinkle, little star."" "Something about a bar." "What... what bar?" "Look, there's a bar on the next corner." "It's directions, so I would know how to get home." "All right, so where now?" "I think I remember "west" or "crest"..." "Crest." "Something about a crest." "(sighs)" "(dinging)" "(dinging)" "(dinging stops)" "Oh, my God." "Hey." "All right, what have you got?" "Hit me." "Ever think what we do here is wrong?" "Wrong?" "Come on." "We find the poorest neighborhoods, we drive down the prices, and then we just... (whistles) ...pave it all over." "I mean, we... we never stop to think about the places themselves." "This building-  man, it's important." " You are right about that." "That building is going to make this office $14 million in profit." "(snaps fingers) Wrong answer." "(sighs)" "Back in the twenties, all the great jazz legends, man-- they-they used to stay there." "Billie Holiday, Illinois Jacquet." "Count Basie and his orchestra used to rehearse in the basement, man." "(sighs)" "We shouldn't be tearing it down." "We should be turning it into a museum." "A museum?" "(laughing)" "Is this a joke?" "(sighs)" "Look, I know I made this deal happen, okay?" "But the whole time," "I knew I was helping to destroy something that should be preserved, cherished." "But I told myself it didn't matter, but it does." "(sighs)" "I'm not gonna let you tear it down." "Okay, okay." "Slow down here a little bit." "You've done some good work around here." "I mean, you've got your whole career, you've got your whole life for these..." "No, I don't." "No, I don't." "No one does." "That's the point." "(sighs) I need to do something that matters." "And it has to be today." "There's the crest on the side of the building." "She's got to be in there." "Come on!" "(panting)" "(honking)" "Hurry it up, fellas." "We are on a schedule here." "Please." "I need to speak to whoever's in charge." "I know this is gonna sound crazy, but I need to get into that building." "In ten minutes, there ain't gonna be a building." "(honking)" "Please." "You don't understand." "I think my mother might be inside there." "We used to stay here when I was a kid." "There might be a child with her, too." "Impossible." "There's no one left inside." "We cleared out the last of them yesterday." "Look, if this place is still standing in ten minutes, it's my ass." "Clear the area!" "We're going hot!" "Hey." "Hey!" "(grunts)" "What the hell are you doing?" "!" "You want to blow this place, you'll have to kill me, too." "Come on, now!" "It's not that I don't want kids ever." "I just..." "I have my career." "I like it." "Having children..." "changes everything." "And I guess there's a part of me that... likes how things are." "Is that so wrong?" "It's not wrong." "It's just..." "I don't know how much longer I can wait." "(phone ringing)" "It's okay." "Answer." "Hi." "It's me." "What's with all the calls?" "Of course I'm fine." "Why?" "Eyewitnesses suggested that the plane ruggled upon takeoff, but there has been no official statement yet as to the cause of the crash." "The area surrounding the wreckage remains off-limits as police and emergency responders continue their search for clues." "I was supposed to be on that plane." "Mom?" "(panting)" "Which way?" "Do you remember?" "Stairs." "I remember stairs." "Okay." "She's not here." "This isn't it." "Okay." "(creaking)" "Oh, my God." "This is it." "It's his hat." "You can't make me leave." "Mom, where's Andy?" "Where's the little boy?" "You want to take him from me." "Mom, listen to me." "Andy is not your child." " Now tell us where he is." " No!" " Come on." " How long are you going to keep this up, pal?" "As long as I have to, man." "MARTIN:" "You need to convince her who you are." "You need to tell her everything you remember about this place, about you and her." "You need to earn her trust." "It's the only way we're going to find the boy." "Mom, listen to me." "I'm your daughter." "I used to live here." "Over there-- that's where I slept-- next to you, always facing the window." "And here..." "That's where we practiced my handstands, remember?" "One leg at a time?" "Over there, there used to be a handprint right here, Mom?" "You drew it there for me." "Do you remember why?" "So, when I was alone, I could put my hand up to it, and it would be like we were holding hands." "That's what I did, Mom, every night you were gone, because I wanted you to come home." "(breathing heavily)" "Why did you leave me?" "I had to, Mom." "But I'm back now." "You led me back." "Now, what about the boy?" "I lost him." "He was wandering alone, lost, and..." "I thought he was mine, and, um, I took him to the park 'cause I thought he would like that, and then I went to get his medicine and when I came back I couldn't find him." "I thought he would come back here." "MARTIN:" "Which park?" "Please, which park?" "Two blocks away that way." "Get your mother out of here now." "CLEA:" "Come on." "(grunting)" "FOREMAN:" "Grab him." "Get him out of here." "Come on." "Son of a bitch." "I don't know who you are, but you saved my mother's life." "I did?" "Thank you." "FOREMAN:" "Hey, man, you need a doctor?" "CREW MEMBER:" "Call 911, call 911." "My God, he's dead." "Andy!" "Andy!" "Damn it." "Andy McNichols!" "(squeaking)" "(coughing)" "I'm not going to hurt you." "I'm here to help." "I talked to your dad a few hours ago." "I saw your tricycle." "It's sitting on the porch right where you left it." "It's all right, sweetheart, don't be afraid." "Do you want me to take you home?" "Come here." "(sighs)" "There you go." "It's all right." "You're safe." "It's going to be all right." "Let's go." "_" "_" "We have to try again." "If I had gotten on that plane, it'd be over-- all of it." "We have to get pregnant." "What about what the doctor said?" "None of that stuff matters." "I'll do the procedure." "But what about your career?" "Career can wait." "Our family can't." "(laughing):" "We'll have to pick a new donor." "Um... okay, you're Year of the Dragon, so... (giggles) we should pair you with a snake." "Um..." "Here." "(laughs)" "I get a good feeling about him, don't you?" "Yeah." "(quietly):" "I do. (laughs)" " You still here?" " Yeah." "I'm just waiting for them to let me back." "I don't know what happens tomorrow, but today she agreed to be checked into the hospital." "(sighs)" "I'm glad" "You were right." "The numbers." "Everything." "It all happened for a reason." "(laughs softly)" "If you hadn't pushed me..." "Thank you." "Last night I had a dream." "(chuckles):" "Same dream I've had for nine years." "We're in a park." "Jake's on a swing." "He's smiling, laughing and... going higher and higher, and all of a sudden, out of nowhere, he's just in the air, and I catch him." "And his little arms go around me, and I can feel his breath on my neck, and..." "And then I just wake up." "You're a good father, Martin." "It's time someone told you that." "(laughs softly)" "You want to help me put Jake to bed?" "Hey, buddy." "It's time to get some shut-eye, okay?" "Jake, come on, I'm not kidding, it's time to go to bed." "Jake, give me the book now." "That's odd-- normally he just gets into bed." "He's added a six to the sequence." "What does that mean?" "I don't know yet, but it means something." "(Man) Let's go!" "Jake, you stay in your room." "(door closes)" "Oh, no." "(car alarm blaring)"