"I'm sure i'm the last person you ever wanted to hear from again." "I mean, you probably hate me." "But i really... i really need to see you, brennan." "And to finally say i'm sorry." "And give you back your share of the money." "I really need to see you brennan." "And to finally say i'm sorry." "...and give you back your share of the money." "You can find me at our old apartment and just... just don't tell anyone about this, okay?" "Hey." "Where you going?" "Nowhere." "Hey, kid, watch where you're going." "Hey, nice car." "Gt dual carbs?" "Of course." "Mom's waiting for you in the alleyway." "She says the apartment's not safe." "Oh, yeah?" "Who's your mom?" "Who do you think?" "Oh, you came." "You knew i would." "What's going on?" "I've really messed up this time." "Brennan, i am so scared." "You know, for a minute there, i actually thought that you were going to apologize and give me back my money." "I guess i'm just an idiot, huh?" "No, i am sorry." "Okay?" "So there's... there's your apology, right?" "And i will get you your money back at some point." "Yeah." "Yeah." "So what'd you pull this time, becky?" "Look, it's serious, or i wouldn't have called." "So?" "Call the cops." "I can't go to the cops." "They're involved." "The... the cops, the feds, you name it." "You know what, that's just... and i'm sorry, but you're just going to have to dig your own way out of this one." "All right, then, don't do it for me." "Do it for your son." "Aw, that's a good one, becky." "Drop the act." "Okay?" "I'm not one of your marks." "I'm on the level, brennan." "Connor's your son." "Look at him." "Go keep an eye out, okay?" "Okay." "I wasn't even going to tell you, but... you know what?" "Stop." "You called me up looking for protection... mom!" "...then when i say... damn it, you were followed." "Get your stuff." "Come on." "Feds!" "Nice to see you're not neglecting his education." "Come on." "Ah...!" "I am adam kane." "I was a pioneer of genetic research, manipulating dna to save human lives." "But in many their genes unexpectedly mutated." "They developed super-human abilities." "Together with four of the most powerful i fight to protect a world that doesn't even know we exist." "We are... mutant x." "So what have you got?" "Well, we've been monitoring the police scanners." "Check this out." "We pulled this cop cam footage off the police database." "It just went down." "It's impossible to tell if the electrical charge came from a weapon or from a mutant." "Well, if it was a weapon, the most something that size could throw off would be about a thousand amps." "Any way of figuring out the intensity of the arc by checking out the cop car?" "It's worth a try." "Okay, you need to tell me what's going on." "Connor, go outside, please." "What are you going to tell him that i don't already know?" "Look, just go play somewhere i can see you, all right?" "Whatever." "All right, becky, so who'd you con this time?" "Look, it didn't start out that way, all right, brennan?" "No, no, it never does, does it?" "Give me the name." "Daniel foster." "The guy running for congress?" "Uh huh." "We got to know each other pretty well and... you were just going to play him up against the wall?" "Yeah." "And then i found out he liked to carry around a lot of cash." "So you picked his pocket?" "No." "He liked to carry around a briefcase full of cash." "So i got him into the habit of letting me hold it when he got into the car and then i'd hand it to him through the window." "Yeah, until the last time, when you handed him a different briefcase." "Except that there was something else inside the briefcase." "It was a disc." "I mean, i don't even know what's on it, but it must be valuable because he's been trying to kill me since i took it." "I'm going to sell the disc back to him." "That's where you come in." "No." "No, that's not where i come in." "I'm not helping you blackmail him." "Well, then, i'm as good as dead." "And so's connor." "No." "I got a place that we can stay." "I got a friend of mine that has his own high government contacts." "No." "Foster has friends everywhere." "This has to be totally under the radar." "I mean, you can't be in contact with anyone." "All right." "Fine." "I'll help you." "But i'm not just going to disappear, so i need to make a call." "Thanks." "Hey, adam." "Hey, i'm sorry i haven't checked in with you, man." "I lost track of time." "I understand." "I appreciate the call." "Last time i saw you, you bolted out of here without saying two words." "All right, here's two words for you:" "I'm sorry." "What happened to you?" "Oh, you know, i got a friend that came in to town last minute and i was afraid i was going to miss him." "So when are you heading back?" "Uh, you know... actually, uh, he's getting married." "Wants me to be his best man." "When's the wedding?" "Uh, a couple of days." "Hey, check it out." "I gotta run, so let me... let me call you when i can, huh?" "Wait, where are you?" "Wait, hey... ah, you did it." "Now do it again." "Hey, bernadette, have a good lunch?" "Where's ernie?" "Ernie?" "Come on, what have you got for me?" "God, i could kiss you." "Don't get your hopes up." "The polls have me up ten points over the incumbent." "I got this thing practically sewn up." "Not if that disc goes public." "It won't." "Come on, this girl's no erin brockovitch, trust me." "Oh, she'll sniff around for her little payoff and then she'll be out of here." "Save the bull for your constituents." "We have a real problem here." "If you lose this election, i don't land the defence contract." "I have people on this and we will find her." "Not if she sees him first." "I think it's time to use my guys." "Come on... i mean, is that really necessary?" "I'm not willing to let some smalltime con woman do anything to jeopardize this election." "What are you doing?" "I'm sorry, but i don't buy's "buddy from out of town" speech." "There's something else going on." "Really?" "Yeah." "I sensed it the moment he took off." "He was... you know, all wound up." "Not a guy going to meet an old friend." "What, so that gives you the right to just rifle through his things?" "You're right." "I'm sorry." "It's just... the hit i got off of him was really strong." "You know?" "He was overwhelmed by these hurt and unresolved emotions." "Well, why didn't you say so?" "I mean, that's as good as a search warrant in my books." "Let's see... i'm sure i'm the last person you ever wanted to see again." "I mean, you probably hate me." "Brennan, i really need to see you and to finally say i'm sorry... i should've figured it out." "You know this woman?" "Yeah." "Not just any woman." "Becky dolan." "Out of high school, she was brennan's world." "And some time after that she ripped him off, disappeared, and broke his heart." "Yeah, well... looks like she found a way to wrap him around her little finger again." "Well, lunch is served." "I never thought i'd ever see this dump again." "Yeah, you and me both." "So is there where all the magic happened?" "Shut up." "No, really." "How long has it been since you've seen each other?" "Connor, why don't you... i don't know, go grab some wood or something for fire?" "Even since he showed up you've been trying to get rid of me." "Oh, yeah?" "Well, it's just because you're so annoying." "Yeah." "Listen to your mother." "Whoa!" "Am i gonna get to do that?" "Just because he can, doesn't necessarily mean you'll be able to." "I was just trying to ask my father some questions." "Hey." "If you were able to do that you'd know by now." "Damn it." "Watch your language." "Go get some wood like your mother asked you." "What a piece of work." "Yeah, that's your kid." "I've missed you, you know?" "Yeah, well, you should've thought about that before you cleaned me out and took off." "Aw, come on, it's the only thing i've ever been any good at." "I'll give you that." "You're definitely good." "Well, i want out of the game now." "I don't have the stomach for it anymore." "Is that why you're using me again?" "I didn't have anywhere else to turn, brennan." "You know, i... i hid the disc and i need your help to get it back." "Connor knows where it is." "C'mon, is that using you?" "Yeah?" "At least i know what i'm getting myself into this time." "Kinda curious what's on that disc myself." "I really have missed you." "Hey, guys... i got the wood... definitely has your timing." "Yeah." "So, are we going to go get the disc or what?" "Yeah." "All right, put her through." "Hello, daniel." "Hmm, my rebecca." "I wasn't sure i was going to hear from you again." "Well, i have something of yours that seems to be in rather high demand." "Hmm, i suppose you've had enough time to come up with a price?" "Two million." "Done." "I'll call you when i'm ready to do the exchange." "Did you manage to trace the call?" "Yes." "Yes." "Becky dolan, natalie jones, lucy warner." "Which one did brennan fall for?" "The original recipe." "But she's hot." "It's not hard to imagine why he fell so hard." "Yeah, i don't think she's so special." "Yeah, well, the question is what's he doing with her now?" "Well, whatever it is, it isn't good." "I tested the police car and based on the disintegration of the metal, there is no doubt that the force of that arc came from... brennan uh huh." "I don't know anybody else capable of firing off a charge like that." "So why would he do this?" "Yeah, and why did he lie to us?" "Well, maybe he's ashamed." "Or maybe he's trying to protect somebody." "Who are they?" "They are my most lethal black op soldiers who died during classified operations." "They're living... but not in the conventional sense." "They have limited brain function which i control by an implant." "My god... find rebecca dolan." "Get the disc she has in her possession." "Then kill her and anyone else she's come in contact with." "Understood?" "Move out." "So, you in school?" "You don't have to act interested." "Mom already told me you're not into the whole father thing." "I didn't even know i was a father until today." "Yeah, whatever." "Hey, kid, i'm just going at this whole thing blind, just like you." "Fine, i'll cut you some slack." "Thanks." "So is this where your mom hid the disc or are you just scamming me for a free lunch?" "It'll cost you a burger and fries to find out." "Get in there." "Hey, adam." "Look what the photo database turned up on becky." "Recognize the guy she's with?" "Yeah." "It's daniel foster." "He's the guy running for congress." "Picture was taken about a week ago at a fundraiser." "My guess, she screwed with the wrong guy." "Now she needs brennan to protect her." "That's weird." "What?" "I think i recognize the guy in the background." "Can you enhance that image?" "Yeah." "Larger?" "Oh, man." "Who is he?" "Stephan bailey." "Is he a friend of yours?" "Not exactly." "He was a heavyweight in special ops 'til he went into the private sector and made a fortune with high tech weaponry." "So what's a guy like that doing at a fundraiser?" "Exactly." "Buying himself a politician." "All right, that's your third burger." "When do you plan on getting to work?" "Just give me a quarter." "Damn, you really are like your mom." "Okay, just give it to me." "All right." "Hey, lady, i just tried pressing c-12." "This thing just ate my money." "Oh, i've been meaning to put a sign on this thing." "It's been on the fritz." "I bet it would cost an arm and a leg to fix it, huh?" "Worse than plumbers, kid." "I bet my dad could fix it." "Yeah?" "I don't know." "Oh, no, no." "Trust me." "If it's an electrical problem i'm definitely your man." "I'll tell you what, if you can get this thing working, your lunch is on me." "You got it." "It'll just take me a few minutes to figure it out." "It was c-12." "Hey lady, can i maybe have a piece of pie to go?" "Sure." "Why not?" "Ahh." "Thanks for the free lunch." "Let's go." "Hold on, honey, you forgot your pie." "Ah, it's not good for his teeth anyway." "Come on." "No." "Nice work, "dad"." "I guess we make a pretty good team." "Oh, great." "So you think your buddy would mind two more crashing his wedding?" "You know, i'd appreciate it if you guys would just turn around and pretend you never saw me." "They're hot." "Connor, get in the car." "Come on, tell me." "Are they single?" "Connor, get in the car." "Brennan, do you have any idea what this woman got you into?" "Got it under control." "Really?" "What, by exploding cop cars and almost exposing mutant x?" "I told you, i've got it under control." "Brennan, foster's people aren't about to back down on this one." "I can handle it." "Excuse me." "Oh my god... oh my god." "Mom?" "No!" "Mom!" "Brennan, mom's in trouble." "Uh...!" "I don't have it!" "I don't have the disc." "Agh!" "Let me go." "Ugh!" "Shh!" "Okay, i'll handle this." "I have to help her." "I said i'll take care of it." "Keep the car running." "Go." "Okay." "I don't have the disc." "Tell your boss that he's wrong." "You know where it is." "If i knew where it was i think i'd tell you." "Hey!" "You don't want to do that." "Run!" "Come on!" "I looked right in their eyes and there was nothing there." "Yeah, i know." "But, brennan, if you had gotten there one minute later i'd be dead by now." "Fork over some cash." "I'm hungry." "What?" "Are you kidding me?" "You have a hollow leg?" "Having a growth spurt." "Here." "Bring me the change." "What're you doing?" "Well, i think it's time that we figure out what all this excitement is about." "No, i don't think i want to see that." "Oh, come on." "If you got the stomach for blackmail, you should definitely be able to handle this." "So what's on it?" "It's a list of illegal contributions made to the foster campaign." "What?" "They're willing to kill me over this." "This disc will not only bring down foster, it'll bring down every corporation that's ever lined his pockets." "Brennan, we had a deal." "Yeah, that was before i saw what was on this disc." "That disc is not yours to keep..." "well, it's not yours either, and i'm not giving you a choice." "Huh ho." "You are exactly the same." "You won't play unless you get to call all the shots." "I know a place where you and connor can be safe." "I got a guy that i trust." "I just have to get the disc to him." "Hey, what's going on?" "Nothing." "Your father's just letting us down." "Hey, you know..." "end of discussion." "All right." "Fine." "Whatever you want." "Take connor here, and lock the door." "Take it!" "It's nothing fancy but it's going to be fine, okay?" "Go inside, and wait for me." "Okay?" "Fine." "Come on." "Hey adam brennan, where you been?" "Sorry, i've been a little tied up." "Yeah, well, you have no idea what you're involved in." "Yeah, well, i'm beginning to get an idea from my run-in with the walking dead." "The qj-14s are built to be virtually unstoppable." "Yeah, tell me something i don't know." "I'm trying to find a frequency that controls them, but at this point, i don't know what they're after." "Aw, they're after a disc that becky stole." "It's got a list of illegal campaign contributions." "Okay, good." "All right, you got to let us help you, though." "Well, that's fine." "But i need you to arrange for protection for becky and her son." "We're on it." "Becky, i thought i told you to lock the... becky, connor!" "Becky, what happened?" "Where's connor?" "Oh, god, they took him." "Those things took him." "Where did they take him?" "Oh, this is all my fault." "If i hadn't been so greedy, this wouldn't... listen to me." "Tell me where they took connor." "I'll find them." "They said i had to meet them and give them the disc or they were going to kill... they're going to kill my boy... listen, i'm not going to let that happen, okay?" "Now tell me, where do they want you to make the switch?" "They said there's a... a gazebo in the middle of ridgewood park and i have to leave the disc there in one hour." "Okay, where's the disc?" "It's up there." "Oh... god, if anything happens to him i don't know what i'm... shh... shh, listen, nothing's going to happen to him, i promise you." "Nothing is going to happen to him, okay?" "I'll find him." "Please, brennan, get him back." "I will." "Stay here." "Yeah, the gazebo in ridgewood park, in one hour." "I'll be there, with your money." "You have to promise to back off." "I don't want him hurt." "You'll get your money." "Say, rebecca, that's what you wanted all along, isn't it?" "You didn't just do what i think you did." "You set brennan up, didn't you?" "It's not like that." "Was going to turn over the disc and we were going to end up with nothing." "So what did you do?" "Look, baby, i just did what i had to do for us to survive." "Tell me now, or i'll hate you forever." "I told... i told brennan they were going to kill you... unless he turned over the disc in ridgewood park." "Oh, connor, don't look at me like that." "I did this for us." "They promised they're not going to hurt him." "You're selfish, you know that?" "One thing screwing over complete strangers, but how could you do this to my father?" "Would you stop that?" "You're making me nervous." "Brennan's just running a little late, that's all." "No, he's blowing us off." "I can feel it." "What, are you emma now?" "No, it goes deeper than that." "I just... he really likes that woman." "You know, that woman does have a name." "Yeah, i got my own special name for her." "Ooh, mee-ow." "In case you haven't noticed, becky's managed to play brennan from the start." "I'm trying to tap into the band frequency of the qj-14s." "I believe that they're controlled by an infrared beam which taps into the temporal lobes of the brains of these..." "dead soldiers." "Yeah." "God, i still can't believe this whole thing is real." "Oh, it is, believe me." "So you're somehow trying to tap into their brains?" "Yeah." "And i'm hoping that this sequence will allow me to do it." "Brennan" "what are you doing here?" "Mom lied." "What?" "Look at that." "What is it?" "I'm okay." "Get out of here." "Get out of here now!" "Where is he?" "It's a diversion." "Pursue the original target." "Can't you shut these things down?" "No." "Because the infrared spectrum is a lot more complex than a radio frequency, but luckily, the qj-'s tracking signal is showing me their location." "Well, we better get shal and jessie over there now." "Brennan's going to need all the help he can get." "No, it's... i can't do this anymore." "Wha... what are you talking about?" "Look around." "Even those things you created have failed to achieve their mission." "They haven't failed." "We just need to remain patient." "Well, i'm not willing to sit silently anymore." "No." "You do what i tell you." "I created you, remember?" "No." "No, you created those walking zombies." "I'm not taking your commands anymore." "Yeah, i'm coming clean before all this breaks in the news." "I could still win this election." "When the press paints me as the victim of this scandal." "You are a victim." "What?" "Agh!" "Foster was prepared to pay us two million dollars." "You're nuts." "No, it's true." "He promised." "Let's say that's true." "Then what?" "Then "what" what?" "Then we're done." "Then we can have enough to live on and start having a normal life." "With brennan?" "You like him, don't you?" "Yeah." "Yeah, i like him too." "But he's got other responsibilities, other people he lives and works with." "So what?" "Maybe just the three of us can hang out." "We're his family." "Look, i gotta tell you something that is going to make you hate me." "Brennan's not my father, is he?" "No." "Look, i'm sorry, baby." "It's just if i hadn't lied to you, i couldn't make him believe it, too, and i couldn't afford to take that chance for us, you know?" "I didn't think he'd help... is everything a game to you?" "You can't stop conning people, can you?" "Look, i was a kid when i had him, brennan." "I had to survive." "What did you expect me to do?" "Stop treating everyone in your life like an easy mark." "I never wanted anyone to get hurt, least of all you." "You don't understand how hard it is." "I mean, just the two of us?" "You know, you're sick, becky." "Don't talk to her like that." "I'm sorry, connor." "Okay?" "I'm really, really sorry." "Just leave." "Leave us alone." "No." "Okay?" "Listen, those things are not going to stop coming after us until we're all dead." "That's my problem now." "I said go." "Connor, i know you're hurting, okay?" "I know this is painful for you." "I said go!" "Go." "Get over there." "Come on." "Just give them the disc, brennan, they'll leave us alone." "It's way too late for that." "Okay... ugh." "Adam, they're back!" "Brennan, i know." "Jessie and shalimar are on their way." "Yeah, what am i supposed to do in the meantime?" "I'm trying to find a way to block the signals that control those things." "Well, start flipping some damned switches." "I'm working on it." "Okay, take connor and go in the bathroom." "Okay." "Come on..." "come on, connor." "No, we can't just leave him here... no, come on!" "I said go in the bathroom." "Come on!" "Hey, pal." "Anybody ever tell you to drop dead?" "Come on... agh... agh!" "Ugh!" "Agh!" "I've got it." "You okay?" "Are you kidding?" "That was nothing." "What?" "Get up!" "Get up!" "They're safe." "What about bailey?" "Is he just going to walk away?" "I don't think so." "Get up." "Get up!" "What the hell?" "Get back to your stations!" "Come on, crank it up a few notches." "Let's see him really sweat." "Well, as tempting as that sounds, i think in the long run i'd rather see him fry." "No!" "Stop!" "So, your mom and i were talking about you." "You're trying to do that father thing again?" "Sorry." "Can't help myself." "hey." "So your mom's going to try and go straight, and i'm counting on you to make her keep that promise." "Is that my job?" "No, your job is to keep in touch with me, 'cause whether you like it or not i'm going to be looking out for you." "You know you don't have to do this." "Why?" "Because you're not my son?" "Like i said, i can't help myself." "Yeah." "Sure... whatever." "Yeah, sure... whatever." "I'm sorry i messed up your life again." "That's okay." "Seems to be what you do best." "Maybe it's time i find something else i'm good at, huh?" "Yeah." "I want you to know that you were never a mark to me." "You're the only person that... that i've ever trusted." "Get out of here." "Take care of yourself, okay?" "You too." "There he is." "Hey." "For a minute there we didn't think you were going to make it." "You okay?" "You know, for the longest time i never ever imagined even being a father." "And now i can't imagine not being one." "Connor'll be okay." "Yeah." "Yeah, he's tough." "Just like you."