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Previously on Touch:

I just found Ruben and the girl he was with dead in the control room. Dead?

Their throats were slit.

God will allow humankind to exist

as along at there are 36 righteous people

in the world.

These hidden 36, no one knows who they are.

Aster Corps is one of the most

powerful corporations in the world, and I think they'll

stop at nothing to destroy anyone who gets in their way.

Obviously, this has something to do with Teller.

There was another lab, years earlier.

So they took Amelia back to where it began.

I hope you find her.

I shouldn't even have to be looking for her.

She's in there?

Yeah.

Amelia?

Oh, my God! Oh, my God!

Aster Corps is gonna use that time and all of their resources

to try and find you and your daughter.

I want you to disappear.

Give this to your dad.

He'll know what to do.

Oh, my God.

Run! Run as fast as you can, okay?! Run!

Where's the girl?

Physicists will tell you that time does not exist,

that it is a human construct used to organize experience

and catalog existence

so we can quantify it, confirm it, remember it.

Einstein did not believe in time.

He believed in timelessness;

that all of time existed at once:

past, present, future.

He did not acknowledge the concept of "now."

All moments are equally real and equally accessible,

if we know how.

Nothing.

Hey, buddy. You hungry? I got your cereal out.

We got a lot to do today.

Jake, I know you want me to find this man.

I just don't have a lot to go on.

I'll do the best I can, okay?

Oh, my God.

Avram, what are you doing here?

I came to see you, Martin Bohm, and my good friend.

Please, come in.

Thank you.

Hello, Jake.

How are you?

Avram, please, sit.

You are both well, I hope.

A lot of terrible things have happened

over the last few days.

We managed to get Amelia back with her mother.

And Jake and I are fine.

I know about the killings at your workplace.

And I know that the man that I met in New York,

Guillermo Ortiz, committed those murders.

You were right. He was coming after Jake.

Yes. I came here to help you keep him safe.

I can use all the help I can get. Thank you.

Where is Amelia and her mother?

I asked Lucy to take her daughter

and disappear for a while. Hide, spend some time with her.

They'll be back soon enough.

"948." What is it?

Jake gave this to me.

It's a man he wants me to find.

It looks like he was Dr. Teller's first patient.

I don't have anything other than that.

Why are you still sitting here? Go find him.

I was waiting for Jake to wake up.

BreakWire has some facial recognition software.

I think they might be able to help.

He's awake. I'm here. Go.

It's good to see you, Avram. Thank you.

I'll see you soon.

Trevor?

Where is everybody?

Martin...

um, they're gone.

And the few who agreed to keep working

are handling the funeral arrangements for those

that we lost. I'm just trying

to keep everything afloat using my cell phone.

I can't let this place die, Martin.

Trevor, I'm so sorry.

How can I help? I'll do anything.

Look, I have a breaking story.

Fill me in.

Phillip Green.

California's decided to execute

the first death row inmate in seven years.

A triple murderer, tried and convicted 15 years ago.

He's set to die tonight.

Oh, my God.

What is it?

This is the man they're gonna execute?

Yeah, that's Phillip Green.

Jake gave that to me yesterday. Asked me to find that man.

Phillip Green.

Okay, we got three murders committed during a robbery.

He worked at an antique shop.

He went back after hours to clean the place out,

and he saw the passersby,

and he gunned them down in cold blood.

Any witnesses to the murders?

Nope.

Any chance he's innocent?

He's been appealing for ten years.

I'm gonna need to talk to him.

Green's not talking, but if you're officially covering the story

for BreakWire, I could get you in to see his attorney for a few minutes.

He's camped out at the prison,

giving interviews, hoping the press will

pressure the governor into stopping the execution.

Okay, set it up. I'll take care of it from here.

You get back to work with your people.

Sounds good.

Hey, Max, come here, buddy.

I need you.

I'm the Amazing Max and you're Super Dad,

and we can fly.

That's fantastic. Fly on over here, buddy.

I need to see...

if I need to drill more holes

or if you can reach all this or not.

I can't reach that.

Oh, you can reach that. Come on.

You're amazing, remember? All right, go fly.

Fly away.

Mike? Yeah?

It's for you.

Thanks.

Hello.

Yeah, we're still on.

Yeah, I'll be ready.

Right.

So you're gonna go through with it?

Honey, I have to go through with this. No, you don't.

I have to, Jenny, you don't understand this. Please.

Please, just don't do this right now.

Mike, this isn't who you are. This isn't who we are.

It's not something I can just explain to you.

This is something I need to do, okay?

Ow! My finger!

Sweetie, let me see. What happened?

It hurts! Let me see.

I'm sure it's not that bad, buddy.

Oh, it's just a splinter, sweetie.

It's okay. We can get it out.

Let's go get the tweezers.

Come on. Careful. Oh, careful.

Hop down.

All right. Can you take this, please?

Thank you.

Martin Bishop from BreakWire.

Ben Miller, attorney for Phillip Green.

I see you made it through the gauntlet

of ghouls and looky-loos.

Thank you for moving me up to the front.

Look, I'm in need of legitimate press

to get the governor's attention.

So, let's just get started.

Actually, I need to see your client.

He doesn't do interviews.

It's not exactly an interview.

Look, I want to help him, okay?

But I need to speak with him first.

Green has not spoken a word

since the night he was arrested over a decade ago.

So you talking to him isn't gonna do you any good.

I think it will. I was sent here because...

Wait. Sent here by who?

My son.

And we're done.

Please, I'm not crazy. Just hear me out.

I don't have time to waste on the visions

and the voices in your head, okay?

I am trying to save a man's life!

I know about the Teller Institute.

I've been to the facility where your client was being held.

I know they conducted experiments on him,

and I'm pretty certain I know why.

None of that ever made it into evidence.

I'm not surprised. Aster Corps has a way

of manipulating the legal system to their advantage.

Aster Corps? The company that built the facility.

The same company that funded Dr. Teller's research.

Look, I think something went

terribly, terribly wrong out there.

And I think all of this is Aster Corps' effort to cover it up.

I know this sounds crazy, but I was sent here to help your client.

And I think Mr. Green will know that

if you just let me see him.

Please.

Please, what have you got to lose?

King pawn to E-four.

Very shrewd, Jake Bohm, very shrewd indeed.

You see what I did there?

I chose to pressure your queen pawn,

which I am certain that you will

recognize as the French Defense.

I, too, can be shrewd.

Your move, my boy.

The clock?

What of it?

Are we late for something?

What are you doing, my boy?

Thank you.

Mr. Green, my name is Martin Bishop.

I-I want to try and help you.

I know about the institute that you were held at,

the Teller Institute.

My son worked with Dr. Teller before he died.

Were you aware that Dr. Teller had died?

My son sees things in numbers and patterns

and makes human connections that the rest of us can't,

and I think you can see things, too.

Mr. Green,

are you one of the 36?

My son sent me here to help you.

I don't know how yet.

Am I supposed to help find evidence

to prove your innocence?

Or maybe you want to tell me about something

that happened at the institute

that allowed all of this to happen.

I-I just need you to know that I'm here to help,

and if there's anything that you need,

I will do it.

Who is this?

That's his daughter.

They've been estranged since he was convicted.

Do you know where she is?

I have an address.

She had to sign some papers a while back,

but she doesn't want to have any contact.

She even changed her name.

Mr. Green, is this what you want me to do?

Do you want me to bring your daughter here?

Okay.

Then that's where we'll start.

Can I help you?

I'm looking for Dr. Kate Gordon.

That's me.

Hi, I'm Martin Bishop.

I really need to talk with you,

but it's kind of personal.

Well, I've got about ten minutes before my next client.

That would be great.

Come on in. Thank you.

You work with children?

Yeah, I'm a family therapist,

but I specialize in early childhood trauma.

Behavioral issues,

children who are disturbed, nonverbal.

Really?

My son's nonverbal.

Is that why you're here?

Not exactly.

I'm here because I want to talk to you about your father.

What?

Please leave.

Look, please.

I don't want to upset you,

but I just came from the prison. I was visiting

with your father. Obviously, I didn't get

to talk to him,

but he showed me this photo of you

when you were 14 years old.

He was holding onto it for dear life,

like it was the most important thing in the world.

I just thought you should know

that he would really like to see you.

No.

Look, I don't know how much you know about him,

but I believe he's part of a very special group of people.

My son is one of them.

They can see things in patterns and numbers.

But you already know that, don't you?

My father had a gift for interpreting

numbers and symbols.

He could see a foreign language, an ancient language,

and he could translate it,

decode it, just by looking at the patterns

of the letters and symbols.

He was taken away to a research facility

to be studied. That would be the Teller Institute.

He was gone for months, and when he returned,

he robbed a store and he killed three people.

You see, I think there's more to that story.

Like what?

I think something happened to your father at the institute.

I-I think he might even be innocent,

and I think you're the key to proving that.

My father is guilty.

When he was arrested, I asked him,

"Did you kill those people?" and he said yes.

I asked him why.

I pleaded with him to explain it to me.

This was not the father that I knew,

but he never said another word.

Not to me, not to anyone.

He went off to jail,

left me in the care of an aunt that I barely knew.

He refused to let me visit him.

Do you have any idea how many times

I was turned away from that prison?

No.

No, if he had a reason

for doing what he did,

I would be happy to hear it,

but otherwise,

please leave.

And do not contact me again.

I-I'm sorry to have bothered you.

Clock making has been around since the early 1300s.

In fact, early clock makers

were considered master craftsmen.

I trust you plan

on putting this back together again, young Jake,

or we shall have to retain the services

of just such a craftsperson.

That was a joke.

One, two, three, four,

five, six gears in six piles.

That's 36, my boy.

Very interesting number.

Very interesting, indeed.

Hello.

Avram, it's Martin.

I was just calling in to check on Jake.

How's he doing?

He's fine.

He's fascinated by your wall clock,

and I'm fascinated by him.

Did you find the man you were looking for?

Yes, and I think he's one of the 36.

Is that right?

He's also on death row.

He's gonna be executed tonight

unless I can stop it.

And how will you?

I'm not sure yet.

His daughter seems to be the key,

but right now she doesn't want

to have anything to do with him.

Yes, yes,

disappointment can-can look much like hatred.

Does she believe that he is innocent? No, not at all.

Then you will have to convince her

that he is worth saving.

Maybe then she'll use whatever key she has

to do just that.

Martin,

if this man is really one of the 36,

then you must save him.

I know.

I'll check back with you in a while.

Hey.

How's the finger?

Nothing a Band-Aid

and some cartoons couldn't fix.

Oh, thanks.

I made a decision, Jenny.

I know that you think that doing this

is gonna make you feel better, but it won't.

And it won't bring your father back.

Balance the scales a little, maybe get some justice.

No, it'll change you.

It'll change us.

We have come so far since we lost your father.

We didn't lose him.

He was murdered for a car, you know?

A car our son was sitting in when his grandfather was shot right in front of him.

And the guy who did this,

who traumatized our boy, traumatized our boy,

killed my dad, he's out there. You know, he's just out there.

He's walking free; he's living his life, honey.

We can't focus on him. He's living his life.

We can't focus on him. I can't focus on anything else.

That's it.

At least tonight, somebody's gonna pay for it.

Oh, you can't even see how wrong that is.

That man had nothing

to do with your father's death.

He killed someone, didn't he?

Yeah.

Think about Max.

The nightmares have stopped; he's not talking about killers

all the time anymore. Max will be fine, baby.

He's okay. Max thinks you're a superhero.

What is gonna happen when he finds out

that you killed someone? How is he gonna find out?

He's not gonna find out.

You're gonna be changed.

He'll know you're different.

Will this never be over?

It'll be over tonight.

Okay?

It's gonna be over tonight, all right?

No.

BreakWire.

Trevor, it's Martin.

Look, I'm just leaving the prison.

A few things aren't adding up.

Phillip Green actually worked at the antique store

that was allegedly robbed.

He was a watch repairman.

$20,000 high-end Rolexes and the like.

And then I found sworn testimony

from the store owner, Lee Zedner.

He said that nothing was actually stolen.

So why would three bystanders get involved in a robbery

that doesn't even look like it was happening?

I mean, who were these guys?

Were they off-duty cops? Security guards?

Do you have any background

on the victims?

Hold on.

Hmm, looks like all three of them work for the same company.

Shipping company... Mobius.

What did you just say?

Mobius... ring any bells?

Mobius is a division of Aster Corps.

So Phillip Green randomly shot and killed

three Aster Corps employees?

There's nothing random about it.

Where's the antique store?

948.

I'm sorry?

948... it's a number that my son...

Never mind. Mr. Zedner?

Call me Lee.

Martin Bishop from BreakWire. Oh.

Thank you for making the time.

Of course. I figured there'd be

some interest in this place today.

Frankly it's been pretty quiet.

I guess the big story's up the road at the penitentiary.

I'm trying to stop what's happening up there

at the penitentiary, maybe you can help me.

I would love to see Phillip live through the night.

Never made any sense to me that he did this.

What do you remember from the night of the murders?

Please.

I, uh, I closed up 6:00,

like always.

Phillip left when I did.

Around midnight, the police woke me up

saying the place had been burglarized,

three people were dead. I came right down.

They told me that

Phillip had been arrested at his house

with the murder weapon, I-I couldn't believe it.

You testified...

that he didn't take anything from the store.

Nothing was taken that belonged to the store.

What does that mean?

Phillip liked to build machines.

Intricate little metal things.

He asked if he could store a box of them in the safe.

I told him, "Phillip, a store full of Rolexes and antiques,

no one was gonna bother with his homemade machines."

He insisted.

Cops found the box at his house.

That's what he took that night.

What kind of machines?

Well, uh, I got them right here.

He, uh, he built

the stuff out of spare parts from my shop.

Some of my tools are in here.

Just don't make sense.

Why would Phillip kill three people to take something

that already belonged to him?

You're right, it doesn't make sense.

Everything all right?

Yeah, it's fine.

Hey, guys.

Have you made progress in your search?

I think so. Phillip Green

was trying to protect what was inside that box.

The men he killed worked for Aster Corps.

They tried to take it from him, he did what he thought

he had to, to protect it,

keep it safe.

What is that you're building?

Is that a cipher?

What's a cipher?

A cipher, an algorithmic tool for performing encryption.

The wheels have

numbers and symbols engraved on them.

I don't know how this particular cipher works,

but they're used for sending

and interpreting messages.

But the question is what kind of message

is important enough to kill for?

I don't know but I think I know who does.

Dr. Gordon?

Thank you for seeing me again.

Yeah.

You and your father?

You know, I...

I used to play piano and...

My first recital, my father was so proud

that he clapped so loud and he screamed out

that he loved me.

It was horrifying I, um,

I told him that he wasn't allowed to come to any more

recitals or plays or anything in public

and he, uh...

he begged me not to ban him.

He promised that he would keep his enthusiasm to himself.

And after that, he'd sit quietly

in the corner, and when I'd come onstage, he would just...

hold up three fingers.

That was his...

symbol for "I love you."

I... love... you.

He's just... He's not...

he's not the man I thought he was.

I think he is.

And at the very least,

he is not a cold-blooded killer.

But he pushed me away.

My whole life,

it was just me and him, and then he...

I would have stood by him.

I would've done everything I could've done to help him.

But he wouldn't talk to me.

He would not even look at me.

Your father may have emotionally shut down

because of the horror

of what he did, but-but I think

that he was trying to protect you.

From what?

A company called Aster Corps.

The men your father killed

were not innocent bystanders... They worked for Aster Corps.

This is the same company that was conducting tests

on your father. These people are ruthless.

I think he thought if he told you anything

that they would come after you.

Wait.

You're saying that my father knew the men that he killed?

Yes.

They were trying to take something from him.

What?

Do you know what this is?

Oh, my...

That was his.

He worked on this thing for years.

He made every marking, every wheel.

When I asked him what it was, he made up this story,

a kid's story. He said

that it was a road map to finding 36

magical people who could save the world.

One of the...

the gears is missing.

Uh, the main one, the-the key.

Where does it go? Uh...

right here. Won't work without it.

If you're planning on saving the world, you're gonna need it.

Look, I-I know this sounds crazy,

but I know about the 36... My son is one of them,

and I think that your father is, too.

I think he invented this machine

so he could find the others, communicate with them

somehow. Uh... Okay, I'm sorry, but...

y-you-you really believe that there are 36 people who can

save the world?

I didn't at first.

I mean, I was like you. I was...

skeptical. I laughed at it.

But the truth is I've seen too much.

So, yes, I do believe that there are 36 people whose sole purpose

is to maintain the balance of our planet.

I-I think that your father killed those men

in an effort to protect the others.

I think he led me to you

because you're the key to saving his life.

And I believe that he loves you more than anything in the world.

But that doesn't matter.

The only thing that matters right now is what you believe.

It's time.

Mr. Miller. Phone.

Thank you.

This is Ben Miller.

Ben, it's Martin. We're on our way to the prison.

Dr. Gordon's with me.

They're taking him to be prepped right now.

Where do you stand on the appeals?

All denied.

There's nothing else that we can do.

Our only chance is the governor.

Okay, please,

j-just let Mr. Green know

his daughter is on her way.

Hurry. Yeah. Thanks.

Nine-four-eight.

Nine-four-eight.

What does that mean, my boy?

Guard station.

Yes, I'm trying to reach Ben Miller?

Hold on.

Thank you. Hello?

Ben, it's Martin. Martin.

Phillip Green has 20 minutes left to live.

Look, the protestors and the news vans

are making it impossible for us to get through.

All right, listen to me.

Make your way over to the east entrance.

All the protestors are at the west.

I will try and clear it so you can get in the door.

Okay, I got it.

You shall not kill!

Murder isn't justice! Murder isn't justice!

We lucked out, man.

You have any idea how many guys try to get picked for this?

A lot.

You and me? We're gonna make history.

You nervous?

No. I was just thinking.

I'm nervous.

It's a pretty wild thing we're doing here.

I mean, the guy totally deserves it,

but... still.

Warden gives us the signal,

you and me press our buttons at the same time.

That way, neither of us ever knows for sure

that we killed the guy.

That supposed to make us sleep better at night?

Well, I'll sleep fine either way.

I'm gonna go for a smoke.

Don't get lost.

This thing's supposed to be done on time.

I'm just... getting some air.

Please. Please, can you help us?

This is Dr. Kate Gordon. Her father's scheduled to be executed tonight.

We need to get in as fast as we can. - I'm sorry, sir,

I'm not authorized to do that. Her father's attorney, Ben Miller,

said we can get in at the east gate.

Look, the front is completely jammed

with protestors and news vans.

Please... Dr. Gordon?

Mike?

What are you doing here?

I work here, I'm a guard.

You know them, Mike?

I know Dr. Gordon. She's my son's doctor.

Maybe you could help us.

Her father is scheduled to be

executed in less than 15 minutes.

We need to get inside now.

It's your father?

Yeah.

Can you call it in, please?

And hurry. Yeah, sure.

Thank you.

I don't mean to put you in an...

in an awkward situation

No, no, I just...

I didn't know.

How's Max?

He's good.

Yeah, I mean, I think.

You've done a lot for him, you know.

You've helped, and I just want him to be okay,

you know?

Max takes his cues from you.

He's okay if you are.

Hey, I didn't know Phillip Green

was your father. I'm sorry, I...

You're cleared to go in.

Thank you. Thank you.

Thank you so much. Thank you.

We need to go.

George, they're cleared!

You okay?

Yeah.

Yeah...

Could you get the warden's office on the phone, please?

I... Yeah.

I want to tell them something.

Sure. Thanks.

This is the east gate. I need to reach the warden.

Martin. Are we too late?

No. I just got a call from the warden's office.

There's been a delay. What kind of delay?

One of the execution team members just dropped out.

They're searching for a replacement.

They're clear.

Where's my father? He's right through here.

They brought him back out to the holding area.

Now, remember, Kate, no contact.

My whole ride up here, I-I thought

about what I would say first.

But now that I'm here,

I realize I've been trying

to figure that out for 15 years.

Martin told me that he believes you stopped talking

to protect me.

And, God, that is the only thing

that has made any sense in all of this.

God, Daddy, I'm so sorry.

Sergeant Morales.

Yes, sir.

We're back on. What about the governor?

There's still a chance, he has until the final moment, but...

I did what you wanted: I brought your daughter here, now

if there's something you want to say, you need to say it now.

Do you understand? You need to say it now.

All right, Phillip, let's go.

Nice and easy. MARTIN: Please!

Daddy... Please!

I'm not leaving, you won't be alone.

It wasn't supposed to happen like this.

I was supposed to stop it.

You can't.

He did what he had to do.

And he's willing to pay the price.

But I can remember him now.

Kate.

If you want to go, we have to get to the gallery.

Thank you.

Uh, excuse me, sir.

Mr. Green left this for you.

It's his belongings.

Thank you.

Avram?

Martin.

Where are you?

I'm just leaving the prison.

It looks like they're gonna go forward with the execution.

I'm sorry.

But perhaps that's not your mission.

What do you mean?

It's possible your mission was just

to find the cipher.

Do the numbers nine, four, eight

mean anything to you?

Nine, four, eight. 948 Midvale.

It's the address of the antique shop.

That's where the murders were committed.

Yes. I think Jake wants to go there.

I'm on my way.

Thank you so much for seeing us so late.

No trouble. I live close by.

We're definitely here for a reason.

Could we please see that clock?

Of course.

It's a sentimental

favorite of mine.

In fact, Phillip fixed it for me

the night he was arrested.

Perhaps his way of saying

thank you and good-bye.

Uh... Jake.

I'm-I'm sorry.

How mu... how much is the clock?

$250.

Thank you very much.

Thank you.

Oh, my God.

What is it, Martin?

I-It's the key to the cipher.

Einstein believed in timelessness;

he believed that all of time

exists at once:

past, present, future.

Everyone we ever knew and everything we'll ever be,

is with us in this moment.

If this is true,

then all moments are equally real

and accessible to us.

We just have to know how.

Trevor.

What is it?

Lucy.

Lucy?

Oh, no.

No...

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