All language subtitles for nowhere_man_s01e04_something_about_her

My name is Thomas Bale, or at least it
was.

I'm a photographer.

I had it all.

A wife, a friend,

a career.

And in one moment, it was all taken
away.

All because of a single photograph.

I have it.

They want it. And they will do anything
to get the negative.

I'm keeping this diary as proof that
these events are real.

I know they are.

They have to be.

There's an anonymity to the city, a
certain coldness, distance.

I remember sometimes how I'd try to
shake that feeling off.

Ironic that over the last few months
I've come to see it as a shelter and

protection, a wall that separates me
from my thoughts of who I was, a refuge,

place to hide in broad daylight.

185, this is dispatch.

Yes, 185, what's up? I've got a boonie
to run for you at 228 South Maples.

Yeah, okay. Oh, that's over the bridge,
right?

Straight out, 130, about 8 miles.

Okay, I'm on it.

Oh, God!

God, are you all right?

I don't know. I think so.

Look, here, let me help you.

Oh, I, like, I don't think I can move
it. Okay, okay, okay. Do you live around

here? A few blocks away.

All right, look, I'm... Just stay still,
okay?

I'm going to get on the radio, and I'm
going to call for some help. You're

to be okay.

It's 185. Come in.

Where the hell are you, pal? Your pickup
called five minutes ago. There's been

an accident. I need an ambulance out in
Oakcrest. I'm at the corner of, uh...

Maple Drive in Redmond.

How bad is it? I don't know. It's a
little girl.

Her leg may be broken. Just get an
ambulance out here, all right?

You bet.

How you doing?

I'm okay.

Am I gonna get in trouble for this?

No, I don't think so, sweetheart. Just
relax and wait till the ambulance comes,

okay? Will I have to go to the hospital?

I don't know. Let's just wait and see
when I get here.

Maybe I can just go home.

Well, let's just wait and see, okay?

Yes, they are. Yes, they are.

Hey, how are you doing there, kiddo?

I'm okay, but my leg hurts.

Okay, well, we're going to get you fixed
up right away, all right?

What happened?

She was riding her bike and came out the
driveway and I didn't see her.

Is she going to be okay?

You mean will she live to tell the jury
what happened?

Yeah, it looks that way.

God, I hope I didn't mess up this dress.
Does it look okay?

It looks fine.

My mom throws a real fit when I play my
school clothes.

Is he going to be okay?

No, he'll be all right. He's just going
to sleep for a while. Yeah, well, I

better get home before I get yelled at.

Okay, I'll talk to you real soon. Hey,
be real good.

Okay, bye.

Come on, you want to give me a hand
here?

We've induced a level 15 trance state.

Before we perfected this process, level
10 went the deepest we thought possible.

He's responding beautifully.

As long as it works. As long as it
works.

This man is very important to these
people, and I've made certain

Oh, it'll work.

At level 15, we can produce fully
reliable negative...

And positive hallucinations.

He'll have complete control over his
sense of time and space.

If we tell him a year has passed, he'll
experience it.

In a month, a day.

It doesn't matter. If we want him to
believe it, he'll believe it.

He wouldn't be the first to
underestimate him, you know.

He read the Bellamy file.

Bellamy.

He was a fool.

His conditioning techniques are the
psychological equivalent of 8 -track

He was a dinosaur.

And just like them, he's now extinct.

Look, you cannot attack this man
directly.

Now, Donnelly's problem was that he
threatened Val's sanity.

And when that didn't work, his life.

Now, it's very clear from his profile
that he has little fear of losing

But he does have a weak spot.

He's compassionate.

And if he believes that someone he cares
about, someone who's really important

to him, is in danger,

He'll tell us what we want to know.

The subject is ready, Doctor.

All right.

Let's fall in love.

Why?

You remember when you first met Karen,
don't you, Tom?

What was it now?

Ten months ago.

It was April.

And it was a glorious, picture -perfect
day. You remember being in the park.

And you remember feeling wonderful.

Even before you knew that today was the
day that you were going to meet the love

of your life.

It's going to be perfect. Okay, okay,
okay, honey. Move over to the left. Come

on, come on.

Come on, move over a little, a little
over to the left. Come on, honey. Come

come on.

Hey, hey.

Hey, you okay?

They say the measure of a dedicated
photographer is just how far you'll go

get the photograph.

Yeah, well, I'm not sure I'm as
dedicated as I look. Give me your hand.

What? No, no.

Thank you.

You're welcome.

Do they have anything clever to say
about the measure of a dedicated

The only thing that comes to mind is
something about the blind leading the

blind. I didn't have to bring a
lightboat with you.

Actually...

It's dipping my life out. Well, see, it
usually takes a tragedy like this before

they'll do something. I mean, from now
on, pawns like this are going to have to

have a lifeboat. One for every two
photographers.

Are you a photographer?

Mm -hmm. But I prefer the more low -risk
assignments.

I hear you.

Thank you. Thank you so much.

Next show at 11.

Please.

Here, here you go.

Okay? Here.

My hero.

Thank you.

Hi, I'm Vail. Oh, um, Karen Stoltz.

God, I hope I got the picture.

Bad, huh?

Not good.

Should we find a place in the sun, dry
off?

Yeah, that'd be great.

After you.

So what kind of pictures do you take?

I'm a photojournalist, but most of my
stuff is a little less on the sunny

Well, that's great. Would I have seen
your stuff anywhere?

Yeah, probably. I've done work for a lot
of the wire services, but I'm pretty

much freelance now.

Are you good?

Yeah, it depends on who you ask. But,
you know, if you were to ask me, I'd say

I'm one of the best, yeah.

Oh, it's just your self -esteem that
needs work.

Yeah, and I'm working on it. Well,
you're doing very well.

Do you think about giving lessons?

Mostly never.

Does that include people who really need
lessons or risk drowning?

I think CPR might be more valuable than
photography.

I think it's hard to drown in two and a
half feet of water.

Why do I get the feeling that if anyone
can manage that, you could?

See, you're already getting to know me.

Look, I would really like to get better
at this than I clearly am.

But would it cost me just for some
starter lessons, you know, just for your

basic photography one -on -one kind of
thing?

How about some dry clothes and an
Italian dinner?

Don't cook.

Then we're safe.

It's on me.

Yeah.

Okay.

I think this is going to be my lucky
roll.

Your work is so wonderful.

Thanks. No, no, I mean it. I mean it.
It's so powerful. It has so much

Is that obvious?

Yeah.

No, I mean it, um, it makes you feel
something.

It makes you feel, um, I don't know.

Dry?

No.

Coffee?

Yeah, do you have milk?

Only last years.

Okay, black will be fine.

I've only been living here for about ten
weeks now.

Where are you from?

Oh, one of those places you've never
heard of before.

It's about a hundred miles north of
here.

Thanks. I've been having second thoughts
about staying, though. You know, coming

to the big city and all it can be.

It can get pretty lonely.

Yeah. It has its disadvantages.

Right now, I'm glad I stayed.

Right now, I don't feel so lonely.

It's a good thing.

Yes.

He's in.

He's hers.

He's ours.

All right, system down.

Is everything all right?

By the numbers, you're doing great.

And he really believes that all of this
is real?

No, no, he knows that it's real. The day
that you met in the park has now become

a pleasant, permanent part of his
memory.

Well, I'm not so sure he's going to be
as easy to crack as you think.

It's funny, I don't remember when I
looked at your resume that you had a

in psychology.

Maybe not, doctor, but while you were
outscoring your 4 .0 grade point

I was outscoring.

I've known a lot of men, and most go
over real easy because they spend a lot

time believing that they don't.

This one?

I don't know.

Some things you just don't learn in
books.

It's all right.

You're in the hospital.

The hospital? What?

You had an accident in your cab.

But you're fine.

Just a slight concussion.

Here. Try to get this down.

You're dehydrated.

She's very pretty.

What?

No, it's not my wife.

Girlfriend?

No.

Yeah.

Yeah.

Yeah, it's my girlfriend. It's Karen.

She's a lucky lady.

You're both lucky.

Now get some rest.

If you need anything, just let me know.

He doesn't seem very convinced.

He's only had one treatment.

Look, we're already pushing him faster
than I wanted to.

He's going to be fine.

Fine? Is that the word you want me to
use in my report to the director, fine?

Look, we need one more induction before
we introduce her to his waking mind.

Now, I promise you, when we bring them
together in the real world, she will be

the most important person in his life.

I have to ask you something, Tom.

And you have to promise me that you'll
be honest.

Are you losing patience with me?

Why... Why would you even think that?

Maybe because we've been going out for
three months now and we've never gotten

past the serious necking stage. I
noticed, I know.

I'm not a prude. No, I didn't think you
were.

It's not some kind of, you know, bizarre
religious thing or anything.

I mean, you must have thought about it.
Yeah, I have. But I just figured, you

know, you'd let me know when you were
ready.

Are you for real?

Well, let's just take our clothes off
and find out.

But this attitude is going to make it.

Kind of difficult to raise a family.

I have to tell you something, Tom.

But before I tell you... I

just want you to know that you are
probably the most amazing man that I've

met.

The most thoughtful and the brightest.

But... There's someone else.

Perfect. Blood pressure, heart rate,
GSR, respiration.

He's anxious.

He's hurting.

Ain't love grand?

It's not what you think.

You don't know what I think.

Tom, Mark and I have been together since
just after I got out of high school,

and it's like a hundred miles away, and
it feels like a hundred years ago.

And it's over. It's been over for like
two years. But we've both, you know,

we've just avoided saying it.

So now you've got two guys on hold. No.

That's not what I want. I want to be
with you. I just have to finish one

before I start another. Can't you
understand that?

Well, it would be easier if I couldn't,
I guess.

Well, I'm going to...

I'm going to talk to Mark.

I'm going to leave tomorrow.

How long are you going to be gone?

I don't know.

Two weeks?

It's a long conversation.

I thought about phoning.

Let me do this the way that I need to do
it.

Two weeks is not the end of the world.

It just feels like it, I guess.

I really care about you.

Let's talk about that in two weeks.

We needed you ten minutes ago.

I need to look right.

Look, he has known you for the past four
months. I'm sure he'll be happy to see

you any way you look.

Yeah, but those first four months were
just in his head. This time it's for

real. It's all the same for him. It's
just...

We're moving on to the next step. No
drug, no induction, no electronic.

Just have to make sure that his waking
mind will accept everything we've

started. Great, then I'm sure his waking
mind will have an easier time accepting

everything we started if I look my best.

I need ten minutes.

Okay?

Thank you.

Can I come in?

This is not working.

He's confused.

Is everything okay?

God, I miss you. I miss you.

Thank you. Yeah, well, you're the
photographer.

Yeah, you're starting to develop a real
nice eye for this sort of thing. Just

one? Well, they're both pretty nice,
actually.

Well, I had a pretty good teacher.

Okay, let's get a better look.

Okay.

All righty, let's just have a look at
this here.

So you see this area here?

This area here?

So you're starting to lose the
background. It's getting soft on you.

Hey, do you ever think about what it
would be like if you didn't go to the

that day? You know, we don't have to do
this, Karen.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I won't pay
attention.

The background.

You're just starting to lose focus right
around here.

So it would probably be better if you
either went completely soft to keep this

whole area of interest or make the whole
area sharp.

Depth of field. Yeah.

Which you can arrive at several
different ways, but... Basically, what

to do is just see the picture in your
mind before you take it.

Because it's all there. You just have to
record it.

So that's how you think of yourself?

A recorder?

I made some coffee. You want to go?

Yeah. Yeah?

Yeah. Go. Go. Go. Go.

Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.

Go. Go. Go. Go.

Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.
Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.

Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.
Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.

Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.
Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go. Go.

Oh.

Hey.

You all right?

Who's Allison?

I don't know.

I don't know.

I don't know.

One of the many femme fatales of my
life, I guess.

Oh, really, the secret life of Tom Bale.

And I thought I knew everything there
was to know.

You know the important stuff.

Yeah, beginning to wonder.

And I also smell like you could dunk a
donut in me.

I'll be right back.

Who's that, Allison? What the hell has
happened to him?

We have been planted four months worth
of memories in this man the last three

days. Now we have to let him live the
reality for a while. Give things a go.

have a while, doctor.

Look, you said I had a week. Yes,

and everything is going according to
anticipated results and reactions.

You should be back in there because if
he expects to find you in there and

you're not, you'll damage the reality.

Who's Allison?

That is not your affair.

Yes, this is my affair, Mr. 4 .0.

And that irks you, doesn't it? Because
with all your drugs and all your

machines, he has something you don't.
And from what I can tell, he's got two

them.

She would be better prepared for these
things if we let her in on this project.

No. The more she knows, the more likely
she'd be to give herself away.

Did you notice the honesty of her
response when she asked him about

No. In the end, we will live or die by
the smallest details.

I love you.

You know what I was thinking about?

Fulfilling my every fantasy.

Well, I always think about that.

I was thinking about how lucky I am and
how special you are.

Hey.

You okay? What's wrong?

I don't know.

What? I don't understand. What are you
saying? This, uh... I'm not right about

this.

Hey, hey.

Don't say that. Don't, don't, don't,
don't touch me.

Just talk to me, okay? Just get away
from me. Just don't touch me.

You hear what I'm saying?

I don't know you.

Just get away from me. Tom, please,
what's wrong? Let's just go back to bed.

Who is Allison?

I asked you a question!

I don't know, I swear, Tom. I don't
know, okay?

Who is Allison?

According to schedule.

Yes, sir.

We've made him a priority one.

Yes, yes. And you will have them at the
end of the week.

Very good, sir.

24

hours.

That is the bottom line.

24 hours.

We have no more choice. You're going to
have to push him as far as he can go.

He's already running an emotional edge.
If I push him any farther...

You see this woman?

Look at her.

She's very beautiful.

Very special.

She's everything you've ever wanted.
Everything you care for.

You're the most beautiful woman you've
ever met in your life.

Her breath is your breath.

Her heartbeat, your... She brings you
contentment, peace of mind.

I want you to think about

how it would feel to lose her

if she were to leave you.

Or if something would have happened to
her.

You can feel it in your stomach, can't
you? It's hard to breathe. I mean, just

the thought of losing her.

The truth is that you cannot live
without her. Without knowing that every

she leaves the house that she will be
coming back to you.

She is everything.

And the only thing that makes your life
worthwhile.

The only time that you're at peace is
when she's near you.

She is what keeps you going.

There's never been anyone else.

And there never will be.

Without her love.

You will die.

I'm not here right now, but please leave
a message.

Hello? Hello?

Yes, this is Dr. Gray from Holy Cross
Hospital.

Are you related to a woman named Karen
Stoke?

Yes. No, she's a friend of mine.

What's wrong?

I'm sorry to say there's been an
accident.

She's still in surgery.

The doctor will come out and talk to you
as soon as they're done. What happened?

How is she?

She suffered some rather severe internal
injuries.

But Dr.

Hamilton is a wonderful surgeon. She's
in good hands.

Are you Tom?

Yeah.

Yes. Why?

She's going to need your support.

From what she was saying when she was
brought in, I take it that you two had

argument.

She kept telling us to call you and
apologize for anything she might have

She loves you very much.

Are you Miss Stokes' friend?

Yes, I am.

Is she okay?

She's a lucky young woman.

The ribcage punctured her left lung.

Fortunately, it wasn't as serious as we
initially thought.

Given time to heal, she'll be just fine.
Can I see her?

For a minute.

She's still groggy from the anesthetic,
and she needs to rest.

Oh, God, I'm sorry.

I'm sorry.

I just love you so much, and if anything
were to ever happen to you, I just

don't think I could live.

Come on.

Come on.

I'm sorry.

Ow. Oh, my son, I will never take you
for granted again.

Or I do.

You know what got me through this? Heavy
medication.

No.

Knowing that you would be there and
knowing that you cared about me.

And this.

What's that?

You don't remember? A girl, a camera, a
park and a pond.

You still have that?

Yeah, I told you, it's my good luck
charm.

Well, do you think it'll keep you
from...

Rolling recklessly downhill while I go
get the car?

Yeah, I told you, it has magical powers.
I can do anything with it. It won't

hurt the magic to keep this in park.

Oh, I love you.

I'll even share my magic charm with you.

I'll try and live up to it.

I love you too.

Yeah? We have the girl.

What do you want?

Shut up and listen.

If you don't do exactly as I say, she
will die.

Write this down.

You have one hour.

Wait, wait.

You will come to 4655 Southwest 18th
Street.

There's a service buzzer at the
entrance.

One hour.

Or she dies.

The ground rules.

As we speak, your girlfriend has an
intravenous needle inserted into her

We've chosen a large, healthy vein.

The chemicals we use are similar to
those used in lethal injection.

Only the muscle relaxant used to avoid
intense pain has been eliminated.

What do you want?

If you hesitate to answer my questions,
she will die.

If you answer any of my questions
untruthfully, she will die.

And when you get what you want, she will
die.

You'll have to take that chance.

What do

you want?

What is your name?

Thomas Vail.

You're sure of that?

What is your marital status?

Single.

But how can you change that, I gather?

Is that a question?

What is your occupation?

I'm a photographer, but I'm sure you
already know that.

Are you familiar with a photograph
titled Hidden Agenda?

You know I am!

that photograph?

It's well composed. It's in focus.

It's very professional.

With whom have you discussed that
photograph?

A number of people. My publisher.

Some friends.

And what was the nature of that
discussion? Why don't you just get to

I don't remember every conversation I
had about a photograph.

What did you do with the negatives?

The drugs we are using on Miss Stoke
paralyzed the autonomic nervous system.

The first should have difficulty
swallowing. Her muscles won't react to

commands. A minute or so later, she'll
try to remember just what it is she has

to do to take air into her lungs.

What did you do with the negatives?

She's running out of time. time, Mr.
Vale.

Allison.

My wife's name is Allison.

My wife's name is Allison, and we have a
German shepherd named Newt who

lives in Lake Forest, Illinois.

Miss Stoke will die if you don't answer
the question.

The Stoke will die if you don't answer
my question.

I was on assignment in St. Louis.

Her mother's name is Laura. Her father's
name is Sam.

Yes, sir, I understand.

Oh, first thing in the morning. Yes, we
will.

I could double the dosage of the
sedatives to calm him down.

They're calling us back.

Why?

There's still a chance we can rebuild
his memory.

What, five minutes? Half an hour? I
don't think you understand the way they

think, doctor. They expected results,
and we failed.

The director wants to see us.

Personally. Removal.

That's usually the way they deal with
failure.

One more day. Just one more day.

They expect us in the morning.

What if he died?

He's too important.

That would be turning him into failure.

No. Not if the failure fell into their
court and became their responsibility.

Say more.

Well, we've been experimenting with this
new drug.

It has this interesting side effect in
that it weakens the walls of the

ventricular chamber.

Heart attack?

No, far more severe.

The autopsies we performed on the test
subjects showed that we were dealing

some form of congenital heart disease.
The patient's heart...

had literally burst inside the chest
cavity.

His file shows him to be in perfect
health. His file came from Central

operations. But how will we know that
the stresses that we would put him

would kill him?

Have they found traces of the drug in
his system?

No.

There's no fingerprint for the compound.
It's too new.

And besides, the body breaks it down
into basic amino acids within two hours

being administered.

And even if they do catch on, the end
result will still be removal.

How long would it take you to get this
drug?

I have them in my office pharmacy. An
hour.

It works more quickly if it's injected
directly into the heart.

Stay away from him!

What the hell do you think you're doing?

I said stay away from him!

I don't have time for this.

No!

You're next, so back off!

You're in love with him. Get over there!

Okay, you kill me, but there'll be
others and you know it.

Yeah, well, I don't care.

But think about what you're saying.

This has all been a fantasy.

I mean, it's been scripted and prepared
and you're playing a part and none of it

is real.

Yeah, well, maybe not to you.

Well, in the end, not even to him.

Yeah, but he would have given it all up
for me now, wouldn't he?

If it hadn't been for that watch...
You're in love with him. Don't!

Tom?

Hey, I'm going to take you someplace
now, okay?

Come on, we're going to... Just the two
of us, we're going to go someplace, and

I'm not going to let anybody hurt you.

Okay? Nobody's going to ever hurt you
again.

Okay.

Tom, Tom, please, when you wake up,
yeah, yeah, okay, I'm going to take you

out to my car, okay? We don't have much
time because they're going to come after

us. I know you can do it. Help me out.

I'm going to take you to my car to the
first bar, okay?

You can feel it in your stomach. It's
hard to breathe. I mean, just the

of losing her.

The truth is that you cannot live
without her.

Without knowing that every time she
leaves the house that she will be coming

back to you.

She is everything.

And the only thing that makes your life
worthwhile.

The only time that you're at peace is
when she's near you.

She is what keeps you going.

There's never been anyone else. And
there never will be.

Without her love.

You will die.