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cause and effect of it...

And I think about how,

and I don't feel guilty for this...

...but I think about how if I hadn't

called you into the lab that day...

...she would maybe still be

here and you would be with her.

Can I tell you something that

makes me feel like a monster?

That day in the elevator...

...I thought to myself...

"Am I going to be stuck with

this child the rest of my life?"

And then the next moment

she was dead.

We were never gonna

be together, Karen.

I just never got closure.

I never got to say goodbye.

Kiss me.

Iris scanning is a new

identification measure...

...taken up by the more

sophisticated hospitals.

We know what iris scanning is.

We've had it in our lab

for a decade.

Well, it's still new

to the general public.

Now, we are not yet legally

required to scan eyes...

...but we adopted

the technology

and use it with

the parents' consent.

I'm fine with it.

You, uh...

Scan. Yeah,

do the scan.

I dim the lights.

The system

is non-obtrusive...

...and, in all actuality,

is just taking photo of the eyes.

There you go.

Come here, Tobias.

- Oh, thank you.

- You got it?

Yes, I got it.

Thank you.

What happens then is...

...the computer finds a bunch of

points in the crevices of the eye...

Yeah, we understand

how it works.

Forgive me.

These systems are sort of new.

Can you tell?

Paul Edgar Dairy?

Sounds like a pirate.

If this happens,

I'm supposed to punch in a key and reboot.

There we go.

So I'll just put in his info.

What is his name?

I like Paul Edgar Dairy,

it's fine.

Tobias George Gray,

after his grandfather.

Hello?

Hi, is this Ian Gray?

It is.

My name is Dr. Simmons.

I work in conjunction with Yale

and the Greenwich Hospital...

...where you and your wife

gave birth in July.

Yeah?

Is everything okay?

Yes. Everything's okay,

please don't be alarmed.

We would however like to run

a few simple tests on Tobias.

His test results may suggest,

although highly unlikely...

...the possibility

of early autism.

You know I'm a doctor.

What test results?

The...

We've pinpointed, uh... Uh...

Uh, can you hold

on a moment, please?

Karen, listen to this.

Yeah.

We've pinpointed

an array of molecular

compounds that

appear in the urine...

...of children with autism.

And Tobias showcased

a few of them.

I promise it's unlikely,

but worth checking out...

...and we have very simple non-obtrusive

tests and we'll be done in an hour.

What was your name

and affiliation?

Dr. Janet Simmons.

I run a research lab

on child autism...

...in conjunction with Yale

and the Greenwich Hospital.

Simmons, you said?

Janet Simmons.

Our clinic is in Stamford,

not too far from there.

It's important to

check this soon.

There's no alarming rush,

but we could see him today.

- Okay, thank you.

- You'll hear from us.

Baby, I love you.

Tobias. Look here,

look here.

I'm not sure I understand

how this is testing for autism.

The blood and urine

test will check

for molecular compounds.

This test is purely perceptual.

Tracking the child's eye

movements and attractions.

Okay, that's enough.

I'm gonna...

Yeah. The test is over.

If you are calling

regarding an existing file...

...please enter your

seven-digit session number.

This Dr. Simmons is up to something.

Child autism my ass.

I keep running through her studies.

What was she doing?

Two images side by side.

Two images,

similar but different.

Tobias would look

at one or the other.

Do you remember anything

specific about the images?

Something connected to something?

Something we could look up?

There was a farmhouse.

There was, um...

Dan's Diner in Boise, Idaho.

Whatever that means.

Why, that's a real place.

Hello.

What can I get you?

Um, just a cup of coffee.

Sure thing.

I'm not from around here.

I was wondering...

...is there anything

interesting in town to see?

Not much around these parts.

'Less you, uh, fancy visiting

some cows down at the Dairy farm.

- There's a dairy farm.

- Mmm-hmm.

That'll be a dollar.

Oh.

Of course.

Where is the dairy farm located?

Uh, take a left,

about two miles down the road.

Can't miss it.

We'll have them

through in a moment.

Oh. Okay.

Come on.

Is this the dairy farm?

Indeed, it is.

These are milking cows?

These are meat cows,

not milking cows.

I'm Julie Dairy.

This is my family's farm.

Julie Dairy.

Uh, Paul Edgar Dairy.

Are you related to him?

Yes, he's my father.

Is he here?

You're clearly not with

the biography association.

I'm sorry, I don't follow.

Some documentary crew came

through here a few months ago...

...wanting to do a story on

the great Paul Edgar Dairy...

...the only black farmer in Boise.

They took some pictures.

I liked the story and they

said they'd follow up.

You okay?

How you doing there?

I'm okay.

I'm just, uh, having

a moment of dj vu.

Can we fetch you some water,

or a cup of tea?

I'd really love to meet

Paul if that was possible.

What if we just start at

the beginning and break it down?

In the hospital,

Tobias' eyes come up

as a match with

Paul Edgar Dairy...

...which is not correct

because Tobias has blue eyes...

...and Paul Edgar Dairy

has brown eyes.

Uh, no, iris biometrics

is not based on color.

It's based on the unique crypts,

furrows and shapes

in the texture.

So, maybe Tobias and Paul have the

same iris pattern.

Statistically impossible.

Second data point...

...Tobias and Paul have

some kind of connection.

It's not our test,

so we don't know.

And the third

data point is that...

...Paul Edgar Dairy dies

before Tobias is born.

Was conceived.

Was conceived.

Because Tobias was born in July...

...and Paul Edgar Dairy

dies in September 2012.

That's ten months.

What are you guys

talking about right now?

You guys sound

like crazy people.

Okay? What is this

connection referencing?

Doctor...

Jan... Dr. Simmons.

From Yale.

She did this test on Tobias.

Dr. Simmons?

From Yale?

She's one of five people

who have access

to the eye database.

My company owns a

patent on iris biometrics...

...and consolidate all their

data into one database...

...and Simmons is one of five

people that have access.

But you have access to it, too.

Sort of.

I can find the iris code...

...run it and see

if it's in the system

and then check the IP address...

...and check when and where

it was registered.

I can do that.

How do you do that?

Look into that.

Okay. Other eye.

All right.

Okay.

So, I can't get your

name or biographicals...

...but I can see that

you are in the system.

Amazing.

Right.

Hmm.

And that you were registered

at the lab in 2005...

...and the same should

be for Karen and myself.

What are you thinking, Karen?

Well, check this out.

So, Paul and Tobias

have the same iris patterns,

let's just say.

Mmm. And there's some

sort of connection.

So the next logical step in

our scientific inquiry is...

...to find someone

that we do know

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