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I want you to come

to my office.

All right, bring all your data.

We'll sit down and

go through it together.

Yeah. Sure.

...nine. Over.

Three, four, three...

Mommy!

Amanda.

We need

to finish this conversation,

but I have had

too many drinks.

Do you mind showing me

to your nearest restroom?

Of course not.

It's the first door

to the left, and...

Perfect. I'll be back.

Sure.

Isabel!

- Hey...

How's your head?

What happened?

You don't remember--

--don't move.

- You attacked Robert.

- What?

I did what?

-You stabbed Robert.

-Hey.

I had to hit you in the head

to stop the whole thing.

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Baby,

you attacked Robert.

You charged him,

and you stabbed him

with a knife.

You tried to do it

over and over again,

but Thomas

had to stop you.

You honestly

don't remember this?

Is he okay?

Yeah. Yeah,

i guess, babe,

but now we have to...

We have to worry about you.

So first thing in the morning,

we're gonna drive into town,

and we're gonna see

your doctors.

I'll give you guys

some privacy.

I'm gonna clean up.

Come on, babe.

Mommy!

We have to go.

No. We have to stay.

Come on, Isabel.

You have

five minutes.

I'll be waiting in the car.

Just get ready.

I saw her.

I saw our daughter.

What did you just say?

I know. I know it sounds

absolutely crazy,

but I remember now.

I don't know

what I did to Robert,

but I went somewhere.

What are you

talking about?

Uh...

-The radios.

-What about it?

Uh, at the party,

i was in the bedroom,

I was sitting

on the bed,

and I start hearing, and...

-And then--

-then what?

And then

i went somewhere...

And I saw her.

I saw our baby.

Go get ready.

Go get dressed.

We're gonna be late.

Okay? Just go.

You don't believe me?

What am i

supposed to say?

I want you to say

you believe me.

Well, how am I supposed

to believe that you saw...

Aman... how?

- Come on.

- Josh...

You know there is

something wrong in this house.

So...

-Play it again.

-What?

The shortwave.

I'm not leaving this house

till you play it.

Josh...

You're sure

you wanna do this?

Yes.

Okay.

Wait.

Okay.

...three, six, nine.

Over.

Three, four, three, six, nine.

Over.

Signal strength

now operating at 100%.

Isabel Michaels,

i like the sound of that.

- Yeah?

- Yes.

Are you suggesting

something, Ms. layluck?

No.

- No?

- No.

-Are you sure?

-Yes.

Sounds like you are.

No, I promise.

So, this is the world,

right? Okay.

What the frequencies do

is that they bounce back

from the ionosphere,

back and forth,

back and forth.

No, they can't, right?

But they travel around

the world, you know?

-Mm-hmm.

-They travel around the world,

and they are

generated from earth,

and then they bounce

back from there. Yeah.

Mm-hmm.

Bouncing...

Hey, hey, hey, hey.

Hey, babe, babe,

babe, babe.

It's me. It's me.

It's me. It's me.

Hey, hey, hey, it's me.

It's me.

-Breathe.

-Josh.

Breathe. Breathe.

I saw us.

And I saw... as I...

-Shh.

-It happened again...

Just like--

like last night.

Okay. Okay. Okay.

I saw the first time

we met. I...

I don't know how

to explain it, Josh.

It's like I'm reliving

all over again.

You have to believe me.

You have to believe me.

Say you believe me.

Say you believe me.

Hey.

I believe you.

-Okay.

-I believe you.

-I believe you.

-Okay.

If what you're

saying is true...

Which it is.

Which it is.

Then we're looking

at some sort

of frontal-lobe

data reconciliation.

What does that mean?

Basically, it means

that something in the signals

is triggering

your subconscious

to bring up, uh,

lost or repressed memories,

stuff you might have

overlooked in the past.

Think about it this way.

You see this entire room

right now, correct?

Yeah.

But do you

really see it?

What do you mean?

I mean you only see

what you want to.

You're focused on me

at the moment.

What about Josh?

What about all

the plants outside?

Your brain is only

allowing you to see 10%

of the whole picture,

because you're

focused on me.

However, your brain

is still recording

everything around you.

So what are you saying?

I'm saying that I think

whatever is out there

sending these signals

has resonated

with you somehow.

It's formed a connection.

It's allowing you to go

back and see things

that may have

been overlooked.

Sort of like a third-person

observation.

But why?

I wish I knew.

Now, how long did you

say she was unconscious for?

I don't know,

couple seconds tops.

Isabel, how long

were you in that state?

Three

or four minutes.

I don't know.

You know what? We should try

a different signal.

I don't know. I don't know.

I don't think it's a good idea.

Do you think it's safe?

-Yeah.

-You sure?

I promise.

Where's she gonna go?

We're both right here

watching her.

I'm curious whether

a different signal...

Will trigger a different part

of her subconscious.

Baby, i-I'm going

to be okay.

I mean, what if I...

Could see

who took Amanda?

Maybe it's all about that,

you know?

Something out there

is trying to help us,

is pointing us

to the right direction.

We... we could

get her back.

Um, Josh, it's fine.

I'm going to be okay.

Okay. Okay.

Let's do it.

...three, six, nine.

Over.

Three, four, three, six, nine.

Over.

I loved you.

Why didn't you

save me?

Why doesn't it

work with us?

I don't know. It's gotta

be some sort of cortex trigger.

Something is setting off

memories

- through the signal.

- Is that even possible?

What?

Well, what if it's

not triggering memories?

What if it's triggering

something else?

Well, what are you saying?

What if it's not

triggering memories?

What if it's hallucinations?

What if she's

making it all up?

Maybe this is

just real to her.

I don't know. We shouldn't

go on with this. It's too risky.

What if she has a stroke

or something worse?

We have to consider

the repercussions

- before we go on, tom.

- Then we need to run

some tests on this

in a controlled environment.

She is not

your lab rat, tom.

I'm not saying

that she is, Josh.

You need to f***ing--

we need to see

why these signals are resonating

with her and where.

Okay. Can we just keep it

quiet until we get answers?

Yeah, that's fine.

I'm serious. Okay?

Okay.

...six, nine. Over.

Three, four, three, six, nine.

Over.

Three, four, three, six, nine.

Over.

Three, four, three, six, nine.

Over.

Mommy.

Amanda?

No.

Mommy, where are

they taking me?

Babe?

Isabel?

Babe?

Isabel?

Babe?

Hey. Hey.

Isabel.

Hey.

Isabel,

can you hear me? Hey.

Uh, babe!

Access granted.

Thank you, Josh.

Babe. Babe.

What happened?

Hey.

Okay, babe, babe...

Babe, just talk to me.

What happened?

Are you okay?

Why do you have blood?

What, just talk to me.

Say something.

Say anything.

You have to help me.

Yeah, I will.

Just give me

your hand. Come on.

Come out from

under the table.

I'll help you.

Give me your hand.

You have to lock the door.

Lock the door.

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