01x08 - Visitors

[bunniefuu]

Do we approve of terrorism?

CHARLOTTE, NORTH CAROLINA

No. We are anti-terror.

But humans themselves
are terrorizing animals.

The ecological destruction
from animal exploitation

is a huge driver of global warming
and the outbreak of disease.

We must not further tarnish

the legacy we leave to future generations.

The current human population must bear...

Eat sh*t, vegans.

C'mon, let's go.

All over the country?

Yes. After that Shrews High incident,

harassment against vegans
and activists has increased.

The FBI has also formed a task force

out of caution for public safety.

It seems this country
has entered a new phase.

I'm FBI Agent Maurice Williams.

He's my partner, Kyle Foster.

Welcome to Shrews.
I'll show you to your desks.

This way.

[This is truer than principles
Discovered by geniuses like XY

[You are so captivating
That I can't take my eyes off you

[We are merely beings who are just living

[But we are beings unlike any other

[You make me wonder

[Actors caught in a drama
Unaware of the ending

[Our "relationship chart" is still blank
And it bothers me

[We only want to share laughter
Yet somehow end up hurting each other

[It wasn't supposed to be like this

[I wonder what principles or clues
Apply to our relationship

[A stereo yearning to blend
Like left and right

[Could it be love?
I don't know

[Are we at odds?
I don't think so

[It's a frustrating thing
And I can't even tell if it's real

[Just how deep is our relationship?
Why can't it be measured?

[I want to know you
I want you to know me

[And what's the level of expectation
When we get to know each other?

[I know nothing else but the long-sought
Love, and I want to seek it out

[You make me wonder

[Just beyond words

[You make me wonder

Get out of Shrews.

And take that damn monkey with you.

EPISODE 8
VISITORS

What? What is this?
Just who do you think...

Good evening. It's Mr. Schulz, isn't it?

I'm Gilbert. This is my wife, Hannah.

I know who you are.

Met you when you were just a lil nipper

in your grandpa's arms.

You don't say. Well, if you'd like
to talk, won't you come inside?

Didn't come here to chitchat, boy.

We're tellin' ya to get outta here.

You're some of them "vegans,"
too, ain't ya?

Bunch of kids got k*lled. Shot dead.

All 'cause you folks wanted to act
all liberal and bring that monkey here.

That's not true. Charlie's not...

I don't care what you call it.

That thing is a cursed monster,

the offspring of a human
and a filthy animal.

It's against God and nature.

That's what brought disaster on this town.

And it won't end as long as...

My hernia…

Pastor Maxwell.

Lucy.

Listen to you, you creeps
talking sh*t about Charlie

when you don't know
a damn thing about him!

f*ck you!

You've got it all wrong
about the sh**ting.

Charlie saved a bunch of students' lives.

Yes, well,
the Devil ever aims to deceive us.

Dear God,
please forgive this foolish girl.

Foolish? You know what's foolish?

This f*cking 21st-century witch hunt.

How dare you?
Talking like that to the pastor.

Ow… Get the hell off!

Who are your parents, kid?

It's him.

Charlie.

You little… monster…

Let. Her. Go.

Charlie?

Norman.

Let the girl go.

You okay?

You see that? That's the power
of the Devil to do us harm.

It's proof
that thing's with the t*rrorists.

All of you get out of here right now!

Or I'm calling the police!
You're on private property!

If you don't leave right now,
I'll have you arrested for trespassing!

Everything okay here?

FBI.

We were on security detail
and heard raised voices.

The FBI? Why are they in this little town?

These folks bothering you,
Mr. Stein? Mrs. Stein?

No, it's fine.

They're our neighbors.

And they were just leaving.
Isn't that right?

C'mon.

You two, inside.

Ma'am.

I respect the laws of this nation, too.

But remember this.

The law only covers

a tiny fraction of what's out there.

Geez. Pretty contentious, huh?

Here, Hannah.

I emailed the deputy.

Deputy Graham?

Yup. You said you thought
he might be on our side, right?

I'm still not convinced,

but either way,
I doubt we can count on the FBI.

Right there with you…

Um…

Lucy.

Uh, sorry. I…

Probably shouldn't have
gotten into it with them, right?

I ended up totally cussing them out.

You're right.

That wasn't very genteel of you.

I do think you should watch your mouth,
if only for your own sake.

But then again,
if that wasn't the time to use the f-word,

when is?

You really laid into them.

Sure you don't wanna become a lawyer?

I'll think about it.

You're moving your whole body.

Look, you're doing it again.

Hey, Bert.

Does Charlie seem
a little different to you?

I mean, he's gotten
a little taller, I guess.

Oh, never mind.

What are you…

Okay, you two, time to finish up.

Lucy, it's late, so we'll drive you home.

Okay.

We've identified the corpse
found in the woods

as Rainey S. Carty. Owned a diner.

And this is footage taken by
the diner's security camera…

We're not letting them get away this time.
Our good name is on the line here.

What about the Humanzee?

Huh?

I mean, this here in the report.

The one you're hiding from the press.

"When the police tried to
sh**t the culprit,

student C took action
in an apparent attempt to prevent this."

This "student C" is Charlie, right?

This is sufficient evidence
to link him to the t*rrorists.

We need to bring him in
for questioning right away.

Look…

Even if we wanted to question him,

his adoptive parents
won't bring him in voluntarily,

and he's not considered a "person," so
we can't do anything under existing law.

You should've brought him in
right after the sh**ting.

Just letting him stroll off home,
that was a big mistake.

You guys are the ones
who made the mistake.

If you had taken down the ALA
right after that attack in New York,

we might have been able
to prevent all this.

- What did you say?
- Come on now, folks.

The important thing here
is to catch the ALA

and restore order.

So you're absolutely right, Deputy Graham.

We need to stop bickering and cooperate.

We'll find some pretext
to seize the Humanzee.

Leave it to us.

All right,
continue with every line of inquiry.

Got me? Don't leave
a single stone unturned.

Yes, sir.

Ronnie Schulz. He's a big man in town.

Publicly and behind the scenes.

He's got a lot of influence
in elections for sheriff,

and the police can't ignore him, either.

Guy like that shows up
to threaten the Steins, huh?

Yeah, little towns always need
someone to coordinate things.

So what are we gonna do
about the Humanzee?

Our job's to bring him back
to Quantico with us,

but it's gonna be tricky
with that congresswoman behind him.

If their trouble with the neighbors
got out of hand, we could intervene.

Gotcha.

[Next up, more on
the Shrews High school sh**ting.

[A local TV station has reported

[that during the incident,
Charlie the Humanzee,

[a student at the school, saved
the sh**ter from being shot by the police.

sh*t. They deliberately leaked it.

[Speculation is rife about connections
between Charlie and the ALA…

I'm fed up with all this.

I just wish they'd hurry up
and catch them already.

You actually talked
with that ALA guy, didn't you, Lucy?

Did he say anything
that might give us a clue?

That reminds me,
there was something strange.

He called me
"the girl with kaleidoscope eyes."

Kaleidoscope eyes? What?

Search me. I don't think
I mentioned it to the police, either.

Kind of creepy, I don't like it.

It's The Beatles!

"The girl with kaleidoscope eyes."

It's from a Beatles song.
"Lucy In The Sky With Diamonds."

He was referencing its lyrics.

It was the third track
on their eighth album,

[Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band.

It's got surreal lyrics and there was
a rumor it was based on an acid trip.

Even the song's initials spell "LSD."

But actually, it was just a coincidence.

John named the song
after a picture his son drew.

The picture was of his son's classmate,
Lucy, flying through the sky.

That's why that guy called you
"the girl with kaleidoscope eyes."

Huh?

Well done, Sherlock.

But so what?

Are you going to tell the police the
t*rror1st likes the same oldies as you?

Well, maybe it doesn't mean anything much.

But from what Charlie says,

it's less like
that man's some fanatic activist,

and more like
he's trying to confuse people.

There's one other notable thing
about the song.

In 1974, seven years after its release,

a research team discovered the fossilized
remains of an early human in Ethiopia.

A 3.2-million-year-old skeleton
of a female [Australopithecus afarensis.

Huh.

Apparently they happened to be playing
The Beatles song at the dig site,

so they named the skeleton "Lucy."

No way, really?

So she was an ancestor
with the same name as me?

Yes. A very distant relative.

Thought to be a common ancestor of
the [Australopithecus and [h*m* genera.

So, uh…

Three million two hundred thousand
years ago,

not long after humans and chimpanzees
diverged from one another.

Her brain was about
the same size as a chimp's.

But what really shocked people at the time

was that it seemed like
she had walked upright.

In other words,

Lucy also existed on the boundary
between chimps and humans.

That's checkmate, right?

In the garage. Come around.

Good timing. Hold this here, will ya?

C'mon, ain't got all day.

What's this for?

Makin' a ramp.

The missus's legs ain't too good lately.

Wanna make this place
easier for her to get around.

Why not hire a pro?
Or get one of the young ones to do it?

Don't want some stranger in the house.

And the young ones ain't no good.

Not learnin' anything useful in school.

They're only studying useless stuff.

Thanks for comin', Phil.

You look good.

You too, Ronnie.

C'mon in. I'll make some coffee.

They were plannin' to k*ll that monkey.

Everyone's all riled up. And no wonder.

Lotta kids from town died in the sh**ting.

Grievin' families were there too, Phil.
I managed to talk 'em down.

Told 'em I'd make
that family leave town instead.

But it might not be enough.

A tragedy like that

gotta be paid for in blood.

Listen, Ronnie.

The Humanzee isn't involved
in these t*rror1st attacks.

Pretty sure his family's
just gotten dragged into it all.

What's up, Phil?

After that thing ten years ago,

you were the one warning everyone
he was dangerous.

Well…

Either way,
this ain't a question of logic.

When folks get hit with senseless tragedy,
they lash out in the same senseless way.

That's human nature.

When folks posse up,
gets hard to keep control.

So if one monkey is all it takes
to satisfy 'em, maybe that ain't so bad.

We caught the perpetrator.
We don't need a scapegoat.

You caught a minor
who was being manipulated.

The real culprit's still out there.

Am I wrong?

Tell you what, Phil.

I don't know what's going on here,
and I don't wanna know.

I'm gettin' old and creaky.

An' I ain't got no answers.

I just want this all

to happen someplace else,

that's all.

All right.

Leave it to me, Ronnie.

I'll get them to leave town.

'Til then, just try and hold back
anyone who's getting too hot-headed.

Fine.

But I can't give you long.

By my reckoning,

Shrews is a dam that's about to burst.

- What is it?
- Get away from the window.

Hannah. You okay?

Stay within sight of the house.

Have a seat anywhere.

Do you take sugar?

- Just milk.
- Here you go.

It's plant-based though.

Black's fine.

Very conscientious.
Guess the coffee's fair trade, too?

Not sure. Hannah buys it.

She not home today?

No, she's at work.

We decided I'd stay home
for the time being.

My job's half research,

so I can manage some of it here, at least.

Deputy Graham, is there a reason
you dropped by today?

We know who threw the stone
through your window.

You caught them?

Uh-huh. It was a kid who lives in town.

A 12-year-old boy.

Said his big brother
was k*lled at Shrews High.

You want to press charges?

I'll talk it over with Hannah,
but I doubt it.

Let me be frank.

If you're worried about Charlie,

you'd do best to leave this town.

Missouri, even.

I know Charlie's got nothing to do
with those vegan t*rrorists.

But a lot of folk here
don't see it that way.

And some of 'em might do worse
than throw stones.

Besides, this house isn't well situated.

The grounds are huge,
and the woods back onto the mountains.

It's impossible to guard
the place properly.

You should move out as soon as possible.

The sheriff's office
ought to be able to help with that.

I appreciate your concern, Deputy Graham.

- But...
- Call me Phil.

Okay, Phil.

But first of all, I'd like you to stop
calling them "vegan t*rrorists."

It's an inappropriate label that
encourages negative bias against vegans.

Now look here...

We've got no intention of leaving.

This land was passed down to me
by my late grandfather.

Neither Hannah nor I are from Missouri,

and this house was left empty
for a long time.

But we moved here 15 years ago
when we adopted Charlie.

We were floundering around trying to
figure out the right way to raise him.

I mean, there are no how-to books
on raising your first Humanzee.

And the climate around here's
pretty different from the tropics,

but we thought we needed something
as close as possible to the environment

where a wild chimp would grow up in.

That's why Hannah decided
to take the bar in Missouri.

Then, wouldn't it be more natural to
return him to the savannah or the jungle?

Wouldn't a Humanzee be happier there?

Both chimps and humans
are highly social creatures.

Both require proper relationships

within a community
for their individual well-being.

And of course, a Humanzee is no exception.

In fact, Charlie was enjoying
his new school life.

But that was before.

I'm telling you you're in danger.

If you saw a girl walking topless
in a rough area, you'd warn her, right?

Well, I think
women should be able to walk around

wherever they like,
looking however they like.

In fact, isn't it your job
to make it that way?

- Look, Professor Stein.
- Call me Bert.

Bert.

You're looking at
how the world ought to be.

You can't see how it is in reality.

I ain't got all your learning, but even
I can see what you people are saying.

You got BBQ joints
with a pig in a chef's hat

on the sign smiling and saying, "Welcome."

Poachers selling ivory to make
little statues of elephants,

only the statues have got
both their tusks.

Kids working on cacao farms who have
never seen a chocolate bar in their lives.

All of that's topsy-turvy, sure.

But so f*ck' what?

The world's been this way since Adam.

If you've got a problem,
take it up with God.

But in this world we got here,
reality is cruel,

senseless, and full of pain.
That's never gonna change.

And the fact you can't accept that

makes you as much a dreamer
as those t*rrorists. Am I wrong?

Completely.

I haven't lost so much faith in humanity
that I'd resort to terrorism.

And more to the point,
reality does change.

If you believe things will continue on
forever and ever exactly as they are,

then you're the one dreaming.

Life is change.

And if you don't change…

You might as well be dead.

Done with your lecture, Prof?

Yup. We don't have anywhere
we can just up and move to.

And if hate's the problem, anywhere
in the states will be the same, won't it?

What are you doing here?
I thought I told you to stay away, Lucy.

I'm not headed to Charlie's this time.
It's you I want to talk to.

Get in.

The wind feels great.

Perfect day for a picnic, don't you think?