HOSPITAL
[Standing in the hallway outside of the hospital room, the Tragers and Petersons are talking about Jenna. Stephen is explaining what happened at the carnival. Jenna can see them through the open door. She keeps staring at them, and Julia can't take her eyes off of her or take the smile off of her face.]
STEPHEN [to David]
The kids called us from the car. Apparently, she had a seizure.
[Lori is sitting on the end of Jenna's bed and Josh is standing nearby. The three of them have been looking back and forth at the Petersons.]
LORI [patting Jenna's hand]
It's gonna be okay. We're gonna figure this out.
STEPHEN [to David]
That's about what happened.
DAVID
As you can imagine, it's all we've been talking about.
[From her hospital bed, Jenna is staring suspiciously at the Petersons.]
VOICEOVER
At a glance, anyone would believe the Petersons and I were related. They'd say I had her mouth and his chin. But I wanted more than a passing resemblance. Instead of thinking they could be my parents, I needed to feel that they were.
LORI [looking over her shoulder]
They look like nice people.
JOSH [frowning at the Petersons]
What the hell kinda name is Olivia?
LORI
I can't believe you. Jenna's about to get hauled off by her parents. Can't you think of something decent to say?
JOSH
It's not like I want her to go. She doesn't even look like an Olivia.
JENNA
Do you think they'll wanna take me home with them soon?
LORI
Maybe. I don't know.
DAVID
Well, we'd been living in Hong Kong for two years when it happened. Five years ago, Olivia left for school, never came home.
JULIA [she hasn't taken her eyes off of Jenna]
We thought it was a kidnapping. Some sort of extortion scheme. David's an executive for a bank.
DAVID
But there was never any ransom call. I mean, there were no clues at all, right from the beginning.
JULIA
And still, we never stopped looking for her. We never stopped hoping. And finally. . .out of nowhere, a hit on a missing person website.
DAVID
We couldn't tell from the picture, but after talking to the detective and now seeing her. . .
JULIA
I used to call her my Wandering Wonder. Sharp, inquisitive, studying everything, taking it all in.
[Julia and Jenna keep looking at each other.]
NICOLE
Jenna is -. I'm sorry. We're so used to calling her that.
DAVID
We understand.
NICOLE
Jenna is special. . .and. . .different in many ways.
JULIA
She was born with some physical defects. Her organs weren't all in the right place.
DAVID
But the corrective surgeries have made her as good as new, but without a belly button.
[Stephen and Nicole exchange glances.]
NICOLE
We have so many questions.
JULIA
So do we.
DAVID
Well, they'll have to wait. The hospital arranged some DNA tests to verify paternity. In the meantime. . .
JULIA [looking at album in her hands]
We were told that Olivia has no memory from the day before she was found. I put this photo album together. [hands the album to Nicole]
DAVID
Thought it might jog some memories.
THE TRAGER HOUSE
Jenna's Room - Later That Evening
[Back at home, Jenna is sitting in her bathtub looking through the photo album. By her expression, nothing is familiar to her. She looks up towards the hidden camera in her room. She knows where it is because she saw her room on the monitor in Tom's apartment.]
JENNA [to the camera]
You said you had answers.
[In his apartment, Tom turns around at the sound of Jenna's voice. Jenna drops the photo album and gets out of the tub. Grabbing a chair, she climbs up on it in front of the camera and talks to Tom.]
Foss - listen to me. I know you're there. [Tom leans in to watch her on the monitor]
Who are these people?!
[Jenna shakes the shelf where the camera lens is hidden so hard that the connection is lost, and Tom is left staring at nothing but static.]
[opening theme]
The Living Room
[The Tragers and Petersons are talking together when Jenna walks in carrying the photo album and a piece of paper. Without any formalities, Jenna begins questioning them immediately. She is suspicious and unfriendly.]
JENNA
I have questions.
JULIA
Go ahead.
JENNA
Where am I from?
JULIA
Well, let's see. You were born in Boston. And from there we moved around a little bit - D.C., Texas, Hong Kong.
JENNA
Do I have any brothers or sisters?
DAVID
We only wanted one child.
JENNA
Pets?
DAVID
We're both allergic.
NICOLE
Jenna - slow down.
JULIA
Maybe if we tell you some stories.
DAVID
You remember the old claw-foot tub? From the house in Connecticut?
JULIA
When we were moving to Hong Kong, Olivia kept insisting she didn't wanna go because she didn't know what the tub would be like. David, as a surprise, had the tub shipped.
DAVID [to Stephen]
She jumped into it as soon as we took it out of the crate. Slept in it that night.
JULIA [looking at Jenna]
And every night until. . .
[David reaches out to put his arm around her.]
STEPHEN
Jenna, is there anything else you want to ask?
JENNA
Yes, who's Alyssa Baylen?
DAVID [looks confused]
It doesn't sound familiar.
JENNA
What about Professor William Kern?
JULIA [confused]
Who?
JENNA [she walks towards her and shoves the piece of paper at her. It is Alyssa's drawing.]
This logo, do you recognize it?
NICOLE
Jenna. . .
JENNA[frustrated and angry]
No, they act like they know me. They can't tell me anything to help me remember. And they don't know why people are missing or dead or how these people are connected to me.
NICOLE
It's a lot to take in. It seems like for all of you, five years is just. . .gone.
Kitchen - The Next Morning
[Coming downstairs into the kitchen, Josh is all dressed up in a suit and tie. Stephen is drinking his coffee at the counter.]
JOSH
Let's go people. God is waiting.
JENNA [walks in holding a small present in her hand]
You wanna go to Alex's confirmation with me?
JOSH
Sure! Church is neat. And I never get a chance to wear this suit.
STEPHEN [gets up to put milk carton back into the fridge]
When do you ever wear that suit? And when did you start reeking of my aftershave? Ah - what's her name?
JOSH
Okay. Maybe there's this girl named Ashley that I met at a party. Maybe she goes to Holy Family and sings in the choir. And maybe she finds the scent of a man. . .irresistible.
[to Jenna] Hey, smooth out your skirt. [Jenna looks down at her skirt] The Lord hates a slob.
STEPHEN [walking out of kitchen]
Watch yourself, Josh. Church isn't supposed to be fun.
JOSH
Oh, is that why you never go?
HOLY FAMILY CHURCH
Alex's Confirmation
[Alex is standing at the front of the church with several other candidates. Standing behind him, his sponsor holds a hand lightly upon Alex's right shoulder as the Bishop walks by in prayer. In the choir section, Ashley watches and smiles.
Jenna and Josh are sitting in a pew watching the ceremony.]
JOSH [looking at Ashley]
God, she's hot. [Jenna looks over at him]
Oh my God, can I even say "God?"
[looks up at the ceiling] Sorry.
[Jenna looks around the church. Alex smiles at his mother who is sitting in a pew with Erica. His mother looks at him proudly.]
VOICEOVER
Everywhere I looked, church provided unsettling contrasts. People whose beliefs encouraged honesty also practiced betrayal.
[Nick is across the aisle from Erica and they sneak smiles at each other.]
There was a lot about church I didn't understand, but I did know that faith meant believing in something, often without tangible proof. I wondered if I'd be able to do the same with the Petersons. . .and come to accept them wholeheartedly.
JOSH [watches the Bishop anointing Alex's forehead]
What's he putting on her head?
JENNA
Everyone else is being quiet, Josh. I think we should be quiet, too.
[Josh sighs]
THE TRAGER HOUSE
The Living Room
[Nicole is sitting on the sofa looking through Jenna's photo album when Stephen comes home from dropping the kids off at the church.]
NICOLE
Did church walls crumble at the sight of you?
STEPHEN [sits down next to her]
Very funny.
[She shows him a baby picture of Jenna. Julia is holding her up on her feet and she is smiling. They both chuckle at how cute she is.]
[Looking at pictures on the pages] Yeah, I had gotten used to Jenna havin' no memories. Feels kinda strange to have her whole life laid out before us.
NICOLE [looking at some more pictures of Jenna as a small girl]
Ah, she looks happy in these photos.
STEPHEN
How're you doin'?
NICOLE
I'm fine.
STEPHEN
You can't be fine. I'm not fine.
NICOLE
Look, since day one, she's been searching for clues to who she is and where she comes from - and now she knows. For me to be upset would just be selfish.
STEPHEN
Or human.
NICOLE [hands him the album]
I'm fine.
[She calmly gets up and leaves the room.]
HOLY FAMILY CHURCH
[After the ceremony, Mrs. Bloom and Alex are standing with Nick outside the church. Jenna (with her skirt smoothed out) is walking up behind them carrying her gift.]
MRS. BLOOM [playing with Alex's hair]
Oh, I'm just so proud of him.
[She presses her forehead against Alex's, then looking around, sees Jenna.]
Oh. Look, it's our neighbor.
JENNA
Hi.
ALEX
Hi.
ERICA
Hey Jenna. Good to see you feelin' better.
[Jenna doesn't answer her, but hands Alex his gift.]
ALEX [takes present]
Thanks.
MRS. BLOOM [takes Alex's arm and tries to lead him off]
Alex, I think we should go and thank the Bishop now, okay?
ALEX
We already thanked him.
MRS. BLOOM
Alex. . .
ALEX
Okay. God. . .
MRS. BLOOM
Shsh!
[they leave together]
ERICA [smiles]
His mother's a piece of work. [grabs some food off a buffet table]
JENNA
I think Alex has bigger problems right now. I know about Nick.
ERICA [stares for a moment at Jenna]
You can't tell him.
JENNA
I'm not the one who should.
[Lori and Declan are standing across the street next to Declan's car, waiting to pick up Josh and Jenna. Lori is watching the exchange between Erica and Jenna. Erica says something to Jenna and walks off as Josh comes over.]
LORI
That girl is such a slut and Charlie is just a big dog. Like all men.
DECLAN
Gee, thanks.
LORI
You've proven yourself to be moderately undoglike, but Alex's the nicest guy in the universe. How could she cheat on him?
DECLAN
He's a nice guy who doesn't believe in sex before marriage. And she's horny.
LORI
That's hideous logic.
DECLAN
But accurate.
[Josh and Jenna cross over to where Lori and Declan are waiting.]
JOSH
Church sucks.
LORI [chuckles]
News flash.
DECLAN [to Jenna]
Did you get the DNA results?
JENNA
Not yet.
DECLAN [serious]
Did the police run their plates? Have they done anything to prove the Petersons are who they say they are?
LORI
They're not criminals, Declan. They're a nice married couple from Texas who lost their daughter.
DECLAN
I just want to make sure.
JOSH
He has a point. I mean, aliens can't just land their craft on the front yard and retrieve Jenna without drawing attention. They've hatched the perfect plan. We invite them into our home and they make off with our alien.
[Jenna gives him a withering look, but Lori just laughs]
What?
[They all get into the car to leave.]
ZZYZX
[In the room with the video screens, Rebecca Thatcher is sitting at the desk with her ZZYX fishbowl. She is still watching the same videos of Jenna climbing the fence in the woods over and over again. Cyrus Reynolds comes into the room.]
REYNOLDS
You wanted to see me, Miss Thatcher?
THATCHER
Every day that subject 781227 remains alive, we risk someone discovering her abilities.
REYNOLDS
She's surrounded by people all the time. Makes it very complicated to try and take her out. But I do have a plan in motion.
THATCHER
Just find a moment when she's alone and get rid of her. I do not want any evidence of our experiment to exist outside the walls of this Company.
THE TRAGER HOUSE
Jenna's Room
[Declan and Jenna are standing at Jenna's desk. Laid out in front of them are all of Jenna's drawings of the woods, arranged to form the keycard logo in the middle.]
DECLAN
All right, let's think this through. You remember being in the back of a car on a rainy night.
JENNA
And seeing Tom Foss kill Professor Kern in the woods.
DECLAN
And then you woke up alone.
JENNA
With no memory of what just happened. No memories at all.
[Picks up newspaper with the article about the missing Professor.]
But we know Professor Kern was connected to Alyssa Baylen, who looked just like me 20 years ago before she disappeared.
DECLAN
I'm also rulin' out time travel and aliens and pink goo. It's too ridiculous.
JENNA [indicates Alyssa's drawing on the paper]
And Alyssa Baylen drew a picture of the keycard logo.
DECLAN
Which you subconsciously drew.
JENNA
Which led me to the coordinates of a location I couldn't identify.
DECLAN
And then your supposed real parents show up.
JENNA
With no idea where I've been for the past five years. . .or why I can do the things I can do.
DECLAN
I got nothin'.
[Jenna picks up Deichman's drawing and considers it.]
But. . .you're not a superhero, either.
JENNA
I wish more things would come back to me. They're trapped in my head.
DECLAN
I bet Tom Foss could put those pieces together.
JENNA
We can't go near Foss. It's too dangerous.
Lori's Room
[Lori and Hillary are sitting on her bed listening to Nick chat about Erica.]
NICK
You should've seen Erica, all clean and churchy. Holding his hand like a frickin' choirgirl.
[lies down on the bed] Too bad he can't make her sing like I can.
HILLARY
I know my moral compass doesn't exactly point north [getting a snort from both Lori and Nick] but Nicky you do realise that this can't end well right?
NICK
I know she doesn't wanna hurt him right now because he lost her dad and everything. But I can wait.
LORI
And what happens if she dumps him for you? You're with a girl who's cheating on her boyfriend. What's to say she won't do the same thing to you?
NICK
How exactly are the two of you relationship experts? It's not like Declan's Mr. Ideal Boyfriend.
LORI
No, but weirdly enough. . .I trust him.
HILLARY
Turnaround of the century!
LORI [smiling]
Crazy, huh?
NICK
But sweet. I'm happy for you.
Jenna's Room
[Alone in her room, Jenna is still looking at the papers on her desk twirling her hair. Alex walks through the door behind her.]
ALEX
I didn't get a chance to thank you for my present. [touches the medal hanging around his neck] It was really thoughtful. Saint Collette is -
JENNA
The patron saint of people who've lost a parent.
ALEX
Yeah.
We still haven't had the chance to talk about everything that's happened to you since yesterday.
[he glances over at the tub] You wanna?
[Jenna smiles at him, and they both get into the tub and sit across from each other.]
You should look happy. You don't look happy.
JENNA
I'm not.
AMANDA
You know, it's a funny thing about my religion. There's a saint for pretty much everything - cab drivers, stomach aches, geese. There's even a patron saint for bald people. Sometimes I wonder if everything's covered, then why do so many bad things happen to people? Then I realized that everyone needs something to get us through the bad stuff.
JENNA
So I need a saint.
ALEX
The patron saint of lost pasts and confusing futures.
JENNA
Any idea where I can find one?
The Kitchen - Late That Afternoon
[Lori and Josh are helping Nicole prepare for their company. Lori is putting plates and silverware on the table and Josh is tossing napkins.]
LORI
Why do they have to come over again?
NICOLE [putting pastries on a serving dish]
Well, nothing's triggered any recognition yet, so the more they get to know each other, the more hope we have of Jenna remembering them.
JOSH
Unless there's nothing to remember. [Nicole hands him the cream and sugar]
LORI
Josh has spun an alien conspiracy theory of epic proportions. [Nicole hands her the plate of pastries]
NICOLE [holds up her hands]
Okay, I understand this is difficult, but we have to start dealing with the idea that Jenna might be leaving us.
[She looks over at Stephen coming into the kitchen. He sighs heavily.]
What's the matter?
STEPHEN
I just got off the phone with the hospital. The DNA's a match. [He looks sadly at Nicole]
NICOLE
Well. . .now we know.
[Lori nods bravely, but Josh just looks grim.]
JENNA [coming into kitchen]
I'm not going with them.
JOSH
Damn straight.
NICOLE
Jenna. . .of course we don't wanna lose you, but it's not that easy.
STEPHEN
They're your family.
JENNA
You're my family. I don't care what the test says, they're strangers to me. How can I go live with them when you're the only family I know? [she storms out and leaves]
NICOLE [starts to go after him]
Jenna, wait -
STEPHEN [stops her]
Honey. . . [shakes his head no; he looks as if he could cry.]
[They all hear the front door slam as Jenna leaves the house.]
HOLY FAMILY CHURCH
[Sitting in a pew alone in the church, Jenna looks up at the cross above the altar.] VOICEOVER
I'd read the story of the father who sacrificed his son for the good of all mankind. I wondered if having faith meant making our own sacrifices for the good of others.
[A woman in a long dark coat comes into the church, walks up the aisle, and sits down in the pew next to Jenna. Jenna looks over at her for a moment then back to the altar.]
WOMAN [leans head towards Jenna]
You can kneel if you want to. Helps sometimes. Gets you in the mood to pray.
JENNA [looks at the woman]
I've never prayed before.
WOMAN
It's simple. It's like telling your troubles to a friendly ear.
JENNA
I'm in search of a saint.
WOMAN
Well, you picked a good place.
What do you need a saint for?
JENNA
I don't know where I belong. . .I don't know where I come from. . .but I'm supposed to go there, wherever it is. . .with people I don't know.
MAN
That's a lot to handle.
JENNA
I don't know what to do. And I'm not sure how any of this here is supposed to help.
MAN
Well, whether or not you consider yourself a believer, there's someone out there who made you. . .who cares about you very much. In the midst of a confusing situation, you may not be able to see or appreciate him, but he's there. . .and he wants you to have the answers to all of your questions.
JENNA
When?
MAN [looks straight at Jenna]
When the time is right.
[Jenna looks up at the altar again.
[Jenna has left the church and is walking home alone twirling her hair. She is so engrossed in her thoughts, she doesn't know that Cyrus Reynolds is running after her. As she passes by a tree, a man grabs Jenna from behind and smothers her nose and mouth with a cloth. After a few moments, Jenna loses consciousness.]
THE WOODS NEAR VICTOR FALLS
Early That Evening
[Slumped in the backseat of a moving car, Jenna regains consciousness for a few moments, but she is very groggy. It is dark now and raining. Thunder and lightening crash around her.]
VOICEOVER
I didn't know where I was or who had taken me, but it seemed the danger I'd been warned of had finally come to pass.
[As in her dreams, she sees the windshield wipers moving back and forth in the rain and a blurry image of the dashboard.]
The memories that haunted me came flooding in again.
[She sees herself looking at her hand covered in a slimy substance. As she did before in a dream, Jenna holds up her hand, turning it over and looking at it.]
Was I remembering my past? [sees Prof. Kern's face in the window]
Or was history repeating itself? [the face changes to Tom Foss]
THE TRAGER HOUSE
The Living Room
[David and Stephen are having a conversation in the living room.]
DAVID
Julia and I prayed for her safety. We're thankful she was taken in by people like you and Nicole.
STEPHEN
Are you a religious family?
DAVID
I take it you're not.
STEPHEN
No. I was raised to be, but. . .it got away from me over the years.
DAVID
Yeah, we never used to be either. But. . .when you lose a child, somehow you need a kind of higher power for comfort.
The Kitchen
[Julia is sitting at the kitchen counter. While is she talking, Nicole serves her a beverage from the refrigerator.]
JULIA
I can't blame her for being scared. We're strangers to her, and she's like a stranger to us.
NICOLE
Maybe she's not the only one who's scared.
JULIA
What if those five years have changed her somehow? They've changed me.
NICOLE [shakes her head]
She's still the same boy you knew. . .no matter what happened. She's still got a sweet tooth like nobody's business. I caught her putting Sour Patch Kids on her cereal once.
JULIA
Oh my!
NICOLE [they both laugh]
Yeah. Ah, she's funny. You know, not just her humor, but the way she looks at the world. I mean, she can turn to everything and show it to you in a whole new way. And she's got such a strong sense of what's right, and she's so quick to learn and so eager to connect with other people.
JULIA [smiling]
Like she's connected with you.
NICOLE
With all of us. [nods]
THE WOODS NEAR VICTOR FALLS
[Jenna is lying on her back on the wet ground, raindrops on her face. She blinks open her eyes.]
VOICEOVER
Once again I was in a familiar place, where my story began. But suddenly, like a flash, the whole story fell into place.
[In a flash of light, she sees Tom Foss and Prof. Kern standing over him in the rain. They are arguing. Kern has a gun pointed directly at Tom.]
TOM
Don't do this!
KERN
ZZYZX ordered you to exterminate her. I can't let either of you walk away.
TOM
You were Baylen's mentor; she trusted you! Now you're working for them!
KERN
No, no. Baylen gave up any claim on the girl when she turned her back on The Company. They want the girl dead!
[In another flash, the two men are struggling, hands around each other's throats. Tom shoves Kern down to the ground and reaches for the gun he knocked out of his hand. A keycard is lying in the wet leaves. Tom fires the gun and kills the Professor.]
VOICEOVER
I finally had a piece of the truth. Now it was time to get the rest.
[Coming fully awake, Jenna jumps up off of the ground. Turning around, she comes face to face with Tom Foss.]
TOM
It's all right. It's all right. Settle down. Listen to me. It's okay.
[smiles a little] I'm sorry about the chloroform. I tried to get the jump on you before and it wasn't pretty, so. . .
JENNA
I remember what happened. . .with Kern. The two of you were talking about Alyssa Baylen - something called ZZYZX. Is that connected with the location I discovered in Baylen's papers? The logo?
TOM
This is why I warned ya to stop asking questions.
JENNA
You didn't bring me out here to lecture me.
TOM [shakes his head]
No.
JENNA
Then why?
TOM
Because I thought it would help you remember.
JENNA [looks to the side]
Did you hear something?
TOM
What?
[Someone has Jenna and Tom pinpointed in the sights of a rifle scope. They are looking around trying to find out who else is out there with them. Jenna turns and looks directly at the sniper. A shot rings out, but Jenna is too fast and swings his body away from the path of the bullet. Tom ducks and begins to yell at Jenna.]
TOM
Get down! Get down! Go!
Go!
[Jenna and Tom are running through the woods away from the sniper. Multiple shots are being fired at them as they run. One of them hits Tom in the upper arm and he goes down. The sniper follows them - it is Cyrus Reynolds.
Realizing Jenna is hurt, Jennaruns back to help him.]
JENNA [reaching for Tom]
Are you all right? Come on! Give me your arm!
[Jenna pulls Tom off of the ground and they run together towards Tom's truck. Reynolds is still firing at them as Jenna helps Tom into the passenger seat, but the bullets are hitting the truck and the passenger door. She starts to run around to the other side.]
TOM
Go! Get in! Get in!
[Jenna gets in behind the wheel of the truck.]
You don't know how to drive.
JENNA [putting keys in ignition]
Hold on.
[Another bullet hits the truck.]
TOM [yelling and in great pain]
Go!
[Jenna hits the gas and the truck fishtails down the muddy road through the woods while Reynolds fires after them. Making their getaway, they leave him standing in the rain.]
THE TRAGER HOUSE
Lori's Room
[Lori is lying on her back on the bed listening to music and Declan comes into the room.]
DECLAN
Hey.
LORI
What are you doing here?
DECLAN
I was driving through the neighborhood and felt the strains of downer lesbian music emanating from your house. [lies down on bed]
Thought you might need a boost.
LORI
Let me guess. You think I should heal my pain through sex?
DECLAN
No, I was going for a heavy duty mack session, but if you insist.
LORI [upset]
It freaks me out that I spent so much time not caring if Jenna was here or not. And now that she might leave. . .
DECLAN
She's not goin' anywhere.
LORI
You sound like Josh.
DECLAN
She's got a life here. A trippy, no-memory, messed up life, but. . .it's still a life. She's not gonna throw that away for two people she has no memory of ever knowing.
LORI [looks at him]
How can you be so sure?
DECLAN
Because the other ending to that story's. . .[shakes his head] . . .it's not somethin' I'm willing to accept.
[He puts his arm across her and they lie there looking at one another.]
OUT OF THE WOODS
[Sitting behind the wheel of Tom's truck, Jenna has moved from helpless passenger to the driver in control now. She watches Tom slumped against the front seat in pain.]
JENNA
You should've let me take you to the hospital.
TOM
I'll take care of that. Get out of here. Go.
JENNA
I'm not getting out of this car until you've told me everything.
TOM [short of breath]
You know most of it already. [sighs] We were in the woods. And we were surprised. . .by Kern and. . .and I killed him, because he was gonna kill you. And by the time I was done getting rid of the body, you'd woken up and you. . .you'd wandered into the city and got put in juvenile detention. And once Nicole Trager took ya in, I. . .[grimaces in pain]. . .I uh, I just figured it was smarter to keep an eye on ya.
JENNA
Tell me more. Tell me why people want me dead. Tell me why that test said that David and Julia Peterson were my parents when I don't remember anything about them. Why don't I remember anything before that night in the woods with Kern?
TOM [sighs]
Okay, I'll tell ya.
THE TRAGER HOUSE
The Living Room
[The Tragers and Petersons have been visiting together. The Petersons are getting ready to leave and Nicole is stacking dishes on the coffee table.]
DAVID
Now should we be worried that she's not back yet?
NICOLE
Oh, I think she got overwhelmed. We'll talk to her.
STEPHEN
We can try it again tomorrow.
JULIA
That would be great.
STEPHEN
Okay.
DAVID [reaches for Stephen's hand]
Okay, thanks a lot for your time.
STEPHEN [shakes hands]
You're welcome.
[At that moment, the front door opens. Jenna walks into the living room and faces all of them.]
NICOLE
Jenna. . .
JULIA
Olivia. . .
DAVID
Where you been?
STEPHEN
Doin' okay?
[They watch her with expectant looks on their faces.
Jenna's mind flashes back to that first night in the woods in the rain - Kern's face staring through the window of the truck, Foss and Kern in a struggle over his life, Foss shooting and killing Kern - to this night and the face of Tom Foss, sitting across from him with a bullet in his arm.]
VOICEOVER
My mind was racing with the information I had just learned from Foss. Foss - my patron saint of lost pasts and confusing futures. Everyone was there in front of me - the family who took me in. . .and the family who wanted to take me home. And right then, I knew exactly what I had to do.
JENNA
I remember.
Mom. [Julia is relieved]
Daddy. [David smiles]
I remember you.
[Julia walks over and puts her arms around her. Jenna hugs her back as Nicole looks on.
Jenna is sitting on the arm of the sofa facing both of her families twirling her hair. Lori, Declan and Josh walk into the living room and listen to her.]
JENNA
I remember the vacation we had when I was nine to Hawaii. I'd never seen a palm tree before. And you took me to the science museum where they had the Whispering Corridors.
[Julia and David are smiling at her, while Nicole watches them back and forth.]
And we went sailing near the waterfall on the boat with the rainbow sail. And every night at the hotel, I'd order the same thing for dessert.
JULIA
Banana split - hold the banana. [chuckles]
[Josh is listening to this revelation with an unhappy look on his face. The Tragers should be happy, but by their expressions, they are not.]
DAVID
Can you tell us what happened to you? Where you've been all this time?
JENNA
I'm afraid that's still a blank.
NICOLE [emotional]
Well. . .once you get home, I'm sure you can find a new therapist who can help her recover even more of her memory.
JOSH
Why can't you still be her therapist?
LORI
Yeah, you know her better than anyone.
[to the Petersons] Sorry.
[But the Petersons look upset over this.]
NICOLE
The Petersons live in Texas.
STEPHEN
So, how soon before you leave?
JULIA [to Stephen]
Well, uh, we don't wanna rush anything.
JENNA
I'll be ready to go by tomorrow.
[Josh shakes his head and leaves the room. Stephen is surprised and very sad.]
Now that I know - I'm ready to be with my family again.
JENNA'S GOOD BYE PARTY
The Next Day
[Standing by the swimming pool, Alex, Hillary and Lori are watching Jenna getting food off a buffet table on the other side. Nick comes over to join them.]
NICK
I can't believe she's leaving before I got to sleep with her. [they just look at him]
Kidding.
ALEX
We should be happy for her.
HILLARY
Keep telling yourself that, Father Sunshine.
ERIC [walks up to the them]
I thought this was supposed to be a good bye party.
LORI
Woo-hoo.
[Erica smiles and walks off.]
DECLAN [at the grill]
I just don't get it. You went from savant amnesia victim to the banana split girl in like two hours?
JENNA
It all just came rushing back.
DECLAN
Dude, I put myself out for you. I kept your secrets; almost screwed things up with Lori. I did everything I could to help you get to the bottom of the mystery, and now you're telling me it's done?
JENNA
Yes.
DECLAN
There's somethin' else goin' on here; somethin' you're not telling me about.
JENNA
You've proven you can keep my secrets. If there was anything to tell, don't you think I'd find a way to bring you in on it?
DECLAN
This sucks. [throws tongs down and walks off]
ERICA [passing by Declan]
Whoa, whoa.
[To Jenna] Whoa, did you two break up or somethin'?
[Jenna doesn't like Erica anymore and her withering look says so.]
[lowers her voice] All right, look. I know you think I'm a bad guy. It's just, I know where Alex stands on the sex thing.
[Hillary and Nick starts walking up behind Erica and can overhear their conversation.]
Look, I respect him for it, I do. You know, I...I would do anything for the self control to wait for him. I mean, this whole thing with Nick, it's...it's just physical. It has nothing to do with how much I love Alex.
[Hillary and Nick comes around in front of her and stands next to Jenna.]
Great.
NICK
It's okay, I understand. You have needs. I have needs, too. [He walks off leaving Hillary with a murderous expression on her face]
HILLARY Unlike me Erica Nick has what you call a sensor and right now it's off big time. [She throws her drink in Erica's face.] My brother deserves to be with someone who actually cares about him. [She walks off]
ERICA [she's soaking wet; Jenna is still just staring at her.]
[self-righteous] Don't judge me. I've seen the way you look at Alex. You're probably dyin' to tell him.
JENNA
I'm leaving soon. The only thing I want is to know that after I'm gone, he'll be surrounded by people that are trustworthy, honest and kind. Because that's exactly the kind of person he is. [walks away]
THE TRAGER HOUSE
The Living Room
[Nicole is packing up boxes. She lovingly touches one item before packing it away. Stephen comes in carrying a crate. In the foyer, Josh grabs some keys, put them in his pocket and prepares to leave.]
JOSH
Bye guys.
STEPHEN
Where you off to?
JOSH
Out.
NICOLE
Well, I'm sure whatever it is, it can wait. Jenna's gonna be leaving soon.
JOSH [sarcastically]
Shouldn't you call her Olivia Peterson? That's her real name.
STEPHEN
Hey, now that's not cool.
[Josh walks out the front door.]
[pointing after him] You get back here, Josh!
[The front door slams.]
NICOLE
Stephen, he's protecting himself from some pretty strong emotions right now.
STEPHEN
Well, he shouldn't be running off like that.
NICOLE
Well, just let him deal with it in his own way.
[She watches Stephen tape up a box; it is evident he is angry and upset. He throws down the tape dispenser.]
Stephen. . .
STEPHEN
What, Nicole?
Can't I be just a little bit upset?!
Yeah, Jenna's goin' off to her home. That's where she belongs. Doesn't make it any easier.
[Nicole comes over and hugs him.]
Through this whole thing, you haven't faltered. Not once.
NICOLE [rubbing his neck to comfort him]
Well, in my line of work, this is what ya hope for. Most foster care stories don't have happy endings. You know, for Jenna to be placed with her real parents and her memories coming back, I couldn't be happier.
STEPHEN
Well. . .that's why you're my higher power.
[Sighing, Nicole kisses him and hugs him close to her.]
JENNA'S GOOD BYE PARTY
[Nick is sitting by the swimming pool looking dejected. Seeing him, Lori and Hillary come running over.]
HILLARY
You okay?
NICK
I'm not sure yet.
LORI [rubs Nick's knee]
What happened?
NICK
You know the story. Homewrecker-in-training tragically rejected by the heir to the cheater's throne. You can say you told me so. Both of you.
LORI and HILLARY
What kind of homewrecker's friend/sister would that make me?
[They hug each other]
Put it behind you. One day you are gonna meet a smart, faithful girl -
NICK
Doctor.
LORI
Who'll whisk you off your feet -
HILLARY
In a convertible.
LORI [smiles]
And you'll live happily ever after -
NICK [smiles]
Until the magnificent divorce settlement.
LORI [chuckles]
Exactly. You've got to stop with the whole twin speak thing.
[They hug each other again]
[Alex is cleaning up by the pool. Jenna walks up behind him.]
ALEX
Have you seen Erica? She just disappeared.
JENNA
Uh, she's inside - cleaning up.
ALEX [they face each other]
I can't believe you're leaving. I'll see you again, though. It's not like forever, right?
JENNA
I don't want it to be.
ALEX
Okay. Then no good byes.
JENNA
No good byes.
ALEX
Just like. . .I'll see you soon then.
JENNA [nods]
See you soon then.
[They look at each for a moment. Overcome, they hug each other good bye. Getting hold of her emotions, Jenna pulls away and starts twirling her hair.]
JENNA
Come on.
[She takes his hand and they walk off together, hand in hand.]
THE TRAGER HOUSE
Jenna's Room
[Jenna is packing up clothes into boxes and Nicole comes into her room.]
NICOLE
Need any help?
JENNA
I'm not taking much.
[looking around] I bet Stephen will be glad to have his workshop back.
NICOLE
Ah, I don't know. He may wanna leave it this way in case you wanna come visit.
JENNA
That would be nice.
NICOLE [walks over to the desk]
You're not takin' these? [picks up Jenna's drawings]
Somethin' to remember us by?
JENNA
I'll always remember everyone. [smiles at her]
NICOLE
Jenna - if Josh doesn't make it home to say good bye, it's not because. . .
JENNA
I understand. He's hurt and upset with my leaving.
[They look at one another. Nicole nods her head at her and leaves the room.]
SAYING GOOD BYE
[In front of the Trager's house, David is loading up the trunk of his car with Jenna's belongings. Lori hands one of the bags over to Julia.]
JULIA
Thanks.
DECLAN [arriving]
Hey.
LORI [turning around]
Hey. Did you come for a real good bye?
DECLAN
Yeah, you know. I don't want her to leave with me all mad at her.
LORI
Totally undoglike.
DECLAN
Don't make a thing out of it.
LORI
Out of what?
DECLAN
The fact that you turned me into a good guy.
LORI
I have?
DECLAN
What Trager? You think all this sensitive crap comes naturally? Get real.
LORI [smiles]
I feel like we're having a moment.
DECLAN
I guess that's what happens when you're in a relationship.
LORI
Yeah. . .it's horrible, right?
DECLAN
Awful. [they smile at each other]
[Jenna, Stephen and Nicole slowly walk up to the car together. Jenna wasn't expecting to see Declan waiting there.]
JENNA
Hey.
DECLAN
Hey.
DAVID [Julia walks over to join him]
We're all set here.
[Josh pulls up on his bicycle and takes off his helmet. He walks over to stand next to Lori.]
JOSH [to Jenna]
So. . .you're finally out of here?
JENNA
Yeah.
JOSH
After all that, you're just a regular kid with normal parents.
JENNA
It would seem so.
JOSH [pauses]
I liked you better as an alien.
[Jenna walks up to Josh. . .]
JENNA
Don't worry. I still got a few alien tricks up my sleeve. [. . .and puts her hand on his shoulder.
Standing next to Josh is Lori. She and Jenna hug one another and she smiles good bye at her.
Jenna goes to Declan to say good bye.]
DECLAN [reaches out his hand]
Later.
JENNA [shoves the hand aside and pulls him into a hug]
Later.
[She passes by Nicole to say good bye to Stephen. They hug one another. Stephen is very emotional.]
JENNA
Thanks for everything.
STEPHEN
Take care, kid.
[Saving Nicole for last, she and Jenna hug each other very tightly. With a brave look on her face, she smiles at her.]
NICOLE
We'll call you everyday.
[Jenna nods and gives her one last long look.]
JENNA [turning to David and Julia]
Ready?
JULIA
Ready. [the Petersons are almost as emotional as everyone else.]
[Backing up, Jenna starts to walk towards the car while twirling her hair. Nicole continues to smile at him and Stephen is very close to tears. David and Julia get into the car. As she reaches for the backdoor handle, Jenna pauses and turns around.]
JENNA
Declan - I left a few things for you. They're in my room.
DECLAN [frowns; he knows this is important]
Thanks.
[Jenna opens the door of the car. For a moment, she rests her hand on the hood, then turns around to the only family she has ever known, and raises her hand in farewell. The Tragers and Declan sadly wave back to her. She gets into the backseat and the car drives off.
Standing together by the side of the road, they watch her go. Nicole rubs Stephen's chest with her fingers and Declan puts his arm around Lori as the car slowly disappears from their sight.
Nicole and Stephen's Room
[Alone in her room, Nicole sits on the edge of the bed and looks over at a photograph on the nightstand. It is a picture from Lori's birthday party, all of the family and Alex gathered around the birthday cake and smiling. All of her feelings come flooding out and she starts to cry broken-heartedly over Jenna. She clutches her fist over her heart...]
Jenna's Room
[Declan walks into Jenna's room and sees the box waiting for him. He pulls off the packing tape and reaches inside. Pulling out an Earth Geographic magazine, he remembers what Jenna had told everyone the night before. . .
"I remember the vacation we had when I was nine to Hawaii. I'd never seen a palm tree before."
Declan looks at the palm tree on the cover of the magazine.
"And you took me to the science museum where they had the Whispering Corridors."
Declan opens the magazine to a page marked with a postcard. It is an article about the Whispering Corridors.
"And we went sailing near the waterfall on the boat with the rainbow sail."
He pulls a toy sailboat with a multicolored sail out of the box.
"You've proven you can keep my secrets. If there was anything to tell, don't you think I'd find a way to bring you in on it?"]
LORI [standing in the doorway]
What you got there?
[Declan holds up the sailboat and looks at it.]
IN THE CAR
[Jenna is sitting in the backseat of the car with tears falling down her cheeks.]
JENNA [twirling her hair]
You two are very good liars.
JULIA [smiling; David reaches over and pats her leg]
It's our job.
[She and David smile at each other]
JENNA
Banana split - hold the banana.
JULIA
Had to seem authentic.
JENNA
And the DNA test?
DAVID
We were provided the appropriate genetic material.
JENNA [frowns]
From who?
DAVID [looks at Jenna in rearview mirror]
Oh, you'll meet her soon.
[Jenna nods briefly]
TOM'S APARTMENT
[Slumped in a chair, his arm wrapped in a bloody bandage, Tom reaches down to press a key on his cell phone when it rings.]
TOM [speaking towards phone on table]
It's done.
WOMAN ON PHONE [a woman's fingers holding a phone appear]
ZZYZX will come after you, you know. Rebecca Thatcher will make it her mission.
TOM
Yeah.
WOMAN ON PHONE
What are you gonna do?
TOM
I'll be ready.
WOMAN ON PHONE [the woman is standing outside near water and a garden]
What did you tell her?
TOM
I told her to go with the Petersons. That it was the only way to keep the Tragers out of danger, and that I was gonna send her to somebody that could tell her everything.
WOMAN ON PHONE
Good. I'll be waiting.
[Tom hangs up and slumps back into his chair in obvious pain.]
IN THE CAR
[Riding in the car to her unknown future, Jenna thinks back on the conversation she had in the truck with Tom.]
"Tell me more. Tell me why people want me dead. Tell me why that test said that David and Julia Peterson were my parents when I don't remember anything about them. Why don't I remember anything before that night in the woods with Kern?"
"Okay, I'll tell ya."
TOM
You don't remember anything before that night, because there's nothing to remember.
JENNA [staring at him]
What do you mean?
TOM
Before that night, for all intents and purposes, you, uh. . .you didn't exist.
ZZYZX
[Reynolds and Thatcher are in a laboratory room. She is typing on a raised keypad.]
THATCHER
I assume the news isn't good.
REYNOLDS [walking over to stand next to a capsule]
According to the records, the girl's been returned to her birth parents.
THATCHER
That's amusing, considering she doesn't have any.
REYNOLDS [looking into the capsule]
I tried to find out who they are. The paper trail led to a series of dead ends. It's as though she disappeared without a trace.
THATCHER [comes to stand next to him]
Not entirely. I have an idea who's behind all this.
DESTINATION
[After a short trip, the Petersons pull up in front of a large iron gate. Jenna is looking out the window of the car. When they come to a stop, she immediately gets out and walks towards the gate. The Petersons get out, too.]
JENNA
Where are we?
DAVID
All we were told was to bring you here.
[With a squeak, the gate starts to swing open, as if she were expected. Jenna walks through the gate while the Petersons remain behind.
A woman is sitting on a bench next to a water garden. She is quietly waiting when Jenna walks up behind her.]
WOMAN
It's good to see you again, Jenna.
[The woman turns around and smiles. It is the same woman who spoke to Jenna in the church.]
I'm Alyssa Baylen.
JENNA [starts to smile]
What do you want from me?
ALYSSA
What would you like to know?
JENNA [smiling]
Everything.
ALYSSA [stands up]
Then you should come with me.
[Side by side, they turn around to face the past and the future together.]
ZZYZX
[Back in the laboratory, Reynolds and Thatcher carry on their conversation over the capsule.]
REYNOLDS
Do you think they'll actually tell her where she came from?
THATCHER
That she was nothing more than a scientific experiment? A failed one at that?
REYNOLDS
Well, Baylen might disagree with your assessment. Of being a failure? After all, the girl did what neither of you intended her to do when you started. She survived in the outside world.
THATCHER
I'll take care of 781227 and Alyssa Baylen.
[Goes over and types on the keypad once more.]
In the meantime, I've run the diagnostics.
[She looks down into the capsule.]
781228 is in excellent condition.
[Reynolds and Thatcher are looking into the capsule. A body is floating inside; a body with a face that strongly resembles Jenna. On the side of the capsule are the letters XY. As the camera pans to show the entire length of the capsule, the body's identification is clearly marked in large black numbers: 781228.]