All language subtitles for Nowhere Man - S01E25 - Gemini

My name is Thomas Vail.

Or at least it was.

Friends, 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 a safety deposit box at
the National Bank in Silver Springs.

Everything I know about
them is in that box. Hi.

Hello.

This way.

Key, please.

We've got a hit.

Silver Springs National Bank.

Minnesota in sixth.

Chickens in the coop, people.

Chickie's got wings.
He's moving north on 6th.

You got a problem here?

He asked them. They've been following me.

You missed the folder, Tom.

We really got what we came for.

This is Eagle, the
chicken that's flown the roost.

We got the package.

Bring it home, Eagle.

Okay, let's go. We'll
see you back at the farm.

That's it?

That's it. A lot of
manpower for one lousy folder.

Well, there must be a reason.

Exactly how much of this
photo has been altered?

It's going to take hours to tell that.

I've looked at this
particular photo a thousand times.

There's no way you could have known.

These people, they forced
me to question everything

and everyone that I ever thought was real.

What about the photo
itself? Where was it taken?

Well, I thought I had
taken it in South America,

but the same gallows was
standing in the middle

of a clearing on the
other side of the Potomac.

Except for the people and the palm trees,

it was the exact same place where I
thought that I'd taken the picture.

So you weren't surprised that our
technician said the photo had been altered? No,

it just confirmed what I'd
already suspected for some time.

The entire file was compiled by
an FBI agent codenamed Gemini.

He was one of Robman's men.

And the key in the file was
to a place in rural Virginia

that he was apparently
using as a safe house.

If this was Gemini's safe haven, it was
obvious he hadn't been here in a long time.

Or maybe not as obvious as I thought.

As I was about to learn,
there was more, or maybe less,

to this haven than met the eye.

There was no electricity.

Wall switches and plugs had been
covered or long since replastered.

I had come to this place
hoping to find Gemini.

What I found instead was a
temporary refuge of my own.

Although there was still
no indication of who Gemini

was or how he'd gotten a
hold of this photograph,

I felt strangely at ease here.

For the first time in a long
time, I felt my questions could wait.

At least till morning.

This is Hawk. Negative.

Falcon, still sweeping central corridor.

Eagle, southwest sector clear.

Extend the net two square.

I want this bird.

Who is he? I can't tell you that. This
guy wasn't even in my photograph. Come on,

Robin, don't back out of me now.

Who is he? His name is Matthew Balkin.

He's a United States senator.

Gemini's information to
Robman was apparently correct.

Not only was Matthew
Balkan a U.S. Senator,

But the other three men in the
photograph appeared to be US senators as well.

Then I saw the date.

But how could that be?

How could four senators,
dead for more than a year,

suddenly appear in a
photograph only two weeks old?

There was a fifth man in the most recent
photograph, a senator, William Wallace.

Maybe he could tell me what
had happened to the other four.

Senator Wallace's office.

Is he in?

Who's calling?

My name's Tom Vail. I'm a photographer.

I took a photograph of
four of Senator Wallace's

colleagues I think he
might be interested in.

They're on the
Intelligence Committee with him.

One moment, please.

How can I help you, Mr.
Vail? Senator Wallace.

No, this is Doug Iverman. I'm
Senator Wallace's special assistant.

Look, I'm only interested in
talking to the senator. Well,

I screen all of the senator's
appointments. If you want to talk to him,

you have to go through me first.

You said something
about a photograph of four

members of the Senate
Intelligence Committee?

Yeah.

Balkan, Blake, Richards, and Markston.

It's a shot of the four
of them hanging from a

gallows in a wooded lot
outside of Washington.

Does that ring any bells for you? I have
a house in Richmond. We can meet there.

No. If it's not going to
be at the senator's office,

I want it to be somewhere out in the open.

You know, in public.

Okay. How about the park in
front of the Treasury building?

Yeah, listen, wear your Senate
pass so I can recognize you.

Right.

Iverman?

Your veil?

Yeah, that's right.

This better not be a waste of time.

Well, if you thought it was
gonna be, it wouldn't have come.

Tell me about the Senate
Intelligence Committee.

Ho, ho, ho. This is not
the way it works. Now,

you said that you had
something that might interest

the senator. I verify that something.

You're a long way from the
point of asking any questions.

I'm not interested in how it works.
I'm not interested in playing games.

Either the senator wants to
talk with me, or he doesn't.

All right, this
picture, you have it with you?

Yeah, I have a print of it,
yeah. All right, you let me see it.

If I think it's worth the senator's
time, we'll move on to the next step.

You're not a Beltway regular, are you?

I don't even know what that means.
Beltway, Washington. You're not an insider.

Not by a long shot.

Well, you're paranoid enough to be one.

You should get out of
Washington more often.

There's a fire sale on paranoia right now.

This, I'm not giving away.

Oh, my God!

Run for cover!

Somebody call the police!

Senator Wallace's office.

Senator Wallace in.

Who's calling?

Tom Vail.

Bill Wallace here.

I need to talk to you about what happened
to your assistant, Doug Iverman, today.

Let's cut to the chase,
Mr. Vail. Did you kill him?

Of course not. I wouldn't
be calling you if I had.

But I was there when he was
shot. What is this all about?

The most I can tell you is
it's about a photograph.

I was trying to show him a
copy of it when it happened.

Can I see this photograph?

Well, nothing would please me
more, but after what happened today,

I'm a little nervous
about trusting anybody.

I have a meeting on the hill at 3. Can
you meet me after that? Say, about 5? Where?

The West Wing of the Smithsonian.

If you can help me with the who and
the why he was killed, believe me,

you'll have nothing to worry about.

Senator?

I marked him. Senator Wallace.

Let's do this without making a scene.

He's clean. I'll call you if I need you.

Satisfied? Mr. Vail, my close
associate was killed today.

I'm entitled to be a bit cautious.

Yeah, fair enough.

Now, something about a photograph.

Where is it?

Well, I have that in a safe place.

I need to be a little
cautious here myself.

I could have you arrested on
suspicion of murder. You realize that?

But you won't.

Why not?

Because it's not how you play the game.

You're wasting my time, Mr. Vail.

You have something to
tell me, tell me now.

All right.

Four U.S. senators, all on your committee.

Balkan, Blake, Richards, and Markston.

What about them?

The photograph I've been talking about,

it's a shot of the four
of them hanging from a

gallows about five miles
outside of Washington.

The picture was taken a
little over a year ago.

That's preposterous.

All four of those men
are still alive. How do

you explain that? Well,
how do you explain it?

All four of those men
changed their minds to vote with

you on several important
pieces of legislation.

All four of them voted with you to
defeat a controversial anti-terrorism bill.

Are you trying to blackmail me? Is
that what this is all about? No,

I'm just trying to get
to the truth. I mean,

there's obviously something
rotten going on around here.

I mean, your assistant
was shot this morning.

Quite a few of my staff are
convinced that you're responsible.

Look, he was shot at long range. I was
standing less than two feet away from him.

Photographs can be retouched.

Do you have the original negative?

I have that in a safe place. I
want to see that photo. Look,

it's been a long road here, Senator.

I can't just give you the
photograph without something in return.

What did you have in
mind? I wanted details.

I want to know
everything about the committee.

I want to know about the four senators.

I just want to be able
to find out the truth.

Only time to think that
over. I don't have time.

Call my office in the morning. Listen.

You have until 8 o'clock tonight.

How will I find you?

You won't. I'll find you.

I don't think the guy's crazy.

It's a wild story, Bill.

Why would you even consider it?

But you know what went on in that
committee last year. You got a better explanation?

I need help on this one, Rob.

Not without something more than you got.

The photograph.

Right now, all you've got
are the ravings of a madman.

Possibly a murderer.

He wants me to tell him everything I know.

You'll call. We can set
something up for you.

No, no, no, no. He's far
too skittish for that.

Scare him away for sure.

Well, thanks for your time, Rob.

What are you going to do?

Senator Wallace, please.
Tell him Tom Vail is calling.

Vail?

Your time's up.

I want the photograph.

I want answers.

All right.

Fair enough.

Bring the photograph to my
office first thing in the morning.

I'll tell you everything I know.

Ah, Mr. Vale. Glad you could make it.

You have the photograph?

That'll be all, Maggie. Thank you.

If you're worrying about privacy,

this office is swept twice a day for
electronic eavesdropping equipment.

It goes with being chairman
of the Intelligence Committee.

The photo?

It's real, isn't it?

Balkan and these other three
senators, you know what this is all about?

I think I know what half of it was about.

The domestic terrorism bill, which
was before our committee last year,

would have given the
government vast powers

to monitor the activities of all citizens.

And with what happened at Oklahoma
City and at the World Trade Center,

the bill looked like a shoe-in.

But you argued against it.

Yeah.

This bill would have trampled
all over the Fourth Amendment.

I don't believe the government should
have the power, even in times of crisis,

to invade the privacy
of ordinary citizens.

Balkan and the other three senators,
they were originally for the bill.

What made them change their minds?

I preferred to think it was my powers
of persuasion. Obviously, I was wrong.

A change of heart had nothing to
do with defending the Constitution.

What did it have to do with?

Well, apparently they were
forced to change their vote,

possibly by the threat of this photo.

If someone sent you a
photograph of yourself hanging

from a gallows with a
rope around your neck,

wouldn't you be influenced?

What if the photograph is real?
These four men are still alive.

I've seen each one of
them in the last few days.

How do you know that the men
themselves weren't replaced?

Now we're getting into the
realm of science fiction, Mr. Vail.

Might I remind you, I'm
a United States senator.

It's not science fiction,

and you wouldn't be talking to me
right now if you thought it was.

Your committee knows everything that
goes on in the intelligence world.

Only a fraction of that knowledge
ever filters down to the public.

What's your point?

The ability to do this, to
kill four senators and then

replace them with
duplicates, that technology exists.

That's why you're so nervous right now.

Why don't you leave this photo with me?

The number two man in the
FBI is a personal friend. If

there's any reality to
this, perhaps he'll help us.

Reality? Depends on perspective.

How can I reach you?

I'll get a hold of you. Now,
don't play games with me, Vail.

Whatever this is about, one
of my men died because of it.

All the more reason to find the truth.

FBI, may I help you?

Yeah, I'd like to speak to Assistant
Director Rodman. This is Tom Vail.

I'm sorry, Assistant Director Rodman
no longer works out of this office.

He's been transferred?

I'm sorry, sir, but I can't
give that information out.

Wait a second, you just said he no
longer works at that office. I mean,

he must have gone somewhere.

That information is confidential.

What did you say your name was?

Get out of here!

Don't you realize I
can't trust my own people?

With Robman gone, it was more
important than ever that I find Gemini.

He collected all this information.

He even had copies of
photographs I had taken.

But how was this possible?

Could he have taken the pictures?

What about the photo
itself? Where was it taken?

Well, I thought I'd
take it in South America.

These people can do
whatever they want, Tom.

They can even mess with your memory.

Restricted access. Enter
your password, please.

Access denied. Please enter your password.

You have 30 seconds to
enter your correct password.

Welcome, Gemini.

Gemini had a direct line to several
federal agencies, including the FBI.

Whether or not I could find out
Robin's destination, at the very least,

I wanted to find out who transferred him.

Mr. Barton, I have Senator
Wallace as secretary on the line.

She'd like to know if a 9 o'clock
dinner at the Sovereign will work.

Tell her that'll be perfect.

Senator Wallace is about
to become a liability.

Don't worry, I know exactly what to do.

I need to see Senator Wallace right away.

The senator has already left for the day.

Can you tell me how I can reach him?

Sorry, but I can't do that.

No, you don't understand. I need to get
in touch with the senator right away.

We have an established
protocol. There's nothing I can do.

If you don't leave right now, sir,
I'm going to have to summit security.

You are making a mistake.

What mistake would that be?

I need to talk to the senator.

I'm afraid you're gonna have
to wait until the morning.

What I had to tell Wallace
couldn't wait till morning.

I decided to go straight to his house.

Can I help you?

Hi, yeah, I know it's late. I'd like
to speak to Senator Wallace, please.

Senator's already retired for the evening.

Well, it's sort of an emergency.

Could you tell him that Tom Vail is
here to see him, please? Who's there?

There's a Tom Vail to see you. He
says it's some kind of an emergency.

Senator.

Vail?

Do I know you, Mr. Vail?

Who are you talking about?

Yeah, we met this morning.

You must have me confused
with some other senator.

No, I don't. Mr. Thale, if you
call my office in the morning,

you'll find I wasn't
even on Capitol Hill today.

Good night. Senator! Senator!

I should have seen this coming.

Every time I found a real
ally, someone who could help me,

they wound up getting erased.

I had no choice but to hide the
negatives and start all over again.

Gemini had picked the same hiding
place for his own set of negatives.

Was it coincidence? Or
was it something else?

Every scrap of information about them,

whether it was collected by Gemini or
myself, was in these two envelopes.

It was time to put my
own endgame into motion.

I had to flush Barton out.

Mr. Barton, I have Tom Vale on the line.

Put him through.

I want to make this
fast and sweet, Barton.

Meet me at the base of the
Washington Monument in 40 minutes.

Come alone and be on time.

I've got Gemini's entire file.

I've got the negatives both sets.

I'm willing to trade it all
in exchange for my freedom.

Vale wants to meet.

Says he has Gemini's entire
file and both sets of negatives.

Wants to trade for his freedom.

Sounds like some kind of a trap.

He's getting too close.

It's time to shut Project
Gemini down once and for all.

Dump the computer files.

Get rid of everything. I'm on my way.

Well, this must be pretty important stuff.

To send the number two man at
the FBI to destroy it, huh?

This is just one little Operation Veil.

You're not gonna be
able to change anything.

You call the deaths of five
senators a little operation.

Five dead senators?

That sounds like the
ravings of a crazy man, Bill.

What happened to
Senator Wallace's assistant?

Was it supposed to be
a warning to Wallace?

When he didn't play
ball, you replaced him.

You should quit while you're ahead, Vale.

You learn anything more, you're
gonna be as expendable as everyone else.

Tell me about Gemini.

Why did he have a key
card to get into this place?

I never heard of the man.

He was on the verge of exposing the whole
thing. That's why he was dangerous to you.

You got things a little turned around.

Really?

He knew even less about
this thing than you do.

So who is he?

Just what it is exactly, I know.

Why chase me around the country
with a negative that's not even real?

It's an old operative's game, Vale.

Remnant of the Cold War.

Well, I was never an operative, so
why don't you just spell it out for me?

You protect a false memory long enough,
it becomes real. But why Hidden Agenda?

Why'd you want me to believe so
badly it was shot in the jungle?

You still don't get it, do you?

Huh?

I'm just tired of the games.

You can't intimidate me.

Hidden agenda... was
always as much about you...

As it was about concealing
the deaths of four senators.

It was about testing the
limits of your belief.

Yeah, you were part of the
project right from the beginning, Vail.

Why?

Why am I so important to you people?

Come on, Vail!

You're too moose and checkmate.

Tell me about Gemini.

Gemini is the game.

The next shot's right through your head.

All right, what you looking for?

What you looking for is in there.

You can't protect yourself anymore.

You!

You're Gemini Vale!

This is your house in Evanston, Illinois.

This is your beautiful wife, Allison.

Your best friend is Larry Levy.

Now, repeat everything you've learned.

I live in Evanston, Illinois.

My wife's name is Allison.

My best friend's name is Larry Levy.

And what is your name?

My name is Thomas Vail.