Scary Monsters and Super Creeps - Recap

On a train bound for Los Angeles, Simon is in the bar compartment and tells a woman, Camille, that he knows what caused the flashforward. When she expresses doubt, he invites her to do an Internet search for geniuses who are quantum physicists. His name comes up, convincing her, and he flirts with her and invites her back to his sleeper car. When she declines until he gives her the real explanation, he offers to walk her through the experiment involving Schrödinger's cat.



At the hospital, Olivia and Bryce receive a gunshot victim: Janis Hawk.

Simon explains that in Schrödinger's thought experiment in quantum mechanics, two eventualities exist at the same time until one or the other is confirmed, He asks her which she believes is true, and she tells him to see for himself.

Olivia and Bryce manage to stabilize Janis and close her up. After the operation, Olivia tries to call Mark and gets his voicemail. She tells him about Janis and asks him to call, and finishes by saying she loves him.



Lloyd does more card tricks for his son Dylan and brings up the fact he'll be leaving soon and going back to his home in Palo Alto. He suggests Dylan live with him but his son refuses. Bryce comes in and reminds them that it's Halloween. As Lloyd goes, Dylan repeats that it's home too.

Stan and the others arrive at the hospital to see Janis, and Stan admits there's nothing they can do if the killers come after them again. Mark goes to see Olivia and reassure her, and then has her report to Stan and the others what happened. Stan thanks her for saving Janis' life and tells his agents to get some rest. Demetri insists on either staying with Janis or going after the people responsible. Stan refuses to let him do either one and tells him to get out of the hospital. However, once he's alone with Gough, Demetri asks his fellow agent to help find the killers.

Olivia checks on the D.C. doctors' work on Mark's wound and insists he tell her what happened. He figures it's connected to the attack on Janis. Olivia admits that when she couldn't get hold of him, she imagined everything bad that could happen to him. Mark reassures her that he's fine, but Olivia insists that they have to focus on today and it's all they have.



Demetri and Gough go to the morgue to talk to the coroner, Dewey, about the two men that Janis killed. They have no ID and no fingerprints or dental records on file, just like the killers in D.C. Gough asks if Demetri's okay and notes that he put himself on Mosaic. Demetri notes that Gough has been upset as well and suggests they either talk about their feelings or work on the case. As Dewey goes over the body with a UV scanner, Demetri notices that both killers have a blue hand tattoo and that was one of the clues on Mark's Mosaic board, and it was connected to Baltimore.

Lloyd gets a costume for Dylan and takes him trick or treating with the other kids in the hospital. He admits to Bryce that it's hard to tell if his son is enjoying himself, and then asks Bryce to have Olivia come by so he and Dylan can say their goodbyes.

Stan talks to Mark and apologizes for snapping at him in D.C. and says they need to get back on track.



Back at the L.A. FBI headquarters, Gough suggests talking to the Asian expert but Demetri figures it's a dead end. He believes that the fact they were attacked after Mark went public with what they know is no coincidence.

Olivia tests Janis' mental faculties and she's in good enough condition to joke. Afterward, Olivia apologizes for not being there for Halloween and Mark assures her he'll take pictures of Charlie.

Demetri suggests that check out Baltimore Street, five miles from where Janis was attacked. He believes that since the killers with the blue hand were in L.A., they should investigate Baltimore St. first before checking out all of Baltimore on the East Coast. Gough points out that Demetri must believe in the visions, and Demetri admits it's complicated. He figures that since they don't have any real leads, Mark's vision is all they have.

Mark gets Charlie ready to go trick-or-treating and Nicole and Aaron note that he doesn't have a costume. He explains that he's been busy but Charlie finally convinces him to go out. As they walk down the street, a kangaroo hops by.



Lloyd comes to Dylan's room and discovers that his son is gone.

Janis tells Stan that he doesn't need to stay with her, but he insists he's right where he needs to be. He talks about the birth of his child and Janis remembers her flashforward of her pregnancy. Her monitor goes off and Olivia has her taken back into the OR for emergency surgery.

Simon ends up in bed with Camille and she asks him about his flashforward. He tells her that in his future, he strangles a man and feels satisfied afterward.



Lloyd checks with the security guard and finds footage from the cameras showing Dylan leaving on his own.

Dylan gets on a bus and recites an address. The bus driver tells him he needs to pay the fare but a gang member defends Dylan and offers to pay the fare.

Gough gets word that Janis is back in surgery and Demetri insists she'll be okay. He talks about the night before they graduated when the two of them got drunk. Demetri passed out but Janis continued to play quarters against herself.

Olivia risks surgery that will let Janis keep her uterus intact. Bryce wonders if she'd do the same thing if she didn't know the patient personally.

Demetri and Gough arrive at Baltimore St. and find a blue hand decal on a stop sign.

Nicole is handing out candy when Dylan arrives and walks in, believing it's his house.

As Charlie gets candy, Aaron tells Mark that it helps for him to get out and do something normal. Charlie returns and Mark notices three men in the same black costumes and plastic masks walking down the street. He remembers that the men in his vision were dressed the same way. Mark calls out to them and they run away, and he runs after them.

Gough realizes that the hand on the stop sign is pointing in a specific direction.



Mark chases the three men into a cemetery and tackles one of them. He discovers it's a teenager who simply bought the mask, and panicked when Mark yelled. He gets a call from Nicole and says he'll be right there.

Demetri and Gough drive in the direction the hand is pointing and Demetri realizes it had three fingers and they've driven three blocks. They spot another hand with one finger pointing in a different direction.

Mark arrives home and assures Nicole that she did the right thing. She's called Lloyd, who is on his way over. Mark tries to talk to Dylan and find out how he got there from the hospital. Dylan remembers his flashforward where he was in the house with Charlie, who said it was his house as well as hers. He remembers the address because it was on a label on the refrigerator. Charlie comes in and casually talks with Dylan, and Mark realizes that they know each other from their flashforwards. Lloyd arrives thanks Mark for taking care of his son. Lloyd realizes that the house is the same one from his flashforward, and realizes that Mark and Olivia are related. Olivia arrives and Lloyd finally realizes she's the woman he heard in his flashforward. Aaron and Nicole get Charlie out and Mark and Lloyd explain to Olivia how Dylan got there. Mark tells Lloyd to leave and not come back. Lloyd apologizes for the convenience and offers his hand to Mark, who reluctantly shakes it.



Gough and Demetri follow the hands to an old house. There's no one apparently there but blood and empty bottles of alcohol are scattered around. On the floor are three bloody bodies, covered with sheets. Each one has his hands painted blue.

Stan brings in some flowers for Janis that Maya sent. Crying, Janis explains that due to the surgery and the resulting scaring to the uterus, it's all but impossible for her to become pregnant.

Mark begins sniping at Olivia about Lloyd, who insists she doesn't like him. He notes that Olivia said that Dylan wasn't on her rotation but her name was on Dylan's medical band, and Olivia explains that her boss transferred her back. Mark accuses her of hiding the information and bringing Lloyd into their home, and wants to know if he's been talking to Lloyd at work. He demands that she tell him the truth and Olivia ask him if he has been. She points out that all the patterns he followed when he was drinking are back, and asks if he's hiding anything from her. Mark finally admits to her that he was drinking again in his flashforward, and asks her not to condemn him for something he hasn't done. Olivia points out that's what he's doing, and that his drinking problem is real. She refuses to go through the lack of trust, and they don't trust each other. When he reminds her what she said earlier about living in the moment, Olivia wonders if it's possible now and then turns and walks away.



The FBI forensics team goes over the blue hand house. Gough has found an ID on one of the bodies identifying the man as Ian Rutherford. He remembers his vision where he's talking with an MI6 agent about the Rutherford case, and Demetri realizes the case begins tonight.

Lloyd takes Dylan back to the hospital and the boy wonders if it's going to be Halloween again tomorrow. As Lloyd kisses him goodnight, Dylan thanks him for coming to get him.

Mark sits alone in his kitchen.

Olivia sits alone on the stairs.

Demetri goes over the photos of the dead men.

Gough goes over what information they have on Rutherford.

Stan watches over a sleeping Janis

Charlie sleeps peacefully.

Dylan finally dozes off.

Lloyd goes out to his car and finds Simon in the backseat waiting for him wearing a Halloween mask. He points out that Lloyd disappeared to Los Angeles and hasn't been returning his calls. Simon and the others are worried about him. Lloyd insists he doesn't want to see any of them but Simon insists that they have to talk. Lloyd points out that their experiment killed 20 million people, and there's nothing further to talk about.



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