- Niles, Rita, and Larry end up in the inter-dimensional palace of Red Jack who has taken Larry prisoner; Cliff visits his daughter with Jane; Dorothy's game of hide-and-seek ends badly.
- Niles receives an invitation from a former associate to come visit, Larry hangs out, and Rita remembers her past. Roni and Vic link up, and Cliff goes to see his daughter. Meanwhile, Dorothy plays hide-and-seek with her friends and accidentally breaks Danny the Brick.—Gislef
- Whitechapel, London: 1888
A young Niles Caulder is walking down the street when a bobbie puts his hand on his shoulder, addresses him by name, and tells him that no one is out on the streets and tells Niles to go home. The boy walks off then sits down in an alley, looking at the gold watch he pickpocket from the bobbie. Fog fills the end of the alleyway Niles is in, and then a bloody woman screams and shoots out of the fog. She lands on the cobblestones, reaching out for Niles and begging for help.
Niles hesitantly stands up and approaches the woman, but just stares down at her. A creature in the form of a man, Red Jack, emerges from the fog, peers curiously at Niles, and draws a knife. He peers at Niles and says curious, and Niles asks if he's Jack the Ripper. Red Jack laughs then drives his knife into the woman's back, and butterflies fly out of the wound and into the sky.
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Dorothy surprises Niles with the French toast Rita taught her to make, and Rita, eating at the other end of the table, says that all she'd good for is cooking lessons. Niles tries a piece and tells Dorothy that the French toast is wonderful, and Cliff comes in and says that something is wrong with his hand. When Niles says that he'll look at it after he finishes his breakfast, Cliff pretends that his entire body is slowing down.
Rita leads Dorothy off, and Niles tells Cliff to take the swearing down with his 11-year-old daughter is present. Cliff isn't impressed, and Niles tells him that he's there when Cliff wants to confront his anger. Niles points out that Cliff was an angry husband and an angry father before they ever met. Cliff says that his daughter didn't become a monster, and when Niles takes offense, Cliff asks what else he can do to him. Jane come sin, and Cliff invites her to leave with him. She looks at Niles and readily agrees, and the two of them leave.
Niles finds Dorothy in the main room with Rita, and asks her to come back so they can finish their breakfast. Dorothy asks why Cliff hates Niles so much, and Niles admits that he made a very bad series of mistakes. When Dorothy asks if he apologized, Rita, listening in, speaks up and says that some wounds can't be healed with pretty words. Niles tells Dorothy that she doesn't have to worry about it, and butterflies hover outside the window blotting out the sunlight.
Dorothy goes to the window in fascination, and Niles tells her not to go near them. Rita asks if they're something freaky, and a red envelope addressed to Niles appears in his lap. He takes out the invitation inside, and tells Rita and Dorothy that the divined Red Jack has invited him to dinner. One of Larry's bandages is also inside the envelope, and Niles tells Rita that he'll explain who Red Jack is on the way.
As they leave the room, Rita says that she'll sit it out because she would just make things worse. Niles tells her that Red Jack is a being that feeds on the suffering of others, and he can't fight Red Jack alone. Red Jack lives in an extradimensional palace and drops into their world from time to time to refill on fresh pain. Niles tells Rita to follow the butterflies if they get separated, and they go out of the manor and into the swarm of butterflies outside.
Cliff drives the bus down the highway and complains to Jane about how Niles treated him after Niles messed up his life. Jane passes out and Cliff finally notices, and assumes she dozed off because she was bored. Meanwhile, Jane wakes up in the Underground and finds her other selves sitting nearby. She asks them why they yanked her into the Underground and figures that it's an intervention.
In Detroit, Vic goes to the bar where the group meets and finds no one there except Roni. She tells Vic that she didn't invite him to the rescheduled meeting. One he wonders why, Roni takes him to her apartment where they kiss and go to her bed. He stops her from unzipping his jacket, and after a moment Roni unbuttons her shirt and reveals her scarred chest. Vic tells her that she's beautiful and removes his jacket, revealing his metal chestplate. She asks if she can touch it, and Vic nods in agreement. Roni does so, and Vic strokes her shoulder and kisses her skin. She says that she can't feel it, and they kiss.
Larry wakes up in a cell, suspended from the ceiling by chains. People lie lay on the floor, wrapped in cloths. Larry's bandages unwrap from his body on their own, falling to the floor.
1966
Niles brings a hazmat-suited Larry to the manor, and Rita greets them at the door. She welcomes Larry to the manor, and Larry slowly comes in pulling his life support unit with him. Niles says that he has to look for a missing research vessel, and he left Larry something in his room that he hopes will make him feel more comfortable. Once Niles leaves, Rita talks to Larry about how she flew a plane in one of her movies. He asks her where his room is, and Rita directs him to it.
Larry and Rita go upstairs, and Rita says that Niles made any effort to make room normal-looking and radiation-proof. While Rita waits outside and talks, Larry looks around the room .There's a present on the bed, and Larry opens it to find his anti-radiation bandages inside. Rita encourages Larry to get out of his suit and put on the bandages, and Larry hesitantly does so. He notices Rita flinching when she sees his disfigured face, and she assures him that she's fine.
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Dorothy tells Danny the Brick that they have to remember there is nothing to be worried about Niles having gone out into the world, because he always comes home and brings back presents. Darling Come With Home and Herschel are with Dorothy, and Dorothy wonders what they should do to pass the time until Niles returns. Her "friends" disappear, and Dorothy figures they want to play hide-and-seek.
Dr. Harrison speaks for the other selves, telling Jane that it's an intervention. Jane agrees to hear them out, and Baby Doll points out that when Jane takes drugs, Baby Doll and others are suppressed. Jane says that she's doing them all a favor, and Dr. Harrison out that when Jane does drugs, it suppresses all of their abilities to protect Kay.
Cliff arrives in Panama City, Florida, and goes to his daughter Clara's home with a stuffed giraffe. He tells himself that he's a great father, better than Niles, and then figures that he's making a big mistake. Cliff convinces himself to knock at the door, and Clara answers the door. He tells her that he's her father, and explains why he's in a robot body. He gives her the giraffe as a belated birthday present, and realizes that Clara is pregnant. Cliff oohs about being a grandfather, and Clara tells him that she doesn't think Cliff's "game" is funny. He tells her about the watch he left in the bar at Bump's funeral, and Clara says that she can't talk to him right now because she's expecting people for her baby shower. When Cliff says that he'll wait, Clara closes the door in his face.
After sex, Vic and Roni lie in bed together. He wants to ask how she got her scars and Roni tells him that she doesn't want to discuss it. She asks him if it's the first time he's had sex since he became a cyborg, and Vic admits that it is. She pulls away from him, says it was fun, and tells Vic to see them getting together as nothing more than two screwed-up people getting together. Roni figures that Vic will eventually turn on her, and Vic offers to prove otherwise by taking her out that night and they'll keep it chill. She eventually agrees, claiming it's just to get him out of her apartment.
Driller Bill reads a letter to Jane complaining about how Cliff and the others keep dragging Jane into trouble. She says that Jane doesn't think about how her decisions affect the rest of the selves, and they say that Kay is her responsibility not Dorothy. Jane says that the matter isn't as cut-and-dried for her as for them, and life is messy and confusing. She thinks of the Patrol as her family, figuring that deep down they all care about her. Dr. Harrison figures that Niles might betray them again.
Rita and Niles get separated, and Rita wanders through Red Jack's palace. She sees living butterflies on display in cases, writhing in pain, and hears music and screams in the distance.
Niles makes his way to the main room, where Red Jack is gouging a man's eyes out at a dinner table. Red Jack finally notices Niles' arrival and shoves the man away, and thanks Niles for accepting his invitation. He dismisses Niles' compassion for Larry as "pollution" and says that his tutelage will soon cleanse Niles of his compassion. He wants an equal to ease the pain of his loneliness, and wants someone who enjoys the agony of others as much as him. Niles insists that he's not Red Jack's equal, and Red Jack laughs and tells Niles that he's not his equal--yet--but he can teach him to be one with Niles as his apprentice.
The scientist appears tempted by Red Jack's offer of eternal life, and Red Jack picks up a fork and stabs it into the eye of one of his musicians. The man falls screaming to the floor, and Red Jack feasts on the musician's pain. Niles tells Red Jack that the latter is wasting his time, and Red Jack says that he saw something wondrous in Niles in 1888. Red Jack points out that Niles was fascinated, not afraid, by him, and realized Niles would go to greatest of lengths to satisfy his curiosity no matter the cost. Niles tells Red Jack that he's wrong, and Red Jack asks him what the pain of ruining the Patrols' lives tasted like. The scientist says that it tasted of dust and ash, and insists that he did what he had to to protect someone he loved.
Red Jack takes out a knife and jams it into the dinner table, and the lights go out. The being says that if Niles won't be his charge then he'll be his shadow, and blows out the last candle.
The radiation from Larry's unwrapped body slowly kills the people below him.
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Rita is in her room when Larry visits her, wearing his new bandage. She assures him that he looks stunning and takes Larry's hand, saying that she trusts Niles's assurances that the bandages will block the radiation. Larry thanks her and tells her that he's a big fan of her movies, and he thought there was pain buried deep in her when she performed. Rita denies it, and Larry says that he knows how it feels and watching her always made him feel less alone.
When Rita starts to lose control of her body, Larry apologizes and Rita quickly recovers. She says that she a condition and leaves before Larry can get an explanation.
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Carla calls the police, and two of them arrive outside her house. Cliff tells them that he's Clara's father, and rants about how she called the cops on him after thinking he was dead for 30 years. One of the cops tells Cliff to cool off and try some other time, and Cliff punches the bus in frustration and points out that it's his bus so he can do whatever he wants to it.
The other selves leave, and Dr. Harrison tells Jane to take their criticism in the spirit it's intended, and asks Jane to articulate how they work. Jane says that she cleans up all the mess and bounces back, because she's the Primary. Dr. Harrison tells her to leave the Patrol if she wants to continue being the Primary. Jane says that she won't touch the serum again, but Dr. Harrison says that it's not a negotiation and Jane's true addiction is Niles and the Patrol. Either Jane leaves Niles or loses her post as Primary.
Dorothy searches through the manor for her friends, picks up Danny the Brick, but drops it when Herschel startles her. The brick breaks in half.
Red Jack makes Niles experience what Cliff feels, and savors the pain Niles feels.
Rita hears Larry calling out in defiance and follows the sound to his shielded cell. She pounds on the door and Larry tells her to go, and Rita yells that she doesn't know what to do.
Niles tells Red Jack that it's enough, and Red Jack says that it's never enough. Butterfly wings sprout from Niles' back and he moans in pain.
Butterfly wings sprout from Larry's back and then Rita's.
1966
Rita watches one of her rivals' movies, and Larry comes in. The ex-actress says that it should have been her, and Larry apologizes for how he reacted to her earlier. Larry sits down with Rita and suggests that they be lost causes together.
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Rita tries to enter the cell despite Larry telling her not do it.
Niles crawls across the floor, while Red Jack tells him that he could have blossomed under his tutelage.
Rita enters the cells and tells Larry that she won't leave him.
Red Jack tells Niles that he could have transformed into something divine.
Rita extends her arms and frees Larry despite the pain of her transformation.
Niles tells Red Jack that he's still just the boy in the alley, grabs Red Jack's knife, and stabs him with it. Red Jack savors his own pain and collapses to the floor, and Niles stabs him in the chest with the knife. The being bursts into a cloud of butterflies.
As Rita and Larry search for Niles, they realize that the butterflies on display are all of Red Jack's victims. Larry and Rita break the cases, freeing the butterflies,
As night falls, Cliff grumbles to himself that it should have been easier. The two cops watch him from a distance, and a woman goes by on her way to the shower. Cliff realizes that he'll miss everything about having a grandchild. Jane comes out and Cliff tells her that he did the best he could and none of it was his fault. His friend agrees with him and says that what he's doing now is his fault. They see Clara hugging one of her friends, and Cliff and Jane admit that they both fucked up. Cliff suggests that they go, and Jane goes after him after a moment.
Back at the manor, Dorothy sits on her bed and cries over Danny. Niles comes in and tells her not to cry, and Dorothy runs to her father and hugs him. She shows him Danny and wonders if she's a bad person, and Niles tells her that they all mistakes but it doesn't define who they are. He says that when they make mistakes, they have to fix things and can't just apologize. Dorothy wonders what happens if she can't, and Niles hugs her.
Vic goes to the diner and waits for Roni, who doesn't come. He finally gets an email from Roni saying that it's better he knows now. Attached is a photo of her shooting locals overseas in their home county. Roni is out in the car, watching Vic. Vic gets up and leaves, and Roni drives away.
Larry thanks Rita for what she did, and she says that he'll never have to and she's always there for him. He says that's the problem, and anyone he gets close to, it ends in pain. Larry tells Rita to get as far away from him as she can because he's a lost cause. Rita says that she thought she was as well, and then she met Larry. She kisses him on the cheek and says that causes aren't lost as long as there's someone to fight for them. Larry walks away, then goes back and hugs Rita.
Niles sits in his lab and looks at the two broken pieces of Danny, trying to figure out a way to put Danny back together. He looks at photos of the Patrol members and cries, then starts making a list.
Cliff drives back to the manor, while Jane's body dozes in the back. In the Underground, she discovers that her other selves have locked her in a cell. She screams at them to let her out, but no one responds.
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