Sorry I'm late.
Where's Walter?
He's practicing some self-actualizing.
In a taxi?
Yeah, that's part of it.
There's also cooking for himself now,
cleaning up after himself.
You should have him tell you why choosing his own wardrobe
is an important sign og indenpendence.
So, how many are there? Is it bad?
- Did you eat? - Yeah.
Well, that's infortunate.
- Hello agent Dunham. - Hello Walter.
You made it.
Walter?
I saw you following the taxi in the station wagon.
I wasn't follow you, Walter.
We were coming to the same place.
You don't trust me.
It's a Chinese merchant ship
registered in Hong Kong.
Four hours ago,
it ran aground and caught fire.
Strong current, freezing water.
They died attempting to swim ashore.
We pulled out 27 bodies so far.
At first, it appeared they all died of hypothermia.
And then we found these.
Excuse us, Agent.
Dr. Bishop, have you ever seen anything like this?
It's similar to a tiny parasite
found in Livestock.
I've never seen them this size, or in humans.
I want this creature transported back to my lab.
It might still be alive.
This woman's still breathing!
Step aside please.
We haven't much time. If she's also infected,
we've got to get this organism out her.
Go!
My name's Tao Chen. I'm from the Chinese consulate.
- About an hour. - Is she talking?
A little. Her name's Mai Lin.
She's from outside of Hong Kong.
She happen to mention how she got a gigantic worm
stuck in her stomach?
Doctor said she just had a severe case of dehydration.
No worm. She wasn't infected.
She says they came for work and a better life.
She asked if we're gonna arrest her.
I told her we're just here to help.
I didn't know you spoke cantonese.
Get to know me a bit.
She says she doesn't know.
The men on the boat... they knew.
They gave her medicine for seasickness.
Everyone got it.
But her father was a fisherman...
So she was used to the Sea... so she didn't take it.
She wants you to help her find her daughter and husband.
She... she doesn't know what happened to her family.
Crewmen said they were two days behind on another boat.
There's another boat?
Yeah, so chances are they're infected too.
Okay, that gives us maybe 36 hours before it lands.
Seven pounds and ten ounces.
Walter, this is our largest worm yet.
Parasitic worm to be precise.
Truly, Agent Farnsworth, it never ceases to amaze me
the infinite variation that mother nature gives us.
She truly has quite a disturbing sense of humor.
Considering your new pet,
I think mother nature's a real bitch.
How's it going in here?
You mean here at bishop's live bait?
Actually, I think these things would scare off the fish, don't you?
We spoke to the woman we found on the Beach
and she said that everyone on that boat
took some sort of capsule medicine.
Actually, Mai Lin's the only one
who didn't take the capsule and she's the only one
who didn't get affected.
So do you think it's possible
that that could've been inside the capsule?
Of course. It makes perfect sense.
If the time of gestation
is equal to the time of transport,
it would explain why the creatures need
the host.
These bodies provide nutrition, warmth,
and protective shelter.
They enable the parasite to grow.
Are you saying that these people
were used as some sort of human Incubator?
Quite ingenious, really.
And yes to your question.
It is possible for the larvae of the parasite
to fit into a capsule.
It would allow
the parasite to grow on the journey here.
Which leaves "why?"
Why would someone be smuggling these in?
It's Broyles.
The coast guard found a manifest
on the sunken Chinese ship.
They traced it to a local shipyard.
Somebody is in custody now.
Find out everything else you can on those worms, all right?
Parasitic worms.
We found him at the shipyard
where the boat was supposed to dock.
He had just finished burning every document in the place.
We're letting him sweat before we question him.
He's not gonna talk.
He's a Triad gang member.
They got a strict code of honor.
Triad? You sure?
Yeah, his whole biography's
written on him in ink.
He's like a decorated soldier.
See the mark on his arm there,
the extra powerful hook?
That means he's killed five people.
He also enjoys Broadway shows, long walks on the Beach.
The one on his neck,
it says sun Hong Triad.
Sun Hong is known
for smuggling heroin out of the golden triangle,
not trafficking people.
Then they're expanding their business.
What if sun Hong Triad are still dealing in narcotics?
How's that?
Walter said these people were implanted
with the worm on purpose.
That seems to imply that they're valuable, right?
Certain species of parasite have been known
to naturally secrete opiates.
If someone had figured out how to harvest those...
You think those worms
are some kind of new street drug?
He's got a razor blade!
This is Broyles.
We have a code Blue in interview three.
We need security and paramedics immediately.
If only all parasitic worms
were full of narcotics.
Careful, careful! Not too deep.
I got it, Walter. Just... hold still.
Well, given the high cost of transporting the creature,
it must be quite a High.
You are not smoking this thing.
Now that should do the trick.
Now with some luck, we'll find the active ingredient.
Wait, wait, wait.
The initial feeling is quite something.
This thing is feeding on you.
This is... this is... this is rather pleasant.
I didn't see you there.
Where can I find Agent Dunham?
She's in the back with Peter, sir.
So the question is if there is a Black market
for this drug, then who's buying it?
Sir.
That's everything the bureau has
on the sun Hong Triad.
There's also information on the Triad's suspected leader.
He goes by the name of Jon Su.
His present whereabouts are unknown.
These are corporate bank documents.
Shell companies to shield his criminal activity.
What about the boat carrying Mai Lin's family?
Any word?
Nothing.
The coast guard has begun boarding and searching
all vessels coming into new england.
200 ships by the count. No small task.
It's more like a needle in a haystack.
So we have about 20 hours before the worms come out.
There was a wire two weeks ago from a bank here in Boston.
It looks like a private account in Beacon Hill transferred
$500,000 paid into...
Beijing Executive Construction.
Two weeks ago is about the same time
the traffickers left Kalun.
Sounds like someone's
financing those shipments.
So this is where the other end
of a Triad bank wire leads.
Not what I pictured either.
Hi. Are your parents home?
Who are you?
We're the FBI. Who are you?
I'm Matt.
Can I see, like, a badge?
Mom, some FBI people are here!
Come on in.
As my financial advisor explained it to me,
there was money to be made
in Beijing Construction Projects.
I invested a half a million dollars
with this company.
Did you ever meet a man named Jon Su?
He was the head of the company you invested in.
No. Never.
Maybe your husband then.
He passed away shortly after Matt was born.
I'm sorry.
Did I do something wrong?
We suspect Mr. Su of running a smuggling ring,
trafficking Chinese nationals into the us,
and using these front corporations to fund it.
I had no idea.
I swear to both of you,
my attorney reviewed all the documents
and he assured me it was a sound investment.
These corporations look legitimate
from the outside.
May we have the name and number of your attorney?
- We'll need to ask him a few questions. - Of course.
I'm sure he'd be as surprised by this as I am.
If I can do anything to help...
Thank you. We appreciate it.
What were you doing in there,
checking for dust?
Not sure yet.
Okay, I want to stop by the hospital,
check on Mai Lin.
You drop me at the lab first?
Sure.
What do you think the connection is
between an excessive compulsive germaphobe and our worms?
- Nice kicks. - Thank you.
That's an excellent question.
I have a theory.
What happened to you?
Your father got bitten
by that thing and he refuses to get it checked out.
What if you're infected with one of those worms?
I've tested my blood and liver function.
I'm fine.
In fact, my White cell count is through the roof,
I have several new antibodies in my blood,
and even the gas I had is gone.
And you think it's the worm that did all that to you?
The creature, Peter,
is not an illicit narcotic at all.
It's medicine.
Astrid, the picture. Show Peter, please.
Ancylostoma duodenale.
An intestinal hookworm.
It's about ten millimeters long.
Chinese medicine.
Ancylostoma could be used
for the treatment of chronic asthma.
People are purposefully infected
and walk around their entire lives with it.
What does that have to do with our parasites?
Our parasites are a new species.
Bio-engineered from this hookworm.
You mean somebody made these.
Designed them to grow in humans.
In fact, I don't believe
that they could grow anywhere else.
I believe that it's the parasite's lymph gland
that is the real prize.
It secretes
a remarkable immune-boosting enzyme.
Immune-boosting.
So you might take that if you had, say,
a severe phobia of germs.
Or if you wanted to treat any number
of immune deficiency disorders.
Going somewhere, Walter?
I am.
The phone book lists five herbalists in Chinatown,
three of which sell our ancylostoma hookworm
for the treatment of asthma.
I am going to collect samples for genetic comparison.
Why don't you give me those addresses?
I'll go check them out.
You don't believe I can do it.
Well, I can.
Don't you dare follow me.
Can I please borrow some change for the bus fare?
Miss lin, do you recognize these?
She said the man who put them on the fishing boat had one.
- What does it mean? - It's a gang tattoo.
We think that the gang
might be using people to smuggle drugs into the country.
She said her husband and her daughter...
I think I understand.
We will do everything that we can.
Where is everybody?
Walter's out self-actualizing again.
Astrid's keeping an eye on him.
What's this?
You remember at Elizabeth Jarvis' house
you asked me what I was looking at?
Did you see all those hand sanitizers?
All the windows were hermetically sealed.
Hepa filters. Oxygen tanks.
You saw oxygen tanks?
But I'm sure they're there somewhere.
Okay, and if they were?
Walter says that these worms boost the immune system, right?
If you're buying hand sanitizer in bulk
and hermetically sealing all your windows,
you're either Howard Hughes or you're actually sick.
Let's go pick up Elizabeth Jarvis and get a warrant to search her house.
Actually, I've got a better idea.
Bend your knees more.
What are you doing here?
We wanted to ask you a couple questions
about your mother.
Yeah, well, she's not here right now.
And I know that I don't have to answer
any of your questions without my mom or lawyer here.
Then you can just talk to me.
I'm not actually an FBI Agent.
Just a couple of guys hanging out on the court.
I'm gonna go make a phone call.
I have to talk to a judge about a warrant.
There you go.
I know you don't want to talk to us
'cause you're just trying to protect your mother, Matt.
She's your only family.
I understand that. I've been there.
I doubt it.
I was raised by my mother too.
It's Scary.
You're worried that if you lose her,
then you have no one.
But those people that your mother gave money to,
they're Scary people.
We're investigating them and that's not gonna stop.
They're gonna try to cover their tracks.
I want to make sure that your mother
isn't one of those tracks.
You think that could happen?
I need you to tell me, Matt,
is your mom sick?
What is it?
She has some sort of immune deficiency disorder?
The treatments are for me.
Walter, what a... what a coincidence.
It's not a coincidence at all. You were following me.
Peter had you follow me.
No. I have a... I have a friend that lives
right down...
By the...
The Chinese restaurant.
We're worried about you.
Does it occur to you that perhaps I want to be alone?
That perhaps I want to live my life
with a semblance
of dignity and self-respect?
If I want to go get a hot dog, so be it.
I may go grocery shopping.
I may even join a gym.
I'm sorry.
Well, since you're here, you may as well accompany me
to the next herbalist on my list.
But as a friend, not a supervisor.
Agreed, Walter.
I love Chinatown.
Matt Jarvis suffers from a rare immune deficiency disorder.
His body doesn't produce enough White blood cells
to fight off infection.
Yeah, technically speaking,
this kid should be living in a giant plastic baggie.
But we just shot hoops with him this afternoon.
So these parasites are being harvested
to treat his condition.
Well, from what he says,
they insert a medicinal powder directly into his spleen.
Walter thinks the medicine's made out of a gland
inside the worm.
So Matt's usually treated once a month.
His next surgery is due in two days,
right on schedule with when the next boat's due to arrive.
- Does the surgeon have a name? - Dr. Che.
Ancylostoma duodenale. Hookworm.
Aren't they magnificent?
At this size maybe.
Quite right.
You haven't seen anything
till you've seen one of these four feet long.
What do I owe you?
That'll be $15, please.
- I got this. - No, that's okay.
I have just enough money left.
$15. Thank you.
Good day.
I'm going to enjoy this.
Provided, of course, the beans
have been properly soaked to leech toxicity.
For the record,
I wanted ice cream.
Look.
Lacquered cricket boxes.
You want omega-3?
I put in fish head.
No, I will pass.
Thank you.
Here you go.
Given what her kid said,
I want you to lean to Elizabeth Jarvis.
We're running out of time before that boat arrives.
So how much rice Candy did Walter eat?
I lost him.
I turned my back for one second and he wasn't there any more.
I've looked for him everywhere, Peter.
Did he know that you were following him?
Yeah, he did at first. And he was fine with it.
But he lulled me into a false sense of security.
Just so he could ditch you.
Well, you know how he likes
to prove a point.
He's got plenty of change for the bus.
He's got his travel Kit on him.
All his emergency numbers. He should be fine.
He's got to learn how to cross the street by himself sometime.
I'm gonna... gonna head back to the lab
and see if he's there, okay?
- It's Walter, your father. - Wrong number.
It's me, Walter, your father.
Excuse me?
I... I... I fear I may have dialed the wrong number again.
My name is Walter...
The number five bus hasn't stopped here
for over two hours.
Not that it matters.
I used up all my bus fare to dial seven wrong numbers.
I can't remember Peter's number.
It's got three 5s, a 1, a 0, two 7s.
But for the life of me,
I can't remember the correct sequence.
What happened?
I'm gonna call you an ambulance.
No. Don't. I'm okay, Peter.
I'm okay. I don't need an ambulance.
Who did this to you?
I don't know.
It was... two big asian guys
- with tattoos. - Triad.
I don't know how they knew we had the worm.
They must've followed you back from Chinatown.
It's Walter. He's down in Chinatown.
Apparently he's fine.
Astrid, you sure you're okay?
I'm going down to pick him up.
I'm going to talk to Elizabeth Jarvis.
Let's stay in touch.
You got it.
Mrs. Jarvis, we know you're withholding information.
I already told you everything.
Actually, your son told us everything.
I can't help you, Agent Dunham.
I've got two dozen Chinese nationals dead,
a federal Agent assaulted,
and another boat
with God knows how many people about to die on it.
You don't understand.
This treatment...
Matt won't live long without it.
We rescued a Chinese woman.
He daughter is on that other boat.
She's gonna die too.
Who's been treating your son?
Hello, my son.
Allow me to introduce you.
My hostess's name is Fey.
Walter, the numbers are in your pocket.
How many times have I told you that?
I put them there. Don't you remember that?
No. No, I don't.
You... you just...
Are you okay?
Yes, I'm fine.
The noodles are delicious.
You really should try them, Peter.
I hope I didn't cause Agent Farnsworth too much distress.
She had other things on her mind.
wouldn't happen to remember any of the addresses
of those herbalist shops you visited, would you?
Certainly not, but... that's why I held on to this.
Astrid only went with... with me to the...
third one, Ming Che.
They had quite a selection of hookworms.
Although I confess I exaggerated a bit
when I told them that ours was four foot long.
You told someone we have a four foot worm?
It's not even two feet.
That's how they followed Astrid. Ming Che on ping-on street.
What do you mean? Astrid was followed?
- Is Walter all right? - He's fine. Where are you?
He boat with Mai Lin's family on it just docked. Elizabeth Jarvis
gave us a phone number. We tracked a few shore-to-ship calls off that.
We're just about to commence the raid.
- I got another lead I'm tracking down. - I'll call you after.
What do you mean Astrid was followed?
Just get in the car, Walter. I'll tell you later.
I want a search bow to stern. Clear the lower decks. Find these people.
You three with me.
Pper deck clear.
Ain deck's clear.
Op deck's clear.
Opy.
There are no trafficked people on this ship.
But they were.
We're just too late.
Why are we stopping here?
Is this the place?
Yes, but I need to get back to the lab.
I need to check on Agent Farnsworth.
She's all right, Walter.
We had the right vessel but they were already gone.
Yeah, I know. They're here. I just saw them get unloaded through the alley.
- Where are you? - We're at a Chinese herbalist
shop ping-on street. Astrid was followed back to the lab from here.
We're on our way.
I need you to stay here. Olivia and Broyles are on their way.
This is not a good idea, son.
I'll be careful.
Stay in the car.
Goes to all the shows
steps right in to the lions' den
and tell them all he knows
puts his head in the lions' den
someone must know you're here.
They coming soon?
Nobody else knows I'm here.
- Somehow I don't believe you. - That's a shame.
Most people find me very trustworthy.
Open. Open.
Now, if you try to chew this, it will kill you.
Swallow!
- Hands where I can see them! - Gun!
On your knees. Hands behind your head.
Are you okay?
I am now.
Thought I lost you.
Don't worry about this place.
I'm gonna clean this up.
Peter said you were followed.
I'm so sorry.
I didn't know.
It's not your fault.
What's the status of the Chinese nationals?
Well, some are still in surgery. The rest in the ICU.
Only time will tell.
The doctor says it's a good prognosis for Mai Lin's daughter and husband.
What's gonna happen to them?
The state department has agreed to Grant them all political asylum.
With all those people carrying Ming Che's medicine,
he must've been treating other people like Matt Jarvis.
We turned up more financial records at his shop
that trace back to six other patients with immune deficiency.
- They're being questioned now. - Did we find anything else in his shop
- that could lead us to Jon Su? - What we found
is that there is no Jon Su.
He's an alias used as a front for all of Ming Che's financial dealings.
Good work, you two.
There's something I need to take care of.
Scuse me.
What time is it, Walter?
I want so badly to be independent again.
To live like a man, not a child.
Not to have my son
watching after me all the time.
Not that I don't appreciate all that you do for me.
That's not the way it's supposed to be.
Let me finish.
I've been out of the institution for a year now.
And I've just begun my journey
back towards being whole.
But...
I fear there are still times when I will get lost.
So I have
implanted a tracking device in my neck.
You did what?
And here is the transponder
so you can find me.
I should let you get back to sleep.
Good night, Walter.
Good night, my son.