[voiceover] Four hundred ninety-thousand babies will be born today. Each of them unique, and each one of them a link in the greater human chain. And the moment their umbilical cord is severed, they'll become an individual with their own hopes, dreams and desires. But, in fact, each one of us is actually made up of a dozen systems which, in turn, comprise sixty-trillion cells, and those cells house countless proteins, DNA organelles. What appears to be an individual is actually a network. Each one of us is, in fact, a living, breathing community, but it doesn't stop there. Why would it? Every individual hope you harbor, every dream you attain, every desire you fulfill has an impact far greater than you can imagine. At least that's how it looks from where I'm sitting.
“Entanglement” · Season 1, Episode 5
In this episode: Jake Bohm (2)
[Arthur Teller goes to the hospital after he sees Jake's image expand mathematically out of the computer screen]
Dad, you're sick. Let me help you.
If you want to help, get me to a scanner.
No, I've been down this rabbit hole before, and you know what's there? Rabbits.
B-but it's different this time, Maggie. You know, they don't even know I've found the boy.
What is it gonna take to get through to you? The last time you did this, you lost everything.
They took it from me!
No, you imploded, and you dragged me down right along with you. So tell me, how is it gonna be different this time, hmm? Please, talk to Dr. Bennet. You're seeing things that just aren't there.
No. No. I-I'm seeing clearly for the first time in years.
[Martin is a no-show for Jake's evaluation]
If the examiner would be willing to come back tomorrow. Jake? He's just having an off day.
Come on, Clea. We both know tomorrow wouldn't be any different. Jake's nonresponsive, he has difficulty following basic instruction.
He can. He chooses not to. There's a difference. If his father had been here…
Look, I get it. You're pulling for the dad. We all do. But on paper, this one is a mess. Jake's repeatedly run away while in his father's care. The authorities had to be called on multiple occasions. The truth is, Mr. Bohm was part of the evaluation, just not the way you wanted him to be. I'm sorry, Clea, but from where I'm standing, you're betting on the wrong horse.
[speaking Arabic] How could you let the car run out of gas?!
How did I know "E" was bad? They should have picked a more threatening letter!
[voiceover] The threads that connect us are not bound by space and time. What seems to the individual like a twist of fate, from another perspective is simply one of those threads pulled tight. How things should have been all along. And even when those threads seem irreparably frayed, they never break – not completely. But sometimes the most important connection is here and now.
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