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It's remarkable."

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"It's most impressive. The possibilities are endless."

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"Have Dr. Hendricks report to the White Room. We have a situation."

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Elsinger: "Just because research has commercial potential doesn't mean it shouldn't be investigated for its scientific possibilities."
Praeger: "We're talking about computer games."
Elsinger: "And need I remind you that Tessler's work is cutting-edge technology."

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"I think that investigating the link between the woman's injury and the game should be worthy of our very best efforts - don't you?"

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Elsinger: "You had no right to harass Grant Tessler."
Praeger: "We asked the guy a few questions."
Elsinger: "What's that got to do with the girl?"

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"Oh, here we go again: the Grand Conspiracy Theory."

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Elsinger: "This has got to stop, this has GOT to stop. Matthew, we're on the same team!"
Praeger: "Then quit hogging the ball, Frank!"

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Elsinger: "Alright, I will admit that in the past there were times when I kept certain things from you, for valid reasons at the time."
Praeger: So you'll be straight with me when you feel like it - is that it?"

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Elsinger: "If we have a problem here I still have your resignation on file."
Praeger: "Yeah, don't hold your breath."

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Elsinger: "I appreciate your assistance, Grant. I know how valuable your time is."
Praeger: "Yeah, the rent on this place must be a killer."
Elsinger: "Shall we begin?"

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Elsinger: "The whole point of the exercise is to repeat the experiment. You can't have it both ways, Matthew."
Prager: "Yeah, but Frank...."
Elsinger: "Talk to her, Matt."

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"Looks like we won't need the ambulance after all."

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Elsinger: "Axon, do you have a moment? I'd like to talk about Tessler Industries."
Axon: "look, if you're going to give me a hard time, you might as well just forget it."
Elsinger: "Now why would I do that?"

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"Not with the visit itself but with its tone. In the end, no harm was done. It appears that Grant Tessler is quite impressed with you."

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"Tessler recruits aggressively and we can't match what he pays. It starts with a casual lunch, then an expensive dinner to meet the department heads - just to exchange ideas, of course."

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"And what exactly are you looking for , Peter? A suburban bungalow and a minivan - or the unifying force of the cosmos?."

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Axon: "Do you ever ask questions that you don't know the answers to?"
Elsinger: "I can help you get it."

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"I know. We have several joint research projects. you could head one of them up, if you like, in addition to your normal duties."

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Elsinger: "Just let me know."
Axon: "What about the team?"
Elsinger: "I'm sure Matthew would adjust somehow."

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"In any case, you don't have to decide right now. Let's do lunch next week."

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"Thankyou, Curtis. I'll have the file information sent over this afternoon."

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"I'm transferring this case to Curtis Rollins' team. Please update your summary and have it on my desk by 1500 hours."

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"Protocol suggests otherwise. You're far too close to this - too emotionally involved."

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Praeger: "I won't let you use her, Frank."
Elsinger: "1500 hours, Matthew."

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Praeger: "Never thought I'd be glad to meet you at a cheap motel."
Elsinger: "I'm sure they made you feel right at home."

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"Thnak you, Matthew. Mr. Harmon, we're convinced that this woman is genuine poltical refugee."

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Elsinger: "Mr. Harmon, your boss is Mike Preston, right?"
Harmon: "That's right."
Elsinger: "I'm sure he'd be very pleased to hear how very cooperative and kind you have been."

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"I want your team to wrap out this investigation."

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"Already taken care of."

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"As you can see, her abilities can be accessed through hypnosis, which suggests an underlying ability to control them."

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"I'm sure you'll have enough information in here to continue your studies."

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Tessler: "Thank you."
Elsinger: "Anytime."

Synopsis

Episode #313: "Old Wounds"
Case File #392-101
Story by Jim Purdy
Teleplay by Jim Purdy and Paula Smith
Directed by Luc Chalifour

Tessler Industries, a video-game giant, is testing one of its new virtual-reality war games at the OSIR Central Lab. OSIR Director of Operations Frank Elsinger (Nigel Bennett) watches as Tessler researchers Adia Carling (Marie V. Cruz) and Victor Granger (Scott McCord) begin to do virtual battle. Suddenly, Adia is knocked to the floor with a very real head wound. Elsinger calls for OSIR case manager Matt Praeger (Matt Frewer) and his team to investigate.

While Dr. Anton Hendricks (Colin Fox) bandages Adia's wound, chief science analyst Peter Axon (Barclay Hope) examines the special suit the woman had been wearing—one containing hundreds of electromagnetic sensors to monitor the player's movement and allow her to interact with the computer game. Axon determines that the outfit posed no threat to Adia's safety. He suggests that perhaps the game triggered some kind of latent paranormal ability in Adia.

Praeger watches as Hendricks performs a follow-up examination of Adia. As he attaches sensors to her head and wrists to monitor any unusual electromagnetic patterns or brain-wave activity, Hendricks notices a severe scar on her left arm. She becomes upset and rips the sensors off as well as the bandage on her head. After they manage to calm her, Praeger and Hendricks stare in disbelief. Ada's head wound has healed completely.

The next day, Hendricks informs Praeger that Ada's head wound wasn't new. The scar tissue that remained after the wound healed was old. The woman also has old scars on her wrists and her left forearm. Hendricks suspects that the game may somehow be re-opening these old wounds. To verify this, Praeger and Axon decide to re-create the game during which Ada was hurt.

Senior data analyst Lindsay Donner (Nancy Anne Sakovich) asks Ada about the old scars. Ada tells her she had been injured in a car accident. Donner also learns that Ada was born-and raised in China before attending university in Hong Kong, where she met and fell in love with Victor. Although she is still shaken from the mishap in the testing lab, Ada agrees to participate in Praeger and Axon's re-creation.

Ada is again hurt while playing the game. This time, a bullet wound appears in her shoulder. As Hendricks struggles to stop the bleeding, Ada heals herself. Hendricks again follows up with a medical examination, during which he finally wins Ada's trust. She tells him that her real name is Ning Lee. Donner does a background check on Ning Lee and discovers that she is an illegal immigrant who was denied sanctuary as a political refugee because of a lack of proof that she would be in peril if she returned to China. She also learns that Ning Lee had been imprisoned in Hunan before escaping and making her way to Hong Kong.

Ada is leaving the OSIR Central Lab when she is intercepted by immigration officers who take her into custody. Praeger tries to stop her from being taken away and is arrested by the senior officer, Ted Harman (Stuart Arnott). Both Ada and Praeger are detained at a motel, with Praeger being released following a check of his credentials. He remains on the scene, where he is joined by Elsinger. Harman is interrogating Ada when her wrists suddenly begin to bleed. Praeger and Elsinger call for Hendricks, who arrives to take care of Ada. Hendricks suggests that perhaps Ning Lee has suppressed painful memories that are somehow causing her old scars to re-open. He wants to hypnotize her to allow her to confront these memories. Harman agrees to let the OSIR team take Ada back to their lab for the hypnosis--as long as he is permitted to observe.

The hypnosis works. Ada is taken back four years, when she was an 18-year-old student caught up in the violence of the Tiananmen Square rioting. She received a blow to the head and was shot in the shoulder before being taken into custody. As before, those old wounds re-open but, with Hendricks' prompting, she is able to heal them. Ada then relives her time in prison, where she was tortured by a guard wanting information about the riot's organizers. The guard set fire to her blouse. Back at the lab, the sleeve of Ada's blouse bursts into flames, which Hendricks quickly smothers. Ada is unharmed. She has successfully confronted her memories. After seeing Ada relive the horrors of the prison from which she escaped, Harman decides to support her claim for sanctuary.