S1 Ep10: “Patient Zero”

[MUSIC] You're listening to Case 63, a Spotify audio series. [MUSIC] These are the steps to immunize Marie Baker, okay? There's a photograph of her in the envelope. Remember it well. [MUSIC] I suggest you make contact with her at the airport and try to get her to trust you. I don't know, start a conversation with her, make small talk. And here's the tricky part, injector with a half a millimeter of my blood through an insulence syringe with a six millimeter needle. I'm not going to explain the biological principles of play here or why so little blood should do the trick, but rest assured, Marie will be completely unharmed. The only side effect is that the new plasma will temporarily destroy her immune system and alter her lymphocytes, but that's some light collateral damage barely bump on the road in order to stop the replication of the virus and the birth of Pegasus. But you have to be strong Beatrix, every action has consequences. And if you determine you can't give her the shot, the second possibility would be to stop her from getting on the plane. I know this won't be easy, but the future depends on you. [Music] Morning, November 24th, 2022. This is my final recording pertaining to K63. I'm looking in the mirror. I'm only slept a couple of hours. I've listened to all the tapes over and over. Each phrase, each date, I picked up some inconsistencies in this chronology. He says that the future has eliminated all types of isms, but also mentions that a number of Buddhism students died in the Berlin purge. He claims to be ignorant of social media and that there is no Wikipedia in the future, but that he studied Oliver Collins and his forums to perfection. He says that getting close to someone's an act of faith, but he has a tattoo, a contemporary tattoo. He claims to have visited Norway, but also claims that he actually lives in a closed-off community. And yet I believe him. I believe in K63. I believe what he says. I believe I can change the future. I called them last night. The two kids in England. The couple. Isn't a couple yet. I left them away to reach each other and told them to remember my name. I probably sounded more than a little unstable, which, um, well, maybe that's a good thing. Okay, so my situation is the following. I believe in an impossible scenario, which is pushing me at break with a life I spend so much time building for myself. I could either try my best to just forget all this nonsense or, or for the first time in my life, I could do something that feels right. Even if it's all based on a lie between a normal life and the world that might be possible, I choose to believe. Hi, Danny. It's your sister. Um, Mom, give me your number. Sorry, I didn't reach out sooner. I heard about how you've been lately. And, um, Mom said you're going to start a new treatment soon. I'm so sorry, Danny. Um, I know we've grown apart and it's. It's been difficult for me and I want you to know that getting back in touch with you is important to me. You're important to me and I forgive you. Okay. Um, I forgive you for everything. And I'll be in London soon for a few days and I would really like to see you. Um, I'm sort of, um, I'm sort of reinventing myself in a pretty radical way. And there can be no radical change without radical action, so we'll start with air. [BEEPING] For the record, December 17th, 2022. Chief, you've just listened to the last of the 9 MP3 files in investigators' phone and Dr. Knight's apartment on November 30th. Eliza, Beatrix Knight, American Citizen, Single, 38-years-old, Psychiatrist, disappeared on November 25th, 2022. The day before, on the morning of the 24th, she used her ID card to retrieve blood samples from a yet-to-be-identified patient at the hospital where she was previously employed. After that, cameras show her entering a tattoo parlor on St. Mark's, where she remains for approximately three hours. We found several images of wings on her cell phone and can surmise that she chose a similar tattoo. Then she headed to JFK to board Delta Flight 262 from New York to London, where we lose track of her. Interpol issued a missing persons report on November 27th. Her current whereabouts are unknown. My unit is convinced that her disappearance and this unidentified patient are directly related. What follows is Dr. Knight's cell phone, which was still in record mode, possibly for some kind of personal log. It was recovered from a trash can in the airport bathroom, Terminal 4, JFK Airport. Excuse me, is this seat taken? Uh, no, yeah, uh, please sit down. Hello. Hi. Um, I, I love your hair. I've always wanted to shave my head. Oh, thank you. Oh, well, it was just, um, yeah, necessary. Oh, was it for something special or. Sorry, that's not my. Sorry, that was. That was awkward, I'm sorry. No, no, no, no, that's fine. It's just that I guess, um, well, let's say I needed a fresh start. Uh, a fresh start, yeah. I understand, perfectly. What's your name? I'm Marie, yours. Beatrix. Beatrix. Uh, you look really familiar to me. Do you have, do you think that we've met before? I don't think so. What do you do? Uh, I'm, I make jewelry, I'm a, I'm a jewelry designer. What do you do? I'm a psychiatrist. Oh, okay. Not mine, so nothing really in common. No, um, no, not much. Have you ever heard that theory where it's like, the reason some people are familiar is because you have met them before in a past life? Excuse me? No, it's nothing. Pretend I didn't say that. Don't listen to me. No, no, no, no, no, no, I just, I just said I, um, that's, I remember, I, that's a, that's a lovely thought actually. Oh, yeah. I think so too. I mean, I don't, I don't know anything about this stuff, but I've, I've always found it logical out of everything that one hears these days, you know. Well, um, I've heard that there are infinite universes and that in each one of them, we all know each other in different ways, but that we're always, um, ourselves. Yeah, that makes sense a lot actually. Has that happened to you? I don't know. I felt it with only one person really. I think we all have that one person, you know, it's just different, it's chemical, I don't know. Unconditional. Yeah, exactly. Yeah, a little strange, you know. Yes, yeah, strange, it is, it is strange. So where are you flying? Um, London, and you? Oh, me too. Wow. What a coincidence. I'm going to see my sister. Oh, I'm going to see my friend. Vacation? No, no, no, I, I wish, I wish it was that. It's just that she's, this is the pre-boarding announcement for flight 262 to London. We are now inviting those passengers with small children and, well, that's my flight. Oh, mine too, that's amazing. We should check our seats. Hey, um, um, Marie, could I ask you a favor? Yeah, of course. The thing is, I'm diabetic and I need to take my insulin shot, but I don't, I don't want to leave my stuff here and I, I don't, I don't want to be weird about it, but would you mind coming to the bathroom with me? Yeah, totally. I'll come. Thank you. (dramatic music) - Did you hold my bag for a second? - Yeah. - Let me honest, that needle spooked me out a little bit, but I'm sure you're used to this. - What? Oh, yes, I am, yeah, I am. You were telling me that you were gonna go visit a friend? - Oh yeah, well, she's more than a friend, or at least she was more than a friend, anyways. Yeah, she's sick. Are you okay? Do you look a little shaky? - Oh yeah, yeah, I get that way sometimes. - So, how sick is she? - Oh, leukemia, very aggressive. But she's gonna get better. Danny's strong, she always has been. - What did she say? - Oh, I said she has leukemia and then. - No, no, no, you said Danny. - Oh yeah, that's my friend's name, Danielle Knight. - She's my sister. - What? - Yo, you're the psychiatrist sister, oh my God. I can't believe it. Oh, okay, that is why I felt like I knew you. - No, I don't understand. I mean, I'm sorry, no, it's just that I don't talk to my sister much, so I'm a little behind, I don't know. They're gonna start a new treatment and they need my blood. Apparently, there's an anomaly in my plasma that can help her. What? I got some tests done and turns out I'm compatible. Plasma immunological therapy. It's kind of amazing, right? Biotrics, are you okay? - Oh, we should go. Go, what? Go, go, I'll be okay. - Well, I don't wanna leave you here. You're, you're, you're gonna miss me. - Marie, why? - Please go. Okay, but are you sure that I don't, I don't, I don't need you. I'm, I'm gonna be, Marie, just go. - Okay, okay. Okay. (phone ringing) We reviewed airport security cameras and found nothing. If it wasn't physically impossible, I would say she never left that bathroom. Eliza Knight simply disappeared. In the report, signing off FBI special agent Ian Swift. (dramatic music) (dramatic music) (dramatic music) - Why did my hand cuffed? What, what am I doing here? What happened to Marie Baker? - Can you tell me your name? - I, I, uh, hmm. I don't, I don't remember. You were found completely naked in an airport bathroom talking about a kidnapping in the end of the world. How did you get past airport security? - I'm, I'm not, I'm, I'm not following you. - Who are you planning on kidnapping? (laughs) - Who are you? - Your fingerprints match those of a missing 28 year old woman. - You, you said I was naked? - You really don't remember? No, not yet. I'm a finished questioninger. Well, you'll have to. She's my patient until I discharge her. Good morning. - Peter? - No, I'm Dr. Vincent Caldwell. We're gonna do some exams, is that all right? Excuse me officer, could you? Leave us please. - I would like to stay. - Ah, very well. Miss, you're in shock. It's natural that you don't remember anything or that you're confused. But I need you to try and tell me what you think is going on. - Peter, I don't understand why-- - Why is it that you keep calling me Peter? - Well, I don't understand why-- - Okay, okay, stay calm, stay calm. What is it that you don't understand? - Okay, my name, my name. - Let me help you try to remember. According to your medical chart, let's see. Okay, 63, it says your name is Eliza Beatrix Knight. You were admitted at 7.22 PM on November 24th. You were found naked at JFK Airport in one of the bathrooms in terminal 8 with paranoid ideations and confusion. You told a curious story about the end of the world in the future. - With the future? - Yes, the future. - Oh, wait, okay, what year is it now? - You don't know what year it is? - What year is it? - It's 2012 this night. (dramatic music) (dramatic music) Case 63, produced by Gimlett, 4060 and Mad Jean Media, created and written by Julio Rojas, adapted by Mara Vela's Melendez, directed by Mimio Donald, starring Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac Alfredo Narciso and Zoe Winters. Executive produced by Julianne Moore, Oscar Isaac and Mimio Donald, produced by Katie Pastore, Associate Producers Julie Balefsky and Kayla Stokes, Sound Design and Mixed by Armando Serrano and Daniel Brunel, Additional Engineering by Jonathan Roberts, Shane Hendrickson and Steven Taheda. Recorded at Harbor Picture Company by Bobby Johansson, Mike Rivera and Bo Emery, Sound Supervision by Jonathan Roberts, Score by Moat, originally produced by MSWord Podcasting, Special Thanks to Donald Stoff. 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