"Fear of Flying" |
First aired: September 26, 1997 |
Adam accesses classified government files,
via a computer in a federal building. The NSA notices the breach,
and traces the origin of the break-in. As the NSA's soldiers rush
into the building, Adam non-chalantly walks down the very same steps the
soldiers are running up!
Nadine receives a house-plant from a delivery
boy. The note says:
"All living things are connected. Plant me." While she is digging
in the dirt, in her greenhouse, she find a buried zip disk. Adam
calls her on the phone, and asks Tyler to read him the first name on the
list, in the zip disk, which Adam had previously downloaded from the Pentagon.
It is one Louis Faraday, Ph.D., living in Pocatello, ID.
Faraday loses his position as a high school
metal shop teacher. He tries to kill himself. Adam arrives,
just in time to save him. After dinner, they go back to the high
school, where Faraday shows Adam a vintage airplane, and complains that
he can't get the engine running. Adam fixes it.
The FBI agents visit Nadine, and they ask
to see Tyler. They discover that Tyler is missing. The FBI
agents detain Nadine for questioning. She tells them where Adam is.
The FBI agents bring Nadine and drive to Pocatello.
Tyler shows up at Faraday's house, where
Adam is showing Faraday his
ability to levitate.
Adam was trying to inspire Faraday to continue with
his anti-gravity research, which he had abandoned. Meanwhile, the
NSA breaks into Nadine's house, and find the data in the computer, from
Adam's zip disk. So, they know that he went to Pocatello.
Faraday studies,
and takes data of Adam as he levitates. Later, when Adam and Tyler
are at the high school, Faraday is able to make an apple float in mid-air.
Faraday is so excited by this, that he runs naked down the street,
yelling "Eureka!!"
But while he is out, he sees the NSA raid his home. He grabs a pink
robe from a nearby clothes line, and heads to the high school, to warn
Adam.
The FBI agents arrive at the highschool,
to search for Adam. Nadine escapes from their car, and finds Tyler
and Adam. Adam and Faraday fire up the now working airplane, and
crash through the wall of the metal shop. The plane heads down the
street, gaining speed. The FBI gives chase. But then, the NSA
humvees turn the corner, and are heading right for the plane! Faraday
fears that there is not enough road to take off. Adam tells Faraday
to concentrate and help the plane levitate. They both close their
eyes. Their airplane buzzes the humvees, as it takes flight, just
in time.
Adam gets away, but Faraday is detained
by the NSA. He is put in solitary confinement, since the NSA considers
him a threat to national security. But, Faraday doesn't mind so much,
since his mind is still free, and he knows how to levitate.
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