Frank and his son (who I'm just going to call Frank Jr., because I'm pretty sure the son is not going to become a regular character, so it's easier this way) are hanging out at Digger's bar (which I finally learned is called The Sea), watching a football game. Along with Digger, John, and some staff, they appear to be the only people there, so I don't know if the bar isn't open, or if business is just really slow. Frank asks his son what he thinks the play will be, and of course, John has to pipe up and say that it's going to be a quick screen. My brother's best friend can actually do this -- predict with deadly accuracy what offense or defense a team will run on a particular play. He's not a statistical genius or anything. He just watches a lot of football, I guess. Frank scoffs at John's theory, but John spouts off some statistics. A shot of the TV reveals that they are actually watching the CFL, and the two teams playing are from Saskatchewan and Toronto. Dude, they couldn't even CGI out the names of the teams or something to make it out like they're in the United States? Anyway, John is right about the play, and the team gets a first down. Frank and his son celebrate as John watches them. John predicts the play, and is once again correct. Frank asks his son to call the play. Frank Jr. says that he thinks it's going to be a touchdown. It's not, but Frank gives his son a high five and a hug anyway. John watches jealously and then says that he has to go. If I didn't know where this episode was going, I might think that it was about how John's in love with Frank. John claims to have "a ton of work to do," and he leaves. Cut to John in his pad, playing chess against himself, announcing each move before he makes it. That is sad in about seventy different ways.
The day, John hears a knock at his door. He answers it to find a young woman and a boy of about ten standing outside. She asks if he's John Doe, and he says that he is. She asks if he graduated from the University of Washington in 1989 with a degree in microbiology. John says that he doesn't know. She asks if he has a family history of myopia or high blood pressure. John asks who she is. The kid steps forward and says that his name is Wesley Silva, and he's John's son. Cut to John looking confused. Or constipated. Or possibly thinking about calling his agent.
John holds two transparencies up to the light, on top of each other. John says that it's not possible that Wesley's father's DNA and his own DNA profile are a perfect match. The little kid, who was in Spy Kids and has red hair and looks nothing like John, says that it's pretty cool, and calls John "Dad." John is in shock. Wesley says that he brought robots. John asks the woman if she's implying that they...the woman says that they were never intimate, and in fact, they've never met. John is still confused. The woman explains that Wesley was conceived by artificial insemination: her egg with John's...she hesitates and glances at Wesley, who pipes up, "Spermatozoa. It's not like it's a bad word, Mom. It's biology."
The woman tells John that the kid is excited to meet him, because they've been searching for a long time. John asks how they found him. The woman says that Vitrochoice, the sperm bank, has a strict confidentiality policy, and all they would give her was a sheet of paper with some background information. John notes that it doesn't give his name. The woman says that two months ago, she placed ads in two local papers, but got no responses, so she "saved up about two years' worth of tips and bribed a nurse at Vitrochoice. She gave us a copy of the donor's DNA." Wesley says that he ran the DNA profile through NDIS. John says, "National DNA Index System." John asks how old Wesley is, and Wesley says that he's ten. His mom says that Wesley is "quite remarkable with computers," and has a high IQ to boot. John says that he added his DNA to the system hoping to find family. The woman says that it looks like John just did. Wesley smiles. John gives her the crazy eyes. Seriously, I never know what emotion John Doe is supposed to be feeling because he kind of just rolls his eyes around and looks crazy.
Wesley and his mom sit at a table at The Sea. Karen checks Wesley out (ew, not like that) and tells John, "Dude, it's mini-you." John is happy to hear it. Digger advises John not to get too excited, because it's the oldest trick in the book. Digger thinks the woman will be hitting John up for money soon. Karen tells Digger that he only sees the darkness, and Digger says that he's a bartender by way of explanation. Digger asks John if he really thinks he "went and did [his] business in a plastic cup." John says, "Well, Vitrochoice pays up to $10,000 for the right intellect." Karen says, "Excuse you?" It's annoying, and it's not the only time she'll say it in the episode. Not to mention that I don't know what's going on with Karen's hair, but it's in like eight million long droopy ponytails, a look that was almost in style about three years ago, but not really. John says that he's going to try to break into the sperm bank's files to get more information and find out his real name.
Cut to John posing as a sperm donor in order to get access to Vitrochoice. A nurse tells him not to rush and...oh, this whole scene is so stupid. Basically, John is uncomfortable with the idea of jerking off, so he spouts off a bunch of statistics and factoids, and the nurse is jaded, and you've seen this scene before a hundred times, so let's just cut to the chase. As they enter the room, the nurse presses her thumb to a pad in order to unlock the door. As soon as the nurse is out of the room, John locks the door. He grabs a handy petri dish that just happens to contain that jelly stuff that you put samples on, which I can't currently remember the name of. He pulls out the jelly stuff and then pours alcohol and talcum powder on the sample cup in order to get the nurse's thumbprint. He presses the print against the jelly stuff. Wouldn't it be reversed or something? I'm thinking it's like when you press Silly Putty on the Sunday comics and all of the words are backwards. John uses his new thumbprint to gain access to the records room.
John walks into his apartment, where Wesley, Wesley's mom, and Karen are waiting. Wesley is still playing with the robots. John tells Wesley's mom that she has no history of hereditary diseases, and her grandparents lived into their nineties, which is why she was chosen as a surrogate for Group Otto. She doesn't know what that means. John explains that Otto is Italian for eight, and that Group Otto consisted of eight sperm donors. Wesley's mom thought she was given the sperm from just one man. Karen walks over to Wesley and distracts him from hearing the rest of this conversation, which is, like, the one time I've liked her, ever. John explains that Vitrochoice specializes in fertilizing the mothers' eggs with multiple donors to increase the chances of a viable embryo. John says that the eight men in her donor group were "the best and the brightest," and all had high IQs. Because we all know that high IQs make for wonderful people who have a lot to contribute to society (*cough* Unabomber *cough*). Wesley's mom says the nurse assured her that she gave them Wesley's father's DNA. John says that it's not possible, because even the doctors don't know which donor's sperm fertilized the egg. Wesley says that any of the geniuses on the list could be his father. John says that they all need to take paternity tests, which he would be more than happy to do, but it takes three to five days to get the results. Wesley's mom asks what they should do in the meantime. John says that he's going to try to find the other men on the list. Wesley wants to go with him, but John says that he works alone. Unless he's with Frank. Or Karen. Wesley's face falls, but he tries to buck up. Karen notices and pulls John aside to tell him that he just crushed Wesley's feelings. John says that he "can't do kids." Karen reminds him that he knows how to do everything. John asks what happens if Wesley needs to go to the bathroom. Um, he's ten. I'm sure he'll be fine. It's not like you have to wipe him. John sighs.
John and Wesley pull up to a motorcycle shop in John's car. Wesley asks why John's name isn't on the list. John says that it's a long story. Wesley says that John Doe is the name they give to unidentified people, and asks if John is a spy. Wesley keeps asking questions about it as they walk into the motorcycle shop, which is called Dante's Hog Heaven. Wesley finally asks if John even knows his own name, and John asks why Wesley has to ask so many questions. Wesley says that's what his mom says when she doesn't know the answer. Man, smart kids are annoying. The greatest thing about kids is that you can totally confuse them and feed them a line of crap and they don't know it. It's a good thing I don't have kids, because I would totally be like Calvin's dad, and my kid would be all messed up. Wesley finally figures out that John's name could be on the list. Wesley runs up and sits on a motorcycle, like, hands off the merchandise, kid. John lists off some facts about the motorcycle, including that it's sterling silver. Pete from Dharma & Greg walks up and says that it's actually two-tone -- dark blue and vivid black. John asks if he's Dante Langenhan. Dante says that's him. John says he's there to ask about a donation Dante made a decade ago at Vitrochoice. Dante asks if this is about Otto, and John says that it might be. Dante lights the blowtorch in his hand and says that Otto wasn't his idea, and orders them to get out of there. John sputters that he's just trying to find Wesley's father. Dante waves the blowtorch at them, and John and Wesley take off.
John crosses Dante's name off the list and mutters, "Not me." on the list is on Dr. Elvis Braithwaite. John and Wesley arrive at a doctor's office that very helpfully lists Elvis Braithwaite's full name, even though his colleagues only get to list their first initials. John rings the bell, and a guy in a white lab coat (Dr. Elvis, I presume?) answers the door, like, don't they have a receptionist at this place? Dr. Elvis looks at John and says, "You! I've been waiting for you." John asks if Dr. Elvis knows him, and Dr. Elvis says that Dante told him all about John, and that John should forget about Group Otto. Dr. Elvis slams the door, and John crosses Dr. Elvis's name off his list and looks at the third name, D. Walker.
John rings a buzzer on an apartment building. A woman opens the door and lists off all of the laws and statutes against solicitation that John is currently violating. She threatens to call the police, and slams the door. Wesley asks how the woman could be a sperm donor. How do they know that she was D. Walker? Just because she was in his apartment? Or did the John Doe-like listing of facts mean that she must be a genius? John crosses the name off the list anyway, which seems a bit premature, but whatever. Also, how convenient that she was the only one on the list whose first name wasn't spelled out.
The name on the list is Andrew Lemonde. John and Wesley walk up to a house and ring the bell. No one answers in like .2 seconds, so John knocks on the door, which swings open. John calls out, and again only waits a half second before telling Wesley to wait outside and entering the house. John walks around the spooky house, which is filled with giant stacks of magazines. John sees a dude slumped over a table and makes the crazy constipated face, so you know the dude is dead. Oh, yeah, and his head is cut open and there's a pool of blood on the table. Those were the other signs.
The house has now become a crime scene. I kind of have a crush on the crime scene/forensics guy. Hey, he's a redhead. I have a thing for redheads. Anyway, Frank asks Stu what's up, and Stu says that the guy's been dead for twenty-four hours. So, assuming John and Wesley's visits all took place in one day, the guy was killed before John started making the visits. Frank notes that the guy's brain is gone. Hey, he's not a cop for nothing. Stu says that the olfactory and cranial nerves were severed clean, and the killer probably used a cranial drill, which takes skill. Frank guesses that the killer is medically trained, and Stu agrees. Lt. Bosslady storms in and is still disgusted with John, who says he was just trying to help Wesley. Lt. Bosslady says that Wesley is terrified, and asks how John knows him. The camera pans over to Wesley in the doorway, talking to a cop. John says that it's just a case. Frank can't believe that John brought a kid in there as he slams the door shut. John says that he told Wesley to wait outside. Frank tells John that it's irresponsible, and asks if he knows anything about kids. John starts spouting off statistics again, because -- get it? He knows a lot, but he doesn't really know anything. I don't know if you got that yet. Don't worry -- they'll repeat the theme a million more times in this episode in case you missed it. John says that he's just trying to help Wesley find his dad. Lt. Bosslady says that she hopes the victim is not Wesley's father. John explains about the sperm donor list and Group Otto. Lt. Bosslady asks what this has to do with the murder, and John says that the group members all knew each other and were keeping secrets. So he's met less than half of the group and he assumes that they all knew each other? Bad police work. Frank points out that the second name on the list, Dr. Elvis, is medically trained. John supplies that Dr. Elvis specializes in brain surgery.
Frank and John pedeconference back at the station. Frank says that Stella (yay, Stella!) found a six-week-old homicide case with the same M.O. The victim's name was Dan Perry, who is number five on John's list. It was so considerate of the killer to murder people in order on John's list. John says he can scratch one more name off, and Frank says that if they don't hurry, John can scratch all of the names off.
Frank enters the observation room so that he can watch Lt. Bosslady question Dr. Elvis. She notes that Dr. Elvis became a doctor at sixteen. That kind of makes him Dr. Doogie. She also notes that he has a prior arrest for assault. Dr. Elvis smirks that it was ten years ago. Lt. Bosslady says that the guy he assaulted was Andrew Lemonde, who turned up dead today. Dr. Elvis loses the smirk and says that they went to medical school together and had a competitive rivalry. Dr. Elvis thinks that Lemonde was jealous, and who can blame him? Because in addition to being good people, all geniuses have no social skills. Lt. Bosslady notes that Dr. Elvis entered college at thirteen, and probably felt like an outsider with no girlfriends, so he must be pretty lonely, since no one understands him. Lt. Bosslady thinks that must make Dr. Elvis want to lash out at the world. Wow, I bet Lt. Bosslady's pop psychology is really going to work on a genius. Dr. Elvis says that there's only one problem with her theory -- he was performing delicate surgery yesterday and was at the hospital all day. Lt. Bosslady rolls her eyes.
Cut to Lt. Bosslady questioning Dante. She asks what he knows about Andrew Lemonde. Dante says that Andrew's "cold ass is on a slab down at the morgue." Lt. Bosslady guesses that there's no love lost between them, and Dante says he hasn't seen Lemonde in almost a decade. Lt. Bosslady asks if Dante was at Lemonde's house yesterday. Dante says that he's a peaceful man.
Cut to Lt. Bosslady asking D. Walker how she ended up on a list of sperm donors. D. says that she was an egg donor. She explains that she was just "a college student obsessed with Bobby Fischer when they asked [her] to join Group Otto," and she didn't know any better. Lt. Bosslady asks what Group Otto was about. D (which stands for Dionne) doesn't answer. Lt. Bosslady slaps down photos of Lemonde and Perry's bodies, and Dionne gets a bit freaked out. Lt. Bosslady says that someone wants to get at the secret Dionne has in her brain and remove it permanently. Dionne admits that Group Otto was "a eugenics program." Oh, man. Didn't I already do the eugenics thing with Dark Angel? For the slower members of the audience, Frank asks John if eugenics is the same as "selective breeding." I wonder if Frank ever gets tired of playing the dummy that has to do exposition all the time. John explains the origins of eugenics, which Frank sums up as "people don't look like you, have them neutered." Dionne tells Lt. Bosslady that Group Otto was the best of the gene pool, and they were supposed to create "superbabies." She explains that they all looked at it as some money to get through school. Lt. Bosslady asks why there's a cover-up. Dionne says that the college paper did an editorial suggesting that they were "a bunch of Nazis." Well, if the swastika fits. Dionne says that she got death threats, Elvis's parents house was burned down, and Dante was stabbed. But nothing happened to any of the others? Lt. Bosslady asks why someone is coming after them all now, ten years later. Dionne doesn't know. Who's the genius now?
Frank talks to Wesley. John finds Wesley's mom and asks if she's okay. She says that the detectives just wanted to ask Wesley about the crime scene one more time. John apologizes for what happened, and Wesley's mom says that Wesley is really hoping John is his dad. John says that he's not sure if he's the best candidate. Wesley's mom turns her head sharply and asks why not. John says that he can't remember his own dad, so he's lacking in the personal experience department, and walks away.
Dante, Dr. Elvis, and Dionne argue over the crime scene photos. John walks in. Dante tells him that he doesn't "have the gray matter to be in this room." Because another truism about geniuses is that they love to lord their intelligence over the lesser people. John says, "Try me." Wesley notices all of the geniuses gathering and runs in to join them. Dante, Dr. Elvis, and Dionne pepper John with questions on varying subjects, and of course John gets them all right. Dante asks John if he's "some kind of idiot savant." Well, the first part, maybe.
Dante and Dr. Elvis get their cheeks swabbed for a paternity test. The doctor explains that she's got sample from the three men in the room, as well as the two deceased. John says that they need to locate the other group members, starting with Zeke Pepperfield, followed by Chris Sherman and William Sullivan. All along, I was hoping that John's real name was Zeke Pepperfield, because that's just a cool name. I might name my pet Zeke Pepperfield. John says that any one of the remaining men could be Wesley's father and another one is probably the killer. Dr. Elvis says that he never knew Sherman or Sullivan, and Dionne adds that none of them did. John circles the final two names. Dante notices Wesley trying on his motorcycle helmet and promises that if he's Wesley's dad, he'll buy the kid a helmet that fits. Dionne gets back on topic, saying that Sherman and Sullivan didn't attend the University of Washington, and that they sent their sperm via FedEx. Ew. Wesley tells John that one of those two donors could be him. John says, "Maybe."
The geniuses walk back out into the station. John asks what the story is on Zeke Pepperfield. Dr. Elvis says that Pepperfield founded Group Otto. Frank pipes up that Pepperfield is "the Sy Sperling of sperm" because "he's not just the founder, he's also a client." Dante says that Pepperfield turned in his medical degree and bought a diamond mine in Prairie Creek, Arkansas. Dionne adds that everyone knows the purest forms of diamonds are found in South Africa. John contributes that 98 percent of diamonds found in Arkansas are industrial grade. The geniuses list off all of the uses for industrial grade diamonds, like, how annoying would it be to hang out with this crowd? Dr. Elvis supplies, "Surgical blades." John adds that they're used on "diamond-tipped cranial saws." Frank figures out that John just named the murder weapon, and rushes off to get an address for Pepperfield.
Frank walks into a house filled with caged raccoons. Just when I think I've typed the weirdest recap sentence ever, I find one to top it. John follows. Frank calls out for Zeke Pepperfield and gets no answer. He sighs and lowers his gun as he sees Pepperfield slumped over a table, brain missing. Suddenly, a guy in a black hoodie bursts out of a nearby room, yelling. Because the best way to sneak out of a house is to yell as loudly as possible so the cops don't miss you. Black Hoodie runs out of the house carrying a bag. Why didn't Frank just shoot him? John runs out the front door and follows. The music in this scene is so from an episode of Starsky & Hutch. Black Hoodie runs down an alley, past a chained, barking dog, and runs into a car. He gets back up and runs off. The dog somehow detains John, even though it's chained up. Black Hoodie runs out into the street, where he is hit by the only car around, but manages to get up and run off again. John comes around the corner and asks the car's driver where Black Hoodie went. The driver doesn't know. John and Frank look around, but Black Hoodie seems to have just disappeared. Man, that was some bad music.
Frank and John walk out of Zeke Pepperfield's house. Aw, R.I.P. Zeke Pepperfield. Frank comments that Group Otto is getting smaller and smaller. They see Wesley arriving on his bike, and Frank says that Wesley is "following [John] around like a lost puppy," and that John needs to get him out of there. John wonders why it's his responsibility. Frank points out that the way that Wesley looks at John, he's responsible for the kid whether he wants him or not. Frank takes off to see his own kids. John sighs and walks over to ask how Wesley knew where to find him. Wesley says that he listened to the police scanner over the web. Wesley compliments John's car and asks what color it is, and says that he can't tell because he's color-blind. This strikes John. Wesley babbles about a kid at school who was bragging about his dad's new Porsche, and asks John if they can drive by the kid's house in John's fancy car. John wants to take a trip to the Seattle Optometry College together to test their color-blindness, and he's all fired up about it. Wesley is still hot on the car idea, but John keeps pushing the color-blind test. Wesley backs down and rides off on his bike.
John and Digger play nine-ball. Digger breaks. John proceeds to knock all of the balls in sequentially while naming off the people on his Group Otto list, and explaining why the names can't be his own. He tries out the names Chris and William, then attempts to knock in the nine ball to win the game. Digger asks about Wesley's whereabouts, and John flubs the shot as he says he doesn't know. Digger takes over and wins the game. Digger tells John that the Wesley thing may or may not be a scam, but John was just whining about how he didn't have a girlfriend or a wife. Digger points out that if John weren't so self-absorbed, he would realize that he's blowing off the closest thing he has to a family. Man, that Digger. A good pool player and a dispenser of wisdom. And he knows how to mix drinks. Is there anything he can't do? Besides get a decent haircut?
John and Wesley pull up in front of Wesley's friend's house. John lets Wesley sit in the driver's seat and honk the horn while John lies down in the passenger seat. The friend looks out the window and sees what looks like Wesley driving the car off down the street.
John arrives home to find Karen bitching at him because he didn't answer her numerous pages. John says he needs to sleep, but Karen says that might be difficult, because one of the Group Otto geniuses had a break-in at his house, so they all invited themselves over to John's place. John walks in to find Dante, Dr. Elvis, and Dionne cooking themselves a meal in his kitchen. That night, John sleeps on the floor to his bed while Dr. Elvis and Dante sleep in the bed. And Dr. Elvis snores. John wakes up and walks out.
The day, the geniuses construct a model on the floor. John and Dionne walk in with coffee. Karen bitches that she's not going to clean up after John's friends. Does she ever go home? She's so annoying. She's the most annoying person on this show, and that's really saying a lot. Dante tells John to grab the robots that Wesley built. Dr. Elvis tells John to program them to travel at different speeds for the re-enactment. Dante and Dr. Elvis explain that John told them the murder suspect disappeared, so they built a scale model of the chase site to try to reenact the crime. John and Dionne are all excited, but Karen is disgusted for no apparent reason. What does she care? Shut up, Karen. Dr. Elvis tries to hit on her, and she gives her second, "Excuse you?" That's not getting any less stupid. John figures out the killer's running speed, and they program the blue robot to be the killer and the red robot to be John Doe. John figures out how far behind the killer he was. Dr. Elvis points out that John was closing in on the killer. They reach the point where the car hit the killer, and they figure out the furthest that the killer possibly could have traveled. Dionne notes that John still should have been able to see the killer. Dante jokes that the killer flew away, and John says that maybe he did.
Fade into the street where the killer was last seen. John explains to Frank that the closest building was recently repointed. For some reason, this means that John is able to pull out every other corner brick, creating a makeshift stairway. Wait. So they think that A) the bricks could have been pulled out like that and neither John nor Frank noticed it at the time, and also B) that the killer had enough time to make that stairway and scramble up it before John and Frank got there? Yeah, right. Anyway, John climbs up the bricks and into a window that was previously hidden by a billboard. John enters a dusty warehouse, where he finds some brains in jars. There are also surgical gloves and tools, blood, and a bulletin board with the names and photographs of all of the Group Otto members. Conveniently, there's no picture of John. But there is one of Wesley. Cut to Wesley walking out of a school. He gets on his bike. Black Hoodie is also wearing big sunglasses now, as he watches Wesley. Hey, it's the Unaspermer (tm poison pen)!
A forensics team investigates the Unaspermer warehouse. Frank tells Lt. Bosslady that the Unaspermer got Wesley, and the janitor said that he took him off in a red Mazda with no plates. Lt. Bosslady calls in an amber alert. John shows Frank a newspaper clipping dated two days before the murders started, and Frank thinks that it sent the Unaspermer over the edge. John reads stuff from the Unaspermer's journal, which says that he will put Group Otto out of its misery starting at the source, which John realizes is Vitrochoice. John says that the Unaspermer was working his way through all of the donors, but then jumped ahead to Wesley. Frank says that the Unaspermer had to, because he couldn't get to the other donors. Frank then asks where this is going to end. Didn't John already answer that? Vitrochoice. Duh.
Frank and John blaze over to Vitrochoice. Inside, they find personnel scattered around on the floor. They hear a noise upstairs and head up to investigate. The Unaspermer has Wesley knocked out on a gurney as he smashes various trays and samples. Frank heads into the room with his gun drawn and orders the Unaspermer to freeze. The Unaspermer picks up a cranial drill and holds it to Wesley's head. He says that Group Otto wasn't a fantasy, and they used them to make Wesley. Yeah, tell us something we don't know, dude. Frank tells the Unaspermer to save himself. The Unaspermer doesn't care about saving himself. John uses a fire ax to take out an electrical box. The Unaspermer is distracted, and drops Wesley as Frank shoots.
Wesley is wheeled out by paramedics. Frank says that the killer was Chris Sherman, so the only one unaccounted for on John's list is William Sullivan. John asks if he looks like a William, and Frank says that he's more of a Bill. John already knows how many William Sullivans there are in the country (answer: a lot), and says that the only way to know for sure if that's his name is to account for every single one of them. Frank says that it's possible that the nurse who sold Wesley's mom the DNA profile was conning her, which would mean that John was never in Group Otto at all, under any name. Frank asks about Wesley. John says that he was given chloral hydrate, so he'll be fine, but won't remember anything. Frank says Wesley's mom is going to meet them at the hospital, and adds that he thinks Wesley has John's smile. Was Wesley smiling while unconscious? And wouldn't that be creepy? John says that there's still a chance that Wesley is his son. Frank asks if John is ready to be a dad. John says that he knows everything about facts, but nothing about being a dad. Frank thinks that's the smartest thing John's ever said. Ugh. What terrible dialogue.
Dante, Dr. Elvis, Dionne, and John play poker. Dr. Elvis denies that he has a tell, and Dante says that every time Dr. Elvis has a pair, his nose flares. Dr. Elvis denies it and there's some male bonding until Dionne introduces the hand which involves logarithms somehow. Karen walks up with the paternity tests. She says that she checked the results for the deceased, and they were all negative, so Wesley's dad is one of the men at the table. She hands out the envelopes. Dante says to Dr. Elvis, "You first, nostril man." That would have been so much funnier if he called him Nostrilla. John suggests that they open them all at once, on the count of three. John counts, and they all open the envelopes.
Cut to John driving up to Dante's bike shop. Wesley is in the passenger seat, wearing a blindfold. John helps him out and Wesley asks why they're there. John says that he got Wesley a gift. Wesley spots a motorcycle and thinks that the "red 125" is for him. John points out that he knew Wesley wasn't color-blind, and that Wesley was just saying it so John would think he was his father. Wesley starts thanking John for the bike, but John says that the bike is not his gift. Wesley asks what the gift is, and as Dante pulls up, John tells Wesley that Dante is his father. Dante says that if Wesley shows him how to make those robots, he'll teach Wesley to ride sidecar. Wesley hugs John and runs over and hops in the sidecar. He waves to John as they pull away.
It's time for our five minutes of weekly show mythology advancement. People play speed chess in the park. A man in a black duster approaches. He meets up with a guy in a tweed coat, who hands off a brown envelope. Black Duster walks up to a car. The window rolls down to reveal Mrs. Palmer. She opens the envelope and finds pictures of John Doe inside. After leafing through them, she announces, "It's time." The window rolls up, and her car pulls away. The camera pans back to Black Duster, who is really old, and he half-smiles.
episode: Well, they claim that all of the answers and secrets will be revealed. We'll see about that.