A & B is the seventh episode of Season 1 of Absentia.
Synopsis[]
Armed with new information surrounding her abduction, Emily’s investigation leads to her childhood – while Nick faces another tragedy.
Summary[]
Jack took Emily to a motel and tending her wound. He denies any involvement with the murders. Jack traces the pacemaker to Dr Shen's, who worked at Emily's old orphanage. Emily goes to Chinatown to talk to Shen's brother, Erik. He tells her that Shen was dismissed from MIT for his controversial work after which he joined the orphanage. Erik gives Emily access to all of Dr. Shen's research. Emily listens to some of his tapes and it's revealed that Dr Shen conducted gruesome experiments on the children in the orphanage. Meanwhile, the police arrest Jack at an AA meeting. At the storage facility someone attacks Emily from behind. It is revealed that the two men are after the bounty on Emily. She escapes from their van as it stops at a red light and drives off after stealing a car. Emily goes back to the storage facility and retrieves Dr. Shen's tapes and hears the name - Charles. She remembers attacking at the orphanage when he teased her. Nick goes to meet Alice and Flynn and discovers that the house was broken into.