Original air date: February 27, 1999

Written by: Mark M. Dodson

Directed by: Steven Long Mitchell

The spirit of a young girl who died at the Centre appears to both Jarod and Miss Parker after Jarod’s plane crashes in the wilderness and Miss Parker falls deathly ill.

Jarod’s Discoveries: Faith

Jarod’s Occupations:

Jarod’s Aliases: Jarod

Behind the scenes insights and the Creator’s Take

Official Synopsis

Jarod struggles to survive in remote wilderness following a plane crash; doctors attempt to save Miss Parker’s life after she collapses at the Centre.

As Jarod pilots a small sea plane over a mountainous region, he contacts Sydney about a package he shipped to Miss Parker.  Sydney confirms that the package arrived earlier in the day, and assures it will be delivered to Miss Parker once she arrives at the Centre.  Suddenly, the engine on Jarod’s plane begins to sputter.  The craft crashes violently in the middle of a river.  Meanwhile, when Miss Parker arrives at the Centre, she complains of an upset stomach.  Sydney gives her the package, which contains a Rosary.  Suddenly, Miss Parker doubles over and collapses.

Miss Parker is rushed to the hospital, where she is diagnosed with a perforated ulcer and massive internal bleeding.  Doctors are unsure if she will live.  When Parker returns from surgery, she mumbles the word “Faith.”  Sydney vaguely recalls a Centre project, supervised by Raines and Mr. Parker, that was code-named “Faith.”  He returns to the Centre to research the matter.

In flashback, a young Miss Parker tells Jarod that a dead body is being kept in the containment area.  Insatiably curious, the young pair follows Mr. Raines through the Centre, certain he will lead them to the secret room.  Raines almost discovers their presence, but at the last moment, a young Angelo ushers them into an air duct.  Angelo escorts the pair to the containment area.

Though hampered by a dislocated shoulder and an injured leg, Jarod manages to locate a survival pack on the river bank.  A hungry wolf approaches, but Jarod manages to scare it away by throwing a rock.  He then uses an emergency radio to contact an air patrol unit.  Unfortunately, Jarod is unsure of his exact location.  Moments later, he loses the signal.  As night falls, Jarod manages to start a small fire.  But while shooing away the wolf, he inadvertently causes a clump of snow to douse the flames.

In flashback, a young Miss Parker, Jarod and Angelo make their way through the containment area.  They come upon the body of a young girl, her eyes closed, her face peaceful and angelic.  As the pair stand and gaze, the little girl’s eyes suddenly snap open.  Jarod and Miss Parker, who thought the girl was dead, jump back.  The girl, Faith, introduces herself.  She tells the others that she is ill, and welcomes their company.  Jarod peruses Faith’s medical chart.  Later, he informs Parker and Angelo that Faith’s condition is grave.

As the cold of night envelops him, Jarod’s eyes flutter shut.  Meanwhile, at the hospital, Miss Parker goes into cardiac arrest.  Doctors spring into action and prepare a defibrillator.  In her near-death state, Miss Parker receives a visit from Faith’s spirit.  The little girl encourages her to fight.

In flashback, Faith’s condition worsens.  A young Miss Parker hands her a Rosary, which had belonged to her mother.  Moments later, Faith dies.

As Jarod lies unconscious on the river bank, he, too, receives a visit from Faith’s spirit.  She tells him not to give up, as help is on the way.

Doctors manage to revive Miss Parker.  Moments later, Mr. Parker moves to his daughter’s bed to offer support.  When Miss Parker regains consciousness, she asks her father about Faith.  He tells her that Faith was her adopted sister.  It turns out that Catherine Parker heard about the girl through her priest, Father Moore.  Faith’s parents had been killed in an accident.  Not long after, Faith was diagnosed with leukemia.  The State placed the girl in a convalescent home.  Catherine could not tolerate the idea of letting the child die in the home.  With Father Moore’s help, she adopted Faith and brought her to the Centre.  Mr. Parker and his colleagues used an experimental drug to treat the girl.  But Faith died shortly after Catherine was killed.  Mr. Parker’s account of Faith’s death is interrupted when Sydney and Broots walk into the hospital room.  Sydney hands Miss Parker the Rosary.

Using flight charts, satellite images and other information, Broots manages to narrow Jarod’s location to within a three mile stretch of river in Montana.  He contacts Montana air patrol with the information.  As the wolf again approaches Jarod, snarling and prepared to attack, the whoosh of helicopter blades sound overhead.  Frightened, the wolf runs off.

When Jarod regains consciousness, he finds himself in a hospital room.  Father Moore steps forward and introduces himself.  It was Moore who had sent Jarod the Rosary after they spoke by phone.  Jarod had been en route to meet with Moore when his plane crashed.  A mutual friend told the priest where Jarod could be found.  Jarod suddenly panics, aware that the Centre might be closing in on him.  But Moore assures him that the Centre is unaware of his location.  Later, Jarod and Miss Parker converse by telephone.  Jarod explains that when Faith was buried, Father Moore found the Rosary clutched in the girl’s hand.  Knowing how much it meant to Catherine, he had asked Jarod to give the Rosary to Miss Parker.

When Miss Parker recovers, she and her father visit Faith’s grave.