Gary Bell/Season 2

Gary Bell still remains a main character and a Transducer.

Wake Up Call

In the second-season opener, Gary is the last of Rosen's Team we meet. Comments from Bill Harken and from Cameron Hicks suggest that though Gary has attempted living on his own and that Gary and Hicks sometimes post on the same neurodiversity blogs or forums, neither Hicks nor Sandra Bell have heard from Gary in ten days. This is unusual, because part of Gary's routine is to call his mother daily.

The reason for this is that Gary had an autistic meltdown at work, was sent to Binghamton , and endured the same "chipping" process as that given to criminal Alphas. When Meg frees her boyfriend, Scipio , both Gary and Bill are placed in a room separate from the criminal Alphas.

The effect of the NSA and Binhamton's neglect on Gary is apparent, as he does not converse with Bill, but either scans the feeds from Binghamton's cameras, or repeats the first few steps of his daily routine like a mantra to himself.

Bill tries to help Gary snap back to himself by reviewing Gary's schedule with him, but it is Rosen who picks up Gary's schedule with the task that corresponds with the correct time: Gary calls his mother, leaves a message on her answering machine, and then is secure enough in his routine to begin conversation with Hicks, Bill, Rachel, Nina, and Dr. Rosen.

The Quick and the Dead

Dr. Rosen's first introduction to his team's new work situation is through Gary, who is having a meltdown because the new agents don't respect his routines or his shelf space in the refrigerator-- someone stole his pudding. The two men have a conversation, and Gary focuses on the missing pudding while Rosen talks about accepting changes in the team's situation. Gary ends the conversation by storming off and slamming his office door.

While Rachel, Bill, and Cameron go to the restaurant, searching for the abductor using witness statements and on-site forensics, Gary remains at base, and checks street camera footage. He finds a blur that indicates the abductor was moving at ten times normal human speed. Rosen calculates that the abductor is burning 10,000 calories an hour, while Gary scans security footage and finds another blur five blocks from the kidnapping.

Eli doesn’t have a history of violence, so Rosen has Gary check for similar crimes.

Cameron and Nina have a conversation in the break room, but are interrupted when Gary confronts another government agent messing with his refrigerator shelf. After the agent leaves, Gary tells Cameron that the government agent "respects [him] now", and tells Cameron that he has six texts that he hasn’t answered. Gary blurts out that they came from Danielle. Cameron becomes defensive, though Nina has already left, and tells Gary to keep that to himself or Cameron will kill him. Gary replies that he wouldn't, because "that would be premeditated homicide", and Cameron would "go to jail".

Gary tells Rosen he found another report of an abduction by a blurred figure "eight minutes ago". He has the victim’s cell phone number and Rosen has him ping it.

That night, Bill and Cameron set up surveillance across the street from Casey’s apartment while Gary checks the cameras. Cameron is distracted and Gary finally figures out that Danielle's texts to Cameron were about sexual intercourse, not food.

When the rest of the team returns to their office, they find Danielle tied up and gagged. She tells them that Eli took her father but doesn’t know way. Gary spots him on the highway cameras and Bill, Cameron, Rachel, and Danielle drive after him.

Eli is a subject to assassination and is killed.

Alpha Dogs

It is found out that Gary has added 10 seconds of screaming to his morning routine, and his mother asks Dr. Rosen to confront Gary about it. While initially assumed that his screaming is a way to release tension and anger due to his incarceration in building 7, Gary reveals to Rosen that it is really due to his grief over the killing of Anna.

Doctor Rosen suggests finding another method of releasing his tension that would not horrify his mother every morning, but Gary takes it as a sign he should move to somewhere where his screaming will not horrify his mother and decides to move into his office.

When Push Comes to Shove

“	I'm going to have to take off my towel. You're going to see my fruit... yeah, I call it my fruit.	”
—Gary Bell, When Push Comes to Shove

The morning Rosen's team deduce Nina is behind the crime wave they are currently investigating, Gary's alarm does not ring at the correct time, throwing his schedule off. As Rachel comes in to work with Bill, Gary runs by, wearing a towel and going into Nina's vacated office, his "man cave". He explains to them that his alarm clock didn't ring and his schedule is off. The three Alphas talk over one another, but Gary finally gets around to telling them that he's staying there until he can find an apartment, and Rachel realizes that he was naked on her borrowed blanket. Gary repeats that he wants Bill and Rachel to leave so he can change into his work clothes. When they don't leave, he explains that if they don't leave, he'll strip in front of them. John comes by and wonders what's going on, and then goes to talk to Rosen. Bill tells him that Rosen is in with Kat, and the three leave Gary's "man cave".

The morning after Nina's suicide attempt, Gary participates in his morning scream and then wishes Kat good morning.