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Mittelos BioScience

Mittelos Bioscience was the research laboratory that Richard Aplert tried to recruit Juliet to work for in "Not In Portland". She turned down his offer to work there initially, telling Richard that she would only be able to if her husband Edmund got hit by a bus as he would never let her. When in front of Juliet's eyes Edmund was hit by a bus, Richard shows up (with Ethan) at the morgue with a follow up proposal and a condolence. She is told that her job would only be for six months. When Juliet wishes to take her sister along, but Richard declines. Originally she was told that the laboratory was based in Portland, Oregon, but then admitted that that was "not quite" true, adding that the location was very remote.

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Excerpt from Not in Portland:

 

[Back to Juliet crying in the morgue. We can hear footsteps approaching.]

ETHAN [off camera]: Tissue?

JULIET [taking a tissue]: Thank you. Thanks. [looking at him] Have we met?

ALPERT [appearing]: Hello, Dr. Burke.

JULIET: Mr. Alpert?

ALPERT: I'm so sorry for your loss.

JULIET: What are you doing here?

ALPERT: I saw what happened on the news and your office said you were down here. I just wanted to express my condolences in person before I went back up to Portland. This is Ethan. He's one of my colleagues.

ETHAN: It's a pleasure to meet you.

JULIET: He was hit by a bus.

ALPERT: I know. They say you were there when it happened. You must have been...

JULIET: No! No. In our interview I said -- I said that I wanted him to get hit by a bus.

ALPERT: Dr. Burke, I realize that you're a little shook up right now, but this is just a tragic accident. You can't blame yourself. I don't even remember you saying that.

JULIET: Why are you here, Mr. Alpert?

ALPERT: Look, I know the timing is horrible. But we came because we're that serious about getting you to come work with us. Just give us six months. If you need to you can be back before your sister gives birth.

JULIET: How did you know that my...?

ALPERT: Well, we're very thorough in our recruitment process.

JULIET: Can my sister come?

ALPERT: Won't work. We're pretty remote. She wouldn't have access to the treatment that she needs.

JULIET: But, it's Portland. There's plenty of clinics and...

ALPERT: Well, actually we're not quite in Portland.