Class of '09 (2023): Season 1, Episode 8 - Graduation - full transcript

Previously on Class of '09...

- Ow!
- It saved her.

It sent her into danger.

And it will learn
from its mistakes.

But it won't pay for them.

What are you doing here?

Putting together a team.

The system's generating
so many leads,

I-I can't do it all on my own.

Most people believe that

there's a justice
system for them



and a justice system
for corporate America,

and that's why I want
to go after Wall Street.

Wall Street?

Yes, sir.

These are very powerful,

well-connected people.

The banks fight back.

Aah!

Make no mistake,

they'll come after the Bureau

in all sorts of ways.

Who sent you?

Who?!

First the banks, what next?



Corrupt politicians.

Tayo, we have no idea
what the system will find.

Law enforcement
has surrounded this apartment.

An arrest is imminent.

Please lay face down
on the floor, -Good luck.

and no harm will come to you.

FBI!

He gave this to me

right before he died.

Special Agent
Poet, you've been lied to.

Let me be very clear.

We are never

going back.

There will be no more warnings.

- It is not your fault.
- No?

So whose fault is it?

What are you doing?

I'm shutting it down, Warren.

Your Tayo's appointee,
aren't you?

Yes, that's right.

Tayo is not director anymore.

Mm.

- Hey.
- Hey.

How do you feel?

I feel...

uh, mad as hell, Poet.
That's how I feel.

You think someone
tried to have you killed?

What do you think?

I said if you can't
prove a conspiracy,

that all those who have
been opposed to you...

they'll try
and use it against you.

Say you're paranoid

and that you're not
fit for office.

Well, they're already
saying that, aren't they?

Who do you think is behind it?

That's why you're here.

After my father died
in the line of duty,

my mother was so afraid

when I joined the Bureau.

You never,

um...

Can I ask how he was killed?

The man who shot my father...

He was pulled over

by these two officers that
were considered colleagues.

When they stopped him,

they noticed that he had a gun
on his passenger seat,

and when they questioned
him about it,

he explained it away
by saying that he was

afraid of being carjacked
"because of

all the niggers in the area."
His words.

These two white officers,

they didn't run any checks.

Didn't run any tags.

Didn't even see
if he had a gun permit.

They just took him
for his word, because...

A few days later,
my father was responding

to a domestic disturbance,

and when he arrived at the home,

that man shot my father dead,
right there.

On the steps.

With that same unchecked gun.

And those colleagues
of my father... they denied

that they ever saw a weapon
in the first place.

And the department

did everything they could
to cover it up.

They defended these men,
they protected them

because white beats Black
when you're blue, right?

That's why you joined?

That is exactly why I joined.

They killed my father,

and they tried to kill me,

but I won't let them kill
this chance for change.

Kyle Wilcox. No bank account.

Dishonorably discharged
from the military.

We'll need more than that
to prove someone hired him.

Okay. Well, there was
no cash on him,

no meaningful stash of drugs.

There was also
no assets of any kind,

and if someone
bought him or bribed him,

there's no evidence
of that either.

They, uh, must have
got to him somehow.

Crime is

"murder for hire."

Let's see who the system
pulls up as suspects, shall we?

315 possible suspects.

Out of the entire country?

Ranked by probability.

Well, who's most likely?

Aaron Dow.

Looks like they overlapped
in the military.

Hmm. Kyle was discharged,

but Aaron stayed on,

became a private contractor,

worked for Blackwater.

Was in Iraq, Afghanistan.

And who's he working for now?

Whoever it is is protected.

Can you unlock it?

No.

Well, who the hell
sealed these files?

Who ordered the hit?

A few months ago,

after the arrests on Wall Street

and the collapse of that bank,

I was ordered to explain
how this new system worked.

Attending the presentation
were representatives

from every branch
of the federal government,

law enforcement, the military,

the intelligence agencies.

I knew the news would spread.

It worried a lot of very

- powerful people.
- Who ordered the hit?

I know that you know.

I don't know.

I don't want to know.

Nor should you.

Just so you know,
there is nothing heroic

about looking
the other way, sir.

I'm not asking you
to take one for the team, Tayo.

I'm asking you to lead the team.

I'm gonna step down as director
one year early.

It's highly likely
that you would be

the leading candidate
to replace me.

You can keep the system.

But there's a catch, right?

Yes, exemptions were demanded.

A list of people who can
never be considered suspects.

How many?

The number necessary for
the orderly running of society.

Spies. Diplomats.

Senators.
The president.

So I can implement the system,
but those are the terms?

You need to decide, Tayo.

Is this your office?

Viv.

I was right.

I was right.

Those bastards
sent somebody to kill us.

Hey, you hear what I just said?

Yeah, I heard you.
You don't need to convince me.

We've been worrying about
being killed our whole lives.

We'll always be worrying.
I-I don't...

Well, see, that's the thing.

I have everything I need
to change that.

The director...
he's stepping down,

and there's
an opening at the top.

And they said that it's mine

if I want to take it,
and I'm gonna take it.

I'm sorry, a killer
was sent to our home,

and when that doesn't work,

they dangle a promotion
in front of you?

That's not what's happening.

That's exactly what's happening.

You should be
demanding justice, Tayo.

Well, how exactly do you think
I'm gonna do that, Viv?

If I take this position
I can demand justice.

I can be justice.

You can't do it this way.
They're trying to shut you up.

This is the only way to do it.

This promotion is the best thing

that could ever happen to us.

Okay.

I am leaving this house.

I want to sell this house.

I want to move away
from all of this.

So we move and go where?

I don't care. I r...
I don't care where I go.

But I can't stay
in this house any longer.

Somebody came to our home
and tried to kill us

and we survived
'cause that's what we do.

We survived, you and me,

and you want to do, what,
you just want to run?

Admit to them
that we've given up?

I want to be safe.

Is that so hard?

Well, I want
everyone to be safe.

This is...

...so much bigger
than me and you.

Yes, it is.

Well, I'm not
turning my back on this.

And I'm gonna do it
with or without you.

- Hey.
- Hey.

You okay?

Yeah.

No.

Poet, the only reason why
I didn't resign from the Bureau

a long time ago
is because of you.

Why would you resign?

They stole my work
and fucked it up.

Your work is gonna
be at the center

of everything the Bureau does.

I didn't design it
to be at the center,

I designed it to be

a balance between
the benefits of technology

and the brilliance of people.

This A.I. system
only cares about agents

as information gatherers.

I'm using it to arrest killers

who have been
murdering women for decades.

Not everyone is like you.

- If this goes wide...
- It's gonna go wide.

It's the first thing
that Tayo's going to do

- when he becomes director.
- Okay,

well, who's gonna check
all of its computations?

All its deductions?

Do you even know
what that means?

You could work with Tayo.

I don't want to work with Tayo!

This is not about him,
this is about the system itself.

God, this is my area
of expertise, not yours or his.

I'm sorry that you feel
pushed to the sidelines.

I don't feel that way,

I have been
pushed to the sidelines.

I created this whole thing
to be a tool

for agents to make
better decisions,

not so that
they could be replaced.

I do not accept that.

I do my job because I love

being in the middle of shit,
making a difference.

I am not alone in that.

Listen to me.

You need to trust me.

If we don't stop this,
this could

fundamentally change the Bureau.

Can you please talk to Tayo?

I've never asked
you for anything.

What are you really asking?

I'm not asking you to choose me.

It feels that way.

Congratulations, Director.

Amos, some exemptions
were demanded.

Certain key figures.
You understand.

- Exemptions?
- A list of people

that the system can't include
as suspects, yes.

Tayo, you cannot
exclude people from the code.

National security exemptions
are not uncommon.

Now, we either accommodate them

or our dream dies.

This is
a machine-learning system,

and it was designed under
the premise that everyone

was to be considered a suspect
until proven otherwise.

I've already agreed, Amos.
I had no choice.

I took this position
as director of the Bureau

to change it, and I need
the system to do that.

You can't have it.

It's not your decision anymore.

I don't have the luxury
of just walking away.

But just so I'm very clear,

I am not asking you

or anyone else for permission.

- Do you understand me?
- So that's why the agents are here.

In case I, what,

lock you out of the code?
Stop you from altering it?

Secure the premises.

You do this, there's
no telling what will happen.

Welcome, Director.

Now we go nationwide.

Every field office, every agent.

Crime is
down... way down. It has dipped

an astounding 55%
since the FBI implemented

- its new A.I. system.
- The largest increase

in federal arrests
over the last seven years

has been so-called
white collar crime.

Corruption, fraud,
insider trading, embezzlement.

The chamber of commerce
has called it

a socialist witch hunt.

At Ivy League
universities across the country,

wealthy, elite students
are being

identified as drug dealers,

causing a rethink
in drug policy.

A man armed
with a semi-automatic rifle

was intercepted on his way
to a gay club in Miami

in what is believed to be
one of the first cases

of an artificial intelligence
generated alert.

There are isolated reports

around the country of arrests

being made by the FBI,

not for crimes
people have committed,

but crimes
they're likely to commit.

When we asked the Bureau
for comment,

they simply said the suspects
were an imminent threat.

A wave of arrests
was launched by the FBI today

against people who all claimed
to have done nothing wrong

in what has become
a growing trend

of using data to predict crime.

Mass protests
have broken out against

what is being called
a surveillance state.

The protest became violent

when some of the protestors
were arrested.

There is now taking place

an exodus of people
moving out of the city

to live in rural areas
where there is no surveillance.

Director Warren,

the system is recommending
we make the arrest.

Do you want to overrule it?

No.

It's the Bureau.

What do they want?

I don't know.

- Okay, stay calm.
- No, I need for you

- to go inside, okay?
- I'm staying right here.

Hey, look, I don't have
business with you anymore,

you don't have
business with me, okay?

We're not here for you.

We're here for Ms. McMann.

- What?
- What do you mean?

You're being arrested.

What am I being charged with?

You encourage
known revolutionaries

to use violence
against the system.

These are former students.

We were debating
the history of protest.

Your new book.

Which has not yet
been published.

Which has been read.

It's a collection
of anti-A.I. accounts.

Oh, come on, man. People can
publish whatever they want.

Sir, there's a
high probability of certainty

that your wife will
be at the center of a plot

to destroy the system
you helped create.

Okay. Let-let me
review the evidence,

but I'm not coming with you now.

- We have our orders.
- Your orders are wrong.

Get off my land.
Hey,

- get off me! What are you doing?
- Hey.

Viv...

Tayo!
Let me look at him. Tayo!

Tayo! Answer me!

Tayo! Tayo!

Get off me!

Tayo, answer me!

Your data
profile is being compiled.

All data about you
is being collated.

Step forward.

State your name.

Vivienne McMann.

Ms. McMann, your
A.I. data profile is complete.

This way.

All rise.

You may be seated.

This looks like a courtroom.

You look like judges.

This looks like a trial.

Except no decisions
of any consequence

will be made in this courtroom.

And no decision
of any consequence

will be made by the people
in this courtroom.

The verdict will depend entirely

on calculations
we cannot see or hear.

We have the authority to
throw you in jail for contempt,

- Counsel.
- Judge, that's all the authority you do have.

I'm going to overlook
those remarks.

- For now.
- What is the case against me?

My thoughts?

The books I've bought?

The people I associate with?

What I might do?
What I might say?

Is this what
our society has come to?

The system was intended
to catch criminals,

not judge our futures
and decide our fates.

We are more than
just the information

about our lives.

We cannot be reduced to code

and then judged by the code

we're reduced to.

She's brilliant.

- Maybe there's a chance.
- No.

The verdict was already decided
before the trial even began.

So, what do we do?

We find a way to hit back.

We shut down the system?

Break into the data
center, change the code.

Is that even possible?

- No, it's not.
- The location is classified.

There have multiple
locations now.

Can you get us into
the original location?

- To do what, Hour?
- An EMP pulse

would shut down all the servers.

Amos left us a way
to reprogram the code

so that it can't be altered.

That's what was
on the card he gave me

before he was killed.

Exactly.

To continue
using it, they'd have to

admit that they had
no control over it.

No data deletion,
no evidence removal.

Everyone's a suspect.

If we go through with this,
we are going to be arrested.

There's-there's
no question about it.

- Isn't that the point?
- Think about it.

No exceptions, no exemptions.

Everyone's equal
in the eyes of the law.

If we eliminate the exceptions,

they'll have to shut it down.

How long?

We're close.

Open the door!

We're in.

Come on, let's go!

Let's move.

Reprogram.

What have you done?

Made sure people like you
can't abuse this power.

It's either an unbiased system
or it's off.

You're about
to be sworn in as a class.

And that's it.

You'll be special agents.

No more tests.

Only the test
that really counts:

what you make of yourselves.

Hey.

How you doing?
You made it.

You look...

- beautiful, as always.
- Aw, thank you.

Oh.

Oh, my goodness,
I'm so proud of you.

Thank you.

And if your father was here,

he would have been
proud of you, too.

You really think so?

He wouldn't think I was
foolish for doing this?

Not for one moment.

All right,
best behavior, please?

- Hi, baby, how are you?
- Hi.

- I'm good. How are you?
- Good to see you.

Uh, Mom, Vivienne.
Vivienne, Mom.

Oh, my gosh,
it's so nice to meet you.

Oh, I've heard
so much about you, my dear.

Oh, my goodness.

But I had no idea
how beautiful you are.

Oh, thank you.
That's sweet.

Don't act so shocked, Mom.

I'm not acting shocked.

Thank you.

Thank you, sir.

Appreciate that, I really do.

See you.

- Hey.
- Hey.

Parents here?

My dad is in Kazakhstan.

My mom is in Buenos Aires.

What are they doing there?

Not being here.

You must miss your mom today.

So much it hurts.

Wish I could have met her.

I wish that, too.

Sorry.

Okay,
ladies and gents, let's get in place

for the class photo, please.
Right in front of the fountain.

Guys, come on, let's line it up.

You all look great.

Hustle up, guys.

Now that
justice has been returned

to the hands of the people...

...all predictive arrests

have been nullified
with immediate effect.

All cases based
on deductions by the system

have been nullified
with immediate effect.

This case is dismissed.

The Bureau's system is now off.

Crime is up.

We're entering one of the most
challenging periods

in the Bureau's history.

You're the first of a new class
here at Quantico.

Your first lesson
will involve teaching you

about how justice is about
more than probability.

It's about exceptions,
good and bad.

An instructor once told me

that the FBI is its people.

We would like
to make that true again.

So, class of 2034,

who are you?

That's what we would
like to find out.

I'd like you each to stand up

and tell me who you were,

who you are,

and who you want to be.

My mission was always to
change this country's incredibly biased

law enforcement system into
one that reflected equality.

But instead of removing

the systemic treatment
of people of color

as suspects first
and human beings second,

I ushered in a system
where every human being,

regardless of their
background, was...

made a suspect first.

Many argue the bet I made
at the Bureau was misguided,

but for the first time
in our history,

people from very different
walks of life

found themselves
on the same side

of America's justice system...

together.

And that's a start.

Okay.

Little closer together.

Ready?

And three, two, one.