Absentia (2017–…): Season 3, Episode 4 - Episode #3.4 - full transcript

I lied.
Possible
C-spine injury.

What?

I have no one...
Fractured arm
and legs. Get them later.

...to release the files.

What are you talking about?

Take it.

Keep her
from moving.

You're gonna be okay.
Just hold my hand.
You're gonna be okay.

- What's happening?
- She's crashing.

What's happening?
She's seizing.
We need to sedate her.

What's her name?
Kai.



Watch for obstruction.

BP's falling.

Radio ahead.
Get them to prep the OR.

You stay
with us, okay?

BP's falling.

I'm right here.
Just hold my hand.She's seizing.

You're gonna be okay.
Okay? Just...

Kai, stay with us, honey.
Stay with us.

Kai, stay with us.

Done.

God. Stay with me.
God.

Emily...

Hey.

What the fuck happened?



Okay. Easy.
You were supposed to be
the only one who knew.

I know.

Look, it got FUBARed.
What?

Crown had Thompson
and Canto tailing you.
They were already at the mall.

I tried to pull them back,
but it was too late.

So everybody knew
where she was.

More or less.

Fuck.

Cal...

There was a text.

Dawkins got a text
in the middle
of our conversation.

I saw it. He knew
where she was.What?

He knew where Nick lived.

He had my Quantico files.

Somebody here is
feeding him information.Who?

- Hey, any idea who?
- Emily.

We're hoping you can
shed some light on
this shit show for us.

And then,
Dawkins showed me
a video of Nick alive

in Europe.

And it was live?

Yeah.

Do you have
this proof-of-life video?

No.

But I saw the feed.

And we almost had
the IP address pinpointed
until things went sideways.

Okay, it's not ideal,
but at least we know
he's still alive.

Let's back up.

Why were you meeting Dawkins
in the first place?

'Cause I was trying
to get Nick back.

By interacting directly
with a dangerous criminal?

Yes! Whatever it takes.

Deputy Director Webb
will be here
within the hour.

Thank you.

I'm going to let
Washington know

we may have an agent
being held hostage in Europe.

We'll notify State Department
and reach out
to our attache offices.

They'll coordinate
with local authorities...

Julianne, that's going to
take weeks.

I know
our overseas presence
is limited,

which is why
I'll be reaching out
to the CIA for intelligence.

I'm not interested
in the red tape bullshit.

What I wanna know

is what are you doing
right now to get Nick back?

My number one priority
is bringing him home, Emily.

Now we should be working
together on this,
and yet here we are,

two steps behind you,
and I wanna know why.

Because I don't work
with people I can't trust.

Do you mind
giving us a minute?

Care to elaborate
on that last comment?

Nick came to the FBI,
and he said that
he had a source.

And then, 12 hours later,
that source was burned.

Dawkins had my Quantico file,
something that only the FBI
is supposed to have.

Just so I'm clear,
what are you insinuating?

The reason that you guys
are two steps behind

is someone here
is keeping it that way.

I've always admired
your instincts
as an agent, Emily,

especially given
what you've been through.

And I still very much see you
as a valuable part
of the Bureau's future.

Having said that,

I'm sure you understand

how an accusation like that
can have an irreparable effect
on someone's career.

My future here was over
the day that
you killed Nick's wife.

I saved your life
on that rooftop.

Is that the bed
you sleep in?

Alice had a gun
pointed at my agent.

She'd murdered a man
hours before.

Your life was threatened.
I did what
we're trained to do.

You had thousands of choices
you could have made
in that moment.

I stand by my decision.

You feel threatened
by someone like Alice?

How do you feel now?

Byrne, go home.
We're done.

Why did you do it?

Why did you kill her?
Why did you use
lethal force?

I'm ordering you
to walk away.

Don't prove your psych
evaluations right
by doing...

Fuck you.

And fuck this place. I quit.

Come on.

This incident
doesn't leave
the office.

Son of a...

Can we meet tonight?

I need to talk to you.

After the disappearance
of Emily Byrne,

her family made a statement
to the media
about the circumstances

behind the mysterious
disappearance.

The FBI agent has been with the Bureau for several years,

and is married to Nick Durand, who is also an agent...

Come in.

Anything else
for you, sir?

Did you bring the sugar?

Would you oblige
and put four sachets
into the vase and swirl?

Thank you.

This is for the scotch
and the sugar.

You can go.

No comment
from law enforcement
about shots fired

at a local mall.

Three victims were removed
from the scene.

Witnesses described
multiple sources of gunfire,
as shoppers took cover.

Law enforcement
released this photo
of an unidentified suspect.

Shit.

Smiley, haven't seen
you in a while.

Darius.
How's it going?

Same shit,
different day.

Listen, I need a favor.

Got anything
that can read this?

Don't see one of those
every day.

Just a minute.

I'll put it on your tab.

Number eight is secure.

Come on.

Fuck.

Water.

Water, please?

I don't like it.

Don't like the drugs.

I need some water. Water.

Please. Please. Please...

The stolen files.

Where are they?

You have to tell them,

or it will get worse.

The girl
you were protecting
is dead.

You have to tell them
what you know.

The only reason
they're keeping
you alive

is because
they think you know
where the files are.

I wanna speak to your boss.

Okay.

We'll have to do this
another way, then.

No, no, no, no.

No, no. No, please.

Hey.

Hey. How are you?

I'm fine.
I just, snapped.

Yeah, you're human.

It happens.

Listen.

Forensics went through
Nick's office computer.

They were trying to find
something that could
relate to this case.

And they...
They found something.

Given what you said earlier,
I'd rather tell you in person.

Usual place?

Okay. Yeah.
I'll be there.

- Hey.
- Hey.

So, what did they find?

Boston shipping business
registered to an offshore
shell company.

Hi, we're here.

Dawkins is still in Boston.

Someone broke into my car.

What?
He's after me.

Let me bring you in.

We can protect you
and your family.

I don't think we're safe
with the FBI.

He's going to try
and kill you.

He can't kill me.
He needs me alive.

I've got the Meridian files.

Yeah?

What's in the files?

I don't know.
I don't know
for sure, but...

Kompromat on politicians,

people that
they're blackmailing,
all kinds of stuff.

Yeah? You have it
some place safe?

Yeah.
Good.

Here's your check.
More coffee?

Thank you.

What happened
wasn't your fault.

I promised her that
I would keep her safe.

I just keep
pulling people
into this chaos.

And, in the end,
no one's gonna
be left standing.

"Never fear to deliberately
walk through dark places,

"for that is how we reach
the light on the other side."

Vernon Howard.

Do you want to go find
the shipping place?

Yeah.

Hey, got the shipping logs.

Cal, look.

Sedatives.

That's the same day that
we busted the organ-harvesting
operation.

Yeah.

They're all
incoming shipments,

except this one.

There's one outgoing shipment
on a cargo plane to Berlin.

That might be
how they got Nick
out of the country.

On the reverse route,

which was
authorized by...

Jericho.

What's Jericho?

Is that a person,
a company,
or a place?

I'll check our contacts
in Berlin to see if they know
what Jericho might be,

and if they can
pick up the trail
after that plane landed.

Okay, sounds good.

Emily.

I'm assuming you have
the files Dawkins wants
hidden away somewhere.

Yeah.

Excuse me.
Hi.

My name is Walker.
I'm a scout
for the college.

Hello.

I believe
you have something
I still need.

Just give me Kai's files,
and I'll be on my merry way.

Surely, you and I can come
to some sort of arrangement.

Otherwise, I've got to
redirect my attention
to get what I need.

To your family, perhaps.

I need time
to get the files.

Then I suggest you get them
while you still have time.

I'll see you soon.

Ems?

Dad, are you still
at Flynn's swim practice?

I just dropped him off
about 10 minutes ago.

I've been doing some errands.

I need you to go back.
Why? What's wrong?

The people that took Nick
are after Flynn.

I'm five minutes away.
I'll call you
when I have him.

Flynn?

Flynn?

Flynn!

If you're here,
show yourself.

Grandpa!
Hey.

Come on.
Get your things.

Do you have him?

Yeah, we're safe.

We're just about to
head back to Jack's.

No. You have to
leave town now.

Got it.

I'll meet you
at that motel off 93.

Right.

Hey.
Hey.

Hey, how you feeling?

I'm okay. I handled it.
I'm not a little kid anymore.

Yeah?

I know you're not a kid.

Okay?

But the people
who took your dad,
they're still out there,

and they're dangerous,
so we gotta be
extra careful.

How long till you
get Dad back?

I don't know.

But I promise you,
I am not going to stop
until I find him.

All right.
I'll take care
of Grandpa.

Em,
you have the phone?Yeah.

Here.

How long
are we looking at?

I don't know.

But Nick's alive,
and I gotta bring him back.

So, um, just make sure
you take the back roads,
Dad, okay?

I know
how to lose a tail.

Yeah.

Stay strong.

I'll call Jack.

I'll tell him
you guys are headed up
to the farmhouse, okay?

Sounds good.

Given my knowledge
of Byrne's history,

she should have been
detained on assault.

What set her off?

She was understandably
frustrated

at the FBI's handling
of Durand's abduction,

given the bureau's inability
to resolve her own case.

Well, understandable
crossed the line
into inexcusable.

Yeah, as long as
Nick Durand is still missing,

Byrne is the least
of my worries.

As far as I'm concerned,

her resignation means
she won't be a problem
for this office anymore.

You're better off
without her, Julianne.

Where are we with Meridian?

We're gonna
touch base
with INTERPOL,

see if they have
any additional intel.

Given the optics
on this case,

I want to be looped in
on the specifics
from here on out.

I'll touch base with NSA, CIA,
and State to see what else
they have on Meridian.

Am I keeping you
from something?

No.

Dinner plans,
but I can cancel.

No. Sounds better than
the salad I have stashed
in the fridge. Go.

I got things covered here.

Thanks. I'll be back
within the hour.

Hey.
Hey.

I thought
you hated this place.

It's, convenient.

Thanks for coming.

It's good to see you.

They're using
the Special Agent in Charge
as a battering ram now?

More of a punching bag,
but I'm fine.

Courtesy of?
An ex agent.

Emily Byrne?

Be coy all you want,

but you're the one who said
you wanted to talk to someone.

You always bottle
everything up,

and then someone
shakes you
one good time...

Fine, it was Byrne.

She's just not FBI.

She's all guts
and instinct.

Maybe that's why
she gets to you
more than the others.

What's that
supposed to mean?

You're not the most
emotionally connected
person, Julianne.

So this is
about me, now?

You called me, remember?

Why? Why now?

Byrne thinks
there is an informant
in the office.

She thinks it's me.

I know you, Julianne.

You don't really care
what people think about you.

You're worried
this will kill your career.

My career is not...

The most important thing
to you, yeah.

You've made that
very clear.

That's not fair.
But it's the truth.

I respect that
you give everything
to your job.

But there's nothing left
for the rest of us.

I'm sorry.

Please, don't go.

I've missed you.

Flynn.

What was going through your
mind as you chased Mills?

...five missing persons cases.

Um, I had to catch him.

The FBI have only been able to make a case against him...

...macabre signature,
removing the eyelids.

And somewhere in these woods,
you did catch him.

But I beg of you,
don't take this out...

You know it was
the only choice he had.

...case against him for
the murder of FBI agents...

Turn it off.

He knew that
I would shoot him.

The FBI have only been able
to make a case against him

for the murder
of FBI agent...

Turn it off.

Make it stop.

Make it stop!

Bring my wife...

And I will send them home...

Please bring them home.
Thank you.

Hey.
Hey.

Got something
for you.Yeah.

A hot meal
and a pillow?Better.

I spoke to a hotel manager
whose bellhop bragged about
a large $100 tip

from a man matching
Dawkins' description.

Manager says they've recently
got him coming into the hotel

on camera with no signs
of having left yet.

Does Crown know?
Can't find him.

How about Gunnarsen?
Haven't seen her.

Here she comes.
Gunnarsen.

I think
I got a clue
on Dawkins.

In my office.

Derek, quick.
We got a lead
on Dawkins.

Hey.
You're back.

Hey.

Listen, I need you
to replicate this.

It doesn't need to work.
It just needs to look right.

It's gonna be
tricky to clone,

but let me see
what I can do.

Hey.

Dead end on Jericho, but we got a bead on Dawkins.

A tip came in
from his hotel.

We're on our way
to check security camera
footage right now.

Let's go.
Yeah, yeah.
Where are you?

I'm at Jack's.

Cal, now.
Okay, I gotta go.

Back in a minute.

Hey, it's Emily. Byrne.

Look, I know it's late
out there. I just, um...

Look, I wouldn't
be calling you
unless I was desperate.

I really need your help
right now.

I had to catch him...

The FBI...

Hello, Nick.

I had to catch him.

The serial
killer's macabre signature,
removing the eyelids.

Remember, Dawkins is
a trained killer.

If necessary,
take the shot.

Roger that.

Hey.

Just crossed
the state line
about an hour ago.

Flynn's asleep.
Good.

Love you, honey.
You take care.

Come on.

- Clear.
- Clear.

All clear.
Fuck!

Goddamn it.

This is Gunnarsen.
Dawkins is gone.

Hey.

We just raided
Dawkins' suite.
He's not here.

Emily, you're not surprised.

Emily?

I'm sorry, Cal.

I hope
you're not disappointed.

What are you doing?

So...

Let's go to Jericho.

I'm glad you've finally
come to your senses,
Ms. Byrne.

I'm kind of
bored of asking,

but have you got it?

Yeah.

The files
for Nick's life.

Lovely.

Let's go, Mr. Sykes.