Alias (2001–2006): Season 4, Episode 12 - The Orphan - full transcript

[ DOOR OPENS ]

[ GASPS ]

SHH!

[ CRASH ]

[ GIRLS MURMURING ]

HI.

HEY.

WHAT'S GOING ON?

NOTHING.

WHEN SOMETHING'S
BOTHERING ME, I GO RUNNING.

YOU'VE GONE TWICE
IN LESS THAN 12 HOURS.



[ CELL PHONE RINGS ]

[ RING ]

HELLO?

HEY, VAUGHN.

YEAH, SHE'S RIGHT HERE.

THANKS.

HEY.

SURE. WHEN DO YOU WANT
TO MEET?

IT'S DEFINITELY
MY FATHER'S HANDWRITING.

BUT THESE ENTRIES --

I KNOW.

I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

THEY'RE DATED
AFTER HIS DEATH.

NOW YOU KNOW ABOUT
AS MUCH AS I DO.



I MEAN, EITHER HE DIDN'T DIE
WHEN THE CIA SAYS HE DID,

WHICH THEY MAY OR MAY NOT
KNOW THE TRUTH ABOUT,

OR SOMEONE WANTS ME TO THINK
HE'S STILL ALIVE.

YOU HAVE NOTHING ELSE
BUT THIS?

I TRACKED DOWN A GUY --
MURDOCH.

HE'S MENTIONED IN THERE.

HE CLAIMS TO HAVE BEEN
ON A MISSION WITH MY FATHER

IN 1982.

HE SAYS MY DAD SHOT HIM
IN THE BACK

AND LEFT HIM FOR DEAD.
HE CALLED MY FATHER A TRAITOR.

I DON'T KNOW
WHAT TO BELIEVE.

WHAT DO WE DO?

WELL, THERE ARE NAMES OF
CLASSIFIED MISSIONS IN THERE.

LET'S GET THE DETAILS.

I NEED ACCESS TO ALL
OPERATIONAL ARCHIVES.

NOW, I COULD PUT IN
A REQUEST TO LANGLEY --

BUT IF SOMEONE IS
ORCHESTRATING THIS INTERNALLY,

YOU DON'T WANT YOUR NAME
ON AN OFFICIAL REQUEST.

I CAN DO THAT.

YOU SURE YOU DON'T MIND?

VAUGHN.

IF YOUR FATHER'S ALIVE,
WE'LL FIND HIM.

AND IF HE'S NOT, WE WILL FIND
THE PERSON WHO'S DOING THIS.

THE BELARUSSIAN
INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE

HAS DEVELOPED A NEXT-GEN
OPTICAL COMPONENT.

IT'S CALLED AMPLIFYING GLASS.

Marshall: NOW WHAT IS
AMAZING ABOUT THIS IS --

WELL, IF MY MATH
IS CORRECT --

AND IT IS --

WHAT THEY'VE DEVELOPED
COULD BOOST A LASER PULSE

BY A FACTOR OF 10,000.
MAYBE EVEN HIGHER.

MEANING YOU COULD TAKE
A SIMPLE ALUMINUM

GALLIUM ARSENIDE LASER
AND --

UH, LET ME --

OH, YOU KNOW
HOW A CD PLAYER

HAS A LASER THAT WILL
ALLOW YOU TO --

WELL, YOU TAKE THAT LASER,
YOU AMPLIFY IT BY THIS LENS,

YOU COULD SHOOT DOWN
A PLANE FROM THE SKY.

OR, YOU KNOW, YOU TAKE
A TANK, SLICE IT IN HALF.

OR YOU COULD EVEN HAVE
AN SUV --

RIGHT. WE GOT IT.

WE'VE BEEN TRACKING INTEL
WHICH INDICATES

THAT THE JAKARTA FACTION
WANTS THE LENS

AND THEY'VE EMPLOYED THIS MAN
TO ACQUIRE IT FOR THEM.

HIS NAME IS CESAR MARTINEZ.
HE'S AN ARGENTINE RESIDENT.

[ SPANISH MUSIC PLAYING ]

HOLA.

[ LAUGHS ]

A FEW DAYS AGO,
I TASKED NADIA

WITH WORKING UP
A PROFILE OF HIM.

MARTINEZ IS FREELANCE.
NO LOYALTIES.

EXCESSIVE FORCE --
THAT'S HIS M.O.

HE WROTE HIS REPUTATION
WITH THE EXECUTION

OF A FORMER ARGENTINE
INTELLIGENCE OFFICER --

ROBERTO FOX.

Dixon: ANY IDEA WHEN MARTINEZ
IS PLANNING TO MAKE HIS MOVE?

SIGNAL INTERCEPTS INDICATES
THAT HE'S DEVELOPING A TEAM.

IT SHOULD BE THREE DAYS,
A WEEK AT THE MOST.

THE INSTITUTE OF SCIENCE
IS DEDICATING A NEW WING

TO ITS RESEARCH FACILITY
TOMORROW NIGHT.

SO OUR MISSION IS TO OBTAIN
THE AMPLIFYING GLASS

BEFORE MARTINEZ DOES.
SYDNEY, YOU'RE ON POINT.

AGENT VAUGHN, WEISS,
AND SANTOS,

YOU'LL BE THERE FOR SUPPORT.

THIS IS A SNATCH-AND-GRAB
OPERATION.

ARE THERE ANY QUESTIONS?

CESAR!

CESAR!

[ BOTH LAUGHING ]

HEY.

I KNEW HIM -- ROBERTO.

THE MAN CESAR MARTINEZ
KILLED.

IF THIS MISSION
IS TOO DIFFICULT,

TOO PERSONAL FOR YOU,
TALK TO YOUR FATHER

AND HAVE HIM
TASK SOMEONE ELSE.

IT'S MY JOB.
I'LL MAKE IT WORK.

HEY. MITCHELL LEARNED
A NEW WORD.

WHAT WAS THE WORD?

OOSHNOT.

MITCHELL'S BABYSPEAK
FOR BETA PARTICLE.

UH, ANYWAY, HERE --
SYDNEY WANTED ME

TO GIVE YOU THESE.

ACCESS CODES FOR
THE OPERATIONAL ARCHIVES.

SHE WANTED ME TO GIVE THEM
TO YOU TO GIVE TO HER.

THANKS.

SURE.

ANYTHING ELSE?

WHAT'S, UH...

WHAT'S GOING ON?

NOTHING.

YOU'RE LYING TO ME.
RIGHT? COME ON.

I'M SMARTER THAN YOU THINK.
I'LL TELL YOU LATER.

YOU DON'T TRUST ME, DO YOU?
MARSHALL.

YEAH. THAT'S MY FAULT.
I PROPAGATE THAT IMAGE.

JUST LIKE HIGH SCHOOL,
JUNIOR HIGH, ELEMENTARY --

MARSHALL.

AH, WE SHOULD
HAVE LUNCH SOMETIME.

REALLY? YEAH?

OH, MAN, ANYTIME.
ABSOLUTELY. I'M THERE.

TODAY?

NO.

NO. THAT'S COOL.

I GOT A LOT OF STUFF
TO DO IN THE, UH...

THANKS.

YOU GOT IT.

SEE YOU AT LUNCH.

'SUP, BUDDY?

OUTRIGGER, HOW WE DOING?

[ SPEAKS RUSSIAN ]

10 SECONDS, PHOENIX.

THE ARCHITECT JUST ARRIVED.

HE HAS THE PDA
IN HIS JACKET.

OKAY, GREAT.

PHOENIX, YOU'LL NEED TO GET
RIGHT UP NEXT TO HIM.

COZY LIKE.

[ SPEAKS RUSSIAN ]

Marshall: THE ARCHITECT
IS A SECURITY FREAK.

HE ALWAYS CARRIES COPIES
OF PROJECT FILES ON HIM --

BLUEPRINTS, SCHEDULES,
EVEN SKETCHES.

SO SHOULD SHOW US WHICH LAB
THE GLASS IS IN.

WHAT'S SHE USING
TO CLONE HIS PDA?

IT'S IN HER PURSE.

LOW-FREQUENCY WI-FI SCANS
AND CLONES.

THING IS, ITS WORKING RADIUS,
IT'S ONLY A COUPLE OF FEET,

WHICH IS WHY SHE NEEDS
TO, YOU KNOW, GET RIGHT --

OH, HERE IT COMES.

OH, GREAT.
SYD -- I'M SORRY, PHOENIX,

IT'S WHAT I WAS
AFRAID OF.

IT'S ENCRYPTED.
THE PDA -- IT'S PROTECTED

WITH A HANDWRITING
RECOGNITION SOFTWARE,

SO TIME TO TURN ON
THE CHARM.

IT'S THE LOOK, THE FEEL,
THE BEND OF PAPER,

BUT ACTUALLY IT'S
A MICROSCOPIC LAYER

OF NONCONDUCTIVE POLYMER,
AND IT'S SANDWICHED --

MARSHALL, NOT THE TIME.

VAUGHN ASKED ME TO LUNCH.

OKAY. SIGNATURE...

PLUS A PASSWORD...

PLUS A LITTLE FLINKMAN
SECRET SAUCE,

AND...NICE.

BOW BEFORE ME AND WEEP,
ENCRYPTION GODS.

OKAY, BLUEPRINTS
AND SECURITY PROTOCOLS

FOR THE RESEARCH FACILITY.

I'VE GOT THE LOCATION
OF THE GLASS.

EVERGREEN, WE'RE GOING TO NEED
THAT ACCESS KEY. YOU'RE A GO.

ANYONE HAVE A VISUAL
ON THE SCIENTIST?

HE'S HOLDING COURT,
DUE EAST.

THAT WAS EASY.

SHH, SHH.

SHH. TRANQUILA,
TRANQUILA, TRANQUILA.

[ CELL DOOR SLAMS ]

NO. NO, NO.

Sí.

[ DOOR SLAMS ]

OKAY, MERLIN, SHOWTIME.

THE LAB -- IT'S ON
THE 15th FLOOR.

EAST CORRIDOR.

[ DOOR SLAMS ]

MARTINEZ IS HERE.

CESAR MARTINEZ
IS IN THE BUILDING.

ANYONE SEE HIS BACKUP?

SIT TIGHT, EVERGREEN.
THIS MIGHT BE RECON ON HIS PART.

IF THIS WAS RECON, WE WOULD
HAVE KNOWN HE WAS HERE.

HE'S MAKING HIS PLAY.

HOW DO YOU KNOW?
TRUST ME.

WE NEED TO GRAB HIM.
PHOENIX IS ALMOST INSIDE.

YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND.

[ SHOUTS IN RUSSIAN ]

PHOENIX, ABORT. SIX HOSTILES
ON THE MOVE WITH FORCE.

I CAN MAKE IT.

[ MEN SHOUTING IN RUSSIAN ]

WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?

YOU FORGOT TO SAY
THE MAGIC WORD.

NOW YOU'RE GONNA HAVE
TO SAY "PRETTY PLEASE."

LAST CHANCE.

WHO DO YOU WORK FOR?

SHE WORKS WITH ME.

NADIA?

[ WHISPERS ]

HE HAD HIS MEN
SECURE US IN THE LAB.

BY THE TIME WE ESCAPED,
HE WAS GONE.

WHEN I TASKED YOU TO DO
RESEARCH ON CESAR MARTINEZ,

WHY DIDN'T YOU INFORM ME
THE TWO OF YOU KNEW EACH OTHER?

HE WAS NOT SUPPOSED
TO BE THERE.

I DIDN'T KNOW
WE'D MAKE CONTACT.

YOU KNOWINGLY WITHHELD INTEL
THAT WOULD HAVE ALTERED OPTIONS

DURING THE OPERATION.

I'VE SUSPENDED AGENTS

FROM FIELD DUTY
FOR LESS THAN THAT, NADIA.

HER KNOWING MARTINEZ

WAS THE ONLY THING
THAT SAVED MY LIFE.

THE STORY, NADIA --

WHAT IS IT?

WE MET WHEN I WAS YOUNG.

AFTER THE ORPHANAGE,
I WAS ON MY OWN,

AND CESAR WAS ONE OF THE BOYS
I RAN AROUND WITH.

WE GOT IN TROUBLE
WITH THE POLICE.

WE WENT OUR SEPARATE WAYS.

WHY DO I FEEL THERE'S MORE?

IF YOU WANT ME TO SIT
AT A DESK AFTER THIS, FINE.

BUT IT IS PERSONAL NOW.

PLEASE, LET ME GET THE GLASS
BACK FROM CESAR.

I KNOW HOW TO CONTACT HIM.
I CAN DO IT.

SHE HAD A RELATIONSHIP
WITH HIM.

SHE CAN USE HIM.

YOU OF ALL PEOPLE
SHOULD APPRECIATE THAT.

REACH OUT TO MARTINEZ.

HE'S ACQUIRING THIS
FOR SOMEBODY ELSE.

FIND OUT IF WE CAN
BUY IT FOR OURSELVES.

SYDNEY, YOU AND WEISS
WILL BE BACKUP ON THIS.

LET ME BE CLEAR, NADIA.

I EXPECT FULL DISCLOSURE
FROM YOU.

[ ROBERTO LAUGHS ]

[ BEEP ]
AH.

BUENO.

WITHHOLDING INFORMATION
FROM SLOANE I CAN ACCEPT.

I DON'T CARE MUCH, REALLY.
BUT FROM ME?

YOU AND I ARE IN THE FIELD
TOGETHER.

I NEED TO KNOW THERE'S
A LEVEL OF TRUST.

WHAT DO YOU WANT TO KNOW?

WHAT DID MARTINEZ
WHISPER TO YOU?

I TOLD YOU.
HE SAID "CALL ME."

SYDNEY, THAT'S IT.

ARE YOU TELLING ME
THERE'S NOTHING ELSE?

FOR THE LAST TIME,

I'M SORRY I DIDN'T TELL YOU
ABOUT CESAR.

BUT THERE'S NOTHING ELSE
YOU NEED TO KNOW.

Sí.

HOW'S IT GOING?

I CROSS-CHECKED
MY FATHER'S LIST

AGAINST THE CIA ARCHIVES,
AND THERE ARE STILL MISSIONS

I CAN'T VERIFY
EVEN EXISTED.

I MEAN, AM I INSANE
TO THINK THIS OLD JOURNAL'S

GOING TO HELP ME
FIND MY FATHER?

THESE ARE THE ONES
YOU CAN'T FIND?

YEAH.

HAND ME THE PEN.

WHAT IF THESE AREN'T
OPERATION NAMES?

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

SUBSTITUTION CIPHER.

OKAY, HOW'D YOU SEE THAT?

MY FATHER USED TO ENCRYPT
MY CROSSWORD PUZZLES

WHEN I WAS A KID.

THE LEAST OF MY CHILDHOOD
DYSFUNCTIONS.

TRY THAT.

WHEN'S YOUR PLANE LEAVE?

HALF AN HOUR.

I WISH I COULD STAY.

YEAH, WELL,
I'LL TAKE IT FROM HERE.

[ MAN SPEAKING SPANISH
OVER P.A. ]

NADIA.

HOLA.

HOLA.

NADIA...

EVERGREEN, YOU CANNOT
PROCEED WITHOUT COMMS.

[ TURNS OFF COMM ]

EVERGREEN, ABORT
THIS MISSION NOW.

NADIA...

WHAT THE HELL
IS SHE DOING?

PORTUGAL.

ALL RIGHT,
I'LL GO THIS WAY.

OKAY.

SYD.

ANYTHING?

AH, COME ON.

[ ARIA PLAYING ]

[ SPANISH MUSIC PLAYING ]

[ MAN SINGING IN SPANISH ]

[ JIGGLES HANDLE ]

DIEGO?

DIEGO.

DIOS MíO.

[ SPEAKS SPANISH ]

NO!

NO.

NADIA...

NO.

NO.

DIEGO. DIEGO.

DIEGO!

WE LOST HIM HERE
AT PLAZA DEL CAMINO.

YEAH, MARTINEZ SAID HE WAS
TAKING HER TO HIS OFFICE

TO MAKE THE EXCHANGE.
IT'S GOT TO BE CLOSE.

SINCE LEARNING OF NADIA'S
HISTORY WITH MARTINEZ,

I DID SOME DIGGING.

MARTINEZ OWNS SEVERAL
PIECES OF PROPERTY,

INCLUDING ROBERTO FOX'S
TRAINING FACILITY.

[ GUN COCKS ]

NADIA, NO.

[ GUN COCKS ]

NADIA!

Weiss: NADIA.

I'M FINE.

THERE'S A SAFE INSIDE.

THE AMPLIFYING GLASS
SHOULD BE THERE.

ALL RIGHT, COME ON.

[ CHURCH BELLS TOLLING ]

[ SPEAKS PORTUGUESE ]

THE FIRST AND ONLY TIME
I MET YOUR FATHER,

HE WAS COVERED IN BLOOD

WITH A BABY IN HIS ARMS.

NADIA.

HE BROUGHT HER TO
THE ORPHANAGE IN BUENOS AIRES.

HE SAID SHE WAS IN DANGER.

HE'D BEEN SHOT
IN THE SHOULDER.

I KNEW NOT TO ASK
TOO MANY QUESTIONS.

YOUR FATHER, HE STAYED
FOR A FEW DAYS,

UNTIL HE WAS WELL ENOUGH
TO TRAVEL.

ONE MORNING I WOKE UP
AND HE WAS GONE.

[ Sighs ]
I DON'T UNDERSTAND.

IF HE KNEW YOU
IN BUENOS AIRES,

WHY WOULD HE ENCODE
THIS ADDRESS IN LISBON

IN HIS JOURNAL?

I DON'T KNOW.

YOU THOUGHT HE MIGHT
BE HERE.

I AM SORRY.

I WISH I KNEW MORE.

CAN YOU REMEMBER ANYTHING?

SOMETHING HE SAID,
MAYBE A DETAIL?

NIGHTINGALE.

NIGHTINGALE?

HE WAS ON THE PHONE,

AND SOMETHING
IN HIS VOICE --

IT WAS IMPORTANT TO HIM.

MAY I ASK YOU
A QUESTION?

SURE.

NADIA --

HOW IS SHE?

SHE'S GOOD.