Continuum (2012–2015): Season 1, Episode 6 - Time's Up - full transcript

Previously on Continuum...

There is a war coming.

How can you be so sure?

Because we are
going to start it.

We will do this by inspiring a new
generation to take up our cause.

You want to change the world, you
got to leave the living room first.

I don't know how to tell you this.
I'm missing a piece.

If I'm ever
going to get home,

the last thing I need is
a trail that leads here.

A girl's gotta
have secrets.

We got intel. Liber8
is among the leading edge.



Fall in.

What a waste!

Liber8 calls
themselves revolutionaries,

but all I see are vandals with
no respect for private property.

If there's a message
I'm not getting it.

Food?

They're stealing
provisions?

These were supposed
to be distributed.

That's Piron's concern.

Let's keep moving.

If these people were starving,
because of withheld provisions...

Sometimes it's best not to
ask the hard questions,

someone else
will figure it out.

But if not us,
then who?



Hey, Carlos.

Yeah. Yeah,
coffee is great. Thanks.

I'll meet you there.

Hey! Julian!

Where are you going?

Ah, those horse stalls aren't
going to clean themselves.

Yeah, well, then
they won't get done.

Oh. You're skipping out on chores?
That's not like you.

What's your dad
going to say?

My dad's not going to
say anything, all right?

All right, cool. Your secret's
safe with me.

You going into town?

Mind your own business.

How is it these protesters can
be here for weeks on end?

They're camped
on city land.

Turfing them would require
getting the Mayor involved,

and he's probably
in there somewhere.

So the authorities
do nothing?

You show force
before you have to,

and you risk
inflaming the crowd.

Escalate a situation
that might not escalate.

It always escalates,
one way or another.

These occupiers are going
to make some noise,

then probably
sing Kumbayah,

smoke a little weed and
eat some soy burgers.

They're harmless.

Transparency?

I didn't know they had the
technology for that now.

What are you
talking about?

Transparency.
See through something?

What? Have you been
living in a vacuum?

Oh, in this context they're asking
for transparent business practices

from the government
and corporations.

You know, openness,
communication, accountability...

I've never seen a horse
before, they're so beautiful.

You saying there's no
horses in the future?

It's a long story.

Let's get out of here.

Hey, wait...
My name's Julian.

That's the kid
we've been waiting for.

Check him.

Yeah. Apparently you're
some kind of big deal.

Ready to make a change,
Juhan?

Go time, people.

Come on!

Can you depend on them?

Every game needs
its pawns.

Yes, but we
should be leading them.

The beauty of a move
lies not in its appearance,

but in the
thought behind it.

They share our belief,
our angen

it just needs
to be cultivated.

Now that we're in this time,
what's past is prologue.

Shakespeare.

And we re-write
the prologue.

Check.

The situation downstairs
is escalating, ma'am.

We have a car
waiting in the garage.

I'll do
whatever you say!

I know.

KIERAI 2077.

MY time, my city,
my family.

When terrorists killed
thousands of innocents,

they were condemned to die.

They had other plans.

A time-travel device
sent us all back 65 years.

I want to get home,
but I can't be sure

what I will return to
if history is changed.

Their plan, to corrupt
and control the present

in order to win the future.

What they didn't
plan on was me.

Anybody in the building
actually witness the abduction?

The only ones that
saw anything are dead.

They obviously used the riot
to cover for the kidnapping.

The question is, who was
pulling the strings?

You think our
friends are involved?

Hey! There's something
you need to see.

My name is Henrietta Sherman.

I'm the Chief Executive Officer
of Exotrol World Corporation.

lam a criminal.

I have stolen money from investors
and manipulated profits.

Hello.

Liber8 has shown me
the error of my ways

and I accept
this punishment.

Instructions will follow.

Liber8.

Whoa, whoa, whoa!
Where did the page go?

Each trace I run I
get a new location.

The original
server is a ghost.

The person who
made this is good.

Get over to Exotrol,
see what you can find.

Yeah.

Security procedure is to
evacuate all executive staff

should their
safety be threatened.

Were you evacuated,
Mr. Chou?

I was at a breakfast for an
environmental charity that we sponsor.

You receive any
threats recently?

A multi-national corporation
receives dozens every day.

You don't
seem bothered.

It's the cost of doing
business, I'm afraid.

Detectives, I'd like
you to meet Frank Bolo.

Frank is Head of
Security here at Exotrol.

All security issues for Exotrol
go through Frank and his team.

Well, not now that this is a police matter.
We'll take it from here.

I served with
military intelligence

for more than two decades,
Detective.

I have access to more resources
than the police department.

And yet your queen was kidnapped
from her own castle. Hmm.

Why didn't you file a report with
police about these various threats?

They were looked upon as a private matter.
You understand.

We need to see all of your security
footage from the time of the incident.

Right this way.

Bring it up on
the main monitor, please.

We think they used a field
damper to scramble the signals.

Same for cameras to
and from the loading docks.

Okay, so all these cameras,

and not one managed to catch
a glimpse of the attackers?

Well, whoever did
this was a professional.

They must have compromised the
building's security layout.

Every system's bound
to have its blind spot.

You're suggesting that
whoever pulled this off

had intimate knowledge
of the inner workings

of your company's
security system.

It would seem so.

Do you trust
your team, Mr. Bolo?

Every last one of them, and frankly,
I'm offended at the question.

We lost two good
men today, Detective.

We have to
explore every option.

Well, I can assure you Mr. Bolo
and I are at your disposal.

We, more than anyone,
want to see

the secure
return of Ms. Sherman.

It looks like Liber8 is going
live with another web video.

Can you copy that link?

I, Henrietta Sherman,
CEO and President,

am ordering
Exotrol Corporation

to prepare $20
million cash, today.

This ransom will be paid
without negotiation.

Where and when will
be provided shortly.

Trace that video now!

This is insane.

Can you get the ransom
together in enough time?

I need board
approvals and...

So get them.

You do nothing,
she will die.

We'll be in touch,
gentlemen.

Let's go.

Drawing them out by giving
them what they want.

It's ballsy.

Given what you know about
Liber8, would you do otherwise?

$20 million?
It's a huge risk.

You sure
it's gonna work?

They're hungry for it,
so we give them a taste.

That's the thing
abouthungen

They have to stick
their necks out to get fed,

that's when
they're vulnerable.

Exotrol Corp
is expected to press charges,

however, they're
focusing resources...

Oh, get a life.

Gotcha.

Juhan?

You're gonna
owe me big time

when you see
what I got for you.

ls that so?

I hacked into some social media
servers, cloud photo storage,

and I got some
footage that's gonna

take the police
a while to get through

through legal channels.

And?

And I got a face and an I.D. of a
guy who I think may be leading

the anarchists among
the legitimate protesters.

I'm sending them to you now.

Great.

Francis Hall.

And he's an ugly mother, too.
With priors.

This everything?

Yep-

Thank you, Alec.

Uh-oh.

You've got that look
on your face again.

Who's this?
Francis Hall?

We can link him to the
violence at the protest.

Okay. Can we link
him to Sherman?

Well, he works at a tattoo
parlor on Broadway.

Okay.
How'd you get this?

Oh, why do I even ask?

Hello? Anybody home?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Get the hell off me!

Bolo, drop the gun!

Slowly.

Kick it away from you.

Pure stupidity. They're going
about it the wrong way.

No one's going to hear them over the
smashing glass and the vandalism.

Just such a waste.

Well, you sound like
you understand them.

Thanks,hon.

I understand
their frustration.

And the corporations
keep squeezing.

How can an honest working man
defend himself these days

when they keep hiding
their dirty practices

behind a justice system
that supports them?

Oh, hey, sweetheart,
you hungry?

Oh, yeah,
I'm starving.

Hey-
Hey-

Where's Julian?

I haven't seen him today.

The news reports
said the violent faction

coordinated
using social media.

This is precisely what I've
been trying to tell you, Alec.

This techno-garbage that you
keep wasting your life on

is never gonna be
used responsibly.

Yeah, well, great things can
be done with technology.

And great things can be done
with hard work and sweat.

You should really take a page
out of Julian's book, son.

There is a thing or two
you could learn from that boy.

There's something you
should know about Julian.

You know,
I should book you, too.

Assault, carrying
a concealed weapon...

I have an ATC-3 license.
It's totally legit.

Doesn't entitle you to
pistol whip a suspect

and then interfere with
a police investigation.

How did you find him?

You got your sources,
I've got mine.

While you were beating him, did
he mention anything useful?

Whoever did this used him and his
disciples as cover for the kidnapping.

If I'd have had
five more minutes

I would've found
out who hired him.

You get any more information
pertaining to this case

you bring it to us,
you understand?

Other than that, you stay
the hell out of the way.

So I'm free to go?

Let's go see what
Francis Hall has to say.

Okay. Let's see here, we've
got you on inciting a riot,

destruction of property, aiding
and abetting a kidnapping,

obstruction of justice, oh, and
pretty sure I saw you jaywalking.

You know, with your priors, I'd say that
gets you five to, I don't know, life.

So how about it, Francis?

Who hired you?

Like I told you,
we're anarchists.

We do this shit just to
provoke tools like you.

Carlos, can you go get me this
master manipulator's rap sheet?

I left it on your desk.

I'll keep Francis company.

Please tell me you're
about to play bad cop.

I would really,
really like that.

Be careful
what you wish for.

God!

Now, you are going to answer some
questions, whether you like it or not.

Do you want me to repeat
everything I told you?

No, that won't
be necessary.

There are other crimes
you should know about.

When I was 15...
Shh!

On.

That's a cool trick.

Sometimes you just gotta
know which buttons to push.

I'll just wait here.

Hall received his orders via
text just like the others.

Doesn't know the source.

Run a trace on his cell, he's
been using a burner phone.

Maybe I can also get
the original source

for the encrypted
website feed off his cell.

Great.

All right.
Hey, that was Terence Chou.

He's got approval from the
board for the ransom.

He's waiting on
a location for the drop.

Okay-

Something's up.

This is big. This is going
viral in a big way.

You know what the
hell is going on here?

It's like a mass text.

"Exotrol...

"Exotrol steals
from the people."

It's the same text message
over and over again.

What the hell
are they up to?

If you wanted to collect
a $20 million ransom,

why would you draw
this much attention?

Maybe attention is
what they wanted.

Diversion?

No, not like this.
Something else...

Wait, hold on.
Fonnegra.

Kiera, what's going on?

Theater.

That was Terence.
He just heard from Liber8.

Do we have
a drop location?

Yeah, would you believe
Exotrol Plaza?

What happens now?

We're supposed to get
delivery instructions.

Please, tell me you
have some leads.

We're working on it, okay? Let's just
focus on the task at hand, shall we?

I don't like being
on the back foot.

We've got to get a step
ahead of these people.

The money's rigged
with thermal tracking.

We got top cover and 10 units
are providing a cordon.

Wherever they want
us to drop the money

we're gonna nail them the
second they try to pick it up.

This money was supposed to buy
Ms. Sherman's freedom. Where is she?

Carlos.

Give us the money!

Give us the money!

Give us the money!

Liber8 wants us to
give them the money?

You think
that's their play?

We have to go forward.

If we go back now
there's no telling

what Kagame might
do to Ms. Sherman.

I'm more worried about what this
mob will do to us if we don't.

Give us the money!

Alec, whoever's sending these
texts may have line of sight.

I am one step ahead of you.

Give us the money!

All right, guys, start
handing out the money.

What? You want another riot like
we had this morning? Let's go!

Come on.

Give us the money!

Okay, west side
of the plaza.

The texts are coming from
Ms. Sherman's own phone.

Liber8! Liber8!

Signal is still there,
it's holding position.

It's right
in front of you.

Ms. Sherman?

Where have you been?

In town seeing
some friends.

You know, anyone who got me
involved in a riot,

destruction of property,
violence,

that's not someone
I'd call a friend.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Are you telling me you just didn't
go into town and raise hell, huh?

Who told you that?

Just answer the question.

Were you
involved in that riot?

It was for the cause.
For Liber8.

You're always saying
we need to stand up...

No. I never
advocated violence.

That's not how we
go about change.

You think anybody
watched your chaos,

and had any
sympathy for you,

sympathy for the movement
we both believe in?

Yeah, well, the movement has to move.
Needs to do something.

You're so busy talking
that you don't realize

how empty your words
really are.

I'm disappointed in you,
you know that?

Disappointed in me?
Mmm-hmm. Yeah.

Before we had to live here,
we had our own farm.

Your father's farm, that was going to be mine.
The bank took it!

You let that happen!

Watch your mouth!

Hit me, hit me, hit me!

Show a little bit
of respect!

It would prove
you had some balls.

Roland!

That's what I thought.

A new ransom video
just went live.

Money is power.

At least that's what executives like
Ms. Sherman would like you to believe.

That's Kagame's voice.

But even giving away $20 million of
her company's ill gotten profits

hasn't humbled
Ms. Sherman much.

Betty?

Trying to lock down
the locaflon,

but they're using
a variant DNS server.

Almost seems that nobody can ever
bring the guilty to account.

But what if you could?

Damn it.

What if Ms. Sherman's
fate was in your hands?

From now until sundown,

you, the people, may vote
on this woman's fate.

In two hours time she lives
or dies, as you dictate.

The guilty will be
held accountable.

That countdown
expires in two hours.

Yeah, clearly the people
want their pound of flesh.

Excuse me.

You only call when
you want something.

Shame that it's never the something
that I want you to want.

What exactly is
Kagame up to?

Optics.

You want to paint
them as criminals.

They are criminals.

One man's terrorist is another
man's freedom fighter.

But how do you switch
from one to the other?

Give the public
what they want.

Become Robin Hood.
Aha!

Hearts and minds, far more
effective than bombs and guns.

How do I find them?
We're running out of time.

What do I get in return?

I don't feel like trading.

Interesting
choice of words.

Have you been following the
markets and Exotrol's stock?

What about them?

Who stands to gain from Sherman's
predicament and in what circumstance?

Start there.

Alec, I'm gonna need you to look into
all the trading on Exotrol stock.

I don't know why
you trust that guy,

he would turn on you
in a heartbeat.

I don't trust him.

Slice of possibility.

More than 100,000 votes
in less than an hour.

Sixty three percent
want her dead.

I thought the spectacle of public
execution was a thing of the past.

They think it's
some kind of a game.

They can't imagine
that it's real.

So, what've you got?

Nothing yet.
Still working on it.

But I did trace the source of
Francis Hall's text message.

It came from a work station inside
Exotrol's corporate offices.

Go!

Where the hell is she?

Do you remember
when we caught Frank

questioning Francis
about the kidnapping?

Did you notice his gun?

What? You mean the one that was
pointed at the guy's skull? Yeah.

The safety was off.

I don't think Frank
was questioning him,

I think he was
going to kill him.

Clean up loose ends.

Okay. So you're saying

Frank used Francis to orchestrate the
riot to cover for the kidnapping.

But why?
What's his angle?

Now we know
what to ask him.

If you're headed to Exotrol to find Frank
Bolo, you're headed the wrong way.

He already swiped out
for the day,

I tracked him
back to his house.

I will send you
the address.

Hey, Frank.
We need a word.

Thanks.

How well do you know
the history of this period?

They purged the history files from
my school's data net in 2058.

In 2010, the world's banking
industry nearly collapsed

due to some questionable
business practices.

What happened next?

The governments
bailed them out.

Not a single corporate
CEO went to trial,

and they walked away
with billions in bonuses.

The only ones
who suffered

were the people they were
supposed to be accountable to.

No wonder the Corporations
changed the history books.

We forgot our history,
and they repeated it.

Bang!

As much fun as this is,

I don't have the time to just sit
here to stare at each other all day.

Well, I've got all day.

But what
about Ms. Sherman?

As long as she's alive,

you're only facing
conspiracy charges.

Well, don't forget
assaulting a police officer.

Well, maybe the two of you should
be out there looking for her, then.

You know, I don't think
he's scared of us.

Nah, I don't
think so, either.

He's a tough guy-

I don't know if
I'd go that far.

Maybe he only respects
other tough guys.

What are you thinking?

Just curious

how Travis will react

when he finds out that Frank
here rolled on the gang.

You know, I don't think Liber8
would hesitate even for a second

to send a message
to other wannabe tough guys

who might want
to rat them out.

If only we had
a bigger fish to pressure.

Someone that might take
attention away from Frank.

Like whoever hired Frank.

That's a good idea.

What's more
important than money?

Lucas, how many people
have voted?

235,000, give or take.

And how many of those have clicked
on the link to our manifesto?

68% of them.

The only thing more powerful
than money is knowledge.

Through this spectacle, we'll wake
the public from its complacency,

and teach them to
think for themselves.

The revolution
starts here.

Implement phase three.

That's a hell of
a lot of our money.

No gain ever
came without risk.

And no profit ever came without
costing another man everything.

Kiera?

Someone just shorted $3.5 million
of shares in Exotrol stock.

Shorted?
What does that mean?

Uh, it's complicated.

But basically, it means when
someone bets against the company

from being
profitable or successful.

Is that legal?

Strangely, yes.

Oh.

Can you track
the origin of the trade?

Yeah, I'm triangulating now.

It's a floating hotspot, so based on
the data towers I should be able to...

Okay, I got it.

Feed me the coordinates.

Wait a minute, you're just going to
stand up and announce to the room

that you know
where the bad guys are?

I mean, it's one
thing to have instincts,

but it's another to
have a crystal ball.

Okay, well, Betty's trying to crack the
source of the gang's website feed.

VVeH,lcanjack
the source route

and link her,
so she finds the answer.

Great.

Alec?

That's just the sound
of me crying inside

because I'm letting someone
else take credit for my work,

but never mind.
Continue.

No,no,no,no,no!

Son of a...

Edouard,
you better get in here!

Ha-ha! Gotcha!

I got a hit!

East Side, warehouse district.
I've got an address.

Well done.

Okay. Feed everything to
tactical, call in E.R.T.,

send everything we've
got to that address.

Use extreme caution. The hostage's
safety is priority one.

Move in.

Everybody stay back,
she's rigged.

Get me the hell
off this chair.

Ms. Sherman, stay calm.

We have three minutes.

We got a bomb. How long
for the disposal team?

En route, 15 minutes away.

They won't
get here in time.

We have to do this.

Help me.
Please, help me.

I admire your dedication,
but are you frigging nuts?

Kiera, I would listen to him. I don't
know anything about bomb-making.

Trust me, I've seen
something like this before.

I can do it.

Let's cordon off
a one block perimeter.

I can do this.
I can do this.

Okay-

Wow! There is an incredible amount of
information on the web about bomb-making.

Most of it poorly written.

That does not help.

Okay, right.
Here we go. Um...

All right, any bomb with a timer
most likely has a battery

or a power source
to trigger it.

Do you see any?

Do you see what
I'm looking at?

Yes.

Yeah.

I wouldn't mess with it.

Oh, my God! No!

"The truth will
set her free."

My heart just
skipped a beat.

What truth, Ms. Sherman?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

I think you do. I think
your kidnappers did, too.

Uh, Kiera?
The bomb?

Hearts and minds are far more
effective than bombs and guns.

What? Help me!

I can't defuse the bomb.

There's not enough time.
You've have one minute.

So, if there's something you would
like to get off your chest,

I suggest you do it now.

What are you doing?

Tell them.

Tell them all.

Or you die and they win.

Kiera, we have to go!
We have less than a minute.

The pension funds.

What about them?

We made it look as if the stock
market collapse had gutted them.

The truth was that we,
the board, and I, we...

We've been tapping
into them for years.

Yes, I was stealing
from my own employees.

We got to go now!

The bomb won't
blow up now.

I do trust your instincts,
but there is a line.

It won't blow.

This is all about optics.

They won't kill her now.

They'll lose all the traction
they just gained with the public.

Isn't that right?

lWlhaveto
call you back.

You are a busy guy.

Someone has to run
things during this crisis.

Oh, crisis, opportunity.

Tomato. Tomato.

Frank gave you up,
Terence.

Told us the whole plan.

How you had him arrange the kidnapping
in exchange for stock options.

If Sherman confessed to the dirty
dealings and insider trading,

then, live or die,
she'd be out of the way

and you could
take over Exotrol.

Your own little
corporate coup d'état.

I want to talk
to my lawyer.

That is a good idea

because maybe
he can explain

why a certain holding company
in the Cayman Islands

sold off 300,000 shares of Exotrol
stock the day before the riot

and Sherman's abduction.

See, right now you're
only facing kidnapping,

extortion and
conspiracy charges.

But if anything should happen
to Ms. Sherman, then“.

What went wrong
with your plan?

I am not a murderer.

Frank's anarchist friends
said he had associates,

who, for a price, could take
care of the kidnap and ransom.

But once they killed the
security team, then I knew.

They had their own
agenda all along.

You told my dad about
me being at the riot.

You sold me out.

You're getting involved with
the wrong kinds of people.

Screw you.

You sit off in your own little
world thinking you're so smart.

Well, I'm the one
who's really waking up.

I'm the one seeing the truth
about him, about you.

Julian, listen...

No, I'm done listening.

You hear me?

I'm done with you,
from this moment on.

Just stay
the hell away from me.

SADLER'. Kiera?

You know that $3 million in short
option futures you asked me to track?

Turned into $20 million
after Sherman

torpedoed her company
with her admission.

Where did the money go?

That's the part
you're not gonna like.

It got transferred offshore
faster than you can say

"untraceable third
world money laundering."

Your gang profited big time.

That's exactly
what they wanted.

Tank a corporation,
line their pockets,

turn the public
to their cause.

Seems like they're
changing strategies.

I mean, when they
first showed up,

they did all
the heavy lifting,

now they're using other
people, like Francis Hall.

So what?! you do now?

Wait for them to slip up.

Um...

There's something else
I didn't tell you.

My stepbrother Julian.

He was at that riot.

And I didn't want to tell you
because I wanted to protect him

until I knew
what was going on.

I'm sorry.

Do I need to be looking
at him more closely?

No,no,no.
I've got it.

Family's important, Alec,

but I need to know anything
that's relevant to my job.

Do you understand?

I understand.
It won't happen again.

Good.

I have to go.

The things people
will do for money.

Didn't hear you
come in last night.

I wanted to let you sleep.

Oh, thanks.

You Okay?

Elena and I pulled
riot detail last night.

Ah, how bad?

Bad.

But not in the way
that you're thinking.

The rioters were
stealing food provisions.

And you knew about it?

I'd heard rumors
that Piron was

stockpiling to
drive up prices.

How can the Congress
let them do that?

They have their reasons,
I suppose.

Oh, and we're just supposed
to trust those reasons?

CPS polices
the citizens.

Who polices
the corporations?

They're supposed to
police themselves.

Apparently they
are not doing it.

You are starting to sound like
one of those Liber8 terrorists.

Hey, don't
worry, we'll get them.

Kagame played us this time.
It won't happen again.

See you tomorrow.

Liber8! Liber8!