Continuum (2012–2015): Season 1, Episode 8 - Playtime - full transcript

Previously on Continuum...

Police! Freeze!

My suit is damaged.
What did you do to it?

Let's make a pact...
No more secrets from each other,

100% honesty.
What do you think?

Sometimes you have to do the wrong
thing for the right reason...

The piece of the time
travel device is missing.

Kellog...
The revolution starts here.

This just got
a lot more complicated.

In the current
round of testing,

we are focusing on ways
to use light spectra



to neutralize aggressive
behavior in criminals.

How far advanced
is the product?

Advanced.

We found soldiers to be
the ideal test subjects

due to their elevated
levels of aggression.

And since they're
indentured to SadTech

for 20 years of service, we
have many eager volunteers.

Show them how it works.

No freaking way.

Argh!
Hold your fire

Now you can fire.

Just kidding.

Every tiger can be instantly
tamed or made to attack.

All that's required
is to identify



and then stimulate
the corresponding neurons.

By stimulating the brain with
repetitive patterns and vibrations,

we have found that you can actually
control a person's state of mind

and implant specific thoughts.

Observe.

Stand on one leg.

Stay back!
Stay back!

We still have
a few kinks to work out.

But I can assure you

this will be as safe
as a baby lamb.

MAN 1; Go, 90, 90!

What are you doing?
Stop, man!

Shoot him, man, shoot him!

- What are you doing?
- Come on, man.

Hey, what are you doing?

Greg Moritz!

Hold up, hold up, wait!

Are you nuts?

What are you doing out here
without eye protection?

Sorry.

No!

What the hell, man?

MAN 4; Go, 90, 90!

Mmm...

Okay, I'm here.

What was so urgent
it couldn't wait?

I made you some breakfast.

What do you want, Matthew?

Okay, I've been
thinking about...

About you, about you and me.

There is no you and me.

Yet, here you are.

So...
I thought

maybe you called because you wanted
to return something you stole.

Your heart?

The segment from the time travel
device that brought us here.

I have no idea what you're talking about.
Hmm, I'm sure.

Now, let's just say
I did take it.

Why would you want it?

It's just a useless piece of
junk that won't work by itself.

Why don't you let me worry
about whether it works or not.

Oh, I see.

It's like a promise, right?

Like a small piece
of metallic hope.

Don't lie to yourself, Kiera.

Even if you figured out
a way to get home,

who's to say it's gonna be the
same as the one you left?

You don't know that.

Maybe you took it because
you don't want me to leave.

Well, now that does sound like
something that I would do.

Hmm. Okay, enough.

If you're not gonna give it to
me then what am I doing here?

Well, I wanted to see you,
spend some time.

The only time I wanna
spend with you

is when you get me information to
help stop your former comrades.

Oh!

Hey, Dillon
wanted you to see this.

This may not be gang-related,
but it definitely falls

into the interesting
case category.

The shooter walks right into
a corporate paintball game,

murders the CEO
and then shoots himself.

What are they covered with?

Paint. Paintball?

Companies wanna
promote team building

so they run around with guns and
shoot each other with paint,

blow off a little steam...
You've never played paintball before?

I completed several hundred hours
of simulated combat training.

Well, you should try paintball
some time, it's fun.

Maybe not.

Hey John, we got it
from here, thanks.

This is Mr. Copeland,
he's one of our witnesses.

Can you tell us what happened?

He just walked up
to Greg and shot.

He wasn't part of your group?

I've been with the company since we
started, I've never seen him before.

What kind of company?

Tech, visual effects software.

Can you think of anyone that
might've wanted to harm Greg?

No, he was a really good guy.

Who would do
something like this?

I've got buyers lined up
from Frankfurt to Dubai,

so either he wires the money by
day's end or I'm cutting him loose.

Cole Bartley?

Miss, get away from the edge.

Whoa!

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.

Well, here's the registration
on the shooter's car.

Mark McGwinn, 25...

Yup, he lived alone,

he worked as a beta tester for a
company called Tendyne Systems.

Got no priors, clean record.

No indication that he was gonna
wake up today and murder someone.

Carlos! I've got another
unusual murder-suicide.

Female assailant at the light
rail station in False Creek,

pulled the victim with her
in front of the express train.

First responders ID'd
her as Yvonne Ducelle,

22, from the driver's
license in her wallet.

Apparently, her face was
pretty much unrecognizable.

She also worked as a beta
tester at Tendyne Systems.

Same as McGwinn.

What kind of company
is Tendyne?

It specializes in
massively muiti-player

first-person shooters and
real-time combat simulations.

Start-up in '03, made
the SV150 index in '07,

double-digit growth
ever since.

The CEO Gabrielle Cosgrove
is one of my heroes.

Well, I highly doubt that
this was a coincidence.

I mean,

two beta testers at the same company
going off the rails on the same day?

Soto speak.

You think maybe it was
a lover's suicide pact?

I think there's only
one way to find out.

So you're going to Tendyne?

I could come with, I kinda
know about these sorta things.

It's okay, I think if, uh,
we need your help we can...

Actually, I think
it's a great idea.

Great!

I'll grab my stuff.

Team building.
No paint required.

Okay... I got my
tautic circuitries intact,

processors on board are
linked to my computer...

All I gotta do is transfer the
control to my auxiliary panels

and we should be online
a week ahead of schedule.

Presto.

Presto?

Damn it.

What am I not
getting about you?

Mark and Yvonne
were both beta testers.

I didn't know them well

but they both were hard
workers, conscientious...

I have, um, grief counselors
coming in to help where they can.

Did Mark and Yvonne
know each other?

I don't know.

But I can have HR send you what
information we have on them.

And of course, feel free
to talk to my employees.

Fred!

Fred Nettinger is
our lead programmer.

Fred is... Was, um, Mark and
Yvonne's direct supervisor.

Mark and Yvonne were working
on our newest product.

A game?
Not just a game

the next generation of gaming.

The perfect balance
of RPG and SLG elements.

Was it violent?

The game had nothing
to do with what happened.

I have over a dozen
beta testers working on it,

no one else
has had a reaction.

Not yet, anyway.

We need to see Mark
and Yvonne's desks.

They were beta testers.

They worked from home, they
don't have regular desks.

Yeah, they'd come
in here periodically,

but it was always
in a group setting.

Is there other employees
that we can talk to, then?

Yeah, of course.

Irene?

Irene works as a module
designer in our GWAP division.

Games with another purpose.

I'm wondering if you could, uh, tells
us anything about Mark and Yvonne.

I didn't know 'em
very well. Sorry.

Look, anything can help, even if
you don't think it's important.

Were they friends, enemies, uh,
possibly seeing each other?

No, I doubt it.

Mark was into younger chicks
and Yvonne was a furry.

Liked to dress up as animals.

- Charming.
- Okay.

Look, here's my card.

You call if there's anything
else that you can think of.

You seem anxious,
Mr. Nettinger.

I just lost two testers,
I have a right to be.

Mr. Nettinger, um, Fred?

Maybe you could show us this next
generation game you were talking about.

Of course.

Follow me.

He's hiding something.

Uh-huh.

Look, buy me some time,
I'm gonna take a look around,

talk to a few other people.
Sure.

You know, beta testers can be
real losers, bottom feeders.

Not like programmers.

Programmers are of
the highest echelon.

And here we are.

Hmm, good call, Betty.

Wow, it's like
virtual LARPing.

Live action role-playing.

We prefer calling it
cyber-LARPing.

Yeah, it responds to your own
cerebral evoked potentials.

You see, it feeds an impulse
beam into your retinas,

which then bounces off
the back of the amyg...

Maybe we should just
get a demonstration.

Yeah.

Zack, uh, run simulation 429.

I still haven't
figured out that glitch.

No, it's fine for a demo.

Do it.

Okay, now make sure
those visors are down,

pull that trigger to fire,

and playing will
teach you the rest.

Mine actually feels
cold in my hands.

Oh! Tangos! Game on.

Kiera?

Kiera?

What's going on, are you okay?

I told you we shouldn't
have let them in here.

This is not our fault.

Are you all right, Agent?

Yeah, I'm okay.

I just... I just... Air.

Air. I just need air.

Alec?

Alec?

Alec, can you hear me?
I've got nothing,

all my systems
are down. Alec?

Oh, God!

What the hell?

Kiera?

Kiera, are you...

Alec, I tried
calling your cell

Kiera, what happened?
All my monitors are down.

I can't get through
to you on your CMR.

I know. I was playing a
virtual reality simulation.

What kind of simulation?
Immersive.

I had on a helmet, um...
There was a jolt of pain in my head,

and my vision blurred.

Are you okay?

Yeah, thanks.

Um... Can you tell me
what happened?

Uh... Something must've
shorted out your CMR,

maybe there was some interference
with the interactive circuits

on the VR helmet.

I may need to reboot you.

H ow?

I'm not sure, let me see
what I can do from this end.

Thank you.

Thanks. Okay,
I'll call you back.

So, the ME said both suicide killers
had amphetamines in their system.

Okay, interesting.
How'd they get there?

They were both gamers.

I saw cans of Torsion
at Tendyne,

it's popular with the set who go
online and play games all night.

There have been a lot
of media reports lately

about 20 year olds
with severe heart issues,

because it's worse
than crack and it's legal.

So, consumed in large enough
quantities, it can cause psychosis?

If you believe the reports,
it can cause hallucinations,

paranoia, delusions...

So delusional they could
become psychotic?

Amphetamines,
violent video games...

It could be
a pretty potent mix.

Okay, Kiera, you wanted
information about the gang?

You are about to get it.

Ha! Good old Lucas.

He always did have
a thing for pugilists.

Here.

Keep it running, okay?

Kellog!

How'd you find me?

Oh, it's not like that.

I come here all the time,
I didn't know you came here.

I don't believe you.

Seriously,
I just like this place.

I guess I'm gonna have
to find another place.

Kellog, come on, man.

Now that you're here,
have a drink. My treat.

What do you want?

Jack and Coke.

Excuse me? Jack and Coke
and a scotch on the rocks.

Make 'em doubles, please.
Thank you.

So I got an update.

I hacked into your CMR and I
found a system restore mode.

The good news is that it gave me an
idea about how to activate your suit.

What's the bad news?

There's still a lot of encrypted
files and firewalls up the yin yang.

I should be able hack it but I'm gonna need
to meet you and reboot you physically.

Okay, uh, can we do it
at my apartment?

Yeah, that'd be a lot
better than you coming here

and having to explain to my
mom and Roland who you are.

Actually,
that might be kinda fun.

Oh, Alec,
just figure it out, please.

Yeah, sure.
Thank you.

You betcha.

If I were me, and wanted
to hide something,

I'd have
a contingency route...

Wow, that was
surprisingly easy.

Okay, password.
Password, uh...

I should know the password,
I designed the thing.

Of course!

Uh-oh...

No way!

Man, I forgot
how much you drink

You know,
I miss having you around.

All the others are so serious.

Not me.
Not you.

I envy how you embrace
living in 2012.

Hey!

It's an exciting
time to be alive.

And it's about to
get more exciting.

Yeah?

Kagame has got us
working on something

that's gonna be
a total game changer.

Yeah?
We can,

we will, rewrite history.

Well, What is it?

I've said too much already!

Yeah, what the hell, man.

It's nice just to be here throwin'
back a few with an old friend.

Oh!

Shh.

Hello?

I'll see you there tonight.

I was never here.

Hey, man...

Your secret's safe with me.

Let's get outta here.

Take care of yourself, man.
Yeah, man.

See you around, eh?
All right, my man.

Follow that cab.

Oh, there's no texts, emails or
calls between Yvonne and Mark.

There's no connection between
either of them or the victims.

You got anything?

Nothing aside from
inter-company emails

that they were both CC'd on, at least
not in the last four weeks, anyway.

I did some digging
on Torsion...

The product was supposed to have
been destroyed after the FDA

pulled it from the shelves.

Supposed to have been?

Yeah, there's an underground market
for gamers who are hooked on it.

Stories of stockpiles
hoarded away,

stashes in people's garages
you could only purchase

if you had a contact... Betty.

I called some friends in the hacker
world who live on the stuff.

Legend has it
the remaining inventory

was secretly bought up
by someone.

Gabrielle Cosgrove.

Looks like we're gonna have to
talk to Ms. Cosgrove again.

Okay, Betty, I know
she's your hero, but...

I know. I'll get all the
dirt on her that I can.

Thank you, Betty.

Good work, Mr. Nettinger.

Well I must admit,
I wasn't sure my program

would yield such
powerful results.

But when both Mark and
Yvonne responded so well

Yes, now the hard drive
if you“.

And when she put the helmet
on, Agent Cameron...

The circuitry specs you
gave me were magnificent.

I was able to capture the
coordinates of her internal chip...

Hey!

You've been very instrumental
in helping us out,

and now it's time
for your reward.

Circuitry specs for
a liquid chip technology.

Is this as good as you say?

Mr. Nettinger, this is so
beyond what you've done.

You can easily inject this
in someone's head,

and combined with their code,
feed them instructions

in real time.

You become the puppet master.

Om

No one else has this information?
All yours.

Gonna make you a fortune.

What about Special Agent Cameron,
won't she try to stop me?

The information that you've
collected on this hard drive

holds the access code
to agent Cameron's chip.

I can pull her strings now,
and let me assure you,

she won't be around
much longer to stop anyone.

You gave your employees a banned
substance with harmful side effects.

My client has done nothing
to break the law.

So, you just scooped up
all the Torsion

you could get your hands on
as a public service?

My client found it increased
productivity and reduced fatigue

without compromising
the quality of work.

Each employee knew the risks,

they partook of the substance on
their own and signed a waiver

which we can produce in court.

I'll be sure to tell that to Greg
Moritz and Cole Bartley's families.

Look, I may be guilty
of poor judgment

but that's all I'm guilty of.

Are we done yet?

Unless you're charging my
client, this interview's over.

Go.

So the coroner said that
there was no abnormalities

in the killers' brains
and that blood levels

from modified ephedrine
were way below anything

that could cause
psychotic behavior.

So it wasn't the Torsion.

Back to square one.

- Hi...
- You forgot, didn't you?

Yup.

I will be right there.

I'm gonna go check with
my contacts at Section 6,

they might have some answers.

Want me to come along?

Another time.

Hey, you know what else
contributes to team building?

Telling your partner what you're
doing, what you're thinking.

Found the connection
between Gabrielle Cosgrove

and both victims.

Between the victims,
not the killers? Yeah.

Gabrielle knew the first
victim, Greg Moritz.

He was the CEO of
a rival gaming company.

A few years ago they were
caught up in a nasty lawsuit.

Greg came out on top.

Second victim, Cole Bartley,
used to work with Gabrielle

at a dot-com start-up
in Silicon Valley.

Seems Gabrielle was fired for
apparently being difficult

to work with while Bartley
went on to get promoted

several times and
make a small fortune.

Nice work!

Looks like I'm on
my way back to Tendyne.

How long is this gonna take?

It'll take as long as it takes

You're in a great mood.

That was sarcasm.

Sorry, I'm just
a little distracted here.

So you're working on a case?

Yeah, two beta testers
both decide to kill someone

and then take their own lives.

What's your working theory?

Theory?

I'm a little short
on theories these days.

Although...

What?
In the future,

scientists will create
a program that produces

a pattern of light frequencies
that controls part of the brain.

It makes the subject
suggestible, controllable.

What, like hypnotism?

I thought you couldn't hypnotize
someone to do something

they normally wouldn't do,
like commit suicide or murder.

Right, you can't.

But this is
way beyond hypnotism,

this is about radically
shifting neuronal patterning.

Hijacking the mind.

Sounds like
a brain/eoftware interface.

It's kinda like what
I'm trying to do here.

Question is, could someone
in this time be doing that?

Apparently I can.

Cameron.

Gabrielle Cosgrove
knew both victims,

I'm going to Tendyne.

I can meet you in 45 minutes?

WeH, I guess I'll have
to start without you.

Are we done?

Yeah, as done as we can be

when we're operating on the
cutting edge of pseudo-science.

Sorry.

Uh!

My HUD isn't up.

Yeah, it takes some time
for it to reboot.

How much time?

I don't know, I've never
done this before but, uh,

your mitotic circuitry seems to
cycle itself once every hour

so probably
no longer than that.

Okay, so once I'm back online,

I need you to see if you can
find any encrypted files

in Tendyne's game code, and
lock the door when you leave,

and, oh, yeah,
no snooping, please.

Wait, um, I should tell you...

What?

Uh, nothing, just be safe.

Yeah?
Don't I know you?

Me? Uh, no.

No, I definitely know you.

University kitchen,
gun to your head,

happen to ring any bells?

Right, yeah.
Uh, listen, about that...

Who are you?

I'm, uh...
I work with Kiera

You're Section 6?

Section 6...

She told you about Section 6?

No, no, she doesn't
tell me anything.

Detective Carlos Fonnegra.

I, uh, I'd tell you my name
but, you know, Section 6.

Okay, I get it.

What are you doing here?

Kiera said
she needed to see me.

She brought you in
on this case?

Right, yeah.
Listen, is she inside?

No, no, I'm meeting her
at Tendyne Systems.

Of course, Tendyne Systems.

Hey, I'll see you there.

Okay.
Okay.

Wow, uh...
Tendyne Systems.

Come on, Keira.

Okay, I'm in.

Can you control her?

Not yet.

Accessing her CMR code must've
shorted her circuitry.

Her system's rebooting,
but in less than an hour

she'll be back online,
and then her mind is ours.

You knew both victims,
Greg Moritz,

Cole Bartley.

My client has
nothing further to say.

Of course I knew them.

The software development
world is small.

I know or have worked with most
of the players in this field.

Cole Bartley I hadn't
given a thought to in years,

and as for Greg Moritz,

I was in the process
of buying his company.

We have documents
to back that up.

Okay, and why didn't you mention this
to us the first time we questioned you?

The terms of the sale
were confidential.

I had advised her not to say anything
about her association with Greg Moritz

until we knew the
fallout from his death.

So, now that he's dead you can just pick
over his corpse at cut-rate prices.

Now that he's dead
I'm sure the deal's off.

We were finalizing
details of the sale,

but now that he's dead,
everything's up in the air.

Check with the CFO,
he'll confirm everything.

Okay, I'll be sure to do that.

Still doesn't prove anything.

Tendyne had millions
to gain by this sale.

Greg's death will
put an end to that.

Believe me, losing this deal is
the last thing I could've wanted.

Okay,

I'll check your story
and get back to you.

Thanks for your time, ladies.

Hello, Tendyne.

For a high-tech enterprise,

your security is
surprisingly lame.

All right, let's take
a look at these codes.

What? What are you?

No way!

Old school VR
with a brand new CP?

All right,
let's try this baby out.

Oh, my God!

Alec, are you there?

Oh, you're back online.

I was just looking at Tendyne's
game codes and you won't believe...

Alec, my head
really hurts again.

Yeah, sorry, it should
settle down after the reboot.

Hold on, stay with me.

Almost there.

And we're in!

Carlos.
Hey, where are you?

I thought you were
meeting me at Tendyne.

Did you talk to Cosgrove?

Yeah, her and her lawyer.

It's a dead end, it looks like
we need to dig a little deeper.

Okay, uh, I'll meet you
back at the precinct.

You still there?

Is she talking to us?

Yeah, I'm still here. Um...

I was trying to tell you that I was
looking at the beta testers' source codes

for Tendyne's new game,

there are some
pre-processor obfuscators,

somebody's deliberately concealing
executables within the application.

Someone is hiding code
within the code.

Who is she talking to?

I don't know but she's using
her bio-upgrade comps.

Could another protector
have gotten through?

Run a trace, find out.

I was able to parse it and then when I
looked at it, I completely blanked out.

Next thing I know,
27 minutes went by.

It's like you said, my mind
was completely hijacked.

So Gabrielle Cosgrove did intend
to kill Bartley and Moritz?

No, it's not Cosgrove.
My money is on whoever wrote the code.

Cosgrove is just
the businessperson.

Let me guess
who wrote the code.

Fred Nettinger.

Hey, what's up?

Change of plans.
We go back to Tendyne...

I think it was Nettinger.

They know about Nettinger.

He's become a liability.

Did your contacts at
Section 6 tell you that?

I'll explain
everything when I see you.

Stop her.

You said you had her
under your control.

She's still spooling
through reboot.

A few more minutes.

I have a message
for Agent Cameron.

If you could just...
I'm sorry, if you don't have any ID...

Mr. Nettinger!
Excuse me...

Yes.
Just the man I wanted to see.

Brad Anderson from
In Code magazine.

We're thinking about doing
a feature article on you.

I was wondering if I could have
a few moments of your time.

Okay, so what's the plan?

They've figured out how to brainwash
people that play their game.

We need to find Nettinger
and the program files.

And I'm in.

- You okay?
- Yeah.

It's...
It's just a headache, it'll pass.

Have her eliminate
Mr. Nettinger,

then her partner
and then herself.

Kiera?

Whoa, whoa, whoa,
what's going on here?

Kiera?

We need to talk to Nettinger.

Uh, yeah.
That's kinda the plan.

Shall we?

Kiera?

Kiera, can you hear me?

Kiera!

Oh, no, this is bad.
This is really bad.

What the hell?

Get out of here!

Get down!
Get over here!

You're being hacked.

So am I...
No, no, no!

What are you doing?
Is this you or them?

Controlling her! I know about
your deal, is this you or them?

No, this isn't me.
I'm not the one doing it.

Can you deprogram her?

I gave the codes away,
I sold them.

I have no idea
how to stop her.

Ah!

Damn it!

What is he doing there?

You got me.

Interrupt the subprogram,

introduce
the disruption factor...

I've lost her!
How?

Someone else is connecting to
her and rewriting her code.

Got her back.

Target the partner
and have her kill herself.

Oh, come on! Come on!

Kiera...

Come on!

Listen to me...

Hey.

Listen to me.

Damn it!

Don't do this.

Shoot him!

He can't hack her
if I turn her off.

Oh, God.

I've lost her!

Who da man?
I'm the man!

Yeah! Uh! Uh! Uh!

Are you okay?

Are you done?

What just happened?

Nice job.

How do you explain this?

Whoever is accessing her
has advanced coding skills.

It's like he was anticipating
my every move before I did it.

More advanced than you?

Which is impossible,
especially in this time.

There is one person...

Well, yes, but he is just...
Just a kid.

That is the only
logical explanation.

So Nettinger confessed
to writing a code

that creates
a visual wave pattern.

It, uh, brainwashes a person

so that they kill somebody
and then commit suicide.

Must've been what
happened to you, right?

Yeah.

Okay.

Well, my question is

when were you exposed
to the pattern?

Was it, uh, when you were
playing that game with Betty?

It must've been.

Okay, I'm gonna have
Betty checked out also,

just as a precaution.

What about Cole Bartley,
Greg Moritz?

Well, Nettinger believed
that killing them

would throw the suspicion
for the murders on Cosgrove.

Two birds with one stone.

Gets to test out his software
and take out the woman

standing in the way
of his advancement.

Clever.

Yeah, your, uh, friend
had the same assessment.

My friend?

Yeah, your buddy
from Section 6.

He was there at Tendyne.

Right.

And if it wasn't for him, you
would've put a bullet in me.

About that...

Carlos, I don't
remember anything.

Kiera, listen,
forget about it.

Despite what you want
people to believe,

I know you're only human.

Besides, I know you were
brainwashed like Mark and Yvonne.

That reminds me, uh,

Dillon wants you to get
checked out by a specialist.

I know just the person.

Okay, good.

And when you do
see your buddy...

Tell him that
I owe him my life, huh?

You might wanna
say thanks also.

Go home, get some sleep.

Alec.
Hey, you all right?

Yeah.

I think I need another reboot.

Yeah, and then I'm gonna
beef up your firewall

so nobody can hack you again.

Can we do it tomorrow?

Yeah, sure, you must be tired.

That's an understatement.

Hey, Kiera...

Yeah?

When I was going through your
diagnostics, I found a hidden file.

Did you open it?

It was full of
old memory traces,

stuff that you thought you've
deleted but is still there.

I'd be curious to
see what you find.

Or it could just be
broken code.

Yeah, I know.

Fill me in tomorrow, okay?

Yeah, sure.

Good night, Alec.

Good night.