Continuum (2012–2015): Season 2, Episode 11 - Second Guess - full transcript

NARRATOR:
Previously on Continuum...

You're not real.

What do your instincts
tell you now, Lucas?

That I'm going insane.

What do you want?

The mayor in my back pocket
would be a good start.

Okay, Alec, I need to
know I can trust you.

You can.

When I ask you for information,

I expect you to leave
nothing out.

What else in that lab
might be of interest to me?



Nothing.

(BEEPING)

Your CMR is functioning
just the way it should.

Any problems?

Headaches now and then.

That's normal.

I've upgraded the software,

but you won't even know it,
so check and check.

Can I ask you something?

I have no significant other.

In case you were wondering.

The CMR records our memories.

What happens to them?

The buffer is 36 hours,
give or take.



So, they get recorded over
and then erased, right?

Pretty much.

Pretty much?
What does that mean?

Nothing.

It's erased.

Your biometrics tell me
you're lying.

(SIGHS) We're not supposed
to talk about it,

and I don't even know
if it's true.

What, they keep them?

I've heard the archives
go back years.

The entire time I've had the
implant, every waking moment.

Someone can access that?

It's for your protection.
Isn't that what they say?

It's my life!

Every second, every hour,
every day.

I know.

Nanotechnology is amazing.

Dillon wants us all
in his office.

All of the major servers
have been affected.

It's already been classified as a
severe cyber terror event by the Feds.

How many people are affected?

Anyone in the Lower Mainland

with an Internet connection,
basically.

Three guesses who's behind it.

Well, the universal password for
everyone's private e-mails is Liber8.

Hope you like the glass house.

Hey, asshole!
(GRUNTS)

Hey, hey!

(INDISTINCT YELLING)

Break it up!
Break it up!

ROSICKI: That son of a
bitch was banging my wife!

I read the texts,
and the e-mails!

Hey! Knock it off!

Rosicki, take a walk.

Everybody else, back to work.

Let's put our energy into
stopping these hackers.

So far, the spread
seems almost random.

It's something like 10%
of affected accounts

have been accessed,
but as news travels,

that number's going
to jump exponentially.

So if it isn't Liber8, it's some
zealot hacker who's riding the wave.

The municipal election's
in a couple days,

tell me that's not
a coincidence.

No reason to think
it'll stop there, either.

If they have access to everyone's
e-mail accounts, what's next?

Betty,
while the walls are down,

I want an e-mail sweep on anyone
even remotely connected to Liber8.

That doesn't sound like
the kind of thing

you can trigger a warrant on...

Or should.

The Piron mandate gives us
the latitude and the power

we need to get the job done.

These guys wanna open up
the door to privacy?

Fine.

We'll show them that door
swings both ways.

SONYA: Lucas?

This hack of yours was
supposed to give us access

to privileged information,
not create chaos.

It's part of, um, a campaign.

A well-orchestrated plan.

When were you going to
tell me about this plan?

Trust me on this,
you'll know soon enough.

Everyone will.

Lucas.

You want to influence
people, then do it smart.

Politics.

It will get us where we want
to go, isn't that the point?

I'm already there.

KAGAME:
What did she say?

That I'm causing chaos.

We don't need Sonya.

We don't need anyone.

Tell me what you want me to do.

I want you to bring
this city to its knees.

KIERA: 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.

If we can read
anyone's e-mail,

now might be an opportunity
to find out

what happened to Gardiner.

Break into a CSIS agent's
e-mail? No thank you, pass.

But is it really breaking in
if everything's available?

I thought you'd be relieved
to lose your shadow?

Yeah, I am,
but it's not like Gardiner.

I just don't...
(TIRES SCREECHING)

(CRASHING)
(HORN BLARING)

Whoa, what's going on?

MAN: Someone call 911!

I think our hacker just moved from
private sector to public safety.

Alec, your Arc program,
you said it was designed

to circumvent privacy
protections.

Could anyone else have
gained access to Arc?

Of course not.

(CRASHING)
(HORN BLARING)

Alec, this is serious.

Violent crime is spiking,
people are getting hurt,

and the leaked e-mails are
connected to almost every case.

The hackers might have left
some sort of trail.

I'll see what I can find.

I believe the citizens of
Vancouver want to feel safe

in their homes, their
schools, their workplaces.

They're fed up with this climate
of fear, created by criminals

and fostered by the unmeasured
response of law enforcement.

When I'm sworn in as mayor,
restoring peace to this city...

Turn that off.
(TV TURNS OFF)

Listen up, folks.

Overnight we had
five shootings,

two stabbings,
six suspicious fires.

We've got traffic lights
that we have no control over,

denial of service attacks...

Things are starting
to fall apart,

and people are turning
to us for answers.

I want these piss-ant
hackers stopped

before the city boils over.

But in the meantime we use the
information they've provided

to go after anyone who has
even considered a pro-Liber8

or anti-police agenda.

The gloves come off

(SCREAMS)

(GRUNTS)

(BRAKES SCREECHING)

DILLON: Anything?

BETTY:
The hacker's a ghost.

Hundreds of hijacked servers
spoofing various sites.

I've got nothing.

Just the end results.

Could you give us the room
for a minute, please?

You're not comfortable
with this, are you?

We're using information that
came out of an illegal act.

So what, you think we should
just bury our heads in the sand,

let the bad guys do
what they want?

I'm just saying,
the line gets fuzzy.

Some of these people
have been arrested

for simply looking at the
wrong website or an e-mail

that suggests Liber8 might have an
argument against the corporations.

I will not be faulted for using
the tools at my disposal.

HEATHER: A press conference where
the last mayor was shot and killed?

It might seem a little
tasteless, that's all.

Or resolute, proving that we're not
letting terrorists and criminals

tell us when
and where we can meet.

It's your head.

Give us a minute,
would you, Mrs. Martin?

Sure.

You're insane
showing up like this.

I'm a big fan.

Does Sonya know you're here?

Screw Sonya.

Favor one.

One of your city's top cops,
Kiera Cameron?

I know who you mean.

I require a meeting with her.

A parley about
a missing friend.

I can't bring someone to meet you.
No one would want to.

You wound me,
Mr. Mayor.

You wound me.

And if I can't deliver?

I wind up like the last mayor?

With one big difference.

She died quick and painlessly.

Either you or someone you
know has been a victim

of a flagrant violation
of their privacy.

E-mails you once thought
were confidential

were suddenly
accessible to anyone.

But, my friends, this wanton
assault on your freedom

is merely
a wake-up call.

You see, your privacy was
never there to begin with.

I know it feels like you have lost
control, but you never had it.

And now you know
what that means.

How much further
this can and will go.

Agent Lewis, CSIS.

We've met.

Agent Cameron.

He's taking credit
for this hack.

Is he doing this alone?

I don't see how.

I thought you were the authority
on Liber8, Agent Cameron?

LEWIS: Julian is affiliated
with Liber8.

Somehow.

Gardiner thinks you are, too.

I know.

Mmm. When did
you see him last?

We were working together,
did he tell you that?

Kiera, answer
Agent Lewis' question.

A couple of weeks ago.

We haven't heard
from him since then.

I want a written report
detailing the case

the two of you were
cooperating on.

That way, I'm sure we can
assuage Agent Lewis' concerns.

Right away.

SADLER: Kiera?

Did you see that whole
thing with Julian?

I have to take this, it's about
the cyber-attacks, excuse me.

Yeah, any idea how
he's doing this?

Not yet,
but I'm gonna find out.

KIERA: He could be taking
credit for someone else's work.

Either way, he's in my sights.

Alec, I know that you said that
nobody else could have gotten

their hands on Arc, but...

If that's how he did it, if he
stole it from me somehow...

Okay, listen. Find out what you
can, and let me handle it.

Roger that.

Sky Train's been shut down.

Irregularities in
the computer system.

He's escalating the hacks.

Alec have anything?
Not yet.

But I've never heard him
this upset.

I'm actually a little
concerned for Julian.

Should be.

KIERA: Do you deny any involvement
in these cyber-attacks?

Well, I mean, this
wouldn't be the first time

you've mistakenly confused
my agenda with Liber8's.

They want to blow up the
world and start all over,

what makes you any different?

I believe this revolution
is fought one heart,

one mind at a time.

How's that working out for you?

I mean, our cause is
aided as much by those

who refuse to listen to us
as those with open minds.

You know what I hear?

The same old whiney bullshit
that agitators like you

always trot out to play
on people's fears.

I didn't come here looking
for converts.

Then why did you come here?

Well, the police have been tearing
up the town looking for me,

thought I'd voluntarily
turn myself in.

I mean, what are the odds I would have
taken a bullet fired in self-defense?

That's not what we do.

Really?

Are you speaking for
yesterday's police or today's?

KIERA: So you walk
into the lion's den.

Well, I'd like to
report a crime.

A crime against humanity, assuming
that that is an actionable offense.

Julian, stop playing games.

There are no TV cameras here,

and this isn't our first
psychopath rodeo.

Oh, I'm dead serious.

And who are you accusing
of these crimes?

My stepbrother, Alec.

(BEEPING)

Listen to this!
Cash machines on tilt,

people's credit card
balances being zeroed out,

whoever our
cyber-terrorist is,

they've figured out they can catch a
lot more bees with honey than vinegar.

What did you want to show me?

(SIGHS) Remember
how you asked me

if somebody could
have hijacked Arc?

This is not starting well.

Well, some of the code used
by the hackers reminds me

of the viruses that Lucas wrote
in order to hijack your CMR.

Now, this doesn't explain
the similarities to Arc,

but then I remembered
Julian stole my cell phone.

So, you think Julian might have
given your cell phone to Lucas?

Lucas could have recovered some of
Arc's source code through its memory.

Now, combined with the fact
that he has other segments

for the time travel device
for processing...

Now I feel sick.

But, there is a bright side.

If he is using my code, then I can just
hijack one of the servers he's using

and grab a fix on his location
next time he connects.

You've shown great courage.

That means a lot coming
from you.

Courage and stupidity.

I don't understand.

You've forgotten
the core mission.

I... I'm sorry, I...

These actions are supposed
to wake the people up

from their gradual slip
into unconsciousness.

We have.
They're taking notice.

Yes, but you have to capitalize

on their attention
while you have it!

How?

There's a tsunami on its way.

A tsunami?

It's a metaphor.

Alec Sadler.

Yes.

But there is another.

Me?

You swore an oath
to fight for liberty.

Now, circumstance has
provided you the opportunity

to shape the future.

Honor that commitment,
and avert a destiny

the world might
not otherwise survive.

I don't get it, he was here!

Accuracy is two meters.

There was a vehicle parked here
less than 10 minutes ago, tops.

So he's doing all this
from a moving vehicle.

He's like a human scud!

With a lag time for tracking?

He's safe as long as
he keeps on moving.

Once he comes to
rest long enough,

we'll be there to
haul in his ass.

Excuse me?

You know, you'll make
the arrest.

Oh, yeah, that's what
I thought you said.

(SIGHS)

I'll do my best.

Thank you.
Okay.

Candidate Martin,
what is your response

to the release of
decrypted e-mails

between you and
Sonya Valentine,

one of the architects
of Liber8?

Let's face it.

The current atmosphere is rife with
opportunity for malicious slander.

So you deny a business or personal
relationship with Miss Valentine?

I can assure you, the arrest
of Sonya Valentine and Liber8

will be one of
my first priorities.

Thank you.

If you don't get out
in front of this,

it'll bring us both down.

I know.
I'm working on it.

Work harder.

I've got my own problems.

The police want to bring
me in for questioning.

You threw me under the bus.

Our association could never come out.
You knew that.

Except that you're
supposed to find a way

to legitimize our cause,
and me with it.

Well, that can't happen
if I don't win the election.

And even if I do win,
it'll take time.

More time now,
with Julian destroying

every opportunity I had to
work behind the scenes.

We had a deal, Jim.

Don't try to weasel your way out
of it with politics as usual

or you'll wind up
like the last mayor.

Sonya, we both want
the same things.

Give me a chance to start the
process that leads us forward.

A chance.

One more thing.

Julian Randol.

When he's found,
I wanna see him.

I'll see what I can do.

All this chaos...

E-mails,
bank accounts, the grid.

It's Arc, isn't it?

Alec, you can stop it.

The only way to do that is to
completely destroy the program.

Exactly.

Kellog has way too much
money invested in it.

He wouldn't be happy.

Is it Kellog's happiness that
you're really concerned about?

If your friend Jim wins,

it could be the shortest
term a mayor ever served.

He did come in voluntarily
for questioning.

Remind him while the walls are
down we have the upper hand.

Don't kid yourself. We use that
sword on Jim, it cuts both ways.

(DOOR OPENS)

(DOOR CLOSES)

Look, Jim.

I'm no politician.

All I know is things
will go better for you

if you just came clean and got
out in front of this thing.

These radicals.

They hack the Internet two
days before the election,

and then miraculously
uncover a wealth of dirt,

including my ties to them.

So, you were set up.

That's what I'm supposed
to believe.

Carlos, from what I've heard,

your department's been bought
lock, stock and barrel

by a man whose interests have
nothing to do with the public's.

That doesn't trouble you?

Look...

I don't make the call about which,
if any, of these charges hold water.

That's above my pay grade.

Maybe I should
be grateful for that.

So you want to know if
Piron is making any moves

beyond this whole police
privatization thing?

Well, during
the cyber-attacks,

I copied some confidential
security filings.

Escher put out big money
to take over a tech company,

LaRoche Energy Systems.

Kiera investigated a murder at
their lab a few months ago.

Stay on Escher.

He's poured millions into fast-tracking
their fusion experiments.

He's decades ahead of anyone in
creating stable anti-matter.

What does he want
with anti-matter?

And try not to say it in nerd.

(SIGHING) Okay,
the simple version?

He plans on becoming
the richest man on Earth

with what could be possibly the
greatest, if not the only,

real alternative
to fossil fuels.

Assume it's not that.

Think nefarious.

Also, underhanded,
amoral, and greedy.

Are we still talking
about Escher?

Okay, theoretically, he could
develop this technology

to power the time
travel device.

If it ever gets whole
again, the sky's the limit.

You're Julian Randol.

You're the new mayor.

Maybe.

They arrest you?

They certainly tried.

You?
Questioning.

It's not a good day
to be a politician.

I wouldn't know.

(CHUCKLES) Bullshit.

Look, you and I don't
row on the same waters.

Sure we do.

We know how to
build a following,

and we both know how to use it.

You sure about
this revolution, Julian?

Because from where I stand, it
looks like a temper tantrum.

(ELEVATOR DINGS)

(DOOR OPENS)

Please.

Oh, I'll wait for the next one.

Suit yourself.

Everything okay,
candidate Martin?

All good.

From here it looks like a mess.

Well, then I'll just have
to clean it up.

How did you find me?

I think we both know
it wasn't easy.

Well, I hope it's worth
the trouble.

Yours and mine.

I don't think we've been
properly introduced.

My name is...
I know who you are.

What can I do for you?

It seems you and I
have mutual interests.

And I'm speaking strictly
financially, of course.

I wouldn't know.

Todd Sanchez.

LaRoche Energy.

Alec Sadler.

I have this sick feeling we're both
working from the same play book.

And if that were true?

Well, if we keep stepping on each
other's toes here, Mr. Escher,

sooner or later one of us is bound
to get annoyed and push back.

My money's on me, by the way.

I'll take those odds.

This...

This confidence is just a
facade for you, isn't it?

Somewhere to hide?

Well, you can't hide forever.

I'm not hiding, Matthew.

I'm right here.

(CHUCKLES)

Well, we all have
our secrets, don't we?

It's just a matter of time.

Lucas is playing video games

with the city's
infrastructure right now,

and you want me to
worry about Escher?

He's bought into the leading
edge of anti-matter research.

He's ramping up production.

He's got the police
department in his hip pocket.

Sound familiar?

I can't buy him out,
how about you?

I was thinking something more
efficient and non-recurring.

How do you keep those
hands so clean, Matthew?

Oh, I know. It's because
you're a businessman now.

Execute trades,
execute competitors,

it's all the same in the end.

The single biggest threat
to our cause is Escher.

If Kagame were here,
he'd agree.

Kagame is here.

In spirit, I'm sure.

Come here.

He thinks he's working
with a dead man.

Really?

What's happened to him?

I'm not sure.

He's clearly gone mad.

I'm concerned it's a side
effect of the time travel.

You have anything for me?

Kiera's pretty sure that Lucas
is behind it and can intercept.

Julian Randol just
walked out of here

because I don't have a
damn thing to hold him on.

I just yanked the next
possible mayor of this city in

for an interrogation,
but I can't hold him

because the prosecutors
can't agree on charges.

Somebody's head needs
to be delivered.

Tell me you don't think
he's close to losing it.

(SIGHS)

What do we do about Lucas?

I've got one more lead
I can try.

Well, hello!

Where's Lucas?

Why do I only get the
pleasure of your visits

when you need something
from me?

Start talking about Lucas, or I
will take a renewed interest

in what you're actually up to.

I wasn't a fan of Lucas when
his head was screwed on.

Meaning?

He's having full-blown
hallucinations.

He's convinced Kagame
is still alive.

Sonya thinks it's a time travel
thing, he's been scrambled.

Temporal dislocation, yeah.

I've seen it.

Have you felt it?

You?

Only when I'm with you.

Lucas is convinced
he can see Kagame?

See him, hear him.

Play chess with him,
you name it.

Crazy plus dead equals chaos.

KAGAME: This is no time
to let up.

I'm not.

You've sown fear.

Mistrust.

You've exposed hypocrisy of
politicians and the corporations.

But the real enemy
is the police.

The jackboot on the
throats of free citizens.

(SIGHS)

Oh, you are kidding me.

You might wanna hit your
refresh on breaking news.

The whole deal between Piron
and the VPD just went viral.

Makes it look like we've turned
into a private police force.

Shit.

What was that you were saying about
the sword that cuts two ways?

Oh... This...
This could be a bloodbath.

There are rumors of
a possible judicial review

for all recent convictions
out of this precinct.

The press is going to be crawling
up our ass and pitching a tent.

How are we gonna
deal with that?

You could hold
a press conference.

And say what, exactly?

Own up to everything.

So... Tell the truth.

What a concept.

Look...

Tell them you try running
a police department

with the dwindling
resources we've got.

(CELL PHONE BUZZES)

They'll claim I'm beholden to
the man who's paying the bills.

Are you?

No, I'm not.

So that's what you tell them.

Lettuce wrap, please.

I'm assuming you have
some good news for me.

This is where she'll be.

Who's Cameron expecting?

Lucas.

Supposedly he's turning
himself in.

(CELL PHONE BUZZING)

I thought you were supposed
to be at your election party.

I'll make it quick.

I know where your boy is.

Julian. I'll text you the
address and meeting time.

He's expecting to meet me.

But I'm sure
he'd be happy to see you.

Thank you.

So, I pieced together
Kagame's voice

using archive fragments
and your CMR.

Then I used your
voice-spoofing tech,

which you've already got,
and boom.

Instant ghost.

You think it'll work?

You're damn right it will.

KAGAME'S VOICE:
You're damn right it will.

Pretty creepy.

So, you got Lucas' number
from Kellog?

If I have Lucas's number,

why don't we just
trace the phone?

Well, it's not a problem if you believe
he's in New Zealand right now.

I see.

Let's find out where
Lucas really is.

(CELL PHONE VIBRATING)

Hello?

SADLER: (AS KAGAME)
Listen to me carefully.

It's important that I speak
to you in person.

Tell me where you are,
and I'll meet you.

Uh...

We don't have much time.

I'm at the place where
it all began.

Stay put.

I'll meet you there in a
couple of hours. Okay.

Where it all began?

I have a pretty good idea
what that means.

(SIGHS)

This Arc program has caused
nothing but trouble, Alec.

Why is every woman in my
life conspiring against me?

Emily's on me
about the same thing.

What good can come
from a program

that tramples
individual privacy?

KELLOG: I'll tell you.

Because the same program can
be used to protect people

from the government controlling
what they see and hear.

Look at us, all together.

A family.

You expect me to believe you care
about people's access to the truth?

Of course I do.

More than that,

I believe we can give the people
a shortcut to the future.

Listen to yourself.

A shortcut to what future?

Well, unless I'm mistaken,

the same one you wanna
get back to.

The same one you warned
yourself about.

I have to go.

KAGAME: Lucas.

Not this way.

OFFICER: Go!

Hold it right there!

Out of the van now!

Keep your hands in the air.

Got him!

CARLOS: All right,
get him up.

Come on.

You're not as smart
as you think you are, huh?

Is that what I think it is?

Yeah.

I should probably
leave it here.

It's evidence.

(EXHALES)

You're not who I was expecting.

I could say the same thing.

(GUN COCKING)

I'm sorry
it had to come to this.

I bet you are.

I don't blame you
for trying to kill me.

I wish I could say the same.

Your candidate told me
I'd find the protector.

He told me I'd find Julian.

Son of a bitch.

Any last words?

Do it.

Jim Martin thought
he could set us up.

He's going to wish his biggest
problem was a political scandal.

Remember that smoking gun we can
never get on Julian Randol?

Lucas had his van rigged
with lipstick cameras.

Fits the paranoid
schizo profile.

Me?

Yeah, he's completely lost it.

What does this have
to do with Julian?

Turns out he's only half crazy.

You've exposed hypocrisy of
politicians and the corporations.

But the real enemy here
is the police.

The jackboot on the throats
of free citizens.

We don't need anyone.

Tell me what you want me to do.

I want you to bring
this city to its knees.

I was wrong about Julian.

He's not inciting the terror.
He's masterminding it.

And we let him go.

Somebody better find him.

That'll be a hell
of a lot easier

if we have the public
on our side.

I thought about what you said.

About coming clean.

Holding a news conference,
owning up to everything.

That time has passed.

Now is not the time
to show weakness.

Public outrage runs the
length of the news cycle.

Today it's focused on us.

Tomorrow it'll be
something else.

Then we can move on to doing
what needs to be done.

Is that Arc?

(SIGHS)

I tore apart the drive
and this is the only back-up.

So, if you were to destroy it,

nobody could do what Julian
and Lucas did again?

Yeah, but the threat is over.

And this has so much
potential, you have no idea.

You're not just responsible for what
you do with your invention, Alec,

but also for
what others do with it.

If you don't want
to do it, I will.

(WHIRRING)

CARLOS: Well, Lucas is
out of the picture,

and I'm guessing whatever it is
you found in the back of that van

gets you one step closer
to going home.

So, that's a win
for the good guys, right?

Thanks for turning a blind eye.

I have my moments.

And apparently friends
in high places.

You do realize now
Jim has oversight

over the police department.

(SOBBING)

I think it's only right
that you should do it.

(BEEPS)

Welcome to your new home.