Continuum (2012–2015): Season 2, Episode 13 - Second Time - full transcript

Previously, on Continuum...

You call 'em Freelancers.

They have tattoos.

It's a series of dots
between their fingers.

It's the DNA results from that
test that I did on Jason.

He's my father.

Ms. Cathers was working
on a high security project

for SadTech.

This case is being bumped
upstairs.

Sir--

Officer Cameron, dismissed.



This feels great.

This is what you want?!

[Gunshot]

Emily!

Whatever this is, it got
that Sadtech engineer killed,

and it has something to do
with the Liber8 executions.

My supervisor
purged the record,

like it didn't even happen.

But you're not gonna leave
it at that, are you?

Someone was murdered
for this information.

And it's my case, even
if CPS wants to bury it.

She uncovered a possible
Liber8 escape plot

involving an explosive device,

and a connection to a murdered
Sadtech engineer.



I'll have to look into this.

Of course.

But please, let me know
if anything comes of it.

Is there something else?

My wife is supposed to work
the execution.

I don't want to
bother Mr. Sadler

unless there's a
verifiable threat.

I know exactly what
you mean.

I'll keep her away
from the action,

make sure nothing
happens to her.

Thank you.

His wife is the officer who
investigated the murder

of our friend.

What if she digs deeper?

There's something
to be said for a cop

with determination, integrity,

and a desire to uncover
the truth.

We don't see much of that
these days.

We're in a delicate position.

Leave it with me, I'll
see that steps are taken.

Yes, sir.

NO!

Kiera?!

Are you ok?

My head is killing me.

Ok, um, let me get
you something.

I've got some meds
from our travel kit.

It feels like something
went wrong with my CMR.

Your CMR?

Today is the day, the end of
Liber8 injustice, finally.

Ah, it feels...

what's this?

Work thing.

You alright?

Yeah, it's funny.

It's like a memory that's almost
there and then it's gone.

That ever happen to you?

All the time.

You know what?

I was thinking we could
meet after work,

go to the prison together?

Sounds great.

Kiera,

see you after work, sweetheart.

Meet you on the train.

Have a good day.

Very funny, mister.

You can have him
when you're done.

Soy milk, again?

The Liber8 terrorists
don't know

that we've uncovered
their plot.

They'll find out too late
and the execution

will unfold as it must.

Why let the charade
go so far?

Because so long as they think
they have a chance of escape,

we can ferret out their
co-conspirators on the outside!

Their false hope gives us a
powerful means of control.

Control I mean to preserve
at all costs.

That's all for now.

You have an explanation?

I had no choice.

Ramona Cathers was
approached by someone

with inside knowledge.

She was going to expose us.

Approached by whom?

A sect of some kind.

Believers.

They are aware of your research

and claim a dogmatic
responsibility to intervene.

Freelancers.

Excuse me?

Stay on this.

Report directly to me.

We need to take this
Freelancer threat seriously.

That's precisely why I invited
you here today.

You're the only one I can
trust with this.

I won't let you down.

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, this is unexpected
but a pleasure,

hope this has something to do
with our previous conversation.

You sat right next to Emily

and pretended not to know her.

I sent her to protect you,
Alec.

Protect me and steal
from me!

When Emily developed
feelings for you,

I worried at first that she
would compromise herself.

But an agent devoted
to the subject, Alec,

is an agent devoted
to the cause.

Well I'm glad it was
convenient for you

because she's dead,
you asshole!

You know, if you'd
never done this,

she'd still be alive.

But you gave her that job,
to protect me!

And now...

Alec, I'm truly sorry.

That wasn't my intent.

I don't even know why
I came here.

Except to make you realize
that I hold you responsible.

If you want me to bear
responsibility, I will.

Now tell me what happened,
help me to understand.

The woman is Mia Hartwell, 22,
no fixed address.

You ID the suits?

Yeah, we think they're
affiliated with the same group

that stole the Liber8 corpses
from the morgue.

So possibly connected
to Gardner's death.

Oh, I'd say it's a good bet.

You're trying to exonerate
Cameron, I see that.

But you were supposed
to bring her in.

Now CSIS thinks that
you're involved

and that's put me
in a bad position.

I need her in here and I need
her to answer these questions

if you want to move past this.

She's being pursued and
she's gone to ground.

You'd do the same thing.

I wish I shared your belief
in her.

Just call off the APB.

Get CSIS off her tail.

Just like that?

All is forgiven?

You want her to come in?

She has to feel like she has
a safe landing.

Let her know that she
still has friends here.

I'll do my best.

[Phone vibrates]

Fonnegra.

Carlos. Are you ok?

Yeah, I didn't fall off a roof.

You?

What happened to Emily?

I need you to tag Fonnegra's
call, now.

Now!

Carlos?

She's dead.

Kiera, you tried your best.

That's debatable.

You need to come in.

I can protect you here.

Yeah, I have to talk
to Alec first.

GPS puts her at Cordova
and Cambie.

No specific address.

Hey, get me Ed Lam in internal
affairs, please.

Here he is.

Hey, guys!

I would have happily come to visit
if you'd simply invited me.

I got a text message

from my source inside
the police department.

Why are Kiera Cameron,
Alec Sadler and Escher

meeting at Piron right
now as we speak?

What're they up to, Matthew?

Answer the question or I'm
gonna blow your hand off.

Woah, woah, woah.

Easy now, let's not make
any snap decisions.

We had a deal.

Your money comes
with too many strings.

We're not puppets.

You're fools if you don't
listen to what I have to say.

New information.

Changes everything.

Blow his hand off.

No! Listen to me!

I predicted Escher was gonna
be a problem!

Yeah, for you.

For me!

Tell that to Garza!

What about Garza?

Whoever snatched her
is connected to Escher,

which makes him a problem
for all of us.

A terminal one.

Would you give us a moment
please, Marco?

Thanks, Marco.

The kid made the time travel
device whole again.

Escher's got an anti-matter
power source.

Devoted an entire floor
of Piron to set it up.

Put the two together,

you guys could actually get back
to the time frame you wanted.

Change the course of the
revolution when it counts most!

Naturally, I'll hang back here,

do my part to lay
the groundwork.

Woah, woah!

You're testing my patience.

When that thing works again,

a guy like Escher
is gonna use it.

What if he goes back?

And?

He goes back in time to
before we get here, lies in wait,

and then kills us
all upon arrival.

One of dozens of possible
scenarios that all play out

the same way.

No more evolution,
no more competition,

everything just the way it was.

But we're all dead.

Well I'm guessing
you've got some ideas.

Hey, this is me.

So Emily was with Kiera
when she was shot?

She was until Kiera
went after the device.

Leaving an unarmed Emily
to fend for herself.

Don't put this all on Kiera,

you still have a part
to play in all this.

I know I did, that's
why we're talking.

Alec, I have always had an
abiding interest in you,

and when Liber8 and Kiera
arrived in this time

I could no longer
stand in the shadows.

I want to help you, I
want you back in my life.

Back in your life?

What is that supposed
to mean?

It means that we're family.

Excuse me?

I'm your father, Alec.

I know who my father is,
it's not you.

If someone else is claiming
to be your father...

He doesn't have to,
he's a DNA match!

DNA?

Jason.

You think Jason's
your father?

I know he is!

The fire had to be authentic
for me to protect you.

It was the only thing
that I kept.

No, keep it.

Keep it!

I know it's a lot to process.

With everything I've learned...

the work you've left
behind...

what I've done,
what you've done.

It's like we've been working
together this whole time.

I was hoping you'd see it
that way.

There's something that
I want to show you.

It's directly below us.

It's something that I think
will bring us closer together.

Alec?

What're you doing here?

I heard about Emily.

I'm so sorry.

You should have been
by her side.

That's what you were supposed
to do.

If you had,
she'd still be alive!

I made a decision that I
thought was the right one.

Yeah, for you.

It's my only chance
to see my son.

I reacted...

Your selfishness killed her!

Alec, I know this hurts.

But Escher is the one that
put Emily in harm's way.

He put her there
to protect me.

He's manipulating you.

Hands where I can see 'em,
Cameron!

Alec, I never meant to hurt you
in any way, I'm sorry...

Alec, I know what you must
think of me.

And I probably deserve it.

But that man cannot be trusted.

He's family.

What do you know about that?

Get her out of here.

Alec.

Alec, please.

I will always blame you.

Do you understand me?

Always.

Kiera?

Look, I know you can't talk

but you were right
about everything.

Emily, Escher...
he's up to something.

He told me he installed
an anti-matter machine

here at Piron.

If you can somehow
get out of this jam

and get the time travel device,

I'll be able to send you home

and this whole nightmare
will be over.

Thanks, Alec.

You tracked my phone call
to Kiera.

I had my orders.

Thought you lost a taste
for that.

You're just lucky you
weren't with her

or you would have
been arrested, too.

Yeah, well I have a
feeling that's not far off.

I don't know what's
happening here anymore.

You know, Betty.

You just haven't decided

what you're gonna
do about it yet.

I need you to requisition
some evidence from lock-up.

Can you do that for me?

That's not what
I usually do.

Yeah, does anything
around here lately

match that description?

Are you gonna do this for me,

or am I gonna tell Dillon
that you're the Liber8 mole?

I talked to a contact at IA.

He traced your calls
and texts.

You did the rest.

What happens now?

That depends.

Carlos says I've got it wrong.

He thinks that you've been
set up for Gardner's murder.

Says there's something
unusual about the evidence.

It's all just a little
too neat.

It's funny.

Of all the people that I've
met since I arrived here,

I would have picked you
as one who knew me.

Trusted me, even.

I would have picked me
to be that guy, too.

But things change.

Not things, you.

You lost what you had
when Nora showed up

and you wanted to get it back
no matter what the cost.

You didn't care who got hurt
in the process.

We have enough to charge
you for Gardner's murder,

and it doesn't really matter
whether I trust you or not.

CSIS is gonna come in here,

they're gonna take over
this investigation

and they are gonna corroborate
the ties to you and Liber8.

Let me guess.

Escher is providing them
with the evidence?

Kiera, you know you could buy
yourself some goodwill here.

Just tell me what you know.

I'll go to bat for you.

The way you used to go
to bat for all of us?

There's no need for you
in here, detective.

I'm ok, Carlos.

What the hell is that?

I'm sorry.

For what?

For this.

You shouldn't've done that.

Yeah, there's an epidemic of
that going around lately.

Carlos, don't!

You're throwing
away your career,

I know how much
it means to you.

The career I want
isn't here anymore.

You need to get home.

You better go.

Ever since I got here

you were the one person
who never failed me.

Look, save the speech
for when you get home.

That is what you're doing,
right?

I don't think I'll be around
in 2077 but look me up,

will ya?

See how we get outta
this mess.

I will.

Thank you.

Goodbye, Carlos.

Carlos!

Don't throw away
your whole life.

Just come back inside, please,

I know we can figure
this out together.

No, it's way too late
for that.

I'm a cop, Betty.

I still want that
to mean something.

Why don't you come
with me?

Where would we go?

I don't know, we'll
figure something out.

Hey, who's there?

Jason!

Are you ok?

Yeah.

I think so.

You come here to hide
as well?

To hide?

Yeah, from the Freelancers?

Yes, I think it's safe here.

Yeah? Oh, good.

Looking for something?

Where's the device, Kellog?

Safe.

It's not gonna work
without this.

I wasn't planning
on going anywhere.

Well I'm not in the mood
for games.

What do you want?

I've been thinking about it.

Sometimes you get so
deep into the game

that you lose sight
of the goal.

Of the win.

I don't have a lot of time.

That could be true.

She's nowhere.

Surveillance cameras?

Nothing.

Like she wasn't even here.

But I found Fonnegra.

So to speak.

I need everyone's attention.

As of this moment,

Kiera Cameron is public
enemy number one.

She should be considered armed
and extremely dangerous.

If you encounter Agent Cameron,

take all necessary precautions.

Add Carlos Fonnegra
as number two.

He's done.

Give me the device, Matthew.

Matthew?

That might be endearing if
it wasn't so damn manipulative.

This is no manipulation.

This is a straight up threat.

You give me the device,
or I kill you.

It's as simple as that.

The device isn't here.

And killing me won't solve
your bigger problem.

But it would make me feel
so much better.

What bigger problem?

Escher.

Travis... who knows what else.

What are they called?

Freelancers?

You wanna get home,
you'll need to save the kid.

Your investment at risk?

Alec is in danger.

Kiera, he's right.

Alec needs you,

Alec doesn't know how
dangerous Escher is.

I bring you Alec,

you bring me the rest
of the device.

And feel free to take out
Escher as your gratuity.

When I was your age, younger,

I believed in the value
of technology.

People believe that
they are free,

but the reality is they've
never been more enslaved.

So you intend to re-write
history using these convicts?

Liber8 wouldn't exist
if it weren't for me.

Perhaps they're nothing more

than a manifestation
of my conscience.

What if you're wrong?

What if they go back
and nothing changes?

Plan fails?

I have to try.

To do otherwise...

I couldn't live with that.

Or die with it.

Ensure that the power
generator in the room below

triggers the device.

Send them back.

Why me?

Because you'll inherit my
failure if I don't succeed,

and I wouldn't wish that
on anyone.

You can count on me, father.

This technology isn't supposed
to be possible!

No, it isn't.

It's a launch pad, Alec, to
the past... to the future...

to our future, Alec.

But we need the device
to make it work.

Kiera will never give it up.

She doesn't trust you.

What if you gave her
a second chance?

She feels guilty
about what happened,

convince her you want
to send her home.

I'm not that good of a liar.

It's simple if you're cloaking
the truth, Alec.

Ok, what am I telling her?

That you've hacked
the security protocols,

gained access to the lab
on the 34th floor.

34th floor, good to know.

Hello, Kellog!

Nice place you got here.

I'm just here to check up
on our little arrangement.

She's on her way.

You're one of them!

I used to be.

The Freelancers recruited me
when I was your age.

So mom knew about everything?

No.

She thought I'd
been murdered.

That's why she never said
anything to anyone.

She was afraid.

And the fire?

I wanted out.

It wasn't an option.

I could handle the Freelancers
coming after me,

but not the two of you.

The death of Mark Sadler
made you both safe.

Or did until Kiera
showed up.

Kiera, what is that supposed
to mean?

Kiera changed everything.

Is that Travis' and
the Protector's CMR?

MmHmm.

He's expecting you.

I know.

[Gunfire]

[Gunfire]

Thanks for getting me
this suit, Protector.

Makes me feel whole again.

[Groans]

Playing field's even, now.

[Choking]

You really think
you can beat me?

[Groans]

[Groans]

Didn't have to end
like this, Cameron.

You could have joined
our fight.

Ahhhhhh!!!!!!

When are you gonna
wake up?

You're the villain
in this tale.

[Groans]

Ahhhhh!!!!!!!

Where are you going?

We both know this fight
won't go the distance.

I'm going to get Alec,

get Kiera's piece of
the time travel device

before the police
clean up the place.

No, you stay here.

Our deal was I give
you Kiera and Escher

in return for Alec
being left alone.

I am a man of my word.

Don't touch that!

[Gun blast]

[Gun blasts]

I'm gonna make Sadler
pay for this!

For this pathetic life.

[Gunfire]

But first I'll start with you!

[Groans]

Too bad, Cameron.

[Groans]

[Gun blasts]

[Fighting]

You should have stayed
home, Protector.

[Screams of agony]

I don't know who
you people are,

but this isn't business
anymore.

This is personal.

[Gunshot]

Hi.

Perhaps you can help me,

any idea where the
anti-matter lab is?

I'm very glad you're a man
of your word.

Matthew, what is it?

Things have spun out
of control this time.

Trouble is waiting for me
at every corner

and I fear it's only gonna
get worse.

Are you reneging
on our deal?

Quite the opposite.

I'm coming with you.

What happened to you?

Travis happened.

But he's dead now.

Where's Escher?

I bought us some time.

This could have been me.

Hey, a guy can dream.

What is he doing here?!

I'll explain later.

Are you sure
you can do this?

Let's find out.

How much time do we have

before Escher figures
out what we're up to?

Not long.

Ok, I'm gonna send you back just
prior to the moment you left.

Why?

Because if you don't stop
Liber8 from traveling back

the first time then your
future remains uncertain.

But if you send me back from
before the time that I came,

then there could...

There could be two of you?

Yeah, possibly.

I don't know, maybe the time
continuum won't allow for it

and one of you will be erased.

Maybe by sending you
back I stop you

from coming in the first place
and this you ceases to exist.

I don't know,
it's complicated.

It's a leap of faith.

It is.

The couplings are secure,
building up a charge now.

Time coordinates are set,

your temporal matrix
seems stable.

This is it.

Alec, I just wanna say...

Don't bother, Kiera.

No, I do.

He really means don't bother.

Nice to see you, Matthew.

I'm sorry, Kiera.

Alec?

It was the only way to get
the device back.

Alec, what are you doing?

I'm protecting my family.

And our legacy.

I don't understand.

Myself, Alec, Jason.

Time travel is not just some
technological marvel, Kiera.

It's the family business.

Who are you?

A friend.

I'm here to prevent you
from making a mistake.

You have no idea what
I'm doing here, friend.

In specific terms, no.

But I swore an oath to
protect the world from those

who abuse technology to
pervert and exploit the past,

the present and the future.

Alec, he is not family.

He is a threat.

You don't get it, Kiera.

He's my father!

What's she doing here?

It was just fine until
you showed up.

There was no one after him,
there was no gun to his head.

I protected him!

You exploited him.

And you exposed him.

And now I know my son is not
safe unless he's by my side.

...Sentenced to death...

[Gunshots]

Stay where you are.

All these years I thought
you were dead, Sadler.

Make any sudden moves
and you will be.

Step away from the device.

You want to protect
the time line?

Send me home.

I can prevent Liber8 from
ever coming to 2077,

I can make sure none
of this ever happens!

I can make things right.

And I'm able to destroy
the device

and no one will ever
use it again.

That's all I've ever wanted.

To put the pieces back together
and return to my family!

That might be true,

but there will still be
an anomaly.

A glitch in the continuum.

You.

I'm prepared to die for what
I believe in.

I don't think you are.

I say we roll the dice.

...Prisoners, take your position
on the table.

What the hell?

Alec, I can go home!

I know, but I have
to save her!

Alec, no!

No Alec, no! NO!

Damn.

[Groans]

What about Lucas?

It's being arranged.

The damage has passed.

Except for Sadler.

He's no longer our concern.

In THIS time line.

I can't...

I can't...

I can't...

I can't...

Let me out of here!

Let me out of here!

Let me out of here!

Let me out of here!