Continuum (2012–2015): Season 2, Episode 3 - Second Thoughts - full transcript

Previously, on Continuum...

You shot him, you shot Travis?

Kagame was very specific.

I take over Liber8.

[gunfire]

Who would be the most
upset to find out that

the Coalition Kings were working
with the big bad Liber8?

Raoul Wolford,
the West Coast Syndicate.

I spent the last 20 years
thinking I was the only one

who made it through from 2077.

I'm looking to set
up a new venture.



Also looking for
talented visionaries

to do visionary work.

You know, mold the future.

[Civilian chatter]

You're so sweet.

[Civilian chatter]

I give you two.

What are you doing here,
Kiera?

Isn't it obvious?

You tracked me.

I put a beacon in your coat.

I had no choice.

Who was he?

I don't know him.



He wanted directions.
Why do you care?

Hannah, you told me
you were done with this.

You promised!

Give them to me.

Hannah, I said give them
to me.

Look it's... it's... it's just
for the odd time, Kiera,

I don't need it every day.

I don't believe you.

No, don't, Kiera, don't...
Kiera, don't!

You're supposed to be
my big sister!

Not my keeper.

I worry about you.

These people...

These people have
emancipated themselves

from the slavery of the system.

Your system.

It's the same story
every time, Hannah.

Please...

Please let me help you.

I don't want your help!

I don't need it!

Leave me alone.

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.

S02 Ep 03
- Second Thoughts -

Bikers?

Really, Sonya?

The Coalition Kings are the main
rivals to the syndicate gang

that we set up for
the mayor's killing.

They delivered,

and they're well placed to help us
with our Theseus situation.

You better be right.

Have you made the arrangements
we discussed?

Everything's in place.

[Gunshot]

Go!

[Gunshots]

One, two, three...
carry the eight... no, no...

April, June and November.

31 zero... Dates...

Hey.

So, this guy's asking
for Kiera,

and they were gonna
send him away

but I thought maybe
you'd want to talk to him.

You should straighten that,
you know.

Yeah, yeah I do, thanks,
Betty.

How're you doin'?

Detective Fonnegra.

I actually think we've met.

Oh yeah, it's Jason.

I'm looking for Kiera,
a police person,

very attractive.

Yeah, I know who you're
talking about.

How do you know Kiera,
exactly?

I have some very
important information,

I need to give it to her.

Yeah, well, she's not here,
but I can relay it.

No, I'd rather tell her
myself.

Like I said, she's
not here, so...

You tell her, then, that
I think we got freelancers.

- Freelancers?
- Yeah.

She'll know what I mean.

This wouldn't happen to have anything
to do with the bombing, would it?

I don't know anything
about that.

Okay... and the freelancers,
they wouldn't be involved either?

[Sighs]
I didn't say that.

So what are you saying?

What've you heard?

I thought you were giving me
the information?

I gave you the information.

- Freelancers?
- I'll write it down.

Can I have a pen?

You gotta try it,
I'm tellin' ya.

It does this amazing things
to your memory.

Yeah, like you still
got one.

[Laughing]
No, seriously!

You remember stuff with this...
with this laser focus.

Alec?

No, no I'm good.

Why would you settle for good when
this Flash shit makes you great?

Trace... Tracey...

Yeah, why not?

Check this out.

Now that's just weird.

Just use, like, eye drops,
okay?

Just think of
something, anything,

and it triggers a vivid
flashback

like you're there again, okay?

Concert, first kiss,
first shag...

Hell, shit that
hasn't even happened

if you can just imagine
it like it did.

World class head trip.

Let's go.

Um, maybe I should drive.

Don't worry about it.
Laser vision.

[Mellow dance music]

♪

Hey man, slow it down!

[Mellow dance music]

[Crash]

Well, I appreciate
the ride home.

You wanna tell me what happened
before you go in?

It's just a sprain...

That's not what
I'm talking about.

You and Ricky are lucky
to be alive.

Look, I didn't take anything,
okay?

But Ricky did.

You have no idea what
you're dealing with, Alec.

This isn't some everyday
joy ride.

I said I didn't take anything,
jeez, just back off.

This drug, Flash, it shouldn't
be around for decades.

Are you saying
it's from the future?

Made with knowledge
from the future.

In my time, it's known
as Retrievanol.

What does it do?

It was originally developed
for Alzheimer's patients,

before they cured that.

It was only administered
under the strictest protocols.

But then it got out,

and people looking
to escape their lives

got lost in their own past.

I need you to find me
everything you can on Flash.

Where it's coming from,
emergency room records,

first-hand accounts,
anything.

Alright, will do.

Alec...

I'm really glad you're okay.

[Sighs]

Julian.

I uh... I brought you
some more books.

And... your father's journals,
like you asked.

And look,

that day, in that building,
five top executives

from big pharmaceutical
companies were meeting.

Executives who were in
competition with each other,

all five of the companies
have denied

that the meeting even took place
until life insurance policies

on the dead executives
were paid out.

It's all over the news.

So what, they were colluding?

Suppressing cures
to some medicine.

This... is just the tip
of the ice berg.

Kagame, he told me that
the truth would reveal itself.

And you revealed it.

No, I didn't.

He did.

I... I was a dupe,
if anything.

- No, don't say that.
- I was.

Okay?

But, thank you for bringing
this for me.

[Sighs]

I'm worried for you.

I'll be okay.

I'm gonna figure this out,
alright?

I... I want to.

Flash hit wide
two weeks ago.

It's billed as your memory's
on steroids.

The drug squad still doesn't
know where it's being sourced.

We just got word of a fourth
death this morning.

The problem is we have no idea
how much product is out there.

Why do you think it's Liber8?

Sonya Valentine has the
requisite medical knowledge.

We already know that she's in
bed with the Coalition Kings,

maybe the drugs are payment
for services?

- Yeah, but what services?
- I don't know.

Well, if we can't
kill the dragon,

at least we can stop
feeding it.

Let's find out where the drugs are
coming from and shut it down.

I'm on it. I'll coordinate
with the drug squad.

Any other ideas if this turns
out to be unrelated to Liber8?

I have one or two possibilities
I can check out.

Keep me in the loop.

All this Liber8 rhetoric about
personal rights and freedoms.

At the end of the day, they're
nothing but a bunch of thugs.

[Sighs]

Don't worry,
we got your back.

Anyone so much as looks
at you cross-eyed,

the Coalition Kings
will tune 'em up.

- The name's Gus.
- Thanks.

Don't thank me.

Thank that Sonya chick.

She's making sure you're the
safest guy inside these walls.

Kiera.

What a lovely surprise.

Make yourself at home.

If I had known
you were coming,

I would have freshened up.

What do you know
about Flash?

Grandmaster, right?

Hip hop icon,
invented the cross fader.

I uh, I used the Google.

Flash, as in the drug
that's killing people

all over the city.

But leaving smiles
on their faces.

I did read something
about that.

Sounds a lot
like Retrievanol.

Doesn't it, though?

Is it you, Matthew?

- Excuse me?
- Your latest enterprise?

My money's on Sonya, but you're
not above this kind of thing.

I've got the world
by the short hairs.

I am on the ride
of my life.

Now why exactly would I stoop
to selling street drugs?

Because it's lucrative?

Because you have the morals
of a sea slug?

It's not a bad theory.

Except I'm absolutely innocent.

And there's not many things
I can say that about.

You know, I was really hoping
we could get a fresh start,

given that we'll probably be seeing a
lot more of each other these days.

And you base that
on what?

On how close a bond we
both have now with,

you know, with Alec.

You have something to say to
me, now would be the time.

Alec and I are in the process
of forging a business alliance.

I'm surprised he didn't
mention it.

You did this to get back
at me.

Now that's a touch egocentric.

The kid is a venture
capitalist's dream.

It's like finding
Steve Wozniak at 18.

You have no right to drag Alec
into your world.

You've got it backwards,
my darling.

He dragged us into his,
remember?

At the age of 80!

He is now 18 years old.

Old enough to decide
for himself.

Alec has a destiny to fulfill,
and you're intervening why?

Because you feel like it.

Kiera, relax.

I don't want to change history,
okay?

I just want a ringside seat.

Kiera, are you there?

I'm kind of busy right now.

You know, this isn't a great
time for me, either.

There's this neighbourhood
watch social network,

it's lighting up over a multiple
shooting at the airport.

I don't think it's
on the cop's radar yet.

Good work, Alec.

Send me the coordinates
and I'll loop in Carlos.

He is something,
isn't he?

You screw with
that kid's life,

and you will answer to me.

That, is a promise.

[Sighs]

[sirens wailing]

These are all Coalition Kings.

You think it's gang on gang?

Well, if it isn't,

someone sure wanted
it to look that way.

Looks like they never
saw it coming.

So, on top of civil unrest
and a drug epidemic,

you're telling me I've got
a gang war on my hands?

I'm not sure we know enough
to call it a gang war just yet.

You must have a working
theory?

Well, the Kings have been
trading hits with the Syndicate

for the last 14 months.

Wolford's out on bail,

maybe he's trying to get payback
for whoever set him up?

Whatever these guys did,

someone's trying
to eradicate them for it.

This city's teetering
on the brink.

This might just be enough
to push it over the edge.

Maybe that's what
Liber8's counting on.

Only one of these guys
got a shot off.

These guys weren't out
on a Sunday stroll,

these are hardcore killers.

Were.

Hunters became the hunted.

Look at the positions.

They were planning to surprise
whoever their target was.

You mean targets, right?

There must have been
multiple shooters

to take this many guys down.

Actually, they were all shot
by a single shooter

standing or crouching somewhere
around here.

You seem pretty sure
about that.

Happened fast.

Single gunman.

That's impossible.

No one could retarget
that fast at this range.

Unless it was a bad-ass
super soldier?

Didn't we just let one of
those slip away?

Travis Verta.

So, Sonya is with the Kings and
they're at war with Travis...

You don't suppose that...

Trouble in paradise.

The enemy of my enemy
and all that.

If it's true, we should be able
to use this to our advantage.

We should also expect
a lot more killing.

If Sonya is trying to take
down Travis,

next time she'll be coming
with a platoon.

Have a drink, Lucas.

You need to take
the edge off.

What's the problem?

I don't even know where
to start.

Try.

I feel like you're not taking
this Travis situation seriously.

Really?

I crawled into bed
with gangsters.

And... you're not comfortable
with that?

It runs counter to everything
I believe

and the message that Liber8
needs to seed in this time.

They may be the only
thing between us and Travis.

You need an army,
and the Coalition Kings

are supposed to provide that
in return for the drugs.

I was hoping to find
a non-violent path

to achieve our goals.

We can get what we want
if we ask politely?

That's how we got
our asses kicked.

Ideas are more powerful
than guns.

They're the only way to prevail
against a stronger enemy.

That's the message Kagame
left.

Yeah.

Right before he blew up
a building full of people.

The next time you go up
against Travis,

you tell me what you'd rather
be packing:

a great idea,
or this.

Jason's a little skittish,
so thanks for the help.

- Uh, maybe...
- Oh, yeah, no problem.

- See you later?
- Yeah.

Is that him? Is that him?

Yeah. But, that's
not why I'm here.

Carlos said you came
to see me?

Oh, yeah...

I wasn't even sure if you were
gonna get that message.

Yeah, I think it lost a little
something in the translation.

Um, he said something
about freelancers?

Yeah, I didn't want
to alarm you,

but I wanted to let you know
that they're here

and they're after me.

And oh, if you find a body
turned all inside out,

with the intestines hanging
from the trees,

don't worry about the DNA,
it'll be mine.

Okay, who are they, Jason,
these freelancers?

Itinerant time travelers.

Prospectors, adventurers,
fugitives...

they come in all colours.

Some say they're here to protect
the time line from abuse,

some say they are the abusers.

Okay, but... how long
have they been here?

Who do you think the telescope
came from?

I always assumed Galileo.

Atomic bomb? Cold fusion?

Gerry Garcia ice cream?

Whenever there's a quantum leap
in technology,

you're gonna find freelancers.

They might not be doing
the inventing,

but they're at least
pulling the strings.

What about Mr. Escher?

Checkmate.

He's just running
his own agenda.

He's a freelancer of
a different stripe.

What I don't understand is
why are they after you?

Because they can only
do what they do

if no one sees them
for who they are.

And you pose a threat
because...

Because I know.

And they know that you know.

And now they know
that you know.

We both sound like
we're off our meds.

Well, they depend on that.

You call them out on it,
they'll just say you're crazy.

I assume they can travel
back and forth?

Oh... you want to catch
a ride home.

I didn't say that.

You know,

you won't be the same person
you were when you left.

The longer I stay here,

the more the future
starts slipping away.

One day you're gonna
wake up and just wonder

if any of it ever
really happened.

Have you seen these
latest stats?

16 year old high school junior
takes a header

into an empty swimming pool.

Mother of two
strips off all her clothes

and walks out into traffic.

The only thing these
two have in common

is Flash in their systems.

So now you wanna tell me
what happens

when someone puts this
into the water supply?

We are nowhere with this.

With all due respect sir,

we've got our hands full
with these gang murders.

Still a good chance
it's all connected.

[Knocking]

What?

Sorry, I thought this was
important.

Carlos asked me to track
high level Coalition Kings.

- Gabriel.
- You know him?

We've got some history.

He's next in line
to lead the Kings,

he went underground when
they started stacking bodies.

Well, it looks like
he just surfaced,

I've got GPS coordinates on an
old cell phone we're tracking.

Nice, good work Betty.

Maybe Gabriel can lead
us to Sonya.

It's about time
something broke our way.

If we can find him,
so can Travis.

It's not gonna end,
is it?

Not till one of you dies.

I didn't start this war.

But you can end it.

I intend to.

She's already on the run.

Look, if you don't want to go
along for this ride, Jas,

I understand.

I've already made you a target.

That was my choice.

What about Sonya's soldiers?

Already taken out six Kings.

The rest will be easy.

She'll find a way
to build new ranks.

So will I.

[Knocking]

- Hey, Nadia.
- Hey.

Heard you had it
kinda rough.

A couple surgeries.

I get out tomorrow.

How'd it go with you?

Oh, the arm, it's ok.

I know you really don't know me
all that well,

but can I ask you something?

Sure, I guess.

Is it really what they say
it is?

Flash?

Right, you never took any.

It was crazy!

I must have been in the
ambulance after the accident

but in my head...

in my head I was
body surfing in Oahu.

You remembered
body surfing?

Not just remembering,
I was there!

The water...

the sun...

that drop in my stomach
when I rode the wave...

In this experience...

did you choose to remember it,
or did it just happen?

I don't know, I...

I think it was a choice,
why?

There's some things
my dad told me,

before he died,

things I didn't understand.

Things I have
to understand now.

But I realize that's not
a possibility.

It is possible, Alec,

that's what I'm trying
to tell you.

But...

I don't know if you can
trust it.

I don't understand.

That experience,
that ride...

it was never that perfect
in real life.

Maybe all you see is
what you hope is true.

If I didn't know any better,

I'd say you were trying
to avoid me.

- How's it going?
- What're you doing here?

- Having a mole removed.
- Right.

How's your girlfriend?

She's just a friend,
and she's fine.

Lucky for the both of you.

So I assume you've been giving

some thought to formalizing
our arrangement?

Yeah, I've given it
some thought.

And?

I'm gonna need more time.

I can live with that.

But, the offer isn't
open ended.

- I will need an answer.
- I get that.

Good, good.

In the meantime, you stay
out of cars with teenagers.

And check your email.

It's just a mock-up of the
research lab we can provide.

And yes, those are
dedicated servers.

Gabriel? How're you doing?

What do you want, Fonnegra?

I just wanna know why
a guy that's so smart

is being so stupid and
associating with terrorists?

I got no idea what
you're talking about.

Coalition Kings
working with Liber8?

Moving product,
putting out hits?

Missing?

You got it wrong,
detective.

Well, either way,

I still gotta bring you in
for questioning.

I've got my rights.

Yeah, you do.

You have the right to be gunned
down like your men at the airport.

Like it or not, Gabriel, we're the
best friends you've got right now.

We're out there looking for the
scumbag that's killing your men.

We just need a little help.

I'd rather take my chances
with a psychopath.

Or maybe just you.

We should go.

She's got more sense
than you do.

Don't say I didn't warn you.

Wanna explain
the sudden exit?

I planted a tracking chip
on our friend back there.

Oh? You didn't even
get close to him.

I give away all my secrets,
I lose my mystique.

He's heading east
on Hastings.

You know, I have done
this before.

I don't need fancy toys to teach
me how to tail a suspect.

And now south on Renfrew.

[Sighs]

This could turn out
to be a real headache.

- What are you talking about?
- Well, if you're right,

Sonya has recruited Gabriel
and the Coalition Kings

to take out Travis.

And she's using the drugs
to pay for it, right?

Then the divide is done,
all we have to do is conquer.

Sure, but if either one of
them wins their private war

then they come out of this
twice as strong.

That makes it simple.

We take them both down.

You think he's alone?

We're about to find out.

Buncha punks with badges,
I don't care.

When we made our deal, our
guys weren't being butchered

like a bunch of farm animals.

Our guys weren't being hunted
by a psychopath!

Gabriel, your boss is dead.

That leaves you in charge.

Your cut just got
a whole lot bigger.

Now I need you
to calm yourself...

I'm calling this in.

Call me when you're done.

I am leaving.

She's on the move!

We lose Sonya,
we lose everything.

Kiera, wait!

Cops!

[gunfire]

- You good?
- Yeah, peachy.

[gunfire]

I gotta get you outta here.

- I gotta get her, first.
- Shit!

[gunfire]

This way!

[gunfire]

- Let's go!
- Go, go, go!

[gunfire]

We're good, go!

[gunfire]

Go!

[Gunshots]

- You okay?
- Yeah, you?

- Are you trying to get us killed?
- No. Just Sonya.

She's long gone.

How'd it go?

You lie down with dogs,
you get up with fleas.

And the Protector!

- Are we moving again?
- No.

And not any time
in the near future

because I am done
getting my hands dirty.

Kagame knew to inspire
our followers

is the only way to ensure
our fight outlives us.

Thesius is a part of that.

But we can also
set an example.

From now on, we no longer
associate with criminals,

or those who would
willingly steal from,

or exploit, the very people
that we are trying to liberate.

We will use the weakness
of the system against it.

We will expose corruption and
hypocrisy where it lives

and we will sacrifice,

but only when there is
no peaceful alternative.

Nice speech.

Reminds me of Kagame.

We know how that ended.

There was a conspiracy brewing
in that building

that would have made slaves
of us all.

He had to get the
world's attention.

That's exactly my point.

If you want to make an omelette,
you have to crack some eggs!

You're drawing
the wrong lesson!

I am drawing the exact
same lesson

that Travis was making since
they wanted this revolution!

He who will not yield to reason,
will yield to persuasion.

What will you do

when that kind of persuasion

comes looking for you?

Do you really think you can
stop Travis with this?

[Rap music]

There's no answer.

Like this war council
isn't happening.

Listen up!

I'm here with news
about your boss.

Okay.

What do you think
you know?

Easy friend, he wanted to
let you know he'd be late.

And he said I could get started
in the meantime.

- Does anyone have a problem with that?
- Yes, I have a problem with that.

I would like to see some ink,

'cause I think you might be one of those
Coalition Kings scumbags,

Third Airborne,
RRF Brigade, Captain.

A soldier.

AWOL.

What's in the case?

Well, if you'd let me finish,

I think all your questions
will be answered.

I'm here on behalf of every
gang leader in the city,

with a simple message.

The tent's big enough
for all of us.

You want us to make peace
with the Kings?

They declared war on us!

Who the hell are you to speak
for all the leaders?

Someone's got to.

'Cause they can't speak
for themselves.

What the hell did you do?

If I'm not mistaken,
that's your boss, Mr. Wolford.

Kings didn't do any of this.

No gang did this.

You're insane.

Insane is your street soldiers killing
each other day in, day out, over turf.

Over petty disagreements.

If you guys could ever suck
it up and join forces,

you could own this city!

And answer to you?

Meet the new boss,
is that it?

Keep your internal structure
just the way you like it,

no one interferes.

Disagreements come up,

you've got someone
to straighten them out.

You?

The only headway the cops
have made against your club

is what you've done to yourself.

I'm asking you to do the last
thing they'd ever suspect.

Break bread.
Unite.

Now, if that sounds
good to you,

and you'd like to keep
your heads

firmly attached to your body,

signify by stepping up.

[Rap music]

[Clock ticking]

[breathing heavily]

Something wrong?

No, what about you?

Now that you mention it,

I would have liked to hear
about your arrangement

with Kellogg from you,

instead of his highness.

There's no agreement,
it's still just talk.

You can't trust him, Alec.

He's just out to make
a fast buck.

I know why you're worried,
but...

even if you know
where you're headed,

doesn't mean you can't make
a course correction.

It's not that easy.

It may not even be possible.

There's free will, Kiera.

If you don't believe in that,
then what are any of us doing?

Okay.

That's the last time I want
to learn anything important

about you through Kellogg.

Please, keep me
in the loop 24/7.

Okay.

I also need you to look into
this mysterious Mr. Escher.

Get me everything and anything
you can find.

Uh huh.

Are you getting breakfast?

No, I'm gonna go.

But I bet you could get
that cute girl

you've been eyeballing
to share a table.

I don't think so.

What's stopping you?

Well, you, for one thing.

She probably thinks
I'm taken.

Don't flatter yourself.

Hold on, wait, wait, wait!

I'm not gonna hurt you,
nobody's gonna hurt you,

I guarantee that.

Look, I promised Travis

the Syndicate has
your back now.

Hannah...

Let the music wash
over you...

Hannah?

Hannah.

[Laughing]

Hannah?

You're gonna be fine.
It's your sister.

Come on.

I'm so glad you guys
made it!

It's perfect!

It's the perfect moment.

Hannah?

Hannah, listen to me.

Give me your hand.

I'm gonna get you
to a medi-pod.

Come on.

It's gonna be fine.

Father always wanted me
to be special.

Perfect.

At least he still has you.

Hannah, don't!

Don't!

[♪]