Continuum (2012–2015): Season 2, Episode 6 - Second Truths - full transcript

Previously on Continuum...

I have final say in all
the science we develop

and how we use it.

This is it.

You and me, partner.

Did you find anything?

There's no Escher anywhere.

I looked into Pyron.

If Escher is running it,
he's like the Great Oz.

Alec.

You lost a bet, right?



Right, because smart and funny
is such a step down.

Wouldn't it be a shame to throw
away your career on a woman

no one trusts?

Are you sure you don't have
some questions of your own?

It's the 13th murder
with this profile

in the past three years.

Eyes burned out, making retinal
pattern retrieval impossible.

What about WASP surveillance?

Each murder took place outside
the city confines.

These fringe cases need
old-fashioned police work

to solve them.

It's why I asked for you.

Sir?

Your telemetric scores are
in the top percentile.



You have a gift for deductive
reasoning, Cameron.

Maybe a fresh set of eyes
on this.

Put together a comparative
profile matrix,

help us zero in on a suspect.

Cross-reference with
the other serial murders

from the archives.

Draw down commonalities, deduce
a pattern for our un-sub.

Wendy.

Green river.

What about this one?

Ouroboros.

2009 to 2018.

The snake that eats
its own tail.

38 victims, all dropped off
on a circular bus route.

That's how it got its name.

It seems this Ouroboros killer
was also obsessed with eyes.

Nice work.

And, similarly unsolved.

Most of the victims
were child molesters.

It's a revenge killer.

They're the most fascinating,
aren't they?

The ones that get away?

Looks like your freak's back,
Carlos.

Ouroboros.

This is your case.

Was.

I didn't catch the killer, and
the bodies stopped showing up.

The department slid it
over to cold cases.

This isn't the first victim.

There were seven more
before him.

Mostly men, one of them
was a woman.

I figure there was a strap
to secure the victim's head

while he, uh, takes out
their eyelids.

Son of a bitch doesn't
want them to blink

while he's killing them.

By suffocation.

It was never solved.

Hasn't been solved yet.

2077.

My time.

My city.

My family.

When terrorists killed
thousands of innocents,

they were condemned to die.

They had other plans.

The time travel portal
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,
is me.

Continuum 02x06
Second Truths
Original Air Date June 2, 2013

I don't think I get that movie.

So in order to prevent
the future,

he had to change the present
by killing himself?

We all want to believe we can
change our own destiny.

Come on, I'm a sucker
for that kind of stuff

but that version of time travel
seems tragically flawed.

There's this self-consistency
principle...

Novacov.

That's it!

Well, if you mess with
the consistency of time,

you create a paradox, right?

And it's impossible to create
time paradoxes, mostly.

We're not going to talk about
wormholes now, are we?

I'm sorry, we'll talk about
shoes and the Kardashians

for the rest of the night
in gratitude

for what just happened.

Kardashian, is that some sort
of Russian mathematician

I don't know?

Are you ok?

I'm just saving this moment,
uploading to my hard drive.

I'm so sorry...

It's ok!

I don't know anything
about signals.

You're doing great.
I mean it.

Why don't we go back
to your place,

talk about causality loops,
see where it takes us?

I have roommates,
there's no privacy.

Your place?

Can't.

What about that lab you
were talking about?

It sounded nice and quiet,
private?

The lab is...

It's a secret.

Ok, forget I asked.

It's not that I don't want to.

Look.

You have your secrets,
I get it.

So do I.

And if we don't get too close,
we get to keep them.

Emily, it's not like that.

It is.

Anyhow, I gotta go.

You're leaving?

The movie was fun.

Thank you.

Alex, take five.

Ms. Reynolds?

Yeah.

I'm Detective Fonnegra,
this is Special Agent Cameron.

We're investigating
your father's murder.

I see.

How can I help you?

We're trying to track
your father's movements

in the last couple of days,
maybe you can help us out.

Um, he was in and out
yesterday.

I do most of the work here now.

He was more devoted
to his teaching.

Do you know where
he was last night?

No.

We lead separate lives.

Do you have any idea
who might want to harm him?

Does he have any enemies
that you know of?

He was a narcissist
and a perfectionist,

he was respected.

He was not well-liked.

What about the two of you?

Any conflict?

We tolerated each other.

Sorry, you must think
I'm being cold.

My father and I worked together

but that was the extent
of our relationship.

Did you love him?

He was my father.

Any history of abuse?

What kind of question is that?

My father just died.

He never touched me!

Ms. Reynolds.

If there was some
sort of schedule

of his comings and goings
in the last week,

that would be very helpful.

I can email it to you.

I... I want to get
back to work.

Here's my card, we may need
to talk again.

What the hell was that?

Did section six take a pass
on sensitivity training?

She's lying.

About what?

I don't know,
she's all over the map.

You know Kiera,

sometimes I'm thankful for
your help and sometimes...

Didn't go so well, huh?

Pardon me?

The meeting. 35th floor.

Yeah.

Well, I guess I wasn't quite
what they were looking for.

Then they weren't
looking properly.

You're Todd Sanchez.

Do we know each other?

We do now.

The name's Kellogg.

Let's just say I'm a big fan of
microbial reversal electrolysis,

it has such potential.

That's what I keep
telling them.

I mean, to create electricity
and clean water simultaneously

using microbial fuel cells,

this could be the future.

It will be the future.

They only see the bottom line.

Cost is greater than return.

But one day you reduce
the cost.

Your technology is going
to be worth...

A lot.

I like your optimism,
Mr. Kellogg.

But, without investment...

I can make that happen
for you, Todd,

you name your price.

I don't know, I just met you.

Why wait for the future,

when the future came
looking for you?

I'm afraid it's official.

All the markers are the same.

Decamethonium?

In the bloodwork.

Decamethonium causes paralysis

in all the major muscle groups.

Yeah.

So, even if the victim
was conscious,

he wouldn't be able to move
beyond speaking.

Eyelids removed with a scalpel,
it's very precise,

certainly suggests the work
of a surgeon.

Or someone with fine
motor skills.

And no goddamn heart.

So they're alive
when he mutilates them.

You read the other files?

Yeah.

Oh, so you know
the cause of death?

The killer suffocates them
by forcing an unknown object

into the throat?

Something about melamine.

Excuse me?

Have you done a biopsy
of the trachea

looking for toxic residue
or cell trauma?

Blunt force trauma wouldn't
cause that.

Are you sure?

Yeah.

Pretty sure.

There is no connection
that we can find

between today's victim
and the previous seven.

The only consistency
is the killer's M.O.

The disfigurement,
decamethonium, suffocation,

the early morning discovery
and the pose;

each of them looking towards
the road.

Anything say where
they're looking?

Sometimes east,
sometimes south,

there doesn't seem
to be a pattern to it.

But what about the shape?

It could be a circle.

Wait, I see it.

It's more like...

More like a bunny.

We have uni's going door
to door looking for a witness

to the drop.

I'll be right back.

Alright, since this
was a cold case,

we need to re-visit
all of our previous leads.

Alec?

Are you there?

Yeah.

Are you alone?

Yeah.

Thanks for the reminder.

What's up?

Only one of the worst
serial murderers

this city has ever known.

Oh yeah, I heard about
that this morning.

That's grisly, it's got
like eight bodies?

Try 38.

I studied this case
when I was a CPS cop.

No hard leads, no witnesses,
no arrest.

Well, that's good, at least
you're ahead of the killer.

We found a few common threads,

but none of them were
consistent with every victim.

What about victim's names?

Maybe you can warn them before
the killer gets to them.

I reviewed dozens of cases,
solved, unsolved, it's foggy.

What, the great Kiera Cameron,
foggy on details?

I wasn't born with a CMR,
you know.

Yeah, but you have one now.

You can help Carlos
stop this...

this freak.

I hope so.

I just don't know how
I'm going to explain it.

You always find a way.

You mean I always lie.

You don't have a choice.

I have to go.

You wanna tell me what's up
with this circle crap?

Just an idea.

Yeah, well it doesn't make
any sense.

I'm trying to help you,
Carlos.

What about a history of
sexual abuse?

No.

Not even a few of them?

We have eight
unconnected victims,

eight drops all over the city,

and out of that you get
sexual abuse and a circle?

Oh, not to mention
you telling the coroner

how to do his job earlier.

Never mind.

I think there's
something to this,

the pattern, the child abuse,
that's what I...

That's what I remember.

Did you ever see groundhog day?

Bill Murray, say no more.

So he's stuck in this nightmare
where he's living the same day

over and over again
until he learns

something valuable that
changes him for the better.

So...

I'm stuck in this nightmare
and I keep trying

to learn this lesson
about being more open,

but I guess I'm not hiding

behind a computer
screen by accident.

So stop hiding.

Come out from behind
the screen.

And if that doesn't work, let
me come back there with you.

Your life is yours to decide,
Alec.

I want you to come
to the lab for dinner.

You're gonna cook?

In a secret lab?

I'm intrigued, Mr. Heisenberg.

It won't be illegal,
and it'll be great.

Or, it could suck, and we'll
both end up in the hospital

with food poisoning,

but at least it's a
bonding experience.

What do you say?

Ms. Reynolds.

I have the schedule for you,
for my father.

How far do you want it to go
back?

He was a teacher wasn't he?

Yes.

Then I'd like a list of
his students, as well.

Why?

We have to look at everyone
in his past.

Is it possible your father
was abusing his students?

This again.

I thought my father
was killed by someone

who murdered other people.

He was.

Then how can my
father's students

have anything to do
with these murders?

It doesn't add up.

Then why are you so upset?

I'm not upset!

Your questions
don't make any sense

and that is a horrible thing
to say about my father.

I won't give you that list,
it's private.

You can't change what happened.

I think you should go.

Leave.

Wow.

Kellogg really knows
how to bait a hook.

Nice upgrade.

So what is it about this girl?

Is she one of the suspects?

Maybe, maybe not.

So you really think this girl
murdered all those people

just to get back at her dad?

It feels like a stretch
but there's...

something about her.

So I did some research
on melamine,

it's actually toxic stuff.

They banned it after they
found it in baby formula,

plastic toys, animal feed...

Could it be lethal?

Enough exposure on
a cellular level

can cause cancer but it can't
cause suffocation.

But something made with it?

I don't know.

But I took a look at that drug,
decamethonium,

and it's actually pretty easy
to make at home

if you have basic
chemistry skills,

which Patsy Reynolds has.

Music and biology.

She knows the right side of
a scalpel.

Patsy was away for six months

between victim number
seven and her father.

What's that?

It's Dillon.

He wants to meet me alone.

Kiera.

Glad you could make it in
the middle of an investigation.

The invitation was intriguing.

Looks like you've landed
on your feet.

I wouldn't say landed.

Not yet.

Let's just say there
are forces at work

that see great value in letting
us do our jobs.

There's a hundred ways to
serve, Kiera, you know that.

Are you alright?

He's waiting for you.

He's got some interesting
ideas.

I apologize for the theatrics,

I just wanted you
to feel at ease.

Escher.

Yes.

You wanted to meet?

Or did I misunderstand?

No, you're right,
I have questions.

I can provide answers.

Where should we start?

Dillon.

Other business.

A convenient coincidence.

I don't believe in coincidences
anymore.

Because your eyes
have been opened.

Because there are agendas
everywhere.

What's yours?

If you have to ask,

you're not ready
for the answer.

Fine.

how did you do it?

How did you get Agent Gardner
off my ass that day

at the City Plaza explosion?

We are still years away from
enjoying complete surveillance.

But the network's out there,
if you know how to use it.

That's how.

I want to know why.

You're both fighting
the same enemy.

But I think that
our specific interests

are more naturally aligned.

You need a friend.

And I can be a very
effective one.

I'm pretty selective about
the people I call friends.

What about allies?

Tell me who you are.

What you know.

When you are from.

How many people know
who you are, Kiera?

Truly know?

I can still see the circle.

Yeah, I can't un-see it.

Is there anything to it?

Look at these drops.

There's nothing coherent
about them, right?

But the victims are all staring
at the road.

It's like something
was coming for them.

Patsy Reynolds was away
during the killer's gap year.

She lives alone,

she has no alibi for
the night of the murder.

You can't believe she did this.

No, not really.

But there is something
about her.

I know it.

What does this look like
to you?

Bus route?

Fonnegra.

Ok, thanks.

That was the coroner,

said he was investigating
your crazy theory.

He found traces of melamine
in the victim's trachea.

Maybe my theories aren't
so crazy after all.

Hey Betty?

Mmm hmm?

See if any bus routes
line up with this circle.

You got it.

Come on, let's go investigate
your other crazy theory.

Melamine.

How'd you get that?

A case I know, from the past.

Forensics eventually found it,

probably transferred
from the object

used to suffocate the victims.

You believe this is connected
to Patsy somehow?

I'm going to level with you,
Carlos.

I went to see her earlier,
by myself.

It didn't go so well.

What?

I wanted to try and get
a reaction out of her,

I suggested her father may have
been abusing his students.

What the hell is your problem?

Look.

Some of the other victims,

they may have been
abusing children too,

possibly the killer.

Kiera, there's no proof
of that!

Imagine that there is.

If you found that proof,
what would you do next?

If I had found it,

then that means there would
actually be something.

I'm trying to help.

I'm sorry.

Yeah, well, you can stay sorry.

In the car.

You're not coming in.

Kiera, you're trying to stop
another murder.

Dozens more.

I can't remember enough
of this case.

I'm grasping at straws,
making it harder for him.

There's something about Patsy.

You need to find out
what it is.

What if my interference
makes it worse?

Maybe the totals go up because
I think I know something?

Instead of 38 it becomes 138.

Focus on Patsy.

What do you know
about her from the future?

Her father, he was known.

Famous, I guess.

There was so much media
coverage.

You still there?

Alec, the media.

It wasn't because her
father was famous,

it was because Patsy was
killed shortly after he was.

A father-daughter murder.

I have to tell Carlos!

Patsy?

Have you seen Patsy?

She was just here.

What the hell did you do
to my bass?

Police!

Stop right there!

Put your hands where
I can see them,

get out of the car!

Get out.

What's going on?

Cuff him.

Get out of the car!

Turn around,
interlock your fingers.

It's Patsy.

She's alive.

Eldridge.

So we have forensics
tying you to the bodies,

the truck leaving
the crime scene,

and trace DNA on Patsy from
when you tried to grab her.

Still have nothing to say?

If you had done your job
in the first place,

none of these alleged
victims would have been killed.

Really.

So you want to explain to me
how your murder spree

is my fault?

People do bad things.

You stop them,

make them pay for
their transgressions.

That makes you a hero.

When I do the same,

why does that make
me a monster?

You staged the bodies
to be staring at the road.

Why?

I like the way it looked.

Look, detective.

I'm not trying to hide
anything.

I've essentially confessed.

And I already know
what the future holds.

You're a therapist.

Yes, that's right.

I run a clinic.

So you work with
abuse victims.

Detective, tell me something.

How well did you know
your father?

I thought you two had
no workable leads?

Detective Fonnegra thought
Patsy might be able

to shed some light on who might
want to kill her father.

We got lucky.

Lucky.

Yes, that seems to
describe a lot of your solves.

Good work, however you got it.

There he is.

Nice job.

Thanks, guys.

Well, you're the man
of the hour.

And, as man of the hour,

I've got a list of
questions about this high

and you're going to answer
all of them right now.

You started in on
Patsy from the get-go.

Why?

She seemed off.

No, you were convinced.

Now, I know you can be a bull
in a China shop sometimes,

but the way you handled it.

That was way beyond that.

And asking about abuse?

With no evidence?

Oh, and who's the perp?

Just so happens to be a guy
that knows the victims

and can find the abusers.

I got lucky.

Yeah?

Was that luck
with the coroner, too?

Nah, there's no way you could
have made those leaps,

not even with the help of
your mysterious section six.

Hell, the way I see it

is the only way you could
have known all that is

if you were in on the plan.

You know that's not true.

No, it's not true.

But you aren't, either.

Ok, if I can't trust you then
I can't be partners with you.

And I'm not sure anyone else
here will.

Is that a threat?

No, that's the truth.

It's just too bad
you don't recognize it.

It's not exactly homey, but...

Wow!

This is incredible.

I love it.

It's very you.

Thank you, Alec,
for letting me in.

Yeah, any time.

What smells so good?

Ah, lemongrass with
dragon fruit Thai basil,

served in a test tube,
short ribs braised

for a microsecond at
2100 degrees Kelvin,

snow made
with liquid nitrogen.

If the lady likes.

The lady does.

No one has ever done something
like this for me.

You deserve to feel special.

You are special, and if that
just means being friends...

The timing of the molecular
cooking is extremely precise.

Will it taste good later?

Who cares?

You're going to want
to hear this.

Not to put a damper
on your party,

but I have an update
on Eldridge

you should be aware of.

Continue your work
building the case,

but he'll likely never
see sentencing.

He's got cancer.

Stage four.

He's not expected to live
more than a few months.

Regardless, a serial
killer off the street,

some much needed good PR
for the department, well done.

That's fantastic.

That's impossible.

There has to be
a second killer!

A second killer?

Where do you come up
with this stuff?

I need you to consider
the possibility.

Kiera, Eldridge confessed.

He told us everything.

It's a righteous bust, why do
you want to shit all over it?

He's working with someone.

I know it.

Yeah?

How do you know that?

Please, Carlos.

Trust me.

'Cause that's worked out
so well.

Wait.

Then let me explain.

Ok.

38 victims.

Laid out in a circle,

that turns out to be
a bus route.

The victims were mostly
child molesters.

We called it the Ouroboros
case.

No beginning, no end.

Only death.

The case was never solved.

If Eldridge is dying of cancer,

he can't commit
the other 30 murders.

So he has to be working
with an accomplice.

If we are going to save anyone,

we have to figure out who this
second killer is right now.

So all of this, what, because
you're having delusions

of being a psychic?

A time traveler.

Look. Carlos.

I know how this sounds but
if you think about it,

about some of the experiences
we've had

that didn't feel quite right?

You know what
I'm talking about.

Suppose for one second

that I am telling you
the truth right now.

We could save those people
if you just believe me.

No, no, no.

You know what?

I need to save myself
from this insanity!

Carlos, please.

Kiera, enough!

Come on, you've never
sounded more crazy

than you have in
this very moment.

Are you even listening
to yourself?

If we could look at
Eldridge's patients,

his employees, anyone who had
meaningful contact with him,

I know...

Stop! Ok?

I really don't care
where you go, ok,

I don't care what you do,
but this, this stops.

We are done.

What's this?

Kiera asked me for a list
of employees and patients

from Eldridge's clinic.

She thought you'd be
interested.

Yeah, right.

And I ran the bus route theory.

Nothing lined up.

Then I thought to
check old routes

that have been discontinued,
and got a match.

Turns out Eldridge's clinic
is on the same route,

It's
the house he grew up in.

Thanks, Betty.

Yeah, put me through
to holding.

Hey, can I help you?

Mike Venables?

I'm Agent Cameron with the VPD.

I'd like to ask you
a few questions

about the clinic you work at.

Yeah, I heard the news reports
about Doctor Eldridge.

We're all in shock.

What can I do?

How long have you worked there?

A couple years.

I just can't believe
he can be responsible

for something so horrible.

I think we both know

he's not the only
one responsible, Mike.

He was working with
an accomplice.

I'm going to have to take
you in for questioning.

Stop!

Are we just going to sit here
and admire each other?

I was just thinking...

the weird thing
about cops and killers

is we're obsessed
the same way you are.

And you, you killed pedophiles.

There's not one of us alive
that doesn't understand that.

On top of that,

you dedicated your life
to helping abused kids.

It's incredible.

I just...

I gotta say thanks.

Sincerely.

You had 30 more victims
picked out.

Each of which you were going to
drop along your old bus route.

You're hurting my hand.

Who is helping you?

I need to understand
who you're working with.

I know someone's helping you.

Come on, Eldridge,
tell me who it is.

An employee?

Maybe a patient?

Lawyer.

You're gonna need one.

I'll grab another bottle.

I won't be held responsible
for my actions.

Well, well, well.

Oh, Christmas came early.

Who are you?

I'm the guy that pays
the rent around here.

Am I supposed to be impressed?

Kellogg?

Alec?

Look sweetheart, I'm glad
Alec has a playmate,

but we have work to do
so run along.

Emily is my guest.

I invited her.

Oh, um... I don't care.

We don't have visitors here.

It's ok, Alec. I'll go.

No, it's not.

No, she's right.

She'll go.

She appreciates the situation.

Don't struggle.

It won't do any good.

You're looking for these?

Fascinating little device.

And this other one, with
a gun handle but no gun,

very curious.

You did this together.

Not in the beginning.

I mean, I would have,

but Dave wanted to protect me.

Keep me from the truth
about what he was doing.

But when I understood, really
saw the value in his actions,

I knew I had to help.

Dave Eldridge was a good man,

he wanted to make them pay.

If you think he was
such a good man,

why did you stop him?

There are other ways
to punish pedophiles.

But first, someone has
to report them.

You know what's worse?

Others who keep their secrets.

Patsy.

Her father.

She could have stopped him
from hurting those kids.

She knew.

But she said nothing.

Dave wanted to show
Patsy her complicity.

But you stopped that.

So now, you're guilty.

Listen to me, Mike.

Dave is dying.

His need for vengeance
dies with him.

Until his list is complete,
he won't have any peace.

That's why I have to open
your eyes to the truth.

What's up, Carlos?

You said that Kiera asked
you to get a list of names

and patients from Eldridge's
Clinic?

I've got a copy right
in front of me.

See if any of those names
match up as both employee

and patient.

Got it.

Mike Venables works
at the clinic

and was also a patient
of Eldridge's.

I need that address, Betty.

The doll heads.

You suffocated your
victims with them

by forcing them down
their throats.

What?

How did you know
about the doll?

Melamine.

A toxic substance.

You used it on all 38 victims.

There's only eight.

So far.

But you and Dave have 38 names
on that list.

All of them found
with eyes wide open,

just like those dolls.

Why do you kill them like that?

All those kids,

their abusers treated
them like playthings.

What better way
to take them out?

Were you one of them, Michael?

One of those children?

This is going to hurt.

What is that?

What you see,
those are cameras.

Everything I see
is being recorded.

I don't believe you.

It's true.

The reason I know
about the doll heads,

the tech I brought with me...

I have knowledge.

From the future.

I can prove it.

My gun handle.

Pick it up.

Go on.

What have you got to lose?

Put your thumb on the grip,

tap it with your index finger.

Woah.

Now, shoot me.

I'm not on Dave's list.

You cut my eyelids,

you ruin everything
he was working for.

His statement.

Shoot me, and you can finish
this clean.

Now, shoot me.

Do it.

I'm doing this for the victims.

All of us.

I know.

Oh, shit!

Ahhhhh!!!!!!

I'm so sorry about that.

It's ok.

You'll make it up to me.

I'm in.

Kiera!? You here!!!

I'm down here!

You ok?

Todd!

Oh, uh, hey, hi.

Hey, I've been looking
for you.

Never got the signed deal memo.

Right.

Right.

So? When do we sign?

Uh, we uh, we don't I'm afraid.

Todd.

I thought we had
a connection here.

I believe in your
technology, Todd,

we are going to jump
into the future together.

We were, but then
things changed.

What?

Look, I appreciate the belief
and your offer, but...

Apparently you're
not the only one

who can envision the future.

You made a deal with
someone else.

That's not possible.

What's happened here?

Mr. Escher happened.

Who?

Pyron Corp.

Look, it's nothing personal,

it's just Escher really
understands my vision.

I'm sorry.

Escher?

Woah, take it easy.

I almost died in here,
and it made me think.

What if I had?

You would have found me,
just another victim.

I would have achieved nothing.

And with all the changes
I've caused,

I may never come
to exist at all.

Never be born,

never become a soldier,
a cop, a wife, a mother!

It's ok.

And life, life
would continue on

with nobody knowing
I had ever lived.

All of my secrets,
for nothing.

I don't want to keep
those secrets anymore.

Kiera, you don't have to.

Here, here you go.

Shh, it's ok.

You're ok now.

You believe me.

The only way you could have
known what you know

is if you were working
with the killers.

And that's impossible.

So if you eliminate
the impossible,

whatever is left over,

however improbable,

has got to be the truth.

But couldn't you have
told me before?

How?

Well, you found a way
to lie to me,

and keep lying to me.

I know, and I'm sorry.

It's ok.

Would you ever have believed
me before now?

No.

Tell me everything.

My name is Kiera Cameron,

and I came here
from the year 2077.