Continuum (2012–2015): Season 3, Episode 3 - Minute to Win It - full transcript

KIERA:
Previously on Continuum...

Which one of you is my partner...
(BREATHING HEAVILY)

My friend.

There are two Alec Sadlers
in this timeline.

Go. And don't get caught.

I won't forget this.

Escher was Alec's father.

That I did not see coming.

Welcome to your new home.

If the enemy won't
meet us on the battlefield,

then we must bring
the battlefield to them.



COMMANDER: Hostiles moving
into your position.

Bravo unit head to
12-9 for Evac. Over.

(GUNFIRE)
(INDISTINCT CONVERSATION)

We lost Bravo 3.
I repeat we've lost Bravo 3.

(GUNFIRE)

KIERA: Heavy rounds
coming from the rooftop.

Request air-strike.

COMMANDER: Bravo 2.
Got him!

(GUNFIRE)
(GRUNTING)

Cameron, RPG incoming,
get out now!

(COMMANDER SPEAKS
INDISTINCTLY OVER RADIO)

COMMANDER: They are
bringing reinforcements.

Cameron, where are you?

Moving toward Evac zone.



Don't. Please, don't.

Wounded hostile.
Quadrant 12-9.

No, I'm not
the enemy.

It's our informant, sir.

COMMANDER:
Terminate and move out.

He is our informant, sir.

He has Liber8 intel
that we need.

COMMANDER: That intel has
been acquired by other means.

System override.

Bravo unit copy, override.

(GUN COCKS)

No, no, no, no!

(GUNSHOT)

COMMANDER: Suit system restored.
Move on, soldier.

Yes, sir.

(GUNFIRE CONTINUES)
Ripped By mstoll

Birthday gift,
from my daughter.

Siamese fighting fish.

Maybe she's trying
to tell you something.

She's a very
straightforward girl.

She doesn't do metaphor.

Maybe I should
re-gift it to you.

I'm also
a straightforward girl.

You promised me
help with my murder.

What do you want?

In the other timeline, Curtis
was against our arrangement.

Maybe that sentiment
carries over into this one.

Curtis knows
your value now.

But he didn't know it
before my death.

Tell me.

These changes in
the police department,

the specialized divisions. Does
it feel like a familiar path?

Feels like the future
I come from started here.

From our point of view
that's nothing but good news.

It's good to have your
experience on our side.

A back-up system to ensure
we're on the right path.

That's what we want.

Stability.

And that is a luxury
I cannot enjoy

with my killer
walking around.

I am working on your
behalf, Kiera, believe me.

I value you on my team.

We can help each other.

(SIGHS)

I know it.

(TV PLAYING)

Hello.

Come to Lucas.

(BEEP)

(BEEPS)

(BARKING)
Shh!

(BEEPING)

MAN 1: What's going on, man?
MAN 2: I don't know.

(BEEP)

(BEEP)

Hey! Hey! Stop!

(BEEP)

(BARKING)

Hey, stop right there, Lucas!
Don't do it!

(BEEP)

Open up!

(BUZZING) Easy way
or hard way, Lucas?

(DOG WHIMPERS)

(DOG GROWLING)

(GUARD SCREAMING)

(SCREAMING CONTINUES)

(BEEPS)

JASMINE: Nice work.

Thanks.

I missed the sushi?

We can hit some
on the way.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(SIGHS) So the Department of
Corrections finally sent us

those pictures
we asked for.

Lucas has been cannibalizing
parts from all over the prison.

But this, is a
newly-minted microcircuit.

Prison hasn't had
an upgrade in 20 years.

Somebody smuggled
it in to him.

(SIGHS) I got Betty doing
a background check

on anyone who's had
contact with Lucas.

Check this out.

KIERA: Lucas is messed up.
(SCOFFS)

Yeah, everything's messed
up around here apparently.

l am the person you know.

(SCOFFS)

l am.

Yeah, I'll be sure
to remember that.

Down!

Everybody down!
(WOMAN SCREAMS)

Don't do that!
(GUN FIRES)

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Everyone! Get down!
Get over here! Move!

I want the manager.

Everybody down!

I'm the manager.
Don't hurt anyone, please!

I want in the vault!

Get down!
I said get down.

(WOMAN YELPS)

(GUN FIRING)

I said, let me
into the vault!

Okay, it's this way.
Please don't hurt anybody.

(GUNFIRE)

Everyone, move over there!
(WOMAN SCREAMING)

ROBBER: Let's go!

Down! Quiet!

Move over here
where I can see you!

Line up!

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

Don't move.

(SPRAYING)

(SOBBING)
He's gonna kill us.

Shut up!
(SOBBING)

We're all gonna die!

We're all gonna die.

We're gonna die.

It's gonna be okay.
It's gonna be okay.

(SOBBING)

(WOMEN SCREAM)

WOMAN:
I'm sorry. I'm sorry.

Anyone else?

Anyone else? Anyone else?

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

Hello.

I'm Jacqueline.
Hey.

I was Mr. Escher's
chief counsel.

Please, do have a seat.

We have a lot
to talk about.

Mr. Escher, your father,

wanted things done
in a particular way, so...

(SIGHS)

My father?

There's a personal letter
in your cahier.

I believe it explains
many of his choices.

What?

But, this isn't true.

Mom?

JACQUELINE:
The will is very clear.

The document
you hold in your hand

will explain things
more completely.

Alec, your inheritance...

Mom?

Escher is Marc.

The Marc that left us
15 years ago,

but he is your father.

(SIGHS) Alec's inheritance
is what?

A controlling interest
in the company.

And will anyone
contest that?

Mom! ANN: I'm just
looking out for you.

That's all I'm doing.

There will be hoops
to jump through, of course.

Particularly with the
Board of Directors

who will undoubtedly seek to put
you in an advise-only position.

ANN: And the plan is that you
will navigate him through this?

JACQUELINE: That is
what his father wanted.

Let's go!

(GRUNTING)

What did you say?

What?

What?
Nothing!

You're safe! Go!

I can do it.

Right...

...now.

No. Please.

Please.

Please.

(GASPING) No!

(ALL SCREAMING)

BART:
Déjà vu all over again.

CARLOS: You were at
Transnational two days ago?

NOLL: Exact same playbook.

Respectable looking thieves.

Suicide vests.

Vault entry.

And then mayhem.

Transnational thieves
were felons, right?

White-collar variety.

Fines, not time.

(CARLOS CHUCKLES)

Ain't that
always the way.

Wow.

Looks like this was one crime
they couldn't wiggle out of.

But if you stop the crime before
you get away with anything...

Somebody got away
with something.

Half of the Transnational safe-deposit
box holders made insurance claims.

CARLOS: It's hard to
prove what was stolen

when the contents
are unknown.

It's hard to prove anything was
stolen if the thieves blew up.

Yeah, I don't get ii.
They had this.

They're 10 feet from
the door, loaded for bear,

and then, suddenly
lose their shit.

DILLON: Ballistics matched
the gun that was recovered

at the Transnational robbery to a
shipment of guns stolen by Liber8.

Liber8 always plays
the long game.

We'll ID the robbers, see what
the connection is from that end.

In the meantime, you figure out
what game Liber8's playing.

These robberies started
after Lucas escaped.

What does he bring to the
party that nobody else does?

The crazy.

I'm in control
of my emotions this way.

I can see what
you're in control of.

Look what I found.

Can someone tell me why
a legitimate business

needs to hide some of
its prettiest things?

INGRAM: And some
of its dirtiest.

Patents. MOUs.

Environmental assessments.

No corporation is going to
file an insurance claim

for losses like these.

Dirty little secrets.

And we're in control
of them now.

(SIGHS)

Those men weren't
collateral damage.

And they
weren't innocent.

You know, it's not that.

We done here?

SONYA: Not yet.

What's the next bank?

I need a list of all the clients
whose boxes were rifled.

Clients pay
for their anonymity.

And empty
doesn't mean stolen.

All right.
Fair enough.

But only some of these
boxes were opened.

How would the thieves
know which ones to target?

I don't know.
Lucky guess?

KIERA: Now, they didn't care if
they were seen in the lobby.

But in here, they wanted to
hide what they were doing.

We're gonna need
that list.

Sonmanto holds a number
of safe deposit boxes

and uses them
primarily as back-up

for pending patents,
contracts, etc.

Well, it will be very helpful
to our investigation

to know exactly
what's been removed.

I checked the records as soon
as we heard about the robbery.

That particular box
was empty.

As I mentioned, we
have more than a few.

You do know that impeding
a police investigation

is a very
serious offense?

And you know that
as a Fortune 500 company,

we have a full
complement of lawyers

that can back-up my truthful
and helpful statement.

But why go there?

Liber8 is behind this
robbery, Mr. Richardson.

You don't want them
having anything of yours.

And they don't.

You went at him
pretty hard.

Yeah, well, I don't need a
future chip to know that

he's lying his ass off.

We've got half the companies
filing for losses they can't prove

and the other half denying
anything was stolen at all.

Yeah. Well, that just means
whatever they have,

they weren't
supposed to have.

You don't sound surprised.

Yeah, well, I had
that knocked out of me.

Carlos.

I want to help you
get through this.

What can I do?

Well, you remember your
dead body in the trunk?

How about
you erase that?

Yeah, so it's unusual. Thermite
charges with an accelerant.

Uh, the explosive load designed
to implode towards the body.

That's why there were
no casualties.

Except for these three,
of course.

Pop Rocks?

You ever heard of anything like this?
(POP ROCKS CRACKLING)

Ugh! No, I haven't.

FIU retrieved wiring
and components

that suggest
a radio transmitter.

Let me see that.

Radio transmitter.

But, the bank cameras caught
them pressing the trigger?

Hmm. If you
say so, yeah.

It's just a weird set-up.
You know, imploding.

How close would someone have to
be to trigger the detonation?

I'm a blood and guts guy.

That's a little bit out of my depth.
I'm not sure.

I've got a guy that swims
in these waters. May I?

Um, yeah, okay.
Sure.

Need it back.

Is there anything else that's not
in the playbook? (CLAYTON INHALES)

Well, with an explosion there's
a little bit of everything,

but I did notice
these components

had more cerebral spinal
fluid than I expected.

ALEC: So, this is soaked
in brain juice?

Apparently.

Is it the kind of thing that
could be remotely triggered?

I don't know. I can’t
just look at a thing

and automatically
know what it means.

But, from what you say, it could
be like an on-board computer.

A chip that
receives signals.

A primitive CMR.
In a way.

Some labs are working on
brain-to-brain interface.

They've used it on
insects, monkeys, rats.

It's like an
actual mind meld.

No? Uh...

It's like the Internet,
but for brains.

Well, Sonya's got
the surgical chops.

Lucas can program
pretty much anything.

Did they have human
drones in the future?

Not exactly.

Cyborgs. Robots.

Cool.

Not cool.

Liber8 infiltrated
the systems

and hatched the robots
to use as weapons.

They became a liability.

In the end, all non-human
workers were destroyed.

(SCOFFS) Less cool.

Did you know Escher
was my father?

No.

I figured.
I just wondered if...

I never had a father.

Not that I could remember.
(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

And when I met him,
I didn't like him much.

I think he was
reaching out to you.

In his own way.

Oh, yeah,
he reached out.

I inherited Piron.

I know.
I'm Alec SadTech Sadler,

and Piron exists as a separate
entity in your future.

Yeah.

Well, maybe I'll sell it.

Maybe I'll sell it
right now.

Alec. You don't have
to do anything today.

This news has
to be devastating,

even if you don't
feel it yet.

I don't know
what I'm feeling.

Escher was trying to
run my life.

Invading it.

I mean, a normal person might
think of a different way.

"Hey, Alec, want to go
out for coffee?

"Oh, by the way, (IMITATES
DARTH VADER) l am your father."

(SCOFFS)

Maybe he didn't know
how to tell you.

Yeah. You say omission,
I say lie.

Well, maybe we can use this
tech to patch your CMR problem.

Hmm.

(INHALES)
Little incision here.

Couple of wires there.

And my phantom
limb is back.

Perfect.

You think
you can hurry up?

Look who's talking.
(CHUCKLES)

Your golf bags?
Really?

We'll have time before
breakfast tomorrow.

You can shag
a few balls, can't ya?

FRANK: Yeah... (SCREAMS)
(TASER CRACKLING)

(GROANING IN PAIN)

(PANTING)

(GASPING)

(MOANING IN PAIN)

(MONITOR BEEPING)
(SCREAMING)

(MONITOR BEEPING RAPIDLY)

Carlos, I went over it
again last night,

and the only thing
that makes sense

is that Liber8 is fishing for something
specific in those safety deposit boxes.

Do you have any idea
what that could be?

ALEC OVER PHONE: A lot of
these corporations are using

high-security
encrypted drives

with long-life
back-up battery systems.

Now, these units emit very
low electromagnetic radiation

which can be picked up
using the right gear.

CARLOS: Well, that's great.
But, it means nothing

unless we know which bank
they're going to hit next.

ALEC: True enough.
But if it was me,

I'd want to clear all my
stuff before that happens.

I've been monitoring all the
lower mainland branches

and the Bregenzer Bank has a lot
of high-end visitors today.

The kind of visitors that usually
have lackeys do their work?

VP. VP.VP.

KIERA: Alec's right. They're
clearing out their boxes

in case there's
another robbery.

If we can confront them
about what they're hiding,

maybe we can figure out
the Liber8 connection.

All right, let's go chat them up.
I'll meet you there.

Alec. Don't make any
rash decisions, okay?

Sure.

You're investigating
Escher's murder, right?

Not me personally.

All right. Well, if you hear
anything, can you let me know?

Now that...
(DOOR OPENS)

Of course.
Thanks.

Emily.

It is really good
to see you.

Yeah.

That was weird.

Kiera was sentimental.

Don't.

What?

Look, I know
what you did.

He sent you to spy on me?

Alec, if you can hear me
for just a minute.

Escher is not just
some businessman.

He's my father.

If you knew that,
you're worse than I thought.

(STAMMERS)

I didn't know.

Alec.
Don't.

I'm sorry.

(SIGHS)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

Carlos.

So, did you find a mattress
that you think is safer?

Strange that you're coming
after the victims of crime

instead of the criminals.

ALICIA: Mr. Richardson.
My apologies for the delay,

but we're ready
for you now.

KIERA: You can keep
your secrets.

Just point us
in the right direction.

What do you think
Liber8's after?

Think of all the things you'd rather
keep to yourself, Miss Cameron.

They're special and significant
to you for any number of reasons.

Now multiply that by millions
and you're approaching

the patents, agreements
and research that my company

would rather keep
to itself.

If Liber8 is after
one particular thing,

I honestly couldn't tell
you what that might be.

That guy is...
ls good at his job.

Not quite what I was going
to say, but fair enough.

I knew what
you were going to say.

(SOBBING)

Emily.

Alec.

I can explain everything, but first
I want to say, I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I know everything, Emily.
And it's okay.

But I have something to tell
you and it's very important.

And you know I love you

and my whole situation with
Kiera's just complicated.

Okay, I'm doing this
all wrong.

Okay, do you remember
our first date?

We talked about the Novikov

self-consistency principle?

Time travel paradoxes.

Well, he got it wrong.

You know, the device,

the ball that was
in the lab?

And Escher had
a power source?

Something horrible happened.

I had to change things.

Emily, I traveled
through time for you.

Okay, look, I know how that sounds.
But, if you just listen to me.

So this is how
you're punishing me?

No, Emily.

I know, I did wrong, but all I
want to do is make up for it.

And this is your
idea of fun?

Jerking me around?

Emily, listen, okay.

I know you want to go
to Thailand.

I know you want to
escape your problems.

Things you did in the past.

Things that I don't care
about, because I love you.

I might be a lying bitch,
but you're an asshole!

(PANTING) You...

He loves you, too.

But I'm the one
that knows everything.

I'm the one that risked
everything to come back for you.

Now, he doesn't know,

but I'm leaving that
decision up to you, okay?

You're in control.

Who was that?

Some lost guy.

Look, I feel completely
betrayed by you, okay.

You're spying on me,
reporting to Escher.

Telling me that
you love me?

I know my father was
a controlling jerk,

so I can believe
that he used you.

Okay.

But, I don't know
if I can trust you anymore.

None of this feels right.

Once I have a clearer head
then maybe we should talk.

Okay.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

You are hiding something.

MAN: This is a robbery!

Come on, move!
(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

I said move! Down!
Move this way!

Move it!

Move it!

Jesus.
That's Frank Ryan.

He used to run our financial
products division.

The vault.
Open or we blow it up!

Move!

Everyone on your knees!

On your knees!

Stay down.

ROBBER 1: Everyone
on the floor!

ROBBER 2:
Get down! Shut up!

(SIGHS)

(FOOTSTEPS APPROACHING)

JACQUELINE: This is
a welcome surprise.

Yeah. Sorry to just
drop in like this.

I had to sort some
things out in my head.

Thought this might be a good place to
clear away the other distractions.

Have a seat.

Really?

How's it feel?

It's a lot to take in.

(WHISPERS) It just...

It doesn't seem right.
(MUTTERING)

It's not me.

I suppose there's some precedence in
refusing an inheritance, Mr. Sadler.

But, I'm not the person
to assist you with that.

However, if you’ll permit
me to show you something

I believe your father would
have wanted you to see,

it may, as you say,

help clear away
the distractions.

If you'll follow me.

This is...
You're working on...

Genetics.

And this lab will move to our Defense
Technologies Division, obviously.

(EXHALES)

Your father always
imagined you here,

in the calm center
of it all.

You're working with silicone
transistors? Mmm-hmm.

That's kind of old news.

In the health field, yes.

But we're hoping to create something
for the commercial market.

Something that could
combine with optogenetics.

Self-activating
neurotransmitters?

I've read about early research.
There's so many uses.

Life-changing implications.

Or life-enhancing.

Without the use
of implants.

You wear it?
We hope.

(CHUCKLES)

Don't you move!

We have an advantage if
they don't know we're cops.

Agreed.
What do you see?

Clayton said the vests
were designed to implode.

These have a lot of wires
coming out of them.

I don't know
if they're the same.

Stay down!

They're being controlled.

Wires run from the vests
into the cerebral cortex.

So if we pull the wires,
it stops them?

Or it kills them.
(DOOR OPENS)

I have to get
into that vault.

How do you plan
on doing that?

Guess.

Oh, of course.

Create a diversion?
(SIGHS)

Did you see that?

What?

SONYA: One of the
hostages, to the left.

You mean, the guard?

No.

(WOMAN WHIMPERING)

(CHAIR CREAKING)

Why is that
chair moving?

Keep an eye
on that group.

SONYA: What happened
to the video?

It's some kind of,
uh, interference.

(STUTTERING) There's
a frequency coming through

that's just unusual.

Unusual how?

Well, it's a frequency that
won't be used for decades.

Can you isolate it?
INGRAM: Um...

I'll try something.

Open that one.

What is that?

Play that back.

It's not responding.
Come on! Play it back!

SONYA: Get it to respond.
INGRAM: He's offline.

I want whatever
was in that box.

I'm not going to hurt you.

Hey! Hey!

What happens if
I unplug these wires?

What wires?

Great.

There. The protector.

Control the situation.

I got this.

(GUNFIRE)

(CROWD SCREAMING)

(GUNFIRE)

Please. Stay here.

Are you kidding?
I can't move!

The cop. He's right there.
Get him.

(GROANS)

Forget the cop.
Get the protector.

Where's Two?
Still rebooting.

(GUNFIRE)

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

(GRUNTING)

(GUNFIRE)

Blow number Three.

WOMAN: No, please! No!

(CROWD SCREAMING)

Number Two is back online.

All right,
I'll take care of it.

Back off. I've got this.

Focus on the cop.

I'll take care
of the protector.

Liber8's gonna kill them all.

We can save them.
They don't have to die.

Yeah? How do we do that?

(GUN CLICKING)

Got her.

Ah, shit.

We've lost number Two.
Blow number One.

(GRUNTING)

(PANTING)

I'm standing. (PANTING)

I have to unhook these wires.
Don't!

Please, I'm walking.
I haven't done that in years.

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTS)

Where's number One?

It's offline.

Please, don't do it.

They'll kill you
if I don't.

(GASPS)

I'm sorry.

No, we're not finished yet.

Check on number Four.

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

(SIREN WAILING)

What happened to him?

The future.

You okay?

(SIGHS) Yeah. You?

Yeah.

Except there's nothing to stop
Liber8 from doing this again.

CARLOS: There's something
going on with those two.

Was she in the vault
with you?

I left her in there
with Frank.

She's hacked.

Yeah, and Noll was at all the robberies.
Helping out.

Yeah, some help.

Up against the wall!
Hey.

ALICIA: Get off me!
KIERA: We got another one.

ALICIA: I didn't do anything.
KIERA: I doubt that.

What are you doing?

(ALICIA GASPING)

Get her a medic.

Kiera! Let's go!

(TIRES SCREECHING)
(SIREN WAILING)

(ENGINE TURNS OFF)

(INDISTINCT CONVERSATIONS)

(GUN COCKS)
CARLOS: Noll!

Hold on, Carlos.
Back up to the bar.

Back up.
(GUN COCKS)

I'm disappointed in you.

You help a girl out,
you don't own her.

Turn around.
Any wires hooked in you?

Asshole.

Making all your
own decisions.

(GUN COCKS)

(GRUNTS)

Pick up that shit.

(GRUNTING)

(GRUNTS)

Now we're even.

Oh!

JASMINE: Come on.

Are you a cop?

Or are you a terrorist, huh?
Which one are you?

Which one are you?

Which one are you?

(CARLOS GRUNTING)

Huh? Come on. Answer me.

KIERA: Carlos! Stop!

Terrorist, huh?

Carlos! Get off him!

Get off!

(PANTING)

This isn't you, Carlos.

CURTIS: This is probably
what Liber8 was after.

Do you know
what it is?

No.

But, we'll figure it out.

I don't recognize it
from 2077.

It did a real number
on my gear,

and my CMR is
still glitching.

This technology could be
from a different timeline.

Different future.

We'll keep it safe.

Who had it?

There hasn't been
an insurance claim

for "mysterious object
from unspecified future."

So, no idea.

I knew I was right
about you.

Vickerdale. Gautuma.

Sonmanto.

Three horsemen of the
apocalypse right there.

We take them out now, we destroy the
corporate congress of the future.

And take a look at this
from their secure drive.

Oh, Sonmanto.

You're a naughty company.

Whatever the play,
it has to do double-duty.

We lost ground
with the human bombs.

When did you get
so squeamish?

When you turned men
into things.

Some men deserve it.

Thank you.

I thought you'd still
be in the hospital.

I'm supposed to go back.

See a specialist.

I still got wires in there and
they don't want to mess around.

Me neither.

(SUITCASE OPENS)

How would you like
to change the world?

How's! you get that?

We're Sonmanto.

We have friends everywhere.

And between
this little box

and the wires
left in you, Mr. Ryan,

you can throw
those away for good.

Miracle cure, is that it?

You tell me.

You were the one walking
around six hours ago.

(SOFT MUSIC PLAYING)

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hey.

Hi, it's me.
How you doing?

You should see
the lab here.

Anything I can think of
I can find.

You sound like someone who's changing
his mind about an inheritance.

Piron's got fingers
in hundreds of pies,

which should sound menacing,
or at least greedy,

but I don't know,
some of these projects...

There's so much potential.

So, your father wasn't
that bad after all.

Maybe not.

Maybe you'll find a way
to reconnect my CMR.

I knew you missed us.

Of course, I did.

Let's get things
back to normal.

Whatever normal is.

Sorry, Kiera,
I have to go.

(INAUDIBLE)

It's better
if he doesn't know.
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