Continuum (2012–2015): Season 3, Episode 5 - 30 Minutes to Air - full transcript

TRAVIS:
Previously on Continuum...

Down! Everybody down!

KIERA: Liber8 is fishing
for something specific

in those safety
deposit boxes.

What's happening? First step in
a whole new battle strategy.

KIERA: You used the same
secret SIM card for a year.

Liber8 wanted me
on the hook and I...

Save it, Betty.

KIERA: We're going
to use you as bait.

Did you really think they
were gonna let you play

Steve Jobs without a fight?



KELLOG: You need a shark
to take on these sharks.

Stay away from Alec.

Which one?

So I guess we're not
gonna be pals then, huh?

I don't see how.

Don't forget to do
your homework, Tio.

(SIGHS) Mom, I hate fractions.

So did I, but you won't pass
your exams without them.

(WIND HOWLING)

Tio, I thought I told
you to close the door.

(HEAVY BREATHING)

Daddy!

(LAUGHING) Hey!

Oh! I missed you so much!



Where have you been?

You missed my birthday.

I didn't want to, baby.

Hey!

Daddy knows he
shouldn't be here.

We talked about
staying safe.

I have another way.

Go play. Go.

Her DNA engram
is forged.

If they find out that she's
the daughter of a...

A fugitive?
A terrorist?

You don't believe that.

It doesn't matter
what I believe.

Belief is the only thing
that keeps me going

when I'm dying
to be with you both.

I mean, Tio needs
to learn that

belief is...

Belief is only a problem
when you're eavesdropping!

Because this is
what happens!

(BOTH LAUGHING)
Ripped By mstoll

MAN: To the right!

WOMAN: On the right!

MAN: In, in, in!

Clear!

Clear.

All clear, sir.

His pheromone levels
are still ambient.

It's better for
the both of you

if you were to
tell the truth.

What's your
connection to him?

Please. He threatened
to kill us.

We're good citizens.

We're loyal.

And what about
you, sweetheart?

Are you loyal to
the Corporate Congress?

I took the oath in school.

You want to help your
mother out, don't you?

So tell me,

where did he go?

Verta, down.

Now.

WOMAN: I got him!

MAN: Get down!

Get down now!

Easy.

Down on your knees!

(SCANNER BEEPING)

#kissmyassFermitas?

Epic!

Whoa!

The corporate security
was primitive at best.

Those protesters
never should have

made it past
the lobby.

Why paint a bull's-eye
on Fermitas?

(LAUGHS) Well, that's
an ironic choice of words.

Fermitas is one of the world's
largest weapons manufacturers,

like the Wal-Mart
for warlords.

You chasing this one down?

Trespassing and
penny-ante protests?

Well, it's not really
my department.

It seems to me like
Liber8's recruiting methods

are paying off.

Civil disobedience has
been around long before

your friends showed up.

Carlos?

CURTIS: We've both
traveled long distances,

seen things other people
can't know or understand.

We could help
each other.

We're already on
the same team,

what more do you want?

Everyone needs
a partner.

Carlos, Alec...

Those relationships
are fracturing.

Does Katherine know
you're here?

She asked me to
keep an eye on you.

Hmm. That is
not an answer.

It's possible his offer was
a gesture of goodwill.

Goodwill is not
in his arsenal.

I don't trust him.

Well, he knows I respect
you and he knows we talk,

so maybe that's
all it is.

I appreciate you
telling me, though.

Most of the people in this
cell don't have families.

They found themselves
lost in traditional society.

Some I recruited
off the streets,

others found
their way to me.

For many of them,
motherless,

I can fulfill that role.

How do things
feel to you?

Liber8 has been quiet
since the bank robberies.

All that energy and theater
to little or no effect.

You feel that?

In a way.
Don't you?

What's in there?

I'm glad you're here.

(DOOR CLOSING)

(PHONE RINGING)

Okay, if I don't answer this,
Lucas is gonna wonder why.

You think I'm gonna let you
send him some kind of message

by the way
you answer? No.

I will answer it
any way you want.

He doesn't call
that often.

I said no.

What if she's right?

We'll pick the moment to
use her to our advantage.

On our terms.

Hey, where you been?

I ran into an old friend.

Huh! It's funny, I wasn't
aware you had any of those.

(CHUCKLES)

What is it?

This department just
can't catch a break.

Break and enter.

Criminal trespass.

Reckless endangerment.

Just call me a terrorist.
That's what we all are to you.

This is being recorded in
front of two witnesses,

Agent Cameron and
Detective Fonnegra.

I will stipulate that you were
being sarcastic just then.

Don't repeat that mistake.

Now, for the record, you've already
been advised of your rights.

What we did was harmless.
Nobody got hurt.

What you did is an indictable offense!
You could serve time.

Now I want to know why.

I really have to say it
after the bloodbath at LGU?

I'm taking a stand.

That shooting,
your tactics...

Were necessary and
proportionate to the threat.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Tell me you
want a lawyer.

You can't be
serious, Dad.

Christine, this is as far
as I am willing to stretch.

Now, say the words.

(SCOFFS)

I want a lawyer.

Well, we're not gonna be able to
sweep that one under the rug.

If she isn't charged, it puts
him and the whole department

under a microscope.

She didn't do
this on her own.

Oh yeah, sure,
they're both guilty.

But that other kid's
not gonna lead the news.

They are.

Ah, this is lose-lose
any way you play it.

I think you're
one "lose“ short.

Do I need my union rep?

There's no inquisition
here, Jack.

Yet.

Your daughter's
pro-Liber8.

How do you
think that looks?

Is this the part where I
clear out my desk again?

Just because
I'm your oversight

doesn't mean
I'm not your advocate.

You know who I'm funded by.
intimately.

Then you realize I won't be
removed as easily as last time.

I think that there's
room for cooperation.

Every back
needs scratching.

What did you
have in mind?

Spin.

I can't save her from this.
"Can't"?

Kick it over to
another department.

Let Terry handle it.
He owes you.

Or Brett, for that time you took his
son home instead of the precinct.

She's gonna lead
the news, Nicky.

And the only thing I can do is
treat her like any other kid.

She's not!
She has to be.

This will destroy
her future.

She made a choice.

Same way you did
five years ago.

That is not what
we're talking about!

You know, there was
a time when you believed

in my principles.

There was a time
you believed in them, too.

I still do.

Chrissy will be
held accountable.

ALEC: And while we're at it,
I'd like to create

a two-stage authentication
protocol for any future changes.

Sure, I can hold.

Ooh! Wardrobe upgrade, I see.

Sharp.

I'm evolving.

You did great with
that board, kid.

You held your own
against the vipers.

Now you need to
bring in a mongoose.

Last time,
it was a shark.

Whatever. Someone who can
strike on your behalf.

If that happens
to be me...

Uh, well, the thing is, while
things settle down with the board,

we're in a bit
of a hiring freeze.

(LAUGHS)

Now, you may remember

I rescued you
from a menial job

at a retail store
not too long ago.

I gave you back
your destiny.

We had a deal.

And this wasn't it.

Oh, come on.

You'll find another
tech-savvy kid to profit by.

We both know that
I'm not unique.

You're kidding me?

You're the damn
architect of the future.

As far as SadTech goes,

I'm prepared to offer you
a reasonable settlement.

You're prepared.

You're prepared!

You were a good teacher.

Wow.

Oh, this is not
how it ends.

Well, let me know when
you find an alternative.

You've been reading that book
on, uh, on, on management.

What's the name?

I haven't. ..
Power in Silence.

No, no questions where
a statement will do,

roll over your enemies
with legal prep...

Hell, you,
you know the author.

I don't.

It's you, kid.

It's you.

I'm glad your department
offered me this opportunity.

You're a take-charge guy and we
definitely need more of those,

especially with our
revolving door of mayors.

It's like the seven
dwarfs lately.

Yeah, Happy and
Dopey are dead.

I think Grumpy's
in charge now.

Funny! That's a bonus.

And don't worry,
we'll go easy.

I've seen your show,
Miss Bolton.

You don't do easy.

Don't let Nigel
interrupt you,

he can be
insufferable at times.

But my producer says I have to
stop cutting him off so much

because... I don't know.
The patriarchy.

Oh, I'm sure I can
handle Nigel.

(CLICKS TONGUE)
I do love cops.

DIANA: Your daughter will be
treated just like any other kid.

Nigel, can you
believe this?

No, absolutely not.

Inspector Dillon is answerable
only to his corporate overlords,

certainly not the people
and not the city.

This is about who my
daughter answers to.

It's a serious offense and she
will be held accountable.

A first offense?

Any parent can understand
wanting to use whatever

influence they could-.. Diana,
I don't get to be any parent.

My accountability is 24/7.

And, unfortunately for my daughter,
by association, hers is too.

Under your accountability,
we've had scandals,

police cover-ups and
two dead mayors.

Inspector, tell us, how would
your daughter's situation

play out different
if you weren't a cop?

If I wasn't a cop?

There wouldn't be
a story, would there?

So you're gonna
let the system

take care of your
miscreant daughter?

That's how the justice
system works, yes.

Does that include your
own private police

shooting innocent
university students?

And you're
still in charge.

If we can't remove our
so-called leaders, Diana,

we're staring fascism
in the face.

Are you a fascist,
Inspector?

According to Nigel,
I'm a corporate lackey.

It seems
contradictory to me.

(SLOW CLAPPING)

Excellent question.

That was better
than usual.

Kill the feed.

MAN: They blocked and
booby-trapped the doors.

Most of the staff
were forced out

except for Inspector Dillon
and eight other hostages.

How many Liber8?

Unknown, but witnesses identified
both Travis Verta and Lucas Ingram.

(SIGHS) Okay.

We try and talk
them out first.

In the meantime,
get us an entry plan.

Easy enough to get in,
but they had to know

it would be virtually
impossible to get out.

Your contact's gone quiet. Can
we still do this without her?

Trust me,
I'll find a way.

We know how this plays.

Your troops are outside
shutting down streets,

searching for entries into the
building from above and below.

DILLON: You've wired
all entries to blow,

you've got a
list of demands.

You know we're not
gonna meet them.

Yeah, and if your boy
Fonnegra is in charge,

he knows we're not in this to steal
a million and fly off to Bolivia.

So what is it you want?

(PHONE RINGING)

You're about
to find out.

Yes.

It's him.

When did I become such a dick?
It's not a joke.

I'm not joking.
But he's still...

You're him, he's you.

How can he be
so vindictive?

I don't see that in you.

I traveled through time, win.
I got the girl, win.

You lost your father.

Yeah, but I'm not like
the other me there.

I met the guy,
I didn't like him.

Escher was still
your father.

There's gotta be some
regret not knowing him.

I'll try on some
regret later.

Right now we've got
other problems.

Okay, we've got 30 minutes
to give them access

to the station's satellite network
or they start killing hostages.

And he wants to
make a public address.

It doesn't make sense.

In the past, when Kagame and
Lucas wanted to reach people,

they simply hacked in.

Why take hostages and
expose themselves like this?

I don't know.

And we're never gonna let
them broadcast anything.

There's a maintenance
panel here

that leads to the
ventilation gangway.

We could send in
a small team,

secure access
for a larger force.

Shouldn't we start
with negotiation?

Travis is never
gonna cut a deal.

I mean negotiating
for Dillon.

There are no VIPs
in a hostage situation.

If I was in there and
Dillon was out here,

he would make
exactly the same call.

Have Hydro stage
a transformer failure,

tell them that's why
they're off the air.

It won't convince
them for long.

We don't need that long,
just long enough

for you to explore this entry.

Take two guys,
see what you can find.

You're going in
there also.

With them?
No.

Do that thing that
you do, okay?

Keep a line
open for me.

Kiera.

We want to
rescue all of them.

I know.

Sir, we have a
two-man team...

(ELECTRONIC BEEPING)

They're starting to
play their games.

It doesn't matter.
I rigged a back-up circuit.

It should activate in
three, two, one.

(BEEPING STOPS)

lt's the only magic
trick I've got

until we get those
satellite codes.

Busy day for you.

Arrest your own daughter,

act the righteous
man on TV,

get taken hostage.

Yeah. Tonight can
only be a letdown.

What do you want?

What do you think I want?

You've been chasing
me long enough.

You know, you talk a great
game about freeing the people,

but it's on your terms.

Anybody who doesn't
agree with you...

Ends up being
arrested by Daddy.

You're not that
guy, Inspector.

You're not getting the gun,
you're not saving the day.

Pretty confident of that,
are you?

I am.
Great.

Your boy Fonnegra better
get me what I want.

I'm in agreement with your
principles, Mr. Verta.

Strip the power away from this
growing corporate mono-culture.

Shut up, Nigel, you're
encouraging a terrorist!

NIGEL: Liber8 has the
only clear vision

of what lies ahead
if we don't speak up.

Mr. Verta and his friends here are
the only hope for the future...

(GUNSHOT)
(GASPS)

(PEOPLE SCREAMING)

No more talking heads.

(GROANS)

Oh, he'll live.
For a while.

You might want to
block up that hole.

Not you.

When I watch your show,

I'm ashamed for you.
For all your viewers.

No awareness, no analysis,
just reactionary opinions.

You are part of
the problem.

A pretty,
(PHONE RINGING)

empty Puppet.

(SOBBING)

Leading everyone
on a merry dance.

(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)

Tell Fonnegra
he doesn't have much time.

CARLOS: Travis?

(DOOR CLOSES)

(GRUNTING)

Are all the hostages
still alive?

For now, but the
clock is ticking.

Full access to those
satellites in 15 minutes

or I'll shoot Miss Bolton
next as a sign of my resolve.

Travis, we're working
on getting you the codes,

but it's slow going.

The company doesn't
want to give them up.

Save the negotiator
cliches, Fonnegra.

Stalling is only going
to lead to something

terminal.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Yeah.
KIERA: I'm in.

All right, good. Keep me
apprised step by step.

Roger that

I think I know why
the network

isn't releasing access
to the satellites.

That whole conglomerate
was bought out

in 2010 by Fermitas.

The weapons-maker
owns Channel One?

Diana Bolton ran a huge
expose on Fermitas

a couple years ago.

Fermitas announced an intention
to sue' then dropped the suit.

People figured it was because it
wasn't winnable, but really...

If you can't muzzle
the press, then you buy them.

Private acquisition.

Private acquisition?

So nobody knows?

Lucas might have found out.

Did he?

Not from me, I swear it.

What's your twenty?
Security room,

watching Travis and Lucas
storm the castle.

All this effort to
broadcast a manifesto?

Well, here's some
breaking news for you.

Fermitas owns the station.

Private buying private.

The safety deposit boxes.

That's how Liber8 found
out about the sale.

Garza and Sonya
aren't here.

What, two-prong attack?
Makes sense.

MAN: Carlos?
Stay in touch.

MAN: We have a problem.

My men are inside but access to the
studio is rigged with explosives.

Bomb squad?

We've never seen
anything like it.

Sir, the corporate
rep is here.

Give me a second.

You Benedict?
Yes.

Fermitas?

Yes.
Good.

One man has been shot
and there will be others

unless we give Liber8 at least
part of what they demanded.

Terrorists want the codes
to the station's satellite.

Detective, I'm sorry, the company
has a strict policy against

negotiating with terrorists.

So you're perfectly content with
being accomplices to murder?

That is Fermitas'
business, isn't it?

I don't want to
waste your time.

Liber8 emptied at least one
Fermitas safety deposit box.

This could be an opportunity for
you to retrieve that information.

Otherwise, Liber8 still has

whatever it is that you lost,

and they will use it.

It's like baiting a hook.

Yeah, we got a problem.
They're not gonna go for it.

(PAINFUL GROANS)

(GRUNTS)

You keep me as collateral
and everybody else walks.

No deal.

What do you think
happens next, Inspector?

(PHONE RINGING)

CARLOS: What's happening,
Travis?

Nothing good.
The satellite.

You have access.

Transponder codes are
being fed to you now.

Live to lie another day.

You okay?

No, I'm not.

I even feel
badly for Nigel.

That's how I know
I'm a wreck.

Good to go. Re-tasking the
satellite will take 20 minutes.

WOMAN: Okay. We're live
in three, two...

Most of you think
you know me.

Travis Verta. Liber8.

Killer. Terrorist.

Lunatic.

And nowhere I am, interrupting
your programming.

But some programming
needs to be interrupted.

Companies we used
to own, own us.

Governments that used
to be voted in, are bought.

And our supposedly free press
who could expose all this

are now owned by these
very corporations.

Our children's lives
are at stake.

The future is coming.

lt wants only one
thing from them.

Obedience.

ALEC: That doesn't
look good.

TRAVIS: And how're they
gonna get this?

lt's not. Lucas added
some 2077 into the equation.

Alec, your timing
couldn't be better.

Can you have the SadTech servers run an
IED bomb search, wiring schematics...

I'm in my office at Piron.

Of course.
Of course you are.

You thought I was
other me, didn't you?

You knew.

I was hoping you
didn't, but...

I wish I was surprised.

Alec, I needed
to protect you,

and I thought this
was the best...

Everyone's trying
to protect me,

but you scratch that protection and
it's self-interest underneath.

Alec, I trust you.

I know you.

The other one betrayed me.

How?

I want to make it up
to you, and I will.

But right now, people's
lives are at stake.

I thought we were friends,

but I guess we were
just business.

But that's okay, I'm
learning a lot in business.

No.

No, Alec, it was never
business. Never.

Well, it is now.

You know, once a partner betrays
you there's only two choices.

Buy them out,
or shut them down.

I'm sorry.

Green wire.

Wha... What?

Good-bye, Kiera.

No, Alec. Alec?

Whoa, leave it alone.

What is it? It's just something
I'm working on for Kiera.

I could use one of those.

I thought whiskey
wasn't your thing.

Yeah, I'm evolving.

(SNICKERS)

I'm experiencing some
profound déjà vu.

(CLEARS THROAT)

Seriously? That scotch
is older than you are.

Déjà vu how?

Come on, kid.
It's me.

My vision's better
than 20/20.

Even when I am
seeing double.

Did you even have a plan?

Chronologically speaking.

You're a time-traveler, kid.
You scaled Everest.

Explored the
Marianas Trench.

One giant step for mankind.
A brave new world, and...

You did it all for what?

Pussy?

What?

I never expected you to have
any empathy or decency.

Not on that timeline
or on this one.

Well, that's good 'cause
you'll never be disappointed.

Unlike me.

You remember when we
used to have ARC?

A functioning partnership?
A future?

This little do-over of yours
ruined my life.

Yeah, well, then it hasn't
been in vain.

Nobody's life needs
to be ruined.

That just depends on what
you're capable of.

Kid, I'm flattered.

But I'm not the only one
you're dancing with.

And you haven't even begun
to see Emily's do-si-do.

CARLOS: He gave us the codes.

BETTY: The codes might allow for
some control of the satellite,

but not outbound communication
or the downlink.

Nobody is gonna see
Travis' broadcast.

If he figures
that out...

He'll think we played him.

Your codes were bullshit,

but the corpses of those
innocent people will be real.

And that's on you
and your company.

We have private forces.

Mercenaries.

Allow us to assist you.

No, no.
That's never gonna happen.

CARLOS: Any luck?

I hope so.

(SIGHS)
Okay, it's neutralized.

Standby for ERT.
Send them in.

CARLOS: We need a diversion
in one minute.

The codes are incomplete. There's
no phase two without them.

Your friends outside don't
seem to think I'm serious.

Let's wake them up.

Stand them all up,
make them face the wall.

MAN: Come on! Move it!

Don't do this.

It's already done.

MAN: No talking.

Full access to that
satellite right now,

or I start dropping bodies.

Dillon's first.

Now, or never.

(ALARM BLARING)

Send them in!
Team one, go! Go!

(ALARM BLARING)

(GRUNTING)

(GUNSHOTS)

Find them.
Kill them'

My NASA source helped
me hack the codes.

It should allow for full data routing
to the satellite. CARLOS: Betty?

I know you can get
ahold of Lucas.

Carlos...
Send him those codes, now!

Or they all start dying.

(GUNSHOT)

MAN: Tango down.

DILLON: Friendlies! You've
got two friendlies here!

(COUGHS)

(ALARM BLARING)

Wait! Our friend sent
the full codes,

I can get sub-system
access now.

Is this another trick?

No. Protocols are good,
up-linking between satellites.

Garza. You're clear.

Let's go.

We've got 90 seconds. Go!

MAN: Team two, sitrep?

Closing on studio.

Every one of us is under
constant surveillance.

Team one, sitrep? What that means
is that our every utterance

becomes part of a court case
that can be used against us

when the government, or
a company like Fermitas,

decides we're too
much trouble.

(LOUD SOUND WAVE)

(PAINFUL GRUNTS)

Ugh!

(SOUND WAVE STOPS)

Move!

Coming through!

We got 'em!
Four here.

JASMINE: Give me the drive!

(REVVING MOTORCYCLE)

(TIRES SCREECH)

Any word from Garza?

It turns out you were right.

Fermitas has been spying on most
of the other big corporations.

She's pulled a drive with a
treasure trove of espionage

that should make bringing down
the Corporate Congress

much easier.
Including Piron?

Alec Sadler won't
know what hit him.

That's what I like to hear.

You'll also be happy to know that your
message made it onto the airwaves.

Let's hope
someone's listening.

He does not look happy.

CARLOS: Oh, he is not.

Betty leaned on
someone at NASA.

Liber8 unlocked one satellite
to get to another.

To what end?

Well, Fermitas has an isolated
server farm called Black Opal.

There's no hard lines
in or out,

there's no links to the
outside world except...

Via satellite.

So it's silo'd off
from the world.

Another safety deposit box.

You should have come clean
about Black Opal.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Liber8 is clever.

You cannot fight them unless
you know their end game.

What did they get?

You did a great job
here tonight, officers.

Maybe we should just skip to the end
when they start calling us protectors.

You know we wouldn't have
saved those hostages

if it hadn't have
been for Betty.

She made all the difference.

She made us play
into Liber8's hands.

Until she helps us
nail those bastards,

I can't look past that.

DIANA: The terrorists won
a small victory by getting

their delusional rant to air,
they did not defeat anyone.

One man deserves credit for
embodying the best that we can be.

Inspector Jack Dillon.

He saved my life, and
those of my colleagues.

And for that, I will be
eternally grateful.

Thank you, Jack.
Your courage inspires us alt.

I think someone has
a bit of a crush.

(SCOFFS) Yeah, he could use
a little silver lining.

He got that already.

There were two heroes
last night, Dillon and you.

You are a leader of men,
Carlos Fonnegra.

Yeah, men.

I followed your orders
to create that diversion.

Maybe there's a little
hope for you after all.

Mom's gonna pay my bail.
I shouldn't even be here.

Let me have a moment
with my daughter.

Tell Chapman to
cut the recording.

Okay, we're secure.

How's your arm?
Mmm. It's nothing.

You're so hard-core, Dad.
(CHUCKLES)

Are you sure about this?

It's too late now.

No, it's not.

Dad, the course is set.

So how's this
gonna work?

I've used my influence to
push fora lighter sentence.

Three months should do it.

You sure they'll come for me?

Sympathetic daughter of the guy
in charge of catching them?

You're like candy on a stick.

Sweetheart, you make
Liber8 believe

that you support their
cause, you get inside,

and, once you're there, we
will bring them down together.

What he said on that broadcast,
I do agree with some of it.

That's good.

It'll protect you
if you believe it.

Just don't go all
Patty Hearst on me, okay?

Who?

(LAUGHS)

I know who she is, I won't.

I believe in you, Dad.

Okay.

I'm gonna walk
out of here now.

You should really
let me have it.

You son of a bitch!

I hate you, you hear me?

I hate you!

How can you do this to me?

What kind of
father are you?

That's a hell of a sacrifice.

Doing the right thing
doesn't come cheap.

Sir?

She may mean that now,

but she is your child.

In time,
you will get her back.

What do you know about it?

They'll be coming
for me soon.

But I'm gonna see
you again, right?

I love you, baby.

But sometimes in life you've
gotta make sacrifices.

But you know the good thing?

We're doing this together.

It's the only way you and
Mommy can truly be safe.

Loyal, after all.

Do you know what we call citizens
who help us apprehend terrorists?

No?

Patriots.

This pin will let
everyone know

how special and
loyal you truly are.

It's a mark of honor.

You should be very proud.

(SOBBING)

It's okay, baby.
It's okay.

You did the right thing.

You did the right thing.
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