Continuum (2012–2015): Season 3, Episode 6 - Wasted Minute - full transcript

KIERA:
Previously on Continuum...

Who killed me?

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

He doesn't know, but I'm leaving
that decision up to you, okay?

You're in control.

KIERA: The dead man tells me
I'm going to get some answers.

Curtis is of the opinion I'm
wasting my time with you.

Okay, I'll keep working on the CMR
playback of your murder remotely.

Don't worry, Kiera,
we'll find your killer.

ALEC: I inherited Piron.

ALEC: The heart is a feeble instrument.
Easily fooled.



EMILY: You haven't met
that part of yourself yet.

The part that will do
anything to survive.

It's him. When did I
become such a dick?

KIERA: I needed to protect you
and I thought...

Everyone is trying
to protect me,

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

KIERA: Alec, I trust you.
The other one betrayed me.

Why are you here?
Emily.

I choose you.

(PEOPLE MOANING)

(PEOPLE COUGHING)

Patient Alpha Bravo
3-2-7.

Code 6 termination.
Inform next of kin.

Tariq?



Help me. (GROANS)

It's okay, Kiera.
Here.

(GROGGILY) Neural spray
is useless. And you know it.

It barely numbs the pain.

They're close
on an antidote.

False hope isn't relief.

Kiera.

(WHISPERING) You...

You can help me!

You know you can, please.

You just have to be brave.

I know what you're asking.
I can't.

Don't.
The remedy is on its way.

(SOBBING) You tell

my family
I had no other choice.

You hear me?
I had no other choice.

(DOOR OPENING)

It's here.
Kiera, It's here!

Don't lie to me.

I swear!
The cure is here.

Look.

(KIERA SOBBING)
Ripped By mstoll

(CRYING)

Help me.

It's like watching
pixels dry.

This is the holy be all and end
all of "does not compute."

Okay, well,
what's the basic problem?

Well, besides the heavily
damaged stream, let's see,

we have software-interpolating
noise as signal, signal as gack.

Two identical CM R's stacked
on top of each other,

so the program thinks
it's impossible, which it is.

The analytical algorithms
keep throwing up.

I'm looking over
my shoulder every day

for someone who might
want to kill me twice.

If I could go any faster, l...

I mean, really,
why wouldn't I?

I'm sorry.
You're right.

I'm the time traveling
grim reaper.

Everything I touch
turns to death.

Emily's alive.

Yeah, for now.

What if time self-corrects?

I mean, not to get all
Rod Serling over here,

but what if all I've done was just throw
in a few more people into the gears

while playing God?

You know
I have to leave, Kiera.

Me and Emily.
It's...

It's the only option.

Where will you go? I don't know.
It doesn't matter.

I just... I don't want
to become that Alec.

I don't want to be
like him in 2077.

I can't keep
hurting people.

That's

good to know.

You know, sometimes
you look at me

and I get this
horror movie chill.

(CHUCKLES)

I'll make sure everything
keeps running

and have it uploaded to your CMR
directly once it's finished.

Thanks.

(KNOCKING ON DOOR)

It's like listening
to 16 channels at once.

Well, maybe he's not as
important as you think.

He is important

His revelation...
CURTIS: Was a miss.

He knew nothing
about Cameron joining us,

so how much
of a revelation was it?

How useful is he?

Until we understand
what's inside him,

he's not going anywhere.

From the moment you arrived we
both knew the task you'd been set.

I've been patient

Hopeful that the path
would reveal itself.

It hasn't

Yet the continuum
must be preserved.

You know firsthand the consequences
of an unstable timeline.

You have to choose now.
I need more time.

Just...

Just a little more time.
You're bargaining, Kiera.

The damage to the timeline
can ripple out slowly,

but we must act before
that ripple becomes a storm.

And act decisively.

Without mercy, you mean.
No, Kiera.

With mercy.
And compassion.

For all those who
will be affected.

You are talking
about killing Alec.

And an Alec.

You want certainty.

Facts that prove you're
making the right choice.

We don't have that.

But there's a sense.

There's a clarity that comes.
You guess.

We rely on science
as much as we can,

but faith always plays
its part in the end.

Whether he pulled
the trigger or not,

time traveling Alec Sadler
caused your death.

His actions led to the murder
of Escher, his own father.

Alec is ready to renounce
his future.

Escape with Emily
and never come back.

Wouldn't that suffice?

Does that sound
like the Alec Sadler

who ensures our future
comes to pass?

Rejoice, Kiera!

He's making the decision
for you.

Now is the time,

but if you feel
you can't handle this...

It's a terrible idea.

Kellog has money and resources
and he's shady as hell.

He'll know how to help
us disappear.

He's never helped anyone where
it didn't benefit him more.

What are you gonna
have to do for him?

Whatever it takes.

Don't say that.

You make a handshake deal
with Matthew Kellog,

better make sure you have
all your fingers afterwards.

You're overstating it.

We need to get Escher's file
on me before we go anywhere.

If we can go anywhere.

He had me under his thumb. I don't
want to give the other guy that power.

He's already leaked some
of your files to the VP D.

How much more
could there be?

Oh.

Let's go in the dark net.

Find a way there.

No offense, but at least
Kellog is a devil I know.

There's no way in hell
I'm poking under that rock.

You come up
with something then.

You got papers?

(SCOFFS)

Admin never has their
shit together.

Go ahead.

Thank you.

Compounds a match.
It's what we're here for.

Locked.

Locked!

(ALARM BLARING)

MAN: (ON PA) Evacuate.
Evacuate the building.

There is a dangerous
chemical leak.

Evacuate.

Evacuate.
Evacuate the building.

There is a dangerous
chemical leak. Evacuate.

Hey, you two.

There is a chemical leak! You have
to evacuate right now... Whoa!

Leave. Okay man, take it easy!
I'm sorry!

Evacuate.

Let's finish up!
Copy that!

Evacuate.

Evacuate the building. There is a
dangerous chemical leak. Evacuate.

Lucas, we're inbound
with the payload.

This is Jim at Gate B. We have
a truck approaching quickly.

I need assistance!
I repeat, I need assistance!

Whoa!

So, security camera's footage
positively ID'd Travis Verta.

It was like, he wanted to be
sure that we knew it was him.

What would Liber8 want with a
truck full of Sonmanto chemicals?

Maybe they're back
in the drug game.

They changed tack
and gained ground.

Why switch up
the Robin Hood act now?

I don't know. Bet you 20 bucks it
has something to do with this guy.

KIERA: Mr. Richardson!
Surprised to see you here.

And I'm surprised to see VPD's Terrorist
Task Force responding to a false alarm.

Liber8 infiltrates
a chemical plant

and makes no attempt
to conceal their identity.

Oh, yeah,
nothing suspicious there.

Nothing was stolen. Just like
the safety deposit boxes?

Our staff has already conducted
an extensive inventory.

Nothing's missing.

And security has confirmed not a
single sensitive area was breached.

Yeah, well, we'll still
need to investigate.

We can start
with the witnesses.

I expect no less.

Hey, Betty.

Hey, check and see if any tanker
trucks have been reported stolen.

Mr. Richardson tells us you
surprised the thieves.

That's correct.

They pulled in, I realized
their papers were falsified

and I rang the alarm.

Then why were you wearing
a gas mask?

It was a stressful situation.
We gave him some oxygen.

Now, if you have
no further questions...

Do you have any idea
what they were after?

Fortunately,
for all of us,

there's nothing here that would
have been useful to them.

And I think Frank here
has been through enough.

You're right.

I apologize.

If you think
of anything else.

Now I'd like to see
those tanks.

(SIGHS) Of course.

ALEC: HALO will take Piron to the next
level. It will change everything!

It's like a health monitor,

but it's so much
more than that.

You wear it on your wrist and
it can tell you everything.

I mean,
it can tell you if...

lt's all right.
Just wait a second.

You said you never wanted
to see me again.

I'm trying to make sure
you don't.

Convicted felons can't
travel internationally.

They can when wounded ex-boyfriends
get out of their way.

How is life with the
romantic time-traveling me?

Enjoying your stay at the honeymoon
suite at the Bedbug Motel?

Do you know which
one of us you're punishing?

I like you on a leash,
Emily.

It keeps him in line
as well.

Hey!
(GRUNTS)

You've read my file.
You know what I've done.

What I'm capable of.

Cut us loose or next
time I cut you.

Leashes break, Alec.

CARLOS: This plant mostly
makes agricultural products.

Herbicides. Fertilizers.

Not even the weapons-grade
ammonium nitrate stuff.

KIERA: In my time,
Sonmanto grows food.

Develops medicines,
vaccines.

Even saved my life once.

Mr. Richardson,
what's in these tanks?

Uh, waste.
We ship it out bi-weekly.

What kind of waste?

By-product of an experimental high-yield
agent. It's completely benign.

Would you like
the patent number?

Is it included
in your inventory?

No.

There are a couple of apple cores
probably in recycling box two,

so long as we're
being thorough.

Mr. Richardson,
I'm gonna need to see

security footage
from the break-in.

Certainly.

Alec, are you there?

I need your help.

(PHONE runes)

(BEEPS)

(TEXT ALERT BEEPS)

(SIGHS)

(BEEPS)

What kind of waste?

I have a chemical trace signature.
Can you analyze it?

All right, send it over.

You should have
called the other guy.

I wanted to talk to you.

Explain everything
that's been going on.

It's a mix
of different chemicals.

Usually found
in crop cultivation.

Can you tell me
if it's dangerous?

You never know what's
dangerous until you do.

Alec,

I had to figure out who...

If he...
Kiera, listen.

These chemicals that
you found, the waste,

if it's mixed with hydrogen sulfide
gas and manganese dioxide,

the effects on the human body
could be catastrophic.

Are these compounds
hard to get?

Not at all. If you can't buy
straight-up sulfide dioxide,

you can make it with insect
repellant and toilet cleaner.

Manganese dioxide is found
in most household batteries.

Mix that with the waste
and you've got a bio-weapon.

A truck full of this stuff
and the right equipment

and you've got the mother
of all chemical weapons.

Liber8's gonna poison
the whole city.

We need to find
an antidote.

You know there's a difference between
predictive modeling and actual hard science.

We don't have time
for tests, Alec.

We have to act fast
in case Liber8 does.

All right, Piron has chemists,
I can task them with this.

(SIGHS) Thank you, Alec.

I'm not doing it for you. I don't
care who you're doing it for.

I'm just glad
you're here, that's all.

I'll be in touch.

Okay, there's the
truck pulling in.

(PHONE VIBRATES) Well, you
sure scared 'em away.

Betty never got a hit
on any truck.

We have to find out where they
went before it's too late.

Too late for what?

Your harmless waste
can be weaponized.

So elegant,
yet so deadly.

It's deadly?
Right now?

Not yet. Not until it's
mixed with the activator

and exposed to air.

(PHONE RINGING)

It's not a good time.

Alec, we've got Liber8
on the run

with biochemical waste
and a stolen tanker truck.

I'm not sure I'm your guy.
You have to be.

The other one is already working on
an antidote if worse comes to worst.

(SIGHS) So, two Alecs
are better than one.

Finally.

Assuming you've scanned
police reports?

We have, it's ongoing.
Nothing yet.

Let me see
what I can find.

(BEEPING)

Three drops will do.
Will do what?

Well, it'll kill you,
me, Travis.

Him, too.

So, don't expose it to air?

Good thing you're here.

Chuck's ticking.
Let's go.

I found something.

Liber8 must have scrubbed all
identifying marks from the trucks.

There's a residue of an aerial ID number.
Cross-referencing now.

Evergreen Petroleum
owns that hazmat tanker.

That's weird. Why wouldn't
they report it stolen?

We'll find out.
Thanks, Alec.

Kiera, before you go,
I just wanted to say...

Goodbye.

Hey. So, the missing truck belongs
to Ever... Evergreen Petroleum.

Yeah. I know. I asked you
to look into that truck

two and a half hours ago.

Sadler found it in five minutes
and four mouse clicks.

You playing games, Betty?

Are you accusing me of...

Giving Liber8 more time to getaway?
Yes. I am.

Carlos. Easy.

You've got a man on me.
Check my work.

Seventeen companies
in the Lower Mainland

running the kind
of truck you specified.

I called every
one of them.

Evergreen was fourth.

And what'd they tell you?
That nothing was missing.

Then a warehouse manager
found a GPS unit

lying on the ground at a
loading dock in Ladner.

Liber8 was smart, they
knew how to disconnect it.

That was half an hour ago.

All right. Carlos...
I'm not finished.

I called hospitals
looking for the driver.

He was at Delta Hospital
with a concussion.

He never saw
who jumped him,

but his cell phone was left
in the glove compartment.

Still on?
Yes.

Can I get back to tracking
the phone's GPS now?

That's what I was coming
to tell you. Yeah.

I've narrowed it to a 15-block
radius in East Vancouver.

I'm gonna cross-reference
it with other providers,

but I should have a fix in
seven, maybe eight minutes.

Okay, alert ERT
and send it to the car.

And, Betty?

As soon as I've got it,
you've got it.

You might want to lose
the attitude.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

I was hoping
for a quieter approach.

Yeah, well, invisible Kiera's kinda
hard to explain to a dozen witnesses.

Given what we might
be up against in there,

I think caution
is the best option.

(SIGHS)

You know, for show.

Police! Freeze!

Move! Get out of here!

(SCREAMS)

Don't.

Liber8 yourself.
(GLASS SHATTERING)

No!

(GRUNTS)

Out!

Everybody get out, now!
Run!

(GAGGING)

Kiera!

(PANTING)

(KIERA COUGHS)

Kiera.

(SIRENS BLARING)

(SIGHS)

You are lucky to be alive.

What about the ERT? They're all accounted
for, but the perps are all dead.

Maybe that super suit of
yours comes with nine lives.

What are we missing here?

Not sure.

You know, maybe,
Alec could help.

Or Alec could help.

They're both
helping already.

(SIGHS) Double-team.

Fantastic.

Somethings up, Carlos,
(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Travis and Sonya
are long gone.

Presumably,
with the weapon.

(CELL PHONE CONTINUES RING)

It's Betty.

Hey, what's up? BETTY: (ON PHONE)
We've got a situation developing

at the Sonmanto
corporate headquarters.

Looks like we've got our answer.
Thanks.

Okay, it'll take half an hour
to get to the farm.

Once he realizes that Mom
didn't call, it'll be too late.

You get in and out as fast as you can.
Don't be a hero.

Get what Kellog wants, we
meet back at the rendezvous.

We go to him together.

Then we leave for good.

Okay, got it.

Look, if something goes wrong...
It won't.

But if it does... We talked about this.
Just don't let him catch you.

Catch who?

I'll see you soon.

You will.

Good afternoon,
Mr. Sadler.

Mr. Sadler! Are you
forgetting something?

We have the new
protocol now, sir?

(BEEPS)

Keep up the good work.

Alec, I'm gonna put you on speaker.
What have you got?

My chemists say
the sequencing is slow.

I'm throwing teraflops
of power at it.

There's no good news yet.

I had the ME send you a file on one
of the gas victims. Did you get it?

Yeah, it went out to my team.

They say it presents
like a neurotoxin

that's targeting
the circulatory system.

And these veins? They're like something
from a Japanese horror movie.

Purple veins?

Yeah, just bursting through
his skin, all over his body.

Solution 16.

It's a battleground poison used
in the frontier wars of 2066.

I may know
what this is.

What, chemical weapons
are legal in the future?

They're effective.
They get used.

(SCOFFS)

So Liber8's figured out
how to manufacture it

using Sonmanto's
waste chemicals?

And that's why we need the antidote, Alec.
We don't have much time.

Kiera, I'll notify you
when I have something.

Turn the car around.

The press was tipped off.

Bet that's our missing chemical waste.
We need to clear the area.

If they decide to trigger
an explosion,

there won't be
anywhere to hide.

Can somebody please
explain to me

why there's a media circus
here ahead of this department?

#Liber8 Exposes.

They're tweeting this?
Over 200 , 000 followers.

Liber8 theatrics.
To what end?

Why go to all this trouble and
then just ditch the truck here?

The symbolism.

They're dropping toxic waste that can
be weaponized on Sonmanto's doorstep.

Ladies and gentlemen of the
press, my name is Gord Solomon

and I am the legal representative
for the group known

as Liber8.
All right, that's it.

No, hold on.
Let's see what he's up to.

Inside this truck,

is a chemical waste
by-product.

Although you wouldn't want to
spread it on your vegetable patch,

in its current state,
it's benign.

But if you simply add a few
common household chemicals

to this Sonmanto drudge,

it becomes a poisonous gas that
could be used in chemical attacks.

Easy, Agent Cameron.
You don't want to...

Oh! You getting this?
I have a message for you.

They said you would know, and I quote,
"the future ramifications of this."

You're an errand boy
for terrorists.

Liber8 wants you
all to know

that Sonmanto is creating
a dangerous weapon

for use in a chemical attack!
That is Liber8's handiwork!

Sonmanto is well aware of the
potential for weaponization.

In fact, they're already
profiting from this stuff.

Let's get Mr. Solomon
out of here

and please, let's
move the press back.

Can these accusations
be proven?

You're the so-called
free press!

Find out for yourselves!

SOLOMON: Liber8 believes
in freedom of information.

Stand down. SOLOMON:
Freedom of information.

Hey, you okay?

I survived the warehouse
because I'm immunized.

Tens of thousands of people.

My friends died
in agony.

Sonmanto created the cure.

Don't tell me
they also made the...

Let's get you
out of here.

I was in combat when that chemical
was used against my platoon.

It was the most excruciating
pain I've ever felt.

And Sonmanto saved me when I
thought I was past saving.

Liber8 knows that

But they think
they know something more.

Remember when
Richardson insisted

that Sonmanto hadn't lost anything
in those safety deposit heists?

Well, what if this kind of information
is exactly what they lost?

What do you mean?

Well, corporations spy on other
corporations all the time, right?

Well, Liber8 broke
into those boxes.

What if they stole
all that espionage?

It would explain why they went
after the Fermitas server as well.

In this time, companies
are still in competition.

There is no
Corporate Congress.

That's what Liber8
is trying to stop.

(SCOFFS)

And we can't prove
any of it.

Hold on. Alec?

KIERA: t's about
chemical waste.

(SIGHS) What about it?

Is there any way to find out
if Sonmanto has weaponized it?

I thought you needed a cure?

I need both.

But you can wait
for this though, right?

You mean wait until it's
actually used on somebody?

All right, let's see.

Wow!

It's like Spy vs. Spy. Piron
has files on everyone here.

Anything on Derek
Richardson or Sonmanto?

Let me see.

Richardson went to Dubai.

Oh, wow.

Uh, you're gonna want to read this, though.
I'll send it to your CMR.

Can you send it to Carlos as well?
Yeah, you got it.

You asshole.

You can't stop
stealing from me.

ALEC: First you steal my life, now
you're stealing my files? Alec?

Alec?

SCAR ALEC: Back off!
Carlos, I have to go.

Yeah.

Holy shit.

We've got Liber8
calling us the bad guys.

It's like we're in...
What's that Superman thing?

Bizarro World.

Where good is bad,
bad is good.

That's it, Detective.

But in this world,

you said your company
had no idea

about the possible weaponization
of your waste material.

That's right.

Then, why were you meeting with Chechen
separatists in Dubai three months ago?

I was in Dubai for a
bioengineering conference.

And I had
no such meetings.

So, cryptic communication between
you and Jihadi leadership?

That's not true either?

(REPORTERS CHATTERING)

Definitely not.

When were you planning
on selling the antidote?

Or were you just gonna hold
out for a better price?

You are siding with terrorists and their
lies, Officer. I'm siding with the truth.

For once, Liber8 did
a little good.

They lifted up the mat,
and you crawled out.

I'm taking you in.

What are you taking
from me now?

All you have to do
is let us go.

I'm not stopping you.

Emily has a warrant. She
can't leave because of it.

I can't have any access to my
bank accounts. My accounts!

We can't get passports.

And it's against the law
to get a fake passport.

Look at you, what she's turned you into.
This isn't us.

Look, just let me walk
out of here.

It's gonna be impossible
to explain anything else.

Well, it seems possible
to explain anything

when you have enough
power and money.

You idiot!

You're still in love
with Emily.

Hardly.

I can access every file in your
directory except for the one on her.

You have her locked up
tight, so yeah, you are.

But she's done with you.

What, you think you're
some better version of me?

Alec 2.0?

There's nothing stopping me from having
you taken away. I can think of a dozen...

No. We're not that
kind of people.

You have no idea what
kind of people lam.

You're gonna wipe
that file right now.

(COMPUTER BEEPS)

All right, I'm going now.

Stay sitting.

You know you're not
gonna get out of here.

l am.

You're not gonna
do it.

Like I said,
you have no idea.

Drop it.

Kiera, he trapped Emily and he trapped me.
All we want to do is leave.

He tried to kill me.
He's twisting everything.

He screwed me over.

It's not me.

Is he dead?
Sedated.

I need to get him out of
here quickly and covertly.

What are you gonna
do with him?

He won't bother
you again.

Thank you.
I'm on your side, Alec.

You need to know that.

All right, yeah, let me
know what you find out.

Richardson stood pat. (SIGHS)

Won't admit to anything and said
he'd take his day in court.

Yeah, I'm good with that.
We got enough. Maybe.

Sonmanto has deep pockets and the
crown attorney has a shallow sack.

Richardson and Sonmanto
are criminals.

They're selling
chemical weapons.

I have a more immediate
problem with that shit-storm

that you created
in front of the press.

Don't you mean
Kiera's shit-storm?

When Richardson accused you
of siding with Liber8,

he queued up the leading sound
bite for tonight's news.

That's not what I was doing. But
that's how it's gonna look.

You'll catch up on some paperwork
while we wait out this news cycle.

What, you got me riding a desk because
the wrong people uncovered the truth?

You are
a public servant.

You chase down criminals. You don't
suggest they might be right.

About anything.

Freedom of speech!
You have it.

You just don't get to practice
it in front of the cameras.

(SIGHS)

Of all the corporate hypocrites,
Sonmanto might be the worst.

They even
had me fooled.

Well, that's part
of the victory.

Sonmanto won't be seen
as the hero.

Not in this time.
Not ever.

We changed history,
baby.

Yeah, well, they're still
gonna be making that poison.

People are still
gonna die.

No. They're not.

Because we're gonna beat them
to the antidote by 50 years.

Roll up your sleeve.
Why?

During the war, when Sonmanto
finally released a remedy for 16,

like all military personnel
you got the shot, right?

Yeah. Eventually.

Standard procedure.

Which means, the antivirus
is still in your system.

And we're gonna be
giving it away for free.

This is as far as you go.

Where are you taking him?

You already know.

(VIBRATING)

No.

Kiera. Kiera!

Why are you bringing
him to me?

You wanted him neutralized.

I got him off the street.

He doesn't have to die.

Then you're sure
this is the right choice?

He's admitted he doesn't
want to pursue his destiny.

He's turned violent.

Obsessive.

What happens to him now?

I know sacrifices
are hard, Kiera,

but eventually we all
have to make them.

There is a big difference
between sacrifice and betrayal.

We may not have been
seeing eye-to-eye,

but I just betrayed my friend.

A friend who betrayed
you first.

He was following his heart.

Something I should do
more often.

I almost forgot

Does this mean
we're done?

I'd hoped we were
sealing a trust.

There's still work to do.

Liber8 is still in play.

And we have to find
the other time device.

Which we should discover
soon enough.

When you were CPS, it felt good to
be a part of something, didn't it?

Yes.

The VPD can never
be that for you.

(BEEPING)

But you could have a
home, here with us.

Kiera?

Kiera, what's wrong?

I knew it.

I knew it!

(GRUNTS)

(LAUGHING)
Kiera!

Are you behind this?
Behind what?

Have you lost your mind?
What are you doing?

Curtis is the one
that killed me.

And now I'm gonna
return the favor.

Kiera you have to stop.
This is crazy.

Is that true, Curtis?

Are you a freelancing
freelancer?

I've never
found you funny.
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