Continuum (2012–2015): Season 3, Episode 7 - Waning Minute - full transcript
Kiera crash-lands her CPS flyer during a prisoner transport in 2076 and is forced to work with her enemy captive in order to survive.
KIERA:
Previously on Continuum...
No freaking way.
Argh!
Where are you taking him?
You already know.
The revolution
starts here.
Liber8 wouldn't exist
if it weren't for me.
Perhaps they're
nothing more
than a manifestation
of my conscience.
I knew it!
(GRUNTS)
(LAUGHING) He's the
one that killed me.
You're not fit
to lead this cell.
Luckily, not your call.
KIERA: This is
a disaster.
What happens now?
KATHERINE: He'll be
debriefed.
Will Alec be debriefed?
If he won't reveal where he buried
the time-travel weapon, yes.
I don't like it.
CURTIS: What a surprise.
Kiera Cameron unsure.
Protector.
That's a terrible
name for you.
Who do you
protect, Kiera?
Not Alec.
Not your family.
You slept-walked through
your life in 2077.
And then a miracle.
You're shown the fabric
of everything.
And, yet,
still asleep.
Even in a cage, I'm freer
than you'll ever be.
What have I done?
KIERA: Jaworski!
(GRUNTING)
Ahhh!
Armor piercing.
(GUN CLICKING)
Ripped By mstoll
Shit!
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(RAPID BEEPING)
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
You asshole!
Patrol Tango
Seven Five Niner.
We're heading back
with the prisoner.
Arresting Officer
Cameron on board.
Dispatch a CS unit
to Oxbow mine.
Uploading coordinates.
One of ours
and a bounty hunter.
No medical,
two body bags.
DISPATCH: Roger that.
10-4.
What does that make now?
25? 30?
Loose lips
feed CPS chips.
Suit yourself.
(ALARMS BEEPING)
COMPUTER: Warning!
Warning! Warning!
What have we got?
Temp's spiking.
I may have to sit her down.
What?
Control! Tango
Seven Five Niner.
We have had a complete
systems malfunction.
We are going down. Over.
I can't hold ii. Hold on!
Brace for impact.
Imp... What?
Hold on!
No!
(PANTING)
On your knees!
Take a beat, Protector.
You're alive.
I said...
On your knees.
It's dirty.
Down!
Ahhh!
Ahhh!
(CHUCKLES)
(GASPS)
(CMR SCREECHING)
They don't make CMRs like they
used to, do they, Protector?
Do you ever
stop talking?
(SIGHS) Would you
mind pulling this
hunk of fascist gun ship
out of my leg?
(GROANS)
How's that?
(GRUNTING) I might have
nerve damage.
I'm sure
I'll get over it.
How much they
pay you guys now?
Not a lot.
They have to save capital
for the no-bid contracts
on the never-fail gear,
like this death trap.
I swear,
if my gun was working,
I'd shoot myself just to avoid
hearing any more of this.
You know, bit currency's
still around.
You can buy anything you
want on the black market.
Who's going to question it if,
say, you blacked out in the crash,
came to,
and I was long gone?
You really think
that's a play?
In my experience' yeah.
Most of the time.
Well, I'm not in this
for the money.
One more nihilist lunatic
off the streets.
That's reason enough
for me.
You talk like that even when
CPS isn't listening? Wow!
Nihilist?
(CHUCKLES)
You don't know
the first thing about us.
Anti-Corporate Congress.
Anti-social archaic rhetoric
handed down by Theseus.
Another lunatic.
I know what any citizen
needs to know about you.
It's either you or us.
(CMR SCREECHING)
(GROANS)
We walk two-three klicks
that way,
we'll be overlooking
the Mamquam.
Then we'll follow the riverbank
straight to Squamish.
We avoid the exclusion zones.
No. We wait.
They're not
coming, Cameron.
I know a busted emergency
beacon when I see one.
They've already taken the write-down
on that flyer. Probably you, too.
JADEN: Stay where you are!
I'm CPS.
This man is my prisoner.
She's lying.
Both of you, shut it.
Like Hold you, I'm CPS.
I am responsible
for this man.
I don't care
who you are.
You're coming with us.
NATHAN: Wait.
If she is CPS, doesn't
she have one of those...
It's not working.
You're clear.
What are you doing?
Building goodwill.
JADEN: Let's move.
Told you it was that way.
PANGEA: You might have
given us a heads-up.
They're not the first guests
to cross our threshold.
He's different.
This is not for
the ears of outsiders.
Excuse me.
Are you in charge here?
This man is wanted on charges
of murder and terrorism.
Turn him back over to me
and that's the end of it.
I couldn't care less
about an illegal grow-op.
Is that what you think
we do? Drugs?
They're gleaners,
Protector.
You and I are
not so different.
Resisting the overreach of the
Global Corporate Congress.
You eke out a living
as free men, and women.
The kind of people
you blow up.
She has a head plant on.
We can't antagonize... JADEN:
He says it's not functional.
Let's look at it and have the
doctor install a governor.
SONYA: They said your CMR wasn't
working, but just in case,
the governor creates
a null field.
You won't be able to
receive, record or transmit.
How is ii for migraines?
Sorry, no help there.
What if I take it out?
Well, it's hooked directly into your
cerebellum, so if I had to guess,
I'd say you'd lose speech
and motor control... Watch my finger.
...and most of your childhood.
So, seriously, I'd leave
it right where it is.
So much for
"First do no harm."
Well, I help those
who help themselves.
Why the mask?
You're not exactly a country doctor.
Why are you here?
Let's call it penance.
You know what I think?
I think you're
wearing the mask
so that I can't
identify you later.
You know, you can spare me
the good citizen speech.
These people live
an honest life.
There's nobility in that.
She's done.
Mr. Cameron.
I'm Leon Rutledge. I have
items for you to sign.
Um...
All right, um...
You're from?
Corporate responsibility.
This won't take a moment.
First of all,
80% of your life debt and that
of your child will be waived.
There's also
a substantial settlement.
SadTech has also processed
a pay grade revision,
a promotion.
It's all explained
in these documents.
You absolve SadTech and assigns
from all responsibility
from the failure of the
SadTech heavy flyer. Wait.
Is this about Kiera? I've
been trying to reach her.
Protocol hasn't
contacted you?
About what?
Mr. Cameron,
CPS Protector Kiera Cameron
was declared inactive
at 2240 hours.
Her CMR is off-grid. Investigation
was thorough and complete.
Pilot error.
No salvageable material.
SadTech has taken the write-down.
The case is closed.
Are you telling me
my wife is dead?
I'm an actuary, sir.
I'm not authorized to
have this conversation.
I'd like you to go now.
Yeah, there's still
the matter of the...
Mmm.
This is good contraband,
Protector. You taste that?
The system is based on an
efficient division of resources.
What works for 30 people,
can't work for millions.
When I was young, family
farming wasn't a crime.
And then they mandated
genetically enhanced seeds.
And the crops
produced no seeds.
We had to buy
fresh seeds every year,
and they'd only grow
with their pesticide.
Their fertilizer.
That's when you went gray.
We were one of the first
gleaner communities.
They tolerate us now
because we're small.
And we keep quiet.
No pushback.
No stockpile of guns.
We just want to be
left alone.
(SONYA GROANS)
(SIGHS)
KAGAME: So...
I hear we have visitors.
SONYA: You should
be sleeping.
Mariah brought me soup.
It was delicious.
But I have questions.
Where's your mask?
I think we both know that
you're not contagious.
Unless gunshots wounds spread
differently than I recall.
I have relied on an old
debt for far too long.
As long as I am here,
these people are in danger.
This
inspector
came by our farm,
said we hadn't registered.
My dad stood his ground.
They shot him dead.
My mother
only lasted a week.
I am so sorry.
She's so sorry.
I'm sure that's the apology
you've been waiting for, kid.
You see, everyone?
The system works.
You are no better than the people
that killed this boy's family.
That's enough.
Pangea.
Tie them up
when they're done.
We need to talk.
Tell me, did you
finish the book?
It's...
It's eye-opening.
It’s just it's so different than...
Than what you were taught?
Yes. The truth has a way
of getting repressed.
Tell me.
How do you think the gleaners would
be faring if Theseus had prevailed?
They get by fine.
Always on the edge,
though.
Always aware that
with one swoop,
the boot will descend.
Is that truly free?
I'm not that easy
to manipulate, Edouard.
I'm not that lost.
No, you are not.
Tell me
about this CPS officer.
Like it or not, it's in both
our interests to cooperate.
How do you figure?
I'm worth the ransom.
But there's the matter
of obstructing a CPS officer
carrying out her duties.
If they deal me back
to Liber8, well...
You're a loose end' then,
aren't you?
You've been harboring
the old man for weeks.
He was a friend of this
community from before the war.
We owe him
a debt of barter.
JADEN: If this Jaworski is Liber8,
then there's a price out on him.
We could buy
new combine parts.
Not have to rebuild every
cranky machine 10 and 20 times.
We could grow. If we grow too
big, we attract attention.
They tolerate us because we're small.
We are not equals.
There's no doubt
about that.
Add to that, the kidnapping
of a corporate policewoman.
Jaden, what were
you thinking?
It's like you want them
to come crashing in here.
Just keep her out of the way
until I can make a deal.
(SIGHS)
See how strident this protector is.
How committed.
If she doesn't make waves,
if she'll go along...
And if she doesn't?
We don't have to
commit to anything now.
Revolutionaries
didn't take your parents, kid.
People like her.
What are you going
to do about that?
Oh, you'd like that,
wouldn't you?
Use me to
get your revenge?
Revenge would be
letting me do it.
He preys on the weak-willed,
but that's not you.
How stupid
do you think I am?
Just squeeze the trigger.
It's done.
And what makes you think
I'd leave a witness?
Just pull
the trigger, kid.
I can make you
a rich man.
SONYA: Nathan!
Put the crossbow down.
(CMR SCREECHES)
Oh, Jaworski.
When we get out of here,
I am going to make you pay.
Come on, Cameron.
They know you'll sell them out to the
corporation the first chance you get.
You're not walking
out of here.
Best make your peace
with that.
I'm finding it hard to see.
Can we slow down?
You'll manage.
Keep moving.
Don't say anything. Stay quiet
if you know what's good for you.
They're from the city.
Quiet.
Why do you think
they're here?
This is
an illegal settlement.
And you're
a CPS protector.
Do you honestly think they'd
be pleased to see you here?
Talk about
a bad career move.
What are they doing?
Can't you guess?
As soon as they're clear,
we'll go up top.
STEFAN: Business good?
Why wouldn't it be?
Taste hasn't been
bred out yet.
I bet they divvy up
that pallet and
half the food winds up
on the tables
of half the CEOs in
Corporate Congress tonight.
Is that true?
You trade with the very
same people you despise.
Isn't that the definition
of capitalism?
Don't you see the irony?
Everywhere I look.
SONYA: They may
try to kill her.
So?
She's already asleep.
Like all the good
corporate sheep.
You told me you fled the city
because you got a job offer
you couldn't turn down
and you couldn't accept
SadTec's super
soldier program.
What you know
about implants
makes you uneasy.
They nudge you.
They change how you think.
What you accept.
You
record instead of
bear witness.
Store up data, not remember feelings.
It's...
inhuman.
But this protector,
she made her choice.
Yeah, but it wasn't
an informed choice.
She chooses to serve a system
that codifies monstrous inequity.
That literally works lo strip away
her humanity and her freedom.
And Theseus would say that
there are no inhumane choices
in the last defense
of humanity.
I know.
But you still
can't accept it.
These gleaners,
they've been good
to me, an ally.
They choose to opt
out of the system,
but are forever at the
mercy of that same system.
Are they truly free?
Or are they just
on a longer rope?
So, one chooses
to serve the system,
others attempt to bargain
outside the system.
(SCOFFS)
I wonder if there's
a third choice.
For someone like you.
ALEC:
It was the regular delivery?
BRENNER: The routing code was switched
to send a specific box to you.
Blood and saliva profile
is confirmed.
No synthesized DNA markers.
It's actual.
Our gleaner friends
have been busy.
All actions are authorized.
Maximum response.
Yes, sir.
Sit.
Run it.
(COMPUTER BEEPING)
Protectors identity
has been confirmed.
Cameron, Kiera.
She's marked inactive.
So, they're not
looking for you. Good.
Aw! You bummed her out.
She still thought
the cavalry was coming.
Now you.
All that computer's
going to tell you
is what the corporation
wants you to know.
Run it.
Ten most wanted.
50,000 bit currency
or life credit.
I have a counter-offer.
Filomen 3872Delta/&.
And spell out band two,
hopscotch and kanji.
You'll be communicating
with a friend of mine.
Tell him Jaworski says
his sister is a giraffe.
He says giraffes are
extinct, and the offer is
1,000,000 bit currency.
A million?
STEFAN: Cover your tracks. Go
through any middleman you want.
Do we have a deal?
KIERA: Jaden.
Right now,
you can walk away from
everything you have done.
But if you do this, your
community breaks a truce.
Both of you,
outside.
Watch them.
What now?
I just want to
check something.
I knew
Mariah was full of it.
And I'm the one putting
the community in danger.
How much you think
he's worth?
Mr. Sadler.
We have a CPS flyer
down in the vicinity of the
target gleaner compound.
Telemetry suggests they accessed
the data of an Officer Cameron,
the spouse of
one of your executives.
This would suggest
she's alive.
Then continue with
the mission as ordered.
No one else should know of this.
Understood.
And the husband?
Leave that with me.
Oh, it's worse. It's so much...
(CMR SCREECHING)
lt's so much worse!
(GROANS)
Keep moving.
Just wait a minute, okay?
I can't see.
Oh!
Are we gonna shake
on our deal, gleaner?
You're bartering and selling him.
You've kidnapped me.
And you consider yourselves
the more civilized ones?
Even hurtin',
she's a pistol.
You gotta give her that.
JADEN: Just keep moving.
(HIGH-PITCHED SCREECHING)
Where am I?
KAGAME: Infirmary.
You have the good doctor
quite worried.
I find that
hard to believe.
She seems quite
dedicated to her calling.
Professional.
She's done wonders
with this little enclave.
Who are you?
Another unlucky traveler.
Just coming out of the
contagious stage, I'm told.
Lucky me.
You're a protector.
Who are you
protecting now?
Who are these people
a threat to?
Well, they're not
too fond of me.
Fond or not,
they seem to care
about your wellbeing.
The doctor even
changed my thinking.
About what?
Blaming you.
You're conditioned to see
the world in a certain way.
Like a dog.
I hope, one day
you have a chance
to look at things
through different eyes.
Make choices that are your own.
(CMR SCREECHING)
That's the only way to take
a person's true measure.
(HIGH-PITCHED SCREECHING)
(GROANS)
Push the button.
You should be ready
for another dose.
Kiera.
Pretty name.
SONYA: Her implant
was damaged.
Removing the governor
will be low-risk,
and keeping it on
might kill her.
I don't want her death on my hands.
Do you, Mariah?
None of this
will matter soon.
Take it off.
Thank you, Doctor.
Let me go
make the deal.
If we save the protectors
life, they'll be grateful.
Graciousness is not
their primary virtue.
It is if we're offering them
their number one most wanted.
How's that feel?
(SIGHS) The nausea is better.
But I can't...
It's okay.
Your visual field will clear
in a couple of hours.
I'm going to give you
some more sedatives
so you can get some rest.
No, please. I don't...
I don't need any.
It's okay. She's out.
We need to talk.
You've been quiet
for a long time.
Not acting like a man who's
about to get a big payday.
Liber8 pays its debts.
Could do a lot of good
for you people.
(SNIFFS)
Or have I read this wrong?
Maybe you've made other plans.
What are you doing?
I fear I'm being betrayed.
Tell me if you think
I'm being paranoid.
There's something going on.
(SIGHS)
You won't make it
two kilometers.
I could. With your help.
I will take you as far as
the ridge, but no further.
Come on.
I can ask no more.
Jaworski.
Where is he?
Jaden took him.
There's a trade coming.
And not only for him.
You're in danger, too.
I feel like we've
made a terrible mistake.
Maybe I can help.
PANGEA: Wait, please.
How much of a head start
did they get?
Not much.
An hour, maybe.
An hour and a half.
(GROANS)
(VOMITING)
I'm sorry. I...
Pangea,
how far along are you?
I have a son.
I barfed for nine weeks.
The gleaner lifestyle
was fine for me, but...
I don't know.
It's okay. We'll...
We'll talk as we walk.
The crossbow's gone.
So are the keys
to the handcuffs.
Your whatever-ibis isn't working.
You can't call for help.
We have no idea
where Jaworski went.
You're supposed to be the resourceful one.
Where do you...
(SOFTLY) No.
How far are we
from the Mamquam?
The river?
"Follow the bank
to Squamish."
That's what he said.
Could you show me?
I'm sorry, Pangea.
You can't help him now.
All right. Okay.
Okay.
There we go.
Need a break?
No.
Okay.
(GASPS)
Oh, you are a better tracker than
I gave you credit for, Protector.
This is the end of
the line, Jaworski.
How do you figure?
It's just you and me.
I like my odds.
You want to watch her die,
try something.
I wouldn't.
You'll just get her killed.
Your move, Protector.
This is my move.
(GROANS)
Mr. Sadler.
Hope
I'm not interrupting.
Please, sit.
I wanted to apologize for
the terrible way you heard,
and to express
my condolences.
Thank you.
I'm loyal to SadTech, sir, but this
is a terribly odd thing to process.
My fortunes have radically
improved, but my life is...
The bonus credits?
Yes, they're imperfect
instruments, but it's all we have.
It's not that.
I value my job.
But I love my wife.
You have a son.
I told him his mother's on assignment
until things are definitive.
I raised my son
as a single father.
It's not easy,
but there are rewards.
Mr. Sadler, I, um...
(SIGHS)
Never mind.
No. No, speak your mind.
So few people do
with me nowadays.
It's a life.
It's not a write-down
or a settlement.
It's a life.
We are the wealth
that we create.
In life, that means good works,
productivity, offspring, goodwill.
But ultimately, each of us is
judged by what we leave behind.
Some of that
is measurable,
but our valuations
don't capture everything.
We let actuaries and balance
sheets determine our worth.
Even that word "worth,"
it's...
It's not the right word.
Well, well...
Shocked as hell to get a
ping off your CMR, Cameron.
Thought they'd taken
a write-down on you.
Yeah, it's completely frazzed.
Yeah, we'll get you sorted.
I've also got
a civilian passenger.
All right.
We'll get her sorted, too.
We gotta clear the area, now.
This is a hot zone.
ALEC: If Kiera has paid
the ultimate price
for her loyalty
to the corporation,
it will not go unnoticed.
I suppose I'm looking
for meaning in it all.
Something to tell our son
to help him understand.
ALEC: The meaning
is all around you.
SadTech and the other members
of the Corporate Congress,
their sole purpose,
to enrich the lives
of all the citizens.
To preserve the promise
of a civil society.
To never again slip
into the chaos of the past.
You tell your son
his mother's life,
her sacrifice
to the corporation,
has enabled all of us
left behind to prosper.
Do you
really believe that?
The answer to that question is
the burden of an old man,
one cursed to see
10 steps ahead.
Oh, no.
(STAMMERING) I have to go.
They'll be wounded!
They need help!
There's nothing left.
What?
What the corporation
cannot own, it destroys.
The gleaners brought
this on themselves.
Greed poisons.
It punishes everyone.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Take what you're feeling
and put it towards
something right.
This is your place
and your time.
Follow your instincts
to take a moral stand.
I'm not
a revolutionary, Edouard.
No.
You're a healer.
And that's something
far more useful.
You're going to go back and
take the super soldier job.
A great day is
coming, Sonya.
And you will be
on the inside.
That is what
you can do.
That is your way.
You do not
serve or bargain.
You will heal.
You will heal us all.
For them.
STEFAN: For a while, you were
thinking for yourself, Protector.
Guess it's back
to sleep now.
Enjoy your cage.
Even in a cage,
I'm freer than
you'll ever be.
KERR: He was right.
KATHERINE: Who was?
Jaworski?
Kagame.
He said I would see
things through new eyes.
Make choices of my own.
Kagame wiped out
that whole compound.
Why?
I don't know.
But I do know
he had his reasons.
Each of us
is judged by what
we leave behind.
Who said that?
Alec Sadler.
Or he will say it.
Why this particular
memory, Kiera?
Jaworski said
I was asleep.
Curtis Chen said
the same thing.
I wouldn't put stock
in what Curtis says.
There's good in your future.
You're proof of that.
There was something in Curtis'
eyes, and I recognize it now.
Jaworski had it.
Kagame had it.
Zealotry.
Commitment.
Are you saying
you aren't committed?
I'm saying
I'm not asleep anymore.
Thank you.
I'm going home.
Somebody! Help!
Somebody! Help!
Help!
(GRUNTING)
Shit!
(BONES CRUNCHING)
Ripped By mstoll
Previously on Continuum...
No freaking way.
Argh!
Where are you taking him?
You already know.
The revolution
starts here.
Liber8 wouldn't exist
if it weren't for me.
Perhaps they're
nothing more
than a manifestation
of my conscience.
I knew it!
(GRUNTS)
(LAUGHING) He's the
one that killed me.
You're not fit
to lead this cell.
Luckily, not your call.
KIERA: This is
a disaster.
What happens now?
KATHERINE: He'll be
debriefed.
Will Alec be debriefed?
If he won't reveal where he buried
the time-travel weapon, yes.
I don't like it.
CURTIS: What a surprise.
Kiera Cameron unsure.
Protector.
That's a terrible
name for you.
Who do you
protect, Kiera?
Not Alec.
Not your family.
You slept-walked through
your life in 2077.
And then a miracle.
You're shown the fabric
of everything.
And, yet,
still asleep.
Even in a cage, I'm freer
than you'll ever be.
What have I done?
KIERA: Jaworski!
(GRUNTING)
Ahhh!
Armor piercing.
(GUN CLICKING)
Ripped By mstoll
Shit!
(BOTH GRUNTING)
(RAPID BEEPING)
(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)
You asshole!
Patrol Tango
Seven Five Niner.
We're heading back
with the prisoner.
Arresting Officer
Cameron on board.
Dispatch a CS unit
to Oxbow mine.
Uploading coordinates.
One of ours
and a bounty hunter.
No medical,
two body bags.
DISPATCH: Roger that.
10-4.
What does that make now?
25? 30?
Loose lips
feed CPS chips.
Suit yourself.
(ALARMS BEEPING)
COMPUTER: Warning!
Warning! Warning!
What have we got?
Temp's spiking.
I may have to sit her down.
What?
Control! Tango
Seven Five Niner.
We have had a complete
systems malfunction.
We are going down. Over.
I can't hold ii. Hold on!
Brace for impact.
Imp... What?
Hold on!
No!
(PANTING)
On your knees!
Take a beat, Protector.
You're alive.
I said...
On your knees.
It's dirty.
Down!
Ahhh!
Ahhh!
(CHUCKLES)
(GASPS)
(CMR SCREECHING)
They don't make CMRs like they
used to, do they, Protector?
Do you ever
stop talking?
(SIGHS) Would you
mind pulling this
hunk of fascist gun ship
out of my leg?
(GROANS)
How's that?
(GRUNTING) I might have
nerve damage.
I'm sure
I'll get over it.
How much they
pay you guys now?
Not a lot.
They have to save capital
for the no-bid contracts
on the never-fail gear,
like this death trap.
I swear,
if my gun was working,
I'd shoot myself just to avoid
hearing any more of this.
You know, bit currency's
still around.
You can buy anything you
want on the black market.
Who's going to question it if,
say, you blacked out in the crash,
came to,
and I was long gone?
You really think
that's a play?
In my experience' yeah.
Most of the time.
Well, I'm not in this
for the money.
One more nihilist lunatic
off the streets.
That's reason enough
for me.
You talk like that even when
CPS isn't listening? Wow!
Nihilist?
(CHUCKLES)
You don't know
the first thing about us.
Anti-Corporate Congress.
Anti-social archaic rhetoric
handed down by Theseus.
Another lunatic.
I know what any citizen
needs to know about you.
It's either you or us.
(CMR SCREECHING)
(GROANS)
We walk two-three klicks
that way,
we'll be overlooking
the Mamquam.
Then we'll follow the riverbank
straight to Squamish.
We avoid the exclusion zones.
No. We wait.
They're not
coming, Cameron.
I know a busted emergency
beacon when I see one.
They've already taken the write-down
on that flyer. Probably you, too.
JADEN: Stay where you are!
I'm CPS.
This man is my prisoner.
She's lying.
Both of you, shut it.
Like Hold you, I'm CPS.
I am responsible
for this man.
I don't care
who you are.
You're coming with us.
NATHAN: Wait.
If she is CPS, doesn't
she have one of those...
It's not working.
You're clear.
What are you doing?
Building goodwill.
JADEN: Let's move.
Told you it was that way.
PANGEA: You might have
given us a heads-up.
They're not the first guests
to cross our threshold.
He's different.
This is not for
the ears of outsiders.
Excuse me.
Are you in charge here?
This man is wanted on charges
of murder and terrorism.
Turn him back over to me
and that's the end of it.
I couldn't care less
about an illegal grow-op.
Is that what you think
we do? Drugs?
They're gleaners,
Protector.
You and I are
not so different.
Resisting the overreach of the
Global Corporate Congress.
You eke out a living
as free men, and women.
The kind of people
you blow up.
She has a head plant on.
We can't antagonize... JADEN:
He says it's not functional.
Let's look at it and have the
doctor install a governor.
SONYA: They said your CMR wasn't
working, but just in case,
the governor creates
a null field.
You won't be able to
receive, record or transmit.
How is ii for migraines?
Sorry, no help there.
What if I take it out?
Well, it's hooked directly into your
cerebellum, so if I had to guess,
I'd say you'd lose speech
and motor control... Watch my finger.
...and most of your childhood.
So, seriously, I'd leave
it right where it is.
So much for
"First do no harm."
Well, I help those
who help themselves.
Why the mask?
You're not exactly a country doctor.
Why are you here?
Let's call it penance.
You know what I think?
I think you're
wearing the mask
so that I can't
identify you later.
You know, you can spare me
the good citizen speech.
These people live
an honest life.
There's nobility in that.
She's done.
Mr. Cameron.
I'm Leon Rutledge. I have
items for you to sign.
Um...
All right, um...
You're from?
Corporate responsibility.
This won't take a moment.
First of all,
80% of your life debt and that
of your child will be waived.
There's also
a substantial settlement.
SadTech has also processed
a pay grade revision,
a promotion.
It's all explained
in these documents.
You absolve SadTech and assigns
from all responsibility
from the failure of the
SadTech heavy flyer. Wait.
Is this about Kiera? I've
been trying to reach her.
Protocol hasn't
contacted you?
About what?
Mr. Cameron,
CPS Protector Kiera Cameron
was declared inactive
at 2240 hours.
Her CMR is off-grid. Investigation
was thorough and complete.
Pilot error.
No salvageable material.
SadTech has taken the write-down.
The case is closed.
Are you telling me
my wife is dead?
I'm an actuary, sir.
I'm not authorized to
have this conversation.
I'd like you to go now.
Yeah, there's still
the matter of the...
Mmm.
This is good contraband,
Protector. You taste that?
The system is based on an
efficient division of resources.
What works for 30 people,
can't work for millions.
When I was young, family
farming wasn't a crime.
And then they mandated
genetically enhanced seeds.
And the crops
produced no seeds.
We had to buy
fresh seeds every year,
and they'd only grow
with their pesticide.
Their fertilizer.
That's when you went gray.
We were one of the first
gleaner communities.
They tolerate us now
because we're small.
And we keep quiet.
No pushback.
No stockpile of guns.
We just want to be
left alone.
(SONYA GROANS)
(SIGHS)
KAGAME: So...
I hear we have visitors.
SONYA: You should
be sleeping.
Mariah brought me soup.
It was delicious.
But I have questions.
Where's your mask?
I think we both know that
you're not contagious.
Unless gunshots wounds spread
differently than I recall.
I have relied on an old
debt for far too long.
As long as I am here,
these people are in danger.
This
inspector
came by our farm,
said we hadn't registered.
My dad stood his ground.
They shot him dead.
My mother
only lasted a week.
I am so sorry.
She's so sorry.
I'm sure that's the apology
you've been waiting for, kid.
You see, everyone?
The system works.
You are no better than the people
that killed this boy's family.
That's enough.
Pangea.
Tie them up
when they're done.
We need to talk.
Tell me, did you
finish the book?
It's...
It's eye-opening.
It’s just it's so different than...
Than what you were taught?
Yes. The truth has a way
of getting repressed.
Tell me.
How do you think the gleaners would
be faring if Theseus had prevailed?
They get by fine.
Always on the edge,
though.
Always aware that
with one swoop,
the boot will descend.
Is that truly free?
I'm not that easy
to manipulate, Edouard.
I'm not that lost.
No, you are not.
Tell me
about this CPS officer.
Like it or not, it's in both
our interests to cooperate.
How do you figure?
I'm worth the ransom.
But there's the matter
of obstructing a CPS officer
carrying out her duties.
If they deal me back
to Liber8, well...
You're a loose end' then,
aren't you?
You've been harboring
the old man for weeks.
He was a friend of this
community from before the war.
We owe him
a debt of barter.
JADEN: If this Jaworski is Liber8,
then there's a price out on him.
We could buy
new combine parts.
Not have to rebuild every
cranky machine 10 and 20 times.
We could grow. If we grow too
big, we attract attention.
They tolerate us because we're small.
We are not equals.
There's no doubt
about that.
Add to that, the kidnapping
of a corporate policewoman.
Jaden, what were
you thinking?
It's like you want them
to come crashing in here.
Just keep her out of the way
until I can make a deal.
(SIGHS)
See how strident this protector is.
How committed.
If she doesn't make waves,
if she'll go along...
And if she doesn't?
We don't have to
commit to anything now.
Revolutionaries
didn't take your parents, kid.
People like her.
What are you going
to do about that?
Oh, you'd like that,
wouldn't you?
Use me to
get your revenge?
Revenge would be
letting me do it.
He preys on the weak-willed,
but that's not you.
How stupid
do you think I am?
Just squeeze the trigger.
It's done.
And what makes you think
I'd leave a witness?
Just pull
the trigger, kid.
I can make you
a rich man.
SONYA: Nathan!
Put the crossbow down.
(CMR SCREECHES)
Oh, Jaworski.
When we get out of here,
I am going to make you pay.
Come on, Cameron.
They know you'll sell them out to the
corporation the first chance you get.
You're not walking
out of here.
Best make your peace
with that.
I'm finding it hard to see.
Can we slow down?
You'll manage.
Keep moving.
Don't say anything. Stay quiet
if you know what's good for you.
They're from the city.
Quiet.
Why do you think
they're here?
This is
an illegal settlement.
And you're
a CPS protector.
Do you honestly think they'd
be pleased to see you here?
Talk about
a bad career move.
What are they doing?
Can't you guess?
As soon as they're clear,
we'll go up top.
STEFAN: Business good?
Why wouldn't it be?
Taste hasn't been
bred out yet.
I bet they divvy up
that pallet and
half the food winds up
on the tables
of half the CEOs in
Corporate Congress tonight.
Is that true?
You trade with the very
same people you despise.
Isn't that the definition
of capitalism?
Don't you see the irony?
Everywhere I look.
SONYA: They may
try to kill her.
So?
She's already asleep.
Like all the good
corporate sheep.
You told me you fled the city
because you got a job offer
you couldn't turn down
and you couldn't accept
SadTec's super
soldier program.
What you know
about implants
makes you uneasy.
They nudge you.
They change how you think.
What you accept.
You
record instead of
bear witness.
Store up data, not remember feelings.
It's...
inhuman.
But this protector,
she made her choice.
Yeah, but it wasn't
an informed choice.
She chooses to serve a system
that codifies monstrous inequity.
That literally works lo strip away
her humanity and her freedom.
And Theseus would say that
there are no inhumane choices
in the last defense
of humanity.
I know.
But you still
can't accept it.
These gleaners,
they've been good
to me, an ally.
They choose to opt
out of the system,
but are forever at the
mercy of that same system.
Are they truly free?
Or are they just
on a longer rope?
So, one chooses
to serve the system,
others attempt to bargain
outside the system.
(SCOFFS)
I wonder if there's
a third choice.
For someone like you.
ALEC:
It was the regular delivery?
BRENNER: The routing code was switched
to send a specific box to you.
Blood and saliva profile
is confirmed.
No synthesized DNA markers.
It's actual.
Our gleaner friends
have been busy.
All actions are authorized.
Maximum response.
Yes, sir.
Sit.
Run it.
(COMPUTER BEEPING)
Protectors identity
has been confirmed.
Cameron, Kiera.
She's marked inactive.
So, they're not
looking for you. Good.
Aw! You bummed her out.
She still thought
the cavalry was coming.
Now you.
All that computer's
going to tell you
is what the corporation
wants you to know.
Run it.
Ten most wanted.
50,000 bit currency
or life credit.
I have a counter-offer.
Filomen 3872Delta/&.
And spell out band two,
hopscotch and kanji.
You'll be communicating
with a friend of mine.
Tell him Jaworski says
his sister is a giraffe.
He says giraffes are
extinct, and the offer is
1,000,000 bit currency.
A million?
STEFAN: Cover your tracks. Go
through any middleman you want.
Do we have a deal?
KIERA: Jaden.
Right now,
you can walk away from
everything you have done.
But if you do this, your
community breaks a truce.
Both of you,
outside.
Watch them.
What now?
I just want to
check something.
I knew
Mariah was full of it.
And I'm the one putting
the community in danger.
How much you think
he's worth?
Mr. Sadler.
We have a CPS flyer
down in the vicinity of the
target gleaner compound.
Telemetry suggests they accessed
the data of an Officer Cameron,
the spouse of
one of your executives.
This would suggest
she's alive.
Then continue with
the mission as ordered.
No one else should know of this.
Understood.
And the husband?
Leave that with me.
Oh, it's worse. It's so much...
(CMR SCREECHING)
lt's so much worse!
(GROANS)
Keep moving.
Just wait a minute, okay?
I can't see.
Oh!
Are we gonna shake
on our deal, gleaner?
You're bartering and selling him.
You've kidnapped me.
And you consider yourselves
the more civilized ones?
Even hurtin',
she's a pistol.
You gotta give her that.
JADEN: Just keep moving.
(HIGH-PITCHED SCREECHING)
Where am I?
KAGAME: Infirmary.
You have the good doctor
quite worried.
I find that
hard to believe.
She seems quite
dedicated to her calling.
Professional.
She's done wonders
with this little enclave.
Who are you?
Another unlucky traveler.
Just coming out of the
contagious stage, I'm told.
Lucky me.
You're a protector.
Who are you
protecting now?
Who are these people
a threat to?
Well, they're not
too fond of me.
Fond or not,
they seem to care
about your wellbeing.
The doctor even
changed my thinking.
About what?
Blaming you.
You're conditioned to see
the world in a certain way.
Like a dog.
I hope, one day
you have a chance
to look at things
through different eyes.
Make choices that are your own.
(CMR SCREECHING)
That's the only way to take
a person's true measure.
(HIGH-PITCHED SCREECHING)
(GROANS)
Push the button.
You should be ready
for another dose.
Kiera.
Pretty name.
SONYA: Her implant
was damaged.
Removing the governor
will be low-risk,
and keeping it on
might kill her.
I don't want her death on my hands.
Do you, Mariah?
None of this
will matter soon.
Take it off.
Thank you, Doctor.
Let me go
make the deal.
If we save the protectors
life, they'll be grateful.
Graciousness is not
their primary virtue.
It is if we're offering them
their number one most wanted.
How's that feel?
(SIGHS) The nausea is better.
But I can't...
It's okay.
Your visual field will clear
in a couple of hours.
I'm going to give you
some more sedatives
so you can get some rest.
No, please. I don't...
I don't need any.
It's okay. She's out.
We need to talk.
You've been quiet
for a long time.
Not acting like a man who's
about to get a big payday.
Liber8 pays its debts.
Could do a lot of good
for you people.
(SNIFFS)
Or have I read this wrong?
Maybe you've made other plans.
What are you doing?
I fear I'm being betrayed.
Tell me if you think
I'm being paranoid.
There's something going on.
(SIGHS)
You won't make it
two kilometers.
I could. With your help.
I will take you as far as
the ridge, but no further.
Come on.
I can ask no more.
Jaworski.
Where is he?
Jaden took him.
There's a trade coming.
And not only for him.
You're in danger, too.
I feel like we've
made a terrible mistake.
Maybe I can help.
PANGEA: Wait, please.
How much of a head start
did they get?
Not much.
An hour, maybe.
An hour and a half.
(GROANS)
(VOMITING)
I'm sorry. I...
Pangea,
how far along are you?
I have a son.
I barfed for nine weeks.
The gleaner lifestyle
was fine for me, but...
I don't know.
It's okay. We'll...
We'll talk as we walk.
The crossbow's gone.
So are the keys
to the handcuffs.
Your whatever-ibis isn't working.
You can't call for help.
We have no idea
where Jaworski went.
You're supposed to be the resourceful one.
Where do you...
(SOFTLY) No.
How far are we
from the Mamquam?
The river?
"Follow the bank
to Squamish."
That's what he said.
Could you show me?
I'm sorry, Pangea.
You can't help him now.
All right. Okay.
Okay.
There we go.
Need a break?
No.
Okay.
(GASPS)
Oh, you are a better tracker than
I gave you credit for, Protector.
This is the end of
the line, Jaworski.
How do you figure?
It's just you and me.
I like my odds.
You want to watch her die,
try something.
I wouldn't.
You'll just get her killed.
Your move, Protector.
This is my move.
(GROANS)
Mr. Sadler.
Hope
I'm not interrupting.
Please, sit.
I wanted to apologize for
the terrible way you heard,
and to express
my condolences.
Thank you.
I'm loyal to SadTech, sir, but this
is a terribly odd thing to process.
My fortunes have radically
improved, but my life is...
The bonus credits?
Yes, they're imperfect
instruments, but it's all we have.
It's not that.
I value my job.
But I love my wife.
You have a son.
I told him his mother's on assignment
until things are definitive.
I raised my son
as a single father.
It's not easy,
but there are rewards.
Mr. Sadler, I, um...
(SIGHS)
Never mind.
No. No, speak your mind.
So few people do
with me nowadays.
It's a life.
It's not a write-down
or a settlement.
It's a life.
We are the wealth
that we create.
In life, that means good works,
productivity, offspring, goodwill.
But ultimately, each of us is
judged by what we leave behind.
Some of that
is measurable,
but our valuations
don't capture everything.
We let actuaries and balance
sheets determine our worth.
Even that word "worth,"
it's...
It's not the right word.
Well, well...
Shocked as hell to get a
ping off your CMR, Cameron.
Thought they'd taken
a write-down on you.
Yeah, it's completely frazzed.
Yeah, we'll get you sorted.
I've also got
a civilian passenger.
All right.
We'll get her sorted, too.
We gotta clear the area, now.
This is a hot zone.
ALEC: If Kiera has paid
the ultimate price
for her loyalty
to the corporation,
it will not go unnoticed.
I suppose I'm looking
for meaning in it all.
Something to tell our son
to help him understand.
ALEC: The meaning
is all around you.
SadTech and the other members
of the Corporate Congress,
their sole purpose,
to enrich the lives
of all the citizens.
To preserve the promise
of a civil society.
To never again slip
into the chaos of the past.
You tell your son
his mother's life,
her sacrifice
to the corporation,
has enabled all of us
left behind to prosper.
Do you
really believe that?
The answer to that question is
the burden of an old man,
one cursed to see
10 steps ahead.
Oh, no.
(STAMMERING) I have to go.
They'll be wounded!
They need help!
There's nothing left.
What?
What the corporation
cannot own, it destroys.
The gleaners brought
this on themselves.
Greed poisons.
It punishes everyone.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God!
Oh, my God!
Take what you're feeling
and put it towards
something right.
This is your place
and your time.
Follow your instincts
to take a moral stand.
I'm not
a revolutionary, Edouard.
No.
You're a healer.
And that's something
far more useful.
You're going to go back and
take the super soldier job.
A great day is
coming, Sonya.
And you will be
on the inside.
That is what
you can do.
That is your way.
You do not
serve or bargain.
You will heal.
You will heal us all.
For them.
STEFAN: For a while, you were
thinking for yourself, Protector.
Guess it's back
to sleep now.
Enjoy your cage.
Even in a cage,
I'm freer than
you'll ever be.
KERR: He was right.
KATHERINE: Who was?
Jaworski?
Kagame.
He said I would see
things through new eyes.
Make choices of my own.
Kagame wiped out
that whole compound.
Why?
I don't know.
But I do know
he had his reasons.
Each of us
is judged by what
we leave behind.
Who said that?
Alec Sadler.
Or he will say it.
Why this particular
memory, Kiera?
Jaworski said
I was asleep.
Curtis Chen said
the same thing.
I wouldn't put stock
in what Curtis says.
There's good in your future.
You're proof of that.
There was something in Curtis'
eyes, and I recognize it now.
Jaworski had it.
Kagame had it.
Zealotry.
Commitment.
Are you saying
you aren't committed?
I'm saying
I'm not asleep anymore.
Thank you.
I'm going home.
Somebody! Help!
Somebody! Help!
Help!
(GRUNTING)
Shit!
(BONES CRUNCHING)
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