Continuum (2012–2015): Season 3, Episode 9 - Minute of Silence - full transcript
After they all attend Betty's funeral, Insp. Dillon tells Carlos to forget about investigating her murder and let the unit responsible for the investigation do their job. Still feeling the pressure Carlos turns to the corporate version of Alec and shows him the dead version of Kiera. Alec is upset that the Kiera from the other time-line hasn't been honest with him. Meanwhile, a very agile thief is stealing hi tech objects, including an invisibility cloak, from local hi tech firms. After a similar theft at Piron, Alec suggests it's the work of Liber8 but Carlos thinks otherwise. Elsewhere, a man wakes up after being in a coma for 2 months and has no memory of who he is. All he can remember is the name Kiera Cameron. Kiera visits him in hospital but she finds nothing about him in her database and her presence doesn't jog his memory. Kellog informs Alex that he's in breach of their contract and is suing him. Kellog has also been hiring away some of his employees. Alec has a solution for that.
KIERA:
Previously on Continuum...
DILLON: Liber8 is behind
this attack.
I know it.
You fight a disease by catching
it while it's still treatable.
HALO will monitor you
on every level.
You have 60 days,
Mr. Sadler.
JASMINE: We didn't
gas that building.
We did not kill those people.
Then who did?
(BOTH GRUNTING)
BETTY: Neelon's been
a merc for years.
He works through a contractor
named Grey Point Security.
KIERA: I don't mind learning
a few things from Betty.
(GUN FIRING)
(GASPS)
It's busy tonight
NURSE: Rumors of another
anti-congress crackdown.
How was the gala?
We all have
our crosses to bear.
Let's get started.
Citizen Chip
extraction will commence.
Number one.
When your number is called,
sit in the chair.
You are aware that
Citizen Chip extraction
renders your
birth certification
and citizenship
null and void?
I'm aware.
NURSE: Extend your arm
through the indicators
and bite down
on the sanitized bit.
Scan your wrist to
accept the release.
Got it.
Extracting.
Suction?
Yes, Doctor.
NURSE: Please hold still.
This may sting a little.
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
Ripped By mstoll
Once finished, please toss
your hit into the receptacle.
Number two.
MAN: Get off of me.
Get off of me!
(GRUNTS)
Get your hands off me.
Let go of him!
Get off me! You're the
reason he's upset.
There's no reason
to hold him down.
You're okay.
You're okay.
You're okay.
You're okay.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Get some water, please.
Give us some
room, please.
I don't know where I am.
I don't know where I am.
You were taken to
St. Paul's unconscious.
When you stabilized but you didn't
wake up, you were brought here.
Markland Palms, we're a
long-term care facility.
(MOUTHING)
We don't know
much about you.
What do you want to know?
How about your name?
It's, um...
I don't know...
I don't know my name.
How can I not know my...
I don't know my name!
You've been out
almost two months.
Extended loss
of consciousness,
this happens.
I don't...
Just take it slow.
Anything you can
tell us will help boost
the recovery process.
I remember a name.
Cameron.
Okay? Cameron?
No. No, that's not me.
Kiera Cameron.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
The service
was beautiful.
Yes, it was.
Betty paid the heaviest
price for her convictions.
I know what
you want to do,
but you don't need to
go in there right now.
Yeah, I do.
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
The answer
is still no.
We have to do something.
We can't.
Too much has
gone down
within this
division lately.
We are not trusted.
We worked
closest with her.
Exactly.
And it has been made
very clear to me
that finding Betty's killer
is not on our dance card.
Independent investigation
is handling it. It is done.
That is a bullshit rap
and you know it.
Do you have any idea
the strings I had to pull
to get her buried
with honors?
Trust me, it was
not an easy thing
given her
past flirtations.
And what if Liber8
did kill her?
Well, then
she died a hero.
Staining her memory
will not bring her back.
Is that...
Is that the deal
that you made?
They handle the investigation
and Betty's ties stay secret?
You and Cameron
take the rest of the day.
I will call you
if I need you.
(DOOR CLOSING)
I warned you.
What d he say?
Oh, that we should
take some personal time.
Which is good, 'cause I
hate this thing anyway.
I've got three messages
from some pushy doctor.
There's a John Doe at the hospital
that's been asking for me.
Oh, your day's looking up.
Hot date.
Who are you?
Damn.
You asked for me.
This is
Agent Cameron.
She works with
local law enforcement.
Kiera Cameron?
Do I know you?
I was hoping.
That's gonna
be a problem.
Apparently they
need the bed.
There's nothing wrong with
you besides your memory.
You're healthier
than me!
Sure you don't
recognize him?
I'm sure.
What happened?
They tell me
I was hit by a truck.
DR. WILLIAMS: Physiologically
there's nothing wrong with him
save a bad knee.
All I can remember
is Kiera Cameron.
Usually with cases
like this,
long-term memory
returns first but...
...maybe he read
your name somewhere.
Sign there.
Excuse me?
Medically speaking he can
walk out of here right now.
With a limp.
Not with me.
Look...
If I'm lucky, they'll send
someone over here tomorrow,
then they'll take him to you and you'll
print him and send out bulletins.
Whatever... Save a step.
He'll probably
show up on your radar.
I wouldn't be so sure.
Work with me
on this, Cameron.
Got to admit,
he knows your name.
Nice little mystery
to solve.
We are connected.
Somehow.
(CAR APPROACHES)
(DOORS OPEN)
This is very...
Well,
I'm intrigued.
How's it going?
Good.
Well, not exactly good.
I don't want to bore you with
all the corporate bullshit
that I've managed
to inherit,
but development delays
with HALO.
I keep reaching for a competitive
edge and coming up short,
and then boardroom politics
like you wouldn't believe.
Thank God
for Jack Dillon.
He's at least one ally.
What's he like
as a boss?
Is he a hard ass? He
seems like a hard ass.
I buried a friend today.
Wow.
Sorry, that's... Wow.
And I'm all, "Oh, the
board's a real drag."
So why am I here?
(EXHALES)
I just can't carry it
alone anymore.
(GATE UNLOCKING)
lt's better
if I show you.
Holy shit.
No.
(SOBBING)
Two of me.
Two of her?
Yep.
She lied to me.
She swore that
she told me everything
but she Still lied.
CARLOS: You and me?
We're originals.
She was an original.
But the other two?
I don't know, they're...
They're them, but they're
not at the same time.
Know what
I mean?
Hell yeah.
Wish I didn't.
That's why
I brought you here.
You're the only one
that understands,
what I'm going through.
(METAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(BEEPING)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(BEEPING)
(BEEPS)
GUARD: Down the stairs!
Go around! Go around!
(GRUNTS)
(SIRENS WAILING)
GUARD: Down here, down here!
(SIRENS WAILING)
KIERA: Any of these landmarks
look familiar to you?
JOHN DOE: Yes and no.
Helpful.
Well, the city's right,
if that's anything.
I'm not from Iowa
or something.
It all seems so different.
Let me make a call.
Yep.
(RINGING)
What?
KIERA: How hard would it be for
someone, assume someone local,
to just scrub themselves
from every database?
I'm talking zero hits.
No health information.
No prints.
Digital records of any kind.
Next to impossible.
Something would
kick up somewhere.
Why, is someone lying
about who they are, Kiera?
That would be terrible.
I have a John Doe
who's a bit of a ghost,
and I have checked
every database I know.
Every database.
Well, maybe
he's James Bond.
I gotta go.
Okay.
You really think you can
figure out who I am?
I'll do whatever I can.
I don't want to be a ghost.
You keeping
banker's hours, kid?
It's been
a tough day, Kellog.
It's about
to get tougher.
I thought I'd save you the indignity
of this coming from a stranger.
Considering everything
we've been through.
What's this?
Uh... Karma.
By way of sharks
in suits.
You're suing me?
Hmm.
For what?
Well, you working at Piron
is a breach of our contact.
We had a deal.
Are you serious?
As a heart attack.
Not only did you sign
an anti-compete clause
but 49% of
every scrap of genius
that comes out of your
little noggin belongs to me.
And don't forget, I happen
to know how things turn out
and just to be clear,
the name SadTech is the
winner of this horserace,
and right now that is
the card I'm holding.
You mother...
Name calling is not going
to make this any easier.
You've been served.
I'll see you in court.
Is that your stray?
Mr. John Doe?
Yeah.
Social services is backed
up, and you know what?
Lei it go, Carlos.
No, it's cute.
Get kittens mo?
What'd they get?
An active
camouflage system.
It bends the light around
an object to make it...
Invisible.
DILLON: This makes
my head hurt.
You ever heard of
anything like this?
Uh, once or twice, yeah.
Three very high-tech
robberies in as many weeks.
One is an anomaly.
Two is a coincidence. Three,
we're talking pattern.
The thief was familiar
with the office.
He knew the alarm system and
the security camera coverage.
He used advanced jamming
tech to disable the CCTVs
and just to add
insult to injury,
while the heist
was going down,
someone hacked
into the servers,
and grabbed all their
proprietary engineering specs.
Sounds like an inside job.
Company swears no.
They vet their people
tighter than the NSA.
Everyone has been
accounted for.
All right.
Who do we know in the
advanced technology game?
You have to wear
that ugly-ass patch?
That's your
father's legacy.
Look, that's his
contribution to HALO.
Besides, we need it to tap
into the synaptic system.
Nobody's going to
want to slap
a piece of plastic
on their head.
It needs to be
just the bracelet.
Uh...
Well, maybe our graphing
conductivity can be improved.
No, no, no, no.
We tried that.
It just melted
all over the table.
Ugh! It was bad.
Anyone else?
Anything?
Where's Ericsson?
Williams? Zamir?
Poof.
The midnight raid.
Wait, what?
It was very sad.
SadTech kind of.
They left to work
for SadTech?
Yeah. Sorry.
That snake!
Was anyone going to
tell me about this?
You mean, like how I found
out you're being sued,
by Matthew Kellog
and SadTech?
That's just Kellog
rattling my chain.
No, Alec, it is not.
I'm doing my best.
Not when you let your head
counsel get blindsided,
by a lawsuit like this.
He has a claim.
You did sign
a non-compete.
If this goes to court
we will likely lose.
Add that to a restive board.
They gave me two months.
I'm trying to fix HALO.
Money and patience tick
away at the same rate.
The stock price wobbles and
the boy genius CEO headlines
all but disappear.
The problem is no one really
understands your vision.
Oh, I do.
Figure out a way
to get rid of this lawsuit.
Buy me time to fix this.
I'll try my best.
Thanks.
Our code doesn't stand up.
The prototypes
are running too hot.
I'm fighting the deadline
of my life here.
Can I do this?
Yes. Yes.
Listen.
There are two or three things
that you need for HALO,
they'll be widely
available in... (MUTTERS)
Ten, maybe nine years.
(EXHALES)
This is so frustrating.
Except for the
high-tech connection,
none of these robberies
show a pattern.
And they superficially look like
inside jobs but they can't be.
I need a favor.
The care facility misplaced
John Doe's effects.
They dropped them off
here and I found this.
I've ID'd the hotel.
They have a long-term resident who
paid three months in advance.
Will you cover for me while
I go check it out with him?
What is n with this guy?
I don't know.
But something.
I'll be quick. Please?
You owe me one.
Thanks.
Ring any bells?
No.
No, sorry.
Clearly I'm not rich
and I have low standards.
That's very
disappointing.
Do you read a lot
of science fiction?
What?
The book.
I don't know.
You getting as tired
of that answer as I am?
You could say that.
So, cheap and stupid.
Guess I'll have to
get by on my looks.
Like you don't know
what I'm talking about.
What's that
on your wrist?
It's faded ink.
And of course I don't
know what it means.
But you did.
At one point.
It could be
GPS coordinates.
If the location
is close to here,
we could stop by and see
if it jogs your memory.
Okay.
And if that
doesn't work,
what's next,
Kiera Cameron?
Then I think I've gone as
far with you as I can go.
I'm sorry.
Well, then let's go
jog my memory.
This is it.
Well?
I don't know, maybe.
Look, I'm sorry.
If I had even a hint,
I would...
You know what?
I don't have
time for maybe.
I'm sorry that what
happened to you happened.
I'm sorry that my name is
bouncing around in your head.
I really am.
It's all right. I get it.
You think I'm crazy.
I think I'm crazy.
This all feels
like a dream.
My real life
is just these images.
These crazy images
flashing around in my head.
I get these flashes of faces
that I think I should know,
and I know I know them.
I just don't know how.
I don't know how.
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
Carlos?
Yeah, Piron just
got hit by our thief.
Dillon's going to
blow a gasket.
KIERA:
I'll meet you there.
I really do have to go.
I was here.
What do you mean?
This city.
This same city.
I was scrambling
with other people.
Shelled out black
canyons with glass...
Concrete...
This is going
to sound crazy.
It's like I'm not
of this place.
It's like I am not
of this time.
Are you okay?
I suppose if what they
took actually worked,
then I'd be angry.
Maybe whoever robbed me
can figure out how to fix it.
Do you have any idea who could
be behind these robberies?
No.
Is there anyone you suspect
might be an enemy?
You never know who your enemies
are going to be in my position.
You do all your research
and development in-house?
What are
you getting at?
A lot of tech companies farm
out the various components
of whatever it is
they're building.
I figured HALO
might be the same.
Yeah, sure
we do the same.
A surface tech
company from Korea.
Batteries from Norway.
The skin patch was actually
developed right here in town.
WCIT.
WCIT Alpha Labs developed
the invisibility cloak,
before it went commercial.
We need to
look into that.
Thank you, Alec.
What are friends for?
You think there's something
to this WCIT Alpha Labs link?
(SIGHS)
Well, Bibby went to WCIT.
Figured maybe there would be a
connection to Betty, a lead, something.
It was a long shot.
It was stupid.
No, not at all.
Have you, um, noticed
Alec's attitude?
He seems a little more
arrogant than usual.
Yeah, well, he said he was
under a lot of pressure.
Business going south.
Maybe he's looking for a
shortcut to corporate riches.
He said he was looking
for a competitive edge...
His words.
Are you suggesting Alec
staged the Piron robberies
to avoid suspicion?
You're not coming?
I've got something
to check out.
It's close by.
I'll walk.
I got your back.
You're leaving?
No money,
no room.
You are one sad case.
I know, right?
Irresistible.
I want to talk about
what you said.
Kiera Cameron, I promise
you, I am not crazy.
Well, you rented this
place for three months.
You're right.
Bananas.
First girl I meet she
sees right through me.
That's the thing.
I do see
right through you.
You don't have
any health records.
You're not
in any database.
You're invisible.
You know how you said the
city just didn't feel right?
I felt that way, too.
Well' maybe
you're insane.
Maybe
I'm from the future.
Oh, well, now you're just
trying to make me feel better.
I do appreciate
the gesture.
I arrived here
unexpectedly.
Everything I knew,
everything I loved
was gone.
But I found someone who
helped me get through it.
Ah.
A friend.
Someone who
became a friend.
So there's
hope for me?
(CHUCKLES)
I... I don't know
why I trust you.
But for some
reason I do.
I have a couch.
You are welcome to it.
For a few days.
Three days max.
Well, I barely
know you.
Well, if you have
a better offer.
No, no. I'm just
messing around.
I would... Yeah.
It's fine. Kiera
Cameron, that's a deal.
Why do you keep saying
my whole name like that?
Keep hoping it will
trigger something.
And if it does,
you'll be the second to know.
DILLON: Let the record show this
interview with Alec Sadler is voluntary.
Alec, I want to
thank you for coming in,
and shedding light
on this for us.
Of course
I'm here voluntarily.
I have nothing to hide
and the idea that
I staged a robbery
at Piron to avoid suspicion
is complete fantasy.
So, no Kiera, huh?
Just as well.
Look, guys, can we just skip to
the end here? I've read the file.
Under the terms
of the Piron agreement,
Alec has complete access.
ALEC:
Look, all this technology,
the active camo, which
is wicked by the way,
is all military
or paramilitary tech.
Well, what about HALO?
Sure. I guess.
But Jack can attest
to the fact that
we're moving Piron
away from military tech.
I want to help people.
Ask yourself.
Who could use this?
Who would want to deploy
this stuff in the field?
Liber8.
Exactly.
One more thing.
This whole
inside man theory?
We discredited that.
The evidence
doesn't match up.
It does.
If it's not a man.
We're talking
high-tech companies.
Next level security.
Real tight.
But what else
do they like?
Toys. Smart appliances.
Thermostats.
Refrigerators.
Routers. Smart TVs.
All Wi-Fi enabled
and imminently hackable.
Just like whoever pulled
the Fermitas attacks.
They're listening
all the time.
Think about that next time
you leave your computer on.
CARLOS: I really
hate the Internet.
(COMPUTER CHIMES)
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello, Carlos.
Lucas?
Mmm-hmm.
You behind
these robberies?
Nope.
But I can point you
in the direction of who is.
Yeah, why don't you do that?
And then tell me
what you want.
(CHUCKLES)
That's just it, Carlos.
There's no quid pro quo.
This one's a freebie.
Yeah. Why should
I trust you?
Because we both want
Betty's killer to go down.
It's worth taking
a chance on trusting me.
I miss what
I left behind
but somehow being here,
I'm truer to myself.
It clarified
what I believe.
I wonder about
my other life.
How it unfolds
without me.
I do
the same thing.
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
Kiera!
Kiera. Are you okay?
Damn it!
Hey.
Look who's back.
Carlos.
Are you okay?
How did you get here?
I called your phone
and he answered.
Told me what happened. I got
here as soon as I could.
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
Oh, shit.
Give me one second.
Fonnegra.
Who attacked you?
Somebody trying to finish
a job they'd already started.
I don't understand.
Your leg?
It's not bothering
you anymore.
Yeah, I know.
I can't explain it.
Injected nanocells,
used for self-healing
activated by adrenaline.
Not uncommon in
military personnel.
One day.
Hey, you good to travel?
Where to?
Grey Point Security.
Gotta say,
it's actually nice to
be here by invitation,
for a change.
Let's cut to
the chase, shall we?
Ah, they
grow up so fast.
You already know why I
asked you to come here.
I assume
the lawsuit jarred you
out of your
stubborn obliviousness.
You don't move
in straight lines Kellog.
You never have.
You say you want apples
when you want oranges.
You claim you want to sue me and
pretend you want a pay day.
I just want things
to be fair.
No, you don't.
No, you maneuver.
You're maneuvering me.
The question is,
will it work or not?
I have no idea
what you mean.
I've had my representatives
tend you an offer
for SadTech Incorporated
and all
intellectual property,
including your
exclusive services.
(CHUCKLES)
Well, that's one way to get
out of a lawsuit, I suppose.
Don't pretend like this
wasn't your plan all along.
Is that what I'm doing?
Now you're just being rude.
Better be an offer
I can't refuse.
Don't tempt me.
I want a seat
on the Board.
And I only
report to you.
As if anyone else would want
to hear from you anyways.
Fine.
It's good doing
business with you.
So Dillon told you to leave
Betty's murder alone,
and you want to search
Grey Point Security,
without a warrant
on the advice of Liber8?
What can I say? I'm just
in that kind of mood.
You've chosen
sides, Carlos.
Yeah, I chose
Betty's side.
Are you prepared
to cross that line?
l am.
You're convinced Neelon's
working for Sonmanto.
I'm just
following through.
Okay. What's the plan?
Betty said that Dillon
would do the right thing
if the facts
were in front of him.
I just need the facts.
(BEEPS)
ls there anything
that suit doesn't do?
Holy shit.
That's the precinct.
They hacked the cameras
in the computers.
Lucas said this would
connect us to Betty?
The technology robberies.
Hyper Stealth, Piron.
You're going to want
to take a step back.
KIERA: Freeze!
Shit!
(GRUNTS)
Don't move!
Where's Neelon?
So how is
our amateur thief?
Well, he's scared shitless
but he's cooperating.
He says he can prove someone
from Grey Point Security
was behind the
Fermitas gas attack.
Well, he's smart.
Unlike this asshole.
We swept
the precinct for bugs.
We found just
the one transmitter,
that hijacked everything
within a 30 foot radius.
Then there's this.
I ran ballistics
on our friend's gun,
and it matched the slug
that killed Betty.
(SIGHS)
Grey Point
has disavowed you.
They're hanging
you out.
So if you want payback
now's your chance.
Who put you
up to it?
Lawyer.
Resisting arrest.
Understandable,
given your background.
I'm sorry, what was
that you said?
(DOOR CLOSES)
(LAUGHING)
Holy shit.
Yeah, no kidding.
(GASPS)
You scared me.
Who am I?
NURSE: Number two.
Number two,
sit in the chair.
Scan your wrist
to accept the release.
Extend your arm
through the indicators
and bite down
on the sanitized bit.
You are aware that
Citizen Chip extraction
renders your
birth certification
and citizenship
null and void?
Scan your wrist
to accept the release.
Scan your wrist
to accept the release.
KIERA: CPS.
This is an
illegal business.
OFFICER: CPS! Don't move!
KIERA: Your Record ID
is pristine, Doctor.
Why sully it with this kind
of back alley business?
Citizen Chips
were a good idea once.
Now they're being abused
by the Corporate Congress,
and people are wise to the
scam that they unwittingly,
became a part of in the
name of convenience.
What's legal
and what's right,
are not always
the same thing.
Cameron, make sure
you book and process
all these civilians also.
Sir, these people
that are waiting,
they haven't committed
any crimes.
Well, book them for intent.
Book them all.
Yes, sir.
What's the problem,
Cameron?
I just never imagined
someone would want to give up
the benefits of citizenship
Identity.
Back to work.
(WHIRRING)
(WHIRRING CONTINUES)
Ripped By mstoll
Previously on Continuum...
DILLON: Liber8 is behind
this attack.
I know it.
You fight a disease by catching
it while it's still treatable.
HALO will monitor you
on every level.
You have 60 days,
Mr. Sadler.
JASMINE: We didn't
gas that building.
We did not kill those people.
Then who did?
(BOTH GRUNTING)
BETTY: Neelon's been
a merc for years.
He works through a contractor
named Grey Point Security.
KIERA: I don't mind learning
a few things from Betty.
(GUN FIRING)
(GASPS)
It's busy tonight
NURSE: Rumors of another
anti-congress crackdown.
How was the gala?
We all have
our crosses to bear.
Let's get started.
Citizen Chip
extraction will commence.
Number one.
When your number is called,
sit in the chair.
You are aware that
Citizen Chip extraction
renders your
birth certification
and citizenship
null and void?
I'm aware.
NURSE: Extend your arm
through the indicators
and bite down
on the sanitized bit.
Scan your wrist to
accept the release.
Got it.
Extracting.
Suction?
Yes, Doctor.
NURSE: Please hold still.
This may sting a little.
(MUFFLED SCREAMING)
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Number two.
MAN: Get off of me.
Get off of me!
(GRUNTS)
Get your hands off me.
Let go of him!
Get off me! You're the
reason he's upset.
There's no reason
to hold him down.
You're okay.
You're okay.
You're okay.
You're okay.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
Get some water, please.
Give us some
room, please.
I don't know where I am.
I don't know where I am.
You were taken to
St. Paul's unconscious.
When you stabilized but you didn't
wake up, you were brought here.
Markland Palms, we're a
long-term care facility.
(MOUTHING)
We don't know
much about you.
What do you want to know?
How about your name?
It's, um...
I don't know...
I don't know my name.
How can I not know my...
I don't know my name!
You've been out
almost two months.
Extended loss
of consciousness,
this happens.
I don't...
Just take it slow.
Anything you can
tell us will help boost
the recovery process.
I remember a name.
Cameron.
Okay? Cameron?
No. No, that's not me.
Kiera Cameron.
(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)
The service
was beautiful.
Yes, it was.
Betty paid the heaviest
price for her convictions.
I know what
you want to do,
but you don't need to
go in there right now.
Yeah, I do.
(KNOCK ON DOOR)
The answer
is still no.
We have to do something.
We can't.
Too much has
gone down
within this
division lately.
We are not trusted.
We worked
closest with her.
Exactly.
And it has been made
very clear to me
that finding Betty's killer
is not on our dance card.
Independent investigation
is handling it. It is done.
That is a bullshit rap
and you know it.
Do you have any idea
the strings I had to pull
to get her buried
with honors?
Trust me, it was
not an easy thing
given her
past flirtations.
And what if Liber8
did kill her?
Well, then
she died a hero.
Staining her memory
will not bring her back.
Is that...
Is that the deal
that you made?
They handle the investigation
and Betty's ties stay secret?
You and Cameron
take the rest of the day.
I will call you
if I need you.
(DOOR CLOSING)
I warned you.
What d he say?
Oh, that we should
take some personal time.
Which is good, 'cause I
hate this thing anyway.
I've got three messages
from some pushy doctor.
There's a John Doe at the hospital
that's been asking for me.
Oh, your day's looking up.
Hot date.
Who are you?
Damn.
You asked for me.
This is
Agent Cameron.
She works with
local law enforcement.
Kiera Cameron?
Do I know you?
I was hoping.
That's gonna
be a problem.
Apparently they
need the bed.
There's nothing wrong with
you besides your memory.
You're healthier
than me!
Sure you don't
recognize him?
I'm sure.
What happened?
They tell me
I was hit by a truck.
DR. WILLIAMS: Physiologically
there's nothing wrong with him
save a bad knee.
All I can remember
is Kiera Cameron.
Usually with cases
like this,
long-term memory
returns first but...
...maybe he read
your name somewhere.
Sign there.
Excuse me?
Medically speaking he can
walk out of here right now.
With a limp.
Not with me.
Look...
If I'm lucky, they'll send
someone over here tomorrow,
then they'll take him to you and you'll
print him and send out bulletins.
Whatever... Save a step.
He'll probably
show up on your radar.
I wouldn't be so sure.
Work with me
on this, Cameron.
Got to admit,
he knows your name.
Nice little mystery
to solve.
We are connected.
Somehow.
(CAR APPROACHES)
(DOORS OPEN)
This is very...
Well,
I'm intrigued.
How's it going?
Good.
Well, not exactly good.
I don't want to bore you with
all the corporate bullshit
that I've managed
to inherit,
but development delays
with HALO.
I keep reaching for a competitive
edge and coming up short,
and then boardroom politics
like you wouldn't believe.
Thank God
for Jack Dillon.
He's at least one ally.
What's he like
as a boss?
Is he a hard ass? He
seems like a hard ass.
I buried a friend today.
Wow.
Sorry, that's... Wow.
And I'm all, "Oh, the
board's a real drag."
So why am I here?
(EXHALES)
I just can't carry it
alone anymore.
(GATE UNLOCKING)
lt's better
if I show you.
Holy shit.
No.
(SOBBING)
Two of me.
Two of her?
Yep.
She lied to me.
She swore that
she told me everything
but she Still lied.
CARLOS: You and me?
We're originals.
She was an original.
But the other two?
I don't know, they're...
They're them, but they're
not at the same time.
Know what
I mean?
Hell yeah.
Wish I didn't.
That's why
I brought you here.
You're the only one
that understands,
what I'm going through.
(METAL MUSIC PLAYING)
(BEEPING)
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
(BEEPING)
(BEEPS)
GUARD: Down the stairs!
Go around! Go around!
(GRUNTS)
(SIRENS WAILING)
GUARD: Down here, down here!
(SIRENS WAILING)
KIERA: Any of these landmarks
look familiar to you?
JOHN DOE: Yes and no.
Helpful.
Well, the city's right,
if that's anything.
I'm not from Iowa
or something.
It all seems so different.
Let me make a call.
Yep.
(RINGING)
What?
KIERA: How hard would it be for
someone, assume someone local,
to just scrub themselves
from every database?
I'm talking zero hits.
No health information.
No prints.
Digital records of any kind.
Next to impossible.
Something would
kick up somewhere.
Why, is someone lying
about who they are, Kiera?
That would be terrible.
I have a John Doe
who's a bit of a ghost,
and I have checked
every database I know.
Every database.
Well, maybe
he's James Bond.
I gotta go.
Okay.
You really think you can
figure out who I am?
I'll do whatever I can.
I don't want to be a ghost.
You keeping
banker's hours, kid?
It's been
a tough day, Kellog.
It's about
to get tougher.
I thought I'd save you the indignity
of this coming from a stranger.
Considering everything
we've been through.
What's this?
Uh... Karma.
By way of sharks
in suits.
You're suing me?
Hmm.
For what?
Well, you working at Piron
is a breach of our contact.
We had a deal.
Are you serious?
As a heart attack.
Not only did you sign
an anti-compete clause
but 49% of
every scrap of genius
that comes out of your
little noggin belongs to me.
And don't forget, I happen
to know how things turn out
and just to be clear,
the name SadTech is the
winner of this horserace,
and right now that is
the card I'm holding.
You mother...
Name calling is not going
to make this any easier.
You've been served.
I'll see you in court.
Is that your stray?
Mr. John Doe?
Yeah.
Social services is backed
up, and you know what?
Lei it go, Carlos.
No, it's cute.
Get kittens mo?
What'd they get?
An active
camouflage system.
It bends the light around
an object to make it...
Invisible.
DILLON: This makes
my head hurt.
You ever heard of
anything like this?
Uh, once or twice, yeah.
Three very high-tech
robberies in as many weeks.
One is an anomaly.
Two is a coincidence. Three,
we're talking pattern.
The thief was familiar
with the office.
He knew the alarm system and
the security camera coverage.
He used advanced jamming
tech to disable the CCTVs
and just to add
insult to injury,
while the heist
was going down,
someone hacked
into the servers,
and grabbed all their
proprietary engineering specs.
Sounds like an inside job.
Company swears no.
They vet their people
tighter than the NSA.
Everyone has been
accounted for.
All right.
Who do we know in the
advanced technology game?
You have to wear
that ugly-ass patch?
That's your
father's legacy.
Look, that's his
contribution to HALO.
Besides, we need it to tap
into the synaptic system.
Nobody's going to
want to slap
a piece of plastic
on their head.
It needs to be
just the bracelet.
Uh...
Well, maybe our graphing
conductivity can be improved.
No, no, no, no.
We tried that.
It just melted
all over the table.
Ugh! It was bad.
Anyone else?
Anything?
Where's Ericsson?
Williams? Zamir?
Poof.
The midnight raid.
Wait, what?
It was very sad.
SadTech kind of.
They left to work
for SadTech?
Yeah. Sorry.
That snake!
Was anyone going to
tell me about this?
You mean, like how I found
out you're being sued,
by Matthew Kellog
and SadTech?
That's just Kellog
rattling my chain.
No, Alec, it is not.
I'm doing my best.
Not when you let your head
counsel get blindsided,
by a lawsuit like this.
He has a claim.
You did sign
a non-compete.
If this goes to court
we will likely lose.
Add that to a restive board.
They gave me two months.
I'm trying to fix HALO.
Money and patience tick
away at the same rate.
The stock price wobbles and
the boy genius CEO headlines
all but disappear.
The problem is no one really
understands your vision.
Oh, I do.
Figure out a way
to get rid of this lawsuit.
Buy me time to fix this.
I'll try my best.
Thanks.
Our code doesn't stand up.
The prototypes
are running too hot.
I'm fighting the deadline
of my life here.
Can I do this?
Yes. Yes.
Listen.
There are two or three things
that you need for HALO,
they'll be widely
available in... (MUTTERS)
Ten, maybe nine years.
(EXHALES)
This is so frustrating.
Except for the
high-tech connection,
none of these robberies
show a pattern.
And they superficially look like
inside jobs but they can't be.
I need a favor.
The care facility misplaced
John Doe's effects.
They dropped them off
here and I found this.
I've ID'd the hotel.
They have a long-term resident who
paid three months in advance.
Will you cover for me while
I go check it out with him?
What is n with this guy?
I don't know.
But something.
I'll be quick. Please?
You owe me one.
Thanks.
Ring any bells?
No.
No, sorry.
Clearly I'm not rich
and I have low standards.
That's very
disappointing.
Do you read a lot
of science fiction?
What?
The book.
I don't know.
You getting as tired
of that answer as I am?
You could say that.
So, cheap and stupid.
Guess I'll have to
get by on my looks.
Like you don't know
what I'm talking about.
What's that
on your wrist?
It's faded ink.
And of course I don't
know what it means.
But you did.
At one point.
It could be
GPS coordinates.
If the location
is close to here,
we could stop by and see
if it jogs your memory.
Okay.
And if that
doesn't work,
what's next,
Kiera Cameron?
Then I think I've gone as
far with you as I can go.
I'm sorry.
Well, then let's go
jog my memory.
This is it.
Well?
I don't know, maybe.
Look, I'm sorry.
If I had even a hint,
I would...
You know what?
I don't have
time for maybe.
I'm sorry that what
happened to you happened.
I'm sorry that my name is
bouncing around in your head.
I really am.
It's all right. I get it.
You think I'm crazy.
I think I'm crazy.
This all feels
like a dream.
My real life
is just these images.
These crazy images
flashing around in my head.
I get these flashes of faces
that I think I should know,
and I know I know them.
I just don't know how.
I don't know how.
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
Carlos?
Yeah, Piron just
got hit by our thief.
Dillon's going to
blow a gasket.
KIERA:
I'll meet you there.
I really do have to go.
I was here.
What do you mean?
This city.
This same city.
I was scrambling
with other people.
Shelled out black
canyons with glass...
Concrete...
This is going
to sound crazy.
It's like I'm not
of this place.
It's like I am not
of this time.
Are you okay?
I suppose if what they
took actually worked,
then I'd be angry.
Maybe whoever robbed me
can figure out how to fix it.
Do you have any idea who could
be behind these robberies?
No.
Is there anyone you suspect
might be an enemy?
You never know who your enemies
are going to be in my position.
You do all your research
and development in-house?
What are
you getting at?
A lot of tech companies farm
out the various components
of whatever it is
they're building.
I figured HALO
might be the same.
Yeah, sure
we do the same.
A surface tech
company from Korea.
Batteries from Norway.
The skin patch was actually
developed right here in town.
WCIT.
WCIT Alpha Labs developed
the invisibility cloak,
before it went commercial.
We need to
look into that.
Thank you, Alec.
What are friends for?
You think there's something
to this WCIT Alpha Labs link?
(SIGHS)
Well, Bibby went to WCIT.
Figured maybe there would be a
connection to Betty, a lead, something.
It was a long shot.
It was stupid.
No, not at all.
Have you, um, noticed
Alec's attitude?
He seems a little more
arrogant than usual.
Yeah, well, he said he was
under a lot of pressure.
Business going south.
Maybe he's looking for a
shortcut to corporate riches.
He said he was looking
for a competitive edge...
His words.
Are you suggesting Alec
staged the Piron robberies
to avoid suspicion?
You're not coming?
I've got something
to check out.
It's close by.
I'll walk.
I got your back.
You're leaving?
No money,
no room.
You are one sad case.
I know, right?
Irresistible.
I want to talk about
what you said.
Kiera Cameron, I promise
you, I am not crazy.
Well, you rented this
place for three months.
You're right.
Bananas.
First girl I meet she
sees right through me.
That's the thing.
I do see
right through you.
You don't have
any health records.
You're not
in any database.
You're invisible.
You know how you said the
city just didn't feel right?
I felt that way, too.
Well' maybe
you're insane.
Maybe
I'm from the future.
Oh, well, now you're just
trying to make me feel better.
I do appreciate
the gesture.
I arrived here
unexpectedly.
Everything I knew,
everything I loved
was gone.
But I found someone who
helped me get through it.
Ah.
A friend.
Someone who
became a friend.
So there's
hope for me?
(CHUCKLES)
I... I don't know
why I trust you.
But for some
reason I do.
I have a couch.
You are welcome to it.
For a few days.
Three days max.
Well, I barely
know you.
Well, if you have
a better offer.
No, no. I'm just
messing around.
I would... Yeah.
It's fine. Kiera
Cameron, that's a deal.
Why do you keep saying
my whole name like that?
Keep hoping it will
trigger something.
And if it does,
you'll be the second to know.
DILLON: Let the record show this
interview with Alec Sadler is voluntary.
Alec, I want to
thank you for coming in,
and shedding light
on this for us.
Of course
I'm here voluntarily.
I have nothing to hide
and the idea that
I staged a robbery
at Piron to avoid suspicion
is complete fantasy.
So, no Kiera, huh?
Just as well.
Look, guys, can we just skip to
the end here? I've read the file.
Under the terms
of the Piron agreement,
Alec has complete access.
ALEC:
Look, all this technology,
the active camo, which
is wicked by the way,
is all military
or paramilitary tech.
Well, what about HALO?
Sure. I guess.
But Jack can attest
to the fact that
we're moving Piron
away from military tech.
I want to help people.
Ask yourself.
Who could use this?
Who would want to deploy
this stuff in the field?
Liber8.
Exactly.
One more thing.
This whole
inside man theory?
We discredited that.
The evidence
doesn't match up.
It does.
If it's not a man.
We're talking
high-tech companies.
Next level security.
Real tight.
But what else
do they like?
Toys. Smart appliances.
Thermostats.
Refrigerators.
Routers. Smart TVs.
All Wi-Fi enabled
and imminently hackable.
Just like whoever pulled
the Fermitas attacks.
They're listening
all the time.
Think about that next time
you leave your computer on.
CARLOS: I really
hate the Internet.
(COMPUTER CHIMES)
(PHONE RINGING)
Hello, Carlos.
Lucas?
Mmm-hmm.
You behind
these robberies?
Nope.
But I can point you
in the direction of who is.
Yeah, why don't you do that?
And then tell me
what you want.
(CHUCKLES)
That's just it, Carlos.
There's no quid pro quo.
This one's a freebie.
Yeah. Why should
I trust you?
Because we both want
Betty's killer to go down.
It's worth taking
a chance on trusting me.
I miss what
I left behind
but somehow being here,
I'm truer to myself.
It clarified
what I believe.
I wonder about
my other life.
How it unfolds
without me.
I do
the same thing.
(GRUNTS)
(GRUNTS)
Kiera!
Kiera. Are you okay?
Damn it!
Hey.
Look who's back.
Carlos.
Are you okay?
How did you get here?
I called your phone
and he answered.
Told me what happened. I got
here as soon as I could.
(CELL PHONE RINGS)
Oh, shit.
Give me one second.
Fonnegra.
Who attacked you?
Somebody trying to finish
a job they'd already started.
I don't understand.
Your leg?
It's not bothering
you anymore.
Yeah, I know.
I can't explain it.
Injected nanocells,
used for self-healing
activated by adrenaline.
Not uncommon in
military personnel.
One day.
Hey, you good to travel?
Where to?
Grey Point Security.
Gotta say,
it's actually nice to
be here by invitation,
for a change.
Let's cut to
the chase, shall we?
Ah, they
grow up so fast.
You already know why I
asked you to come here.
I assume
the lawsuit jarred you
out of your
stubborn obliviousness.
You don't move
in straight lines Kellog.
You never have.
You say you want apples
when you want oranges.
You claim you want to sue me and
pretend you want a pay day.
I just want things
to be fair.
No, you don't.
No, you maneuver.
You're maneuvering me.
The question is,
will it work or not?
I have no idea
what you mean.
I've had my representatives
tend you an offer
for SadTech Incorporated
and all
intellectual property,
including your
exclusive services.
(CHUCKLES)
Well, that's one way to get
out of a lawsuit, I suppose.
Don't pretend like this
wasn't your plan all along.
Is that what I'm doing?
Now you're just being rude.
Better be an offer
I can't refuse.
Don't tempt me.
I want a seat
on the Board.
And I only
report to you.
As if anyone else would want
to hear from you anyways.
Fine.
It's good doing
business with you.
So Dillon told you to leave
Betty's murder alone,
and you want to search
Grey Point Security,
without a warrant
on the advice of Liber8?
What can I say? I'm just
in that kind of mood.
You've chosen
sides, Carlos.
Yeah, I chose
Betty's side.
Are you prepared
to cross that line?
l am.
You're convinced Neelon's
working for Sonmanto.
I'm just
following through.
Okay. What's the plan?
Betty said that Dillon
would do the right thing
if the facts
were in front of him.
I just need the facts.
(BEEPS)
ls there anything
that suit doesn't do?
Holy shit.
That's the precinct.
They hacked the cameras
in the computers.
Lucas said this would
connect us to Betty?
The technology robberies.
Hyper Stealth, Piron.
You're going to want
to take a step back.
KIERA: Freeze!
Shit!
(GRUNTS)
Don't move!
Where's Neelon?
So how is
our amateur thief?
Well, he's scared shitless
but he's cooperating.
He says he can prove someone
from Grey Point Security
was behind the
Fermitas gas attack.
Well, he's smart.
Unlike this asshole.
We swept
the precinct for bugs.
We found just
the one transmitter,
that hijacked everything
within a 30 foot radius.
Then there's this.
I ran ballistics
on our friend's gun,
and it matched the slug
that killed Betty.
(SIGHS)
Grey Point
has disavowed you.
They're hanging
you out.
So if you want payback
now's your chance.
Who put you
up to it?
Lawyer.
Resisting arrest.
Understandable,
given your background.
I'm sorry, what was
that you said?
(DOOR CLOSES)
(LAUGHING)
Holy shit.
Yeah, no kidding.
(GASPS)
You scared me.
Who am I?
NURSE: Number two.
Number two,
sit in the chair.
Scan your wrist
to accept the release.
Extend your arm
through the indicators
and bite down
on the sanitized bit.
You are aware that
Citizen Chip extraction
renders your
birth certification
and citizenship
null and void?
Scan your wrist
to accept the release.
Scan your wrist
to accept the release.
KIERA: CPS.
This is an
illegal business.
OFFICER: CPS! Don't move!
KIERA: Your Record ID
is pristine, Doctor.
Why sully it with this kind
of back alley business?
Citizen Chips
were a good idea once.
Now they're being abused
by the Corporate Congress,
and people are wise to the
scam that they unwittingly,
became a part of in the
name of convenience.
What's legal
and what's right,
are not always
the same thing.
Cameron, make sure
you book and process
all these civilians also.
Sir, these people
that are waiting,
they haven't committed
any crimes.
Well, book them for intent.
Book them all.
Yes, sir.
What's the problem,
Cameron?
I just never imagined
someone would want to give up
the benefits of citizenship
Identity.
Back to work.
(WHIRRING)
(WHIRRING CONTINUES)
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