Extant (2014–2015): Season 1, Episode 12 - Before the Blood - full transcript

MOLLY: I went to space
on a 13-month solo mission.

I didn't come home alone.

My husband created a lifelike android
called a Humanich.

His name is Ethan.
He's the prototype.

This is a story about Earth.

Ethan!

A story about family.

A story about surviving.

NARRATOR:
Previously on Extant:

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

- Harmon.
- He's gone.



Every time your baby
has created an alternate reality,

he's had an agenda.

He's alone and afraid in a world
that he just doesn't understand.

And he needs his mother
to save him.

I came all the way here
because I trusted you.

Daddy, whose side are you on?

You have to choose.

[GRUNTS]

It's over. He's gone.

Do not recover the ship.

RYAN: You covered up
your own daughter's death

and sent our people into harm's way.

You have to understand
how powerful that being is.

MAN: This is the Triomphe.
We just performed a retrieval.



It appears to be
an ISEA-issued craft.

- Sean Glass?
- You found an escape pod?

There was only a faint signal.
No signs of life until we opened it.

Sean.

Katie?

KATIE:
I don't feel like myself.

I thought you were dead, Katie.

We were told everyone
was killed in the fire.

There was no fire.

I left the Aruna drifting with its crew.

Or what was left of them.

It was like a...

Like a madness

that spread like a virus.

And I told myself
that the people that I knew...

You knew most of them too.

They weren't themselves anymore.

They were killing each other.

What the hell was it?

I have no idea.

I just had this feeling
that it wasn't from Earth.

From us.

I put myself in the Vite-pod

and programmed it
for a medical coma.

There was no way
that I was gonna be rescued in time.

- But you were.
- Yeah.

By the freaking French.

[SCOFFS]

Twenty-three months.

I know.

It's a miracle.

RYAN:
He's sleeping.

He just killed a man.

[SIGHS]

He said I did something.

What does that mean?

We know what he did. He fooled us.

He only came back to gain access
to our internal network.

He logged in for two minutes
before you stopped him.

This is our deep orbit Com-Sat array.

Sparks inserted code
that flipped it into a systems check.

We have no way to contact
our missions till it cycles through.

- What about the Seraphim?
RYAN: In the dark another few hours.

I've authorized a rescue mission
to evacuate Sean Glass

as soon as we get our comms back.

Any theories why Sparks
would do this?

I don't know.

Could there be others helping him?

Well, I helped him.

When we were at the cabins

he showed me something
I wanted to see.

He made me think I was
entering codes into an incubator,

but I think I was entering codes
into another system.

And only Sparks knows
what those codes are.

Talk to him.

And take this.

He hasn't been told yet.

Okay.

We found her last night.

And there's no sign of my son.

[SIGHS]

Talk to me
before this gets any worse.

Looking at a picture like that,

it's hard not to give in to your emotion.

Give in? You love her.

- She was your wife.
- It's temporary.

See, your boy,

he always gives back
what he takes away.

I'll see her again.

[MOLLY SIGHS]

What did I do at the cabins?
You were there, you watched me.

If I did something terrible,

I need to know what it is.

You're a broken woman, Molly.

Losing Katie, that broke who I was.

But it made me strong enough
to do what I had to do.

You lost a family with Marcus.

That's the world we live in.

Life breaks us

so it can make us stronger.

But what if you didn't
ever have to break?

What if you could
be made whole again?

You deserve that.

We all do.

And we're going to get it.

I'm gonna get my own answers.

Com-Sat is down.

So the craziest, best V-Chron

in the history
of Earth-bound messages

is gonna have to wait.

Is it terrible that I'm happy
I might get to wash my hair first?

Building a fort with the tools?

Fixing my bed. You're a terrible host.

We all had to do grief counseling,
you know?

- With Washburn?
- A new guy.

He said I processed your death
very well.

Always the overachiever.

Did you tell him everything about us?

I told him we were close
during training.

That you got drunk
and kissed me one night.

And I may have spent eight months
chasing that moment.

He didn't push, because
I was grieving so fantastically.

You didn't make it easy for me.

To do what? Make me feel invisible?

Your dad didn't run the program.

There was nothing I could do.

How is my dad? Is he okay?

He's gonna be now.

I gotta go.

- You gonna be all right?
- Yes.

- Will you come back?
- Of course.

We're friends, right?
Friends stick together.

But if anything happens...

- What do you mean?
- You know what I mean.

If your dad...

If John takes you to the lab,
and you think...

If you really think they're gonna
do something radical...

My parents would never
shut me down.

Heh. And you really believe that?

You ask them,
they won't admit it, but...

They don't really see you
as part of the family.

Julie told me your mom's
having a lot of trouble.

Maybe they just see you as different.

- I don't have to be.
- They probably won't do anything.

But if you think
that's what's going on,

I want you to get in touch with me.

How?

This is a very special phone,
but it's only for use in emergencies.

We use them at war.

Now...

You press this button
and I'm gonna know it's you,

I'm gonna have to find you,
and I'm gonna come straight away.

- Really?
- Mm-hm.

But only press it
when you're in the lab

and it's really happening.

You heard about the boy
who cried wolf?

Hmm.

That's a story for another time.

Oh, ha, ha.

Hey, man.

No hugs. Soldiers salute.

[COMPUTER BEEPING]

The Com-Sat orbit is out
at a two minute radio delay.

If the array is back on schedule,
we should start receiving

signals from our stations
in a few moments.

How soon can we get Sean
off the Seraphim?

There's a Gamma Seven series
prepping to launch.

Once Sean can verify he's received
your message and confirms the status.

BEN:
Twenty seconds.

I believed as a kid, you know?

They teach you the Drake Equation,
they teach you it's impossible odds

to make contact
with an alien intelligence.

But I knew we weren't alone.

Did you believe in UFO's as a kid?

Believe in them?
I wanted to fly them.

[COMPUTER POWERING UP]

Thank God, they're back.

- Seraphim's still dark.
- ID Seraphim.

BEN: Com-Sat is not receiving
any signals from the Seraphim.

The Seraphim Station
is no longer in its predicted orbit.

Well, it can't just be gone.

Something happened when
the Com-Sats were down.

Ben, query the data log from
the Seraphim before we lost contact.

BEN:
On screen.

RYAN: There's one transmission
from an Earth-based terminal.

From here?

It was remote access. Not here.

- When?
RYAN: Nineteen hours ago.

Nineteen hours ago
I was at the cabins.

[ALARM WAILING
AND BABY CRYING]

It was me.

I was sending codes
to the Seraphim.

Codes for what? What did you do?

- I made it disappear.
- What the hell is happening up there?

I don't know.

Occam's razor.
What's the simplest theory?

Forget all the assumptions about
what's happened to the Seraphim.

What do we know?

We know I logged into the ISEA
and I entered codes.

Okay, could you change the course
of the Seraphim?

I mean, is that why it's missing?

There's a limited number of things
you can do from a remote terminal.

Steering a ship isn't one of them.

Okay, could you blow it up?
Is it gone?

My gut tells me it's off course.

I just can't remember what I did.

Okay, Molly,
we keep saying you did this.

You were coerced, you were tricked.

Okay. What if the baby did it?

What's his purpose?

[SIGHS]

I'm gonna make a very
unscientific assumption here.

My gut says we'll never be able
to understand its purpose

because it's not like us.

Well, it's got to be partly like us, no?

Why is it so hard for you to believe

that it's just using you
like a pawn on a chessboard?

I mean, it kills, it manipulates.

It's a cold-blooded predator.

There's got to be
an explanation here, John.

He can't just be that.

- Why not?
- Because I'm in him.

He came from me.

ETHAN:
What are you guys talking about?

Nothing.

It's about nothing important.

We didn't know you were up already.

Okay, I gotta go to work.

Can I come with you?

No. You're gonna stay home
with Dad today, okay?

Mom?

Were you and Dad talking
about me?

No, sweetheart.
It had nothing to do with you.

I'll see you later.

What are you doing?

Ben said the terrestrial
communications system is down.

It's global, so I'm guessing
it's an antenna problem.

You want some help? I'm handy.

Heh. You are helping.

You're here.

[SIGHS]

When they know
you have whatever it is,

that makes you good
at these solo missions,

they can't send you
on enough of them.

You get so used to being alone,
you forget there's another way to be.

I know it seems obvious,

but I'm basically trained
to not connect to people.

It's nice to know I'm not great at that.

Does that make any sense?

So I'm lost in space for 23 months,

and I'm rescued against all odds
and I'm brought here,

- and it's all about you?
- Exactly.

- I'd like to be alone now.
- Ha, ha.

BEN: Sean, I think I've found
the problem with the antenna system.

There was an overheat alert
near the N-Channel power bus.

So the power supply fried
and shut off all our antennas?

- Yes. A good guess.
- Can we fix that?

We have to.

Out here, without our antennas,
we are officially more alone

than any other humans
in the universe.

CHARLIE:
Did you see the gap?

- The gap?
- Yeah, 87 minutes.

Yesterday, Ethan's power core
almost zeroed out.

Eleven-forty-five to 1:12.

- He was with Odin at John's house.
- With John?

No, they were alone
till I came to pick him up.

Look, I know you like this guy...

Maybe Ethan asked for a flip
and he did it wrong. It can't hurt him.

Did he toggle into interlude mode?

Yeah, but if I'm watching
a one-of-a-kind, sentient android,

I might mention if I let him
run out of power.

- For 90 minutes.
- Is Ethan okay?

He seems okay, but we should
probably check him out, tell John.

Fine.

You entered codes

that sent the Seraphim off course?

I just have a hazy memory
of what I entered.

Wait, are you gonna
put that in my neck?

It's a memory enhancer, Molly.
I can't really inject it into your ass.

You know, this can't bring back
memories that don't exist,

but it can make existing ones
much more clearer.

Okay.

The Brightener
only has a momentary effect.

It's kind of like a sneeze.

So you'll have to focus
on the exact cloudy memory

that you want enhanced.

- Okay.
- All right, relax. Close your eyes.

[SIGHS]

Focus.

Are you focused on the memory?

- Just focus...
- I will if you just stop talking.

Ten, nine...

[EKG BEEPING]

Seven, six...

BEN:
It's just some code.

I'll dictate, you enter.

Start with your access code.

- Okay, okay, okay.
- It's going to be fine.

SAM:
Five, four...

Three, two, one.

Go.

- Okay.
BEN: Everything taken care of.

I see numbers.
Give me something to write.

Write it down
before the Brightener fades.

Okay.

[SIGHS]

- Oh, God.
- Are you okay?

I saw Marcus.

And I was holding the baby.
It was real.

Sam, it was so real.

I know this is gonna sound crazy,

but do you think there's any way

that what I saw
could actually be real?

Do you mean more
than a hallucination?

Yes.

I don't... I don't know what to say.

Okay. I'm gonna go talk to Ben.

I think he's the only one
who can help me understand

what these commands mean.
Thanks.

Molly?

Who am I to say what's real?

If you held your baby,

then you held your baby.

MOLLY: Ben, simulate the access level
limits for a remote terminal log on.

BEN:
Of course.

Okay, I'm gonna enter
some coordinates.

See if you can make
any sense of these.

Parse them at three digits.

Maybe they were coordinates
for a new course.

You wouldn't have had clearance

to give the Seraphim new way-points
from a remote terminal.

Okay, Ben, so how could
these 20 characters

have changed the course of a ship?

Could you have sent Sean Glass
a coded message?

Like, what, "Turn the ship?"

Would you like me
to try common ciphers?

Sure. Go ahead.

Wait, hold on a second.

Maybe you were right
about sending a message.

Parse three groups of three digits.

Single digit, double digit.

They are coordinates.
And they have vectors too.

Position, direction and speed.

Ben, if there were an immediate threat
to the Seraphim,

say a real emergency situation,

would I have been able
to warn it from a remote terminal?

Wouldn't that make it
change its course?

BEN: It would be exactly like yelling,
"Turn the ship."

Asteroids.

I didn't change the course
of the Seraphim because I couldn't.

But what I could do was
tell the onboard Nav-Com

there were asteroids
on a collision course with it.

So it entered
into an avoidance protocol

to avoid asteroids that didn't exist.

Wait. If the Seraphim
deviated its course to here,

it would've passed
fairly near another station.

Who is that?

This is Commander Pierre Lyon
of the Triomphe.

We received your message.

Unfortunately, we lost contact
with the Seraphim,

and do not know
about its current location.

However, we have returned
to them yesterday this woman

and the Aruna rescue pod
in which she was found.

There. You feeling better, yes?

It was a very long sleep.

Katie? Smile.

- A little wave?
- Hi.

RYAN: The French returned her
to us yesterday.

She's been drifting
for almost two years.

It's a miracle, Alan.

But a different kind of miracle.

She shows up on this video
because she's real.

She's alive.

I want to see her.

I do too.

But she's on the Seraphim.

We've lost all contact.

Now I remember that you had me
take the Seraphim off course.

But I don't remember where I sent it.

- I can't.
- She was alive this whole time, Alan.

Now you need to help us.

The Seraphim
is falling out of its orbit.

- What?
SPARKS: It's coming back to Earth.

It'll disintegrate as soon as it
hits the atmosphere.

How could you make me do that?

- He said it was necessary.
- Why?

I don't know.

Oh, please.

Save my daughter.

I'll tell you what you want to know.

Sparks gave us enough to calculate
the last position and heading.

We should be able to intercept it,

assuming it hasn't
changed course again.

We need to get someone there
as soon as possible.

- Who are you gonna send?
- You've got more solo hours

on the Seraphim than anyone else.

Me? You want me to go?

After everything that's happened?

It's because of everything
that's happened that I want you to go.

No one knows that ship
as well as you.

My problems are down here,
not up there.

- You've got other qualified candidates.
- None of them are you.

I don't want to go to the lab.

I don't either.
We need a systems check.

You shouldn't let your
batteries get low.

I didn't.

Ethan, I'm really not upset
with you, okay?

Is this about your argument?

[SIGHS]

Sometimes I just don't understand
your mother.

Do you understand me?

I want to go home.

We have to do this today, okay?
I don't want to talk about it anymore.

All right, bud.

Get comfortable.
This is gonna take a second.

My dad said it was just
a systems check.

Well, today,
we're gonna do a deep scan.

I've never done that before.

You're getting more complex. There's
more to check as you get older.

The worst part is,
is you are gonna have to wear

the doofus cap.

Wow.

- Nothing, huh? Okay. Come on.
- I'm not wearing that.

- It's not that bad. I promise.
- No. No.

- Hey, Rabbit.
- Where's my dad?

He's gonna come at the end,
see how we did.

I don't want to do it.
I'm not wearing that.

Give us a minute?

Um, yeah.

You okay? You seem really scared.

What's wrong, Rabbit?

I know what you're trying to do.

I know my mom and dad
want to shut me down.

Shut you down?
Why would they want to do that?

So that he can reprogram me.

So I'm like other kids.

JULIE:
No way, Ethan.

No one wants to shut you down.
Your parents love you. We all love you.

But I'm a machine.

We're all machines.

I'm half motors, half muscles.
Who cares what we are?

If you can love something,

then you can be loved.

That's how it works.

Who told you they wanted
to shut you down?

Odin.

[DRILL WHIRRING]

What are you doing?

I thought you were lying down.

Twenty-three months was enough.

[SIGHS]

Earth antennas are shot.

Protocol says I gotta
prep the escape pod.

- Why?
- A party.

I'm gonna hang a disco ball.

- Invite the French. Ha, ha.
- Ha, ha.

We gotta go, Katie.

If we can't contact Earth,

we need to evac the ship
in the reentry vehicle within 24 hours.

Problem is,

our spare oxygen generators
are stuck in the shed,

and I can't get the doors open.

We've been having a fungus
problem up here.

I'm thinking that's what's
messing up the controls.

Sean.

Hey. What's the matter?

I can't get in a pod again.

I can't.

It's okay.

I'm sorry. I'll figure it out.
I'll get over it.

Just take a little more time.

Okay?

Come here.

- You said no?
MOLLY: Yeah.

I told Jackson no.

- You want me to go?
- Why'd you ever go back?

You're drawn to it.

Well, yeah,
but I wanna be here too.

Okay, maybe this time
you're not going to space.

But you're not here either.

- But I am here.
- Let me be honest, Molly.

Please.

I love someone whose heart
has been broken more than once.

Marcus. The baby.

I get it.

You've always been looking
for something.

Searching for something you lost,
and I know you loved him,

and I accepted that.
But I thought you would heal.

I thought you would be able
to put it all behind you,

and really be here with us,
with the family you have.

What is it I was
supposed to do, John?

Just forget about Marcus
and the baby?

No, I never wanted you
to forget them.

I just didn't expect you
to see them again.

[SCOFFS]

[SIGHS]

Isn't there someone

that you would give
anything to see again?

Yeah.

You.

[SIGHS]

John.

I'm sorry.

I don't want us to be like this.

All I'm asking for
is a way to talk about it.

I don't want to lose you.

I don't want to lose you either.

This is my family.

JOHN:
We both forget that.

I don't want to fight anymore.

You are the most important
person in the world to me.

Dad? What are you doing?

I love you too.

Dad?

Dad?

G.I.N.A., lock the door.

Ethan, what did you do?

G.I.N.A., unlock the door.

Hey, Pam, it's Julie.

Listen, I need a favor.

You know the EX-200 joint
we designed a few years ago?

I need you to send me
any information you've got

on the recipient
of serial number EX-265-triple-4-G-7.

Thanks.
Patient's name is Odin James.

What? Are you sure you have
the right number?

So, what is his name?

That's "Hutchinson," with a T?

Yeah. Thanks. Got it.

I have been unable to access
the oxygen generators we need

for our return due
to equipment failures,

so I'm gonna take a look on the Aruna
escape vehicle for some spares.

Also, Katie Sparks
has had an adverse reaction

to the thought of boarding another pod
so quickly after being rescued.

For her own well-being,
I may need to sedate her

in order to get her on board.

Anyone who receives this message,
please contact the ISEA.

Let them know we're alive and ready
to commence evac and reentry.

This is Sean Glass
of the Seraphim Space Station.

- Ben, did you get all that?
BEN: Of course.

Send it out on our short-wave
emergency transponder.

Ship-to-ship is our best chance
of someone picking it up.

BEN:
Not a very good chance.

Keep the statistics to yourself,
please.

Thank you. I'm such a klutz.

No worries, dear.

It's nice seeing you again.

He's such a private person.

You're good for him.

He's a bit of a mystery to me too,
if it makes you feel any better. Heh.

I'm just gonna grab my phone.

Do you mind if I use the bathroom?
I can show myself out.

That's fine.

ODIN:
Okay.

All right.

Repeat what you just told me
for the camera.

I love it.

I don't like rules.

ODIN:
Whose rules?

My dad's.

ODIN:
Why not?

Now, it's just you and me in here.
Break a rule.

Right now.

What would you do

if they tried to shut you down?

I wouldn't want to find out.

The dire events today
are tragic proof

that we have gone
out of our depth

when it comes to engineering
artificial intelligence.

The explosion at Yasumoto Tower,

which destroyed the Humanichs
Corporation laboratory,

was a terrorist attack.

Planned and executed,

not by our human enemies,

but by a machine
with no fear of death,

no moral compass,

and a vengeful desire

to send a message

by killing his creators,
who had made the wise decision

to shut him down.

John.

John.

John?

John?

John, what's going on? John?

Oh, my God. Molly.

Where's Molly?

Where's Ethan?

Find him.

Can I come closer?

Looks like

you've cut yourself.

You're bleeding.

But it's okay.

I'll take care of you.

I didn't expect you to be a little boy.

How'd you get so big so fast?

Who's the other boy?

That's my son, Ethan.

He was just scared.

I'm sorry.

He's different than you.

Yeah, he is.

But he's still my son.

Just like you.

I needed to find you.

I needed to find you too.

I know you were scared.

- They wanted to catch me.
- I know.

Because they didn't know
what you were.

They wanted to use you.

You had done things that...

That they really didn't understand.

I did what they wanted.

What who wanted?

- We need to go.
- Wait, wait, wait. Go where?

What are you afraid of?

The ones without blood.

Wait.

What are you talking about?

The ones without bodies. Like me.

Before the blood.

- They'll be here soon.
- Who's gonna be here?

Who's gonna be here?

Wait.

QUINN:
Baby girl?

Hey.

Where'd you go?

I turned around, and you were gone.

Hey, guess what.

Buck has actually got a fire started.

We just may cook
what we caught today.

No. Please don't do this.

What is it?

Hey, baby girl, you crying?

Hey.

It's gonna be okay.

Everything's gonna be okay.

This is not real.

- And you are not here.
- Oh, I am here.

And I'm as real
as everything around here.

Hey. Ahem.

Look at these hands. Yeah?

These are the hands that held you
when you were first born.

Oh, wow.

These hands are warm.

Just like your mama's.

And we had better go
before she gets mad, okay?

Yes.

Mama.

I talked to her, and I told her
that you caught the big one,

and you let it get away.

You know what she said?

You did the right thing.

Peas in a pod, you two.

Now, she's gonna get grumpy
if we keep her waiting. Now, come on.

No, I can't.

We gotta go, baby girl.

If you don't come with me now,

I can't keep you safe.

Now, I don't want anything bad
to happen to you.

What's gonna happen?

They're coming down,
and you can't stop them.

On the Seraphim?

Who?

Who's coming?

Why?

They're real hungry.

And there's lots
and lots and lots of them.

They're coming, baby girl.

No.

I won't talk to you like this.

This is not real.

Stop. Stop.

No.

- Molly, we need to go.
- No.

Enough.

I don't want to be here.
I want to talk to you.

Baby, come here. Come here.

I don't want to go to those places
you send me anymore.

Don't you want
to be with those people?

No.

I want to be with you.

The others that are
coming down here,

can you stop them?

They're too strong.

- I have to do what they say.
- Okay, listen to me.

I brought you here.

You're part of me.

I know there's a part of you
that's telling you what to do.

But there's another part of you

that's human.

You need to tell them
not to come.

I can't. We need to survive.

But we can both survive.

We just have to find a way.

You can tell them not to come.

I'm sorry.

I can't stay.

You need to stop them.

How?

You're the only one who can.

Okay.

JOHN:
Molly?

He's gone.

Thank God you're okay.

I have to go up, John.

I have to stop this thing.

Ethan.

Get in.

Ben.

Check the Aruna pod
equipment manifest

for backup oxygen generators.

BEN: The manifest shows
there are six reserve O-gens

in onboard storage.

No.

It's okay.