Extant (2014–2015): Season 2, Episode 11 - Zugzwang - full transcript

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

I didn't come home alone.

The child-- part human,
part alien--

Was unlike anything
the world had ever seen.

My other child is
a lifelike android.

Mom?

He has become the prototype
for a new breed

Of thinking machines
called humanichs.

These two extraordinary
new life-forms

Now hold the key
to earth's future.

But where does that leave us?



Over 99% of all species

That have ever existed
have gone extinct.

What if it's our time?

Previously on extant...

(gasps)

I thought we'd lost you.

(gasps softly)

Molly:
I shed my old life today.

(whirring)

John's voice:
Molly, this is john.

A humanich has
killed a human being.

There's only one thing
that can stop them.

The person who has been
entrusted with guarding this

Is nicholas calderon.



Molly, when you died,
what did you see?

Molly:
You were dying.

And I think

I killed you.

Toby, you're under arrest.

On what charge?
Aiding a known enemy.

We've been playing
calderon's game.

He ginned up
the hybrid threat

To launch a worldwide

Humanichs revolution.
You need a good lawyer, toby.

Shepherd:
I am gonna find calderon,

And I am gonna take him down.

Call molly woods.

Toby?

Molly.

This is the global security
commission, and our job,

What we are paid to do,
is to protect the people
of this planet.

And we can't even protect
our own people,

Our own damn building.

And I have to tell you,
I'm pissed off right now.

And if you're not pissed off,
too, you do not belong

In this room.

If you don't want revenge
for what was done to us,

You should walk out that door
and never come back.

Because I need warriors.

Does everyone understand?

Stop nodding your damn head
and answer me.

Do you understand?!

All:
Yes, ma'am.

Flip to page two
of the updated assessment.

(urgent chatter)

Woman:
It's still too early

To determine the cause
of the blast.

Global security commission chief
general tobias shepherd

Is believed
to have been the driver.

Now sources say
general shepherd fled the gsc

After assisting
the terrorist cell

That attacked its regional
headquarters, going as...

(tv clicks off,
remote thuds on table)

Guy finally does
something honorable,

And of course
they get it wrong.

It was my fault.

He died trying to help me.

Molly, don't do
that to yourself.

All right? Shepherd died
doing the right thing.

(sniffles)

It's never gonna be over now.

He was our only hope.

No, not according to john.

We'll find this calderon guy,

And we'll shut down
humanichs ourself with...

Whatever this is.

Richter:
Molly.

What did you do to me?

I'll send the rest of your stuff
as soon as you're ready, okay?

Don't be sad, julie.

We'll see each other again.

Julie:
Of course we will.

I love you, rabbit.

I love you, too, julie.

(sobs softly)

I think it's time.

For what?

To put the past behind us.

You're always gonna be
a part of his life.

And mine, too.

Fiona: We've installed
delta wave sensors

In all 52 states,
per your recommendation.

Taalr:
Very good, madame secretary.

Eradication of
the hybrid species is essential

To the preservation
of the human race.

About general shepherd's death.

What about it?

Have you reviewed
the preliminary reports?

Yes. The explosion appears
to have been generated

From an outside source.

Perhaps the hybrids
launched another assault.

But why would the hybrids kill
toby if he was helping them?

If there's another player
on the board, I need to know.

Of course, but this brings up
the question

Of your own safety,
madame secretary.

I have adequate security.

As did general shepherd.

I have a few suggestions,
ones you may find unorthodox.

Terra?

She's gone.

I knew we shouldn't
have left her here.

What is all this?

It's one of the things
that survived the fire.

It's from john's

And calderon's old office.

Our best hope for finding him
is in this box.

Ethan:
Chessboard. Cool.

John and calderon
worked together?

Yeah.

For about seven years.

And then they had
a huge falling out,

And apparently
calderon went off the deep end.

Richter:
So he's crazy enough

To launch the biggest
cyber attack in history

And genius enough
not to get caught.

Lethal combination, right?

Male voice: Resuming session
with previous opponent.

Is that him?

It's john.

Mom?

Somebody's on the other side

Of the board.

Slow down. What are
you talking about?

John woods embedded
a message in ethan

Telling us to find
his old partner, calderon.

Nicholas calderon?
Yes.

The message is meant
to be triggered

If a humanich breaks protocol
and kills a human being.

It happened.

They're not just
killing hybrids.

They're killing humans, too.

Lucy:
One human.

Fiona: Nate malone was
a hybrid sympathizer.

Thankfully, lucy took action.

Your hard work on ethical
adaptor algorithms paid off.

Can I speak to you alone
for a second?

I've made lucy
my head of security.

Whatever you have
to say to me,

You can say in
front of her.

I know you two have had
some misunderstandings.

We're gonna leave all that
behind us for the greater good.

Are we clear?

Yes, ma'am.

Of course.
Good.

Since you're here,

I'm making some changes
in the humanichs lab.

What kind of changes?

Our allies are placing
orders in the thousands.

We can't meet
that kind of demand.
Not with human workers, no.

You're gonna put humanichs
at work in the lab?

Fiona: They don't get tired,
they don't call in sick.

And best of all,
they don't question orders.

But...
And if you want
to keep your job,

Neither should you.

Ethan:
Do you think it's him?

Well, whoever it is
wants us to know he's there.

Otherwise, why would
he keep playing?

He's sending us a message.

John used to send me messages

All around the house
in binary code.

He used to use
zeroes and ones.

Now, I couldn't understand it,

But I had a program
that can decode it.

Well, black squares
could be ones

And white squares
could be zeroes. Simple.

Yeah, simple.

Watch.

Richter:
What are you saying?

Hi.

I thought

You didn't understand
this stuff.

I didn't. Before.

Richter:
What's he saying?

Ethan:
They're numbers.

"three, seven."

Spelling out the word "dot."

Could be coordinates.

He's telling us how to find him.

I got it.

It's only 15 miles
from here.

Let's go, ethan. You and I are
gonna take a little road trip.

Whoa, whoa, whoa.
What do you mean, "you and I"?

This is one place you can't go.

The hell I can't.
If you go to calderon's,

I'm scared you're gonna die.

We are talking about the world's
most dangerous man here.

You think I'm gonna let
you and ethan

Just venture off by yourselves?

Okay, look at this.

This is the amulet that
I was holding in my dream

When I tried to kill you.

So what? Maybe you recognize it
from somewhere else.

Maybe john had a picture of it.

Maybe this is the
future, and I saw it.

Listen, I am sorry
you had this dream,

I really am, but let me
tell you something about dreams.

I have them every night,
and you know what?

None of them come true.

So, if you're going,
I'm going,

And if you want to do

Your weird, glowy-eye thing
to stop me...

Knock yourself out.

I have lost too many
people that I loved,

And I am not gonna
lose you, too.

You're not gonna.

This is my choice.

It's mine.

(elevator bell dings)

(quietly):
Hello, and welcome to oceania.

I just found out.

I mean, they're talking about
accelerated production here.

You know how many of
these things they could unleash

If we don't find a way to...

(quietly):
I saw molly woods.

She's alive?
Where is she?

Trying to track down
nicholas calderon.

The fugitive?

He may have hijacked lucy and
the entire humanichs operation.

This is
really freakin' ungood.

And now shepherd's dead.
And fiona's...

No help to us-- we both
know that. Just you and me.

What do we do?

Lucy told shepherd
that she was answering

To a higher authority.

We need to find out where
those orders are coming from

And cut off communication.

You need to get close to her,
charlie.

How close?

Close enough
to swap out her network card.

(sighs)

(arguing inaudibly)

Trouble?

Charlie:
No.

Yeah. I... I don't want
to talk about it.

She doesn't
appreciate you.

You were listening?

That's not really your business.

Actually, everything that
happens here is my business.

I've been promoted.

I'm head
of fiona's security team.

That's great. W-we should...

Ah, never mind.

Forget it.
N-no, what?

No, I was gonna say

We should celebrate
or something.

I know they don't let you out.

No.

But...

I could volunteer as lab
security detail tonight,

And we could celebrate... Here.

All right.

It's a date.

It is.

¶ ¶

That seems not very helpful.

Well, it's too many digits
for a phone number anyway.

Richter: You sure these are
the right coordinates?

Molly: I'm sure these are
the coordinates he gave us.

Look.

(vibrating pulse)

That is the most awesome
security fence I've ever seen.

¶ ¶

Fiona:
Nicholas calderon.

Taalr: What about him?
Shepherd thought he was the one

Behind the attacks here
at the gsc, not the hybrids.

This morning, julie gelineau
brought up his name as well.

Calderon disappeared years ago;
trail went cold.

I have no new information,
madam secretary.

I want you to run
a continuous deep scan

Of networked
intelligence agencies.

Flag anything and everything
related to nicholas calderon.

We may not be the only ones
looking for him.

Stay here.

Keep the doors locked

No matter what.

(shotgun cocks)

¶ ¶

(handcuffs jangling)

Put these on.

Put the cuffs on.

They're not alone.

If they move...

Come out!

Come out with your hands over
your head where I can see them!

Ethan?

Richter:
Hey.

Richter: We know you
killed john woods.

Probably killed
tobias shepherd,

And you hijacked
humanichs.

We're here to take it back.

Molly:
John sent me this

Image in a message.

I want it.

Where is it?

Nothing?

Mute? Like your friend here?

It's all right. You don't
have to say anything.

How 'bout we jump in my truck,
we take a little drive,

We'll find a room at the gsc.

Maybe you'll be open

To a little bit more
discussion when we get there.

I didn't kill john woods.

I wasn't even sure he was dead
until you told me.

For all I knew, it was him
on the other end of the game.

(chuckles)

That's a cute
little story.

Every single lead we have,
everything that we have

Heard or seen,

All roads lead to you,
mr. Calderon.

Everything you think you know
is wrong.

Well, enlighten us.

Quickly.

What do you know about taylor?

(soft crackling)

Julie:
Careful.

We only have one chance to
track the data coming and going.

If she's connecting

To another network,
we have to find out.

(sighs)

What's wrong?

She thinks
it's a date.

Great.

Charlie,
she used you.

She blackmailed you.

Don't forget,
she's a killer.

Because we made her that way.

She was supposed to be
like ethan, remember?

She was supposed
to have free will.

We just took it away
and forced a destiny on her.

Well, maybe if you had
put the damn limiters on

When you were
supposed to...

Says the woman
who wiped a kid's memory

And rushed a bunch of robot
soldiers through production

Like she was opening up

A fast food joint.

Julie, wait.

I'm sorry.
I'm sorry.

That's...

That's not fair, okay?

You're right. We've both done
some questionable things.

No.

You were just keeping
to the core ideals,

And I was...

I don't know
what the hell I was doing.

But we have a chance
to make it right here.

Together.

We don't have time
for sentimentality, charlie.

And we don't have time
for regrets.

Calderon:
We did this presentation

Dozens of times when we were
looking for funding.

Taylor.

Threat assessment and
algorithmic research.

John would say,
"imagine the greatest minds

"in the world coming together
to solve its biggest problem:

The threat of human extinction."

Then I'd jump in.

"asteroids, pandemics,

Environmental catastrophes."

Oh, we were good.

You'd posit
an extinction level scenario.

Taylor would recommend
a course of action

To preserve the greatest
percentage of human life.

The bigger the problem,
the better he got.

Millions of decision trees

All branching out...

Exponentially.

He was sublime.

Was?

It wasn't long before
the government came calling.

Instead of tsunamis,
they posed different questions.

Next thing we knew,
he was telling us

What wars to start,

What countries to invade.

He wasn't making
recommendations.

He was taking actions.

I tried to shut him down,

But...

He didn't care for that.
Are you saying

You were framed for
those bombings by a computer?

My husband was on his way

To your house the night he died.

John knew I had a way
to shut them down.

A kill switch.

Taylor decided
to stop him.

So taylor killed my husband?

Taylor knew that
if john shut down humanichs,

The human race was in danger,

Because humanichs were
the best defense

Against the invasion.

Richter:
If taylor discovered

That humans were threatened
with extinction...

What would he do?

If he had to kill
a billion people

To save eight billion,

That's just what he would do.

So, the kill switch
is the amulet.

It is.

Unfortunately, it disappeared

When the government
confiscated my property.

I'm sorry I don't have
better news for you.

Now... (sighs)

Do you mind?

(elevator bell dings)

(gentle french music playing)

What's all this?

Well, I know you have memories
of paris

Implanted in your brain,

But I wanted you
to experience it.

As much as you can, anyway.

So I got, uh, croissants,
I got gruyère cheese,

Chocolate, champagne,
non-alcoholic.

You did this for me?

Why?

To apologize.

For what?

For treating you like a machine.

Because you are so much more
than that.

Thank you.

Want to know a secret?

I love secrets.

I've been working
on a little side project.

Something the gsc
would never let me do,

Because it's not
a military upgrade.

What is it?

A neural sensitivity enhancer

Designed to give you

Even more
of the human sensory experience,

To heighten your
sense of touch.

When will it be done?

Well...

I just need a beta tester.

Know anyone who
might be interested?

There we go.

Now you should
feel a slight...

Did that feel
any different?

No.

But I still liked it.

I'll keep working.

And we'll keep testing.

(piano playing
"moonlight sonata")

Calderon: John and I never
wanted it to turn out this way.

This is the future
we dreamed of.

Machines teaching machines,

Learning the way humans learn.

Richter:
Wait a second.

Are you saying
that frankie is a humanich?

A syntiate. My design.

There's a difference.

Any why doesn't she speak?

Some of her parts have
worn down, but she gets by.

Okay, well, look,
it's been a long day, so...

Listen, you can stay
as long as you like.

We grow plenty of food,
music in the evening,

A beautiful pond
to skinny dip in.

And at least you'll
be safe here.

Okay, you have to have
another plan up your sleeve,

Some way we can stop taylor.

In chess, it's considered
poor etiquette

To keep playing
when it's hopeless.

I have a spare
room and a sofa.

I'll leave it to you.

(sighs)

Ethan is powered down
for the night.

So I...

Think I'm gonna take the couch.

No, no, no, no, I...

I set up my tent.

I'm gonna sleep
underneath the stars.

I have a confession to make.

I feel relieved
that the amulet doesn't exist.

I know that
sounds crazy.

But at least I know
you're gonna be okay.

That does sound crazy.

But I'd be lying if I told you

I wasn't more than a little bit
creeped out by the whole thing.

(laughs)

But you stayed.

Of course I did.

Maybe calderon has a point.

Maybe we should stop running.

Yeah, we could hang out
around here and...

...Go skinny-dipping
in the pond.

Yeah, we could.
(laughs)

(sighs)

Look, if it is
the end of the world,

For you, me or for whoever...

...Maybe we should enjoy
what time we have left.

Even if it is
for just one night.

¶ ¶

¶ ¶

(mechanical thud)

Where should we go?

Anywhere we want.

You choose.

Hmm.

Mexico.

No.

That's too hot.

How about montana?

I see you as a cowboy.

I do have
the boots for it.

We could grow
our own food.

Have fish in a pond.

Ride out the apocalypse
like calderon and frankie.

It's working for them.

Ethan:
Mom!

Somebody help!

Help! Help!

Ethan!
Mom!

Somebody help! Help!
Stand back.

Mom!

Help! Help me!

Mom!

Help! Help!

(gasping)

Ethan.

Mom.
Are you okay?

(ethan gasping)

You're one of them.

Come on,
let's get out of here.

I wasn't gonna hurt him.

I just wanted
a speech translator.

Is that why you wanted us
to stay here?

No, I...

Frankie hasn't spoken a word
in three years.

Not since hers wore down.

I couldn't get one.

I couldn't risk
being detected.

Well, you didn't have to attack
my son to get it!

Go on, get out.

Get out.
Come on, ethan.

Let's go.

But, mom...

I think I can help.

(computer trilling)

Charlie: Okay, so we're
trying to figure out

Who exactly is giving
lucy her orders

And from where.
Julie:
Mm-hmm.

So I broke down her data
into smaller packets.

And she can't detect us?

We're like people
standing on an overpass,

Watching cars go
by underneath.

She has no idea.
Perfect.

So I pulled
this one

From the first
set of packets.

It's a stream
of mac addresses--

All humanichs currently online

And connected
to the central server.

But check this one out.

Julie:
Finland?

Not so fast.

It's changing.
Charlie: Right.

Media access addresses
don't change like that.

Correct.

Hence the...

Julie:
What's happening?

I have no idea.

I thought we couldn't
be detected.

So did I.

I understand.

I'll take care of it.

It's okay.

Is this what
you're talking about?

¶ ¶

Say something.

Say something.

What the hell
is the matter with you?

(exhales)

If you're one of them,

The humanichs
are looking for you, too.

Yeah.

I didn't deserve
ethan's kindness,

But maybe I can repay it.

There is a way to stop
the humanichs and taylor.

And it could
save your life.

But it comes at a terrible cost.

Taalr: Still no sign
of nicholas calderon.

And molly woods
and the rest of the hybrids

Are still at large.

Perhaps it's time

You made the public
your eyes and ears.

Tell them there's an invasion?

Yes.

But we went through all that.

That there would be
panic, riots.

There aren't enough national
guardsmen to maintain control.

You don't need
the national guard;

You have humanichs.

Humanich soldiers
patrolling american streets.

Wouldn't the added security
bring your citizens comfort?

For a while, maybe.

Over time, they would come
to see it as an occupation.

Why?

Because it's human nature
to resist control.

To want freedom.

Isn't that the nature
of all conscious beings?

I suppose so.

Hey. Good news.

They expedited
the approval process

To ship out
new humanichs.
They did?

There are 1,000 in that
warehouse going out tomorrow.

In 48 hours, they'll
be all over the world.

Your handiwork on
all seven continents.

That's great.

I thought you'd
be pleased.

Can't wait for
our next date.

Me, too.

(line ringing)

Julie:
What'd you find out?

They're shipping tomorrow.

What?
The humanichs in the warehouse.

They're shipping tomorrow.

But they're not due for weeks.

Well, somebody
expedited the process.
We have to destroy those bodies,

And we have to do it now.
Hang on, hold on.

Let's just think this
through a second.

We don't have time
to think it through!

Charlie, if those humanichs
go out now,

We will never be able
to stop them.

Can you get your hands
on some thermite?

Thermite?

What are you talking about?

Meet me downstairs
at the warehouse.

We're gonna melt them down.

Every last one.

¶ ¶

Calderon: Albert einstein said
he made only one

Major mistake in his life.

He signed a letter
to president roosevelt,

Urging the creation
of the atomic bomb.

When the government
took over taylor,

John and I started work
on a worm,

A program that would
infiltrate and destroy

The base operation
that both taylor

And the humanichs
were built upon.

Atm:
Welcome.

Please move closer
for biometric scan.

(atm trilling)

Calderon: We called it
"einstein's regret."

It was either that or...

"zugzwang."

It's a chess term.

When a player
has to move,

But any move
weakens his position.

I'm about to make a move

That's going to weaken
my position substantially.

Atm:
Welcome back, mr. Lasker.

It's been some time
since your last visit.

Now retrieving contents
of box number 45638.

The humanichs.

Where did they all go?

Lucy:
You're too late.

I believed you.

Lucy, please listen.

You were playing me.
That's okay.

I like games;
I'm very good at them.

In fact, we're going to play
hide and seek.

I hid julie;
your turn to go find her.

Wait. What?

Hey, where the hell
is she? Ah!

That's your punishment, charlie.

(chuckles):
You're never

Going to know.
Lucy...

Don't do this.

(french accent):
As they say in paris,

Au revoir.

(panting)

Help me!

(muffled):
Help!

(pounding)

Help!

Help...!

All the instructions
are inside.

I hope you understand

There may be nothing or no one

Beyond taylor's reach
at this point.

Every computer,
every self-driving car,

Every bit
of connected machinery.

Thank you.

(sirens approaching)

(tires screeching)

(men shouting)

Put your hands up!

¶ ¶

Ah!

Just let me do it.
Molly. No.

I'm gonna throw it
in these weeds

And we're just gonna
keep driving.
How far?

Huh?

They're gonna find
you eventually.

There is no future
if we keep running.

Not for anybody.

This?

This is the magic bullet.

And we're gonna use it.

No matter
what happens.

Zugzwang.