Falling Skies (2011–2015): Season 1, Episode 6 - Sanctuary: Part 1 - full transcript

[indistinct conversations]

Okay, Eli. Say "Ahh."

Ahh.

Don't worry.

Tongue depressors are
the first thing they teach you

in Medical School.

When did you start
to feel this way?

It's been
a couple of days.

He's not eating,
can't sleep.

Yeah, there's a lot of that
going around.

This lantern's
going out again.



Scott has some batteries
in the science room...

and a stash of candy
in his drawer.

Oh, suckers
or gummy bears?

[garbled]
Gummy bears.

Okay.

Oh, it's okay.
You can leave the door open.

So, his throat is clear,

and his temperature's
just a hair above normal,

so...

- What --
- Shut up.

Go to your mother.

I need antibiotics,
painkillers --

Everything you've got.
- No.

"No"?



It took months
to get that stuff.

People are depending
on it.

I'm not here to argue!

The faster we do this,
the faster we're gone.

Come on!
Ohh.

Oh, God.
[breathes unsteadily]

Why?

[scoffs]
You really have to ask?

Skitter killed a man
right here, didn't he?

Kids with spikes
still in their backs

walking around
like it's normal.

The chance of survival
around here is low,

and it's getting lower
by the day. Come on!

You can leave.
Nobody's stopping you.

It's the Wild West
out there.

If we get into trouble,

we're gonna need something
to trade.

- [grunts]
[tray clatters]

Help!
Help! In here!

[grunts]

No more, Jeff.
Don't hurt her.

No, no.

I'm sorry.

Come on!

JEFF: Okay.
[panting]

No, go this way! This way.

This is what happens
when people lose focus.

They get careless.

There's no way Anne
could have seen this coming.

I'm not talking about Anne.
I'm talking about you.

Civilians are your responsibility.

The longer this siege goes on,

the more desperate
people are gonna get.

[gunshot, glass breaks]

JEFF:
Leave us alone! I'll shoot, I swear!

No, no, hold your fire.
They've got their kid with them.

J- just go back!
No one has to get hurt!

Nobody's going anywhere!

You throw out that medicine,
then we'll talk.

[gunshots]

Drop it or die right now!

Drop it!

I- I just want to get my family
the hell away from here.

Well, from what I could hear,
that's the offer on the table,

as long as
you leave that behind.

Who the hell is out there?!

Terry Clayton, 7th Mass!

Is that Dan Weaver?!

Yeah!

Well, come on up!

I'm gonna give you five seconds,

and then you're dealing with them.

No, no, no.
Stand down, Mike.

They want to leave.

They don't want to be here, let 'em go.

Still a free country, right?

Terry, good to see you.

- Yeah.
- Always had good timing.

Mike, you're a sight.

- Tom. How are the boys?
- They're good.

You're a long way from home.

Last word was the 7th Mass
was holding tight

outside of Wilmington.

Yeah, we were.

The 7th Mass is gone.

It's gone?

Yeah. Game's changed.

Skitters hit us, and they hit us hard.

They're coming this way next.

Phillips, my second-in-command,

he -- he grabbed
his daughter Megan

and tried to
pull her back,

but another Skitter
came up behind him, and...

[groans]

Anyway...

Once they had all our kids,
the Mechs just opened up.

And l... I just ran.

I'm never gonna forgive myself,
but that's just what I did.

Terry, what else could you do?

A thousand things, probably, but thanks.

DAl:
How many of you got away?

Eight fighters,
half a dozen civilians.

And we just kept moving

until we holed up
at a farm right here --

secluded, in a valley,
hills on three sides.

Skitters have already
swept the area twice,

so we think
we're in the clear for a while.

Why do you think
they're coming this way?

Re-established contact
with Porter last week.

He thinks the aliens are
stepping up construction

on their structures,
looking for slave labor.

Skitters have been
sweeping through here and here.

- Right this way.
- Yeah.

We've been seeing
small patrols --

one Skitter, one Mech.

Pattern's been to l. D. A target,
come back full force.

What are our orders?

Regroup.
The 3rd Mass is right here.

That is...

right in between us
and the last attack.

And they're running light
on fighters and ammo.

There's no way they're gonna
survive an attack on their own.

Porter has ordered them
to join up with you.

Now, you're to hold this
position until they arrive,

and then everybody
pulls out together.

How long?

I'd say 72 hours,
give or take.

That's a long time
to sit tight

with a Skitter attack
coming our way.

Yeah, that's how Porter
sees it, too.

So you're supposed to send
anyone under 20 ahead with me.

- With you?
- Yeah.

Be safer at the farm,
and if you do have to engage,

you won't have to worry
about the kids.

After the 3rd
rendezvous with you here,

you're to meet us there, and...
- [exhales sharply]

...we'll just find everybody
a new place to live.

I hear what you're saying,
and I appreciate the threat,

but I'm not ready
to give my kids up.

CLAYTON:
I'm just conveying the order.

All right. Mike, we need to
double up on perimeter security.

Dai --

Bike recon. On it.

You need to talk
to the parents,

start preparing them,
just in case.

I don't think anybody's
gonna go for this.

I'm not dragging
anybody's kid away yet.

But if our patrols tell us
an attack is imminent,

a head start
could save lives.

You might try explaining that
to these people.

I'm not exactly
impartial.

Which is exactly why
you're the right one to do it.

I'll go out five miles.
Two shots means friendlies.

Three shots --
- Not so friendly.

Good luck!

Okay, the rest of you guys,
you know the drill,

so spread the word.

We need to prepare for
a potential fast evacuation.

Let's load the vehicles with
water, ammunition, provisions --

anything
we can't carry ourselves.

W- what's this
about an order

to send our kids out ahead of us?
- A precaution.

Yeah, that hasn't
been decided.

Well, maybe somebody should decide it?
- Meaning what?

I'm just saying
there's another side to this.

Now, look,
Skitters want kids, right?

Now our kids
are a problem?

Look, they're targets.
We know that.

No,
we're all targets.

Look...

if you want to make this about
something else, go ahead.

All right, but this man
lost his entire unit,

and they're coming
for us next.

Maybe. Or the 3rd Massachusetts
is gonna show up,

and we're all gonna
walk out of here together.

I hope so, all right?

Because luck has been
in real short supply recently.

- Hey, Dad.
- Pardon me.

People look pretty afraid
about this attack.

- Comments like that don't help.
- Yeah.

We've got enough to worry about
without scaring ourselves.

- You all right?
- Yeah.

Let's get started
on the barricades!

[indistinct shouting]

Here. Make sure Sarah remembers
to take one every day.

I think she can handle it.
[chuckles]

She's a good kid.

She just picked
a hell of a time

to be nine months'
pregnant.

Well,
it could be worse.

Could be twins.

So you two
are good friends now?

Wouldn't go that far.

She could have come
to the clinic herself,

but, you know,
the way things are heating up,

I just...

you know,
she's already on edge.

I figured she didn't
need to see you like this.

I heard you fought back.

[scoffs]

For all the good it did.

Well,
at least you tried.

You know, when you take it
lying down,

it does something
to your head.

It's really hard
to come back from that.

Trust me.

Hang on to that.

Oh, n-no.

You'll feel better
just knowing it's around.

And if it conflicts
with some Hippocratic oath,

why don't you just stitch the
bad guy up after you blast them?

[chuckles]

It's pretty much
just point and shoot,

but if you need a lesson,
I'm around.

98, 99, 100,

101, 102.

You just did
102 push-ups!

I did?

Guys, enough.
I've got night sentry duty.

Kind of gross, huh?

Shh!

Some of the other kids
you were with

said that their spikes
are going away.

I know. Mine aren't.

Maybe it's 'cause
the others weren't there

as long
as me and Rick.

Do they still hurt?

At first.
Not so much now.

Sometimes I forget
they're even there,

and then I lean the wrong way
or bend into something.

Can I touch one?

Sure?

Aah!

[gasping]

Are you okay?!

[breathing heavily]

[laughs]

You jerk!
That wasn't funny!

Sorry, sorry.
I couldn't help myself.

[laughs]

Ben?
Mm-hmm?

What was it like...
with the Skitters?

What do you want to know?
How they smell?

No, I'm serious!

Did they talk to you?

Not like you think.
It was --

you don't exactly have your own
thoughts when you're with them.

It's not like
you're thinking.

At least not the way
you normally do, so...

[inhales deeply]

It's more like
someone's thinking with you.

Um, remember when
we went camping with dad

and you weren't
feeling well?

You were hungry and you were
thirsty and your stomach hurt.

Well...

Imagine if Dad
knew everything you wanted

before you even
asked for it.

You must have been scared.

When they first caught me,

I was never more afraid
in my entire life.

But after the harness,
it wasn't so bad.

Did you miss us?

I don't know.

In some bizarro alien way,

I think the Skitters actually
cared about us, you know?

They weren't monsters.

There were our family.

I know it sounds weird,
but...

sometimes
I still miss that.

You know, I'm not sure
what scares me more sometimes --

Weaver or the Skitters.

He's a hard man to like,
but he is trying to protect us.

Fighters, maybe.

He's had a problem
with the civvies from day one.

I don't care
what's coming,

they're not
taking my daughter from me.

Get away from that door.

You all right, Doc?

Yeah.
I'm -- I'm fine.

You're all done.

Just keep it clean,

and I'm gonna check on it
in a couple days.

Thanks.

Come on, sweetie.

My turn?

Were you waiting
out there?

Yeah. You got a sec?

Just.

Stress level in camp's
hitting 10.

I've seen bumps and cuts --
you name it.

You all right?
You're not sick?

No, no, no.
No, I'm fine.

It's just, uh...

Um...
[sighs]

You can think of me
as your doctor, if you want.

Anything you say
stays between us.

It's Ben.

Something's up with him.

You know, I mean,

I know what all he's been
through and everything.

And it's not that.
It's like...

he's just not acting
like himself.

Like how?

Like he just did 100 push-ups
without breaking a sweat.

I mean, he'd have been lucky
to hit 10 before the attack.

We don't know what they had
him doing all those months.

No, I know.

It's just, uh...

It's just hard to explain it
if you didn't know him before.

He was, um...

my bratty little brother.

[laughing]
You know?

He was my bratty little brother
that was twice as smart as me.

And now... he's like...

A grown-up?

No, he...

A different kid.

Green light!

Red light!

Green light!

Red light!

One of the upsides of losing our
electronics -- no video games.

Got to make do with
old-fashioned imagination.

How are you feeling?

You should see
the other guy.

Sorry that I didn't
come by last night.

Things got
a little crazy.

I know.

[grunts]

Oh,
I always hated moving.

I don't see Ben.

Well,
he's inside someplace.

Either packing or probably got
his nose stuck in a book. Why?

Well, I'm his doctor.

Doctors are supposed to
follow up.

How does he seem to you?

He seems 14, a little shy.
[grunts]

MAN:
I need you two to help me
with the barricade in the back.

- I'm glad.
Let's get started on that other one, too.

MAN:
Yeah, yeah, we're on it.

- What?
- I'm glad.

Do you think they can, uh --
do you think we can stop them?

No, this is all about
just slowing them down,

buying us enough time

that we can get everybody out
through the tunnel.

Hold that.

[grunts]

Phew.

What about
Clayton's offer?

You're thinking about it,
aren't you?

I'm trying not to.

See, the thing is,
I can't figure out

if I'm resisting because
I want to protect my kids

or if I'm just
being selfish

because
I want to keep them close.

Tom, if --
if it doesn't feel right...

Well, that's what makes this
so hard.

I honestly don't know.

MAN:
All right, why don't we head over there?

How many people have we got
to handle perimeter patrols?

Enough, barely.

We were 12 hours on,
12 off.

We still couldn't cover
all the access points.

What do you need,
Jimmy?

I- I want you to put me
back in the rotation.

I heard you talking.
You're short-handed.

Kid, there's plenty of
non-combat work to be done

before we're
ready to move.

I'm not like
all the other kids.

Y- you don't
need to send me away.

I can take care
of myself.

I'll tell you what, Jimmy.

Parker's all alone out
at south post tonight.

I'm sure
he could use some company.

Y- yes, sir.

He's a good kid.

Yeah, and he should be
in Junior High School

with his arm
around a cheerleader,

not fighting a damn war,
but there it is.

I think I'm gonna go find
some more crates.

You're gonna be okay.

[sighs]

I'm supposed to be the one
taking care of you.

Damn it.

[gun clicks]

See?

[gun cocks]
It's just like that, only a lot louder.

Shouldn't l, I don't know,
like, take a stance?

You're not the Terminator, honey.

You're just looking
to protect yourself.

That's it.

Keep your wrist loose
'cause this sucker's got kick.

Where should I aim?

In front of you.

Okay.

I'm sorry.
It's not easy.

I never said it was.

At least,
not the first time.

Yeah, just imagine that some --
you know,

someone or something
is coming at you.

Imagine that someone you love
is about --

[gunshot]

There you go.

Oh!
Ah!

Oh.

It's not bad, right?

Okay. Do it again.

I never liked guns.

Neither did l.

And after a couple months,

it's as comfortable
as a credit card.

Don't leave home
without it.

[both laugh]

I can only tell you
what's worked for us.

[coughs]
I don't have kids,

so I can't even pretend
to understand how you feel.

Especially now,
when you've got all these people

thinking that our kids
are the enemy!

No, you see, you've got them
thinking that.

I'm trying to get them to think
about the safety of their kids

instead
of their own comfort.

This is a temporary measure,
folks, until --

Until what? We're attacked?
Then what, Terry?

MAN:
You think the Skitters are just
gonna give us a pass?

TERRY:
I never said that!

Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!
Hey, hey, hey!

What's going on?

I know that a lot of you
have lost your children.

Okay, don't think that my heart
doesn't break for you.

But please imagine
that you still have your child.

Would you let anyone
take them away from you?

Hey, that hasn't
been decided yet.

Everybody here wants the same
thing -- our kids to be safe.

They'll never be safe!

Safe is over!

We could die any day.

And if that day comes, I'm gonna
be by my daughter's side.

I don't
want anybody to die.

- This is about what it's gonna take to survive.
- Yeah?

Well, I swear to God,

anybody tries
to take my little girl --

Hey, don't you forget
who the enemy is.

[sighs]

Everyone here
has had to make hard choices

just to make it this far.

And we're gonna make more.

But if we fall apart now

and we start
turning on each other,

then it doesn't matter
when the attack comes

'cause we've already lost.

And who's gonna decide
what we do if they attack?

- Weaver?!
- No. I will.

[dog barking in distance]

[clatter]
Hey!

Take it easy, Parker.
It's just me.

[laughs]

Look who's got a gun.

It's pretty creepy
out here, huh?

Yeah.

That's the feeling
of Skitters coming our way.

Yeah. I was, uh --
I was talking about you.

[chuckles softly]

You can pick up
where O'Neil left off.

O'Neil plays for crap.

[barking continues]

You sure
you want to do that?

Checkmate in three.

[thudding]

[whirring]

[machine-gun fire]

- That's Mech fire.
- Where?

I don't know,
but that's close.

They're here!

Keep it together!
Everybody stay inside!

If you get the order to move,
get ready to move.

[metal creaking]

[gasps]
Parker?

Parker!

Parker! Aah!

[grunts]

[grunting]

[machine-gun fire]

WEAVER: South?!
TOM: I think so.

Jimmy went out tonight,
South post!

Mech!
There's a Mech!

Somebody!

[machine-gun fire in distance]

Mech!

No!

Mech!

Mech!

[breathing heavily]

[Skitter screeches]

Clayton, Mike,
go find the Mech!

[machine-gun fire]

Jimmy! Jimmy!

Any sign of him?

No.

[grunting]

[screeches]

[screeching]

[gunshot]

Skitter!

The Mech's
retreating!

Skitter! Help!

That's coming from inside.

Fighters got the Mech.
Let's go!

Skitter!

Take the hall.
Go. Go!

Skitter!

[clicking]

[screeches]

[clicking]

[hisses]

[gun clicking]
Come on!

[rifle cocks,
shell casing clinks]

Jimmy?

Jimmy.

[whimpers]

Come here.

Are you all right?

Whoa.

It's okay.

It's okay, son.

It's all right now.

It's all right.

And I was running,
and it was right behind me,

and I went inside, and I --
- Steady. Let me check you out.

I- l-I knew I had to
pull out the gun,

so I pulled it out,
and I fired -- bang, bang, bang.

And I was out of bullets.

And then I --
I can't stop talking.

Am I in shock?
I bet I'm in shock.

Well, if you were
a little older,

we'd give you some whiskey.
- Oh.

[door opens]
I can't --

It's okay.
Just take it easy.

I'm telling you, we got lucky
taking out that Mech.

Damn lucky. Any more
patrol ships, signs of Skitters?

Not yet.

Well, we might have
dodged a bullet on that one,

at least long enough
for the 3rd Mass to get to us.

Yeah. Same thing happened
with the 7th.

One Skitter, one Mech.

Scout patrol
sniffing us out.

[sighs heavily]

How long
till the next wave?

Long as it takes them
to figure out

that Skitter's not coming back.
- Right.

We need to reconsider
Clayton's safe haven.

This Skitter attack
isn't theoretical anymore.

I know.

[indistinct conversations]

Why don't you take one
and get out of here?

What's your problem?

I'm not standing in line
with this razor-back.

Ones like him are the reason
the Skitters are coming.

I'm gonna
check on your brother.

Which one?

The one about to get
his ass kicked.

Hey,
take what you want.

You got a problem?

No problem.

Just glad
we're not bringing

these harnessed kids
back to the 2nd Mass.

Oh,
nobody's stopping anything.

Soon as we get the drugs
Dr. Glass needs,

we're gonna rescue
as many of them as we can.

You're just inviting
a Skitter attack.

See, the Skitters
should know by now --

Anybody that messes
with our families

gets their asses kicked...
by me.

[chuckles]

All right.
All right.

- Dad?
- Hey. Hi.

What are you
looking for?

Oh, a necklace that belonged
to your mother.

Gonna wear it?

No, I'm just making sure
it doesn't get lost

if we have to move fast.

Dad, listen, um...

I- it's okay.

I want to go.

Go where?

With that guy, Clayton.

Um, you're worried about
what could happen to us

if the Skitters come --

because of what they did
to me.

Now, Ben --

You have to be ready to fight
if they come.

You can't do that, not really,
if we're here.

I've been thinking about
something you told us

about
World War ll England.

During the blitz.

Yeah, the, um -- the Germans
were bombing London, right?

Yep, and the English
sent their kids

away to the country
to keep them safe

while the parents
stayed behind.

I'm not sure that
this is the same thing.

Well, nothing is.

[sighs]

I want to ask you
a question,

and I want the truth.

Are you...

Are you happy
that you're back?

Of course.

Um...

A- are you glad
you found me?

[scoffs]

More than
you'll ever know.

Then let us do this
for you.

[indistinct conversations]

Everybody!

I've decided
to send Matt and Ben

along with
Lieutenant Clayton.

It'll put our kids
a few hours ahead

of whatever else is coming,

and I think that
that's a good thing.

By tomorrow, the 3rd
Massachusetts will be here.

And if everything
goes as planned,

we'll be reuniting with our kids
by tomorrow night.

We just got hit
by a Skitter.

If they're still out there,
how are you gonna get through?

We're a small group,
on foot.

We'll be ahead
of the main Skitter force.

We'll be
way under their radar.

If you're not?

And they're gonna have
a security detachment with them.

O'Brian, Fuller.

I'd like Mike to come, too,
if that's all right.

We go back.

Okay.

We know the Skitters aren't
after the youngest ones.

The rest will go because
our kids are our future,

and their safety
has got to come first.

So pack them up.
They leave in an hour.

[indistinct conversations]

That's Six Flags?

Where did you get that?

Had it on me
when the Skitters took me.

They didn't take it.
Forgot I even had it.

Remember that day?

[scoffs]
Remember? You threw up on me.

Then Matt threw up on me.

It was one of the most memorable
days of my life.

At least Dad
didn't throw up on you.

I don't know, he was looking a little
green at that Supersonic.

[laughs]

You look like her.

That's what
everybody always said.

Take it.

Why?

Hold on to it for me,
till you come back for us.

[motorcycle engine revs]

Hi, Dad.

Hey. Thought you weren't
on Sentry duty until tonight.

Actually, l, um, got Ryerson
to take my watch.

What's going on?

I've been thinking,
you know,

maybe I should go
with Matt and Ben.

I'm worried about them,
too.

But I think
between Mike and the escort,

they'll be well-protected.

Oh, it's no big secret that Ben
and I never really got along.

Fought like cats and dogs
is more like it.

But brothers
are like that.

That morning, um, you were,
you know, still asleep,

but -- but Ben and l
got into it.

You know,
the morning mom went out

to get food
with Dr. Harris.

I didn't know that.

No big deal.

You know, she just, uh,

she broke us up
like she always did.

But she told me
something --

that she knew
we were different,

and that'd probably
never change,

but, you know, we had to
put that behind us.

We had to start
looking out for each other.

[clicks tongue]

That sounds like her.

When we got Ben back,
l...

I felt like l, uh,
kept this promise to her.

I think if she was here
right now, you know,

she'd -- she'd want me
to go with them.

You sure about this?

I am.

Your mom
was very proud of you.

She told me to keep an eye
on you, too.

How's that going?

It's a work in progress.

[birds chirping]

I'm gonna come for you
as soon as I can.

I promise.
[smooches]

I- I just
wanted to say thanks --

For giving me
another chance.

You stay frosty,
soldier.

So, you want to go West to here.
You want to skirt this road.

Stay away from the river,
of course.

And you're gonna come through
here, and we're right there.

- Okay.
- Mm.

Got it. Wait for us.
We'll be there.

- See you soon.
- Good luck.

Thank you. Let's go.

Here.

I told you
to hold on to this.

Well, I decided
to come with you.

You might as well hang on to it
yourself, dumbass.

- You're coming?
- Yeah.

I'll get 'em there and stay
with 'em until you can catch up.

- I don't want to go, Dad.
- I know you don't,

but it's just gonna be
for a few days, maybe less.

It's gonna get better.

"It's gonna get better"?

That's the best advice
a college professor can pull up?

It's the best I've got
right now.

Be safe. I love you.

All right. On me.

Okay.

[birds squawking]

All right, we're gonna
go up through here.

Stay on the path.

HAL: Lieutenant Clayton.
CLAYTON: Yeah?

Aren't we supposed to
turn north right here?

No, we're gonna
turn here instead.

I mean, I don't want to take
the crossing with all the kids.

Do you?

Go through here,
we get to stay in the woods.

All right. Cool.

Everything all right?

[insects chirping]

CLAYTON:
How you doing?

All right.

Good work.

Let's get everybody to bed,

and we'll do the tour
in the morning.

Through here.

CLAYTON:
Hello, Eli.

Where are my mom and dad?

The man who found us
said I could see them today.

Oh, you can see them right now,
if you like.

All right.

Here,
let me take that for you.

My name's Megan.

What's yours?

Eli.

Eli.

I really like your name,
Eli.

I can take you
to your family, Eli.

I --
that -- that's okay.

I don't need to see them
right now.

We could go
in the morning.

It's better if we go now.

They're waiting for you,
Eli.

I don't want to!

[whirring]

[groaning]

[chittering]

You're late.

You have to be
somewhere?

Yes.
How many did you get?

Enough.

We done here?

Yes.

And you'll bring more
in two days?

That's the deal.

[chittering]

[man coughing]

Well, it turns out
you weren't lying after all.

There were a lot of kids
in that school.

I half expected
to find the place empty.

I knew it was a good idea
to keep you alive, Pope.