Falling Skies (2011–2015): Season 4, Episode 1 - Ghost in the Machine - full transcript

You tired?
Want to ride in one of the vehicles?

I can do it.

You know, the best football players
use hill training in the off-season.

Walter Payton used to say that you gotta
climb until your legs feel like sand.

Who's Walter Payton?

- And then till they feel like water.
- And then stop?

And then keep climbing
till you can't feel your legs at all.

He ain't heavy. He's my brother.

You gonna make it up this hill, old man?

Old man?

I've already been to the top.
I'm on my second lap.



How long have we been traveling anyway?

- Twenty days?
- Twenty-two.

And a half.

- But who's counting?
- Right. Ha, ha.

- I'm gonna get you.
- Ha, ha.

Lexi, careful.

I got her, I got her.

Guess this beats Brazil.

Look, Maggie.

- You've been weird with me ever since Karen.
- Did what I had to do, Hal.

Watch this.

Dad.

Eyes front, soldier. Ha, ha.

Is that the green light
to blow off a little steam, colonel?



Affirmative, detective. Blow at will.

I heard that.

Oh...

I'm just happy to be home.

If that's what we're calling this.

We're here, bro.

We made it.

Oh, Charleston. Home sweet home.

All right.

What about you, sweetheart?
You ready to go home?

We don't all have to die here.

Oh, no.

Countermeasures now!

Spread out!

- Matt!
- All right, everybody, defensive position!

On me!

Come on! Break them out! Break them out!

- Fire!
- Scramble!

Let's go! Let's go!

Everybody!

- Move, move!
- Over here!

Fall back!

- Take cover! Go!
- Lexi. Hold my hand.

Take cover out there!

They're fencing us in.

- Take her!
- Aah!

- Lexi!
- Anne!

Mom!

Lexi! Lexi! Lexi!

- Mommy!
- I got her.

- Matt? Find him.
- I don't know.

- Mommy.
- Lexi!

- Let me go!
- It's okay.

Lexi! Tom!

No! Lexi!

Die, you son of a bitch!

- Tom!
- Matt!

Tom, are you okay?

Matt, run!

I think that's right.

I told you. You can't have it.

You think throwing me in solitary
is gonna stop me?

I'll have your skitter balls on a skewer!

All six of them!

- Hey.
- Those flying things.

Hey. Dan, is that you?

Come to collect us every day!

Dan.

- Dan, it's Tom.
- Tom.

Torn!

- Where are you?
- Over here.

Tom.

Oh, man.

I'm so glad you're still alive.

Oh, yeah. Right back at you.

You have no idea.
It's been very quiet in here.

What happened to everything, man?

The Volm, your friend Cochise.

What's with the vanishing act?
I knew they'd betray us!

Let's not be so quick to judge.
We don't know everything.

- How's your heart?
- What?

Nothing wrong with my heart. Don't worry.
Ain't nothing wrong with my heart.

You just promise me one thing, Tom.

You don't let those things get you.

Here's one now.

What the hell are they?

I don't know.

I don't wanna know.

- Aah!
- Give me that food!

- I need this food!
- Get off me!

No! I have a baby!

Give it to me!

No!

I ever tell you I wanted
to be a fighter pilot as a kid?

No, you didn't.
I'm sure that's a great story though.

Now, wise up, top gun. It's almost time.

Hey, man. How do we know
that thing ain't watching us?

Doesn't make a whole lot of difference.
This here is probably about to kill us anyway.

All right.

No, whoa, whoa. This is my dad's idea.
This could be dangerous.

- I ought to be the one that throws it.
- Relax, man. Your dad is right.

Electricity is electricity.
Physics is physics.

We're gonna blow that breaker,
short out that little green fence.

No different from the time I tried to
pirate free power in my sister's trailer.

Whole block went dark.

- Besides, I got the better arm.
- Oh, please.

All right. On three now.

All right. Here, I'll feed you.

- You ready?
- Yup.

One, two...

...three.

Yeah.

We need more power.

Where's the closest Walmart?

Time.

- Six grenades, 18 seconds.
- Not good enough. Prep it again.

- Anne, you don't have to...
- Reflexes, technique. Again.

- Pack up your gear. We're moving out in 20.
- Anne.

You don't think maybe
you should give the men some rest?

- Or at least establish a link with the Volm?
- The Volm picked up their mothership...

...and left three weeks after
they got here. Months ago.

You're still waiting for them
to come back home?

I know. And you've done an amazing job...

...stitching this team together
from a million spare parts.

All right, but you're running us ragged.

Almost three days, no sleep?

Do they sleep, Anthony? I don't.

My daughter is still missing.

I just got an update from our scout
1800 klicks west from here.

Our sharpshooters taking out those Beamers
on supply routes have the enemy scrambling.

Using old semitrucks
to transport materials to their bases.

Eighteen wheelers and a CB radio?

- Huh. They trying to trick us by going analog?
- How reliable is this?

It's tight. Truck they've pegged
will pass 3 miles from here.

If this is confiscated ammo,
this can answer some prayers.

- What time are they due to come through?
- Nine a.m. tomorrow.

Looks like you'll get
your wish, sleepyhead.

Oh, my God.

You're awake. Don't move.

Ben.

- Maggie.
- You're back.

- What happened? Where am I?
- I was so worried you were gonna leave us.

It was a frontal lobe coma.

- Luckily Lourdes was able to stabilize it.
- Coma?

Where's Hal? Where's Matt?

- Dad! Dad!
- They're not here.

Because Lexi was... Where's Lexi?
Where's Le...? Where's Lexi?

Okay, Ben, you need to rest.

You're gonna see her soon.

Ben, you're not gonna believe it.

Welcome to Chinatown.

I... Don't any of these people know
there's a war on?

The war hasn't touched us here.

What are you talking about?

- You're up.
- Lourdes.

She said you would be.

You look amazing.

You wanna see Lexi? I'll bring you to her.

The fact is, there is no war here.

This is a place committed
to peace, to nonviolence.

- Commit to whatever you want, the Espheni...
- The Espheni haven't come near this refuge.

We've been here months.

They've attacked
every other region surrounding us.

Swept humanity clean everywhere but here.

Now, how do you explain that?

Come on.

Hey. Lexi.

Lexi.

Ben?

Don't you recognize your sister?

It's me.

Lexi.

I don't understand.

Lexi was a little girl.

I've changed, Ben.

How? It's not...

- You st...
- I really don't know.

What is that?

It means unity.

Unity With... With Who?

For all three of us, Ben.

Everyone's ready for you.

Thank you.

I'm so glad you're feeling better.

Isn't it funny how you had to protect me
and now I have to protect you?

What do you mean, you have to protect me?

I thought you explained this to him,
Lourdes.

That's the reason we're all here.

To protect each other...

...to live peacefully without war.

No. Um, no, wait a minute.

I'm taking you out of here right now.
We're gonna go find Hal...

Ben, you're still not well.

You'll be safe here.

I promise.

Just...

No, wait. Stay away from me.

One thousand six, 1007, 1008, 1009.

Ten.

They're dropping food!

Move! Move!

Get back! Get back!

- They've dropped food!
- Grab it!

Get out of here!

All right, all right! Back up! Back up!

Y'all know the rules.

- I want some of this!
- You deaf, huh?

Get your hands off of that. That's mine!

- Hey! Stay back!
- Hey!

- What are you doing? Get out of here.
- If you haven't noticed, it's food drop.

I'm trying to survive the hellhole
your father put me in.

- Shut up.
- Hey, hey. Stand back.

Some friend you turned out to be.

- That was before you started hoarding food.
- This ain't doing anybody...

All right, you bastards.
I see where you're coming from.

Okay. The first two came
from behind the old bank building.

Next one came
from the southeastern alleyway.

At least a half a dozen skitters
coming from the southwest.

Put Jeannie down!

Jeannie!

- Dan?
- It's okay, Tom.

It's... It's nothing. I just...

Oh, I... Go back to sleep.

It was nothing.

See, I knew there was something special
about Jeannie...

...that those flying things wanted.

But I begged them to take me.
They wouldn't.

They flew away with her.

I attacked them. Came after them.

- They got me, and they threw me in here.
- Listen, I'm working on a way out of here.

- Out of the whole ghetto.
- They'll kill us long before we escape.

- Unless we kill them first.
- It's not about killing us anymore.

I mean, think about it.

I've been in solitary for two months.
They know I'm a threat.

And yet they continue to feed me,
keep me alive.

They're not using the eye worms anymore,
are they?

No, they want us lucid. They want us sane.

- Why?
- Sometimes conquering armies...

...find uses for their prisoners.

So we've gone from being a nuisance
to a resource?

- Resource? For what?
- I don't know.

But something's changed.

- They need us.
- So...

...what do we do?

- I'm still thinking about it.
- You keep thinking.

Let me know when you think up an AK-47.

Indigenous peoples of
hundreds of worlds have always prospered...

...once accepting the Espheni
as their kindred brethren.

We feed the hungry...

...shelter the desperate,
unite former enemies.

The free exchange of
natural, intellectual...

...and biological assets
promotes a harmonious coexistence...

...with the Espheni
and its longstanding credo:

- Protection, charity, brotherhood.
- Brotherhood.

You are the new coalition, but beware.

When we hoard supplies,
disseminate propaganda...

...or, most egregiously,
hide or protect the rebel dissidents...

...conflict is inevitably prolonged.

So be resilient.

You are the next generation
to walk the Espheni path.

You are the future.

- And only you can bring us all together.
- Together.

New coalition.

Who's hungry?

I am, team leader.

He's kidding, right?

- We haven't eaten since yesterday.
- Shh.

Line up.

What is the earth?

The earth is a gift.

The new coalition must protect it
with our Espheni brothers.

Joined together,
we will build a beautiful world.

How do we feel about the old ways?

Adults in hiding must let go
of the old ways for the good of many.

We pledge to rescue them
by reporting the whereabouts to...

To, uh...

I'm sorry, team leader. I...

I guess you'll do better next time.

Let's finish Skip's thought for him.

What about our parents?

My parents are dead!

The skitters killed them.

These are all lies!

Mira, you're new around here.

There is a lot of false propaganda
you have to unlearn.

It'll all make sense to you soon.

Eat.

Mr. Mason.

How could you let her say
something like that?

I'm sorry, team leader.

- I haven't had the chance to explain
to her... - Are you making excuses?

I wanted you to lead this squad.

She'll come around, team leader.

- I'll see to it.
- That's more like it.

Eat up.

Have you gotten used to the fact that
there's no kids around here anymore anywhere?

What is that about?

I got missing kid brothers, Tector.
I don't wanna think about that.

It's all I ever think about.

- Did I do something wrong?
- Of course not.

Sit down. Here, take my chair.

What do you wanna talk
to me about, Skipper?

- Gotta be kidding.
- You've never had $3 million.

Where'd you get all this stuff?

Get the hell out of here now.

- I didn't think so.
- Jesus.

Are you with them?

- You trading information for skitter favors?
- I ain't trading anything with anyone.

You forget, junior, I've been in jail before.
I understand how to work the system.

Now, get the hell out of here.

- We just thought you could help us.
- There is no more us.

Next time you wanna reinvent the rat race,
find yourself another rat.

Come on, Pope, just lend us your genny.

We need 3000 watts.

No.

Whose side you on anyway?

Same side as always, Hal. Mine.

- I haven't.
- Didn't think So.

Don't let that door slam you in the ass
on the way out.

You'll find a big change in
people. GILLIGAN: What do you mean?

Hey!

- All right. Hey, take it easy.
- I got this!

Stay down, junior.

You're gonna get hurt.

Oh, you coward.

Grow up, junior.

Boy, you are your daddy's son.

Sure that thing works as a detonator?

All a fertilizer bomb needs to blow up
is a radio frequency.

Let's move.

Okay. We blow the bridge 100 yards
before the truck reaches it.

I don't want ammo going into that creek
bed. Then we move into position behind it.

Grab the driver
before he knows what hit him.

- Who do you think's driving it?
- A collaborator.

Okay, you ready to blow the bridge?

Ready?

Now.

Bastards must have jammed
the radio frequency.

- Dick, give me your shirt.
- My shirt?

Now. Take it off.

Here.

- Are you all right?
- I'm fine. Let's go.

Anthony, open her up. Let's get that ammo.

- He's dead.
- Collaborator.

Anne?

You might wanna see this.

- Hey.
- Get away from me.

You can't act like that around here.

- You'll be on the first truck out.
- Good.

- I don't want to be here.
- Shh.

Look, I'm trying to help you.

This is a reeducation camp.

- Don't you ever watch the History Channel?
- Sure, I guess.

Nazis had these youth camps to brainwash
kids to be soldiers or spies or whatever.

Like Rolfe?

Haven't you ever watched
The Sound of Music?

Sure, I guess.

Listen. A few of us are meeting in my room.

Dorm 337, 8 p.m. Be there.

Yeah.

Come on.

Yeah.

I'm not gonna sit around, wait my turn
to be exterminated. I'm gonna find Jeannie.

- Hey! I wanna make a deal!
- Dan?

What are you doing?

I'm gonna find Jeannie. She's out there alone.
She's waiting for me. She wants to find me.

Calm down. - I can't leave
her out there. I promised her.

You're not thinking. I need you.

Pretty soon I'm gonna need you
more than ever. Don't do this.

Dan!

Don't do this.

- There you are.
- I know what you're feeling now.

- Look at me! Look at me!
- Come on.

You do this, they're gonna kill you,
and you'll never find her.

Oh...

I'm gonna find you, Jeannie.

I'm gonna find you.

Have you seen this little girl?

- No.
- Okay.

There aren't any harnesses on these kids.

Where the hell are they
taking them and why?

I don't know. But none of them have seen
Lexi, but I'm gonna keep asking them.

Yeah, and then what? Anne?

Then we split up. We lead these kids
to our checkpoint at Lake Moultrie.

- Then?
- The rest of us follow this road.

Wherever they were leading these kids,
Lexi's there.

- Are you sure?
- No, I'm not sure, Denny.

But you guys have any better suggestions?

Been a long time, Cochise.

Too long.

I didn't think it was gonna take four months
for this to light up. Where have you been?

Well, I would have gotten here sooner
if I could...

...but I found this perimeter
to be unexpectedly impenetrable.

No, I mean the Volm.

Where the hell did you guys go?
Did your father turn his back on us?

My father does not consider you much at all
when it comes to larger Volm operations.

Earth is not our only battlefront
with the Espheni.

So after all his talk about liberating
humans from the yolk of the Espheni...

...he just up and abandoned
the whole deal, huh?

Yes. You are correct.

We did abandon you,
but the greater Volm force had to go.

- Now I feel your pain of displaced loved ones.
- What are you talking about? Go? Where?

My father redirected our fleet
to the Alicante 8 Cluster.

It's where we hid our brood mates
and hatchlings...

...our family, from the Espheni...

...hoping they would escape notice.
They did not.

We had to defend them
or risk extinction ourselves.

We got about a minute
before that thing circles back around.

Got a million questions,
starting with how do we get out of this?

How many Volm are left on Earth?
Is your father coming back?

A handful of Volm units remain, scattered
about the globe, small recon teams.

We believe the Espheni
are constructing a new power source...

...which would neutralize any further attempt
to liberate humanity once and for all.

What kind of power source?

That is as much as I can say for now.

Otherwise, we are not to engage the enemy
under any circumstance.

My squad is displeased that I have made
this detour from our patrol.

- They get nervous.
- They'll get over it.

I've got one more thing.

Hal is in here with me,
but my sons, Matt and Ben...

...and my daughter, Lexi,
and Anne are lost.

I will look, but I can make no guarantees
I will find them.

I know you can find them.

You found me.

One thing I have learned...

...these ghetto camps are worldwide, Tom.

We do not know
what the Espheni's new plans are...

...for their human prisoners...

...but I'm afraid the human race
is facing extinction.

I appreciate you putting yourself at risk.

Thanks, chief.

Keep the faith, chief.

Now, what if we just took
the damn zeppelin out?

Yeah, right.

Good luck with that.

You need more than luck, my friend.

Your first problem
is getting through that defense perimeter.

And who the hell are you?

Dingaan Botha.

Phoenix Utilities, Johannesburg.

I see you haven't heard of it.

No.

I saw the way you stand up to that clown
who hoards the food.

I admire your ability to take a punch.

Oh, funny guy.

Where'd you come from?

Breaking in, breaking out.

That's what I'm here to discuss.

- Discuss what, now?
- I've escaped from these ghettos before.

Richmond, Greensboro, Charlotte.

Each time, the black hornet found me,
carried me to the next drop.

Each time, I escaped again.

There is a way out.

Need me more than ever, huh?

So, Jesus, Mason.
What the hell are you up to?

Sounds like you're feeling better.

I found a way to sneak back
into the general population.

Hmm. I gathered that. What I don't get
is if you can get out of here...

...why the hell would you come back?

I told you, I'm working
on a way out of here.

For all of us.

What are we waiting for?

Still too risky.

We don't know enough
about the enemy yet.

As long as they think I'm rotting
in here with you...

...they won't suspect
I'm out getting information.

You wanna fill me in, Tom?

Where are my guns, Maggie?

I told you, we put down our guns.

I know Lourdes and the others are talking
like religious freaks about peace and love.

I can't make sense
of what's happening to Lexi.

But you can't tell me that you're like them,
because I know you and I'm not buying it.

I've spent every day for months
walking this perimeter...

...looking for some sign of encroachment.
Nothing.

Look, Lexi says if we pick up our guns,
they pick up theirs.

Maybe she's right.

- Maggie.
- I've been running from the devil my whole life.

Been a fighter since the day I was born.

First against my father...

...then against cancer...

...against every stinking skitter
and mech out there.

I'm still a fighter, Ben.

I'm telling you, there's no fight anymore.

I know you're not crazy,
but the minute a mech finds this place...

You wanna see something crazy, Ben?

A few months ago,
a mech did find this place...

...just after you were
injured protecting Lexi.

I wanted to kill it or run.

A lot of people did.

But Lexi told us we didn't have to.

She kept saying, "Wait. Wait."

And then...

I swear to God, Ben,
it was struck by a bolt of lightning.

It was a miracle.

Suddenly...

...everything in the world seemed to stop.

I mean, I don't know how it happened.
It was a stormy night...

...but Lexi said it was gonna happen,
and then it did.

Maybe Lexi does have the answer
to ending this war.

I mean, who am I to say she's wrong?

Who are you to say it?

They're not harnessing kids anymore,
because they've got a new plan.

To brainwash us until we don't even believe
what we see with our own eyes.

We're pretending to go along.

For now.

But then we're gonna
screw these guys hard.

You in?

Hell, yeah.

That dream again?

It's a memory.

I'm on the Espheni ship.

And Karen...

...is somehow touching me...

...inside.

I have to find Lexi.

I'm gonna create a distraction.

We're gonna build an escape plan...

...while they're out chasing phantoms.

You really think
we can find a way out of here?

Put your family back together?

Not just my family.

Our family.

The 2nd Mass.

Well, count me in.

Well, that's good.

You better get some sleep, partner.

Because pretty soon
the gloves are coming off.