Hostages (2013–2014): Season 1, Episode 10 - Burden of Truth - full transcript

Narrator:
Previously on hostages.

Do you have a boyfriend?

Is someone abusing you?

That's what this is about?
Who did this to you, morgan?

Get your hands
off her!

Boyd.
Just put the gun down.

You're not going to hurt her ever again.

Drop it!

I need you to drive me to the
attorney general's office right away.

What's this all about?

Hoffman: I also need
somebody to watch my back.



I think we have a flat tire.

You need a hand,
agent logan?

Like I said, quentin.
I'm sorry.

Vanessa: The chief of staff
has suffered a heart attack.

And your wife is the
president's daughter, isn't she?

Yes.

Why don't you just ask him for the bone
marrow, why do you have to kill him?

Because he doesn't
know she's alive.

If he did,
he'd kill her.

Why would the president
want to kill your wife?

Her very existence
is a threat to him.

So, you're telling me, he's so afraid
of a scandal that he would commit murder.

Yes.

This is crazy.



And, assassinating him, how does that
even help you get his bone marrow?

It was the only way
to get near him.

I needed allies, resources, people inside
the white house to help arrange all this.

So, we went to
kincaid's enemies.

They were willing to assist, on the
condition that we guaranteed his death.

And, what about your team?
Archer, sandrine...

They're what,
hired guns?

Do they know
all this?

So you lie to them, too.

I told them what
they need to know.

And I suggest you do the same
with your family, especially brian.

Do you trust
how he'll react?

You are out
of your mind.

Innocent people are
dead because of you.

I didn't want it to happen
this way, but I'm in too deep.

If I back out now,
they'll get rid of me.

And anybody else
who's involved.

My family.

And your family.

You're an fbi agent,
you can make a deal.

Go to the police, the prosecutors,
there's a way out of this.

There isn't.

I can't stop this thing.

And neither can you.

Well, I don't accept that.

What if I go
to the president?

I'm meeting with his chief of staff
tomorrow, I could tell him what's going on.

I don't think so.

The chief of staff just died
of a heart attack an hour ago.

the chief of staff, and
now hoffman's dead, too?

Just saw it
on the news.

Police believe he was the victim
of an attempted carjacking.

Hoffman I can understand. He was
getting too close to the truth.

But creasy?
Why'd they take him out?

Creasy was never the boss.

Maybe the people up
the chain got cold feet.

Decided to shut down the
operation. Eliminate loose ends.

If that's true,
why aren't we dead?

The night's still young.

Brian: Hoffman's murder
wasn't a coincidence.

I just spoke to the guy,
he knew what was going on.

Duncan and his friends are
nervous and they took him out.

It's possible.

"it's possible"?

Well, I don't think they
would murder a federal agent.

What are you talking about? They just
gunned down a teenager in our house.

They'll do anything to
get rid of the president.

I have a feeling it's more
complicated than that. Why?

I just do.

I don't think
they're terrorists.

I think there's
something else going on.

This leaves us in a bad spot. We don't
know who we're dealing with anymore.

Logan's our only partner now.

Partner?
I'm not so sure.

I don't like the fact that he didn't
give us a heads up about hoffman.

Or creasy.

It's not a good sign.
I'm meeting him tomorrow.

I'll get some answers then.
Just watch your step.

Ellen figured it out.
Excuse me?

Nina.

Her relationship to the
president. The bone marrow.

The more people who know, the
more complicated this becomes.

She's smart.

She understands that.
I know she's smart.

But will she keep
her mouth shut?

Brian: Do you know something
that you're not telling me?

Like what? I don't know.
That's why I'm asking.

Do you know why
duncan is doing this?

No.

I have no idea.

Mrs. Kincaid: One of my
assistant's was there.

She saw it with her own eyes,
said it was horrible.

Gasping and convulsing...

I can't even think about his
poor wife and their little girl.

It's tragic.

Yeah.

I never cared for
quentin, but...

But any time a young man dies in
the prime of his life... Like peter?

Sort of.

What do you mean, "sort of"?

The truth is, peter was partially
responsible for his own death.

You think it was peter's
fault that his plane crashed?

It was his fault that he thought he
was invincible and could fly a plane

Over the rockies, at night, after
20 straight hours of campaigning.

Don't look at me like that. I
loved him as much as you did.

For god's sake,
I practically raised him.

But that doesn't mean we shouldn't
be honest about what happened.

I agree.

The way that my sister compartmentalizes,
and rationalizes, it's...

It's infuriating. "peter
was too brash, so, he died."

There you go.
As simple as that.

Well, she didn't
want to face the truth.

It's just, I wanted to say to her,
god, I wanted to tell her so badly,

The reason peter died is because
your husband had him killed.

Well, I'm glad you
restrained yourself.

Here.

It wasn't easy, I swear.

Don't worry.

He'll pay for what he did.

He better.

Are you losing faith?
I'm losing patience.

And confidence.

I still have no idea if this
doctor is going to come through

Or if the fbi agent
is doing his job.

Vanessa, what
are you saying?

I'm saying it's time for
us to get more involved.

Duncan: I heard about
our friend, stan hoffman.

Logan: Yeah. Sad. Another
random act of violence.

I thought we were going to
take care of that together.

Clock was ticking. Had
to take care of it myself.

So, do you have the or
schematics? No, not yet.

Security plan
isn't final yet.

Surgery's in five days.

I'll see what I can do.

My contact had a heart attack
last night. Who do I talk to now?

Should I be insulted?
You have me.

My deal was with creasy.

Not you.

So, with all due respect, I need to know
my side of this is being taken care of.

If they want to reach
out to you, they will.

Simple as that.

Oh, one more thing.

The five minute window you
requested in the operating room?

What about it? It's getting
harder to make those arrangements.

That's non-negotiable.

Why do you need
all that time?

We made a deal. I expect you
and your partners to honor it.

I'll let them know.

I just talked to our
friend at the fbi. And?

Hoffman: He wants
direct contact with you.

It's not gonna happen.
He talks to you.

That's what I told him.

I got his cell number.
You ready?

Go ahead.

202-555-0163.

it's encrypted.
I can't hack it.

So how do we get access?

We need a warrant.

A warrant? What are you talking
about, like going to a judge?

Who said anything
about a judge?

I said we need a warrant, I
didn't say it needed to be real.

The president seems
to be a reasonable man.

Did you even try to
approach him directly?

I told you,
that's not an option.

But how could
you be so sure?

So, he had an illegitimate
child. That was over 30 years ago.

Kincaid raped
nina's mother.

What?

Kincaid was a young
congressman at the time.

Nina's mother was
a young journalist.

She went to his hotel room.
For an interview.

And he raped her.

A few weeks later, she threatened
to go public with her story.

Kincaid tried
to buy her silence.

How could you
possibly know all this?

Burton delaney was one of
kincaid's closest advisors.

He told me what
happened next.

Kincaid: I didn't force myself on her,
burton. Now, you believe me, right?

It's not about
what I believe.

It's about your reputation.

Burton: Your political future.

You're on the cusp
right now, paul.

This accusation could
derail your entire career.

I gave you the money
to pay her off.

She wouldn't take it.

Double the offer.
Everyone has a price.

Not this one.

We need to take a
different approach.

Well, what exactly
are you saying?

I'm saying this is a problem
that won't go away on its own.

If you can't buy silence, you have
to eliminate the source of the noise.

The woman's name
was kate renner.

Burton knew her.

He couldn't go
through with it, so...

He helped her get
out of the country.

A few months later, he found out she
was pregnant with kincaid's child.

Where is she now?
She died in childbirth.

Oh...
Burton adopted the girl.

Nina.
Raised her.

He never told her or
anybody else the truth.

The only reason he
told me is because...

Because nina got sick.

So, now do you understand?

Kincaid is not
a reasonable man.

Hey, boyd. It's dad.

Did you get
my last message?

I haven't heard from you in a couple
of days. Hey, call me back, buddy.

Trying you again.
Hey, call me back.

Uh, I'm sure you're fine,
but, uh, I'm getting worried.

Okay? Talk soon.
I love you.

Yeah, it must have fallen out of his
pocket when he climbed in the window.

But this is the first time
I heard it ring, I swear.

Relax, I believe you.

What if boyd's dad goes to the
police? What are we gonna do?

Maybe there's a
medical solution.

If there were a medical solution, do you
really think I'd be going through all this?

Let me review nina's files, maybe
I'll come up with something that...

I've talked to the best
oncologists in the world, ellen.

There are no
other solutions.

Look, I'm sure
you're right.

But if I'm going to be
standing over that man,

Watching him die
on the operating table,

I can't be wondering if nina could
have been saved some other way.

You're right.

Read the files.
Examine everything.

You'll come to the
same conclusion I did.

I'll send over nina's medical
records to your office today.

Mr. President. I'm afraid he
was needed in another meeting.

Ted jankowski.
Acting chief of staff.

It's nice to
finally meet you.

Something I can help you
with? Uh, yes, there might be.

First of all, my
condolences on quentin.

I met him a few times.
Great loss.

I need to speak
with the president.

He and I were supposed to
discuss a major policy initiative.

What initiative?
I'm afraid it's classified.

I'm sorry, but the president's
schedule is fully booked.

We can set something
up for next week.

Uh, this matter
is time sensitive.

Any chance I can get even a brief
meeting on schedule sooner than that?

Sorry, it's a busy week.

Ellen? I found something
in your wife's files.

1,249 people were tested,
not one of them was a match.

But there was one anonymous
donor who came close.

How close?

28%.

So? That's not enough
for a viable transplant.

I know, but this person could be
a relative, maybe even a sibling.

What I'm saying is, this person
could lead us to a better match.

If there were a better
match, we'd already know.

I'm trying to save your wife.

What do you need?

Uh, name and address.

Give me the donor number.

With creasy gone,
I've got no damn access.

You still think kincaid will go
public with oti before the surgery?

Possibly.

I don't know.
Why roll the dice?

What are you saying?
Oti is important.

Don't give this bastard a chance
to take that away from you.

Do we really want to bet the future
of this country on dr. Sanders?

Or duncan carlisle?

They tried and failed.

Why should we believe they'll
pull it off this time, hmm?

Fair enough, but what
other options do we have?

It's not that easy
to kill the president.

What did you find? The name of your
mystery donor is sally whitaker.

I'm texting you
her address now.

Okay, perfect. I'll let you
know what I come up with.

Man: Can I help you?

I'm looking for sally
whitaker. Is she in?

I'm afraid she's not.

do you know when she'll be back?
I really need to speak with her.

What for?

Oh, I'm sorry, I'm with
the reston blood bank.

I tried calling a few times,
but I couldn't get through.

Um, it's about a recent
donation sally made.

I have the paperwork
here somewhere.

Do you mind if I
come in for a moment?

Okay.

But, uh, you must have
some kind of a mix-up.

sally never mentioned
anything about giving blood.

Are you sure? Our records
indicate she did make a donation.

It was earmarked for a very
sick patient, nina carlisle?

Never heard of her.

Man: Miss?

Are you all right?

Sorry, I just,
uh, that photo there...

It just looks like
someone I know.

Oh, yeah. Them. Um...

Yeah, there, uh,
friends of my wife.

Okay, well, I'm sorry
to have bothered you.

Uh, can I just trouble
you for a glass of water?

I've been driving in
the car all day, I just...

Sure.

Thank you.

I understand the president's going to new
york tomorrow. You have his full itinerary?

Logan:
They just issued it to us.

I'm talking about his
unofficial itinerary.

The one that includes his
off-the-record meetings.

I will.

I'm on his detail tomorrow.

He'll have at least one
off-the-record meeting tomorrow.

I want exact details. Time and
place. Operational security.

Everything.

Copy that.

Logan, one more thing.

I'm gonna need you to get
in touch with somebody.

Woman: Hey, sweetie. I'm with
customers, can I call you right back?

Sorry, my name's ellen.

I found this phone in the street and
just called the last number dialed.

Oh, thanks so much,
it belongs to my husband.

Well, I just want to
return it to the owner.

That's so nice of you. I can come
get it wherever is convenient.

Uh, well, I'm driving
right now, where are you?

Uh, north arlington. Near
wilson boulevard and 20th.

Well, I can drop it
over to you if you like.

I have to head over there in
about a half hour, anyway. Really?

You're an angel. I'm in the
antique store on the corner.

See you soon.

man: Yeah?

Raven gave me your number.
Okay, I'm listening.

I'd like to meet in person. It's about
a job opportunity. Where's the party?

I can tell you
everything in person.

But raven said to let you know that it'd
be a platinum level gig, platinum level pay.

Sounds good.

Meet me in 30 minutes
at mitchell park.

Logan: Southwest corner, I'll
find you. Man: See you there.

What, did you use
a fake warrant?

Warrant was real. Signature
was fake. Nobody ever looks.

So, what's this phone
call about? I don't know.

You think it's
anything to do with us?

In the past 24 hours, a secret service
agent and the chief of staff were killed.

The fact that logan's reaching
out to some sort of operative?

It's not good.

Hi. I called you about
your husband's phone.

Oh, hello. I'm just finishing up some
paperwork, why don't you come on back?

Ellen: You have some
beautiful pieces here.

Who the hell are you?

Start talking.

Put the gun down.
Please.

Who are you?

I'm a doctor.

My husband called me. I know you came
to the house. You stole his phone.

What do you want?

I know you're related
to nina carlisle.

You two are a 28% match
for bone marrow type.

Trust me, you don't want
to get involved in this.

I saw the wedding
photo in your hall.

If you knew what was good for you,
you'd leave and never come back.

Well, I can't do that.

I know who you are.

You're kate renner.

Nina's mother.

I haven't heard that name in many years.

Why are you here?

Burton delaney.

He told me your story,
I'm sorry.

It was a lifetime ago.

I've moved on.

I thought you
were dead.

That was the idea.

Must have been hard.

Giving up your child.

What do you want?

Your daughter is sick.

She has leukemia.

She needs a donor.

You're not a close enough match, but
I was hoping you could lead me to one.

If nina has one other blood
relative, there's a chance.

Did you ever have
any other children?

No.

I see.

Well, I'm sorry to
have disturbed you.

Why is nina's life
so important to you?

Because...

I have a family too.

Hi, can I help you?

Yes, I'm john norton.

Boyd's father.

Oh, right.

Boyd. Right okay.

Um, I'm brian sanders.
Come on in.

Nice to meet you.

Morgan's told me
all about your son.

Oh, well...

I'm sure you
heard the news.

No, I haven't.
Everything okay?

Not exactly.

I'm afraid, boyd, uh...

Well, he broke up with your
daughter in a rather cowardly manner.

Oh. Um, okay.

Well, listen,
not to worry.

Boys that age tend to not
have the highest emotional iqs.

John: Yeah, I agree.

That's why I'm here.

I'd like to talk to
morgan, in person.

I feel I owe it to her.

Okay. Sure.

Morgan!

Morgan?

This is mr. Norton.

Boyd's dad.

We've met.

Hello, mr. Norton.

Hi, morgan.

Nice to see you, I...

Wish it were under
different circumstances.

I felt I needed to come over and
apologize to you on my son's behalf.

That's so sweet of you, but
you didn't have to do that.

I'm fine.

Really, I'm okay.

Um, I'm confused.

I'm sorry mr. Sanders,
I thought you knew.

Look, I heard from boyd
about an hour ago.

He told me everything.

This is no
ordinary target.

He's a man,
like any other.

You pull the trigger,
you get paid.

I want double
what you're offering.

I can go back
with that.

Anything else?

Yeah, I pick my team.

Okay.

I'll reach out to you later
today with more details.

Come to think of it,
I do have one question.

Why?

It's okay, mr. Norton. My
parents know that I got pregnant.

Boyd shouldn't have run
out on his responsibilities.

I mean, now is not the time to ship
out on a fishing boat for three months.

Well, he's been talking
about that for a long time.

John: I know.

He has no idea how hard
the work's gonna be.

Morgan:
Well, I don't blame him...

...Mr. Norton and I
certainly don't blame you.

John:
I appreciate that, morgan.

Really, I do.

But you know, it's not
really boyd's fault.

The truth is,

I should have set
a better example.

I wasn't around enough
when he was growing up.

It was nice to see
you again, morgan.

Guess my son has a lot
of growing up to do.

I need your help. Take
a look at this photo.

Sandrine: Who are they?

The guy on the right is our contact in
the secret service. His name's logan.

He met up with that other
guy about a half an hour ago.

Duncan wants to
know who he is.

I'll run it through facial
recognition. See if we get a hit.

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

What happened with
sally whitaker?

She's nina's mother.

What?

Sally whitaker's real
name is kate renner.

Are you positive?

Yes, I...

I saw a picture
of you and nina.

In her house.

And I confronted
her and...

She confirmed everything
you said about kincaid.

She's been living under an
assumed identity all these years.

Duncan: Why didn't you
tell me?

What good would it have
done for me to tell you?

You don't think nina would have
wanted to know her mother was alive?

Of course she would have.
That's why I had to lie.

You think I wanted to keep this
secret? I did it to protect everybody.

Nina, kate, sawyer.

You could have told me.
I could have.

You'd be forced to lie to your wife
every day for the rest of your life.

I carried that burden with
me since she was born.

Trust me.

I did you a favor, duncan.

You know I always
thought of you like a son.

I know you have.

So I'm gonna ask
you one time.

Is there anything else
you haven't told me?

Excuse me? I don't
want any more surprises.

I've told you everything.

Duncan, it's me.

What is it?

Kramer took a photo of a guy
talking to the secret service agent.

You got a name?

Robert harper. Former army
ranger and decorated sniper.

Sniper?

Four tours of duty in iraq.

Over 100 confirmed kills.

Duncan.

What is it?

The guy logan was
talking to in the park.

He's a sniper.

They want to take me out.

They did the math and decided that it was
just too risky to continue the operation.

Creasy, hoffman.
Now me.

They're mopping up.

You should get out of the country. No.

We've come too far.
So, what do you propose?

Shoot the sniper
before he shoots me.

What the hell just happened
back there with boyd's father?

I found boyd's phone.

And his dad kept calling,

So sandrine and I
texted him back.

We made up a cover story, so that
mr. Norton wouldn't go to the cops.

what?

I can't believe you. When
were you going to tell me this?

We didn't know he
was going to come over.

"we"? Hey. We're not on
the same side, morgan.

We have to cooperate
with them.

Besides...
Besides what?

They didn't mean
to kill boyd.

It just... Happened.

Oh, for god sakes.
Morgan, listen.

These people are
holding us hostage.

They're evil.
You see that, don't you?

How are you feeling?
Optimistic.

Now, frankly, I never liked
the idea of sitting back and

Relying on somebody else.
I'm a marine at heart.

Only happy in the mud.
But you clean up so well.

You can't have dirt on your
shoes in the oval office?

That is why I have you
to keep me civilized.

Not too civilized.

What about that
fbi agent?

Carlisle.

I'm handling it.
Good.

Hey, uh...

I'm worried
about morgan.

She's starting to
believe these guys.

What do you mean?

She helped them cover
up boyd's death.

It's like she's...

Part of their team.

She told me what happened. I don't
understand why you're so upset with her.

What do you mean
you don't know why?

I think she did the right
thing, given the circumstances.

We're in too deep. We no longer
have the privilege of being...

Moralistic. What the
hell does that mean?

I think your initial
instinct was right.

Initial instinct? That I
should do what they want.

I know I told you
to cooperate,

But you were the one who
had the strength to say no.

You fought back.

I admire that about you.
You made the right choice.

Too many people have died
since then. You almost died.

All to save one man?

No, I'm not willing to sacrifice our
family for the life of paul kincaid.

Where is that coming from?

Nowhere.

It's just a decision
that I have to make.

That's duncan talking.

What? He's been manipulating
us from the start.

You gotta let me in. We
gotta be together on this.

If I do what he wants,
then we're free.

We cannot trust him.

I disagree.

The guy was hard to track down
but I got an address for you.

Thanks.

Do you need any help?
No, I got it.

And thanks for
sticking around.

Archer was
right about you.

You're good.

I'll take care of
the sniper tonight.

What's wrong?
Nothing.

I, um...

It's about my kid.

Well, go.
I'll cover for you.

Thanks.

What do you want?

This was in
boyd's pocket.

Guess he meant
it for you.

Hey.

Where did you
bury him?

Don't think about that.
Just keep the ring.

Did you kill him?

I went to his apartment,
but he wasn't there.

He's on a plane to new
york city right now.

If he's trying to kill you, why
is he on his way to new york?

Because I'm
not the target.

The president is.

He's scheduled to be in
new york all day tomorrow.

The question is,
where and when?

How are they planning
to take him out?

Glad you could make it.

Where's my son? Safe and
sound. With his father.

Call him if you
don't believe me.

I just needed to
make sure you'd show.

What do you want?

I have a business
proposition for you.

Low risk.
High reward.

My kid is the one who
believes in fairy tales.

Not me.

I need a friend inside
duncan's operation.

A friend?

You're talking to
the wrong girl.

Okay, a spy.

Better?

What are you offering?

He spends the morning at the un,
but security there is far too tight.

Lunch and photos at the
new york stock exchange

And then a meeting at
the federal reserve.

Both hard targets.

Doesn't seem viable.

Here.

At 5:30, the president
has scheduled a meeting

With mike petrocelli,
head of the teamsters.

That meeting is a fiction.

How do you know?

Kincaid's got the unions
in his pocket for years,

And he hates petrocelli, he's
not wasting an hour with him.

Unless it's an election year.

So where do you
think he's going?

To church.

What?

When I was in his camp,

He always stopped by st.
Theodore's when he was in new york.

The church is on
broadway and 24th,

Which is five minutes away
from his 4:30 meeting.

You think that's where
he's going to be? I do.

And it's the perfect
place to take him out.

If they succeed, nina dies.

Then we need to
get there first.