Last Light (2022–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Illumination - full transcript

Previously on "Last Light..."

This Dr. Yeats, what do we know?

He's an oil industry contractor.

- How does a contamination grow?
- Because it's alive.

I developed a bacteria
with a partner, Tobias Heller.

You and your best friend

wrote that shit out
25 years ago.

It was an academic exercise.

We've got, like, a day
to figure out

how to turn this around

or the world is gonna
change forever.



Your dad was
an environmentalist?

I think we need to get this
to someone in government.

His family are all that matter
to him.

If we find his wife, he behaves.

He's blind! He can't see.

This is James Bradford.

We've developed intel linking
him to Apocalypse Watch.

That's Tobias Heller.

Why do you have this?

- I was just trying to protect you.
- Time to go.

- Get your hands off me!
- Time to go!

We need to engineer a virus.

As long as there's oil
for the bacteria to consume,

it will continue to grow.



They've taken Sam.

I'm at Folkestone
Immigration Center.

- Elena!
- Andy?

Let's go get our boy.

We're looking
for Tobias Heller.

He must be on TV.
It's all over the country.

Karl Bergmann is Tobias Heller.

He's on the PM's task force.

Hi. You're Laura?

Can we go check on Mercy?

I want to make sure she's okay.

Sure we can. Yeah.

Laura?

Laura!

Oh, my God.

They've ransacked the place.

All right, let's go check
on Mercy.

Laura?

Laura?

See? She's all good.

We're home now, safe and snug.

No, it's sleep time, buddy.

Come on, let's go.

- He went out like a light.
- Good.

There's nothing in her diary,
there's nothing in her planner.

I'm gonna bike over to Jill's
and see if she's there.

Yeah, or if not, maybe, uh,
maybe Robin's.

Robin...

- Beachwood Drive.
- Beachwood Drive.

Jill, Robin.

Where is that?

What the hell?

Laura? Where are you?

Where are you, sweetheart?

Laura, are you, are you okay?

Who is that with you?

"I have your daughter.

"You are going to do
exactly as I say,

otherwise I will kill her."

You will receive instructions.

Dad?

Please.

Call incoming.

Number unknown. Here we go.

Coming in on Mr. Yeats'
computer.

Ready in five, four...

- What do I do?
- Just answer it.

Look at me if you don't
know what to say.

Ready.

- Baby. Baby...
- Laura.

"I have killed for my cause,

"but what I do
I do for all of us,

"and I will keep doing it
until I see real change.

"Andy, I've arranged
for us to meet.

And there, the world will hear
my list of demands."

Baby, are you okay?

- Tell us you're okay.
- "When my demands are met,

I will return your daughter."

Laura...

"I will text you instructions.

"And as I'm sure
MI6 is listening,

"let them be warned.

It's Laura Yeats's life
they play with."

Tobias, stop.
You've got to stop this.

He can't hear you.
It's a recording.

Smart. Can't trace
his actual location.

"You will meet me alone.

"Fail to follow my instructions,

and I will not be responsible
for what happens to her."

Mom, Dad.

Oh, my God.

Help me!

Help me! Help!

Get this off me.
Get this off me.

I'm guessing your parents
just watched

your outstanding performance.

Look, I get what you're
trying to do here,

but I don't see what I have
to do with any of this.

You're going to help me
correct your father's thinking.

You don't know my father.

Well, I know that when it comes
to what's really important,

he's got his head in the sand.

And when it comes
to listening to you

and what really matters,

he's just not engaged, is he?

That is none of your business.

You're a very dynamic
young woman, Laura.

Capable of many things.
Your dad ever tell you that?

What are you doing here?

Everything we can.

And we're running out of time.

What do we do, Andy?
I don't know the right thing.

We have to do what he says.

You can't go on your own.

What choice do we have?

I'm scared.

I know.

So am I.

We should go together.

I'll come with you.

I know you would.

But we have to think about Sam.

Andy, you'll be wearing
a device.

We'll be tracking you
the whole time.

Can you guarantee that
he won't detect it?

No, I can't, but I can guarantee
that without it

he'll have complete power
to do whatever he wants

to you and your daughter.

- And you heard what he said.
- I heard him say come alone.

He shut down the whole world.

This is not a man
to underestimate.

I'm not underestimating him.

Show me the tracking device.

Go ahead, try it.

I'm not hungry.

It's all living food,
just the way you like it.

So you've been
spying on me, too.

It's all over your livestream.

I like to follow all the young
voices of the movement.

You're our future, after all.

We're not in the same movement.

You're a terrorist.

I'm not a terrorist, Laura.

What's being done to our planet,

now, that's terrorism.

Do you think I'm being
overly dramatic,

or do you agree
that we're there?

You know what I'm
talking about, don't you?

Tipping point.

Yes. The point of no return.

With what you've seen
with your eyes,

read in the science,
are we there?

- Maybe.
- Maybe?

- Yeah.
- Yes.

And people like us have been
shouting alarms for decades.

We've marched, we've rallied,
we've thrown red paint.

We laid down across motorways

and runways, and what has
really changed?!

The first Earth Day was in 1970,

and since then things have
only got worse.

I need you to understand, Laura,
that what we're doing...

it's the only way.

It's the only way
to wake the dead.

And I didn't say that, you did.

When our group's actions
grounded flights worldwide,

we effectively killed
the aviation industry.

That's a CO2 emissions
reduction of...

That's over a billion tons.

Yeah.

- Huh.
- Over a billion tons.

Probably easier to eat, huh?

Good?

I trust you, Laura.

I trust that you
understand, here,

that what we're doing

is the only way.

And it's worth dying for.

We're all in position, sir.

He'll figure this out
eventually, but until he does

it will keep you close.

You understand
his first instruction?

I have the address.

That's just what you'll do,
nothing more.

No heroics, Professor.

And don't worry,
we'll be right here

watching over your shoulder.

Team two and three,
get in position.

Yeats is two minutes
from the first location.

Let's go get him.

You're not gonna
hurt him, are you?

No. I'm trying to help him.

He's not the enemy.

Your dad works for one of
the most destructive industries

the world has ever known.

I'm not telling you
to hate your dad, Laura.

I'm merely telling you
the truth.

Ready, sir.

I know this place.

I'm in position under the arch.

Andy?

Yeah.

Andy Yeats, right?

Oh...

It's been a long time.

Welcome to our end
of the world party.

Bill, right?

Yeah, that's me.

Pints on the house
for old time's sake.

Did you know that I was coming?

A mate of yours come
in the pub yesterday.

Don't recall his name. Um...

Guy with a temper.

- Tobias.
- Yeah, that-that's-that's it.

Anyway, he said you might
be dropping by,

to give you this.

Cheers.

Andy?

- Yeah, I'm here.
- Andy, how are you?

- It's been what?
- It's been a while.

What do you want me to do?

- See if you can get a lock on that signal.
- We're on it.

I thought you'd appreciate being
back in our old spot.

Very romantic.

But you remember
all our times there?

What we talked about,
what we came up with?

What difference does it make?

I need you to remember, Andy.

We talked about
a lot of things, Tobias.

Yes, we talked
and we did the math

and we planned, didn't we?

Look, I, I need to talk
to my daughter.

And I need you
to remember, Andy.

So does Laura.

Just to make sure
nothing happens.

No, don't-don't do anything.
I remember.

I know why you brought me
back to this place.

Yeah.

We were supposed to meet here
that night.

Yeah.

And I didn't show.

It was a fucking
bad idea, Tobias.

It still is.

Just, just tell me
what I got to do.

He's coming out. Stay on him.

Andy's on the move.

Shut them down.

- Wait, what's happened?
- Checking.

Malware attack, ma'am.
It's attacking our servers.

Well, fix it, please. Someone!

What's going on?

He's hacked into our
surveillance network.

He's up ahead.

- He could be in trouble.
- Don't lose him.

Team two, you got him?

We have a visual,

yes, sir.

Why is he going so fast?

He's heading east
towards the river.

We'll meet him at the underpass.

I need eyes on him now.

- Team three is on him.
- We see him.

He's at the train tracks.
We'll follow him.

Don't stop.
As fast as you can now, Andy.

He's now between the tracks.

We cannot see him anymore.

He must have changed direction.

Where are you, Andy?

Can you see him?

I've lost visual.

Yes, we're just ahead.

Wait, wait, wait, wait.
We're back in business.

- Do you have him?
- He's moving.

He stopped.
His location's with you.

I'm going to him now.

I'm on my way.

Copy that. We'll be right there.

- We lost him.
- Shit.

MI6 are so predictable.

You're enjoying this.

No, Andy, I'm not.

Just up ahead
there's a boat waiting.

Get in.

What the hell happened
out there?

Do we have any leads?

Any idea where he might
have gone at all?

We're expanding
the search perimeter now.

We need to find him.

The bacteria is spreading.

Look, if we have any hope,
we need Yeats

- back in the lab.
- We've got a lead.

A car abandoned
outside Whitehall.

We believe it's the car
Laura Yeats was driving.

- We have an ID?
- Just came in off registration.

The owner's name is
Ashford Stephen Wiles.

- Where's Mr. Wiles now?
- He's dead, ma'am.

Fatal gunshot wound yesterday.

- You think he's involved?
- Known associate:

Apocalypse Watch.

Good work.
Get us that address.

Let's go.

Clear. Area clear.

Let's move out.

Come on.

Sterns, anything
on device recovery?

Uh, everything is encrypted.

We can crack it, but we'll
need to bring it in.

- Sir?
- What is it?

Something you should see.

Sweet Jesus.

Bag and tag all of this.

Photos and prints.
I want everything.

Yes, sir.

Sterns, you're a football
fan, right?

I try and keep up, sir.

- Go, Gunners.
- Yeah, Thetford Football Club.

Uh, not a club I've heard of.

There's a Thetford Industrial
Estate, but it's-it's derelict.

Could be something from
back in the day, a company club.

- Where is it?
- Uh, South London. New Cross.

Let's check it out.
Let's go!

This way.

Where's my daughter?

Close by. She's safe.

After you.

Tobias said that
you'd know this place.

- We have a possible location.
- We're en route now.

Grab the team and meet us.
Thetford Industrial Estate.

New Cross SE 18.

Yes, sir. Understood.

- We're on the move. Let's go.
- Where are you going?

We have a lead. We think we know
where they're holding them,

and they need backup.
We'll keep you informed

as soon as we know something.

Stay on location
with the subjects.

Monitor the line
for any new contact.

Yes, sir.

Andy!

Welcome back to Thetford.

I need to see her.

Of course.
You'll see her in time.

But first let's have
a little chat.

What the fuck are you doing,
Tobias?

Targeting me is one thing,
but... my family?

Your daughter will be fine.

Did you know that there are only

a few scientists
in the entire world

who can fix this crisis in time?

And two of them are
standing right here.

You've done the calculations.

Well, I imagine you have
as well.

We're nearly at zero hour.

The point where the bacterial
load in the oil

becomes irreversible.

The fossil economy
as we know it...

...over.

So all of this was about
getting me out of the equation.

To keep me from stopping you.

Well, that was
the first part, yes.

Let's take a little stroll,
shall we?

So, looks like you're finally
getting your big moment.

Our moment, Andy.
It was always ours.

Laura. Laura.

- Laura.
- Dad.

Oh, my God.

- Are you all right?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

- Did they hurt you?
- No.

Seriously, Dad, I'm fine.
Fine... yeah.

Yankee Zulu Two,
this is Charlie Lima One,

approaching target site
west of woodland.

- Roger, Charlie Lima One.
- Target presumed heavily armed.

I repeat, heavily armed.

Approach with caution.

Entering building now.

Move out.

Go, go, go.

Clear.

Area clear.

Spread out a little.

Is this...?

Did they go to Thetford?

Yes, ma'am. In New Cross.

No. No, that's not right.

What isn't?

What do you mean?

Mum, what is it?

They went to the wrong place.

It's not
Thetford Industrial Estate,

it's Thetford Forest.

Charlie Lima One,
this is Yankee Zulu Two.

Mission aborted. New location
being confirmed. Out.

Your dad and I used to
hike in these woods,

camp out right over there.

Talk for days.
And beer.

There was always lots
of beer, huh?

We were in school together.

A bunch of us used to
hang out here.

Just science nerds
with a playground, that's all.

Well, now, he's being modest.

He was brilliant, inspiring.

Laura, you might want
to capture this.

Always good for social media.

See, your dad here, he knew

we were looking down the barrel

of a catastrophic
climate crisis.

So-so how did you go
from knowing that

to working for
the oil companies?

Now, that is
an excellent question.

Don't stop filming,

I want this whole confession
to be witnessed.

What was it, Andy?

Exxon? BP?
Who first came calling?

And how much was
the signing bonus?

We didn't all grow up
with trust funds, Tobias.

I had to provide for my family.
I took a job.

You're...
you're a fucking terrorist,

and you're gonna go
to jail for it.

Oh, I'm not going to jail.

Isn't this something?

We don't inherit the earth
from our ancestors,

we borrow it from our children.

Why don't we just
get to the point,

what this is really about?

I betrayed you. Is that it?

No, Andy, that's not it.

He didn't betray me, Laura.

He betrayed himself.

Let's go.

Where are the team
with the damn virus?

Patching them in now.

Talk to me.

We're trying everything, ma'am,

but the bacterium's
cellular makeup

may as well be made of titanium.

The viruses can't penetrate.

And the bacteria keeps
on growing. We need Andy.

You see, Laura,

your dad understood
the hyper-problem.

I don't know what that is.

The hyper-problem is
the problem is too big.

- Too big? Exactly.
- Too many people.

Corporations, organizations,

all with different priorities.

And that's where the idea
for the bacteria came from.

A way to align
everyone's priorities.

I don't understand.

People pull together in crisis.

So your dad came up
with a crisis.

An oil-eating bacteria.

Yeah, but that was
to clean up oil spills.

We were just kids.

It was an experiment,
a college boy challenge.

It was never a fucking plan!

That's a lie. It was a plan.

To use the bacteria as a weapon.

He just didn't have the courage
to see it through.

Courage?

People are dying, Tobias.

How much death is acceptable
for you to impose your solution?

Seven million people
die each year

from air pollution alone,
and we do nothing.

What more evidence will it take
to convince people

of the absolute calamity
we're facing?

So, show me another way.
Change my mind.

Power from wind and solar
has more than doubled.

The internal combustion engine
is done, over.

Not-not in decades, but now.

- You're talking half measures.
- No.

These are huge leaps

in turbine
and-and solar capacity.

Carbon capture.

There are serious people working
on serious solutions.

The world has turned a corner.

It will take radical action!

"A cause worth dying for."

Those...

were your exact words, Andy.

Yes.

I did say that.

All this time, he's been right,
and you've known it.

I know you think I don't care
about your beliefs.

Maybe I just...
I didn't want to admit

how desperate the situation is.

I didn't want that to be
the truth of the world

that my daughter is
growing up in.

But it is the truth.

Yes, it is.

And I denied that.

And every time you
brought it up,

I pushed it further away.
I-I pushed you away.

And I'm so sorry.

But this...

what he's doing...

this is not the answer, Laura.

Laura...

...don't you see?

We're just trying to finish
your father's work.

Dad, stop. Stop.

Let him go.

Laura...

W-What are you doing?

People are dying...

...and you expect me
to help you?!

- Fuck you!
- Run!

I want them alive.

Head out!

- come on, come on, let's go.
- Okay.

- This is Charlie Lima One.
- Approaching new target location.

Five mikes inbound.

Charlie Lima One,
this is Yankee Zulu Two.

Operation order changed.

I say again,
operation order changed.

Shoot to kill.

I repeat, shoot to kill.

Here. Right here.

Move out.

Target location two mikes out.

Proceeding on foot.

Hey.

- We're gonna be okay. Okay?
- Yeah.

You stay here.
I'm gonna create a diversion,

and then you run.

Hey!

Hey, stay where you are!

Shots fired.

Andy.

No way out.

Andy.

Andy...

you're making this harder
than it has to be.

Just let it go, Tobias.

You've done enough damage.
You made your point.

It's not about making a point.

It's about passing the baton.

I know who you really are.

What's inside you.

Don't you see, Andy,

I'm giving you the chance
to redeem yourself?

Drop it!

Everybody down
on the ground now!

Drop the gun! I said down!

Drop it! Drop it!

Drop it!
Drop it!

Drop the gun. Now!

It'll all be up to you, Andy.

You know how to write
the next chapter.

I thought you went home.

I did.

Family's good.

I just needed to know
how it ended.

Ended? It just began.

- Tobias?
- Dead.

As the martyr he wanted to be.

- Andy?
- Alive.

As Tobias wanted it as well.

He creates the darkness,
Andy helps lead us out.

They're partners again,
to the end.

I suppose Andy was right.

Tobias was smarter
than us all.

What now?

Things are gonna change,
to say the least,

but the world still turns.

So...

we just carry on,
for our children.

We get on with the business
of what we do.

Of who we are.

What a mess we've made.

It should have been hell.

It should have been
the end of the world.

And, for a time, it was.

People reverted
to their base instincts.

But this is how we got here
in the first place.

We'd had enough.

People decided
to work together...

...to stop pointing fingers
and selling lies,

and to get on with the future.

Unchained by corrupt governments
and lying bureaucrats,

entire nations came together.

The collective wisdom,
intelligence, ingenuity

and creative vision of
every person on earth

focused on one thing:

a better tomorrow.

This is what saved us all
from a new dark age.

Us. The people, unchained.

Suddenly, technology that
didn't even seem possible

blossomed in the blink
of an eye.

Because it was allowed to.

We realized what we knew
to be true all along.

Together, we can do anything.

It's so beautiful.