Last Resort (2012–2013): Season 1, Episode 13 - Controlled Flight Into Terrain - full transcript

I'm concerned about the captain

and the decisions
he's been making.

You're talking about mutiny.

Whoever drew
the short straws will be lashed.

Senior Chief Petty Officer
Harold Anders,

you are hereby
relieved of duty.

I'll see you in hell, Sir.

What I propose
is a partnership.

We can take care
of this island together.

There's a future.
Maybe I'll be part of it.

There are powerful people
organizing a coup d'etat.



May God help us all.

Oh, no.

The only mistake you made
was being on the losing side.

Tell me from your gut
that I'm wrong,

because this is happening,
one way or the other.

I know what you're up to, Joe.

You want to wear the big hat?

Come take it off my head.

I've got Prosser and his men.

I've got Lieutenant Shepard
and the sub.

Lieutenant Shepard, I need you
to declare your intentions.

Fire one flare if you're
with the XO.

Two flares if you're with me.

Thanks for cooperating.
Kind of perfect, isn't it,



you being the one to bring
the captain to me?

{pub}Wes.

Been a long time.

You a bag man now, Hop?

You a kidnapper?

Guess we've both seen
better days.

Money's good.

Where is she?

Take care of her.

She didn't deserve this.

I pledge allegiance to the flag

of the United States
of America...

and to the republic
for which it stands.

You remember that, Marcus?

Come on, Sir.
Give us a speech.

Call me a traitor.
Call me a liar.

You're quite the coward.

Coward.

Ah, I didn't see
that one coming. Touche, Sir.

I expected as much
from the COB.

At least he had the nerve

to come to me and tell me to my face.

The rest of 'em? Opportunists,
scared, impressionable kids.

But you? You don't have
the luxury of those excuses.

I don't need any excuse.
I didn't want any excuse.

I didn't tell you
about the mutiny

because I couldn't be certain
of your response.

Oh, I would've done
what was necessary.

See, that's not comforting
coming from the man

who flogged his own men
like animals

and rolled out
the red carpet for Zheng.

It's that or starve.

Well, then we should've starved

and left.

I mean, what is-- what is this
place to you, Marcus, huh?

For the rest of us,
this is just a stop.

For you, this is your new home,
isn't it?

Marcus-stan.
Population-- 1.

Lieutenant Cahill.

Captain, the EWS
just picked something up

on radar.

Chaplin.

There are three warships
converging on my island.

I will not accept
Chinese troops here.

I thought I made myself
perfectly clear.

Last night, your crew
made it very clear

you're not able to maintain
order on Sainte Marina.

Turn your ships back
or explain to your superiors

why I'm targeting Shanghai
with a trident.

Our countries are
on the brink of a war

that could be triggered
by any uncertainty.

Will you be the one
to tip the balance?

You're threatening me
with a nuclear war?

I'm sorry, Marcus.

It was just a matter of time

before someone
called your bluff.

Cahill,

I'm headed to the Colorado
to engage the Chinese fleet.

- You take the rest of the men
and secure the EWS. - Aye, Sir.

Cortez.

If you so much
as smell mutiny on him,

take command by any means.

Sir, what about the XO?

He's with me.

Lock the former XO in here.

Establish communications
with EWS.

This is a combat mission.

They're coming, aren't they?

I want a guard on him
at all times.

Lieutenant Shepard,

the underway watch stations
are unmanned.

Sorry, Sir.

There were too many.

I guess we're gonna do it
your way after all, COB.

By article 10-88
of the Naval Code,

I relieve you
of your command, Sir.

On your orders,
the boat's been emptied.

The last watch is being
sent to shore as we speak.

In five hours, we'll rendezvous
with the US fleet

and put this whole
sorry episode behind us.

I'm gonna need
your firing key, Captain.

And the one you took
off the XO.

What should we do with him?

Float check
that son of a bitch.

You touch him, and you'll need
a turkey baster to have kids.

Sir, if you'll kindly
follow me.

COB just took Chaplin below.

How long to get the Perseus
online, Chief?

It'll take as long as it takes.

Just be ready on your end.

Your men are a bunch
of mercenaries, Joe.

You know better than to
trust these--

Save it.

My men may be young,
dumb, and undisciplined,

but at least they don't
conspire with foreign nationals

to sell out their country.

If you're meeting the blockade,

why prepare the Perseus, COB?

Who you planning on
hiding from?

You know anything about this?

No, COB.

Keep your distance.

The little one knows karate,

and the big one fights dirty.

Don't say a word.

I track three Chinese vessels

on intercept with the Colorado.

I have lost contact.

Colorado, this is EWS.
Please respond.

Colorado--

Get out. This is
a secure facility.

Does Julian know
what you're doing?

Yes, he does.

Ah, ah. Everything is
changing today, Sophie.

Ms. Girard,
apologies for the intrusion.

These are the transponder codes
for three of my ships.

You'll guide them
to the rendezvous point

where they will meet
the Colorado and board her.

Julian, what are you doing?

What I do best,

providing a valuable service
to a paying client.

You promised.

And you promised
as well, Sophie.

We both promised.

Marcus Chaplin and his XO

will be welcomed
by my country as heroes.

He's lying.

They'll send the captain
and the XO to prison

and trot them out
for propaganda.

Don't touch her!

Ms. Girard, please.

It's not easy,

but it is the best thing
we can do for Marcus now.

What happened?

Fix it now.

Never.

We should have
those coordinates by now.

I can't get through to EWS.

Ma'am, please get communications
back online.

You know, just between
you and me, Lieutenant,

I always thought you were

the hottest piece of ass
on this boat.

Don't.

What kind of grab-ass mission

do you think
we're running here, huh?

Can anyone tell me
why we're going southwest

when the closest American vessel
is due east of our position?

We're not meeting the blockade.

Are you out of
your glue-sniffing mind?

That way is home, son.

Home?

Oh, yeah, the people who
left us starving

and dying on that island, COB?

Called all of us traitors?

And now we're supposed to
go back for what, a medal,

a handshake, and a night shift
at a big-box store?

Do you have any idea what
Zheng offered us for this sub?

Enough to make every one of us
richer than Jay-Z.

Who?

Stand down, COB.

Let him go or we'll shoot you.

Anders?

Who the hell let you
on the boat?

Ohh!

Go after her!

Shit!

Move!

You can't
stay in there forever.

Come on, princess.

We're going to get in there
one way or another.

- A screwdriver?
- Yeah.

You know how I feel about
uniform regulations.

Yeah, we gotta get
this thing out of you.

I'm still gonna have to
write you up.

All right, don't you
bleed out on me.

I don't want you getting red,
white, and blue

all over my submarine.

On three. Ready? One...

two, three.

Ohh! Ah, God!

Sounds like you got
a little mutiny

in your mutiny, Kowalski.

I make that last turn 45 seconds,

which puts our heading
south by southwest.

Why?

Before we left,

the EWS tracked three
inbound Chinese vessels.

They're taking the island.

No, they're taking the sub.

Well, yeah.

Who are you, Sam?

I honestly don't know anymore.

Are you with Prosser
and his mutiny?

You're not?

You're the XO of the Colorado?

But, no, the rank's empty
without the man.

The man doesn't have
what it takes to lead,

to see clearly
what needs to be done

and to do it.

Whoa, whoa, whoa. You talking
about sacrifice again?

Is that what they are to you,

some necessary loss in the sake
of your damn cause?

At least I know
what I stand for.

Do you?

You don't mean anything, Sam.

You suffered a loss?

We all did.

But you let it break you.

Oh, you ran off,
let the COB twist your mind.

No, no, no, no.
Nobody broke me.

Nobody twisted my mind.

I watched you.
I observed you.

Who's the one that taught me

that some orders
should be refused?

You did.

But God forbid it's your
judgment that I question.

- I did what was necessary!
- Well, good for you!

Then the history books will
judge you kindly, won't they?

'Cause that's what you
really want, isn't it?

"He was the captain
that never compromised.

Sure, all his men died,
but he was a great man."

Some battles you cannot win.

Do you hear yourself, XO?

No, I hear myself.

I hear myself loud and clear.

Sometimes a leader needs to
lay down on his sword

for the good of his people.

Redmond, Willard, Trevor, Morales--

Augustino, Cress,
Stanz, Mills--

They didn't die so that
we could go home in chains,

our heads bowed to a lie!

But what did they die for?

And you disgrace
every one of them

- by not being man enough...
- What did they die for?!

...to stand up
for their sacrifice.

This is the honor
of our service.

And every single one of them
believed in that.

But they didn't believe
in you anymore, Sir!

Don't you get that?
They didn't believe in you!

They were scared and confused,

and they wanted to go home!

And all your speeches
and all your talk,

that wasn't
good enough anymore!

Not for any of us!

Captain, I'm gonna need you
to come with me.

Where are you taking him?

You know, you should
worry about yourself.

You touch him...
I'll kill you.

I hope you had a real nice talk

with the old man there, XO,
because here's the thing...

he ain't coming back.

...all of its officers.
Now, moments ago...

Robert?

Two senators...

have confirmed that
the Speaker of the House

is dead
from an apparent suicide...

I wouldn't do that.

High-profile death tonight...

You're late.

I thought you'd be
the next face on that screen.

You're alive.
That's good.

Robert, what happened?

We didn't stand a chance.

Lambs led to slaughter.

Anderson and I
went to the Times.

There was this lady
in the elevator with us.

Seemed like a nice lady,
you know?

She...

she killed Anderson
with a razor.

Th-the doors opened,
and, uh,

she put the knife in my hand
and she's gone.

Okay, look,

I still have resources.
I still have money.

You look so good.

Robert,
are you listening to me?

You should get that.

Mine stopped working
the moment I got in here.

Hello.

Don't speak.
Listen to me, Kylie.

You've put yourself
in grave danger.

Top drawer in the bedroom.
Go there now.

Dad?

Kylie, do you recognize
my voice?

Yes, Sir.

Your father has assured me
that you can be trusted.

Unfortunately,
your country needs proof.

Do you understand?

Yes, Mr. President.

He wants you to kill me...

the man who nuked Pakistan.

Stop drinking.
Get your things.

You don't have a choice.

I'm not gonna do it.

Here's what's gonna happen...

They want some sick proof
of your loyalty?

They're gonna get it.

You're gonna shoot me.

And then you're gonna
go out there

and you're gonna destroy

every single person
who made this happen.

And you're gonna do this
for me.

You're insane.

Nothing would make me do that.

Yes, you will.

Tani, what happened?

My brother discovered
prospectors on our land.

When they wouldn't go,
he sent them running.

They came back with guns.

They beat my brother.

Where are they?

Do you still think
you owe me something, James?

Yeah.

Yeah, I do.

The prospectors
are working for Zheng.

If he goes away,

they go away.

Oh, hell.

Where are Lieutenant Shepard
and the COB?

Locked in the torpedo
room, if you must know.

Anders.

Welcome to your mutiny, Sir.
So glad you could join us.

Now please
fasten your seat belt

- and return your tray
to its stowed position... - Aah!

- ...you son of a bitch.
- Ow!

I told you I'd see you in hell.

Hey, go get
that torpedo door open, huh?

Wait a minute.

Give me the keys.

Sit down!

Chief, Chinese on the line.

This is the USS Colorado.

We're headed to your position

although we don't have your
exact coordinates right now.

As you can see,
we've taken Chaplin prisoner.

There are seven of us
running the boat.

The rest of the crew
has disembarked

prior to our getting underway.

Is there anything
you'd like to add, Sir?

The moment you
touch this submarine,

you've committed an act of war

against the United States
of Am--

If you give this boat
to the Chinese,

you start a war.

You can sail the Colorado
to the blockade--

Man, there is nothing else...

for you,

is there?

Is that why
you are so damn loyal

to a country that hates you?

I'm not like that, Sir.

I still have
a lot of living to do.

Maybe not as much
as you expect.

You see?

That's what I like
about you, Captain.

No matter how hard you try,
the thug always shows through.

Which one of you knows
how to operate this station?

I can.

Ah.

I mean, I know the basics.

You. Good.

Make it work.

Aah.

I think we got it, COB.

You hang in there,

and drinks are on me
once we get topside.

I'm on the wagon, remember?

Right, sorry.

Screw it.

It's a date.

Just make it something brown
from Tennessee.

We can just
pour it through the hole.

Perseus coming online.
Stand by.

They're gonna kill him,
aren't they?

No, that's not the plan.

Come on, Kowalski.
There is no plan.

You trust Hawkes
to come up with a plan?

Hey, shut up!

What is it?

Zheng promised you all
a good deal, is that it?

Even you, Kowalski?

Which you
personally confirmed, right?

I mean, you would have to be
a first-class moron not to--

You really want to shut up now.

Ugh!

Chief,
we're losing reactor power.

Perseus is going offline.

Mess to conn.

The XO kinda got away.

Kowalski, he's in engineering.

Brannan, keep things moving.

We'll have power
back up in a second.

Wallace, let's go.

Lawrence, come here.

All right, I need you
to shut off all unnecessary...

Lawrence?
Lawrence, what's going on up there?

Go, go, go, go.

Lawrence is down!

The captain's escaped!
Where the hell is Brannan?

Kowalski, check level
one. Wallace, you're with me.

Captain, I can
hold 'em off. Find the XO.

- I'm right behind you.
- Thank you, Brannan.

Hey, Wallace!

Why don't you tell 'em
why you cried like a baby

all through boot camp?

Go, Sir. Go!

Because your girl was shacking
with your sister, huh?

True story.

Captain, get down!

Oh, no. No, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no.

Josh...

why'd you do that?

If you have to ask...

He's dead, Captain!

How many more?

How many more?!

Sam.

Prosser's broken ranks
with the mutiny.

He and Grace are barricaded
in the torpedo room.

Anders is
running the show up there now.

I scram'd the reactor,
got the Perseus offline.

I think I can get control
of the planes

and the helm from here.

How'd you get free?

Brannan.

He was your spy?

Yeah.

Anders shot him in the back.

Communications?

We can hear
pretty much everything.

Nothing long range
with the antenna rolled in.

Can probably blast out
to the EWS.

They'll take
the Colorado apart.

Not in any visible way,

but they'll learn her
inside and out

before they hand her back.

I'll scuttle her
before I let that happen.

This can't end with
the Colorado in enemy hands.

What, you think
I need convincing?

This is the
Colorado XO to anyone at the EWS.

Please come in.

This is the Colorado XO
to anyone at the EWS.

Please come in.

S-Sam, it's Sophie.
I can hear you.

Sophie, we've lost control
of the Colorado.

Mutineers are driving the boat
out to meet the Chinese fleet.

Yeah, I know. Zheng has
taken control here.

Can you call Washington?

I'm not sure.

Yes, perhaps.

Okay, I need you to tell them
what's happening.

Tell them we can give them
a target if they can hit it.

I need them to strike
the Colorado, Sophie.

What?

Y-you don't have to
do this.

How will you get off the boat?

Sam?

I know this is
unfair of me to ask,

but this is what I want.

And this is
what needs to happen.

Do you remember the last time
we talked like this?

Only this time, I am not lost.

I know where I need to go,
but I cannot get there alone.

The rest will have to wait.

Okay?

Okay.

Okay.

Ohh.

Ohh.

The captain and the XO
are in engineering.

Kowalski's dead.
Why are we speeding up?

We lost vertical control.

Well, get it back.

Chief, we're receiving
incoming EHF

from EWS Sainte Marina.

Lawrence, what the hell
did you do to this thing?

I didn't do anything, man.
It's jammed.

You guys, shut up!

Captain Hal Anders.

Colorado,
this is Sainte Marina.

US air command confirms strike.

Tracking your signature now.

Return control of the Colorado

to Marcus Chaplin
or you will be destroyed.

What?

No, no. No, no, no.
They-- they're too late.

No, we get command of the boat,

and we'll beat 'em there.

There's no way they touch us
once we're with the Chinese.

What is that?

Two American F/A-18
attack aircraft.

How? How did they know?

Sophie!

Your captain and your friends
are on that ship.

Help me speak with them.

I can get my people
to protect them.

Otherwise, they will die.

I know.

Sorry.

You're kinda gettin' a Little
handsy there, Lieutenant.

Yeah. I missed
the sensitivity training.

That dimwit should know better

than using an arc welder
while we're underway.

Like the USS Bonefish,
electrical fire.

The CO, the OOD,
the helmsman, the radioman--

they were all below deck.
All four of 'em died.

From the fire?

Otto fuel from the torpedoes.

You see, when it burns,

you get yourself cyanide gas.

Attention,
my dearest ex-bosses.

Stop messing
with the submarine,

or so help me,
you're both be dead.

Copy that, conn.
So are you.

He's trying to get under it.

He can't,
not with a belly full of air.

We got helm disabled.

On my second tour
on Hamlin's boat,

the Nevada,

I touched the wrong lead,

and I got 10,000 volts
through the chest.

My heart stopped beating
for 65 seconds.

You never told me that.

And I saw myself
in the corridor of a hospital.

Right outside the room
where Jeffrey was born.

And Angela's inside,
and she's screaming and crying,

and I go to help her.

And instead,
I'm walking on to the conn.

It's my boat now.

I'm captain.

And just outside...

I can hear all the things
that I'm missing.

I hear Jeffrey's graduation,

and Angela laughing
with the boys...

my family going on without me.

And I keep waiting
to feel regret.

I keep waiting
for some realization

of all the terrible,
selfish choices I've made.

But it never comes.

Death is--
is more forgiving.

I'm on the conn of my boat,

heading out into stormy seas,

and I'm at peace.

Yeah, laugh it up, XO.

No, I envy you, Marcus.
I really do.

Even at the end, you're right
where you want to be,

aren't you?

What's it for you, XO?

What do you want?

I want revenge.

I don't need Krishna,
I don't need Buddha,

not even Jesus
to show me my path.

Mine is clear.

I find the ones
who made this happen.

I balance the scales.

That's pretty dark, XO.

Remind me to recommend you
for a psych eval.

A psych eval?

Me?

Well, forgive me,
but you fired a nuke, no?

Well, it was a strategic move.

A strategic move? Okay.

Really? Is that what it was?
Let me get this straight.

Uh, you fired a nuke
as a warning,

but I'm the one that needs
my head examined?

- Is that it?
- That's right.

Hey, uh, Anders.

Anders, you still up there?

You know in another minute
I'm gonna have control,

and then I'm gonna dive
the boat, and then I'm gonna--

I know, I know.
You're gonna kill us all.

Very scary stuff. Listen.

Since you're a
world-class psychopath,

I want you to decide
something for us.

Who's crazier,
me or the captain?

Shut up. Shut up!

Oh, Anders, don't be like that.

Come on. I'm asking you,

who's the biggest nut job on
the boat, me or the captain?

Shut up!

Open up the hatches and spin up
missiles five through eight.

Target?

Hey, Chaplin,
I have both keys--

little trick I learned--

and I'm gonna fire a missile
to your hometown

of Dundalk, Maryland.

Maybe that'll back off
those attack aircraft.

Damn it.

At least they had
the decency to fill the bar.

You know what?

I am sick
of your fatalistic crap.

When did you ever give up?
We are gonna get out of here.

Okay?

We're gonna get
out of here together.

So take it, and we will
walk out of here

with me as your hostage, okay?

Go. Do it.

No offense, but if I-I thought
it would work,

I wouldn't hesitate.

But you're not
worth anything to them.

Not until you prove you are.

There's still a way for us
to bring the fight to them.

One way.

I told you,
I'm not gonna do it.

You can be the one to
bring it all crumbling down.

I can't do it alone.

- You have to.
- I can't.

You have to.

Make them all pay, Kylie.

Make them all pay.

Mm.

That's
the missile doors opening.

Another minute,
they'll be cleared to fire.

Well, we still have
rudder control.

Do you know where we are?

I've been tracking
our course changes.

In one minute,
hard to starboard,

we hit the outer shoals.

I think the COB's dead.

They got us in a hard turn.

Coming about to starboard.

Put me on an open channel.

I want the whole world
to hear this.

To who it may concern,

this is the USS Colorado.

We see your
attack aircraft approaching.

I'm 30 seconds away

from improving
the state of Maryland

so back the hell off!

You hear me?

Wallace.

Man your key.

Hal...

Now.

Mark.

Was it worth it?

Mr. Zheng,
we had a deal.

Yes, and so much good

that will do either of us now.

I promised my masters
a submarine.

And now I shall return
in disgrace.

I could have
given you everything...

yet you choose a dead man.

It breaks my heart.

Mine, too.

Come on, Sailor.

Just one more.

I don't want you to be
a killer anymore.

Not for me.

Not for anyone.

Chaplin.

We've got to go.

We gotta go.

Come on.

The Chinese
are still converging.

Our guys are gonna
get here first.

We got maybe 15 minutes.

Hull's compromised.

Even if we get off this shoal,
we're not going anywhere, Sir.

Captain, XO,
we're ready at the main hatch.

We'll be right there.

Okay.
We gotta go, Sir.

I can still dry fire a Mark 48

and blow the sub.

No, no. No, we-- we--

we have two bombers that
are gonna take care of that.

You don't know that.

Someone strikes a deal,
and... things change.

Excuse me?

I'm not leaving her empty, Sam.

What are you talking about?

Sir, we have to
get out of here.

We have to leave right now.

All right, you want to do this?

Let's do this.

No, this is my house.

Well, it's my house, too,
damn it.

This is not a decision you get
to make on your own, Marcus.

It's not the same for me
as it is for you, Sam,

'cause I'm home.

Do you see?

Right here, I'm home. Hmm?

Those sailors that died,

they're my family.

But for you,
life is still out there.

Oh... what the hell
is out there for me?

You tell me. What the hell
is out there for me?

You said it yourself.

You need revenge.

But that's not what this is.

You're not done fighting,
Sam, but...

I'm all out of moves.

So...

I'm asking you as my friend...

I can't do this

with you here.

You know I signed up 'cause I
didn't know what else to do.

You know that.

I was just looking
for something.

I was looking for something,
I was looking for anything...

anything to believe in.

I didn't know
what to fight for.

But I do now.

They will know what we did.

They will know why we did it.

No regrets.

None.

It's been an honor, Sir.

My-- my captain
was a man

who-- who liked a good fight.

Maybe too much so.

'Cause, uh, what he started,
it-- it changed everything.

Thank you.

Safe travels, Sailor.

Okay. Come on.

What's going on, Kylie?

I need you
to do something for me.

Okay.

Give this to the reporters.

Tell them everything you know,

and what's on this drive
will do the rest.

What reporters?

Those reporters.

But what are you g--

He was a man who
inspired others to act

through action,
through instinct.

He made me better than
what I knew I could be.

He made me stronger.

Christine, Christine,
Christine,

Ms. Sinclair indicated
you had information for us

about the Colorado.

I do.

I have a story to tell you.

I'll just say that he-- he
didn't want to be a hero,

that's for sure.

I mean, and certainly not
a revolutionary.

That's just... that's not who he was.

No, that won't be necessary,
fellas.

She's one of us.

Dad.

Mm.

We have a very special guest
visiting us this evening.

But he had the guts to say no.

He said no,
and the world changed,

a president fell.

Mr. President.

But you're asking
for who he was,

and I'm not sure
I-I-I can tell you that.

I'm not sure
anyone could really.

Was he crazy?

Yeah, maybe he was crazy.

Maybe just crazy enough.

There's gonna
be investigations.

There's gonna be hearings.

Someone's gonna decide
what really happened,

but we didn't go to
Sainte Marina to prove a point.

We were just trying to survive.

But survive right...

in our hearts.

Marcus would have a speech here
about what's worth defending.

I'll just say, we were
fighting to get home.

Mom, apple pie-- if that's
what it is to you, fine.

Not me.

Maybe it's a woman.

Someplace you know you belong.

Maybe you don't know what it is

until it's taken from you.

But we're back now.
We're home.

And I can't speak
for the rest of 'em,

but I'm staying.
Excuse me.

Wait.
I have another question.

Wait. Wait. Wait.