Limetown (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 10 - Answers - full transcript

Previously on "Limetown"...

There's someone who claims
to have all the answers

to everything we've been
looking for.

I have an address
I can't share,

and I have to broadcast
it live.

I'll make sure the broadcast
goes out.

Apple, the people who are
responsible

for killing Max, Warren,

for threatening
your mother...

those people would like
to erase Limetown

and pretend it
never existed,



but you have made sure that
they didn't erase the story.

And the story is the most
powerful thing,

but that person is the single
most terrifying person

that I have ever met
in my life.

And that person is capable
of anything.

Hello, Lia Haddock.
Would you like to come on in?

Okay.

Did I leave
the stove on?

Oh, God, I can't believe...

Is anyone single besides me?

Surely not.

Surely someone else besides me
has some interest in...

...does not cause cancer,
but my goodness...

We just don't believe
in Oskar at all.



I think he's a complete
con artist.

I hate having to pump
at work anyways.

...change when I came here,
but I swear to God,

if he cheats on me here, too,

I'm going to slit his throat
in his sleep.

Hi.

- Do you mind if I sit?
- No. Not at all.

So,
where are you from, Lenore?

Chelmsford, Massachusetts.

Oh, yeah, that's a...
that's a really pretty area.

- Mm-hmm.
- Yeah.

And how about yourself?

Well, Kansas originally.

So where do you call
home now?

To be honest, right now, I...

I don't really have a place
to call home.

Oh, well, maybe this could be
your home.

I hope so, yeah.

I'm very optimistic.

I really do believe in what
we're doing here, so...

I know who you are.

Welcome.

Please take a seat.

Lenore Dougal.

- Lia Haddock.
- Oh, yes.

I know who you are,
Ms. Haddock.

What an absolute pleasure it is
to finally meet you.

- Would you like a glass of wine?
- No, thank you.

You know, I only bought
this place

because of the wine cellar.

Tonight we are having
a Barolo 1974.

I mean let's face it, it tastes
like red wine should taste.

Right.

So, let's get started.

Why do you have a kitchen
timer on the table?

Starting with the softballs,
I see.

Build some rapport.

I was, uh, baking bread in
the oven a little while ago.

A nice rye.

I didn't want to burn the place
down just yet.

Okay.

Um...

I don't recognize your name
in the Limetown manifest list.

But am I actually
a survivor of Limetown?

I get that.
It's a fair question.

This is a printout of
the official accounting ledger

of Limetown.

So you were...

The city manager,
more or less.

I worked with a couple
of accountants to...

make sure the books were clean,

but primarily,
I handled logistics.

Made sure there was
enough food,

that the labs were stocked.

The shops, the movie theater.
All that.

How early were you
brought on?

Pretty early.

Mr. Villard brought me on, once
he'd made the deal with Oskar,

just to make sure that
everything was being done,

on a practical level,
that could be done.

I mean, in a town full
of dreamers,

you need someone who can see
the trees

among the forest,
you know?

Why was this whole thing
kept so secret?

Because if you could
privatize something

that can change the course of
human civilization, I mean...

that's pretty good, right?

Just doesn't seem like
it was worth it.

Worth.

That's interesting.
I'd like to come back to that.

On the phone, you said
you would tell me everything

I wanted to know.

I know that I have asked you
this before,

but is knowing all the answers
the most important thing?

Really consider that, because
it doesn't have to be.

It's the only reason
I'm here.

You have to be sure.

Because you and I can both
still walk away from this

right now.

I'm sure.

I'm afraid I haven't been
completely honest with you.

I wasn't baking bread earlier.

Why did you just start
that timer?

Because we have 12 minutes.

What happens in 12 minutes?

No more answers.

I have spent my life

weighing one thing against
another thing

and then making
an objective decision.

. And everything in life
can be that simple,

if you want it to be.

What do you mean?

You know what bothers me

is that people think this was
some kind of magic trick.

This was not magic.

Magic is something that
people invent

because reality is awful.

This was money,

brute force,

and Excel sheets.

What do you think the tech
developed in Limetown is worth?

I'll answer.

More.

Whatever you think it is,
it's more than that.

I mean we're not only talking
about a consumer product that

reshapes how people think
and interact with the world.

We are talking about
a military product

that creates an instant
communication link

in a code
that can never be broken.

So now, ask yourself how far

somebody would go
to protect that.

If you could rule the world,

and I mean really rule it,

where would you draw the line

on allowing anything
to endanger your success?

I know who you are.

What you can do.

I now that Oskar
built this place for you.

I know why we're all here.

Believe me when I say
your secret is safe with me.

I just have to ask.

What's it like?

Um...

Well...

- Oh, my God.
- Frankie, breathe.

This is really strange.

Remember,
this is just like when you

were a kid on the monkey bars,

and you hold onto one bar,
and you reach for the next one.

I...

I can hear the future.

I can hear the future.

This is a gift,
and anyone who believed in it

should be rewarded.

That was Emile's vision
for this, from the beginning.

This is not
a participation trophy, Oskar.

The fact is we don't know how
successful it is,

until there's
more testing done, period.

Right,
and that's not our goal.

The goal of Limetown was
to create

a minimally-viable product,
and we've done that.

We should be congratulating
everybody on a job well done.

We can even have a pizza party.

I will organize one
heck of a pizza party.

All right then,
Lenore, tell me.

What is the true harm in giving
this to everyone in the town?

The harm is liability.

Right now, a handful of people
outside of this room

know what we're
building here, and that is key.

Secrecy is paramount.

It's the way any world-altering
technology should be treated.

Respectfully, that is not
a very compelling argument.

Lenore, though... she...
she has a very strong point.

I'm willing to reconsider.

You, of all people?

Listen, I understand
the concerns of logistics

and whatever it is that Haddock
is supposed to represent.

I do, I understand that,
but this is science.

Now, any good experiment
has always had A/B testing.

We split the town randomly.

Half of them get it.
The other half doesn't.

You see what I did there?

Compromise.

This is a massive mistake.

Yeah.
I think we should move on.

- I think...
- Duly noted,

but it's not your decision,

and Max has come up
with a fair solution.

Thank you, Oskar.

Lenore, I trust you can

remain professional,
in the face of this.

Of course.

Being thrown a curveball
like that...

the whole town either having
or knowing about the tech...

it was certainly unexpected,
but I'm a professional.

I adjusted.

I know who you are.

Well hello, Emile.
Please have a seat.

I don't know what
it is you're planning,

but the wall that you've built
around it

really scares the shit
out of me.

What do you want to come
out of this technology, Emile?

And spare me
the bullshit answer.

I just want to be normal.

I don't...

if everybody has this,

then I don't
have to keep running.

So then you could go home,

to your brother, and his wife,

and your niece, right?

Lia?

We have the same goal, Emile,

and I promise that
I'm the best woman for the job.

It isn't right
what's happening...

What Totem has done.

We all uprooted
our lives for this,

and look what's happening.

It's like we're not even here.

What are you doing?

Why do you have this list?

You can't just walk
into my office

when I am not here
and go through my...

Let's cut the crap, Lenore.

Why do you have a list
of people

with and without the tech?

It's basic information, Max.
It's my job.

You don't
need that information.

We have the proper
documentation in my department.

Well, my department
is all departments.

I see.
Allow me to ask you this.

Why is it that only
half the list have addresses?

Because it's incomplete, Max.

I don't like
people like you having lists.

I should report you.

Max was right to be suspect
of me,

but it was ironic that
Mr. Moral Superiority

went behind everyone's back to
give his wife the tech

and disregarded
all the tenets of A/B testing.

Max, why did you do this?

You can't let anyone know

that you have given your
wife the tech.

It will destroy everything.

You have to trust me on this.

Just make sure her
name's next to mine, please.

It may not seem like it,
but I do understand

making important
decisions based on love.

I just think it generally
leads to bad decisions.

But I get how it happens.

My husband...

well, ex-husband...

never wanted children.

I did, but my life took me

into dark places where
people don't follow you.

After he left me, he...

he married someone
from his office.

An accountant named Susan.

They had three children.

Daughters.

I see photos of them,
and I can't help but feel

some kind of connection.

No.
I need more time than that.

Yes. Okay.
I'll make it work.

That a part of them... a memory
or a dream... could be mine.

Emile related to that.

Ah.

Things are really tense here.

Well, you don't have to be a
mind reader to pick up on that.

What options
do you have for me?

You said you wanted to be
like everyone else, right?

And who do you trust
to perform this miracle?

- Oskar.
- Oskar.

And do you trust Oskar?

Or...

do you, in fact, hate Oskar?

Isn't he the man who's been
hounding you your entire life,

under the auspice
of how special you are?

Now, who I represent
and what I have to offer

is exactly what Oskar can,
but I'm not Oskar.

What are you planning,
Lenore?

Well, you tell me.

I mean, my walls are down.

I don't want to know.

Know you're a coward, Emile.

Hmm?
Which is fine.

Just know that you are one.

You could stop me,
but you are not.

This means that
you're part of the team.

Congratulations.

We have great benefits.

How long have
you had the tech?

Tell me.

Traitor!

Before things became
unmanageable,

I activated my team.

The future is now.

I repeat.
The future is now.

We are all
leaving this shit town!

They're
wrecking your town, Oskar.

I have to ask
for your discretion, Lenore.

Within this folder
there is a number.

If I call that number,

they have promised me
safe passage,

as long as I give them the
technology that we've developed

and....

Emile.

You know, I found that
sticker in the daycare center,

and I've already
called the number.

My team will be
here in 19 minutes.

I think you should hide.

It would be better for us,
if you hid.

I will not hide.

Well, that's stupid.

Who was it
that you worked for?

Lia...

I'm retired.

If I knew their names or what

empty office building
they were occupying this week,

I would tell you.

But it doesn't work like that.

You need to grow up.

So it was the caves?

Of course,

but it was also nearly
two years of planning

and flawless execution,

but yes, right, the caves.

- Daniel, you're late.
- Come on.

I just have to ask.

What's it like?

It's a sensation.

It's like a wave is washing
over you,

but you're
still standing on the beach.

You're getting wet
without going into the water.

And then suddenly,

things will start
to come into focus.

Stay there!
Get back!

And it's like I'm standing
right next to the person...

And feeling what they're
feeling when...

their father tells them
how terribly disappointed

he is in them, or...

when their wife tells them

that she is no longer
in love with him, or...

Those with the tech
need to be in the caves

- within the hour.
- Yes, ma'am.

The people who got the tech
were relocated,

given new names
and hush money.

Please, we're not the ones
you want... please!

What's going on?
We need to get moving.

The other half
were a liability.

Ms. Dougal,
a 911 call just went out.

- The gates are locked down?
- Yes, ma'am.

External cleanup
is still on schedule?

Yes, ma'am.

Things are going well.

We eliminated those
without the tech

using a process
called alkaline hydrolysis.

It's essentially cooking
the body down,

using a mixture of water
and lye,

leaving behind a liquid
you can just

pour down the drain and bones
you can crush in your hand.

This takes
three hours per person.

Eight containers total.
163 people.

That comes out
to a 61-hour process.

That stretched out
to almost 63,

but luckily we had built in
some extra time.

Sometimes
it's more difficult,

because people are
very good at putting up walls.

And you can't
see through them?

Well, not easily,

but I don't want to.

I have found that what people
hide they hide for a reason.

- Fascinating.
- Hmm.

I mean what a wonderful gift.

What a marvelous gift.

Thank you.

Oh, Emile.

So you want to be
like everyone else.

This is the cost.

Your uncle absolutely could
have stopped me, but he didn't.

The Man They Were All
There For

was certainly
not there for them.

He was much more interested
in the fantasy of being normal.

So, so many people are here,
for so many different reasons.

Why are you here?

To do my job.

Good.
Well, to Limetown.

To Limetown.

You murdered...

163 people,
including children.

How did you do that?

I weighed one thing

against another thing,

and I made
an objective decision.

I believed that
the life of every single person

on the planet would be
better and more secure.

Potentially millions of lives
could be saved,

and we were not about to let
this pointless pissing match

in Limetown tear down
what we had been building.

Something like that
goes public,

you could be
set back for years.

Possibly forever.

And so the calculation
of live versus life

was just logical then.

Numbers in a column.

It was decided that
the 163 people with the tech

would be kept alive,
for long-term study.

Imagine it.
163 people.

That's 163 liabilities.

So how do you extract them?

Well, you start
at the very beginning.

Analyzing weaknesses.

The green tax
initiative that R.B. Villard

took advantage of,
by building the town as a part

of one of the largest limestone
cave systems in the world,

created a natural
tunnel system.

So duh, you find the course

in the labyrinth that allows
for the easiest path

with the most potential wrong
turns for anyone

attempting to track you.

Our cave entrance was three
miles from the town itself

and was one of 29 natural
openings linked to the system.

The mind-to-mind technology
was then sold

to the highest bidder
for enough money

to build generational wealth
for everyone involved

in the operation.

What a beautiful day.

Let's go.

Do you think that this
just stopped, after Limetown?

Do you think the hunger
for this just went away

and vanished into thin air? No.

This was just a really
unfortunate beginning.

And for the past 15 years,

they have been doing everything
to try and justify it.

And they're close.

What do you mean?

Well,
if I'm perfectly honest,

I think the only thing
that's left is the marketing.

It's really very
elegant these days.

People are simply
gonna go mad for it.

What do you
expect to get from this?

Do you expect to be,
I don't know, redeemed?

- Saved?
- No.

I've had a bit of a
philosophical transformation.

And, uh...

When you build
bridges your whole life

for other people to walk over,

there's almost
an admirable symmetry

to burning them
all down again.

What is that
counting down to?

Lia...

I've just taken a pill

that, in 90 seconds,

will put me to sleep,

and in three minutes,

my heart will stop beating,

and I will die.

I don't mind the dying.

I just don't want to be
tortured for hours

before I do so.

I think you
should take one too.

Who is coming?

Does it matter?

Will they kill me?

Eventually. Probably.

But hey,
you have gotten everything

that you've ever wanted.

The whole truth.

Congratulations.

That is the end of your story.

And this is the cost.

You are an incredible woman,
Lia Haddock.

Ding.

Brace yourself.

This is the cost.

This is the cost.

This is Lia Haddock.

Thank you for listening.

No!

The person you have
dialed is not available.

Please leave
a message after the tone.

Danny, you can't do this.

Not her.

I'm so sorry for everything.

I'll blow my brains out
in front of you right now,

if you want.

Just please,
please don't do this.

It won't make it right.

It won't bring them back.

Danny, you have
to tell me where she is.

You have no idea
what I am capable of.