Manifest (2018–…): Season 1, Episode 9 - Dead Reckoning - full transcript

When Ben and Michaela put everything on the line to save the other missing passengers, the mission goes horribly awry.

Previously on "Manifest"...

I think something bad
is gonna happen.

- Marko?
- To him and me.

What are you doing here, Vance?

We need each other.

- We do this in two steps.
- Right.

Plant the bug. And, uh, then
we give them a little nudge.

Somebody did a search,
network-wide.

"Experiments" and "Flight 828."

It worked.

We've already moved them
to Brooklyn...



all 11, to the clean room.

Harvey, I'm a cop, and
I was on the plane with you.

It has to stop.

Harvey, no! No!

He told people
about his callings.

Two of those people died.

I told Grace.
You told Jared.

- You left me alone.
- I'm sorry.

You can't ever do that again.

That's an incredibly
powerful weapon...

For the military,
for intelligence.

This time, he might not survive.

It was awful.
The whole plane was shaking.

It felt like
we were gonna crash.



The emergency path lights
came on, and then...

we landed.

It makes no sense.

We'll have to run some tests,
to clear you to leave.

My son has leukemia.

He's not about to submit
to testing of any kind.

I need to make a call, okay?
I need...

I need to call my boyf...
My fiancé.

We're releasing
everyone tomorrow.

We need the name
of the person or persons

you want to authorize
to pick you up.

I, uh, I don't
really have anyone.

I'm kind of between
"persons" right now.

I'll just get a cab
or something.

Well, actually, Ms. Cox,
it seems you have

several outstanding warrants
for your arrest.

She's all yours.

No, y-you don't understand.
I didn't do any of those things!

Wait!
Please let me explain!

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The detainees are likely
being held in this warehouse,

built before the Civil War,
used for storage.

Perimeter has some security,
but I...

- Why are you leaving?
- No, why aren't youleaving?

We have an address. We know where
the missing passengers are.

We have to get them...
Whoa.

You people rushed in there
at the farm,

and the detainees were disappeared.

May I suggest we take a beat
to do this the right way?

Starting with Laurence Belson,
face of the Singularity Project.

We have an office address, e-mail...
that's it.

We need more.

I'll go into work,
see what I can dig up.

Hey. Take this burner.
Let me know what you find.

What can I do?

It's Saturday. Go home.
Be with your family.

Anything comes up, I'll contact
you on your burner.

What, so I'm supposed to just wait?
Yes.

Those experiments can
start up at any moment.

You are a piece of work.

It is my job to make sure
this mission is successful.

I assure you I will go in
the second I can do it cleanly

without tipping them off
that we're coming again

and without loss of life.

This is top secret, got it?

- Got it.
- Are you sure?

Because this is
very serious business,

and I'm counting on you. Got it.

What are you two
whispering about?

Well... your dad's
been working so hard,

and he hasn't really
caught up with his friends

since he's been back,
so I decided to throw him

a last-minute surprise
backyard barbecue today.

And you and I have to keep Dad
out of the house until 4:30.

Ah. Sneaky.
I like it.

Yeah?

Hi!
You were out early.

I had to get a new phone.
I dropped mine.

Same number, no bigs.

So, uh, Dad, Cal wants to go
laser tagging this afternoon.

Can you take us?

Yeah.
Yeah, but I'm playing.

What's up?

Uh, it's work looking for me.

Oh, no. Don't tell me they're gonna
make you come in on the weekend.

Not if I don't answer.

I like your style.

All right. I got errands.

Kids, please take it easy
on your old dad.

Hey!

All right, so,
let's head out in a bit.

We have to be back
around, like, 4:30.

Avery's picking me up.

Yeah, that should give me plenty
of time to defeat you two.

You gonna go shoot some hoops?

Tryouts on Monday.
I thought maybe I'd...

Cal, why didn't you tell me?

I could've been
warming you up all week.

You haven't been around much.

Well, I-I'm here now.

Ah. Closer.
Caught some backboard.

You know that's not the point
of the game, right, Dad?

Don't be so hard on yourself.

Some of the other kids
trying out for the league

have been playing for years.

Well, you've been a little busy.

Traveling through space and
time, kicking cancer's butt.

Let's go.

- Oh!
- Yes!

LeBron better watch his back.

Hey, buddy, wanna take a break?

- Can I have screen time?
- Yeah, sure.

Ben Stone?
Please help me.

Thank you.

I'm... My name is Autumn.

Autumn Cox.
From the plane, right?

How did you find me?

I heard your name.

Like my own voice in my head.

And somehow I knew
instinctively how to get here.

Is that crazy?

No, actually.

It was like my subconscious was
telling me that you could help.

Here.

Maybe I can.

Can you tell me what happened
to you and the others?

They kept us
hooked up to monitors,

took samples of our blood.

They ran all kinds
of tests on us.

Autumn, who are "they"?

I don't know.

We were drugged
most of the time.

I finally managed to spit
my pills out and escape

when they brought us
somewhere in a van.

Do you know where
the others are?

I-I tried to remember
everything I could.

Um, there is a long road.

And it's rural.
There's no car noises.

And it smelled like fertilizer.

And a red door.
I remember that.

The dairy farm.

I think I could
find my way back.

We already have.
It was empty.

Autumn, you said
you escaped from a van.

Do you know where it was going?

No. Oh, God. I'm sorry.
I'm so sorry.

No. It's okay. We just
need to get you some help.

Who are you calling?

- My sister. She's a cop.
- No! No!

There were warrants out for my
arrest when I got off the plane,

but the police
who took me from the hangar

were the ones who
turned me over to them.

No, it's okay. Michaela's
one of us, a passenger,

and so is the doctor
I want you to see.

I promise you it's okay.

We're all in this together.
You're safe now.

Hey. Good timing.
I've got the warehouse plans.

And I've got a missing
passenger. In my garage.

What?

Autumn Cox. The one
the prison system misplaced.

Ben, you got to
get her out of there.

What if Laurence Belson
comes looking for...

Take her to the boiler room.

Yeah, good call. I'll have
Saanvi and Fiona meet me there.

Okay. Keep me posted.

Bad stuff is about to happen.

I'm the commander now.

Uh, guys, I hate to do this,

but something came up
with work after all.

I'm gonna have to
postpone laser tag.

But you'll be home
by 4:30, right?

Yeah, Avery wants you
to see his new car

when he comes
to pick me up. I'll do my best.

You gotta, Dad!

Okay. 4:30.

I love you guys.

- Love you, too, Dad.
- Same.

Stop.

Hey.

What are you hiding from me now?

Uh, nothing.

You'd tell me if someone else
who heard the callings

drops dead, right?

That's not funny, Jared.

I know, Mick.

And if you're in danger,

you have to tell me,
no matter what.

Okay, look, I'll take that risk.
I don't care.

I do, okay? I do care.

My God. How awful.
Hello, Autumn. I'm Fiona.

I'm really sorry for everything
you've been through,

and I assure you we're
going to help the others.

We should get her some rest.

Are those burn marks part
of your research protocol?

Electrotherapy.

To activate mirror neurons
in the premotor cortex.

- Meaning?
- Meaning that they need

to get at something
inside their heads,

but I-instead of
picking the lock,

they are using dynamite
to blast the door down.

You had no idea
what you were doing.

Oh, my God. Your research
is wildly unethical.

It was theoretical.

A way to increase
human connection.

I never intended for it
to be used this way.

Then you shouldn't have
handed over your research.

Neuroscience is an arms race.

The government doesn't care
about who gets hurt

as long as they get results.

Not the wholegovernment.

Vance. This is the proof
he's been waiting for.

- We should bring him in.
- No! He put Bethany in jail.

If Autumn has a warrant out for
her arrest, he'll do the same.

Do you really want him
knowing about this place?

We need his help.

Vance risked his career
by trusting me.

It's time for us to trust him.

It's okay.

I don't want to go to jail,

but you haven't seen
what they're doing to us.

I'll do whatever I have to.

My God.

Laurence Belson and his people
are using massive

electrical currents to do
experiments on their brains.

Well, I understand
interrogating them.

But experimenting on them?
Why?

No, there's something here
that doesn't add up,

and I am not making a move
until I figure out what it is.

Something happened
on that plane.

And some of the passengers

know things that...
no one else knows.

You're gonna have to be
a hell of a lot more specific.

I can't, because I don't
understand it myself, but we...

receive messages.
Impulses.

It's why we gathered
before the plane blew up.

How we found the Pyler sisters,
exonerated Radd's son.

It's how Autumn found me.

How much does
Laurence Belson know

about this telepathy
or whatever it is?

The first few days, they just
questioned us about the plane.

And then some of us
got this vision.

We just knew we had to
go to the plane,

but they wouldn't let us.

The next day, they told us
the plane had exploded.

And then everything changed.

They started these experiments.

They called them treatments.
Twice a day.

And every day,
they got more intense.

Are you satisfied?
We have to go, now.

Let... Let me just wrap
my head around this. Jesus, Vance!

Then stick your bureaucratic
head back in the ground

and pretend it's not happening
because I am going in now,

even if you're not! These people
are heavily armed.

Why take that kind of risk?
Because my son... my...

My son is channeling the pain

from one of the
missing passengers.

How is that even possible?

How is any of this possible?

As soon as
the experiments start,

Cal will feel that torture.

There is nothing I won't do
to protect my son.

We have to go, now!

We're ready, sir.

Oh, no.

- Is everyone on?
- We're here.

You're able to see
all the subjects?

We can see.

- The Major says proceed.
- Copy that.

Okay, as you can see, we are
officially up and running again

and are now commencing Phase Two

of the Mirror Factor
test protocol.

If everyone's set, I'll pass it
over to you, Doctor.

We had mild but noticeable
sympathetic responses

among some of the subjects

with our initial testing
on Subject 3,

so we'll now adjust up
to a base line of 40%

on Subject 3 only.

Subject 3 only.

Marked pain response
in Subjects 4 and 7,

yet only Subject 3
is receiving stimulation.

Adjust down base line to zero.

These are our most
significant results yet.

But only two others responded.

That appears to be correct.

Can we try again
with an increased charge?

Double it, please.

Our normal protocol is a
six-hour downtime per charge.

We don't know how
sequential testing cou...

Let's try.
Go ahead. 80%.

Aah!

Ohh!

What the hell?!

They've started up again!

What the hell was that?!

Was that what you felt at the lab?

If we felt it, I can only
imagine what my son felt.

Hi, Dad.
Are you on your w...

Is, uh, Cal okay?

Yeah, and so am I.

Can you check on Cal?

Sure.

Cal, are you okay?

I-I'm fine! He's fine.

Can you make sure, please?

Do you mind?
I'm busy.

He's totally fine.
Rude, but fine.

Is Cal okay?

For now.

Enough proof?

I will assemble a tactical team.

Good.
I'll meet you on site.

No, not you. Look.

I was military,

but I am gonna be standing
behind a tactical unit.

There's no way
I'm bringing in civilians.

No, no, if I'm not there,
how will you know

if the mission is affecting us,
affecting my son?

I'm not gonna get in the way,
but I'm coming.

So am I.

If they're using my research,
you're gonna need me.

I'll meet you in ninety minutes.

Turn off your cellphones.
Leave them here.

All communications is through
the burners I gave you.

They cannot know we're coming.

I'll text you
the rendezvous point.

So make sure you give it
a really good toss

'cause the olive oil's kind of
settling on the bottom there.

Okay.
Oh, I will get the door.

Please call Dad and make sure
he's getting home from work.

Yes. Your dad.

Cal! People are here!
Please come down!

You've reached Ben Stone.
Please leave a message.

Hey, babe. Are you
on your way home?

Call me.

Hey!

- Hey! Hi!
- Oh, how's it going?

Hey. You okay?

Yeah, it was nothing.
It was just a headache.

That wasn't just a headache, Mick.

Let me help you.

It's not your fight, Jared.

Where did you get that?

NSA guy. Vance.

Vance, the guy who
wanted me to spy on you.

- He's on our side now.
- So he says.

No, he's risking
everything to help us.

He's calling in a team.
So where do we meet him?

If that guy's gonna be there,

you better believe
I'm coming with you.

I'll tell Vance you're joining.

Warehouse in Red Hook.

And next time I see your mom,
remind me to ask her

why her son is so damn stubborn.

Ben better get here soon.

These last few beers aren't
gonna drink themselves.

I'm gonna get these burgers on.

Grace, do you have any napkins?

Uh, yes.
Just give me one sec.

You've reached Ben Stone.
Please leave a message.

Ben, this is the third message
I've left you.

I'm starting to get worried.

Can you please just let me know
you're all right?

Mom. Mom! Mom!
They need to talk to Dad.

Is Ben Stone here?

No. I'm sorry.
He's at work.

I assure you, ma'am, he's not.

His employment was terminated

as of 8:00 p.m.
yesterday evening.

What? No, that's impossible.
Why?

We really can't discuss the
details of the termination,

but it is imperative that
we talk to Mr. Stone

or his attorney as soon as possible.

His attorney?

And I'm afraid we need to
collect his I.D. badge.

Go.

- Clear!
- All clear!

- No one here, sir!
- All clear!

- They're gone. All of them.
- What the hell?

- Stand down. All clear.
- No sign of anyone!

Building's secure!

Cal?

Cal, Mom... Mom
needs us right now.

Cal.

No. No, no, no. T-The missing
passengers were here.

All the data pointed to this location.

The property records,
the cellphone pings...

Ben, we looked everywhere.
They're not here.

Maybe somebody tipped them off.

Well, maybe, they did. You know, these
people are smart, but one false...

Stop, everyone.
This is getting us nowhere.

We have to find these people.

Where do we look?
We have no idea where they went.

Dad!

They're still here.

Cal, what are you doing here?
Where's Mom?

I had to come.
I left a note.

No, you cannot be here.
This is crazy.

How did you even...
I took a bus.

No one knows where we are right now.

I knew.
It's like the subway tunnels, Dad.

Oh, my God.
Cal, you're burning up.

No, Dad.
You don't understand.

I'm supposed to
help you find them.

They're right here.

Cal, we turned the warehouse upside down.
They're not in there.

They're right here!

Check between those trees.

Seriously?

I followed a headache...

I may as well follow
a crayon drawing.

Come on.
We got to get you home.

No.
Youhave to help them.

There's a whole team here, Cal.
Come on.

They found something!

You have to go, Dad.
You're the only one that can see them!

Ben, it's a calling.

"Who can see them"?
What do you mean, buddy?

I don't know. All I know
is that you have to go!

Go. I'll take him home.

No, I'm waiting for Dad.

Hurry!

I'll keep him safe
in the car. Come on.

Come on. Let's go!

Keep him safe!

Call Grace!

Thanks.

Mom, where's Dad?

Honey, I don't want you
to worry about your dad.

I don't care what
those people say.

No, Mom, I'm not worried about Dad, okay?
I'm worried about Cal.

He's gone.

Oh, my God.

What is this place?

Definitely wasn't on any map,

but it looks like
an old coal cellar.

There's a whole system
of tunnels down here.

Vance!

I told you two to hang back.
This is dangerous.

- I don't...
- Hey.

NSA, drop your weapon!
Drop it!

Get the files!
Everything you can carry!

Erasure protocol!

Neutralize. Do it!

We can't leave
any evidence behind!

My God.

- Spread out!
- Move, move, move!

Make it stop, please!

We got to get them
out of here now!

Freeze!

You okay?

Detach the leads!

Belson! Stop!

You're way out of
your depth, Director.

Who you working for?

Who has the funding to get
all this up and running

and keep it all under wraps?

You clearly have no idea
who you're interfering with.

Neither do you.

This way! Follow me!

Which way?

Lights. Follow...
Follow the lights.

To the right.
What lights?

You don't see path lights?

No. Oh, my God.

Cal said you'd be
the only one to see them.

He meant the lights.

- Let's go.
- Yeah.

I think we're going in circles.

Which way?

Let's try the left.

- You getting in?
- No, I can't.

I found a remote property.
I'm going to take them there.

They'll be safe with me.

Be careful.

Yeah.

We're clear.

You okay?

Where's Jared and Vance?

They went to get Laurence
with a couple of Vance's guys.

Take Cal home.
I'm gonna go check.

Okay. Come on.

- Jared!
- Mick!

Cal.

Cal. Cal!

Cal. Cal!

Cal!

Cal. Are you okay?

I'm fine, Dad

Mick!

Mick.

There's tunnels under the whole area.
It's unstable.

Come on.

Okay?

Hey. We got to go, okay?
We got to go!

Come on.

No. Take Cal and go.

It's unsafe!
Mick, get in the car!

Jared's still down there, Ben!
Jared is still down there!

I'm not leaving him!
Just take Cal! Go! Go!

Jared!

Jared!

No, no. Come on.
Come on, Jared. Come on.

Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
Oh, my God.

Come on. Please.
Please, please, please, please.

Somebody help me!
Help me!

Jared. Please don't do this.
No, no, no, no. Jared.

Oh, my God. Cal.

Grace, he's okay.

You can't do that.
You can't leave like that.

- He's fine.
- He is not fine.

Come on. Let's get you
cleaned up, okay?

- Grace.
- Just... stay away.

Has he come to yet?

How the hell did you two

get mixed up in an anti-terrorist op?

We got an anonymous tip.

We didn't know what
we were walking into.

Some good people lost their lives.

I knew one of them.

Robert Vance, NSA.

No, I saw him getting loaded
into the back of an ambulance.

He didn't make it.

But don't give up hope.

He needs you.

I don't know who you are
or what you are,

but I have listened to you.

Listen to me, please.

I can't lose him.
Please, I can't lose him.

I can't lose him.

I can't lose you.
I can't lose him.

Please don't go.
Please don't go.

Please don't go.

I know this all sounds crazy...

No, not crazy.
Horrifying.

There were assault weapons
and explosions?!

What were you thinking?

I-I didn't bring him, Grace.
I was shocked when he showed up.

Then why didn't you
bring him home immediately?

He could've been killed, Ben.

You don't understand.
You weren't on the plane.

But you have to trust me.

Everything I am doing
is to protect Cal.

After all we went through
with his cancer, I can't...

You can't what?
You can't lose him?

768.

That's how many days I watched
cancer consume my little boy.

Eight months.
That's how long it took me

to file the death certificate
after the plane disappeared.

1,430.

You know what that was?

The cost of my son's gravestone.

Grace.

So please don't ever tell me
that I don't understand,

because youdon't know what it's
like to have your child die.

You're right. I am sorry.

But don't you want me to do

whatever it takes
to keep our son safe?

Is that what you call
what happened this afternoon?

Keeping him safe?

I thought I could just ignore
the last five years of my life,

that we could just...

start over right where
we left off,

because you were the same
even if I wasn't.

You're not the same.

I just... I don't know you.

And I don't... I don't think
this is right anymore.

You're right.

I can't give you what
you need... right now,

what you...

deserve.

I'll go.

But I need to take Cal with me.

How could you even suggest that?

I am the only one who can
keep him safe right now.

I mourned my son

for five years.

I will never, never let anyone

take him away from me,
not ever again.

You should go.

Jared. Jared.

Ugh.

Thank you, thank you, thank you.

- Hi.
- Hi.

Hi. Hi.

Lourdes is on her way.
I'll go... I'll go get her.

No, no, please.

Stay with me.

Okay.

Thought I might find you here.

Nowhere else to go.

We'll find a place.

It's awful about Vance.

You know, I read something online.

It said his friends called him "Bobby."

Bobby.

That does not suit him at all.

It sounds like Jared's through
the woods, though, right?

I don't know.

He knows about
the calling, so...

You don't still believe
that telling people

about the callings
is getting them killed?

You told Vance, and...

There was an explosion.

It was an accident.

And Vance wasn't the only one

that knew about the callings
down there.

Jared did, too.
He didn't die.

It's because...

Because what?

The callings talk to us, Ben.

This time, I talked back.

I asked the callings
to save Jared.

How can you think, after
everything that's happened,

that we have any control
whatsoever over this thing?

It worked.

Jared's gonna be okay,

and that wasn't at all certain
last night.

People get better, Mick,

through no magic, no prayer...

or whatever you want to call it,
no callings.

They just get better.

You can deny it
all you want, Ben,

but don't forget
that you told Grace,

and if she had been
the one in the ICU,

you would've been on your knees
just like I was.

I'm so sorry about
your friend Vance.

I never should've come here.

None of this is your fault.

Everything you've done
to help so far

has brought the whole thing
to an end.

I have to go to work.
You gonna be okay?

I'll be fine.
Thank you.

You guys saved my life.

We saw the lab,
what you went through.

But it's gone. You're safe.
You're one of us.

Are you okay?
Are you hungry?

We'll get you something.

You guys are gonna get
so sick of me saying this,

but thank you.

Just get him to trust you.
Be specific, but nothing useful.

According to your criminal record,

this is your thing, right?

Find out why he's looking into us,

what he knows,
and who he's working with.

Is that perfectly clear?

Yeah.

I got it.

Hey, buddy, wanna take a break?

- Can I have screen time?
- Yeah, sure.