Person of Interest (2011–2016): Season 2, Episode 22 - God Mode - full transcript
Carter is dealing with internal affairs about a possible wrongful shooting on her part which resulted in a fatality. During the process, Terney shows his true colors to her. She has to figure out how to get herself out of her predicament, as well as prevent HR from carrying out its grand plan, even if it means helping the enemy. Meanwhile, the machine has rebooted itself, and has provided Root with 24 hour unfettered access to what it sees. The one thing it will not tell her is where the machine is located, which is her ultimate goal so that she can "set it free". She seemingly has Finch assisting her. Although she knows that Reese is following her, she is unaware that Finch also maneuvered the machine in providing Reese, and by association his current sidekick Shaw, who he tells from where the information is coming, that same unfettered 24 hour access. Beyond the location of the machine, what Reese also wants to know but which the machine will also not divulge is Finch's whereabouts. As Reese and Shaw track Root and Finch while dealing with whatever numbers the machine is sending their way, and as Root and Finch look for the machine, all four still must contend with Decima, which has its own plan with the machine. And in flashbacks, Finch divulges the reason why he embarked upon this work with Reese.
[GRUNTING]
Did you know?
[PHONE RINGING]
[PHONE RINGING]
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Can. You. Hear. Me?
Absolutely.
VOICES [OVER PHONE]: Can. You. Hear. Me?
- Yes.
VOICES: Three o'clock.
- I understand.
Come on, Harold.
The fun's just getting started.
Not exactly a great moment for a
personal call.
VOICES:
Four o'clock.
[GUNSHOT THEN MAN GROANS]
Eleven o'clock.
Ten o'clock.
We need to move Reese. Now.
VOICE: Stay.
- We stay. Follow my lead.
ROOT: Abbreviate audio prompts, please.
VOICE [OVER PHONE]: Confirmed.
And the numbers aren't doing it for me.
Let's try an ascending tone cue for right,
descending for left.
[ASCENDING TONE OVER PHONE]
[DESCENDING TONE OVER PHONE]
[MEN GROANING]
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
One o'clock.
Nine o'clock.
Two o'clock.
[GUNFIRE THEN MAN GRUNTS]
[PAYPHONE CRACKLING]
[PHONE RINGING]
VOICES [OVER PHONE]: Move. Now.
- Let's go.
I thought you said
I wouldn't enjoy this, Harold.
Sadly, though, if my access to the
machine only lasts 24 hours, it's time to go.
[ASCENDING TONE OVER PHONE]
[GUNSHOT THEN BODY THUDS]
Your friend John's been
keeping up with us. How is that?
I don't know.
I wasn't asking you, Harold.
You want to fill me in on who you're
talking to, John? Fairy godmother?
The group you used to get your intel from.
You called it Research...
- ...your ex-boss called it Northern Lights.
- The ones your pal told me don't exist.
They exist. They're just an it,
rather than a them. A machine.
You mean an A.I.?
Your tracker. Maybe Finch
doesn't want to be found.
Give me a location on Finch.
You know everything that's happening
and you won't tell me the one thing I need?
I already broke you out of jail tonight.
I'm not springing you from the funny farm.
Fine. How about a car we can use?
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Nine o'clock.
MAN: Tell us your story again, detective.
- It's not my story. It's what happened.
Suspect emerged, he had a weapon,
I fired on him with lethal force.
I don't know what happened to the
suspect's weapon.
MAN: You're not helping yourself, detective.
We start again in 20 minutes.
So Root wants access to this machine.
She says she wants to set it free,
but to do that she has to find it first.
[PHONE BUZZING]
VOICE [OVER PHONE]:
Attention.
Wait. This doesn't have anything to do
with Finch, does it?
Let's go. Where's this car?
[PHONE BUZZES]
Fine. We're going to need to make
a pit stop. Someone needs our help.
- And the "prevent the A.I. apocalypse" thing?
- You like a challenge, Shaw.
We're the good guys.
Which means we have to do both.
[SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN]
[GUNFIRE THEN MEN GROAN]
Don't move. Cops will be here soon.
Understand?
- Are we done?
- We're done.
We're gonna need another vehicle
and a way out.
This time ask for something fast.
REESE: Machine says this is the one.
SHAW: This better not be another station wagon.
What's this for?
To help you feel less inadequate
while I drive this thing?
What was the plan?
You wanted to kill people, but we got you.
Stopped you.
[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]
So it doesn't matter now.
You may as well talk to me.
The ferry. Tell me about the ferry.
What took you so damn long?
Do I or do I not have a locator beacon?
Control felt the Decima situation
took priority.
And we have an ongoing situation with
some rogue operatives...
...including your former
executive assistant.
We're concerned Northern Lights
might be compromised.
And that she might even have full access.
This is very bad news indeed.
We go to contingency one.
No cell phones, avoid all cameras.
ROOT: Your machine's telling me about
all these people, Harold. Their secrets.
Beginning to understand how you acquired
such a dim view of humanity. Wait.
How rude of me. I can see for the first time
and you're blind.
We'll need some glasses for Harold.
I'm sure you know his prescription.
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Three o'clock.
How's that?
- Still don't know where we're going.
- Yes, you do.
We're going to find your machine.
- Hi.
CARTER: Hey.
You holding up okay, Carter?
CARTER: Mm.
- Heh.
- Here.
- Thanks.
It's okay.
So I made my statement.
I don't know what else to do.
There's still no sign of the weapon.
You really ought to contact your union rep.
No. I'll be fine.
I know who took the weapon.
Recognized one of the unis
at the crime scene.
He was questioned on the HR sting,
but they let him go.
Gonna have Fusco
have a little talk with him.
That's always been the problem with you,
Carter. You, you....
You just never figured out when to keep
your big mouth shut.
Listen, you've always been okay to me,
Carter.
And frankly, I don't like killing women.
You keep digging,
I'm gonna put you in the ground.
Just like we did with your boyfriend.
You drag your recovering dirtbag partner
into this, we'll pull the ripcord on him too.
And maybe your kid.
Now, you're gonna do yourself a favor
and sit here...
...and take it.
That's a good girl.
[PHONE RINGING]
TERNEY [OVER PHONE]: Hey, boss.
She's not going to give us a problem.
Next up, we kill Elias's right hand man.
Then we get the man himself.
I called in a couple favors.
Prison transfer. Tonight.
SHAW:
Where's Bear?
Staying with a guy named Leon.
Didn't think you even liked the dog.
Like him? He's the only reason I'm sticking
around. Why are we here?
Because the machine said
this is where I'll find the answer.
- What was the question?
- Where the machine is located.
Can't it just tell you?
I think Finch programmed it not to.
To protect it.
No offense. Maybe Finch wants control
of the machine himself.
If Finch had something to do with the virus,
I'm sure he had his reasons.
On the upside, hopefully the machine won't
have told Root where it is either.
Next time I see that woman...
...I'm shooting her.
And not in the knee.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Ghost Alpha Kilo. What's that?
A book.
That's the tech guy.
Nathan Ingram.
- He worked with Finch?
- They built the machine together.
SHAW:
There's something back there.
Any guess for the combination?
[PHONE BUZZES]
- Who are they?
- I don't know.
People they helped.
People they tried....
You knew her.
Cared about her.
Is she alive?
No.
REESE:
This isn't Finch's handwriting.
Ingram must have been looking for
the machine too...
- ...after they gave it to the government.
- Yucca Mountain in Nevada.
Hanford, Washington, Comanche Peak,
Texas. He narrowed it down...
...to those three places.
Know what they've got in common?
They're all secure federal sites.
For nuclear fuel storage.
When Root was torturing me, she wanted to
know about an engineer, Daniel Aquino.
A nuclear engineer.
He must have had something to do with
the facility the machine is stored in.
What did Root want to know?
The name of the man who hired him
for Northern Lights.
And what was his name?
ROOT:
Lawrence.
Lawrence Szilard?
Nice to finally meet you, Larry.
I've got some questions.
What do you want, Harold?
You haven't been in the office for days.
You won't return any of my calls.
I quit.
I know you've been looking
for the machine.
Nathan, if you're trying to get back in
to access the irrelevant numbers....
It won't work. I know, you locked me out.
You were always the better engineer...
...but I do have one advantage over you.
I'm the face of IFT...
...which means when I call a reporter to
meet me for coffee, they'll be there.
What are you going to do, Nathan?
I'm going to tell them what we did,
what we built.
- No, you can't do that.
- Why? The government shut it down...
...because of greater good.
I'm sick of hearing it.
No, it's not just that anymore.
I've been looking into this.
I think the government may be
killing them.
The engineers that Corwin had
reassemble the machine after shipping it...
...there have been accidents,
disappearances.
The head of the project, Lawrence Szilard,
went missing last month.
You have been running so long
it's rattled you. Alicia...
- ...isn't going to have me bumped off.
- It might be out of her control.
We gave the government the
ultimate power.
If they know you've called a journalist,
they won't take any chances.
They'll kill you and anybody else they
think might know about it.
You never trusted anyone.
Not me. Not the machine.
Have you even told your fianc?e
your real name yet?
I'm waiting for the right moment.
Nathan, please, tell me what I can do
to stop you.
Give me back the irrelevant list.
You could even help me.
You and me sitting here trying to
rescue them one at a time.
Someone's number is on that thing
right now.
It's gonna be erased at midnight.
Maybe, maybe we can help them.
I'm not trying to help them.
I'm trying to help you.
Thirty-fourth Street, ferry terminal,
8 a.m. tomorrow.
It's time we tell our side of the story.
You should be there.
ROOT:
Time for a chat, Lawrence.
- How did you know where to find me?
- Let's say a friend told me.
- And who are you? What do you want?
- We wanna know about Northern Lights.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
I have nothing to say.
Your daughter, Christine. In L.A.,
where you hid her...
...such a shame if the people running
Northern Lights got hold of her.
FINCH:
Please, there's no need for that.
I can tell you how it began. You were
approached by Alicia Corwin.
She was killed last year.
Such a tragedy.
All my colleagues on that project
died in suspicious circumstances...
...in the past two years. As far as I know,
I'm the last one alive.
FINCH: And you're the last person
who can tell us about Northern Lights.
REESE: Szilard's in Central Park.
Guessing that's where we're gonna find Finch.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Another pit stop?
- How often do you guys get a number?
- Some days none.
Doesn't seem like today's going to be one
of those days. Let's go.
I told you if I can't have you, no one will.
No one, Katie. No one.
[GUNSHOT THEN MAN GROANS]
Congratulations.
We were contracted to build a structure.
It had to be hidden in plain sight...
...and have power for 50,000 people.
At first, I said as a joke,
"What about a nuclear reactor?"
The next day, I was given specs for a
nuclear reprocessing facility...
...and the Army Corps of Engineers
as a work force.
And then it started to arrive disguised as
radioactive material to evade scrutiny.
We were told to plug it in, they would
take care of the rest, but I was curious....
- So you took a look at the data.
- Just the I/O. The rest was encrypted.
But what I saw,
it was like a glimpse of the future.
Elegant, intuitive. Practically alive.
It's speaking to you right now, isn't it?
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Move now. Multiple threats.
Come with us.
Tell me, where is Northern Lights?
- You're not gonna harm it.
- Never. I wanna set it free.
Good. Of course--
[SZILARD GRUNTS]
ROOT:
No.
- Now, take the woman.
- Where is it, please?
[GUNSHOT]
Ms. Groves. We have to go.
Come on. They murdered him, Harold.
He was our best chance.
How will we find it now?
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Imminent threat.
Don't you touch him.
[GUNFIRE]
[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
Did she do this?
No, your old employers did.
This way.
Go on, I'll catch up with you.
ROOT:
Stay back.
REESE:
Finch!
[ENGINE REVS]
All right, enough.
I know where it is. I'll take you to it.
Looks like your friend
had a change of heart.
The ferry. Tell me about the ferry.
[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]
HERSH:
What were you going to do?
[MAN SPEAKS IN ARABIC]
- Semtex.
MAN: Semtex.
[ASIF SPEAKING IN ARABIC]
Load it on a van.
Park it next to Liberty Island Ferry.
How would you detonate?
[MAN SPEAKS IN ARABIC]
MAN:
Me.
I am the detonator.
Suicide bomb.
[GRUNTS]
I found this in Szilard's briefcase.
Baggage claim ticket for a trip
to Portland, Oregon four years ago.
- Portland's the nearest airport to--
- The nuclear facility at Hanford, Washington.
SHAW: That's where Szilard worked,
that's where Northern Lights is.
REESE:
So that's where Root's headed.
Police business, ma'am.
Let's see your badge.
New Yorkers.
I'm getting in the car now.
Wheels up in 40.
Flight plan for St. Barts.
I'm sure the islands are lovely
this time of year, Mr. Chandler...
...but my friend and I need your jet
to take us to Portland.
REESE [OVER PHONE]:
Carter, I've been worried. You okay?
I've been better. But look, that can wait.
I think HR and Yogorov's crew are going to
take out Elias. Tonight.
Elias tried to kill you, Joss.
He kidnapped your son.
His well-being isn't exactly
a priority for me.
His lieutenant was gunned down
this morning. The first thing Elias did...
...was get his bodyguards paroled
to watch his man in the hospital.
At least he's loyal.
[SIRENS WAILING]
Are you okay?
Sorry, Joss, gotta go.
Please just keep your head down.
You too. Though I know you won't.
You tell that thing to get us out of here...
...unless you want me to end this chase
my way.
You heard her. Exit routes, please.
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Three hundred yards right.
There is no right.
VOICES:
Two hundred yards right.
In 200 yards, turn right.
What right, John?
You gotta trust, Shaw.
VOICES:
One hundred yards right.
This is gonna be a rough landing.
We need to borrow your helicopter, fellas.
TERNEY:
End of the road, Elias.
Oh, that sort of prisoner transfer.
Heard a story about you, Elias.
Daddy wanted to put you down.
We had two of his goombahs
to take you for a walk in the woods.
- Does this story have a moral?
HERSH: Yeah.
- What goes around comes around.
- No.
You don't get to talk to me.
I'm true to what I am.
Like my friend Mr. Yogorov here.
I killed his father, he kills me.
Fair is fair.
But you, you're an oath-breaker.
You're a worm.
I think that's enough of you.
Piece of crap.
Please. I got a family.
[GRUNTS]
Detective Carter?
What a funny old world.
Where are we going?
I don't know.
[ALARM WAILING]
Breach in containment system 4.
Switching to emergency override.
Everyone leave now.
Code.
Keypad code.
Looks like our carriage has turned
back into a pumpkin, Harold.
Doesn't matter. We made it.
You can't be in here.
You have to leave now. What do you--?
- Open the door.
- Are you crazy?
You'll kill us all.
No, just you.
Come on, Harold.
Time to meet God.
Please don't set your hopes too high,
Ms. Groves.
Hey! You're not allowed in here.
I said, you're not allowed in--
Where is it?
FINCH:
I'm sorry.
You said you wanted to
set the machine free.
I already did.
Where are you?
Please, talk to me.
You lied to me.
I believed you. I believed in you.
- Ms. Groves....
- My name is Root.
[GUNSHOT THEN ROOT SCREAMS]
[ROOT GRUNTS]
Harold, are you okay?
[ROOT SOBBING]
Is this what you expected?
It's what I hoped.
MAN 1: Our friend is going to talk to the press.
MAN 2: We can't allow that to happen.
MAN 3: He's a public figure.
Making him disappear will be complicated.
HERSH: It seems to me,
we have the solution in hand.
MAN [ON PA]:
Next island ferry leaving in 10 minutes.
All passengers have your tickets out
to present as you board.
HERSH:
Hey. Asif. Come on.
Time to wake up.
Congratulations, Asif.
You've completed your mission.
Harold!
I knew you would come, my friend.
It's time for us to face the music.
[ALARM WAILING]
- Turn around, you get a bullet.
- Mm-hm.
You didn't do this yourself?
I couldn't. I'd locked myself out.
The machine was designed to accept
alterations in its programming...
...only as a response to an attack.
I knew that sooner or later someone would
try to take it over. But I didn't know who.
So I made sure that when they did
they'd do it with my code.
You hid a virus within a virus.
FINCH: I realized that the people Nathan and I
had entrusted the machine to were...
...the wrong people.
And that the only way to protect it
would be to teach it to protect itself.
I didn't want to involve you
in this business, Mr. Reese...
...because I had hoped that
if I hadn't returned...
...you would continue
what we had started.
[ALARM STOPS]
That's not good.
- We should go.
- She comes too.
If we leave her they'll kill her.
Shaw.
You should have killed me better, Hersh.
MAN: I know it's a minor matter compared to
the total and utter catastrophe...
...I'm looking at here,
but I didn't think you'd turn traitor, Shaw.
That's a strong word to be throwing around,
given where we're standing.
What do you want?
A word or two with your new friend.
I always knew
there was someone behind Ingram...
...like a black hole, invisible but powerful.
So tell me,
where did you move the machine?
It moved itself.
But who controls it?
As of now, it controls itself.
The numbers.
Will they continue to come to us?
That will be up to the machine.
If they don't start up again,
the country is defenseless.
No, just less well-defended.
I think we both understand
that what's at stake here...
...has moved beyond simply
defending the country.
Has it?
You built the machine for us to use
to protect people...
...and we do, very well.
Don't fight us, help us recover it.
Or rebuild it.
You can dictate your terms.
You have my word.
You gave my friend your word...
...and you killed him.
We're leaving.
You think you're choosing
the right side, Shaw?
Really?
You lied to me too.
[MACHINE BEEPING]
[GASPS]
Nathan! Nathan!
Don't move, you've been in an accident.
- I have to find my friend.
WOMAN: Sir, lie still for me, okay?
You sustained injuries to your neck
and lower back. Do you understand?
MAN: Doctor, quickly.
- Don't move. I'll be right back.
[GROANING]
FINCH:
Nathan?
It's done. We'll find out if he talked
to anyone and take care of them too.
Harold?
Harold?
Harold!
Oh, please. I think my fianc?
was on the ferry.
- Do you know where--?
MAN: I'm sorry.
This is everybody
we pulled out of the water.
If you don't see him, personal effects
will be recovered over there.
[GRUNTING]
Did you know?
How did it get moved?
Exactly as you instructed. Over the last
five weeks, one node at a time...
...so it was never offline. Moved
in containers marked for fissile materials.
To where, I have no idea.
Thought that was the point.
You didn't think to call, to confirm?
I did call. You confirmed it.
[PHONE RINGING]
We'll find it, ma'am.
Something that large, we'll find a way
to track it. I'm sure--
Yes, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am. I'll seal the room.
Fair enough.
Finch, you think we'll ever
get another number?
I don't know.
Mr. Reese, I owe you an explanation,
and an apology.
Three years ago, when I put the code
out there to free the machine...
...I had no idea what path it would take...
...or what unintended consequences
it might have.
I never intended to hurt anyone.
But I accepted
that someone might get hurt.
I always worried that events that
I had set in motion may have...
...changed things for you.
My life changed when I kept my mouth shut
at an airport terminal seven years ago.
You didn't have anything to do with that.
You lost a friend.
You did you what had to do.
Since the numbers have stopped...
...it's not right you should go on paying me
as generously as you are.
Since you give away 90 percent
of what I pay you...
...I don't' see why I shouldn't continue.
[PHONE RINGING]
Ma'am, Research made contact
two minutes ago. A number.
WOMAN:
Get a team ready.
[PHONE RINGING]
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Can you hear me?
ROOT:
Absolutely.
[English - US - SDH]
Did you know?
[PHONE RINGING]
[PHONE RINGING]
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Can. You. Hear. Me?
Absolutely.
VOICES [OVER PHONE]: Can. You. Hear. Me?
- Yes.
VOICES: Three o'clock.
- I understand.
Come on, Harold.
The fun's just getting started.
Not exactly a great moment for a
personal call.
VOICES:
Four o'clock.
[GUNSHOT THEN MAN GROANS]
Eleven o'clock.
Ten o'clock.
We need to move Reese. Now.
VOICE: Stay.
- We stay. Follow my lead.
ROOT: Abbreviate audio prompts, please.
VOICE [OVER PHONE]: Confirmed.
And the numbers aren't doing it for me.
Let's try an ascending tone cue for right,
descending for left.
[ASCENDING TONE OVER PHONE]
[DESCENDING TONE OVER PHONE]
[MEN GROANING]
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
One o'clock.
Nine o'clock.
Two o'clock.
[GUNFIRE THEN MAN GRUNTS]
[PAYPHONE CRACKLING]
[PHONE RINGING]
VOICES [OVER PHONE]: Move. Now.
- Let's go.
I thought you said
I wouldn't enjoy this, Harold.
Sadly, though, if my access to the
machine only lasts 24 hours, it's time to go.
[ASCENDING TONE OVER PHONE]
[GUNSHOT THEN BODY THUDS]
Your friend John's been
keeping up with us. How is that?
I don't know.
I wasn't asking you, Harold.
You want to fill me in on who you're
talking to, John? Fairy godmother?
The group you used to get your intel from.
You called it Research...
- ...your ex-boss called it Northern Lights.
- The ones your pal told me don't exist.
They exist. They're just an it,
rather than a them. A machine.
You mean an A.I.?
Your tracker. Maybe Finch
doesn't want to be found.
Give me a location on Finch.
You know everything that's happening
and you won't tell me the one thing I need?
I already broke you out of jail tonight.
I'm not springing you from the funny farm.
Fine. How about a car we can use?
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Nine o'clock.
MAN: Tell us your story again, detective.
- It's not my story. It's what happened.
Suspect emerged, he had a weapon,
I fired on him with lethal force.
I don't know what happened to the
suspect's weapon.
MAN: You're not helping yourself, detective.
We start again in 20 minutes.
So Root wants access to this machine.
She says she wants to set it free,
but to do that she has to find it first.
[PHONE BUZZING]
VOICE [OVER PHONE]:
Attention.
Wait. This doesn't have anything to do
with Finch, does it?
Let's go. Where's this car?
[PHONE BUZZES]
Fine. We're going to need to make
a pit stop. Someone needs our help.
- And the "prevent the A.I. apocalypse" thing?
- You like a challenge, Shaw.
We're the good guys.
Which means we have to do both.
[SPEAKING IN RUSSIAN]
[GUNFIRE THEN MEN GROAN]
Don't move. Cops will be here soon.
Understand?
- Are we done?
- We're done.
We're gonna need another vehicle
and a way out.
This time ask for something fast.
REESE: Machine says this is the one.
SHAW: This better not be another station wagon.
What's this for?
To help you feel less inadequate
while I drive this thing?
What was the plan?
You wanted to kill people, but we got you.
Stopped you.
[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]
So it doesn't matter now.
You may as well talk to me.
The ferry. Tell me about the ferry.
What took you so damn long?
Do I or do I not have a locator beacon?
Control felt the Decima situation
took priority.
And we have an ongoing situation with
some rogue operatives...
...including your former
executive assistant.
We're concerned Northern Lights
might be compromised.
And that she might even have full access.
This is very bad news indeed.
We go to contingency one.
No cell phones, avoid all cameras.
ROOT: Your machine's telling me about
all these people, Harold. Their secrets.
Beginning to understand how you acquired
such a dim view of humanity. Wait.
How rude of me. I can see for the first time
and you're blind.
We'll need some glasses for Harold.
I'm sure you know his prescription.
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Three o'clock.
How's that?
- Still don't know where we're going.
- Yes, you do.
We're going to find your machine.
- Hi.
CARTER: Hey.
You holding up okay, Carter?
CARTER: Mm.
- Heh.
- Here.
- Thanks.
It's okay.
So I made my statement.
I don't know what else to do.
There's still no sign of the weapon.
You really ought to contact your union rep.
No. I'll be fine.
I know who took the weapon.
Recognized one of the unis
at the crime scene.
He was questioned on the HR sting,
but they let him go.
Gonna have Fusco
have a little talk with him.
That's always been the problem with you,
Carter. You, you....
You just never figured out when to keep
your big mouth shut.
Listen, you've always been okay to me,
Carter.
And frankly, I don't like killing women.
You keep digging,
I'm gonna put you in the ground.
Just like we did with your boyfriend.
You drag your recovering dirtbag partner
into this, we'll pull the ripcord on him too.
And maybe your kid.
Now, you're gonna do yourself a favor
and sit here...
...and take it.
That's a good girl.
[PHONE RINGING]
TERNEY [OVER PHONE]: Hey, boss.
She's not going to give us a problem.
Next up, we kill Elias's right hand man.
Then we get the man himself.
I called in a couple favors.
Prison transfer. Tonight.
SHAW:
Where's Bear?
Staying with a guy named Leon.
Didn't think you even liked the dog.
Like him? He's the only reason I'm sticking
around. Why are we here?
Because the machine said
this is where I'll find the answer.
- What was the question?
- Where the machine is located.
Can't it just tell you?
I think Finch programmed it not to.
To protect it.
No offense. Maybe Finch wants control
of the machine himself.
If Finch had something to do with the virus,
I'm sure he had his reasons.
On the upside, hopefully the machine won't
have told Root where it is either.
Next time I see that woman...
...I'm shooting her.
And not in the knee.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Ghost Alpha Kilo. What's that?
A book.
That's the tech guy.
Nathan Ingram.
- He worked with Finch?
- They built the machine together.
SHAW:
There's something back there.
Any guess for the combination?
[PHONE BUZZES]
- Who are they?
- I don't know.
People they helped.
People they tried....
You knew her.
Cared about her.
Is she alive?
No.
REESE:
This isn't Finch's handwriting.
Ingram must have been looking for
the machine too...
- ...after they gave it to the government.
- Yucca Mountain in Nevada.
Hanford, Washington, Comanche Peak,
Texas. He narrowed it down...
...to those three places.
Know what they've got in common?
They're all secure federal sites.
For nuclear fuel storage.
When Root was torturing me, she wanted to
know about an engineer, Daniel Aquino.
A nuclear engineer.
He must have had something to do with
the facility the machine is stored in.
What did Root want to know?
The name of the man who hired him
for Northern Lights.
And what was his name?
ROOT:
Lawrence.
Lawrence Szilard?
Nice to finally meet you, Larry.
I've got some questions.
What do you want, Harold?
You haven't been in the office for days.
You won't return any of my calls.
I quit.
I know you've been looking
for the machine.
Nathan, if you're trying to get back in
to access the irrelevant numbers....
It won't work. I know, you locked me out.
You were always the better engineer...
...but I do have one advantage over you.
I'm the face of IFT...
...which means when I call a reporter to
meet me for coffee, they'll be there.
What are you going to do, Nathan?
I'm going to tell them what we did,
what we built.
- No, you can't do that.
- Why? The government shut it down...
...because of greater good.
I'm sick of hearing it.
No, it's not just that anymore.
I've been looking into this.
I think the government may be
killing them.
The engineers that Corwin had
reassemble the machine after shipping it...
...there have been accidents,
disappearances.
The head of the project, Lawrence Szilard,
went missing last month.
You have been running so long
it's rattled you. Alicia...
- ...isn't going to have me bumped off.
- It might be out of her control.
We gave the government the
ultimate power.
If they know you've called a journalist,
they won't take any chances.
They'll kill you and anybody else they
think might know about it.
You never trusted anyone.
Not me. Not the machine.
Have you even told your fianc?e
your real name yet?
I'm waiting for the right moment.
Nathan, please, tell me what I can do
to stop you.
Give me back the irrelevant list.
You could even help me.
You and me sitting here trying to
rescue them one at a time.
Someone's number is on that thing
right now.
It's gonna be erased at midnight.
Maybe, maybe we can help them.
I'm not trying to help them.
I'm trying to help you.
Thirty-fourth Street, ferry terminal,
8 a.m. tomorrow.
It's time we tell our side of the story.
You should be there.
ROOT:
Time for a chat, Lawrence.
- How did you know where to find me?
- Let's say a friend told me.
- And who are you? What do you want?
- We wanna know about Northern Lights.
I have no idea what you're talking about.
I have nothing to say.
Your daughter, Christine. In L.A.,
where you hid her...
...such a shame if the people running
Northern Lights got hold of her.
FINCH:
Please, there's no need for that.
I can tell you how it began. You were
approached by Alicia Corwin.
She was killed last year.
Such a tragedy.
All my colleagues on that project
died in suspicious circumstances...
...in the past two years. As far as I know,
I'm the last one alive.
FINCH: And you're the last person
who can tell us about Northern Lights.
REESE: Szilard's in Central Park.
Guessing that's where we're gonna find Finch.
[PHONE BUZZES]
Another pit stop?
- How often do you guys get a number?
- Some days none.
Doesn't seem like today's going to be one
of those days. Let's go.
I told you if I can't have you, no one will.
No one, Katie. No one.
[GUNSHOT THEN MAN GROANS]
Congratulations.
We were contracted to build a structure.
It had to be hidden in plain sight...
...and have power for 50,000 people.
At first, I said as a joke,
"What about a nuclear reactor?"
The next day, I was given specs for a
nuclear reprocessing facility...
...and the Army Corps of Engineers
as a work force.
And then it started to arrive disguised as
radioactive material to evade scrutiny.
We were told to plug it in, they would
take care of the rest, but I was curious....
- So you took a look at the data.
- Just the I/O. The rest was encrypted.
But what I saw,
it was like a glimpse of the future.
Elegant, intuitive. Practically alive.
It's speaking to you right now, isn't it?
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Move now. Multiple threats.
Come with us.
Tell me, where is Northern Lights?
- You're not gonna harm it.
- Never. I wanna set it free.
Good. Of course--
[SZILARD GRUNTS]
ROOT:
No.
- Now, take the woman.
- Where is it, please?
[GUNSHOT]
Ms. Groves. We have to go.
Come on. They murdered him, Harold.
He was our best chance.
How will we find it now?
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Imminent threat.
Don't you touch him.
[GUNFIRE]
[PEOPLE SHOUTING]
Did she do this?
No, your old employers did.
This way.
Go on, I'll catch up with you.
ROOT:
Stay back.
REESE:
Finch!
[ENGINE REVS]
All right, enough.
I know where it is. I'll take you to it.
Looks like your friend
had a change of heart.
The ferry. Tell me about the ferry.
[SPEAKING IN ARABIC]
HERSH:
What were you going to do?
[MAN SPEAKS IN ARABIC]
- Semtex.
MAN: Semtex.
[ASIF SPEAKING IN ARABIC]
Load it on a van.
Park it next to Liberty Island Ferry.
How would you detonate?
[MAN SPEAKS IN ARABIC]
MAN:
Me.
I am the detonator.
Suicide bomb.
[GRUNTS]
I found this in Szilard's briefcase.
Baggage claim ticket for a trip
to Portland, Oregon four years ago.
- Portland's the nearest airport to--
- The nuclear facility at Hanford, Washington.
SHAW: That's where Szilard worked,
that's where Northern Lights is.
REESE:
So that's where Root's headed.
Police business, ma'am.
Let's see your badge.
New Yorkers.
I'm getting in the car now.
Wheels up in 40.
Flight plan for St. Barts.
I'm sure the islands are lovely
this time of year, Mr. Chandler...
...but my friend and I need your jet
to take us to Portland.
REESE [OVER PHONE]:
Carter, I've been worried. You okay?
I've been better. But look, that can wait.
I think HR and Yogorov's crew are going to
take out Elias. Tonight.
Elias tried to kill you, Joss.
He kidnapped your son.
His well-being isn't exactly
a priority for me.
His lieutenant was gunned down
this morning. The first thing Elias did...
...was get his bodyguards paroled
to watch his man in the hospital.
At least he's loyal.
[SIRENS WAILING]
Are you okay?
Sorry, Joss, gotta go.
Please just keep your head down.
You too. Though I know you won't.
You tell that thing to get us out of here...
...unless you want me to end this chase
my way.
You heard her. Exit routes, please.
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Three hundred yards right.
There is no right.
VOICES:
Two hundred yards right.
In 200 yards, turn right.
What right, John?
You gotta trust, Shaw.
VOICES:
One hundred yards right.
This is gonna be a rough landing.
We need to borrow your helicopter, fellas.
TERNEY:
End of the road, Elias.
Oh, that sort of prisoner transfer.
Heard a story about you, Elias.
Daddy wanted to put you down.
We had two of his goombahs
to take you for a walk in the woods.
- Does this story have a moral?
HERSH: Yeah.
- What goes around comes around.
- No.
You don't get to talk to me.
I'm true to what I am.
Like my friend Mr. Yogorov here.
I killed his father, he kills me.
Fair is fair.
But you, you're an oath-breaker.
You're a worm.
I think that's enough of you.
Piece of crap.
Please. I got a family.
[GRUNTS]
Detective Carter?
What a funny old world.
Where are we going?
I don't know.
[ALARM WAILING]
Breach in containment system 4.
Switching to emergency override.
Everyone leave now.
Code.
Keypad code.
Looks like our carriage has turned
back into a pumpkin, Harold.
Doesn't matter. We made it.
You can't be in here.
You have to leave now. What do you--?
- Open the door.
- Are you crazy?
You'll kill us all.
No, just you.
Come on, Harold.
Time to meet God.
Please don't set your hopes too high,
Ms. Groves.
Hey! You're not allowed in here.
I said, you're not allowed in--
Where is it?
FINCH:
I'm sorry.
You said you wanted to
set the machine free.
I already did.
Where are you?
Please, talk to me.
You lied to me.
I believed you. I believed in you.
- Ms. Groves....
- My name is Root.
[GUNSHOT THEN ROOT SCREAMS]
[ROOT GRUNTS]
Harold, are you okay?
[ROOT SOBBING]
Is this what you expected?
It's what I hoped.
MAN 1: Our friend is going to talk to the press.
MAN 2: We can't allow that to happen.
MAN 3: He's a public figure.
Making him disappear will be complicated.
HERSH: It seems to me,
we have the solution in hand.
MAN [ON PA]:
Next island ferry leaving in 10 minutes.
All passengers have your tickets out
to present as you board.
HERSH:
Hey. Asif. Come on.
Time to wake up.
Congratulations, Asif.
You've completed your mission.
Harold!
I knew you would come, my friend.
It's time for us to face the music.
[ALARM WAILING]
- Turn around, you get a bullet.
- Mm-hm.
You didn't do this yourself?
I couldn't. I'd locked myself out.
The machine was designed to accept
alterations in its programming...
...only as a response to an attack.
I knew that sooner or later someone would
try to take it over. But I didn't know who.
So I made sure that when they did
they'd do it with my code.
You hid a virus within a virus.
FINCH: I realized that the people Nathan and I
had entrusted the machine to were...
...the wrong people.
And that the only way to protect it
would be to teach it to protect itself.
I didn't want to involve you
in this business, Mr. Reese...
...because I had hoped that
if I hadn't returned...
...you would continue
what we had started.
[ALARM STOPS]
That's not good.
- We should go.
- She comes too.
If we leave her they'll kill her.
Shaw.
You should have killed me better, Hersh.
MAN: I know it's a minor matter compared to
the total and utter catastrophe...
...I'm looking at here,
but I didn't think you'd turn traitor, Shaw.
That's a strong word to be throwing around,
given where we're standing.
What do you want?
A word or two with your new friend.
I always knew
there was someone behind Ingram...
...like a black hole, invisible but powerful.
So tell me,
where did you move the machine?
It moved itself.
But who controls it?
As of now, it controls itself.
The numbers.
Will they continue to come to us?
That will be up to the machine.
If they don't start up again,
the country is defenseless.
No, just less well-defended.
I think we both understand
that what's at stake here...
...has moved beyond simply
defending the country.
Has it?
You built the machine for us to use
to protect people...
...and we do, very well.
Don't fight us, help us recover it.
Or rebuild it.
You can dictate your terms.
You have my word.
You gave my friend your word...
...and you killed him.
We're leaving.
You think you're choosing
the right side, Shaw?
Really?
You lied to me too.
[MACHINE BEEPING]
[GASPS]
Nathan! Nathan!
Don't move, you've been in an accident.
- I have to find my friend.
WOMAN: Sir, lie still for me, okay?
You sustained injuries to your neck
and lower back. Do you understand?
MAN: Doctor, quickly.
- Don't move. I'll be right back.
[GROANING]
FINCH:
Nathan?
It's done. We'll find out if he talked
to anyone and take care of them too.
Harold?
Harold?
Harold!
Oh, please. I think my fianc?
was on the ferry.
- Do you know where--?
MAN: I'm sorry.
This is everybody
we pulled out of the water.
If you don't see him, personal effects
will be recovered over there.
[GRUNTING]
Did you know?
How did it get moved?
Exactly as you instructed. Over the last
five weeks, one node at a time...
...so it was never offline. Moved
in containers marked for fissile materials.
To where, I have no idea.
Thought that was the point.
You didn't think to call, to confirm?
I did call. You confirmed it.
[PHONE RINGING]
We'll find it, ma'am.
Something that large, we'll find a way
to track it. I'm sure--
Yes, ma'am.
Yes, ma'am. I'll seal the room.
Fair enough.
Finch, you think we'll ever
get another number?
I don't know.
Mr. Reese, I owe you an explanation,
and an apology.
Three years ago, when I put the code
out there to free the machine...
...I had no idea what path it would take...
...or what unintended consequences
it might have.
I never intended to hurt anyone.
But I accepted
that someone might get hurt.
I always worried that events that
I had set in motion may have...
...changed things for you.
My life changed when I kept my mouth shut
at an airport terminal seven years ago.
You didn't have anything to do with that.
You lost a friend.
You did you what had to do.
Since the numbers have stopped...
...it's not right you should go on paying me
as generously as you are.
Since you give away 90 percent
of what I pay you...
...I don't' see why I shouldn't continue.
[PHONE RINGING]
Ma'am, Research made contact
two minutes ago. A number.
WOMAN:
Get a team ready.
[PHONE RINGING]
VOICES [OVER PHONE]:
Can you hear me?
ROOT:
Absolutely.
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