Salvation (2017–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - Keeping the Faith - full transcript

While Darius works to discover who killed his friend Lazlo, he is forced to reckon with his past, and Liam discovers who's been selling secrets to the Russians.

Previously on "Salvation"...

We are at war.

Us against whomever
hacked the IO Space Probe.

If we don't regain control by
then, it goes into free fall,

and we will lose it forever.

Do you think Darius
could have hacked NASA?

Darius Tanz, you're under arrest
on suspicion of high treason.

You have the wrong man! Grace!

Find salvation.

Darius built the ark to ensure
in worst case secenario,

that the best of us survives.



If he was here
when the probe was hacked...

Liam, there's no way
he could have done it.

- How do we clear his name?
- We find the real mole ourselves.

What are doing in Darius'
private quarters?

Shouldn't I be asking you the same thing?

You know nothing about me.

So, Ms. O'Neal,
what headline are you chasing?

And this has nothing to do
with Project Atlas?

[alarm blaring]

We're too late. We lost the probe.

That was our best hope
of stoping this asteroid.

Lazlo.

Who the hell was he working for?

Hey, Profesor Croft?



The EM drive, it works.

[urgent chatter]

TANZ: I want this room cleared out

in ten minutes, get
everything to the warehouse.

Nelson will instruct you from there.

The EmDrive works.

We should be drinking
champagne right now, you know,

wearing pointy hats.

I want to dump Gatorade
all over your head.

The prototype works.

We'll drink when we actually

launch a gravity tractor
with a full-sized EmDrive.

Darius, if we could just
stay put, I mean, we could be

halfway through the calculations
for the full-scale model by now.

Someone here hacked the IO Probe

and killed Lazlo to cover their tracks.

The EmDrive is no longer safe at Tanz.

- Neither are you.
- [alarm blaring]

TESS [automated voice]:
Lockdown initiating.

All employees report to Sandbox
for further instructions.

LIAM: You put the place on lockdown?

Yesterday, the FBI said
that Lazlo killed himself.

The FBI says a lot of things.
Doesn't make them true.

Exactly. Which is why we're not

telling the government
the EmDrive works.

Not until we know who we can trust.

I am sorry for your loss.

Oh, no.

Don't feel sorry for me.

Feel sorry for the one
who violated my trust,

'cause I'm going to destroy them.

A billion dollars... gone.

Not gone.

An investment that could still pay off.

Could. Might. Maybe.

I am done hearing those
words from Darius Tanz.

The EmDrive melted down,

and he burned through a billion dollars.

It's time to cut the cord.

Cut the cord?

Darius is no longer a
member of this task force.

What?

We're pulling his funding.

The government is done
with Tanz Industries.

We've lost control of space.

We're out of options.

Darius is our best hope right now.

Our best hope?

He squandered a billion dollars.

The EmDrive project crashed
and burned spectacularly.

And now we find out that NASA was hacked

by one of his own people.

Am I missing something
here, Ms. Barrows?

You've already helped him

drain this task force of time and money.

There's only one of
those we can get back.

You're saying you want him to return

the billion dollars we gave him?

No, I'm saying you want
him to return that money.

Get it back, or you'll be
off this task force, too.

Grace? Grace, wait.

A little heads-up
would be nice next time.

You let me get sandbagged in there.

Grace, this isn't about you.

You're pulling funding from
the one thing that can save us.

That's unfair.

You've never liked him.

Well, maybe you like him too much.

- What's that supposed to mean?
- [scoffs]

It means your vision
gets a little cloudy

when it comes to Darius Tanz.

Yeah, you act as if he's the messiah

and we're all just his disciples,

never allowed to question him.

There are people he
has to answer to, Grace,

and I'm one of them.

You can't kick me off this task force.

I'm the only one keeping
the barbarians at the gate.

[elevator bell dings]

And you're one of them.

Get me proof that the
EmDrive has a shot.

I can't sell it in that
room anymore without proof.

Fine, I'll get you proof.

If you get that pit bull off my back.

POTUS wants to know
what our next step is.

Easy with this, gentlemen.
It's one of a kind.

Yes, sir.

Easy. Don't bounce it.

Darius, I got to call Jillian.

- I need a second.
- Don't shake it.

There's no time. Call her from the road.

I-Is he the only guy going with us?

I need to keep the circle tight.

Can you just tell me she's safe, please?

I've hired the best
security force in the world.

From here on, no one will breathe

without me knowing about it.

I'll meet you there. Now go.

Okay.

[engine starts]

[grunts]

MAN [over P.A.]: Attention, employees,

please comply with
all security requests.

What's going on?

[phone vibrates]

MAN: I'm sorry, Tanz Industries
is closed for visitors today.

GRACE: Uh, I'm not here for a tour.

I'm a personal guest of Darius.

Clear to go.

Well, you be sure to
thank Darius for creating

such a warm and inclusive
work environment.

MAN [over P.A.]: Attention, employees,

please comply with
all security requests.

Darius, what's going on down there?

I'm finding out who hacked the IO Probe,

since the government seems
to have lost interest.

[sighs]

Lazlo hacked the probe.

You need to accept that and move on.

Darius, everything is at stake here.

Yes, I'm aware, which is why
I've hired some former Mossad

to conduct the investigation.

Best interrogators in the world.

Unlike those amateurs from Langley.

The government's cutting you off.

They want their money back,

- or what's left of it.
- What?

And they're throwing me off the
task force if I don't get it.

No, not now. Now's the
time when we need it most.

The EmDrive works, Grace.

What?

We're in the process
of scaling it up now.

It's gonna take massive
amounts of material

and hundreds of workers around the clock

to get this thing built and launched.

This little government tantrum

could not have come at a worse time.

Y-You don't believe me.

Said the man who sent me
on a wild uranium chase.

For which, uh, you still
owe me an explanation

or, I don't know, an apology.

Oh, maybe a Hallmark card.

"Sorry I made you steal
uranium for my ark."

Soon as I get my "Sorry I
let them waterboard you" card

in the mail.

Darius, I'm sorry. I...

I'm desperately sorry for what happened,

and I want to believe
you, but right now,

I have too many questions
and not enough answers.

I can't go back to the Pentagon
without proof the EmDrive works.

Okay, follow me.

You want proof? You want answers?

Yes, I do.

Get in.

[echoing]: Who are you?

Hey, Amanda.

Thank God. How you feeling?

Sore.

Yeah, well, you got hit by a car.

How long have I been here?

Couple days.

Someone was here, Ed, in the room.

This creepy guy in a hoodie.

Doctor said you might
be just a little confused

after the accident
'cause of the concussion.

It wasn't an accident.

I think someone tried to kill me.

Who?

I don't know.

But I'm gonna find out.

LIAM: What do you think Darius
is doing to the employees?

He's probably just asking
them some questions.

Yeah, but, I mean, you saw
how crazy he was acting, right?

I just don't want
Jillian to feel like...

The fate of the world is at stake,

and you're worried about
your little puppy love? Hmm?

Okay. Well, first, I'm not a puppy.

And second, what the
hell is your problem?

[loud bang]

[tire thumping]

- What's happening?
- It's a flat.

Nothing to worry about.

- Sit tight...
- [gunshot]

Aah!

Hands on your head! Get out of car, now!

Okay, okay.

Phone!

Get in!

Okay. Okay.

[engine revving]

You guys working for someone?
Is it the government maybe?

Because we have friends at the Pentagon.

We can give them a call

and clear this whole thing right up.

You want money?

One phone call, I can make that happen.

[whispers]: Would you shut up?

You're gonna get us killed.

Listen to your friend.

LIAM: 9-1-1,

my professor, his place is trashed.

He didn't show up for class.

There were big scary goons
staking out his house.

They chased my ass across town.

We're plotting possible
intercept courses

with the asteroid to see
which countries have available

spacecraft out near Samson.

Then we'll approach them
about a collaborative mission.

But we still don't know
who was behind the hack.

How do we know who we can trust?

We don't. It's a process.

And what do we say?

"Pardon me, but do
you mind if we destroy

your billion-dollar space
toy for no apparent reason?"

It'll look like an accident.

By then, it's too late
for anyone to object.

Claire,

you were a little rough on
Grace Barrows this morning.

Was I?

Threatening to throw
her off the task force?

She's been working day and night,

like the rest of us,
trying to find solutions.

Well, she's created more
problems than anything else.

You know, I-I get the feeling
sometimes that it's personal.

Is it personal for
me, Harris, or for you?

DEXTER: Sir.

I've located three probes
that can reach Samson.

The closest one can
intercept in 12 days.

Who does it belong to?

DEXTER: China.

CLAIRE: China's not gonna work with us.

Moving on.

DEXTER: Here's one that can
impact Samson in 22 days:

the Mahnaz Probe.

- Iran.
- Try again.

DEXTER: Last one is the furthest out.

But a collision

could be possible in
79 days: the Bijali.

India.

A U.S. ally.

Jackpot.

GRACE: Where are we exactly?

I thought we were going
to see the EmDrive.

We are. Eventually.

Eventually?

Darius, where are we going?

Lazlo's house. Or safe house, actually.

What?

You lied to me again.

I never lied to you.

How do you say that
with a straight face?

I told you that I needed
uranium to save the human race.

- That's true.
- Okay.

Your facility for self-rationalization

is alarming.

What's alarming is your self-delusion.

- If I'm right...
- And you're certain you are.

Lazlo is not the mole!

And it doesn't matter whether
or not the EmDrive works.

Nothing we do matters,

because someone will
always be sabotaging us.

GRACE: What are we doing here?

Laz uploaded something
onto a private remote server

in the last moments of his life.

Yeah. Probably all of
Tanz Industries' secrets.

Or the answer to his murder.

This is where he lived?

He was a quiet man.

With demons.

Is this you?

Yes.

You're all set, Ms. Neel.

- Thank you.
- Thanks.

Okay, let's get you out of
here and off of this story.

- What? I can't stop now.
- [phone chimes]

This isn't my phone.

Did you put this in my bag?

No.

Then I wasn't hallucinating.

There was someone else in my room.

Get rid of that phone.

Just throw it away now.

Amanda, as your boss,

I am telling you, you
are off of this story

or you're fired, you hear me?

Yeah, I hear you.

No story is worth dying for.

Yeah. You're right.

Yeah, I know.

Come on.

[groans]: Ooh...

Whoa, you okay?

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

They said I might have some dizziness

over the next few days.

Okay, I'll find you a wheelchair,

and we'll roll you out of here.

Okay. Okay.

♪ ♪

GRACE: What are we looking at?

The last image Lazlo saw before he died.

GRACE: Who could possibly identify that?

[line ringing]

KARISSA: Yes, Darius?

Karissa, I'm sending you a photo file.

Have Tess run it through
our facial rec software.

See if she can find a match.

Right away.

[door unlocking]

Darius.

Theresa.

Oh, my God.

It's been...

15 years.

Uh, this is, uh, Grace Barrows,
a work, a work colleague.

Grace, this is

Theresa.

Lazlo's sister.

Oh, well, congratulations
on all your success.

It's pretty hard not
to keep tabs on you.

And-and you're married, two girls?

Yeah, seven and two.

Laz probably bored you
with photos of them.

I haven't heard from
him in a couple days,

so I got worried.

Is he here?

Maybe we should, we should step outside.

Okay.

♪ ♪

HARRIS: Ambassador Gupta,

we're honored to sit with you today.

The pleasure is mine, Deputy Secretary.

My country has been eager to collaborate

with your space program for some time.

The question is: Why now?

India is emerging as a
major player in space.

And, you know, frankly,
your landmark missions

have come in at far
lower costs than ours.

I think both of our agencies

could benefit from a
new level of cooperation.

A cooperative effort with
NASA could be just the thing

to boost our global profile.

CLAIRE: Perhaps we should engage in

an off-books effort, at the beginning.

Just to make certain that ISRO and NASA

will mesh well.

I don't understand.

HARRIS: I think what
Claire is suggesting

is that the United States join
one of ISRO's current missions

already in progress.

Are you looking for something specific?

CLAIRE: NASA would like to access

the Bijali Probe you currently
have out near Jupiter.

NASA already has the IO
Probe in that region, no?

HARRIS: It's been...

malfunctioning.

It's not malfunctioning.

It was hacked.

Wasn't it?

How did you know that?

Because ours was hacked, too.

CLAIRE: My deepest condolences, Theresa.

It's Tess.

You can call me Tess.

Tess.

Thank you... for taking care
of Laz for all of these years.

I'm sorry I... I couldn't protect him.

You did.

You saved his life, Darius.

And whoever did this...

find them.

I promise.

That photo of you in
front of the tree house...

That was you with Lazlo and Tess?

Yeah.

You were in love with her, weren't you?

Sorry.

[phone vibrates]

AUTOMATED VOICE: Incoming call. Karissa.

Yes.

KARISSA: Darius, facial rec has a match.

Sending through now.

Whoever infiltrated my game
room hacked that probe, Grace.

And killed Lazlo before
they could be identified.

Oh.

- Darius...
- Damn it.

How could I have been so blind?

[engine revving]

[quietly]: Croft.

The driver... He's the one who chased me

after your place was trashed.

- Are you sure?
- Yeah.

It's burned in my
mind. That whole day is.

Ah.

One of these Neanderthals
broke my glasses

when they were wrestling
me out of the van.

LIAM: His place is trashed.
He left his glasses behind.

Your glasses... Can't
you get another pair?

No. These are antiques.
These were my grandfather's.

They're one of a kind.

Why?

You all right?

[grunts]

- Let me out of the car!
- Stop! Stop! Stop.

Oh, God, it was you?

You're the mole.

Karissa, I can't raise
Liam or Nelson on the phone.

KARISSA: Tracking them.

Their signals are... dead.

When did they check in

at the offsite facility?

They didn't.

- Damn it!
- Where are they?

I don't know, but Croft has the EmDrive.

And Liam.

You're a Russian spy?

CROFT: No.

It's not like that. I just, uh...

supply technology... for a price.

- [laughs]
- Oh, don't be so naive.

It happens all the time.

How did you figure it out?

Your glasses.

Yeah, those one-of-a-kind antiques?

They were in your house when you were

supposedly running for your life,

and now they're on your face!

Mm. [chuckles]

Good observation.

So the night you disappeared...
That was just a setup?

No, after you left,

I phoned a friend, like I said.

But he didn't work for NASA.

This is Malcolm Croft.

Yes, I-I know what time
it is, but this can't wait.

A student has discovered something...

An asteroid on a collision
course with the Earth.

Extinction level.

Totally certain.

And as far as we knew, you
hadn't told anyone else

about the asteroid, so you
were the dangling thread.

And that's when things started to get

a little more complicated.

The Russians tracked me to Darius

and into the Pentagon.

That's when they realized

that the Pentagon
already knew everything,

so we had to figure out what
their strategy was gonna be.

You used me to infiltrate Tanz,

and then you hacked the kinetic
impactor to protect Russia.

Why not have them kill
me like they did Lazlo?

Just do it.

Kill you?

You are like the son I never had.

I want you to come with me.

We could finish the EmDrive together.

- Where?
- Moscow.

They will welcome us like Snowden,

we'll live like kings,

and then we'll launch
the gravity tractor,

and we will save the world.

[door opens]

LIAM: You have no idea

what they'll do with the technology.

You have no idea what
they'll do with us.

_

_

_

_

Liam, think about it.

[cell phone ringing]

Who is this?

MAN [distorted]: A friend
with the same agenda.

And what agenda is that?

Atlas. Check the message.

[phone vibrates, chimes]

- What am I looking at?
- MAN: Zoom in.

Here's the billion-dollar question:

What is Tanz technology
doing fused inside this rock?

Who are you?

[phone chirping]

Resist?

The global hacker collective?

This is so Watergate.

Wait, how'd you get this photo?

I don't reveal my sources.
Hopefully you don't, either.

Why are you giving me this story,

not the Post or the Times?

We saw your article on Darius Tanz.

A face-to-face meeting in the Treehouse.

How did you get that kind of access?

Timing... and skill.

Use that skill to find out what
the Pentagon and Tanz are up to,

and you won't be a blogger with
a second-rate website anymore.

You'll be the future of
investigative journalism.

And what do you get out of it?

The truth.

Okay, Mom, I will. Love you, too.

If the U.S. and India were both hacked,

what are the chances the
others are in the clear?

Well, we can't very well
call up Iran and China

for a chat about deep-space probes.

Dexter,

see if there's any intelligence

about the probes out near the IO.

Yes, sir.

Sir, the Chinese probe just crashed

into Jupiter's moon Europa.

And we picked up chatter
about the Iranian probe

going off-line a few hours ago.

It's not just us or
India, it's all of them.

There is a major player out there

looking to get control of that asteroid.

And the fate of the human race.

TANZ: Harris.

We need the use of your satellites now.

MASON: Black with a little sugar.

Thanks.

Has this happened before? A lockdown?

Once.

Seven years ago, when some
drone technology was stolen.

That's when Darius brought in Lazlo.

Who killed himself.

The rumor is he was...

stealing from the boss.

We work in tech.

There's lots of secrets running
around inside these walls.

JAMIE: I had this one
cousin, he worked at

an aeronautics start-up
in Silicon Valley.

He was told day one he'd
given up all rights to privacy.

Sorry. I can't get ahold of Liam,

and his work space is empty.

He just vanished, and...
he's not answering his phone.

I had this other cousin,

he'd thought he'd paid his phone bill...

I'm sure that Liam paid
his phone bill, Jamie.

TESS: Security measures
have been completed.

All employees must return
to their workstations.

- Thank you for your patience.
- Let's get back at it.

_

[panting softly]

[grunts]

[panting]

CROFT: Liam!

I wouldn't do that if I were you.

Really?

You're gonna shoot me, Croft?

After everything we've been
through, you're gonna shoot me?

I don't want to. I don't want to.

But I will if I have to.

You killed Lazlo.

CROFT: You wanted to see me?

I thought maybe you could
explain what you're doing here

- on this video.
- Let me see that.

[Lazlo grunts, gunshot]

I don't believe it.

All of this is for money?

No, no, no. Respect.

I've watched lesser minds
like Darius Tanz make billions

off of other people's ideas,
while people like you and I,

we toil in obscurity.

With the EmDrive, finally,

this is my chance to join
the ranks of-of Oppenheimer,

Einstein, Galileo.

And I'm asking you
to come along with me.

Liam, I'm offering you

a chance for scientific immortality.

Croft, I would rather die
a hero than live a traitor.

[panting]

Croft?

- [gun cocks]
- CROFT: Drop it.

I already told you, Ms.
Neel, Darius is not here.

Okay, fine.

What about Liam Cole? Is he here?

He's not, but I'll be happy
to pass along a message.

Thank you, I'd appreciate that.

You're a friend of Liam's?

Yeah.

I am.

Amanda.

Jillian.

His girlfriend, right?

He talks about you all the time.

Oh. [chuckles]

Have you heard from him today?

'Cause I've been trying to reach him.

No, I haven't.

Are you okay?

Yeah. I don't know.

It's been an interesting day.

You look like you could use a drink.

Actually...

I really could.

Come on. First round's on me.

[chuckles]

DEXTER: Satellite imaging
shows Liam and Professor Croft

being transferred to
an SUV three hours ago.

We tracked the SUV

for 30 miles north-northwest

before the satellite moved out of range.

You sure you can't
pick them up somewhere?

We hooked into traffic
cams, but they left the grid

over an hour ago, the trail is cold.

HARRIS: Okay, we have the
SUV's license plate number.

Let's put out an APB.

We don't have time for that.

Dexter, we have the license plate.

Can you get the VIN number from the DMV?

- Sure.
- Excuse me, you're not in charge here.

Tanz Electronics

built the onboard nav

entertainment systems
for all those SUVs.

- In case of emergency...
- You'd be able to track them.

DEXTER: I have the VIN. I
just need your security code

to get into the Tanz
Electronics control system.

And there's a complicated firewall here.

Hold on, that's a
root-level access terminal.

HARRIS: Darius, keep your
hands off that keyboard.

- You don't have clearance.
- There's 20 steps here, Harris.

The amount of time it would take
me to explain it to Dexter...

CLAIRE: Isn't it a little convenient

that the EmDrive was
lost in the exact moment

when you claim it's finally working?

It wasn't lost, Ms. Rayburn!

It's been stolen because it works.

Stolen by the same man
who hacked the IO Probe.

Why should we believe you?

Damn it, because it's the truth.

Lazlo was innocent. Darius has
done everything he promised.

He invented planet-saving
technology in record time,

which we are perilously close to losing.

Don't you think it's time

we stopped treating him like the enemy?

Ms. Barrows...

No, she's right.

Have at it.

TANZ: This isn't exactly legal,

but, then again, neither is
waterboarding your own citizens,

so... I won't tell...

if you don't.

DEXTER: Got him.

Sir, they're at a private
airfield in Maryland.

They can take off without
FAA authorization from there.

Okay, scramble jets to that location

and close the airspace out
to international waters.

We need to mobilize an
anti-terror team now.

Where are you going?

I have a chopper standing
by. You coming or not?

Yes.

All right, Liam, this
has gone far enough.

Leave me alone!

Take everything and go!

There's only one other
person beside myself

that can build an EmDrive.

Now, what kind of scientist would I be

if I left a variable like
that on the table, huh?

Now,

I'm giving you one last chance.

I don't want to kill you.

But I will if I have to.

So, come on.

So, you must love it, getting
to work for Darius Tanz.

And with your boyfriend there, too.

Yeah, it's great... when he's there.

Meaning?

He disappears. A lot.

To where?

Who knows? It's like...

vanishes like Houdini.

Just everything is so
secretive over there.

You make it sound so sinister.

I don't mean to.

Working there is an honor.

I know that.

We're improving the future of humanity.

But...?

Ugh, ignore me.

I think that I have had
one martini too many.

- [both chuckle]
- Listen,

you're in a new city, new boyfriend.

You're feeling isolated, I get that.

And working for Darius
Tanz can't be easy.

If you ever need a friend
to talk to, I'm here.

Ah, you know, you're
the first friend I made

since I moved to Washington.

Well... to friendship.

To friendship.

♪ ♪

[jet engine whirring]

[gun cocks]

_

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_

_

_

[tires screech]

- You got to stop the plane!
- Drop your weapon!

No, no, no, don't shoot, don't shoot!

- Get your hands up!
- My name is Liam Cole!

I work with Darius Tanz!

- Please don't shoot.
- TANZ: Hold your fire!

Hold your fire! He's with us!

Are you okay?

It was Croft.

That son of a bitch.
They took everything.

They took the research,
they took the prototype.

- Everything.
- Who?

The Russians.

Understood.

What?

They can't find the plane.

They must've disabled the transponder.

And they're flying below radar.

Over water in the dark.

Russia's in possession of the EmDrive

and all the kinetic impactors.

Now what?

[exhales]

I...

When the asteroid gets
close enough, we...

use nuclear weapons and...

[exhales]

hope for the best.

By then, everyone will know.

It'll be chaos.

Anarchy.

We need to inform POTUS.

To prepare for the worst.

Harris...

do you think Atlas is
responsible for all this?

Let's hope not.

So, did you get the
answers to your questions?

Some.

Tess... was the love of my life.

I broke her heart and,
as it turns out, my own.

She's my biggest regret,

and now Lazlo.

I'm sorry.

[sighs] How could I have been so stupid?

Croft...

He's the only person I
haven't vetted in all the years

I've let people through these doors.

Darius,

no one can see everything
coming, not even you.

He wiped my internal hard drives clean.

[chuckles] There's no evidence

we ever worked on the EmDrive at Tanz.

If you believed so
strongly in the EmDrive,

why'd you make me steal
uranium for the ark?

Play the game out till the end.

Now that the Russians have the EmDrive,

the Americans will challenge them.

It will lead to a stand-off.

That uranium you risked everything for

will power the ark's
life support functions,

and your selfless bravery

will be the only reason
any of us live on.

You think we're gonna kill ourselves

before the asteroid even gets here.

Whoever controls the EmDrive

controls the fate of the world, Grace.

And right now, it's in
the hands of our enemy.

We have no idea what
they'll do with that power.

Save us...

or destroy us.

♪ ♪

♪ On the edge of the dark ♪

♪ I wait for the sun to rise ♪

♪ Oh, there's still a
little light that shines... ♪

Liam?

♪ In my tired eyes... ♪

I didn't mean to wake you up.

Where have you been?

Um... research.

Off-campus.

♪ 'Cause there's still a
little light that shines... ♪

Couldn't reach you all day.

I thought you were dead or something.

♪ Eyes ♪

♪ ♪

[Liam sniffles]

I'm not dead.

♪ On the edge of the dark ♪

♪ I will wait for the sun to rise ♪

♪ 'Cause there's still a little... ♪

I'm right here.

♪ Deep in my tired eyes. ♪