Sleeper Cell (2005–2006): Season 2, Episode 7 - Fitna - full transcript

The day of reckoning has arrived. The Cell members prepare to launch the attack, even as the FBI springs its trap.

Narrator: PREVIOUSLY
ON SLEEPER CELL.

Darwyn: AGENT SERXNER.
[AGENT SERXNER GIGGLING]

I'M GOING OVERSEAS FOR
A FEW WEEKS. I'M GONNA DO TDY

WITH THE JOINT TERRORISM
TASK FORCE IN THE SUDAN.

Agent: SOMETHING HAPPENED.
IT'S GONNA BE ALL OVER CNN...

[MUFFLED SHOUTING, SCREAMING]

YOU WILL NO LONGER BE TAKING
ORDER FROM BROTHER AL-HAKIM

BECAUSE FROM NOW ON YOU WILL
BE TAKING THEM FROM ME.

WHERE'S MINA?
SHE HAS HER OWN MISSION.

THERE ARE OTHER WOMEN
JUST LIKE YOU;

THEY COME TOGETHER IN
A GROUP TO DISCUSS THINGS.



WELL, MY BOYFRIEND
ISN'T ASKING ME

TO CONVERT TO ISLAM.
WELL, NEITHER AM I.

I'M JUST ASKING YOU
TO LISTEN,

AND BRING AN OPEN MIND.

COME ON IN HONEY,
WE'RE MUSLIMS, NOT ALIENS.

HI, GAYLE.

IF I DO WHAT YOU ASK,

IF I GIVE YOU THE FUEL RODS
AND YOU USE THEM,

YOU HAVE JUST OPENED
A DOOR FOR THE WEST

TO DROP A NUCLEAR BOMB
ON MECCA.

IT SEEMS SALIM CAUSED
QUITE A SCANDAL

IN THE LONDON
IRAQI COMMUNITY

OVER A LITTLE LOVE AFFAIR
THAT HE GOT INTO.

AFRAID YOUR BUDDIES
FROM THE MOSQUE



WILL CATCH US
AND REPORT YOU TO ALLAH?

YOU DON'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT MY RELIGION OR ABOUT ME!

Darwyn: SALIM MANAGED TO GET
THE SA 18 WORKING AGAIN.

WHO ARE YOU?! ANSWER ME!
[GROANING]

I'VE MISSED YOU,
MY BROTHER.

THE CAUSE
HAS MISSED YOU.

Darwyn: KARRAR HAS GOT
A MAN ON THE INSIDE.

WHO'S GONNA BE SMUGGLING
NUCLEAR FUEL RODS

INTO THE COUNTRY.

THIS, MY BROTHERS
IS THE NEXT SEPTEMBER 11TH.

DO YOU HAVE EYES
ON THE ASSET AND THE TARGET?

[WHISPERS] CHECK!

DARWYN,
WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?

RUSSELL MADE ME GO
TO THIS MEETING WITH MINA

AND I'VE BEEN STUCK
WITH THE PSYCHO FOR HOURS.

[GASPS]

***

BISHOP AND VAN DER HULST
HAVE BEEN IN THERE FOREVER.

I WISH WE HAD
ANOTHER TEAM HERE.

THIS CASE HAS TOO MANY
DAMN SUBJECTS.

YEAH, WELL, AT LEAST
WE HAVE AN AGENT INSIDE.

SHIT! MINA!
YOU SCARED ME.

SORRY, I--

UH, I GUESS I SHOULDN'T
BE CURSING IN A MOSQUE.

ASSALAM ALAIKUM, SISTER.

OH, HI.

I SAW YOU
IN THE MEETING TONIGHT,

YOU'RE NEW TO THE GROUP.

WHY DIDN'T YOU
INTRODUCE YOURSELF?
NO, UM...

I WAS JUST CURIOUS.
I'M NOT REALLY A MUSLIM.

YOU KNOW, THAT'S HOW I
STARTED MY JOURNEY, HONEY.

CURIOSITY.
I NEVER IMAGINED...

I'D ACTUALLY
ONE DAY EMBRACE ISLAM.

BUT ALLAH GUIDES
WHOM HE WILL

TO THE STRAIGHT PATH.

YOU KNOW, THE BOOK STORE
IS STILL OPEN.

THEY'VE GOT A WHOLE
COLLECTION OF MATERIALS

WRITTEN SPECIFICALLY
FOR NON-MUSLIMS

TO INTRODUCE THEM
TO THE FAITH.

YEAH,
I DON'T THINK I CAN...

COME ON.
IT'LL JUST TAKE A MINUTE.

OKAY, SURE.
JUST FOR A MINUTE.

WHO WERE YOU TALKING TO?

UM...I WAS JUST CALLING
MY BABYSITTER

TO CHECK UP ON MARCUS.

HE'S...SLEEPING
LIKE AN ANGEL.

SO YOUR BABYSITTER
KNOWS YOU WENT

TO THE ISLAMIC CENTER
TONIGHT.

YEAH, YEAH. I...
I WAS JUST TELLING HER

WHAT A GREAT TIME I HAD
AT THE WOMEN'S...GROUP.

THANKS FOR TAKING ME.
WE SHOULD GO AGAIN SOMETIME.

I'M AFRAID
THAT'S NOT GONNA HAPPEN.

[GAYLE GASPS]
DON'T SCREAM.

I DON'T WANNA USE THIS,
ESPECIALLY IN A SACRED PLACE.

WHAT DO YOU WANT?

WE'RE GOING FOR A DRIVE.

I'M NOT GOING ANYWHERE
WITH YOU !

[GAYLE GASPS]
IF WE DON'T WALK OUT OF HERE

IN THE NEXT FIVE MINUTES,
TOGETHER

MY BROTHERS WILL BE
PAYING A VISIT TO MARCUS.

[GASPS] PLEASE, MINA. JESUS!

DON'T DO THIS. [GASPS]

GET MOVING.

OKAY.

THIS WAY,
OUT THE BACK DOOR.

Agent: WHAT DO WE DO NOW,
AGENT RUSSELL?

Russell: [SIGHS]
WE WAIT FOR THE CALL.

[CLICKING]

[PHONE RINGING]
RUSSELL.

Agent: THIS IS D.S.
WE GOT THE GREEN LIGHT.

YES, SIR! GOT IT.

OKAY. RAISE H.R.T.
AND SWAT TEAMS

TELL THEM
TO GET READY TO MOVE.

[STARTS ENGINE]

WHERE ARE WE GOING?
GET ON THE 10 EAST.

I'LL TELL YOU
WHERE TO GET OFF.

MASHALLAH, BROTHERS.
EXCELLENT WORK.

KARRAR, ISN'T IT TIME
YOU TELL US THE PLAN?

YOU'RE RIGHT.

IT'S TIME.

Karrar: DARWYN AND BENITO
WILL DRIVE TO L.A.X.

WITH THE SUITCASE.

YOU WILL GIVE THE SUITCASE
TO LITTLE RENZO,

BENITO'S FRIEND.

HE WILL PUT IT
ON A FLIGHT 365 TO LONDON

WHICH DEPART AT 8:10 PM.

BY THAT TIME YOU TWO

WILL BE AT VISTA DEL MAR BEACH
WITH THE SA-18.

Benito: WHEN THE PLANE
FLIES OVERHEAD

THE MISSILE LOCKS ONTO
THE JET ENGINES

AND BOOM.

KILLING EVERYONE ON BOARD.

TURNING NUCLEAR FUEL RODS
INTO RADIOACTIVE DUST.

TO BE SCATTERED BY THE WIND
OVER SANTA MONICA...

VENICE BEACH...

THE PALISADES...

WEST L.A.

WHAT ABOUT ME?

YOU AND I WILL BE
AT THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL.

Karrar: AT EXACTLY 8:17

WHEN OUR BROTHER DISPENSE
GOD'S JUSTICE FROM THE WEST,

WE WILL DETONATE
THE COOLER.

AND THE DIRTY BOMB
WILL DISPENSE

GOD'S JUSTICE
FROM THE EAST.

SIMULTANEOUS
COORDINATED ATTACKS.

BLANKET THE CITY
IN NUCLEAR FALLOUT.

THE IMMEDIATE DEATH TOLL
WILL BE IN THE THOUSANDS

BUT THAT NUMBER WILL RISE
WITH RADIATION POISONING.

CANCER, BIRTH DEFECTS.

AND THE ECONOMIC DAMAGES
WILL BE CATASTROPHIC.

THE REAL ESTATE LOSSES ALONE

WILL BE TENS OF BILLIONS
OF DOLLARS.

THIS 4 OF JULY WILL BE
OUR INDEPENDENCE DAY.

ALLAHU AKBAR.

Others: ALLAHU AKBAR.

[MAN SPEAKS ARABIC]

TODAY IS THE DAY WE HAVE
LONG PREPARED FOR, MY FRIEND.

THE GREAT FITNA.

THE CHAOS THAT WILL
CONSUME THE WEST.

A NUCLEAR ATTACK ON LOS ANGELES
WILL NOT GO UNANSWERED.

WHATEVER THE RESPONSE

IT WILL ONLY
STRENGTHEN OUR CAUSE.

I SHALL MISS
THE CHILDREN.

I HAVE BEEN THEIR WALI
FOR MANY YEARS.

THEY ARE LIKE
MY OWN FLESH AND BLOOD.

IF THE AMERICANS
ARE STUPID ENOUGH

TO ATTACK A BUILDING
FULL OF ORPHANS,

THESE CHILDREN
BECOME MARTYRS

AND WE WILL HAVE
A GREAT P.R. VICTORY

TO RALLY EVEN MORE BELIEVERS
TO THE WORLDWIDE JIHAD.

***

Agent: WE'VE IDENTIFIED A SERIES
OF UNDERGROUND TUNNELS

THAT LEAD DIRECTLY
TO THE MAIN FACILITY.

ALPHA TEAM WILL ENTER VIA
THE SUBTERRANEAN PASSAGEWAY,

WHILE BRAVO TEAM WILL BE
AIRLIFTED ONTO THE ROOF

AND FIELD TEAMS
WILL ENGAGE THE PERIMETER.

ALL TEAMS WILL CONVERGE
ON THE MAIN CHAMBER

WHERE THE TARGETS
ARE LOCATED.

Diaz: OUR FIRST
AND FOREMOST PRIORITY

IS TO SECURE
THE NUCLEAR MATERIAL.

ONCE OUR TEAMS
HAVE DISABLED THE TARGETS,

THE HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
RESPONSE UNIT

WILL SUPERVISE
CONTAINMENT

AND DISPOSAL
OF THE FUEL RODS.

OUR TARGETS ARE PRESUMED
TO BE ARMED AND DANGEROUS.

YOU'RE AUTHORIZED TO USE
ALL NECESSARY FORCE.

BUT TAKE A GOOD LOOK
AT OUR U/C.

NEXT TO SECURING
THE NUCLEAR MATERIAL,

HIS SAFETY IS TOP PRIORITY.

AGENT AL-SAYEED IS WALKING

OUT OF THIS RAID
WITHOUT A SCRATCH.

IS THAT UNDERSTOOD?

EXCUSE ME, SIR, BUT WHAT'LL
PREVENT THE TARGETS

FROM DETONATING
THE DIRTY BOMBS

ONCE WE'RE INSIDE
THE PERIMETER?

OUR U/C HAS NEUTRALIZED
THE EXPLOSIVE MATERIAL.

THE R.D.X. IS INERT.

WHAT ABOUT
THE FEMALE TARGET?

SHE'S OFFSITE AND OUR S.O.s
HAVE A LOCK ON THAT SUBJECT

AND WILL APPREHEND HER
THE MINUTE THE RAID GOES DOWN.

Gayle: WHY ARE YOU
DOING THIS?

FOR MY HUSBAND.

YOU SAID HE...HE DIED.

HE DIED IN IRAQ.

WE WERE DRIVING
ON A SMUGGLING ROUTE

BETWEEN DAMASCUS
AND BAGHDAD.

GOING TO JOIN
THE MUJAHIDIN IN FALLUJAH.

WE WOULD FIGHT
AGAINST THE ENEMIES OF GOD

WHO HAD INVADED
THE MUSLIM WORLD.

INSHALLAH,
WE WOULD DIE AS MARTYRS...

TOGETHER.

WE WERE IN SEPARATE VEHICLES.

HISHAM, MY HUSBAND,

WAS IN FRONT
DRIVING THE MAIN TRUCK

THAT CARRIED
MORE MUJAHIDIN.

I WAS FOLLOWING IN A JEEP
WITH SOME LOCAL WOMEN.

WE'D JUST CROSSED
THE BORDER INTO IRAQ

WHEN AN AMERICAN
HELICOPTER GUNSHIP

APPEARED FROM OVER
THE SINJAR MOUNTAINS.

WE TRIED TO TURN BACK.

[SIGHING] THEY FIRED ON US.

I SAW HISHAM'S TRUCK EXPLODE.

MY JEEP TURNED OVER
AND I WAS THROWN FROM THE WRECK.

I WAS BLEEDING.

NOT FROM A BULLET...

FROM INSIDE.

FROM BETWEEN MY LEGS.

WHEN I FINALLY
MADE IT TO THE HOSPITAL,

THE DOCTOR TOLD ME
I HAD LOST THE CHILD.

I'M SORRY
THAT HAPPENED TO YOU, MINA.

I'M SURE YOU ARE, GAYLE.

JUST KEEP DRIVING.

Benito: SO THIS IS IT, MAN,
THE REAL THING.

MARTYRDOM VIDEOS.

I'VE NEVER BEEN
ON CAMERA BEFORE,

I'M A LITTLE BIT NERVOUS.

BEFORE WE DIE...

TOGETHER...

WILL YOU TELL ME
YOUR REAL NAME?

KARRAR BASHIR AL-ABBADI.

THE KHALIFA'S
COMMUNICATIONS CHIEF.

MAHDI'S SUDAN
IN THE 1890s.

[SIGHING] MY NAME DOESN'T
MATTER, DARWYN AL-HAKIM.

ALL THAT MATTERS...

IS THAT WE FULFILL
OUR DESTINY.

READY?

Agent #1: THIS IS FIELD TEAM 1,

WE'RE CLOSING IN
ON THE EAST WALL.

Agent #2: COPY THAT TEAM ONE.

Agent #3: THIS IS ALPHA TEAM,
WE'RE ON THE MOVE.

Radio: AIR SIX, HOLDING.

[BEEPING]

Agent #3:
MOTION SENSOR! FALL BACK!

SHIT!
ALPHA TEAM, COME IN.

WHAT THE FUCK WAS THAT?

ARE THEY THERE?
DO YOU READ, ALPHA TEAM?

WHAT'S GOING ON?
OH MY GOD.

WE HAVE VISITORS.

BENNY GET OUT WITH THE MISSILE
AND PROCEED WITH THE PLAN

AND IF YOU CAN'T MAKE IT,
USE THE MISSILE!

DON'T LET THEM
TAKE YOUR LIFE!

SALIM! YOU GO BACK
TO THE CONTAINER ROOM

AND YOU WATCH
OVER THE BOMB.

AND IF THE ENEMY REACH YOU,
YOU WILL TAKE US ALL

TO PARADISE.
ALLAHU AKBAR.

GO! GO! GO!

YOU COME WITH ME.

COME ON!

FUCK!

***

I'M FBI, KARRAR,
IT'S OVER.

PUT YOUR HANDS
ON YOUR HEAD!

I SAID PUT 'EM UP!

[* RAP SONG]

P.A.: THIS IS THE FBI,
YOU'RE SURROUNDED.

PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPONS
AND COME OUT

WITH YOUR HANDS
ON YOUR HEAD.

P.A.: THIS IS THE FBI.

YOU ARE SURROUNDED.
PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPONS.

[* RAP SONG CONTINUES]

P.A.: THIS IS THE FBI.
YOU ARE SURROUNDED.

P.A.: THIS IS THE FBI,
PUT DOWN YOUR WEAPON!

[CLICKING]
WHAT THE FUCK, MAN!

[PANTING]
WHAT THE FUCK!

AARGH!

[GROANS]

P.A.: SUSPECT'S BREAKING AWAY.
CHECKING SOUTH PERIMETER.

YOU MOTHER...FUCKER.

Man: CLEAR!

[PANTING]

[WHISPERS IN ARABIC]

[BEEP]

[PANTING]

[BEEPING]

FUCK!

ARRGH!

[GROANING]

ALL RIGHT...
I SABOTAGED YOUR MISSILE

AND YOUR R.D.X. SO YOU'RE SHIT
OUT OF LUCK, ALL RIGHT?

[PANTING]

DID YOU KNOW
PATRICE SERXNER?

SHE WAS FBI TOO,
WASN'T SHE?

HUH?

SHE WAS TOUGH,
NOT AFRAID TO DIE, HUH?

Patrice: FUCK YOU!

SHUT UP.
[COUGHS, PANTS]

ARE YOU UPSET THAT
WE CUT OFF THE PRETTY HEAD

OF YOUR CRUSADER WHORE?

Patrice: FUCK YOU!

COME ON, GO AHEAD,
KILL ME!

COME ON, THAT'S WHAT
YOU WANNA DO NOW!

[MUFFLED SCREAM]

YOU'RE RIGHT.

BUT ALLAH SAYS
IN THE HOLY QUR'AN...

THAT'S THE DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN ME AND YOU.

WHAT KIND OF TRUE MUSLIM

WORK FOR THE AMERICANS?

I DON'T WORK
FOR THE AMERICANS.

I AM AMERICAN.

UHH.

Agent: FREEZE! PUT YOUR
HANDS ABOVE YOUR HEAD.

SECURE THE WEAPON!

FBI! FBI.

[PANTING]

Agent #2: GET READY TO BLOW
THE CONTAINMENT ROOM DOOR.

Radio: [INDISCERNIBLE
INSTRUCTIONS]

FIRE IN THE HOLE.
[CLICK]

LET'S GO!
MOVE! MOVE! MOVE!

ALL CLEAR!

SECURE!

WHERE'S SALIM?

WELL, HE'S GOTTA BE
SOMEWHERE IN THE BUILDING.

FUCK!
WHAT? WHAT IS IT?

THE COOLER, IT...IT'S GOT
THE OTHER FOUR FUEL RODS!

OH SHIT!

WE'RE GOING TO VEGAS?

JUST KEEP YOUR EYES
ON THE ROAD.

WHY ME?

I DON'T QUESTION MY ORDERS.

PLEASE, I JUST WANNA
LIVE FOR MY SON.

YOU AFRAID, GAYLE?

[SIGHS]

GOOD.

FEAR IS ALL
AMERICANS UNDERSTAND.

ESPECIALLY FEAR OF DEATH.

YOU THINK YOU CAN FORCE
ALL OF MANKIND

TO DO WHAT YOU WANT
BY MAKING THEM AFRAID TOO.

AFRAID OF...
YOUR MILITARY MIGHT,

AFRAID OF
YOUR LASER GUIDED BOMBS,

AFRAID OF
YOUR WHITE PHOSPHORUS.

BUT YOU NEVER UNDERSTAND

WHY MUSLIMS
REFUSE TO SURRENDER.

IT'S BECAUSE
WE DON'T FEAR DEATH.

THAT'S WHY YOU'LL NEVER
TRULY CONQUER US.

***

THAT WAS L.A.X.

THEY ARRESTED
THE BAGGAGE HANDLER

WHO WAS GONNA
SMUGGLE THE SUITCASE

PACKED WITH THE FUEL RODS
ONTO THE PLANE.

LORENZO RIVERA,
FORMER GANG MEMBER,

ACTIVE CRIMINAL TIES.

APPARENTLY HE THOUGHT
HE WAS GONNA BE

SMUGGLING COCAINE.

JESUS CHRIST! WHO CAN'T
GET PAST THE T.S.A.

FORGIVE ME,
MADAM COMMISSIONER

BUT THIS IS NOT THE TIME
TO BE POINTING FINGERS.

THE L.A.X. SITUATION
IS UNDER CONTROL NOW

AND WE'RE AGGRESSIVELY
INTERROGATING ABUD HAMID MUSA,

A.K.A. KARRAR,

REGARDING THE WHEREABOUTS
OF MINA VAN DER HULST

AND SALIM AL-DULAIMI.

WHAT HAVE YOU GOT
OUT OF HIM?

NOTHING YET
BUT AS FAR AS WE KNOW,

VAN DER HULST IS UNARMED

AND THE EXPLOSIVES SALIM NEEDS
TO DETONATE HIS DIRTY BOMB

HAVE BEEN NEUTRALIZED
BY OUR U/C.

BUT YOU STILL GOT A BAD GUY
AT LARGE IN L.A.

WITH A COOLER FULL OF
SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL RODS.

WELL, WE PUT OUT
A NATIONWIDE BOLO

ON AL-DULAIMI
AND VAN DER HULST.

THE SECOND ANY OFFICER
SEES ANYTHING,

OUR PHONE'S
THE FIRST TO RING.

BUT I TELL YOU, IT'LL BE
A HELL OF A LOT EASIER

TO LOCATE THESE GUYS IF
EVERYTHING APPEARS NORMAL

AND THE CITY
IS NOT ON LOCK-DOWN.

WELL, WHETHER YOU GO
PUBLIC OR NOT

I'M ACTIVATING A W.M.D.
NUCLEAR THREAT PROTOCOL

FOR THE GREATER
LOS ANGELES AREA.

IT WON'T INVOLVE MAKING
AN ANNOUNCEMENT OF ANY KIND.

WE JUST QUIETLY DEPLOY
RADIOLOGICAL SNIFFERS

AT THE CITY'S
MOST LIKELY TARGETS.

YOU SHOULD DO
A GRID SEARCH TOO, JIM.

START CRISSCROSSING THE CITY
WITH THE AIRBORNE UNIT.

SO LET'S DO IT NOW.

Radio: [INDISCERNIBLE]

[SIGHS] IS THIS WHAT
FATIMA WOULD HAVE DONE?

[SCOFFS] WHAT?

A BOOK YOU SHOWED ME.

I READ HOW
MUHAMMAD'S DAUGHTER, FATIMA

USED TO GO HUNGRY HERSELF

IN ORDER TO FEED
PRISONERS OF WAR.

SHUT UP.

OR MUHAMMAD'S WIFE,
AISHA?

SHE ALWAYS TOLD THE TRUTH

EVEN WHEN THE WHOLE WORLD
WAS AGAINST HER.

STOP.

YOU KNOW, YOU CALL
YOURSELF A MUSLIM,

YOU'RE NOTHING LIKE
THOSE WOMEN IN THE BOOKS.

THEY WERE HEROES.

YOU'RE JUST A PSYCHOTIC BITCH
WITH A DEATH WISH.

I SAID SHUT UP.

[TIRES SCREECH]

UHH!

[GUNSHOT]

***

UHH.

[COUGHS]

[GASPS]

[SPLUTTERING]

Man: 911 EMERGENCY.

[BREATHLESS] HELP ME.

I'VE BEEN SHOT.

Man: CAN YOU TELL ME
WHERE YOU ARE?

[PANTING] THERE'S...
THERE'S A WOMAN.

THERE'S A WOMAN,
SHE'S A TERRORIST.

SHE'S HEADED TO VEGAS.

CALIFORNIA LICENSE PLATE
5-I-S-G...

Man: MA'AM,
YOU'RE BREAKING UP.

CAN YOU REPEAT THAT,
PLEASE?

MA'AM?

***

FUCK!

[COUGHING]

***

* GROWING IN MY LIKING
WHEN YOU TWIST THE CAP... *

STOP THE CAR!

GET OUT OF THE CAR NOW!

GET OUT!

YOUR PURSE.

[TIRES SCREECH]

* I WANNA TWIST THE CAP

* GROWING IN MY LIKING
AND TWIST THE CAP *

* YEAH, IT'S ABOUT COMIN' UP
REAL CLOSE LIKE THAT *

* TIMED IT REAL NICE
IN THE BACK SEAT, D *

* YOU WERE ROLLIN' TOP DOWN

* READY TO FLY ON THE STREET

YO!

ESE, YOU GOT
ANY M-80S?

FOLLOW ME.

***

[SPEAKS ARABIC]

[SPEAKS ARABIC]

***

ILIJA!

ASSALAM ALAIKUM,
MY BROTHER.

ALAIKUM ASSALAM.

FARIK, I CAN'T
BELIEVE MY EYES.

THIS IS A MIRACLE.

IT'S TRUE!

WE WERE TO MEET
IN PARADISE.

THIS WORLD WILL
HAVE TO DO FOR NOW.

SO HOW WAS SARAJEVO?

NOT THAT MUCH HAVE CHANGED
SINCE THE SIEGE.

IT HAS.

YOU KNOW, OF COURSE
YOU COULDN'T STAY THERE.

A WARRIOR'S PLACE
IS ON THE FRONT LINE.

YES, YOU'RE RIGHT.
I JUST WANTED TO SEE

MY COUNTRY AGAIN...
ONE LAST TIME.

LOOK AT YOU. YOU LOOK LIKE
A SURFER FROM VENICE BEACH.

I LEAVE YOU FOR A MOMENT

AND YOU GO
AND CHANGE EVERYTHING.

NOTHING HAS CHANGED
ON THE INSIDE.

I ADMIT...WHEN THEY
TOLD ME YOU DISAPPEARED

I...I WAS WORRIED.

MY CONFIDENCE WAS SHAKEN.

YOU WEREN'T JUST
ANOTHER SOLDIER TO ME, ILIJA.

EVEN THOUGH I KNEW YOU WERE
ALIVE, I MOURNED YOUR LOSS.

FARIK, THERE WAS
NEVER A NEED

TO DOUBT
OUR FRIENDSHIP

OR MY LOYALTY.

NO.

WHEN I LOOK AT YOUR FACE

I KNOW I LOOK AT
THE FACE OF MY BROTHER.

I FORGIVE YOU
AND I WELCOME YOU BACK.

***

COME.

MY BROTHERS.

I WOULD LIKE
TO INTRODUCE TO YOU

A LOYAL AND DEDICATED
HOLY WARRIOR.

A TRUE BELIEVER
AND MY RIGHT HAND

IN ALL MY MOST
DIFFICULT BATTLES.

THIS IS ILIJA KORJENIC

AND I PROCLAIM HIM
MY KHALIFA.

MY LIEUTENANT, MY STEWARD

AND MY SUCCESSOR
ON THIS EARTH

UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN
IN PARADISE.

[CHEERS]

L.A.P.D. GOT A REPORT
OF A CAR JACKING EARLIER TODAY.

SUSPECT FITS
SALIM'S DESCRIPTION.

ANY SIGN OF THE CAR?

FOUND ABANDONED IN EAST L.A.
ABOUT AN HOUR AGO.

AND IT GETS WORSE.

NEAR THE HOME
WHERE THEY FOUND THE CAR

L.A.P.D. DISCOVERED
THE BODY OF A MAN

KNOWN TO BE A FIREWORKS DEALER
IN THAT NEIGHBORHOOD

AND HIS VAN IS MISSING...

ALONG WITH HIS FIREWORKS.

SALIM IS RIGGING
HIS OWN BOMB.

THAT'S IT. I SAY
WE SHUT DOWN THE WHOLE CITY.

SALIM AL-DULAIMI'S GOT

THE FUCKING EXPLOSIVES
TO SET OFF A DIRTY BOMB

IN THE MIDDLE
OF LOS ANGELES!

THAT'S NOT GONNA
SOLVE OUR PROBLEM!

THE SECOND SALIM
HEARS ABOUT A SHUTDOWN

HE'S GONNA WALK INTO
THE NEAREST PUBLIC PLACE

AND BLOW HIMSELF UP

ALONG WITH
THE NUCLEAR MATERIAL.

SHOULDN'T WE AT LEAST
SHUT DOWN THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL?

SALIM DOESN'T KNOW
THAT WE'RE AWARE THAT

THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL
IS A TARGET.

I'LL BET THAT'S STILL
WHERE HE'S HEADED TONIGHT.

SO YOU WANNA SET
A TRAP FOR HIM?

USING 17,000 PEOPLE
AS LIVE BAIT?

WE'LL MAKE SURE
HE NEVER GETS INTO THE BOWL.

WE'LL TAKE HIM OUT
BEFORE HE HITS THE TURNSTILE.

I MEAN WE'LL STILL
HAVE OUR U/C.

HIS COVER'S INTACT
WITH THE TARGETS

AND HE CAN HELP US
PUT DOWN SALIM.

IT'S OUR BEST OPTION.

IT'S WORTH THE RISK.

JESUS!

THERE'S A CAPACITY
CROWD TONIGHT.

IT'S THE 4TH OF JULY,
FOR CHRIST'S SAKES!

THE MAYOR, IS NOT GONNA WANNA
HAVE BULLETS FLYING AROUND.

WITH ALL DUE RESPECT,

THE MAYOR'S OFFICE WON'T
APPROVE ANY OF THIS.

THEY'RE GONNA BLOW THE WHISTLE
ON THIS WHOLE OPERATION

IN ORDER TO COVER
THEIR ASSES.

THIS IS BULLSHIT.
I HAVE TO TELL THE MAYOR.

OF COURSE, MA'AM.

JUST TAKE YOUR OWN
SWEET TIME DOING IT.

***

[WHISPERS] FUCK.
[BREATHES HEAVILY]

YOU LOOK LIKE SHIT.

YEAH, I KNOW.

I'VE BEEN UM...
I'VE BEEN UP ALL NIGHT

TRYING TO THINK OF
SOMETHING TO SAY

THAT WOULD KEEP YOU FROM
SLAMMING THE DOOR ON ME.

***

GO ON.

I'M SCARED, JASON.

AND I FEEL LIKE I'VE GOTTEN
WRAPPED UP IN SOMETHING

THAT'S COMPLETELY
OUT OF MY CONTROL.

AND I KNOW
IT'S WHAT I WANT

BUT...
NOW THAT I'M SO CLOSE

ALL OF A SUDDEN
I'M FUCKING TERRIFIED.

IS THAT SUPPOSED
TO BE AN APOLOGY?

NO, I'M JUST TRYING
TO EXPLAIN TO YOU

WHAT I'VE BEEN
GOING THROUGH.

OKAY? I'VE BEEN HIDING
WHO I AM FOR SO LONG.

YOU KNOW,
I LIED TO EVERYONE...

AND IT'S FINALLY TIME
TO DO WHAT'S RIGHT.

THEN ALL THESE THOUGHTS
COME RUSHING OVER ME,

MY FAMILY,
MY FRIENDS BACK HOME.

I'VE GOT TICKETS
TO THE HOLLYWOOD BOWL TONIGHT.

YOU KNOW, I EVEN GOT
A COOLER FOR A PICNIC.

IT WOULD BE GREAT
IF YOU CAME WITH ME.

* SWEET...

HELLO, MA'AM,
WELCOME TO LAS VEGAS.

HI.
HAVE A HAPPY
4TH OF JULY.

THANK YOU.
NEED HELP WITH YOUR BAG?

NO, THANK YOU, I'M FINE.

***

[INDISTINCT]

***

JESUS!

DISPATCH, I'VE GOT A 901H
OFF 15 NEAR EXIT POINT 7,

DO YOU COPY?

[MEN SPEAK ARABIC]

PLEASE, SIT.

***

IT'S...UH...
HOMEMADE HUMMUS.

IT'S MY OWN RECIPE.

***

WE JUST SET UP
THE SATELLITE DISH OUTSIDE.

WHAT ARE WE WATCHING?

DON'T YOU REMEMBER?

IT'S INDEPENDENCE DAY
IN THE UNITED STATES.

MMM.

THERE'S GONNA BE SOME
TREMENDOUS FIREWORKS.

***

I HAVE A WIFE, ILIJA...
AND A DAUGHTER.

SHE'S GONNA BE TWELVE
NEXT WEEK.

***

I WANT YOU TO KNOW THAT.

***

SNIPERS IN PLACE?

YES, SIR.

OKAY, TEAM LEADERS,
WHEN I CALL ON YOU

GIVE ME A SIGNAL SO THAT WE CAN
GET A VISUAL ON THE MONITOR.

Diaz: ALPHA?
CHECK.

Diaz: BRAVO?
CHECK.

Diaz: CHARLIE?
CHECK.

Diaz: DELTA?
CHECK.

Diaz: ECHO?
CHECK.

THAT'S EVERYONE.

LET'S TALK.

***

THIS SNIPER PLAN,
ON ITS OWN, IT'S A PROBLEM.

OVER-PENETRATION,
HIGH-POWER ROUND

GOES IN AND OUT, SOME INNOCENT
BYSTANDER GETS SHOT.

MORE LIKELY THAN NOT,
MORE THAN ONE.

SO WHAT ARE WE
GONNA DO?

[CROWD, BAND PLAYS]

THIS IS AGENT AL-SAYEED,

I'M IN POSITION
OUTSIDE THE SOUTH GATE.

HERE, I'LL GET THAT.

OH NO, UH...NO.
I'VE GOT IT, REALLY.

RADIOLOGICAL SNIFFERS
JUST GOT A HIT

IN THE PARKING LOT.

OKAY, HE'S HERE.

ECHO TEAM'S GOT
A VISUAL OF THE SUBJECT.

IS THAT SALIM?

Agent Russell: YEAH.
HE SHAVED HIS BEARD OFF.

WHO'S THAT WITH HIM?
DARWYN, THE TARGET'S HEADED UP

THE SOUTH EAST ENTRANCE
THROUGH THE PICNIC AREA

BUT HE'S GOT AN
UNIDENTIFIED WHITE MALE

IN HIS TWENTIES WITH HIM.

Jason:
ARE YOU NERVOUS?

Salim:
YEAH, A LITTLE.

Jason: WHAT FOR?
YOU'RE DOING GREAT.

WE'RE DOING GREAT.
SEE, LOOK AROUND.

WE'RE HAPPY TOGETHER,
NOBODY GIVES A FUCK.

YEAH.

I GUESS IT'S ALL RIGHT.

COME HERE.

THANKS.

YOU DON'T KNOW
WHAT THIS MEANS TO ME.

Darwyn: I SEE SALIM.

WHAT ABOUT
THE UNIDENTIFIED MALE?

Darwyn: HE'S NOT A TARGET.
I REPEAT,

THE UNIDENTIFIED MALE
IS NOT A TARGET.

Russell:
THEN WHO IS HE?

[SIGHS] JUST TRUST ME,
I'M POSITIVE.

HE DOESN'T KNOW ANYTHING
ABOUT WHAT'S GOING ON HERE.

LET'S TRY HARD
NOT TO TAKE HIM OUT.

THIS IS GONNA BE GREAT,
TRUST ME.

THIS IS DELTA TEAM,
I'VE GOT A SHOT.

EVERYONE HOLD YOUR FIRE.

WHAT?
HOLD YOUR FIRE.

HE'S RIGGED A DEAD MAN'S
SWITCH TO GO OFF

THE SECOND HE RELEASES
HIS GRIP ON THAT COOLER.

IF YOU SHOOT HIM,
WE'RE ALL FUCKED.

JESUS CHRIST!
AGENT AL-SAYEED,

ENGAGE THE SUBJECT.

THE BOMB SQUAD
IS ON STANDBY.

ENGAGE THE SUBJECT.

I'M ON HIM.

ASSALAM ALAIKUM.

DARWYN?

STAY COOL, MAN.

WHO'S HE?

WE'RE OLD FRIENDS.

WHAT HAPPENED
TO KARRAR AND BENNY?

THEY DIDN'T MAKE IT.

LET ME GRAB THAT FOR YOU.

IT'S ALL RIGHT.
NO! LET GO OF IT!

TAKE HIM OUT NOW!

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

Darwyn: TAKE HIM OUT!

[GUNSHOTS, SCREAMING]

Agent:
WE HAVE IT SECURED.

WHAT'S GOING ON?
WHAT'S HAPPENING?

OKAY, CLEAR THE AREA NOW.
GET THE BOMB SQUAD HERE.

NOW. NOW.

Agent: ALL RIGHT,
LET'S CLEAR THIS AREA.

[BAND PLAYS
STARS AND STRIPES FOREVER ]

***

Diaz: THE STORY
THE MEDIA IS GETTING

IS THAT SALIM
WAS OFFICIALLY SHOT

BY AN H.R.T. SNIPER.

HE WAS CARRYING
CONVENTIONAL EXPLOSIVES,

WEAK ONES, IMPROVISED
FROM ILLEGAL FIREWORKS.

NOTHING ABOUT THE FUEL RODS.

NO REASON TO SET OFF
ANY MORE OF A PANIC

THAN WE'VE ALREADY GOT.

YOU KNOW, THE TRUTH ABOUT THAT
IS GONNA GET LEAKED EVENTUALLY.

SOME BIG SHOT
IN WASHINGTON

IS GONNA WANNA
BRAG ABOUT IT.

[PHONE RINGING]

EXCUSE ME.

[LAUGHTER,
INAUDIBLE CHATTER]

SMEARED IT ALL OVER.
YOU SAW HIM.

[LAUGHTER, CHATTER]

CONGRATULATIONS. GOOD JOB.
IT WAS A LOT OF WORK.

Russell: THANKS, BUDDY.
THANKS VERY MUCH.

[DIALING]

[RINGS]

Gayle: DARWYN,
WHERE THE HELL ARE YOU?

RUSSELL MADE ME GO
TO THIS MEETING WITH MINA

AND I'VE BEEN STUCK
WITH THE PSYCHO FOR HOURS.

THIS SELF-RIGHTEOUS BITCH
TRIED TO LECTURE ME ON MORALITY,

CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

CALL ME AS SOON
AS YOU GET THIS, OKAY?

I LOVE YOU.

YEAH.

[SIGHS]

WHAT'S UP?

IT WAS THE FIELD OFFICE.

IT'S ABOUT GAYLE...

AND MINA.

AS FAR AS WE CAN FIGURE OUT,
MINA'S MISSION,

THE ONE KARRAR GAVE HER...

WAS GAYLE BISHOP.

SHE INTERCEPTED GAYLE
AT THE ISLAMIC CENTER.

BY THE TIME THE S.O.s NOTICED,
THEY WERE GONE.

C.H.P. FOUND GAYLE
NEAR THE 15 FREEWAY

BETWEEN BARSTOW AND VEGAS.

I'M SORRY, DARWYN.

GAYLE'S DEAD.

[MEN LAUGHING]

DARWYN.

HEY, DARWYN.

Man: HEY!
FUCK ARE YOU DOING?

GET HIM OFF!
GET HIM OFF!

SHE'S FUCKING DEAD, MAN.
OKAY, CALM DOWN.

WHAT ARE YOU DOING?
WHAT ARE YOU DOING?

BILL, SEE IF HE'S OKAY.

ALL RIGHT.
I'M ALL RIGHT!

AAAGHH! GET OFF ME!
GET OFF ME!

* SURRENDER TO THE DARKNESS

* SURRENDER TO THE DARKNESS

* ALL THE LOVE

* ON FIRE TONIGHT

* I FEEL

* OH, SUCH LIGHTS...

* FALL LIKE DEAD LEAVES

* FROM THE NIGHT SKIES

* THE LIGHT
FALLS IN ITS PLACE *

* CONFUSION AND THE SPACE

* HAMMERS TO THE HEART

* OF A CITY, OUR PLACE

* THE SHAKING IN YOUR VOICE

* THE SHIVER IN YOUR TONE

* ECHOES THROUGH THE NIGHT

* RATTLES IN MY BONES...

* BONES

* BONES

[SNIFFS]

* BONES

* I FEEL

* SUCH LIGHTS

OH.

* I FEEL

* SUCH LIGHTS

GOD, I'M SO SORRY.

* I FEEL

* I FEEL

OH!

* SUCH LIGHTS
[SPEAKS ARABIC]

* I FEEL

[SPEAKS ARABIC]

[BEEP]