The Bridge (2013–2014): Season 1, Episode 9 - The Beetle - full transcript

Marco reconnects with a friend from his past and races to save his family. Charlotte responds to her biggest threat. Linder reveals his true feelings.

Previously on The Bridge...

(Exhales)

CHARLOTTE: What's in the gym bag?

RAY: Has old Ray Ray ever let you down?

SONYA: All roads lead back to David Tate.

MARCO: David Tate?

FBI?

SONYA: You know him?

MARCO: David Tate's dead.

LIZ: She was gonna leave David.

My guess is they got in a figh that night



she grabbed Caleb,

went to be with her new man.

SONYA: Never made it.

WADE: Who the heck is this?

COOPER: Body was I.D.'d as Kenneth Hasting.

Went missing in ought six.

SONYA: Marco, this is Kenneth Hasting,

and he has a current driver's license.

MARCO: That's David Tate.

KENNETH: You don't recognize me, do you?

SANTI: Look, I meet a lot of people..

Hey... hey... what the hell?

KENNETH: There was hit-and-run
on the Bridge of the Americas,

February 10, 2007.



You took my whole life away.

MARCO: I know Jill Tate.

We had an affair while
I was friends with David.

SONYA: Were you still wit her
when she died in the hit-and-run?

MARCO: Yes.

SONYA: You're the man
across the bridge.

KENNETH: Tired?

ALMA: Not really.

KENNETH: Me neither.

(Kenneth breathing heavily)

(Heart beating slowly)

(Panting)

KENNETH: Where's my son?

My son?

(Screaming)

♪ Until I'm one ♪

♪ With you ♪

♪ My heart ♪

♪ Shall not ♪

♪ Pass through ♪

♪ Our love will be mistaken. ♪

(Sirens wailing)

(Sighs)

ROBLES: Marco.

SONYA: We know what he looks like.

ROBLES: Has your fancy American
task force arrested him yet?

No, they haven't.

SONYA: He's not done.

MARCO: I know.

SONYA: How does this Juarez
playboy fit in to this?

MARCO: Santiago Sol was a
suspect in the hit-and-run

accident that killed
Tate's wife on the bridge.

She told me she loved me, and...

she wanted to be with me

but it was nothing to me.

SONYA: You used her for sex?

MARCO: No.

SONYA: You loved her?

MARCO: No.

SONYA: Well, you should've told her that.

MARCO: Oh, she believed
what she wanted to believe.

SONYA: That's 'cause you were lying to her.

(Marco groans)

(Mumbles in Spanish)

MARCO: Sonya, not everything
is black and white.

SONYA: What if he knows?

MARCO: No.

That's not possible.

We were friends.

I was at their funeral with him.

He did not know.

SONYA: What if he knows now.

What if he knows now and he didn't kill you

when he had the chance...

because he's planning something else.

I'm gonna go home.

(Bird cooing softly)

CHARLOTTE: Cesar?

Hey, there, what are you doing out?

(grunts)

GRACIELA: Where's Ray?

CHARLOTTE: I don't know.

GRACIELA: Start with the face.

(Gasps)

CHARLOTTE: Thank you.

CESAR: I had no choice.

CHARLOTTE: What do we do now?

She won't pick up.

SONYA: When was the last
time you spoke with her?

MARCO: Days.

I have a bad feeling.

SONYA: What about Gus?

MARCO: Oh, he's not picking up either.

(Speaks Spanish)

ZINA: Booh!

(Gus laughs)

GUS: Zina, hi.

You scared me.

ZINA: Something wrong?

GUS: No, you... you just..

well, yeah, it's just... just..

I thought you said you were still in, uh,

out of town and, that's why
we couldn't meet until later?

ZINA: Huh.

GUS: You said you were still In Laredo.

- ZINA: I did?
- GUS: Yeah.

(Chuckles) Are you messing with me?

I... I have the text.

ZINA: Um, that's not me, Gus.

That's my old cell number.

We haven't texted since I moved.

Hopefully, you didn't
tell this girl too much.

GUS: Wait, so..

we are not meeting later?

ZINA: Um, no.

GUS: Okay, uh..

I... I have to go.

MARCO: Alma?!

Alma?!

(Mutters)

(Speaks Spanish)

(Grunting)

(Yells)

SONYA: Maybe they're out.

MARCO: At this hour?

Where would they be?

Rosario...

Uh, okay.

(Sighs)

Okay. No, no, no, no...

They're with Alma.

She picked them up an hour ago.

SONYA: That's good.

Is it hard to sleep next to the

same person every night?

MARCO: Not now, Sonya.

I'm trying to find Alma

and my kids, all right?

I need your help.

SONYA: I'm sorry.

Tell me about David Tate.

MARCO: Oh, he..

he wanted to make a difference.

Kept trying to open an investigation

on the dead girls of Juarez.

SONYA: What happened?

MARCO: His bosses

shut us down.

SONYA: Oh.

Was he good at his job?

(Marco sighs)

MARCO: Very.

By then, the accident happened and...

he changed.

SONYA: So he's gonna be good at this.

MARCO: What... what does that mean?

SONYA: Whatever he's planning next,

he won't make mistakes.

MARCO: Did you really
have to say that right now?

SONYA: It's the truth.

MARCO: That is the problem, Sonya!

Why can't you just tell people

what they want to hear?

SONYA: What do you want to hear?

MARCO: I want to hear my
family's gonna be okay.

I really need to believe that right now.

SONYA: Okay, okay

MARCO: All right.

(Phone vibrating)

MARCO: It's her.

Alma?

KENNETH: Hello, Marco.

It's been a long time.

MARCO: Where is my family?

KENNETH: You have a
beautiful family, Marco.

It's hard to imagine why a man

would just throw that away

MARCO: Son of a bitch.

I'm...

I'm gonna kill you.

KENNETH: Well, maybe
you'll get that chance.

MARCO: Where are they?

KENNETH: With me.

(Taps table)

Who wants to have some fun?

(Girls laugh)

ALMA: Is everything okay?

KENNETH: Oh, yeah, it was just work.

You sure you don't want
to call your husband and

let him know where you are?

ALMA: No.

KENNETH: I got you this..

(Alma chuckles)

And this.

(Whispers): You look beautiful.

(Grunts)

He has them!

BOB: Did you come all
this way to watch her work?

LINDER: No.

BOB: I would.

What's on your mind, Steven?

LINDER: I need to talk to you.

BOB: Okay.

I find that work helps the tongue.

Give it a shot.

(Chickens clucking)

LINDER: Yeah.

Yeah, that feels good.

BOB: Hey.

What's on your mind?

LINDER: I killed a man.

BOB: Okay.

LINDER: Are you gonna tell me I sinned.

BOB: Depends on the situation.

As we both know,

sinning supposes a
belief in A higher power.

Which you lack, Steven.

LINDER: Yes, I do.

BOB: This man you killed,

was he a good man or was he a bad man?

LINDER: He carried this.

- BOB: Well, that looks like...
- LINDER: That's skin.

That's human skin.

BOB: Who was this man?

LINDER: He was Eva's boyfriend.

BOB: Hector?

She's told me about him.

Where's the body?

LINDER: I took it out to
the desert to bury it...

and the funniest thing happened.

This man

came and took it from me.

BOB: Well, that's a good thing

LINDER: Well, that's...
that's all you're gonna say?

BOB: I think you're in the clear, Steven.

LINDER: What do I tell Eva?

BOB: The truth.

LINDER: Oh, she's a good woman.

BOB: Yes, she is. Special.

LINDER: That's right.

Bob, I've been thinkin about her in a

special way.

BOB: That's natural, Steven.

Let's discuss this over a ham salad.

LINDER: I'm so glad you said that.

I've been so hungry of late.

BOB: That happens after such things.

My first kill,

I couldn't get enough cheeseburgers.

KENNETH: I used to come
here with my family.

ALMA: What was your son's name?

KENNETH: Caleb.

He used to

put rocks on that slide.

That was his thing, you know?

That and...

Legos.

Made him totally happy.

ALMA: How did it happen?

(Kenneth sighs)

KENNETH: A car accident.

ALMA: We don't have to talk about this.

KENNETH: Oh, it's okay.

(Sighs) Feels good to talk about it.

Especially with you.

It made me a different person.

I... I was mad...

at the world.

I'd see...

happy families on the street and..

I'd wish bad things on them.

ALMA: That must be terrible.

KENNETH: I still have that anger.

Work on it every day.

ALMA: I can't imagine
losing a child like that.

KENNETH: I hope you never do.

ALMA: Yeah.

KENNETH: Well, uh..

let's get the girls
something to eat, and, uh,

I'll show you the surprise.

ALMA: Okay.

Hey.

SONYA: Gus!

(Marco speaks Spanish)

GUS: Okay.

- MARCO: You always pick it up! Always.
- GUS: Okay.

What is wrong? Where is Alma and the girls?

MARCO: We don't know.

SONYA: Gus,

do you know a person named Kenneth Hasting?

GUS: Mr. Hasting?

The guy who works with Alma?

MARCO: What?

GUS: At the university.

Why are you asking about him?

MARCO: Okay, listen to me.

I need to know

if Alma said anything about leaving.

GUS: No.

And Sophia and Lilly?

I thought you said you had the guy.

MARCO: We were wrong.

(Phone ringing)

SONYA: Sonya Cross.

MARCO: Has Kenneth been in my house?

GUS: I... I don't know. Maybe.

MARCO: You should have told me that, Gus.

GUS: I know, it's... she asked me not to.

(Marco sighs)

Are you sure it's the same guy?

MARCO: Yes.

GUS: Are they going to be okay?

MARCO: I don't know.

SONYA: They found Hasting's apartment.

I'm taking you to the station.

It's not safe for you here, all right?

Let's go.

WADE: Hey.

He had this entire building wired to blow.

- MARCO: Any sign of him?
- WADE: Nothing yet.

Listen.

We're gonna get this guy,

and we're gonna get
your wife and kids back.

COOPER: Hey.

This guy had a lot of
free time on his hands.

SONYA: What you got?

COOPER: See for yourself.

COOPER: Watch your step.

KENNETH: Ah.

ALMA: Is this the surprise?

KENNETH: No, I've been working
on this for a long time.

Used to be an old hunting cabin.

You're not gonna believe what I've done.

I got two hamsters. Who
wants to feed 'em first?

(girls giggling)

Come on.

You coming?

ALMA: Yeah.

KENNETH: Come on.

Okay.

- No peeking.
- ALMA: Oh.

Okay

(Kenneth chuckles)

KENNETH: Here we go.

(Alma chuckles)

- No peeking.
- ALMA: Okay.

KENNETH: Promise?

ALMA: I promise.

KENNETH: Girls,

tell your mommy to keep her eyes shut.

This is a very big surprise.

ALMA: I really don't want to

play this game anymore.

You're scaring the girls.

(Light metallic rattling)

KENNETH: Almost.

Almost.

Hold out your hand.

ALMA: Hmm.

KENNETH: Hold out your hand.

Okay.

Now, hold on to this very tight.

Open your eyes.

ALMA: Oh, God

KENNETH: Now, careful.

Take your hand off that lever,

you only have five seconds

to say good-bye to your daughters.

Surprise.

ALMA: Oh, God.

No, no, no, no, no

Stop! (shouts) No wait!

What are you doing?!

What are you doing?!

ALMA: Open the door!

Kenneth!

What are you doing?

The door... open the door.

Open the door!

Open the door.

(Panting)

Don't go. Don't go.

Don't go!

Open! Don't leave us here!

Kenneth.

Don't go! Don't go!

(Engine starts)

Oh, God.

BOB: Lies

are like little black butterflies, Steven.

They cling to you

till you speak the truth...

and you set them free.

Eva,

Steven has something he'd like to tell you.

EVA: Hi.

LINDER: Hello, Eva.

Uh, Bob, can we have a minute, please?

BOB: Of course.

(Linder sighs)

LINDER: How you doing?

EVA: Okay.

LINDER: Listen, I... I need to..

tell you something.

EVA: Yes?

LINDER: Hector's dead.

EVA: How?

LINDER: He attacked me in my home,

and I didn't have a choice.

(Sighs)

You loved him.

(Clears throat)

EVA: I shouldn't have.

LINDER: I'm sorry, Eva.

SONYA: He was meticulous.

It's got to be in there.

GUS: Dad.

MARCO: What is it, Gus?

GUS: Did you find them?

MARCO: No, not yet.

I mean, look, we're busy
right now, all right.

GUS: I... I know, but...
but just wait, okay.

SONYA: Did you remember
something about Kenneth?

GUS: No, it... it's about Zina

MARCO: Z... Zina?

GUS: Dad, it's important,

- Okay?!
- WADE: What is it, son?

GUS: I've been texting
Zina this whole time, but...

but it wasn't her.

SONYA: What do you mean "it wasn't her"?

GUS: I ran into her this morning,

but she didn't know anything.

And so whoever I was texting

I told them things about the case,

because they said they were interested.

SONYA: Let me see.

You write a lot about me.

GUS: I know. I... I'm sorry.

SONYA: "MILF".

GUS: I... it's a mom I..

SONYA: I know what it means.

- I don't have children.
- MARCO: Sonya, please. Come on.

WADE: Focus

SONYA: When's the last
time she contacted you?

GUS: Uh..

A couple of weeks ago.

MARCO: Did you text anything

about Gina being in custody?

GUS: Yeah.

It's my fault she's dead.

MARCO: (groans) No,
no, no. You didn't know.

- You couldn't have known.
- WADE: It's him.

SONYA: He doesn't know that

he ran into the real Zina this morning.

MARCO: You know what,

text him, say you want to meet.

Go on.

WADE: Let me, let me.

Okay

(Phone beeps)

MARCO: Come on, come on,
come on, come on, come on.

(Phone beeps) WADE: It's on.

MARCO: Come on, Hank, let's go.

(Alma sighs)

(Grunts)

(Alma sniffles)

(Panting)

(Sniffles)

(Shuddering breath)

(Sobbing)

(Wade grunts)

♪ ♪

KENNETH: Excuse me?

WAITER: Yeah.

KENNETH: I need you to give this to the man

sitting on that bench.

Thank you.

MARCO: He's late.

WADE: Incoming.

Hey, hey, hang on, hang on.

WAITER: Somebody told
me to give this to you.

- MARCO: Hey, hold it.
- WADE: What are you doing, son?

- WAITER: A man told me to give that to you.
- WADE: Where?

WAITER: He's over there.

WADE: What is it?

Let's go.

(Alma panting)

(Alma panting) (Groaning)

ALMA: Sweetie...

(Sobbing)

Oh, God, help me.

(Screams)

(Sobbing)

GUS: Have you heard from my dad?

SONYA: No.

GUS: I'm worried.

SONYA: I know.

I'll let you know if we hear anything.

GUS: So that is Gina?

SONYA: Yes.

GUS: I didn't know I was talking to him.

SONYA: He's smart.

He's been planning this for a long time.

GUS: What's weird is...

he made me closer to my dad.

SONYA: What are you talking about, Gus?

GUS: When we were chatting.

SONYA: You thought you
were talking to a girl.

GUS: I know, but

he gave good advice

when I told him how I was
feeling about my father.

SONYA: Gus...

I have work to do.

GUS: Yeah.

Sure.

MARCO: Should be down there.

WADE: Gonna have this rigged, Marco.

Could be rigged.

Marco, easy!

Go easy, easy, easy!

MARCO: Alma! Alma!

MARCO: I need something
to break down this down.

WADE: Look out.

(Marco speaks Spanish)

ALMA: Marco.

WADE: Come on, go, go, go!

Run, run, run, run, run!

- Okay.
- ALMA: Okay.

Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah.

(Panting)

Yeah, yeah, yeah.

(Alma sighs)

SONYA: Hey.

They're okay.

Your father has them.

GUS: Did they get him?

SONYA: No.

GUS: I want to go home.

SONYA: You can't.

I'm driving you to a safe house.

Your father will meet you there. Let's go.

(Panting)

CHARLOTTE: That's probably deep enough.

(Cesar coughs)

(Grunts)

(Cesar grunts)

CESAR: Gracias.

You gonna tell Ray.

CHARLOTTE: Should I?

(Cesar grunts)

CESAR: I don't think it's a good idea.

CHARLOTTE: Wait.

Let me.

What happens next?

(Cesar sighs)

CESAR: Lime.

It will speed up the decomposition.

Bodies will be gone in a week.

CHARLOTTE: No, I mean what happens next.

CESAR: Ah, it depends.

Hopefully, nothing.

I'm gonna take my wife
out to go see a movie

and pretend none of this happened

CHARLOTTE: Thank you, Cesar.

You saved my life.

CHARLOTTE: We'll talk tomorrow...

- about the tunnel.
- CESAR: Ah.

CHARLOTTE: How it's gonna work now?

CESAR: Okay.

SONYA: We know who he is.

We'll get him.

GUS: So this is all about my dad?

SONYA: I didn't say that.

GUS: What did he do?

SONYA: You should ask him that.

GUS: Why would Mr. Hasting do this?

It doesn't make sense.

What if he's not done?

SONYA: It doesn't make sense.

GUS: What?