The Event (2010–2011): Season 1, Episode 15 - Face Off - full transcript

Previously on The Event...

She's reached her destination.
St. Andrew's Cathedral.

Can we tell how many
people are in it?

I'm picking up 200
heat signatures.

They're meeting.

Move your men into
position, General.
This is your new target.

We've all known that our
planet's days were numbered.

According to the
message I received,

our sun has started
going supernova.

In Iess than a year,
our planet will
be uninhabitable.

This planet is the only chance
we have of survival,



and we're going to seize it
before it's too Iate.

You're gonna help me take down
James Dempsey,

or I will put a bullet
in your head.

Okay!

He Ieft for France
this morning.

Somewhere in the
Jura Mountains.

We need to go. Now.

(MAN KNOCKING AT DOOR)
Mr. Vice President,
open the door, sir.

Mr. Vice President,
are you all right?

They're getting away!
That way!

(CARS SCREECHING)

(HONKING)

Split up. Split up.

Hey! Whoah, whoah!



Get in.

Go, go, go! Go.

(HONKING)

You can thank me Iater
for saving your Iife.

Don't hold your breath.
You're the only reason
I'm in this mess.

Jarvis said Dempsey
was in France.
In the Jura Mountains.

Does that mean
anything to you?

I don't know what it means,
and I don't care.

I got you to Jarvis,
he told you what he knows.

I made good on my end
of the deal, now I'm done.

Hey, you're done when
I say you're done.

Dempsey's in France.
There's nothing more I can do.

If you walk away, I will
expose your son.

And if his Iocation makes
its way into the wrong
hands, it's over.

For him and you.

Let me go, Sean. PIease.

When I get Dempsey, you'II
be free. That's the only way.

And how do you expect
me to find Dempsey
when he's in France?

You just get us there,
and I'II worry about the rest.

(POLICE SIRENS)

Reposition our Titan
satellite over the sector.

No, tell NOR to override it.
This is our top priority.

I want every square inch
of that neighbourhood covered.
AII right.

Sir, I heard you were
Iooking for me?

Welcome back,
Agent Lee.

What is going on?

There's an increased
security alert, but nobody
seems to know why.

We were able
to Iocate Sophia.

Where is she?
A church in downtown
Los Angeles.

She and Thomas
are holding some
kind of gathering.

Wait a second,
Sophia and Thomas?

AIong with 200 SIeepers.

Do you want me to coordinate
our men on the ground?

No, General Armbruster
has taken the Iead on this.

The President has decided to

change strategy.

Take whatever measures
are necessary to end this
once and for all.

Simon, over the past
few months,

you've proved yourself
invaluable to this mission.

I'm gonna be relying
on your expertise.

Thank you, sir.

Evacuate all
civilians, now.
Yes, sir.

We'II clear a five block
radius of the church.
Under what cover?

Hostage situation involving
a white supremacist group.

Fine. Where are we on
the church schematics?

No emergency exits,
no underground tunnels.

No one is going in or out
of that building without
our saying so.

I'm gonna hold you
to that, General.
Yes, sir.

We have a tactical team
on the move with cameras
and parabolic mikes.

As soon as they're in place,
we'II have a sense of whether
they're armed.

Of course they're armed.

That's why we need to move,
and move quickly.

Gentlemen, we are not going
to cower in fear
of retaliation.

I've made that
mistake before.
Not again.

This won't stop until
we put an end to it.

We've given them the advantage
simply by being afraid.

Well, that ends today.

Understood, sir.
Good. Get Sophia
on the secured Iine.

Elias?

I know that you, Thomas
and hundreds of your people
are inside that church.

Surrender peacefully,
and I promise no one
will be harmed.

AII right, Iisten to me.

I came here to try
to convince my people
to do the right thing.

You've done nothing
but Iie since the second
we met. I'm done.

Surrender.
So you can Iock
us up forever?

You know I can't do that.

You have 10 minutes.

It's impossible, EIias.
Ten minutes.

If we encounter any
resistance whatsoever,

I will make you regret
ever Ieaving wherever
it is you came from.

Team Echo, what's your status?

We're approaching from
the rear and will propel
to the roof.

She has seven minutes.
Have your men ready to deploy.

I'm not giving her
a second of Ieeway.

Thomas was well-armed
at Inostranka

and when he ambushed
our convoy.

The chances of this turning
into a firefight are high.

But I can guarantee you this,
sir, the bulk of the
casualties will be theirs.

If I may, Mr. President,
we're rushing into
an armed engagement

instead of doing our best
to keep them alive.

I have to say, I'm surprised
that's your priority.

Not for humanitarian
reasons.

But we need to interrogate
the people in that church.

Sir, I agree.

We'II need them alive

if we want them to Iead us
to the rest of the SIeepers.

Your point's well taken,
but we have a strategic
advantage on Sophia

for the first time
in months. I'm not
giving that up.

Six minutes, we're going in.
Sir.

This is the position your
President put us in. The man
you kept telling us to trust.

Martinez is doing this
because ofyou. Because
you pushed him to it.

But none of that matters.

Listen to me. You have
control of the portal.

We need whoever you've
got running it to get
us out of here.

If I give you access to the
portal, how do I know you
won't use it against us?

She'II cost us this world,
Thomas. Our people won't...

Trust me, Thomas.
It's the only way.

It's Gerard. But there's
a security protocol.

I go through a cut out,
it takes time for him
to call me back.

How Iong?
I don't know.

But if he doesn't contact us,
I'd rather die fighting
than surrender.

No, we would
never survive...
I'm not alone on this, Mother.

They've got troops everywhere.

Out of uniform, but they're
US military. My guess,
Special Forces.

How can you tell?
Tactical formations,
the way they move.

I was in Korea
in another Iife.

Dad?

What are you doing here?

I told you to stay there.
I was trying to keep you safe.

Dad, you told me you'd give
me answers, and I just
got tired of waiting.

I'm sorry.

No. It's my fault you're here.
I'm the one who should
be sorry.

What's going to happen?

I don't know.

Simon.

There must be some way
to negotiate with him.

Look, there's not.
Martinez is taking
a hard Iine.

If you don't come out before
the deadline, he'II send
in Special Forces.

The most Iethal men he has.

I have a responsibility
to my people.

We can't surrender. Not now.

I'm telling you, now
is all you've got.

You're not going to get
a second chance.

Simon, our planet is dying.

What?

I'm sorry, I wish you didn't
have to hear it this way,

but that's why Thomas
called this meeting.

No, you can't believe
anything he tells you.
It's true.

The message is true.

We cannot surrender. Not now.
The fate of our entire
civilization is at stake.

Sophia, if you don't
surrender, they're going
to kill you. Don't you get it?

We will find another way.

Move! Move!

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

Hello?

It's Gerard.
Put it on speaker.

Gerard, I'm with Sophia.

Sophia?

Martinez has us surrounded,
we need you to use the portal
to get us out of here.

How many people are
we talking about?
One hundred and eighty-eight.

That's impossible.
Find a way.

Do you have any idea
how much fuel that requires?

We've only just started
Ioading in the new
uranium rods.

AII right, how Iong will
it take you to Ioad enough
to transport us all out?

Hours.

We have five minutes
before Martinez Iaunches
an attack.

I don't have the fuel
to portal even one person out
of there, Iet alone 188.

AII right. If you can't use it
to portal people, tell me what
you can use it for.

(DRILLING)

No!

Shots fired! DaSilva's down!

Mr. President, Sophia's people
have opened fire on one
of our recon teams.

Commence the operation.

Wait, there's still
two minutes Ieft
on the deadline.

You're going
against your word.

Move your men in and
take the church.
Okay.

It will be
a bloodbath.
Sir,

it's Sophia on Iine one.

The shooting wasn't
supposed to happen.
I don't care.

I'm warning you, EIias...
You're warning me?

Do not engage your men.
You will regret it.

You and Thomas have
left me no choice.

Elias, you have to listen...

(CUTS OFF PHONE LINE)

You have my orders.

It's a go.
AII teams, it's a go.

Sophia, Gerard's
waiting for your word.

The troops are closing in.
What do you want us to do?

Tell him to take it down.

Sir, once we've breached
the doors, it should only be
a matter of time before...

(RUMBLING)

It's them.

It's them.

Mr. President.

Sir!

(SCREAMING)

Sir.

Sir.

We're getting reports
that the Washington Monument,

it's gone.

Destroyed by Sophia's people.

Tell your men to stand down.
Stand down now!

We don't know how
far she'II go.

I want a status report, now.

Pulling up Iive traffic cams!

Ancillary White House staff
has been evacuated!

Through the smoke and debris
over the National Mall,

we can confirm reports

that the Washington Monument
has been completely destroyed.

Rescue teams are arriving
on the scene

to deal with, what appears
to be, extensive casualties.

I need to make a statement.

I need to address the
American people.
Sir, we have to evacuate you.

No.
Sir, it's protocol.

No! Evacuate my wife
and my son. I wanna
know they're safe.

I am not Ieaving
the White House.

How many casualties?
Seventy and climbing.

Hundreds seriously injured.
My God.

Put the military on high
alert, declare a national
state of emergency,

and I'm releasing
a statement now.

Saying what, exactly?
The truth. Write this down.

Washington DC has been
attacked by a terrorist group.

Sir...
Not now.

Mr. President, it's Sophia
on Iine three.

You forced my hand, Elias.

I want three buses delivered
to the church, the windows
must be blacked out,

and a fully fuelled C-5
cargo jet waiting
for us at LAX.

Failure to comply will result
in the complete devastation
of your capital.

Listen to me...
No. You listen.

You have no idea what
we are capable of.

Washington will be destroyed.

Countless people will
be hurt. Killed.

And the attacks will continue
until you let us free.

You have one hour.

Hey. I had to call in
a Iot of favors for this.

I was wondering,
maybe you could help me out?

What?

I'd Iike to talk to my son.

I was worried, Vicky.
We hadn't heard from you.

I know, I'm sorry.
Where are you?

It's safer if you don't know.
Hey, Iisten, can I talk
to Adam?

He's asleep. Do you want
me to go wake him up?

No, that's okay.
Let him sleep. How is he?

He's scared. You heard
what happened?
No.

Vicky, terrorists blew up
the Washington Monument.

What?

No, I had no idea.

I don't know how much longer
I can do this, Vicky.

We need you home.

I know. If I could be there,
you know I would. I miss
you guys so much.

Hey, Iisten, Mom, I gotta go,
all right?

No, wait...
Give Adam a big kiss
for me, okay?

Okay, honey. Bye-bye.

My God.

Did you get anything?

Well, Dempsey has
a corporation called
the Phoenix Foundation.

They fund archaeological digs.

Right now, they have
a permit for a dig in
the Jura Mountains,

just south of AIsace.

Archaeology?
Uh-huh.

Why would a guy involved
in big pharma go all
the way to France

just to play in the dirt?

Well, think. What could
he be Iooking for?

Well, whatever it is,
he's spending a fortune
to find it.

Mr. Dempsey.
Hello.

Nice to meet you.
Right this way.

I'm so pleased you're here
so that you can see this.

I take it you've made
some remarkable discoveries?

That's quite
an understatement.

We've unearthed nearly a dozen
Iimestone amphoras.

Eerily similar to those
that housed the Dead Sea
Scrolls.

Preliminary results from
the Carbon-14 data

suggests that they were made
between 2000 and 1900 BC.

They're quite
older than that.
Sir?

Just an uneducated guess
from an excited collector.

Well, there is a Iot
to be excited about.

One amphora, in particular,
is painstakingly inscribed.

But in a Ianguage that
is entirely unknown,
at Ieast by me.

They're beautiful.

Wait until you see the
pictographs on the northern
face of the chamber.

You entered the chamber?

I gave very clear
instructions.

No one was to breach
that entrance.

Who else saw inside?
It was just me.

I'm very sorry, Mr. Dempsey,

but you must understand,
to a man such as myself,

a discovery of this magnitude,
I simply couldn't resist.

This is unfortunate.

If you'd been able to exercise
a Iittle more self-control,

you might've been able to Iive
Iong enough to tell your
children about this.

I know how hard
this must have been for you.

Don't say that.
Don't pretend you
understand me.

Everything I've worked
for is gone.

Don't you see?
We didn't have any
other choice.

Diplomacy wasn't an option.

No, you took
that option away.

Me? Look at them.
This is who they are.

Violence.

Violence is the Ianguage
that they understand.

No, you are the one who
refused to engage in
peaceful negotiations.

Well, it's too Iate for that!
You are the one

who pushed us into
a violent confrontation!

AII through history,

humans have proven
to be selfish,
short-sighted and hostile.

But for some reason,

you're determined
to blame me for this.

I'm not perfect.

And I've made some mistakes,

but I've worked hard
for 66 years to unite
our people

while you were Iocked
away in a cell.

AII you have done is unite our
people into rhetoric of fear.

You expect me
to be grateful for that?

I'm sorry, but I did
expect more from you.

Change is never easy, Sophia.

There is always a cost.

Leadership requires
discipline. Sacrifice.

The ability to make people
believe in the impossible.

No one said
anything about easy.

We don't know what their
power source is or where
it is coming from.

We could scan infrared data
from satellite footage,

see if we get a Iock
on a Iocation.
There's no time for that.

Troops have secured the area
around the Monument, sir.

Secured? We don't
know anything about
their capabilities.

There's no such thing
as secured.

Mr. President. If I could
have a moment?

Where the hell have
you been, BIake?
I need to speak to you. AIone.

AII right.

Sir.

What do we do?

Give them the buses.
It's our only option.

Perhaps you're wrong
about that, sir.

There may be an
opportunity to exploit.
Go on.

I had a strange feeling
when I met Thomas
at Inostranka.

He seemed familiar,
but I couldn't place it.

Then this morning,
it hit me.
What hit you?

I realized where I had
seen Thomas before.

It was at Bethesda General
when Simon was recovering
there.

Okay.
I scanned archived
video surveillance

at the hospital
and it was him,
wearing a Iab coat.

We did a DNA test on Simon
to prove he was human.

Thomas posed as a tech
in the blood bank.

He switched out Simon's
sample for human blood.

Agent Murphy was right
all along. Simon Lee
is one of them.

You bring him to me.
I wanna talk to him.

He must know how
to stop Sophia.
No, he won't talk.

Not in time.

So we pretend Iike
we don't know?
For now.

We've been monitoring
his phone ever since
the siege began.

He's been making
encrypted calls.

If we can break the code
in time, we'II finally be
one step ahead of them.

What the hell is going on?
How could you do this?

Do you know how
many people died?

Simon, I know how
you must be feeling.

No, you don't.

AII these years ofworking
undercover, Sophia, I did
it for you

because I believed
in the mission.
The peaceful mission.

Martinez had his military
moving in on us. Believe me

when I tell you
we had no choice.

(INDISTINCT SOUNDS)

Now that we've captured
the call, it shouldn't be Iong

till we break the encryption.

Well, make it happen.
We're running out of time.

I don't understand.

Why not just use the portal
array to transport yourselves
out of the church?

No, the portal didn't
have enough power.

We used what Iittle fuel
we had on the Monument.

What do you mean?
My ultimatum to
the President,

it's a bluff.

We are refuelling the portal
as quickly as we can,

but for right now,
we are completely defenseless.

(FRENCH RADIO PLAYING)

(ELECTRONIC BEEPING)

What was that?

(ELECTRONIC BEEPING)

I need to enter the code
to make sure your son's
whereabouts don't go viral.

You really need to keep that
hanging over me?

If I didn't, would
I still be alive?

How much Ionger
till we get to the safe house?

We're almost there.

You never told me your
contact's name.

I know him as Henri.

You used to work together?
Here and there.

That's all you're
going to tell me?

You already know
too much about me.

Does that make
you uncomfortable?

No, it makes me vulnerable
and that makes
me uncomfortable.

He Iives here?
As far as I know.

What do you mean?
You didn't call him?
I don't have his number.

(KNOCKING)

I'm gonna go around back.

Great.

(MAN SPEAKING FRENCH)

(GUN CLICKING)

I'm here with Vicky Roberts.

Vicky Roberts.

I don't know any
Vicky Roberts.

Henri!

Henri! It's me. It's me.

I'm sorry.

(MAN LAUGHING)

Now Iet me tell you...

So we get information
that the target,

Egyptian terrorist, very
bad man, had reservations
at Le Meurice.

It was Taillevent.
You have no memory.

Taillevent, Meurice,
same difference.

Anyway, we get a table
and wait for him.

And wait. And wait. And wait.

Three bottles of wine Iater...
We're wasted.

(MAN LAUGHS)

And we're supposed to,
very precisely, take out
our target.

Who has not even shown
up at this point.

So what happened?
I called it off.
It was too risky.

We get in the car, okay,
and she pulls out
of the restaurant.

But I'm a Iittle...

I don't see the car
straight in front of me.

And boom!

Head-on collision.

The guy goes straight
through the windshield.

She gets out of the
car to help him.
I turn him over.

He dead! Dead as
dead could be.

Oh, my God.
But it's very good.

How?
It was our target.

Oh, good.

It's our target!
So, what'd you do?

We got back in the car.

Job well done.
Yeah!

Wow.

You know, the CIA
never reimbursed
me for that.

They're the worst.
Wait, wait, wait.
You were CIA?

Yes, one of the best
and brightest.

I need some more wine.

What happened?

She got burned by her
superior to cover up
one of his mistakes.

Ended her career,
nearly ended her Iife.

Tell me something,
MonsieurWalker,

why is Vicky helping you?

You're not a professional.
You're not even her type.

I'm blackmailing her.
Ah, Ieverage.

Yeah.
Very useful stuff, huh?

It helps.

But that can't be the
only reason, huh?

If you haven't noticed, Ms.
Roberts doesn't do anything
she doesn't want to do.

This Iooked old and expensive.

Ah! (SPEAKING FRENCH)

We party tonight, huh?
Let's go. More vodka,
more wine.

We're getting out of here.
Everything's going to be okay.

Is it true?

About the Monument?

How could you?

We didn't want it this way,
believe me. We had no choice.

You're terrorists.

They would have Iocked us up
for the rest of our Iives.

They would have Iocked you up.

I'm not a part of this.
You are now.

Everybody out there, trying
to kill us, they'II never
see you as one of them.

They'II only see you
as one of us.

You need to accept
your place among
our people.

Your people are monsters.
No, Leila. They
are the monsters.

No matter what we do,
they will forever be
against our very survival.

Every generation of humans
has proven this to be true.

We will always be unwelcome.
We will always be hunted.

The unknown
is always a threat.

There's nothing to be
scared of, I assure you.

No Iiving thing has entered
these caves in thousands
of years.

Yes, sir.
Let's go.

Aren't they beautiful?

What are they?

They're guardian angels.

For what?

Every civilization,
every religion,

has its own concept
of the guardian angel.

What it represents

and what its function
is here on Earth.

And in every civilization,
every religion,

they are reduced
to metaphor. Symbols.

When, in fact, they are very,

very

real.

I know that you're all afraid.

But right now, more than ever,
we must stay calm.

Controlled.

We must show Martinez
and his soldiers that we
are true to our word.

Ignore their guns.

Ignore their ignorance.

We are in this together.

A new day is upon us,

and we will emerge
from this crisis
stronger than ever.

There are three buses.

David is in charge of
the first, Michael the second,

Thomas the third.

It is time.

Go.

That should have been
you up there. You should
be taking charge.

Giving the orders.

My mother is more
than capable.

That's not what it's about.
It's about who our people
Iisten to,

and it should be you.

AII I care about right now
is what's right for my people.

And so should you.
You're taking her side?

There are no sides any more.
Get on the bus.

(INDISTINCT ELECTRONIC SOUNDS)

I'm almost there.

Wait.

Got it. It's Agent
Lee's voice.

What the hell is going on?

Simon, I know how...
Feeling...

All these years working
undercover...

Martinez had his military
moving in on us.

Believe me when I tell you
we had no choice.

Confirming troop presence
on the south side
of the street,

but they're standing down.
Letting us pass without
incident.

Thank you, David.
PIease keep us informed
of what you see.

Radio Sophia. Tell her
there's no sign of pursuit
from the rear.

Do it.
We were so close.

I don't understand.

Why notjust use the portal
array to transport yourselves
out of the church?

No, the portal didn't
have enough power.

We used what little fuel
we had on the Monument.

What do you mean?

My ultimatum to the President,

it's a bluff.

We are refuelling the portal
as quickly as we can,

but for right now,

we're completely defenseless.

It's a bluff.
She was bluffing.
Dear God.

She was bluffing.
Take them out. Now.
EIias.

You heard her.

If they refuel that portal,
they'II disappear forever.

This is our opportunity
to end this.

Whoever is helping them
with that portal is still
out there,

and once we engage,
there will be no turning back.

This will escalate into
an all-out war.

I've tried diplomacy,
and failed.

I've tried restraint,
and Iives were Iost.

Now, we have to fight back.

Take them out.
Any means necessary.

David, up ahead.

Thomas, Sophia,
we've spotted
an Apache helicopter.

Damn it. Are you sure?

Thomas, get a hold of Gerard.
See where he is with
the portal.

Anything he can do.

How can Martinez put
Washington at risk?

He knows.

Somehow he knows.

This ends now.

Gerard, what can you do?

I have enough fuel
for one bus, that's it.

I can Iock onto your
Iocation now.

There's no way out of this.

It's over, Thomas. We will
have to surrender.

No, there is nothing more
important than the survival
of our people.

And you're the best
chance we got.

We have to finish
what we started.

What are you talking about?

Gerard has enough power
to open the portal
for one bus.

I've told him to Iock
coordinates on you.

I'II run interference,
give him time to set
the portal array.

Thomas, there has
to be another way.

Leadership is discipline.
Sacrifice.

Thomas!

We have confirmation
that Sophia is on
the second bus.

The Apache is waiting
for the go ahead.

Do it.

Overtake Sophia's bus.
Pull ahead of her now!

No.

No!

No!