The Event (2010–2011): Season 1, Episode 18 - Strain - full transcript

Previously on The Event...

Sophia, she's
bringing all of our
people here.

It means genocide
for humans.

They're looking for
some kind of weapon.

You need to
get word out. We
have to stop her.

Give me the
phone, Leila.

Sean.
Leila?

Someone outside of our group
might be able to stop Sophia.

That someone
is you.

As Iong as I'm alive,
I'm gonna do whatever
it takes to stop you.

I would expect no Iess.



We will find you
and we will punish you
for what you have done.

It was Martinez's actions
that escalated the conflict.

You and me
working together?

What exactly are
you talking about?

Martinez won't
Iisten to reason.

Not from you,
not from anyone.

So we are
Ieft with a more

permanent solution.

It will be clean.

Untraceable.

Follow my instructions
and by this time tomorrow,

you'll be leader
of the free world.

JARVIS: Good morning,
Mr. President.

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)



(ALL SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

AARON: Everybody out.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Open it.

(BONE SNAPS)

(SHIP CREAKING)

(PHONE RINGING)

Good morning, Mr.
Vice President

Good morning,
Vice.

General.

(ALL)
Good morning, Mr. President.

Good morning, everyone.

AII right.
It Iooks Iike we have

a full plate here,
Iet's get started.

AIDE: Coffee, sir?
ELIAS: PIease.

(HEARTBEAT BEATING)

We've established
a task force
to Iook into

the evidence Ieft
behind by Herbert Mills,

the SIeeper who
committed suicide.

Do we know
any more about
what he was doing?

No, not yet.

Unfortunately,
all we had
to go on

was water
from melted
ice core samples

(ECHOING) left in
an industrial
microwave.

ELIAS: (ECHOING) I'm aware of
that. Do we know where

the ice core
samples
originated from?

The analysis
revealed microscopic
sediments in the water

found only in
the north-western
part of Siberia.

Siberia?

BLAKE: What relevance that
may have (ECHOING)
is unclear.

ELIAS: (ECHOING) "Unclear"
won't cut it, Blake.

He killed himself so
we couldn't find out
what he was doing.

This is significant,
which, chances are,
will bring us back to Sophia.

Were there
any trace elements
in these samples?

Any signs of
(ECHOING) radioactivity?

STERLING: (ECHOING) No,
nothing we could detect.

Unfortunately,
it will be another 24

to 48 hours before
any further testing

results can come back.

Can we cut 48
hours down to 24?

I'm sorry, sir,
but that's what I'm told.

General, where does
NASA stand on this?

GENERAL: I think
they're in place.

STERLING: (ECHOING) They're
the ones doing the testing,

so, hopefully,
they'll get word.

(ECHOING) Okay, so...
I think I can work with that.
STERLING: AII right.

Let's check with
the Russian
intelligence service,

see if we can
get any cooperation

in finding out what
might be of interest

to Sophia in
north-western Siberia.

I'II make a
discrete inquiry.

ELIAS: AII right.

Next on the agenda, H.R. 9036.
Richard, I thought
this was a done deal.

How does a slam dunk
turn so quickly into

a Iiability that
the House now
wants to kill?

The Iatest
unemployment figures
just came out.

Trade agreements
are suddenly
not so popular.

There were a few defectors,
but I still think
we can salvage it.

I want names.
Specific congressmen
that I'II have to talk to...

(STUTTERING) I don't want to
have another vote
not knowing...

(SLURRING)
we have on our side

Let's take five,
(SLURRING)
beef, soon.

(SLURRING)
Finish those five case in...

(GROANS)

(GROANS IN PAIN)

Mr. President!

JARVIS: Are you all right,
Mr. President?

(GASPING AND WHEEZING)

WHITE HOUSE DR.: We have
the President.

Forty-six-year-old male with
no significant
past medical history.

On arrival, we found him
with decreased responsiveness.

He has a GCS of 11.
He is 230/110.
Heart rate 70.

AII right,
get two Iarge bore IVs.

EIevate the head of
his bed, call the scanner
and get him in stat.

I want you to
give 20 of Labetalol,

and recycle the pressures
every five minutes.

Sir, what's your name?

EIias...

Sir, squeeze
my hand.

Squeeze with
your other hand.

Spoon the Ambassador
onto the Speaker.
I'm sure he'II understand.

Do not
cancel anything

that does not directly require
the President's signature,
smile, or person.

It's imperative that
the public knows that

this government can
run while he's down.

How is he?

Not good.

A CT scan shows
bleeding in his brain.

The President has
suffered a stroke.

Our main concern right now
is controlling
the intracranial pressure.

If we can't
control the bleeding
by other means,

we may have to go in
and clip the vessel.

Surgery.

The President had
a physical a month ago.
He was in perfect health.

It's an improbable case,
statistically and otherwise.

We're doing our best.

If you'II excuse me,
I should get back to him.

Of course.

(WHISPERING)
Mr. President?

BIake?

BLAKE: Yes, sir?

ELIAS: Come close.

Is Christina here?

She's on her way,
five minutes out.

Oh.

What are the
doctors saying?

BLAKE: They're
cautiously optimistic.

I can barely
see you,

and I know
you're Iying.

Whatever happens,

you can't Iet Jarvis
ascend to the Presidency.

Okay, Iet's take
things one
step at a time...

He did this, BIake.

How?

EIias?

I saw him...

In the room,
before I went down,
I Iooked in his eye.

He's behind this.

I don't know how,
but that man does
not take the oath,

do you understand?
I understand.

BIake...

I understand.

I understand.

Raymond.
Christina.

How is he?

Well, we don't
know yet.

But it's
bad, Christina.

How did this happen?
He was fine this morning.

You know, strokes
Iike this, they're
very unpredictable.

I need to
see him.

Is he...
Wait.

If anyone's gonna
make it through this,
it's EIi.

He's the strongest,
most wilful man I've
ever met in my Iife.

And if he
wants to Iive...

Whatever happens,

I want you to
know that that
man is a hero to me.

Thank you, Raymond.

Give me a minute.

(GAGGING)

(VOMITING AND GASPING)

(PHONE BEEPING)

MAN: PIease folks,
give him room.

BIake?

BIake, we
need to talk.

Walk with me.

We need to set
a meeting with Jarvis

and the heads of
the Executive Department.

Why would
we do that?

To talk about
invoking Section 4.

I think
that's premature.

He may not
make it, BIake.

Well, I just
Ieft his side and
he is still conscious.

But for how Iong?

There's
a strict protocol here.

The 25th
Amendment clearly states

that in the event that
the President
becomes incapacitated,

the Cabinet must
appoint the V.P.
to Acting President.

I've read
the damn Constitution.

Look, we cannot Iet
the Vice
President take office.

It's not up to us.

The country needs
continuity of Ieadership...

Jarvis may be
responsible for what has
happened to the President.

Excuse me.

That's what
Martinez just told me.

And I'm inclined
to believe him.

But he had a stroke,
we were both there.

He thinks Jarvis did
something to cause it.

He's experiencing brain
trauma, clearly he
is not thinking.

You don't know
all the facts.

There are things
the President and I
know about Jarvis,

about what
he's capable of...

What things?

If you want me to help you,
you have to tell
me what you know.

This isn't the first
time Jarvis has attempted
to eliminate the President.

Obviously, we
covered it up,

But I know you were made
aware of the attempt

on the President's
Iife at Coral Gables.

The perpetrators had
help from the inside.

You think Jarvis
was involved?

I know he was.

He confessed.

Look, you have to help me
stop this succession

before we end up
putting a murderer
in the White House.

To take him down,
you would need
irrefutable proof

that he is
responsible for the
President's condition.

I can get it.

I just need time.

MALE REPORTER: For those
ofyou just tuning in,

we are outside
Bethesda Hospital

where President
Martinez was rushed

earlier this morning
for undisclosed reasons.

We have learned
from anonymous sources
within the White House

that the
President collapsed...

Seems there's
reason to celebrate.

Everything's going
according to your plan.

Don't.

There's no need
to be callous.

I take no joy in
seeing this man fall.
Nor should you.

Aaron reported
back from Murmansk.

They've recovered
the weapon.

And are we
prepared on this end?

We're close.

We'II be
ready in time.

Good, thank you
for Ietting me know.

Why isn't Michael
helping you with this?

I tried calling him,
he hasn't called me back.

Must have gotten
held up.

Sophia, once
the weapon is in our hands,

how are we gonna deliver it
on the scale we need?

Once Jarvis is in
power, he'II help me.

He just doesn't
know it yet.

LEILA: Sean, they want
to take over,

my father's people.

They're Iooking for
some kind of
weapon in Siberia,

near a place
called Murmansk.

I also have a woman's
name, Irina Bogdanov.

She may be involved,
I don't know
anything else...

I just... No!
Give this...

Where did you
get this? Leila,
talk to me.

I know what Sophia
is trying to do.
Who did you call?

What did you
tell them?

How could you be
a part ofthis?

I'm part ofthis
because I'm trying
to save our people.

I don't know
what kind of damage
you may have just caused,

but if Sophia finds
out, I won't be able
to protect you.

I don't want
your protection.

Who did
you call?

Sean.

What did
you tell him?

Leila, this is
very important. How
much did you tell him?

I told him everything,

what you're
Iooking for in Siberia,

what Sophia's trying
to do and take over...

LUIS: She took my phone!
She took my phone!

Luis, it's
all right.

She made a call
to the outside.

She was just
calling her boyfriend.

She called 9-1-1.

And when I found out,
she attacked me.

No, no. It's okay.

Michael, this is
a serious breach.

She could've told them
who we are, where we are.

We need to take
her to Sophia now.

That's not
necessary. No.

Michael, if the government
Iearns of our Iocation

we are as good as
dead, you know that.

Sophia needs to
know what happened.

LUIS: You know that.

I know.

I'm sorry,
Michael, I really am.

But the truth is,
you should've
never brought her here.

Well, there's
nothing we can do
about it now.

What's done is done.
Grab his Iegs.

I know we can't trust
what Dempsey told us.

But I do trust Leila,
and she confirmed
his story.

If there's even
a chance of us

stopping Sophia and
her people from
getting this weapon...

Leila didn't give you
anything actionable.

What, the name
of some woman?

Irina Bogdanov.

She also told me
the weapon was
somewhere near Murmansk.

Do you have any
idea how cold it is

in western Siberia
this time of year?

Ten. Think
ten degrees.

I'm not freezing
my ass off

just because some
delusional old man

thinks the world
is coming to an end.

When we came to France,
we had even Iess
to go on, didn't we?

And Iook what we
were able to accomplish.

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

AII right.

AII right, what?

Non-terrestrials,
weapons of mass
destruction, count me in.

I'II help you.

You will?

Yes.

Why?

Don't try to
analyse me, Sean,

just take yes
as an answer.

(CONDCUTOR SPEAKING FRENCH
OVER LOUDSPEAKER)

(COMPUTER BEEPS)

Finally!

What you find her?
Not exactly.

I've been searching
passport databases and
passenger manifests...

The problem is,
Irina Bogdanov isn't
the name of a woman.

(KEYBOARD CLACKING)
(COMPUTER BEEPS)

"Europol customs,
ports of call declaration."

It's the name
of a ship.

Currently docked at
the Port of Murmansk.

(WORKERS SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

(BOAT HORN BLOWING)

The subject is
surprisingly intact
even after nearly 93 years,

due, most Iikely,
to the preservation
in the permafrost.

Ready now to
expose the organs.

(BONE SNAPS)

The men
are worried.

The job has
risks that were
not fully disclosed.

As Iong as they stay
out of the clean room,
your men are perfectly safe.

Money would be
more convincing
than words.

If you don't
Iike the
job, then quit.

You're not getting
more money.

Now go get me
another pack of
smokes. I'm out.

(SHIP CREAKING)

The Iungs are magnificent.

I think we'II have
very good results.

If the epithelium
are enlarged,

and the primary bronchi
appear to have
filled with mucus

or some kind of Iiquid.

(BOAT HORN BLOWING)

Oh, my God.

Hello! Hello.

Hello!

I need to get out.

I cut my suit.
I need you to Iet me out.

I'm sorry, Doctor.

PIease. PIease.

It's gonna be all right.
I know what I'm doing.

PIease. Open the
door. PIease.

(SOBBING)

Open the door.

He started exhibiting
intracranial hypertension,

and the pressure
increased to the point
that he Iost consciousness.

Once the swelling
goes down, will
he wake up?

It's possible.

But if cerebral
perfusion,

his circulation,
is compromised,

there's still
the risk of ischemia.

Another stroke.

Yes, ma'am.

DR. REED: We should know
fairly soon if he's responding
to the treatment.

I know how
difficult this is, but

you should prepare
yourself, Mrs. Martinez.

If we don't see
a marked
improvement in his ICP,

we will need to
discuss his wishes for...

PIease.

Mm-mm.

EIias, I don't know
if you can hear me,
but I'm right here.

I know you're suffering.

I know how powerless
you must feel right now,

please fight.

I Iove you so much.

I tracked
Jarvis' movements
this morning.

Everywhere he went
inside the White House

before and after
the President's collapse.

Were you able to find
anything suspicious?

Yeah, maybe.

He arrived to
the morning briefing
in the Situation Room early.

He was there already
when the rest of us came in.

Yeah. I pulled out
the surveillance footage
from before we got there.

BLAKE: He goes to
the coffee cart.

(COMPUTER BEEPING)
(KEYBOARD CLACKING)

BLAKE: What's he doing?

It's gotta be the
coffee. He must've
spiked it in some way.

With some kind
of poison?

Something that would give
the President a stroke?

Jarvis knows our
morning routine.

He could easily
have spiked
the President's cup.

Maybe.
But you'II need more than

pictures of
the Vice President's back

to convince anyone of it.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

(DOOR OPENS)

I thought I asked
not to be disturbed.

I'm sorry,
but it's not for you,
Director Sterling.

Mr. Peel, the Vice President
is Iooking for him
and says it's urgent.

My apologies for
the interruption.

It's not a problem,
Mr. Vice President.
How can I help you?

Of all my duties
as Vice President,

this is the most
unenviable one.

But as much as it
pains me to do so,
I am bound.

I have notified
the President Pro Tempore

of the Senate and
the Speaker of the House

that this
communication is coming.

It's a written
declaration

asking the President's Cabinet
to enact Section 4
of the 25th Amendment.

The succession
protocol.

I truly wish it
wasn't necessary,
but it's my responsibility

to assure that the
continuity of our great
democracy be maintained.

Our great
democracy. Indeed.

Mr. Peel, would you
please gather the Cabinet

for the signing
of the Declaration
as soon as possible?

The Secretary of
State is on her way back
from the Middle East.

She cut her trip short.
She will be Ianding
in a couple of hours.

We'II convene as
soon as she gets here.

I just want you both
to know that I don't...

I don't feel I'II be
able to fill EIias' shoes.

I only wish I
can tread capably

in the path he's
already set for us.

The Secretary of
State has already Ianded.

I briefed her myself
on the President's condition.

I know. I just bought
us a couple of hours,
but that's it.

We either find
something on Jarvis now,

or that man is gonna be
the next President
of the United States.

I appreciate your call,
but I'II have
to call you back.

(PHONE BEEPS)

Mr. Vice President,
I have Prime Minister
Wilheim on the phone,

and the Russian Premier
just called before that.

Tell everyone I'm
busy. I don't want
to be disturbed.

Yes, Mr.
Vice President.

I'm sorry,
Mr. Prime Minister,
but Vice President Jarvis...

(PHONE RINGING)

What do you want?
Mr. Vice President

I've been watching
the news all morning,

why hasn't
presidential authority
been turned over to you yet?

Because
the President
isn't dead.

I had to petition the
Cabinet to appoint me
Acting President, then

I had to wait
for them to ratify me.

None of which

would
have been necessary

had the powder
you'd given me worked.

Just be calm.

The poison is working
exactly as it's designed to,

taking its toll on
the President slowly.

I just want
this over.

Just be patient.

In the next few hours,
President Martinez
will Iapse into a coma,

shortly after
that he will die.

You'II be the next
president of your country.

Did you see that?
What?

(MOUSE CLICKING)
(COMPUTER BEEPS)

Watch the Vice President,
Iook what he
does with his hand.

He took the President's
sweetener
packet off the table.

The packet must've
contained the poison,
so he removed the evidence.

We need more than
surveillance footage

to convince the rest of
the President's
Cabinet of any wrongdoing.

We need
undeniable proof.

When the President dies
they will do an autopsy.

Are you sure they
won't be able to detect
what really happened?

We're sure.

The poison is
designed to metabolize
quickly in the system.

Once it does,
there will be no
trace of it Ieft behind.

You better be right

because I'm the one on
the Iine here, not you.

As long as
the sweetener

packet was removed there
will be no proof.

We may have a problem.

Why? What is it?

(MOUSE CLICKING)
(COMPUTER BEEPS)

When the President
collapsed, his
coffee spilled.

(COMPUTER BEEPS)

BLAKE: Coffee's Iaced
with poison.

What are
you doing?

What do you mean?
We were told to
clean the room.

By who?

I was jus t following
orders. Is there some
kind of problem?

(GRUNTING)

CIean up the blood.
Make sure there's
nothing outside the house.

We have to run.
We have to get out of here.

We're not going anywhere.
I'II take care of it.

Thank you for
being on my side.

I'm not.

Leila, you're not
one of them.

We're your people
now. Not Sean,
not anyone else.

I know you can't fully
accept that right now,
but you have to try

because any more
calls to the outside,

any more attempts on
your part to escape
will get us both killed.

Now, clean up the blood.
We're wasting time.

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Michael, it's Sophia.

Is that you?

(KNOCKING AT DOOR)

Leila?
Hi.

Hello.

Is your
father here?

Um.

Yeah, but uh...

Yeah,
but, I think he's sleeping.

Wake him
up for me.

He said he doesn't
want to be disturbed.

Wake him up
or I will.

Why? Is there
something wrong?
Sophia...

Michael.

Sophia?

Dad.

I didn't hear
you come down.

Couldn't sleep.
Is everything okay?

Can we
talk outside?

Sure.

Thank you, Leila.

Yeah.

Have you
seen Luis?

No, not since
Iast night.

He's not answering
his phone. Can you track
him down for me?

Of course.
Yeah.

Good.

(WORKERS SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

My Russian isn't
quite what it used to be,

but I'm pretty
sure that's our ship.

Security is heavy.
The other piers
didn't have any.

VICKY: Eight guards
total, AK-47s,
quarter mile stretch.

SEAN: Completely surrounded.

VICKY: On Iand.

As far as I can see
they don't have
anybody in the water.

(SHUSHING)

We can do it.
We just have to wait

for them to get
out of our eye Iine.

What?

Everything you've
done up till now
has been for money or family.

Why are you here?
Why are you helping me?

Let me ask you
a question, Sean.

Why do you
think I'm here?

Honestly, I have
no idea. I don't
understand you at all.

That's right,
you don't.

Let's move.

Excuse me, we
need your boat.

(MEN SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

Where the hell
is the crew?

You ready?

Vicky, don't,
don't, don't.

I think there's
something inside.

What?

What the hell
happened to them?

Only one way
to find out.

(SHIP CREAKING)

(HEAVY BREATHING)

(DOOR CREAKING OPEN)

I can't tell how
old the uniform is,
but he was a soldier.

They cracked his
chest open. Why?

To get to his Iungs,
they're missing.

(LOUD CLANGING)

We're not alone.

(SPEAKING RUSSIAN)

Don't move.

Tell us what's happened?

What happened?
I don't understand.

Get him up.

Start talking.
I wasn't here.

But you know what
they were doing.

We were just hired
for this job a few days

and that's it.
I don't know anything.

He's Iying.
Of course
he's Iying.

No, I'm not Iying.

Put him inside.
Get the door.

No, no, no! No!

They said it
was the flu.
Spanish flu.

What the hell are
you talking about?

The Spanish flu
killed 50 million people
during World War I.

That's where
the uniform is from.
Yes.

The soldier was
buried deep in the ice

and the virus
was alive in him.

DIMITRI: That's all I know.
That's the weapon.

The Iungs are missing.
Where are they?

I don't know.

He's wasting
our time.
No.

They must be on
the way to the airport,
with a courier.

What's the courier's
name? Tell me!

AII I know, on the phone,
American called him AIex

when he was giving him
the flight information.

Which is what?
What's the
flight information?

FIight 38,
Air Moscow.

To where?
I don't know.

What was
the courier's destination?
I don't know what city.

But he's bringing
infected tissue
to your country.

Is everyone here?

AImost, sir.
Shouldn't be Iong.

Very good.

Where have you been?

I pulled a sample
of the carpet from
the Situation Room,

had it sent
to the FBI Iab.

And?

It's useless.

The fibers were too
contaminated with the
cleaning solution.

I'm sorry, BIake,
but I have to
begin the proceedings.

They need to know
who they're
putting into office.

I want to present
the evidence to them.

What evidence?
The obscure
security footage?

The statements
the President made

while suffering
the effects of a stroke?

If nothing else it
could hold this off

Iong enough for
him to recover.

If you go in there
with anything Iess
than a smoking gun,

you'II Iook
Iike a Iunatic.

Jarvis will sideline you,
and he'II keep you
from ever proving it.

I can't just
forget about it.

I'm not asking you to,
but for now you're
gonna have to play along.

If you can't
do that, then don't
go in that room.

(ALL CLAMORING)

I've been informed
that the President's

condition
continues to deteriorate.

Given that he is
incapacitated and unable

to discharge
the duties of the office

we must proceed.

Pursuant to Section 4
of the 25th Amendment,

we must achieve
a majority vote

to officially
appoint Raymond Jarvis
as Acting President.

If there are no objections,
I'II commence the vote.

Secretary of
Defence, Watkins.

WATKINS: Aye.

PEEL: Secretary of the
Treasury, Sasen.

SASEN: Aye.

PEEL: Secretary of the
Interior, Wilson.

Aye.

Secretary of
State, Carol.

Aye.

Director of National
Intelligence, Sterling.

Director Sterling.

Aye.

(DEEP SIGH)

(HEART MONITOR BEEPING)

(BEEPS ACCELERATING)

(BEEPS GETTING LOUDER)

EIias! EIias! Help!
Somebody please help us.

CHRISTINA: Oh, my God! Oh, no.
(CRYING)

(HEARTRATE FLATLINING)

(CRYING)