The Event (2010–2011): Season 1, Episode 2 - To Keep Us Safe - full transcript

Well, are you going to take good care
of her. Love her, cherish her.

All that good stuff , right?
Yeah.

Then you have my blessing.

We should all hang out
for the rest of the cruise.

- Come on. It'll be so much fun.
- Yeah.

We have no record of you

or your girlfriend
ever boarding this ship.

Oh, come on!
Where is she?

- Jamie, who is this?
- Where is my girlfriend?

Mr. President,
you're making a mistake.

How many prisoners?



- 97.
- What'd you think?

You were just gonna keep running
this thing without my knowledge?

Welcome to Mount Inostranka.

He's going to tell them.

About the event.

You need to sit down,
please.

He's got a gun!

Whatever they promised you,

you can't trust them.

The attack
is already underway.

We have to evacuate.

Ooh.

I haven't told you everything.

What the hell just happened?



Are you okay?

Are you all right?
Michael!

Michael!
Oh, my God, there's fire.

- Michael!
- There's a fire.

There's a fire in the back.
Get the fire extinguisher.

Yeah, we got to get
everyone out right now.

- We need to get everybody out.
- Everybody out.

Everybody get out
of the plane.

Fold your arms and jump.

Get off the plane.
There's a fire.

Come on. Let's go, go!

I want everyone to stay calm
and get out of the plane.

All right, go, go, go.

- Come on. Move.
- Come on!

Move away from the plane!
Make room for everybody else.

Everybody's gonna get out.
Michael!

Ma'am, you gotta get off
the plane.

To the left!

Come on, let's go!

- Stay calm.
- Come on.

One at a time,
one at a time.

- Aah!
- Everybody's gonna get out.

- Go! Ahh!
- Go, go, go!

I'll be fine, I'll be fine,
I'll be fine.

Go. I'll get him.
Go, go.

Come on.

- Unh!
- Oh!

Here. Here just--

Okay, just stay
on your side.

Look. There's one more.
Look.

Michael!

Michael!

I won't do it.

I can't.

Stop wasting time.

You know
what we're capable of.

You will fly that plane.

Say it.

Say it.

Vicky, what do you want?

Sit down.

God!

Oh, my little baby.

Baby.
God, what do you want?

You watched us kill
your wife.

Do you really think
we'd hesitate

to do the same thing
to your daughters?

One word from me,
she pulls the trigger.

Tell me again
you're not gonna do it.

That you're not gonna fly
the plane.

Go on.
I'm waiting.

Michael.

Michael.

What happened?

What happened?

I-I had no choice.

They killed Val.

- They were gonna kill the girls.
- What?

They had a gun
to Leila's head.

They were gonna kill her
right in front of me.

Who? Who?
Who has Leila?

Leila knew
who was holding her.

Called her Vicky.

Vicky?

You sure?
Tall, dark hair?

You saw her?

- Yeah.
- Where?

Where--where are
they holding her?

I don't know.
They had me blindfolded.

Somewhere in Miami.
Look!

Hey, hey, look!
Help is coming.

That's not help.

What do you mean?

You can't trust anyone.

You're the only one
that can help her.

You have to find Leila.

You're hurt.
I'm not gonna leave you.

You still might have time
to save her.

But you have to go now.
Wait. No, no.

Go. Go.

Go and find her.

Go.

♪ The Event 1x02 ♪
To Keep Us Safe
Original Air Date on September 27, 2010

Get her out of here!

Lock the reporters down.
No phones.

No cameras.
Go!

It's okay.

It's okay.

Baby, it's okay.
We're safe now.

It's okay.
What happened?

Were people trying
to kill us?

Hey, look at me.

I don't want you to worry
about that right now.

All right?
We're gonna be okay.

Yeah.

I'll keep us safe.

I promise.

It's okay.

Perimeter!

This way,
Mr. President.

David, you go with mommy.

Take my family
to the bunker.

I'll join them shortly.
Sir, protocol is to keep--

Just get them safe now.
See you in a minute.

You two, go, move.

What do we know?

Copilot managed
to transmit a message

before communications went down.

The plane's pilot,
a man named Michael Buchanan,

was hijacking the aircraft

and apparently planned to crash
it in the presidential compound.

Sir, we need
to keep moving, please.

Right now I'm less concerned
with who tried to kill us

than who saved us.

I know what I saw.

That plane was coming
right at us

until it wasn't.

I mean, it vanished.

We've locked down
the air traffic controllers

and everyone at Coral Gables
who saw what happened,

and nothing was broadcast live.

We're discrediting
scattered reports

from people
in the general vicinity

who are being told
that the plane was obscured

when it flew into
a mid-altitude marine layer.

What helps is everyone knows
that a plane

can't just disappear
into thin air.

As far as everyone's concerned,
Flight 514

is still en route to Brazil

while we decide
on an alternative narrative

to tell the public.
Meaning a cover-up.

Protecting the country
involves the keeping of secrets,

Mr. President.

It always has,
and it always will.

We need to focus on that plane
and the people on it.

There must be several hundred
of them.

What happened?
Where are they?

Mr. President,
Mr. Sterling.

Sir, we've been able
to confirm

there's no debris
or signs of the plane

in the vicinity
of this incident.

Now as our satellite redirects
come in,

we're able to widen our search
here to neighboring states

and other continents.

But there is
one interesting detail.

Sergeant.

A space-born sensor

recorded
an off-the-chart blast

of electromagnetic radiation

in the area
at the exact time

the plane went missing.

This is what knocked out
all the electronics in the site.

The problem is, sir, that
we have no idea what this means.

Does our military
have any weapon

that could do this?

No, sir.
No branch of our armed forces

or anyone else's
has this capability.

Then that leaves
only one other group

that could have done that
to the plane.

Ahem.

Director Sterling,

I'm ready when you are.

Mr. President,
let me appeal to you

one last time
to let this remain a matter

for the intelligence services,

which have been managing this

without interference
for decades.

And we have our reasons.

Blake, cut the B.S.

I want everything.
Go.

In 1944,

an aircraft
of undeclared origin

crashed in the Brooks
Mountain Range of Alaska.

Obviously, we were
on a war footing at the time,

and military forces
were on hand soon after

to lock down the scene.

97 survivors were apprehended,

many of them wounded.

These survivors
were determined to be

not of terrestrial origin.

What?

Agent Lee
is part of the team

overseeing
the Inostranka facility.

He'll brief you
on the basics.

Well, as you can see,

outwardly, they look
very much like us,

which could indicate
a common ancestor

or even
a parallel evolutionary process.

But there are differences.

Now, initially, scientists
were only able to detect

small variations
in their circulatory systems

and blood composition.

But over time,
it became clear

that they age at a much
slower rate than we do.

Meaning there had to be
substantial differences

we couldn't detect
and that we didn't understand.

Now recent advances
in DNA sequencing

are starting to change that.

We now know their DNA varies
from ours

by slightly less than 1%.

1%?

So they're people.

They're absolutely not.

1% is actually quite significant
genetically.

Chimpanzees' DNA
differs from ours

by only 2%,
for example.

Oh, my God.

Hmm.

And why are we holding them?

Excuse me,
Mr. President?

Why are we holding them?

Have they committed
any acts of aggression?

We're holding them

because they refuse
to tell us the truth.

About who they really are,

why they're really here,

or what they really want.

They have
a hidden agenda, sir.

I know it in my bones.

Remind me
to never eat squid again.

I know.

They make it sound
so appetizing

when they call it calamari.

But I-I think

in your case
it was the mai tais.

I didn't drink
that much.

I know you didn't, but...

You should probably go soon.

Nope.
You are sick,

and I'm not going anywhere
without you.

- You love snorkeling.
- I know.

I so love snorkeling.

- Well, go.
- I'm not gonna go.

So...

You are so thoughtful.

And if I were feeling
any better,

I would reward
that thoughtfulness.

Mm.

Tell me exactly
what you would do.

Be specific.
I'll close my eyes.

You can start wherever you want.

Oh, come on.

I'll be right back.
One second.

- Hey, where is she?
- Hi.

Vicky.
Oh. Baby.

Leila, do you feel
so hung over?

Uh, a little bit.

Ugh, I hate that.

Listen, I got your message.
Yeah.

But I came here to see
if I could change your mind.

'Cause Greg went
on this jungle excursion,

and I could really use
a diving buddy.

- Uh, I think I'm just gonna--
- He's gonna go.

You're going.

- Yes.
- Perfect.

- Are you--
- Go. I'm fine.

Go. Go.
Get some shoes on.

I'm gonna finish a book.
I'll be fine.

- Okay.
- Okay.

Oh, sweetie,
I'm so worried about you.

Get cozy,

drink lots of water,

and get plenty of rest,
okay?

Get better.
You ready?

- Yeah.
- All right.

- All right.
- Let's go.

- I love you.
- I love you.

Okay, I'll see you
in a couple of hours.

- Have fun.
- Thanks.

Don't forget
about that thoughtfulness thing.

I really want to finish
that conversation.

Take lots of pictures.

- I will.
- We will.

Hmm.

What'd you forget?

Hey, hey,
surprise.

- Greg.
- Yeah.

I heard you were feeling sick,

I felt bad,
I wanted to swing by,

you know, to see
if you needed some company.

Uh, yeah, you know,
I just--

I think I just need
to get some rest.

Yeah, I mean,
believe me, I've been there

many, many times.

Yeah, okay,
well, I'll see you--

I got something for you.
It'll make you feel better.

Check this out.

All we need--oh.
I don't need anything.

Yes. A-ha.

One of these.
And voila.

Megadose of vitamin C
makes all your hangover

go away.

Cheers.

Thanks.

But I really think I just need

to close my eyes
for a little bit.

Yeah, lay back,
close your eyes.

This is guaranteed
to make you feel better.

Give me your foot.
What? No.

Come on.
It's just a little massage.

Just a little massage?

Is that what you're gonna tell

your girlfriend?

Who? Vicky?

What exactly do you think

she and Sean
are doing right now?

Whoa! Hey.

- Get out.
- Come on.

It's not that big a deal.

- Greg, get out.
- Seriously.

If you don't leave,
I will.

Don't you think
you're overreacting

a little bit,
Leila?

I mean, I stopped by
to, you know, check on you,

make sure you're okay.

You need to lighten up
and relax

first of all.

Is there a problem?

No.

He was just leaving.

No, no,
there's no problem.

See, there's nothing here
that concerns you, my man.

The lady wants you
to go.

Maybe you didn't hear me
the first time.

Greg, why don't you
just leave?

It's cool.
I got it under control.

The lady would like you
to go.

Everything's fine.
You can take off, okay.

Friend, you need to leave.

Hey, buddy,
I got this.

Calm down, calm down.

Just relax.
Just relax.

Grab her legs.

Welcome back.

Can you hear me?

Are you feeling better?

Where am I?

You're in a hospital.

A couple brought you in
a little while ago.

Their dog found you out
in the desert

about 20 yards from the road.

They said
you were pretty incoherent.

You kept saying
you were in a plane

that crashed in the desert.

Look right here for me.

No, hey, it's okay.

It's okay.
We already checked.

There have been no reports
of any accidents

or missing planes.

You were severely dehydrated

and suffering heat stroke,

and that can cause confusion,
but you're okay now.

You're here,
and you're safe.

Where's here?

St. Francis Hospital.

But where?
Where is that?

Just outside of Yuma.

What is that, Arizona?

Yeah.

Uh, I have to talk--
I have to talk to the police.

My girlfriend was kidnapped.

Look, it's gonna be okay.

It's important you understand
how serious heat stroke can be.

No, no, no, listen,
I'm not--I'm not delusional.

The last time I saw my
girlfriend, we were on a cruise.

In Arizona?

In Antigua.

And there was a couple,
and the woman is involved

in the kidnapping.

Look, where's the phone?

I have to talk
to the police right now.

- Okay.
- Please.

- I think you need to calm down.
- No, no, no.

I need to talk
to the police.

Please.

Can you get me a phone?

Or can you show me
where a phone is?

Okay, listen,
you just stay calm,

and I'll call them
for you.

Okay.

Yuma PD, Deputy Hodes,
how can I help you?

Hi, this is Leanne Timmons
at St. Francis.

I'm a nurse here,
and I have a patient

named Sean Walker.

He wants to report
a kidnapping,

but he's got heat stroke,
and he's extremely confused.

So?

So he insisted
that I call you.

And he was only gonna get
more agitated if I didn't.

All right.
What was the name again?

Sean Walker.

This guy happen to be
caucasian, 5'11",

brown hair, mid to late 20s?

That's right.

It's a long shot...

Did he mention anything
about being in the Caribbean?

He said he was on a cruise
in Antigua.

How did you know?

Are you there
with him now?

What do you mean?

Can he hear you?

No.

Okay, listen to me,

this guy's wanted
on a federal murder warrant.

Your patient killed a man
on that cruise ship.

My God.

What do I do?
Just keep him there.

Can you do that?

Miss? Miss?
Yes.

He's on an I.V.

He's not going anywhere
right now.

I'm sending officers over now.

Okay.

There's no question
in my mind.

Sophia's people were behind
what happened to that plane.

What? The 97 at Inostranka
under lock and key?

That doesn't seem likely.

Which means there must be

more of them out there.

Sleepers. I always suspected
it was a possibility.

Now we know.

Sophia swore to you

that she and her group
were the only ones

of their kind here.

Well, clearly,
they are not alone.

And whatever they did
to that plane

means they have
technological capabilities

we can't even comprehend.
Where is she?

Sophia. Where is she?

Has she said anything?

Not a word

since being taken back
into custody.

With all due respect,
she's been lying

to us for six decades.

What makes you think

you're gonna get the truth
out of her now?

Open the door.

President coming through.

Base!
Base, this is Red Seven.

I have a visual
on the crash site.

Roger that, Red Seven.

What are your coordinates?

Sweet lord.

Thomas!

Thomas!
Stay with her.

It's gonna be okay.

You're bleeding.
It's nothing. Listen to me.

They've spotted us.
They'll be here soon.

We have to move
everyone out.

No.
There are too many wounded.

We wouldn't get far.

I need you to gather
all the able-bodied

and get ready to go.

What about you?

I can't abandon them.

No.

Unless you go,

there's no hope

for any of us.

- There is if we fight.
- Listen to me.

I can't risk all of us
being caught.

We'll be together soon.

I promise.

Now go.

Go.

Hello, Sophia.

When I woke up this morning,

I thought
I was gonna be making history.

Announcing to the world
that humanity was not alone,

that I was freeing
your people

to integrate
and live peacefully among us.

Now I was told many times

that I was making a mistake

and that I didn't know
your true agenda.

Apparently some even felt
so strongly

they thought they'd try
to kill me

before I could make
that announcement.

And as it turns out,
it would have been a mistake.

So I'm asking myself
over and over,

was I just being naive?

Or was I guilty
of narcissism?

Was I so intent
on going down in history

that I was blind
to the truth?

Now I'm asking myself
the things--

Sophia, look at me.

I'm asking myself these things

because I know
I need to take responsibility.

And I'm gonna give you
a chance to do that too,

to tell me your reasons,
good or bad,

for deceiving me.

All I can tell you is...

That we mean you no harm.

My people saved your life.

Is that really what happened?

Or were they saving your life?

Sophia, how many more of you
are out there?

Why haven't they
shown themselves before?

And where the hell
is that plane

and the passengers?

I can't tell you anything.
I'm sorry.

I don't want your apology.

I want the truth.

I'm done.

The deal's off.

You're going back
to Inostranka.

You and your people will stay
there until I get the truth.

That would be a mistake,

Mr. President.

My people have been waiting
for 66 years.

Their patience is running out.

Is that a threat?

You wanted the truth.

I'm giving it to you.

Just act natural.

Did you call the police?

Yes.

They said they'd come in
and take your statement.

- Oh, thank you.
- Out your girlfriend.

Thank you.

Oh, do you need
to do something about that?

Yeah.

Is everything okay?

Yeah. Of course.

Nurse.

All units,
I want this place locked down.

Suspect may be armed.

Hey.
What's going on?

Why are ere cops everywhere?

Please don't hurt me.

I have a three-year-old son.

- Why would I hurt you?
- Please.

They told me.
Told you what?

That you killed someone.

What?

Where is he?

I thought I saw him.

When did you see him last?

Just, like,
a few minutes ago, I think.

There.
He's over there.

Last lap.
Hold your strokes.

Come on, Sean.
Bring it in.

Bring it in.
Let's go.

Let's go, everybody.

Bring it home.
Jimmy, come on!

Great work.
Okay, guys, hit the showers.

Hey, I wasn't laughing
at you.

I just didn't want you
to think--

Yeah, sure.

No, I really wasn't.

But, so you...

Don't know how to swim.

You got me.

Wow, that's crazy.

Thanks.

No, no,
I'm sorry.

No, I didn't mean it
like that's...

I just...It's...
Embarrassing? Pathetic?

No, no, no, no.

No, it's cute.

Um...

So are you
Captain of the swim team

or something?
No, no, no.

Computer science society.

It's lame, I know, but...

No. It's cute.

Um, you were
in a negative position.

That's why you weren't floating.

- I was?
- Yeah.

You had your chin tucked
to your che--

you know, your chin tucked
to your chest.

That's why the water was going

above your head.

It's not funny.

And I should be more...

You should be--
here. May I?

Can I...
Yeah.

Okay, so this is neutral.

And then you just put your ears

under the water

and your eyes go straight up
to the ceiling.

Okay.

The water will help you float.
There you go.

There.
Oh.

Just like that.

Just a little practice.

- Close?
- Yeah.

Thanks.

Sure.

So...
Thank you for the swim lesson.

Yeah, sure,
anytime

you want...

Um, how about tomorrow?

- Around 5:00?
- Okay.

Really?

Yeah.

- Okay.
- Meet me outside my dorm.

It's the Meadow House.
Okay.

It's kind of hard to find.

Everyone always gets lost.

I'll find you.

Okay.

- Oh!
- Hey, what is going on?

Deputy, check that hallway.

Go that way.

Hey, did you see anybody
run down this hall?

I did not.

FBI!

That's far enough,
Mr. Walker.

Now if you could be so kind
as to put those hands up.

Mr. Walker,
you're under arrest

for the murder
of Greg Kervin.

Agent Lee.

Sophia's been lying to us.

This whole time they've been
hiding an external population.

I'm hand-picking
a special operations unit,

the best men,
and I want you at the top.

Me, sir?

You've been assigned
Inostranka for years.

You probably know them better
than anyone else.

We need to figure out
the full extent

of their capabilities.

It's not gonna be easy.

They've been hiding among us
in plain sight.

God only knows how far
we've been infiltrated.

Sorry.

Normally, I'm really good
at this.

It's not your fault.

I have small veins.

I got it from my mother.

Well, if you got that smile
from her,

I'd say it was a fair trade.

What sector did you apply for?

Um, clandestine services.

Mm.
Everybody wants to be a spy.

Yeah, well, I'm hoping
for something in the field,

but no one has told me
if I'm even hired yet.

Well, if you made it
this far, you made the cut.

Blood tests
are just a formality.

And success at last.

Welcome to the CIA,
Mr. Lee.

We need to root them out.

Every one of them.

So do whatever you have to

and find them.

- Hey.
- Good to see you, brother.

Yeah. I only wish
it were under better conditions.

Look, now that they know
about you,

the prisoner release
is off the table.

And the President's people
are intent

on hunting everyone down.

I warned you this would happen
if we took the plane.

Not to mention the extent
to which

our resources are drained
for now.

It was our only option.

No, the military
had jets in the air.

We could have let them
shoot the plane down.

Look, killing almost 200
passengers was not acceptable.

Not to you.

Or Sophia.

Is that the reason
why you came down here?

To warn me?

I need to know
about the plane.

There's no sign of it.

Really?

You were supposed
to set it down unharmed.

Why hasn't there been any word

from the passengers yet?

Thomas, what happened?

I decided that,
since we had the passengers,

we might as well use them.

The plane's in Arizona.

Here are the coordinates.

You'll understand
when you find it.

What does that mean?

And that's
when they kidnapped Leila.

To force her father

to fly a plane
into the President.

Somebody must be covering it up.
Maybe even the government.

But it happened.
I was on the plane.

I tried to stop it.

You're not gonna do this
the entire way, are you?

- Do what?
- Talk.

So you saved the President?

No.

Something else happened,
and I-I can't explain it,

but suddenly the plane was here

in Arizona,

and, yes, I know
how that sounds,

but I am telling you
the truth.

You know, I want to go back
to the cruise ship

where you killed Greg kervin.

Why don't we talk about that?

Okay, they must have--
they must have made it

look like I killed him.
Ah.

Like they made it look
like I was never supposed

to be on the ship,
like I imagined the whole thing.

Okay, listen, the only person
that I know is involved

is the woman

that I was telling you about,
Vicky Roberts.

She's the one who got me
off the ship,

and she's the one,
last I heard,

was holding Leila, so that's
where you have to start looking.

Wow.

This must have been
quite an undertaking.

Think of all the people
and planning involved.

All focused on you.

You must be
a very important person

to warrant all that.

Why would I be making
any of this up?

Why?
Just--why would I do that?

Narcissistic delusion
is common

in any number
of psychiatric illnesses.

Based on your file,
I pegged you

as just a run-of-the-mill
sociopath,

but now I'm leaning more
towards paranoid schizophrenic

with a strong
persecution complex.

Wait a second.
Wait a second. I came this way.

- What?
- I recognize those mountains

from when I was lost
in the desert.

They're blocking the road
because of the plane.

Of course.

No, it's--
that's where we landed.

Over that rise.
It's there.

It's right there.

We crashed
right over that rise.

It's there.

What's going on?

Semi jackknifed.

Spilt its payload
onto the road.

Some kind
of class four chemicals.

Can't let anyone go through
until it's cleaned up.

Really?

And how long
is that gonna take?

They tell me
tomorrow morning

at the earliest.

We're detouring everyone
to the 18.

That's great.
That's another two hours.

Ugh.

Thank you, officer.

He's lying.

He's lying. You need to see
what's over that rise

so you'll believe me.

What, you just-- you want me
to go through the roadblock?

Yes, yes,
please, please.

Honestly, do you really think
that we would do that?

Come on!
Well, then don't believe me!

I don't care.
I really don't care.

Do whatever you want with me.

Just please find my girlfriend

or I think
they're gonna kill her.

Let me ask you something.

Do you even have a girlfriend?

Does this--
does this girl Leila even exist?

Huh?

We were gonna get married.

There's no other way
around it.

Route 18 it is.

Sir.

Agent Lee!

You need to see this.

Plane's empty.
Everyone made it out.

So whatever went down
happened after.

We checked the vitals
on all of 'em.

Dead, sir.
Every last one of 'em.