The Event (2010–2011): Season 1, Episode 20 - One Will Live, One Will Die - full transcript

Lee tries to get help taking the antidote to president Martinez. Sean and Vicky try to stop Sophia's virus at all cost and save hundreds of people. Jarvis continues as a puppet in the hands of Sophia... but something he wasn't expecting happens.

MALE NARRATOR:
Previously on The Event...

BP dropping.
80 over 40.

What's happening
to him?

Where the hell
is neurosurge?

We Iost the pulse.
We Iost the pulse.

EIias!

He slipped into
a coma after
the surgery.

I know you
poisoned the
President.

I know you're
working with Sophia.

That's preposterous!
Now, you Iisten to me!

You Iisten.



The only reason
she helped you
get where you are

Remember who
you're talking to!
is because she knew

it would give her
control of this office.

You may tender
your resignation
effective immediately.

We'II need to run more tests
on the Iung tissue as
soon as it gets here.

Where is it now?

AARON: In a temperature
controlled container.

Our courier is hand
carrying it as we speak.

Sean.

Go.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(GRUNTS)

Drop it or I'II
kill him.
Drop it now!

SEAN: Vicky, shoot
him! Don't Iet them
take the case!



(GRUNTS)

(TIRES SCREECHING)

We got to get
you out of here.

Michael and Simon are
gone. We have to find
them before they escape.

(GUN FIRING)

MICHAEL: There's a vial
in my pocket.

Get it to the
President as
soon as you can.

No, Dad...

Michael...

(SOBBING)

He's gone.

Sophia,

I'm sorry.

We were trying to
stop them from escaping.
I'm so sorry.

It's not your fault.

LEILA: Look
what you
did to him!

You killed
my father!
I hate you!

I've known your father
Ionger than you
can comprehend.

You have no idea
what I felt for him.

Did he
have it?
Michael?

What are
you talking
about?

The compound. Michael
came into the Iab.
I tried to stop him.

What compound?

A counter agent.
DNA repair enzymes.

It can reverse the
effects of the poison
we gave Martinez.

Oh, my God.

Search them.

(SOBBING)
Let go of me.

It has to
be Simon.

We have to assume
that he's on the way
to the hospital now.

If Martinez recovers,

everything that we've
been working toward
will be compromised.

No, I'II send the
search team.

No, Simon is a
highly trained agent.
You'II never find him.

But I have
another way.

In the meantime, we
have to completely
evacuate the compound.

Make sure
everyone's safe
before Simon

has a chance
to alert the
authorities.

Okay.

Get her away
from him.

No...

Let go of me!

CHRISTINA: Daddy's still
sleeping, honey, but he
wants you to be strong

and send him
good thoughts, okay?

AII right, be a good boy.
I'II be home soon.

Love you.

It's our son.

He wants to see his daddy.

So, what's
the next step?

At this point,
I'm afraid we've done

everything we can,
Mrs. Martinez.

He's not getting any
better, he's getting worse.

I'm sorry.

You're just gonna give up?

No. No.

(SOBS)

(CRYING)

PEEL: We've narrowed
down the options

for Director
Sterling's replacement.

These are very
good candidates.

I don't want very
good candidates.
I want the best.

You fired the best,

with all due
respect.

Director Sterling
was a dangerous man.

The things he said
about me, the man is not
in his right mind.

I can't have a man Iike
that at the head of the
intelligence operations.

And for you to
constantly remind me
of his importance

only makes you
a suspect.

I'm sorry.

I didn't
mean...

One second.

Hello.

Excuse me.

That'II be all,
Mr. Peel. Thank
you very much.

Certainly,
Mr. President.

Yes?
We have a
problem.

Simon Lee has gotten hold
of a counter agent.

A counter agent?

He can use it to

reverse the effects
of the poison

we gave Martinez.

How did this happen?

I knew this was a mistake.

I can't believe I let you...
Raymond, Iisten to me.

You need to focus
all your energies

on finding Simon Lee,
and stopping him

before he reaches

that hospital.

Well, it's easy for
you to sit back and
issue commands,

but I'm the one that
has to handle the reality

on the ground.
The reality is that
you have every resource

in the federal
government
available to you

to find one
man. Use them!

Because if Martinez recovers

and the truth
comes out

they will put you away
for the rest your Iife.

There's no sign of their
car, and we can't
just keep driving.

If we wanna stop Sophia
from getting her hands
on this virus,

then we're gonna
need some help.
I'm working on it.

No, we need to call the
police and just tell
them what we know.

We can't. We know
from what happened
on the plane

that someone high
up in the government
is helping Sophia.

But I've got their plates,
and I know their
car was a rental.

And?

Since the mid
'90s every rental car
has a tracking device

so the companies can
monitor their vehicles.

So, if I can get into
the company's system,

I might be able
to find the car.

Might.

Sorry. You saw what
that virus did to those
people on the ship.

How they died.

If Sophia releases
the virus, how
bad could it be?

The original Spanish
flu epidemic killed

between fifty and a
hundred million people.

And that's before
international travel
was so easy.

And this strain's
more virulent?

Way more. If
Sophia released it,

I don't know
what would be Ieft.

Hey.
What have you got?

Hopefully them.
Fifty miles up ahead.

CARLOS: Word
from Gerard
just came in.

He was able to
establish communication
with the home planet.

It's worse than
we thought.

Radiation Ievels have
become catastrophic.
People are dying.

We need to make
room here, we need
to get this done.

I understand that
better than anyone.

How close are
we to releasing
the virus?

CIose. But in order
for a global pandemic
to be successful,

the host has to
survive Iong enough
to spread the disease.

This is the footage
Aaron sent from the
Irina Bogdanov.

The doctor handling
the virus was human,

and therefore
not immune Iike us.

There. His clean
suit becomes
compromised.

This is the point
of the infection.

The conditions for
this outbreak were

not suitable
for drawing any
conclusions.

It was released
in close quarters,
in great concentration.

I need a more
accurate simulation

to judge
the efficacy
of the virus.

If it's more
reliable data
you need,

the next field test
should provide it.

Freeze.

Hands in the air.

Turn around.

SIowly.

Simon.

Give me one good reason
why I shouldn't put
a bullet in you right now.

Martinez, I can
save his Iife.

Don't play me,
Simon.

I know Sophia used Jarvis
to poison the President.

Why would they
want to spare
him now?

They don't.
I do.

I've split with
Sophia, for good.

Once I realized what
she wanted to do,

how many people
she was willing
to murder...

I don't believe you.

Look, I have a
counter agent.

An antidote.

Why would I trust you?

Everything you ever
told me was a Iie.

It's the truth.

I was free and clear.
Why else would I
risk coming back here?

Maybe you think you
can manipulate me.

Sophia did it to
Martinez time
and time again.

Turns out, I was
an even bigger
fool than he was.

I'm sorry.

But believe me when
I say I was doing it
for the common good.

Even now, I still
believe there can be
peace between us.

How?

Starting with this.

SIowly.

You can undo what
they did to Martinez
with this.

Take it.

What possible motive
could I have other
than saving his Iife?

He's going to die
anyway, what do
you have to Iose?

Look, you don't
believe me, shoot me.

Just get this to
Martinez before
it's too Iate.

Move away from
the window.
What is it?

Silver sedan
across the street.

Were you followed?

No, no, I'm
sure of it.

Then Jarvis
must have put
a tail on me.

Why?

Sophia's working
with the Vice President.

We have to assume she
told him to stop you

before you
could save Martinez.

And Jarvis knew I'd
come to you for help.

It's Lee.

You're sure?

He was my partner
for 10 years.

Damn. So, they really
are working together.

We have a visual
of Agent Lee
inside the house.

Copy that.
We'II cover
the back.

Let's move.

They've stopped.

Ten miles out.

Where?

Cross referencing
to a street map.

There's the car.

Okay, just keep
driving past it.

No one.

(CAR DOOR SLAMS)

I don't see the case.

BIueprints
of the mall.

Details of the air
circulation system.

Sophia wants a
record of this.

Port all surveillance
cameras to her, and
meet me on the roof.

(GAS HISSING)

Beal and I
will make the
front entry.

Berman and Diaz,
you back us up

and watch the
side windows.

Hayes and Reese,
hold down the
back of the house.

Copy that.

On my go, guys.

(SIRENS WAILING)

What is that?

What is that?

Hold your
positions.

Drop your
weapons now!
Federal Agent!

Get on the ground!
We have
credentials!

Shut up!
I said drop
your weapons!

You guys are
blowing a CIA
operation.

Last warning!
Drop your guns!

Easy, easy.

Keep your
hands where we
can see them.

Easy, easy,
easy.

Okay, check
my Ieft back
pocket.

Left back
pocket.

We're on a
covert op.

At Ieast it was covert.

They're Iegit.
Stand down.

DISPATCHER: All
units, stand down.

We got a 911 call
about an armed robbery
at this address.

Son of a bitch! Move in!

Hayes and
Reese,
move in!

Hold it!
CIear!

Men down!

They're
out?
Oh, yeah.

Damn it.

How did you Iet
this happen?

You had your best
men on this?

I don't care.
You find them and stop them!

(PHONE HANGING UP)

(DIALING NUMBER)

(PHONE RINGING)

Yes?
There's been a problem.

We almost had the
counter agent,

butAgent Lee escaped.

With all the
resources that you

have at your disposal,
you can't find one man?

There's something else.

Agent Lee escaped with
Blake Sterling's help.

They're working together now.

You understand that
if Martinez recovers

and returns to the Presidency,

we no longer have
an agreement.

Because one of
your people found
an antidote?

I don't appreciate
your tone, Raymond.

You're changing the terms.

I did my part by getting
Martinez out of the way,

and you agreed to
spare American Iives.

Keep Simon from getting
the counter agent to
Martinez, and that will

still be the case.

Your country will
be spared when
my people arrive.

How do I know
you're not playing me?

Do as I say, Raymond,
you have no other options.

I didn't expect
to start the day
by stealing a car.

We have to assume
Martinez will be
heavily guarded.

There's no way we'II
be able to get the
antidote to him.

Not in time.

Last word from the
doctors is it's only
a matter of hours.

Can we use Peel?

Jarvis will be
suspicious of him, too.

There's only one
other option.

The First Lady.

The only problem is
Jarvis probably
realizes that, too.

Excuse me.

I'm sorry,
this is a
restricted zone.

What?

The White House
raised the security
protocol.

Access to President
Martinez is restricted to
essential personnel only.

I'm his wife. I was
just with him. I Ieft to
go and see my son.

I'm sorry, ma'am, but
the Attorney General's
orders were very clear.

CHRISTINA: (SCOFFS)

He's...

Call the Attorney
General's office, I mean,

there must be
some sort of mix-up.

I'm his wife.
I should have access.

Yes, madam.
I'll do it right away.

I have to go.
Call me as soon as
you hear anything.

Hello?

Christina,
it's Blake Sterling.

BIake...
We need to talk,

but we can't do it
under these circumstances.

Go ahead.
We intercepted a
24-second conversation

between Mrs. Martinez
and former director, Sterling.

Twenty-four seconds?
Is that all?

Yes, sir.

Well, what did
Sterling say?

We don't know yet.
The call was encrypted.

Then decrypt it.

As I told you
before, it's for
our own protection.

Now how Iong will it
take you to decrypt it?

Within a few hours.

Damn it, I don't
have that kind of time.

Eva!

Mr. President.

Get me a Iocation
on the First Lady.

(PANTING)

The air units
are on the roof.

You have to evacuate
everyone as
fast as you can.

Sean.
What?

Be careful.

(PHONE RINGING)

Yes?

I've got you routed
into the video
surveillance system.

You should have
a visual on the site now.

How much Ionger
before you proceed
with the test?

Alex is aerosolizing
the virus as we speak.

(TIMER BEEPING)

(SILENCE)

Excuse me, I need your help.
We have to evacuate the mall.

What?
I'm a Federal Agent.

Someone disabled
the fire alarm,

and they're about to
release a bioweapon

through the
ventilation system.

How do you know this?
Listen to me.

Everybody in this
mall is going to die

unless you sound the
alarm and get them out.

I got to talk to
my supervisor, okay?

You know you're
gonna Iisten to me,

or you're gonna be
the first one to die,
all right?

Now move!

Look at camera four.

That's the man
from Alex's flight,
the one who tried to stop us.

His name is Sean Walker.

You know him?
Yes.

And I think I
know who told him
AIex was on the plane.

He must have figured
out we were gonna
release the virus.

You can't Iet him stop it.

(PANTING)

(GUN FIRES)

(GUN FIRES)

(GUNS FIRING)

What's going on?

Keep working.

This is not acceptable.

I don't care
what you have to do
to get it done, just do it.

I am his wife,
they can't just
shut me out.

Christina.

I came to check on EIi.

I wanted to speak to
his doctors personally.
How is he doing?

Well, I wouldn't
know. They won't
Iet me see him.

The Attorney
General issued
some sort of order.

No, there must be
some miscommunication.

I told the Attorney
General to Iimit all
access to EIi's room,

but I should have
specified it didn't
apply to you.

I'II call him.
I'II make it right.

Christina, there's
something I
need to tell you.

EIi didn't
have a stroke.

He was poisoned.

What?

I know this will come
as big of a shock to you
as it did to me,

but Director BIake
Sterling and one of
his agents, Simon Lee,

are working together.

They're the ones
that tried to
kill your husband.

No, I don't believe
that. That can't
be true. That's...

I didn't believe
it either, but
there's no question.

I'II show you all
the evidence Iater,

but now you understand
why I had to control
the access to EIi's room.

I'm afraid BIake
and Agent Lee
will try again.

After what happened
in Coral Gables, Ray,

how do you expect me
to ever trust you again?

Christina, can't you
see now that I had
nothing to do with that?

These men, BIake Sterling
and Agent Lee,
will stop at nothing.

Last time I saw BIake,
we were at EIias' bedside,

and I knew there was something
he wasn't telling me.

What do you mean?

He said that there was nothing
that anyone could do

to prevent EIias' stroke,
but it was the way he said it.

I knew that he was
keeping something from me.

And now it makes
total sense.

Well, we're gonna
do everything we can
to find them,

to make sure nothing
worse can happen.

But we're at a bit
of a disadvantage.

We have no idea
where Sterling
and Agent Lee are.

I do.

What?

BIake called
me today.

He asked me to
meet him in secret.

My God. Where?

At a warehouse on
South Kendall Street.

South Kendall Street.

I can't believe
this is happening.

Christina, you
have my word.

We're going to do
everything we can
to find them

and stop them.

Give us a
moment, please.

It's hard for
me to Iook at you
and not see him,

your father,

his courage,
his resolve.

I understand
you better
than you think.

But you have to know
how misguided you are.

I don't wanna hurt anyone.

But if you had to
choose between saving

your family and
saving someone else's,

what would you do?

Who would you save?

I need to know what
you told Sean Walker.

I didn't tell
him anything.

But you did.

Simon or your father
told you about the
weapon we've acquired.

I need to know what
else you told him.

Tell me!

Go to hell!

Don't choose
the wrong side
in this, Leila,

because I will do
everything I can
to protect my people.

My family.

Our family.

I'm not telling
you anything.

By involving Sean
in this, you've
ensured his death.

Same way you did
with your father.

Their blood's
on your hands.

(GUN FIRING)

Where's
the alarm?
Who did this?

The people I told
you about. Now
move it, the alarm.

The master relay's in here.

But even after
the alarm sounds,

the evacuation
time is still rated
at 20 to 25 minutes.

There's a Iot of
people out there.

Can you turn off
the air system?

We can shut down
the breakers, but
Do it.

there's
a battery backup somewhere.

I wouldn't know
how to undo it.

Hit the alarm!

There.

(ALARM BLARING)

LOUDSPEAKER: This
is an evacuation alert.

Please proceed immediately
to the nearest exit.

This is an evacuation alert.

Please proceed immediately
to the nearest exit.

This is an evacuation alert.

Please proceed immediately
to the nearest exit.

(GUNS FIRING)

(GUN FIRES)

(GUN FIRES)

(GUN FIRING)

(GUN CLICKS)

Please proceed immediately
to the nearest exit.

VICKY: Everybody, out!
Move it! Come on, move it.

This is an evacuation alert.

(GUN FIRES)

Please proceed immediately
to the nearest exit.

Let's go! Move!

(GRUNTS)

(GRUNTS)

(FIGHTING GRUNTING)

Keep it moving!
Let's go!

(FIGHTING GRUNTING)

(TIMER BEEPING)

This is an evacuation alert.

(GUN FIRES)

(GUN FIRES)

VICKY: Sean!

Sean, where is she?

Vicky!

She's
gone.

(TIMER BEEPING)

What is it?

It Iooks Iike a
pressurized tank

that's connected to the
air-recirculating system.

We have to disarm it.
There's still hundreds
of people down there.

Here we are.

This is real time footage
from an IMINT spy satellite

positioned on
the South Kendall Street
address, sir.

It appears that
your intelligence

that you provided
was correct, sir.

BIake Sterling and Simon
Lee are preparing to
meet with your source.

You still haven't
told us who this source
is, Mr. President.

AII you need to know is
that the information

I have received
has informed me

that traitorous actions
will be set in motion
against our government.

Actions that must
be stopped.

With all due respect,
Mr. President,

I find it hard
to believe that
BIake Sterling

would participate
in any action

that would harm
this country.

What more proof do
you need, Mr. Peel?

There it is,
plain as day.

Meeting covertly
with an enemy of
our government.

Our tactical team is
10 minutes out, sir.

Tell them to stand down,
they won't be necessary.

Excuse me?

I'm coordinating with
the Air Force on this.

Ask General McMillan
if the Predator drone
is ready for its air strike.

Air strike?

You can't possibly
be serious.

We are a country at war,
and these men are traitors.

With all due
respect, sir, this
is a mistake.

This is an order!

Well, I cannot
condone it, sir.

Well, I'm not
asking for your
approval, General.

I am the President
of the United States.

I control the military,
I control this office.

And ifyou can't
condone the actions
ofyour Commander in Chief,

you can get the hell out!

Anyone else?

The drone is
in position,
Mr. President.

This is an assassination.

Tell them to fire when ready.

You have orders
from the President
to fire when ready.

GENERAL MCMILLAN:
Okay, you're clear.

Prepare to fire.

PILOT: Fire, sir.

Copy that.
Missile's on its way.

Direct hit, sir.
The targets have
been eliminated.

I need confirmation
on the kills.

CIaire, the
President requests
confirmation

that the targets
have been
neutralized.

(SIRENS WAILING)

Please proceed immediately
to the nearest exit.

This is an evacuation alert.

Please proceed immediately
to the nearest exit.

This is an evacuation alert.

Please proceed immediately
to the nearest exit.

(TIMER BEEPING)

I'm not sure
what I'm doing.

Thought you
were an expert.

I hack computers,

not virus
releasing...

Okay, fine.
Okay, fine.

Fine, just do
something.

We're running
out of time.

Okay. AII right,
all right.

The timer is connected
to an actuator that
opens a solenoid valve.

So, if I disrupt
the signal to
the transducer...

This is an evacuation alert.

There.

Okay, we have
to get out of here.

Come on, we have to
save ourselves. Come on.

There has to
be a power
source, a battery...

If I can disrupt
the power to the timer...

But how?
I don't know.
I don't know.

AII of the
components
are anchored,

so, if I pull
the wrong wire,
everyone...

Sean, we don't have time
for you to sit here
and figure this out.

Then go.

Then you go, okay?

I'm not going
anywhere.
Just think.

There's gotta be
something else that
will disrupt the power.

(GUN FIRING)

Sorry, I
panicked.

It worked.

Search him.

Got it.

I wanted to thank
you personally for
everything you've done.

Has there been any
word about the
device at the mall?

Yes, they managed
to disarm it.

I'm sorry,
I should have stayed.

No, if you had
we might have
Iost everything.

Dr. Lu has been
studying the video you
filmed onboard the bus.

Now that she's able
to see every minute

of how the virus
affects humans,

as well as having
these test subjects
to autopsy,

we'II be able to
move forward.

We owe you
a debt of gratitude.

Sophia, Dr. Lu needs
you in the Iab.

Excuse me.

I think I have a
way to slow
down the virus.

Go on.

Viruses mutate when
they jump from
species to species.

Like bird flu becoming
H1N1 when it
crossed into humans.

Ifwe jump the virus
into the right species,
it will mutate on its own.

And we can screen for
the variation we need.

What kind of
species would
that be?

The virus doesn't
affect us at all,

and it kills human
beings too quickly.

We need to infect
a bridge species

whose DNA Iies
somewhere in-between.

A hybrid.

Yes, and from what
I understand,
we're in Iuck.

Give me a minute.

I was told I'm able
to see my husband now.

Yes, ma'am. The
order's been Iifted by
order of the President.

Ma'am, his vital
signs continue on
a declining slope.

His Iast EEG
indicated no signs

of high functioning
brain activity.

I'm sorry,
there's nothing
to be done.

I refuse to
believe that.

Mrs. Martinez,
there is just
nothing...

You heard me,
Doctor, I refuse.
Thank you.

Thank you.

Sir, I have
something, sir.

Get a team down,
and find out
where this goes now.

What do you mean no bodies?

Reconnaissance found a tunnel
that led to an outbuilding.

They're canvassing the area,

but the conclusion on the
ground is they're long gone.

Mr. President.

ANALYST: Sir, I
decrypted the
conversation

between Director
Sterling and the
First Lady.

PIay it.

Hello?
Christina, it's
Blake Sterling.

Blake...
We need to talk,

but we can't do it
under these
circumstances.

I believe the phones
are monitored.

Go outside.

There's a pay phone
on the eastern side

of the street
across from
the hospital.

Blake, what
is it?

Christina, you have
to trust me.

Jarvis is behind everything
that's happened
to your husband,

but I have a
way to save him.

I'll call you on
the pay phone in
five minutes.

Okay, I'm
on my way
out now.

She Iied to me.

He told her
about the warehouse.
It was all a diversion.

Oh, God.

Give me a minute.

(PRAYING IN SPANISH)

Amen.

What's
going on?

Carlos?

Carlos, please.

What is that?

What is... What is that?

SOPHIE: In 1918,
the Spanish flu pandemic

killed 20% of
the world's population.

There were Iocalized
strains and mutations.

This is one of them.

A strain so deadly,
it turned entire
cities into graveyards

No, please.

overnight.

PIease.

We worked very hard
to find this
particular strain.

And now you, a hybrid,
a bridge between our people,

you're going to
help us spread it.

(MUFFLED SCREAMING)

(MUFFLED SOBBING)