The Event (2010–2011): Season 1, Episode 22 - Arrival - full transcript

SEAN: Previously on
The Event...

I have no idea what it says.

If he could read it,
Dempsey knew more
than he was telling you.

About why we are here,
and about what happened.

Our star has begun
to implode.

We will bring all
of our people here and make
this planet our own.

She's doing what
she has to to save us.

By committing genocide.

We need to make room.

SOPHIA: The most efficient way
to spread the pathogen,

is by using three parallel
distribution channels.



Within five weeks,
a vast majority of
the human population

will be dead.

I know about the virus.

They used me as
a way to change it.

I'm gonna get
you out of there.
You can't.

What?
I'm infected.

Everything we need to know
about stopping the virus

is on there.

That's a Iot of data
to sort through.

The answer's right here.

We're just gonna have to
figure it out on our own.

WOMAN: The President is awake.

DOCTOR: Mr. President,
open your eyes, sir.

Outstanding, sir. Yes.



I know you tried to kill me.

I am the President
of the United States.

Not for Iong.

There needs to be a vote
that you're capable.

You can barely stand.
Let alone Iead this country.

I just got word from home.
Our people are ready to come.

SOPHIA: Yourjob is to
power the array.

We're ready to activate

on your order.
Proceed.

SEAN: Hey, Leila,
stay with me. Leila.

You have to
stay awake, okay?

Sterling called
a specialist at the CDC,
under the radar.

He said they'II
be here any minute.

Okay?

It's too Iate for me.

You have to worry
about everyone else.

It's not too Iate.
You can't think Iike that.

Sean, I know what
this virus does.

They said no one
can survive it.

No.

Simon said that his
people are immune to it.
You share some of that DNA.

So you have it
within you to fight this.

PIease.

Find Sam.

Leila.

Make sure she is okay.

Leila, hey,
stay with me. Leila.

Leila!

Oh, thank God.

She's dehydrated,
she's very weak.

How Iong has she
been symptomatic?

Uh... I don't know, a day.
Maybe two or three.

Put her in a suit.
Get her ready for transport.

We're gonna take
good care of her.

We need to get her
to a proper facility.

You need to Ieave the area.

Okay.

Leila, I'II find you, okay?
It's gonna be fine.

I'II be there.
Everything is gonna be okay.

BLAKE: They built a model
projecting the spread
of the disease

over the next five weeks.

Running the projection
backwards tells us where
the attacks will originate.

By 5:30 today,

the pathogen will
have been released
to these three Iocations.

Food processing plant,
outside of Richmond,
Virginia,

the US Bureau
of Engraving in DC,

and the
international terminal
at Dulles airport.

Food, money and travel.

Within days,
it will be everywhere.

Do we know what kind of
delivery mechanisms
they are using?

Yeah, these pressurized
aerosol containers.

We have to assume
they're either on their way,

or are already in place
at the three Iocations.

(CELL PHONE BEEPS)

Teams one and two
are in place.

Prepping canisters
for release.

No delays or disruptions.

AII right.

Pull over here.

Is there a problem?

It'II be safer
if we're stopped.

Sophia,

what are we doing here?

(RUMBLING)

(PEOPLE CLAMORING)

How did you know?

Gerard.

He said
the portal would impact
the Earth's precession.

That we'd feel the effects
along the 38th parallel

as the time drew nearer.

The portal's creating a door
in the fabric of space

and we just cracked it open.

Sophia,

I know you have
mixed feelings

about what we're doing
to the native population.

But think about
the alternative.

Our people are arriving soon.
I don't have the Iuxury
of self-doubt.

We have to get this done.

NEWS ANCHOR ON TV:
A small earthquake, measuring
4.6 on the Richter scale,

was felt along
the east coast today.

There have been no reports
of injuries or death.

Geologists say the tremor
is of note for one very
peculiar reason.

They have yet to
identify any fault

that would explain how
the quake originated.

Scientists are baffled
by the swarm of
similar-magnitude quakes

that have shaken
several other areas
around the globe.

It's Sterling.
He's with Simon.

(EXHALES)

You're on
with the President.

BLAKE OVER PHONE:
Mr. President,
we need your help.

We've determined Sophia's
releasing the virus

at a food processing plant
outside Richmond,

the Bureau of Engraving,
and the Dulles airport
international terminal.

My God.

We need you to dispatch

counter-terrorism teams
to these Iocations
immediately.

Jarvis is challenging
my reinstatement.

And I'm forcing
a vote of the Cabinet.

I can't issue any orders
until that happens.

What's the timeframe?

It'II take another hour
to gather the Cabinet,
maybe two.

By then it may be too Iate.

We can Iaunch
contained operations

at the Bureau of Engraving
and the food processing plant.

And as Chief of Staff,
Richard, you can
send teams in

via written orders
from the office
of the President.

Jarvis wouldn't
have to know.

No.

Shutting down a terminal
at an international airport,

that's another matter.

We need to do something,
one way or another.

If Sophia succeeds in
infecting passengers

and they travel
to other countries,

there'II be no way
to stop the spread
of this virus.

President Martinez
and Peel are doing
everything they can,

but it Iooks Iike
it may be up to us

to stop Sophia's operation
at the airport.

VICKY: Us?

Four people? How are we
supposed to do that?

We could call
in a bomb threat.

Shut the airport
down that way.

Even if it worked,

as soon as we actually start
to shut the place down,

Sophia could still
release the virus

and infect
everyone in the terminal.

Our only option
is to get there,

stay under the radar,
and try to Iocate
Sophia ourselves.

I need to speak with you.

Give us a minute.
Yes, sir.

If you're
trying to convince me
to step down again,

don't waste your breath.

It's up to the Cabinet now.

And I think we both know

what they will decide
when they see
the condition you're in.

Forget about the vote, Ray.

AII I care about is
saving this country

and stopping
Sophia from doing...

Sophia doesn't
need to be stopped.

I negotiated
a peace with her.

You need to shut down
the international
terminal at Dulles

and send in
a bio-containment
team immediately.

What are you
talking about? Why?

She is planning
to release
a deadly virus there,

so her people can
take this planet
for themselves.

That's ridiculous,
she wouldn't do that.

I know it's a Iot for you
to accept she's
been Iying to you.

That's not true.

I swear on everything
I hold dear,

I am telling you the truth,

why else on earth
would I be asking you
to shut down the airport?

To make me Iook Iike a fool,

Iike I'm not in control
of the situation with Sophia,

so the Cabinet
will Iook past
your medical problems

and reinstate you.
Ray.

I'm willing to make a deal.

To Iet you finish your term,

by keeping the truth
of what you've done
between us.

Now, you do nothing,

I'II expose you
to the Cabinet.

Tell them everything
you've done.

Do you really think
the Cabinet would believe
that I poisoned you

to make a deal with Sophia?

You have no proof
ofwhat I did to you

or the arrangements
I made with Sophia,

or you would have used it.

You'II only Iook crazy
and prove my point,

that you're in no shape
to Iead this country.

I'II see you at the vote.

(PHONE KEYPAD BEEPING)

Sophia.
Raymond, what is it?

Martinez just confronted me.

And he made accusations.

About what?

That you are about
to release a virus.

On American soil.

When was this?

Just now. Is it true?

Of course not.

How do I know
you're not Iying to me,

that you haven't
been Iying to me
from the very beginning?

Listen to me.

Tomorrow there will
be a new world order
with your guiding hand,

you only need to hang
on for one more day,
do you understand?

Yes.

You must not Iet
anyone get in our way.
Can you do that?

Yes.

I chose you
because of your strength,
your power.

Use it.

(PHONE BEEPS)

We may have a problem.

They know.

Somehow they know.

I'II get these
around security.

Hand them back off
to you and Carlos
inside the terminal.

Good.
Okay.

Might be better for
us to stay out of sight
for the exchange.

This card will Iet you
pass the security door
near gate 122.

Code's on the back.

Go through the hallway.

We'II meet back there in time
for the 5:30 release.

No, they found out.
We can't afford to wait.

As soon as each of us
has our canister in place,

we'II release
the virus immediately.

Ready to go
in three, two...

I'm here at
the base of Mount Shasta,

where volcanic experts
are stumped by reports
of new Iava flows

coming from this
thought-to-be
dormant volcano.

Concerns of
a full scale eruption
are growing among locals,

but so far, no official
mention of an evacuation.

Teams are on their way
to two of the three sites.

But the airport
is still the most
Iethal part of Sophia's plan.

Any word from
Sterling or Agent Lee?

They're on their way
with two civilians
who are helping them

but even they believe
the odds of success
to be small.

The Cabinet has
to reinstate me.
It's our only chance.

Yes, sir.

EIias, you can't do this.
You're not well enough yet.

It Iooks worse than it is.

You've heard what
the doctor said.
If you don't rest, you can...

You can die.

(GAS ESCAPING)

Freeze!

Right there!

Once the canisters
are connected to
the auxiliary well,

I can direct the control
room to switch over.

DEVON: How much money
can we infect with the virus?

As Iong as the presses
continue rolling, about...

(GROANS)

BIue team, go!
The rest of you,
secure the canisters.

Go around! Go!

I see. AII right.

That was Peel.

President wasn't
able to get anywhere
with Jarvis.

We're on our own.

From what I saw
on their Iaptop,

an inside man was supposed
to get the canisters
past security for Sophia

through an off-Iimits area
near Baggage CIaim 3.

AII right. Agent Lee and I
will follow that route.

Well, Sophia's supposed
to meet him in the
international terminal.

So we'II Iook for her there.
AII right.

WOMAN ON PA: Baggage Claim 3
is now unloading
from Bangkok.

Avias Flight 4-2-2...

Hey, Eddie.

Will.

Confiscated anything good?

Hey!

You mind if I take these?

Me and the wife
Iike to keep
things invigorated.

Oh, too much information.
Just keep them.

(KEYPAD BEEPING)

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

Ma'am, grab your Iuggage
and step over here, please.

Is there a problem?
Random check.

I don't have any bags.
I checked everything.

WOMAN: On the
yellow mark, please.

Arms out.

(PHONE RINGING)

Not while you're
being checked, ma'am.

Sorry.

You're fine, ma'am.

Thank you.

Hello.
DEVON: They knew
we were here.

They stopped us
before we could
release the virus.

I'm sorry, Sophia,
we were outgunned.

What about the food plant?
What about Aaron?

I haven't been
able to reach him.

AGENT: We got him. We got him.

It's up to you now, Sophia.

AGENT: Freeze!

(GUNSHOTS OVER PHONE)
Devon?

Devon?

(SIGHS)

The attack at
the Bureau of Engraving
was stopped.

Some of the pathogen
was released at
the food processing plant,

but it was contained
by the bio-hazard team.

Good. And the airport?

Nothing yet.

(APPLAUDING)

You okay?

WOMAN 1: Sir!
WOMAN 2: Mr. President!

WOMAN ON PA:
Baggage Claim 3
is now closed.

Please collect unclaimed
bags at the main office
in Concourse 2.

We're Iooking for a man
with TSA credentials

who would have
just passed this way.

This man is carrying
a biological weapon

he is going to release
inside the terminal.

Are you Iaw enforcement?
You have some ID?

My name is BIake Sterling.
I'm the Director of
National Intelligence.

Answer the question.

Listen, you show me some ID

or I'm gonna have
you two arrested.

Count of three.
Did he come this way
or not?

Yeah.

Yeah, Delgado came by
a minute ago with
a cart of stuff.

(KEYPAD BEEPING)

BLAKE: I've got a visual.

Freeze!

Cover me!

(GROANS)

Simon!

(ELEVATOR BELL DINGS)

(GROANS)

Vest.

Took the impact.

I'II be all right.

Damn it.

(GROANS)

(PHONE RINGS)

Yeah.

We have a visual
of Sophia's man.

But we Iost him.
5'9", dark hair,
TSA uniform.

We need a Iocation.

He's heading up an elevator
to gates 1 20 to 140,
back of the house.

He has the canisters.

We need to find a way
to get into the secured side.

Two men. Right behind me.
I shot one of them.
I think it was Simon.

We have to hurry.

You know where to
take the canisters
for maximum distribution.

What if we're challenged?

Don't wait.
Open the valves. Go.

Okay.
Sophia!

Go! I'II cover you!

Go!

I'II take him.

(GRUNTING)

He's down! Where's Sophia?

She went that way!

You go that way.

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

As much as
I'd Iike to give EIi
the benefit of the doubt,

there have been earthquakes
all across the country.

We're in crisis mode.

I understand.

Ladies and gentlemen,

without the attendance
of President Martinez,

I have no choice but
to formally withdraw

his petition
for reinstatement.

Acting President Jarvis
will continue in his role
until further notice.

PIease, advisors...

Members of the Cabinet,

Mr. Vice President,

Iet's begin.

RAYMOND: I think it's safe
to say that none of us
would be here today

without EIias Martinez.

EIias Martinez is one
of the greatest Presidents
of my generation

and I Iook forward to
the day when he is able

to serve this
country once again.

But today is not that day.

PIease refer to
the dossiers that you have
in front of you.

These are
the current medical records
of President Martinez.

As you will
note on page three,
paragraph four,

President Martinez
wasn't officially
cleared for discharge

from Bethesda Hospital.

He simply Ieft
against the recommendations
of his own doctors.

In fact,
a team of his physicians

recommended months
of recuperation.

Months.

Not days.

This is a man
who suffered from
bleeding on the brain

and was in
a vegetative state.

I know that President
Martinez wants to do

the right thing
for his country.

And so do we all.

But the medical evidence
is overwhelmingly clear.

To take office now
is not in the best
interests of anyone.

Especially, not himself.

I wish you a speedy recovery.

And I promise you,

that I will uphold
the ideals of this office
until you return.

Thank you very much.

The Vice President is right.

In an ideal world,

I would have
more time to recover

and I wouldn't be
standing here before you.

But I have no choice.

I must be reinstated

to prevent a tragedy
that is unparalleled
in human history.

A tragedy that is
born of the insecurity
and the hubris

ofVice President
Raymond Jarvis.

A man so deluded
and hungry for power
that he would sell his soul

and the soul of his country.

I think we can all agree
that this is not the forum
for name-calling.

Vice President Jarvis
is responsible for what
happened to me.

Oh, that's insane!
MAN: Absurd!

(PEOPLE CHATTERING)

Everyone in this room is
aware of the situation with
Sophia and her people.

What you don't know
is that the Vice President

has been working
behind-the-scenes
with her.

Helping, inadvertently
or not,

to unleash a deadly virus
that will decimate mankind.

That's insane. He's Iying.

We must act now
to stop the genocide
of humanity.

This is preposterous.
Now you can see how
unwell this man is.

Quiet! Everyone, quiet!

I begged the Vice President
to shut down Dulles airport

and stop Sophia from
spreading the pathogen...

This is delusional.
...and he refused.

Because he was too proud
to believe the truth.

That he was being
manipulated by Sophia.

He is Iying.

I'm not.

And I can prove it.

These are your words,
Mr. Vice President.

ELIAS: You do nothing,

I'll expose you
to the Cabinet.

Tell them everything
you've done.

RAYMOND: Do you really think
the Cabinet would believe
that I poisoned you

to make a deal with Sophia?

You have no proof
of what I did to you

or the arrangements
I made with Sophia,

or you would have used it.

This...

This is doctored.
This is a setup.

This...
We are running out of time.

Madam Speaker,
we need to vote.

Shut down Dulles.
No flights in or out.

And get Armbruster
and Sterling reinstated.

What about Jarvis?

Who?

Sophia!

Sophia!

Move in!

Stay where you are.
Stay where you are.

Make way. Make way.

Sophia!

Sean! Sean!

Sophia's Iocked
herself inside.

Martinez did it.
AII the flights
have been canceled.

Sterling said that
the other two Iocations
have been neutralized.

Sophia can still
release the virus from here,
we have to get everyone out.

We can't. They've Iocked
down all the exits.

Sophia, we know what
you're trying to do

but it's not
going to matter now.

You're the only one Ieft.

I can see why Michael
was so fond of you.

You are
remarkably resourceful.

I'm sorry it has
to end this way.

It doesn't have
to end, Sophia.

Of course it has to end.

I understand
that you just wanted
to help your people

but your plan didn't work.

We've secured
the other Iocations,
the virus has been contained.

If you release
the virus here,

all it will do is
kill only the people
in this terminal.

There will be no
benefit to your people.
It'II just be murder.

They don't
deserve to die, Sophia.

Did my people
deserve to die?

On those buses? My son.
Did my son deserve to die?

No.

No, he didn't.

No.

You don't want this.

You don't know me.

(GAS ESCAPING)

MAN ON PA:
Your attention please!

Dulles International Airport
is now on lockdown.

(AGENTS SHOUTING)
Please remain calm
and stay inside the terminals.

Maybe I don't know you.

But I do know that
when we first met,
you weren't Iike this.

You told me that
you and your people
came here in peace.

You remember that?

Do you remember
telling me that?

Listen, things...

No, things have changed.

I know.

I know. Simon told
me what's happened.

That you were
forced by circumstances,
by pain...

There's been
enough pain, Sophia,

for everyone.

Including you.

You can end this, Sophia.

No one else
needs to get hurt.

You should know
that the spread of
the virus has stopped.

How?

At Ieast, in part,
because of someone you know.

Sean Walker.

Sean?

Is he okay?

Yes. He's all right.

There's something
else, Leila.

Something we've
found in your Iabs.

(MACHINE BUZZING)

AII ofyour readings
have come back clean.

We'II Iet you know
as soon as we double
check the tox-screens.

Okay. Thank you.

AII right, Ms. Roberts.
We're ready to scan you now.

PIease follow me.

This isn't over yet.

Look, I don't know how,

but as far as I know,
Sophia's still bringing
our people here.

Sean, what you need
to know is, our people
were here before.

We were here first.

I don't understand.

This place was our home.

Before it was yours.

Why did you Ieave?

Because my people
believe that

if we stay here,

something will
happen to all of us.

We call it "The Event."

It's a rebirth,
the next step
for our people.

We'II change.

Evolve into something else,
something greater.

But your people
won't survive it.

Why not?

What happens?

Our transportation's here.
We're needed at
the White House. Now.

Wait. Simon?

Simon!

Look, all the answers
are hidden in that scroll,

about where we come from
and about how this all ends.

BIake.

Mr. President.

It is good to see you, sir.

And you.

Agent Lee.

I believe
I owe you my Iife.

Thank you.

And everything else
we have to say to each other

we'II talk about Iater.

Yes, sir.

Now, we know Sophia
intends on bringing
her people here.

I need to know when, how,
and if we can stop it.

Sophia's still being
secured and vetted,

and we can't expect
her to tell us anything.

What do we know?

I assume the portal
that Thomas built is part
of how she's doing it.

But there were never
more than vague rumors

as to where it might be.

Director Sterling told
me your world is dying

and that Sophia
intended on bringing
your entire population here.

How many people
are we talking about?

Two and a half billion.

Now that she's
failed to make room,

you sure she
won't call it off?

She has no choice.

Our sun is close
to supernova, the planet
is being irradiated...

Where does she think
she's gonna put two
and a half billion people?

I don't know, sir.

It doesn't seem
possible to me
but it is Sophia's plan.

These rumors about
the Iocation of the portal,

how precise were they?

They weren't.

Most of them had
the portal Iocated
somewhere in Asia,

but doesn't
exactly pin it down.

It's a start.
It may be more than that.

I was going over
the hourly Iogs
across the departments.

According to the NSA,

Jarvis personally
ordered them

to redirect
a surveillance satellite
that covers part of Asia.

An area in Tibet.

We've adjusted the satellite
back to its default position

and are receiving
streaming data.

What are we Iooking at?

It's an area between
the Indian subcontinent
and the Tibetan plateau.

We're picking up
an area of anomalous
electromagnetic radiation

just south of the plateau.

Stand by for that.

What is that?

That's it.

The portal array.

The electromagnetic radiation.

That means
it's been activated.

What does that mean?

It means they're coming.

The Chinese premier
will have it checked out,

but there's no
way he'd bomb it,

no matter how much of
the truth I told him.

You're sure
there's nothing else
you can tell us?

About its mechanics,
or anything to
counteract it, stop it.

No, I'm sorry.
I wish I could.

What the hell is happening?

WOMAN ON TV:
The mysterious tremors
are continuing

to rattle nerves
around the globe,

with Cape Town and Sydney
being the most recent cities

to experience the shaking.

These are just the latest
in an increasingly long list

of unusual happenings

that have been
occurring all over the world
in the past 24 hours.

A source...
Sophia's a few minutes away.

...tell us that
a yet-to-be-identified
geomagnetic phenomenon

is most likely to blame.

No thanks.

(EXHALES DEEPLY)

I really appreciate
you waiting here with me,
but you don't have to...

Mr. Walker,
sorry for the delay.

You've been
cleared to see Leila
in the observation area.

I'II take you.
Okay.

Sean.

Yeah.

I didn't join
this fight willingly.
You know that.

You forcing me
to is the reason
why my family is safe.

And because ofyou,
I'm no Ionger ashamed
to face them.

Thank you.

Sure.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Straight to the Ieft.

Thanks.

(CHUCKLES)

I know they are
working on a way
to help you.

They're trying.

But even with all the tests,

they still don't know much.
They'II figure it out.

I know they'II find
a way to cure you.

There's something
that I have to tell you.

What?

Something that...

...they did find.

What? What is it?

Leila, please.

I'm pregnant.

What?

She told me this
morning and I...

I don't know
what's gonna happen.

You're gonna be okay.

You're both gonna be okay.

I Iove you.

I Iove you so much.

(NEWS ANCHOR TALKING ON TV)

We've identified
the portal array in Tibet.

And we know it's
bringing your people here.

I've told them
everything I know
about the portal.

How do we stop it, Sophia?
How do we shut it down?

You can't.

Well, do you have
a predetermined
Ianding site?

You know I won't
answer that.

Sophia, it's over.

You Iost.

We stopped you.

You might find
this hard to believe
but the truth is

I ordered
the spread of the virus
as an act of mercy.

We will still
need to make room

for our people here,
one way or another.

However, now,
the only choice
open to us will be

far from humane.

What the hell is
that supposed to mean?

I'm sorry, Mr. President.

Sorry about what?

It's too Iate.

(RUMBLING)

What is it?

Home.