The Event (2010–2011): Season 1, Episode 4 - A Matter of Life and Death - full transcript

(TIRES SCREECHING)

Duck!

(SIGHS)

COLLIER: I don't see anyone,
but that doesn't mean
anything.

COLLIER: Just drive.
SEAN: Where?

COLLIER: Just anywhere
away from here.

The boyfriend got away.

VICKY: I spent time
with Walker.

He shouldn't
have been a problem
for you and Smith.

Yeah? Well, he was.

Based on what we
think he told the FBI,



it's clear he's starting
to put all this together.

You better move the girl.

(TIRES SCREECHING)

(GASPS)

What are you doing?
This is their car.
The shooters.

Maybe there's
something that will tell us
who they are.

Damn it!

Nothing.

Well,
at Ieast now
you believe me.

I haven't gotten that far.

What's this guy doing?
What?

SEAN: You see this guy?

You see how fast he's going?

Yeah, yeah. I see him.



It's him.

Go. Go faster.
Just go faster.
What?

COLLIER: Okay, he's gaining.

Just floor it.
I am.

(GUN FIRING)

What are you waiting for?
Shoot him!

I can't. I can't.
Not at this distance.

Well, so what do we do?

(GUN FIRING)

Okay, just hit the brake hard.

Did you say "brake"?
Yes.

Then cut
the wheel to the Ieft.

Just trust me.
Okay.

Now!

Go!
Are you sure?

Go.
AII right.

Got it!

AII right.
I disconnected the car's GPS,
so they can't track us.

Well, not using that anyway.

I worked with those
men for four years.

Day and night.

I want
the people who did this.

I want them to pay.

You're going to
tell me everything
you know, you understand?

That's what I've
been trying to do.

So, tell me.

How do I find these bastards?

Well...

Yeah. Through her.

The woman who's holding Leila.

COLLIER: Vicky Roberts.

Or whatever her
real name is.

These are all
the aliases
that I pulled up.

We just have to hope
that she's still using
at Ieast one of them.

AII right.
I'II make some phone calls.

No, you can't.
You can't.

You saw what happened
when you called
someone about me.

No, there's
people I can trust.

My ex-husband
works at Justice.

You know his Social
and date of birth?
Yeah.

Then I can get you
into that database.

Look, you've been Iucky, okay,
but you have no training.

You're just not capable...

I was capable
enough to save your Iife.
Twice.

Listen,
Leila is out there somewhere,
and she's waiting for me,

and I'm not going
to Iet her down.

(CD SKIPPING)

Are you ready?
Yeah!

Sean?
Yes.

Come with me.

Come with you?

I can't afford a plane ticket.

And I'm not gonna Iet
you get me one either.

We'II drive.

Do you know how
Iong that will take?

16 hours.

Okay.
We'II get there
just in time

for Thanksgiving
dinner.

Um...

Wow!

What? Is it me?

No, no, no. No. God, no!

You're perfect.

Then what?

(LAUGHING)

Okay.
Really?

Yeah. Let's do it.

AII right.
Okay.

Thanksgiving dinner.

(CD SKIPPING)

Would you do the honors?
Thank you very much.

(LAUGHS)
Lovely radio.

CARTER: Step!

Step!

Three more.

(GRUNTS)

Beer's for me.

Can we just get
this done already?

Unfortunately,
the toilet's broken.

So you're gonna
need to use this.

Damn it!

Don't worry, Leila.
You're gonna be fine.

If you behave yourself,
nothing's gonna happen to you.

We'II Iet you go,
you'II go on with your Iife,

raise a bunch of babies,
whatever,

and you'II
forget all about this.

Do you believe me?

Nod your head so I
know you believe me.

Good. I'm glad we
had this Iittle chat.

(DOOR CLOSES)

Oh, come on. Are you
really drinking again?

CARTER: I broke
my Iast one.

VICKY: Yeah? So?

Then don't Ieave
it on the floor.

Besides, you
shouldn't be
drinking anyway.

Look, you need
to be alert.

Why? We're just
waiting for the word.
She'II be dead in two hours.

(PANTING GASPS)

I noticed
something
wasn't right.

The seatbelt Iight was on,
but a passenger got up anyway.

Where am I?

I'm hungry. I haven't
had anything to eat.

I was going to Brazil and...

The Iast thing I remember
is taking off from
Miami International.

I don't know what happened.

I've been trying to
figure out what happened.

Why don't you tell
me what happened?

I remember shutting my eyes,
willing myself to get there,

and then I opened
them, and I'm here.

I want my mommy.

I work for
the damn government.

I expect you to
tell me what the hell
is going on in here.

Nobody will even tell
me where I am, okay?

Does that seem normal to you?

Nothing has been made clear.

(SOBBING) Why can't I
remember anything about it?

ELIAS: I don't
understand this.

I saw these people.
They were dead.

We ran high
frequency PET scans

on the passengers,
for the autopsies.

And now,
having gotten
the results,

we can see there
was some evidence
of mitochondrial activity.

Are you saying
they were still alive
and you didn't know?

I'm saying their
vital signs were
sub-viable.

There was no
heartbeat, no pulse,
no brain activity.

But something, some process
was still going
on in their bodies.

Meaning?

At this point,
sir, I would
just be guessing.

We simply don't know
what was done to them.

And they
can't tell us.

AII the passengers remember
is their takeoff from Miami.

Okay.
Thank you, Doctor.

Thank you,
Doctor.
Thank you, sir.

Why?
Why do this?

Seemingly kill these
people, only to
bring them back to us?

Maybe it's a
display of power.

Them showing us
what they can do.

To what end?

Excuse me a
moment, sir.

What is it?

Mr. Vice President,

the pilot,
Michael Buchanan,
he's awake.

Good, I want
to talk to him.

There's a problem.
Director Sterling is
already in with him.

Buchanan may hold
the key to who was

behind the plot to
kill the President.

Sterling's the Iast person
we want him
talking to about it.

Mr. Buchanan,
we already know
you got on that plane

intending to
kill the President.

They killed my wife,
they took my daughters.

They were going to murder
Leila in front of me.

Okay. Okay,

you do whatever
you want to me.

But please,
just tell me my
daughters are okay.

Your daughters haven't been
Iocated yet, Mr. Buchanan.

But I'II see what
I can do to help.

BLAKE: In return,

I need you to
tell me about
the people behind this.

Who was forcing
you to fly that plane

into the presidential
compound?

MICHAEL: I don't know
who they are. I don't even
know what happened.

Focus on the people
who did this. On what you
know about them.

A name,
a conversation you overheard.

BLAKE: Please, Mr. Buchanan.

We need to find them.

(SIGHS)

Leila knew the girl who
was going to kill her.

Her name was Vicky.

That's all I know.

We'II talk again,
Mr. Buchanan.

How Iong have you
been standing there?

Long enough to know
you've been keeping
information from me.

Why wasn't I told you were
interviewing the pilot?

As we discussed,

you're not running
the investigation

into the assassination
attempt. I am.

And you know how
I feel about that.

Oh, yes. I remember
your insinuation
quite clearly.

And I chose not to
be offended by it.

That's all you have to say?

The President and I
have our differences,

but the idea of me
having anything to do

with trying to
kill him is absurd.

If only because
that would put you in charge.

There was this Iittle girl.
She couldn't

have been much
older than David.

I saw her at the crash site,
Iying there, her skin grey.

She was dead.

And then today, there she was.

She was standing there
right in front of me.

It's Iike a miracle.

It's not a miracle.

It's not a miracle.

It's something else
that Sophia's people can do

that we just don't understand.

Honey, it's natural
for you to question this.
You feel betrayed.

But as scary as
the past few
days have been,

everyone has come
out of it alive.

Things could be
a Iot worse.

Is that yours?

No. I don't
think so.

Hello?
David?

David!

David.

Dad, it's for you.

Who is this?

I'm the man who
pulled the plane

out of the sky
to save your Iife.

(WHISPERING) Secret Service.

Then I guess I
should thank you.

But you know you
caused quite a scare

with what you did
with those passengers.

That was by design.

I see.

Maybe you and I
should sit down
and talk face-to-face.

Just you and me.

No. There's been
enough talk.

What do you want?

Release Sophia and
the rest of the detainees
Iike you promised to.

That promise was
based on the premise that

we were both being
honest with each other.

Mr. President,

I don't need to
hear your excuses.

Release Sophia
and the detainees,
or this time people will die.

Hold on, hold on.
Wi-Fi. Pull over.
Pull over.

I found an unsecured node.

SEAN: It's amazing how
many people still don't
password-protect their Wi-Fi.

CIearly they have no idea
what Iurks out there.

(EXHALES)

Okay. We're in.

I used your ex's
info to backdoor
the password recovery system.

So, what now?

Okay. Look for bank
accounts or credit cards

for any of the identities
she's been using.

Then see if there's
been any recent activity.
Okay.

SEAN: Search protocol is
pretty self-explanatory.

So, this is how
you make a Iiving?

Well, I freelance.

You know,
writing code and
making video games.

Well, here we go.

One ofVicky's aliases,
Laura Roderick,

just paid rent on
a house Iast week
in Lubbock, Texas.

SEAN: And she used
a credit card in that name

to buy groceries
in the same area.

So, she's there now.

But do you think
Leila could be there?

Last time anyone saw her,
she was in Miami.

There's someone out there
that you're
making very nervous,

so, it makes sense that maybe
they would have moved her.

Either way, it's a Iead.

Val, they're here!

Just in time for dinner.

Yeah.

Hey, pumpkin!

Hey, Dad.

Good to see you,
sweetheart.

Nice to
see you.

How are
you, baby?

Great.
Thank you.

Dad, this
is Sean.
Hi!

Sean. Nice to meet you.
Sean, nice to meet you.

Come on in.

Michael flew
international forever
until Leila was Iike 10.

And then he made the switch,
and he flew domestic,

and that's when he
took the job at Avias.

Should I check on Sam?

No, no, no. She's fine.

It's good that she
finally fell asleep.

If she doesn't get
her afternoon nap,
she is so crabby.

I'm exactly the same way.

(LAUGHS)

He's not joking.

Everything tastes fantastic.

And this sweet
potato thing
is delicious.

Thank you so much.

Well, Sean,
it must be hard
on your folks

not having you
around for the holiday.

Uh,

it is, but, you know,
they're kind of used to it.

Where do they Iive?

Here and there. You know.
They move around a Iot.

For work, or do they
just Iike to travel?

They just move around a Iot.

Where are they
spending Thanksgiving?

(LAUGHS NERVOUSLY)

(STUTTERING) You know...

To tell the truth,
I haven't really
spoken to them in a while.

My parents split
when I was a kid.

My mom, she
wasn't well,

so my dad got
full custody,

but then after the separation,
he just kind of fell apart,

and started drinking and...

Anyway, I just was glad to be
out of there
after high school.

And I haven't really
spoken to him since.

And, yeah. I'm sorry.
I didn't mean to Iie earlier.

I just felt weird
telling you guys that stuff.

That's my story
in a nutshell.

(PANTING GASPS)

(EFFORT GRUNTING)

Room service.

You get the okay
on the girl yet?

Any minute.

I just talked to Lonner.

Apparently, Walker disabled
the GPS on the car,

and he figured out a way
to jam his cell phone,

so we won't be
able to track him
with that either.

I told you Walker
wouldn't make it easy
to find him. He's smart.

There, 255, yellow house.

Okay. Drive past it
and pull over here.

The curtains were closed.
I can't see
what's going on inside.

Well, there's only
one way to find out.

Come on.

(PHONE RINGING)

VICKY: Hello?

VICKY: Got it.

Understood.

We're good to go on the girl.

Finally.

No, no, no. I'II do it.

Oh!

That's what I figured.

Meaning?

Meaning you've got something
personal with her, don't you?

No. It's never personal.
I just Iike to
finish what I start.

(GASPING)

(WHIMPERS)

What?

This is against
everything I've been taught.
Going in alone.

Well, we have no choice.

We know that
they're monitoring

the FBI and
probably the Iocal police.

Okay, you
understand that we don't know

how many people
might be in there, right?

I know.

Which is why I think
you should give me a gun.

Without training,
you're more dangerous
with a gun than not.

So, just stay behind me
and keep those
eyes open, all right?

(SCOFFS)

(GRUNTS)

We're going to
need another car.
See what you can dig up.

FBI.
Are you alone in the house?

Yes.

MRS. LARSON: Can I help you?

We have a $67 billion
intelligence budget

and we still can't
trace a damn phone call?

These people got close enough
to my son to put
a phone in his bag.

We're Iooking
into the possibility

it was done while
David was in school,

when the bag may have been
Ieft unattended.

Which it shouldn't have been.

I want everyone on my son's
Secret Service
detail replaced.

I want security around him
and Christina
increased immediately.

Understood?

I don't care how you do it.

But you are gonna find the man
who made that call.

Yes, sir.

I want you to know,
every single
agency under my purview

is doing everything they can
to protect your family.

AII right.

We need to focus on
the Iarger threat.
He said people will die.

We've upped
the threat Ievel to orange,
doubled air surveillance

and security at
international checkpoints.

We are as ready
for his next move
as possible.

They can transport
an airliner 2,000 miles
in the blink of an eye.

We have no idea
what else they can do.

But we know they
have some Iimits.

For instance,
they can't transport Sophia

and the detainees
out of our custody

or they would
have done so by now.

Any idea as to why they can't?

Until we get
real intelligence,
it's all just guesswork.

Unless we get
Sophia to talk.

I don't know what to
talk about with this person.

Is that what we call her?
A person?

(LAUGHS)
You're nervous.

I know. Why?
I Iove it.

I mean,
I'm good at this, right?
I can talk to anyone.

Babe, it's a meet and greet.
Bread and wine and
some kind of tofu thing.

It'II be over
before we know it.

Oh, no. She's a vegetarian?

Vegan, apparently.

Forget it. We have absolutely
nothing in common.

Come here.
Where are you going?

This way. Come on.

Ma'am.

Thank you.
It's all so delicious.

That's because I had
nothing to do with it.

I managed to marry
a Cuban girl who doesn't cook.

So, how did you two meet?

Our mothers set us up.

Yeah! They came
over together from Cuba

as teenagers on
the same fishing boat.

Yes.
My mom was pregnant
and very alone.

And Christina's
mom took care of her
during the trip.

Then they Iost touch
when they got to Miami,

but then 30 years Iater,
they are standing

in Iine for bocaditos
at La Rosa Bakery and...

And here we are.

(LAUGHS)

That's amazing.

A refugee comes
to this country,
pregnant, poor, alone.

A generation Iater,
her son is the president.

This is why your
country is truly great.

I couldn't agree more.

So, you
understand why I'm hopeful

that you will
welcome my people

the way that this
country welcomed yours.

My dream is that
one day my people

will sit around
a table Iike this

and tell their
immigration stories.

And it will seem
no more strange

than a tale of
a fishing boat from Cuba.

I'm sorry. I'm sorry
that it's come to this.

If you were so sorry
you would start talking.

Who made that call, Sophia?
And how do I stop him?

You know that I can't...

No, no, no. It's not
that you can't. You won't.

You do exactly what you want,
no matter the consequences.

Isn't that right?

Isn't that right?
No.

The plane, the passengers.

It's all you.
You're pulling the strings.

You're wrong.
I didn't condone any of this.

You had one of your own killed
because he was going to talk.

What? Did you think
I'd never figure that out?

Sophia...

You call yourself
my friend.

If there's
anything true to that,

if there's
anything that's real,
that's Ieft, please.

Tell me what you know.

His name is Thomas.

He is intelligent.
Charismatic.

A natural Ieader.

But we've always
had different ideas

about how to adapt
to our presence here.

He is Iess patient.
Impulsive.

Where is he now?
I don't know.

But whatever
he's asking you for,
give it to him.

Well, what he wants is
you and the detainees.

That's not going to happen.

Listen to me, EIias.

I know him better than anyone.
You need to give
him what he wants.

Or what?

I don't know.

But please, for
the safety of your people,
do what he says.

DOCTOR PULRAY: Suki, I want
you to go to Ward One.
SUKI: Right away.

DOCTOR PULRAY: Jake, go to
Ward Three, please.

JAKE: Yes, Doctor Pulray.

(COUGHING)

I'm positive.
I've never seen her
before in my Iife.

Then why is she paying
for you to Iive here?

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Well...
I have seen your
credentials, Agent Collier,

but I don't believe
I've ever seen yours.
Who are you?

Agent Walker.

Agent Walker must have Ieft
his badge in the car again.

Can we talk for a second?

What are you doing?

Lower the hammer on her.
She's obviously Iying.

So are we.

If she figures out
we're not here on official

FBI business,
she's gonna stop talking.

So what do we do?

AII right. Just wait outside.
Let me handle this.

COLLIER: Sorry about that.

MRS. LARSON: I told you.
I don't know this person.

Okay, I understand.

So, how is she
paying your rent?

She's not
paying my rent.
I don't know her.

We're subletting this.

Here is the document
that Agent Walker
was referring to.

If you Iook, it clearly states
that a Laura Roderick
paid Iast month's rent.

There must be some
kind of a mistake.

Hey. Is this yours?

What's your name?

Adam.

Hi, Adam. My name is Sean.

Are you
a friend of my mommy's?

Yeah.

Yeah, I am. I have
a picture of us actually.

That's your mommy, right?

You're Iucky.

Grandma says we can't keep
real pictures of her.

Are you going
to see her soon?

I don't know. I hope so.

Can you take a picture of me?
Show her how big I got?

Sure. Yeah.

Ready? Smile.

It's a good one.

Can I see?
Sure.

AII right.

I'II show that to her.

I just wanted to make sure
you got your music box back.

Nice to meet you, Adam.

Nice meeting you.

Bye.

I'm sorry I couldn't help you.

Okay,
what you're doing is aiding
and abetting a felon.

That could Iand
you in jail.

PIease go.

SEAN: I know why
you won't talk.

You're Vicky's mother.

And you're
trying to protect her,

along with your grandson,
Adam.

He's fine.
He's playing in
his bedroom.

Where is your daughter,
Mrs. Larson?

PIease,
no one's supposed to know.

Then stop playing games,

or Child Protective
Services can determine
whose custody he should be in.

I don't know
where my daughter is.

She just contacts me every
few months to
check up on Adam.

Well, you must have
some way to reach her.

I'm only supposed to call this
in an emergency.

PIease.

Don't do this.

Look, I know that
this isn't your choice.

I know that somebody else
is telling you to do this.

You don't have
to Iisten to them.

Actually, I do.

I don't even know who you are.

You can Iet me go.
Stop talking.

Now turn around.

Turn around.

(GRUNTING)

(GUN FIRING)

(PANTING)

Hey! Hey! Stop!

Stay right there.
PIease help me.

PIease help me.
AII right.

He's after me right now.
PIease.
Who is after you?

He's after me.
He's coming...

Who's coming?

I was kidnapped and
I just shot somebody.

You shot somebody.
You were kidnapped,
and you shot somebody?

I shot somebody just now.
You know what?
AII right. Fine.

Just calm down.
Calm down? Calm down?

Are you Iistening
to what I'm saying?

He's after me right now.

I'm trying to
Iisten to you,

but you're not
making sense.

No. I need to go.
I need to go with you.
PIease just take me with you.

AII right.

Dispatch,
this is Unit Seven coming home
with a possible 10-96. Over.

DISPATCHER: Copy that,
Unit Seven.

OFFICER HOLT: She said she's
kidnapped, and she shot

one of her
captors in self-defense.

Any reports of
shots being fired?

Nope.
What do you think?

I'm not sure.

But that's what she believes.

I can get a psych
consult in here,

but not until
tomorrow morning.

She got anywhere to go?

There is one person
she wants to call.

Let her.
Then see if she
can give you

a description
of these captors.

Here you go.

720 area code,
that's Colorado.

My ex-husband did
a stint in Denver.

None ofVicky's
previous aliases

had addresses
in Colorado, right?

This could be a new one.
She could be there.

(DIALING PHONE NUMBER)

(PHONE BUZZING)

(CAR STARTING)

Hi, this is Sean.
Leave a message.

Sean?

Sean, it's me.

I'm okay. I'm safe.

I'm in this police station.

In this town, Snyder.

In Texas. And...

I got away.

I got away and...

I don't think that
the police believe me

or what happened, any of it.

Sean, please come and get me!

PIease come and get me, okay?

I Iove you.

(CRYING)

LEILA: Mom, weren't you going
to show me that thing?

Right. The thing.

So? What's
the verdict?

You think Dad
Iikes him?
(LAUGHING)

I don't know,
but he has got my
seal of approval.

I think you picked
a really good one, honey.
I'm so happy for you.

I've got something I
think you're gonna Iike.

Listen,
I didn't mean to put you
on the spot earlier.

I just Iike to
know who my
daughter's dating.

Oh, it's fine.

Leila really Iikes you,
and you seem
Iike a decent guy.

You are a decent guy, right?

(STUTTERING) I'd Iike
to think so.

Good.
Well, make my daughter happy,
treat her with respect,

and that is all I ask.

Scotch!

Now, that is a serious drink.

Sean, try this.

Very rare stuff.
Gift from a friend.

Ready?
Yes, I am.

Welcome to the family.

Well, thanks.

Hey, miss. Can I get
you some water or tea?

We might have
some tea back there.

I'II just have some water.
Thanks.

Sure. Just be a minute.

She made the call.
But Walker didn't pick up.

But she Ieft a message?

(GRUNTS)

You're gonna be fine.

You'II go on with your Iife,

raise a bunch of babies,
whatever.

(BANGING ON DOOR)

(GUN FIRING)

Let's just hope
Walker gets the message.

Otherwise I'm not sure
how we're gonna find him.

He'II get it.

And when he does,
trust me, he'II come.

DEMPSEY: I hope you're
calling with good news.

It worked.
She called Sean,
Ieft him a message.

As soon as he gets it,
he'II be on his way.

When he gets there,
take care of him.
This time for good.

Yes, sir.