The Event (2010–2011): Season 1, Episode 8 - For the Good of Our Country - full transcript

You want to blame somebody,
why don't you blame your father?

The way I heard it,
he brought this on himself.

Target's been expanded.

They want us to take out
the entire family.

No one told me
there'd be a baby.

You had your orders.

And that's
what you did, right?

You're safe here.
I promise.

We need to go.
There's someone here.

Hold on to your hats.

This is your life now.



The President and I have
our differences,

but the idea
of me having anything to do

with trying to kill him
is absurd.

Today,
a new development

in the story of Avias
flight 514.

As we reported earlier,

Brazilian separatists
aboard the plane

released a biological Agent,

prompting
an emergency landing.

The 183 passengers
were then moved

to a stateside quarantine
facility for examination.

And now, after much fear
and uncertainty,

those passengers
are going home.

But one of them
won't be so fortunate.



Michael Buchanan,

the pilot who navigated
the plane to safety,

died in quarantine

from injuries
he suffered in the crash.

Today he is remembered
as a hero.

The domestic intelligence
apparatus of this country

has one priority--
that is to find Sophia

and the man we know
as Thomas.

And no less important
are the rest of them

who have been living
secretly among us.

"The sleepers,"
as you call them.

What I want to know is, why
has that not been accomplished?

We don't even know
how many sleepers are out there

or how deeply they've
infiltrated our country

or what kind of threat
they represent--nothing.

Mr. President,
please bear in mind

the search operation
has really just begun.

We weren't aware Thomas
and the sleepers existed

until several days ago.

To me, that just means
we dropped the ball.

It's very difficult,
Mr. Vice President,

to find something you don't know
you're looking for.

Until then, there's still
the assassination attempt

against you at Coral Gables,

where we do have
a promising lead.

What's your lead?

The pilot,
Michael Buchanan.

But you interviewed
the pilot.

He didn't tell you anything,
other than the fact that

he was forced into what he did
by the murder of his wife

and the abduction
of his daughters.

That doesn't mean
that's all he knows.

Buchanan and the passengers

became ill before I could
interrogate him further.

I intend to remedy that now.

All right, Blake,
let's pursue it.

But I want to talk
to him first.

He intended to murder me
and my family

and 200 innocent people
on that plane,

and he's going to tell me
who put him up to it.

All right?

You don't know
how sorry I am, sir.

But you have to believe me,
I didn't have a choice.

Oh, everyone has a choice.

They were gonna kill
my girls.

So instead,
you think it's okay

to kill 200 people
on that plane and me...

And my family?

You made a choice.
You decided that was okay.

After what they did to me...

Please understand,
I wasn't in my right mind.

I don't know what else
to tell you.

What you can tell me...

Is how I catch the people
who did this to you.

I told your people
everything I know.

Think. They took you
from your house.

You had to have seen
something.

They put something
over my head.

Heard something, then,
anything.

Hey, listen to me.

I'm a father.

I get it.

I know how concerned you are
about your daughters.

And I give you my word

I will do everything
in my power to find them,

but you have to give me
something.

They, uh...

What?

They almost
didn't go through with it.

- What do you mean? Why not?
- I don't know.

But before they put me
on the plane,

they were thinking
of calling the whole thing off.

And then a...

A call came in
giving them the go-ahead, so...

So you said this happened
before the plane took off.

Yeah?
Yeah.

Okay, I-I need you
to remember this.

Do you remember what time
that call came in--

the go-ahead call?

1:08 p.m.

I remember,
'cause I looked at my watch

to see how much time I had
before departure.

But I didn't hear
the conversation.

I don't know how that could be
of any help to you.

I'm afraid I do know.

Hi, Eva.

The President interviewed
the pilot

from Avias 514 this morning--
uh, Michael Buchanan.

Can you pull up
the transcript for me, please?

I'm sorry, sir.
I can't gain access to it.

What do you mean?

It shouldn't be
a clearance problem.

It's been restricted
to the Executive Office

of the President.

Oh, well...
Very well, then.

I'll be in my office.

Who wants cake?

I'll pass on the cake.

Okay, no cake
for the Vice President.

But everyone else
wants some, right?

Yeah!

What it comes
down to is...

We don't have
enough information

to feel safe enough
to let them out.

Guys, it's too late.

The information's
already out there.

All right, then, fine.
Let the public find out.

Just please, Eli...

Don't let them out.

I'm sorry if this makes
you all feel uncomfortable,

but these people
have suffered enough.

We are closing the facility.

In two hours...

I'm going out there,

and I'm going to tell
the American people the truth.

This ends today.

I need a moment
in private, Mark.

Where do we stand?

I just left the President.

He won't budge.

He's going through
with the announcement.

I'm very sorry
to hear that.

I didn't want it
to come to this.

Neither did I.

But the President
has left us no choice.

We have to stop him
from releasing the detainees.

I keep thinking
about those people on the plane.

Some of them were children.

Raymond, we're doing this
to prevent something worse--

Martinez releasing a dangerous,
unknown enemy

into our midst.

I know.

You've been
a great public servant

for our country, Ray.

But sometimes
we don't choose the moment.

It chooses us.

The plane will be
in the air soon.

You need to leave
the compound.

The Event | S01E08
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You okay?

- Come on.
- Where are we going?

- Hurry, hurry.
- Where are we going?

Okay, okay,
we're onto something,

or they wouldn't be
chasing us, okay?

So we're getting closer.
We're gonna figure this out.

So what,
we're just gonna be like them

and keep looking
over our shoulders

everywhere we go?

No, no, no, no.
No, listen, listen...

I'm gonna make sure
that I do everything

I possibly can
to untangle this mess

so that we can get
back to living our lives.

We're gonna get older...

Look, look, look,
stop, stop, stop.

Look at me. Look at me.

It's okay.
Hey, hey, look at me.

We're gonna be all right.
We're gonna be okay, okay?

I love you so much,
and I'm gonna do everything.

Okay?

I love you.

I love you.

Okay.

These companies
are in--in Los Angeles,

and they're our only lead
to finding your family.

So that's where we need to get.
We need to get to California.

How are we gonna get there?

He have no money.
We have no I.D.

And these people--
they have more power

than we can even understand.
It's okay. It's okay.

We'll figure it out, okay?

- God!
- We're gonna figure it out.

We're gonna figure it out,
Leila--it'll be fine.

You got to trust me.

Oh, God!

Sean. Sean, get up.
Get up. Come on.

Over here, over here.

Okay, get the rock.

Throw it when I say, okay?

Now.

- Sean, are you okay?
- Yeah, yeah, yeah.

Just get his gun.
Get his gun.

Okay, go, go.

We have to get out of here.

Sean.

Break it. Break it.
Break the window.

We've got to get out of here
before they block off the road.

Okay, tell me what to do.

Here, take this,
and put it in the ignition.

You got to get it
all the way in there

and then twist like a key.

Come on, hurry.
They're coming.

I'm trying.
I'm trying. I'm trying.

Put this on it.
Put pressure on it.

All right?

You're gonna be okay. We're
gonna get you to a hospital.

No, no, no, no.
We can't go to a hospital.

They have to report
all gunshot wounds to police.

And when they do that,
they'll realize

that there's a warrant out
for me--I'm wanted for murder.

Sean, no.

We don't have a choice, okay?

You're hurt,
and you need a doctor.

Please,
w-we can't take that chance.

Just get us out of town,
and then we can stop.

Sean, I'm taking you
to a hospital.

All right?

I am not losing you.

I'm not losing you.

Okay, you're gonna stay here,
and I'm gonna be back.

Please, it's not safe
for us to be here.

Sean, you're still bleeding,
and you need a doctor.

They'll arrest us.

No, they won't.
Trust me.

Hey!
Hey, are you a doctor?

Yeah,
but my shift's over,

so you want to check
with the on-call nurse--

Please, it's important.
My boyfriend, he's been shot.

Please, he's in the car
over here.

Where? Where?
Okay, okay.

Hey, I'm gonna take a look
at you, okay?

All right, I need help
getting him inside.

- We can't go inside.
- What the hell are you doing?

You're gonna come with us,
and you're gonna help him.

L-listen to me...

Look, I don't want
to shoot you, but I will.

So right now I need you to get
in the front seat,

and you're gonna
drive the car.

Come on, go. Go.

All right.
All right.

- Come in.
- Mr. President.

I was told
you were at the hospital

checking on Agent Lee.
I was.

- And how's he doing?
- Much better.

He's out of the I.C.U.

He should be discharged
in a day or two.

Please.

You're a good friend, Blake.

I'm not his friend.
I'm his boss.

He was hurt
in the line of duty, so...

Not to Agent Lee, to me.

Remember that meeting we had

just before I was about to give
the press conference

at Coral Gables?

Of course.

I was the one
who requested it.

I now know that
someone in that room,

or someone
closely connected to them,

gave the go-ahead and
green light to send the pilot.

What?

Michael Buchanan told me
he got the go-ahead

to fly into the compound

four minutes after
the meeting dispersed.

But I know
it wasn't you, Blake.

How can you be so sure?

Well, I know
the personal toll

disloyalty has taken on you.

I don't think
you're capable of that.

It's not who you are.

But I also had the NSA
monitor every phone call

and every communication
coming into

and out
of the Coral Gables compound

on the day
of the assassination attempt.

You're clear.

So the key to finding
who we're looking for...

Is somewhere
in these records.

All right, Eli...

We'll find him.

It's me.

Raymond,
what can I do for you?

The President--

he's just had a meeting
with the pilot.

And?

And since he's returned,

President Martinez
and Director Sterling

have been
behind closed doors.

What exactly is the problem?

I can't find out

what the President heard
from the pilot.

The transcripts--
I've tried to access them,

but they've been redacted.

I've been cut
out of the loop.

Well, I understand
your concern.

Well, you tell me
I shouldn't be.

Your people handle
that side of things.

Does the pilot know anything
that could lead back to me?

Not that I'm aware of.

Not that you're aware of?

James...

If I'm exposed...

I'm not gonna go down alone.

Nobody is being exposed.

My misguided sense
of patriotism led me astray

to participating
in this with you

and almost making
the biggest mistake of my life.

But you know what?

The President
and the passengers,

they survived.

I've been absolved,

and I'm not about
to go down now.

Raymond, Raymond...

I know this has been hard.

But I assure you nothing bad
is going to happen now.

How? How--how
can you assure me of that?

This is not a secure means
of communication.

Let's continue
this conversation in person.

As soon as possible.

Very well.
I can meet in half an hour.

Let's, uh...

Let's use our usual cover.

Schedule an appointment
with Dr. Lessner.

I can't do it that soon.

Well, you're the one
who feels this is urgent.

The appropriations Committee
is coming in for a meeting.

I have to meet with them.

If I'm not there,
it'll look suspicious.

Whatever works
for you, Raymond.

The choice is yours.

Our country
is in desperate need

of strong leadership...

That can look
past party lines

and respects what
the American flag stands for.

We will restore
America's pride...

Here at home
and around the world.

Will make you
believe again!

And that's a promise!

Thank you!

And God Bless America!

Thank you.

- Great speech, sir.
- Thank you.

One of our major contributors
is here.

I was wondering if he could
speak to you for a few minutes.

- Absolutely.
- This way.

- Well done, Senator.
- Thank you.

Right this way.

Ah, thank you.

Mr. Dempsey...

Oh, Senator, Senator...

Oh, please--
please don't get up.

Oh, thank you.
Thank you so much

for making the time
to see me.

Well, not at all.

I never thought
I'd get a chance

to thank you in person
for supporting my campaigns.

Well, I prefer to stay
out of the spotlight.

That was
a very energizing speech,

yes, very, very inspiring.

Thank you.

Such a shame that you
couldn't clinch the nomination.

There'll be
other opportunities.

Right now it's all
about mobilizing our base.

It's all
about the big picture.

I couldn't agree more.

Unfortunately, your party's
gonna lose the White House

to Senator Martinez.

- Well, we don't know that.
- But I do.

It's a done deal.

What's not a done deal,
however...

Is his running mate.

Martinez is looking to create
the first bipartisan ticket

in modern history.

Yes, I've heard
the rumors.

If there is someone
who can reach across the aisle,

bridge the gap
between Martinez's party

and ours,
it's you, Raymond.

You're the perfect candidate.

Well,
speaking hypothetically,

why would you do this
for me, Mr. Dempsey?

It's not for you.
It's for this country.

I know you feel the same way
about this country as I do.

Martinez...

Is idealistic to a fault.

All I would ask of you

is to provide...

Balance.

Well, I have confirmation
on General Whitman.

The only call he made after
the meeting was to his wife.

They spoke for 20 minutes,
well past 1:08 p.m.

He's clean.

Blake.

It's Jarvis.

We've cleared all the people
who knew what happened

in that meeting
except him--

my associates, Jarvis' aide,
Whitman's aide...

Now Whitman.

Jarvis' records show that
he used his personal cell phone

to make a call
at 1:05 p.m.

And the call was scrambled.
Can we decode it?

No. It looks like
he was using

a proprietary algorithm

several grades above
military-grade encryption.

This is not
government-issue technology.

His call lasted two minutes.

It ends at 1:07 p.m.

A minute later,
the pilot gets the green light.

After all we went through
together during the campaign...

The man is like family to me.

Believe me, I know
this is difficult.

Sir, the Vice President
made that call,

but I find it hard to believe
he formulated the plan.

Jarvis is an insider,
but he's not a leader

and not someone
with the resources

to do something like this
on his own.

Someone else
has to be pulling the strings.

I want Jarvis arrested.

We have no grounds,
Mr. President.

Well, figure out
how to unscramble the call.

Uh, maybe,
but even if we did,

we covered up
the assassination attempt.

You can't prosecute someone

for something
that never happened.

No, right now the best thing is
to be patient.

I can put together
a small investigative unit,

set up wiretaps,
around-the-clock surveillance.

No.

Hell, no.

Sir...

Wait...Sir...

Think this through.

You can't just go
and confront him.

I'm not just gonna sit
on my damn hands

and wait till he
slips up one day.

That man ordered my death
and the death of my family.

He's gonna answer for that.
He's gonna answer to me.

Get him out here now.

I'm sorry?

Mr. President?

Eva, where is he?

I-I'm not sure.

H-he left just
a few minutes ago.

He had me cancel

his Appropriations
Committee meeting.

He said he needed
to go see his doctor.

Which doctor?
What's the address?

I'm sorry.
I don't--

he made
the appointment himself.

I don't have
that information.

Find him.

Look, he needs
a hospital.

Let me turn around.

I already told you that
that's not an option.

Without an O.R.,
he is gonna bleed out.

Yeah, and you're gonna
help him, all right?

You took an oath.

Look, I need supplies,
medications, I.V. fluids.

We're gonna go somewhere
where you can get

whatever you need
to fix him,

and then we're gonna go
back to your house,

and you're gonna work
on him there.

What?

You heard me.
Drive.

Look, I-I don't even know
if a pharmacy

is gonna have what we need.

Let's go, okay?
Get out.

You're just gonna leave him
in here?

I can't let you go in there
by yourself.

No, s-stay here, okay?
You talk to him.

Elevate his arm.

You can trust me.
I promise.

I can't trust anyone.

Move.

Excuse me.

There's the pharmacy.

Look, whatever
your boyfriend did,

it's not worth
risking his life over, okay?

- He didn't do anything.
- Great.

So--so it's a misunderstanding.
You have nothing to worry about.

We--we should go
back to the hospital.

We should just explain
everything to the police.

You think
we didn't try that?

Nobody believes us.

You wouldn't understand.

It's gonna look suspicious
if you're just standing there.

You know, just go.

Can I help you?

Yeah, hi, uh, Bernard.

Uh, I'm Dr. Matt Kemp.

I need a gram of ceftriaxone,

uh, two liters of saline,
and some tubing.

Let me make sure we have
the ceftriaxone.

We do.

Also, uh, do you maybe have
an intraosseous line?

We should.
We usually keep a small supply

in our home health inventory.

Great. Great.
Also gonna need, um, a 10 blade,

some sterile seven gloves,
Betadine,

5-oh vicryl suture...

An 18-gauge syringe...

And five packs
of sterile four-by-fours.

Is that it?

Sounds like you're setting up
a whole O.R.

It does, doesn't it?

Hey.

- What's your license number?
- License number, right.

Uh, B63477.

Okay, looks like
we have everything.

Give me a minute
to put it all together.

Thank you.

Don't do anything stupid.

Tell him to hurry.

Uh, hey, Bernard,
can you hurry it up?

I-I really need to get
back to my patient.

Going as fast as I can.

Okay, $167.68.

Okay, um...

We really have to go.

- Keep the change.
- Thanks.

Hey, hey, hey.

Watch it.

Sean.

Sean.

Thank you, Audra.

I picked her up
outside of Houston.

I had to take care
of a few things.

My mother needed help
with something.

I was gonna report in
in the morning.

Family's important.

Ms. Roberts, come, sit.

I like you.

I always have.

Coffee?

No, thank you.
I'm good.

Herbal sweetener.

Trying to cut sugar
out of my diet.

I'm interested
in what happened in Texas

with the pilot's daughter
and her boyfriend.

That was unfortunate.

I barely made it
out of there alive.

Your associate Carter
said as much.

However, he, uh...

wasn't sure how they...

pulled off their escape.

He seemed to feel
they may have had inside help.

No. We were just
caught off guard.

Walker and the Bureau woman
arrived ahead of schedule,

and they came in firing--

but you managed
to get away.

As did Carter.

I see.

Well, I assume you're ready
to resume your work,

help me solve a problem.

Who's the target?

Raymond Jarvis.

The Vice President?

Yeah.

Will that be a problem,
Ms. Roberts?

Only for him.

Sir,
the building's been swept.

Your doctor's office is clear
for your arrival.

Thank you.

This is as far
as you go, gentlemen.

- Of course, sir.
- Thank you.

Mr. President,
Director Sterling.

We need
your highest discretion

in a matter pertaining
to the Vice President.

I want him brought back here
immediately.

Patch in,
talk to his detail.

He's needed
with the utmost urgency.

I need a 20 on the V.P.

He's in
with his physician, sir.

I don't care.
Get him out of there.

Copy that.

We need to come in, sir.

Vice President Jarvis,
is everything all right?

Sir?

He's gone!

Sir, the Vice President...

He's not
in the doctor's exam room.

- What are you saying?
- He's gone.

How in the hell
is that possible?

There was another door
leading out of the room.

Mr. President--
establish a perimeter.

Activate every available
Field Agent

and expand that perimeter.

Comb every inch.

Do not come back
without him.

What are you doing here?

We were sent here
to kill you.

Please...
What do you want?

I want out.

I don't understand.
How am I supposed to help you?

Your life for Dempsey's.

You need to come clean now,

tell 'em how he was behind
trying to kill the President.

Listen, I don't know
how he wronged you--

Dempsey played us both.

He sold you on patriotism,

but that's now what this is
really about.

I wonder what
he's really after.

What are you saying?

Bury him.

That's the only way
either one of us

is getting out of here alive.

Sean.
Oh, God.

We have to find him.

He's not here. Maybe--
maybe the police took him.

Maybe--maybe he's inside
or something.

Come on.
Just keep looking, okay?

He's here.
We're gonna find him.

There. There.

There.

Sean. Sean.

Sean.

Pulse is thready.

- Baby, wake up.
- Hematoma's expanding.

We need to do this now.
He is bleeding out.

- Sean, wake up.
- I need you to cut

through his pants,
up to his knee, okay?

Let's go.

Let me know when you're done.

Okay.

We need to screw this
into his tibial bone.

You're gonna apply
steady pressure right here.

Okay? Look at me.
Until you feel a pop.

- What?
- Come on.

We'll run the saline
right into his marrow.

It's the quickest way
to restore his blood volume.

Let's go! Hurry up!
Come on!

- Okay, I-I felt it.
- Okay, good.

Hook this up...

And then hang the bag
really high, okay?

I'm gonna open up the wound
and try to find the bleeder,

tie it off.

- I got it.
- Good.

There's too much blood.

I can't find the artery.

Open these up.

Help me pack off the area
with gauze, okay?

We need to dry it up.
Come on. Come on.

Tear it open--focus--
tear it open

and dab it in there,
all right?

Don't do this to me.

Come on, get in there.
Just dab up the blood, come on.

All right, good, good, good,
good, good. Okay.

Come on.

Come on, baby.

Okay, okay, I got it.

Okay, listen, I need you
to put your finger

right there, okay?

Come on, let's go!

We've got it. Good.
Don't move.

- Sean.
- Leila.

Sean, I'm here.
I'm here, baby.

All right, listen to me.

Whatever you do,
do not move, okay?

I'm here.

All right.

Looks like a branch
of the brachial.

I'm here.

He's gonna have collateral
flow to the rest of his arm.

You're gonna be okay.

All right, you can move
your finger now.

He's gonna make it.

- What happened?
- Must have blown a clot...

Arterial bleed.

Here, run another bag
while I sew him up.

You're okay.
You're okay.

Any fever, any dizziness?

Do not mess around, okay?

Get him to an E.R.,
all right?

Or abduct another doctor.
I don't care.

You saved my life.

All right, just keep breathing
and stay with us, all right?

Ok--okay.

Okay.
You'll be okay.

Thank you.

Agent Romo, I need to get
back to the White House.

Mr. Vice President,
we've been trying to locate you

for almost an hour.

I'm under a stairwell
in back of the building.

Come and meet me.
Let's go!

Sir, I have the Vice President
on the line.

Trace the call
and patch him through.

Mr. President.

Ray, where the hell
have you been?

I'm on my way
back to the White House.

Good, because you and I need
to have a conversation.

I know.
I'm coming to turn myself in.

I don't know
how much you've uncovered,

but I've been involved
in some very terrible things,

things that
I could never take back.

Mr. Sterling, I have a visual
on the Vice President.

- They got him.
- So it's true?

The attack
in Coral Gables on me--

it was you?

I want--
I want you to know

that everything I did
I was led to believe

was for the good
of the country.

Except you almost killed
hundreds of innocents.

You almost killed
my family, Ray.

My family!

Eli, I was manipulated
by a very powerful man

who won't stop
until he gets what he wants.

- Who, Ray?
- I want a status on this van.

Sir...Are you all right?

Are you all right?
Let's go.

Who is it, Ray?

Ray?

Eli, it was--

Ray.

Ray, what happened?

Ray?

What happened?
We lost him.

What do you mean
"we lost him"?

Sir, it's done.

But I had to go ahead
with our backup plan.

So Ms. Roberts
didn't come through?

No, sir. Looks like
she killed Lonner and bolted.

What a shame.

Thank you.