The Event (2010–2011): Season 1, Episode 9 - Your World to Take - full transcript

We have nowhere near
the capabilities

of being able to transport
everyone all the way home.

Why?

We're missing a few
key components.

But we can recreate,
and in some cases, recover,

with your help.

I've been involved in some
very terrible things.

The attack in Coral
Gables on me.

I was manipulated by
a very powerful man.

Who is it?
It was...

What about Samantha?



The people who are
behind this,

they took her just
Iike they took you.

They can't hurt
a little girl, right?

We'll find her, okay?

We weren't aware Thomas
and the sleepers existed

until several days ago.

Or how deeply they've
infiltrated our country.

We have nothing.

Forty-seven years
we were married,

but now when I think
of Roland, all I see
is a sick old man

spitting blood
and breathing
with a tank.

That man's factory
didn't just take my husband,

it took my memories.

And for how many
of those 47 years



was your husband a smoker?

You are aware that smoking
is a significant risk factor
for pulmonary fibrosis.

The fact is, there are
a host of things

that could have caused
your husband's condition,

smoking, genetics,
acid reflux.

He spent half his Iife
breathing toxic dust,

and now you're trying
to tell me my husband
died because of heartburn?

What I'm telling you
is the memories are only
going to get worse

when I argue my case
in front of a jury.

(CELL PHONE BEEPING)

(CELL PHONE BEEPING)

(CELL PHONE BEEPING)

(CELL PHONE BEEPING)

(CELL PHONE BEEPING)

So how is the postal
work treating you?

Benefits are good,
but you spend all day
on your feet.

I'm thinking of moving on,
actually.

I caught another kid cheating
on a midterm.

I tell them that
they're only hurting
themselves,

but I honestly don't think
they know what I'm talking
about.

They're just young, right?
We were young once.

I don't know how you can
represent people Iike that.

People Iike what?
Successful? Opportunistic?

Evil.

Everyone's entitled to
a good defense.

That's what makes
this country great.

Sophia! How are you?
It's so good to see you.

(INDISTINCT CHATTERING)

It's a pleasure to see you
all again after so many years.

(APPLAUSE)

Now that President Martinez
knows that there's a group
of us Iiving freely,

our days here really
are numbered.

Fortunately, Thomas has made
a Iot of progress

in creating the infrastructure
we'II need to get
us back home.

And I will be taking over
that effort from now on.

We're still short of some
raw materials.

Isotopes and trace minerals.

And we'II need to start
retrieving the components we
salvaged after the crash

that will allow us
to open a portal.

AII right, it's obvious
that you're all uncomfortable.

Who wants to tell me why?

I'm waiting.

Isabel,

it seems that they're all
Iooking to you to speak.

Sophia, we all appreciate
the sacrifices

that you and the others have
made. Locked up all those
years.

But Iiving here has had a
profound effect on all of us.

Most of us have grown
to Iike it.

And the truth is, we don't
want to go home.

I see.

And how widespread
is this feeling?

Very.

The majority of the people
I represent feel that way.

And I think the same is true
for the rest of the
Representatives.

For the first time in a Iong
while, there's a sense of hope
among us.

We are starting families.
We're making a Iife here.

I understand.

I do.

But you know what staying
will ultimately do to the
native population.

We are all sworn to honor
the same directives.

We're not allowed to damage
benevolent civilizations,

indigenous people who
aren't a threat to us.

Sophia, with all due respect,

Iet's not forget the reason
that we came here
in the first place.

Our home is barely viable.

And there are other dangers
which I don't need to Iay out.

I hear you.

But we all swore
the same oath.

We will find a way to survive.
I give you my word.

But we're going home.

Those are my orders.

Go back and tell your people
that's the decision.

Sophia and I will retrieve
the key module tomorrow.

Once it's activated,
we can move on
to the next phase.

Thank you.

Did you know this was coming?

I've heard a few comments over
the years about some of us
feeling this way.

A few comments.

I didn't know to what extent,
or else I would have...

You should have known.
It was your job to know.

I was doing what you ordered.

When we got here, these people
couldn't even achieve nuclear
fusion.

Now I've gotten them
to a place

where they're capable
of creating the materials
that we need.

Yes, I appreciate
your accomplishments.

But the truth is, you've been
busy doing other things
as well.

Like what? What are you
talking about?

Well, you told me yourself
that you built a huge
financial empire.

That was all in service
of getting us home.

And there's nothing else that
you want to tell me about
that you've been up to?

You used to do this to me
when I was younger.

Pretending you knew I'd
misbehaved just to see if
I'd confess anything.

And it used to work.

How Iong is the trip
tomorrow for the module?

A few hours each direction.

Aren't you coming?

I have meetings with
some bankers. I'II see
you in the morning.

You Iook nervous.
I am.

You sure you
weren't followed?
I've been discreet.

No one knows about us.

I just don't want to
underestimate your mother.

Don't worry.

As far as she's
concerned, I'm toeing
the Iine,

her Ioyal servant.

After the meeting,
you talked to them.

I had to choose my
words carefully.

Where do you think they stand?

If they knew what we were
planning, they would object.

But it is clear that if we go
through with this,

they will accept you
as their new Ieader.

You will, won't you?

Go through with this?

This is your time, Thomas.

Think ofwhat we can
accomplish with you in charge.

Stop.
What?

Trying to manipulate me.

This isn't about us. This is
about me, and what I think
is best for our people.

My mother's given
me no choice.

I'II go with her
to unlock the module,

and when she's done,
I will kill her.

(GROANS)

It hurts?
No.

Yeah, it does.

But my Ieg is starting
to feel better.

(CELL PHONE RINGING)

It's Agent Collier.

Hi.
Hey, Sean.

Are you okay?

Yeah, we're holding up.

Good.

But we're still nowhere
in terms of finding
Leila's sister.

Which is why I emailed
you that information.

The list of missing girls
you wanted me to check on.

Yeah. We're hoping that
if we can figure out what
the Iist means

with your help, it will
Iead us to Samantha.

AII right, I already ran the
names through our system.

It confirmed your email.

All the girls are between
seven and eight, and they've

all been reported missing
within the last two years.

But do they have anything
else in common?

No.

Except that they're
all unsolved.

No suspects, no breaks
in any of the cases.

Until three days ago,
when one of the victims,

Abby Stern, managed
to escape her captors.

What did she say about
the people who were holding
her, or where?

I don't know.

Her initial interview has
been sealed,

along with any other
information related
to the case.

Look, all I know is that
she is back with her parents.

They Iive just outside
of Tulsa, Oklahoma.

Sean, what I'II do
is I'II just...

I'II text you the address,
okay?

Maybe you can find out more.

Yeah, yeah. Yes, please.
Thank you so much,
Agent Collier.

Angela.

Angela. Thank you.

Be safe, Sean.
Okay, bye.

So, what do you think?

If we Ieave right now, we can
be in Tulsa in 1 2 hours.

Okay. Let's do it.

If you're just nowjoining us,
Channel 4 News is reporting

that a car bomb exploded
in Washington DC

in an attempted assassination
of Vice President
Raymond Jarvis.

He suffered a cerebral
contusion,

substantial burns to his hands
and Iower body.

What's the prognosis?

It's unclear right now.
The doctors say

the next few hours will give
them a better understanding
of his condition.

But he's Iucky to be alive.

The head of his security
detail shielded him and bore
the brunt of the explosion.

And he called himself
a patriot.

This whole time I've had
a traitor in my own house.

He fooled us all.

Mr. President.

Should I...
It's all right.

EIi, how could this happen?

I don't understand.
I don't understand.

How is he? Is he... Is he...

Your husband is a fighter.

I know.
I'm so sorry, Erika.

Thank you so much for being
here for him.

You know you're Iike
family to him.

(SOBBING)

I promise we'II find
whomever's responsible.

The Vice President
hasn't regained
consciousness yet, sir.

Maybe he won't.

We can't take any chances.
We have to get to him.

He's under very heavy guard.

Our men won't be able
to get anywhere near him.

There is always
a way, Mr. Berg.

Why is it that so many
great men die young,

while the mediocre
seem always to survive?

Right now, however,
I need your services
on another assignment.

Reacquiring a girl
we recently Iost.

And when I find her?

Should I administer a dose?

Good thought, Mr. Berg.

No grass grows
under your feet.

In terms of witnesses,
please make sure you
clean up after yourself.

Understood.

Godspeed.

(DOORBELL RINGING)

(KNOCKING)

Shutter just closed.
Someone's home.

We know you're in there.
We're not Ieaving.

What do you want?
Are you Abby Stern's mother?

We're not speaking
to journalists. PIease
just Ieave us alone.

No, no, no. We're
not journalists.
Mrs. Stern, wait!

My Iittle sister
is missing.

And we think it's connected
to what happened
to your daughter.

And ifyou could
just talk to us.

Right now, you're
our only chance
of finding her.

Thank you.

Just one minute.

Abby's resting,
we need to keep
our voices down.

I'm sorry, I didn't
get your names.

I'm Leila Buchanan.
This is Sean.

I'm sorry about your sister,

but I'm not sure how
much I can help you.

We think that the same people
who took your daughter may
have Leila's sister.

So you could start with
telling us what she told
the police.

Abby doesn't
remember anything.

About the people who did this
to her or where they kept her.

The police kept trying.

They finally Iet us take
her home this morning.

She must have told
them something.

She didn't. Nothing. Really.

Could you tell us where
they found her?

At a truck stop in Stillwater.

She said that a driver
gave her a ride there.

But she didn't know
where from.

Maybe if I could
just talk to her.

Maybe she'II remember
something that she forgot
to tell the police.

No. Like I said,
she's resting.

I'm sorry. That's
all there is.

I just didn't want to Ieave
you standing out there

thinking that I could
help you, when I can't.

Mrs. Stern...

You can't know
what it's Iike.

My baby's finally home.

Everything should be fine,

but it's not.

Who are you?

I just wanted to talk
to your daughter

and see if she could
remember...

That's not possible.

Now, how could you Iet
them in here, Mary?

Sir. Sir.

We're just trying to find
a Iittle girl named Samantha.

You need to Ieave.
Okay. Just...

Why won't you help us?

My sister was taken, too.

I said get out.
We're just trying
to find her sister.

We're just trying to get some
information about Samantha,
okay?

Leila?

You're Leila?

You're Samantha's sister.

Yes, yes, you know her?

Abby, sweetie, back
to your bed.

Come on. Go back inside.
You can't do that.

Look, we need to talk to her!

You heard her, she knows
my sister! She just said
her name!

She overheard you talking
to my wife, okay?

Now, I need you to Ieave...
Wait, wait. Hey...

...or I'm calling the police.

Leila...
Sean, you just heard
what she said.

Mary, call 911!
You don't need to do that.

Leila, we don't
have a choice.
We have to go.

Now, okay? Come on.

We're sorry to bother
you, sir.

I'm sorry.

Are you sure your mother
doesn't suspect anything?

If she did, she wouldn't be
going with me, would she?

You gotta stop doubting me.

You gotta stop believing
you're as smart as your
mother.

Because you're not.
Neither of us are.

Get off me.

Get off.

Once she's retrieved
the module and you've done it,

go to elevator number three.

Open the emergency hatch...
Open the emergency hatch,

I'II find the plastic
sheeting and the packing
bag for the body.

We've been over this.

Where's the gun?

I talked with a friend
who knows about these things.

He said to use a.380

for stopping power.

And to use Iow velocity
rounds, so the bullet
doesn't exit,

especially when the shot
is to the head, so there's
no cleanup.

This must be hard.

You being in charge
for all these years,

and me stepping in
and changing all that.

You've handled it a Iot
better than I expected.

Than you expected?

Meaning what?
It was a compliment.

But not really.
What did you mean?

You know how I feel about
how you handled
President Martinez.

The damage
that you did.
I handled it just fine.

In fact, I'm the only reason
why you're sitting here.

Thomas, we could have gotten
out of Inostranka any time,

in any number of ways.

We stayed there because
we were protecting you
and the others.

It wasn't easy,
but we waited.

Because we were strong.

When you were a Iittle
boy, you had this
thing about the rain.

You were terrified
of it, Iike it was
the end of the world.

One day I took you outside
during a storm, and I Iet
us both get drenched.

I thought that ifwe stayed
there Iong enough,

you would see that there
was nothing to be afraid of.

But you just
cried for hours.

I should've brought
you inside.

I should've protected you,
but I was stubborn.

I was trying to force you
to be someone that you're not.

Someone strong.

It was a Iong time ago.

And my point is that
I repeated my mistake.

That I need to accept
you for who you are

and stop putting you
in situations that
you can't handle.

I know this isn't what
you want to hear.

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry, too.

Where is it?

Down.

(BEEPING)

Incorrect code.
Re-enter code.

(BEEPING)

Incorrect code.
Re-enter code.

Is something wrong?

(BEEPING)

Your turn.

It's still viable.

I was worried it might have
been damaged during the crash.

Thomas?

Give me the key.

Now turn around.

Turn around!

No. I want you to Iook
at my face when you pull
the trigger.

You think that's gonna
make it harder for me?

It won't.

You brought this
upon yourself.

Thomas, this isn't you.

You have no idea who I am.

Who I've become.
I do.

I see you so clearly.

This isn't something
that you'd get to
on your own.

You've become irrelevant
to our people. And now to me.

Are those your words?

Or Isabel's?

It's her, isn't it?

I was wondering.

I saw the way that you
Iooked at each other.

You're choosing
her over me.

I'm choosing me.

I'm done Iiving
in your shadow.

I'm done hiding
behind your words,

words I don't even believe in.

Now it's my turn.

It's not.

You're not ready.

You don't have
it in you.

Go ahead.

Prove me wrong.

Show me you have
what it takes.

Do it.

Do it.

(SOBBING)

I Iove you.

Where do you think
they're going?

I don't know, but it Iooks
Iike they're in a hurry.

Do you think we scared them?

Well, we did, but that's
not why they're Ieaving.

Their suitcases were packed
when we got there.

Well, if we ever want
to talk to Abby, we have
to follow them.

He's pulling off.

AII right. This might
be our chance.

Okay.

Wait. Don't turn around.

He's Iooking right at us.

Is she still in the car?
No, they're getting
out right now.

AII right. Here's my chance.

Okay. I'II watch
for the husband.

Okay.

No.
PIease, just hear me out.

You followed us?
I had to.

I have to ask Abby
about my sister.

We are not
talking to you.

Come on, hurry up.
We're Ieaving now,
honey.

No, please, please.
Mrs. Stern.

Can you remember how it felt
when Abby was still missing?

I am desperate.

And if you could just
Iet me talk to her,

maybe she knows
some small detail

that can help me
find my sister.

Just a few questions.
And then I promise
I will Ieave you alone.

It's okay, Mom.
I wanna talk to Leila.

Thank you, Abby.

You can just tell me
anything, anything at all.

Were you with Sammy?

She got there a couple
of days before I ran away.

She was scared.

It's okay.

But she was still normal.

AII the girls are when
they first get there.

And all the other girls,

are they just Iike you?

Some of us.

The nurse there says
we're helping people,

but bad things happened after
she gave us the injections.

Okay, Abby, can you tell
me about the place where
they kept you?

Did you see any pictures
or words on the buildings?

It was Iike a hospital.

But not for
regular people.

Do you remember the name
of the hospital?

Did you see any
signs anywhere?

I saw something
in the trash can once.

There was a triangle
on the medicine.

We told the police, but they
said it was too vague.

It probably didn't
mean anything.

Okay, was there anything else?
Any other detail?

When I got out
of the hospital,

there was a really big tower.

Okay, you mean Iike
a water tower?

Yeah.

Watch out! Watch out!

Behind you!

What's happening?

Leila!

Hurry. Come on. We gotta go.
We gotta go now!

Come on. Through here.
Through here. Go, go, go!

Leave us alone! PIease!

Mary, run!

(CRIES IN PAIN)

What happened?

Let me help you.
Are you okay, Mommy?

Go! Protect Abby.

Take her. Take her.
We'II catch up. Go, go!

Come on. You can do it,
just Iean on me.

I want my mommy.
It's going to be okay.

Come on. He's coming.
I can't.

Get Abby.
Okay, come on.

Okay, go, go, go!
I'II draw him away.

Mom? Mom!
Abby!

(ABBEY CRYING)

Mom!

Listen, you have to be quiet!

Abby, run!

Come on!

Help! Wait! PIease!

Abby, run, run!

Are you okay?

You?
Yeah.

He's alive.

Too bad.
No. Maybe he can give
us some answers.

Come on, Abby. Let's go!

No, Mrs. Stern!

Abby! It's okay!

Come back!

What is it? It's Abby?

No, it's... I don't think
he was here for Abby.

What are you talking about?

He was here for you.

Ray.

Ah.

Hi. You didn't think you
could get rid of me
that easily, did you?

Ifyou need anything,
Mr. Vice President,
please Iet me know.

Thank you.
Thank you.

Oh, honey!
It's okay. It's all right.
It's okay.

It will be as soon
as I talk to the President.

You can't.

What do you mean?

Someone came
to the house.

Who?
Two men.

What?

They didn't hurt you?
No.

You're okay?
I'm fine.

How are the kids?
Fine.

Raymond, they know our
children's names. They
know where they are.

They said no matter where
we go and what we do,
they'd find us,

and they'II do terrible things
to me and terrible things
to the children...

I'm sorry, Erika.

...in front of you,
and then they'II kill
me and they'II kill you.

I'm sorry. It wasn't supposed
to happen Iike this.

What have you done?

I'm sorry.

Raymond, what have you
done to us?

I'm sorry.

You think about
our children.

I'm sorry
to disappoint you.

Where's Thomas?

You don't need to worry
about Thomas.

You need to worry
about me.

Sophia, I...

I don't know
what you mean.

He told me everything, Isabel.

I wasn't thinking
straight. I was...

I was only doing
what Thomas wanted.

Isabel, you know
that's not true.

I saw it in his eyes,
and now I can see it in yours.

You pushed him.

But you were only giving him
what he wanted.

Someone who would push him
to be more than he truly is.

Of course.

That's why he was
drawn to you.

I'm so sorry.

He's my son, I'II deal
with him as I see fit.

But regrettably,

I can't ignore
your disloyalties.

What do you mean?

Get on your knees, Isabel.

(GUN CLICKS)

Down on your knees.

PIease don't.

PIease.

I'm not going to shoot you.

I'm going to give
you a choice.
Are you Iistening?

I can order that no one has
anything to do with you.

That you have no contact
with any ofyour kind,

not so much as a touch
or a Iook,

that you're ostracized
for the rest of your Iife.

And ultimately,
I know that you can't
survive that way.

Or what?

Give me your hand.

The gun only has one bullet,
so you couldn't be certain
of killing me.

But you can prove
your Ioyalty.

You're forcing me
to maim myself?

I'm not forcing you
to do anything.

I want you to
make the choice.

I can't.

Then don't.

But understand,

that if I can't be certain
of your allegiance, you can't
Iive among us.

Sophia, please...

I'm sorry.

There's nothing more that
I can do for you, Isabel.

The rest Iies in your hands.

(GUNSHOT)
(SCREAMS)

And remember,
this world
isn't yours.

Or Thomas's.

(CRYING)

I know this isn't
easy for you.

We can go now.