The Following (2013–2015): Season 1, Episode 12 - The Curse - full transcript

Carroll was convicted in 2004

for the murders
of 14 young women.

Has Roderick told you what
I'd like you to do for me?

He said you wanted me
to follow Ryan Hardy.

Molly.

Hey, neighbor.

You don't want
to do that, Claire.

Take me to my son.

What's next, Joe?

Enjoying my family.

Now that you
have your family back,



- can I tell the others we're ready to start?
- Not just yet.

Got a delivery. Can I go?
Make it quick.

What is this place?

A military armory.

Training grounds.
For what?

Killing.

My men are
securing the building now.

It's like they're running
some kind of boot camp.

I want every inch
of this place processed.

The FBI discovered the camp.

Vince led them there.

It's impossible.

You don't make decisions
anymore, Roderick.

I am here now.



Joe would like you to join
him for dinner tonight.

Want to see your son?
Make an effort.

Please let me see Joey.

Good try, Claire.

This is going to continue to be
a charade until I see my son!

Bring me my son!

I really do believe that
you will love me again.

Mom!

Oh, my God, Joey.
Oh, baby. Ohh.

What are we doing?

Shh.

Where are we going?

Come on.
Running away.

Remember?
We're going home.

Oh, damn it!

Here. You go first.

I'm right behind you, ok?

Is there a problem, Claire?

Something I can help you with?

Uh, we were just
going for a walk.

Little early for that,
don't you think?

Joey.

You must be freezing.
You're in your pajamas.

Come on.

What do you say we go inside

and get warmed up?

Any shortness of breath,

blurred vision, dizziness?

No. Why?

90 over 50.

It's too low, Ryan.

Eh, sometimes,
I have trouble breathing,

and, you know, just a
little tightening here.

You still taking your
beta blockers, digoxin?

Oh, yeah.

And when was your last echo?

I'll make an appointment.

Hmm. Of course
you will,

and I will stop nagging you.

Really?

I will see you the next
time you blow through town.

Hey. Molly, I... I really
do appreciate your help.

Thank you.

Just... don't get
yourself killed.

You know you can't
run off like that, Claire.

Just makes both of us look bad.

This is gonna allow you to go
a good 50 feet from the house

before the alarm goes off.

Ow!

If you do decide
to go AWOL again,

you're not gonna get
back to that gate.

Yeah. We're always
watching, Claire.

Yeah. I see that,
Sheriff Nelson

from Havenport, Maryland.

You're not going anywhere.

Morning, Claire.

I understand that
you and Joey went

for a little walk this morning.

I do hope it wasn't
too cold for you.

No. It was fine.

Trust, I'm afraid,
must be earned.

Donovan here?

And the entire
D.C. office

along with the DEA, the NSA,

and a few other
high-ranking blowhards.

Hey, Ryan.
You remember Brad Pitt.

That was a "Fight Club"
reference.

Yeah. No. I got that.
Almost immediately.

How you feeling?

Yeah, I'm good.

You know, it only hurts
when I walk or talk

or breathe.

Sorry about Claire.

This is Roderick
as well as I can remember.

He's 5'10", 175 pounds,
blond hair.

He's a generic white guy.

Put his face through
the recognition software.

Nothing yet.

He had a regional cadence,

no traditional Southern,
maybe Midwest.

Military brat?

Well, how else do you explain
the military presence?

Somebody recruited
these guys for Joe.

This is not Carroll's M.O.

We know who owns this place?

Us. It's
government property.

It's an old armory
they closed 15 years ago

due to environmental hazards.

It's what you thought,

a boot camp where they
studied and trained.

Come see.

We found training videos,

programs,
recruitment interviews.

It was a full-on
militia cell.

Look at this.

I'm hungry!
Please!

Typical cult indoctrination,

food and sleep deprivation.

Everyone was coded with an
alias, so I.D.s are tricky,

but we've connected 3
known members so far.

So the explosives,
the military training,

how does this connect to what
we know about Joe Carroll?

There's more.

"Tell-Tale Heart,"

"Pit and the Pendulum,"

"Mask of the Red Death."

Carroll's message is
alive and well here.

The idea of emotional
salvation through death.

See, Joe's stealing
from various religions.

You see these images?

They suggest several
afterlives.

They're degrees of heaven.

I see Islamic
and Mormon beliefs,

Scientology even.

3 acolytes have committed
suicide for Joe.

The greatest honor
is bestowed on those

who sacrifice their lives.

That's how you reach the
highest level of Carrollism.

Did you just give
Joe's religion a name?

Got to call it something.

Aaron!

Do you have a phone?

Right. Thank you.

Hang on one sec.
Hello?

Ah, Ryan, good morning.
How are you?

Um, Ryan, I need your help.

Hello, Joe.
What is it?

Mitchell, I
need you to run a trace

on Ryan's cell.

I've been getting
rather frustrated.

I've been working away
on our novel,

and, uh, and as I...
as I come towards the end,

I'm struggling somewhat
with the...

with the hero's character arc,

the emotional through
line, if you will.

Well, you're
the literary scholar.

And you are our hero.

I... I really don't
want you to be

the standard, stock do-gooder
fighting injustice.

Ha ha!

Something wrong, Joe?

You sound... desperate.

Yeah. I need some...
some more backstory

to help the reader understand
what motivates our hero.

What defines Ryan Hardy?

This plague of death
that surrounded you

clearly started at an early
age with your mother.

We know that, but, no.

What's really interesting
me is your... your father.

He was a cop, recently retired

when he got gunned down
at a local convenience store.

Would you mind telling me
a little bit about that?

How did it affect you?

I mean, after all, you
were only 17 at the time.

Ok.

What's wrong, Joe?

Hey. Are you upset
that we found the armory?

Yeah. It's, uh, quite
a setup you got here.

I'm getting closer, aren't I?

What was that all about?

He's unraveling.

Good. He'll get
sloppy.

♪ All right,
think we're gonna make it ♪

I'll just be a minute.

You need anything?

No, I'm good.

All right.

♪ Think we're gonna make it ♪

♪ think it might
work out fine this time ♪

♪ it's all right ♪

♪ think we're gonna make it,
think we might... ♪

Hey, guys!

Hey, guys! I think
I have something.

What is it?

So our military cult peeps,

the ones who went after Mike,

they're all part of Freedom 13.

Wait. The militia?
Mm-hmm.

The one led by Daniel Monroe?

Joe Carroll is associated
with Daniel Monroe?

You got to be kidding me.

Catch me up.
Who's Daniel Monroe?

He's a black market
arms dealer.

He's been on the FBI's
radar for years.

And he started a militia
out of West Virginia,

violent separatists.

They were heavily monitored.

Monroe was and is suspected

of black market contraband.

They broke up a few years ago.

So you think that's
how Carroll found

and organized his resources?

It explains the entire
militant presence.

We need to find him.

D.C. will have
tabs on him.

So what are the FBI
gonna find there?

Most of our artillery
and explosives,

training records, manifestos.

Uh, in a word, everything.

You could be a little
more upset about it.

I'm freaking out inside.

Can they use that information
to find this house?

I don't see how.

And besides, I'm monitoring
the FBI through state police.

They're nowhere
near this place.

What about Daniel?

Daniel? Your friend
Daniel the militia man?

There's no way the FBI's
gonna find Daniel.

I beg to differ.

The illegal contraband

could easily trace
back to Daniel,

and don't forget he helped
us find this house.

They can trace it
all they want.

They're not gonna find him.

Ok. So how am I
gonna find him?

I don't even know.
He's off the grid.

That's how he operates.

Damn it, Roderick,
he knows too much.

Joe, we can trust him.

I know how to find him.

He's a friend, Joe.

Hmm. This is precisely why I
won't be asking you to kill him.

I'll do it.

Hmm.

I'll do it myself,

but, uh, you two,
you come with me.

You stay here
and monitor the FBI.

Joe, you cannot
leave the house.

It's too risky.

Oh. That it may be.

Not half as risky
as leaving it up to you.

- You ok?
- Yeah, I'm fine.

Because if you need
more time...

Now you sound like my dad.

I just... mean you don't
owe anything to anybody.

Do you know my dad?

It's like you're
channeling him right now.

He's on with CIA.

Monroe was last tracked
internationally.

Trying to get his location.

What about his
friends and family?

We did find an IP address

in the database here.

Came from a house in Maryland.

Property records
indicate that it's owned

by a Gloria and Ronald Fowler.

Yeah, and?

We need to talk to him.

No phone,
but I do have an address.

Who wants it?
Yeah.

Stay in touch.

Well, what's wrong with you?

Nothing.

You scared of the wife?

I'm not scared.

I'm just trying to find
the right moment

to talk to her,

be respectful.

Respectful.

Like when you slept
with her husband?

Ex-husband.

Hmm.

Why are you such an ass?

What's past the trees?

More trees.

When are we gonna
try leaving again?

Right now, we just need to act

as normal as we can,

and hopefully we'll get
out of here soon, ok?

And how is everybody
doing in here?

Sweetie, why don't
you go over there

and get a game for us to play?

Ok.
Ok.

You, uh, enjoying
your stay so far?

Having a good time?

So I take it you are
Joe's second in command.

Joe and I go a ways back,

but I'm not sure
second in command

is how he'd describe
me right now.

You really a sheriff?

Yes, ma'am, I am.

Why be a part of this?

You seem like a normal,
functioning person.

Here I feel normal.

Not so much anywhere else.

What about... what
about these people?

Are they, um, you know...

Cold-blooded killers?

Yeah.

It's a mix. There's a
few hardcore psychos,

some first-timers,
groupies.

What's the point here? What is
Joe hoping to get out of this?

Well, for me, it's about
having a safe place

where I can belong,

where I don't have
to be ashamed

of my basic human nature,

no matter how flawed.

As for your husband,

I don't know.

You should ask him.

All he seems to do is
sit and write his book.

He's my ex-husband.

Well, I'll leave you
to your son.

You know Joe can't
be trusted, right?

Hey.
What are you doing?

That's breaking and entering.

Thought this was
Ryan Hardy approved.

I blame you for that.

Warm.

Freeze!

Unh!

Ooh! Unh!

What the hell was that?

I owe you 6. Sorry.

Can you do me a favor?
Can you just stand over...

stand over at that door
and just let me know

if somebody's coming
down the hall, ok?

Mm-hmm.

So, Brian Fowler.

I take it your parents
don't live here anymore.

Where's Daniel Monroe?

Daniel?

Haven't seen
that guy in months.

He's lying.

Yeah. See,
the thing is

it just seems like there's more
than one person living here.

So?

So we know that you were
both members of Freedom 13,

and we know you remain friends.

He's not here!
Where is he?

I'm not doing your job for you.

Hey. Take it easy.

Come on. What's
going on with you?

Weston, Weston!
Go stand over there.

This place is such a dump.

What's with all
the alarm systems?

What do you got so
valuable you got protect?

I'm gonna take a look around.

I'll get Nick on the phone,

get his team here.

Go with Ryan.

Don't move.

Drop your gun.

Daniel Monroe?

I'm FBI. I just
want to talk to you.

Drop your gun.

No.
You drop your gun.

Ok. Let's talk.

Having trouble?

You block the signal?
You have a cell jammer?

Maybe. Not a big fan
of cell phones.

If you walk to the street,

you should be ok, though.

What the hell was that?
Is there more of you?

Shh.

Unh!

Hello, Claire.
Denise.

It's Emma.
Her real name's Emma.

Where have you been?

Hey, Joey.

I was just giving you and
your mom some alone time.

I would like to talk, Claire,

if... if you have
a moment.

I can't...

imagine what you
must feel about me,

about all of this.

I bet it's really awkward.

Awkward? You kidnapping
my son is awkward?

He was safe, Claire.

I took good care of him.

I always have.
Isn't that right, Joey?

Do not talk to him,
do you understand?

Don't even come near him.

You're upset, and I get it.

What do you want?

We lived together for
two years, Claire.

That was the first
time I felt like

I was part of a real family.

I always had the deepest
respect for you.

I considered us friends.

Just shut your mouth right now,

you sick little girl.

It's too soon.

You need more time.

We'll try again.

I'll see you later, Joey.

Stay here.

Emma, make no mistake.

I don't need any more time.

From this point forward,
you will have nothing

to do with my son.

Don't even look
in his direction.

That's not your
decision to make.

Look. I was just trying
to be nice here.

Stay away from my son, or I...
Or what?

Unh!

Oh, you stupid bitch.

Unh!

Ladies!

I... I will kill you.

I will kill you!

Ladies.

Unh! Aah!

So what is this place?

It's my office.

It's your office, huh?
And all these

military-issue
assault weapons I see,

they're for your
new militia or what?

There's mo militia.

It was dissolved in 2009.

Ok. So now you're
an independent contractor,

online sales?

Are you arresting me
for something?

Because I'd like to
see a warrant.

We know you've been
helping Joe Carroll.

Do you have any proof of that?

We found the armory.

And we connected
5 of your men to his cult.

I have nothing to do
with Joe Carroll

and his house of psychos.

House? What house?

I don't want to say any more

until I, uh, speak
with my lawyer.

Listen to me.
There's not time for that.

You got to tell us now.
Where is Joe Carroll,

where is this house?

Not until I speak to my lawyer.

You need to start talking now.

What the hell is that?

Somebody's down here.

Parker.

Stay with him.
I'm gonna check it out.

Well, this sucks.

Don't try it.

Mike.

Mike!

Hello, Ryan.

This... is
an unexpected surprise.

Take him out, Ryan.
Just do it.

Tell me, Agent Weston,

did my boys do to this
to you, hmm?

Does it, um...
does it hurt?

Aah! Aah!

Kill him, Ryan!

I don't care if he's dead!

Kill him! Aah!

He's not gonna kill you, Mike.

He needs you to
get out of here.

Oh, you are
very, very bright, Ryan.

Heh heh.

Unh!

Now, now!

Don't be crude.

Hey! Why don't you
come out here

and deal with me, huh?
Come on!

No. No. This...

This is not the time, Ryan.

Today wasn't... wasn't
really meant to be.

You know, these, uh,
these chance encounters

that we keep having,

no matter how enjoyable
they are,

they really do have to stop.

Is there anyone else
out there with you, hmm?

It looks like it's, uh... it's
just you and... and me.

No. It... it's not
the time to end.

You know, the story
is still being written,

and frankly, it is, uh... it is
proving quite challenging.

That's what I was
calling you about.

Your character is in question.

See, we've got to get it right.

The death of your father,

that was your defining moment,

am I correct?

You do realize that the FBI's

about to descend on this place?

You're done, Joe.

Well, then there is, uh,
absolutely no reason

to keep this

battered little boy
alive, is there?

Shall I kill him?
Shall I kill him, Ryan?

Aah!

Stop, stop!

What?
Ok, ok!

Hello.

It looks like you took

a pretty nasty blow
to the head there.

Jacob Wells.

It's nice to finally meet you.

I see you made it out of the
farmhouse in one piece.

What about your friend Paul?

Well, he wasn't so lucky.

And Emma?

Where's she?

Really? You want
to chat?

We can be friends and stuff?

I am going to kill you.

Indulge me.

Help me to understand
what happened to you.

Paul and Emma, it's easy to see

the trouble in their past,

but you...

you're a golden boy
from a golden family.

It's not so obvious.

Why'd you drop out
of medical school?

Because I didn't
want to be a doctor.

Like your father?

Your family is truly golden.

Jacob, tell me what
it is I'm not seeing.

Open your mouth again,

and I stab you.

Is this really the time
to play games, Joe?

You father, retired
from the Albany PD,

goes into a corner store
during a robbery.

If you know
the story...

Well, where were you?

This is sloppy of you, Joe.

No. This is insane
of me.

Now your father, he walks
into the store, hmm?

Where were you?

Ok. Ok. I was outside.

I was in the car.

I... I... I heard
gunshots.

I just stood there,

and I knew he was gonna
pull the trigger...

but he didn't.

You were spared.

Why do you think that was?

He panicked, he was on drugs,

pure luck, I don't know.

Luck. Luck is a word you should
never be allowed to use, Ryan.

Do continue.

Blood was everywhere.

I'd never seen blood like that.

And he was still alive?

Yeah.

He was still breathing.

I knelt down, but...

there were a lot... a lot of people
around him trying to help him,

so I just... watched.

Watched?
Watched what?

What the hell?

I watched him die.

And this was the first person

you... you had seen die.

Yes.

And there was nothing
you could do about it.

You couldn't save him.

What about the man
who robbed the store?

What happened to him?

They found him 3 days later.
Drug overdose.

Oh. Drugs bought with the money
obtained from the robbery.

Yes.

Hmm. A kind of justice
prevailed then,

and the world is...
is sometimes fair.

No.

Never.

Why do you think

you are surrounded...

by death?

Seeing your father dying,

did it not fuel you?

I don't know, Joe.

Did it not...

motivate you to...
to want to do good?

It is clearly why you want
to help others, save others.

Every life is... is Ryan
Hardy's responsibility.

Oh. Ryan, the narcissism
in that is...

is truly beautiful.

No. That's not true.

Then what...

what drives you?

What drives you?

Death.

Death does.

It, uh,

it fuels me.

Me, too.

Isn't that what
you want to hear?

It fuels me, too.

We both seek it out.

No, no. I don't...
I don't seek it out.

Oh, yes, you do.
It motivates your...

your every move, Ryan,

but why?

That's... that's what
we all want to know.

What did you do

to deserve your place in life?

Nothing.

It just is.

We are...
so alike, Ryan.

It is through death

that we both live.

I got worried.
You've been down here a long time.

Yes. I'd been wondering when
you'd work that one out.

Somebody killed Vince.

Here's how we're gonna do this.

If Ryan so much as
moves a hair,

put a bullet through
the pretty lady's head.

I think you should
put your gun down.

Now kick it to me.

It's a fine story, Ryan.

I shall have to embellish
it somewhat,

add a twist,
a little... pffooo... flair,

something anyway,

but thank you.

It's, uh, been
a great help to me.

I'm good. Go!

So Daniel Monroe
wasn't a member

of Carroll's club, but
he helped set it up.

He introduced Carroll to
some of the Freedom 13.

So you think Joe's in the area?

According to Monroe, he is.

Ok. Let's comb
the county.

How's the, uh...

You know, I played
softball as a kid.

I walked into a bat once.

It's a little worse than that.

Hey.

Just wanted to let
you know that I was back.

Joey... bless him...
fast asleep.

How was your day?

I can't.
I can't, Joe.

Mine was particularly,
uh... difficult.

Will you, uh...
will you drink with me?

I've done all the
pretending I can do today.

Oh. I've barely
seen you today.

It's not gonna work, Joe.

Oh. Oh, come on.

We've been through all this.

No. Your plan.

The one you're writing
about in your new book.

I read it.

It's not...

it's not done yet.

Do you honestly think you're
gonna get away with this?

You shouldn't have
read that, Claire.

Believe me, it wasn't easy.

I guess you haven't
really learned anything

since your last book.

Don't...

As Joe Carroll's
murderous rampage continues,

we are slowly learning
the identities

of this killer cult.

One of his followers
is Jacob Wells.

The son of a prominent
Virginia surgeon,

Jacob lived a life
of privilege and wealth,

yet he became one of Carroll's
most devoted followers

after dropping out
of medical school.

Enraged by that decision,

his father cut Jacob off
financially...

Hello? Hello?

Dad.

Jacob, is that you?

Jacob?

♪ You look like
you've had enough ♪

♪ said nothing is
in the telephone wire ♪

♪ you've got nothing ♪

♪ to hide ♪

♪ He says, "Torture me"... ♪

I know you're upset with me.

You've been ignoring me.

Yes.

♪ Hooray for love ♪

Yes, I have.

♪ Hooray for love ♪

♪ I'm looking up ♪

♪ I'm looking up ♪

♪ but the sky is deceiving ♪

How you feeling?

They're taking me
to a local hospital.

Want to run some tests,
but I'm fine.

You had me worried today.

I went too far, I know.

Not used to almost dying.

Makes it harder
to do the right thing.

Isn't always black and white.

No. You just got to
make sure

that you don't do something
you can't live with

because then you're gonna
spend your whole life

just trying to make it right.

You mean, your dad.

I mean, you were young.

What could you have
done about it?

I don't need no more.

Just a little more.
Come on.

I'm good.

No. Come on. Take it.

Just a little bit more.

Take it.

Hey, Ryan.

I want to introduce
you to someone.

All right.
Get some rest, huh?

This is Sheriff Nelson
of Havenport,

neighboring town.

Evening.

So you really think
Joe Carroll and his people

are in the area, huh?

We think it's worth
checking out.

Whatever we can do to help.

Great.