The Following (2013–2015): Season 2, Episode 12 - Betrayal - full transcript

You're gonna get through this, Mike.

We both are.

How uncharacteristically
optimistic of you, Ryan.

You should do that more often.

What?

Smile.

Joe said to give you another chance.

I hope you don't disappoint him,

but I have a feeling you will.

Hello?

Darling.



Mom?

I'm bringing you home.

Carrie: Lily Gray has taken
center stage

by impersonating Carroll and his followers

in order to free her imprisoned son.

You clever little viper.

Ryan: We're gonna find
Lily Gray and Joe Carroll.

I don't see it.

Optimism.

There's a serpent in our garden,

one who seduces our troubled

brothers and sisters with his lies.

I'm speaking to you, Joe Carroll.

I'm speaking to you.



Hello?

Mandy: Mark?
It's Mandy.

I got your number from the classifieds.

Carroll: If the, uh, good
preacher wants a holy war,

then, by hell, we'll give him one,

and the whole world shall bear witness.

I'm sorry.
I can explain this.

Claire: Ryan.

Claire?

How?

Scott, can you clear the room, please?

Ok, fellas.
Let's go.

Ryan, I'm sorry.
Please...

Get out now.

I didn't want to keep this from you...

Leave.

You ok?

Ryan, please say something.

There's a headstone with your name on it.

I'm so sorry.

I don't understand.

What happened?

I survived.

They took me straight
from the hospital to WITSEC

with... with Joey
and my mom.

You were dead.

That's all I had.

I know.

Sometimes, I dream...

It's ok.

I'm real.

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I begged them to let me see you,

and they kept talking about protocol

and secrecy, and everything

was happening so fast, I all I knew was

that I had to protect Joey.

Did Mike know where you were?

No. No.
Only that I was alive.

He didn't know where,
so please don't blame him.

One call. I would have
joined you.

Just because we thought Joe was dead,

it didn't mean it was over.

There were others out there, Ryan.

I couldn't ask that of you.

That was not your decision to make, Claire.

That was mine, no one else's.

I did it for Joey.

It had to be about him.

I'm sorry. It's not the
way this should go.

How's Joey?

Uh, it's tough.

My mom's been great with him.

He's seeing a specialist,
so he's adjusting.

He's better.

You look good.

The hair?
You kidding me?

It takes a lot of work
to make it look this bad.

I'm staring right at you, and
I can't believe you're here.

Not a day goes by I don't think about you.

And Joe.

This needs to end, Ryan.

Living in the shadows is no way to live.

I want to finish this.

How?

By killing Joe.

And how are you gonna do that?

We can do it together.

I'm the last thing he's gonna see coming,

so if we can just surprise him...

Claire. You need to
go back to Joey.

You were safe there.

I'm not safe anywhere, Ryan,

and neither is Joey, not until Joe is dead.

Evil comes in many disguises.

Goodness, my friends,

does not skulk

behind some cheap $5.00 mask.

Goodness shows its beautiful
face to the world.

To all his misguided followers,
I say to you,

Joe Carroll is not the savior.

He's the antichrist.

No, sir. There is only one
true JC who brings salvation,

and that is Jesus Christ,
God's only beloved son.

Amen.

Carrie: Those are
powerful words, Pastor.

You just labeled
Joe Carroll the antichrist.

Well, the devil takes many forms, Carrie.

Carroll is truly a disciple
of all that is evil,

and so I say to you, Joe
Carroll, your followers,

every step you take brings you closer

to the fiery furnaces of Hell.

Repent, repent now.

Beg the Lord for His forgiveness.

Why have you made Joe Carroll
your sole mission statement.

Because it's lucrative, Carrie.

Can't you see the man is
wearing a $5,000 suit?

Well, Joe Carroll is waging war

against religion, against God.

The evil must be stopped.

But you're also promoting
your yearly convention,

which is selling out at
record speed, I understand.

There wouldn't be another
motive, would there, Pastor?

Good girl, Carrie.

Yes. Take the man
to task.

Religion is a business,

and Joe Carroll is good for ticket sales.

The bloody hypocrite.

My motive, Carrie, is to defeat evil.

Ugh.

Wherever I may...

You really hate this man?

Oh, I hate religion.

I hate the hypocrisy of it,

and that man exemplifies precisely that.

Do you even believe in God, Joe?

Please. Whose God?
Heh heh.

You know, there are over 2,000 gods

that the sheep of this world
have chosen to believe in.

So, no. No. I do not believe in any god.

No. I made that
mistake once before,

and I'm not about to make it again.

It's men like Kingston Tanner

that preach nothing
but... but lies.

You know, religion is responsible

for far more bloodshed
than I could ever be.

It's only good
for one thing... power,

and death is its...
is its greatest ally.

But why choose Kingston
Tanner as your target?

Oh, no, no. No.
He chose me.

He's been taking my name in
vain to increase his coffers,

so I thought it best
to teach the man a lesson

and show the world what
religion truly represents.

And we will.

Oh, has, uh... has
Tilda called in yet?

Not yet.

Um, have you seen Mandy?

She wasn't at breakfast.

Oh. She's probably
sleeping in.

She's not in her cabin either.

Well, she's around here somewhere.

Carrie: Thank you, Pastor
Tanner, for joining us today.

The pleasure's all mine.

Hey, hey, hey.
It's just me.

You can put that away.

You scared me.

Who are they?

They came along to protect us.

How are you, Mandy?

We've missed you.

Where is your mom?
Where's Luke?

It's probably safer
I don't give you a location,

but you'll see them soon enough.

Where's Joe?

I left Joe.

I told you that on the phone.

I know, but where is he?

I can't tell you.

He doesn't want anyone to know.

Hey.

It's just us.

Come on. Where is he?

I'm sorry, Mark.
I can't tell you.

Ok. No worries.

It's really cold.

Let's get moving.

It's a long drive.

That would be nice.

Mother is so looking forward to seeing you.

She's baking a cake.

Do you like chocolate?

Who doesn't like chocolate?

Huh.

This way.

Thank you, Pastor.
It was a great segment.

I hope your convention is a huge success.

We did the Lord's work today, Carrie.

Bless you.

Thank you.

- A little more, huh?
- That's good.

[Horn honks]

What's she doing?

Step away from the car.

Unh!

It's for you.

Hello?

Miss Cooke, it's Joe Carroll.

I'm gonna give you a world exclusive.

I'm gonna need you to broadcast
a new message from me.

Failure to obey me will result
in your death and the death

of everyone you hold dear,
et cetera, et cetera.

Have a good day now.

_

Carrie.

You ok?

Better than my bodyguards.

One of them got it bad.

He's in intensive care.

Sorry.

It was Joe Carroll.

He sent me a message.

Just know I've made a copy.

Have you looked at it?

No. I've been questioned
nonstop.

He said he'd kill me if
I didn't broadcast it.

He's up to something.

It's happening today.

We need to get you someplace safe.

You've got full protection
from this second on.

You don't go to the bathroom by
yourself, do you understand?

Safest thing for me to do,
Ryan, is to air this video.

It could be a coded message
from Joe to his followers.

I don't care. If I refuse,
he kills me and my family.

Please just wait until I've
looked at it, all right?

Don't do anything without talking to me.

Please.

Can I spend the night?

I feel safer at your place with you.

I'm gonna find you later,
and we'll talk then, ok?

I want you to do everything
that your security detail asks.

You got to stay safe.

Ok?

Yeah, of course.

Call me.

We're here.

Hello, sweetie.

How are you?

Where am I?

Somewhere safe.

Let me get a look
at you. Ha ha!

I've missed you.
How have you been?

Fine.

She won't tell me where Joe is.

That's ok.
We have Mandy.

Who needs Joe?

Let's get you inside somewhere warm.

Claire: So Carrie Cooke
gave this to you,

the woman who wrote the book?

She was trying to be helpful.

In the name of God, churches
have waged war for profit,

religions have tortured and killed,

false prophets have used faith to mask

their own sins and deceit,

masks they refuse to remove.

Well, I dare to expose them,

and even if I have to rip
their flesh in the process,

their masks will be removed.

Hypocrites like Kingston Tanner,
living in his luxury mansion,

will be exposed.

If there is a God, then I am his creation,

and I am the truth.

His own son said, "Do not think
I came to bring peace on Earth.

I did not come to bring
peace but a sword."

His own son said, "Do not think I
came to bring peace on Earth."

Joe quoting the Bible, that's new.

His family was very religious.

He always had a lot of anger
when it came to religion.

He became an atheist.

One more thing we have in common.

I believe in God.

God is hope, and there is always hope.

This coming from the woman that
wants to kill her ex-husband.

I'm not a saint, Ryan.

So Joe is waging war on God and religion.

You know, Kingston Tanner's been

talking about him a lot in the press.

He could be Joe's next target.

Joe's quoting "Matthew."

"Jesus said, I did not come
to bring peace but a sword,"

but he omitted the last part...

"I came to set a man against his father

and a daughter
against her mother."

Does Tanner have children?

I'm gonna call Clarke and let
him know what's going on.

Or we could just go ourselves.

Listen. If this could
lead us to Joe,

I don't want anyone getting in the way

of us putting a bullet in is head.

Kingston Tanner has one son.

He goes to Northfield in Connecticut.
Great. Let's go.

No, no. I'm not gonna put you
in that kind of jeopardy.

Ryan, I'm not a victim. I'm here.
I'm here to help.

And what about the marshals in the hall?

They're not gonna let
you out of their sight.

Oh, like you don't know how to slip them.

Ohh.

All right.

Give me 10 minutes to distract them.

I'll text you when you're
clear to come down.

Ok.

Mike told me.
You ok?

Yeah, I'm good.

Why'd she show up?
Why now?

Let's talk about it later.

I think Kingston Tanner's son
may be Joe's next target.

Wait. The
televangelist's son?

Yeah.

Where is he?

Northfield College.

I need you to go back to the apartment,

get me a campus address and
any other information you can

dig up on this kid, ok?

Will do.

Hey. Keep an eye
on Claire, all right?

She's gonna be mad
that I left her up there.

What, me?

I've never even met her.

Introduce yourself.

She'll like you.

[Cell phone chimes]

_

Uh, Claire. Hi. I'm Max.
I'm Ryan's niece.

Hi. Where's Ryan?

He left.

He left?

Yeah. I mean,
you know Ryan.

He was never gonna let you go.

He went to the college alone.

He's with Mike.

[Sighs]

_

Frat house is just around the corner.

Let's drive around a little,
work out escape routes.

[Knocking on window]

Afternoon, officer.
Is there a problem?

What business do you have on campus?

Oh. Well, we're, uh...
we're visiting a friend,

but I think maybe I wrote
down the address wrong.

Perhaps you could, uh...
you could take a look.

Please stay in the car.

I'm sorry.

We're gonna need you to come with us.

[Grunting]

Hold it.

Clear.

I want you to understand about Claire.

You don't have to explain.

I need to.

This happened right after we dug up Debra.

Her face was still in my head,

and there was no way I was gonna let

Joey or Claire end up that way.

I mean, you were in surgery.

I asked myself what
you would want for Claire,

and I knew that you would
put Claire's safety

above everything else,
even your own feelings.

Ok.

I wanted to tell you.

I got it, Mike.

We're good.

[Door shuts]

What is this?

Footage from the surveillance cameras.

Mandy last night.

She left, Joe.
She's gone.

Lily: I thought,
"Lovely Mandy's coming.

What should we have?"

Then I thought, "Chocolate cake.

Mandy's sure to adore
chocolate cake."

Go on. Have a lick.
Ha ha ha!

Hmm?

Mm-hmm.

Ha ha ha!

I like this house.

Is it yours, too?

I have secret homes
across the world, Mandy.

Will we go see them?

That depends.

On what?

I had such dreams for us...

Venezuela, sand, sun, love.

I wanted that, too.

It didn't happen, though, did it?

My beautiful family was destroyed,

my son brutally beaten and imprisoned,

and you... you left
me for Joe.

I'm sorry, Lily.
I truly am.

Everything was so confusing.

I had no choice but to go with him.

So now you've chosen me.

Please understand that this time

I need to be certain you won't betray me.

I won't.
I promise.

Good.

So tell me where Joe is.

Joe is like a father to me, Lily.

I don't want to be with him,

but I can't betray him.
I'm sorry.

Mandy dear, I just want to
make things right with Joe.

I do not intend to bring him harm.

Miss Lily, I was born
at night but not last night.

I know better.

I want to be a part of your family,

and I will do anything you want me to,

but we have to consider this issue closed.

Where is he, Mandy?

I can't tell you.

And I can't tell you
how sad I am to hear that.

Where you going, Mandy?

Yeah, Mandy.
Where you going?

[Knock on door]

Everything ok?

Yeah. I'm... I'm just going
a little crazy out here.

How is he?

He's been doing well.

I'm glad.
He looks healthy, sober.

Is he going to meetings?

He was up until this.

Yeah, he's doing ok.

He had a good year, or,
you know, I did with him.

So he's moved on?

He's trying.

I'm not here to hurt Ryan.

Last year, when he thought
you died, he fell apart.

I hated what I did to him,

but I had to do what was best for my son.

And I get that, I do.

Just know that I only want
what's best for my uncle.

I understand that.

Ok. If you'll excuse me, I
was making a phone call.

Sorry.

That's ok. Thank you.

[Cell phone ringing]

Hey, Max.

Hey. Where are you guys?

We're en route to the campus.

What do you got on the Preston kid.

He's your typical legacy kid...

straight Cs, suspended license
following his second DUI.

He had a literature class at
noon but no more classes today,

so where you want to find him

is the Alpha Beta Omega fraternity.

Got it. We're on it.
Thanks.

[Video game gunfire]

[Indistinct chatter]

Hey. We're looking
for Preston Tanner.

Have you seen him?

Have you seen Preston?

Uh, no. His room's upstairs,
first on the left.

Thank you.

How long do we wait?

Tilda will text us.

Here. We got to move fast,
take him by surprise.

You got the masks?

Right here.

All right.
And the glue?

Once they have Preston,
Tilda and I will take over.

We'll do the videotape.

You and Lucas take care of the others.

Don't worry.
It's gonna be all right.

Man: I'm busy.

[Woman laughs]

[Rock music playing]

Where's Preston?

Clearly not here.

Mind if we wait for him?

Yeah. You can wait
for him downstairs, fatass.

No, honey, don't.

Remember, we're here for a reason.

So fatty here belongs to you?

On second thought.

[Turns up volume]

Black Lips:
♪ they've got a child ♪

♪ who's misunderstood ♪

What are you doing, dude?

Aah, aah, aah!

No! No!

Unh!

♪ you know it ain't no good ♪

♪ ain't gonna live for tomorrow ♪

♪ you know you never should ♪

Let's just hang out at my dorm.

Your roommate hates me.

True, but she hates everybody.

Is your roommate home?

Yeah, but don't worry.
I'll kick him out.

Maybe we should just study.

This test is tomorrow.

A quickie, and then we study.

You make it sound
so dirty. Ha ha!

Hey. Where is everybody?

Aah!

[Glass shatters, thud]

Oh! Good job!

I don't want to play.

Don't be a party pooper.

It'll be fun.

Ok. You ready?

Truth or dare?

Truth.

Who's your favorite brother?

My favorite brother?
I know this one.

You. You're my
favorite brother.

Correct.

See?! How fun was that?
Ha ha ha!

My turn.

Truth or dare.

Where's Joe Carroll?

I already told you I can't.

Truth or dare.

Ow.

Looks like Mandy chooses dare.

Awesome.

[Whimpering]

Lily, Lily, they're trying to hurt me!

Stop!

Lily, they're
trying to hurt me! Help!

Help! No!

[Screaming]

Tilda: Get on
your knees.

Please, please. You
don't have to do this.

If this is about my dad, just listen.

Robert: Tell the thousands of your
dad's deluded worshippers to get

on their knees and pray.

Let's see what your God does,

this God who scarified his own son.

Lord, help us.

Don't kill me, please!

Quiet, you stupid bitch.

No! Don't
kill her.

Please, God.
Don't kill her.

Don't kill her!
Don't...

Unh!

[Whimpering]

Well, that didn't seem to
work, did it, Preston?

Clearly God's not listening.

Ohh!

Hey. Someone just
pulled up out front.

It's Ryan Hardy.

We have to get Lucas.

He's with the others.

[Knocks on door]

[Video game gunfire]

Hello?

Where the hell is everybody?

[Thud]

[Thud]

[Whispering] Hey, Ryan.

Ohh!

[Grunting]

Ryan: Where is
Joe Carroll?

[Muffled shouts]

Aah!

[Gunshot]

[Groaning]

Get down!
Everybody get down!

Get on the ground now!

Get down! Get
on the ground!

Wait, Mike.
Don't shoot!

Some are kids. The masks have
been glued to their faces.

Tilda: Lucas!

Go, go, go, go, go!

All right.
Everybody, stay down!

Why did she do this to me?

Took her out of Arkansas.

I treated her as my own daughter.

Joe, she's been on here.

Huh?

Look at the history.

What'd you find?

"Baltimore Gazette."

Classifieds.

Oh, you idiot, treacherous girl.

She's gone to Lily.

Does that woman want to usurp
everything that's mine?

What do we do?

She's going to betray us, Joe.

Stop. No.
Are you crazy?

You dial that phone,
and Lily will trace us.

She'll know where we are.

It's a burner phone.

It's Lily. Don't tell me
she hasn't the means

to locate a cell tower.

She'll find us, Joe.

Yeah, yeah.
You're right.

You're absolutely... right.

Damn it.

Joe, no!

No. Ah.

[Vibrating]

Hello?

Hello, Lily.

Joe. This is
a surprise.

It's nice to hear your voice.

Our last good-bye
was a little messy.

It's Joe.

Sweetie, say hello.

Joe.

Are you all right, Mandy?

Mandy: I didn't
tell them.

Honest, I didn't tell them where you are.

You're a silly little girl, Mandy.

What the hell do you think you're doing?

They're gonna kill you.
You know that.

Lily, if you hurt her, I will...

Lily: Oh, heh. Too late.

That ship sailed.

I'm truly touched by
Mandy's loyalty to you,

especially since you abandoned her.

Don't you listen to her, mouse.

I did not abandon you.

No? Then why did she
come running to me?

Tell you what.
Why don't I give you

a chance to prove to dear
Mandy how sorry are you are?

And how exactly would I do that?

Come get her in person.

We have so much catching up to do.

Otherwise, the poor child dies.

Your choice, Joe.

Does Mandy die or not?

Please...

Joe.

I love you, mouse.

Hmm.

I love you, too, Joe.

[Crying]

[Exhales]

Poor baby.

They glued on the masks, hoping
we'd slaughter all the kids.

It's all part of Carroll's game.

Any word on Preston Tanner?

It's looking like they took him.

Where the hell is Ryan?

I'll get him.

[Cell phone ringing]

Mike.

Hey. Where are you?

I'm following them.

They've got the preacher's son.

Tell me where you are.
I'll send air support.

No. I'm going
after them alone.

Ryan, the boy could die.

I got to get Joe.

This is my chance.

I'm sorry I lied to you.

It's not about that.
This is about me

ending Joe for good for all of us.

Hey. Take care
of Claire and Max, please.

Ryan, don't...

Ryan!

[Cell phone clatters]

They're on their way back.

Should be here soon.

Lucas didn't make it, but
they have the preacher's kid.

Did Carrie Cooke do the broadcast?

I can send someone back to deal with her.

It's all my fault.

I obviously didn't convey sufficiently

my desire for you and
Mandy to get along well.

I tried, Joe.

Not hard enough.

She's dead.

Are you blaming me?

She was threatened by our relationship.

She was just trying to find
a place where she belonged.

She didn't belong here.

She was never gonna be one of us, Joe.

You should have left her in Arkansas.

She was mine.

[Muted]

This is Carrie Cooke with another

shocking Joe Carroll exclusive.

Today I received a second video message

delivered by Carroll's followers.

Finally.

Some viewers may find the content

of this footage disturbing.

Carroll on TV:
In the name of God,

churches have waged war for profit,

religions have tortured and killed...

[Knock on door]

False prophets have used
faith to mask their own...

Hey.

Hey. Ryan left.

To go where?

Are you ok?

Yeah, I'm fine.
I've had worse.

Claire: What happened?
Where is Ryan?

Mike: Joe's people
attacked the college,

took Preston Tanner.

Ryan's following them to Joe.

What?!

Don't worry.
We'll track him.

No. I traced his phone.
He dumped it.

They found it 3 miles from campus.

[Knock on door]

I have Carrie Cooke outside
asking to see Ryan.

What do I tell her?

Carrie broadcast Joe's video.

Mind going to the bedroom, Claire?

Ok. Let her in.

You can come in now, Miss Cooke.

I have to talk to Ryan.

He's not here, Carrie.

I tried calling him.

I'm sorry about Joe's video.

Ryan said he'd call, I got scared,

I didn't know what to do.
Where is he?

He found a new trail to
Joe, went off on his own.

On his own? What do you
guys doing about that?

You can trust me. I
just want to help Ryan.

Claire: Miss Cooke, if you
want to help Ryan, help me.

Claire Matthews?

[Woman singing opera]

Mmm.

Delicious cake.

Mm-hmm. Mmm.

Boys, what do you say to Mandy?

Thank you, Mandy.

Awesomely yummy, Mandy.

A toast.

To Mandy.
Welcome to our family.

Luke and Mark: To Mandy.

I'm so sorry about Lucas.

Welcome to Korban, Preston.

It's time for you to pay for
the sins of your father.

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