The Following (2013–2015): Season 3, Episode 10 - Evermore - full transcript

Tell me something,
Ryan.

Your dreams...
Am I in them?

So how do
we do this?

I have so much
to teach you.

I'm the most
important relationship

in your life.

You're a disease.

Tomorrow night
when they kill you,

I'll be cured.

Ryan Hardy declined
your invitation

to attend
your execution.



- There must be some mistake.
- I'm afraid not.

[Ryan] I don't want to
lose you, doc.

I'm gonna do better.

I'll be out
in a minute.

Where's Penny?

She's been gone
several days.

[Mike] Why hit the office
of Strauss' paralegal?

[Ryan] There's got to be something
hidden there that we missed.

I'm in.

Strauss used
a special code

to protect his secrets

that can only
be deciphered

using a key phrase
chosen by the creator,

but I think Strauss
entrusted you.



Give me what I want,

I will punish Ryan Hardy
for both of us.

Ryan Hardy
belongs to me.

I'm sorry, Theo.

I'm not ready to
pass on the torch

while I still have
a card left to play.

[indistinct chatter]

[buzzer]

[siren]

[light switch clicks]

[indistinct chatter]
[camera shutter clicking]

[woman yells]

[man] Pay for what
he's done!

[scraping]

[crowd shouting outside]

[keys jingling]

[door rolling]

Welcome to the last day
of your life.

[door slams]

The Following S03E10
"Evermore"

Sync and corrected by
Gianluca Belfiglio

This is a day many thought
would never come.

Joe Carroll, the murderous
cult leader responsible

for killing dozens
while terrorizing the country,

is due to be executed
tonight at midnight.

[telephone ringing]

It was a little over
a year ago that Carroll's

reign of terror was
finally brought to an end

by FBI Agent Ryan Hardy.

Since his recapture,
Carroll has been kept...

You're pretty popular.

Yeah. Every reporter
in the universe

is calling me, asking me
for a comment.

I'm actually hoping
Theo's cyber attack

shuts my phone down.

I couldn't sleep,
so I... Breakfast.

Might be
a little cold.

[reporter] 23 hours a day
under constant surveillance.

Our source inside
the prison confirms

Carroll has
no visitors scheduled.

Even Ryan Hardy has declined
to attend his execution.

[turns off tv]

Hey.

Why are you doing
this to yourself?

You should try
and forget about it.

I know. Easier said
than done,

but seriously,
skip work.

Let's go see
a movie or something.

That's
a really nice idea,

but I think I would
be climbing the walls

inside of 5 minutes.

Got to keep busy.

[smooches]

I'll call you later.

[door opens, closes]

[breathing sharply]

[buzzer]
[door slams]

[footsteps]

[Joe] Ah.
Miss Thompson.

Are you the cruise director
for today's execution?

The court has asked me
to make sure

that your rights
are protected

during the execution
process.

Otherwise, I'd be
watching from home

with a bowl of popcorn.

[Joe] Tell me, is this
the first time

you're witnessing
a death up close?

Yes.

Don't be surprised if you
get a little, uh, turned on.

[buzzer]

[door shuts]

Good morning, gentlemen.

D-Day, Joe.

Got my eye
on your cell.

Sadly for you,
it is reserved for celebrities,

not plebian killers
with mommy issues.

[pounds on cell door] You're be the one
that's gonna be crying for his mama

when those
chemicals go in.

[prisoner screaming]

Hey. What's the pool
up to?

1,500.

[Ryan] What pool?

[Sloan] How long it
will take Joe to die.

Over/under
4 minutes.

You want in
on it?

I'll pass.

So where are we at
with Theo?

[Max] He's definitely the one who
got Gary posted on death row.

Cyber found
the backdoor he used

to hack into
the prison server.

They closed it.

Why do you think Theo
reached out to Joe?

Ruining my
credit rating isn't

gonna satisfy him
for long.

He's getting ready
to come after me,

and he's smart
enough to know that

he's gonna need help
if he wants to survive.

[engine shuts off]

[car door closes]

[man coughs]

[coughing]

What the hell you
doing with her?

I asked you
a question!

[knife clicks]

You need to think hard
about this moment, son.

Your whole life has
led up to it.

Two roads face you,

and one stretches
into the distance.

Let's call that
enlightenment, rehab,

career, family.

The other one ends
in about 10 seconds.

That one's
simply called death.

[groans]

[gagging]

[splat]

[doctor] Morning, Joe.

Who's your friend?

Jim Vail. I'm the Governor's
Chief of Staff,

and I'm here to make sure
your execution

goes off
without a hitch.

Well, I'm sure it will
play big in the governor's

upcoming campaign.

Well, h... how about
I endorse him

with my final words?

For God's sakes,
don't do that.

[doctor] Let's get started.

[clicks]

I'm gonna let you
out of the chair,

but try anything,
and Officer Price

is gonna light you up
with a stun baton.

Come on, guys.

Don't make me file
a petition with the court

for cruel and unusual
punishment.

[grunting]
[flesh piercing]

[zap]

[grunting]
[body thuds]

Don't!

Hold on, hold on
just... just a minute.

[zap]
Agh!

On the floor.

[alarm blaring]

Now!

[zapping]

[grunting]
[zapping]

You didn't think killing me
was gonna be easy, did you?

Hmm?

How bad?

It's a nightmare.
He killed two guards.

He locked himself
in the infirmary,

he's got 3 hostages,
including

the Governor's
Chief of Staff.

We're gearing up
our sort team to go in now.

No. You do that,
and Joe starts killing people,

the VIP will be first.

The longer we wait,
the more time he has

to barricade himself in.

[Joe] Good morning, warden.

As you can see, I have rescheduled
today's activities,

and I would hate to be
interrupted by the Riot Squad,

who I can see
quite clearly

on the security monitor,

so all prison personnel
must therefore pull back

from this cell block
immediately,

and if they don't,

a hostage will die.

If you cut the feed
to my security camera,

a hostage will die.

In fact, the only way
a hostage won't die

is if you acquiesce
to my final demand...

Ryan Hardy,

and if he is not here
within the next two hours,

everybody dies.

[car horn honking]

[inhales]

[traffic noise in distance]

[clatter]

[metal rattling]

[chain clanging]

Ohh!

[muffled grunts]

Hey.

He scared the crap
out of me.

[man whimpers]

Sorry.

I didn't think you'd
be awake yet.

[whimpering]

I'm assuming you gave
Rehema the day off.

The whole week.

Did you get...

Of course.

Ohh. God.

Spoon. [exhales]

[spoon clinking]

Mmm.

Wait.

Where's Josh?

Who?

He was with me
at the house.

[bag rustling]

Did you kill him?

No.

Damn it.

I liked him.

T, you can't keep
doing this.

I can take care
of myself.

You're my
little sister, Penny.

I've been protecting you
since I was 10 years old,

and I'm not
gonna stop now.

You just need to stop
partying so much.

Yeah. Says the guy
with an Asian man

tied up
in his study.

Who the hell is he
anyway?

His name is
Frank Sakamoto,

and he's the nation's
top academic cryptologist,

and he's been
completely useless.

What's going on
with you?

It's not like you to bring
a kill into the house.

You really don't know,
do you?

You haven't been
watching the news?

You killed Strauss?

And now Ryan Hardy's
after you?

This is the end, T.

Our cover lives
are blown.

They get to you,
they get to me.

Why do you think I had
to pull you in?

We're gonna need to
move quickly on this.

What the hell
are we gonna do?

I have a plan.

[sighs]

If it works,
we can disappear.

[cell phone chimes]

You got to be
kidding me.

What?

[reporter] It's been almost
two hours since Joe Carroll

took hostages
inside death row.

Ryan Hardy and his team
have arrived

at the Virginia State
Penitentiary.

Hardy, of course, is one the most
high-profile FBI agents.

He apprehended Carroll

and helped put him
on death row.

[radio chatter]

Where do we stand?

[warden] Joe's made
no further contact.

We're lined up,
ready to go,

but given how he's
set up in there,

I don't like
our chances.

The governor's declared
armed intervention

to be a last resort.

He's pinning his hopes
on you defusing

the situation
from inside.

There's no way he
lets me in there

without
searching me,

and the last thing
we want is to

increase
his firepower.

You can't go in
unarmed.

It's the only way.

I just need
a minute.

[female reporter] Joe Carroll
has taken hostages

inside death row.

[cell phone ringing]

Ryan.

Hey.

Please tell me
you're not going in there.

I have to.

What if he's planning
to kill you again?

"When I die,
you die," remember?

No. Joe doesn't
want me dead.

He just wants
a witness.

I'm scared.

Gwen, I...
I got to go.

Wait!

I need to tell
you something.

Tell me after.

- Ryan!
- I love you.

Ryan!
[cellphone beeps]

[cellphone thuds]

[indistinct chatter, shouting]

[woman] Kill the killer!

[man] Down
with Joe Carroll!

This is murder!

[male reporter] Just moments ago,
we saw FBI Agent Ryan Hardy

exit the
mobile command center

and enter the main entrance
of the prison.

[female reporter] Several hostages
inside the prison.

We cannot confirm who
those hostages...

[indistinct chatter]

Ryan.

You get the chance,
you put him down.

Mike's right.
Kill him if you can.

This has to end.

If something happens,

take care
of each other.

[beep, buzzer]

[buzzer]

[buzzer]

[prisoner] Where'd
everybody go?

[pounding on door]

Hey. You're the guy
that caught Joe!

What the hell
is going on?

Aah! Aah!
[pounding continues]

[prisoners continue shouting]

[buzzer]

[door shuts]

Ryan.

My old friend.

You came.

Take off your jacket
and shirt, please.

What, you don't
trust me?

Remove your jacket
and shirt, please, Ryan,

or a hostage loses
an appendage.

Lift it up
and turn around.

Good. Now there are
some handcuffs on the floor.

Can you pick them
up, please,

and cuff your hands
behind your back?

Not until you release
the hostages.

Sorry. No can do.

I mean it, Joe.

They come out,
or I don't go in.

May I remind you

that you have
absolutely no leverage.

Sure I do.

Good luck
with the Riot Squad.

Uh, fine.
Fine, fine, fine.

I'll release one.
[clothes thud]

No sudden movements.

[whimpering]

Well done.

There's a team waiting
by the entrance.

They'll take you
out. Go.

[door opens, closes]

[handcuffs clicking]

[door latch clicks]

[zap]

[Ryan groans]

Now if you'd only
RVSVPed yes

to my execution,

none of this would have
been necessary.

Agh!
[zap]

This was
Strauss' journal.

It's a new cipher,

one I've never
seen before,

some kind of polyalphabetic
substitution.

And Saka-Whathisname
can't figure it out?

Sakamoto. No.

The key is a phrase,
but it's long.

Without knowing
the source,

it's virtually
impossible to crack.

Why do you even need
this notebook?

- What's in it?
- A name.

Someone with the power
to give me

my anonymity back...

After I take out
Ryan Hardy.

Are you kidding?

He caught Strauss
and Joe Carroll.

You need to
leave him alone.

Not an option.

That's your
problem, T.

You always
have to win.

And we're alive
because of it,

because I do
whatever it takes

to give us what we never
had as kids... Control.

And I love you
for it,

but taking on Ryan Hardy
and the FBI

is crazy.

I will make him suffer
for what he's done.

I think Joe Carroll
might be taking care of that.

[Joe sighing]

[mechanism clicks]

[gasping]

Hi.

You're awake.

What am I doing
here, Joe?

Up.
[clicks and metallic clanging]

Up, up,
up, up, up.

[Joe] What does it always
come down to with us, huh?

The truth.

You... You can fool
everyone else,

but you can't
fool me.

I can quite clearly see
that y... [sighs]

that you are a man
in crisis.

Y... Y... You could hide behind
that macho facade of yours,

but you're suffering,
and I know why.

So do I.

- You.
- [Joe scoffs]

Heh. You so desperately
want that to be true

because that way,
you don't have to face

the reality of what you
fight so slavishly

every day to deny.

And what reality
is that?

Well, that I am
your soul mate.

Pfft.

Check, please.

Oh, you can mock, yes.

Mock all you like,
but i... if that's not true,

then... then why didn't
you kill me

when you had
the chance?

And please don't give me
any of that "Kumbaya,

I did it to save
my soul" nonsense.

You didn't kill me

because you need me,

and I would be
a terrible friend

if I didn't use
what precious little time

I have left
to help you see that.

So you asked
why you're here.

Well, today, I'm going
to stage an intervention,

and when I'm done,
all you have hidden

will be exposed
because today

you will admit that
I am the most important

relationship
in your life,

not because you think
that's what I want to hear

but because you know

deep in your heart

that it's true,

and if you don't,

we're all gonna die.

[indistinct chatter]

[indistinct words over police radio]

You okay?

Not really.

If I lose Ryan...

He's gonna be okay.

And I'll always
be there for you...

Whether you like it
or not.

[sort commander] Hey. Warden just
got off the phone with the governor.

Looks like he's changing
his mind about waiting.

We're getting ready
to go in.

[Mike] Joe will kill
them if you do.

We need to give
Ryan time.

He's got 10 minutes.

After that,
it's out of my hands.

[Ryan] Come on, Joe.
This is between us.

Let them go.

Hmm. No.

[closes drawer] They form a vital part
of your intervention.

[whimpering]

[coughing]

Jump down.

There we are.

Just jump down there,
darling.

[Joe] Now, Mr. Vail,
would you be so kind

as to strap Dana here to
the examination table?

W... W... Why?

Because I said so.

[whimpering and sobbing]

[Ryan] Joe,
what are you doing?

I thought this was
about me.

Well, it is,
but that's no reason

why I can't
enjoy myself, too.

Ah, Mr. Vail,
would you mind

standing
by the desk?

Ok. So help me
see the truth.

What am I denying?

You have always been

my most
devoted follower.

No one else has
ever felt

as passionately
about me as you do.

I was trying
to stop you.

And in trying to stop me,
you became me.

No. I'm not
like you, Joe.

I don't have a need
to kill.

I think your body count
might say otherwise.

If I didn't pull
that trigger,

innocent people
would die.

I saved lives.

Oh, boy. No.

This is just
going nowhere.

I'm gonna have to
take it up a notch.

Dana darling,
I'm gonna take out your eye.

Wait. Wait, wait, wait!

Please! No! Wait!

Make me.

When I first came
here to see you,

you asked me if you
were in my dreams.

[Dana sobbing]

You are.

In what capacity?

[gasps]

In...

In my dreams...

we're friends.

We...

drink together.

And?

And you're teaching me
to kill.

[Dana breathing heavily]

Oh.

I'm proud
of you, Ryan.

It cannot have been
easy to admit.

What do you think
your dreams are telling you?

That you
screwed up my head.

Oh, no. I think
they're telling you

that we are friends,

best of friends.

You... You see me
for who I really am

as I see you for
who you really are.

You don't know me.

Oh, come on, Ryan.

You know that's
a lie.

I am the only one

who knows
the real you.

Come on. Tell me.

What are you
so afraid of?

That you're right.

Of course I am.

Don't tell me that
you didn't enjoy

killing the man
who murdered your father

or Debra Parker's
killer.

No.

Then what?

Come on, Ryan.

Confess what you
know to be true.

What do you get

out of pulling
that trigger?

Satisfaction...

Power...

And that's what
felt good.

Thank you, Ryan.

That's all I was
looking for...

[sniffs]

Just a little bit
of honesty.

[handcuffs clicking]

I can accept
my fate

because you have
finally admitted

that I'm right.

Unh! Ohh!

[coughs]

Ugh. Whew! Ha!

Ahh.

And am I, Joe?

What are you doing?

Trying to get a look
inside the prison.

I hid a backdoor
in their server. [typing]

I got to hand it
to Joe.

Guy knows how
to make an exit.

What are those?

Controls
for the prison.

From here, I can do
anything I want.

I can just turn off
the cameras,

open the doors.

If I wanted to, I could lock
the whole place down.

Oh, boy.

[reporter] ...whether or not
this was all part

of Joe Carroll's plan.

[Max] Hey.
Wait a minute.

Something's
happening.

[Mike] It's Ryan.
He did it.

[keyboard clanking]

What are you doing?

Protecting you
from yourself.

[prisoners shouting]

[buzzer]

Whoa!

Hoo hoo hoo!

[Mike] Wait. Who the hell
opened those doors?

[sort commander] Wasn't us.

Hey. We need to get in there now.
[keypad beeping]

Open the damn doors!
[keypad beeping]

Can't. The whole system
just went down.

Damn.

Guess karma really
does exist.

Back up!
Back the hell up!

[zap]

[gasps, grunts]

[punching sound]

[Ryan gasping]

[fighting noise continues]

Think we should do
a little hostage taking of our own,

see what we can get
for them.

Knock
yourselves out.

Joe's gonna show
me his cell,

the one he doesn't think
I'm good enough for.

I'm gonna redecorate
it with his brains.

Yeah. That's...
That's not actually

what brains are for,
but...

Get behind me!

Hey, baby.
Come here.

Let me get
a look at you.

[Vail] Hey!

Hey!
[footsteps departing]

Aah!
[footsteps departing]

It's cool. Do what
you got to do.

So you think we need
your permission?

What? No.
[flesh piercing]

What are you doing?
Don't kill him!

[coughing]

[grunting]

[gagging]

Just keep pressure on it.

Wait! Where are
you going?

Wait. You can't
leave me.

Aah! Ohh!

Unh!

[whimpering]

Ohh. Stop now.
Please stop! No.

No! [sreaming]

[whimpering]

[screaming] Stop!

Unh! Aah!

[Dana screaming]

[punching sound]
[gasps and grunts]

[blood splashing]

[panting]

It's okay.

You're safe now.

[panting continues]

[sobbing]

[door opens, closes]

Get.

Fancy.

Yeah.

You're an
eye guy, right?

No. Calling me
an eye guy

is like calling Rembrandt
a decorator.

Who the hell's
Rembrandt?

[grunting]

[gagging]

Ohh! Agh!

[gasps, grunts]

[gagging]

[punching sound]

[panting]

[man] Come on,
come on.

[buzzer]

[sort commander] All right.
Let's go. Move. Come on.

[coughing]

[buzzer]

[rushing footsteps]

Move in.

Thank God!

Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm good.

[reporter] We can now report
the hostage crisis

inside the Virginia
State Penitentiary is over.

The number of casualties
still unknown.

Though, the FBI
has yet to confirm

the names of those killed
inside the prison today...

Hostage crisis
is over.

Looks like
Joe and Ryan both survived.

You have no idea what
the hell you almost did.

You almost blew
this whole thing.

Ok. So you can
big brother me,

kill my boyfriends,

criticize
my life choices,

and if I try to look after you,
I'm out of line?

- Penny.
- You need to drop

this Ryan Hardy
nonsense, T.

If this contact
can help us,

let's crack
the code, go to him.

You and me,
we can disappear together.

You don't get it.
He won't do it voluntarily.

I need leverage
to make it happen.

What kind
of leverage?

[female reporter] ...we saw
Ryan Hardy...

Him.

His death is the key
to our future.

[cellphone beeps]

[cell phone ringing]

Are you okay?

Yeah. It's over.

Is Joe dead?

No, and I don't know
what's gonna happen

with his execution, but I need
to stick around to see.

What?!
Are you kidding?

I need to get closure
on this, Gwen.

I don't expect
you to understand.

Good because I don't.

It seems like you're
giving him what he wants.

You told me you could
handle anything.

I need you
to handle this.

[beep]

[Penny] So you're
a genius hacker.

A code is, like,
the ultimate password.

How do you hack
someone's password?

You study them, you understand
what's important.

Okay. So the same
thing here.

He wouldn't have
picked a random phrase.

He would have picked it from a source
that meant something to him.

It's got to be a book,
but I looked

through all the books that
the FBI took from his house.

None of them work.

He wouldn't have
kept it in his house.

You said you went
to Joe. Why?

Because Joe knew Strauss
better than anyone.

And you checked
Joe's books?

Yes. All the books
that they had in common.

[typing]

But I should have checked
the books in Joe's library

that Strauss should have
had in his.

Lovecraft. Strauss quoted
him a few times.

Let's see.

[typing, beeping]

"That is not dead
which can eternal lie,

and with strange aeons
even death may die."

[typing and beeping resume]

It's working.

Come on.

T, that's not a name.

No.

It's a location.

[female reporter] The nation
holds its breath tonight

as we wait for word
on the governor's decision.

Our legal experts predict
he'll have no choice

but to postpone
Carroll's execution.

[buzzer]

[door opens]

[door shuts]

[crowd shouting outside]

Why?

Why did today
have to happen?

Because you are
my real legacy, Ryan,

and I needed you
to know it,

and now that you...

admitted
we are brothers,

I can die,

knowing that
I will live on

through you.

Governor has ordered
your execution to proceed

as scheduled.

They're coming to take
you in a few minutes.

Uh, Ryan.

A parting gift.

Your man Theo,

he was born
of violence

in the City
of Brotherly Love.

Heh.

Good-bye, Joe.

Good-bye, Ryan.

[buzzer]

[door opens]

[door shuts]

[buzzer]

Oh.

[motor whirring]

[warden] Joe Carroll,
the State of Virginia

has sentenced you to die
for your many crimes.

Do you have
any final words?

[sighs]

Quoth "The Raven"...

"Nevermore."

[liquid hissing]

[beeping]

[inhales deeply]

[gasps]

[groans]

Uhh!

[gasps]

Unh!

Ohh! Unh!

Yehh!

[grunts]

[gags]

Unh. Chh.

Unnnh. Nnnn.

[taking shallow breaths]

[flatline]

The time of death
is 12:11 am.

[clack, motor whirring]

♪ Sabrosa Purr's ♪
♪ "The Lovely People" playing ♪

♪ Hello, I can see you ♪

♪ I can feel you ♪

♪ I can smell
you there ♪

♪ I know what you're thinking ♪

♪ what you're drinking ♪

♪ and you almost care ♪

♪ All the pretty people
lined up ♪

♪ throwing up their pointing
and pinky fingers in the air ♪

♪ All the sing-along
scenesters... ♪

- Hi.
- Hi.

Bad day?

[song continues]

Two shots of whiskey,
please.

♪ All the lovely people,
come on in ♪

Hope it helps.

♪ Oh, no, I can see
you have an issue ♪

♪ and it's hard to bear ♪

[cell phone ringing]

♪ All the pretty people
lined up ♪

♪ throwing up their pointing
and pinky fingers in the air ♪

♪ All the sing-along
scenesters ♪

♪ with suicidal hair ♪

♪ All the pretty people ♪

Here's to you.

No.

Here's to us.

♪ All the lovely people,
come on in ♪

♪ All the lovely people ♪

Again.

♪ come on in ♪

Sync and corrected by
Gianluca Belfiglio