The Passage (2019–…): Season 1, Episode 5 - How You Gonna Outrun the End of the World? - full transcript

- Previously on The Passage...
- This could alter

the course
of Elizabeth's Alzheimer's.

This is for you.

No, this is for you.

She's ten.

She needs fresh air.

Now we have a bird's-eye view
of Project Noah.

Sierra Thompson died
earlier today

in a single-car accident.

They killed her.

Why did you change your mind



about the execution?

We've got $36 million
invested per viral.

Guess nobody wants to set
that much cash on fire.

There's a guy on the roof.

Amy, Amy.

The virals aren't gonna break
out. We're gonna let 'em out.

No!

- I don't want to die.
- Then don't.

...Anthony!

Whose blood is that?

Who's that?

Horace Guilder.

Deputy director,
Department of Defense.

You had a rough week, Mark.



What the hell's going on
around here?

We're in uncharted territory.

We need to make this thing work.

We're a billion dollars in.

I need some kind
of positive result.

Understood.

He created several
very expensive

tactical technology programs.

He's famous for taking credit
and avoiding blame.

My bet is that he's here because
of what happened to Paulson.

I don't like it.

You want me to keep going?

No.

I just like to know the score.

We have that in common.

How do you feel about getting
the hell out of this place?

You got a plan?

I know you have a relationship

with him,
but why is Brad Wolgast

running around
like he's back on the team?

The consensus was that

it made the little girl
more comfortable.

- What's her name again?
- Amy.

Amy.

When we were up
in that tree house,

I saw that there's a door
outside the mess hall.

The cooks prop it open to smoke.

Smoking is gross.

It is. Never do it.

So they probably disabled
the alarm on that door,

- which means...
- We use it to sneak out.

Then what?
We're just standing outside.

Use that brain.

The slimy old pipe
on the edge of the lawn?

It's not slimy,
and it's not a pipe.

It's a drainage tunnel.

It's probably been
out of service for years.

- It'll take us out of here.
- What about spiders?

There are no spiders.

Brown widows.

You're thinking about them
right now.

The webs getting in your mouth

and your face
while you're crawling

- through that slimy tunnel.
- Okay, stop.

You in or out?

I'm in.

I need to meet with Amy alone.

Get Wolgast away from her.

Can I say again that I think
what you're doing is insane?

I was exposed to Carter's blood.

- So if I turn...
- You're not gonna turn.

The safest place for me is 4B.

I'm not gonna be responsible
for another person's death.

Plus...

takes me out of commission
while Guilder's here.

I'd rather be down
with the vampires.

We don't say "vampire."

Whatever.

What are you gonna tell Guilder?

The truth.

We used science
we didn't understand

to create a lethal species
with superpowers

that we can't control, who seem
hell-bent on destroying us.

Oops.

- Yeah.
- Mm.

Let me know how that goes.

Listen.

If I turn...

You're not gonna turn.

If I turn...

I got you.

One shot.

Right there.
I'll do it myself.

Don't wait.

You're ready for quarantine.

There's someone
I need to see before I go.

We shouldn't stop for long.

Where are we?

Lacey, are you okay?

I feel like something terrible
is gonna happen.

Book of Revelation bad.

What do you do
when you're feeling lost?

I go back to fundamentals.

Start from the beginning,
find what I missed.

I rely on my training.

Okay.

Let's do that, then.

There are things going on

with the test subjects
that we've never seen before.

The evidence suggests
telepathic connection,

not just with each other
but with us.

And it's strategic.

They've aggressively
targeted people.

Hmm. You sound spooked.

You dismiss me at your peril,
Director Guilder.

In my opinion,
the only option is

to end the experiment and
terminate the subjects on 4B.

The girl, too?

No. No, of course not.

Amy's an exception.

She's doing well.

The girl was my idea, sir.

She's still within the critical
post-injection window,

but we're very optimistic.

However, we cannot begin
to formulate a vaccine

until we're sure she
won't suffer any side effects.

Dr. Sykes, it's
the side effects I'm after.

Did you know that
I recently changed departments?

I'm now the deputy director

of the Department
of Special Weapons.

What does the Department
of Special Weapons have to do

with finding a cure
for the avian flu?

We have nine other facilities
working on the bird flu.

I'm here to take Project Noah
into a new direction.

Your work has unlocked
a potential in an area

we've been trying to crack
for decades.

If this girl can read minds...

Amy hasn't shown
any telepathic abilities.

Are you sure?
Have you tested her?

I would never have given
a child the virus

so she could be deployed
as a weapon.

Scientific discoveries are made
all the time by accident.

Viagra was developed
as a heart medication.

What a breathtakingly
inappropriate analogy.

I signed on to Project Noah

because of the promise
of eradicating diseases,

making the world a better place.

But now you want to take
that work, which, by the way,

was a colossal failure,
and weaponize it?

No one here wants
any part of that.

It's the biting
everyone is worried about.

But I have a theory.

With deep brain stimulation,
we may be able to control them.

- You can't be serious.
- It's a complex procedure,

but it could yield
the results that you want.

Director Guilder,
please ignore him.

Shut us down.

Dr. Pet...

I'm granting you 24 hours
to prove her wrong.

Okay.

The kitchen's
gonna be empty soon.

- To get to the open door...
- Down the hall,

door's on the right...
You said it a hundred times.

I literally
haven't said it once.

Amy...

are you reading my mind?

Thank you.

What am I thinking right now?

Amy.

Baseball.

- 26. Blue.

When did this start?

It just happens sometimes.

I try to stop it,
but it's like my brain

- won't listen to me.
- Yeah.

Please don't be mad.

I'm not mad. I'm not mad.

I'm-I'm just...

Why didn't you tell me?

- I...
- Wolgast.

Time to go.

What? Why?

- Amy's got a meeting.
- Is this with Guilder?

- No. No way.
- Stop it! No!

- We had a deal.
- Move it.

Deal changed.

I hate you!

Eat your ice cream.

The blood of Christ.

The blood of Christ.

Someone left the back door
open, I see.

I come in peace, Sister.

This is my friend Lila.

We need a place to stay.

We're in trouble.

This is a convent,
not a motel, Lacey.

I cannot allow
whatever storm you're caught in

to interrupt things here.

Lacey has told me
about all the good work you do

in your community,
and we would love to help out

in exchange
for your hospitality.

You can stay for one night.

The leaves will turn soon.

It didn't work.

None of this
brought you back to me.

I'm so sorry.

Clark.

Did you send Amy
to talk to Guilder alone

without talking to me?

He's my boss.

Do you know what his agenda is?

I follow orders.

Just like I did
when you asked me to find

a kid for you to experiment on.

Guilder's interested in Amy

for all the wrong reasons.

He could take that child
and make her into a weapon.

And what do you think
the military wanted

out of this experiment anyway?

I called the DoD.

They didn't cancel
Babcock's execution.

You're checking up on me now?

Clark.

It's just you and me here.

And I'm asking as someone
who cares about you,

is Shauna Babcock in your head?

I remember how she was.

She-she has a way
of drawing people in,

and if-if that's what's happened
to you, I'll help you.

We can deal with this together.

I don't know what
you're talking about.

Uh, sure hope this doesn't
go south for you, Dr. Lear.

Yeah.

We'll check back in
during rounds, but, uh,

just don't... don't look at him.

Fanning, I mean.

Just, um... don't.

Graduation is the formality.

Your hard work and dedication

is what earns you the right
to call yourselves doctors.

- Hear, hear.
- Cheers.

When you go forth
into the world, you will...

When he started talking,
it was yesterday.

Shh. I'm trying
to be supportive.

Okay. Can we at least agree

that it's gone on kind of long
and it's a little boring?

- Yes. I'll give you that much.
- Thank you.

Oh.

This will help.

Thank you.

Hey, you're not drinking.

Nope. I'm sober. Three months.

Wow.

Hey, that's great.

How's it going?

It's horrible.

- Mm.
- I hate it.

Hey, is he really leaving
for Europe? Again?

Tomorrow.

He's not getting back until

close to the holidays this time.

How you holding up?

...what the job demands of them.

Marriages have their ups
and downs.

Tonight...

What if he never stops talking?

We'll have to get jobs here.

You ever waited tables?

So that reminds me of the summer
I got a job picking apples.

Oh, no.
Not the apple story.

Come on.
Let me get you out of here.

- Let's go.
- No. I can't. I can't.

It would be rude.

That's not rude.

Rude is not spending
his last night

in the States alone with you.
That is rude.

Watch this.
Hey, Jonas. Shh, shh.

Excuse me.
I'm gonna take your wife home.

...Okay.

Thank you, Tim.
Thanks for leaving your Visa.

The doctors tell me
what a strong,

healthy girl you are, Amy.

You pass all their tests
with straight As.

They don't put letter grades
on a medical test.

Sorry I'm late.

I didn't realize
you were coming.

I wouldn't miss it.

Please. Go ahead.

Thanks.

Well, how do you like it here
at Project Noah, Amy?

Make any friends?

Who do you talk to?

The agent. Dr. Sykes.

And now I'm talking to you.

What about Anthony Carter?

Dr. Pet tells me
you were friends.

Maybe you still talk to him now.

That's impossible.
Carter's gone.

Well...

this seems
like the kind of place

where impossible things happen.

You're a bad guy.

What makes you say that?

Amy?

Did-did you just read my mind?

Can you do that?

- Because if you can...
- I can't.

Well, if you could,

that'd make you
an awfully special person.

And isn't that what every kid
wants to be? Special?

Enough.

This meeting's over.

It's over when I say it's over.

No, Director.
I'm still in charge.

Now, if you want to strip me
of my clearance

and relieve me of duty,
go ahead,

but right now
you're upsetting my patient.

So we're done.

Can I make a confession?
I don't like that guy.

I don't trust him at all.

You and me both.
What are you doing?

I'm taking that little chip
in your neck offline

so no one can find you.

How would you feel about you
and Agent Wolgast

busting out of here?

Not gonna lie, we were already
working on that plan.

Good.

I want to help.

What is this?

Where am I?

Montrose, Texas is one answer.

Have a seat.

Anthony, does your friend
want something to drink?

Yes, ma'am. Thank you.

Thank you.

He didn't kill that lady.

They locked him up
for something he didn't do.

It's all right,
it's all right, Gran.

It's all right.

Love you.

She's been dead for three years.

One of the benefits, I guess.

I can come here any time I want.

Watch the road, have some tea.

I didn't know how bad
Project Noah was.

I didn't know about Fanning.

Fanning's not your only problem.

Guilder wants to turn Amy
into a weapon.

They think they can control
what we are.

We'll see how that goes.

I'll get her out.
I'll save her.

There's no saving her.

Your chance to save her was back
at that foster home.

See, the game has changed, bro.

Nothing's going down
the way you think it will.

It's Amy that's the savior.

And why should I trust you?

I'm here for Amy.

Not for Fanning,
and certainly not for you.

You don't think I've forgotten,
Agent.

You were my ride into this hell.

I'm gonna get her out.

We're gonna run away
as far as we can.

How you gonna outrun
the end of the world?

Keeping her away from Guilder,
that's the easy part.

The hard part is getting
her ready for what's coming.

That's your job now, Agent.

Maybe a female subject
would be more manageable.

That has not been
my life experience, Emily.

Winston here had a connection
with Paulson,

so we know he's game.

Yeah, he'll do.

You couldn't spring
for the valet, huh?

Oh, come on. It's just up here.

Good. My feet are killing me.

These shoes are no joke.

I did something
a little impulsive,

and I want your opinion.

Gonna actually need
your approval.

You bought a car.

No.

I bought a 1969,
fully restored...

You bought a red car
with a black stripe.

I did.

What are you doing?

I just... Sometimes I have
a hard time accepting

that you're actually
a scientist.

I'm not just a scientist.
Technically, I'm a genius, so...

You're so braggy,

with all your
30-year-old girlfriends

and this stupid car.

You're just hilarious to me.

You do understand
I'm truly in love with you?

And I've never been in love
with anyone else

in my entire life.

Tim...

Damn it.

That was our subtext, and...

Now it's... it's text.

I don't care.

Hey.

You don't play Rumours
for me anymore.

What gives?

You should have told me
that you liked it.

I begged for you to kill me.

Instead, you put me in a prison.

So I haven't felt much
like talking to you.

Is that it?

Or did you just figure out
how to do it?

It's pretty fun.

I didn't kill you because...

I thought that I could save you.

Well, I'm not the one
who needs saving now, am I?

And I can't believe
you let Elizabeth get that bad.

I didn't let her. You know
she has a progressive disease.

Can you even imagine
what it's like for her?

It's probably the loneliest
place in the world.

Have you thought about that?

I think about that
every single day.

And yet
you could bring her back.

By giving her the virus?

So she could be like you?
I'd never do that.

You know, maybe we should
ask her what she wants.

Oh, yeah, that's right.
You can't communicate with her.

I bet I could.

You stay away from Elizabeth.

Did she ever tell you about that
time I drove her home at night?

You were all wrapped up
with your students,

and she was all alone.

Again.

I'm not doing this.

Carter gave me the message.

Said we'd already changed
the world.

What did you mean by that?

You'll see.

What are you doing?

Taking you to Amy.

There's a shift change
in an hour.

I can bring you a key card
to the loading dock,

but there are cameras.

That shouldn't be a problem.

Dr. Stuart Ross is at Stanford.

He heads up infectious diseases.

He's someone I trust.

I'll bring her to him.
I promise.

I was scared
you weren't gonna make it.

And miss escape night?

Never.

Guilder was right
about one thing.

You're a very special
little girl.

I knew that
the minute I met you.

There's a light in you, Amy.

Never forget that.

Goodbye, brave girl.

All right, let me just
make sure this is good.

How's it hanging, Winston?

He's out.

- Hasn't moved a muscle.
- And he won't

unless I tell him to.

Okay.

Now is the time
to induce telepathic connection.

Brain waves syncing.

What's the worst
that could happen in 30 seconds?

How do, fella?

- David Winston?
- Oh.

Come on, now.
My friends call me Dave.

You seem awfully young
to be a doctor.

Releasing the restraints.

Oh.

You know...

I never got sick
in the old life.

See, you eat well,
you live well,

pray hard,

all works out in the end.

No, sir. My vessel was clean.

How about you, Doc?
Is your, uh...

Is your vessel clean?

Stand up, Winston.

Oh, don't mind if I do.

Ah.

Raise your right hand.

Put it down.

Raise your left hand.

I never had an exam like this.

Winston...

...what am I thinking right now?

The cingulate gyrus is the key
connection to the precuneus.

Precuneus? Mmm.

What kind of dirty word is that?

Winston, sit down.

You did it.

I'm a freaking genius.

Ooh.

Here, put your jacket on.
Aren't you cold?

No.

I don't have a fever.

It's just another weird thing
I can do.

I can run fast, read minds,

and I can stay in a refrigerator
without a coat.

I want you to know
that you can tell me anything.

All right? I mean, you don't
have to handle this on your own.

Secrets can make you lonely.

Did something happen?

I saw Shauna Babcock.

It was scary.

She says I'm part
of their family.

No. Amy...

She says when I change,
you won't want me anymore.

Hey, no.
I'm not going anywhere.

Okay, you want family,
that's me.

Not them. Me.

Why are you so nice to me?

I lost someone
very precious once.

And I got rid of everyone
who cared about me,

because I thought it would
make it easier, you know.

And then I realized
that I didn't have anyone,

and I started doing things
that I shouldn't have.

Then what happened?

I met you.

And I believe in you.

And then I started to believe
in myself.

I'm hearing a lot of thoughts.

Not just yours...

but them.

What are they saying?

Bad stuff.

What if you started telling
a story of your own?

You know? That way, you wouldn't
have to listen to theirs.

I don't have any stories.

Oh, come on.
Everyone's got stories.

Best day ever. Go.

I had a bike once.

There you go.

Yeah? What kind of bike was it?

Was it, like, a...
like, a BMX bike

or a mountain bike, road bike?

- Mountain.
- Mm.

From up close,
he looks as harmless as a...

serial killer.

This gonna work?

Prepare to have your mind blown.

Time for the telepathic
connection.

It's on. Full power.

Excuse me.

Director Guilder,
I assure you it worked.

Emily was there.

- Tell him you saw it.
- I saw it.

Real impressive.

Let me know
when you have something, Pet.

Hello.

Do you remember me?

I'm sorry, no.

I'm not even sure who I am.

I left the house...

a long time ago.

And now I'm... just lost.

You're not lost.

I keep feeling like there's
something I'm forgetting.

I'll help you.

I'll stay with you.
How about that?

It's so cold.

I should have brought
my sweater.

Well, the weather changed.

How were you supposed
to know that?

Maybe I can help.

Wow. How did you do that?

I'll show you sometime.

Your name is Elizabeth,

and you are
a wonderfully talented writer,

and you are a smart, beautiful,
hilarious woman.

And you are so loved.

I don't remember any of that.

It's okay.

Do we know each other?

Yes.

We were friends once.

I'm Tim.

And I'm gonna
get you out of here.

Someone is gonna have
to explain to me

how Agent Wolgast and the girl
are both missing.

Lock the place down, find them.

I have some news.

I'm pregnant.

What do you want to do?

I'm kidding.

Obviously... I mean,
we haven't even had sex.

I don't have time for this.

Nichole is really making you
look bad here, Clark Richards.

Don't even say her name.

I know where she took
Amy and the agent.

Why should I believe you?

Because we're getting out of
here real soon, Clark Richards.

And when we do...

I'm taking you with me.

She hid 'em in the blood cooler.

Let's go.

You ever wonder
where they get this stuff from?

Rabbits, I heard.

That's a lot of dead bunnies.

...You good?

It's you I'm worried about.
Your heart's pounding.

- That's not good at your age.
- How old do you think I am?

- Don't answer that.

Hey! What are you doing here?

People are looking for you.

Come on.

Can't wait for Sykes. Let's go.

Back when I lived here,

Sister Arnette
used to call it "a stirring."

That feeling that you were
called to a higher purpose.

Truth be told,
I thought it was BS.

It's part of why I left.

But tonight, I realized
it's happening to me now.

Amy is my calling.

My job is to protect that child

and all the promise
she holds out to the world.

How I'll proceed
is anyone's guess, but...

I'll be damned.
I'm finally feeling a stirring.

Please don't let anything happen
to Brad.

Please don't let
anything happen to Amy.

You want to tell me
what's going on?

I don't know.

I want you upstairs
until we find Brad and Amy.

I hope you never find them.

All right, Winston.

You and me.

Hey, brother.

I haven't even started
stimulation.

You want to play
that guessing game again?

Come on.

- Ask me to read your thoughts.
- No.

You're really regretting coming
down here all alone, ain't you?

You weren't like this before.

Well, you can tell a lot
about a person

when you let 'em think they're
more powerful than you are.

That's what I did
with the whores,

and that worked every time.

Okay, what-what just happened?

Those were killing me.
Thank you.

Who turned off the lights?

You did, Doc.

Who opened the door?

You did, Dr. Pet.

Now, I suggest you run.

Jonas!

Jonas, help.

Help me.

- What?
- Please help me. Help me.

Geez.

Help! Help! Somebody help!

- Is that for us?
- Maybe.

- What are we gonna do?
- Move faster.

My book. I left it behind.

We can't go back. Let's go.

Well, this is a curveball.

Bad for you. Bad for me.

Get out.

Good news, though.

You're not infected.

Elizabeth told me all about
her night with you.

Yeah, I already knew.

She messed up.

And then we fixed it.

We fixed it because
we love each other

and our marriage
is more important

than some stupid mistake.

And then we moved on.

Clearly, you never did.

And I'm beginning to think
that's what

all this is about.

You lost,

and you'll never get over it.

She never loved you.

She never will.

You sure about that?

Hey, guard!
Guard, let me out of here!

Let me out!

Elizabeth?

Elizabeth.

Jonas?

What? How?

I-I don't know...

but I'm here.

No.

Not through there.

That's the way to the kitchen.

It gets us
to the drainage tunnel.

Come on.

I can hear him.

Amy, run!

Amy, go!

You just did that.

I just did that.

We're okay. We're okay.

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