The Strain (2014–2017): Season 3, Episode 9 - Do or Die - full transcript

Previously on "The Strain"...

They've broken through our
entire northern perimeter.

Pull out of the park now.

Withdraw! All units withdraw!

- Sanjay Desai.
- Who are you?

He's a new associate of ours, Eldritch.

I hear that you are
facilitating a very important

shipment for us.

What is the meaning of this?

- You did this!
- No. This is not my doing.

- You've invited your own demise.
- This step I take



is more merciful than triumphant.

It isn't pretty, people.

Last night our forces
fell back to 42nd Street.

We're hoping that they
can hold the line...

How?

We're short on ammunition,
food, water, and people.

It's only a matter of time
before this city falls.

I disagree,

Captain.

The problem is that we have been
spreading our forces too thin.

We need to fall back
to smaller enclaves,

- ones that we have the means to defend.
- If we play this right,

we can hold out until
the labs in Atlanta, D.C.,

and Virginia come up
with a cure for this.



I understand your impulse to
hang on. But the hard truth is,

unless we pull out now,
we're all going to die here.

And where would we go, Captain?

Saratoga Springs, in the mountains

outside of Albany.

They have a thousand
troops. We can hold out there

until D.C. gets their shit together.

You want to cut and run? Go ahead.

But I'm not going anywhere.

This is our city.

A city we are sworn to protect.

And I, for one, am not
going to abandon her.

Who else is with us?

It's been an honor, Councilwoman.

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Good to see you again, Bob.

- It's been too long.
- Mr. Palmer.

Sorry to barge in
unannounced, but I'm here

about a delicate matter; one that
requires the utmost discretion.

It's not an imposition, sir.

I was just surprised
to see you up and about.

- Why is that?
- Sanjay Desai told us

he had to assume your responsibilities

because you were incapacitated.

Well, as you can see,

nothing could be further from the truth.

Bob, I've come to you

because I believe you may be one
of the few people in Stoneheart

whom I can still trust.

Of course you can, sir.

- Tell me how I can help.
- May I?

Desai is in league

with certain unscrupulous parties

that are trying to gain
control of Stoneheart.

I need to know about a
piece of valuable cargo

that arrived in New York aboard
a ship named the Aurora Cutlass.

Yes, I've heard Mr. Desai
speaking to someone about that.

He offloaded the cargo
without my permission.

I need to know where.

Time is a critical factor.

I'll have the information
for you by end of day.

This my personal number.

Call me as soon as you know something.

Thank you, Bob.

I can't believe Mr. Desai thought
he could get away with this.

He won't.

Can I help you?

Good afternoon. Is Mr. O'Neill in?

- Do you have an appointment?
- I do not, but I'm sure...

I'm sorry, but Mr. O'Neill is very busy.

You can't just walk in here
and expect to meet with him.

Tell him his son is here.

I know Mr. O'Neill's
son, and you're not him.

Just tell him Eldritch Palmer
is here. He knows who I am.

Eldritch!

- You grew!
- It's been a long time.

Why the cane?

You have an accident?

One of my kidneys gave
out, and I had it removed.

Good news is,

I think that might have been the
source of my other health problems.

Glad to hear it.

I gotta say,

you kind of put me on the spot,

- showing up unannounced.
- I didn't have a choice.

- You failed to respond to my letters.
- What letters?

I wrote three of them.

Those kids in the mail
room probably lost them.

So hard to find reliable people.

Did you know my mother died last spring?

- Yes.
- I wasn't sure.

You didn't send flowers to the funeral.

I thought about it.

But then I thought, how would that look?

Suddenly, now that the woman's dead,

I make some sentimental gesture to show

what a great and caring guy I am?

You wouldn't have wanted me to do that.

So what can I do for you?

- I want to come work for you.
- Work for me?

- Doing what?
- I'd like a position

in your investment department.
I've seen the stockholder reports.

They're not handling
your assets well. Frankly,

I think they're playing
it too conservatively.

Eldritch, that's just not realistic.

You're asking for a
demanding, high-pressure job

with 80-hour work weeks.

Frankly, I don't think
you have the stamina.

I may not be in the best
of health, but my mind

is razor sharp and never gets
tired. It's always working,

coming up with new ways to make money.

I suppose in that regard,
I'm very much like you.

- Hello, Lee.
- Just want to let you know

- Ken Shaw's in the conference room.
- Thanks, I'll be right there.

Eldritch,

I won't give you a job.

But I am going to give you this.

Ten thousand dollars.

Do some traveling.

See the world while you can.

Life's too short to spend
it cooped up in some office.

I don't intend to have a short life,

and I'm not interested in traveling.

Spend it however you like.

But let me be clear.

This is the last check
you'll be getting from me.

It fulfills whatever obligations
you imagine I have to you.

Best of luck.

- So where is "Nayarit"?
- Nayarit.

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Sounds beautiful.

Pull over!

We're getting the hell out of New
York no matter what happens, all right?

You here for more silver?

No. Uh,

I came by to tell you that
it's no longer safe here.

- NYPD is pulling out.
- Of Red Hook?

Red Hook, Manhattan, Staten Island,

- everywhere.
- Jesus Christ.

Well, what about the
Master? Did you find him?

We're working on it.

- And the box?
- The professor finished it.

But we've got a problem.
Quinlan's gone missing,

and we need him to
force the Master into it.

I don't how we're
gonna do it without him.

Well, we might be
able to help with that.

The device we're working on,

it could disorient him or maybe
even interrupt his network.

Well, it's not fully
operational right now.

We have a few key components we need...

Did you not hear what I just said? Hm?

We don't have any
time for this bullshit.

All right? We've got one day, maybe two,

before the whole city is overrun. So...

So what? We just run away

like the cops? That's not gonna
happen. We have a real shot with this.

You throw it however
you want, Doc. All right?

But you, you should come
back to the club with me.

You know, if all else fails,

I could get us out of the city.

I, um...

I appreciate your concern. I do.

Just, we are so close.

This could be a game changer.

At least I tried.

Hey.

I wish you the best of luck.

Not a whiff of spooge.

Thought for sure the
feelers would be down here.

We better find one
soon. Time's running out.

Thank you.

For what?

For sticking with this.

With me.

Just protecting my interests.

- How's that?
- After we slay the Master,

there'll be millions of his
mindless progeny running around.

Our little gadget could
make us a bloody fortune.

- We got company.
- Where?

Behind us.

It looks so much easier
on the nature shows.

Yeah, well, they don't show these bits.

Gunfire?

In Red Hook? It's been a
while since we've heard that.

In broad daylight.

That's what we have to look forward to.

Human predators by day,

strigoi by night.

There it is.

Wow. You were right, Doc.
That's double the size

of the communication lobes
we've found in common strigoi.

So you think we've got a shot?

If we can get the
playback interface to work.

Pessimistic?

Not this girl.

I like a challenge.

There you are. Quinlan hasn't shown?

I gather you didn't find
him with Goodweather?

No.

He should've been back by now.

Could be the Ancients have thrown in

with the Master.

If so, our task grows

- exponentially more difficult.
- And then there's the other problem.

Finding the Master.

What's got you so
obsessed in there, huh?

A disturbing number of references

to an occultation preceding

- an apocalypse.
- We had an eclipse a few weeks ago.

No. I think this refers to
something else. Something

- that has not yet happened.
- Professor,

we need to take a step back.
Now think about the big picture.

We've got one day, maybe
two, before the city falls.

We need to get out. Live
to fight another day!

For me, there is no other day.

I will either do this now

or die trying.

So we gotta find another
way off this island.

Make a U-turn. Try
to get through there.

So, how many elected to stay?

Five.

Of all the officers in
Manhattan and Brooklyn?

Well, to be fair,

there weren't that
many left to begin with.

We never should have left Staten Island.

We owned it.

We could've ridden all
of this out from there.

I know.

Then Mayor Lyle made that sales pitch

about how I could be
the hero of New York.

And I took the bait.

I just got off the phone with the ESU
in Jersey City, right across the Hudson.

They have a safe zone. Resources.

We can join them.

If we stay here...

seven of us?

We'd probably die, right?

All right, people.

Let's get the hell out of here.

There's three in the gatehouse.

According to your man
Borgen, there's more inside.

Are you sure you can take it?

They're rent-a-cops, sir.

This level of security, it's more than
likely that your cargo is still inside.

Then what are we waiting for?

Your final order, sir. Are we a go?

Yes, you are.

All right then.

Let's have some fun, shall we?

All teams. We're hot. Let's roll.

Stop right there!

Intruder!

Stay in the vehicle, Mr. Palmer.

Go, go!

All clear!

Fire in the hole, take cover!

Move in, move in!

Clear! All clear!

Facility secure.

We have the cargo. And Desai.

Over here, sir.

Your cargo, Mr. Palmer.

Mr. Desai.

Nice to see you again. I, uh,

I want to thank you for
handling things for me

while I was incapacitated.

That's what you told my employees,

wasn't it? That I was too crippled

- to run my own company?
- I... That wasn't my idea,

Mr. Palmer, sir. That was Eichhorst.

I admire you. I always have.

That's why I wanted to work for...

- Open it.
- Yes, sir.

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- Are you looking for Mr. O'Neill?
- Yes, is he...

He's in the day room.

Cane.

You are disgusting!

And you love it too, don't you?

Yes.

Hello, Father.

You have another son?

Um... Hey, it's almost lunchtime.
We don't wanna lose our table.

Nice to meet you.

I heard you had a heart attack.

I'm relieved to see you
seem to be on the mend.

- What do you want?
- To thank you.

- For what?
- Making me everything I am today.

- That supposed to be a joke?
- Quite the contrary.

That check you gave
me thirty years ago...

I doubled that 10,000 in the market,

then doubled it again, and
so on and so on. So you see,

all my wealth, my achievements...

I owe them all to you.

A check for $10,000.

It fulfills whatever obligations

you might imagine I have to you.

Go to hell.

By the way,

I took possession of
O'Neill Industries yesterday.

I guess you'd know that.

You want to know what
I'm going to do with it?

I'm not interested.

I'm shutting down the mills,
sacking the management,

selling off the assets.

And renaming what's left

Stoneheart...

in honor of you!

Your precious company
that you loved more than me

or my mother or anyone else,

will cease to exist.

What's so funny?

You.

You wasted your life,

trying to get even with me?

Look at you!

Look what it's done to you.

Withered, sickly,

barely able to stand.

You look older than I do.

Goodbye, Father.

I'll outlive you!

I'll dance on your grave!

- Unlock it, please.
- Well, I don't have the...

Open it or I'll blow
your goddamned head off!

Okay.

What is this?

That's a nuclear bomb, sir.

- Where did it come from?
- Russia.

Eichhorst brokered a deal
through the black market

and had it shipped through Egypt.

- Where's the other one?
- Eichhorst took it.

- What did he do with it?
- I don't know.

There was a massive explosion yesterday

in South Manhattan. Is it possible?

- Tactical nuke could do that.
- What did he blow up?

I don't know. I have no idea. I swear.

No matter.

I think I can find

a use for this.

Use? What use?

What's your fancy, sir?

Bring him along.

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Checkpoint George Washington,
Kowalski. Come in. Over.

Is there anyone on this frequency? Over.

- Still won't answer.
- They pulled out, too.

Dammit.

Attention, drivers. This is
the New York Police Department.

Move your vehicles off the
road. This is the New York

Police Department. Move
your vehicles off the road.

I'm going up. Cat, Nankin, you
check it out; wait for my clear.

Copy that.

- It's all clear!
- Let's move.

Crouse, get up top.

It's a long way back to Brooklyn.

The safest thing is for
us to button up and stay...

Ah! What the...

Cat, Nankin, you got strigs on your six.

Cat, Nankin, come in. Over.

Is that you, Cat?

Open it.

- No!
- Jesus!

Holy shit!

Damn, that's messed up.
Turn around. Let's go.

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What are you, crazy?

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What are you talking about, man? _

They're cops! All right? They
don't give a shit about us.

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We can't wait this out.

Yo, come on! Open up! Out!

Come on, I don't got all
night! Come on! Come on!

Come on. Let's go!

Wait. Do I know you?

Yeah. We met on the chain gang.

You wanna sit here and reminisce
or get the hell outta here?

How we gonna do that?

We gotta make for the bridge. Strigoi
can't follow us over running water.

We make it past that
overturned-van, and we're free.

More coming!

- Let's go.
- Let's go. Come on, come on!

Angel, come on!

Move, move! To the car! Move, move!

We've just gotta get past those
four, and we're free. All right?

No! No! No! Don't! Don't!

No...

Shit! You're gonna be all right.

You're gonna be all right. All right?
You're gonna be okay. All right?

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No! I can't! I can't go! _

I'm not going without you, man!

No, I'm not leaving!
I'm not leaving you!

No! _

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- Run!
- What are you doing?

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Why'd you do that?

You're sure the signal won't affect us?

Shouldn't do. The memory chip

blasts the Master's signal through
the feeler's communication lobe

and into the brains of
any strigoi in range.

- Sounds less than definitive.
- Well, it's all theory, Doc.

I could be totally wrong.

Best sales pitch ever.

This might be a good
time to turn that on.

Hello? Anybody home?

We did it! Eph!

We did it!

It works!

It was incredible! They were completely

- rudderless.
- Yeah. You, uh...

You realize the Master saw all this

through the eyes of
those munchers, right?

He's probably already got
a workaround, you know?

No, no, no, he didn't see
shit. The signal paralyzed

their communication systems
when it paralyzed them. They just

went off his grid.

You want to seal him in this,

the device can help you do that.

It worked on strigoi,

but do you think it could
also incapacitate the Master?

I do.

What do you think, Mr. Fet?

It's worth a try. We could
take the contraption, but...

we don't take him.

I created the goddamned thing.

Oh, you want to take
credit for it all, huh?

Dutch built it! She can run it.

- Fet, why are you doing this?
- 'Cause he's a liar and a thief.

Oh, for chrissake, Fet! Get over it!

- I made a mistake.
- No, no,

you knew exactly what you were doing.

Not to mention

all the people that have
paid for your failures.

Like Nora and your wife.

How about that assault on
Central Park. How'd that work out?

Half the cops in New York are dead

because of you. You're
responsible for those people!

- Oof!
- Hey! Hey, hey, stop it!

Stay down, Doc.

Stop this!

You're giving the Master
exactly what he wants.

He would love us to
turn against each other.

- Especially now!
- The professor's right.

- We've no time for your bickering.
- What happened to you?

Did you talk to the Ancients?

The Ancients are dead.

- The bomb?
- Secure, sir.

Good. No time to waste. We
can expect him at any moment.

I understand the two of you
have a lot of personal issues,

but you're taking an
unnecessary risk, sir.

- My team can handle this.
- No. I appreciate your concern,

but no.

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Magnificent,

is it not?

- Thank you for agreeing to see me.
- I must say,

I was surprised to hear from you.

It's been a long time,
and when last we spoke,

you rejected my offer.

I was young, impulsive.

Frankly, the commitment
seemed too daunting.

And I thought that, over time,

money would help me

overcome my medical problems.

I realize now that was folly.

So I'm hoping we might

revisit your proposal.

- The door is still open.
- I want you to understand

that there will be no more hesitation.

I intend to put all my resources
at the Master's disposal.

Now, if that's true,

your life is about to change

in ways you cannot imagine.

The Master will render you immune

to disease and decay.

You don't know what that means to me.

Ever since I was a boy,

I dreamt of being free of infirmity.

Free of this wheelchair.

Of being strong and vital.

That dream could soon be a reality.

Now.

I...

wanted to clarify the
terms of our agreement.

- I want an equal partnership.
- The Master

was quite clear. You
shall serve at his side.

Do I have his word on this?

Of course.

Forgive my mistrust.

People have disappointed me in the past.

Parents, wives, children...

they all disappoint us, Eldritch.

How could they not? They're humans.

But the Master is different.

He will never let you
down or betray you.

Now,

do we have a deal?

You crossed the line for
the last time, Eldritch.

You mean my taking possession

of the nuclear bomb I paid for?

You will return it immediately.

Certainly.

Once your Master reveals himself

and fulfills his promise to... Ah!

It's always about you,
Eldritch, isn't it?

Demanding full payment
when you have yet to fulfill

- your part of the bargain.
- Take a look out of the window.

You will see my part of the bargain.

In return, he has given me nothing.

The Master gave you the white,

which is why you're still alive.

- Ah...
- And how you repay him,

by plotting

and scheming to betray him.

But it ends here.

Then your Master will
never get the nuke.

Oh, yes.

He will.

After I drink you

and the worms have had their way,

the Master will have your memories.

Then, I snap your neck

and silence you for all eternity.

I have been looking forward to this

- for a long time.
- So have I.

- Taggart, seal the building.
- No, let him go.

His Master already
knows what we have done.

What's our next move, sir?

Fetch the car. There's
not a moment to lose.

I need to see Setrakian.

- Now.
- Yes, sir.