The Whispers (2015): Season 1, Episode 4 - Meltdown - full transcript

Previously on "The Whispers"...

My friend Drill.
He speaks through the lights.

But each of these kids claims
to have a friend named Drill

that no one else can see.

- You know who he is.
- I think it might be my husband.

He's experiencing some kind of memory loss.

Each of your tattoos,
they represent a place?

Sometimes a person.

You kidnapped me for a reason!

You must know!

I never know... not until I get there.



That's how this works.

- What are you doing?
- Shh!

It's a message.

What's it saying?

My son... two years ago, he got sick.

He lost his hearing.

You knew how shaky things
were at home for her.

You think I took advantage of Claire.

You have no idea what she and I had.

If Sean survived and he is here,
I have to find him.

I need to know about Drill.

He asked you to play a game, didn't he?

He wanted me to go on daddy's computer

and look for the treasure.



And what was the treasure?

It's the Harbor Point nuclear power plant.

That's where Sean's going.

Drill... Find my daddy and bring him home.

I'll do anything.

What's next, Drill?

Is that one word or two?

Translation and subtitles by
PEPPER & LALASPAIN
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Now what?

Are you sure?

Okay.

Oh.

Good morning.

Mm!

_

Something important for work.

Anything I can help you with?

_

Hi, Henry.

I'm Minx.

Drill said I should come over to play.

He also told me you can hear now.

Don't worry. I can keep a secret.

Your mommy's pretty.

Not as pretty as mine, but...

Does she... Know you're here?

My mom?

Lately, she's more interested

in where my dad is than where I am.

I'm sorry.

It's okay.

Drill says it's gonna get better soon.

He's helping.

He wants to help you, too.

With what?

Someone you're looking for.

Drill says he can help you
get what you want

if you help him get what he wants.

What do I have to do?

Just...

Play a game.

I didn't realize the D.O.D.
and the FBI had a carpool program.

You must be Agent Rollins.

Mr. Lawrence.

Paul Wheeler, representing
torrent energy group

who own and operate Harbor Point.

This is Reid, our chief of security.

He's put the plant on lockdown,
as requested,

but I imagine he's just as eager as I am

to know exactly
what the hell is going on here.

We have intel that
a United States air force pilot

has been receiving funds
from inside a rogue state.

Mostly likely Libya.

And during that time,
he's gone to extreme measures

to ensure reports of a damaged cooling pipe

inside this plant
did not get into the hands

of anyone who might be able to fix it.

It's our opinion that he plans
on exploiting that flaw

to create some kind of contamination event.

Where did you say you found this, again?

Here.

Coming in here with a lot
of information, Claire.

Maybe if you'd just been straight
with me... I showed everything I had.

With Wes Lawrence, but not your partner.

Though, I guess that wouldn't be
the first time, would it?

You know, if it wasn't for
Wes and I working together,

you'd still be on the floor
of a gas-station bathroom

looking for hair samples.

So a simple thank-you will suffice.

Rollins.

Found a car wreck about 3 miles from here.

Matches the description of the vehicle

stolen from the area
Bennigan was last spotted.

Okay, coordinate with security.

We need spotters on the entry roads.

Claire, you sure you're okay?

It's fine.

Give me full comms with your people inside.

We need to know everything they do.

Security 1.

Yes, sir.

We're gonna need a broadcast.

- Which camera?
- All of them.

Sorry I'm late.

Saw some action at the perimeter.

You heard about anything going on?

Nothing.

She's still running a little hot.

Water's tripped level 4.

You called it in last night, right?

I'm sure they've got a team
in there looking at things,

and if there's a problem,
I'm sure they'll find it.

Why does Drill want me
to find these things?

It's like a treasure hunt.

"The first thing you have to do

is take your bike to black-eyed Sue."

I don't think
my grandma will let me do that.

Don't worry. I'll take care of her.

Oh.

I'm sorry. I didn't...

Who's your friend, Henry?

I'm Minx.

- Pleasure to meet you.
- Ah.

I didn't know Henry was
having any friends over today.

_

Well... Okay.

Have fun.

Just, um...

Let me know if you need anything.

I don't think this is a good idea.

I don't want to get in trouble.

Don't you want to know where your dad is?

Why didn't Drill ask me to do this himself?

I don't know. Maybe he's busy.

Okay.

I'll play.

Good. Drill will be really happy.

You're not coming?

It's not my game.

Besides, someone has to stay here.

Why?

To make sure nobody tells on you.

Okay, let's talk about
a worst-case scenario.

In the event of a-a full meltdown...

whoa, whoa, whoa, slow down.

There's not gonna be any meltdown, okay?

W-we have a number
of contingencies in place.

If the water around the core
drops to a dangerous level

due to the leak you discovered,
we shift over to the E.C.C.S.

The emergency core cooling system.

Which runs on a completely
different set of pipes.

Why don't we just shut down
the plant entirely?

That way, there's no chance
that... powering down a reactor

is a complicated and expensive process.

So is treating an entire county
for radiation poisoning.

Maybe I'm missing something,

but we've identified
the flaw in the reactor.

If bennigan was trying to cause a meltdown,

we've already stopped him.

And yet he's still heading this way.

If all he wanted was
for this place to overheat,

he wouldn't have to be here, so...

Maybe he knows we're onto him.

No, he kidnapped the doctor

long before we figured out
where he was going.

He was always coming here.

Why?

Let him come. He's not gonna get in.

And the minute he does,
my men will be all over him.

What's that?

The evacuation signal.

We're on it.

Well, shut it down. We're trying.

Nothing we're doing seems to be working.

There's some kind
of electrical malfunction.

What's the protocol
when this alarm's triggered?

All nonessential personnel

have to vacate the premises immediately.

How many exits do they have?

Four.

Son of a bitch.

Sean.

Please... please just let me go.

I can't. Why?!

Because, just like me,

there's a reason why you're here, Maria.

Don't you want to find out what that is?

Minx?

I made some snacks for you and Henry.

Where are you?

Upstairs?

Kids?

Hello?

Hmm.

Oh, my goodness, you gave me a fright!

Oh, I'm sorry. I didn't mean to.

Didn't you hear me calling?

No, I didn't.

I cut myself.

Can you help me find a band-aid?

Ohhh.

Of course I can.

How on earth did you do that?

It was a thorn from the rosebush outside.

Well, you need to be more careful.

Is Henry out there with you?

Yeah. I think he's riding his bike.

"One step closer to your answer."

"Look out for the yellow dancer."

No sign of Sean.

You?

Nothing.

I have a sweep-and-secure team
ready to move.

He's inside, they'll find him
and wrap him up.

Agent rollins, your men aren't trained

to operate in this kind of facility.

For the safety of everyone involved,

we can't allow your agents
to conduct maneuvers

in an area they don't understand.

Harbor point has its own security team

trained specifically to deal
with these types of situations.

If anything requires action,
they can handle it.

Excuse me. Mr. Lawrence?

We just lost a camera.

Where?

I'll be damned!
That's the guy! That's the guy!

This is gate 2-7. We've got eyes...

What's wrong? The phone just went dead.

What do you mean it went dead?!

What the hell?! What?

The door's malfunctioning, too.
We're locked in.

This is Wheeler.

Sorry, sir, I'm calling about
the spike in core temperature

I reported yesterday.

Yesterday? How is this
the first I'm hearing about it?

I don't know, sir.

As soon as the water level started to drop,

we sent it up the chain.

Word came back that someone at the NRC

texted them that it was being handled.

This is Wes Lawrence, D.O.D.

We're gonna need you to switch over

to the E.C.C.S. Immediately,

see if that takes care of the situation.

Send some of your men over to Gate 27.

- Any reason to believe it's Bennigan?
- Any reason not to?

This is Reid.

I need a secure team at Gate 27... now!

Hi, mom.

Everything okay with Henry?

He's fine.

I was actually just calling

to get a phone number
for his friend's parents.

She cut her finger a little,
and I just wanted to...

friend?

Mom, which friend?

Henry's playdate, Minx.

She's very sweet. They've been
playing together all morning.

Okay, mom, I... I need you to find Henry

and ask him some questions for me, okay?

Okay.

Minx, can you bring Henry
to the phone for me, please?

Sorry. I have to go now.

Well, wait a minute, where...

- Where...
- Mom?

Mom, find him.

Claire, I don't see him. He's not here.

Jessup, I need you
to put out an Amber alert on my son.

I'll get you a picture. What's going on?

Your daughter... Minx.

she was at my house
with Henry, and now he's gone.

O-okay, slow down. I don't understand.

Wes, Wes, what if all this,
everything here,

was just a-a-a wild goose chase...

something to distract us

while Sean got what he really wanted?

W-which is what?

His son.

Drill?

Is that you, Drill?

"The treasure that you're here to seek

is further down along the creek."

- I'm going to find him.
- Okay.

Hey, I am no good to anyone here

until I know that my son is safe.

Okay, okay, I'll talk to Lena,

- find out what she knows from Minx.
- Okay.

Claire? Yeah.

- I know. I know.
- Okay. Okay.

Mr. Lawrence.

We have eyes on him.

How the hell has he gotten
this far without being spotted?

I don't know, but he's
not getting any further.

The access doors to the facility
lock electronically.

Without a key card,
there's no way he's getting...

he's working with someone inside.

Who's helping you?

You don't seem like
the type to follow orders

without knowing who's giving them.

You're right about that.

If you were gonna kill me,

why didn't you just shoot me back there?

Just... just take it.

Please.

Look, I'm supposed to be here.

I-I just don't know why,
or maybe I just can't remember,

but either way, you've been
wondering why I brought you here.

This is why.

If I do something bad,
I want you to shoot me.

You're a good person, Maria,

but in case I'm not...

I don't know what makes you crazier...

hearing voices in the light

or giving a Colombian her gun back.

What are you doing? Stop that!

- Agh!
- Stop that!

- Freeze! Don't move!
- Wait!

I was a hostage!

That's great.

They got him.

I'll call Claire?

No.

No, she should hear it from me.

Wes?

Claire, we got him.

Sean... he's... he's in custody.

Claire?

You okay?

Claire?

Claire, what's happening?

It's Henry.

I know where he's going.

Today saw a lot of activity

at the Harbor Point nuclear facility

near the Chesapeake Bay.

As you can see,
both FBI and homeland security

have been called to the scene.

Not a lot of information
available right now,

just reports of an evacuation order...

Wes. Are you okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

It's over, actually.

Oh. Good. I was starting to get...

is Minx there?

Of course. Why?

Because, according to Claire Bennigan,

she's been over at her house
all day, playing with her son.

Uh, Wes, this is, um...

She's been in the garage all morning.

Doing what?

Working on an art project.

Well, what... what kind of, uh...

I don't know, Wes. Do you want
me to go interrogate her?

It's a rainbow-loom cellphone case.

Since daddy's always
on the phone, he'll see it...

and always think of me.

It was supposed to be a surprise.

You getting this?

Yeah.

I'm sorry. Look, do me a favor.

Don't let her out of your sight
until I get home.

Wes...

Lena, we'll talk about this
when I get home.

Please, honey, just trust me.

I have to go.

Don't worry.

Daddy's fine.

Whatever was happening there, it's...

He said it's under control.

Is that the truth?

Of course.

What...

Why would you ask me that?

It's just...

I don't think grown-ups always
really know what's going on,

even when they say they do.

I don't know what's going on!

- I was the hostage! I was the hostage!
- Ma'am, calm down.

You have to let me go!
There's a reason why I'm here!

Call Claire Bennigan at the FBI... please.

She'll explain everything.

Don't talk to the FBI!

They don't know who I am
any more than I do!

What the hell is that?

Sounds like it's coming from the pipes.

The E.C.C.S... It just shut down.

What do you mean "shut down"?

The only ones with the power to
shut it down are in this room.

Are you sure about that?

Where you headed? To talk to my suspect.

- I'm afraid I can't let you do that.
- Like hell you can't.

We just got word the emergency
cooling system failed.

We can't let you inside
the facility, Mr. Lawrence...

Not until we assess the level of danger
we're dealing with! It didn't just fail!

Do you think that's a coincidence?

Look, no one man can do what he did.

- H-he has help.
- From who?

You find me a way to talk to him,

and I promise I will find out.

Keep him here.

"If you want to win the game,
there's somewhere you must go...

down the metal rabbit hole
into the dark below."

Enough!

Sean Bennigan?

This is Wes Lawrence
with the department of defense.

Sean.

Is that my name?

Yes, it is.

Sean, I need to ask you
a couple of questions.

I'm not so good with answers.

Right, the... the memory thing.

I heard about that.

Okay, how about this?

I won't ask you about anything
that happened in the past.

All I care about
is who was helping you today.

I don't know.

You're going to jail, Sean.

How helpful you are to me
in the next two minutes

will decide whether or not
you'll ever get out of there.

You don't understand.
Something is gonna happen here!

We know about the flaw in the cooling pipe.

Whatever you had planned...
it's not my plan!

It's not my plan!!

Calm down, Sean.

I'm trying to help you here.

You don't understand!

I saw him!

Saw who?

The one who makes this happen.

He's here.

I need to talk to Sean. Where is he?

- W-we have him right here, Claire.
- I've looked everywhere,

and I need you to ask him
what he's done with Henry.

I need you to ask him
what he has done with my son.

Sir. I think you should see this.

Oh, my God. Henry.

Where is this?

Flood control, access point 4,

underneath the cooling towers.

Sean, Sean, I don't know
what you're doing here,

but I need you to leave Henry out of it.

Please.

Please, I am begging you!

W-who is that in there, huh?!

Huh?! Who is that in there?!

What's going on?

Somebody tell me what the hell is going on!

Emergency lights on. We've got a man down.

Where's Sean? Where'd he go?

Henry.

What the hell is happening?!

Hello?!

Is anybody out there, please?!

I got nothing.

You got a reading on the core?

Water's tripped to level 3.

What do we do?

All right.

That was the control room.

We just scrammed the fuel rods.

So it's contained?

Think of it like a boiling pot of water.

You turn off the stove, how long
before you can stick your hand in it?

The temperature inside is 3,500 degrees.

The pressure from the heat
is 1,200 PSI and rising.

The power outage means we can't
open the valves to release it.

We're talking about

the very real possibility
of a full meltdown.

We talking evacuation?

6-mile radius.

I'll call it in.

All right, while that's in motion,

there's one last thing
we can do on our end.

Flood the reactor.

How? I thought you said that that wasn't...

it's the last line of defense.

We open the floodgates up by hand

and we bring the water
directly in from the chesapeake.

Like they did at Fukushima?

Exactly.

All that saltwater... we'll lose the plant,

but hopefully, that'll prevent us

from losing a hell of a lot more.

Wes, Henry is still inside.

He is in one of those pipes.

I'll notify my team inside.

Hopefully, they'll get to him in time.

Hopefully?!

No, no, no, you have to let me...

Claire? Claire!

D-Drill?

Are you here?

Drill, I don't think
I like this game anymore.

Where are you going?

- I'm not leaving.
- Claire, come back inside.

- Not with Henry still inside.
- Claire.

I'm going in, Wes.

The emergency response team
is sweeping the facility.

They will find him. Yeah?

They will take care of him.
That is their job.

And what if they don't? What if
he's part of Sean's plan?

I can't just let him...

Just...

I will not let you go inside.

- Let me go, Wes.
- No.

Henry...

He is all I have left.

Not all.

Let me go. Let me go.

Just buy me some time.

Okay.

I'll do what I can.

Here.

Take this.

I'll be with you the whole way.

The area surrounding the Harbor Point

nuclear power plant
is being quietly evacuated.

Now, while authorities tell us it's just

a precautionary measure
until they can sort out...

You're not in trouble, sweetheart.

I just want to know if you have

any information that might help daddy...

anything about what your friend Drill

might have been trying to do over there.

He didn't say...

just that it was where
the first game would end.

And what happens when the game ends?

Everybody gets what they want.

You have got to be kidding me.

Did you really just let her go in there?

Just do me a favor. We need to
hold them off from calling it.

You know that's not gonna happen.

It's her kid.

And I appreciate the hell out of that,

but it's one kid.

Are you really willing to risk the lives

of hundreds, maybe thousands for one kid?

Where are you taking me?

What happened to the other man
who was in there?

We need to keep moving, ma'am.

Any questions you have will be
answered once we're off-site.

He's here.

"Now you aren't just warm. You're hot.

Wait here where 'x' marks the spot."

You promised if I played the game,

my dad would come back.

So... Where is he?

Where are you?

I need you to give me some kind of marker

so I can orient you on the map.

Ground floor. I'm in a wide hallway.

I see a blue tank up ahead.

Okay, is it labeled with anything?

Yes... "CPV H. Exchange."

CPV... CPV...

CPV... Yeah.

It's the common pressure vessel.
It's the heat exchange.

Turn left.

Okay, the pipe that Henry was in
leads to something called the...

the borate containment area.

That's what you're looking for.

Borate containment. Any idea what that...

it's... it's where they treat
the saltwater with chemicals

before they inject into the core.

Claire, you have to get Henry out of there

before they start the flooding, or...

I know! I know, Wes! Just get me there!

We're at 14 inches
above top of active fuel.

PSI is 1,300.

Okay, we're gonna get you out of there.

We're gonna take care of you

and make sure you're both safe.

I'm in some kind of engine room.

I see pipes... pipes with green labels,

"inflow," "outflow."

Okay, good. That's, uh,
the re-circ junction.

Just... just follow those pipes forward.

All right.

The evacuation is complete.
We're good to go.

Give the order. We'll open the floodgates.

Okay.

Claire, wait.

Excuse me, but the bureau's
gonna need a few more details

before we officially cut power
to half our nation's capital.

Wes?

Claire, listen to me.
We don't have much time.

23!

24! Okay, keep going.

- What am I looking for?!
- 27.

I'm in!

Okay, that's great. Go right.

Up or down? What?

I'm at a stairwell. Up or down?

Uh, uh...

G-go up.

Go up.

It should be right ahead of you.

We're gonna make it!

You see him?

- Where?
- The room... It should

be right in front of you.

Wes, there's nothing there.

That's impossible.

I'm looking at the map.

Claire, it should be right in front of you.

No, there has to be another way.

Water's at 12 inches
above top of active fuel.

PSI is 1,350.

- I-I need a few more minutes.
- Wes.

11 inches above top of active fuel.

PSI is 1,400. Look, if we
don't flood it right now,

everything within 4 miles
of here will be wasteland!

Claire, we're out of time.

No! No, I'm almost...

Claire, you need to get yourself out of
there in case the flooding doesn't work.

- Do you understand me?
- Wes, please!

I can't. I tried. I'm sorry. Henry?

Henry? Henry?!

Henr...

I am not leaving him, Wes.

I won't let him die alone.

10 inches above top of active fuel.

We're a go.

Copy. We're a go.

Claire...

Wes, I can't hear you.

- Claire?
- What?!

We're almost out of range.

I'm not gonna be able to help you anymore.

I don't know if you can hear me...

But I'm

I'm sorry.

I'm sorry for...

For everything.

I don't want to lose you, Claire.

Daddy!

1,450 PSI and rising.

We're only 6 inches
above top of active fuel.

We flooded the core. Why isn't
the water level going up?

Looks like somehow
the flood never made it there.

How is that possible?

The only way is if someone
stopped it manually...

From the inside.

That's why Sean had to be here...

so that we couldn't stop it.

God help us.

Henry. Henry.

Claire!!

Can someone tell me
what the hell I just saw?

He never mentioned who he was working with?

No.

How about when you got inside?

He never... Spoke with anyone?

No.

Nobody.

You know, doctor...

Most hostages...

they usually can't stop
talking about their captors.

You, on the other hand,

you don't have a thing to say about yours.

What do you want me to say?

Prove to me that you were
actually his hostage

and not his accomplice.

Do you think I had anything to do with...

you saw what happened out there, right?

Right now, we don't know what to think.

Well, neither did he!

Okay?

He gave me his gun.

He told me to shoot him
if he did something bad.

What kind of terrorist does that?

Then how do you explain...

Electrical fences powering down
when he got close,

locked doors opening up like magic?

How do you...

Something happened here today.

But if you think I am the
one who can explain it to you...

then...

then the FBI is even
worse off than I thought.

Here they are!

Move left!

I said move left!

Freeze!

Let me go! No! No, I need to...

Are you experiencing any stinging

- in your eyes?
- Let me go!

- I need to be with my son right now!
- How is your breathing?

Let me go! He can't hear you!

He can't understand you! Please let me go!

- This guy's clean, too.
- Please!

Three people just walked out
of that facility.

Are they...

T-they're clean.

Whole area is.

Let me go!

Hands up!

No, stop! Calm down, ma'am. Relax, ma'am.

- Stop! He didn't do anything!
- He's a suspected terrorist.

No, no, he's... my son
would've died in there if he...

On your knees!

- Please! Please stop!
- Quit struggling, ma'am.

You need to listen to me! I'm...

- I'm with the FBI!
- Miss, please!

Sean! Sean?

Stop hurting him!!

Henry? Henry? Henry?

Can you hear me?

How is that possible?!

It was supposed to be a secret.

Whose secret?

Between me and... Drill.

Residents near a nuclear plant...

Are now being let back in their
homes after a near disaster...

Honey. Daddy's fine.

He's coming home soon.

I knew he would be.

Drill said if everyone did
what they were supposed to,

no one would get hurt...

and he'd win the game.

Well, Drill didn't win.

He was caught.

That's not Drill, mommy.

Sean Bennigan is now in
custody with homeland security.

It's like I said.

Grown-ups don't really know
what's going on,

even when they think they do.

Translation and subtitles by
PEPPER & LALASPAIN
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