The Whispers (2015): Season 1, Episode 7 - Whatever It Takes - full transcript

Previously on "The Whispers"...

Sean was not a perfect husband.
I was not a perfect wife.

Why did you do it, Claire?

We found Sean's plane
thousands of miles away

from where he was supposed to
have disappeared.

I have nothing. No memories...

There is one thing I can tell you.

Whoever's doing this, this isn't over.

That is what the children call "Drill."

It appears to be some form of energy.

He uses kids, but not just any kids.



They all have access or information.

I found something in the
desert, something incredible.

Drill wanted it here for a reason.

Something is calling.

I remember.

I remember everything.

937, 937!

I am off flight plan.
Repeat... I am off flight plan.

I'm losing oxygen! 937!

Does anyone hear me?

I'm losing altitude. Do you copy?

937! I'm punching out!

Eject, eject, eject!

Claire?



Then what happened, captain?

I woke up in the desert,

no memory of who I was, where, or why.

The only clear thought I had

was that I was somehow
connected to this thing.

Connected?

Until last night...

When I touched that rock.

Then it was gone.

I'd like to know how the hell
an F-22 gets from the Arctic

to the Sahara in the blink of an eye.

We have 12 satellites
that pass through the arctic...

we've seen the evidence.

Some of you have seen it
with your own eyes.

Are we all just afraid to say

what we actually think it is?

Mr. President, I believe
we are facing something

that can only be classified as alien, sir.

Classify it as you like,
but this is what I know...

without a doubt,
it will do whatever it takes

to get what it wants.

What does it want?

To destroy us, sir.

Haley, you've said that you believe

that it might be trying to reach this rock

that was found
near the captain's crash site.

If that's true,
what are we doing to secure it?

We have several contingency plans in place.

But I think Wes Lawrence's team

has the best defensive posture.

Mr. President, here's what
we know about the entity...

number one, it appears

to only directly communicate with children.

Now, whether that's a choice
or a necessity,

we don't yet know.

Number two, we believe

that it can only be in one place at a time.

Number three, when it travels,
it travels electrically

through lights, power cables, et cetera.

Can I play a game on your phone, mommy?

Sure.

Just the one, okay?

And four, when present,

it can be identified by a heat signature.

And so, for your security,

we have installed
thermal cameras to confirm

that while we're clearly
not alone in the universe,

we are in this room.

Now, as for the rock, we are
still trying to determine

the precise importance of it
to the entity, and until we do,

we will surround it with magnetic towers.

These will create an energy dead zone.

We have planned for this, Mr. President.

Planned for?

You've been involved with this
thing for, what, a few days?

You have no idea what you're dealing with.

Mr. President, I lived with this thing...

in my head for three months.

It is intelligent, it is manipulative,

and if you truly want to protect
the people of this country,

you will blow that rock to kingdom come.

With all due respect, captain
bennigan has been through a lot,

but we should not allow ourselves
to be governed by fear.

Now, if this thing wants the rock,

well, that gives us leverage...
a bargaining chip.

But until we use that bargaining chip,

we study it, we learn from it,

and who knows what it could teach us?

Now, Mr. President, you have heard opinion,

you have heard conjecture.

But seeing is believing.

I... I think it's time that you...

I... I don't know that that's the
most prudent course of action.

No, Mr. Lawrence is right.

Decisions shouldn't be made
sitting behind a desk.

Take me to it.

Welcome home, ma'am.

Thank you.

Welcome home, Cassandra.

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When am I going to be released, sir?

You think you're going home, captain?

I'm no longer a threat.

I'm not connected to that rock anymore.

That may be true, but...
We have other considerations.

What considerations, sir?

We need to find out exactly
what we're facing here.

It seems you're the closest
thing to an expert we've got.

I told you everything I know.

We believe there may be
physiological aspects

within your nervous system

that allowed the enemy
to communicate with you.

You've interacted with the rock
on two separate occasions.

Sir, if you think
there's going to be a third...

You're a United States
military officer, son.

You're supposed to run
at the enemy, not away from him.

When was the last time
you ran at the enemy, sir?

Just so we're... we're clear on this...

I have everything I need
to convince a court

that you're a danger
to your country, captain.

So, the way I see it,
you can do as you're ordered,

report to the black site,

help us learn everything we can

about this thing we're up against...

Or you can go to prison.

- Mr. President.
- Mr. Lawrence.

As I rode here, thinking
on this... Situation,

I have never felt more acutely
the duty of the constitution,

that which I swore to defend.

Do you know the passage from the preamble?

"We the people..."

In order to secure the blessings of liberty

"to ourselves and our posterity..."

That's our descendants,
Mr. Lawrence... our children.

And that's on me now.

If I may, sir, you're not alone.

It's "we the people."

And we are right here... With you... Ready.

Protect this rock.

That's my decision.

Hi, mom.

I don't know.

They hauled him away last night
before I could even talk to him.

He said...

He said he remembers.

Everything.

Thanks.

I love you, too.

Bye.

Daddy!

Hello, Henry. My God.

So, you remember me?

Of course I do.

You're my son.

Welcome home.

Come on.

This one is for the best hitter
in the playoffs.

I'm so proud of you, little man.

And here's the airplane you left me.

I play with it all the time.

Come on.

And that's when mom took me
to see the Orioles.

It was awesome.

Dad, do you want to go out back
and play catch?

I thought you...

We didn't think you were coming back.

Look at that.

My daughter's favorite...

some character from a television show.

Can't believe she left it in the car.

They've probably
torn the residence apart by now

looking for it.

I've spent far too many hours
at the office...

Not enough at the dinner table.

There's nothing more important than family.

When was the last time you saw yours?

Ask another.

Ask another! Drill wants you to.

Um, okay.

How do you travel from place to place?

Lena?

Minx?

Um, do you like it here?

Are you s-staying a long time?

Sorry.

Looks like I missed dinner.

Drill said not to tell daddy
about the game.

It has to be our secret.

That's okay, honey.
We're just glad you're home.

Um, I'll heat something up.

You go play with your daughter.

Okay.

So... What are we playing?

He refused to go to sleep.

"One more story, daddy, one more."

He could hear me.

It was amazing.

He can barely believe that you're back.

Me, neither.

Sean, we need...

I'm tired.

Claire...

I haven't slept...

Truly slept... in months.

Yeah. Of course.

I wasn't sure if...

I wasn't sure if you were sleeping...

upstairs or if you...

Are you sleeping upstairs?

Wes, I can't really talk right now.

I know.

I just... I just wanted to check in on you.

I'm fine. I am.

So, he came back?

Where else would he go? This is his home.

Did you two talk?

Uh, no. He was tired.

And I'm not... I'm not really sure

how this is supposed to work, Wes.

Which part?

All of it.

Well, I...

I think we just try
and figure it out day by day.

Listen, Claire...

I... I just want you
to be careful around Sean.

Wes...

- Okay? I... I just...
- Wes.

We don't really know... we don't
really know what he's been through,

what it did to him,
what he's done, what he'll do.

He's gonna be fine.

We're...

Gonna be fine.

Just be careful, Claire.

Cassandra, you left this in daddy's car.

Oh, thank you, mommy.

Mm-hmm.

Now, I couldn't find my phone.

Uh, are you sure you put it in my purse?

I think so.

We'll check the residence tonight, ma'am.

- Thank you.
- Goodnight.

Goodnight, Cassandra.

Mm.

Sweet dreams, honey.

Dad!

Dad, where are you?

In the kitchen.

What happened?

You know, I couldn't find
where grammy left the griddle.

Um, we haven't used it since...

Since you were gone.

Yeah, I know.

But I made blueberry... your favorite.

Aren't you having some?

No, I'm gonna leave the rest
for you and your mom.

But... I will sit with you.

Henry, I want to talk to you
about something.

You remember what daddy's job is, right?

I protect people.

People like you and mommy,

other families around the country.

Well, I have a new mission...

A very important mission...
and I need your help.

I need you to look out
for your mom while I'm gone.

But you just got home.

How can you leave again?

I know, son.

I need you to know
that I want to be here with you.

Promise you're gonna come back.

Henry...

Promise!

I promise.

I don't believe you.

You can't do this to him.

You can't do this to Henry, Sean.

Hey. Hey, stop.

Hey, look at me. What is this about?

- Is this ab...
- Wes Lawrence?

Y... You think I care about Wes Lawrence?

Then what do you care about?

It sure as hell doesn't feel like it's us.

Pentagon gave me two choices...

Go to prison or become their guinea pig.

- How are you even...
- Here?

I told them I needed one night at home

before I made a decision.
I don't understand.

Which did you choose?

The only one that protects our son.

Sean.

Sean.

What are you going to do?

What are we supposed to do,
lock our daughter in her room

- and throw away the key?
- Of course not.

I'm just saying maybe I should watch
what I say about work in case she's...

In case what?

In case she's still talking to Drill.

Uh... Minx isn't dangerous, Wes.

But her friend is.

Look, you just need to trust me, okay?

The less she knows, the safer she'll be.

You think that's how to keep
us safe... keep us in the dark?

We've discovered something, Lena.

And believe me when I say
we are making progress.

"Progress"?

That's all you're gonna tell me?

I... I... I can't.

Okay? We just need...

You just to trust me a little while longer.

Okay?

You take care of everyone else.

I can take care of our daughter.

What do you hope to learn from me?

I have spent my whole life posing questions

about the universe, Captain Bennigan...

about the possibility
of a higher intelligence

somewhere out there.

Because of you, I finally
get a chance to answer them.

A higher intelligence?

What little we've learned
about this rock so far,

one thing is clear...
The being that created it...

Compared to ants, we are
a higher intelligence, doctor.

And I'm guessing we must have
seemed pretty intriguing to them

until we invented bug spray.

You really think you're the only one

getting answers from this encounter?

This visitor, he's getting them, too.

About us.

And just when he's learned

precisely what it's gonna take
to destroy us,

he's gonna use that "higher intelligence"

to do exactly that.

Unless you help me stop him.

Wes?

Wes!

I can't believe you'd do this,
that you would take Sean

without even having the guts
to talk to me about it first.

I didn't have any say in any of this.

You sat there on the phone with me
last night, asking me questions...

I don't... I don't agree
with how this was handled,

but Sean is the only one with inside
information about this thing.

He's a person, not some object

for you to have
your scientist experiments on.

They're your scientists, too, Claire.

They work for all of us.

This isn't some underground,
mercenary operation.

This is the sovereign, federal government

of the United States of America
trying to protect our children

from a threat that we
don't fully understand.

But Sean does, Wes.

This thing has... been inside
our homes, with our children.

We haven't been able to do
a damn thing to stop it.

Maybe he's right.

Maybe the only way to save us
is to destroy that rock.

Sean is clouded by
the trauma he has been through.

His judgment is impaired.

And yours isn't?

Did he tell you this was about us?

So are you sure that you're...
Seeing this clearly?

Hmm?

You were there with those children, Claire.

You were in that room.

You were willing to let
those children be guinea pigs.

So are you honestly saying
that you would be here

trying to justify what he has done

if he was not your husband?

You need to determine who you believe,

who do you trust, because this is an enemy

and we need to fight it using
whatever and whomever we have.

At least let me see him.

I didn't even get
to talk to him last night.

We just found him, Wes.

Who knows who long
they're gonna keep him there?

All of this... Everything
that has happened to him...

is because of me...

Us.

Let me see him. Let me talk him.

I owe him that.

You owe him that.

Okay. I'll make a call.

Okay.

What do you think you're doing?

Just trying to talk to you.

You're trying to scare me.

Sometimes, the truth is scary.

Do you think you're the first military man

to suggest that any visitor to our planet

would want to hurt us?

No, but I'm trying not to be the last.

Look, you can hook me up to the rock,

take brain scans,
test every nerve in my body,

but there's one thing your lab work

will never be able to tell you.

And what's that?

What I saw in the blue light.

You brought me here
to learn from me, doctor.

So learn from me.

- And how am I supposed to...
- Just ask.

Ask me what I saw.

Here.

So, you want to tell me

why you need a tactical vest
to watch your son?

After what we saw yesterday,
do you feel safe?

Not even a little.

But if this thing is what you say it is,

then wearing a flak jacket

ain't gonna make a damn bit of difference.

Uh, Claire...

You're a good partner, Jessup.

Thank you.

Look, just... Be careful, all right?

And who might this be? Hmm.

Kylie! Come in! Come in!

You're just in time
for this wonderful experiment.

Hey, Minx, I've got to go back to work.

I lost my way, Justus.

You... you know what I do when I'm lost?

I use bread crumbs to find my way back.

Minx? I've got to go.

Just like, um, hansel and gretel.

Okay, daddy. Love you.

Ba-dum, ba-dum. It leaves a trail.

- Bye.
- Here, you try.

I recognize that doll. Who is it?

He's Justus. He's the best.

Everyone watches his show.

Okay, everybody.

Why do you watch?

Join hands and help a friend.

- I don't know.
- Get ready.

I guess 'cause he knows
how to talk to kids.

Oh, I almost forgot!

Kids, check out my new Justus doll.

Hi, I'm Justus.

Now you can take
a little bit of justus with you

wherever you go.

Okay. Bye, kiddo.

I love you.

Bye, daddy.

No more games.

Drill, I want you
to leave my daughter alone.

Please.

I'll do whatever it takes,
uh, whatever you want, just...

Leave Minx out of it.

Understand?

I'll make you an offer you can't refuse...

One... Lolli... Pop... Each.

But I can't choose!

There's too many!

Mom!

Is Drill here?

I want to talk to him.

About what?

I... I need... I need him to do something.

He's not here, mommy,
but we can ask him later.

Where is he?

He's with a new friend...
an important friend.

Why is this new friend so important, Minx?

Something terrible is coming.

Before I crashed,
I felt something enter my mind,

as if something was ripping it apart

looking through my memories.

And that's when I had my first vision...

a vision of things to come.

And what did you see?

First, I was at my house.

Door was open...

I called out.

No one answered. They were all gone.

Then, all of a sudden,
I was at this playground.

The swings were still swinging.

The carousel was still spinning
around and around,

as if the kids were just there.

And again, I called out, "Is anyone here?"

No one answered.

Then I was at this school...

hallways, classrooms... all empty.

But there were still shoes on the ground,

backpacks still open,

homework out, ready to be handed in.

That's when I realized... It was all gone.

Everyone was gone.

Did she say who the important friend was?

No, just that this friend knows things...

things that the other kids don't.

With Drill, it's not about
the child. It never is.

It's about who they
have access to... their parents.

Well, do you know what he wants?

Yeah, something
we're keeping hidden from him,

something he can't get from Minx.

Our computers are out of
the house, we won't discuss it.

Who else knows where it is?

Wes, what is it?

- The doll.
- What doll?

Look, the... s-s-she didn't just forget it.

S... She left it there on purpose.

Her room is right there, but...

Mr. Lawrence,
how could my daughter's room...

The entity uses children, sir.

That doll was in your car
yesterday afternoon.

If... if... if there's
a tracking device inside it...

It's okay, sweetheart.

This gentleman's just trying
to make sure everyone's safe.

The voice box that was inside here.
Did you take it out, Cassandra?

- Did you move it somewhere?
- Mommy?

- Did you put it somewhere?
- I think we should calm down.

- Cassandra?
- Okay, Mr. Lawrence...

The voice box that was
in here... did you move it?

Come here, sweetheart.

Is that mommy's phone, Cassandra?

You told me you put it
back in my purse, sweetie.

We've been looking everywhere.

I was just trying to help my friend.

It's an app for tracking your route.

He knows where the rock is.

I don't understand.

This being also restored
your son's hearing.

It brought another woman out of a coma.

If he could manipulate that
to help someone,

he could do it to hurt someone.

Why not just stop our hearts?

If he's the enemy like you say...

why not kill us all?

Maybe he has other plans for us.

He needed my help, daddy.

- What for, sweetheart?
- To call home.

The rock... It isn't, uh,
a... A ship, it's not a bomb...

It's a phone.

What does it need a phone for?

To send a signal.

He's calling for reinforcements.

My visit was cleared
by Wes Lawrence at the D.O.D.

Just a moment, please.

I have a Claire Bennigan at Station 2.

Clearance check.

Claire, you need to get out of there.

Call me when you get this.

Drill knows where the rock is!
Get out of there now!

Agent Bennigan, I'm gonna need
you to do something for me.

Yes?

When you leave the facility,

I'll need you to report back
here for a standard debriefing.

- Is that understood?
- Of course.

Agent Bennigan... she wanted me
to bring her a bulletproof vest.

- Any idea why?
- No.

I tried to follow her,
but I lost her on the I-170.

- I-170?
- Yeah.

I know where she's going.

He's right through here.

I didn't think you'd make it.

I had to lie to Wes,
but I got what you needed.

She's with us.

How can you trust her?

Hasn't she been running experiments?

Look, do either of you have
any real clue how to do this?

We're gonna reverse
the electromagnetic field

around the rock, creating an E.M.P.

Okay, but we also need something
to fire the device...

a small electronic receiver.

I got that covered.

It's got a powerful switch,
good range of signal.

We'll be clear before the blast happens.

Put this on.

I will find something
to cut the monitor off his leg.

I need this room completely cleared.

Stand post outside the doors.
No one gets in.

Dr. Tully, are you sure?

I'll be fine. Thank you.

- Now.
- Yes, ma'am.

Let's move.

We need to hurry.

Each tower has four magnets.

The magnets are attached
to two wires... live and ground.

Unhook all the wires,

then turn the magnet towards the rock.

We need to do this
for each and every magnet.

And then what happens?

The magnetic shield will be down.

Doesn't that leave the rock
vulnerable to Drill?

Exactly, which is why
we don't have much time.

Once all the magnets are turned,
reattach the wires.

I'll activate the E.M.P.
and destroy the rock.

Must be a power surge.

It's Drill. He's here.

Yeah, I'm almost done with this one.

Everyone down!

I have full authority here!

You don't know what you're doing!

If it gets to that rock, we are all dead!

We have our orders. We will shoot you.

Stop! I will shoot you!

Tully!

- Stand down!
- Wes!

No one shoot.

No!

- Put down your weapons!
- Sir, we have orders!

I am countermanding those orders.

Evacuate the premises now.

Go! Go!

We need to go, too.

We can't. This is our chance.
Drill's in the rock.

Wes, we can end this,
get rid of Drill for good.

Take her.

What? Why?

Sean.

Claire, listen to me. I'll do this alone.

- No. No, no, no.
- I forgave you.

No.

I forgive you.

No.

- Tell Henry I love him.
- No.

Go.

- No, please.
- Now!

- Go! Go.
- No! No! No! No!

Let me go!

Let me go! Wes! Wes! Sean!

What...

Oh, God.

Claire?

- Claire?
- Sean? Sean?

- I'm here, Claire.
- Sean! Sean!

You're...

Oh, God.

Okay.

Sean. Oh.

We did it.

We did it. He's gone.

It's over.

Okay.

Okay, okay.

I'm sorry.

You were the only one
who could get me in here.

You made the right choice.

It's just the way it had to be.

- The cavalry's coming.
- What do we do?

This isn't something I can fix overnight.

Until I do, you run.

Wes, thank you.
Thank you. I know how this...

that's not important right now.

You have to... you have to go with him.

Now, the parking lot is right there.

You take my car, you turn the key,

and you get the hell away from here.

Okay?

Go.

Go!

Oh, come on.

I'm here. I'm at the house, sir.

I'd like to know what I'm doing here.

You're there to pick up the kid.

I'm sorry, sir. I don't follow.

I believe my orders are loud and clear.

Bennigan's son...
I want him in our custody.

Minx?

What... What are you doing?

Drill's here.

I told Drill you want something from him,

and he said he wants something from you.

Maybe you can make a deal.

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