Timeless (2016–2018): Season 2, Episode 10 - Chinatown - full transcript

The team attempt to rescue Jiya.

CONNOR: Previously
on Timeless...

Jiya, where'd you go?

JIYA: They're
premonitions of the future.

And lately they've
been of your future.

Rufus, you're going to die.

CONNOR: Jessica is alive.

I found troubling files on
the Rittenhouse computers.

RUFUS: Is that Jessica?

She's my wife, I've known
her since high school.

Is there something
you're not telling me?

I'm pregnant.



Jiya, what are you doing?

Stop. I'm so sorry.

Jessica!

(GRUNTS)

- (BREATHING HEAVILY)
- (INDISTINCT SHOUTING)

CONNOR: Where's the
Lifeboat? RUFUS: Where's Jiya?

DENISE: What
happened? LUCY: Wyatt!

It's Jessica, she...

She got my gun. Kidnapped
Jiya. Took the Lifeboat.

- She what?
- LUCY: Wait, wait.

- Wait, hold on.
- So, so, Jessica is Rittenhouse?

Rittenhouse has the Lifeboat?

What did she do with Jiya?

(BREATHING HEAVILY)



Anything, Rufus?

No, nothing. I can't find them.

CONNOR: They might
have disabled the tracker.

DENISE: Is there another
way to locate the Lifeboat?

The whole system is
down. There's nothing!

Hey, hey! We will find her.

Right?

We asked you.

I asked you to tell us if
she'd said or did anything

to make you think
she was Rittenhouse.

He didn't do anything wrong. He
didn't... He didn't suspect anything.

I did.

What?

- Her brother.
- DENISE: He's a mechanic in Hayward.

We did a background check
on him. It came out clean.

Yes, but in our
original timeline,

he died of leukemia
when they were kids.

What?

But here, Jessica said that he was
saved by some sort of stem cell therapy,

which...

(SIGHS) I assume was
not around in the 1980s.

So, what, you just lied?

Why didn't you tell us?

WYATT: Because I
wanted to figure it out first.

I told her she had to leave the
bunker. I was trying to do the right thing.

And if your sister came back,

would you assume
that she was your sister

or would you think she's
some sort of a traitor?

I'm sorry.

It's a little late for that.

Jeez! We...

We had those Rittenhouse
photos, and we did jack squat!

And now Jiya's gone!

There's photos? No
one told me about that.

No one trusted that you
wouldn't try to kill her.

Well, hindsight, would
that've been so bad?

Watch your mouth.

Okay, we're just trying to
figure out what happened, Wyatt.

FLYNN: Let me just sum this up.

Jessica was screwing you,
she lied about being pregnant,

and then she wrapped you
around her finger just long enough

so she could screw us, too.

CONNOR: Guys, come on!
DENISE: Wyatt, stand down!

Wyatt.

(BOTH GRUNTING)

Wyatt!

(GRUNTS)

- Lucy...
- No, no. No.

(PANTING)

(SNIFFLES)

I'm guessing that's
not a One A Day.

Something to help you sleep.

You've got a lot to learn,
and we need you well-rested.

Come on, Jessica, we're friends.

We watched an entire season
of Vanderpump Rules together.

They won't hurt you,
Jiya. Just cooperate.

Take it...

or Doug will make you.

Every terrible thing
Lucy said about you

doesn't even begin to capture
what a raging psycho you are.

(GASPS)

Open.

Rest now.

You've got a lot of work ahead.

To Jessica and the capture
of their time machine.

It's total victory.

We can accelerate our plans now.

Expand our actions.

How's my daughter?

Stubborn. Strong-willed.

I can see where she gets it.

And she's in love with
Wyatt, I can tell you that.

(SIGHS) Her taste in men.

That's my husband
you're talking about.

No offense.

EMMA: What's this?

NICHOLAS: Emma.

Isn't it amazing?

Jessica brought us the Lifeboat.

JESSICA: Along with
one of their pilots, Jiya.

Great.

You want me to kill her?

Why would we have you kill her?

Like Jessica just
said, she's a pilot.

So, now we have a backup in
case something happens to you.

I thought Jessica was
supposed to gather intel,

then take them all out when
the opportunity presented itself,

not commit grand theft auto.

But this is better, isn't it?

Now we have both machines,

and they have none.

- Why wasn't I consulted?
- (CHUCKLES) Should we have?

I thought you
relied on my advice.

Of course, I do. Don't be cross.

Look, I know that
the two of you are,

what, dating, I suppose?

And that Nicholas holds
you in the highest regard.

But we visited some of
our ancestors last week.

And it reminded us that
Rittenhouse is blood.

It's heritage. Legacy.

But don't get me wrong, we do
appreciate all the help you've given us.

So, thank you.

Yeah, of course.

You're welcome.

(KNOCK AT DOOR)

(RUFUS SNIFFLES)

Rufus, I'm so sorry.

I don't wanna hear "sorry."

I wanna hear you fixed this.

I will.

You are so worried about your
stupid Lucy-Jessica soap opera,

that you forgot that there
are other people here.

Who matter to each other,

who love each other.

If anything happens
to her, Wyatt...

I don't think I can
ever forgive you.

(THUDDING)

(SCOFFS)

Couldn't have passed
out on the bed, hmm?

Okay.

(GRUNTS)

(JIYA GRUNTING)

(CHOKING)

(STRAINING)

(GASPING)

I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.

(GASPING)

Stop!

(GUNFIRE)

(ELECTRICITY CRACKLING)

(BULLETS CLANKING)

(SIGHS)

Connor, what is that?

(ALARM BLARING)

Oh, my God.

It's the Lifeboat.
It's back online!

Jiya's escaped.

She's coming back!

She's here.

(RUMBLING)

What happened? Where is she?

Lifeboat's gone. She
didn't stick the landing.

What do you mean? Where is she?

We don't know.

She's lost in time.

Now, we don't know
anything for certain.

But, we think, we hope,

that Jiya escaped from Rittenhouse,
and was trying to get home.

- But she didn't make it.
- FLYNN: Why?

I don't know. Piloting error.

- She's better than that.
- Maybe there's damage to the Lifeboat.

Regardless, there's a very good
chance that Jiya is alive in the past.

And if she is, she
knows what to do.

She'll find a way to
communicate with us.

- How?
- CONNOR: Through history.

Newspapers. Advertisements.

Large public events, somewhere
she might show her face.

That's why Rufus is running a facial
and text recognition search right now.

Through all of American history?

We're starting with
nearest to us in space

and time and
working our way out.

What can we do to help?

She's gonna try to communicate
in places she thinks we'll look.

Think back to conversations
you've had with her,

books you've seen she
read, games she played,

anything that'll give us a
clue help narrow the search.

- LUCY: I found her.
- Oh, my God!

LUCY: Jiya's been
obsessed with this book

ever since she had those
visions of the Golden Gate Bridge.

"San Francisco,
Chinatown. 1888."

That's only like 20 miles away
from here and 130 years, but still...

So, how do we get there
without the Lifeboat?

Hey, wait. Is that...
that's not Chinese, is it?

No, it's not Chinese.

That's Klingon.

She's sending us a
message in Klingon.

You read Klingon?

Why am I asking that? Of
course, you read Klingon.

RUFUS: It's a series of numbers.

GPS coordinates. She must be
trying to tell us where the Lifeboat is.

Do you think that she left it somewhere
for us to find it 130 years later?

Wait, it also says
something else. It says...

"Don't come."

Well, the hell with that.

RUFUS: Connor, this is
exact dead center of nowhere.

Well, we're here.

Are you sure this
is the right spot?

Yeah, these are the
correct coordinates.

This is crazy.

All it'd take is one
hiker to find the thing.

Report it. Smash
it. Then I don't...

(MACHINE BEEPING)

(MACHINE BEEPING FASTER)

(GRUNTING)

(GASPING)

We're gonna need a generator.

Yeah. Yes.

(GENERATOR RUNNING)

Well, battery's shot.

Motherboard's literally
got a bullet hole in it.

- No wonder she couldn't get home.
- (YELPS)

- Hey!
- Dammit!

- You okay?
- I'm fine.

But, you know,
it could be worse.

How could this be worse?

Well...

She stayed water tight.

These circuit boards
are over 130 years old.

The wiring, the electromagnets!

We have been at this all
day. Meanwhile, she could be...

This is hopeless.

Aren't you the one that told
me to stow my personal bollocks,

and just keep turning a wrench?

But it's Jiya.

Yes, I know.

Now shut up. And
keep turning that wrench.

We're engineers,
after all, you and I.

That's how we've always
muddled through, isn't it?

You're right.

Thank you.

I thought I told you to shut up.

(POWERING UP)

(EXHALES)

Do you wanna do the honors?

(SIGHS)

(WHIRRING)

(LAUGHING)

Now that is some good old-fashioned
Mason Industries craftsmanship!

(SIGHS) Incredible.

(COMPUTER BEEPING)

The Mothership,

went back to August
26, 1888. San Francisco.

They must've chased Jiya there.

They want Jiya back. They want
the Lifeboat back. We've got to go.

She's only 78% charged.

It'll have to do.

Come on, guys.

Flynn, you're coming with us.

Uh, don't we need to
save an open seat for Jiya?

Jiya can fly you home
and come back for me.

I want as much muscle
as possible on this trip.

So, what's our confidence
level that this 130-year-old

vine-covered machine isn't gonna
just make us explode into gory chunks?

- Just get in the machine.
- Really?

Whose fault is all of this?

Save the fighting for the
actual bad guys? Come on.

(FLYNN SIGHS)

Good luck.

(WHIRRING)

(CLATTERING)

Only 78% charged?

They'll be fine.

(INDISTINCT CHATTER)

- (HEN CLUCKING)
- (GOATS BLEATING)

RUFUS: We've been searching
for this photo studio for over an hour,

and it's not here.

Look, I'm sure we'll find it.
Maybe it's just not in Chinatown?

It's here. The backdrop of the
photo. The decor. Clearly Chinese.

Which could be anywhere?

The Chinese weren't allowed
to live anywhere else in 1888.

Forty-five thousand people
crammed into 12 square blocks.

Makes the bunker sound roomy.

As far as white people were concerned,
it's like the Chinese didn't even exist.

They only came here to
drink, gamble, and whore.

Hey!

Hello.

(SPEAKING CHINESE)

(IN ENGLISH) Hello.

Um...

Do you speak English?

Good.

We're looking for the
woman in this picture.

Do you recognize her?

GIRL: (IN ENGLISH) No.
We've had a lot of customers.

LUCY: Of course.

Can you think very hard?
It's important that we find her.

And she was here recently.

We don't know her.

See this? It says 1885.

My father took this
photo three years ago.

Three years ago?

Maybe the date in
the book was wrong.

Are you telling me
that Jiya's been here,

by herself, without
us, for three years?

How are we ever gonna find her?

- Lucy!
- (GUNSHOT)

- (GRUNTS)
- I am so sick of this.

(GASPING)

(GASPING)

What have you...

(BODY THUDS)

Come on.

(GASPING)

- Split up.
- Yeah.

WYATT: Flynn!

You're not going
anywhere near Jessica.

I'll get her.

(CAROL BREATHING SHAKILY)

(GASPS) Mom?

Lucy...

(PANTING)

Get a doctor. Go!

I'm here.

You think a 19th century
doctor is gonna help me?

We just... We have
to stop the bleeding.

Lucy, I was foolish to
think that I could run from it.

Run from what?

It was supposed to
be cancer, wasn't it?

I was selfish.

I took your sister away
from you so that I could...

We could have more time.

And look where it got us.

(GROANING IN PAIN)

Rufus! Rufus, get
a doctor, please!

No! No.

Some things can't be changed.

You told me that.

I should have told you sooner.

Told me what, Mom?

About your role in Rittenhouse.

What it could offer you.

If I'd only had the courage
to raise you truthfully.

There's still so
much you don't know.

About you.

Your father.

(GROANS) Our family.

Shh. Shh.

It's okay.

It still belongs to you.

All you have to do is take it.

It's my last wish for you.

Jessica!

Okay.

(GUN CLATTERS)

Whatever they're threatening
you with, you don't have to listen.

We can fight them.

They didn't threaten me,
Wyatt. They raised me.

What?

My brother was
sick. He was dying.

There was no hope,

and then Carol and Emma
came to my parents with an offer,

with a miracle.

They saved him.

In exchange for what? For you?

They brought him life, Wyatt.

And they gave me purpose.
They taught me everything.

They're not bad people.
They're my family.

No. The Jessica I
knew had a family.

Rittenhouse went back in time,
and they stole her from them.

Because of me.

The Jessica you knew
was a bartender. That's it.

No.

I'm a part of something
important, Wyatt.

We're going to save the world.

Why didn't you just kill us
when you came into the bunker?

After I got all the intel I
needed, I was going to.

(SIGHS) But I knew if the time
came, I wouldn't be able to hurt you.

Are you really pregnant?

Yes.

Am I the father?

- Yes.
- Then we're your family!

I really do love you.

- I wish it didn't have to be like this.
- (WYATT SIGHS)

I'm sorry.

I have to protect
Rittenhouse and my baby.

Do you recognize her?

(SIGHS)

(SPEAKING CHINESE)

My father says you've
brought bad luck.

He wants you to leave.

RUFUS: Does your
father speak English at all?

GIRL: No.

I'm Lucy. This is Rufus.

- What's your name?
- Fei.

Fei, take this. It's gold.
It'll pay for the damage.

I'm very sorry.

What are you doing?

Why does the red-haired
lady want to hurt Jiya?

Wait, you know who Jiya is?

Ever since we first took her
photo, we've been friends.

She brings me books sometimes.

Why didn't you say
anything before?

She made me promise not to.

She says, if a black
man comes asking for her,

do not tell where she is.

Then why are you telling us now?

Because now Jiya's in danger
from the red-haired lady with a gun.

So you know where she is?

She works at Bison's
Horn saloon. I'll take you.

- Let's go.
- We should wait for Wyatt and Flynn.

I'll meet you there. I don't
want to waste another minute.

Come on. Let's go.

(LIVELY CHATTER)

Jiya.

- You cheating skunk!
- Jiya!

(GROANS) My wrist!
You broke my wrist!

Flash that knife again,
I'll break more than that.

Excuse me.

Jiya! Excuse me.

Rufus.

RUFUS: Excuse me. Excuse me.

(GASPING)

You were like scary tough.

- No, this isn't...
- I'm sorry we're three years late.

I wanted you to find the
Lifeboat, Rufus, not me.

Didn't you read the
Klingon? "Don't come."

- What did you expect me to do?
- Listen to me, that's what!

Why? What are you hiding? Do
you have a hot Asian boyfriend now?

No, Rufus, you're my boyfriend.

And you. You
promised not to tell.

But you're in danger.

- When aren't I?
- Now scoot. We'll talk later.

Emma's here.
She's coming for you.

- We need to get you home.
- No, I can't go home.

- Why?
- Because that's how you die.

What do you mean,
that's how I die?

This is the place
I told you about.

Where I saw your death.

It wasn't cowboys.
But it was close.

See? Everyone still has
spurs on their boots here.

Just like in my vision.

Holy crap. Okay, uh...

What about the yellow-toothed
thug? Where's he?

(SIGHS) He comes
with Emma and Jessica.

He's one of their goons.

JIYA: We start to leave. I
hear a clock strike seven.

I see a gun on a chair, but
I can't get to it fast enough.

- Emma's goon stabs you.
- No! No!

Right in the gut. You die.

(GASPS)

No matter what I
do, I can't change it.

How do you...

Look, I've learned how to
control my visions, Rufus.

How to access them.

Like Stanley, the pilot
that Mason locked away.

Three years is a
long time to practice.

You can't honestly
want to stay here.

It doesn't really matter
what I want anymore.

(SIGHS) I can
handle myself here.

That gambler almost scalped you!

Yeah, and then
I broke his wrist.

You're gonna die here.

Jiya, if you're not stabbed,
you're gonna get tuberculosis,

or shanghaied,
or all of the above.

If I have to die to stop that
from happening, then so be it!

Stop.

Come on. Let's find
somewhere private to talk.

- Where's Wyatt?
- We split up.

Relax. Even I couldn't kill
Wyatt if I wanted to. And I want to.

- Your mom?
- She's dead.

I'm sorry, Lucy.

You know what her
one great regret was?

That she didn't indoctrinate
me earlier into her evil cult.

You were right.

I should've seen her
for who she was sooner.

My whole life, I was blind.

Now, you want someone to
blame, you should blame Wyatt.

He's the idiot who brought a
Rittenhouse spy into the bunker.

And what would you have done?

If Rittenhouse had brought your
wife and child back from the dead,

would you look for
the hidden catch?

Or would you just be so grateful
that they were back in your arms

and in your life?

You can blame
Wyatt if you want...

I don't give a damn about Wyatt.

That's not why I'm here.

Why are you here?

(DOOR OPENS)

Where's Rufus?

We found Jiya. Come on.

Screw bloodlines.

All that family,
birthright, monarchy crap.

What are we, British?

You just executed our superiors.

You and I both know
what we're doing.

We'll run Rittenhouse
better than they ever could.

And what makes you think
you won't just go home,

- and the others will kill you?
- (SCOFFS)

Because I'm the bitch
with the time machine.

Jimmy. Took you long enough.
You hide the Mothership?

- Yes, ma'am.
- Good.

We got work to do.

What in the bloody
hell are you doing?

Knitting. Badly.

I do this every time they
go on one of their trips.

You've never wondered why
there are so many ugly scarves

tucked away around here?

Well.

I just don't know how
you can stay so calm.

I'm not. This is how I
manage my anxiety.

You should find a hobby.

I have one.

Besides drinking, I mean.

You know, there
was a time of my life.

Before I met Rufus.

I lived in a mansion.

Had the exotic cars.

Different party, different
woman every night.

Mmm. Charming.

(BOTH LAUGHING)

I knew everyone.

But didn't really know anyone.

Didn't love anyone.

And that was a good thing?

No.

But...

yes.

'Cause now, it seems as if
I spend half my life worrying

that the people I love
will be horribly maimed.

It's like walking around with
your heart on the outside.

Hmm. There's a word for that.

Yeah. Panic.

Terror.

Family.

(CHUCKLES)

It's not a bad life.

And if I liked bed bugs,
it would be amazing.

It's my friend Molly's bed.

That's Sarah's.

We're thinking of opening
up our own place together.

Okay, great. You
can call it, "Cheers."

Everyone'll know your
name. Jiya, this is crazy!

Why? It's to save your life.

It's obviously not
the life I had planned,

but I'm not gonna let you die

just so I can have
modern plumbing.

And you think I'm just
gonna leave you here?

I can handle myself here, Rufus.

I'm not the same Jiya you knew.

Jiya!

Lucy.

(JIYA GASPING)

Wyatt.

Hi.

- Flynn.
- What? No hug?

I'm practically family now.

Yeah. The creepy uncle.

Uh, we should go.
Emma could be close.

Jiya said she's not
leaving, because I die here.

- Isn't that exactly why we should leave?
- No. That's how it happens.

I start to leave and
then Rufus dies.

If she stays, she dies.

Look, I'm not going to be responsible
for your death, okay? I love you!

- I love you! And if I die, I die!
- (JIYA SCOFFS)

Look, you were the one who
said somethings are meant to be.

At least it'll be for a good reason.
If it's for you, then it'll be worth it.

- No! I can't live with that, Rufus!
- Stop it. Stop it.

Stop it! Both of you stop!

Nobody is dying, and
we're getting out of here.

- You don't understand.
- I do understand.

None of us have anything
anymore, except each other.

That's how we've
survived this long.

No matter how bad
it gets, we're together.

We take out Rittenhouse
together, we're going home together.

Are we clear?

- She's right.
- Count me in.

That was, like, better
than the speech in Rudy.

I'm not leaving.

- Oh, my God.
- Just go, okay? Before it's too late.

- Jiya.
- (GUNFIRE)

(SCREAMING)

Where is she?

Oh, Lucy.

Stay back. Stay back.

EMMA: Sorry about your mom.

That is if you even care.
Her being a Rittenbitch and all.

I'm in charge now.

I think you'll find me
enlightened compared to Nicholas.

Come out, come
out wherever you are.

(SIGHS)

Is there another way out?

The rear exit, but the only way
there is through that door there.

(SIGHS)

All right, look,
it's you and me.

We cover everyone,
then make a run for it.

Lucy, you go straight
for the Lifeboat.

Get them home safe,

and then come back for
me and Flynn, all right?

Jiya...

(GUNFIRE)

I do not agree to leave with Rufus.
I do not agree to leave with Rufus.

- Jiya!
- What?

I can't. I can't come with you.

Please, Jiya.

(GUNFIRE)

(MAN GROANING)

Now!

(SIGHS)

Jiya!

Rufus!

- Cover me.
- Got it.

Don't hit Jessica!

- Seriously?
- Please!

She's carrying my kid!

WYATT: They're gone.

Rufus, don't.

You did it.

See?

You saved me.

You're alive.

You're alive.

Guys, we should get going
before they come back.

Are you ready to go home?

Yeah.

(GUNFIRE)

Rufus! Rufus!

- WYATT: No.
- JIYA: Rufus, you're okay?

No, no, no.

- WYATT: You'll be fine.
- No, no, no.

WYATT: Rufus, stay with me.

Rufus, stay with
me. Stay with me.

- Lucy!
- Wyatt!

Can you move with that thing?

Sure as hell can try.

Rufus. Rufus. Look at me.

You're gonna be fine.
You're gonna be fine.

You're gonna be
fine. Just relax.

(GASPING)

Rufus.

Rufus.

(EXHALES)

- Rufus!
- Come on.

You okay? Rufus?

Rufus.

Rufus!

No.

No.

(GUNFIRE)

(EMMA GROANS)

Stop!

(CRYING)

(YELLING) What do you do to someone
who's taken everyone that you love?

My mother, my sister, Rufus.

Lucy.

Please.

(GUN CLICKS)

(LUCY GROANS)

(GRUNTING)

(EFFORT GRUNTS)

Poor Princess Lucy.

Everything handed to you,
but it still wasn't enough.

I didn't take anything
away from you

that you hadn't already
willingly abandoned.

FLYNN: Lucy!

- (LUCY COUGHING)
- (GUNFIRE)

Lucy.

Hey.

(GUNFIRE)

(FLYNN GROANING)

Hey, hey.

She's gone. She's gone.

Flynn.

I can't. (SOBBING)

I can't.

(SOBBING)

(CUP CLINKING)

(GASPS)

(RUMBLING)

(WHIRRING)

Jiya!

(LAUGHING) You're alive.

She doesn't look a day older.

What happened to you?

Emma.

Hey, Jiya.

Rufus?

Oh, my God.

- How?
- Doesn't matter how. He's gone.

- Right, well then, we'll get him back.
- We can't.

Yes, we bloody can!

They can't go back to a
time they already existed.

We'll send another team.

It takes a year
to train a pilot.

I'll fly the thing myself.

You don't know how.

I know enough to
take my chances!

You know what, Connor?

(YELLING) You wanna go back
and get yourself killed like Rufus did?

Go ahead! I don't care anymore!

I told you he'd
die if I came home.

Why didn't you listen?

Jiya.

Jiya.

(GASPS)

(SNIFFLING)

Please tell me I don't (SNIFFLES)
have to worry about you

losing yourself in your head.

I can't lose you, too.

I've searched
everywhere for him.

In time, in space.

And he's just gone.

I'm never gonna see Rufus again.

(JIYA CRYING)

He's dead there in 1888.

He's alone and abandoned.

No one to identify
him, no one to bury him,

no one to grieve him.

And even though I knew it
was coming, I... I couldn't stop it.

(BOTH SOBBING)

This is my fault.

- All of it.
- No, it's not, Wyatt.

I promised Rufus that I wouldn't
let anything happen to him.

I was supposed to protect him.

And then I messed everything up.

(SIGHS)

Just like I did with us.

It's true.

You did mess things up with us.

- (SIGHS)
- (CHUCKLES)

But Rufus is not on you.

We all stood together.

He knew the risks, and
he accepted them willingly.

You brought Jiya home. Safe.

That's what mattered
most to Rufus.

I love you, Lucy.

You don't have to say it back.

You don't have to say anything.

I just should've said it a long time
ago and I didn't, so I'm saying it now.

Rufus wanted me to admit it.

(CHUCKLES)

I know that wherever he is...

if he's watching,

he's saying, "It's
about damn time."

I can't believe he's gone.

(RUMBLING)

(CLATTERING)

What the hell?

DENISE: Oh, my God.

What is that?

Is this another Lifeboat?

But it looks upgraded.

- What's going on, Connor?
- No idea.

Well, what are you waitin' on?

You guys wanna get
Rufus back or what?

(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)