Zero Hour (2013): Season 1, Episode 1 - Strike - full transcript

Hank Galliston's wife, Leila, is abducted by an international terrorist.

12 is the magic number.

12 is divine.

12 is both the beginning
and the end of time.

You must hurry.

When it comes
to building clocks, father,

there is no such thing
as hurry.

Leave us, please.

The Nazis have made
a breakthrough.

Impossible.

The prophesies are true.

The end times are here.



The scriptures say,
"there shall be upon this earth"

"a distress of nations."

"The power of heaven
shall be shaken."

"Nation will rise
against nation,."

Luke 4:22. You know
your apocalyptic verse.

Claims of the end of days
are as old as time.

Ever since the apostles wrote
those lines 2,000 years ago,

every generation had thought it
applied to them and them alone,

and every time,
they've been wrong.

Yes, but never before
have the dead arisen.

Make eye contact with no one.

The Nazis
appropriated this place

a year ago.

They began their experiments
almost immediately.



Were it not
for an unnamed "friend,"

we would never have known.

It's only a child.

Born of no womb.

Run!

Hey!

Halt! Halt!

Halt!

Halt!

The Nazis cannot
be stopped now.

They will come for us.

Then we must fight back.

We are too weak to fight back.

But we may not be
in the future.

We know the most important thing
for us to do now is to preserve

that thing , that what lies
in the tunnels below this cathedral.

We can't do this.

A hundred generations
have kept it hidden.

We're not worthy
to make this decision.

If we don't,
and it falls into Nazi hands,

it will mean the end of mankind
as we know it.

There is an s.S. Convoy
two minutes behind me.

If we leave now,
we might still beat them.

Praise God for you, brother.

That's it.

Godspeed.

They're here!

Barricade it!

It is up to God now.

Not even God can help anymore.

Only the 12 can.

Seriously, you gotta try this.

No, seriously, I don't
I have to try it.

You don't even know
what kind of meat that is.

And I don't care...

On account of
its deliciousness.

Well, careful 'cause you got
a little hoof there

in your teeth. I like it.

Yeah?

It's your fault

yeah, that was when we were
young and in new Delhi.

Where, it turns out,

they're not known
for their health inspectors,

and you ate everything
off the carts.

Well, that was before.
Before what?

Before I had something to lose.

You're never gonna lose me,
Hank galliston,

no matter how hard you try.

Let's go back and get six more
with everything.

Come on. We got shopping to do.

What is it today,
parts or pieces?

We're hunting for treasure.

I mean, look at this.

Imagine what's it's seen,
the hands it's passed through.

Any way to find out who?

Not really. I mean,
things just wind up here.

You know, found in
someone's attic after they die

or picked up in a garage sale.

Their stories lost
to history...

Really?

Making fun of me now?

No! I'm not making fun.

I'm making fun with you,
'cause, like, we're a team.

Is that it?
Don't you have, like a..

you know, magazine
to be putting out?

I should be getting back.

I have played hooky
long enough.

Well, I'm gonna be at the shop
later if you wanna...

You know,

play a little somethin' else.

It's a deal.

I love you.

I love you,

even with my hoof breath.

See ya, honey!

Hello!

We're on deadline!

Who has got a story to pitch?

Well, we've got a ton of
news feeds coming out of Romania

about a family of werewolves.

Werewolves? Come on, guys.

What do I tell every reporter
on their first day of work?

Don't start with the headline.

Which is why we're starting
with these facts...

that there are people with

a really inappropriate amount
of body hair.

They're also the symptoms
of hypertrichosis,

a congenital condition

that causes
uncontrollable hair growth.

It's the same thing
that brought us...

Julia pastrana,

the "werewolf woman."

Been doing this a long time,

and one of the things
I've learned

is that the first answer
might not be the right one.

But it could be the answer
to selling more magazines.

People dig
a little mystery, Hank...

a tease,
an intellectual reach-around...

things like spontaneous
combustion in Budapest.

Or... or skunk apes in Arkansas.

I swear, you put
one of these on the cover...

I am not gonna pay for you to go
skunk aping in Arkansas.

Well, it's really not
as dirty as it sounds.

And the point is,
if you send us,

you get to chill at home
with laila for the weekend.

Yeah, and we'll stay in one room
to keep costs down.

What would make
laila and I happiest

is knowing that
our favorite reporters are safe,

typing in their laptops,
in Brooklyn.

Right, because nothing dangerous
ever happens in Brooklyn.

Okay, fine, but, you know,
when the "post" scoops up

this whole skunk ape story,

just remember who was there
at the beginning. Okay.

Hey there.

Shh!
There's somebody in the shop.

What are you talking about?

Laila?

They're trying to get in.
Hold on. Talk to me.

Call the police.
Honey, call the police!

Hey, arron, call the police.
Don't ask.

Just get 'em
to laila's shop now!

Okay, listen, I'm on my way.
Okay?

You hear me?

They're breaking in.

Laila, what's going on?

I've gotta fight 'em.
There's nothing else I can do.

No, no, do not fight them! Okay,
I'll be there in two minutes.

Laila?

Aah! Laila!

Laila?

Laila!

How'd you get in?

Call the police.
Honey, call the police! Aah!

All right, Mr. galliston,
we have your statement.

When a d.I.C. Gets assigned
to the case, you'll get a call.

Wait, wait.

You're telling me we're still
waiting on a detective?

We're doing everything we can.

You just asked me
seven generic questions

and took pictures
on an 8-year-old cell phone.

That's everything that you can?

Sir. I-I'm sorry,

but it just doesn't add up.

I mean, if they wanted
easy money,

there's a liquor store
right down the street.

Big money... there... there's
an art dealer next door.

Laila repaired old timepieces,

which, as far as I can tell,
none of them are missing.

In fact, the only thing that is
missing right now is my wife!

No. It's all right. It's okay.

We're gonna find her, Hank.

Laila would've taken the train
back from the flea market

to the shop, right?

Yeah. She... she hates taxis.

She's always saying
it's cheating.

Okay, so it probably would've
been the "I" or the "g," right?

You know, they've got
surveillance cameras

at almost every station now.

Maybe whoever did this
was following her.

Hank?

Sorry.

Just, we keep asking "how."

If we want answers,
we have to ask "why."

W-why her?

Why the shop?

"Why" will
drive you crazy, Hank.

She must've come home
before she went to the shop.

Sorry to come by so late,
Mr. galliston.

We're here to discuss
the incident on bedford Avenue.

FBI?

We would've called first,
but we...

no, no, no. It... it's fine.
Please, come in.

No, I grabbed these because
I figured the could help.

I just felt like I had to...
had to do something.

Well, it looks like

you guys were doing
a whole lot of "something."

This is where
you tell us to back off,

let you do your job?

No, no, no. This is where
I say, "I get it."

When you lose someone
that you love,

the hardest thing
is to do nothing.

May I?

Police have any new leads?

Not as many as we do.

I don't understand.

We don't know much
about your wife, Mr. galliston,

but we know quite a bit about
who might have her.

You see, we've been working
on this case

for a very, very long time.

From the traffic camera
across the street from the shop.

Is that him?

God.

Laila.

Who is he?

Name "white Vincent" mean
anything to you?

No.

He started out
as French foreign legion,

ended up the highest-end
mercenary in the world.

He's on every no-fly list
that we've got.

The fact that he's operating
on U.S. soil

is obviously a problem.

What would a guy like that
be doing, taking my wife?

Actually, that was gonna be
my question to you.

W-what do you mean?

Well, there's only so much
we can tell

from credit card receipts,
travel records,

about a woman, and so I...
a woman?

You... you're talking
about laila?

She's the victim here.

Well, that's certainly
how it would appear.

But part of my job is to look
beyond appearances.

I believe you do the same thing
at your magazine.

So we were wondering if you had
any other information

that might help us conduct
our investigation.

Investigating who?

My wife is not a terrorist.

She owns a clock shop.

And yet she's been kidnapped

by one of the world's
most dangerous men.

You don't find that odd?

You know, you had me
when you came in here

with your "fed with
a heart of gold" thing.

That was a nice touch.

She means something to him.

I need to know
what that something is.

We can help each other
find Vincent.

We want the same thing.

Unless you have
something more for me,

I gave the police
my full statement.

You can get it from them.

I think you know what to do

should anything additional
occur to you.

Hank, are you okay?

Laila must've
bought this today.

What are you doing?

Guy was looking for something.

Typical movement.

Bushings.

Clicks. Gong wire.

You're with somebody
long enough, you soak stuff up.

Escapement.

Regulator.

Quartz.

Quartz isn't right.

Hey, what's that?

And suddenly, we have a motive.

Pretty tiny motive.

And a...

Flawed one at that.

Um, Hank?

If that's not a motive,

then... maybe this is.

What?

And if I'm not mistaken,

that right there is
a treasure map.

I'm telling you, that is
definitely a treasure map.

It's not a treasure map.
Treasure maps don't exist.

They were invented
by Robert Louis Stevenson,

and then the myth was cemented
by "b" Hollywood movies.

"Goonies" was not a "b" movie.

Well, then what else
would it be then?

Okay.

I'm gonna say... near eastern.

Old.

If we could read the writing,
which we can't,

it would tell us
what this map leads to.

Well, I think I know
where this is going.

If you can't do something
yourself, find somebody who can.

The priest.

You have
any idea what you've got here?

The language is...

A dead strain of demonic,

reserved only for
the priestly elite.

But it doesn't fit
'cause that language died

in the 2nd century.

We're looking at a map
of the Western hemisphere.

They didn't know about
the Western hemisphere

in the 2nd century.

Meaning, some wing of the church
has secretly been using it

for 2,000 years.

We're rewriting history books
here, Hank.

But it doesn't explain Vincent.

I mean, why would a mercenary
like that want this?

'Cause it's a treasure map?

Doubt it.

The rosicrucians weren't
the materialist sort.

Rosicrucians?

A secret society
of Christian mystics.

They're still in existence,
hidden throughout society,

readying themselves
for the apocalypse.

Father, that spot on the map...

if it's not treasure,
then what is it?

"New Bartholomew."

A city?

A city? Not... not with
these coordinates.

This is in the arctic circle.

Hello?

She says you have the clock.

Please, just tell me.
Is she okay?

Do you know,
Henry David galliston,

that you lived before?

You're just a shadow of the past
cast forward in time.

Is she okay?

Your name is no more "Henry"
than mine is... you know,

whatever they're calling me
these days.

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

It's good that you don't,
brother,

because if you knew the real
truth, you'd lose your mind,

as I've lost mine.

Listen to me. Okay...

The... I'll do you a solid.

Okay, the FBI is onto you
in a big way.

So why don't you just
let her go?

Okay? No... no... no harm, no foul.

There's plenty of harm here,

plenty of foul.

What are you doing?

No, no, no!

Don't hurt her!

The clock comes to me
on this day,

or she dies...

On this day.

No!

Yes! Yes!

Yes. Just...
Please don't hurt her.

The park,
between pine and 23rd.

Bring the clock at 4:00.

And, Hank,

you've seen enough films

to know not to get
the police involved.

If I could still advise
caution?

Now what we have here is
a profound historical import.

To yield it to a madman...

we're talking about
my wife here.

This guy's a pro.

We mess with him, she's dead.

I've known you
since grade school.

I married the two of you.

This is not easy for me to say.

But if the guy's a pro,

you think he's gonna let someone
who can I.D. Him go?

Then what?

We've got the one thing

motivating him
to keep her alive.

We stop him before he gets it,
she might live.

He wants the clock,
we bait him with the clock,

but we hold on to the diamond.

What's he's asking?

Cash. Lots of it.

Vincent's got swimming pools
full of cash.

Maybe he wants another one.

Why does it always feel like
I'm playing poker with you,

it would be so much easier
if you just tell me the truth.

I amtelling you the truth.

Of course.

Tell you what.

I'm gonna pretend like
I actually believe you.

This is your rendezvous spot,

which we're pretty certain
he'll be nowhere near.

Good choice... half a dozen
30-story buildings

with direct sight lines.

And suddenly he's in any one
of a thousand places,

waiting to see if you've engaged
law enforcement.

When he sees that you're alone...
and you will be...

and he will give you
the real rendezvous spot.

We will be sitting on that call,
we will locate him from it,

and we will bring him down.

My wife comes first.
I wanna be clear about that.

I can't promise you that.

I can promise
that we'll do our best.

I can also promise you that
this will be your best

and maybe only chance
of getting your wife back alive.

I want you to take it.

No, I couldn't.

Okay? I want it a million Miles
away from the drop.

It's the only leverage we have.

Anything hits the fan...
anything... you call me.

We're gonna get her back.

All right?

You don't have to scrub me.
I'm... I'm all alone.

"Scrub" you?

God bless you
and your Hollywood films.

The monument 200 yards ahead
of you... get there, please.

Skype number. He's doing it
through the Internet

so we can't track
the cell's g.P.S.

Smart but not genius.

The Internet leaves
a footprint.

We go after the router.

Exactly.

158 pine.

We have a hit on the top floor.
I'm on my way.

Blanket anything
within 100 feet of that signal.

Yeah? Good.

One more stop, and the game
of red rover will be over.

Come around to the other side
of the park.

There's a coffee shop
around the corner.

That's right. Just like that.
Keep on coming.

Sorry?

Keep on walking.

You mean like I-I am right now?

Yes. Just like you're walking
right now. Hurry.

He can't see me.

Something's off.

Clear.

Clear!

Where is she?!

Where is she?

He was broadcasting
to somewhere else.

He wanted to distract us...

Because what he wanted
wasn't here.

He knew somehow.

Mickie!

No!

Mickie?

Hey.

Help!

You're gonna be okay. You're
gonna make it. You hear me?

What are they saying?

They're saying it's not good.

Mr. galliston!

Unh-unh. We are done.

I told you it wasn't certain.

You told me you could
put a trace on him,

and now he's in the wind.

He... he got what he wanted.

And what exactly is that?
Don't start with me.

Poker time is done.
We checked your bank account.

Financially, you are
a dust mite to him.

This was never about money.

You wanna arrest me? Arrest me.

Is looking for a killer...
one who, at this very moment,

is probably putting a bullet
into my wife's head.

Don't believe that.

Don't believe
what you just said.

He doesn't need us anymore,
Rachel.

He got what he wanted.
He doesn't need laila.

Hank... It's logic.

A guy like that,
he eliminates loose ends.

Well, then screw logic, Hank.

Logic is the compass...

that as of right now

will get you exactly nowhere.

He's right.

Now it's all about believing.
You've just gotta believe.

After all this,
she wants me to have faith.

Yes.

You've got two ways you can go.

You can believe she's dead
and quit,

or you can believe
she's alive and find her.

Even if I have faith,

it's not gonna create
any options,

which we have absolutely none
right now.

That's not true.

Okay.

Think about it.

That we could possibly find
him alaila...

new Bartholomew,

whatever the hell that is.

I'm in.

Arrange travel.

With pleasure.

For me and me only.

Whoa. Whoa. What? Wait.

You are better served
investigating

who made the clock.

Where that thing came from
may answer the "why,"

because if for whatever reason
I come back here without laila,

I'll need another lead

and another lead
and another lead

until we find her. Got it?

Yeah.

And everything happens
in this office...

on the phones, online.

No flights. Not even a text.

I'm telling you,
it's a mistake not to bring us.

It's a bigger mistake
to get you hurt.

I've had enough
collateral damage on this one

to last a lifetime.

Flight gets you into whitefish,
and then you've got

a 200-mile drive
across the tundra after that,

where you can hire
a pontoon plane

if you leave now, you can
just make your flight.

Thank you.

Good luck.

Figured I wasn't done with you.

We're just finding it
very curious

why a man who's in the throes
of an abduction case

is flying off to Canada.

What's in Canada,
Mr. galliston?

Bunch of ice, lots of beer,
reindeer. There's...

I'm with the FBI.
I could be a resource to you.

I don't trust you, lady.

Feeling's reciprocal.

Tell me what you see,
Mr. galliston.

A fed looking for glory,

trying to bring down number one
on the watch list.

Maybe you see
a social counselor...

an ex-social counselor
that would like nothing better

than to be
a social counselor again.

Maybe you see a widow.

Russiyana 71
mean anything to you?

It was a flight that went
down outside of moscow

four years ago.

All 270 people on board died.

They blamed it
on chechen separatists.

Guess who the bomb maker was.

Vincent.

My husband was on that flight.

Condolences,

and I mean that,

but you're making
a massive assumption

about you and I being the same.
We are not.

My wife is not dead.

Change of heart?

Let's just say that

the alternative is no longer
an option.

Then you of all people
should know what it's like

to have your heart ripped out

and to listen to bureaucrats
tell you that

they're trying... really trying...
and all the while,

that thing is out there
that did you injustice,

and nothing is gonna happen

unless you do something
about it.

You're going after Vincent.

I know it, even if
I don't know how.

He's lethal.

I'm trained with a gun and I'm
licensed to travel with it.

That alone makes me a resource
to you.

If I refuse?

Well, then you're just
gonna have to pretend

that you don't see me
sitting across the aisle.

Hey.

Right. Hey, come here.
Check it out.

Look at this.

"Norbert Peter steinke iv."

"Uhrmacher"?
What's "uhrmacher"?

"Clockmaker."

No, I got a guy.

How many
norbert Peter steinke ivs

you think there
are in this world?

Exactly two.

We got one in Switzerland
who's 9,

and one in Bavaria who's 93.

Guess which one's capable
of making a clock.

So you got a phone number,
an e-mail? Come on!

No, I got an address.

The only way we get to this guy

is if we do it
the old-fashioned way.

Go knock on his door.

No.

You heard what he said. We stay
right here. There's no trip.

That's adorable, but no.

No.

Taxi!

J.F.K.

He's gonna kill us.

Clock goes round
and round and round

until one day...

It doesn't.

That day is tomorrow, dearie.

Excuse me.

Is that plane for hire?

Yeah.

Can I make it that far north?

That's right on the circle.
Something special up there?

Well, that's what
we aim to find out.

I'm bettin' you know the guy
who came through here yesterday,

asking the exact same thing.

Did he have an accent?

That's him. Couldn't fly him
'cause of the weather.

Well, our friend...
did he have a woman with him?

He coulda had one
in the four-by, I suppose.

Impression I got, he was in
such a hurry, he couldn't wait.

He was gonna drive up there
if I couldn't fly him,

which, of course, i