The Lazarus Project (2022) s01e03 Episode Script

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ARCHIE: You can't turn back time
to stop what happened to Sarah.
Summer 2018?
I was on a mission summer 2018.
Didn't go well.
Summer 2018, did
you reset the clock?
- ARCHIE: Yeah.
- Hi.
- How many times?
- A lot.
We have to go again.
We have to try again.
The mission was successful.
REBROV: I remember
you from Paris.
Last one standing.
WES: Dennis Rebrov.
He's on almost every terror
watchlist in the world.
- He's ex-Lazarus?
- One of our brightest and best.
You want to turn back time?
Yes.
Okay.
Oh, hey, Faye.
Hey.
Everything all right?
Everything's great.
WES: Okay, people,
people, let's gather.
It's a group called
the Lost Glory.
They've got a name like an
impotence awareness campaign
but they're a serious outfit.
And we believe, at some
point, in the next few months,
they're gonna be in
possession of Big Boy.
Rebrov's confirmed
they are the group
he was working with in Paris.
Oh, Virgil Isaacs.
Leader of the Glory since 2015.
If anyone knows where Big
Boy is, it's this man.
So, do we have a lead
on where they are?
Well, we haven't got anything
concrete from Rebrov,
but Interpol have given us
a lead on a possible base
in the Czech Republic.
Fifty miles from Prague.
So, we're going hunting.
- GEORGE: Hey.
- Hey.
Look, um, I want in on this.
What, the mission?
No. You're not going.
Ah, come on.
Archie, I need this.
Why? Why do you need it?
What part of joining a wet team
in a scraggy bit of
land in Eastern Europe
to fight with terrorists
do you need right now?
Uh, I wanna be useful.
Well, you're not
useful. Not currently.
- Not in the field.
- Why not?
What, you think
'cause I lost someone,
that makes me weak?
I can do this.
Look, I trust you, okay?
This isn't about that.
But I'm not going
to rush you back.
And that's my final word on it.
REBROV: They're
a pseudo-fascist,
libertarian,
free-the-people-
from-the-shackles-of-whatever,
and so on,
fucking nonsense group.
The Lost Glory. Jesus.
I'm offended to be
working with these people.
Well, Interpol gave us
a lead on their base
so, pretty soon they won't
be working with anyone.
If they get wiped out,
that's my best chance of
getting to Big Boy gone.
Relax. The bomb's
not going anywhere.
The key's the detonator.
- That's the endgame.
- (METAL CLANKS)
So, how do I get it?
I give you a contact
who can make it for you.
Who?
Someone who's as likely to
slit your throat and bury you
in an unmarked
grave as help you,
but I guess that's just a risk
I'm going to have to
be willing to take.
Yeah, that sounds great.
What if Lazarus get to
the bomb before then?
Tell the Lost Glory
they're coming.
Well, do they have
a phone number?
They have a YouTube page.
You're shitting me.
No.
Write them a convincing
message. They'll scatter.
And the detonator?
Carrer de Santa Teresa,
08012, Barcelona.
That's the address.
When you get there,
you tell her from me,
this couldn't have
gone any other way.
(TYPING)
(TYPING)
(CLICKS)
Sorry, it's a bit cold.
JANET: Yeah. I suppose
that's the worst part
of pregnancy, right? Cold tummy.
Until there's a medicine
ball coming out your vagina.
TECHNICIAN: That
part's arguably worse.
(CHUCKLES)
And how many nights will it
be till the baby is sleeping
through the night do you reckon?
Week at most?
(MONITOR BEEPS)
TECHNICIAN: Do you want to
know what you're having?
(CHUCKLING) Having a real good
fucking time is what I'm having.
She talks a lot
when she's nervous.
- What is it?
- (MONITOR BEEPS)
A little boy.
A little boy.
Oh, wow.
(SARAH GIGGLES)
(COIN CLATTERING)
(SCOFFS)
I don't know what to say.
Congratulations is traditional.
ARCHIE: Fuck, Janet,
you know the deal.
Time your conception to
just before the checkpoint.
It's so romantic when
you put it like that.
- Janet
- Archie.
We didn't exactly
plan it, you know?
I mean, there are reasons
these rules get put in place.
Get pregnant between
January and June,
and if we go back to
the previous year,
the worst thing you lose
is probably a pregnancy.
Get pregnant between
July and December
and you could lose
something a lot worse.
I know.
The worst thing you lose
could be a lot worse.
Firstly, I've lost
a pregnancy before,
so let's not dismiss that
as no big deal, okay?
And secondly, don't talk to me
like I don't know the rules.
I've been doing this
longer than you.
I'm sorry.
- That's fine.
- (MACHINE CHIMING)
So, when are you due?
Pretty much July 1st.
What happens if it's early?
What happens if you have your
baby before the checkpoint
and we have to jump
back 12 months?
Why not get a termination
and follow protocol?
Why take the risk?
This is my baby.
This one. That's all there is.
Well then, congratulations.
(GLASSES CLINK)
(EXHALES)
GEORGE: Just going away
for a little bit, love.
Got something I need to do.
Think it might all be a bit
fucking mental, to be honest,
but there you are.
I'm not gonna lie, it's
shit packing without you.
Who's going to tell me I
don't need that many t-shirts
for a weekend away?
"Don't pack that size deodorant,
"you'll only have to
chuck it at the airport."
What am I gonna do?
Blow up the plane with
my Sure Ice? (CHUCKLES)
I checked in online.
Printed off my boarding pass
so I'll put that
in with my passport
in the front of my bag.
Like you always tell me.
Fucking hell.
(EXHALES)
(DOOR CREAKS)
Hello?
Hello?
WOMAN: Who are you?
GEORGE: Rebrov sent me.
He told me, "This couldn't
have gone any other way."
How much?
How much what?
How much trouble is he in?
GEORGE: So, we got a tip-off
and picked up some
of his friends.
One of them gave him up.
He doesn't have any friends.
- GEORGE: Clearly.
- After the checkpoint then.
You know about the checkpoints?
I was in Lazarus, just like you.
- When?
- JANET: Long time ago now.
- Dennis didn't mention that?
- GEORGE: No.
What did he mention about me?
That you're as likely to
slit my throat as help me.
Uh, look, I need you to make
me a detonator, I need a
(GIRL SPEAKING SPANISH)
(JANET SPEAKING SPANISH)
(SIREN WAILING)
Dennis and I haven't seen
each other for a long time.
But we have a system.
Phrases that we pass
on to each other
with different meanings.
"Trust this person,"
"Be wary." "Kill on sight."
Different messages
that only we know.
"This couldn't have gone
any other way." Huh.
What does that mean then?
Will you stay for
dinner, George?
(SIREN WAILING)
How much blood?
- Not much. It's just spotting.
- What's spotting?
Read the fucking
leaflets and you'd know.
Well, I haven't read
the fucking leaflets,
so why don't you tell me?
Spotting! It's what it
sounds like. Spots of blood.
Is it a lot? Is it too much?
I don't know, I'm not a doctor.
They need to make those
damn sirens louder.
(SIREN WAILING)
It's fine.
You're totally healthy,
the baby's fine.
- Oh, thank God.
- Are you sure?
Because I think I ran over
some people on the way here.
(CHUCKLES) He's joking.
Look, it happens sometimes
and we do get a lot of very
panicked mums coming in,
but you have nothing
- to worry about.
- It's just
It's a delicate pregnancy.
But it's also a healthy one.
Any more bleeding or any
questions or concerns,
always come straight back.
Try not to run anyone
over, though, hmm?
REBROV: Mmm. (EXHALES)
SHIV: I'm in position.
Awaiting orders.
Affirmative. We're here, Shiv.
What's going on?
Got a tip-off that a
rogue state's planning
on selling chemical
weapons to North Korea.
Shiv's on the ground
now. Where have you been?
- Nowhere.
- She had a bleed.
- What?
- It's fine. We saw the doctor.
- You sure?
- Absolutely.
REBROV: I drove very fast.
JANET: He really did.
- You okay?
- Fine.
She had a bleed.
THE DANE: She's bleeding?
- What's going on?
- JANET: Nothing.
- Everything's fine.
- Janet's bleeding.
I I'm not. I'm fine.
Everything's fine.
You went to the doctor?
REBROV: He said it was
actually quite common.
- I have leaflets.
- WES: I can confirm
Agent Rebrov has leaflets, Shiv.
Any movement there?
SHIV (OVER SPEAKER): Yeah.
Yeah, I've got the car
coming from the West.
Looks like the drop
off's happening
SHIV: I've got
eyes on the target.
Looks like he's
closing the deal.
Do I have a green light?
Green light.
Shiv. You are go for extraction.
Copy that.
(JANET SCREAMING)
NURSE: And one last push.
Really well done!
Ooh. Ooh.
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
NURSE: One last push.
(GRUNTING AND SCREAMING)
NURSE: And here's your boy.
(BABY CRYING)
(JANET PANTING) Hi. Hello.
Oh.
(EXCLAIMS) Hi.
(BABY COOING)
(BABY COOING)
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
We shot the wrong man.
He uses decoys.
Intel fuck-up.
What's the next move?
We're going back out there.
There's talk on the channels
that he may have made
the arms sale already.
The North Koreans
have the weapons?
No. We think that
was a decoy, too.
That's a lot of
fucking decoys, Shiv.
I know.
Who has the weapons?
We don't know.
Well, you need to find them.
We're working on that. Promise.
I'm getting on a plane
I don't need you
to talk about it,
I need you to do it.
So, what, what's
your story then?
All I know about you is that
you have a history with Rebrov,
might want to kill me
and you can make detonators
for nuclear warheads.
Well, what else is there?
Could start with your name.
I don't want to
tell you my name.
Is that little
girl your daughter?
I don't want to talk
about her either.
Do you have a favourite
football team?
Crystal Palace.
I wasn't actually expecting you
to have an answer to that one.
Go Eagles.
Palace?
Makes sense why you want
to blow up the planet.
I don't want to
blow up the planet.
Oh, just the nuclear detonator
thing suggests differently.
I won't be the one pressing it.
That'd be you.
Yeah.
Do you want to
blow the planet up?
No. I just want
to turn back time.
There you go then.
Your name's Janet, isn't it?
Archie told me about you.
Told me what happened.
I'm sure she didn't
tell you all of it.
REBROV: Maybe we should
go out for a walk.
Take our minds off things.
I don't want to go
for a fucking walk,
I want to find out what's
happening with the arms deal.
Two days. Less than that now.
This isn't a "No news
"is a good news'
situation, Dennis.
What if they're
already all dead?
What if they're
giving the order now?
I've talked to Wes,
I've talked to Archie,
I've spoken to everyone,
and I've told them to
keep us in the loop.
Less than 48 hours
till the checkpoint
and there's a missing
chemical weapon out there.
Keeping us informed
isn't the priority.
In fact, I'd say it's the
exact opposite of that.
(BABY CRYING THROUGH MONITOR)
(SOFTLY) I'll go.
(BABY COOING)
It's okay. Hey.
In the end, it wasn't
Lazarus that told us.
It was a contact of
Dennis' at the CIA.
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
JANET: He'd picked
up wire reports
of a detonation in China.
(PHONE CONTINUES RINGING)
We were just hours
from the checkpoint.
Hours from our son being safe.
(BABY COOING)
(SHUSHES)
(SHUSHES)
I'm not sure you should be here.
What is going on?
There was a chemical
weapons attack.
That's just countryside.
That's a rural area.
WES: It's a Chinese
military compound.
(BABY COOING)
What are the casualty reports?
What's Beijing saying?
Their fleet has been
made attack-ready.
No one's claimed credit for it?
We've intercepted communications
between the Russians
and the Chinese.
They're blaming the Americans.
They can't substantiate that.
They don't have to.
The wheels are
already in motion.
(SCOFFS)
This is ridiculous.
It's a code black.
I'm authorising us to go back.
(BABY COOING)
(TYPING)
(DIGITAL CHIMING AND BEEPING)
(ALARM BEEPING)
(CHIMING)
Wes, we don't know how
it's going to pan out.
WES: No.
And we don't have the
time to wait and see.
Please, please, please.
Wes, Wes, please
It's too risky. I'm sorry.
Faye, make the call.
(BABY COOING)
Look at him. Look at him.
(CRYING)
You'll kill him.
- Help.
- (CHIMING)
You're killing him.
(BABY CRYING)
You don't know how this
is going to play out.
There's no evidence linking
this to the Americans,
this is This is
just Chinese posturing.
We can use diplomatic
channels
If I had a week, yes,
even if I had a few
days, but I don't.
I don't even have a
day, I've hours left,
and the Chinese are making
all the wrong kinds of noises,
and our window of opportunity
to undo this is vanishing.
- I don't have a choice.
- (INCESSANT BEEPING)
- JANET: Please
- Faye, make the call.
Please don't do this. Please,
please, please don't do this.
Wes.
JANET (CRYING): Please, please,
please, please don't do this.
Get back to work!
(SOFTLY) Jesus fucking Christ.
Jesus fucking Christ.
JANET: Please, please.
(BAWLING) Please!
(BABY CRYING)
(BAWLING)
(SIREN BLARING)
(GASPS)
(GASPS HEAVILY)
(EXCLAIMS)
(JANET CRYING)
(BAWLING)
JANET: I want to have
a funeral for him.
Other mothers get
that, don't they?
When their baby dies, they
get to have a funeral.
(KNOCK AT DOOR)
SHIV: I didn't know what to
We tracked down
the buyers, but
JANET: I don't need
a debrief, Shiv.
All the intel pointed to
that man being the target.
There was no way to know that
- Fuck, I am so fucking sorry.
- JANET: Yeah.
People keep saying that to us.
Fucking hell.
JANET: That wasn't
the end of it.
Not by a long shot.
You can sleep on the sofa.
Tomorrow I'll start work.
MAN (OVER RADIO): units
approaching the compound.
ETA 20 minutes.
MAN (OVER RADIO): Stand by
Hold your position.
SHIV: George seem okay to you?
ARCHIE: Better than he was.
SHIV: That's what concerns me.
Pretty keen to come on
this mission, wasn't he?
He just wants to be useful.
- What?
- SHIV: You know what.
This guy was in an office
making shitty phone
apps a year ago.
Now he thinks he's
James fucking Bond,
and his girlfriend's dead,
and he's screaming at us
to let him join a mission
he's totally ill-equipped for.
He wasn't ready for Paris,
he isn't ready for this.
None of it. Tell
me if I'm wrong.
I think you're wrong.
Well, I hope so.
Eagle 4-2. Go.
ARCHIE: They left in a hurry.
Someone must have told
them we were coming.
WOMAN: Found something.
Might not be a wasted trip.
(CAMERA SHUTTER CLICKS)
I lost a baby, too.
It wasn't the same,
but it wasn't born, really,
if you think about it.
(SIGHS) It was
It's okay.
How do you know how to do that?
(INHALES SHARPLY)
I went to night classes.
(CHUCKLES SOFTLY)
I'm good with machines.
Good at understanding
how things work.
Do you know how the
time loops work?
I've got an idea.
- And?
- I hope I'm wrong.
(BUZZING)
Why are you helping me?
Because I owe Dennis.
And because
even though he's not perfect,
he deserves better than being
stuck in a Lazarus cell.
He wants to destroy the world.
JANET: He doesn't want
to destroy the world.
He's hurting.
People lash out when they hurt.
I went to the doctor.
It worked.
I'm pregnant.
How's he looking?
TECHNICIAN: Everything's
exactly right.
Except your pronouns.
(MACHINE BEEPS)
You're having a girl.
- A girl?
- TECHNICIAN: Mmm-hmm.
Would you like a copy?
Erm
We've made it.
(SIGHS IN RELIEF)
(STRAINING)
(JANET GRUNTING)
NURSE: Here we go.
(CONTINUES GRUNTING)
There we are.
(PANTING)
(BABY COOING)
(BABY COOING)
Hey.
Welcome home, little one.
(BABY COOING)
GEORGE: I take it
you're not drawing
a pension from Lazarus?
- JANET: No.
- How do you get by?
We manage.
This is nice. It's nice
to get out of the house.
Take a break from
the nuclear detonator
for a bit.
You like to make a joke
of things, don't you?
Yeah. I guess.
You remind me of him.
Of Rebrov? (SCOFFS)
He doesn't seem like
the joking kind.
Oh, he used to be very funny.
Fuck, I used to be funny.
You know how you said
you two had phrases that
you'd give to people
to let you know if they
could be trusted or not.
What phrase would Rebrov
have had to plant on me
to make you, like,
kill me on the spot?
"Big plans are afoot."
And then, what,
you'd have just
Beaten you to death
with a saucepan.
Ouch.
(WOMAN SPEAKING
FOREIGN LANGUAGE)
(ZIPS)
(SIGHS)
A fighter jet got shot down
and the Modeen are
being blamed for it.
Ah.
They think it could
snowball into something
- if we don't step in.
- No one told me.
We don't think it's
gonna be a big deal.
You're not keeping me out
the loop, are you, Archie?
No.
(PLANE ENGINE STARTS)
- How's the little one?
- Good.
- And Janet?
- Fine.
You'll tell her I'm thinking
of her? We miss her.
I'll tell her.
(LINE RINGING)
- (LINE CLICKS)
- ARCHIE: There's been a problem.
What kind of problem?
ARCHIE: Things are
escalating here.
There's talk of
a missile strike.
REBROV: Is it
ARCHIE: It's a
code black, Dennis.
You need to talk to Janet.
(JANET GRUNTING)
NURSE: Well done.
That's it, well done.
That's it, my love.
Hello again, kiddo.
Sorry about that.
ROSS: I was
thinking, by the way,
I want you to move in with me.
(GUNSHOT)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(JANET SCREAMING)
(CLOCK TICKING)
- (JANET SCREAMING)
- NURSE: Well done, that's it.
(CLOCK CONTINUES TICKING)
She's called Sarah.
(UPBEAT MUSIC PLAYING)
(CLOCK CONTINUES TICKING)
- (JANET SCREAMING)
- NURSE: There we go.
There we go, well done.
What the fuck's going on?
They're trying everything
they can, I promise.
They're not trying hard enough.
- (JANET SCREAMING)
- NURSE: One last push.
JANET: They told
me I had a gift.
That I could use it for good.
But it's not a gift,
it's a fucking nightmare.
- (BREATHING SHAKILY)
- (BABY COOING)
JANET: And as I went back,
time and time again, to
give birth to my daughter,
I could see it in her eyes.
She had it, too.
(CLOCK STOPS)
(BABY CRYING)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
Get this fucking done.
(BABY CRYING)
(CELL PHONE RINGING)
(BABY CONTINUES CRYING)
REBROV (OVER PHONE):
Janet? Where are you?
(TIRES SCREECH)
(TRUCK HORNS BLARES)
- Janet?
- (HORN BLARING)
(HORN BLARING LOUDER)
(CRASHES)
How could you?
How could you do that?
(SOFTLY) How could
you fucking do that?
JANET: In the end, neither
of us could take it anymore.
- There you go.
- (BABY COOING)
JANET: It all became
NURSE: Janet, can you hear me?
One experience.
NURSE: Push now.
- Pain and blood and screaming.
- (JANET SCREAMING)
And my daughter,
ripped from inside me,
again, and again,
and again, and
For the longest time,
I truly believed
it would never end.
(MUTED THUD)
(GLASS BREAKING)
We have to go again.
We have to try again.
WES: The opposition just took
the Parliament building
and the TV station.
Our intelligence
shows it worked.
ARCHIE (CRYING OVER PHONE):
No, Wes, please, no.
(CRYING)
It's not giving us anything new.
Okay.
- Dennis?
- Hey. You're all right, Faye.
Sit.
I need to see it. I
need to see the machine.
There is no machine.
There's got to be something.
Who are you calling?
Who's on the other
end of the line?
You know I can't share
that information with you.
What is it? A shadowy
cabal of billionaires?
Secret society?
Alien spaceship?
I need to know who the
fuck I'm working for.
You work for me.
I'm as high up the
chain as you go.
Dennis.
I am so sorry for what
happened to you
Shut up, Wes, just shut up.
You need to go
home to your family
and you need to rest.
(FAYE AND WES SCREAM)
(BREATH TREMBLING)
The world wants to die.
It wants to die and
we keep stopping it.
(SHAKILY) Please
- Please put the gun down.
- We're not in control here!
We don't get to decide when
we live and when we die!
(BREATHING HEAVILY)
I'm going to stop
you playing God.
I'm gonna destroy
that fucking machine
and I'm gonna let the world do
what it so desperately
wants to do.
We've saved millions of lives.
Lives that weren't
meant to be saved!
We're not supposed to
be here! We're a pox!
What are you willing
to lose, Wes?
What are you willing
to sacrifice?
Just take me to
it, for God's sake.
No.
(WES GASPS)
She had more time than my son.
Take me to it.
(GASPS)
(GUN CLICKS)
SHIV: Put it down.
♪Come along
♪We'll hide from
anything and anyone
(BOTH GRUNTING)
♪If you hold on
♪We can together
embrace the storm ♪♪
(CAR STARTING)
(TIRES SCREECH)
♪Forever in the
(ENGINE STARTS)
♪No one knows
(PHONE VIBRATING)
♪How the shelter
we've built
JANET: Dennis?
Dennis, are you there? Dennis?
REBROV: Janet, I'm sorry.
You need to run.
♪Come along
What did you do?
REBROV: It's not what I
did, it's what I'm gonna do.
I'm gonna destroy them.
I'm gonna destroy them all.
- Dennis
- REBROV: I love you.
- (LINE CLICKS)
- Dennis, listen.
- I'm so sorry.
- Don't.
What's done is done.
(HORN HONKING)
(EXHALES)
(SIREN WAILING)
(DOOR OPENS AND CLOSES)
(BEEPING)
(THEME MUSIC PLAYING)