Drive s01e04 Episode Script

What is going on, is a secret illegal cross-country road race.
A man races to save the woman he loves.
Why would someone take your wife? And find some help along the way.
Someone wants you in this race, someone he works for.
- What about you? - I can shoot her.
You can't touch her.
She's my partner.
Get down on the ground, now ! The only way you're gonna save your wife, is to win the race.
Who are you? A newlywed hides the truth from her husband.
Unit's getting shipped back to Bagdad.
Message deleted.
While two long-lost brothers are reunited on the road.
What were you locked up for? Would you believe me if I said I killed a guy? A mother drives to protect her baby.
- How's Sam? - I'm putting the phone to his ear.
Hi, baby.
Mommy loves you.
And a woman betrays her friends.
Get me out of that car and recrut me yours.
- And now - Get in! They'll come together in one place for a chance to win.
This supposed to be some kind of joke? Maybe.
Or maybe it's a clue to the next checkpoint.
I don't mean to be a bother.
I was just wondering if I could say good night to Sam.
Well, I just put him down, Mrs.
Patrakas, he's asleep.
It's best not to call here.
If there's a problem, I promise we'll call you first.
Of course.
I'll try not to bother you again.
I'm sick of this.
What good are these damn phones if they don't call out? - Where are you going? - I'm gonna find a pay phone.
- Wait - I gotta make one call You saw on TV that your friend was dead.
That's not gonna change.
I'm gonna find out why I didn't know sooner.
Okay? I'll be right back.
Rob! Come back! Something's happening.
Welcome drivers.
We hope you enjoyed the on-screen entertainment.
We realize it hasn't been updated in some time.
Dad, wake up.
In any case, congratulations on making it this far.
Tonight, one of you will be rewarded with a special advantage A little something we call a Jump Start.
The Jump Start Challenge is an opportunity to gain a huge lead over your competition.
We use the word "opportunity" because winning is not guaranteed.
You have to earn it; this involves risk.
However, if you can meet the challenge, you will be able to skip the current checkpoint and head directly to the next one.
This could earn you a distance advantage of up to 700 miles and get you that much closer to the final finish line.
Tonight's Jump Start Challenge will be awarded to the one among you with the most improved overall ranking.
To the victors go the spoils, and the envy of your rivals.
Congratulations, Mr.
Alex Tully.
Check your race phone for your challenge point.
"455 Broad Street, Sweetwater, Georgia.
" Well, I think we can figure that one out.
As for the rest of you, drive fast, drive smart and good luck.
Wait, what? We-we-we don't even get to stop and sleep? Dad, you've been sleeping this entire time.
Have I? What's it say, honey? "Surrender, America.
" Maybe it's the name of a town or something.
What do you think? Jump Start boy got a new ride.
Not bad.
Winston.
Hey, yo, homes.
What's the deal, man? You haven't said one word to me since I rescued you from that bounty hunter chick.
- Rescued me? - Yeah.
You know, if it wasn't for me, you'd be back in jail right now.
"rescued me.
" Do you have any idea what I had to do? I know exactly what you did, homes.
Same thing you always do call up Daddy for help.
What? Look, man, you may be used to living under his debt, but not me.
I'd rather die in prison than owe that achepe a single thing.
Next time, don't do me any favors.
- Don't do it.
- Do what? This Jump Start, let's not do it.
Let's take the group clue instead.
Are you joking? After what it took to get here, you think I'd pass up - an advantage if it's offered? - It won't be an advantage.
You think these people give gifts? There's gonna be a catch, there's always a catch.
And if there's a chance it brings me 700 miles closer to Kathryn, - I'll risk it.
- We're practicaly in the lead, let's just concentrate on staying there.
Right.
We wouldn't want to get too far ahead, would we, Corinna? You think I'm trying to keep you from the finish line? Let's just say, I understand you're not exactly in this thing to win it.
So maybe it's not in your best interest for it to be over too quick.
Or maybe I want to see you stay alive.
You're concerned for my safety? - Yeah.
- Since when? Roughly, the time you saved my life.
- Which time? - The second time.
Carrolton.
Sweetwater should be just past that.
A hundred miles in the opposite direction of everyone else.
- It's a shortcut.
- Right.
You think we should turn around? Do you care? Just making conversation.
A hundred miles is nothing.
Especially at this speed.
It's not much of a shortcut if you get pulled over, though, is it? You think we're going too fast? No.
I think you're trying to lose our tail.
- Recognize the car? - How could I forget? You don't seem worried.
Should I be? You've outrun him before.
I got a better idea this time.
- Hey, nice ride.
- Thanks.
Did you wire it or just jack it? Kind of hard to follow someone out here, isn't it? Yeah, it's pretty rural.
Not a whole lot of room to ghost.
Winston, it's over.
Let's just turn back.
Are you driving? Are you driving? Look, I wasn't trying to sneak up on you.
I'm coming to you straight with a proposal.
- A proposal? - Yeah.
You cut us in on your chip right now, and you get to cash in later when we get the ups.
Meantime, we join forces, you turn your biggest threat into your strongest asset.
Or? Or we just follow your ass and take what we need.
Sold.
Damn! I knew there was a reason I chose you and not him.
You thought about choosing him? Well, I saw his file, too, back in Key West.
Winston Salazar he just got out of prison.
I don't know who his partner is, though.
- What was he in for? - Armed robbery.
So you never really seriously considered him.
Well, you weren't driving this before.
Well, I am now.
We made it.
Did I say we'd make it? Yes, several times.
- And we did, didn't we? - Yes, we did.
Probably helped that this address came over the race phone before we ended up in Tennessee.
Looks like we missed a party.
Let's hope they're in hotels nursing hangovers.
I don't know, looks to me like we might have missed something.
Very astute, Miss Barnthouse.
You have missed something.
Yeah, I know we got here last, we get a penalty.
Boo-hoo.
Do we have to eliminate someone? 'Cause I'd like to nominate a certain Ivy Chitty.
Your challenge was to get here by sunset yesterday.
You didn't.
You've been eliminated.
What? We're out of the race? The finish line has moved ahead, which means you can't cross it, which means you can't continue.
I'm afraid you're done.
But you called us on the phone.
You told us to come here! We did.
We need to get our phone back.
- May I have it, please? - No! No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
- I understand your disappointment.
- No, you don't.
You got any idea what we had to go through to get here? I'll spare you the details of the hostage situation, and the four bullets that found their way into my tires, and the tire world with no tires, and the Preston's drive-thru, where they left the meat out of my double-meat burger.
We got through all of that and do you know why? Because God told me we would.
That's right.
He said, "You are going to persevere.
" He said, "You are going to thrive.
" He said, "You are going to triumph.
" God was wrong.
Susan I heard a voice.
You understand? A voice that was strong and clear and true.
It said, "You are going to win this race.
" And you expect me to disregard that and listen to the little squeak from a man in a suit? The phone, please? It's been a pleasure.
Good travels.
"Surrender, America.
" God, I hate these things.
These little puzzles.
Clever little puzzles.
Make me want to hit somebody, you know what I mean? Hey, mamasan, I'm talking to you.
Hmm? I'm sorry.
It's just I keep thinking about Sammy.
You said Sam is fine.
You said Sam's in a safe house.
That's a house that's safe.
See? Now can we get back to the business at hand? We're chasing after $32 million, missy.
Come home with a handful of that, and little Satchel's going to rember you, believe me.
Right.
Okay.
Um "Surrender, America.
" Well, there is a town not too far from where I live called Dull, Ohio.
What's your point? Some towns have funny names, and maybe Surrender is one of those.
Yes.
Right.
That is why we're gonna win this race.
That's why all those other teams better just watch out.
Teamwork.
That's what's gonna give us edge.
- "Surrender, America.
" - Stop saying that.
It's the clue, baby.
We have to think about it.
I'll think about it after I check in with the base.
Look for a landline.
Rob, we made such good time to the last checkpoint.
Let's at least try to figure it out, know we're going in the right direction before we start.
Gas station.
"Broad Street.
" Oddly, not that broad.
Says here that Sweetwater hosts the annual Sorghum Festival.
What the hell's sorghum? Third most popular cereal grain in the country.
How did you know that? I'm a gardener, I know crops.
What's the address again? No, no way.
No what? You don't even know what this says.
It says we have to rob the bank.
How do you know that? I wasn't always a gardener.
People buy pretty much every service a big city bank does home loans, small business loans, family planning.
You folks moving here to Sweetwater? Oh, we're just here for the sorghum.
- Oh, the festival.
- Here you go.
Well, my daughter is a clogger in the yeast parade.
Oh! That's We love the parade.
You know, we're down here so often, we thought maybe it'd be a good idea to get a safe deposit box to keep our Bulk buy receipts, D of A tax records.
Absolutely.
Don't want to leave those in the glove box at the trade fair.
The vault is brand new, installed two months ago.
It is the safest room in the county.
So, how long y'all in town for? Okay, we got Surprise, Arizona; Bummerville, California; Roachtown, Illinois; - Ballstown, Indiana - Oh, I've been there.
It's nice.
Mm.
Boring, Big Bone Lick, Humpy Creek, Buttzville, North Dakota; and Buttzville, New Jersey; and no no Surrender.
Any other bright ideas? At least I tried.
There's no need to get snippy.
- Hello.
- Mrs.
Patrakas.
Yes.
Hello, hi.
What's wrong? Did something happen to Sam? Someone came asking about him, Wendy.
Oh, my God.
Richard? I don't know who it was, but he was very insistent.
I think he'll be back.
And some of the residents think they've seen people watching the house.
Oh, God.
I'm afraid you're gonna have to come and pick Sam up, for his safety and for the safety of the other children.
A situation like this can get very ugly.
I'm so sorry, Mrs.
Patrakas.
Please come soon.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, oh, my God.
What the hell are you doing?! I'm going to Ohio.
Is Surrender, America in Ohio? No, my son is.
And he's in trouble.
I'll drop you off wherever you like.
I'm sure someone else will pick you up.
- You're a nice person.
- Whoa! Hold on a second! You can't do this.
You'd understand, okay, if you had a child yourself.
Some things are more important than money.
No, they're not.
You ain't going nowhere but that finish line.
Specialist Robert Laird, sir.
313th Field Artillery Regiment.
Nice of you to check in, Laird.
I saw the news, sir.
The casualties from the 100th Brigade Support Battalion in Anbar.
I haven't heard anything from anybody in my unit.
Well, not many guys are making personal calls from Fallujah.
- Sir? - You heard me right.
Your unit shipped out two weeks ago.
Th-That can't, um I don't understand, sir.
Well, it's simple, son.
Your unit got deployment orders.
All personnel, save yourself, reported for duty at the base.
This is the first I've heard about that, sir.
Well, that's just kind of hard to believe.
We've made multiple attempts trying to reach you by phone and by mail.
Fact, two MPs went out to your house the other day.
Apparently, the neighbors told them you and your wife left in a hurry a few days before.
Hell of a coincidence, wouldn't you say? Yeah, I admit that's, uh it's hard to explain.
Look, I'm just a few hours from Fort Benning, sir.
- I'll report for duty immediately.
- Report for duty? Specialist Laird, are you a complete idiot? You're AWOL.
You will immediately report to Fort Benning to transfer to Fort Monroe to stand trial at a court-martial.
Am I making myself perfectly clear? Yes, sir.
And if you cannot arrange transportation, we sure as hell will arrange it for you.
There's no need, sir.
Well, we tried.
Made a pretty good effort, I think.
And, you know, I believe we would've won this thing if Ivy wouldn't have been so, you know, evil.
And you were something back there.
That whole "God's talking to me" thing? That was good.
I half believed it myself.
It's true.
Meant what I said, Leigh.
God has been talking to me.
Since Katrina.
You mean metaphorically, right? You felt a presence comforting you in moments of need.
No, I mean I've heard a voice.
Clear as a bell.
It's God speaking to me.
I'm sure of it.
You think I'm crazy.
No.
A little.
It started in the storm.
I had 15 sick people in my care, levee waters halfway up the stairs, I didn't know what to do.
Suddenly, there was this beautiful voice in my head.
It said, "They will help you.
" Then I met you and Ivy.
And when we got the phone, it said, "You are going to win this race.
" We can't quit.
We're leaving.
- What? - We still have time to catch up.
We drive straight through, no stopping.
Straight through to where? It's too late for that.
We don't know where the next checkpoint is.
I am not robbing this bank.
It's not like we have to take any money.
Alex, that metal box holds the answer that can jump us ahead of hundreds of other-- You were right back at the drive-in when you said we shouldn't take this challenge.
You were right, and I was wrong.
But that's when I thought they were gonna have us do something crazy.
- This is nothing.
- Nothing? This is nothing? What'd you think they were going to ask us to do? Something hard.
Look, you need to winthis thing to get your wife back.
You know that, they know that, and I know that, too.
Now we can do this.
You have experience with this kind of thing.
I have experience sitting in a car outside the bank watching the street waiting for everything to go wrong.
All right? I was the wheelman, that's all.
Fine, then you be the wheelman, and I'll be the bank robber.
- Don't laugh.
We can do this.
- It's not you You can't rob a bank with two people.
- It's amateur hour.
- What about three? Three, at least.
- Preferably four.
- So you're saying if we find two more people who, say, did have experience in armed robbery, we could pulled this off.
We're never gonna catch up now.
Stop your bitching and start working out that clue.
You work it out.
Not doing you any more favors.
Aw, what's wrong? Little Sean-ito upset, huh? You want to call Daddy and make it all better for you? You know what? Why don't you call him? Sounds like you're the one with Daddy issues.
I ain't got issues, homes.
Do I look white to you? Oh, you don't owe him anything.
You owe me, bro.
If not gratitude, then a little respect.
And if we're gonna be partners in this, then you owe me a listen when I say things like trying to chase a 426-horsepower V-8 is a waste of time.
Man, he just got lucky, fool.
Thing's all show and no go.
If the shoe was on the other foot, forget it, man.
He would've never been able to catch this beast.
What was that thing you said about cashing in your chips again? You in the mood for a little bank robbery? God is not gonna get us back into a secret, illegal road race.
He's got better things to do.
Just one sign.
How about the sign that says "vacancy"? Susan, please, I haven't slept in I don't know how long.
I haven't changed my clothes.
I have moss growing on my teeth.
Let's just stop, okay? Hang on.
Oh, my God, where did they come from? Arkansas, honey, but where they come from is not the point.
We know where they're going.
You can't just quit.
Now, turn around.
Sam's in danger.
If you make me turn around, you might as well shoot me.
I'm not gonna be any good at this now.
You weren't any good at it before.
Yes.
Exactly.
You could do much better.
What do you want me for? Uh, look whose car we're in.
What am I supposed to do, Wendy? Hitch to the finish line? Y- you need cash? You can have my wallet.
Credit cards, too.
- I won't report it.
- Turn it around.
We're going to "Surrender, America.
" I don't know where that is! You can have the car.
- What? - I'll give it to you.
You can drop me off.
I'll get to him some other way.
Shut up and quit slowing down.
Instead of $16 million, you get the whole $32 million.
- Isn't that nice? - I can't drive! I don't know how.
You lie to me one more time, I swear to God, I'm gonna get out of this car, and you're never gonna see me again.
The letters from the army the calls.
You ripped them up and you erased them.
Why, Ellie?! - I was scared.
- Of what? That you were gonna die, of what I was gonna go through waiting to hear if you died.
Couldn't do it, Rob.
I just couldn't.
- I don't believe it.
- I'm sorry.
Do you have any idea what kind of trouble I'm in right now? Just tell them it was me.
I'll take the blame.
Oh, yeah.
Yeah, that's good.
"I'm sorry I'm AWOL, Captain.
My wife ripped up the letters!" You think they'd believe that? - Why not? - Do you know what the punishment is for deserting in wartime? Execution! Death! Yeah, that's right, Ellie.
Thanks to you, I could die a lot sooner than I would have in Iraq.
- It doesn't have to be that way, Rob.
- What's that supposed to mean? There are things we can do.
- We can stay in the race.
- No.
$32 million buys us a lot of options.
We can get new identities.
- Did you hear me? I said no.
- Move out of the country.
Set up some place the army's never gonna find you.
Ellie, how could you say that? If I d If I do that, that makes me a-a coward.
And I'm a deserter.
Would you want to be with a man like that? If he's alive, you bet your ass I would.
I would rather be with that man than the widow of some fake hero dead in the desert.
Rob, let go.
Give me the phone.
Here's your damn race.
We're going to win this race.
Listen up.
All right, here's how we roll.
We hit hard and fast, dominate from the door, no warning.
Grab the manager, pop the vault, in and out, six minutes.
Someone even looks like they want to play hero, I'll personally pimp slap that twinkle right out of their eye.
Wintergreen chai latte, no foam.
That's me.
Pimp slap? Let's just hear him out.
I think I've heard enough.
There's no way in hell we're taking this bank in broad daylight.
Wasn't my idea.
Shut up.
What wasn't his idea? We're thinking this whole "stick 'em up" approach probably not - the best way to go.
- Unless you want a federal manhunt dogging us all the way to the finish line.
- Too many witnesses.
- What, you think I'm stupid? We're gonna wear masks.
Oh.
Masks.
Well, why didn't you say so in the first place? You got some in your trunk, right? Or do you mean we should buy some? They gotta sell ski masks in Sweetwater, right? Whatever, man.
- We can just go right in - Look, we do this at night or we don't do this at all.
Well, I got news for you, bro.
The bank's locked at night and there's an alarm.
The door alarm's old.
It's cheap.
It's an easy bypass.
Right, but the vault's supposed to be new, - and it's gonna be locked, too.
- It's locked right now.
So we get the manager to unlock it.
If you put a gun to his head.
If he thinks we put a gun to his head.
Nobody's gonna get hurt, bro.
Yeah, I've heard that line before.
It usually precedes a couple of dead bodies.
Oh, would you try to keep it down.
Appomattox.
What? Checkpoint.
It's where everyone else is going.
The courthouse in Appomattox where General Lee turned over the Confederate army to Grant.
He surrendered America.
That's really great, Sean.
It's a couple hundred miles too late, but thanks.
Right now we're trying to jump past everyone else so we need to crack this vault, not the Kentucky clue.
- Virginia.
- Whatever.
And you don't have to crack the vault.
You say the manager opened it - with a six-digit code on a keypad? - That's right.
That means all you need is the password, which is probably sitting on the manager's computer.
Maybe he changes it every week or every other week, but it's always six numbers.
So the only thing you have to crack are his files and then run a match-case auditor search for a six-digit alphanumeric.
What? We gonna do this or not? You can't just say that's all a big coincidence.
I can and I do.
Seeing the Firebird.
Finding the phone.
Luck.
It could've happened to anybody.
Just because we can't see a pattern, Leigh, doesn't mean one doesn't exist.
Maybe it's too big for us to see.
And meeting Ivy? Was that a part of God's plan? Hey, even the Garden of Eden had a snake.
Come on, now.
"Surrender, America.
" Does that mean anything to you? No.
Why don't you ask your friend, you know, the big guy upstairs? Don't mock.
He gave us a phone.
We had a phone before, Susan.
They took it away.
They're gonna take this one away, too.
You are going to win this, Leigh.
That's what the voice said.
Come on.
Race or not, it's a beautiful day.
We got the sun and the open road and a Civil War historical marker every ten miles.
These people do love their Confederacy.
Which is another reason why we need to turn around and surrender.
Surrender.
Appomattox.
- What? - Where Lee surrendered to Grant.
That's the finish line.
All right, partner.
See, now was that a coincidence? I don't think so.
Oh, everything has meaning.
There are no accidents.
Oh, God.
- Are you okay? - I'm okay.
I'm okay.
I'm okay.
We're okay.
Oh, thank God.
There.
Manager's desk this way.
Panic switch kill switch.
Is this going to take long? Most of the time it's going to be accessing my remote desktop and downloading the search utility over FTP.
You have to access your home computer? What I need is to concentrate.
Oh, putting the smackdown, huh? That means you, too.
Come on, come on, come on You're doing this for me, remember? I left this behind for you.
I know.
You saved me from it.
And now you're returning the favor.
It's not good for me to talk to myself while the job's in play, Kat.
I love you, Alex.
Come on, come on So how do you guys know each other? How do you guys know each other? I saw him in Key West, he didn't have no partner.
Neither did you.
If you want to switch rides, I don't blame you.
6-3-5-4-8-4! Come on, let's move! Howdy.
Looks like this might not be such a slow night after all.
Look, bro, we can work something out.
You feel me? Hey, you say something, Carlos? No hablo español.
Man, come on and chill with that, all right? You're not even a cop.
What's that supposed to mean? I think he means that maybe you should call this one in.
Oh, I will, honey.
Don't you worry about that.
I'm just deciding what kind of call it's going to be.
See, situation like this could end up a lot of different ways.
Who knows, you might just find you have the power to change what happens.
All right, man, come on, you got us, all right? You don't have to scare her.
I don't need to do anything, hombre.
Like you said, I'm not a cop.
Makes me feel a little better about doing this.
- Where did you get that? - Are you okay? Is that Fernando's gun? Did you take it with you from the house? I didn't know if I could trust you.
We got to go now.
Come on, come on.
- He freaked out, man.
- It's okay.
You did the right thing.
Yes, you did, man.
He would have killed us.
I think maybe he did.
He shot me.
I think I'm dead, bro.
Go! Go! Go! Go! Hang on, I'm coming.
Oh, my God, Susan! Okay, come on.
Just, I don't know, just hang in there, okay? I'm going to try to get you out.
Just try to move your arm, okay? You're going to be okay.
Just just hang in there a few more seconds, okay? We were meant to win this, remember? God said you are going to win this race.
We will.
We will.
It's okay, just take it easy.
No, Leigh, listen.
He told me you are going to win this race, not me.
You.
Oh, my God.
- Are you all right? - I'm fine.
I just need a ride.
Sure, yeah, get in.
So where you going? Appomattox.
Where Lee surrendered.
Not this time.
I think he's dying.
- Did you hear me? - Yeah, I heard you.
I've barely got this bleeding under control.
Winston oh, what happened? What happened? Alex, he's passed out.
We need to get him some help.
I am aware of that.
- That'll work.
- What? What'll work? - Get out.
- What?! - Get out.
Take this with you.
- Where you going? - Just trust me.
Go.
- Alex, he needs to go to the hospital.
Get out of the car.
How's he doing? - Hey, Sean, can you hear me, man? - What are we doing here? "We" aren't doing anything.
Park your car, get a room, pay with cash, don't open this box till we get back.
Get back from where, man? Your brother's last chance.