Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles s01e04 Episode Script

In the future, my son will lead mankind in a war against Skynet, a computer system programmed to destroy the world.
It has sent machines back through time some to kill him one to protect him.
Today we fight to stop Skynet from ever being created.
To change our future.
To change his fate.
The war to save mankind begins now.
Season 1 Episode 4 Heavy Metal (v.
1.
00) Previously on Terminator: The Sarah Connor Chronicles.
Mr.
Ferguson is ill today.
My name is Cromartie.
Do we have a John Reese? Excellent.
You changed the future.
You just didn't change it enough.
These things, they are here.
And they are programmed with specific missions.
It took his eyes, James.
Jumper, outside the gym! It's my new friend, crying one from the bathroom.
- We gotta help her, now! - No.
I Could have done something.
I was right there.
And what were you gonna do be a hero? Isn't that what I'm supposed to be? A hero? Isn't that who I am? Patient is female, 33.
Previous lipo and breast augmentation with complications of seroma and scarring.
Hello? Hello? When John was little, before bed, I used to read him fairy tales.
One night, I read him a folk tale called the Golem Prague, the story of a clay monster made by a rabbi to protect the Jews of the city.
You shouldn't be back here.
The office is clos.
You do reconstructive surgery? You need a consult.
You'll he to call monday.
I need reconstructive surgery.
You can either just leave now or I can call the police.
Your choice.
What I failed to remember was that, at the end of the story, the Golem turns on its maker and kills him, as well as the rest of the town.
Now.
He didn't sleep for months.
I went to him and tried to tell him that it wasn't real, that I'd made it all up.
Somehow, that made it all worse.
Up a little late? "Covalent and ionic bonding.
" No wonder you're still up.
I can never get my head around this either.
It's not that hard.
So you wanna talk about it? - Talk about what? - You just seem down.
Downer than usual.
I'm fine.
I know what fine means.
Fine means you're upset about something, and you won't talk to me.
Fine means I'm fine.
I saw there's a memorial service at school this week for that girl.
Jordan.
Jordan, right.
- Are you planning on going? - I try not to make plans.
Plans are for people in control of their own lives.
I don't want you to blame yourself for what happened.
Who said I blame myself? - What do you want? - Cromartie's here.
- Now.
- What? I've been monitoring the media for possible threats.
Yesterday, arson at an Oakland dock forced the rerouting of a shipment of refined coltan into the port of Los Angeles.
Coltan? Skynet will use it as a key element in our endoskeletal alloy.
That doesn't mean Cromartie's back.
How can it be Cromartie? Are you forgetting that I blew his head off? I remember.
That's why I went to find this.
You should watch.
It won't play.
Put it on video 2.
Thanks for explaining.
Where'd you get this? Check the paper tomorrow for any dead anchormen.
I don't sleep.
There.
He came through.
He knows we're here.
It's just a head.
His chip is intact.
We're programmed to repair ourselves.
We're programmed to blend in.
He might still need coltan for a missing piece.
A leg, an arm.
He'll rebuild and continue his mission to hunt and kill.
I know what his mission is.
I still have the money from the safe house.
We can go south, set up across the border, - off the grid.
- Go south What? Thought you said we weren't gonna run anymore.
We were gonna fight.
This is different.
Right, this is different.
If Cromartie's damaged, he's vulnerable.
- We know where he'll be.
- A new skin means a new face.
- We won't know what he looks like.
- But we know where he'll be.
I can hack the port schedule.
We find the container and we wait.
We hunt him for a change.
Or we could run again.
The ship comes tonight? The one carrying the coltan? Like you're gonna drive.
Get the shotguns.
It's not like I can't drive.
And the C-4 from the bathroom under the towels.
Cromartie? Not here yet.
- They're humans.
- Keep setting the charges.
If he comes for that container, he'll have to come through here.
Is that Cromartie? Cameron.
He'll survive.
He's human.
Not very strong one.
Those other guys just stole the truck.
Cromartie has men working with him? Does that happen? You work with me.
We have to follow that truck.
That's coltan.
If that's what you're made of, no wonder you're so dense.
Not density.
Heat resistance.
Two 600 models had a titanium alloy endoskeleton.
But it was vulnerable to heat.
- Coltan have higher melting point.
- You know what I love about you guys? Even when you've evolved into the ultimate indestructible killing machine, you're not above self-examination and improvement.
Thank you.
Please shut up.
Military tags? Leave it.
We need to move.
Now.
How about we get paid now, seriously? How about you shut up and go now? He's not damaged at all.
That's not Cromartie.
Endoskeletal structure points don't match.
He's too short.
Another one? Why does he have all this? I thought these things just hunt and killed people.
They perform whatever mission they're programmed for.
And what kind of mission is this? Man, it weirds me out more and more.
We barely get a crime scene up, and the FBI is here like that.
Like you guys got some kind of magic powers or something.
Thanks, Lou.
Computers, my friend.
Log in a weird blood sample that matches one of my other cases, and, poof, I appear.
They're gonna put us all out of work one of these days not that I'll mind.
Wouldn't worry about that.
Always gonna need somebody to clean up.
- So who we got here? - Dr.
David Lyman, plastic surgeon.
Obviously, the manager found him this morning when she came to open up.
Swabbed your weird blood out of the drain.
Otherwise, the place is clean.
Nothing missing, no motive, zip.
- So what's your interest here? - I got six guys dead, no rhyme or reason.
Except some kind of blood that isn't quite blood.
It's not natural.
I like natural.
Natural's assuring.
It helps me sleep at night.
I meant more the FBI's interest.
You know the FBI.
We're interested in everything.
So this guy comes in Friday night.
Leaves Sunday, A.
M.
That's the only lead we have at the moment.
I thought he looked familiar.
He was a patient.
We did his chin and nose last May.
George Lazlo.
We still have the charges.
We can rig 'em at the door.
Blow 'em when they try to drive out.
Then cameron can take out Get in the car.
We're going.
What? John, the plan was to hunt Cromartie.
That's not Cromartie.
So you just wanna walk in there, kick their asses and go for pancakes? It doesn't work like that.
We're outnumbered.
- We have her.
- We don't know what's going on.
That thing has real estated his employees.
Who knows how many more are in there.
There's three of us.
I'm not saying we run.
But we need to step back, see what's going on.
So we run, in other words.
- Can you tell him to get in the car? - It's too dangerous.
- We should go.
- It's always too dangerous! It's war.
War is dangerous! If you die they win.
How many of those things, those endoskeletons, do you think they can make out of that load of metal in there? 'Cause that's what we're talking about.
It's a truck full of enemy soldiers.
What if they're building them right now? If I could get myself on into the truck, we can track them by laptop.
John Connor, we're going now.
What? Endoskeletons.
Based on the approximate volume of coltan in this shipment.
That's how many.
John! Damn it, John! No! If they see us, they'll find him.
You wanna tell me what you're doing here? Have you seen a dachshund puppy? They had army uniforms.
The tags.
Where would they go? They're going north.
John's phone.
You can track it online.
This actually works? Wait, wait, wait.
No, no.
The signal is lost.
- The phone might be damaged.
- Come on.
Damn it! - Come on! - Breaking the computer won't help.
Do you have any idea what's going on? I lost him.
I lost John.
I understand.
It's impossible for you to understand.
Without John, your life has no purpose.
I can't believe I let him talk me into this.
You try to open your hands just a little, and it's too soon.
Is it? The world ends in four years.
What? Left you a message.
Davidson was buying at Houston's.
When you didn't show, they sent me to check to see if you'd died or something.
Did you die? You run across him on those pico murders? Or John Doe's bar code tats? - No who is he? - George Lazlo.
Unemployed actor.
Got him on video at the murder scene.
Only suspect I got with his file is straight vanilla.
Are you trying to impress the boss? Crank out the sugar ray and call Monica Lewinksy.
It's 1999 again.
- Sugar what? - James If you trying to get back on the rising young star list, forget about it.
I mean, this case is a dog.
And you're not young.
Agent Stewart, can I help you? You got some guy holed up in room three? That would be my dog.
Lazlo? He asked if he needed a lawyer.
I told him it was just a courtesy thing.
So what's this all about? It's about my case.
Good case? We'll find out soon enough.
He strike you as a killer? Everyone strikes me as a killer.
So George you're an actor.
Been in anything I've seen? What is this about? Just some questions related to Dr.
Lyman's death.
Soanything? I see a lot of movies.
It's been slow.
Well, it's picking up around here, I'll tell you that.
I got six dead bodies and a mystery man who might be trying to change his identity.
So is that why you got the work? Chin and nose.
Did you kill the doctor to cover your tracks? Ah, Dolores.
Meet Mr.
Lazlo.
I was hoping that he would give us a little blood sample.
If you're not my guy, you're out of my file here in an hour, tops.
Make a fist.
Great.
Just a little sting.
Can't seem to find a vein.
You guys are a bunch of fascists, you know that? - Are you kidding me? - No.
Tell me where they went.
Lady, go to hell.
Tell me where they went, or I'm gonna beat you to death.
And don't call me lady.
Tell me where they went, damn it! If you beat him to death, he can't tell us anything.
I'm not gonna tell you anything.
Okay.
Yeah, like you got the stones.
You can go.
If you can get past her.
Mcguire Gunnery range? This place is the size of L.
A.
County.
Where exactly are they? She's talking to you.
It's depot 37.
It's a decommissioned arms depot in the southeast corner.
You take the outer loop past all these old, abandoned hangars.
It was an air force base back in the cold war I don't know what they're doing.
I was supposed to guard the warehouse, clean up when they left.
The man just needed guys.
That's all I know.
I swear to God.
Just drive faster.
Badge, please.
Your tax dollars at work.
What, you need more blood? What the Put me down! - Did you lock this? - Yeah.
Damn it.
Damn it! Guy must have popped it.
He's been bitchin' about money all week.
- Think he just split? - You surprised? - Guy threatened to bail twice a day.
- Let's just finish and get out of here.
- Who tells Carter? - You he's your friend.
Friend? He's just a guy I met.
Six victims.
Different parts of the city, different worlds, different lives.
What's the connection? Greta was saying none.
Guys in the house were drug dealers.
But there's some blood matches.
And we got George here.
George Lazlo.
And who, exactly, is this guy? - Actually, Jim - James not Jim.
James.
Right, right, apologies.
Before you go on, I just wanna make sure you're aware Lazlo was cleared.
Blood sample came back.
Not a match to the plastic surgeon's office.
We got blood? - How'd we manage that? - I I finessed the samples.
And, yes, I heard it didn't match.
But, I've been thinking of another possibility.
Whoever killed Dr.
Lyman was in there for two days.
I'm thinking there's a chance our killer had himself cut to look like Lazlo forced the Doctor to operate, then killed him.
Wouldn't there be scars and bruising? The office has a hyperbaric oxygen system which speeds healing.
And he could have used makeup.
Actually, I considered this too.
I asked the office manager.
Apparently they keep detailed records of the anesthesia.
According to their log, the levels were unchanged.
No one had surgery.
No one had anesthesia.
There's a possibility they just didn't use any.
Right, I asked that too.
She said a job like that four, five hours under the knife, cutting that deep into the tissue of the face, the nose, the eyes You can't take that kind of pain.
It's impossible.
You got some kind of release from this lazlo guy, right, for the blood? Last thing we need's a lawsuit.
So if t isn't anything else Hey sorry, Jim.
Facts are facts.
Sorry about that.
But, you know, if it doesn't add up, it just doesn't add up.
Doesn't add up it's 'cause we don't have all the numbers yet.
James, nobody expects anything from you on this.
Your ass is suitably covered.
Why you wanna rock the boat? Last time I had a case where this many things didn't add up, three people blew themselves up in a bank.
Look, I don't know, Greta.
I just I just feel it.
Yeah, maybe you should try feeling a little less.
'Cause you're going blind.
You can't just leave me here.
Come on, hurry up.
Would have been faster to kill him.
Sometimes, you seem inefficient.
I'm not for you to understand.
You said that before.
I do things, you know? Stupid, illogical, inefficient things.
Humans get used to it.
I told the guy to just be patient.
- Looks like he bailed.
- So he's gone then? Yeah, it doesn't surprise me.
Was bitching about the money all week.
Then I wanna thank you for your service.
This is it? This is depot 37? Did that guy lie to you? No This is it.
- This is where the factory will be.
- What factory? Where I'll be made.
Me and many others.
Right there.
It's inside.
Coltan is rare in the future.
Much of it was destroyed when the bombs went off.
He's stockpiling it for after judgment day.
It's in the bunker, where it'll be safe.
Your gun.
Give it to me now.
I don't have a gun or anything.
I didn't shoot anyone.
- Your boss.
- Hey, Carter! Listen to me for a second.
Just for a second, all right? What's your name? - My name's John.
- What the hell are you doing here? I'm just looking, man.
In the wrong place at the wrong time.
- What's your name? - Mike.
All right.
Listen, we got a problem.
Okay? Your boss, he's a he's a really bad guy.
All right? He killed those guys.
And he'll kill us if he finds us.
- So we need to get out - Carter? He shot them? Look, you've worked with this guy, right? Have you noticed that something's just off about him? Like he'd just kill you just because.
So there's something wrong with him.
You know? Yeah.
- Where is he? - Don't! This bastard owes me my money! I'll take my share and theirs too.
Hey! Freak! I'm talkin' to you! Look, man, just open the door.
Thank you for your service.
What are you? Oh, god, please.
It's not your fault.
Maybe it's yours.
Maybe if you'd have let him try to save that girl, or let him think he had a choice, maybe he wouldn't have gone off the reservation.
- John does these things.
- Not the John I know.
The john I know.
- Hello? John, thank god.
- Mom? - Mom.
- We're right outside.
You all right? Yeah.
Listen, he's blocking the door.
It's like he's frozen.
He's frozen? Yeah, when the door shut, it's like he went to sleep or something.
Standby.
He completed his mission.
He powered down to standby mode until he's moved or triggered awake.
Triggered? The door.
They put him into standby.
The reboot time.
John, listen to me.
This is what I want you to do.
I want you to open that door.
And run.
The instant that door cracks open, you run.
John? Yeah, I run.
So what do you think future john would do right now? We'll see.
John.
Come on! - I thought you said you could drive.
- It's jammed or something.
Step on the clutch.
Hard! If you're gonna be a hero, you gotta learn how to drive a stick.
- Let's go.
- But can he get out? Drive.
Mr.
Lazlo.
May I come in? Thank you.
Pepperoni? I love those things.
My bosses told me i should stay clear of you.
For legal reasons.
I understand.
But I thought I owed it to you to drop by.
- Give you a warning.
- A warning? Well, there's a chance-- a small chance, but a chance that there's someone out there who might be trying to steal your identity.
Steal my identity? What for? What do people do with anything these days? Steal, cheat, harm, and intimidate others.
Damage the national psyche.
Anyway if you see or hear anything unusual, call me, anytime.
Thank you for your help.
Sure.
Have a nice day.
Have a nice day.
Not every version of the Golem story ends badly.
In one, the monster is a hero, destroying all those that seek to harm its maker.
In another, the Golem's maker destroys his creature before it destroys the world.
You okay? I'm fine.
Really.
How many times we gonna have this talk? A lot, I think.
I should go finish my homework.
The pride of man, of parents as well, makes us believe that anything we create, we can control.
Whether from clay or from metal, it is in the nature of us to make our own monsters.
Our children are alloys, all, built from our own imperfect flesh.
We animate them with magic.
And never truly know what they will do.