Cypher (2021) s01e07 Episode Script

(Grunting and yelling)
WILL:
Enough games, who are they?
They're much bigger
than you and I.
They're everywhere.
The government, the banks,
the FBI, the CIA,
they control everything.
You need to look at this.
You both know that
in this line of business
we operate in silence.
You had one job and one job
only and you screwed it up.
I thought I made this clear
to you
how important this is to Chris,
how important Will is to us.
"You have green light to use
Anna as last resort collateral."
WILL:
Where is Anna?
Damn it!
Where is she?
(door opens)
I know you don't
love me anymore, but I know
you love our daughter.
ANNA: Hey dad, we miss you,
don't be late.
Don't worry about me,
I'm with Sarah.
She's taking me out
with her new friend
to go eat something.
CHRIS:
As long as Will cooperates.
It's up to Will Scott,
let's see if he can stay in line
long enough
to keep his daughter alive.
(Alarm blaring)
WILL: I have someone working on it
as we speak.
ROBERT:
Okay, where do we find this guy?
No, you stay in the car.
CLAIRE:
Go.
Is it a picture?
CLAIRE:
No, video.
Oh, okay.
Wait,
why are you videotaping me?
CLAIRE:
It's for your dad.
Hey dad, don't be late,
we miss you.
CLAIRE:
Perfect.
We'll find her, Ms. Scott.
What do they want?
I'm the only one that can
decipher this.
They wouldn't let her go
until I do it for 'em.
I'm aware of that.
Take Ms. Scott to safehouse,
round-the-clock protection.
Okay.
Ms. Scott, come with me.
Where are you taking me?
To a safehouse.
I'm not worried about my safety,
I want my daughter back.
Just do this, do this, okay.
Please just get safe.
Andre.
This way.
What I wanted to tell you,
Will,
is that even if you
decipher the list,
we won't be able to just hand it
right over to them.
How's that?
They will kill her.
And we'll do our best
to protect her.
But our information tells us
there's 21 other names
on that list.
So the situation is
your daughter's life
versus 21 other lives.
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REES:
Thank you.
Ms. Scott, this is where
you'll be staying
for the time being.
It's one of our safe houses.
Kitchen, living room,
and there's two bedrooms
down the hall.
Please stay inside at all
times,
we have agents on duty outside
around the clock
for your safety.
Thank you.
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The government's not gonna do
one thing about this,
(Sighs)
CHRIS: I I'm tellin' you
we're gonna get a shipment
in tomorrow.
Hey, hold on a minute.
Not closed,
I didn't know Anna was gonna be
part of this equation.
Everyone's part of the equation
as far as I'm concerned.
Hold on a minute, ma'am.
That is my point, she
you can't do that.
She's a little innocent girl,
She's our leverage.
She's our leverage.
She's not a part of any of this.
Antoine, fast as usual.
Easy as usual.
It's annoying.
It's your laptop?
Yes.
That's annoying.
CLAIRE:
What did you do?
ANTOINE:
Oh.
He's just finishing up
after your mess.
CLAIRE:
My mess?
Your mess.
Your job was simple,
monitor Will while getting him
to decipher the list.
But I guess that's too difficult
for someone like you.
If Alex hadn't shot himself.
Look, don't put your blunders
off on someone else.
Alex knew what he was doing.
And I thought you did.
But yet here we are.
Unlike you, Alex knew
what had to be done
when his back was
against the wall.
Leave Anna out of this.
Will.
(Knocking)
Will.
Sorry.
How's it goin'?
Well, my daughter's
been abducted
and I'm being held prisoner
by the law.
The cipher names on the list
for reasons
I can't completely
get my head around.
You have any other
suggestions?
Yeah, you have my phone,
use it.
Track the number
behind the voice message.
That'll lead you straight
to 'em.
We tracked the phone,
it was a burner.
It's just another dead end.
How about the list,
any progress here?
I have a hunch.
It's the late
Ada Lovelace's theory.
She was
She was the daughter
of Lord Byron,
which is not the point.
The point is that she created
an algorithm
that calculated
the Bernoulli numbers.
Without computer power,
it took the human about 200
years to calculate that.
So whoever created this list
Alex Mais.
Okay.
Well, Alex has married
the Bernoulli theory
with computer power.
So you cracked it?
It's a hunch,
but it's progress.
I understand you like
working alone,
but under the time constraint,
No.
I too have learnt to
not trust anyone.
That goes for you, too.
Likewise.
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ANNA:
Wait, what?
CLAIRE:
(Indiscernible speech)
ANNA:
Oh, okay.
But right now none of this
is gonna go on the film,
but we'll know that
you're talking about real stuff.
Yeah.
(Indistinct chatter)
Antoine, I need to go out
on some business.
And I think it's time
you checked up
on your little FBI girlfriend.
See what kinda news
she's got for us.
You got it.
You know, it's nice,
sex on the job and all.
That depends,
it's a double-edged sword
kinda thing.
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(Mumbling calculations)
Mr. Scott.
How's Leah?
She's fine, she's currently
at a safe house.
I'm gonna bring her
some more supplies.
Do you need anything else?
Yeah.
More time.
Coming right up.
(Phone buzzes)
Hello.
I can't,
we're in the middle of
Yeah, is that why you left
so early the other morning?
Okay, okay.
Uh, meet me in 30,
I'll call you when I'm upfront.
ANNA:
Claire, where are we exactly?
CLAIRE:
Still in Los Angeles, I promise.
We've been here a while,
is daddy in trouble?
(Sighs)
Maybe.
But your dad is really good
at solving problems.
(Sniffles)
Daddy is not meeting us here,
is he?
I'm really sorry, Anna.
You're a bad guy.
No, I'm not.
I'm not no, I'm not.
I'm just
(Claire sighs)
I really didn't wanna get you
in the middle of this
and I' sorry that you have to be
a part of this.
(Grunts)
Claire?
It's fine,
I'm just a little nauseated.
(Sighs)
(Phone buzzes)
Hello.
ANTOINE: Claire, Chris is sending me
out again.
So it's just Anna and I?
ANTOINE:
Yes, but don't get any ideas,
the guards
all have orders of their own.
And one more thing, you would've
been a great mother.
(Call disconnects)
So I'm a prisoner.
ROBERT:
Will Scott's back on the list.
INFORMANT:
Excellent.
So the results should be
coming in soon then?
Yeah.
There's a variable
we didn't count for.
His daughter's been kidnapped.
Well, I hope that's not slowing
anything down.
Of course, it doesn't.
Everything has a price,
I uh, lost my daughter too.
I'm sorry, I didn't know.
She's not dead.
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You know, you look even sexier
in that uniform.
Thanks, but um,
it's not a uniform,
it's work outfit.
Well, forget the part
about the uniform,
you're just sexy.
Thanks.
Hmm.
I thought
we were going to your place.
I know, sorry, I just
have to drop something off.
ANTOINE:
Don't be long.
I won't.
REES:
Hey, how's it goin?
Good, officer.
REES: How is she doing?
Ms. Scott.
I brought some more supplies,
shampoo, toothbrush, oatmeal,
things like that.
Any updates?
On my daughter.
Oh um, no.
We're monitoring
the situation.
Agent Sodo,
do you have any children?
No, ma'am.
Imagine for one second that
this was your daughter
and the person in front of you
tells you not to worry.
How would you react?
(Takes a deep breath)
I I I know
it's hard.
But try not to worry too much,
we have people working 24/7
towards getting
your daughter back.
It's gonna work out.
There's a burner phone
in the bag.
Will's on speed dial 1,
I'm on 2.
Try to use it
for emergencies only.
Otherwise, we'll contact you.
Thank you, Agent Sodo.
Please call me "Rees".
Thank you.
Goodnight.
Okay, no, no.
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Will, pick up.
(Phone buzzing)
Damn it.
Ma'am,
I have very strict orders,
I need to contact my ex-husband
or Robert or anyone with
a position of power at the FBI.
What's going on?
Officer Andre, I'm with Leah.
She says it's urgent.
Okay.
Will, I've got Leah on the line,
she says it's urgent.
She'd only speak
if you were on as well.
Leah, what's wrong?
Will, it's Rees,
she's with someone right now
and I think it's the same man
who came to my house.
Uh, I don't follow.
This guy he he pretended
to be FBI
and I think he might be involved
with the people you're after.
Rees just left with him.
Ma'am, are you sure?
Yes, like I told you before
one of them had a tattoo
on his hand and I know
he was one of them.
Okay, let me pass this on
to Robert right away.
Keep her talking.
Leah, you stay safe.
Any news about Anna?
Just Just, not yet,
LEAH: Yeah.
Okay, yeah, bye.
What's going on?
Leah called.
She spotted a suspect
accompanying Rees
over at the safe house.
Do we know who?
Um, no, no uh she it's
it's gotta be one of those guys.
Um, those were two agents that
came to her house earlier,
Right, yeah.
It's gotta be one of them.
Which can only mean
one thing
Impossible.
No.
No, no, no, no, no.
She she just met
someone online,
Oh, for God's sake.
It's gotta be.
Okay, let's track Rees' phone,
let's alert all the teams,
let's move.
No, yeah.
ROBERT: Alright, I need you to do me
a favour.
Have a seat, get the
I'm supposed to be at work.
It's after 8:00.
What's so important that
you have to be at work
on a Friday night?
Well, we
we're working a special case,
so we recently had
a turn of events
that's keeping us pretty busy.
Oh, sounds interesting.
I could say that
you have a very exciting job.
I don't know if
a 9-year-old girl
getting kidnapped
is what you'd call exciting.
Oh!
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Put your hand up!
FBI, don't move!
No.
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Anna, I brought you some dinner.
Go away.
You have to eat.
I don't want to talk to you,
leave me alone.
(Sighs)
I'm really sorry, Anna.
You should be.
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Hey there, Antoine.
(Taking deep breath)
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I'm gonna make this really easy
for you.
Who are you working for?
ROBERT: According to this, he doesn't
have a criminal record.
Maybe run his DNA.
Sir.
What?
I need to speak with him.
Thank you Crystal.
It's not part of our deal.
Your job is to decipher
the list,
so we may save
the innocent lives
that are on the list.
Sir, this is the only person
that knows where my daughter is,
I need to speak with him.
Mr. Scott, go back to your room
and do your job.
Let me do mine.
Do you understand me?
(Indistinct chatter
in background)
You lost your daughter.
Three years ago to cancer
and I'm sorry to bring it up.
You know what it's like
to lose your daughter.
Sir, I need to speak
with this man.
I get it.
I get it.
See I think
you don't have the balls
to man up.
ANTOINE:
It's not about manning up.
I sense some frustration in you.
You never quite sealed the deal
with Rees, could you?
ROBERT:
Don't!
This is bullshit.
(Andre taking deep breaths)
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Where is she?
Why?
You wanna say your goodbyes?
You're not gonna kill
a little girl.
I wasn't talking about
your daughter.
I was talking about you.
Time is up, Mr. Scott.
Your name's on the list.
Your day's coming soon.
Tick tock, tick tock
tick
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Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm okay.
I should've listened.
What are you talking about?
You tried to warn me.
You were right.
How could you've known, Rees?
Probably created a profile,
matched it to you exactly,
you just happened
to fall for it.
That's all.
Are you sure
you have the right guy?
Certainly.
Sorry, Rees.
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Understood.
Antoine's been caught.
Activate Plan Boa.
Let's get him out.
We need more men
to secure the warehouse.
No need.
Claire is still there
with the girl.
I know.
Plan Boa activated.
Did you get anything
out of his phone?
Scott, the phone is locked,
alright,
there's no way to get past
the security screen.
I know the password.
Walsh, phone.
Come on.
Here.
Goddamnit,
they've changed the password.
We're gonna crack it.
Sir, these phones,
this organization has
the highest level of security.
There was one person that
could crack this
and he is dead
and that is on me.
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(Phone buzzing)
Prepare to trace it.
Hold.
(Phone buzzing)
Ready.
Now.
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(Phone disconnects)
Anything?
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Sir, we got something.
Here.
Alright, we got something, guys.
Let's load up, let's move out!
Sir, can I come with you?
(Taking deep breaths)
Thank you.
ROBERT:
Let's go, Rees.
Alright, guys, we're going live.
I need you two repelling
from the top,
come in the back door,
you know the drill,
we've done this before.
Alright, let's head on out.
(Indiscernible speech)
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Well?
You bring me back in here,
you just sit there
and you're not gonna
say anything.
It's been 15 minutes.
Aren't you supposed to ask me
questions or something?
Yeah.
Waiting for someone
to take over for me.
I'm a little tired.
Speak of the devil.
I'll leave you two to it.
I'm sure you have
some catching up to do.
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Hello, sweetheart.
Dad.
So you remember.
What are you doing here?
My job.
You?
Same.
Alright.
Let's talk about
this job of yours.
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Such a shame how some just don't
quite pick the right path
as they grow.
Get lost.
Forget who they are deep inside.
You got lost a long time ago,
Claire.
WILL: Well, at least they have
the same plates.
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Lunch is ready.
(Kisses)
(Takes a deep breath)
Thank you.
Are you guys getting
back together?
Not exactly, sweetie.
Then why'd you sleep here
last night?
Well,
I'm just here to protect you.
But don't we need guards
for that?
What are you doing,
trying to get me out of here?
No, stay.
Sweetie,
the food is getting cold,
we need to eat.
(Phone buzzing)
Sorry.
Hello.
He's finally agreed to talk.
And?
He won't talk unless it's you,
so we're gonna send you
an armored vehicle.
No need for that.
If I die, it's gonna be
by heart attack,
they're the rules of the game.
Look, I know today
is your big day, Will,
being on the list and all,
but uh,
ROBERT: we got 'em.
Not all of them.
Well, we're working on it.
Listen, Will, I think
there's something else
you need to know.
Yeah, I'm listening.
Well, as you know before
we can transfer a prisoner
they must undergo
a medical exam
and we've received
Claire's exam back
and I think there's something
you'd probably like to know.
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It was too early to activate
Plan Boa.
I had no choice.
They got Antoine,
they got Claire.
Since when do you care
about your employees?
I don't care about them,
they're merely pawns.
I care about
protecting information.
And they know too much about
our organization.
There's no need to worry.
No one knows, no one is aware
of your involvement.
I'm not simply involved here,
I am the organization.
And this has me very concerned.
So please don't tell me
not to worry.
Fix this.
You are the only one
who can fix this.
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How?
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By operating from the inside.
You know that wasn't the plan.
I can't.
It's that or checkmate.
Take your pick.
I'll be in touch.
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(Knocking on the door)
Mr. Scott is here
to see you.
Excellent, uh,
bring Antoine in.
Sir.
Right on time.
Well, I'm flattered,
you didn't erase my work.
Well, the case isn't closed.
No, it is not.
How's your daughter?
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Sure is nice to be back home,
hmm?
I'm just happy to spend time
outside again.
I didn't like that other place.
Yeah.
Soon the police will be gone
and it'll just be us again.
I like them.
(Kisses)
Especially him.
They're nice to me.
(Chuckles)
(Sighs)
(Antoine sighs)
So you wanted to talk.
Before I begin, could you
remind me what today's date is?
These prison cells,
they make day and night
blur together
like you wouldn't believe.
Don't play games,
just get to the point.
I really don't have time
for this.
That is my point,
your time is up.
Well, not yet.
Yeah, you got
a couple hours left.
(Sighs)
You think you're so smart.
Well, we do have most the names,
you know, some of the dates.
Not even close.
No more games, Antoine.
You think this is a game.
It's not.
Enough.
You wanted me to bring
Will down here, here he is.
Well, it's all right
in front of you.
(Sighs)
Turn the page.
This is only the first list.
What are you talking about?
Turn the page.
There's one fucking page,
there's nothing on the back.
What
Again, turn the page.
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