Ghost Wars (2017) s01e09 Episode Script

Previously on "Ghost Wars" Billy! Billy! I'm in a coma at Lambda and I'm standing right here talking to you at the exact same time.
You're dead, Billy.
Get used to it.
[SCREAMING.]
The power outage made them stronger.
More physical.
So they can beat the shit out of us on top of scaring us to death? That's that's just great.
I was driving her to Anchorage.
You killed her.
You know that.
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING.]
Where are your parents? My mom died in the church the night of the power outage.
You're all alone? Oh, you must be starving.
Come here.
I have extra food for you.
Oh.
Oh, you poor boy.
Look, I don't care if you saw a helicopter, you're not going anywhere until we secure this place.
You know that won't protect you against ghosts, right? Ghosts aren't the only problem anymore.
Maybe if you stopped giving out food they'd stop breaking in.
And maybe if you were ever here you'd be entitled to an opinion.
Come on, that's not fair.
[SIGHS.]
Look, if you wanna go then go.
I wanna go, but I wanna bring you with me.
And leave all this? All this? Fermented lemons and creme de menthe? Come on.
People need a place to feel safe.
And they can't do that without you.
All right, fine.
If it's that important to you It's probably not even real.
Babe.
- Babe, everything I know, you know.
- Right.
You remember something.
And it had a blue glow.
Right.
Can you describe this something? Was it was it big? Was it small? What? Uh, it was big.
It was it was uh, it was really big.
The accelerator? Were you in there? Yep.
It was a blue glow and it was like it was calling to me and I I - You what? - Uh, it doesn't matter.
It doesn't matter.
Look, I gotta get topside.
This burial crew, they better still be on it.
Would you be willing to be hypnotized? No, no chance.
It can be a very effective tool in memory recovery.
No.
My dad agreed to be hypnotized once and uh, he came out of it not smoking anymore.
I feel like that was probably the point.
Well, then how come he was clucking like a chicken every time someone offered him a cigarette? Because the hypnotist was an asshole.
Goddamn right, he was.
I don't know.
This afterlife, I mean, ask Roman.
He's the expert.
[RADIO.]
Dr.
Barker.
You're gonna want to take a look at security camera 23.
Thank you.
- It's one of ours.
- Yeah, it is.
About fucking time.
- Let's go.
- Okay.
Hello, Roman.
Were you looking for me? No.
I'm trying to figure out why the ghosts are so interested in this place.
I think it's because they think people can find hope here.
Yeah.
I was looking for something more concrete.
Any ideas? No, I don't.
It's funny.
There was a time where I would have taken you at your word.
Roman, you know if there's anything you ever need Dan, what're you doing? We're past that.
[HELICOPTER WHIRRING.]
- You hear that? - Yeah.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
There it is.
Is that I think it's real.
Yeah, but hold on a second.
What if this is one of their hallucinations or something? I think I should go get Roman.
My gut tells me it's real.
All right.
What's your gut tell you now? Dr.
Barker.
- Dr.
Clark.
- I thought you were dead.
Do you know this asshole? - He's my boss.
- I'm glad to see you're alive.
As far as we're concerned Port Moore no longer exists.
You disappeared off the face of the earth after some kind of seismic event.
Yes.
There was an earthquake, during the spool up test.
After that things have been a little hectic.
This is a war, buddy.
I mean we've we've been overrun by a shit ton of rage-fueled ghosts and help a little earlier would have been appreciated.
Well, we're here now.
Is this happening everywhere? So far it seems to be contained to Port Moore.
You don't seem surprised.
Is the facility secure? The facility is secure but we're only operating at about 40% capability.
Why are you not surprised, buddy? You're on an island that literally disappeared.
You could have told me it was overrun by dinosaurs and I wouldn't be surprised.
Maria, you're with me.
Zeke, inform alpha that I'm headed to the facility.
We'll take your vehicle.
Okay.
Employees only.
I'll be back.
[FLIES BUZZING.]
Lord, please forgive her.
These are trying times.
Amen.
[KNOCKING.]
Hello? It's Dan.
I'm sorry to bother you.
Just the door was open upstairs and and I thought I'd see if you were all right.
I'm fine.
Thank you.
Well, there is another thing.
Melanie Bainbridge, she's dead and I have to tend to her body.
I can help you with that.
Would you? I don't mean to impose.
Well, it's my job, isn't it? Let's go.
No, no, no.
I'm telling you, Val, it's not real.
It's another one of those damned ghost mirages.
Karla, did you see the helicopter? - Nope.
- You see? - I did hear it, though.
- You see? Doesn't prove anything.
Who saw the helicopter? - Thank you.
- Paolo did, too.
He went out to try and find it.
Okay.
I say we do the same thing.
You wanna go out there, be my guest, okay? I'm gonna stay right here near power.
What about the people in the helicopter? They don't know what's going on here.
They could be in danger.
They look fine to me.
Hello.
I'm Dr.
Nate Fisher, senior director of biotechnology at Lambda.
Who's in charge here? Hey, hey, hey.
Hang on.
Hang on.
It's all right.
Okay.
Okay.
They're real.
They're real.
Yes, we're real.
And we're here to help.
Pretty gruesome.
Yeah.
What do we do now? You tend to look for the most practical solution in this line of work.
Get her feet? Oh, shit! Who's dead now? Melanie Bainbridge.
I was just gonna check on her.
Uh, I should go.
You're right, this is bringing up too much for me after everything that's happened with Marc.
Did she just say "Marc"? Sit up.
This ain't a resort.
I get it.
I do.
I mean, all the action is out there, right? And you're kinda stuck here holding down the fort.
I'm Billy, by the way.
Billy McGrath.
Yeah, I know.
You're the sheriff of Shitberg.
Well [GROANS.]
I'm good.
But I gotta tell ya, Zeke, it's hell here.
It's burning up.
I've seen it.
People dying every day.
Scared and death is everywhere, right? You really think you're fighting ghosts.
Yeah.
Because I have.
You'll see.
You know what's really fucked up about this situation? - What? - [GROANS.]
That.
Up.
Get up.
Get up.
Yeah, shit.
Let's take a tour of Shitberg, Zeke.
We've got supplies and equipment and we're happy to share.
That's nice, thank you.
But we don't need supplies, we need someone to get us out of here.
Actually, we do need supplies.
The bar's almost dry and we're passing off mustard as a vegetable.
Wow, everyone's so tense.
People tend to act like that when they think the world is coming to an end.
You think this is the apocalypse? They do.
Things are going to get better, - starting now - Don't look at me.
- Don't look at me.
- I'm not.
That's it, straight ahead.
Get in here and shut up.
Billy.
What the hell, man? Drop 'em.
Drop 'em! Or I'm gonna give your buddy a back-up asshole.
No, you're gonna lower your weapon.
No, I'm not.
I'm the sheriff.
I'll lower these when I get some answers.
Everyone, just just calm down.
I'll calm down when you start talking.
What're you guys doing here? You're asking the wrong person.
How'd you know? We have the internet.
Or, at least, we did at some point.
I'm Daphne Holt, CEO of Lambda, and I'm going to solve your ghost problem.
The primary chamber is unharmed.
Cooling and vacuum systems are offline.
Several detectors were damaged, and the superconducting magnets won't, you know, superconduct.
What about the electrical system? Even if we hadn't stripped it we wouldn't have the energy to run it.
The dam is down to one generator.
You stripped the electrical system? We needed the components to create the energy shielding for the facility.
Okay.
So now you're admitting that you vandalized a multi-billion dollar piece of equipment to build a ghost fence.
We developed a system that nullifies the ghosts' hallucinogenic abilities, saving countless lives.
Which reminds me.
Why weren't you surprised when the sheriff mentioned ghosts? Miss Holt wants this up and running as soon as possible.
Get her running.
Whatever it takes.
Thanks for taking a look at it.
It's not a problem.
The last thing anyone needs these days is for their generator to burn out.
Yeah, tell me about it.
Mine's downstairs in the basement.
- Excuse me.
- Dr.
Barker.
Daphne Holt.
What am I looking at here? Something private.
This is how we work together.
I ask you a question, you answer.
Is that what I think it is? If you think it's an entity with a negative energy signature capable of spontaneous manifestation, then yes.
A ghost.
Amazing.
What else have you found? I believe they're capable of accessing our memories.
Showing us things from our past.
Our fears.
Whether we want them to or not.
What were they showing you? Something I'd rather forget.
Dr.
Clark tells me you wanna re-start the accelerator.
I would suggest holding off until you fully understand what you're dealing with.
I know what I'm dealing with.
And you fully appreciate the danger involved? - Of course I do.
- And you're willing to proceed? They thought the hydrogen bomb might burn off the planet's atmosphere and they proceeded.
That's hardly a justification.
And yet you'll do as you're told.
Now tell me everything you know about him.
Where is everyone? - Maybe no one knows we're here.
- Oh, they know.
They just don't trust you.
That's stupid.
Stupid was pointing a gun at Billy.
Well, you don't seem to have a problem cashing in.
People will take stuff from me.
It kinda makes me your ambassador.
Here.
Car's out front.
All right.
Still? [GASPS.]
Jesus Christ! Settle yourself.
No Paolo today? Uh, I guess he stayed the night at Lambda.
He just he stayed the night? Yeah, we had a fight, but it's just the same old shit.
Shit.
Sorry.
Fuck.
Sorry.
- No - Stop.
It's all right.
Look, if you want we could go up and check on him.
Yeah, I think we just need a little bit of distance to clear the air.
- Yeah.
- Thank you.
Yeah.
Sure.
So that's good news.
They're fixing the generator over at the dam.
They're sending a survey team to inspect the bridge, and Dr.
Fisher said that there were free exams for everyone in town.
Why would they wanna do that? 'Cause they're trying to help, Mar.
Especially after everything that's happened.
They're talking about you.
Shut up.
They're talking about you.
Hey.
Don't talk to each other like that, and if you can't be nice just stay away from each other.
That's good advice.
So what do you think? Should we send them in? These people have been here for five minutes and you wanna hand our daughters over to them? I'm not handing our daughters over.
It's a general exam and a few questions.
You already made an appointment, didn't you? What were you thinking, Val? I was thinking that these people would know more about how to handle this than we do.
Absolutely not.
Are you guys fighting? - No, love.
- No.
We're just having a conversation.
Are you gonna break up? - No, no.
- Honey, honey.
Hop in the car.
It might not be a bad idea.
You get in the car right now.
Beware billionaires bearing gifts.
It's the good stuff from my private reserve.
I'm not one for, uh, caviar and champagne.
Neither am I but I would walk over a mile of broken glass for gourmet chocolate and coffee.
Where's your security detail? - Back at the road.
- No, no.
Uh, they should be closer to the porch.
So it's a proximity thing? The closer we are to you the less they affect us.
Smart.
Has it always been that way? I inherited a certain life.
I know what you mean.
I'm not sure that you do.
You'd be surprised how alienating wealth can be.
Well, if you ever wanna trade places sometime, let me know.
What do you want? Direct.
Well, people who come over here usually want something.
I want you to show me what you see.
Melanie Bainbridge is dead? Yeah.
Ate a 12-gauge pepper sandwich at the bus stop.
It's a real mess.
You shoulda seen it.
Winston? Yeah.
Karla, you're gonna rub the finish right off the bar.
- [DOOR OPENS.]
- Where the hell have you been? I've been dealing with these Lambda pricks all day.
You okay? Uh, I thought you were Paolo.
- Have you seen him? - No.
He probably just lost track of time.
A lot's happened.
Yeah.
Yeah, you're probably right.
The way things have been happening around here, I wouldn't be surprised if Lambda was abducting people.
Jesus Christ.
Winston, just shut your mouth.
I just jeez.
Norm, if you wanna go up there and check it out - we got your back.
- No.
No, no, no.
They're just having another fight, okay? We'll wait one more day.
I think Marilyn's right.
I do.
I wouldn't let those a-holes within a mile of the girls.
Come on, Billy.
We can't keep doing this us-versus-them bullshit.
Well, why not? They put a gun to the back of my head, Val.
I did nothing.
Now, call me old fashioned but I don't trust people that do that - and neither should you.
- Yeah, I get it.
I still think we need to give them the benefit of the doubt.
No.
Don't you find it strange, though? That they fly in here bum-bum-bum-bum and they ignore their precious campus and land in the middle of nowhere? I don't know.
Maybe they maybe they didn't know what to expect.
Bullshit.
- We have a problem.
- Yeah? They're planning to re-start the accelerator.
And this is a problem because? Because I'm almost positive that activating the accelerator caused the earthquake that created this mess.
Wait.
Wait a sec, what'd you say? You're the reason that this has happened to us? This is your fault? Look, we can focus on who's to blame or we can try and figure out how to keep it from getting worse.
You just said you were to blame.
Fine.
Let's keep them from repeating my mistake.
- Well, but no, we gotta - Guys.
Guys.
How can this get worse? We stopped the test halfway through.
I don't know what happens if they complete it.
You don't know? And neither does Daphne Holt.
But she is determined to proceed, regardless.
So what're we gonna do, Mayor? No, no, no.
You're not gonna do shit.
I'm gonna talk to Daphne Holt.
Yeah, let us know how that goes.
We'll be right here.
Hey, baby.
That's, uh, some secret you got, huh, doc? Yeah, how's Nadine Mercer? Fair.
No.
No.
This one goes there, that one goes there.
How's it coming? Slow.
Steady.
It would go a lot faster if Dr.
Jones would make an appearance.
It's all hands-on deck here.
It's not gonna make much difference whether he's here or not.
I just hate to think not everyone is pulling their weight.
The day of the earthquake three of my friends died.
Ryan went insane and committed suicide, then Burke died.
Spare me the histrionics, Dr.
Barker.
If you wanna motivate people you need to reassure them and let them know that everything's gonna be all right.
If you're that desperate for a hug I suggest you go see a counsellor.
Now, let's get back to the repairs so they'll be completed, okay? After you.
[BUZZING.]
Landis, if you don't mind Oh, come on.
Don't be so childish.
I think you need to appreciate what we've been going through.
Landis.
Landis, open the door.
Open the door now! That's an order! Landis! Oh, shit! No, no, no! [SCREAMING.]
[VOMITING.]
Oh, God.
[GASPING.]
I saw things.
Hallucinations.
Yeah.
They get inside your head.
I did not sign up for this.
None of us did, but here we are.
No.
Not for long.
I'm getting the hell out of here.
You don't think that's the first thing we tried? Everyone who tries to leave either ends up back here or dead.
No.
No, no, no, no, no.
I have to leave.
I have a family.
This was a one-way ticket for you.
You knew? You knew we could get trapped here? I was aware of the possibility.
Why wasn't I read in? You know the answer to that question.
Daphne! I understand that this new frontier is important to you but science has limitations.
I don't think you fully understand what's going on here.
Of course I don't but I will as soon as you do your job.
You can't cheat death, Daphne.
I'd argue that we're on the cusp of proving we can.
Now, if you'll excuse me, I have a seance to attend to.
She wouldn't have wanted this for you.
That will be all, Dr.
Clark.
Sophia.
Dan.
I am so sorry I left you in the lurch the other day.
That's all right.
Actually, I'm looking for Paolo.
Karla's husband.
- Works at Lambda? - Yes, that's right.
He came and helped me with my generator and then he left.
Right.
I think that's nice you're worried about him.
Did you wanna come inside? We can talk.
I'd like that.
Yes.
Me too.
[GASPING.]
So wait a minute.
She knew all along that this was gonna happen? Apparently it was one projected scenario.
And you didn't bother to tell us.
Over the past few years Daphne has become obsessed with quantum states.
Alternate universes, dimensions The afterlife.
She's determined to prove that it's possible for humans to engage in these other realms.
She wants to colonize heaven? In a sense, yes.
The test failed.
Did it? You have to remember, Port Moore vanished.
Maybe you opened the door too wide and fell through.
We blocked death's door.
Now they can't move on.
It really was my fault.
Yes.
So what if we get the accelerator up and running? Maybe we can repair the damage.
Daphne would never approve.
She's gonna complete this experiment.
Nothing else will be acceptable.
What happens now? Do you summon them? No.
I walk away.
What do I do? Nothing.
They'll come.
You okay? [WHISPERING.]
Suffer.
Mom? It has to be you.
Oh, I don't think I can.
Find the strength.
You're a Holt.
Mom, please, just rest.
You need to save your strengths.
Don't you dare pity me.
I'm at the crossroads of a great adventure.
- Inject me! - No! No.
Enough.
Why'd you do that? - I didn't I didn't do that - No, why did you stop them? FATHER DAN: Sophia! Let me out of here! Let me out of here! Let me out! How much do you know about the history of Port Moore? Uh, Port Moore? I know that it was a Russian whaling town.
Then Spanish.
Then it was Russian again.
Why? Port Moore is positioned near an intersection of lay lines.
They're considered concentrations of energy.
The intersections even more so.
I know.
My mom was a medium.
Centuries ago a meteor crashed into Port Moore.
Shortly afterward half the town died.
They said it was influenza but it was something else.
This is it? This is the meteor? The energy released when the meteor hit temporarily opened a rift between two realms.
And before it closed something got left behind from the other side.
That's what killed the townspeople.
That's that sounds like the whistling man.
The local legend.
That's part of the meteor that brought him here.
So wait, you're trying to re-open the rift? If we can re-open it maybe we can stabilize it.
Learn about it.
Control it.
Reverse it.
Okay, so why am I here? We know it's not the accelerator, which leads me to suspect the problem is the artifact.
We've run every possible test on it and we're stumped.
I need to know what you see.
I need to know what I'm missing.
What is this place? What is this place? What is it? [YELPS.]
No! Please! Please! Hi, honey.
How was your day? It was pretty good.
You? Uh, you might wanna take it easy on that stuff, Landis.
You can go blind.
This? Oh, yeah.
That's fine by me.
Here.
Thank you.
Give me Landis, seriously, I gotta tell you something.
These people that are here, they say they're helping us? I don't buy it, okay? I'm watching them go in and out of abandoned houses all day long.
I mean, I'm a smuggler.
I know when people are looking for shit.
I can I can't stop them.
Okay? I tried.
More people are gonna die and it will be my fault.
- No.
Come on, baby - It's gonna be my fault.
- No, we can do something about this.
- I tried, okay? I tried.
Come on, baby.
I say screw diplomacy.
Let's go up there.
Let's let's just smash the shit out of that big thing until it's unrecognizable.
Fuck.
- Yeah.
Yeah.
- Yeah.
Anything? Not a sign.
This isn't like him.
Something's happened, I know it.
Hey, I was drinking that.
- Come on.
- Karla, what're you doing? I'm going up to Lambda to find my husband.
Let's not jump to any conclusions here.
Norm, she's not jumping to conclusions.
Karla, what do you wanna do? I need to know what happened to him.
You said one more day.
Hey, you did say that.
- You said one more day? - All right, all right, fine.
Look, we'll go to Lambda but you stay here.
I'm gonna get my gun.
- Come on, boys.
- Thank you.
Please, let me be done, Father.
Now, I want to be with you, Father! I want to be with you! [GRUNTING.]
Come on.
[GROANING.]
[PANTING.]
Fuck! Fuck! This house of the wicked will be destroyed! Yeah.
It's heavy.
Did you see anything? Nothing.
Sorry.
Wanna turn an accelerator into a billion dollar paperweight? Destroy the magnets.
Do you know what you do to me when you talk all science-y like this? - You like it? - It just Dr.
Barker.
What're you doing here? - You two really suck at this.
- Oh, yeah? How's your nose there, pug face? - Both of you get on the ground.
- Okay.
All right.
- Baby? - Yeah.
Okay.
Caught these two on level B3 with no security clearance.
Wait, what're you what're you guys doing here? I'm sure there's a reasonable explanation for this.
Care to explain yourself? Uh, yeah.
She uh, she was helping me look for Paolo.
I can't stand by and let you re-start this accelerator.
And you thought that was reason enough to bring the sheriff? The last time I the last time we did this, people died.
That's the risk we take.
You know, I'd tell you to go to hell but I know that's what you want.
Look, Landis, we don't know what's going on here right Revoke all of Dr.
Barker's clearances and get her out of my sight.
[RADIO.]
Guys, we got a situation up here.
What now? Bring them.
You boys are gonna wanna turn around and go back to town.
Not 'til you tell us what you've done with Paolo.
- Who? - Dammit, Winston.
Just let me talk.
Look, one of your employees, Paolo Jones, is missing.
Yeah, and he's not the only one, either.
Terry's missing, Gabe, Simon.
Big Finn.
The Smith sisters - Yeah, a lot of people are missing.
- Not our problem.
Well, except they didn't start disappearing until you showed up.
You either let us in or we make our own way in.
What makes you think they're here? Just a hunch.
What would we want with a bunch of rednecks? Maybe they think we're experimenting on them.
This is about to get real ugly.
You know these people.
How do I get them to back down? - You don't.
- Not without a fight.
No.
Roman, you don't seriously think we're kidnapping people.
I'm not the one you have to convince.
This is alpha.
Stand down.
I repeat, stand down.
- Do not fire.
- Fire.
- Hey.
- No! No, seriously.
There's a fire.
- Shit.
- That's close.
Flames like that could spread fast.
Light up the whole town.
If you wanna live to continue this fight another day then I suggest you put down those weapons and you come with us.
Shit.
- Roman? - Yeah.
What happened? Well, the house is destroyed but we got the fire knocked down.
You know, people have been telling me that your arrival here isn't the saving grace you claim it to be.
I'm starting to think I should believe them.
We've done nothing but try to help ever since we got here.
Really? And I don't feel helped.
Look, it's it's everyone's fault, right? This is what happens when we don't see eye-to-eye.
When we don't tell each other's secrets.
Okay? We have to or we're screwed.
He's right.
You have my word, we will do whatever it takes to find Dr.
Jones and anyone else who is missing.
And if you need any assistance in your efforts, you let me know.
That's a start.
Landis, I got something to tell you.
Yeah.
When I saw Roman standing by the accelerator something triggered in me and I remembered something else.
Okay, what? When I was on the other side I saw him.
I I saw Roman.
Who are you protecting her from? It doesn't matter.
It does matter! When he got mad, I felt it.
I mean I he's so powerful I don't even think he knows how powerful he is.
Now that is something I can work with.
You were right.
We did find something.
Straight to the lab.
This is priority clearance only.
Understood.