Threshold (2005) s01e10 Episode Script

Feeding time.
Evening, Davis.
How you doing, Mr.
Novak? Redskins beat the Ravens yesterday.
I lost 15 bucks to Dr.
Ramsey.
Word of advice, never bet against a mathematician.
There's been a security breach in detention cell B Novak.
Cells are empty, sir.
All 3 are empty, they have escaped.
- Let's secure the building.
- Yes, sir.
- Hayes, help him.
- Yes, sir.
Molly, we have a serious problem down here.
Novak attacked Adams took his pass card, weapon too.
He's released Janklow and Sanford.
Alright, the building been sealed and we got snipers covering every exit point.
They won't get far.
- Cavanaugh, what's going on? - We got two men down badly wounded.
No sign of them.
It's like they disappeared.
These buildings use thermal sensors to manage climate control, isn't that right? About a dozen on every floor.
Ok, according to Fenway, the alien metabolism is a lot higher than ours, they give off more heat.
- Will look for temperature spikes.
- Yeah, let's check every level.
There, right there! Temperature has jumped by 12%.
Cavanaugh, they are on level 8, eastern junction.
They're heading upward, level 9.
.
10.
They're in the elevator.
Cavanaugh, what's your status? Cavanaugh? - Clear, all clear.
- All the prisoners are accounted for.
Looks like they were headed toward the Med Lab.
Get them back in their cells.
Med Lab? - Why go there? - To get to their fellow infectees? - We need to know how this happened.
- I can tell you one thing It won't happen again.
It's time we move these people out of here.
Sgt.
Adams.
Your breach in security procedures nearly resulted in the escape of 3 infected prisoners.
Lucky for you they're back in their cells.
Otherwise, I'd have you court-martialed.
I followed standard operating procedure to the letter, sir.
To the letter? You tried to feed a prisoner without an additional guard present.
What were you thinking? - Davis was present, sir.
- Davis doesn't come on until 2200.
- Adams? - Permission to report to Med lab, sir.
We need some help in here!.
Get Dr Fenway now! - Adams has been infected.
- How is that possible? I don't know yet, but somehow his DNA is being modified into are Alien triple helix.
That accounts for his unusual symptoms.
He has been around the infected prisoners every day.
Maybe, prolonged exposure has something to do with this? Doubtful, I have logged more hours around them than anyone else and I am not infected.
Trust me, this contagion is not airborne.
Adams was attacked by Novak.
Maybe it happened then? I want you to test all the guards who work in that detention block.
Make sure he is the only one.
I want every scrap of information we have on him.
He's asking a lot of questions.
Ordinarily, I like to tell the patient what he's facing but then that would be a violation of your sacred protocols.
Save your sarcasm, Doctor.
I happen to agree.
He deserves to know the truth.
I'll tell him, myself.
In the meantime, no one enters or exits this building until we've tested every guard.
All the prisoners have been secured, Mr.
Whitaker.
But still no idea how this Sgt.
Adams was exposed? No, but none of the other security guards have tested positive for infection.
Well, thank God for that.
Have you ever given it any thought about moving all these prisoners to a more secure location? That's the plan.
Housing them at Threshold was only a stop gap measure until the tank was complete.
It's an underground facility in the West Virginia mountains.
Highly secure.
Very good.
How long until they are all out of here? Well, Gunneson and have Drennan have to be kept in the Med lab.
In his comatose state, Gunneson may not survive the journey.
And Dr.
Fenway wants to keep studying the Drennan baby.
So that leaves five infectees and I have allotted a day for each.
- You're moving them one at a time? - Different routes, different times.
Each to be chosen within an hour of departure.
Have you considered moving them all at once? Five trips means five chances of something going wrong.
If something were to go wrong then we would only have one infectee to deal with.
I agree.
- These infectees are extremely dangerous.
- All the more reason to expedite this.
- Sir, you do know what they are capable of? - After last night's little fiasco, Do you really to lecture me on the risks of underestimating our prisoners? We're less than eight blocks from the White House here.
If they had escaped You still have two infected crewman from the Big Horn out there, Captain Manning and Crewman Pena.
And you know they're planning something, hell they could be in D.
C.
right now! You should be using your resources to capture them not chauffeuring inmates one at a time.
I'm not sure it is your place for you to tell me how I should be doing things.
Really? Last time I checked the President made me National Security Advisor.
This isn't about rank.
It's about tactics.
And I've been spent a great deal of time thinking about how to deal with these infectees.
Listen Molly, you have written a brilliant plan, nobody is disputing that.
But even you got to admit that it's not perfect.
So move them all at once and will do it by tomorrow night.
Are we all agreed? - Tomorrow night? - That's when the trucks hit the road.
How are those new restraints coming along? Great, just great, but I thought I had two more weeks to finish them.
- Can you have five pairs by tomorrow night? - Do I have a choice? - Not really.
It'll be close, but I think we can do it.
- Lucas? - Then the answers, yes.
Dr.
Caffrey wants you to calculate a routing plan for the convoy.
All right.
I factor in traffic patterns, travel time, road and weather conditions.
I'll find the path of least resistance.
Give the plan to Cavanaugh, he's in charge of transport.
- Any word about how Adams got infected? - Not yet.
You two were friendly, right? Before he was assigned to watch the prisoners he used to guard my hotel room.
We'd stay up late at night, playing poker.
Very unwise on his part, but he's a good guy.
- How did I get it? - We're not sure.
So this triple helix is inside my body, right now? Afraid so.
And it's rewriting my DNA, turning me into a monster.
We don't know the final results But I am going to end up like one of those people downstairs? And there is nothing you can do to stop it? I'm working on a vaccine.
So they answer is no? We're going to do our best to help you.
Thanks for telling me the truth.
Whatever happens to me, Dr.
Caffrey.
I want you to know I'm proud to be a part of the fight - Maybe you can still help.
- What do you mean? We've got you hooked up to everything but the coffee machines.
So we have all the medical data we need.
But we can't get inside your head.
If you could describe what's happening to you.
It would give us insight into the bio-forming process.
Blow by blow of my final days as a human, huh? Everything we learn from you can teach us how to fight it.
Yeah, ok, I'll do it.
- But I want one thing in return - What's that? If you can't save me; If I turn into one of those things Then I want you to kill me.
- It's not going to come to that, Mr.
Adams.
- Tell that to the people downstairs.
I don't know if you understand what you're asking? I watched them you know? Every day.
They're not human anymore.
And I want to die human.
I know exactly what I am asking.
Do we have a deal? Are you insane? I can't believe you'd even consider this.
This information could save millions of lives.
It's what he wants, I am willing to make that deal.
- His life doesn't mean anything? - Of course it does.
But we should all have the right to choose our own fate.
Tell it to the Supreme Court.
Oh, give me a break.
Since when does Nigel Fenway have respect for the law? You brought me so here to save lives, not to take them.
If it actually comes to it, the life we take won't be human.
What if I find a cure two months from now, how would you feel then? That will be my problem to deal with.
If you really want to save his life, I suggest you stop questioning my authority and get back to work.
I guess what surprises me is what an easy decision this is for you.
You're a smart man and you know damn well that nothing about this is easy for me.
Morning, Miss Caffrey.
Morning.
You're working kind of early aren't you, Carl? My wife had the baby last night.
A little boy.
Yeah, I'm just squeezing in my rounds, then it's right back to the hospital.
- Wow, congratulations? - Thanks, this goes in the den, right?.
Yeah, right by the bookcase.
Six pounds and seven ounces.
Looks just like me.
We're hoping he grows out of it.
Have you picked a name, yet? Well, I wanted to name him after me but my wife thinks that Carl Jr.
sounds like that burger place.
- What did you decide on? - Noah.
Cute name.
- What are you doing here? - Whoa, hey, what is this? There were two men in a parked car outside.
What did you do to them? - What are you talking about? - What did you do to them! I don't know anything about two men.
Just put down the gun down, ok? Stay back! - Miss Caffrey, please - Stay back! I don't want to hurt you, Molly.
- Who are you? - There's someone who wants to see you.
Get down on the floor.
Now! The agents surveiling your house were found unconscious near their car.
There badly beaten but they'll be okay.
I know they wouldn't have left their post without calling me.
This guy had some pretty good moves for a water guy.
- Did he say where he wanted to take you? - No.
Dr.
Caffrey, I just ran the DNA test.
This man was not infected.
What? He was killed instantly by the stun shell.
That can't be! Is there a chance this has no connection to Threshold? Maybe this is nothing more than an assault or an attempted robbery? Run his DNA through CODIS, maybe he's got a record.
I mean if he wasn't one of them, then who was he? I always get nervous around this much voltage.
Relax, these restraints are harmless unless you break them apart.
and I doubt you are strong enough to do that.
- 200 Amps.
You sure that will be enough? - Yeah, that's what we pack in our stun shells.
If any of the prisoners try to break free during transport the charge will kick in and Zap, down for the count.
Damn! I burned myself.
You got to learn to slow down, alright? Just pace yourself.
- Strange advice coming from you.
- What's that supposed to mean? - Lab 101C.
- What? You used to dread going into that room.
Fluid dynamics was your worst subject in grad school.
You rushed through every experiment remember? What's your point? Threshold is no different.
You're terrified of failing.
Only thing is now there is a lot more at stake than a failing grade.
I got through that class, and I'll get through this.
You sure? You might want to have someone look at that burn.
- I'm having a headache again.
- Is it the same as before? No, the pain's duller.
- It's moving up my spine to the back of the head.
- Your vital signs are stable.
- How's he doing? - Surprisingly lucid.
I always assumed that the mental faculties was first to go, but he's proving me wrong.
The travel time to the facility is 3 hours 42 minutes.
I figure you would want to adjust the sedative dosage to the prisoners.
- Can I talk to him? - I'd rather you didn't.
Come on, Nigel, whatever happened to visiting hours? The guy is a friend of mine.
Alright, be brief.
I hope you are not here for your 50 bucks.
Well if you think all of this is going to get you out of it, you are sadly mistaken.
Redskins, Jets this weekend, double or nothing.
You're on.
I hear they're moving those prisoners from downstairs because of the mistake I made.
It was not your fault, you were sick.
Is that why you made that ridiculous deal with Caffrey? To punish yourself? I don't want to become one of them, Ramsey.
You know me, I' not the alien type.
- What if Fenway finds a cure? - What if he doesn't? Seriously, what would you do in my position? Dr.
Fenway might be a pain in the ass, but he's brilliant, brilliant Doctor.
And he will find a way.
Don't let that go to your head, Nigel.
Seriously man.
Come on.
You better be damn sure about this because kind of a permanent decision.
And some of us would like to see you stick around.
Visiting hours are over, Ramsey.
- You know what? Should I? - By all means.
Hey, Nigel! We got an I.
D.
on your water delivery man.
His real name is Dennis Lundy.
He served in the Navy Seal's special elite recon unit.
- Munitions expert.
- That explains how he got the drop on our agents.
In 1998 he was court-martialed and dishonourably discharged for assaulting a superior officer.
- Alex Manning.
- Our Big Horn Capitan.
Why would this guy by running errands for Manning then? Most likely money.
Special Forces Ops guys get out pretty young, some of them like to put their skills to use, by becoming guns for hire.
Mercenaries.
Well, we know Manning's been receiving large sums of cash through a Cayman Island account.
Maybe he is using it to build an elite force of his own.
Hey guys, sorry to interrupt.
The restraints are ready.
Okay, let's get this show on the road.
Prisoners will each receive a powerful sedative, courtesy of Dr Fenway.
They will be unconscious for approximately nine hours.
Plenty of time to get them to the holding facility.
Both vehicles are armor plated, bullet-proof windows and self-sealing tires.
Prisoners will travel in the rear vehicle the front will provide cover and support.
Your travel route has been programmed into a GPS tracking system.
We'll be watching you every step of the way.
Apache helicopters have been stationed at strategic locations.
At the first sign of trouble we'll have air support within five minutes.
You'll move out at 2340.
You'll arrive at the holding facility well before dawn.
Good luck, Gentleman.
Captain Manning, the transport has left Threshold.
Two vehicles, heavily armed.
We'll intercept them as planned.
Get your men ready, we leave in five minutes.
What else are you experiencing? Any other sensations or thoughts? I keep having these memories.
Things I haven't thought about in years.
Other things I shouldn't remember at all.
Like I can remember walking for the first time.
I took three steps, then fell into my sister's arms.
I can hear my parents clapping.
How does it feel when you are remembering these things? Does it bring up any specific emotions? It's kind of empty.
Like it's me but I'm not connected to it.
What about the dreams? More vivid, but they don't scare me as much.
I guess I am getting used to them.
Still the glass forest? When I'm there, It feels familiar.
More like a memory Like you're remembering a place you haven't been to yet? Yeah.
- Why does that keep happening? - Your body is fighting the infection.
Molly? While you're here can I get something to eat? - You just ate 20 minutes ago.
- Yeah, I know.
But I'm so hungry.
It will only feed the bioforming process.
Try to rest.
I'll bring you a snack in an hour.
He said his dreams felt familiar.
I know exactly what he means.
What if they aren't just dreams? What if they are someone else's memory that have been planted in our heads? Wait a minute, during his last brain scan Adams frontal lobes lit up like a Christmas tree.
New memories formed faster than he can recall them.
Not only his own, but possibly someone else's.
The question is why? To what end? So he'll be ready.
When the world changes it will feel more like home.
17 minutes ahead of schedule.
You always had a lead foot? - Would you like me to slow down, sir? - No, you're doing fine.
This look familiar.
Yosemite.
Now there's a trip I would rather forget.
Look on the bright side, you only broke one leg.
Yeah.
We should go back there.
Actually finish that climb.
Stop the truck.
We have company.
Cavennaugh, what's going on? Why did you stop? A vehicle approaching from rear.
Yeah, they're boxing us in.
It's an ambush! We've been ambushed.
Two vehicles have us trapped inside the tunnel.
- Is it Manning? - Unknown, but that's a good guess.
Air support's on the way.
Tango 1, this is Lima 04, your air support in en route, ETA two minutes.
Hold your positions! Hayes, let's go! - Is she here? Is the one we want here? - No, she's not with the others.
They got air support on the way, we don't have much time.
Take them out.
Tango 1, this is Lima 04.
We are approaching your position.
Roger that.
One of the restraints has been broken, it's Novak.
- What about the charge? - It didn't go off.
Number 3 has been broken, Sanford.
Cavennaugh, they're waking up.
The prisoners are breaking free.
Hayes! Hayes! Stand down, friendly on board! Air Support, I repeat, stand down.
Friendly on board! Roger, Tango one breaking off pursuit, standing by.
It was Manning.
He had at least five men with him.
It looked like air support drove them off.
- What about the prisoners? - They've all been re-sedated.
How long until you get moving again? It will take a few minutes to secure the prisoners.
- Any casualties? - Three wounded, one missing.
- Whose missing? - Agent Hayes.
Manning's got him.
But we also captured one of theirs.
Alright, let us know when you're rolling again.
Copy that.
Only a handful of people knew about this transport.
How in the hell did Manning find out about it? He started delivering my water about three weeks ago.
We have to assume this bugs picked up every conversation you've had since then.
I remembering talking about the transport at least twice.
- Anything else? - Enough God knows what Manning's found out about Threshold.
I can't believe this happened.
I'll review our surveillance tapes of my house And go through every phone call.
Everyone has been delivered safely to the new facility.
What about the attackers? Did you get anything out of the one we captured? No, he is still unconscious; he did test negative for infection.
We are surmising that Captain Manning has been hiring human mercenaries.
Why wouldn't he just infect them? Wouldn't that work to his advantage? He may not have the ability Maybe he is intentionally using people who can pass are blood test? I got to tell you people, this could have gone a whole lot better.
We almost lost all of them.
To be fair, sir, that wouldn't have been a risk If we'd stuck to the kept to original plan, about moving them one at a time.
Oh, you really think that's the problem? Or is it the person who is in charge for keeping America safe was bested by a water delivery man? - Now you hold on, there is no way she - It's okay, J.
T.
He's right.
I screwed up.
But let's focus on the problem at hand, sir.
Manning has created alien equivalent of a terrorist cell.
And he's gathering the other infectees.
We got to find him before he plans another attack.
I'd like to interrogate the man we have in custody.
do the search myself.
Get started.
If you need me, I'll be in my office sleeping for the next two hours.
We've plenty of other agents who can find Manning.
I want you to oversee the new facility for the next few days.
Make sure everything is running smoothly, alright? Sir, one of my men has just been captured.
We will find him, Mr.
Cavennaugh.
I'm countermanding Whitakers orders.
- You can interrogate the prisoner.
- Thank you.
I know how important Agent Hayes is to you.
Go find your brother.
I've run diagnostics on every component.
Those restraints should have fired.
I don't understand.
I need answers, Lucas.
"Should have fired" isn't going to cut it.
I just need some time to figure it out.
You let me know.
- That's okay, we'll get this.
- Just leave me alone.
I got to think.
Where's Manning? You're not in the mood to talk? Would you like to meet some other people who didn't like to talk? Now, I am going to ask you again.
Where's Manning? This one's my favorite.
Don't make me show you that last one.
It always makes me sick.
What did you do to them? Well you are about ten seconds from finding out.
Unless you decide to answer my question.
Manning is in an old cannery at the south end of the Potomac River.
- I'd like to deploy a full tactical squad.
- Anything you need.
Actually there is.
About Hayes meeting my brother.
I'd appreciate if you kept it between us.
- Classified information.
- Thank you.
He is coming close to the point of no return.
His blood cells are saturated with triple helix.
But he's still human? - He's fighting.
- How long? Five hours, six tops.
I want you to prepare a syringe of Phenobarbital.
- Are you really going to do this? - I made him a promise.
Well, I didn't.
You kill him.
Aren't you on the clock? I knew I should have jammed this little tracking chip you guys put in us.
You did, this is the third bar I've been to.
Same here.
I need you to re-open Manning's financials.
There's still a lot of money unaccounted for.
If you can find out where it was spent it might gives us an idea what he's been up to.
Do you like me? - What? - I mean am I just facts and figures to you and an astonishing brain? Or do you sometimes look at me and think "Boy if I wasn't so busy being a tight ass," "I could have some serious sex with that man.
" If I say yes will you come back to the office? I heard about Adams.
I guess he is technically one of them now.
Yeah Sorry I know he was your friend.
- Well, I bet you could use this right now.
- No, thanks.
- Really, then why did you come here? - To get you.
You could have sent any one of your goons down to get me.
But you the head of Threshold herself, came.
You want to know why? Because I'm a great excuse to to be in a bar right now.
- Adams told me about your deal.
- Yeah A tough spot.
I just wonder if I made a promise I can't keep.
Do you want my opinion? Don't let Fenway rattle you.
If I ever got infected, do not hesitate.
Not me If I ever turn Get as much information from me as you can, then Lock me up.
There's still a chance that we find a cure.
I guess the beauty of still being human beings is: we get to decide our own fates.
Right.
So, the problem wasn't in the design of the restraints.
So, what was it? The units were connected to the trucks power supply, to a faulty relay.
So when the charge came through, it blew right out.
Yeah, who installed the relay? - I don't like to lay blame.
- Lucas, who installed it? Roberts.
He's a good guy, he's smart, just doesn't do well under pressure.
Wait a minute, stop Who is Roberts? My assistant, Jonathan Roberts.
He was helping me on this.
- Jonathan Roberts? - Yeah, the guy sitting right over there.
- Lucas, there's no one here.
- What do you mean? He's sitting right there Roberts! We're alone, Lucas.
There is no Roberts.
Of course there is.
I can prove it to you.
He filled out an injury report yesterday.
He burned himself with a soldering iron.
- Lucas, you filed that report.
- What! I've been working with this guy for three weeks.
Are you trying to tell me he is a figment of my imagination? No one named Jonathan Roberts works in this building.
- Do you see him right now? - What's going on? You didn't hear that? Oh, my God! Don't listen to them, Lucas.
They're trying to confuse you.
Shut up! - Come on let's get you to the med lab.
- No Fenway, I'm fine.
- I'm just a little overworked.
- They are going to lock you up.
- Come with me, son.
- No, get hell away from me! I'd rather not call security.
It should be done by a friend.
Molly.
Bye, buddy.
You still owe me 50.
We searched the cannery and just missed Manning and his men.
We found a food supply and a few weapons.
They were definitely there in the last few days.
Keep the area under surveillance, in case he comes back.
We also discovered three bodies.
All male, all drained of blood.
Fenway's got them up at the morgue.
He said that they had been infected.
- Who were they? - We do not know yet.
- What about Agent Hayes? - I found his bloody uniform.
I had the lab do a DNA test.
- He's infected too.
- Oh, Lord I'd like to assign a couple of agents to keep an eye on my family.
Just in case he comes after them.
By all means and if there's anything else I can do I know what you are thinking.
But I'm fine.
As far as I'm concerned, he is just another infectee.
And when I find him; I will treat him as such.
Cavennaugh, I'm hoping for a better outcome.
Keep searching - Hey.
- Hey.
- How are you feeling? - Much better, thanks.
Fenway gave me something to help me relax.
I feel like a complete idiot.
I guess with the lack of sleep and the work load.
I just kind of bugged out.
But, I'm fine now.
I'm not fine am I? I just spoke with Dr.
Fenway.
Your theta waves are off the chart.
Something's happening in your brain stem.
And the hallucinations may be a sign that your condition is getting worse.
What condition? What because I watched the videotape of the alien signal? You and Cavennaugh saw it too, you're not seeing anything? For some reason you're different.
Fenway is trying to find out why.
This have something to do with Adams? Didn't he hallucinate to? - Am I infected? - No, your DNA hasn't changed.
That's a relief.
I wish we could leave it at that.
- I'm a liability? - You are a valued member of the team.
But you're ill and we are going to find out why.
Until we do We have to relieve you of your duties and confine you to the med lab.
I'm sorry - Are these really necessary? - It's just a precaution.
Your treating me like I'm an infectee and I'm not.
You said I'm not.
- We'll get you out of here as soon as we can.
- Isn't that what you said to Adams? Sorry.
That was unfair.
I know you are doing everything that you can.
- Can I get you anything? - Another one of those sedatives would be nice.
I may take one myself.
I'm so sorry, Dr.
Caffrey.
I let you down.
I failed You didn't fail, Lucas.
This is just a little setback.
Will you do me a favor? Can you just make sure Rachel is okay? Oh, my God, what if I passed this on to her! We'll check on her right away.
What will you tell her? About me, about what's happened? How about a bad case of the flu? That sounds perfect.
I completed Adams post-mortem.
He's just given our most important piece of information: How he got infected.
And? I found mal-formations in his intestinal lining.
The mutation process initiated in the digestive tract.
He was infected through something he ate? They've come to the food supply.