Ghost Wars (2017) s01e12 Episode Script

1 Previously on "Ghost Wars" It's Dr.
Jones.
Goddammit, Val! You're in danger! Sophia came out of one of those things.
These souls were accepted into God's chosen afterlife.
[EXPLOSION.]
And you're sure this is Paolo, Sophia, and Father Dan? Someone needs to tell Karla.
I'm gonna have a baby.
I'm worried that this baby isn't normal.
Do you know how long I've wanted this? They're using our bodies, Val.
So you're telling us that our daughter isn't human? I'm telling you that thing isn't your daughter.
There's a difference.
[MOANING.]
[COCKS GUN.]
I used to think maybe you loved me Now baby I'm sure And I just can't wait 'til the day When you knock on my door Now every time I go for the mailbox I gotta hold myself down 'Cause I just can't wait 'till you write me You're comin' around I'm walkin' on sunshine, woah I'm walkin' on sunshine, woah I'm walkin' on sunshine, woah I'm walkin' on sunshine, woah And don't it feel good You do your job.
Hey, bunny.
Got berries.
What kind of berries? Blueberries.
Where's mommy Val? In Abigail's room.
Val? [KNOCKS.]
Hey, Val? Val? No! No, no, no, no, no! No! No! Remember that bottle of bourbon I told you about? Well, here it is.
Oh, sweet Jesus, that's good.
Can't you give me five fucking minutes? Fucking ghosts.
What were you thinking? What was I supposed to do, Mar? She was hungry.
We don't know what this will do to you.
She's still our little girl.
We don't know what diseases she's carrying.
Are you guys talking about Abigail? - No.
- Yes.
She wants to talk to you.
Okay.
Go ahead, Abby.
I don't want my body to hurt mommy Val anymore.
Abigail? I don't want my body to hurt anyone anymore.
Honey, what're you saying? If I can't have my body back I don't want someone else using it.
Can we talk to Isabel again? Honey, do you know what your sister just said? Of course.
I can hear her.
Okay, listen.
Listen to me.
If we let Abigail's body die then she'll be trapped inside you forever and we can't have that.
It's okay.
She's safe with me.
[HONKY TONK MUSIC PLAYS.]
Randene, may I have this dance? Yes, you may.
[LAUGHING.]
[GROANS.]
[SMASH.]
- [TURNS MUSIC OFF.]
- [CROWD GROANS.]
What the hell is going on? We're having an end of the world party.
Woo-ha-ha! So, what? You've just given up? Well, I have a news flash for you, Rennie.
They're gonna kill us all no matter what we do.
We're all gonna be dead.
So we might as well have a good time! Toga party! [SMASH.]
Karla's memory deserves a lot more than it being tarnished by you clowns.
You lookin' for the coward's way out? Then find someplace else.
I said find someplace else! Now hold on! Hold on.
You can't tell us what to do, Doug.
This isn't your bar.
It isn't your bar, either.
Yeah? You think? Bring it on.
That's what I thought.
Those of you who are looking for a safe haven, you're more than welcome.
Those of you lookin' to cause trouble, get the hell out.
Now.
Fuck it.
Let's go to my place! Fuck you, Doug.
Let's go.
[CROWD GRUMBLES.]
[GASPING.]
I was in the middle of an experiment.
- You were choking on your own tongue.
- I had it under control.
Oh.
I stand corrected.
The particle accelerator's back online.
- Finally.
- We have a problem.
Ah, Edward, what have I told you about coming to me with problems instead of solutions? Don't.
Exactly.
We've run the simulation with every variable available to us.
Dr.
Barker's initial assessments are correct.
There's insufficient material to generate the desired result.
- Who's the head of material sciences? - Holdway.
I've already spoken to her.
She's standing by her team's original assessment.
They're unable to synthesize the meteorite because they're unable to identify its composition.
So we need the rest of the meteorite.
Yeah.
For what it's worth, I am so sorry.
It's a cube about 16 inches square.
- Oh, wow.
Déja vu all over again.
- Tell me.
Well, when I was down in that crypt, Landis, I saw the box that Roman's describing.
Uh, it has markings on it and it seems like this corner's damaged? You say Daphne has the other piece? Yeah.
Uh, it was in the accelerator and when I touched it, it also changed shape.
It's not changing shape.
It's a quantum object.
The same way that light exists simultaneously as a particle and a wave.
It's the same basic principle.
Wow.
My knees go so weak when you talk nerdy like this.
- I can't - Just a question.
Why why can I tell the differences? - Because I think you're connected.
- To this? You think I I, uh, exist on different planes simultaneously? You have advanced sensory perception.
- That's right.
- And unique energy signatures.
That's right.
Because I I When you killed me You electrocuted yourself.
- No, no, let's not quibble over details.
- You did, though.
I'm not sure I did.
But you looked different when I was dead.
- Well, why don't I see - You were like - Maybe some kind of amplifier? - Maybe? Come on, Landis.
We need some concrete answers right now.
And if I had access to my lab I would be able to quantify the effects.
- Okay.
All right.
- All right.
All right.
- Well, we should give this to Daphne.
- Wait.
What? - Yeah.
- Why would we do that? Because I think this is the key to the afterlife.
Norm.
You all right? Oh, yeah, Winston.
I'm fantastic.
Another day in paradise.
I know what you mean.
This place has gone to shit.
Doug Rennie just decided the Chieftain was his.
- Oh, he did, did he? - Yeah.
A small group of people are making a lot of decisions that affect all of us and I gotta tell ya I'm a little tired of it.
Yeah.
Well, you're not the only one.
I think it's time we take back our town.
You're goddamn right it is.
You have the rest of the meteorite? I do.
And I thought positive thinking was a pseudo-science.
Should get some people on that.
Okay, where is it? Hang on.
Before I give it to you I have some conditions.
Such as? We wanna know what it is.
"We" as in Dr.
Barker? No, "we" as in we.
I told you, it's a meteorite.
That's not a meteorite.
I've seen a meteorite.
This thing's covered in markings.
Which we have not been able to decipher.
You think this is a language? You think it's extraterrestrial or something? - Roman, we're wasting time.
- I have time.
It's possible.
I believe it's inter-dimensional.
That's all we know.
Okay.
Before I give you the artifact you have to help figure out how to get all these people off this island like you promised.
How can you be sure that I won't say yes and then proceed with my agenda? I'll have Dr.
Barker monitor you.
Are you sure you wanna put your faith in her? Landis Barker is the reason we're in this mess in the first place.
Wait, do you want this artifact or not? Of course I want the artifact.
So you would be willing to do anything you need to to get it? A fair assessment.
So you'll let Dr.
Barker monitor you? You play chess? No.
You should.
Mommy V? I'm hungry.
I'm so hungry.
Feed me! Val.
It's been less than three hours since you let her feed off you.
Mommy V, please.
I can't be here.
I'm sorry.
[DOOR OPENS.]
[VEHICLE PULLS UP.]
Val.
Norm.
- Whatever this is, can it wait? - Not really.
People are dying all over the place, Val.
Society is breaking down.
Yeah.
What do you want me to do about it? Get your head out of your ass and do something.
I got a bit of a situation here.
And to be perfectly honest it matters to me more.
So whatever you're dealing with, deal with it.
Yeah, that's what I intend to do.
I'm gonna need you to stop right there.
What is this bullshit? Are you arresting me? Oh, no.
No, no, no.
I'm not a cop.
Not anymore.
I'm just a concerned citizen trying to keep my neighbours safe.
You should try that sometime.
Look, Norm.
- I know you've been through a lot - No, no, no.
Just shut up and put your hands behind your head.
Or what? You'll shoot me? No, I won't.
They might.
Go get the others.
And be careful with Abigail, she was in one of those pods.
God knows what she's capable of.
Hey!!! You're not real.
This isn't real.
You're a hallucination.
Oh, no, no, no.
Trust me.
[THUD.]
This is real.
DOUG: Go higher.
More to the right.
Centre it.
There? Perfect.
Perfect.
Mr.
Rennie? I wanted to apologize for earlier.
I don't I don't know what got into my head, I just You just didn't wanna be scared for a little while.
Exactly.
Sweetheart, that's the dumbest thing I've heard all day and I talked to Winston.
[LAUGHS.]
But trust me on this.
Being scared can save your life.
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
I sure as hell hope so, Doug.
- [GASPS.]
- [COCKS GUN.]
What the hell do you want now, Winston? - Come on, Winston, this isn't - [COCKS GUN.]
It's judgment day.
Oh, you and your little gun? - [THUD.]
- [SCREAMS.]
Jesus, Winston.
Smart.
Smart.
BILLY: I can back this truck up right now, - we can go to the Copperhead Rose, - stay in the middle of the water until this whole thing is over.
- We can't leave.
- Yes we can.
We can't leave.
- I this whole thing is my fault.
- No it's not, babe.
No it's not.
You didn't build that accelerator.
- You didn't plan the experiment.
- I initiated it.
Okay? I should have held my ground.
No, that wouldn't have stopped your boss.
She would have fired you and got someone else to do it.
I know.
Hey, baby, if you wanna stay, we'll stay.
If you want me to punch someone in the face, I'll punch someone in the face.
But what I'm not gonna do is let you take the blame for this anymore.
I'm not.
Dr.
Clark.
You can punch Dr.
Clark.
Done.
What's this? Uh, is that Wendell? - They have guns.
- Hey! The hell's going on? Stay in your vehicle.
Babe.
Norm.
- What'd you do with Marilyn? - Go ahead.
- It's for your own good.
- Winston, you're making a mistake.
Yeah, sure I am.
We got two vehicles out here on the road to Lambda.
One's a company SUV, the other one's Billy McGrath.
- Who is this? - It's Wendell.
We've known each other since high school.
I drove you to Anchorage to see Aerosmith.
Dumbass.
Convoy to alpha.
Go ahead.
We seem to have come down with a case of rednecks.
How many? Four.
Blocking the road.
Is there anyone with them? That scientist he's been running around with.
What about Roman Mercer? I don't see him.
- Okay, go find Roman.
Now.
- All right.
You have the package? And the chaperones.
Try to be civil.
Understood.
Weapons hold.
What do you want me to do with these clowns? Gentlemen.
Good morning.
[GUNSHOT.]
Holy shit! [GUNSHOTS.]
Hillbilly mother fuckers! [GUNFIRE.]
Thanks, partner.
[GUNSHOTS.]
Get in! Get in! Get in! - Get down, get down, get down! - [GUNSHOT.]
Ah, shit! Hang on! How is she? She's weak.
- Yeah? - That's good.
Norm? Norm! Open this door right now.
Open it! Your brother and that scientist are heading up to Lambda.
Any idea why? What? I have no I don't know what you're talking about.
Look, at least let Isabel out of the room, please.
Why? Are you worried she might get hurt? Maybe even die? It's funny, Val.
You weren't worried about that before.
Norm, if anything happens to my family I swear to God You're gonna what? Huh? Are you gonna kill me? No.
But I guarantee you Billy will.
Wendell, what's your status? Wendell? Answer me.
Roman, you need to get out of here.
- Maggie, what're you doing here? - My dad, they took him to jail.
They've got the mayor and her family there, too.
Slow slow down.
Who's got the mayor? The cop.
He's rounding people up.
- Oh, Jesus.
- They're coming for you, too.
Norm.
Does he have does he have Landis and Billy? I didn't see them.
Okay, I have to get to Lambda.
No.
First you help my dad.
Look, he's in jail and I'm sorry about that but that's probably the safest place for him.
I have to get to Lambda.
Yeah, roger that.
Hey, Winston.
Hey, Roman, you psychic son of a bitch.
- Whatcha doin'? - Not much.
Oh.
Just hangin' out then? - Yeah, there a law against that? - No, not that I know of.
Hey, uh, since you're just hangin' out, do you mind giving me your truck so I can go to Lambda? Oh, yeah, this? - Not gonna happen.
- I think you should though.
Come on, Winston.
Out of the car.
I gotta go.
All right.
Anything happens to my dad, you're dead.
If anything happens to Doug, you're dead.
I was talking to you.
If anything happens to my truck, you're dead.
This isn't over! He said he was going to Lambda.
You sure about that? Of course I'm sure.
And you just let him get away? I didn't let him do anything! He had a gun on me.
What'd you want me to do? Not let him steal your goddamn truck, - Oh - for starters, you fucking idiot.
Here.
Take this.
Go round up some men.
- Where are we going? - To Lambda! Where do you think? We're gonna put a stop to whatever bullshit - they're trying to pull off.
- Great.
You didn't have to be a dick about it.
You don't even have a uniform on anymore.
[STUTTERING.]
You can't fucking order me around like that that mother You.
Come with me.
Let's go! Screw you, you piece of shit.
Yeah? Okay.
- [COCKS GUN.]
- [GASPS.]
Woah, woah! Woah! Okay, okay.
All right.
All right! All right! Mar, I'm sorry.
Mommy, I'm so hungry.
So hungry.
This piece doesn't fit.
This doesn't make any sense.
Maybe there was a second artifact.
The stories only mention one.
Stories? What stories? She's talking about the legend of the Whistling Man.
The what of the what? Apparently this artifact crashed near Port Moore.
The force of the impact caused a rift with the afterlife.
So you invested billions of dollars, you stranded hundreds of people, caused God knows how many deaths, - because of a bullshit ghost story? - That'll be all, Dr.
Clark.
No.
No, it won't be all.
Because at the current rate of murder and or suicide my life expectancy is down to less than a week.
All of which is proof that my bullshit ghost story is the foundation of a discovery that will literally - re-shape the planet.
- Oh, come on.
You don't give single goddamn about the planet.
You only care about yourself.
Are you done? If Billy and Roman's descriptions are accurate, this is a quantum object.
Maybe reassembly can only happen in the afterlife.
Go get Roman Mercer.
Now.
Murdered us all.
Thank you, Dr.
Barker.
I'm starting to think I fired the wrong scientist.
Yeah, save it.
He's right, you know.
You should have told us what we were getting into.
Would you have signed on? Are you kidding? Of course.
[GROANS.]
So, where are they? Where the hell's my family, Roman? At the jail house.
That little bitch cop is so dead.
He is so dead.
Roman.
- We need you downstairs.
- Yeah, I'll be there in a minute.
- Now.
- He said in a minute! How many guards? Maggie says theres there's enough.
Maggie's here? Yeah.
Yeah, okay.
And they've got Doug, and Randene, and Shane.
Wow.
Hey, got another one of those? No, I mean the gun.
What're you planning on doing with it? I'm gonna get my family and then I'm gonna kill anyone who gets in my way.
How about that? Guys.
Roman, let's go.
Yeah, Roman, you go.
You go downstairs.
Keep your head on.
You little piece of shit! You little piece of shit! Hey, Billy.
Hey, Norm.
Hey, thanks for saving me the time there, pal.
I hear you're holding my family hostage.
That's desperate times, my friend.
- Oh, we're not friends.
- That's true.
Bring her up.
Bring what up? - Billy! Billy, don't listen to him! - Val, Val, Val.
- Let me go! - Ah, shit! Let me go, you son of a bitch! You have five minutes to stop whatever bullshit - you're trying to do in there.
- Or what? Oh, I think you know what.
No, I wanna hear you say it.
Or I kill your sister, Billy, okay? - What's happened to you? - Me? Yeah.
I wanna know.
You used to care about this town.
Yeah, I no, I still do care about this town, okay? It's you.
You and your friends are the ones who are just willing to let everyone die! Five minutes.
- Okay? - [GROWLS.]
Five minutes.
Now you're gonna suffer.
I told you so.
Stay here.
Careful.
It might be a trap.
I don't know what's happening.
Oh, Abby.
That's not Abby.
Hey, Roman.
We gotta make those ghost fuckers disappear.
So whatever you're doing, do it fast.
We're working on it.
Roman, any luck? Yeah, um I I don't know if this is a good idea.
Is this a good idea? Um, probably not, but it's all we've got.
Okay.
Okay.
Okay.
Wow.
What the fuck? Uh, guys.
Guys? Guys? Hey, Billy! Guys! Roman, take it apart! Take it apart! - Did that just happen? - Yeah.
Yeah, that happened.
We left our bodies.
Yes, but what does it mean? What it means is we just found a way to save my family.
Yeah.
So it looks like your brother's just gonna let you die.
If you think that's what's happening here then you don't know my brother.
You tell your boss you got one minute left.
Everybody just needs to calm down here, okay? Just Alpha, we're gonna have a situation up here in about a minute.
Do what? Hang on, I'll ask.
Any of you have an out of body experience in the last few minutes? Did anybody what? Don't look at me, they're asking.
That's a negative.
Understood.
Hold your fire.
Hold your fire.
- Miss Holt has agreed to meet with you.
- Oh, yeah? That's funny, 'cause I don't see her.
She's invited you to meet her downstairs.
She's asked me to escort you in.
She wants me to go down there? - What, does she think I'm an idiot? - Yes, she does.
But that's a different conversation.
Dr.
Clark will remain here as a second hostage while you're inside.
I'm sor wait, what? Hold on.
Can I can I talk to you for a second? Uh, what what's going on? [WHISPERING.]
Ah.
These are her terms.
Okay.
Then the mayor dies.
Miss Holt thought you'd say that.
She asked me to pass along her response.
So? So she doesn't care that I will shoot the mayor in the face - Norm.
- If she doesn't come out here? Of course she doesn't.
That's why I'm here.
So you have a hostage she actually cares about.
I assure you this is the only way you'll get to see her.
It's your choice.
You know all we're trying to do is solve the problem.
Oh, so you admit that this is your fault? How do you sleep at night? Poorly.
But at least I don't threaten to kill people when I don't get my own way.
Hey, Norm.
Where's Daphne? She'll be along in a minute.
I'll leave you to it.
Take a seat.
No, I think I'll stand.
So you threw in with these assholes, huh? No, Norm.
I'm trying to negotiate a trade.
Oh, yeah? What kind of trade? See that? That's our ticket out of Port Moore.
What is that? It's a meteorite.
Daphne had one piece, we had the other.
We were gonna give her our piece and in exchange she was gonna get everyone off this island.
A lot of good that did.
I think it's gonna work.
Yeah? Just not for everyone.
Sorry, Norm.
Okay, Billy.
Your turn.
She actually said that? So She made me a hostage without even talking to me about it.
She was gonna let me die.
Ah, it was more of a negotiating tactic.
- Yeah, is that what you call homicide? - Oh, please.
If anything it's a depraved indifference to human life.
- Your boss is an asshole.
- She really is.
The health plan is amazing, though.
Here we go.
Hey, bud.
Move.
Winston, cut 'em loose.
- What? - We're done here.
What's going on? Just do whatever the sheriff deputy says.
- What, is she dead? - Jesus, would you just un-cuff 'em? - Come on.
Do it! - All right! - I want my family back! - Okay! Okay! Okay! Okay! That's enough, Val! Jesus Christ! We'll let 'em go.
Okay? We'll let 'em go, mammary and the peanuts.
What do you mean, we're gonna let 'em go? Hey, you question me one more time! Okay, we're gonna go.
Let's go inside.
We're gonna go inside.
- It makes no sense, man.
- Just Let's go.
Come on.
Let's go! For years.
Years, I used to think that you were just like your mother.
Just some scam artist, you know? But when all this shit started to happen I realized I was wrong.
You're not like your mother at all.
You're worse.
Norm, do you think that anyone wanted to do this to you? Right.
All for the greater good, right? You thought your idea was better, taking hostages? - Threatening to kill your friends? - What're you talking about? What friends? If this works we're all outta here.
Who cares? I I don't care.
I mean, the woman that I loved, she's dead.
She's dead, and I know that people think it's all the ghosts' fault, but I know who's fault it really was.
I know.
Okay, come on.
Come on.
Here, open that cell.
- What do you mean? - Open the cell! Do it! Oh, no.
No, no, no, no, no.
No, no, Mar, she's not dead, is she? - Tell me she's not dead.
- Don't you touch her! Come on.
Come on, help me move her.
- Here we go.
Come on.
Hey, hey, hey! - Let her go! Back off! Back off, okay? Mar, it's me.
It's me, it's Billy, okay? I don't Trust me, here.
We don't have a lot of time here, we gotta get to Lambda.
- What the fuck are you talking about? - Here we go! I'm trying to save my goddamn niece here, okay? Give her to me.
Give her to me.
Okay.
Okay.
You gotta get her to Lambda, okay? - We don't have a lot - [THUD.]
Oh, my God! You lying bastard! - Huh! - Winston, are you fucking crazy?! [LAUGHS.]
Jesus.
That felt good.
Why is there blood on the pillow? What did you do to my body? Winston.
He brained ya.
Oh, that dumb hick.
You got what you deserved, asshole.
Mar, we're losing her.
Roman, you gotta do this.
Okay.
All right.
Uh, you guys have to go.
Put them on the ground, though.
They're gonna fall.
Okay, sit down.
Lie down.
You're gonna be fine.
I'm gonna be right here with them, okay? - I'll be right here the whole time.
- Okay, we have to go.
Gotta go.
Gotta go.
Ready? One, two, three.
Oh, Goler, no, no.
- He's been in Abigail the whole time.
- Okay, stand back, girls.
Stand back, girls! Get back, get back, get back! Okay.
Okay, he's gone.
Girls, come stand by your bodies.
Come on.
Come on.
Yeah, right there.
- Come stand right here.
- Norm, that's good.
- Get right by your body, okay? - You ready? - Stand right there.
- All good? Norm.
Norm.
What what where are you going? What're you doing? I'm done.
Just bury me beside Karla, all right? That's all I ask.
You don't have to do this, Norm.
You can go back.
Back to what? Roman, we gotta go.
We gotta do this.
- We gotta do this.
- Yeah.
Yeah, okay.
Everybody by their bodies.
Everyone ready? Come on.
One, two, three.
Roman.
Come on, cut me loose.
Hey, girls.
I'm coming.
Cut me loose.
Cut me loose, right there.
Peanut.
- Yeah, breathe.
Breathe.
- I've got you.
I've got you.
I'm coming.
One more.
- Go.
Go.
- Hey, come on, peanut.
Stand up.
Come on, stand up.
Are you okay? You all right? Abigail? Here.
Come on, baby.
Come on.
Come on, sweetie.
- Hey, uncle Billy.
- Hi.
You're here.
You're back.
- Yeah.
Come on.
- Okay, we're safe, Val.
Come back in.
I know, I know.
- Oh, yeah.
Yeah.
- Oh, God.
- It's good.
- Oh, God.
Thank you.
It's good.
It's all good.
Son of a bitch.
Why do you still wanna leave? The way the world is now, it's practically built for you.
Why do you wanna stay? I already told you.
You know why.
Mm.
Right, your father.
No.
You, dumb-ass.
How is your dad? He's beaten up five guys already.
So he's good.
Yeah.
Thank you.
This artifact, whatever it is, it's dangerous.
In the wrong hands.
Oh, yeah, this stuff is great.
Stuff's good.
Stuff's good, there.
It's good.
Winston.
Come on.
Come on.
Hey, Winston.
Hey.
You're an asshole, you know that? Okay, what'd I do now? This is the second time you've died on me.
Okay? I'm sick of it.
Technically it's the third.
It's not funny, Billy.
I know.
I know.
I'm not laughing, okay? Okay? I'm not laughing.
Come on, baby.
I'm not going anywhere.