XIII: The Series s01e12 Episode Script

Previously on XIII Irina: There were 3 microchips, smuggled in the back watches.
XIII: The files are incomplete.
It cuts off in the end in mid code.
One of the watches is with a man named Robert Simons, Irina: Another, with a Max Serle.
Why'd Gerhardt make it so easy for us to find them? Gerhardt: You'll find some that lead to the missing part of the weapon information.
Sheridan: XIII is on the trail of the last watch.
I need you to find it before he does.
Amos: And if Wally Sheridan was some how behind the oil refinery bombings last week, then that means oil and energy reserves are some how part of his big plan.
Jones: Max serle.
Declared unfit for service for psych reasons.
He had paranoid schizophrenia.
XIII: Watch out! (Gun fire) Max: Gerhardt had a recruiter, he was Gerhardt's plant! Max: He knew what was in the computers at Renelco, he was gonna make sure it was never re-created! You didn't kill those people.
He wanted you to steal a weapon, something that terrified you when you found it.
It's not a gift I'm giving you.
It's a curse.
(Explosion) XIII: Find out what's on these damn watches, we take the game to Gerhardt.
Jones: Hey.
How's it going? I've uploaded the data from the third watch, it fills in the missing lines of code from the first two watches, but it's still heavily encrypted.
How's the leg? Tender but I'll live.
So have you run all this through a decryption program? Yeah, linux xlr, trillian, and something called polar crypto.
I'm impressed.
Don't be, nothing worked.
We need someone who lives and breathes this stuff.
You thinking Dillon? He's a little flaky but at least we can control him.
Where'd he go after moscow? Last I heard was he was working at a factory on 12th and Oak.
Even if we get this stuff decrypted we still have to figure out how to activate it.
Yeah, which means Jump-starting my memory.
You know I think the next step is locate the recruiter Max talked about.
Jones: Elliot Reed, yeah.
Look, before we get into that I just came from a meeting with Amos.
The president sees the Renelco program as a matter of national security.
He's demanding you hand it over immediately.
Or? Or they arrest you for treason.
They're going to throw me in prison again? That threat's getting a little old.
This is serious.
It's been serious since I first stole the program from Renelco.
Until I figure out what it is, I'm not giving it to anyone.
Are you really intending on going to war with the U.
S.
Government? (Beeping) (Alarm sounding) We've got maybe ten seconds.
Grab that chart, take the side door.
What about you? I'll meet you at Dillon's in an hour.
(Explosion) (Motorcycle engine revving) Amos: Jones? Jones! Amos: Where is it?! XIII has it! I told you to keep him here until we could secure the weapon.
And I told you that storming the castle wouldn't work! Listen to me, sir.
You and the president have made perfectly clear the threat you believe that program represents to our nation's security and I promise you, I will do everything in my power to protect my country.
But if you want to acquire that program intact and operational, we have got to do this on my terms.
I don't care how you do it, just get me the program.
I was a secret agent.
Betrayed by my own people.
Robbed of my face, my memories, my history.
Hidden in my past is a secret that threatens all humanity.
I search for answers with nothing to hold onto but the tattoo that has become my name.
I am XIII.
I'm telling you, carrington is vulnerable.
Come next November, the public is going to be clamoring for new leadership.
I need the Midwest, Angelo, you're the only one who can deliver it.
Staff: Welcome, sir.
Secretary of state? Yeah, listen, I'm going to be in Chicago next week why don't we have dinner? Alright, I'll talk to you then, senator.
Was that Borelli? He wants state.
Would you vote for a man who would make Angelo Borelli secretary of state? No, but that's the beauty about making cabinet appointments after you win.
In the meantime, the campaign war-chest is growing.
We just received a very generous donation from the allied farm workers.
So where do we stand? Eighteen million.
That still leaves us about eighty two million short.
Come on, relax.
Okay? The real money doesn't come in until you officially declare.
And when you do, the contributions will roll in.
Whoa! Ahhh! Are you insane?! I'm not the one surrounded lifife-size Ken and Barbies.
You blew out my eardrums, dude.
What- what are you doing here, Dillon? Nothin'.
What the hell are you guys doing here? How did you find me? Doesn't matter.
We need your help.
Oh, you need my help? Well, the first time that I helped you, I ended up with a number two ticonderoga jammed into my thigh and then tossed in prison.
Last time, I helped you I ended up in Russia with a psycho safecracker And you, yes, you still owe me for that sweet jacket.
Forget this.
Let's get someone else.
I don't think there's anybody else that can do this.
Come on, you guys! This "good cop, bad cop" routine is not going to work.
Neither is bribery, flattery or threats.
Just show yourselves out.
I've got stuff to do.
Oh, yeah? Like what? Get back to the party? No.
The stuff belongs to a buddy of mine he's letting me crash here.
The dolls are kinda creepy, but they come with the place.
Look just hear us out.
Alright? Remember when you helped us get down to Costa Verde? The pencil in the femur trip right? We went to check out a corporation, okay? Called Renelco.
Somebody stole a very dangerous piece of software from them.
Dangerous how? We're hoping you could tell us.
This is weird It's advanced as hell but it's written in an old programming language.
Old, like five or six years old? Exactly.
Dillon: It's not letting me into the core library.
Can you tell us what it does? No way.
No effin' way Come on, Dillon, talk to us, what is it? Um for the past couple of years, there's been an urban legend among hackers about something called "the skeleton key.
" What'd it do? Theoretically, it opens any program, anytime, anywhere and gives you complete control.
It's the hacker's holy grail.
And you think that's what this is? I can't tell for sure, but I'd love a crack at it.
How long is it going to take to decipher? No idea.
Looks like there's dozens of layers of encryptions, and then it's probably password protected.
It's going to take a while.
You babysit, I gotta go make a house call.
XIII: Careful.
This blade is sharp.
What are you doing here? What do you want? I thought we might catch up.
In the middle of the night? With a knife at my throat? Called your secretary for an appointment, but you were busy.
Do you you mind if I sit up? I'm just going to turn on the light.
I assume you took out the two guards downstairs.
You assume right, so don't bother screaming.
I find screaming undignified.
Where can I find Elliot Reed? Never heard of him.
CIA.
Recruiter for the Costa Verde job.
Did some dirty work for you when you were in the oval office.
You let me know when any of this starts to sound familiar.
Or what, you'll kill me? If I kill you, I don't get the answers I need.
I was thinking more about rearranging your face.
Elliot Reed.
As far as I know, he still does occasional freelance work for the agency.
And he has a side business running black-market pharmaceuticals somewhere in silver spring.
What else? He goes by the name Dr.
Elias Redding.
And that's all I know! I swear.
How's my son? I try not to get involved in other people's personal issues.
You should do the same.
Dillon? Jones.
Where are you!? On my way to a meeting.
I can't talk right now.
Dillon's gone, I thought you were staying here? I was, but I got called in for a one- on-one.
I had no choice.
He took the laptop.
What? Forget it, he's back.
I'll talk later.
Doughnut? Where the hell were you?! I needed fuel.
You don't walk out with the laptop.
What'd you think, I skipped town with this? I'll admit, the thought crossed my mind, but then I envisioned myself in jail.
Or, in an alley with my throat slit.
I figured the laptop was safer with me than leaving it here.
You don't go out.
Period! You want something, you call it in.
Oh, so that's how it is now.
House arrest.
This deal just gets better all the time! Where are we with this? I've never seen anything like it.
Normal encryptions are in layers, so you can peel them back one at a time.
But, not this puppy.
They're all protected with a dozen layers of different encryptions.
It's like trying to read a book where one chapter was written in Chinese, one in cyrillic and another in hieroglyphics and then the pages are fed through a shredder and pasted back together.
Sounds kinda complicated.
That's like saying the universe sounds kinda big or Natalie Portman is kinda hot.
I spoke to our experts about this so-called "skeleton key.
" If that's what the Renelco program is, its potential is virtually unlimited.
Yes, I know.
It's terrifying.
And incredibly useful.
I've already briefed the president.
He would like to know precisely when it will be delivered to us.
I have no idea.
You are trying my patience now, agent Jones.
With all due respect, sir my patience is spread very thin as well right now.
I've spent the last several months risking life and limb in pursuit of those chips on behalf of the U.
S.
government.
I sincerely hope that you and the president are not questioning my loyalty! It's not a question of loyalty.
It's a question of tactics and timing.
You have seen what happens when you try to use force.
You can go in there with the army and seize that laptop at gunpoint, but it is of absolutely no use to you if the program is not activated.
I have a building full of cryptologists and computer programmers.
Yes, you do, but you don't have XIII.
Everything we've been through up to this point points to him being the final piece in the puzzle.
Fine.
Do it your way.
But, I want to see progress - fast.
Dr.
Redding? Before we discuss my services, can I ask who referred you? Wally Sheridan.
You're not here for pharmaceuticals, are you? You know who I am.
The recruiter.
Recruiter This is about Renelco? Should I know you? Used to go by the name of Ryan flay.
Of course.
The infamous XIII.
They did a great job on your face.
I like it well enough.
Before we go any further, you should know that I've got a man over by those trees.
(Gun shot) I say the word, the next one puts a hole in your chest.
Call it malpractice insurance.
I'm not looking for trouble.
Just information.
Tell me about the incursion.
I recruited four men.
Simons, Serle, Kelton and O'Neill.
Me.
Not you.
Seamus O'Neill.
He was on the original squad.
But he, uh Went missing.
You took his place, along with his name as cover.
Why me? You weren't my choice.
Frankly, I wasn't even aware of you until the coordinator brought you in.
You got a name? They brought in an asset from overseas.
A man named Sean Mullway.
I know that guy.
The name's Mullway.
Sean.
He used to live in Glenlarkin.
Last I heard, he's here in DC.
How do I find him? Give me your number and I'll call you with the details.
Sure you don't need any drugs? Percodan, oxycontin, maybe a little Xanax or nebutal? I'm good.
I hear you've gone off the reservation, lost your edge.
Is that what you hear? You walked in here fully exposed.
(Gun shot) Lady up in the trees.
Call it life insurance.
(Phone ringing) Yeah.
Mullway: I hear you're looking for me.
Yeah, I'm at the meeting spot.
It's been changed.
Madison and Linwood, ten minutes.
That's all the way across town.
Madison and Linwood.
So this whole thing was a set up? No.
Just taking precautions.
What now? Did Gerhardt pay you to kill me? I'm not the kind of man to shoot my own son.
Son? Would you like a drink? Look, I didn't come for a social visit.
Where do I start? Tell me about Renelco.
Straight to business huh? How did I get hooked in? You were never meant to be there.
Seamus O'Neill was on board for a while but he got himself killed.
I had to fill the spot.
I was running out of time, I decided to take the job myself.
And then you pulled a few strings and took my place.
Probably saved my life.
Yeah, and destroyed mine.
Why would I volunteer to take your place? Because I'm your father.
No, Jonathan Flay is my father.
Sit down.
Your mother and I had you 35 years ago.
We called you Jason Peter Mullway.
You were named after my brother.
Your mother God bless her soul she died when you were a wee baby.
It quickly became obvious I wasn't cut out to raise a child on my own.
So you shipped me off to Green Falls? To a good man.
Jonathan Flay.
He always wanted a son, he couldn't have children of his own.
He did right by you.
Much better than I ever could've done.
Why should I believe any of this? Come here.
I got something to show you.
A picture of the family in happier times.
You've got her eyes.
Some letters you sent me from Boulder.
Some drawings you did when you were a wee fella.
All of this is easily faked.
DNA can't be faked.
Why the hell didn't you tell me about this in Ireland? When I saw what you were up to, I thought telling you then would only complicate things.
I've been bothered by that decision ever since.
What are you doing here in DC? Tracking you.
I know you found the third watch.
Have you deciphered the program yet? No.
Let me help you.
You can trust me.
Trust you? Father or not I don't even know who you are.
Thanks for the drink.
Gerhardt: Is everything set? Ready on this end.
Has the money been wired? It's sitting in your bank account, collecting interest as we speak.
Give me the word and it'll be done.
Proceed.
Dillon: What took so long? I'm developing a severe case of raster burn and I'm starving here.
I go get you food and you give me a hard time? Was your boy who put me on house arrest.
Hey, we're on a time crunch here, alright? You can eat, but keep working while you do it.
Won't Ryan get pissed if I get sauce on the keyboard? XIII: Yeah.
How're we doing? Good, I almost got all the lines of code defragged.
Few more minutes and we can test it.
Great.
So, um How did it go with Mullway? Not the way I expected.
He's my father.
Your father? Wow.
Ladies and gentlemen Dillon: Behold.
You did it.
Dillon: Just what I thought.
It's password protected, which is actually kind of ironic.
Can't you run it through a password decryption app? Eight digits - Alpha-numeric the permutations are It could take days.
Any ideas? Dillon: No.
Am I missing something? Why would he know the password? Because he's the one that set it.
(Dillon laughing) Seriously? You Did this? It was a mission.
I found it, encrypted it, locked it with a password and divided it up.
You did this Encryption? Then I got shot.
And lost my memory.
Well, that's, uh that's some heavy stuff.
We gotta try something your birthday? Mother's maiden name? First pet? Dillon I'm sorry it's just you know, there's degrees of memory loss, right? Yeah.
Okay, I'll start on a decoding app and maybe we'll get lucky.
You know what, maybe there is someone who can answer these questions.
Mullway? What've we got? We just received a report from our agent in Qatar.
The prime minister has been assassinated.
Do we have any information? Nothing yet.
Okay, everybody, stay on this.
I want a full rundown.
I figure you know me better than I know myself.
It wouldn't be something simple like your birthday.
Or your mother's maiden name.
Knowing you It's something much more complex than that.
That's what I'm afraid of.
Let's take a different tact.
How'd you come by the watch? It was in a safe deposit box in New York.
Was there anything in the box with it? A ring.
A claddagh ring.
I gave you a claddagh ring when you were ten.
It was your mother's.
I was told you wore it every day after that.
Then it definitely has something to do with opening the program.
Maybe I inscribed something on the inside.
Where's the ring now? It's at the safe house.
Can you get to it? I can try.
Thanks.
You can thank me by letting me help you.
Target has just left the safe house.
Crack! Asset is on the move.
Don't you lose him.
Nothing there.
Try another angle.
How about this? What's that? That looks like an after-market upgrade.
Dillon: A micro dot.
I'm betting it's an rfid.
An electronic key? Dude I am impressed.
You clearly wielded some deep magic in your former life, I don't even know what that means.
It means Dillon: We've got liftoff.
Ho-Lee crap.
That is beautiful.
If there's a flare, it will be in this region right here.
Director! Sir reports are coming in agent Lang's been killed.
Amos: What happened? They found his body in a dumpster a block away from the safe house.
How was he killed? How was he killed? His neck was broken.
Blatcher thinks that XIII is responsible.
Come in.
Mr.
Gerhardt.
The scanner has picked up the code sequence.
They're in.
Good, it's time to reclaim my property.
Director Amos, agent Jones on line two.
Yes.
The program' been activated.
Excellent.
Get it and bring it in.
When the time is right.
The time is now, Jones! The only way I can bring you the program now is to walk in and shoot Dillon, Mullway and XIII.
Perfect, I can have a clean up team there in ten minutes.
That's very generous of you, but I think I'll do it my way.
So you know what you're dealing with, Jones, XIII killed one of our agents last night.
Are you sure? It was right outside the safe house.
He is out of control.
Well, I can handle him.
And what about Sean Mullway? He would not think twice about taking you out.
Jones: Listen I told you I'd get you that program and I'll do it.
You have one hour.
After that, I'm sending in a team, and I cannot guarantee that there will not be casualties.
One hour! What are you doing? Running a test.
I just wiped out my record with the government! This program rocks! Are you crazy? What if they can trace that? No? Fine.
I was about to give you a salary bump.
Look, we know this program's powerful.
The question is, how versatile is it? Think it's possible for you to break into a system and not tamper with it? Name one.
Moscow city power grid.
Moscow.
We've come full circle.
I can shut down the entire city, specific quadrants, or go block by block Like so did you really just blackout moscow? Dillon: A couple of streets.
I can see why this is so important to Gerhardt.
There's no limit to what it can do.
Well, that's the point.
Power grids are child's play.
This program can access anything.
BanksHell, treasury departments, stock markets, nuclear weapon systems We need to destroy this.
Definitely.
But not quite yet.
I need you to do me a little favour.
Sheridan: What happened in Qatar is disastrous.
When I was in office I opened back channels with the prime minister.
For the past year I have been helping him put things in place for an orderly shift in power.
Like a coup.
Now that he's been killed, his followers will rise up! There could be major fallout! And not just in Qatar, but throughout the region! Which will make gas prices skyrocket.
Which is what we want.
Not at the cost of taking out my primary asset in the middle east! He was my ace in the hole! (Phone ringing) Sorry, I got to take this.
Yes? You're sure? Yeah, no, I'll call you back.
What? We got a problem.
Oh, what, another one? The finance funds have disappeared.
What do you mean, disappeared? Eighteen million dollars doesn't just evaporate.
I know, tell it to the Hudson mutual bank.
The money's gone.
I have to get a hold of Gerhardt.
I hope the world wildlife fund puts this 18 mil to good use.
Now that you've finished your charity work it's time to destroy the program.
Dillon: What? That's heresy! Would you burn the gutenberg Bible? I would if I thought it could control nuclear weapon systems.
You can't destroy this.
Just think about what our government could do with it.
We could virtually stamp out terrorism with a couple of key strokes! What makes you think it's going to stop there? The government gets their hands on this, that's the ultimate big brother scenario.
You said yourself, you didn't destroy the program originally because it could be used defensively if someone else tried to re-create it! Well, now that I've seen what it can do, I'm convinced the only option is to grind it into little pieces.
I spoke to the emir.
He said his brother who's also the prime minister, was planning a coup.
Will they be able to restore peace? That's a good question.
The region's a powder keg.
First the refinery fires and now this.
Oil prices are going to shoot up, and your approval ratings are going to plummet.
You think I care about my approval ratings? No, sir.
I think you care about the American public, and what's best for them, is this administration, although some people are working very hard to undermine it.
So you think this murder was designed to weaken me? The thought has crossed my mind.
We don't have any proof.
We'd have proof if we had the Renelco program.
Where the hell is it? I anticipate it being in my hands within the hour.
You make it happen.
Ryan, this weapon is a total game changer, ok? I just think we can't destroy it without thinking through all of the ramifications first.
The ramifications are obvious.
It's a pandora's box.
Once we've opened it it's the beginning of the end, there will be no stopping it.
You haven't thought about the upside of the program.
Let's just get it out of here, we'll take it someplace safe and figure out wtt to do with it then.
Can I have a word with you? Do you know where her allegiance lies? She's like usShe walks the line.
Some days she's on one side, some days she's on the other.
What are you going to do? Do you know all the facts about the Renelco mission? What are you saying? Gerhardt wasn't the only one trying to get that program out of Renelco.
The roots of this entire operation run extremely deep.
Dillon: I think we might have a problem! Those are Gerhardt's men! Dillon: Well, that can't be good Where are you going? Take the computer.
Go.
What are you talking about? It's too late for all of us to get out.
Don't do this.
You don't owe me anything.
Yes, I do, but this isn't about us.
This goes much deeper.
Jones: Ryan! I'll be fine, son.
Trust me with this.
I'll trust you to do the right thing with that.
Go.
Now.
Dillon: Let's go! XIII: Look, I'm going back! Jones: Ryan! That's my father.
I'm not leaving him.
Give me the laptop then, in case something happens.
Dillon: Guys, come on, let's go! Get Dillon out of here! Go! Sir, Jones on the line.
Put her on the speaker.
Do you have the package? Negative.
Gerhardt sent in a squad.
What's your twenty? I'm outside the target area.
And the package? Inside.
With XIII and Mullway.
I am sending in a team now! Red team go! Blue team go! If things go sideways, burn the damn building, and everyone inside it, to the ground! Mullway: Is that all you got? Mullway: I'm telling you, you got the wrong fella.
Mullway: Have you ever been to belfast? Move away from him! (Gun shotsiriring) You came back.
Didn't think I'd really leave you here, did you? Like you said, I know you better than you know yourself.
When we get outside we'll split up.
Give 'em something to think about.
Jones: Shots fired inside the building.
Red team, blue team what's happening? Still two minutes to target.
(Phone ringing) Yeah? Gerhardt: You have my program.
Yeah, you'll never see it.
Then you'll never see your father again.
Mullway: Don't listen to him! Gerhardt: Garage at Fifth and Lincoln.
Five minutes.
I'm here! Mullway: Get the hell out of here! The prodigal son.
You have the program? Yeah! Don't give it to him! He'll kill us both! Enough! I have what you want! Let's make the trade! Good.
I send my technician to check it.
Mullway: Don't give it to him! Mullway: My life's not worth it! Wait! Release him! Get him up.
Send him.
Go! I hope to hell you've got a plan! The plan's to get you out of here in one piece.
XIII: Get down! (Gun shots firing) (Gun shots firing) (Gun shot) (Gun shots firing) Jones: Stand down! Thanks to you, our worst fears have been realized.
I fail to understand how you could hand over potentially the most dangerous weapon the world's ever known to a man like Ranier Gerhardt.
He had a gun to my father's head.
Your father was CIA.
He understood the risks involved.
And I can assure you That Sean Mullway would not have traded the key to armageddon for your life.
Well, I guess we'll never know.
Is there any information that you are holding back about Gerhardt? Like what? Like something that might help us locate him.
Don't you have agents all over the world.
You know, bang down some doors.
Talk to agent Jones.
I'm sure she has a line on Gerhardt.
Agent Jones is on administrative leave.
Did your dad say something that might be a lead? Gerhardt wasn't the only one trying to get that program out of Renelco.
The roots of this entire operation run extremely deep.
No.
Nothing.
I'm going to keep you here until I figure out exactly what to do with you.
Look, do whatever the hell you want, just stop talking.
I'm going to make sure you get a lethal injection for murdering agent lang.
I don't even know who that is.
The man whose neck you broke outside the safe house.
It wasn't me.
What about the two men in the garage? That was me.
What makes you think That you can take the law into your own hands, XIII? How can you, a all people, say that with a straight face? I'm sorry about your father.
It's most unfortunate.
The way everything went down.
Your father.
Gerhardt.
The Renelco program.
Yeah.
I am in your debt for the service you've given to your country and the sacrifices you have made.
And for the fact you saved the life of my grandson.
But you have put me and this country in a very tough position.
Now, I realize nothing I say will stop you from going after Gerhardt and trying to avenge the death of your father.
But, I think you've already done enough damage.
So, I'm asking you to stand down.
If you go anywhere near that weapon, I'll have you arrested.
If you resist arrest, you will be shot.
Have I made myself clear?