Intelligence (2014) s01e13 Episode Script

Previously on "intelligence" What is it? The iranians had a novel idea -- To plant sleeper agents in u.
S.
Society.
They're here, Lying in wait like snakes in the grass.
Gabriel went to the windall hotel, Killed those men in cold blood.
You said there were two scenarios.
What's the other? And gabriel was operated remotely by someone else.
Get in.
As of this moment, Lillian strand has been removed from her command.
It was mei chen.
Mei chen? She's the one that killed those men and framed me.
It's a trap, gabriel.
She's not alone.
Gabriel! Where are you going? They're gonna check all the known safe houses.
There's only one place -- - No.
Head west.
Take surface streets.
I know where to go.
Something tells me it's not a hospital.
Where are we going, gabriel? Yes, gabriel, where are we going? We're almost there.
Turn right.
Come on.
Where are we, gabriel? Ahh.
This'll be interesting.
Shut up and help me! Gabriel? Hey, mom.
I need a big favor.
Stay with us, gabriel.
Lucky I still have this.
But what you need is a hospital! Can't go to a hospital, ma.
What are you mixed up in, gabriel? Can we please talk about this later? I haven't taken care of a gunshot wound in 30 years, And there was always a doctor around.
You're not a doctor? Army field nurse, retired.
This was a great idea.
Please tell me you're good at this.
For your information, I was very good.
Encouraging.
Do you ever shut up? Don't know if you've noticed, but her hands are shaking.
Pour her a drink.
This just gets better and better.
You think this is a joke? This is my son! One more crack out of you, and I'll -- Mrs.
Vaughn We can't do this without anaesthesia.
Otherwise, the pain will -- Hey, gabriel! Gabriel.
Gabriel! Gabriel! Well, at least he won't feel it.
Here.
Hold this.
I'm in a hospital? I wish you were in a hospital.
Got it.
Relax.
I just thought this room Might make you feel better, gabriel.
It doesn't.
What's he saying? Get out of my head.
Are you rendering with him? Rendering? What are you talking about? I'm keeping him calm.
A simple "thank you" would suffice.
I don't know what's going on with you two, But now is not the time.
Your mother doesn't like me very much.
No one likes you very much.
You and I have so much more in common than you realize -- Both lost our fathers.
You lost a brother, I lost a sister.
What do you want from me? I want you to learn.
As your president, one step at a time What is this? A last chance to see the truth.
The truth about what? The people you work for, silly.
I will go where you can't go.
Governor cameron -- What does she have to do with any of this? Some say she'll be your next president.
Maybe you haven't noticed, But I'm a little busy right now trying not to die.
Sometimes I wonder if the chip was wasted on you.
All right, I'll play.
Why do I care about the next president? I said she could be the next president.
But sadly, governor cameron won't live that long.
You're gonna kill her? Oh, please.
I don't work for free.
As you just learned, I'm not the only assassin in town.
Why are you telling me all this? To prove that you're on the wrong side, That you're living a lie, That what I've told you is true, That the people you work for aren't who they seem.
Someone in your own government hired me to frame you.
When that wasn't enough, they tried to kill you, then me -- Just like they'll do to her.
Give me a name.
If I knew who it was, they'd already be dead.
But this one's been very careful.
Why should I believe you? I don't care if you believe me.
If you do, you'll stop them.
If you don't, they'll kill her.
Either way I'm gonna cyber on by for a big fat "I told you so.
" Then we'll pick up where we left off.
Time to go back to mommy.
Hey, wait a second! Wait! Gabriel? Where's mei chen? Gabriel, are you okay? Gabriel, calm down, please.
You have to find her.
Now, riley! She's not here.
Mei chen's gone.
There's gonna be an assassination.
One of our nation's most decorated soldiers.
He's a hero, and now our country's most secret weapon.
Gabriel possesses a rare genetic mutation That allowed us to implant a microchip in his brain.
We connected his mind directly to the information grid.
It's something the chip does that nobody expected.
I can create a virtual snapshot of an event in my mind And then walk through it.
It's like a virtual evidence wall.
At u.
S.
Cyber command, We created a highly specialized unit around him And assigned an agent to protect him.
Run! He's the first of his kind -- The next evolution of intelligence.
What the hell happened out there? There were complications.
Complications? Someone opened fire on my team, and gabriel was hit.
What's his status? The shooter wasn't one of mine.
So you've said, several times.
This never would have happened in the first place If you hadn't tried to go behind my back.
What's he talking about? Lillian arranged for a private meet.
If you hadn't been set up on me, gabriel, riley, and mei chen Would be with us here right now.
Mei chen? Mei chen was with gabriel and riley.
How? She's the one who murdered colonel hatcher and bernard At that hotel.
She framed gabriel.
That's what gabriel claims.
Well, whatever the truth is, we need to find them.
Well, you won't find them -- not now.
Watch me.
Listen up.
Gabriel is now wounded, possibly fatally.
I want you to paper every hospital, e.
R.
, And medical clinic.
Now, he was last seen with agent neal And someone you're all familiar with -- mei chen.
They just evaded our tac team And, with that, forfeited any chance at a peaceful surrender.
Force protocol remains echo-foxtrot.
These fugitives are to be considered armed and dangerous.
Jeff, if you're telling the truth And you didn't order that shot, That means there's an unidentified shooter out there, Which could prove that gabriel didn't kill those men in that hotel.
That has to change the force protocol.
We can't be killing our own people.
You authorized me to bring the asset in, adam.
And I can't do that with her second-guessing every turn I make.
Now, either my orders stand or they don't.
For god's sake, put a stop to this.
Lillian, if a rogue f-16 was headed to the nation's capital, We'd blow it out of the sky.
Well, gabriel isn't a fighter jet.
And for all we know, he's being piloted by mei chen.
Cassidy confirmed that the chip Is vulnerable to an outside influence.
We have no choice but to bring them all down.
Mei chen was the key to proving your innocence.
She may also be the key To stopping the assassination of governor cameron.
How do we know that it's not mei chen that's gonna kill her? Do you think it was our people that took a shot at us? Lillian? Absolutely not.
Tetazoo? I wouldn't put it past him.
Okay, I'm a fugitive, But I'm still a pretty expensive piece of hardware.
Why risk killing me if you don't have to? That's a good point.
It's not standard operating procedure For him to have ordered that shot.
And if we accept that, we also have to consider That mei chen is at least telling a partial truth.
That there's another shooter out there.
Okay.
If that's true, they're targeting cameron.
Why would mei chen bother to tell you? She wasn't paid to kill cameron, And because she wants to find that shooter as much as we do.
So, do we involve lillian? One thing's clear -- she's no longer in control.
Then what next? You should warn governor cameron.
Mom, you said you went to the kitchen to make tea.
You lied.
There she is.
Says there she's back at the state house for some vote.
You can take my car if you want.
I'd love some tea.
You two want to tell me what the hell's going on? Nothing's going on.
I don't see my son for months on end, Then he shows up with a bullet in his belly.
That standard operating procedure for you? Mrs.
Vaughn, I -- I'm talking to my son.
You, young lady, ought to talk to the governor Before she gets herself dead.
She's right.
I should warn the governor.
Do you have a way to reach her? Yeah.
I have a way.
Look, you call me out of the blue, You tell me you need to talk to my protectee, off the books, And I can't ask any questions? It's better for you that way.
Trust me.
You know, I could get jammed up for this, thriller.
Not if you don't know anything.
Right now, I'm just a fellow agent you trust, Asking for five minutes with your protectee.
Five minutes, griff.
You owe me.
I'll see what I can do.
But no promises.
We don't have much time.
Have any of you heard of an iranian operation Known as the flood? It's a top-secret iranian program begun in the '80s To plant sleeper agents in high-ranking positions It's similar to the soviet programs that we're all aware of But designed differently.
Instead of grooming iranian nationals, Iranians recruited and converted americans.
Wait.
Americans spying for iran? Hundreds of them.
That's impossible.
Well, I believe That colonel hatcher discovered the identity Of one or more sleepers in our government, And that's why he and bernard were murdered.
And that's why they framed gabriel for the murders.
Would be our best chance to root them out and stop them.
Okay.
But do we -- do we know who it is? Not yet, but what I do know Is that gabriel and riley's lives depend on us finding out.
Well, we have to find them first.
- How? Since I deleted the record of gabriel stealing the minivan, The entire intelligence apparatus has been tracking him.
And so far, they've come up empty-handed.
Well, I'm counting on the fact that they don't know him like we do.
Wait.
He was shot.
Yes, nelson, I know.
I was there.
He might be america's most powerful super weapon, But he still needs a doctor.
Tetazoo's already chasing that angle down.
He would not necessarily need a doctor.
Our original intake interviews with gabriel -- As I recall, his father was k.
I.
A.
, but his mother Was a combat nurse.
Bad enough you joined the army when I told you not to, But now this.
Mom, you don't even know what this is.
And I know what it means when you can't go to a doctor.
How about you tell me why you started drinking again? I thought you quit.
Yeah, well I'm no quitter.
And I don't need a lecture from you.
Well, I don't need a lecture from you, either.
Still the same smart-mouth pain in the ass you ever were.
Well, I'm no quitter.
Thank you.
For what? Not that you gave me much choice.
But then, no one in this family ever did.
Don't start with that now.
That's why I told you not to join the damned army.
Well, whatever it is, people are shooting at you.
That's the problem with the men in this family -- You think your lives belong to this country.
Well, maybe it's the other way around.
Maybe we think this country belongs to us.
Meanwhile, I heard you saying your own people Set a trap for you? They think I committed a crime.
They think I killed three people.
Did you? No.
What the hell? I thought I saw something move in the backyard.
You shouldn't get up.
Show me.
Where? There -- that oak tree.
Another friend of yours? Of course I heard about the murders at the windall.
What does any of that have to do with me? We're investigating the murders, And we have reason to believe that whoever hired that assassin Has selected you as the next target.
What is this "reason to believe"? Our information comes from a source Who is extremely well-connected.
I thought the death threats were supposed to come After you get elected.
You're the presumed nominee, governor.
The next primary win puts you over the top.
So, who do think is behind this? Someone who doesn't want you to be president.
Can you narrow it down at all? That's where it gets complicated.
Here's mine.
I keep it in the dresser.
You keep this cannon in a dresser? Loaded? Well, it ain't no paperweight.
Mom, get in the closet.
Gabriel, you could rip your sutures.
That's the least of our problems.
Now, get in the closet, or I'll shoot you myself.
Hk tactical -- nice weapon, But my mom's, here, will take your head clean off.
Thomas olivier -- born albany, new york.
No criminal record, not on any watch lists.
Who the hell are you? Who sent you? Mom! Put that thing down before you kill me! Don't yell at me, young man! That wasn't very smart, fighting in your condition.
Are you kidding me? And look what that son of a bitch did to my nice stitches.
Now I'll have to start over.
She also said she thinks the conspiracy to assassinate me Might be coming from one of my opponents.
How's your Monday? I'm sorry, christy, but you know I'll doing everything I can To get to the bottom of this.
Adam, you've known me 20 years, So you know this isn't the first time I've heard That someone wants to end my campaign.
But finding out someone wants to do it by killing me? Well, that's a new one, even for me.
The first thing I'm gonna do Is remove the secret service agent who let her in.
Don't worry.
We're on-problem, I promise you.
What the hell is going on here? I don't know.
Riley.
Thank god.
Jameson, lower your weapon.
What? Where's gabriel? I don't know.
I just got here.
Would you mind not pointing your gun at me? I'm not gonna shoot you, riley.
We're on the same team here.
You sure about that? Yes.
Very sure.
Now, where the hell is gabriel? There.
That'll do.
Gabriel? It's okay.
I'm fine.
You don't look fine.
He's not.
Who the hell are you? Mom, this is chris jameson.
He's a friend.
Right? Try having your mom operate on you with a kitchen knife.
And who's the dead guy? Probably the one who rearranged my stomach.
Look, we really have to move.
If that guy could find you and we could find you, tetazoo won't be far behind.
You're saying I didn't pick a great hideout? Looks like you picked the right place to me.
Don't try to charm me, young man.
I want to know right now what the hell is going on.
Exactly who is trying to kill my son? We're trying to figure that out.
You're not going anywhere till I get some answers, boy.
Mom, I need you to go to aunt gail's.
I haven't talked to that road whore in about two years.
That's exactly why they won't think to look for you there.
Mom, this is serious.
I'll come get you in a couple days.
Then I'll tell you everything.
Promise.
Fine.
Oh, my god! You're alive! Ha-ha! Ah-ah-ah-ah.
Gunshot wound.
Right.
Yes.
Gah! Glad to see you, too.
All right, here.
Sit.
Come on.
Seriously, you guys cannot run away anymore.
You're giving my dad heart palpitations.
Not just my heart.
I hope you know that I have been And always will be on your side.
I do know, lillian.
Thank you for keeping him safe.
That's my job, right? Yes, it is.
I don't know if you guys know this, but apparently, There are iranian sleeper agents in our government.
Feel safe? Is that true? - Something called the flood.
We think it's why mei chen killed hatcher and bernard.
Where is mei chen? She got away.
Did you get any intel from her? She mentioned the person that hired her Worked for our government.
That must be one of the sleepers.
You think that's what hatcher found out? Who you are, what you have, what you know -- That's why people get killed in this business.
I listen.
So, what's the plan? Well, surely, now we return to cybercom, right? We regroup.
We know gabriel's innocent.
We can't prove that yet.
And we can't trust tetazoo.
Speak of the devil.
Hello, jeff.
I have a lot to talk with you about.
There may be a lot more going on here than we realize.
Go on.
We found a photograph and other documents Out in alexandria, belonging to colonel hatcher.
What kind of a photograph? According to his notes, It comes directly from the iranian savama files.
It was taken in 1989 at a farm near montreal, And I believe it's the proof hatcher was searching for His whole life.
Proof of what? Something called the flood.
The flood? I'll tell you more in person.
Why, jeff? Why call me? Because I was wrong about gabriel.
I'm sending you the photograph right now on an encrypted server.
Password is "crystal-palace-3-3-niner.
" Sending now.
Jeff? Jeff! Jeff, talk to me.
Jeff? What's going on? Jeff! Cia director jeffrey tetazoo was shot last night In washington, d.
C.
, by an unknown assailant.
D.
C.
Metro police are working closely with the cia To locate a suspect This is what he sent you.
Yes.
What is it? I can't tell.
Their faces are blurred.
There's six words written on the back -- Bengal, sumatran, javan, caspian, bali, siberian.
Sounds like coffee.
It's probably not coffee.
No, they're tigers.
Those are subspecies of tigers.
Is that true? Oh, my god.
What? So, if the legend is true, Of the hundreds of sleepers the iranians recruited, Six of them were superstars, And they were referred to as the six tigers.
In 1989, ayatollah was on his death bed, And he sent the six tigers To a farm in canada to meet a secret envoy.
Apparently, a photograph was supposed to have been taken, And it was sent back to iran so the ayatollah Could see the six tigers once before he died.
You think this is that photo? It has to be.
At least one of the men in that photo is behind this -- The killings at the windall, the framing of gabriel, And the assassination plot on cameron.
If the legend is true, yes.
Guys, this photo was taken a quarter century ago.
The faces are blurred, and they could be anyone.
Wait a second.
The blur.
- What about it? It was done by a computer.
So? A computer in the '80s! Yes! It's a box blur! Yes! Meaning? Eh, look, the blurring -- Right? Nowadays, that would be impossible to reverse, But this is old technology.
As long as gabriel has a baseline.
Baseline? He can decode -- uh, un-blur the rest of them! But we don't have any faces.
We might.
That guy who came after you at your mother's house -- He could be one of them.
He's the right age.
Do you have a picture of him? Up here, I do.
Pulling up the photo now.
Okay, try to plug in the image of your attacker Onto each of their faces until you find a match.
Nothing yet.
Gotcha.
That's the guy who came after me at my mom's house.
Yes! Okay, that should be the seed value -- the -- the key code for the blur.
Now you should be able to use the code to try -- it's working.
Weatherly.
All this time, it was right in front of me, And I never saw it.
No one saw it.
Where is he? I spoke to him this morning after they found tetazoo.
Did he tell you where he was going? Yeah.
He did.
But you're not gonna like it.
This is a mistake.
We disagree.
We are so close to the flood finally rising.
Finally rising? I'm the director of national intelligence.
And that achieved a great deal, Including access to clockwork, But now we can take the white house.
For us to succeed, governor cameron must not.
She is, as they say, inevitable Unless we take action.
Khutai, we agreed on the imperative to discredit gabriel, As he's best equipped to stop us.
Now he's out there, hunting us, And I'm best equipped to stop him.
We can't risk losing me now.
We have others to deal with gabriel.
As for your task, If ever there was evidence of god smiling at us, It is now.
You set up cameron's security, you're her friend -- You're trusted.
It will be difficult for you for a while, But ultimately, It will be viewed merely as tragic accident.
Khutai, you have to listen to me.
No.
We listen only to the word of our master.
That is the covenant.
Of the original 700 that allah gave us, Your rise was the least surprising.
You will succeed Because you are as wily as the javan tiger From where you get your name.
Sad news today.
Our thoughts are with Director tetazoo's family and colleagues.
I will refrain from further comment Until we have more facts.
I want to thank each of you for your generous contributions To my campaign, And thank you for your charity gifts today.
Let's try to have some fun, shall we? You know the rules -- Two people, two hours.
She who downs the most birds wins.
Let's do it! Uh, change of plans, tommy.
You're going to partner with c.
J.
Today.
It's weatherly's first hunt with us, And I promised I'd be gentle.
Sorry, general.
Hope you're a good shot.
I'd hate to crush you at your own photo op.
Adam is a hell of a marksman.
Nice to see you.
Nice to see you.
Thanks for coming out today, adam.
Of course, of course.
Hi.
We're all a bit shaken up.
Hi.
I'll just have to keep you safe.
We need to find the governor and adam weatherly.
It's a matter of national security.
You missed them by 20 minutes.
They're hunting upland.
Uh, they'll keep to the north slope.
You know I think I've made every major decision in my life In a setting just like this one -- Marrying mike, having our daughters Choosing to throw your hat into the ring for president? On a camping trip just over that ridgeline.
I can see why you like it here.
It's so peaceful So remote.
That's right.
What is it? Are you willing to sacrifice everything for this? The presidency? Of course.
Aren't you willing to sacrifice everything For what you believe in? I'm gonna move to our flank, See if I can't flush those birds to your position.
I knew we'd make a great team.
Are you gonna make it? Don't worry about me.
I want to get this son of a bitch.
Adam, you scared me.
I'm sorry, christy.
It isn't personal.
What the hell are you doing?! Weatherly! - Drop your weapon! I'll get the governor.
Are you okay? Yes.
Stay behind me.
Drop it.
Your mother was iranian.
That's no secret, lillian.
Is that why you did this? In 1953, the cia staged a series of bombings in iran, Turning the country Against its own democratically elected government.
But your mother didn't die in iran.
No.
She was one of the bombers.
It destroyed her.
And the cia not only failed to help, They denied she ever existed.
So this was revenge? Your father likes to say that we are defined By the decisions we make.
I am defined By the decisions of others.
You're not gonna get off that easily.
You're a traitor, adam.
We know about the flood.
We know about the six tigers.
It's over.
Tell us the name of the candidate.
He's not one of the other tigers.
I know that.
Tell us his name and your life will be easier.
Gabriel, did lillian or cassidy ever tell you Why the program is called clockwork? A 19th-century story Called "the ablest man in the world.
" About a man with a simple mind Who meets a mad doctor Who creates for him a clockwork brain, Which is, of course, far superior to any human brain.
The tragedy in the story comes When he realizes that he is no longer human, That he is only a machine And, therefore, will always be marginalized, Will always be ostracized, And will always be terribly And tragically Alone.
Spoken by the only one who will never walk out of here.
You're the one who's alone.
Mom, you didn't have to cook.
You're giving me a place to stay.
It's the least I can do.
The only reason you need a place is 'cause he burned down your kitchen.
Hey, what kind of partner are you? Truth is, I wanted to spend some time with your girl here.
No, it's not like that.
He lost a wife, Took him a while to get back on his feet, But I'm glad to see he's met someone he cares about.
Mom.
How about some truth? What's going on with you that so many people want you dead? Truth.
Right here, right now.
All right.
Remember when johnny got that tattoo? Remember how mad you got? It's kind of like that.
Gabriel.
I have a microchip implanted in my brain, mom.
It's experimental -- First of its kind.
I can access everything.
As long as it's connected to the information grid, I can get in.
This is in your brain right now? Does it hurt? No.
What's the downside? I'm different.
You look the same to me.
Some people are worried I can be programmed like a computer Because I'm part computer.
I'm not all You knowHuman.
Some people are worried? Are you "some people"? Maybe.
A little.
This weatherly character -- You said they brainwashed him, right? Got him when he was a kid, Filled his head full of crap for years, All so they could get him to do some bad stuff Yeah, but what does this have to do with me, mom? Just that it seems to me, you don't need a microchip In your brain to be programmed.
I got to check on our dinner.
Moms -- what you gonna do? Yeah, I don't pretend to know what it's like To have a computer in my head.
But, uh I do know you, And there's one thing I'm certain of.
What's that? That chip doesn't make you less than human.
Makes you more than human.
I knew khutai would send someone to save me.
It's done.
I have more work, if you're interested.
I might be.
Good.
I'll be in touch.