Threshold (2005) s01e13 Episode Script

Here's where we're at.
We still have about 200 anonymous, possibly infected people in the D.
C.
area.
Who ate contaminated tomatoes.
And I haven't even had my coffee yet.
Any leads at all on any of their identities? Yeah, we were able to ID eight regular customers of that produce stand.
Were they infected? Five were tested and mutation free two were infected but they were caught.
"Caught in the act.
" They have an innate sense of how to spread the infection.
That's right.
The man we caught in Georgetown knew that unprotected sex could transfer the infection.
Federal Agents! Freeze! Drop it! Take him out! The woman in Alexandria obviously knew the tomatoes that infected her would infect others.
The spoon, sir! You said you tracked seven regular customers What about the eighth? He's a chef's assistant.
He sold his Condo and skipped town.
Yeah took three crates of tomatoes with him.
You can start an alien football team.
Our agents are tracking him as we speak.
- Great.
- What? If you're looking for a new source of stress, you're in luck.
Our pregnant alien infectee is about to have her baby.
So? We ready for this? Considering, our alien mother has had a two month pregnancy it's amazing how ready we are.
Yeah, whether it's human or alien.
How come Fenway can't do a DNA test on the fetus? His needles couldn't permeate Libby's amniotic sac.
Are you sure this crib is strong enough? For all we know, second generation aliens could be twice as strong as their parents.
Titanium is the toughest material available.
One with five times but of proteins.
Both organic ones.
Fenway has developed two concoctions patterned after breast milk.
One with five times the amount of protein.
Both organic.
Good Since we can't risk Libby taking care of the baby herself.
It's up to us.
Hey you want kids someday, Dr.
Caffrey? If you asked me three months ago, I'd tell you I was going to have three children by the time I was 39.
Preferably both sexes represented.
And now? Now I boiled all personal plans down to one simple concept Just, make it through the week.
Thanks' for pitching in, guys.
- Sure - No problem.
The lab techs went a little overboard with these baby wipes.
We have two boxes here! Are you kidding me? I bet you $50 he goes through all of that in the first two weeks.
Get out of here! Yeah, serious infants use 10 diapers a day for the first month.
How do you know that? My twin sister had three kids before we reached.
You're a twin? Yeah.
.
and no she's not a genius too.
Wow teenager with three kids Where did you grew up? Oh.
.
that's a whole different sort of, "Oprah".
Let us focus on our little E.
T.
What's up? Our two agents who were tracking our infected cook, haven't checked in for 12 hours.
Is that their van's GPS? Yeah, sitting in a postage stamp town in Virginia called Allenville Why would our cook go there? Infectees want to infect as many people as possible why flee to a nothing town instead of another Metropolis? Good question.
Let's take a look at his file.
Jason Bolton, grew up in Chicago Cooking school in New York First job in D.
C Nothing about Virginia.
What about his family? Mother, formerly Barbara Smith, Chicago native.
No brothers or sisters Father, Adam Bolton, also Chicago lifer His sister Carol, married in Phoenix Brother Graham, single, Massachusetts Wait! Dr.
Graham Bolton? Let's see Dr.
Graham Bolton author of "Sun Medals" MIT professor, Emeritus, homes in Cambridge, Mass.
and Allenville, Virginia.
Bingo! The same guy.
You know him? I know of him.
He won the Nobel Prize in Physics.
If he wasn't retired.
He would have Lucas' job.
And I bet you he would have original ways of spreading the signal.
We got to find Dr.
Graham ourselves.
Before his nephew infects him.
If our agents ran into trouble it could be because this area is so remote.
Strangers tend to stick out.
That's why we're going in with a cover, not as federal agents.
Left hand, please.
You pronounce us man and wife Just don't forget who wears the pants.
Well, here we go! "Dear.
" I'll going to put my right hand in my left jacket pocket - Excuse me, sir? - To get my license.
You must be from the city D.
C.
Did I do something wrong, officer? No, Sir, you didn't.
These roads are tricky.
I spend more time setting people straight, then giving tickets.
- Afternoon, Ma'am.
- Afternoon, officer.
You folks headed to Praetor? No, Allenville.
Ok, my mistake you are headed the right way.
Just most people going to Allenville are truckers just passing through.
We're looking at home for sale.
Yeah, a nice quiet place.
Oh, yeah lot's of quiet there.
Their Coal Mine closed down last year and cut the population three fourths.
So it seems like a good place for you.
Keep going about a mile there'll be a sign on the right.
Thank you, officer.
Have a nice day now.
Where is the address the GPS placed our van? 17 Cherry Blossom.
Perfect.
There is a house for sale, three doors down.
Let's go! The GPS spot's around the corner.
If the van's been here this amount of time, it doesn't look good for our guys.
Smile.
We must look familiar.
You've been in foxholes too long, small towns are friendly.
You hear that? Yep, it's coming from our target address.
I smell blood! Stop! Federal Agents! Stop right now! STOP RIGHT NOW! Their government.
So are we! Now put the block down.
Those were two of our best guys.
I know.
This doesn't make sense.
Parker and Taylor were too good to let Jason Bolton get the drop on them.
They probably didn't.
It did infect her.
She's dead now.
What a way to die! What are we going to do about this mess? We leave it.
It will look like an accident.
Do you think she killed them? Our guys showed a picture of Bolton to what looked like an ordinary housewife.
She surprised them.
What now? Well, we know that Bolton came here for his uncle.
Who knows how many other people he infected.
It's time to call in reinforcements.
I can't get a signal.
That's weird, neither can I.
Satellite phones work everywhere.
Let's get out of here pronto and look for a land line.
You here for lunch? No, just a root beer.
Two.
Do you have a pay phone? Oh, yeah.
Back and to the left.
You folks aren't just passing through, are you? No, my husband and I are looking to buy a house here.
Oh, I knew it! As soon as you walked in.
Here you go.
The pay phone is out of order We should buy here.
I know.
It's a great town, you'll love it.
On the house.
You're improving, so you need your protein.
- Welcome.
- Thanks.
The entire town is infected, isn't it? Yep What should we do? Eat.
That was delicious.
Thank you, very much.
I just had a t-bone an hour ago.
No problem.
See you soon.
Look forward to it.
See ya! - Thanks, for coming.
- Good bye.
-You all, take care now.
I think I'm officially a vegetarian.
What wait? If it weren't run by aliens that would be my kind of restaurant, Free steaks.
You're an animal.
At least they didn't serve us contaminated tomatoes.
They think we're already infected.
- Howdy.
- Hey.
Isn't that sweet? They must be reading our heightened brain waves.
When the three of us were infected by the alien signal, I thought it would kill us.
But it just saved our lives.
It looks like our fugitive infected the entire town.
- Allenville has 50 residents? - Yeah.
.
Even with our agents guns we don't have enough stun shells to take all of them.
We got to find a phone and we've got to find Dr.
Bolton.
The restaurant had a directory.
I have Dr.
Bolton's address.
Nice work.
Let's go.
Can I help you? Is this 7 Green Mountain St.
? No, this is 8 Green Meadow St.
I'm so sorry, we're out of towners looking at some real estate.
Hey, hey, you were the couple at the diner That's right! My name is Paulette.
I'm the caretaker for this homes owner, Dr.
Graham.
Can I offer you a protein shake? You read my mind, thank you.
No.
We can learn something.
There are lots of homes for sale around here.
We lost most of the town after the coal mines closed down.
We're mostly horse trainers in my family, but they moved on too when the Harkin's stables shutdown.
You stayed.
Thank God.
I would never have been improved, otherwise.
That's true.
Something happened to your phone.
Oh, yeah, Dr.
Graham pulled them out.
Say's there a nuisance.
So how did you two get improved? Oh.
.
our favorite pizza place in D.
C Ahh, those marvelous tomatoes Dr.
Bolton's nephew brought us some few weeks ago I made spaghetti sauce out of it for the diner and Pete used it in "specials" all week.
It must be why we feel so comfortable here.
We want to get out of D.
C.
Well, I don't blame you.
That's where Threshold is The government agency that is trying to kill us all.
Can I use your restroom? I'd like to wash my hands, please.
Sure, it's right down the hall.
Thank you.
Does anyone know why the government wants to kill us? Their ignorant.
They don't understand we're improved.
They call us monsters.
Can't we fight back instead of just running? Well, Dr.
Bolton says our strength will be in numbers.
We just have to convert more people.
Through the food? No that takes too long.
So how then? John and I want to help.
Can we meet Dr.
Bolton? Dr.
Bolton is out all day.
But, he's not our project co-ordinator.
Who is? James Hayes.
Believe it or not, he's a Threshold thug, that we improved.
Is Mr.
Hayes here now in town? He'll be back tonight.
Listen I'm sorry, but I got to get back to the market before it closes.
Well, thanks for the protein.
Do you two plan on children? Oh, a whole bunch.
Soon as we settle in.
- Oh and you'll breast feed? - Of course! Fantastic! Libby, I can't remove your restraints.
You'll have to roll over on your side so that I can give you an epidural.
I wouldn't wish the pain of childbirth, even on an alien.
I've strengthened the dosage, so you'll be perfectly safe.
Come on.
That's it.
There you are.
Listen to me, Libby.
You're an alien who wants to infect all us humans and wipe us out.
I'm a human who wants to stop you.
But for today, we need to act as patient and doctor.
Because we both want the same thing.
The safe delivery of your baby.
If anything happens to my baby, I will rip every limb off your puny body.
Interestingly, that's exactly what my second wife said, the day our son was born.
Wouldn't it have been quicker to just stun her? Instead of wait and sneak in.
Our cover is working, why blow it? I wonder what he is building? We'll find out when we catch Dr.
Bolton.
Or Hayes Molly about Agent Hayes I know.
He was one of your men.
Agent Hayes is my brother.
Baylock knows.
I know I should have told you before, but - I'm so sorry.
- Don't be I'm hunting him as aggressively as I am any other alien.
It didn't cross my mind you wouldn't.
Thank you.
I'll see what's on the computer.
While you do that, I'll check out these files.
What are you doing here? We're improved.
Can't you sense that? No one's allowed in my Uncle's lab.
We're helping him.
You're lying.
I hate being taken by surprise.
Our clock just ran down from when Hayes gets here to when this one wakes up.
That will be in about a half an hour.
I've a regular 9 mm.
Bullet at the base of the skull will do it.
No not when we have another option.
Did you bring the titanium cuffs? Yeah, two pairs.
Perfect.
Let's get him in the trunk.
Great! Miss me, but smashed your car.
Alright, how do we explain the damage? This is one nosey town.
This street only leads to town square.
Don't worry.
We have the perfect cover story.
Well, that's not a problem, I'll check it out for you.
Look at this? Whoa, whoa, whoa Look at this.
What happened to your car? Just got into a little disagreement with the misses over directions.
I kind of lost my head.
I kicked it in.
The fender is smashed pretty good.
Ah I'll fix it later.
It is bent into the wheel well.
One good bump and you're going to have a =blow out.
Take a look at it! It's okay it's at least four inches clear of the wheel.
It's good.
You two have to get the city off of you.
You're always in a hurry.
I'm sorry.
I just have a little making up to do.
I used to be a hothead, too, but self-control is important once you've been improved.
Earth materials are weak and they're going to be until we improve them too.
I guess I'm still adjusting.
I understand.
But we get an outsider passing through here sees you adjusting like this.
It might bring the kind of attention we don't want here.
You're right.
It won't happen again.
That's good.
Take it easy now.
Anytime.
We got to pull over now.
I got it! Now I look like a rage-aholic.
- Better than a human.
- Yeah.
Help me with his legs, take him to that tree.
Ready, go.
Put his leg through.
I'll get the cuffs.
Thanks.
Not even an alien can pull up a mature tree.
When he breaks the mouth tape, we are a mile out of town.
What are you looking for? Horse stables.
Why? Paulette said they're closed.
Perfect place for a large-scale project, isn't it? And why not abandoned coal mine? Because our cook has hay on his shoes, not coal dust.
Stables it is.
It's a popular place for being out of business.
There's Dr.
Bolton.
Yep.
Now what? I wish we could see inside at what they're building.
I think you're right about it not being a signal simulator.
Everybody in the area is already infected.
Unless they're building one that could tap into broadcast or even satellite frequencies.
Yeah and infect the entire region.
Lucas could figure this out.
Still nothing.
Dr.
Bolton probably put up a blocker frequency.
Does it really matter now what that thing is? I guess not.
The aliens want to build it, we want to destroy it.
And I'm really good at destroying things.
That's why I married you.
Push and breathe.
Yeah, screaming is good too.
I can't see anything.
It's not a ball game.
Here he comes, here he comes Good job, Libby.
A beautiful boy! The question is boy what? He has to do the DNA test.
He's human.
Can I hold my baby? No, Libby I'm sorry.
I have to feed him.
He'll be fine, we have an excellent formula.
No! I've seen this coming.
I need a favor.
Yeah, what? Libby's understandably upset.
She's too weak for me to move.
Can I put her in your lab? Maybe easier for her the less she sees of him.
Wait, you want us to babysit? We'll be happy to have him.
Take him to the S&M lab.
Thanks Lucas.
Where are they taking my baby? I promise, he we'll be safe.
What? I need to feed him.
You need to recover.
Just calm down! Libby, calm down! This isn't I need a nurse, stat.
Get me an amp No, don't, don't, don't.
Put the gun down! Take it easy Put it down! Kick it away.
Back up! Back up! Suppose, I am going to have to hide all my porn.
Oh.
.
what's going on? Give me my baby.
Libby escaped! I want my baby! OK cowards! What do we do? I don't know! But it's up to us.
Give me my baby.
We got to get the hell out here.
I want my baby.
Sorry, I never That's right, break him then we're really dead.
Give me my baby! Nice going, Dr.
Spock! Let's get outta here.
I got it.
This way.
She's going to hear him.
You're the pro, make him stop! You ever ride on an airplane? No one can stop a baby from crying.
We're in luck.
I have my PDA.
What are you going to text message God for help? No, smart ass.
I'm hacking into our P.
A.
system.
Here, put this on his chest.
This will throw her off.
And really piss her off.
Let's go! - In here.
- What? Hold his head up.
What are you doing? This won't work in a lockdown! Patience, Padawan! Dude! Rock in Roll.
How did you do that? Years of dating women who couldn't wait.
Hey, watch your mouth.
We'll just wait in here until our goons catch up with her.
Hey, he stopped.
I think he likes me.
Yeah, it's all the movement, keep bouncing him.
Right.
So what do you thinks' going to happen to this poor, little guy? Hey, man he's human, he's home free.
Not exactly I mean all our preparations were for the worst, but now he's just an ordinary orphan.
What's in store for him? Well, knowing Caffrey, she's probably got 10 perfect parents lined up and vetted for him.
He's going to be a lot better off than some of us.
He just, won't know who his real parents are.
Just? It's a big thing, not to know.
Says who? Me.
You're adopted? That's my "Oprah".
I know you're in there! Make it go! I want my baby! Alright, we're out of here.
She's on top! Give him to me.
Wait, I'm sending her to the roof.
Don't move.
Your neck may be injured.
I'm taking your weapon, okay? God help me.
She's upstairs, on the elevator car.
- Go get her.
- Yes sir.
We should be safe here until they stop her.
Well, they better be quick.
Because I think he's getting hungry.
Oh, great, it's Wonder Woman! What do we do? Besides regret the fact you just sent the guards upstairs.
Stop blaming me and think! I don't understand, the baby hasn't been crying.
How does she even know we're in here? It's not the baby! It's you! What? The baby's human, she can't track him.
But you got those brain waves, she's been following you.
What are you thinking? That she really wants this baby and she can track you and she doesn't care about me.
Leave me a message after the beep.
Uncle J.
T.
It's Molly.
We're in Allenville.
It's everything we expected and more.
The people are amazing.
Just the kind we've been looking for.
You should come as soon as possible.
Love that protein.
I don't have my cell phone, might as well be good for something.
- Did you get the clock? - Yeah, of course and the other bomb ingredients.
Interesting purchases.
Well, beef jerky helps keep our cover.
Well, I figured that one out but you think we have time for marital relations? Funny.
Anyone who reads the newspaper, knows to be aware of strangers buying timing devices.
But condoms and wine bought by a relatively attractive woman is a more provocative focus for a teenage clerk.
Well, there's only one hole in your theory.
"Relatively attractive" part.
We're only using the clock today, Cowboy.
Just trying to keep up our cover.
Ready to go? We are.
We can fire this thing up, tomorrow.
Now get what you need to remove the roof.
You got it.
Won't it take thousands of years for this things signal to reach If we were transmitting at the speed of light yes, but this devices tachyon pulse propagate at velocities that will reach them in days.
- Days? - Uh, huh.
Great I've got six guys who can help me with this roof.
As soon as your men are finished we'll transmit.
Then it won't be long.
Now, be careful with those fuel rods.
Stack them over there, away from sunlight.
They're definitely not using that device to spread the alien signal.
Yeah.
They're sending some kind of signal to somewhere.
They're blocking our phones, we'll block theirs.
When's the timer set? An hour and a half from now.
- Gives us just enough time to get out of here.
- Let's do it.
Sean! You know, I heard there was a new couple in town.
I knew it was you.
We've been looking for you.
Yeah well, You should be joining us.
Jimmy, we want to help you.
Oh, you want to help me! Of course I do.
You're my brother.
No, my brother's are here.
There's only one way for you to be my brother again.
Not going to happen.
Well, then you're better off dead.
We've got government agents, in the forest, near the mill.
Copy that.
We're on our way.
Nice shot.
I couldn't get a clean angle.
I know that.
Alright, we have 30 minutes until he wakes up.
Let's bring him with us.
He's their leader, we can use him.
It's too dangerous to go back to the car.
Which way? We should head for the road outside town.
That's west.
- Hurry.
- Let's go.
Give me my son.
Wait, Libby, wait, wait! This isn't your baby.
You're dead.
Alien in the ready room! Alien in the ready room! Give me my baby.
I'll kill you! Damn generators! Get off me.
I'm trying to save you.
Never shot a patient before.
You just stunned her.
She'll be fine.
What what's that? What? It's nothing.
I ran into a wall.
She was going to kill me.
We took her child I don't blame her.
We got to go faster, let me help.
It's not going to work.
We can't out run an alien mob carrying him.
- Cavennaugh! - My job is to protect you.
Ok, we'll leave him.
- What are you doing? - What do you think? No! Molly he's going to wake up soon and rejoin them.
He's a major threat.
He, is your brother.
You've got nothing to prove.
We're not murderers.
We hide him in the brush, we lose them and double back for him.
Cavennaugh! Alright.
Cover him.
There they are! I think I can see them! Go this way! - I'm out of stun shells! - Me too.
Hold it! Oh, it's you too.
What are you doing here? There are people in the woods shooting at us.
A trucker called in shots fired, I don't know whose doing it.
See it's not us, they're chasing us.
If you folks will get behind my car.
There's too many of them.
You can't take them alone.
Please.
Get in the car.
I'll get you out of here and call for backup.
Officer, we gotta go.
I picked them up.
I'm on the road.
Come on down.
We're on our way.
He can break it, we can't.
Too bad it's bulletproof.
The seat isn't.
Cover your head.
Come on.
Molly, Allenville is that way.
We got no choice.
Come on.
Molly, Cavennaugh! You're a sight for human eyes.
I never let my Niece down.
We rounded up everybody in town.
We're about to meet the rest of the community, in 5 seconds.
Weapons hot.
Stand by.
Tangos at 11 o'clock.
Drop your weapons! Rush them! - What was that? - Our tax dollars at work.
Go on.
We're gone for one day and you guys trash the place? Funny.
- How's the baby? - He's good.
Per your request, I extracted a sample of Libby's breast milk.
while she was unconscious.
It contains high concentrations of a protein called lactoferrin.
A few drops are stronger than a bushel of infected tomatoes.
So she was trying to infect the baby through milk.
I thought kids were immune.
From the alien signal and genetically altered food.
This protein came from the mother.
Baby's immune system wouldn't recognize it as a threat.
DNA Trojan horse.
Exactly.
So, did we capture all infectees from Alienville? All except for Hayes, who was gone when we went back to retrieve him.
He knows a lot about what we're doing here.
Cavennaugh should have killed him when he had the chance.
It was my call.
Lucas, we sent you Dr.
Bolton's lab files and the machine debris, anything? It was programmed to transmit a single coded frequency light years away.
A frequency for what? I looked at it, it wasn't a language.
Why else do you send a frequency other than send a message? To attract, serve as a beacon.
A beacon for what? My guess? Another alien probe to infect a much bigger part of the population.
I was able to decipher the code, programmed into the memory board, the co-ordinates are 200 meters above Washington DC.
Hi, Molly.
- What are you doing here? - I was born here.
You're an alien.
This is a dream.
This is a dream, but I'm not an alien.
You saved me and you're going to save all of us.
Soon? No.
Your plan will work, but not soon.
But we win? Yeah, but But what? You won't be around when we do.
That's okay.
Thank you.
Molly! I nodded off.
I had a dream.
Aliens messing with you again? Maybe not this time.
I hope you're going home you've had a huge day.
I'm just getting started.