The Event s01e17 Episode Script

Previously on The Event We're safe.
These are Thomas' people.
You okay? Your house is back there, Leila.
Are you telling me that I can't leave? We will bring all our people here and make this planet our own.
If you aren't with us, then you're against us.
I'll never go along with genocide.
I'm sorry, Simon.
I've asked everyone with White House clearance to sign the testing agreement.
You should know that there was one holdout.
Who? Your wife.
And how do you expect me to find Dempsey when he's in France? You just get us there, and I'll worry about the rest.
My contact tells me he's taken a place at the Chateau de Perrault.
Here in the town of Morez.
Arrête! Run, Sean! Run! Nice to see you again, Ms.
Roberts.
Why do you care so much about Walker? Because every time I've put an obstacle in his path, he has found some way to surmount it.
Kill her.
What have you got, agent? No signs of security in the front or back entrance of the building, other than CCTV cameras.
Listen up! Local law enforcement has locked down the perimeter, we're good to go.
Remember, we take them alive.
Yes.
It's Herbert.
They're coming.
They have me surrounded.
Stay calm.
First, send us everything you have, right now.
Listen to me, this is important.
They can't know what you've been working on.
Do you understand? Sophia, no.
Not a trace.
But Sophia, I've worked so hard.
Please, I'm so close.
I'm sorry, Herbert.
You know what you have to do.
Herbert Mills, you're under arrest! Put your hands behind your head and get down on the ground! Get down on the ground, now! On the ground! There isn't room on this planet to accommodate our entire population of 2.
5 billion, and their safety is my only priority.
So, we will have to affect changes here.
The native population will be winnowed substantially.
We're working on a weapon to make that happen quickly and efficiently.
Herbert Mills was close to finding that weapon, but the government found him last night, and then he killed himself to avoid capture.
But before doing so, he uploaded the research that he'd found.
Aaron, you'll be in charge of analyzing the data he sent.
The sooner we find the weapon and use it, the sooner our people will be safe.
I'll get right on it.
Good.
If they can find Mills, they can find any of us.
If that happens, this whole thing comes crashing down along with the future of our people.
You're right.
I've been thinking a lot about that.
We can't move forward if we have to keep looking over our shoulders like this.
We need to disrupt the government, throw it into disarray, so they stop hunting us.
At least until we find the weapon.
How? Cut off the head.
We will take out President Martinez permanently.
There were no survivors from our attack on the two busloads of Sleepers, but an analysis of clues found on their bodies led us to this man, Herbert Mills.
A ground operation was launched to apprehend him.
Unfortunately, our agents did not anticipate how far he would go to avoid capture.
This man was in a lab.
What was he doing there? We're not sure.
Before he jumped, he engaged a comprehensive protocol that destroyed most of the evidence there.
Thank you.
All we could determine was that he was studying ice-core samples.
Ice-core samples? Do you have any idea why, or where they were from? No on both counts, I'm afraid.
Well, I think it's safe to assume it has something to do with their overall goal to bring more of their own people here.
We can't assume anything.
The game has changed, gentlemen.
With their attack on the Washington Monument and our counter strike, we are now at war with the non-terrestrials.
Which means, it's possible Sophia will go on the offensive.
And if she does, we need to know what she's going to do and be ready for it.
This is a war we must win.
Maybe it's a war we shouldn't fight alone.
Maybe we should come clean about the aliens' existence to other world leaders and ask for some help.
When I want your opinion, I'll ask for it.
Mr.
President, I'm only trying to Am I understood? Yes, Mr.
President.
I'm sorry to interrupt, but Senator Lewis has asked to see you.
She says it's urgent.
We're done here.
Thank you, gentlemen.
Sir.
Thank you, Mr.
President.
Lower Ninth, after Hurricane Katrina.
We went down to rebuild The First Lady looks lovely, as always.
I have five minutes, Senator.
Of course.
The test results of our blood screenings for all White House personnel came back.
And? Everyone who took the test came back negative for non-terrestrial DNA.
Good.
Good work.
We can at least rule out the possibility of more Sleepers within our ranks.
Not exactly, Mr.
President.
Everyone who took the test came back negative.
There is still one hold out.
Your wife.
Once again, I'm comfortable with the First Lady's decision.
She's taking a moral stand, I respect that.
And so should you, Senator.
My job, the job you tasked me with, has been compromised.
Obstructed even.
And I can't allow that to happen.
What is that? I took the liberty of digging a little deeper into your wife's past.
Family history, records.
You did what? And there are inconsistencies.
There are dates and places that don't correspond.
You can't be serious.
People that don't exist.
All right, stop.
You're suggesting my wife is one of them.
So, she, what, she married me 15 years ago, in hopes that I would become president one day, and then she'd be able to infiltrate my administration? Explain to me how any of that makes any sense.
This woman, Sophia, is a brilliant strategist.
Maybe early on they identified you as promising, a political up-and-comer.
Ridiculous.
Once you were together, didn't Christina encourage your political career? Advise you? Support, even suggest your decision to free Sophia's people Enough! Listen, it's my wife you're talking about.
Any attack on her is an attack on me.
And that is a fight you will lose.
Hurricane Katrina was six years ago, wasn't it? Christina hasn't aged a day.
Get out.
Eva, did I have any calls? Just your wife, Mr.
Vice President.
How about my schedule for the rest of the day? You're wide open.
Except for a photo op at 3:00.
Photo op? With the local fire-fighters' union, in honor of their service during the attacks on the monument.
Hello? Vice President Jarvis? Yes.
Who is this? How did you get this number? It's not important.
It's Sophia.
Don't bother trying to trace this call.
The hell I won't try.
Please, Mr.
Vice President.
Don't.
We've neutralized any intercepts on your phone.
Are you alone? What? I'm asking you, are you alone? Yes, I'm alone.
Look, what the hell is this all about? You expect me to have a conversation with you? You murdered innocent Americans! And it broke my heart to do so.
President Martinez forced my hand.
If he'd been willing to negotiate, no one would have gotten hurt.
I don't believe that.
We will find you and we will punish you for what you have done.
Think about it.
It was Martinez's actions, not my own, that escalated the conflict, caused this senseless and tragic loss of life.
Why are you calling me? We both know that if things continue down this path, more of your people will end up dying.
That's a threat.
It's a plea to avoid more bloodshed.
Which is what will happen if Martinez has his way.
Avoid it how? By the two of us working together.
I'd like to meet with you in person to talk about it.
You and me working together? What exactly are you talking about? I'm talking about making you President.
Vicky! Vicky! Vicky! Vicky! Vicky! Come on.
One, two, three.
Come on.
Come back.
Come on.
Sean Impressive, Mr.
Walker.
I think it's time we had a little talk.
Luis! Luis! Help! Luis! What did you do? I It was an accident.
I was just trying to cut that and it just slipped.
Here.
Press it against the wound.
Mm.
We have a medic.
She can take care of you.
All right? Come this way.
That should heal without much of a scar, but you need to change your dressings at least two times a day.
Okay.
All done.
Do you think I could stay here for a bit? I'm still feeling a little nauseous.
Of course.
Simon, can you talk? I know my father is the one who turned you in, so I know what you must think, but I had nothing to do with it.
What do you want? Why were you gonna tell the government where we are? Because Sophia, she's bringing all of our people here.
But in order to do that, she needs to make room for them.
It means genocide for humans, Leila.
Wiping them out.
There's seven billion people on Earth, that's She can't.
That's not possible.
But it's already begun.
I managed to look through Thomas' house.
There were maps of Siberia, near Murmansk.
They're looking for some kind of weapon there.
A woman's name had been written on one of the maps.
Irina Bogdanov.
You need to get word out.
We have to stop her.
They took my cell.
I tried using the phone at the house, it's dead.
Sophia's lieutenants.
They have phones.
I want you to call the authorities.
Anyone you can get a hold of, you need to warn them.
Go.
Get help.
Go.
We'll need to sweep the room.
That won't be necessary.
It's protocol.
The room is clear.
Sir.
I trust you won't mention this to anyone.
Yes, sir.
Mr.
Vice President, I'm so glad you agreed to meet.
We have much to discuss.
The only reason why I'm here is to put an end to this.
Somehow I suspect that's not entirely true.
You're a murderer and a war criminal.
Give me one reason not to pull this trigger.
If you kill me, you'll make me a martyr for my people.
More Americans will end up dying.
Why should I believe a word you say? My people are coming here in great numbers.
The human population will have to be substantially reduced.
We will fight back.
And you will lose.
You saw the destruction that we are capable of.
Believe me when I tell you, that was only the beginning.
Why are you telling me this? It's regrettable, but some countries will have to be destroyed while others will be allowed to coexist with us.
I'm offering you the chance to save your country.
You think we'll just sit back and allow you to take over the world? That is not America.
That is not who we are.
No, no one is suggesting that you sit back.
I want you to take an active role in the new order.
I have always believed that through cooperation and trust, our people can live together.
Unfortunately, your president no longer shares this vision.
He is blinded by hatred, intent on war.
But the tragic fact remains that Martinez won't listen to reason.
Not from you, not from anyone.
So we are left with a more permanent solution.
No.
With a more rational leader in power, we can negotiate the terms of our coexistence without violence.
No.
You are that leader, Mr.
Vice President.
You hold the future of America in your hands.
This is insane.
We will help you.
It will be clean.
Untraceable.
A culmination of your lifelong devotion to this country.
I tried waiting up.
I really did.
Mm.
I love you.
So much.
Me, too.
We barely see each other anymore, and the time we have is fraught.
I am sorry.
I wanna be the man you fell in love with.
No matter how hard times are, whenever I look at you, Elias, you are.
You really are.
I can picture us in Belize.
Mm-hmm.
Where I fell in love with you.
Your head was all in those guidebooks.
Meanwhile, the sights were all around you.
Yeah, well, I didn't want to miss anything.
Slide over.
You had everything all planned out.
And you were not having any of it.
That's what I remember of it.
'Cause I didn't care about seeing the sights.
I'd seen them all before.
I only cared about being with you.
What do you mean? About what? You said you had seen everything before.
But how could you? You'd never been before that trip.
I meant pictures.
It sounded like you had been there before.
No.
You also said, at the time, that your family was there.
We never saw them.
It was so long ago, I don't remember.
Let's just go to sleep.
It's getting late.
Uh-huh.
Okay.
Got it.
I'll have the senator call you as soon as she's available.
Can I help you? I'm here to see Catherine.
The President is here.
Sir? If this is about the other day, please forgive me.
Sometimes I don't know when to stop.
Where's the file? Why? Did something happen? Where's the file? How many people know about this? Nobody but me.
Let's keep it that way.
Mr.
President? I'm sorry.
Blake, we need to talk.
Aren't you supposed to be giving a tour to someone? I will not just shut up and keep my head down.
Not when the future of our country hangs in the balance.
Okay.
The President's hatred for Sophia is clouding his judgment.
Is that right? His refusal to negotiate with her will only lead to massive death and destruction.
You honestly expect him to negotiate with a terrorist responsible for hundreds of American casualties? Hundreds will turn into millions.
You saw what they're capable of.
We can't back down at their first show of strength.
I shouldn't need to tell you Blake, we will lose this war.
We will lose everything.
Compromise, diplomacy, that's what's needed here.
The President's relationship with Sophia is poisoned.
But maybe I can talk to her.
What? I have diplomatic experience.
Let me see if I can come up with some kind of an agreement.
A treaty for coexistence.
You can't be serious.
This country means everything to me, Blake.
Just give me a chance to preserve our nation and our way of life.
I can help, I promise you.
You promise? You think a promise from you means anything? After everything you've done, you expect to lead negotiations with a non-terrestrial enemy.
Just one more chance, that's all You used your last chance a long time ago.
Blake As far as I'm concerned, you should be in prison.
The President is letting you play out your term for appearances only.
No one trusts you.
And no one forgives you.
You have a year and a half left.
So, please, Raymond, just shut up and keep your head down.
Mills used soil frozen in the ice cores to help pinpoint the location of the weapon.
The shifts in mineral composition and desiccation led him to focus on a 1.
8 square kilometer region near the Dolgan Coast.
Thank you, Aaron.
We're close to finding it.
So close.
Mr.
Vice President.
I've thought about your proposal.
Good.
I love this country.
I know.
That's why I came to you.
I don't think I could live with myself, knowing I I could have prevented the death of millions.
The end of our nation, the end of our civilization as we know it.
I don't see any other way but to work together.
You made the right decision.
Your people will thank you one day.
My God, I pray that you're right.
Follow my instructions and by this time tomorrow, you'll be leader of the free world.
Everything okay? Yeah, everything's fine.
Would you like to come in? I could really use a drink.
Yeah, you and me both.
Do you want me to take your jacket? Sure.
Thanks.
Listen, I'm gonna go use the bathroom real quick.
I'll be right back.
911 operator, what is your emergency? Please, you have to help me.
I'm being held by the people who blew up the Washington Monument and they're planning something else.
Ma'am, just relax and tell me where you are.
I don't know.
It's a housing development and there's woods.
That's all I know.
Open this damn door! Ma'am, are you okay? I need my phone back! Please, can't you trace this call? I've already tried a location track, but the GPS on your phone is deactivated.
You don't understand! They're going to kill Open the door! Ma'am? He's kicking the door down! Please, you have to Give me the phone, Leila.
Give me the Mr.
Walker, I can see in your eyes how you feel about me, but you should know that everything I've done was with the best of intentions.
So I could stop what's about to happen.
He's insane, Sean.
Don't listen to him.
The non-terrestrials have been coming here for thousands of years.
I am part of a tribe of sentinels, who have been here just as long trying to protect humanity from them.
Right now, the biggest threat we face, is from a woman that you know as Sophia.
You're wrong.
She's trying to protect us from her own people.
She may have been.
But it became clear to us that eventually she would dedicate herself to our extinction.
How could you know that? Our sentinels have been around for more than three millennia.
We can see the real tapestry of history, the larger sweeping events to come.
This tells us that someone outside of our group might be able to stop Sophia.
It seems obvious to me now that someone is you.
Look at the path that you've carved for yourself since the beginning.
A young man without resources taking on the government and myself, to the point where you've tracked me way out here.
Managed to save Ms.
Roberts' life.
That was the point where your place in the tapestry of events was clear.
What do you say to that, Mr.
Walker? The truth.
The truth is you're a monster.
An evil, crazy old man with enough money and power to force everyone to pay for your delusions.
As long as I'm alive, I'm gonna do whatever it takes to stop you and make you pay for everything that you've done.
I would expect no less.
But I have to move you away from that now and on to what really needs to be done.
I see only one way to do that.
This man will give you something that should be helpful.
It's not clear if you'll be able to stop Sophia, or how, but you have the best chance.
My God! Come on, we gotta go.
Let's go.
You okay? Careful, it may be rigged with a charge.
He had plenty of opportunity to kill us.
What is it? I don't know.
What? I'm just trying to make everything add up.
Why? What he told you doesn't make any sense.
I know that, but it did to him.
Otherwise, why kill himself? Why give us this? I don't know, but insane people never think they're insane, Sean.
Anything else to do with Dempsey, with what he said, you have to forget it.
There's nothing else to do here but get the hell out.
Who is that? Hello.
Sean.
Leila? Sean, there's so much to say but I can't right now.
What's going on? They want to take over.
What? Who? My father's people.
Even if it means killing everyone.
She's the one who's responsible for blowing up the Washington Monument.
I was there when she gave the order.
Who are you talking about? Sophia.
Thomas Thomas, her son, died, and she's trying to save her people.
They're looking for some kind of weapon in Siberia, near a place called Murmansk.
Okay, just tell me where you are and I can I don't know where I am.
Forget about me, you have to stop her.
I don't know how much time you have, but not long.
I also have a woman's name, Irina Bogdanov.
She may be involved.
I don't know anything else.
I just Leila? Leila! Where did you get this? Leila, talk to me.
I know what Sophia is trying to do.
Who did you call? What did you tell them? How could you be a part of this? I don't know what kind of damage you may have just caused, but if Sophia finds out, I won't be able to protect you.
Hi.
I'm wide awake.
All I needed was a better book.
What's wrong? What's that? It's a file on you.
On your family.
Elias I didn't commission it.
Senator Lewis did on her own.
Because I wouldn't take a blood test? Because she was suspicious.
Because she had good reason to be.
You read it? I couldn't.
I couldn't because I need you to tell me.
Christina, look at me.
Is there something about you that I need to know? Tell me.
I can't.
As your husband, as the man you love, tell me.
I wanted to.
From the moment I knew that we would spend our lives together.
I wanted to tell you, but the words just never came.
I thought they would destroy us.
So, every year I just buried it, deeper and deeper, until I thought it was gone and I was safe.
And we were safe.
Christina.
My parents are not from Cuba.
Where are they from? The Dominican.
What? They're here illegally.
America would have turned them away.
The Dominicans, the Haitians, only the Cubans were getting amnesty, so my parents lied.
They forged these documents, and found their way to Cuba, and came here on the boats.
Illegally, so that I could be free.
I'm sorry, Elias.
No.
I'm so sorry.
What will this do to you if it comes out? We'll figure that out.
It's okay.
Everything is okay, it's done.
It's done.
Vice President Jarvis, this is Dr.
Lu.
She's the acupuncturist you requested.
Dr.
Lu, thank you for seeing me on such short notice.
It's my pleasure to be of service to such an important man.
Those look sharp.
Very sharp.
But you won't even feel it.
Quick and painless.
And the problem will be eliminated, for good.
Hey, Jake, give me a minute to get dressed.
Good morning.
Jarvis has it.
Will he use it? He's naive enough to think he can save his country, but once we have our weapon, nothing can.
Let's go! Let's get it out of the ground! To the right! Good morning, Mr.
Vice President.
Good morning.
I guess I'm a little early.
Only by a few minutes.
Can I get you some coffee? No, thanks.
I'll help myself.
Do you have any more of those croissants you had yesterday? I'll get those right away.
Thank you.
Good morning, Mr.
President.
All right.
Let's deal with any issues on the hill first.
Let's get that out of the way.