Departure (2019) s02e01 Episode Script

I understand Phil
but they won't leave me alone.
Calm down. Calm down!
Don't let 'em intimidate you.
(MAN ON PHONE) You don't know
what he's capable of.
Frankly, I'm more concerned about her.
Don't be. I can take care of her.
Good. I got a train to catch.
Hello, Jordan.
Rose? Wh What are you doing here?
Just give me ten minutes.
The decision has been made.
There's nothing to talk about.
Jordan, please!
All these years,
I've never asked for anything.
I'm sorry.
No. You're not.
OK, come on Lucas.
- Where are we going?
- It's a surprise, OK?
What kind of surprise?
- (TELEPHONE RINGS)
- (BUTTON BEEPS)
Is that him?
Come on. Come on.
(PA) Final boarding for 6 PM
Toronto to Chicago, Track One.
(CHATTERING)
Go on Lucas,
our seats are just down here.
- (CHATTERING)
- She's got no power so it's done.
That grave was dug years ago.
Sorry. Ah, here. This way.
(CHATTERING)
You're not seriously gonna make
me wear this the whole way?
Just 'cause we're eloping, doesn't
mean we have to skip the fun!
Mom's gonna kill me.
Your mom loves me.
Tell her it was my idea.
Haven't been on a train
since I was a kid! It's so cool!
When I was teaching in Japan,
I rode on high-speed trains
all the time.
You lived in Japan?
You've never mentioned it!
OK, OK, but this is the first
high-speed train in North America!
(PA) Final call for the Apollo,
departing Track One.
You are gonna be so excited
when you see the ocean.
Is he on-board? Good.
Be prepared for anything.
And I don't need to remind you
what's at stake here, right?
Let me know when he's secure on arrival.
(DOOR HISSES)
(DOOR HISSES AND SHUTS)
Ready to go here, Ratch?
What do you say?
Ready to go Keith buddy.
Take her away. Don't wanna mess
with my groundhog day.
(ENGINE'S SOUND GROWS LOUDER)
(INAUDIBLE SIGH)
Where are you goin'? It's almost supper.
Just taking the truck out.
Been actin' up.
Can it wait 'til tomorrow?
What if it breaks down
Mary.
I just need to get out.
I'm alright.
She's pretty, right?
Too late! She's mine.
(WOMEN GIGGLE)
Hey Lucas. You want a snack?
Ladies and gentlemen, we are
approaching the US border.
Please have your documents ready.
Passports, please. Hey.
Thank you. Passports, please.
Your passports, please.
You're travelling without Dad today?
Oh, uh
Do you have a letter from the father?
We're just gonna visit family.
Have a safe trip.
(PA) Final call, doors are now closing.
Tonight, I have Diana Bright
who is running
for Governor of Michigan.
Let's talk about the Apollo.
Miss Bright, you campaigned
against the Apollo
and now it's a huge success.
Well, you call a piece of steel
barreling through the state
with a glorified button-pusher
at the helm a success.
It's dangerous.
But you're down in the polls
with just days to go.
Days are all you need in politics.
(KNOCKS)
V8 or V6?
V8.
Oh. Freedom of the road, little man.
Why are your hands tied together?
See, this guy here was, uh
Was trying to run away but I caught him.
- (KNOCKS)
- What's the hold up in there?
(LOUD CRASHING)
Lucas?
(BRAKES SQUEAL)
Lucas?! Oh! Stay close, Lucas.
Dispatch to Apollo,
the hell's going on Keith?
Someone pulled the emergency brake.
Computer's not telling me where.
A computer malfunction,
it can't be.
Just ignore the blasted thing.
You need to re-arm the brakes.
You remember, right?
Yeah, I remember. Thanks for
the confidence though, Ratch.
(PEOPLE IN CABIN WHISPER)
(HISS AND THUD)
(HISS) No idea why
those brakes were thrown.
Mysteries
of modern technology continues.
- Apollo, you ready to roll?
- Brakes are set.
90 PSI on the tail.
(RATCH) Sounds good, Apollo. Let's roll.
(CHATTERING)
(SPEAKER) Sorry about that folks
but we're A-OK.
Settle in, make yourself comfortable
and we'll have you
in Chicago in no time.
Apollo on the move.
Pick it up K,
I got the 278 coming your way.
Mom, we just think it's more romantic
than eating chicken
with 200 cousins, you know?
No, she's not laughing!
She feels bad too.
- (CLANGING)
- Mom? Later.
(PEOPLE CHATTER)
Ease up there Apollo,
you're headed for the big curve.
I'm trying but
the brakes aren't responding.
(SCREAMS)
(WORRIED CHATTER)
What the hell are you doing, slow down!
I can't! The computer isn't working!
(LEVEL CROSSING BELLS RING)
No!
(CRASHING)
Keith! KEITH!
(ECHOES) Keith!
(SHOUTS AND SIRENS WAIL)
(HELICOPTER WHIRS IN DISTANCE)
(PEOPLE CHATTERING)
(SIRENS)
(SHOUTING)
(HELICOPTER WHIRS)
(COUGHS AND SPLUTTERS)
Everyone says nothing
ever happens here and
- Are you OK?
- I'm sorry, who are you?
- My name
- She's with me, Sheriff.
Sheriff McCullogh this is Kendra Malley.
- Here to investigate the crash.
- You're working with the FTSA?
So it seems.
Do we have a passenger update?
160 on board, 60 fatalities so far.
Our little hospital can't handle this.
They're taking most of the injured
to Kalamazoo and Battle Creek.
There's still
over a dozen unaccounted for.
OK, let's go.
(SHOUTS AND HELICOPTER WHIRS)
(THEO) Oh my God.
What's the plan
for recovering the black boxes?
We go in as soon as the Fire Department
- says it's safe to do so.
- Lucky me.
OK. So, a high-speed train
collides with an oil-tanker
on a sharp curve.
Yeah, the truck
must've stalled on the track.
Terrible luck if it did.
Driver still behind the wheel,
never made it out of the cab.
Kendra, this is um
- Parker.
- Right.
- Hi.
- I'll be running the mort op.
I'm setting up morgue and lab
near the hospital in town.
OK, tell me. What do we know
about the train operator?
Keith Sheffield, killed at impact.
- Let's get a tox-screen done on him.
- Right yeah.
What about the rail-traffic controller.
Bill Ratch. Yeah,
he's at Rail Control in Detroit.
- Can we have him brought here?
- Yup.
Let's have Sheriff McCullogh
run these plates, please.
Yeah, you got it.
Let's have his remains picked up.
OK.
Put that at the top of your list,
please.
Why is that?
'Cause the truck is in park.
Suicide by train? And take
all these people with him?
Yeah, but an oil-tanker this size.
It should be no match
for a 600 tonne train.
The Apollo should've
sailed right through it.
OK, what about
the commuter train in Glendale?
It got taken out by an SUV.
Yeah, but the other vehicle
was pushed into a switch
that set the train off the tracks.
Right.
OK, so, uh
Maybe the train operator,
he misjudged the curve,
he came in too fast and set
the train off the tracks.
Not on the Apollo.
I mean, on it is
an automatic control system.
Maybe it could've prevented a collision
but it should've slowed
the train down enough
to prevent a derailment.
Maybe mechanical brake failure?
Or software.
OK, um, you know what,
I'll put a call into URSA
and get them to send us
the on board data.
- Jordan Cole's company?
- Yeah, the genius himself.
- Good luck with that.
- I'll circle back around, OK?
(HELICOPTER WHIRS
AND SIRENS IN DISTANCE)
(WOMAN) I think I see something!
(MAN) Flashlight!
(SIREN WAILS)
OK. Brakes are in open position.
Car-bracing casing seems intact.
It's very difficult to see
the entire length of the system.
Let me see if I can
- Ah!
- Help me.
It's alright, it's OK.
Hey, we need some help here, please!
- (WOMAN) Someone's moving!
- What's your name?
- Vivian.
- Alright Vivian, my name is Kendra.
- And this is This is Gale.
- Gale!
And Gale is gonna be with you, alright?
- It's OK just calm down.
- Where's Devon?
- AH!
- (MAN) find out
Uh. (SOBS)
(SOBS) Devon!
(SOBS) Ah!
We need a stretcher!
- Never gets easy to deal with.
- Hey! Hi!
Kendra, this is my colleague,
Charlotte Jenson.
Hi. It's an honour to work with
you Miss Malley, I'm a big fan.
Kendra, please. What have we learned
from the survivor interviews?
Well, they're all saying the same thing.
The train stopped out of nowhere
and then started up again.
Crash, boom, bang. Or I'm sorry.
Collision, explosion, derailment.
Watch your backs! Coming through!
Hey guys, hold on!
- Law officer?
- A US Marshal.
I'm Special Agent Ellen Hunter, FBI.
- Are you the crash investigator?
- Yeah, Kendra Malley.
Was the marshal
transporting a federal prisoner?
That's classified information
but your crash
just became my crime scene.
Look, I appreciate your need
for confidentiality
Listen, set a perimeter.
Make sure no one walks away
from this crash-site
without being ID'd by us.
And move, everybody.
He can't be that far, move it!
Any information pertaining to
the fugitive is on a need-to-know.
Yeah, I understand that but
if that train was derailed
to free a fugitive,
then I do need to know.
Look, I get it. You're used to
being your own boss
so this is gonna be a little awkward.
Actually, I'm used to having a boss.
In fact, I sent my last one to prison.
Oh, we're gonna get along just fine.
But you're still not gonna tell
me the name of the fugitive?
I'll tell you when I find him.
- She's blocking us.
- So what do we do now?
- Find a workaround.
- Yep.
(SIRENS)
(SHOUTING)
Oh.
How many people?
Early reports are 60 dead.
Oh. And more wounded and traumatized.
You know what they'll say.
They'll say she's making political gains
on the coattails of tragic.
Governor Martin is only five points
ahead of you in this race.
He backed this train, you opposed it.
He can't mudsling his way out of that.
You play this right, you'll
be the come-from-behind kid.
You are just like your father.
Everything is an opportunity.
Isn't that Diana Bright?
She's running for Governor, no?
Didn't take long for this crash
to become political.
Doesn't everything?
Politicians always
make everything political.
(TELEPHONE RINGS)
Howard? You're
not gonna answer, are you?
- Who's Howard?
- Hello, Howard.
Well, you've been avoiding me.
Yeah, I've been busy. I still am.
Ah, yes. That must be the reason
you've missed all my calls.
The BBC has been reporting
that you've been put in charge
of the Apollo crash.
Happy to offer my services?
No that's OK, I, uh,
have a team that I can trust.
Ah. Yes.
- Howard, I have to go.
- Kendra, wait.
- I'm sorry.
- Yeah, so am I.
lies to cover his own crimes.
I'd like to discuss
the terms of my cooperation.
(SIRENS)
- Hey. You good?
- Yeah.
Command centre is just over here.
- Excuse me.
- Wow. Damn.
OK. Well, this is us.
Hello everyone.
My name is Kendra Malley.
The FTSA have asked me to step in.
I'm sure you've just heard that
the FBI now has jurisdiction
over this investigation but
our job here remains the same.
To find out why the train crashed
and to identify those responsible.
People are dead, families are grieving,
so we'll need to pull together
to find them answers. Theo?
The Apollo is the first
high-speed automated train
in the US and the first crash.
This makes our investigation unique.
Now, so far our work-in-theories
as to what caused derailment.
Number one, obstruction, 'ie'
the oil tanker on the track.
Number two, automation software
malfunction. Number three,
driver slash dispatch, 'ie' human error
and number four, mechanical failure.
And given the presence of the FBI
and their missing fugitive, number five,
criminal interference.
- (TYPING)
- So, you think sabotage?
Do you think someone killed
all these people on purpose?
- That is a possibility.
- Wow.
So we need to check out
the on board CCTV footage
to see if we can find a face
to our missing fugitive.
OK, I'll do that.
OK. Open minds, clear heads.
So, these are the passengers
still missing.
- How old's the boy?
- Lucas Miller, age eight.
Let's make sure that the sheriff
and all his people
- are aware that there's a child missing.
- Okay.
And uh, here's the satellite image.
OK.
That's interesting.
The bend looks even sharper from above,
there's no way the train sensors
would've picked up the truck
until the last sec?
Yes. At that point,
it would've been too late.
Oh, the rail-traffic controller.
He goes by Ratch.
Sure.
Thank you for coming in Mr Ratch, I
I know this is
an emotional night for you.
Me and the operator
worked together for 20 years.
And to call his wife
I'm sorry.
I'm here to find out
what happened Mr Ratch.
Did the operator communicate anything
to you in the moments
before the derailment.
He said, um, it's not working.
What do you think he meant by that?
Computer that's supposed
to work the brakes.
Was Was the your observation,
that the automated system had failed?
Well, the train
didn't slow down, did it?
So, you figure it out.
What about the emergency stop.
- Who activated that?
- I don't have a clue.
And after the emergency stop,
wasn't it the train operator's
responsibility to manually
re-arm the brakes?
Keith got out,
he through the lever to open.
He said he did, I know he did.
- But the train failed to slow.
- It's not 'cause of Keith.
Do you know how fast
the train was travelling
when it hit the curve?
Fast. It's a high-speed train.
I was looking for an exact speed,
please Mr Ratch.
We hit an oil-tanker
sitting on the rails.
What is there to understand?
Are you trying to pin this on me?
It's late. Why don't we, um
Why don't we pick this up
in the morning, hmm?
His job's one of the few the
Union's been able to hold onto.
Yeah, last one standing.
- Do we have the black boxes?
- No, still sourcing equipment.
Speed it up? I need to find out
how fast that train was going.
I'll see what I can do.
I'm gonna head over to Parker.
- I'll see you at the crash-site?
- Yeah, you got it.
- Miss Malley?
- Yeah!
I got an ID on that tanker truck driver.
Walter Mack. He's a local.
He and his wife live a stone's throw
from the crash-site.
Great, alright. I wanna
speak to his wife, please.
I'll see what I can do.
I better get back on it.
I got my deputies keeping an eye
out for the boy in particular,
and for the fugitive
who's not supposed to exist.
Listen, have they told you
anything about the fugitive?
No but from the amount of troops
they got on the ground,
he's not up for shoplifting.
(HELICOPTER WHIRS)
It's alright, it looks
like they've dressed it.
You feeling dizzy? Why don't you
have a seat over there.
I'll come to you right after,
Right over there. I'll get you.
Excuse me, sorry. I'm from the FTSA.
Can you tell me where you have
the deceased, please.
Yeah. They've set up a morgue
in the building out back.
OK. Um, how is she? The pregnant one.
We gotta do an emergency delivery
but the OBGYN's an hour away.
Then it's up to you.
First time for everything, right?
Good luck.
- We've cleared an OR.
- Ugh. Ah!
- Let's go have that baby huh?
- Oh. OK. Ooh.
(HELICOPTER WHIRS IN BACKGROUND)
(PEOPLE WHISPERING)
(SIREN)
Kendra! Over here.
Tox-screen on the train operator
came back negative.
He was clean and sober. The tanker
driver's remains are on the way.
OK and how many of the victims
remain unidentified.
Very few.
Any chance the fugitive is among them?
The FBI came in asking the same thing.
Agent Hunter checked them all.
According to her, he's not here
but they're still
finding remains at the site.
Would you let me know
if there are any changes?
- Will do.
- Thank you.
Can I get you anything?
We We were eloping to Chicago.
It was my idea to take the train.
(SOUND ECHOES)
Stop, it's not your fault.
There was a boy with his mother.
He was so quiet.
- Have you found them.
- We're still searching.
Why don't we get that arm checked, ay?
I'll be back.
(HELICOPTER WHIRS IN BACKGROUND)
(OCCASIONAL BEEPS)
I'll take the team in to get the
black boxes when they say so.
OK.
Isn't that Jordan Cole?
Yeah. Yeah, it is.
Mr Cole! Mr Cole. Kendra Malley.
I'm the lead crash investigator.
You got here quick.
I flew into Detroit the moment I heard.
- Like a death in the family.
- Yeah, lots of families.
Can I get a copy
of the passenger manifest?
I may even know someone on the train.
Yeah, we'll be releasing the names
as soon as we notify next of kin.
Thank you. If there's
anything I can do to help.
Actually yeah.
We're waiting for your company
to send us access
to your automation software.
- You won't find a problem there.
- Regardless Mr Cole.
We're looking at all
possibilities at this stage.
Mechanical failure, human error.
I need to know why
my train crashed Miss Malley.
Yes. As do we Mr Cole.
Sorry, you have to excuse me.
Mr Cole, Mr Cole!
Can we get a statement, please?
This is the cartel tattoo.
Radio silence on this.
Matelona. That's Mexican cartel, right?
Don't you have a crash-site
to investigate?
- Is this your fugitive?
- No.
But your fugitive is part
of the Mexican cartel?
Let's just say he's connected,
and now he's on the run.
Excuse me.
OK, let's roll back. Uh.
Just after the emergency stop
and play audio, please.
Sure.
(TRAIN OPERATOR) Sorry
about that folks but we're A-OK
and on our way so settle in
and make yourselves comfortable
and we will have you in Chicago
in no time. Apollo on the move.
Pick it up K, I got the 278
coming your way.
Pause.
There was a train behind them
catching up.
Right. So Ratch asked
the operator to increase speed.
Alright, so the train
was speeding as it approached
the curve but doesn't explain
why it couldn't slow down.
Right. Um. Well.
These are the air pressure
readings in the brakes.
I mean, brakes seem to be fine
as the train starts moving.
Air pressure reads 90 in all cars.
(RATCH) Ease it up there Apollo,
you're headed for the big curve.
(KEITH) I'm trying but the
brakes not responding.
Hang on a minute.
- Air pressure's going down.
- PSI is sinking like a stone.
Can you forward
to the, um, to the crash?
Sure.
Woah, what the hell are
you doing, slow down!
I can't! The computer
isn't working! Keith!
(CONTINUOUS BEEP)
(DIANA BRIGHT) We will not
capitalize on this tragedy
but know this. Our campaign
is staying right here
in this town to make sure
people hear our message.
This is what happens
when you invest in machines
instead of the hard-working
citizens of Michigan.
(REPORTER) And her response to sources
saying that speed
was a factor in the crash.
Don't fall for their smokescreen.
When an automated train derails,
you look at the automation.
Amen.
Kendra,
you guys might wanna take a look at this
before you go.
- Um.
- What is it?
Well, I went through the CCTV footage
that you asked me to do
and I found this.
OK, so here is some guy
handcuffed to the dead marshal.
- That's the FBI's fugitive.
- Yeah.
Isn't that the missing boy?
- Lucas Miller, yeah.
- Yeah, they chat for a while.
Then boom. The emergency brakes stop.
That's interesting.
Fugitive's immediate reaction
was to protect the boy.
- That's just a reflex, no?
- Mmm.
K, but look at this.
Immediately, the two men look
out the window for something.
Or someone.
- Still haven't found the boy?
- No.
OK. Thanks, Charlotte.
(TELEPHONE RINGS IN BACKGROUND)
(SIRENS IN DISTANCE)
(SIGHS)
(TELEPHONE RINGS)
(HOWARD) Kendra?
You got me this job, didn't you?
The FTSA said,
"we want the best."
Um, I myself
am not available unfortunately.
Can't get on a plane because
of this damn ankle bracelet.
- You're out of prison?
- Mmm! House arrest now.
Getting on in years has it's privileges.
- As does having connections.
- (LAUGHS) Yeah.
I've been watching the coverage.
The tanker truck is an anomaly.
Yeah. Couldn't have derailed
the train on it's own.
Strange it was there
on the one night that something else
would go wrong with the train.
That's often when tragedy strikes.
Sequence of events
folding in on each other.
Yes. Let me know
if our connections could be of some use.
Um. I really would like
the opportunity to atone.
I have to go, Howard.
(HANG-UP TONE)
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
(EXHALES SHARPLY)
It's alright.
It's alright.
You're gonna come with me, OK?
It's OK.
(ECHOED) Hey Lucas.
(NORMAL) Just gonna check your eyes, OK?
OK.
(ECHOED) Mom!
(ECHOED) Mom!
Alright.
Not a scratch on him but he's in shock.
- Thanks very much.
- No problem.
Lucas? My name's Kendra. I'm
gonna help you find your mom.
It's OK. It's OK,
you don't have to say anything.
(FAINT WHISPERING)
It's OK.
(FAINT WHISPERING)
(TV) Jordan Cole, entrepreneur
behind the Apollo train,
built his automation technology
as a safer, cleaner answer to travel.
(REPORTER) Mr Cole,
what do you have to say
to the victim's families?
Everyone in URSA is mourning this loss.
Our thoughts and prayers
are with everyone
who has been touched
by this horrible tragedy.
Can people still trust your technology?
What happened here has nothing
to do with my automation.
Some people will say it is,
they'll celebrate this.
Truth will win out in the end.
(REPORTER) That was
Jordan Cole only hours ago
obviously shaken
by the crash of the Apollo.
A few short months ago,
Mr Cole exhibited
full confidence in the future
of his technology.
A path of rails already extends
across this country.
America built that.
And we will build from that.
The Apollo is a pioneer, forging
the past with the future.
(JORDAN COLE VO) A trailblazer
like the rocket ship she's named after.
And we are all on board.
Let's take this journey together.
(RINGING GROWING LOUDER)
It's six AM here in Rockwater, a town
devastated by the tragedy
but we must move on.
This state has proven strong before
and as both of our
candidates are saying,
we will strive through this.
Governor Martin
is speaking on his economic plan
and candidate Diana Bright
(DOOR OPENS)
I need a ride out of town.