The Gifted (2017) s02e01 Episode Script

1 THUNDERBIRD: The X-Men are gone.
The government's cracking down.
If mutants are gonna survive, it's up to us.
JACE: We're pursuing terrorists.
Our country, our species is under attack.
We're up against people that don't think of us as human.
We love like they do.
We die like they do.
My family needs help.
[SIREN WAILING.]
[GRUNTS.]
Come on! Let's go! Go now! What your kids can do Their power is incredible.
This is our family history.
They're "rumored to be part of a shadowy organization called the Hellfire Club.
" - On the ground.
- Fire.
- [GUNFIRE.]
- Fire.
- Fire.
- No, no! - [GUNSHOT.]
- What are they doing here? We need your help.
Make no mistake, the humans will come for us all.
- Those girls are liars.
- Are they? ESME: Your father was a member of the Hellfire Club.
I can see your father's power in you.
I think about our own kid and the world we're bringing that baby into.
You want to protect the child? Join us.
It's time to make a new world.
[SCREAMS.]
I can't help you do this.
The people we're here for They know who they are.
You are not taking our son.
No, no.
[GASPS.]
It's my decision.
Don't try to stop me.
REEVA: I know that a lot of you are upset about what happened in Atlanta.
I asked you here today so we could put that behind us.
You want answers.
Well, I have them, if you will just listen.
What do we all want? It's simple.
We want peace.
We want freedom.
We want to feel safe in our homes.
Let's be honest.
None of that happens unless mutants have a place of their own.
In Atlanta we found new mutants, strong enough to make that dream come true.
And did we break a few rules? Maybe But we did it for the sake of a dream we all share.
Let's press forward to building a future that we have together.
[WILLIAM CLAPS SLOWLY.]
Enough.
A very pretty speech, Reeva.
Bravo.
But the mutant homeland project has beenmuiscussed and dismissed.
- It is too dangerous.
- Dangerous for who, William? Mutants are dying.
I didn't claw my way out of the mutant slums of Chicago just to sip martinis in comfort while our people suffer.
I earned a seat at this table by taking risks.
Oh, we're well aware of the risks you took.
You and your pets.
You know what they say, William.
Well-behaved women rarely make history.
Recruiting a mentally unstable pregnant woman? A child? You are talking about Polaris.
How often does a mutant like her come along? Once a decade? Once a generation? The Von Strucker family helped to build this Hellfire Club.
It doesn't matter.
As one voice on the council, you had no right to make this decision.
You acted completely without authorization.
[SCOFFS.]
If we waited for your authorization, we'd never do anything.
William, the girls acted on my instructions.
- You had no right.
- Your plan is insane.
.
WILLIAM: The point is you acted without the blessing of the Inner Circle.
Yes.
[EXHALES.]
Well, I've always believed that it is better to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
[DEEP BREATH.]
[SINGING HIGH TONE.]
[GASPS.]
[CLEARS THAT.]
Forgive me.
[CHUCKLES.]
Hey.
Are you ready to go? You don't have to come, you know.
What do you mean? You go, I go.
Something wrong? When I dreamed of having a baby, I I thought I'd be with family.
ANDY: Lorna, it's gonna be okay.
We're your family now.
I'm here if you need anything.
So if I get preeclampsia, what will you do? My best.
[BOTH CHUCKLE.]
Shall we? OFFICER: This is Sentinel Services.
This is a raid.
Come out with your hands up.
We've surrounded the building.
Surrender immediately.
I repeat, we have you surrounded.
Surrender immediately.
[DOG BARKING.]
Freeze! Get down! [OVERLAPPING SHOUTING.]
Wait! We didn't do anything! We didn't do anything! Girls, run! - Get out! Get out! - [GUNSHOTS.]
- What's happening? - Oh, God.
We have to get out.
We have to get out.
Jazmine, stand back and take cover.
[JAZMINE SCREAMS.]
DISPATCHER [OVER RADIO.]
: All local law enforcement, be advised of action at Liberty Park housing complex.
[CONTINUES INDISTINCTLY.]
[LINE RINGING.]
REED: Hey, John, it's me.
Something just came up on the scanner.
Sentinel Services is raiding Liberty Park complex.
They just notified local police.
All rit, tell Lauren and Clarice.
We'll need everyone on this.
Marcos! - We got to move, now! - How bad? Bad as it gets.
[OVERLAPPING SHOUTING.]
Stay down, mutie.
[SHOUTING.]
Stay down.
OFFICER: Get on the ground.
THUNDERBIRD: I tracked two groups.
One came this way.
Where are they? In there.
Whoa.
H-Hey, whoa! Chill.
Don't do whatever it is you're about to do.
We're the good guys.
Let's go.
Hey, I found the first group.
I think the second one went into the storm drains on the north side.
Yeah, we're on our way.
Sounds like we made it just in time.
Maybe.
We haven't saved anyone yet.
Something wrong there, sunshine? Sorry, it's just It's the third raid this month.
I know it's a lot, but that's why we're here, right? Right.
Where are they? No one's here.
[LOUD THUMP.]
CRISTINA: We have to get out! MAN: Got a group inside! - They're coming in.
- We have to run! There's no other way out.
[OVERLAPPING CHATTER.]
Open the door now! We will shoot! Go! Now! Run! [MEN GRUNTING.]
DR.
KELSEY: We've got a punctured lung in Two.
- Can you handle this on your - It's fine.
I've got it.
- It hurts.
- I know.
- Just breathe.
Not much longer.
- [SCREAMS.]
Okay, Cristina.
- Oh, God.
- Cristina, I need you to control your powers.
All right? Just keep breathing.
- I have to stop the bleeding.
- [STRAINING.]
Breathe, breathe.
Almost there.
Okay, okay.
Okay, that's it.
That's it.
Did you find my sister? Her name is Jazmine.
She's only 12.
We got separated after my parents got killed.
I As soon as we're done here, we'll ask, okay? Uh, the place that you were living, there were lots of mutants there? I guess.
Why? I lost someone, too.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
[BUTTONS BEEPING.]
Hey.
How'd it go in there? Oh Well, I plugged a lot of leaks.
I made papers and IDs for the people we picked up.
Should be good enough to get 'em out of town, but Reed.
What are we doing here? Hey.
We rescued ten people.
That's a good day.
I-I asked the ones I treated about Andy, but no one knew anything.
Of course, I can't even use his real name since the police think we're all dead.
[SNIFFLES.]
Just have to keep on trying.
No, we have already searched for so long.
All those cities.
When John tracked Andy and Lorna to D.
C.
, I-I hoped I know.
I did, too.
REEVA: Well, Lorna, what do you think? POLARIS: This is where I'm giving birth? Lovely.
What-what is it? It was originally a munitions warehouse.
All stone and concrete.
We'll modify it, of course, for your comfort.
POLARIS: A comfortable munitions warehouse.
This was the only place strong enough.
[GROANING.]
[TIRES SCREECH.]
[PANTING.]
Sorry.
The baby's just kicking.
REED: I know what happened yesterday was hard on all of us.
Losing Liberty Park was a blow.
But because of what we did, ten mutants and their families get to start new lives today.
So we should try and focus on that.
I organized transportation for the folks we took in, got 'em documents.
Shatter's crew in Baltimore are gonna take most of 'em, get 'em someplace safe.
Cristina, the girl that cut her hand, she doesn't want to leave without her sister.
Can you find her? I don't know.
The trail's a day old.
Well, we can try.
Right? Maybe she can stay at our place for a while? Mm-hmm, mm-hmm.
All right.
If that's all Hang on.
There's one more thing.
I've been asking around, and I think I might - have found something.
- About Andy and Lorna? ECLIPSE: Not exaly, but you remember those hackers - we heard about? - CAITLIN: The mutants who can - get into the computer systems? - Yeah.
I talked to the main guy.
His name's Wire.
- I reached out.
- What? You said those guys were criminals.
- We discussed this.
- We said we weren't gonna pursue it.
Well, maybe we should.
What else do we have? The only thing keeping us safe right now is the government thinks we died in Atlanta.
- We have to be careful.
- My kid's abouthinks wto be born, John.
Maybe I'm done being careful.
[POLARIS HUMMING.]
[GRUNTS, INHALES SHARPLY.]
- [PANTING.]
- [KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
Hi.
Just came to see if you were okay.
Look, if this is about the car The pregnancy's been affecting my powers.
- I'm trying to control it.
- I am not worried about the car.
Look, it's just [EXHALES.]
being here, alone.
Lorna.
I get it.
The first thing I ever felt was alone.
I was hated for my poverty, then for the color of my skin, then for my powers.
But we are here to change that.
Together.
We need you.
You've needed other people before.
What do you mean by that? I hear things.
Rumors.
About the mutants that were part of the Inner Circle before.
[SIGHS.]
Have I made sacrifices? Yes.
I lost good friends, Lorna.
But for the sake of what it is that we are building, I would sacrifice anything.
You're gonna be fine.
The girls are taking care of everything.
Name? Our names don't matter.
Right.
Sorry about that.
I-I don't understand.
You want me to get everyone to leave? Today? Yes.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
I-I can't do that.
Actually, you can.
PHOEBE: You handle class-one toxic materials.
Tell them there was a spill, and evacuate.
And then keep your mouth shut.
Forever.
MAN: There are laws.
I-I can't just hand this place over to a bunch of A bunch of what? Just to be clear, we can make you do whatever we want.
The cash is just easier.
The question today isn't whether this place is ours.
The question is whether you give it to us, or we take it.
It's done.
[ZINGO WHINES.]
THUNDERBIRD: What? - Want this? - [BARKS.]
Here.
Here you go.
You sure you don't want anything to eat? I can't.
I keep thinking about my sister.
Hey, don't underestimate John just because he can rock a man bun.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- He's very good at tracking people.
Do you really think he can find her? Well, if he found me, believe me, he can find anybody.
Here.
Try to get some rest.
[THUNDERBIRD SIGHS.]
You're sexy when you do dishes.
[CHUCKLES.]
Thanks.
Hey, how's she doing? Uh, she'll be okay.
She's not really the one I'm worried about right now.
Did you see Marcos? I swear, the closer we get to that baby's due date, the less rational he gets.
I know.
I'll talk to him, all right? [LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
Do you really want to get me in the mood? [LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
Finish the dishes.
All right.
That's manipulative.
It's highly effective, though.
Hey, sorry to be back so late.
It's okay.
How was Baltimore? Fine.
[EXHALES.]
We got lucky at the checkpoints.
Everyone made it through safe.
How was the shelter? It was fine.
REED: You making any friends down there? LAUREN: Not really.
- Unless you count Ivan.
- [SHARP RINGING.]
He mainly talks to himself.
[RINGING STOPS.]
REED: Maybe it's time we found you a job.
Someplace you can meet people your own age.
Reed, most of the information we have Lauren got through people she met at the shelter.
I know, but her sole focus can't be just looking Her little brother is still missing.
Finding him isn't a priority? Of course it is.
But she needs to live her life.
I don't mind the shelters.
Really.
- Lauren - Look, could we do this later? I need to be alone right now.
[HORN HONKING IN DISTANCE.]
Andy? Andy.
[GASPING.]
[PANTING.]
: Oh, my God.
[LAUGHS.]
: Your hair.
What your clothes.
I wasn't sure it was you.
- No.
- Why are you fighting? - This is who we are.
- No.
No, let go.
It's who we're meant to be.
No, let go! No! No! [GASPING.]
It was weird.
It didn't feel like a dream.
You think you saw him? You saw Andy? Yes.
He looked older, different.
Where were you? It was a parking garage.
I could see the Capitol.
So-so you were here? - Cait.
Cait? - In the city.
Let her catch her breath.
I am just trying to figure out what happened.
This could be important.
Maybe, but it could just be a dream.
They used their powers together, Reed.
They-they said they could see through - each other's eyes.
- Mom.
Mom.
It might not have been him.
It's all fuzzy now, and I'm sorry.
No, it's it's all right.
Let's just, um forget it.
- [SNIFFLES.]
- Hey.
Hey.
I'm gonna go get you something to drink.
[SIGHS.]
[DIALING.]
[LINE RINGING.]
ECLIPSE [ON PHONE.]
: Caitlin? The mutant hacker you reached out to.
I want to talk to him.
Okay.
Um I thought they wanted us to wait.
I think Andy might be close.
I'm done waiting.
[WORKERS SPEAKING INDISTINCTLY.]
Make sure these are tight.
The joints need to be sealed.
Yeah, they're in.
Make sure you double-check, all right? Lorna, we've been chatting with the doctor.
He's concerned that you shouldn't be exerting yourself.
I'm just getting things ready.
I'm fine.
Ms.
Dane, with all due respect, you had a pre-term contraction that moved a 6,000-pound car.
You should be on bed rest immediately.
Fine.
Andrew, would you mind helping them outside? Of course.
REEVA: Doctor.
Andy, I, uh I need to talk to you.
What's up? I have a bad feeling.
I think the birth may not go well.
You're crazy.
You got everything you need.
You've got a great doctor.
Things can still happen, okay? If something does go wrong, and it it comes down to me or the baby, sh She will choose me.
Do you understand? I need you to protect the baby.
Wh-What do you mean? What am I supposed to do? Andy, you are a Von Strucker.
Stop them.
However you have to.
Promise me.
Yeah.
Okay.
I promise.
You really think I need these? Well, Sentinel Services could still be around.
Better to be safe.
And tracking down Cristina's sister - could take a while.
- Well, I don't feel safe.
I feel exposed and I look basic.
I mean, I can't portal with these stupid things.
You know, I can't see the portal.
The energy.
- You know, the stuff.
- Yeah.
Maybe if you practice.
That's like asking someone to practice darts blindfolded.
In a hurricane.
- Is it? Oh.
- Yeah, it is.
It's impossible.
Have you talked to Marcos yet? Not yet.
Behold the powerful Thunderbird, who bravely avoids talking to his best friend.
[LAUGHS.]
All right, come on.
[CAR ALARM BLARING IN DISTANCE.]
You sure you want to do this? - I called you, remember? - Yeah, I know.
But the guy we're talking to is erratic.
He's got a bit of a drug problem.
You know how Kick addicts can get.
I don't care what he's on, as long as he knows something.
Well, look, he may know something.
Okay, listen, when we get inside, let me do all the talking.
If things go sideways, I'll handle it.
I've been training, you know.
I'm not talking about a few pull-upsin with John at the scrapyard.
These guys, they play for keeps.
Great.
I'll just stand there and look human.
[DOOR BUZZER SOUNDS.]
[LOCK BUZZES, LATCH CLICKS.]
You looking for Wire? He's back there.
Hi.
So, what is this? Thought this was a one-on-one meeting.
She's just a friend.
I'm interested in the same thing he is.
Okay, maybe you two are confused about how secret meetings work.
Okay, more interested friends is a bad thing, not a good thing.
She's cool, all right? Did you find anything? No, dude.
I set up this meeting to tell you I got nothing.
I always get something, bitch.
I make love to the machine, and the machine gives me everything that I want.
Can we get to the point, here? The point, uninvited friend, is that this Hellfire Club, they're into some heavy stuff.
Stuff light-hands here didn't bother to bring up when we made our little arrangement.
Which leads us to a bit of business.
Hey, oh! Ah-ah.
Ah-ah.
Hands in your pockets there, bright boy.
We're renegotiating.
Okay? ECLIPSE: Wire, don't do this.
We don't have any more money.
Well, then we may have a problem.
'Cause these people you're looking for? They got money.
Okay? You can't pay for them, maybe they could pay for you.
- Hey! - [GRUNTING.]
[WIRE GROANING.]
Ow! Ow! [CAITLIN PANTING.]
Okay, Sparky.
You need to listen very carefully.
You need to send your friends away and give us what we came for, or you're gonna get a bullet to your motherboard.
- One, two - [SHOUTS.]
She's only gonna count to three, man.
WIRE: Okay, okay! Ch-Chill! WIRE: I think we can agree there were mistakes made on both sides.
Let's just walk away, let's just forget ECLIPSE: Yeah, the time to call it off was - before you tried robbing us.
- I'm just trying to help.
Your friend, here? She's hurt.
She took a bullet to the chest.
CAITLIN: It's just a grazed rib.
You want to see what a bullet to the chest looks like? Keep stalling.
- Just get - [SNAPS FINGERS.]
Get out.
Okay.
Listen.
[CAITLIN PANTING.]
Okay, this Hellfire Club, um, they spun off something called the Inner Circle.
Maybe there was a management change, maybe Hellfire Club sounded gratuitously sinister.
And this Inner Circle? It's well hidden.
Like, very well hidden.
Like, 12 layers of shell companies hidden.
Check it.
So this account's at a Caymans bank owned by an outfit in Panama that runs all its business through Mauritius.
And the money? $55 million, U.
S.
, right there.
And they got dozens just like it.
Anything on where they are? Yeah, genius.
They put their home address on their secret accounts.
We don't care about the money.
We want to find the people.
Okay, see, that's where you're wrong.
You do not want to find the people.
Because one thing is very, very clear.
You mess with these guys, you disappear.
Now, what does that mean, exactly? Am I speaking too fast? If you steal from them, you go away.
If someone sues them, they go away.
That's why I wanted more money, Marcos.
'Cause I'm scared of the bad people.
Okay, you can go ahead and shoot him now.
Just tell us what they're doing.
All I know is they got big plans, I'm not getting in the way.
You want more? It's all in there.
Knock yourselves out.
Thanks, man.
This was fun.
Don't do drugs.
I-I don't understand.
Did you find Jazmine or didn't you? Well, we tracked her across the city.
BLINK: Seems she was trying to get out of town.
She got to the bus station.
Then what? It looked like she got picked up.
Oh, God.
But hey, hey, look, there was no sign of a struggle.
All right? We're still hoping that one of our people took her in, we're reaching out now.
LAUREN: That's good news, okay? If Sentinel Services found her, there definitely would have been a struggle.
We're gonna find her, all right? It's just gonna take a little while.
We're gonna follow up with our contacts, you're gonna stay with us, we'll Oh, great.
- LAUREN: Mom, what happened? - It's all right.
THUNDERBIRD: Marcos, what the hell's going on? Just paid Wire a visit.
Things went a little sideways.
- It's fine.
- You what? Are you insane? Guess we missed the invite.
We got what we went for.
You know where they are? No, but it's something.
It's a step in the right direction, okay? Yeah, yeah, Marcos.
It's a triumph.
[PHONE RINGING.]
Hello.
THUNDERBIRD: Reed, it's John.
Listen, I need you to grab a suture kit and some bandages - and get home now.
- Why? What's going on? It's Caitlin.
- [SHARP RINGING.]
- She was grazed by a bullet.
She's gonna be fine.
It's just you should get here as soon as you can, man.
[GASPS.]
[GROANING.]
[GRUNTING.]
No.
No, no.
No.
[GRUNTING.]
POLARIS: Really, it's all right, Andy.
You can go to bed.
It's no problem.
I'm fine keeping you company.
Are you feeling sick or? No, just just tired.
You want me to pitch more baby names? I got a bunch.
[CHUCKLES.]
The old ones were bad enough.
You should be naming porn stars, not babies.
- What's wrong with Bolt? - [SCOFFS.]
Besides, you haven't heard the new stuff.
[POLARIS GROANING.]
Lorna, what is it? What's wrong? Are you? Get them, Andy.
Get them.
It's time.
The baby's coming.
- Okay.
Okay.
- Go, go, go, go.
Everything metal, lock it down now! I think it's time.
It's okay.
Just-just hold on.
It's not that simple.
I can't control I ca [SCREAMS.]
REEVA: Get her inside! DOCTOR: We're not ready.
We need more time.
It seems the child disagrees.
You're the mutant specialist.
You'll figure something out.
You could've been killed.
What else could I do? Knowing there might be information out there So what now? We're just gonna run around the country again, chasing down bank accounts? Well, it's better than nothing.
Is it? Look at us.
We searched for six months and it got us nowhere.
We can't just give up.
Our son was taken, Reed.
No, he wasn't, Mom.
He left.
So did Lorna.
We can't just keep acting like Andy was kidnapped.
He knew what he was doing.
She's right, Cait.
He's 15, he LAUREN: He's too young to fight? This war came to him.
And this is what he chose to do about it.
- He's your brother.
- I know that.
I know him better than you can possibly imagine.
And I'm telling you he left us.
[GROANS.]
[SCREAMING.]
You're gonna be okay.
We're all here.
Just-just breathe.
- I'm trying to breathe! - DOCTOR: Push again.
[POLARIS SCREAMING.]
I know Lauren's upset, but she can't dismiss her own brother.
I don't think she's doing at.
She has a point.
Sometimes we get so focused on this search that we ignore other issues.
It's not just Lauren.
What-what are you talking about? [KNOCK ON DOOR.]
Guys, you have to see this.
Both of you come to the roof now.
What is it? Just come.
Trust me.
[POLARIS SCREAMING.]
DOCTOR: Keep pushing.
[SCREAMING.]
[TIRES SCREECHING.]
What's going on? It's her.
She's out there.
It could be, but we don't know that for sure.
Look, how long was I with Lorna for? I know her powers.
I know what they look like, sure as hell know what they feel like.
Why would she be doing this? I don't know, but I am telling you this is her.
Oh, my God.
Oh, my God, of course.
- What? - Contractions.
I think she's having the baby.
[POLARIS SCREAMING.]
Keep pushing! [POLARIS SCREAMING.]
- DOCTOR: Something's wrong.
- What is it? DOCTOR: She's not dilating.
Her blood pressure is off the charts.
She won't be able to take this much longer.
She's fine.
She just needs to keep pushing.
Come on.
[GROANS.]
Doctor, we are not going to lose her.
DOCTOR: You don't understand.
It's not a medical issue.
I-It's a mental block of some kind.
It happens sometimes.
If we don't do something soon, she could die.
[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY.]
I can't see it.
Can you see it? Hang on.
- What do you see? - There.
That way.
Follow the power lines.
This is too slow.
This is too slow! Can't you just blink us there or something? Okay, A, we're miles from there, and B, we don't know where we're going.
How many times do I have to tell you I'm not a freaking wizard? Yeah.
Hold on.
[BLINK GRUNTS.]
[WHISPERING INDISTINCTLY.]
- What are you doing? - We're gonna take care of this.
[POLARIS GRUNTING.]
[POLARIS SCREAMING.]
No, I need to know exactly what you're doing.
If you're gonna hurt the baby, I We are here to help the baby and Lorna.
She needs to remember what she's fighting for.
What we're all fighting for.
That's all we're doing.
I promise.
Andy, please.
Look at her.
She needs us.
[SCREAMING.]
- Okay, okay.
- Lorna.
I need you to listen to me now.
The surge is getting stronger.
We must be getting closer.
Your dream was right, Lauren.
Andy is here.
REEVA: You need to be strong.
We're gonna show you why we're here.
We're gonna show you the dawn of a new age.
Hey, Lorna.
Lorna, look at me, look at me.
It's okay.
[POLARIS GASPS.]
WOMAN: Today we commemorate a new era of peace and prosperity for all mutantkind.
GIRL: Mommy.
We did it, baby.
We really did it.
[GASPING.]
Do you see that? That's for her.
Do you want that? More than anything.
Then show me you can do this.
I will save your blood For years [SCREAMING.]
And I ll brave Your flood to breathe And I will save Your blood for years No.
No! No, what happened? What happened? The whole grid went silent.
The power went out everywhere.
Marcos, I'm so sorry.
What does-what does what does that mean? Is she dead? The baby? What does it mean, John? I don't-I don't know, brother.
ECLIPSE: We were so close.
No! [SHOUTS.]
[CRIES.]
For years And I will brave Your flood To breathe Hello, Dawn.