The Gifted (2017) s02e02 Episode Script

1 I've always believed that it is better to ask for forgiveness than for permission.
[SINGING HIGH TONE.]
Forgive me.
Sentinel Services.
On the ground! - What's happening? - Girls, run! Get out! CRISTINA: Did you find my sister? - Her name is Jazmine.
- I'll ask, okay? Baby, what are you doing in our little girl's name? - I quit.
- The mutant hacker.
- I want to talk to him.
- Hey! [SHOUTS.]
- Give us what we came for.
- Knock yourselves out.
It's Caitlin.
She was grazed by a bullet.
[GRUNTING.]
My name is Evangeline.
We need people like you.
You think you're the only one with demons inside you, Ms.
Dane? [SCREAMING.]
Whole grid went silent.
[GRUNTS.]
No.
Hello, Dawn.
[BELL CLANGS.]
[CROWD CHEERING.]
[GRUNTING.]
Come on! [CHEERING.]
[PANTING.]
MAN: Kill that mutie! [GRUNTING.]
Yeah! Come on! [COUNTRY MUSIC PLAYING OVER RADIO.]
EVANGELINE: If I didn't know any better, I'd say you were holding back in there.
A crowd likes a good show.
Tell me something.
Is this really who you want to be? [CHUCKLES.]
What can I say, lady? I'm living the dream.
Look, I would love to sit here and chat with you, but I got another fight in ten and, uh, I got to hydrate.
Then I'll be brief.
My name is Evangeline Whedon.
I worked with the X-Men before they disappeared.
I need your help.
Do I look like I'm in any shape to help anyone? I'm an attorney, not a therapist.
I'm not here to give you a hug.
I'm here to give you a chance to stop wasting your life.
- You don't know anything about my life.
- I know you grew up on a reservation too poor to pave its roads.
I know you served two tours in the Marines with decorations for bravery, and got kicked out after 7/15.
All my life, I wanted to be a lawyer.
And I worked my ass off.
I became the youngest prosecutor in Philadelphia history.
And then my mutant powers came out.
Turns out, the D.
A.
had an issue with mutants.
I lost everything.
I was close to ending it when the X-Men found me.
So you're here to give me a reason to live? Our Underground station in Atlanta.
We want you to help lead it.
What? Look at me.
Why? [PEOPLE CHEERING, WHISTLING.]
Because a face like yours deserves better than a baseball bat.
You weren't chosen by accident.
You were chosen because we know who you're capable of being.
I'm offering you a purpose again, John.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
Am I interrupting? No, you're fine.
What's that? Just something for the baby.
I know it sounds insane, but I never gave up hope that we'd somehow be together when Lorna had the baby.
I even bought that bottle of champagne to celebrate.
I ordered the same kind on our first date.
Cost more than the meal.
And Lorna just laughed at me.
She said, "Marcos, there's nothing worth spending 200 bucks on booze for.
" [LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
I was gonna prove her wrong.
Hey.
Hope is a strong thing, brother.
You hang onto that.
Hope is what's been killing me, man.
I don't even know if they made it out.
Come on, of course they made it.
How can you be sure of that, huh? I mean, all we've got is a bunch of bank records from four different continents.
The Inner Circle is up to something.
And my kid and Lorna are gonna be right in the middle of it.
It's right there and I can't even see it.
[SIGHS.]
I might know someone who can.
Reeva.
Girls.
- You wanted to talk? - Yes.
It seems our recent activities are getting more attention than we'd hoped.
It's not just the news, it's all over social media.
# LightsOutDC.
Uh, our engineers assured us the facility would be able to contain Polaris's powers during the birth.
Look, it is no one's fault, Esme.
We all did the best that we could.
She was just stronger than any of us realized.
[SCREAMING.]
And I reached out to some of my political contacts.
The Department of Energy is gonna put out a statement about a lightning strike at a substation, but we still need to tie up the other loose ends.
ESME: Well, is that really necessary? The guards won't remember us.
Our names don't matter.
And we paid off the manager.
The question is whether you give it to us or we take it.
I think they'll keep quiet.
You have so much more faith in humans than I do.
Everyone who saw us has to go.
The facility, too.
I don't need to remind you that the future of the mutant homeland is at stake here.
PHOEBE: Don't mind Esme.
She spent too much time in the Mutant Underground while we were locked up.
She went a little soft.
I'm just saying we have other priorities right now.
We're supposed to be training Training can wait until we know we're secure.
Can you handle this for me? Of course.
Cheer up, Esme.
It'll be fun.
BLINK: Hey, Cristina.
We have good news.
- Is it about my sister? - Yeah.
A source said that a girl matching Jazmine's description turned up in a church shelter in Alexandria.
Oh, my God.
That-That's amazing.
They're closed for the night, but Clarice and I are heading up in the morning to pick her up.
- I want to go.
- That's a bad idea.
You're a fugitive.
You need to keep your head down.
What if something happens? I'm her family.
I should be there.
Look, I can help Help, what, smash their lamps? LAUREN: We can't do that here, Cristina.
- We're hiding.
- CRISTINA: I'm sorry.
I just, I can't risk losing Jazmine again.
She's the only family I have left.
I know how that feels.
I haven't seen my brother in six months.
All my life, he's there, and then one day he's just gone.
Six months? Wow.
Come on, you guys.
Let's call it a night.
LAUREN [ECHOING.]
: Andy.
ANDY: What are you doing here? You need to come back.
No.
Andy, don't.
- We can't do this again.
- You're wrong, Lauren.
We're meant to be together.
Fenris is our destiny.
No.
Andy.
We'll kill everybody.
Andy, no.
No, Andy! [GASPING.]
Let go.
Let go! No! Lauren! [PANTING.]
[GASPS, PANTING.]
[CAR DOOR OPENS.]
[ALARM CHIRPS.]
[DOOR OPENS, CLOSES.]
Hey.
How was your day? Nine hours of depositions - on a zoning law case.
- Fun.
- How was yours? - Uh, it was good.
It was you know, it was good.
I got some samosas in here.
I know you like the potato ones, right? I love the potato one.
[EXHALES.]
- Didn't you have a meeting today? - Uh, yeah.
Yeah, I think I landed a new client for the firm.
Defense contractor, wants to use some private security guys.
Baby.
That's great.
Yeah.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
Yeah, yeah.
Hey.
What's going on? I-I've been thinking about the blackouts that hit D.
C.
- Mm.
What about 'em? - I don't know, I just got a feeling about it, you know? Like I used to get when I was on the job.
No.
- No, no - What? Don't do this.
You've been doing so well.
- For the last three months, you - Paula, this is different.
This it had to be mutants.
There's no other explanation.
Jace, I am begging you: do not open the door again.
This this obsession.
You heard what the therapist said.
- You have to move on.
- I'm just, I'm asking questions.
I'm fine.
I've m I've moved on.
Oh, that's why you keep all your files on the Mutant Underground in the attic behind the Christmas lights? Baby, we have a new life.
We can build a new family.
Please promise me that you will focus on what's really important.
Baby, I'm-I'm good.
I promise.
EVANGELINE: Our Underground station in Atlanta, we want you to help lead it.
How long have you been up? I'm just thinking.
It's okay.
- Go back to sleep, all right? - [CHUCKLES.]
Is it about that lawyer person you're gonna go see? Her name's Evangeline.
And you think that she can help you track down the Inner Circle? - Mm.
- So, why does it look like you're working on a gnarly heart attack? She and I have a complicated relationship, I guess.
How complicated are we talking? Clarice, it's not like that.
- It's not.
- [CHUCKLES.]
When I was discharged from the Marines, I was really lost, and I was taking a lot of pills to deal with the pain, so I had no idea.
[GROANING.]
I'm dying here! You're killing me.
You're doing this for a reason, John.
- Focus on that.
- [STRAINING.]
Focus on the cause.
That was the worst time in my life.
But she got me through it.
Well, if she did it once, she can do it again.
Right? If she even talks to me after Atlanta.
Bulk, you in position? BULK [ON PHONE.]
: Ready and waiting.
Fade, you're a go.
FADE [ON PHONE.]
: Yes, ma'am.
All right, Bulk.
- Now.
- You got it.
Fire in the hole.
Two down, one to go.
You really think a road trip to Philly is a good idea right now? If there is half a chance this lawyer can find Andy, then, yes.
You still have an open gunshot wound.
[SIGHS.]
Cait, for months I have tried to give you space.
I mean, I-I know that people process grief differently.
Our son is not dead, Reed.
You're right.
I think he's very much alive.
But like Lauren said, he chose to leave.
We should just let him go? What would you do if it was Lauren? What is that supposed to mean? Oh, you know exactly what I mean.
What if it was daddy's little girl? Fine, you want to talk about Lauren? - Let's talk about Lauren! - [FURNITURE CLATTERS.]
We are lucky she is so strong, because having to handle living with a mom who is here in name only I mean, I love you more than anything, Cait.
But since Andy left, it's like living with a ghost.
I'm a ghost? What about you? Disappearing into your work, lapsing into these pained silences? Look, I get it.
Suppress and repress.
It's the Strucker way.
But I was raised a fighter.
I'm just asking you not to go to Philadelphia.
For the family! For the Okay.
[GASPS.]
The family is why I have to go, Reed.
[DOOR SHUTS.]
You.
What are you doing here? Just checking in on you, Mr.
Hine.
Buying a plane.
How discreet.
What part of "keep your mouth shut" didn't you understand? No, I-I-I was just looking.
I-I'm gonna hold on to the money for six months, li-like you told me.
Are you sure about that? Think hard, Mr.
Hine.
And remember, lying to telepaths is a bad idea.
[ENGINE POWERING UP.]
No, I swear on my mother's grave I-I'm not gonna say a word to anybody.
That's good, but we need to be sure.
Why don't you take a walk, Mr.
Hine? I'd like to walk.
[SOPHIE AND PHOEBE GROAN.]
Oh, come on, you're no fun.
That's what you get for calling me soft.
[GROANS.]
[YAWNS.]
Ugh, you should really rethink that career as a barista.
I thought looking exhausted was my job.
I didn't sleep much.
LAUREN: Andy! I stayed up playing League of Legends.
You sure you're okay to train? Reeva takes this stuff pretty seriously.
No, I'm cool.
I-I'll be fine.
Andrew, these walls are made of the same materials you'll face at the target of our first operation, each stronger than the last.
I need you to break through them.
[BEEPS.]
[THREE LOUD BEEPS.]
[GRUNTS.]
[YELLS.]
LAUREN: Andy, no, don't! [GRUNTS.]
[BEEPING RAPIDLY.]
What happened? Force distribution just nosedived.
It's never happened before.
[GROANS.]
Get me Fade.
I have an assignment for him.
Did you take too many shots to the head in that bar in Tucson? If Sentinel Services ever made a connection between my firm and the Mutant Underground Trust me, we wouldn't have come here if it wasn't important.
You shouldn't have come at all.
I can't have fugitives here.
Especially not fugitives who are supposed to be dead.
Lady, we are out there fighting every day, losing people while you hide in here like the freakin' Lizard of Oz! Please, help us.
A-Anything you can do.
I'm a mutant rights lawyer.
Unless you want to file an injunction Look, some of your past cases involve tracing bank records, right? We had a bad run-in with a mutant group.
It's some offshoot of the Hellfire Club.
We were able to get some information on 'em, but we can't make heads or tails of it.
They're called the Inner Circle.
- They took my son.
- Wait.
Did you say the Inner Circle? - How did you get this? - A friend acquired it for us.
And he's still alive? Andrew.
Have a seat.
I assume you know - why I asked you to come by.
- Is it 'cause I sucked at training? It is curious.
With your abilities, you should have handled that barrier easily.
A problem like that during our operation - could be disastrous.
- I think I just had an off day.
An off day.
[SIGHS.]
I didn't have a lot of friends growing up.
My only friend was a girl named Benazir.
We protected each other.
I loved her.
One day, though, we had a fight.
I was so angry.
And then, later that day, we were attacked by a gang of Purifiers.
My feelings about the fight, everything just got in the way, and my powers wouldn't come.
So what happened? They stabbed her.
She died in the street.
All I could do was sob while she bled out.
That was my "off day.
" That was a day, Andrew, that I learned that our powers tell the truth, even when we don't.
So you have anything you want to tell me? No.
I won't fail again this afternoon.
I promise.
I'm glad to hear it.
THUNDERBIRD: Did you have any luck looking at your father's research? Not much.
He just gave me his old notebooks.
OTTO: September 22, 1985.
Reed had another attack of neuralgia.
They seem to be triggered by elevated glucocorticoid levels.
[GROANING.]
I fear if REED: "I fear if I don't do something soon" Dad? Hey, honey.
Clarice and I are heading out to pick up Jazmine.
Okay, great.
- What are you doing? - I was just looking at some old family stuff.
Even got some photos from your old Instagram account.
- Stalker.
- [CHUCKLES.]
That was the night that Andy bet me he could eat a whole cheesecake.
- A bet he won, if I recall.
- Mm.
He might've won the bet, but he definitely lost.
He was puking all night.
Dad.
Are you okay? Yeah, of course.
You know it's okay not to be okay.
Right? You don't have to worry about me.
Hey.
I'll see you at the clinic.
[POLARIS HUMMING.]
[KNOCK ON DOOR.]
I'm not bugging you, am I? No.
I could use the company.
Dawn's a sweetheart, but not much of a talker yet.
I guess you heard about training.
Yeah.
Andy, what happened? [SIGHS.]
I don't know.
I've been having, like, thoughts, I guess.
What kind of thoughts? At first it felt like I was just missing my family.
Now it feels like something different.
It feels like I should be with Lauren.
Look, a little homesickness is fine, but you are being trusted, and if Reeva gets the idea that you're not with her 100% That cannot happen.
- Do you understand? - Yeah.
Yeah, I just need to get my head back in training.
That's all.
[CRIES.]
Oh, what is it with you? I just tried feeding you.
Make up your mind.
Sorry, Andy, she has to eat.
Oh, you mean like that.
See you later.
[DOOR OPENS.]
[SIGHS.]
[LINE RINGING.]
WOMAN [OVER PHONE.]
: Community of Mercy Clinic.
Um hi.
I-I-I'm not sure if this is the right number, but I'm-I'm calling to talk to Lauren.
- Lauren? - Is-is she there? I'm sorry.
Um, one moment, please.
REED [OVER PHONE.]
: Hello? Hello? Who is calling, please? I can hear you.
How do you know Lauren? No.
It's me.
We got a problem.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
JACE: Hey.
Hey, buddy.
Janine, two more.
Thanks for meeting with me, man.
Of course.
Lot of folks around Sentinel Services thought you got a raw deal on that Mutant Underground business.
Thank you.
Thanks.
Yeah, well, it's kind of why I called you.
I just wanted to pick your brain about the blackout that hit D.
C.
Word is, some kind of electrical storm hit a substation.
Glitch in the stem knocked out the whole grid.
- And you believe that? - Yeah.
Come on, man.
I read all the news reports.
Eight transformers exploded.
There were surges through the grid for half an hour.
That's not normal.
We had a mutant in custody a while back named Lorna Dane.
Turner, everybody knows how much you and Paula lost, but this is crazy.
Listen to me, as your friend.
Let it go.
New job, new place.
You and Paula pulled through.
You want to blow all that for the sake of some conspiracy theory? 'Cause that's where you're headed.
[SCOFFS.]
[SIGHS.]
Sorry I'm late.
I had a brief to file.
Hey.
Figured it was time to clear out the attic.
- Are you sure? - You know, for the longest time, I thought that if I stopped, I'd be, I don't know, letting her down.
The truth is, there's not enough justice in the world for Grace, and if I don't let go of the past, I'm gonna lose my future, too.
You didn't just lose your daughter on 7/15.
You lost your husband, too.
I see that now.
You will never know how much it means to hear you say that.
Thank you.
Let me know if you find anything else.
My associate managed to trace some of the Inner Circle's transactions.
There are weapons purchases, facilities, assets diversified and hidden in every way imaginable.
She's preparing for war.
She who? One of the Frost sisters? Not them.
Not alone, anyway.
Any of you ever heard the name Reeva Payge? No.
Never.
She's one of the most powerful mutants still standing after 7/15.
There were rumors she'd taken over the Inner Circle.
Seems they're true.
So help us stop her.
Stop her? With their resources? Not to mention, she now has Polaris and a descendant of the Von Struckers.
We don't have that kind of power.
There are other powerful mutants that are with the Underground in New York, in Chicago, L.
A.
So I should bring them here so you can lead them into battle? [SIGHS.]
Since your failure in Atlanta, half the Underground's been taken apart.
Sentinel Services has cracked down on mutants and anybody who helps them.
You think I'm gonna let you destroy the rest of what we built? Look, I I told you what you wanted to know.
Now get out of my office.
- Look, what she said about - Don't.
Atlanta was not your fault.
We were all there.
It was my responsibility.
ECLIPSE: No, it was on all of us, brother.
You did everything you could.
CAITLIN: We'll find another way.
You guys go on ahead.
I'll meet you at the car.
[ANDY SIGHS.]
Hey, they're ready for you downstairs.
You good? Yeah.
[THREE LOUD BEEPS.]
[GRUNTS.]
Kinetic energy is back to its original level.
Moment of inertia is climbing.
- He's doing it.
- He hasn't done it yet.
LAUREN: Andy, don't! Don't! No! Well? What's his problem? It's the sister.
I thought I told you to leave.
Yeah, I didn't come all the way here to give up.
We can't win, John.
Sorry I was harsh, but it's the truth.
Look, when you found me in Tucson, you told me I needed a cause.
I got people dying out there, and they need something to believe in right now, especially after Atlanta.
Evangeline, you got to give me something.
I can't tear apart the Mutant Underground for this.
There aren't enough of us left.
But But what? There is a mutant.
Goes by Erg.
He's a mutant separatist.
He lives in the tunnels under D.
C.
Nothing happens in town he doesn't know about.
And he'll help? He might.
Thank you.
Don't thank me.
Giving you hope is the worst possible thing I could do.
Reeva is ruthless.
Your friends are never coming home.
She'll kill them first.
And if they stay with her, chances are you'll have to kill them.
I'm sorry for that night in Tucson.
I gave you a cause.
I didn't know that cause was doomed.
Girls, in here we speak with our mouths.
- Sorry, Reeva.
- We were just trying to let you think.
So, what are you gonna do about Andy? What would you have me do if he's making calls to the Underground, if he's told 'em where we were? Fade said he made one call and hung up.
You saw what happened in there.
He didn't even make a dent in the boron carbide.
If he can't get through that, then this operation fails and our dream dies.
[SIGHS.]
Perhaps his family connection is stronger than we realized.
His family is why he's here.
He's a Von Strucker.
You know what that could mean for us.
I know what it means if he's on our side.
But if he doesn't trust us PHOEBE: Then we can't trust him.
REEVA: I'll talk to him.
Assess the situation, whether he's reliable.
- What and if he isn't? - Well, we can't keep him here if he's not ours, and we certainly can't let him go.
- He's 15.
- Do you think I enjoy this? We have a problem.
It needs to be solved.
REEVA: Must be tough.
Being without family for so long.
I must admit, I hoped that you'd come to think of this place as a home.
Of us as people you could trust.
I do.
Do you know what I saw in that training room? Someone whose mind was elsewhere.
I saw a young man with doubts.
With secrets.
I-I just need practice.
It's perfectly fine to have doubts, Andrew, but to lie about them? There's nothing.
- I'm not lying about anything.
- I see.
[INHALES.]
I'm glad we sorted this out.
[INHALES SHARPLY.]
[EXHALES.]
Actually, there is something.
But it's bad.
Yes? My mom knows I play League online.
For the past six months, she's been messaging me, telling me where they are and how to find them.
- But I never responded.
- Until today.
I called Lauren.
I just wanted to hear her voice.
But she wasn't there.
So I hung up, and that's it.
And why now? I've I've been having dreams, where she's afraid of me.
And I tried to forget it, but I Andrew, I don't want you to forget it.
I want you to use it.
We're here to build a homeland.
For all of us, including your sister.
But in order to do that, you have to be strong.
Can you do that? Yes.
Memphis is humid, all right? So you're gonna need to change this twice a day.
- CC! - Jazmine.
Oh, my God.
I thought I'd never see you again.
JAZMINE: I missed you so much.
Okay, Clarice, could you possibly help these guys get loaded up? Yeah.
No sweat.
You guys have a long drive ahead of you.
We should get going.
You two take care of each other.
BLINK: Let's go, guys.
- [DOOR CLOSES.]
- Can't be easy.
What? Seeing siblings get back together like that.
Lauren, if there is something wrong, - you can just tell me about it.
- Honestly, I'm-I'm fine.
You know, when I was a prosecutor, we learned that any sentence that began with the word "honestly" usually wasn't true.
Are you seriously gonna try to talk to me about the truth? You and Mom always arguing and fighting about finding Andy, but pretending everything is okay? Do you think about what that means? Don't you want him to come back? Of course I do.
But, Dad, back in Atlanta, we killed 15 people.
I've been looking them up.
I know their names.
I know their kids' names.
But you and Mom have never once talked about that day.
Or what it might mean for me to have Andy come home.
I had no idea.
I'm sorry.
So am I.
Every day.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
No.
[GRUNTING.]
[GRUNTING.]
[PANTING.]
[SIGHS.]
- Hey, babe.
- I can't believe I used to think wearing heels were a pain in the ass.
Passing as non-mutant is definitely the worst.
Anyway, how did things go with Evangeline? It was good.
Yeah, it was good.
We made some progress.
Got the name of somebody who might help.
Wait, I thought she was the person that might help.
She did, she did.
This guy that she pointed us to, he has eyes everywhere and might be able to tell us about the Inner Circle.
So it's good.
So, success.
Yeah, it is.
Yeah, it's great.
[LAUGHS SOFTLY.]
John, is there something wrong? Did something happen with Evangeline? Hey, it's fine, I promise.
Everything's okay.
Good.
I was worried she chained you to another bed.
Wow, that's funny.
[BOTH LAUGH.]
God, you are so beautiful.
Shut up.
Go on.
[DOOR OPENS.]
What are you doing out here? Uh [CHUCKLES.]
Reed and Lauren are still at the clinic.
There a party I wasn't invited to? - Yeah.
- Mm.
Yeah, it is a big celebration.
You know, I was gonna do this with Lorna, but, um [CHUCKLES.]
to the baby.
- [CHUCKLES.]
- [EXHALES.]
To the baby.
Mmm, God, that's good.
- [LAUGHS.]
- Expensive.
I can't remember the last time I tasted champagne.
You know, I can't stop thinking about what Evangeline said.
About a war coming? If we don't find them in time, Caitlin, I don't know if I can Don't.
Don't you dare give into despair.
It'll eat you alive.
["BROKEN" BY PATRICK WATSON PLAYING.]
[THUNDER RUMBLING.]
Tell me where we're going tonight Home is better than wandering in our heads We tried everything to save our love The best was always waiting to come Did we dig too deep? [SHOUTS.]
For 51 reasons not to lose our souls? [SHOUTS.]
And it's not that you're not the one [SHOUTING.]
And it's not that you're not the one Pack your bags with all the lives You've been before And leave behind what you don't want no more Sometimes, sometimes, you want to, want to go back But it don't work like that Do you feel a little broken? [THUNDER RUMBLING.]
Do you feel a little broken? Do you feel a little broken? POLARIS: When you discovered your ability, what was the first thing you did, just for the joy of it? Broken? Well, look at that.
Memories come and then they go You just learned how to let go Sometimes, sometimes, you want to, want to go back But it don't work like that [LAUGHS.]
Do you feel a little broken? Do you feel a little Broken? Do you feel a little broken? Do you feel a little broken? Look, Dawn.
Daddy's saying hi.
Wake up, Dawny.
Dawn? You're burning up.
Oh Okay.
Okay.
It's okay.
Help! Somebody, please! I need help!