The Gifted (2017) s02e07 Episode Script

1 That's our target? A bank? Creed Financial was built on mutant suffering.
We hit this place, we'll inspire an army.
The people behind the attack at the mental hospital, they took someone.
Do you know who it was? MICHAEL: I think her name was Rebecca.
We thought she was on her meds.
We were wrong.
[MAN SHOUTING.]
[GASPS.]
ERG: You hide yourself up there.
Never hide who you are.
Maybe I can take them out.
It is the only chance we got.
[SHOUTS.]
Authorities rolled up the whole station.
Biggest mutant bust in years.
You're one of us now, brother.
Oh, God I can't make it stop.
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
BENAZIR: All right, listen up.
I know a lot of you have been talking about the situation at the 11th Ave.
projects.
Mutant families aren't getting their leases renewed.
The only folks who get their applications looked at are the ones with no X-Gene in their families.
So we have got to let the arrivals know that this is our hood.
That they need to find a new place to go and soon.
Wait, h-hang on, Benny.
Are you seriously talking about knocking on doors and telling families to get out? We're not gonna make any friends.
We're way past making friends, Reeva.
We've already had anti-mutant graffiti and vandalism Yeah people are already scared of us.
If we're coming to their homes and telling them to go BENAZIR: Hey, you think I want this? I want to be building playgrounds in the park.
But what good is it when our kids are too scared to go out? Benny, seriously, th-there has to be another way.
Like what? Bring the humans a pie, tell them, "Hey, we'll go.
" Maybe we should turn ourselves in to Sentinel Services - while we're at it.
- [PEOPLE MURMURING.]
[SIGHS.]
All right.
Let's print out some flyers, start on St.
Lawrence and work our way west.
- [INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
- Let's go.
[SIREN WAILING IN DISTANCE.]
Reeva.
Hey, wait up.
Hey.
[GROANS.]
What do you want? Listen, I'm sorry about what I said in there.
Look, the idea was to make peoples' lives better.
To work with the community.
Reeva, they're driving us out.
Soon, we won't even have a community, and we need a place that's ours.
I shouldn't have done that.
But we're living a lie if we think that these humans are-are ever gonna accept us REEVA: Come on, Benny, we should go.
Hey! What do you think you're doing? How's it your business? - It's my business 'cause it's my building.
- Give me that.
You the ones that broke the windows last week? - MAN: Maybe, mutie.
- Look, Benny, - don't.
Just - Shut up! Don't touch her! Hey! No! Benny! No! Benny! - Come on! - No, Benny! No, no, no! [PANTING.]
- Benny! No, no - [ENGINE STARTS.]
- Benny.
No, no.
No, Benny, no.
- [TIRES SCREECHING.]
No, no, no, no, please, no.
Benny, don't die on me.
[CRYING.]
: No! Benny! All right.
When we get to the Creed Financial building, we will neutralize the mutant detection system.
Once that is done, we move in.
Lorna will disable communications while the girls and I will secure the employees.
Rebecca will get us into the vault, with Andrew by her side for protection.
We will take what we came for and then we will leave.
Violence will only be used as a last resort.
Any questions? The mutant detection system.
You sure you can knock it out? If you can't, this is gonna be a real short heist.
REEVA: The girls and I are working on that now.
Everything will be ready.
Get some rest.
Tomorrow is a big day.
Hey, you good? Yeah.
Just the vault.
The one in the training room is completely different.
I have to turn the whole thing around ANDY: I think you should be fine.
I mean, I saw what you did to that cop car.
That's a car.
I've been turning them inside out since I was 12.
I don't know, I just don't want to get in there and have everybody staring at me, like, "You suck.
We were all counting on you.
" Hey, I know you can do it.
I'll be right there.
I got your back.
So you'll kill them all if they make fun of me, right? - Oh, yeah, all of them.
- Yeah.
- [CHUCKLES.]
: They're all dead.
- Oh, good.
Make sure everything is ready for tonight.
I can't be late for dinner.
[SHUDDERING.]
Oh, no.
[GRUNTING.]
You okay? - Just breathe.
- Don't touch me! I don't want to hurt you.
This is ridiculous, me being here.
It's been one night and it's already worse.
I don't want to be the reason that you two are carted off by Sentinel Services.
We need to get me to a hospital.
No, they, they'd call the police the moment they saw you.
We can use a different name, a fake I.
D.
Look, even if it did work, most of the hospitals around here don't treat mutants at all, never mind one who destroys everything he touches.
Look, at best, you would end up in a prison hospital.
At least then you'd be safe.
If I stay here, we're all gonna get arrested anyway.
Then we'll move you.
[MURMURS.]
We are sticking together.
I'm gonna go talk to the others.
ECLIPSE: You seriously want to move him? In his condition? I-I don't see that we have much choice.
Finding a safe place Wherever we move him, - he is gonna do some damage.
- ECLIPSE: Yeah, yeah.
Well, why don't we just bring him to the Morlocks? Getting him underground might be our safest I'm sorry, but as his human wife, I'm not really interested in my husband joining a mutant-only separatist group.
I didn't say join.
I meant to say maybe they could help.
And I said it's not an option.
Okay.
What about the clinic? What, the-the place that the Purifiers just wrecked? Exactly, and it's been shut down ever since.
Nobody's gonna be watching it now.
A-A little more damage won't raise any alarms.
Look, who knows, I I might be able to do something for him there.
Caitlin's right.
The clinic is safer than here.
All right.
Marcos, Clarice, and I We'll organize transportation.
I'm gonna head on over.
Just hurry.
Yeah, no, I understand that you're her lawyer.
If I could just, if I could just talk to my wife for, like, two minutes, okay? Just to explain LAWYER: Mr.
Turner, that's not a good idea at this stage - in the process.
- I don't give a damn [SIGHS.]
I'm sorry.
I've known this woman since high school, all right? We've been through the worst nightmare that a parent can go through, together.
Just ask her for two minutes, man, please.
I'm sorry, but Ms.
Turner has instructed me not to let you speak to her.
Really? I got to go.
- Mr.
Turner, avoiding this step - [PHONE BEEPS.]
Hey, man.
Hey, man, sorry I'm late.
Why'd you want to meet up? Want to talk to you about something.
Uh Taking down the mutie station in Baltimore turned a lot of heads.
One of our top-level supporters wants to meet you.
Tomorrow.
Okay.
Who is it? Meeting like this is high security.
No details in advance.
- [LAUGHS.]
- And, uh, you got to get tested.
For what, the X-Gene? You're serious? I was in the Sentinel Services, man, - there's no way - I know.
There are no exceptions.
Trust me, man, it's that important.
[SIGHS.]
You know what? Yeah, let's do it.
[PATS ARM.]
[REEVA LAUGHS.]
So, you're gonna spill it or what? What? - The big secret.
- Big secret? You tell me to make sure this dinner's not in my calendar.
How did you even find this place? I am just being careful.
If the board at my company ever knew that I was seeing one of the finance VPs from our bank Ah.
It's important.
I need to know that tonight is just between us.
To secrets.
You know, when I lost Sandy, I I never thought I'd find a woman that strong, that smart, that beautiful again.
Hell, I wasn't sure I'd ever date again, with the boys and the hours I've been putting in at work and then I meet you.
Check this out.
My youngest, Kai, he drew this.
[CLEARS THROAT.]
Aw Said for the first time in two years, Daddy is smiling again.
That's sweet.
Thank you.
You want to get out of here? Hell yeah, I want to get out of here.
Check, please.
- Oh, really? - [LAUGHS.]
So, where'd you park? Actually, right there.
- Oh, that's funny.
- What? You've never struck me as the SUV type.
- Oh, really? - [LAUGHS.]
What type did I strike you as? Nice suit, Romeo.
What is this? Who are you? I'm sorry.
FROST SISTERS: Don't worry, Quinn.
You're about to make history.
- Don't make me do this, I can't.
- Yes, you can, Quinn.
All you need to do is go into the bank and plug in a drive.
What, to turn off the mutant detection system? They'll know.
They'll catch me.
Do not concern yourself with that; we will take care of you.
All that matters now is that you do as you're told.
And if I don't? Think of your boys.
How how can you do this? Do you know how many anti-mutant organizations Creed Financial supports how many they fund? That has nothing to do with me.
I don't hate mutants.
I-I don't choose clients.
It's just a job.
Working for a company that hurts people.
My people.
I need an answer, Quinn.
Okay, just just don't hurt my kids.
They will be fine.
We'll bring you a fresh suit.
We leave in an hour.
QUINN: Was it all a lie? Us? I wish it was, Quinn.
It would have been easier.
- I need to talk to you.
- [DAWN FUSSING.]
Why? Is everything okay? It's about the job at the bank.
We need to change the plans.
Uh, it's a little late in the game for that.
I don't care.
I need someone to watch Dawn while we're in there.
I want you.
Me? I'm supposed to be in the bank with you.
Your sisters can handle it.
Look, Esme, if something happens to me I Look, you said you would do anything to protect her.
[DAWN COOING.]
[GROANS.]
Reeva is not going to like this.
THUNDERBIRD: Hey, how we looking in there? Uh, this thing's about as reinforced as it can be and still roll.
If you can get him in, that should hold long enough to get him there.
I don't know why I'm always the asker of awkward questions, but then what? Is he going to live there? What's the plan? Then we figure it out.
Caitlin's working on it.
I'm gonna grab some more scrap metal to fortify the clinic.
- What? - Nothing.
Nah, there is something.
What is it with you and the Morlocks, huh? What about the Morlocks? Well, a couple of weeks ago we didn't know they existed, and now, all of a sudden, they're the solution to every problem? We just needed a safe place to take Reed.
Is that all, Clarice? Because Erg was practically waiting for us when we went down there a few days ago.
What are you getting at, Marcos? I'm just asking where your loyalties lie, that's all.
Loyalties? From the guy who ran off to moonlight with a drug cartel, with the baby mama in the Inner Circle? I know you don't want to admit it, but the Underground isn't doing so well.
I'd say we can use some new allies.
JACE: This is where we're meeting this guy, huh? WILSON: He likes out-of-the-way places.
The day's gonna come we can have a meeting like this out in the open.
For now we got to be careful.
We're up here.
So, if I tell people about this, what, I get a ice pick to the back of the head? There are worse things than ice picks.
Well? You coming? Mr.
Turner.
Benedict Ryan.
Oh, of course, yeah.
I've, uh I've seen you on TV a million times.
What? I-I guess I didn't expect you to be a part of all this.
Well, not everyone can wear the cross, but trust me, plenty of folks support your efforts.
What you did in Baltimore was outstanding.
The movement needs more men like you.
Out in front, inspiring people.
Here, let's sit.
Oh.
With all due respect, I'm not really looking to be out in front of anybody.
I'm just looking for justice, I guess.
You know why millions of people watch my show? 'Cause they want something to believe in.
And your story Your daughter Grace, the work you did in Atlanta That's gold.
But what good is it if only we know? Mr.
Turner, I have a plan to help the people take back America.
But I need your help.
[SNIFFS.]
[GRUNTS.]
Damn it.
- LAUREN: What happened? - Nothing.
I'm fine.
Clarice is back with the ambulance.
We need to go.
Lauren I don't think you should ride along with me.
I've already caused an accident with you in the car.
We know what we're dealing with now.
If anything happens, I'll protect you.
It's not your job to protect me.
It's my job to protect you.
Our family is in this together.
It's time we start acting that way.
We can't keep running from what we are.
Hey, uh ugh.
Sorry to interrupt family time, but, uh, we got to roll.
REED: Yeah.
Okay.
Let's go.
REEVA: It's time.
When we go to the bank, you will go in.
You will put this in the computer in your office, and then you will wait for us.
Remember the first time we went out? That Greek place.
I said I wanted to take you to Athens one day, and you said, "I'd love that.
" - Quinn, don't do this.
- I'd still go with you.
If we just walked out of here right now I told you to stop.
You don't hate people.
I know you have a good heart.
Why do you think I'm doing this? To expose the guilty.
To help those who will die without my help.
I know you cared about me.
Yes.
And that is why, when this is over, you will go home safe to your family.
Do not test me, Quinn.
I am not a monster unless I need to be.
You ready to rock? Did you really just say that? - Uh, I guess.
- [CHUCKLES.]
For real, though, are you still nervous? A little.
You're going to crush that vault.
I'm serious.
It's not just that.
I mean I've barely been outside in, like, over a year.
And now this.
I believe in you.
POLARIS: Ugh.
You lovebirds ready? [DAWN FUSSING.]
[ELEVATOR BELL CHIMES.]
Don't worry.
I'm trusting you.
I love you.
Oh, uh, don't forget to burp her after she eats.
She gets gassy.
["STICK UP" BY GRANDSON PLAYING.]
Now, Tommy's a good father Two sons and a daughter But he wakes up and he asks himself "Why even bother?" If he cannot feed his family The wage he's paid's insanity Every day he's dealing with a new calamity Lost his old occupation, but it wasn't immigration It was a machine, automation that replaced him Politicians left him, corruption since the recession So he grabs his Smith and Wesson ESME: X-Gene detectors are down.
Go.
Get down on the ground! It's a stickup, nobody make a sound! Don't even hiccup or I'm emptying a round I'm done playing games So I'm going down in flames Let it rain over Washington It's a stickup Nobody make a sound Don't even hiccup - Or I'm emptying a round - [SCREAMING.]
I'm done playing games, so I'm going down in flames Let it rain over Washington Get down on the ground [SINGING HIGH TONE.]
Nobody make a sound I'm done playing games, so I'm going down in flames Let it rain over Washington.
I'll tell you what I need, Mr.
Turner.
I need someone to come on my show, tell them the truth.
And what-what is that? That Sentinel Services covered up what happened in Atlanta.
They've been lying to the American people.
Help us clear out the rot so we can finally fix the mutant problem.
All right, hold on, hold on.
You You want me to come on your show? Look, I have my issues with Sentinel Services, but there are good folks that work there.
Can't just throw them under the bus.
I appreciate your loyalty, but this country has a serious problem.
Solving it is gonna take a man like you standing up.
Yeah, that may be true, but we're talking about men and women that I trained with.
People that have had my back.
If I sell them out, I won't be able to sleep at night.
Mr.
Turner, well, the fact is I have more powerful than any politician you'll ever meet.
I've got a direct line to the president.
But we need someone to help us sell the message that this is the time for real change.
I can take you down to the studio today.
Look, man, I'm sorry, I'm I'm just not that guy.
PHOEBE: Everybody form a line against the wall.
Nice and easy, everyone.
Against the wall.
Everyone stay calm.
Cooperate, and you will walk out of here alive.
[MARNIE SOBS.]
Hey.
Marnie, Marnie, Marnie.
It's all right.
I don't know what you think you're going to accomplish here.
- James, just stop.
- No! They need to know.
Our vault's made of adamantium.
It's unbreakable, and the only people with the combinations are two states away.
If you're smart, you'll just let us go.
Oh, we'll let you go, but first you'll do something for me.
You will tell the world how this bank was built off of the suffering of my people.
[SCOFFS.]
If you think I'll cooperate with mutant terrorists Think you will? We know you will.
By the time you see this, Creed Financial will be gone.
For years, we've backed companies that persecute mutants worldwide.
Bankrupted mutant-owned businesses.
Crippled their investments.
Wait, hold up, are we really gonna let the workers go? - As opposed to what? - I don't know.
I mean, they did all this crap to mutants and then they just get to go home? I mean, seriously, they're humans.
- Hey, my mom's a human.
- Whatever, so was mine.
It's not like she works here, Andy.
Rebecca, can we just stick to the plan? The deal is, we get what we came for and go.
- Understand? - Okay, fine.
I was just asking.
[GRUNTS.]
You okay? Yeah.
Yeah, I'm okay.
Okay, brother, unfortunately, I've known you long enough to know when you're spinning out, so cough up.
I was just, um, thinking about the patient that Caitlin and I lost here when Purifiers attacked.
He was a soldier and, uh and I tried to help him.
You did everything you could.
- Did I? - Yes.
Marcos, we've lost so much.
Shatter died 50 feet away from me.
I couldn't help him.
Okay, no, you were gassed, man, you couldn't even walk.
Everything we have worked for is dying.
I called every station a hundred miles from here to see if they could help with Reed.
Nothing.
You know what they talk about? Mutant Uprising.
The Inner Circle's beating us at our own game and people are losing faith.
Since we're talking about it, it's not just their loyalties I'm worried about.
What are you talking about? I know you care about Clarice.
We all do.
But I think that you should talk to her.
The Morlocks? Erg? You can't say you've never considered that she's thought about it, about what they're doing.
Hey, hey! She has fought alongside us since the beginning.
- I get that - You better have some proof.
John, I'm just telling you, man.
Pay attention.
I was down there.
I saw something between them.
Just just ask.
That's it.
Hey.
Be careful.
Don't get too close.
Come on.
Get some rest.
Ooh, look at that.
Yeah, the plans were right.
It's 15 feet back, mounted into solid bedrock.
Open at the back.
You're up, kid.
You got this.
Okay.
[GRUNTING.]
God, it is so strong.
But I-I think I can turn it around.
[STRAINING.]
[GRUNTS.]
It's too much.
Hey.
You remember what it was like in that hospital? How angry you were? How alone? How afraid? You have to channel that.
Just picture what it felt like.
Use it.
[SCREAMING.]
[SCREAMING.]
[SCREAMS.]
- I did it.
- Hey.
[LAUGHS.]
We got work to do.
What the hell was that in there? I don't know what to tell you, man, it's not my thing.
I don't think you understand what you just passed up.
A chance to make real change.
What, by selling out my friends? Friends? Did they stand up for you after Atlanta? Did they? We're your friends now, man.
You know it's true.
You lost your daughter.
You lost your wife Hey, hey, don-don't talk about my family, man! Here's the reality: we're all you got.
You want to show your wife you're not just some broken-down ex-agent living in the past? Change the future.
Where are you taking me? - What are we doing? - You're gonna get us into the accounts.
[SIGHS.]
The scanner, Quinn.
You know what that means, right? People lose everything.
Businesses.
Homes.
Innocent people.
Tell that to the mutants who died so this place could turn a profit.
Quinn, this is almost over.
Be smart and you will get through this.
Ah, the guest of honor.
Time to log in.
Let the world remember today.
We are the ones who used our wealth and power to enable the torture of innocent mutants.
We are the criminals The time for the Mutant Uprising has come.
The time for justice.
[GRUNTS.]
Nice job.
You're a natural.
You people are monsters.
Oh.
According to the video you just made, we're heroes.
PHOEBE AND SOPHIE: It's been fun, everybody, but it's quiet time now.
Shh.
[SHUSHES.]
It's okay, sweetie.
I could make you stop crying, but Auntie Esme is not allowed in your mind anymore, is she? No, she isn't.
No.
- They're in.
- Shh! [QUIETLY.]
: Something's coming through.
What is it? It's everything.
[LAUGHS.]
It's your first bank heist.
LAUREN: Any luck with Otto's old papers? Maybe.
Most of his later research was overseen by his lab assistant.
Yeah.
Dad told me about her.
He already looked.
Couldn't find anything on a Madeline Risman.
No, but there is a Professor Madeline Garber at Charlotte State University.
She's the same age, a geneticist.
I think it's her.
[SIGHS.]
- [GRUNTS.]
- Lauren.
I think he's okay.
The last six months, he has been suffering right in front of me, but I was too focused on everything else That's not your fault.
He kept that from you to protect you.
I don't need protecting.
Maybe our family is cursed.
Look at Dad.
What if we're never able to touch him again? I mean, think of everything Andrea and Andreas von Strucker did as Fenris The von Strucker twins were murderers.
They chose who they wanted to be.
- That-That has nothing to do with you.
- Nothing? When Andy and I used our powers together in Atlanta, I knew that people were dying.
But I felt free.
I felt powerful.
'Cause you were saving all of us.
You were doing the opposite of what the von Struckers did.
I really hope so.
[GASPS, CLEARS THROAT.]
[COUGHS.]
[PANTING.]
Hey.
Are you all right? I think the attack's passed.
The pain's not so bad.
I Have some water.
LAUREN: Mom.
Okay.
I have something to show you.
I think maybe we should stock this place with food and water.
Reed could be here a while.
Okay.
I'm all for making it comfortable, but how long can we really keep this up? Caitlin said she's on it.
We're just buying her some time.
I'll, uh, I'll unload the rest of the metal.
So what's going on? Something you want to tell me? I was gonna ask you the same.
It's funny how that question keeps coming up.
Look, I don't want to fight, but is there anything I should know about the Morlocks? You and Erg? Hey, Clarice? I'm just asking.
All right? What we're doing here does not work if we're not honest with each other.
Well, what the hell are we doing here, John? We being honest about that? Are we saving people? Fighting the Inner Circle? Stopping racists? I mean, do we even have a plan past tomorrow? No! Th-That's not what this is about.
- Well, it should be! - Tell me the truth! Is there anything I should know about Erg? Yes, okay? Yes, there is.
I helped him steal some food.
I told him about some of the mutants that passed through the Underground.
You gave Erg information? You stole for him? Without telling me? Why? Because he's actually helping mutants.
A hell of a lot better than we are these days, don't you think? - I can't believe you.
- Because you will never get it.
Down there, you don't have to hide who you are, - you don't have to run.
- So that's your excuse to lie to me? It's not an excuse.
I did it for you.
- [CHUCKLES.]
: Okay.
- I did it for all of us.
You don't think I see how this affects you? Losing Atlanta? The Inner Circle kicking our asses? You were falling apart.
You needed help, and it was the only way to get it.
I'm sorry if you don't see it that way.
I appreciate you doing all of this.
- And it looks promising, but - Promising? Reed, sh-she's the head of a whole research institute now.
Even if it is the same Madeline, - we don't know anything about her.
- We know enough.
She may be the only person alive who knows anything about your condition.
Not only that, but she knows about our family.
I could barely make it across the city today.
Her research institute is in Charlotte.
It's hours away.
- We can take the ambulance.
- It's too risky.
CAITLIN: Reed, you said it yourself.
You're getting worse.
The real risk is doing nothing.
Hey.
[WINCES.]
[LAUGHS SOFTLY, SNIFFLES.]
All right.
REEVA: Yes, everything went perfectly.
We're finishing up at the computer while the others prepare for our exit.
How are things on your end? Better than we'd hoped.
We just put the video out, we've drained over a hundred million dollars in account balances so far, and I got the baby to sleep.
Not a bad day's work.
I'll see you soon.
We're done here.
So what happens now? To me? To everyone upstairs? - You made a promise.
- A promise I'm going to keep.
You will return to the office and wait with the others.
The police will be arriving shortly.
I know it's cold comfort, but someday you will be a hero to a nation of mutants.
[ELEVATOR DOORS OPEN.]
I never even knew your real name, did I? Soon you will.
Soon the whole world will know my name.
RYAN: I am glad you changed your mind.
Thank you so much for coming.
Thank Ted.
He talked some sense into me.
I just told you the truth.
We're hoping to get you on the air soon.
We'll do some pre-interviews, craft the message - a little bit - Okay, yeah, look, I'll-I'll say what I think is wrong about how Sentinel Services is run, but I'm not going after anybody by name.
No need.
We're taking on the system here.
We're gonna wake people up.
And show them that the only way to deal with the mutant threat is to follow your example and start taking matters into their own hands.
- MAN: Mr.
Ryan.
- Just one sec.
Sorry, sir, it's important.
Something's happened.
An attack.
Oh, my God.
Trust me, Mr.
Turner.
Now, more than ever, we need you.
What's our status? We're getting police response.
- Time? - Two minutes.
All of you deserve to be wiped from the face of the Earth.
You're terrorists, all of you.
You'll all burn for this.
I hope you rot in hell.
You'll pay for this, all of you.
- Time to go.
- Wait a second.
We're just gonna let that go? Rebecca, we have to leave.
I'm being serious.
You know, the whole reason we are here is because these people are hurting mutants, and now we're just like, whatever? The plan is, we walk out of here.
Rebecca, we are done here.
Screw the plan.
[GRUNTS.]
What have to done to? No, no, no, no, no, no No, no! - [PEOPLE SCREAMING.]
- No! No! No! No, don't! - Oh, my God.
- REEVA: Rebecca.
[EXHALES.]
- [SIREN WAILS.]
- Rebecca.
What did you do? We have to go.
Now.
Now!