The Pretender s02e07 Episode Script

Collateral Damage

Distinguished Flying Cross.
Air force, right? I believe it was my father's.
His name up here? I don't know what war he served in.
Never knew him.
All these names¡­ I wonder how many never had the chance to know their sons and daughters? Too many.
Well, at least you know your old man had too been a hero in Vietnam.
cherish him, and his memory.
Excuse me, did you know my father? There her again! You have seen Mark Clements, Bravo company? Do you know her? Oh, she has been coming here for ten years trying to get her father's name on the wall.
in seventy-one or seventy-two? - Army rangers? - I'm sorry.
I Well, if her father died in the war, shouldn't his name be on the wall? Only heroes that will be here.
Madam, you have been warned about doing this.
I'm sorry you'll have to come with us.
Oh, O Ok, Wait! Please! See, this is not even fair.
My father's name belongs up there.
It belongs on the wall.
- I'm sorry.
- Ok.
There are pretends among us.
Genuises with the ability to become anyone they want to be.
In 1963, a corporation known as the Centre isolated a young Pretender named Jarod, and exploited his genius for their research.
Then one day, the pretender ran away THE PRETENDER Season 2 Episode 7 Collateral Damage YTET PRESENTS DICTATION: ±¿±¿/´Ð´Ð Tonight on ''Battle Zone'' a tragic story of a treason and a betrayal in Vietnam, reported by Jordan Brock.
Toe Popper, a clock will turn by pressure-activated land mines.
You step on one, you will hear a CLICK.
You step off, and it's the last sound you'll ever hear.
Army intelligent's just reeling from the discovery that Private First Class Mark Clements was selling classified information to the Viet Cong.
It was on this butt, on top one of these mines, that Private Clements dark treason came to an end.
With discovery of top secret documents on his body, Clements' platoon leader, Lieutenant Prentiss McLaren was a witness.
Mark Clements was like a brother.
I would lay down my life for him.
Then you find out he's a traitor.
What makes the man cross that line? I don't know.
He let everyone down.
Come here! This is one of the local kid as a unit mascot.
He lives on the base.
He saw the all.
Mark meet with Viet Cong.
I hear CLICK.
I hear explosion.
Mark was my friend.
I watch Mark dying.
This is Jordan Brock reporting.
Keep your eyes open, people! Anybody see them? It's up there somewhere.
Keep moving! Keep moving! I had moved in this tree line! Padia? Tree line.
I've got him.
Where are you? Damn.
Where the hell are you? I believe you dropped this, sir.
How did I drop and where did you learn the camouflage so well? I had a lot of practice in , sir.
Fantastic! watch the whole thing on the Those helmet cameras, - What do you call them? - Tactical Aniscopic Cameras.
TACs.
What they are going to do for you which CNN did for Desert Storm.
Give us all the taste what it's like to be Rambo.
- Ram who? - Cute! And if the multiple TACs can document in a real incursion, Capitole here will be bent over backwards to find you missions get in the clearing.
That's the idea.
I need some comparative analyses and figures for Congressman Stanfield who've got to borrow in the property of the R&D funds Well done! You are a whistle.
Lieutenant Jarod Patton.
Master Sergent Rob Hancock, Staff Sergeant Elizabeth Padia.
Watch out for her.
She looks nice.
But she bites like a pit-ball.
And lieutenant, welcome to operation ''Dust-off''.
A joint mission with the Colombian military to infiltrate and destroy narcotics processing factories.
cover the major shipping of coke on a factory in Cartagena - owned by - Esteban Largo.
You are all on alert so wear you pagers 24-7.
- Dad? - Yeah.
- Am I supposed to be here? - Oh, sure.
We are going to have great fun.
Look, here.
Come on, you sit down.
Right here.
You have Barbie.
That's fun, huh? You can color.
So all you have to do is just sit here and be really really quiet until it's time to go home.
And then, we'll have great fun.
Broots.
Ah.
Or not.
Did I miss the memo on daycare? The sitter has got the German Measles.
Debbie's godmother is on a particular treat.
I had no other choice.
It's called the Yellow Pages.
in for baby-sitter.
I would never leave my daughter alone to someone that I don't know.
I'm sorry.
but she's staying here with me.
That's ok with you.
Just make sure that miss murphy stays out of my way.
Broots.
Ah, Mr.
Raines.
Yes, sir.
I love Miami.
Ok.
Right away.
Jarod has penetrated the data base of the Miami office.
Mr.
Raines wants me to go down there and do a immediate mainframe inventory.
Sydney.
Could you help me out with Debbie? Sorry, Broots.
But I am supervising three sets of twins Do not even think of about it.
Oh, come on.
It is a day, maybe two days tops.
I don't do mummy.
No, I know Miss Parker.
It might help you process on resolving child issues.
Never end with you dessert! You owe me big.
I I owe you huge! Thank you.
Thank you.
Jell-O? - And it is a dessert? - Like you a lot in school, remember! Actually my food was brought to me.
You did feed yourself, didn't you? For the most part.
Oh, if the gelatine is soft, the pineapple chunks into the bottom.
But if it is too hard, they'll just lie there on top.
My guess will be have to wait for the proper viscosity to actually add the chunk.
- Is that the captain? - Yeah.
That's him battled in Vietnam.
His glory days.
You know what I miss the most about that war? My hair.
Bravo Company.
(Who Nhon.
) Do you still keep in touch with the men? One that still alive: Barney Stanfield.
Congressman Stanfield.
I used to bark a little ground around and now he's in charge of my appropriations! If you don't mind, I took it deliberately writing down the comparative analysis report of the TAC systems that Congressman Stanfield may have requested.
I compared four Japanese manufacturers with two Minnesota based companies.
Conclusions? Buy American.
Padia! Bring this up to Capital If you don't mind, captain? I would like to take this to the Congressman myself.
I've never been that close to the real seed of power.
Just so we understant each other.
These are the house rules.
No running, no playing.
No feet on the furniture.
And no noise, which includes both crying and whining.
Be invisible, we will get along just fine.
Your clothes is so pretty.
And no touching my stuff, especially my clothes.
What? Hold on, Sydney.
- What are you doing? - Nothing! I told you to stay out of my things and I mean it.
Congressman Stanfield, I have the technical report from captain McClaren.
- How is this veteran? - Still bald sir! I like this guy.
I am Congressman Leon Beckwith, eleven district Louisiana.
You chaired the Vietnam memorial walls up committed that Congressman Stanfield sits on.
- You are registered to vote or some? - No, Sir.
But I did help manipulated in Nixon lands line in 1972.
I really like you guy.
- Nice meeting you.
- You as well, sir.
May I help you to appreciate a good cigar? Yes, sir! - Santiago Caribe.
- Private reserve.
You got to know somebody to get to hold one of these.
Sir, Denise Clements is here again.
Shall I call security? Ah, no, no, no.
Ah, send her in.
Is there a problem? A tragedy! And it won't go away, I'm afraid.
Please, stay.
Sorry to show up without an appointment.
I have two daughters of myself, Denise.
I only hope that they love me half as much as you do your father.
Please sit down.
Congressman, I talked to a Corporal Ethington from a hundred and eighty-fifth who knew a man named Duke.
As you know, My father wrote a letter about a GI named Duke, who was helping him to catch the traitor, not act this one.
So if it is the same Duke, I believehe he can help me clean my father's name.
Miss Clements, we've talked about this letter many times.
But it's circumstantial evidence regardless of what this Duke person has to say.
If you can bring him into the next-stop committee meeting, I'll see to what you heard.
Thank you.
Her father served with you in Bravo Company? Yes.
Mark Clements was the last man you would find who turned out to be a traitor.
She just won't let go what she wants to believe.
Someone once said that old soldiers never die.
They simply fade away.
But I don't think that the same can be said about the memory.
I think it grows stronger.
Who are you? Someone who doesn't believe that your father was a traitor.
My name is Jarod.
This must be very difficult for you.
It's all that I've ever known.
Wasn't until after I buried my mother, that I realised, how important it was to get his name up there.
If I give up, there's just got the saying he's guilty, and I know he wasn't.
This is the last letter my father wrote home, back in seventy-two.
' ' Duke found out one of our guys' selling secrets to Charlie.
If I find out who, God help him.
'' So you think the real traitor discovered that your father was on to him, framed him.
No one believes me.
I believe you.
I want you to tell me what's wrong with each of these pictures.
The chimney is missing there.
The door is upside down there.
The bench is missing at post there.
And, the address numbers are inverted there.
Look closely, Jarod.
The sun shadow of the wood stack, It's mis-directed at all and I missed it.
Most people would, Jarod, Their eyes can only see the obvious.
But to maximize your gift, your eyes must see everything.
Mark was my friend.
I watch Mark dying.
Mark dying.
I watch Mark dying.
Le Xuan Duc, Duke.
Hello, Duke.
Broots, what do you mean it's going to take longer than you thought? Well, I'm trying Do you mind? - How's Debbie? - She's fine.
See, it's me that you should be worried about.
I'll be back as soon as I can.
Mama, show me how to break my hair.
Did you get it? We will open it after school, okay? You have very pretty hair.
- Would you break mine like that? I have things to do.
How did you get to be so mean? I was born that way.
No, you weren't.
You wanna be rich? Of course you do! And I am here to show you how to get rich quick.
With my new video, see this, how to get rich quick! My name Lenny Duke.
I come to your country in tiny boat.
and now I own big boat! American dream, number one! End, cut it! Perfect, Lenny.
Let's lunch! You know, I've got a table reserved over the woodbeach club.
If you get to join me? I don't think so.
Excuse me.
Mr.
Duke? I am a really big fan of your work.
Um, 89.
95 plus what brings you here.
they'll put you on the road to the American Dream.
What a dream it is! A young Vietnamese boy emigrating to American with nothing and building this empire.
Hey, as a matter of fact, you remind me this little boy I saw on this old news report.
About this GI and Vietnam.
who died as the legend traitor.
What was his name? Oh, yes.
Mark Clements? I don't know what you're talking about.
Return to base.
Oh, sorry to bother you.
Have a nice day.
Operation '' Dust-Off''.
You are two hours from your Colombian target.
Good luck.
They have no idea we are in here.
Well, they are about to find out.
''Dust Off Tac'' Esteban Largo had to be furious of your handy work.
Well done, Lieutenant.
I am proud to be involved, sir.
Hope again you can appreciate the fine cigars? It is Santiago Caribe.
Yes, sir.
Thank you, sir.
About to show me on TV.
He's never giving me one of these special cigars, and I like cigars.
- What are you doing? - Do you notice anything? C-4 has a hell over kick! There wasn't enough debris.
There was nothing inside that factory.
There's drums , burned powder, lab equipment.
Yes.
But enough to process a hundred tons of coke paste? What are you saying? That's somebody tipped off Esteban Largo that we are coming.
He moves everything out, and leaves just enough evidence behind, so we think we make a big hit.
Who would do that? With the destruction of this cocaine factory, another battle has been won in the war agaisnt drugs.
This is Captain McClaren, master man of the operation ''Dust-off''.
Santiago Caribe.
Private reserve.
You have to know somebody who gets the hold of these.
''Search For: Santiago Caribe Cigars'' ''Search Results: Importacion Cartegena, S.
A.
'' ''Primary Stock Holders'' ''Search For: Importacion Cartegena, S.
A.
; Primary Stock Holders'' ''Name: Esteban Largo'' Wow.
I guess he really do know somebody.
Alright, let's move this along.
Next! Private First Class Mark S.
Clements.
As you've said, you have new line to share on this matter? Yes, I do.
A corporal in the one hundred and eighty-fifth division Sorry, Miss.
You said? It's about Duke, the man refers to my father's letter This Duke, is he here to testify? I wasn't able to find him, sir.
But my father was not a traitor.
If you would please listen? Miss Clements, have you had the new line to share on this matter? No, sir.
But as I was saying if you can just give me a little bit more time I'm sorry.
But you haven't let me explain! Pushing! Why won't you people listen to me? Miss Clements.
I'm sorry to have to tell you this, but to be perfectly blunt, your father's name will never go up on that wall.
Now, please.
We have other matters to address.
You are giving up? I am facing the facts.
Maybe I cannot find Duke because there is no Duke.
And maybe there isn't I cannot find any evidence on my father's defence.
because it doesn't exist.
.
And maybe it doesn't exist because my father was When I was little, I was taken from my family.
I do not know who they are.
Who my father is.
All I have is this.
It's the only connection that I have to him.
But I will never give up searching for him, for my family.
Do not give up on your family.
I do not have the strength to do this alone any more.
You are not alone.
I have been awake for over 90 hours.
Yeah, in the same room with you, that is a record.
Sydney, you got to help me out with this kid take off my hands.
Have a sim or something, I don't care.
- She's only a child.
- She doesn't listen! She's always in my things.
I can't even take a step without a nipping at my heel.
She's like a chihuahua! She says about her finding of your mother's gift.
Broots called.
He feels very concerned about his daughter's wellbeing.
Well,it's time he started showing a little concern about mine.
She do like in annoying me.
Debbie is not trying to annoy you, she's trying to be like you.
She unconsciously senses that you both share a similarity of maternal abandonment.
Are you incapable of having a normal conversation? It is her adaptive coping mechanism.
She senses how you came through it.
And it gives her hope that she too some day might come through it.
which is why you need to let this relationship flourish.
You know it would be really nice if once you can take my side on something.
It's not about sides, Parker.
It's about the best interest of the child.
By projecting your anger on little Debbie, you've displaced the anger with yourself as a little girl.
And why am I so angry about Dr.
Spock? It's that you feel responsible for your mother's death.
Leave me alone! Mum.
''Barney Stanfield Account Records'' ''Prentiss McLaren Account Records'' Oh, remember, this is only infomercials You want to be rich, you want big house, fast car? Beautiful girls? Of course you do! I watch Mark dying.
Mark was my friend.
- My - What the hell is going on? I watch my friend dying.
Mark was my friend.
I watch my friend dying.
- Technical difficulties.
- Who the hell are you? Someone who wants to know the truth.
Why did you corroborated the story? - Did McClaren threaten to kill you or your family? - you don't know what you're talking about.
I know Stanfield tipping off the drug lord about the raids and exchange for cash.
I figure if they are doing it now, they were doing it back then.
- You don't know what you asking me to do.
- I understand why you lied for him.
You were just a little boy.
McClaren offers you freedom from the of the war.
You back his story on national TV, and he puts you and your family on a boat to the states.
It was a plane.
What? McClaren helped my family escaped on a plane.
and I only said it's a boat on commercial for dramatic fact.
The war ended for you.
Help me end it for Denise Clements.
I was cleaning McClaren's tent.
and I saw some documents marked classified.
I knew something wasn't right so I told Mark.
He said he had to catch McClaren at the act of passing the documents to the enemy before he could accuse him for treason.
So that night, we followed McClaren into a clearing.
- It's north of the camp - But it was a set-up.
McClaren knew that Clements was on to him and wanted him to follow.
Because he had put land mines up there.
Clements hear the CLICK when he step on the Toe Popper? Yes, I hear the CLICK.
But it wasn't mark step on the mine.
You? Mark transferred his weight on the pressure fuse so I could move off.
- He took your place on the mine.
- That's when McClaren stepped out of the jungle.
He knew that Clements would never step off that mine.
So he shot him.
But he didn't die right away.
McClaren watched him bleeding to death.
And planted the classified documents on him, made Clements like a traitor.
I can still hear the CLICK.
I feel the heat of the explosion.
You think the war is over? It will never be over for me.
Excuse me, sir.
This just arrived from Congressman Stanfield's office.
''Cover Blown Meet Me On Training Course ASAP'' Is everything alright, sir? Ah.
Is everything alright, sir? Ah.
Yeah, everything's fine.
I'm sorry.
I can come back later.
No, come in.
Are you sure? Sit here.
Just do something with your hair, ok? I am sorry that I got angry before.
It's just That present was giving to me by my mother and no one has touched but me for a very very long time.
Why haven't you opened it? I am not sure.
I wanted to do it about a thousand times.
But it was so perfect The paper that she used and the way she tied the ribbon, it's very much of my mother.
Your mummy died, didn't she? Yes.
The day she gave me that present.
I would not have opened it either.
Why? Because if you did, there will never be anything else for your mummy to give you.
I think it's time.
My mother loved this book.
She wanted to read it with me.
Little women.
What's it about? A little girl named of Jo.
Is she happy? Let's find out.
''Chapter One: Playing Pilgrims'' '''Christmas won't be Christmas without any present,' Grumbled Jo lying on the rug.
'' '''So dreadful to be poor,' sighed Meg, looking down at her dress.
'' '''I don't think it's fair for some girls have plenty of pretty things and other girls have nothing at all.
' Added little Amy with angel snuff.
'' '''We've got father and mother and each other.
' Said Beth contently by the conner.
'' ''The four young faces '' ''Jo says sadly: ''We haven't got father ''and shall not have him for a long time ''She didn't say perhaps never ''but each silently added thinking of father far away where the fighting was '' Barney? Barney, where the hell are you? Oh.
That's not a good sound.
Jarod, Oh, thank God! Am I glad to see you.
You don't look so good, captain? I am standing on a land mine! I'd better go and get someone who can disarm it.
How long can you stand there? As long as it takes.
Well, I guess anyone could if they knew what would happen after they step off it.
That must have been why you had shot Mark Clements after one that he was standing on.
And that's why I'm going to have to shoot you.
What the hell is going on here? What really happened in Qi Nhon, captain? If I were you, I would talk to me.
Or the next bullet might not be a blink.
Army in tower suspected a traitor on here.
So you killed Clements and then you framed him.
And tell head men you and Stanfield, you are in the clear.
We did what we had to do.
You'd got a business to run, selling secrets to the highest bidder.
Tell me something, captain.
Is greed so addictive that you can kill an innocent man? You couldn't just kill him.
You had to destroy him.
You stripped him of his honor.
And you left his little girl another war to fight.
It's your word against mine.
Nobody doubted me before, you really think anybody is going to doubt me now? Thanks to this helmet camera, it is not just my words.
It's yours too.
Game up.
Lieutenant, you disarm this mine, now! I am your commanding officer! Not technically.
You see, I am not really in the army.
But if it makes you feel any better, I won't shoot you in the leg like you shot Clements.
I will aim higher.
No.
No.
Do not wet your pants, sir.
It's jell-o.
It's a dessert.
Yummy.
Hello.
What happened to you? Well.
We went shopping.
Do you have a problem with that? Honey? Where did you get all these stuff? Moving Miss Parker, her business.
She is a good kid.
Always take care of her.
Or I will hunt you down and kill you? Understand? I I think so.
You read it all.
Promise? I promise.
Come on, kiddo.
''Collateral Damage'' End Dictation: ±¿±¿/´Ð´Ð YTET PRESENTS
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