V s02e08 Episode Script

Previously on V: - There's a small group of lieutenants.
Eli relied on them.
Present us with a plan.
If you do not, leadership will pass to someone proven.
Tyler's body appears to be rejecting the surge of phosphorus.
- Have the backups been tested? - Young man from Barcelona.
- Arrange for Rafael to visit with Lisa.
- I can't do this.
- You have to go.
- You disobeyed my orders.
You must convince Anna you are the loyal daughter she expects you to be.
They're using us to fast-track their own evolution.
We will stop that from happening.
One unique strain of DNA, Joshua.
Extracted from every carefully selected live-aboard.
The finest genetic material mankind has to offer.
Soon it will be ours.
The last group of live-aboards arrives tomorrow.
Then we will collect all the remaining DNA we need from the humans.
Now that I've decapitated the leadership of the Fifth Column our plans can finally continue without interruption.
Is the connection secure? No, I thought I'd run the pow-wow through Facebook.
It was one thing to get the job.
It's another to do it.
It's time to prove yourself.
That's a little dramatic, no? Which doesn't mean he's wrong.
You're the leader of the global Fifth Column now.
It's not just our lives in your hands anymore.
All right, we're good.
Okay, let's do this.
Get Eli's lieutenants on the line.
Time is a factor so I'm going to make this quick.
Anna's breeding plan relies on getting the DNA from the live-aboards.
- We'll stop her from doing that.
- How do you plan to stop her? The last live-aboards go up to the ships tomorrow.
I will track down a list of all the participants in each city.
We'll send the names so you can coordinate your strikes.
We'll strike using the live-aboards themselves.
Meaning what, exactly? - We'll corrupt their DNA.
- We'll acquire a flu strain then program it to destroy reproductive functions of DNA it encounters.
Once the Visitors extract the target's DNA and mix it with the larger pool it will render all the extracted DNA useless.
On every ship around the globe.
DNA bombs.
The next evolution of attack.
Anna believes she silenced the Fifth Column with the death of Eli Cohn.
If we pull this off, she'll know we've reemerged with stronger leadership.
She'll use any means to find out who that leader is.
Are you ready to carry that burden? I am prepared to do whatever it takes.
Stay on standby.
We'll be in touch.
I'll start on the list.
We'll get the virus.
Closest place is Jameson Labs, under lock and key.
Okay, so how do we get inside? We break in and steal it.
My kind of leader.
There's a situation with the 29 breeding candidates.
This morning in Beijing, one of the boys collapsed and died.
A short time later, another died in Johannesburg.
Whatever struck them remains unknown.
The other boys, are they okay? As far as we know.
What about Tyler? He has shown no signs of illness during training.
Take every precaution.
Determine the cause and find a cure.
Fortunately, the boy from Johannesburg died while touring the mother ship.
His corpse is being sent here so I can conduct an autopsy.
We must keep every breeding option open for Lisa.
Until we can be sure that Tyler's phosphorous levels have stabilized Rafael remains the most viable backup.
But Lisa rejected him.
Thanks to your work accelerating the hybrid's aging process my backup queen egg is nearing maturity.
Which means either Lisa rises to her call with Rafael or she will meet the same fate as any traitor: Death.
I can't do this.
I'm sorry.
You have to go.
Not your most regal performance.
You'll be fertile soon.
Much will be expected of you as the future queen.
I need to know you'll make the right choices.
Of course, Mother.
I've made plans with Rafael.
This time I will perform all of my duties.
A private word, my queen.
A complication has arisen regarding one of the live-aboards.
Jennifer Hartswell.
She has a uniquely high immune system.
One that we've never seen in any other human.
Her mother, Melissa, has been invited to join Live Aboard so that we may access her daughter's DNA.
However, she is reluctant to come up here.
Do whatever it takes to alleviate her concerns.
We tried, but Melissa Hartswell insists on meeting you.
Arrange for a meeting immediately.
I'll handle her.
Mother to mother.
I know I'm not the resident badass, but a heist like this? Shouldn't there be, you know, some elaborate plan? Suction cups, tuxedos, gorgeous Ukrainian spies? All right, forget the spies, I'm just saying.
It is a small lab.
Minimum security.
Plus, we need the virus right away.
We go fast and hard, and get out before they knew what hit them.
- Cowboy-style.
- Easy, Wild Bill.
These are human guards, not V's.
We go in non-lethal to take them down.
Right, there are three guards here, here and here.
- Okay.
- All right.
Sounds good.
Break a leg.
- You're coming with.
- Me? No, no, no.
No, I'm good.
We need to know which virus to look for, how to transport it.
- We can do this without him.
- We have one shot at this.
We cannot make a mistake.
The live-aboards go up tomorrow.
- This is not up for debate.
- Wait, what? Not up for debate? - Look at him.
He's a scared kid.
- Well, I'm not scared.
Sid, wait.
Erica, would you risk Tyler like this? Tyler's gone.
Anna took him from me.
If I'm gonna get him back, if we're gonna win this war then I need to stick a dagger into the heart of Anna's plan.
Melissa Hartswell? I'm Anna.
Hi.
Nice to meet you.
And you must be Jennifer.
Aren't you the cutest little thing? She's a little bit shy.
I really appreciate you meeting me on such short notice.
I heard you had some concerns about the Live Aboard program.
Yeah, um, you know, if I came up here I would have to leave Jennifer.
Jennifer is invited to come, so she could be with you.
But there are no other children up here.
I'm just concerned that she wouldn't have friends to play with.
Melissa, I'm gonna confide something in you.
Something I've kept from the public due to safety considerations.
I have a daughter of my own.
She's precisely Jennifer's age.
Her name is Amy.
That was my mother's name.
What a nice coincidence.
Aw.
Hey.
So pretty.
Go get your doll and we'll play another game, okay? Anna promised you time with your child.
That time is up.
Hey, wait a minute.
Hold up.
Wait a minute.
Hey! Wait a minute, hey! Anna also wanted you to have this.
Where's my daughter? You've been experimenting, aging her.
That's my daughter.
Where is she? She's with Anna, heavily guarded.
You'll never get close.
Besides, you and I both know she needs Anna's Bliss to keep her from terrible pain.
You can cure her.
No.
Why don't you kill me? Joshua, we were comrades once.
In the Fifth Column.
Don't you remember that? That's not who I am anymore.
When you've been touched by human emotion, it's always in you.
Somewhere.
Hope you find it again.
Jameson Labs.
There it is.
Let's go steal a virus.
Get him.
Come on, let's go.
Look, we gotta hurry.
- Let's go! - Get his ID.
Let's get rid of his gun.
- Come on, run! - Let's go! Dump him.
Hide the body.
Put him in that room.
Jack, stay here.
Keep your eye out for the third guard.
All yours, professor.
You do know what you're looking for, right? Damn it.
Got it.
- Don't move.
- Get down! I'm hit.
You're okay.
You're gonna be okay.
- You're good.
- Grab the virus.
Come on.
Let's go, let's go, let's go! Hey, Sid, Fierro's got the jets on the ground, waiting.
What is taking so long? Sorry I'm not up to your speed standards for handling viruses.
There.
Now I'm done.
The eagle is ready to land the eggs in the nest.
- What? - It's code.
- Are you all right? - Yeah.
Through and through.
Missed the arteries.
Shot by a rent-a-cop.
What'll you tell the guys? Quite a shot you made yourself back there, Erica.
Double-tap to the chest.
I knew he was wearing a vest.
Did you? We had a mission with a ticking clock.
Twenty-eight jets awaiting a virus that we had to deliver.
I took the shot because I couldn't risk failure.
Here, let me help.
You saved my ass back there.
If Chad doesn't get back with that list of live-aboards, it was all for nothing.
Yeah.
Still no sign of Ryan Nichols.
The guard that was tasked to kill him failed.
- He was immolated.
- Keep looking.
He has nowhere to hide.
How will you play mother to a child that is not yours? I'm the only mother she's ever known.
I fed her.
I took away her pain.
Pain from a disease which you inflicted upon her.
All that child knows is that when she was in agony I made her feel better.
Lisa.
Rafael.
Come in.
Thanks for offering to show me the ship.
The Peace Ambassador Exchange Program has many perks but this is the best of them.
I figured you didn't want to see me again after last night.
No, not at all.
I was just nervous.
Not anymore though.
Hey! Get away from her.
Tyler, wait.
Lisa, what the hell is going on here? Hey, man, calm down.
- Calm down? - Tyler.
Tyler, stop! Rafael.
Oh, my God.
This is a list of all the live-aboards going up to the New York ship tomorrow.
I ran down as much information as I could on them.
I sent the lieutenants the lists for the other cities.
So who do we choose? Whoever's closest.
We're running out of time.
As we speak, our virus is winging its way around the globe.
Let's just hope when it interacts it remains stable.
What do you mean, "remains stable"? The DNA virus is untested.
With any experimental treatment, let alone a virus there's the possibility for serious side effects.
Even death.
You told me there wouldn't be any side effects.
That this wouldn't harm people.
That our carrier was just a You lied to me, didn't you? If I had told you the truth, you wouldn't have come this far.
You're right.
I wouldn't have.
So is this what we do now, Erica? We lie to each other? This is no time for conscientious objectors.
We need to get this virus into a live-aboard now.
And if we do, that person could die? The Erica I know wouldn't let that happen.
When you were in the Army and a superior officer gave you an order, what did you do? - I followed it.
- Consider this an order.
There's our live-aboard target.
Will Lerner.
Assuming his credit-card statements don't lie he should be headed for his daily caffeine fix.
Right on schedule.
So I can just pour the virus into the coffee? Easier than sticking him with a needle.
But you can't just dose and dash.
Make sure it absorbs into his drink.
Once it does, it'll only take one sip.
You sure about this, Erica? It's my plan.
I should be the one to do it.
That's not what I'm asking.
Rafael is on life support.
His ailment is the same one that killed the breeding candidates in Beijing and Johannesburg.
It appears the stripped-ladders in the boys' DNA are collapsing.
- Fix this.
- I can't.
The DNA mixture is the only solution.
Until we acquire the last of the DNA from the live-aboards, we could lose all these boys.
We've come too far to let that happen.
I'll get the DNA.
I don't know if you should be here.
I wanted to apologize.
Is Rafael gonna be okay? I don't know.
There are some things that I can't explain to you.
Things bigger than you and me.
But if you really cared about me, trusted me you wouldn't have acted the way you did.
It's because I care about you that I acted that way.
Maybe if you were human, you'd understand that.
You should leave.
Please.
The virus arrived safely.
We had to switch our Paris target at the last minute.
And we almost failed in Delhi and Ankara.
But it's a go.
Congratulations.
The last shuttle just lifted off.
The New York live-aboards should arrive on the mother ship shortly.
Now all we can do is wait.
Melissa, I'm glad you changed your mind about joining the Live Aboard program.
Actually, it was Jennifer.
She's looking forward to meeting Amy.
Amy's words exactly.
Let's get you settled in.
All right, let's go.
Have Joshua begin the DNA extraction on Jennifer immediately.
Very good.
Your palm, please.
Welcome to the New York mother ship.
Hello.
Hello.
Palm, please.
Oh, Mr.
Lerner.
We're so pleased to have The live-aboard is alive.
I've sedated him until we can determine the cause of his collapse.
Something was introduced into his system.
A virus altering his DNA.
Had we harvested his DNA for the mixture it could've contaminated the human growth matter which we have spent months collecting.
My entire plan would have been set back irreparably.
Alert the other ships.
Rescreen every live-aboard.
Tell them what to look for.
Once the contaminated live-aboards have been identified have the virus removed and the needed DNA extracted.
Afterward, anyone carrying the virus will be executed.
Such an action would surely draw the world's attention.
The only cover story I can offer is to say these people were Fifth Column and died during their attack.
You would effectively be announcing the rebirth of the Fifth Column.
I have no other choice.
You wanna die for your cause? I'll grant you your wish.
Don't scream.
I'm not gonna hurt you.
You're Ryan Nichols, aren't you? The whole ship's been looking for you.
I need you to help me, Lisa.
And what makes you think I'd do anything to help Fifth Column? A common friend.
Erica Evans.
You can help me get my daughter away from your mother.
Help us get off this ship without her knowing.
Don't follow in her path, Lisa.
There was a queen before her and she was nothing like your mother.
Ryan, there is someone on this ship who can help you.
I don't believe it.
- My queen.
- Ryan Nichols.
I remember all my children.
We thought you were dead.
Lies of my daughter.
What's going on, Lisa? Why is he here? My mother tried to have him killed.
He needs help.
He's an ally, we can trust him.
Ryan needs to escape the ship without anyone knowing.
If I help you then I expect you to do a favor for me in the future.
Anything.
I built secret escape pods cloaked from detection from humans and Visitors.
Unfortunately, I never got to use them.
I'll distract my mother, give you a clear window to escape.
We need allies like you, Ryan.
You're more valuable alive and on the ground.
I'm not gonna leave my daughter here again.
Let me see her one last time? I don't understand.
I have a daughter.
She had a human mother.
A hybrid? I thought that was impossible.
Do you have any idea what this could mean for our future? For our species? Anna's holding her captive, she made her sick.
Only her Bliss can cure her.
Just because I'm down here doesn't mean that I stopped being your queen.
I can use my Bliss to cure your daughter.
Any enemy of my daughter is a friend of mine.
Thank you.
Okay, we're going live in three, two Good evening.
It is with a heavy heart that I bring you tonight's headlines.
There has been another Fifth Column attack upon Anna and the Visitors.
This time, aboard the New York mother ship.
We've also received word of similar attacks on mother ships across the globe.
According to information released by the Visitors Fifth Column suicide bombers gained access to the ships as part of the Live Aboard program and blew themselves up.
No names have been released although sources here have ID'd the New York mother ship perpetrator as Will Lerner, an MTA driver from Long Island, no family.
We'll keep you updated on this story throughout the evening.
- The plan failed.
- On the surface, yes.
But we showed that the Fifth Column didn't burn in the fires from that siege.
Anna was forced to admit publicly that the Fifth Column is back.
We still have to stop Anna's breeding plan, and we will.
What's our next move? We stay on the offensive and we don't stop until we've won.
Well done.
Sid, Hobbes, could you give me a moment with Jack? Yeah, come on, mate.
I'll buy you a beer.
You are old enough to drink, right? You're awfully quiet.
Well, congrats on your, uh, victory.
You're clearly an effective leader.
But Will Lerner is dead.
And so are 28 others.
- Someone needs to acknowledge that.
- You just did.
So why won't you? Do you want me to say I'm sorry? This is a war, Jack.
There are billions of lives at stake.
If I had to make that choice again, I would.
No, Erica.
I refuse to believe that part of you doesn't see the tragedy in this.
The only tragedy here is that the DNA bombs failed.
Lisa, I wasn't expecting you.
I wanted to tell you that you can count on me to be the next queen.
I will not let you down, Mother.
I would expect nothing less.
I'm sorry.
I have to do this.
I'll come back for you.
I promise.
The specimen was successfully extracted from Jennifer Hartswell.
The DNA mixture is now complete.
Prepare the injection for the boys immediately.
Begin with Tyler Evans.
Of course, my queen.
There is still the Fifth Column.
How did they know to infect the live-aboards? Today's Fifth Column offensive was different.
Focused.
They know more of my plans than I thought.
- What would you have me do? - Identify their new leader.
Before they grow too strong.
Ryan escaped.
- Thank you.
- Your instincts were right to bring him to me.
Ryan feels emotion, like us.
As does your mother, yet she denies it.
Which is her weakness.
Our strength is that we embrace emotion.
- Which makes us a threat.
- A threat? - How? - You will know soon enough.
For now, we need to reach out for help.
There is someone aboard this ship that I trust.
Someone who needs to know that I am here.
Leave us.
I wish to speak with him.
I have a message from Diana.
She's alive.
This is Jack.
Leave a message.
Um, hi, it's me.
Look, I know today was hard.
Will you give me a call when you get this? Hobbes.
What are you doing here? Figured after a day like today, you could use a friendly face.
Really? So we're friends now? Heh.
Well, then consider this tactical support.
A leader's nights can get lonely.
You know, the second-guessing, the stakes.
I just wanted to tell you, face-to-face, you did bloody good today.
See you tomorrow.
Do you wanna come in? Yeah, sure.
Never been here before.
Well, you kept R.
S.
V.
P.
'ing no to all my Fifth Column dinner parties.
Bit more homey than my place, eh? How you holding up? - The truth? - Yeah.
I don't know.
Joe's gone, Tyler's up there.
I'm just trying to stay tough.
I know the feeling.
I had someone that I cared about once.
But she died.
We're gonna get your kid back.
I promise you that.
You wanted to see me, Anna? You're becoming quite a pilot.
It's time to prepare your body for interstellar travel.
Prepare my body? A necessary precaution.
This will allow your body to survive in deep space.
Don't worry, it won't hurt a bit.
Please, allow me, Joshua.
This is an important moment.
For Visitors and humans.
For the two of us.
You're right, didn't hurt a bit.
I would never hurt you, Tyler.
I would never harm any human being.