XIII: The Series s02e10 Episode Script

2x10 - "Black Widow" I'm closed.
Don't come in! Help me! I beg you! I will die! You're getting blood everywhere! I'll call the police.
You need to go to the hospital! Thanks brother.
I'm closed, my sister's sick! But I don't wanna buy anything.
You should leave.
I'm sorry.
I'm just a hired hand.
I work for the movies.
I don't even know who I don't want your excuses.
I want to know who hired you.
What have I done to you, huh? - You work for "him".
- No! God! I swear.
I don't even know who you're looking for! Please.
I'm just a go-to guy.
- I deliver services.
- Who paid you? Um listen, they gave me pictures for the staged apartment.
All right? And they wanted to hire people who could do the job and just shut up.
I'm just a Production Manager for Christ's sake! You shouldn't swear to a woman of the cloth.
Now, for the last time, who hired you? I don't know! Barnowsky.
Rings a bell? Carver.
The name was Carver.
It was a woman, she was British.
Jesus! Please, Please.
I beg you.
Let me go.
I'll let you go To hell.
I was a secret agent, betrayed by my own people.
Robbed of my face, my memories, my history.
Hidden in my past is a secret that threatens all humanity.
I search for answers with nothing to hold onto but the tattoo that has become my name.
I am Thirteen.
ONE YEAR EARLIER XIII's death has been confirmed.
His body disappeared from a morgue in Paris.
It's too late now.
We have to follow procedures.
This is the moment we've been waiting for.
Thank you, Victor.
- You truly are a hero.
- We are eternally indebted to you.
Talk to him in English.
This kind of mistake could cost his life.
Come on, Pong.
Leave her be.
She's just excited.
We all are.
No one has ever gone this far in facial reconstruction.
Are you sure there's gonna be no side effects? You've seen the tests.
All the prisoners who volunteered came out just fine.
Okay let's do this, shall we? You should keep the sunglasses on for some time.
I'm almost scared, I won't recognize your new face.
Don't worry, it's perfectly reversible.
I don't intend to stick with it.
Not only will you look the part, you'll be the part.
To the point I won't be able to tell the difference.
- I will.
- The question is Will he? TODAY - Is it supposed to itch like this? - Laser surgery is totally painless.
No scars, no damaged muscle tissues.
You've been there before.
It's the last stage of recovery, Victor.
I know you can't remember everything, but you know who you are and that's what matters.
I'm glad.
Now we will really get you back.
The real you.
Let's hope I get my memory back with my face.
Your mind's done most of the job, but reconstructing your identity will be a much longer process, - you know that.
- Yeah.
It's good to have you back Victor.
I'm Victor Gong.
This is me.
Yes, my love.
How do you feel? I don't know, it's like I'm about to wake up.
But I know this is real.
I know I'm not sleeping.
You still need time to adjust.
It's like re-pressurizing after a deep dive.
Ai Ning will take care of you.
We'll need to talk really soon, Victor.
Don't tell me you wanna send me on another job! No.
This was your last.
- You deserve a wealthy retirement.
- So? When we sent you, we believed XIII was dead.
Does that make a difference now? I killed him.
- XIII doesn't exist anymore.
- Is there any evidence of that? - What do you mean? - The man has proved to be resilient.
I've been telling you, but you won't listen.
You can't kill me.
You ARE me.
Are you absolutely sure you killed him? I I don't know.
Does it matter? I dunno how much you remember of who you were before all of this.
You were not only surgically changed to look like XIII, You were trained to think like him, fight like him.
To be him.
Now, we are giving you everything back: a home, Ai Ning, your face.
So, if there's any chance that XIII is still alive, you must find him.
You have to lure him out and bring him to me.
- Another nightmare? - It's part of the job.
I get them too.
And I didn't sign note for this.
I am sorry, Betty.
I'm sorry for what your dad did to you.
For what I tried to do to you.
That was before you knocked me up.
If my memory's correct technically, it was after.
Anyway.
You were right.
- The whole time.
- About what? - Everything.
- Can you be more specific? I love being right.
Well, first, that killing is the best way to make a point.
It's pretty final, yeah.
And also, you can't trust anyone but yourself.
Actually, I was wrong there.
Sometimes you can't even trust yourself.
You opened my eyes.
All that time I was looking for answers, things to believe in.
When my whole life was a lie.
I was a puppet, and my own father was pulling the strings.
Should I have held back? I hated you.
But you've cut those strings.
You freed me.
I always knew you had it in you the will.
Your father and Vargas, yeah they were just trying to hold it back in.
They make you sleep, they gave you drugs and fed you lies because they knew who you really are.
You woke me up.
So What are we gonna do, now? Exactly like you said.
We kill them all.
XU PRIVATE GARDENS You barely told me about who I was before - what kind of man - It's difficult for me too.
What you want me to say? I still love you the way I did.
I hope you'd remember that, at least.
I'm trying.
I still think I'm XIII sometimes.
That's why I brought you here.
To help you forget about him.
He's just He's just another.
He didn't even have a name.
He's just another mission for you.
I know there's something you're not telling me.
You're not telling me everything.
- Am I under surveillance? - It's for me.
My father's a very wealthy man and I'm his only heir.
- Who are they protecting you from? - Not you.
You were the most wonderful lover a woman could ever dream of you really don't remember this place, do you? Tell me about that woman, that activist.
What happened between you two? Betty? Nothing.
- She was part of the mission.
- Don't lie to me.
She had the letter.
You must have been pretty intimate with her.
If you want me to remember who I am, you should be talking about you, not her don't you think? I could think of something that could remind you of me.
Right here.
Why? - He's getting suspicious.
- If you want him to trust you, you're gonna have to be more convincing.
What's your problem, dude? My problem is I'm not you.
I know you love him, but Victor's a liability.
- We can't let him run loose.
- I can't push him too hard.
Or he'll snap or even find out.
You know what I think? You're turning soft.
Ai Ning is beautiful, but she'll make you her nice little puppy.
You need some exercise, bro.
The poor man doesn't have a clue.
The drugs are fine and the programming is fine.
Maybe too fine.
Maybe he's fried.
He's got to remember something.
They're connected! He's our only chance of getting your dear Victor back.
Where the hell is he? I don't know, I left him at the gazebo, and - Where were you, darling? - Who is Tang Lung? - Who gave you that name? - It just popped into my head.
The last time you met the man, you didn't exactly leave him with fond memories.
Maybe he can refresh mine.
TANG LUNG I wondered if you'd ever be back, Victor.
It's been a long time.
I'm sorry.
I don't remember you.
I was told that you might not.
It doesn't matter.
What does is that your body remembers.
Mine does.
- Did you see that one coming? - Yeah.
We worked a lot on these moves.
They say lots of stupid things about Kung Fu to sell it to the young.
Fact is, most of it is just learning not to get hit twice in the same spot.
Repeating again and again.
Learning, to the point you don't need to remember.
Sounds good to me.
You've always been the tricky one.
Kung Fu is not only about learning how to get hit, right? You may not remember me.
But I'll never forget you.
So let me tell you this.
Winning is not about being the most vicious.
Sometimes, it's just about being stronger.
Sorry.
If this gets up, we'll all end up in a ditch, without even a nametag on our toe.
Secure all exits.
And nobody calls anyone until I say so.
- What are you doing here? - If you know who I am, Mr.
Pong, and by the expression on your face, I believe you do, then you also know who my father is.
Oh, I know who you are.
You're a fugitive and a terrorist! - That was another life.
- Get out of my office! I came to deliver a message from my father.
I know very little about your family affairs, Miss Barnowsky, but I seem to remember you were not on the best of terms with your father.
Maybe you'd rather talk to him directly? You're bluffing.
Bluffing is when you have no chance at winning the game.
I've been dealt the best cards in the deck.
What message do you have for me? I know where Victor is.
That's a pretty clear demonstration that you're back for good.
- Leave us alone.
- Yes, sir.
I have nothing against you.
I needed to be certain.
I don't really trust Pong's ability to control Xu, I need to be sure he doesn't give into the wrong hands.
And which hands are those? I am not sure yet.
I will find out.
Do you remember what happened to Betty Barnowsky? I have no idea.
Anything before you found me in that container - is pretty inconsistent.
- She's in Shanghai.
- Yes? someone mentioned this morning.
- What's she doing here? - I think she's with you friend XIII.
No, that's impossible, I killed him.
You must stayed too long on the other side.
You've got soft.
Because he is very much alive, - I need to know something.
- What? Pong won't give me an answer, he says it's I have to remember it.
It's part of the process.
Why XIII? Why did I have to take his place? You should ask Ai Ning.
What happened here? I was bored.
Looking for something to read.
I found this in the kitchen! Is this what you've been giving me? Is this why I have nightmares? No! It's not me! It's Doctor Ho's prescription.
It's for your memory.
- Let me go, you're hurting me! - What are you doing to me? Nothing, I swear.
I love you! Why did you talk to me about Betty? Ah? What's going on? Did you know she's in Shanghai? I swear! I was just jealous! You've lied to me! Wong has told me, he says that you know way more than you're telling me.
Now, why did I have to wear XIII's face? Getting the letters back was that my only mission? Please.
I don't know what you're talking about! You have to trust me, Victor.
Please, trust me we'll work it out.
If Betty Barnowsky is in Shanghai, it means she wants something.
We should find her before she finds us.
PRESIDENTIAL BUNKER Gentlemen, this is the end of the United States of America.
God's vengeance is upon us.
Now we'll feel his wrath.
The folly of men.
The vanity, the greed, the collective amnesia.
All this And that stupid, cynical, narrow-minded slughead Harriet Traymore, has brought this the most powerful, the most beautiful, the most evolved country the world has ever know to its doom.
You! You're falling apart.
Don't you dear judge me! I will not be Nero, I won't sit around and fiddle while Rome burns.
No, I'm not gonna stand by and watch my country sink to the ground.
Everything I've done, everything I have done - Mr.
President - Don't you dear interrupt me, Brutus! Yes, you.
You ah yes you sit there thinking this is what happens to men who trample on others faces to get to the top.
Oh, I hear you.
Yes, your silence is eloquent.
You sit and judge me.
You, I know what you're worried about, you're worried about your future jobs in the army, miss and misters, aren't ya? Well I can say this about myself.
Everything I have done, everything I've done, I've done for the love of my c coun Sir! You have to get ahold of yourself.
- He's having a stroke! - I will not - Call a doctor.
- I will noo Tell him Help he's coming sir.
Our country is at the hands of terrorists and rapists.
Impostor Carrington, who is, as this moment, entrenched inside the White House, has turned on his country and we must take back our country from his hands by any means necessary.
Ben Carrington, I know you are watching.
I know you are hearing me, from inside your rat hole.
So hear me when I say this, you will not go unpunished.
I am the legitimate President of this country.
Americans are shedding each other's blood all over the streets.
And many of them claim that you're responsible for this.
Um, I call those the enemy within.
They're anti-American.
They're traitors to this Nation.
They are spies, they're terrorists.
You know the kind of people I'm talking about, Mischa, having yourself been a victim of such an enemy.
I can certainly testify to that! Stay tuned coming up next will be a special report called, "Two days in the hands of Terror".
I couldn't hold her back.
- Ai Ning, this is Betty Barnowsky.
- What is she doing here? I'm sorry, did I do something wrong? Wearing red is an insult to the dead.
I'm sorry, I didn't know.
Can you leave us? I need to talk to Ai Ning alone.
Your father was a powerful man.
I'm sure he'd understand the emergency of the matter, and wouldn't be so preoccupied by dress code.
You're insulting his memory! We both have had powerful fathers.
Personally, I wish mine was dead too.
- At least we'd be here as equals.
- What do you want? - I heard you and Victor Gong are close.
- It's none of your business.
Oh, yes it is.
And very much so.
Victor and you had plans to get rid of Pong.
Don't deny it.
He told me himself.
And don't worry; I'm not your enemy.
I know you prefer a masculine touch.
Victor is willing to come back to you.
I'm just here to prepare his big comeback.
- Let me go! - But I don't know if I want to? - You're crazy.
- I have excellent teachers.
Big shareholders are on your side.
I want you to announce that you no longer trust Pong as CEO of your father's company during the annual lunch tomorrow.
Comfort yourself in knowing you don't really have a choice.
Why aren't you dead? Huh? Why don't you leave me alone? If I'm supposed to be you, then who are you? Underneath this mask is more than just flesh.
Beneath this mask is an idea, brother.
Victor! What are you doing up at this hour? I missed you, doctor.
Victor.
It's fascinating how many different ways one can say a single name.
What do you want? - How did you get in? - The guards see this face every day.
I can't do anything.
I can't give you your face back.
I know.
And after all I did for them.
That ungrateful bastard Pong.
And Ai Ning, my dear fiancé.
Does she like him as much as she did me? You are my greatest success.
Even me, I can't tell the difference.
You shouldn't have told me it was reversible.
I guess, you didn't think I was coming back, did you? You were supposed to become him.
Was it difficult to do this to me? Well I've certainly been under the knife enough.
Let's see if I picked anything up.
Psychological evaluation, multiple facial alterations, paranoia, schizophrenia Shock treatment, and drugs can be used to restore or recreate projected image.
The patient will see an induced image of himself.
Hit him!! What have you done Victor? I am not Victor Gong! - Why did you kill her? - I didn't.
And you know it.
Victor Gong killed her.
You are Victor Gong.
Is this some kind of warped confession? All right.
Enough.
Stop playing your stupid mind games and tell me what you want.
- Who says we want something? - If you didn't, I'd be dead.
Who are you? Well that's the billion dollar question.
Isn't it? I can tell you who I'm not.
I'm not Victor Gong.
Pong here thought, with a little chemical push, you might be able to lead him to Victor.
You! You gave him my face.
You're as guilty as he is.
You untie me now and Victor Gong is gonna be the least of your worries.
You are not in a position to threaten anyone.
You're not exactly in a great position yourselves, lads.
Betty Barnowsky is with Victor now.
- You know her well - I thought I did.
We haven't been able to figure out what kind of warped game she's playing.
- But she's dangerous.
- You're scared of, her or her father? You seem to know a lot.
With the HEARPE program now in Xu's hands, I cannot let them take it over.
I see Yeah.
Daddy would be very unhappy if she would come to any harm here, wouldn't he? What are you saying? I'm saying I take her out of the picture.
You blame Victor Gong and he's out, too.
And we're all happy campers.
We might be able to cut a deal here.
Can we lay off the drugs from now on? PRESIDENTIAL BUNKER They got me.
Now, I'll probably, take my last breath in this rotten stink hole.
Soon I'll be joining you.
You're not dying.
Stop whining and get back on your feet.
You still hold this country's future in your hands.
You're not allowed to bail out that easily.
I won't let you.
What do you mean, what are you gonna do? Oh, I have my ways.
Besides, I'm not your only guardian angel.
- Sir.
- Reynolds! What do you want? Are you gonna tell me not to die too? I need to tell you something, not sure you'll like it - What? - We received some intel from Shanghai.
XIII is there.
Now what the hell is he doing? I don't know but if we can find him, we might be able to use him.
Ooooh, I don't like it.
I don't like it.
Don't worry.
I got your back, General.
Did it have to be this public? This way Xu and Pong cannot be suspected.
- You can always have a face change.
- That's funny.
Xu is on the verge of becoming more powerful and more successful and I am here to share that with all my friends.
All your friends? See? Are you sure you didn't forget anyone? To those who don't know me, my name is Betty Barnowsky.
I'm here to talk to you on behalf of major investors in Europe and North America who have contributed to Xu's success.
As most of you might be aware, XU has been developing a new technology based on the HEARPE project already used by the Synequanon corporation in Alaska.
This technology will make Xu the most powerful corporation on the planet.
I have men placed all over the room.
They will escort you out.
Do it! Miss Xu Ai Ning, has for this reason decided to appeal to some of you, her loyal friends and investors, to take a step in Xu's history.
But I want to let her make the announcement.
What are you waiting for? - Come with me.
- Catch them!!! Do not draw! Watch out for the guests! Hello.
I knew you wouldn't do it.
Even though she betrayed you.
You're a poor judge of souls, XIII.
But you've got heart.
Well, at least you stopped calling me Victor.
You caught me by surprise in the forest.
That won't happen again.
She's not who you think she is.
At least, not anymore.
Maybe not.
I need information out of her.
I think I've been a little out of the loop lately.
But that time well, that time is over.
I just saved your life! Again! Wanna tell me what the hell's going on? I changed my priorities.
And you didn't make the cut.
Stop him! He tried to kill Wong! Going somewhere? Are you a betting Mandarin? I learn quickly.
But you're not.
I ask again: going somewhere? - It's none of your business.
- Actually you're wrong.
- This is now my business.
- This is my father's legacy! You know what I think about fathers.
Who let you in? Where's Pong? I'll take care of him later.
You're the one I'm interested in.
Where's Victor? He still loves you, I think.
Deep down.
Even though he knows you betrayed him.
I never betrayed him! I waited for his return.
I still do! Very stylish.
But you better aim well.
With that kind of weapon, you won't get a second chance.
As I told you.
You don't get a second chance.
Oh and one last thing I'm having his baby.
I'm really sorry it turned out the way it did for you.
You went your way, I went mine.
Things never go as planned.
Yeah, I don't know what you think you're doing.
But it's not gonna end well.
Ai Ning is dead and Pong.
Well I don't know what went through his mind killing the poor girl and leaving his fingerprints all over the murder weapon.
Oh, so much for saving the world, Betty.
If you realized your entire life was a lie, that your own father destroyed everything and everyone around you, do you think you'd care about global warming? So you'd rather become him? I will never become like him.
I am going to kill him and everyone standing in my way.
What about Victor Gong? We have an agreement.
After all, he's the father of my child.
So he couldn't use me and he's using you instead.
And so now what, you're gonna kill me too? No.
We have other plans for you.
Send him to The Pit.
Can't wait.
You're going to love the pit.