Earth: Final Conflict s02e13 Episode Script

At Second Chances we have uncovered the proverbial fountain of youth.
Taelon and human scientists have created a procedure that will make you young again.
Now, you really can have a second chance.
I understand this commercial will start broadcasting today.
The advertising campaign should prove to be very effective.
If the Taelon technology works.
The test results from the last three months were thoroughly reviewed by your technical team technique, Mr.
Fields, and they found no flaws in the technology.
We always test our products for a minimum of a year.
We only agreed to the shorter testing period based on your assurances that the technology would be ready.
Then what is the issue? Both your technicians and ours have confirmed that the technology is ready.
Recent tests may have been successful, but if we have a recurrence of the problems that plagued us at the beginning of this project, they can kiss this entire company goodbye.
Hold it! Don't move! Take it easy.
What have they done to me? Calm down.
We don't want to hurt you, everything will be okay.
I don't want to live like this anymore.
No one's gonna hurt you.
Take it easy.
- Don't make me stun you.
- You'll have to kill me! He's dead.
They are the Companions.
Aliens come to Earth on a mission of peace.
Their true mission, the secrets they hide, forever alter humanity.
Caught in the struggle between these Taelon Companions and the Human Resistance is Liam Kincaid.
A man who is more than human.
The mysteries of his past hold the key to Earth's future and the fate of mankind.
On Earth Final Conflict.
Hey! Come over here and check this out.
What? You know anything about Second Chances? Oh, yeah, yeah.
My broker told me about this company.
They claim their procedure repairs damaged cells and restores you to your optimal genetic potential, usually around the age of 25 or so.
You're telling me this procedure makes young again? No, that's what they're telling you.
They were scheduled to go public right after the first experiments.
And it looks like they're ready.
Well, I haven't heard a word about this from Da'an.
Well, what do you know, another project that Zo'or "forgot" to tell Da'an about.
Well, these projects Zo'or just keeps secret if he has some hidden agenda.
We got to figure out what that is.
Yeah, we better do it soon, because once the public buys into it, there'll be no stopping it.
Do you know anything about this company Second Chances? No, but I've seen the commercials.
Zo'or and Sandoval have been in meetings with businesspeople for the last couple of days.
Must be related.
No, we've got to get into this.
Look, Liam, I've got to go.
What's up? No, I just, I have to go.
We'll talk later? What the hell is going on with Lili? Maybe she has a date.
It's about time.
It's okay, it's Marquette.
Why are you in Washington, Haley? We have a problem.
That doesn't explain to me why you're in Washington.
Okay.
Doors can't lead lead the Resistance anymore.
He's too much of a public figure.
He's always been a public figure.
Even when he was underground.
Yes, but now he's got cameras on him virtually 24 hours a day.
We need someone who can move about freely.
If we don't act now, we're gonna be nothing more than a band of disconnected Resistance cells.
We need a leader, Lili.
You worked more closely with Doors than anyone else, and everyone respects you.
Zo'or has shepherded the Second Chances venture completely on his own.
This is the first I have heard about it.
We've got to figure out what he's up to.
I'll see what I can find.
You can start with the person that has been chosen for the first transformation.
Where can I find him? You won't have to.
I've requested a meeting with her.
- Agent Liam Kincaid.
- Pearl Bell, and this is Her son, Sam Bell.
This is Da'an, the American Companion.
I don't know what to say How to thank you? We never thought mom would live to see our children grow up.
But now I've been very ill for the last three years.
I am so sorry for your suffering.
The Second Chances people have told me that their new process will repair my cells.
I asked you here to make certain that you understand the risks involved with this procedure.
What risks? I'm dying! Have you considered the impact on your son and his family when you emerge from the procedure as a 25-year old? What about the impact of having to attend her funeral? We just want you to consider all of the ramifications of this decision.
What is this? Are you changing your minds about mom? This is the only way to save her life, please! Don't condemn her to die.
Were you always a big supporter of the Taelons? I don't mean to offend, but No, I never really had much use for the aliens.
Until now.
The Second Chances people never asked us how we felt about the Taelons.
They said it didn't matter.
You can't get our hopes up like this and then just take it away.
You don't have the right! Don't worry.
We're not gonna stop you.
Thank you.
And with us tonight on the Barry Calvert show presidential candidate, Jonathan Doors.
Of course, the sales pitch for Second Chances sounds irresistible.
Who wouldn't wanna be 30 years younger? Are you aware of any specific problems with the transformation procedure? No, how could I be? I mean, this whole project has been shrouded in secrecy.
But is there anyone who still believes that these gifts of the Taelons come without a price? Apparently some people do.
Or they are prepared to pay whatever that price is.
That's because the Taelons are very cleverly stacking the emotional deck for these initial transformations.
All recipients are elderly and ill.
And why is that a problem? It's manipulative.
It makes it seem as if this technology had a a humanitarian purpose.
Many people believe that's the case.
Then they should think again before they play right into the hands of the Taelons.
I mean, look at what humanity is saying.
That we are prepared to pay any price to extend our lives.
From what I understand, the price for the procedure will be only 6 figure range.
No, Barry, I'm not talking about money.
I'm talking about the value of the human soul.
Because that is what we are selling.
I demand an immediate accounting of your activities at Second Chances.
The Synod has not made any such request.
I am a member of the Synod.
Consider this your request.
Then I suggest you accompany me to the facility.
The first transformation will take place in ten minutes.
It was not scheduled until tomorrow.
The schedule was changed.
- By whom? - By me.
But at the request of the family.
I believe you alarmed them, Da'an.
Well, we're just now moments away from much anticipated, first ever public transformation procedure from Second Chances.
The groundbreaking joint venture between humans and Taelons.
Some of these Second Chances technicians just now are making final preparations for this historic procedure.
And also waiting with anticipation, Pearl Bell's son, Sam Bell.
Wow, hey, Liam, look.
You know, I don't mind you coming over once in a while, but I know you have your own place to go to.
I gave it to you.
It's time to find out Zo'or's true agenda at Second Chances.
Yeah, the one thing can be sure.
We know that he's not doing it for the benefit of human kind.
Check this out.
And tonight, of course, we're discussing the event that has stunned the world.
In layman's terms, Ms.
Bell's genetic parts are being disassembled, scrubbed, and then reassembled into a sparkling new package.
Second Chances representatives have told us that within hours of the broadcast of the first commercial they have been flooded with requests for the procedure.
And there's only one person who can give us a firsthand account of what it really feels like to be transformed.
And transformed you most certainly are.
Welcome to the show, Pearl.
You're absolutely stunning.
Thank you, Barry, that's very kind.
Well, now where to begin? How did you feel when you first awoke in this new body? I was scared, excited I'm still in a state of disbelief.
How are you gonna get used to looking this way, and feeling so young? Well, these are problems I look forward to dealing with.
I can imagine.
And I also imagine that you're feeling pretty appreciative of the Taelons at this moment.
Well, not just at this moment, but ever since they saved my son's life.
We, we did not know all that.
Tell me about it.
Sam was diagnosed with severe heart arrhythmia.
A heart murmur? Yes, but his was life-threatening.
One of the doctors at Sloan-Kettering told us the only option was an untested Taelon technique, one that wasn't approved by the AMA.
And And you agreed to this procedure? I would do anything to save my son.
But how did you get around the whole AMA approval problem? Well, the Taelon doctors performed the surgery in secret.
The only ones there were the Taelons.
And the one human doctor who told us about the procedure.
This is an absolutely incredible story! Yes, well, the Taelons are incredible.
Something's wrong.
Thanks for the update.
When I first interviewed Pearl, she had no strong feelings about the Taelons one way or another.
Yeah.
Listen to her here.
And I also imagine that you're feeling pretty appreciative of the Taelons at this moment.
Well, not just at this moment, but ever since they saved my son's life.
Well, what do you expect her to say about the Taelons? I mean, they just gave her But she never mentioned to me what the Taelons did for her son.
Well, not just at this moment So what? I mean, of course, she's recalling it.
It happened over 3 years ago.
She didn't react that way to any other question.
It's almost as if She's making it up as she goes along.
We're out of time.
If these next procedures are successful, there's no stopping Zo'or.
Time to figure out his plan is now.
I didn't recognize you without your entourage.
What's this about? We have concerns as to where your run for the presidency leaves the Resistance.
You see, as President I will have more power to affect change than I did as a fugitive.
Not necessarily, look at President Thompson.
- I'm not Thompson! - No, I didn't mean that, Jonathan.
But if we're gonna win, we need the kind of flexibility that underground allows us.
Yes, and not all of us have your faith in the American political system.
We also believe that you're in this for the presidency more for yourself.
I didn't come here to be insulted! It's not my purpose.
I speak for the North American Resistance when I say: All the best in your campaign! But we're not willing to give up the underground fight yet.
It's time to pick a new leader, Jonathan.
Only when I decide to step down, which I haven't.
We have already made that decision, we are moving on.
Who do you think pays for the Resistance? Maybe we do need your money, but we're not willing to sacrifice leadership to get it.
It's you.
You wanna be the leader.
Nothing's been decided yet.
But I will do whatever is best for the Resistance.
And now I would like to introduce to you a remarkable young woman who, perhaps, best represents the amazing work being done here at Second Chances.
Ladies and gentlemen, our very first transformation, the youthful and the beautiful, Pearl Bell.
Thank you, thank you very much.
This is pitiful.
Not one person here has the guts to challenge this.
You just keep the cool, we're only here to observe.
We are very excited to present to you today our first group that has just completed the transformation process.
After the success of my transformation, this group was selected to demonstrate the effectiveness of the procedure across the broad range of races, ages, and sexes.
What's the matter with you, people? You want the Taelons remake you?! And into what? You don't even know! How can you trust them? You have no idea what they're doing to your bodies, and you're all encouraging this to happen! Are you all blind? You can't just see what they're doing to us? We're becoming toys for the Taelons! How dare you! The Taelons saved my father! Back to the point! No one's gonna touch them! No one! - Let go of me! - No one! - The gun! - Leave it, leave it, leave it! Let me go! You're all murderers! The Taelons will kill you all! Pearl, we're not gonna hurt you.
We just wanna see what they did to you.
- Just let me go! - Pearl, we can't! Calm down! - Doc, come on, give her something.
- Alright, alright.
Hold her.
Haley, we've got company.
Be careful with her, I don't want her hurt.
- Where's Pearl? - She's inside with the doctors.
She hasn't been harmed.
Who the hell are you? Haley Simmons.
Is that supposed to mean something to me? She leads the Resistance effort in Pacific Northwest.
Haley, what are you doing? Look, the only way to understand what the Taelons are doing to these people is to examine one of them.
I thought that was kind of obvious.
I don't know how things work out west, but the Resistance works together here.
Look, I'm not gonna sit around and wait for you do something about Second Chances.
So you risk the lives of a lot of innocent people? Hey! I didn't plan to kidnap Pearl.
I had no idea that guy on stage was gonna go ballistic, and when he did I saw an opportunity and I took it.
Haley, check this.
There's a lot of abnormal activity going on here.
And what we are seeing is a dramatic increase in the AcH level in the hippocampus.
And that's the part of the brain that stores memory.
Stay with Pearl until I get back.
And make sure nothing happens to her.
These are my people.
They take orders from me.
You don't wanna go up against me.
I expect to be included in whatever plan you come up with.
You can trust her, Liam.
Most of the time.
What the hell is going on? In case you haven't noticed, the people being transformed are still becoming violent! Mr.
Fields! Show some respect.
My partners have over 2 billion dollars invested in the company.
They are the wealthiest and most powerful people on the planet! Let me clarify something.
I do not care who your partners are.
If you want to see real power, I'll be happy to display it for you.
That won't be necessary.
You do not seem to grasp the basics of human nature.
If the public wants this transformation procedure, nothing will stand in their way of getting it.
We've recovered this weapon from one of the perpetrators at the Second Chances event.
We traced the serial number back to a theft linked to the Resistance.
This was definitely a Resistance operation.
What about the man who was transformed? The one who fired the weapon.
There is no evidence to link the shooter with the Resistance.
Then find some.
I'll handle the press on issue of the shooter's identity.
Instruct your people to maintain complete silence.
Are you okay? Yeah, I'm okay.
You're a traitor to the Taelons.
I understand you believe that, but just hear me out.
No, you know nothing I need to hear.
That's not true.
Give him a chance, mom.
This is your brain scan from last week.
This is your brain scan from today.
Why is it different? When you went through the transformation process, the readings from the memory portion of your brain were dramatically altered.
Are you saying the Taelons did something to my brain? No, you're lying.
They would never harm me, or Sam.
When we first met, you told me you had no use for Taelons.
That's absurd.
I never would say that.
That's true, mom.
That's how you felt.
This is Sam's hospital chart.
It confirms what you claim.
That Sam's arrhythmia was treated by a new surgical technique.
There's no mention of any Taelon involvement.
Of course, not.
I told you it was done in secret.
The technique is well documented.
It was developed by a doctor who performed the surgery.
A human doctor.
I interviewed the doctor and the surgical team, it's all there.
Please.
Read for yourself.
I've never seen a Taelon doctor.
No Taelons came into my room.
It never happened, mom.
Why? Why is this happening to me? I don't understand.
The Taelons placed those memories in your brain.
No.
- They're not real.
- It's impossible.
I'm sorry.
I do not know.
The closest parallel I've seen to this is the the false recovered memory syndrome in the 1990s.
This process is much more insidious.
The memories the Taelons placed in her brain are just as real as her true memories.
You gotta see this.
The attack was the Resistance plot to discredit the Taelons.
Including the man who was transformed? Yes, he went through the transformation process and staged the suicide mission so he could destroy the trust built between humans and Taelons at Second Chances.
Mr.
Fields, I assume your company will suspend any further transformations until all the facts have been confirmed.
Well, no, absolutely not.
We're not gonna give in to terrorists.
As a matter of fact, later tonight we'll be performing transformation procedures on over a thousand more people who have been actually waiting their turn.
You didn't tell me the shooter was Resistance.
He wasn't.
Sandoval is lying! I mean, the transformation was to screw up his brain, made him too fanatical and he flipped out.
Talk about spin control, now they've got the perfect incident to drum up hatred of the Resistance.
And then create goodwill for Second Chances.
No one's gonna oppose any more transformations now.
Unless we can produce hard evidence to prove that the Taelons are using the process to plant false memories.
And if the evidence exists, it's probably in the Second Chances facility.
I'm going in there tonight.
Are you in or out? Laser sensors cover our every approach.
Lili can only deactivate the security systems for 90 seconds.
It's tight, but we can make it.
Identify yourself.
Companion Agent Lili Marquette.
What can we do for you? We are searching for Pearl Bell.
I need to interview anyone personnel who may have had contact with her while she was here.
Neither of us met her.
Although we'd sure like to.
Don't count on it.
- Go ahead.
- Thanks.
She's in.
Be ready.
Let's go.
Ready? Go! Come on, guys.
We're in.
We're in the interior hallway.
Southeast quadrant.
Nice work, Lili.
Come on.
What are you doing here? Disengage the lab grid.
I'm Lili Marquette.
And I'm supposed to be interviewing some, uh Second Chances personnel regarding Pearl Bell, but Don't move.
I've got an Agent Marquette here who claims that she Lili, disengage the lab grid.
She's clean.
There's nobody here to interview.
I'll show you where to go.
Follow me.
Well, there's gotta evidence here somewhere.
Check this out.
Here it is.
It's details about personal lives of everyone that's been transformed.
They can create specific personalized memories with this.
Every false memory documented.
And the next one they're preparing.
Miracles waiting to get assigned.
Haley, come here.
They tortured him? No.
The memories they planted in his brain were too intense.
They were trying to reverse the damage.
Are you defending the Taelons?! Look at him, Liam.
They forced him here and then they killed him.
Read the chart.
He was a volunteer, just like all the others.
If you want to get our planet back stop making excuses for humanity.
We are allowing the Taelons to destroy us.
The only way for us to win is stop blaming the Taelons and start controlling our own destiny.
We got a break-in.
I'm down at the Saunders? Come in.
Saunders? I need backup.
Hey, what's going on? There's been a break-in down at the lab.
The response team is on the way.
We're not gonna make it out.
We've got to go to the backup plan.
Fan out across the building.
Check out every office, storage room, elevator, basement, bathroom, balcony, attic, and broom closet.
Go! You heard her, fan out! Come on.
Let's go.
Get over to the lab, they need assistance.
Who the hell are you? Lock down the facility.
The intruders are posing as members of my team.
Come on.
Hold it! No! Let's get out of here.
They stole one of our vehicles.
They're gone.
You didn't leave a cover team at the door? You let them escape! They stole an a vehicle.
Get the shuttle patrol in the air.
We launched an air search of the area.
Nothing.
And we confirmed that the area they targeted was off-limits to the human staff.
They stole hundreds of confidential Taelon files.
We will assume all security responsibilities from Fields.
Recover the stolen information before it is released to the public.
Certainly, Zo'or.
All of the Companions agents are searching.
We have just been handed what are now being referred to as the memories files.
There is a widespread speculation that the FDA will now be under extreme pressure to temporarily ban all of these transformation procedures until the evidence of these false memories can be fully examined.
We didn't do enough.
The Taelons and Fields will figure out a way to discredit the evidence.
The demand for transformations is too high.
They're gonna have this back on the market in no time.
Yeah, I know, and we're gonna keep fighting it.
Every time they try and bring it back.
You know, when I I found out about your alien heritage, I immediately distrusted you.
Yeah, you didn't hide it too well.
Well, I wasn't trying.
But I was wrong about you.
The Resistance needs you.
Well, you've got me.
That's not what I mean.
We need a leader.
Someone who will inspire us to action.
I believe that you're that leader, Liam.
Well, that I'm gonna have to think about.
And you now support these acts of violence aimed at the Companions? I would characterize the planting of false memories into unsuspecting people as a violent Taelon act directed at humanity.
By that reply I assume your answer is yes.
No.
I don't support violence directed at Taelons or humanity, but I will stand with my fellow human beings to fight back anyone who attacks us.
You understand better than most the power of the Taelons.
Armed resistance will only result in a massive human death toll.
Without our freedom we might as well be dead.
I still believe you represent the future of our two species.
But there is a basic truth that you must understand.
I am a Taelon.
And I will never betray my own species.
I do understand.
Because above all else, I am a human being.
And I will never betray my species.
Pearl and Sam are all set.
Great.
We'll find them safe haven out west.
We have a hell of a network out there, Liam.
Committed fighters just waiting to be led.
I see subtlety isn't your strong point.
There is no time for subtlety.
It's time to reclaim our home.
Where do you stand? I think you are the best choice to lead the Resistance.
It can't be that simple.
They must have offered it to you.
In the military, sometimes the lines between career and country are crossed.
It's different here.
We have to do what's best for the planet.
And I truly believe that means you leading our fight.
Then I'll do whatever is required.