01x07 - Kissing the Machine

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Previously on "Hunters"...

Ted: I want to show you the truth.

Daddy, no, stop, stop!

This is what we are.

And what are you?

I don't know.

Briggs: Musa Wazari, possible pseudonym for Brother Number Four.

Jules: That's their leader. He's like the bin Laden of little green men.

We found him.

Brother Number Four?

Flynn: You k*lled my wife.

No, I am your wife.

sh**t me, do it.

Do it!

(g*nsh*t)

Slavich's last words to me were about Hunters being inside the ETU.

We're not calling the ETU. If there is a mole and we call it in, they'll tip Musa off.

Briggs: She's one of them.

If they sent me home to fight my people, I wouldn't do it.

Musa: Don't be afraid, you're one of us.

I am your brother. You belong to me.

Jackson: It's been 48 hours since we lost contact with Agent Regan.

She was last seen with the Hunters' leader Musa Wazari.

AKA Brother Number Four.

We'll do everything we can to bring her home.

But as of now, we have no line on her whereabouts.

(screaming)

You bastards!

Let me out!

(screaming)

Agent Briggs, in your report you wrote that Agent Regan appeared to be a willing passenger in Musa's helicopter.

Yes, ma'am. From my vantage point, it looked like that.

They were talking to each other.

Musa didn't have a w*apon on her.

I won't do it.

I'm not like you. I'm not like you, you hear me?

I'm not like you!

We can't assume that she won't talk.

You put anyone under enough duress, and they'll eventually break.

All the more reason we need to find her.

We have a mole compromising our every move.

And our imperative is to minimize damage to the ETU.

No, our imperative is to find Agent Regan.

One of ours is in enemy hands.

I'm assuming control.

You what?

You heard me.

I'm taking the running of this operation.

Stand down.

We need to determine what sensitive information Regan had clearance to, what she may have accessed without authorization, and whether or not any of those systems have been breached.

And until those tasks are completed, Agent Regan is on her own.

A parasite controlling her actions, which made her ill-tempered and confused.

She hid under the deck her father never finished building.

Thrill of the hunt.

They'd let her off her leash and she'd bolt into the fields.

Sniffing, whimpering for one of you little critters to come out.

Thrill of the hunt.

(snaps neck)

It made him happy.

So happy.

♪ I am calling for you ♪
♪ You are why ♪
♪ I'm still breathing here ♪
♪ For you ♪♪

Briggs.

(sighs)

Why'd you say that sh*t about Regan?

Because it's true.

You couldn't have seen Regan and Musa talking.

Well, you saw what you saw, and I saw what I saw.

You were too far away to see any detail.

You know that.

How's the hand?

What?

The hand tremors?

No idea what you're talking about.

And the panic att*ck at the prison?

Huh?

And is that booze? And it's, what, 10:00 a.m.

This isn't about me.

Really? You sure, man?

Because I know PTSD can mess with a soldier's memory.

So you're a shrink now, too?

I'd trust my word over yours any day.

We'll see.

Yes, sir, I'm very well aware of the time imperative.

I have now assumed command, and it will be taken care of.

We are in a crisis.

I respect your decision to assume command, but Ruth... the implication that my actions have been anything less than professional is personally offensive.

You could have bombed the prison and k*lled Musa.

You should have... but you hesitated.

Because Musa is more valuable alive than dead.

Your decision wasn't strategic, Truss, it was emotional.

I'd do the same for any member of this unit including you.

But I'm not the mole, Regan is.

Since the leak in Colombia, I have done my due diligence on every agent in this team.

I have had all of them under constant surveillance.

And I've had you under the same.

Of course. I have nothing to hide, and I would expect no less.

And yet we've turned up nothing.

Perhaps we haven't gone far enough.

What is she to you, exactly?

You've already got six children of your own, and I sense no prurient interest.

Is Agent Regan some sort of interplanetary missionary project?

"All creatures great and small? God made them all."

She is not a creature.

She's a soldier, our soldier.

And we must do whatever it takes to bring her back.

Very well then.

I want a full review of Agent Regan's files, and a debriefing on our paper trail with her by 04:00.

And Truss?

Shut the door on your way out.

It's okay, we're not going to hurt you.

I know you.

You're Abby Carroll.

(meat sizzling)

Allison.

You have been with us for four days now.

Tell me, what have you learned?

I know you k*lled my parents.

Is that what the humans told you?

It's what I saw.

I had your parents brought in because your father went native.

I haven't seen him in years.

He ran away in the night like an unruly child.

I know you're hungry.

Here, let me feed you.

That's right.

I am your Brother.

I don't know what that means.

It means you respect me.

Flynn: Regan's not the mole.

Well, I agree, but I'm not calling the sh*ts right now.

Finnerman banished me to archives to keep me out of the loop.

In Turkey, Briggs told me Jules accused Regan of knowing more about the Hunter language than she was letting on.

I never said that.

And I could barely see Regan in that chopper.

There's no way Briggs saw what he said he did.

It's a blatant lie.

You think Briggs is the mole?

Exhibiting a passionate hatred of them is good cover.

Like he's just Hunterphobic to prove a point.

But I'm not accusing anyone without evidence.

We could sweep his stuff, just to be safe.

Sir, if we find the mole, it could lead us to Regan.

Search his belongings.

Jules, keep an eye on Briggs.

Don't tell Finnerman.

Flynn: Copy that.

(door opens, closes)

Just get it over with.

And what would that be?

Whatever it is you Hunter freaks do.

But I don't want to punish you, Allison.

I want to save you.

From myself, right?

In a way, yes.

I'm going to save you from your humanity.

That is why you came to me.

To be reunited with your own kind.

t*rrorists who k*ll innocent people?

No thanks.

Barbaric, I agree, but also necessary.

What we've done was for our survival.

Not unlike the cruelties humans commit on each other, including your beloved Truss Jackson.

You don't know anything about him.

Or humans.

I've lived as a human longer than you've been alive.

I can tell you with absolute certainty that no matter how much you want to believe it, you're not one of them.

I'm not one of you, either.

Oh, but you are. You are.

This...

This human skin we wear, it cannot suppress our Hunter urges.

You need to learn to embrace your hunger, your desire.

The Hunter in you.

I'm going to heal you... of your human wound.

(Regan gasps)

Psst.

Hey, I found something.

Doesn't look at all suspicious.

Hello.

Jules: I ran diagnostics. Briggs used the card to call only one number 14 times, with the first just under a year ago.

Jackson: Who was he calling?

McCarthy.

The calls stopped when we arrested him.

Briggs was one of Finnerman's hires.

He went Aldrich Ames on our asses.

What he's done is treason.

Flynn: And he might know where Regan is.

The longer she's out there, the more she's in danger.

Take this to Finnerman. If she thinks it comes from me, well, she'll only have another reason to think I'm trying to protect Regan.

We never had this conversation.

I got a lead on Regan's whereabouts.

We're running out of time to find her.

You're Flynn's wife.

I never was.

Are you ready?

For what?

The body you inhabit, think of it as clothing.

Cheap rags that cover the real you.

No thanks.

I've seen what you things really look like.

You have no idea how beautiful you really are.

Your human form is just an ugly lie.

Like you pretending to be Flynn's wife and Emme's mom?

What you're about to experience, I've also experienced. It's not easy.

(whispering) Just remember that I'm here to help you.

Hey... did you know Regan has a criminal record?

When she was a teenager...

Briggs!

(grunting)

This is bullshit, Carroll. Did Jackson put you up to this?

Agent Briggs.

Your wacko cult brainwashing sh*t isn't going to work on me.

The humans brainwashed you.

We'll purify you.

Blood just like this pumps from your heart, flows through your veins and arteries, feeds your organs.

You really have drunk the gray Kool-Aid.

I know you don't want to be here.

You love Flynn.

He loves you.

You have a daughter.

You're a family.

We can get out of here together.

They trust you.

They left you alone with me, please.

I am your prisoner.

You can do whatever you want with me.

No, but this is your chance.

Your chance at getting your life back.

This is my life.

Hunters are my family.

And they're yours, too.

It's okay.

I'm here. It's all going to be okay.

Do you want to hold my hand?

Hell no.

Just relax.

(whirring)

I hear them.

(screaming)

(giggling)

Morning, kitty.

Hey, Emme, what do you say we hit Wawa?

Grab some doughnuts on the way to school?

Come on, jelly-filled, hot chocolate. Let's go.

I'll go by myself.

It's what us strays do.

Emme...

You see that, yeah? I'm trying here.

She's a teenager. That's how they roll.

And you are the grown-up... technically speaking.

Yeah.

I love you.

Who's there?

(g*nsh*t)

(screaming)

(screaming)

Musa: She's fighting hard against us.

How is she holding up?

Abby: She's asleep, finally.

She's stronger than I expected.

And just as stubborn.

She believes she can stay human.

McCarthy said the same about you.

But you returned to us, and so will she.

But being human is all she knows.

You have a unique perspective on her condition.

Flynn and the girl.

You loved them.

I thought I did, but I was confused.

Which is exactly what you need to teach her.

That what she believes herself to be is not real.

She'll be ready for the Purge.

If the latest experiment fails, we'll need the human.

Sterling Martinez.

Such strange appellations.

She doesn't even know her real name.

(clicking)

Regan wasn't the mole.

She was your scapegoat.

We found this in your locker.

Why sell us out?

Money? Threats?

Ego?

Flynn: That whole sob story about your lover getting ripped apart by Hunters.

Did you ever serve?

Or was that bullshit, too?

You're like a scared little boy, trying so hard to do someone else's dirty work.

Too messed up to see you're being used.

Get out of my face.

(distant traffic)

Regan: This is stupid.

Jackson: Answer the question.

Do you know any other Hunters?

I already answered that.

Do you want to live a normal life?

Then you have to come work for us.

That's the deal we both agreed to.

And who is "us"?

FBI, CIA? The Postal Service?

Take this seriously.

One wrong answer...

Finnerman will send you straight back to your cell. You may never get out.

Do you know any other Hunters?

Only my parents.

But the Hunters k*lled them.

Are you loyal to the United States of America?

I'm loyal to you.

Hagi.

(speaking in Russian)

What can I help you with my friend?

Do you recall this man?

He fought for the Romanian anti-communists the same time we did.

I've met him two, maybe three times.

What is he to you?

I just want to reconnect.

I sold him AKs, RPGs, plastic expl*sives.

You know, the usual stuff.

Nothing else?

This one time, he came to me and he said that he wanted to buy a mine. Crazy.

A mine?

A mine, a big hole in the ground.

He wanted my help in bribing local officials.

But the Communists...

What kind of mine?

(gasping)

My name is Allison Regan. I'm 26 years old.

I know, Allison.

I know what you've gone through.

Hiding your molting, denying your Hunter urges.

Knowing that you don't belong.

I know your confusion, your fear, your loneliness.

(sobbing)

(gasping) Please don't.

Please don't.

I want to give you a gift, Allison. The most perfect, truthful gift you will ever receive.

Shh...

Regan: Get it off! Get this skin off me! (screaming)

(sighing) We've been at this for hours.

Mm-hmm.

How much longer is this gonna take?

Give us a minute.

No back up.

Well, come on then, do your worst.

I don't give a sh*t why you did it.

All we care about is getting Regan back safe.

Briggs, come on, man.

Tell us where she is.

You set me up.

You couldn't prove I was the mole, so... you planted evidence.

That's crazy.

I wouldn't do that.

I would.

And I did. That sh*t about Regan in the chopper.

Regan and the clickety clack...

But the story I told you about Afghanistan... that wasn't a lie.

Hunters ripped my heart out.

Brendan was the love of my life.

I served.

We served together.

Until the day we didn't.

And I am the last person who would cut a deal with those Guano f*ckers.

Whatever the price.

I didn't plant that SIM card in the locker.

And Regan's not here.

Then it's someone who didn't think through the fact that I'm a cleaner.

That's my stock-in-trade.

Leave no trace.

Jules ran the diagnostic. Told us you made the calls to McCarthy.

And he knew about Turkey and Colombia.

And he has access to all our files, passwords, briefings...

That son of a bitch.

We'll need proof.

I'll notify Finnerman.

sh*t.

Briggs: Tech with an unlocked computer?

He wanted us to find this.

He's been watching us the whole time.

Is the steak too well-done for you?

I haven't eaten meat in ten years.

I gave it up after you took my parents.

I was on my own.

I had to fend for myself.

By hunting.

k*lling felt... natural.

I hated myself for it.

You've k*lled for the ETU.

Jackson told me we had to, to save people.

That we needed to stop you.

What did your parents tell you?

Not much.

Are they still alive?

The humans know more than I do.

The ETU has more intel on us than they've shared with you.

They know exactly where your parents are, I don't.

Well, who does, Jackson?

You've only glimpsed who you truly are.

You must also learn where you come from.

Where we come from. But I'm not sure you're ready to hear it.

I want to know.

Tell me.

Please, Brother.

(clicking)

Musa: We come from a w*r-torn world.

Not unlike this earth.

The battles between the enslaved and the rulers took many lives.

But I survived as did your parents.

The victors boarded a ship to take us to a distant planet to colonize.

A world to call our own.

But there was a revolt.

They call themselves the Exalted.

We all fled the ship and fell to earth.

Apart, desperate, alone.

(clicking)

Until I found others.

This is why we are here.

Are you the Exalted?

Did you cause the revolt?

No.

The Exalted are all gone now.

Like I said, there was always a w*r.

Abby mentioned a breeding camp.

You want to know how you were born.

In the tub, I saw part of it.

Until we become human, we have no gender.

No race either. Our status amongst our kind is not always reflected in this flesh.

Your parents chose well. You were lucky.

I had to take the first body I found.

I would have preferred something a little... taller.

We have no genders.

That's intense. So how do we...?

The stirrings that you feel...

You don't understand what you truly long for.

What you need.

Show me.

I have the perfect guide.

Musa: Don't be afraid.

Abby will not leave you.

We are all part of one another.

(all clicking)

(keypad beeping)

(line ringing)

It's Jules, Callaway.

The ETU is on to me, I'm at our meeting point.

I need help now.

f*ck.

Jules is in the wind.

Apparently he left us a message.

You didn't say the magic word.

Finnerman: I bet we paid him overtime to code this.

Jules was my hire.

He had a congressman as a reference, for God's sakes.

I mean, that alone should've raised my hackles.

Jackson: You couldn't have known.

Jules passed all security clearances, and...

We went to him, he didn't come to us.

It's not unlike the way we met up with Musa in Romania.

It hardly compares.

I went to see Hagi.

Despite the fact I ordered you to stand down.

You'll forgive my recalcitrance when you see the intel he gave me.

Lithium.

We know about this for sure?

Hunters have been seeking access to lithium mines in Romania as far back as 1989.

The raw material for thermonuclear weapons.

My guess, they never stopped.

I ran all the lithium mines in the U.S.

There are a dozen in Wyoming, five in North Carolina, and one in West Virginia.

West Virginia, near Circleton?

Only eight miles from Regan's childhood home.

Owned by a Devil's Tower Mining Corporation.

Regan's parents could have been running that mine covertly.

And we need to find out as soon as possible.

Your unit, your call.

All right, agents, listen up.

We have a possible lead on a Hunters' hideout.

Devil's Tower Mining Corporation in West Virginia.

A mine? As in minerals?

As in lithium.

Only the business address we have for Devil's Tower Mining is actually an abandoned hospital.

Flynn: Like some kind of front?

Well, it's a cover for the Hunters' operation.

Conveniently close to Agent Regan's childhood home.

Oh, predictable.

She's not the mole, Jules is.

Just because he was guilty, doesn't mean she's innocent.

Jackson: What we do know is that both Jules and Agent Regan are missing, and our best and only lead to their whereabouts is here.

The abandoned hospital abuts a forest which runs along the Allegheny.

The lithium mine itself is also abandoned, several miles away.

We will start by raiding the hospital and take it from there.

Let's gear up, move it out.

Jules has left us a message. So, we'll send him one of our own.

That was... amazing.

Whatever it was.

Your parents never told you about the birds and the bees?

I'm starting to realize my parents never really told me anything.

Well, first off, your mom and dad aren't your real family.

They were assigned to you.

Like you to Flynn?

Something like that.

Wait, don't tell me Musa's my real dad.

It doesn't work that way.

You come from a group of nine.

The same group I come from, but from a different breeding cycle.

So we're like sisters?

Sisters who just had sex.

Not a fair comparison.

Hunter relations are not the same as human relations.

Clearly.

So what about your "human relations"?

I don't have any, not anymore.

But you must miss Flynn?

You were married for six years, right?

That time is over for me.

It's almost over for you too.

There's just one more thing you need to do.

(phone ringing through)

I'm still waiting. Where the hell are you?

(keypad beeping)

(clicking)

(clicking stops)

(keypad beeping)

(clicking)

(panting)

(clicking)

A new species appears.

The most incredible thing to ever happen in the history of mankind.

But Hunters are smart, and they know better than to try to make peace.

After all, look at how we treat our own kind.

Good luck finding somebody else to spy on citizens for you and order drone strikes for you and t*rture people for you.

The ETU let a newborn and its mother die to get intel.

And we call Hunters t*rrorists?

Being a good guy doesn't feel like being a good guy anymore.

I'm done. Game f*cking over.

(tires screech)

Flynn: I hope your Russian friend is on the money.

Jackson: He's never let me down.

Search the building. Watch yourselves.

(rattling)

(clicking)

(gasping) No! No!

No!

(heartbeat)

(clicking)

No!

(gasping)

(screeching)

(gasping)

(groaning)

(coughs, gurgles)

Please, oh, please.

(soft groaning)

(gurgling)

Briggs: There's a tub full of Hunter blood.

It's warm.

Roger that.

Hospital's clear.

What the hell is that?

Sir?

Jules.

Briggs: They tore him apart.

(cell phone vibrating)

Jackson.

Where?

Are you all right?

What happened?

I got away.

Come on inside the house.