03x03 - Minute To Win It

[bunniefuu]

Previously on Continuum...

Which one of you is my partner?

My friend?

There are two Alec Sadlers in this timeline.

Go.

And don't get caught.

I won't forget this.

[g*nsh*t]

Escher was Alec's father.

That I did not see coming.

Welcome to your new home.

If the enemy won't meet us in the b*ttlefield, then we must bring the b*ttlefield to them.

Moving into your position.

Bravo unit head to 12-9 for Evac.

Over.

[g*nf*re]

We lost Bravo 3, I repeat we've lost Bravo 3.

[g*nf*re]

Heavy rounds coming from the rooftop, Request air-strike.

Got him!

[g*nf*re]

They are bringing reinforcements.

Cameron?

Where are you?

Moving toward Evac zone.

Don't.

Please, don't.

Wounded hostile.

Quadrant 12-9.

No, I'm not the enemy.

That's our informant sir.

Terminate and move out.

He is our informant, sir.

He has Liber8 intel that we need.

That intel has been acquired by other means.

System override.

Bravo unit copy, override.

No no no no no!

[g*nsh*t]

Suit system restored.

Move on, soldier.

Yes, sir.

Birthday gift, from my daughter.

Siamese fighting fish.

Maybe she's trying to tell you something.

She's a very straightforward girl.

She doesn't do metaphor.

Maybe I should re-gift it to you.

I'm also a straightforward girl.

You promised me help with my m*rder.

What do you want?

In the other time line, Curtis was against our arrangement.

Maybe that sentiment carries over into this one.

Curtis knows your value now.

But he didn't know it before my death.

Tell me.

These changes in the police department, the specialized divisions.

Does it feel like a familiar path?

Feels like the future I come from, started here.

From our point of view that's nothing but good news.

Good to have your experience on our side.

A back-up system to ensure we're on the right path.

That's what we want.

Stability.

And that is a luxury I cannot enjoy with my k*ller walking around.

I am working on your behalf Kiera, believe me.

I value you on my team.

We can help each other.

I know it.

[Dialogue on television]

Hello.

Come to Lucas.

[dog barking]

Shh!

[loud beeps]

What's going on, man?

I don't know.

[beep]

[beep]

Hey! Hey!

[barking]

Hey, stop right there, Lucas!

Don't do it!

Open up!

You need to wear your hardware, Lucas.

[dog whimpers]

[dog viciously growling]

[distant screams]

Nice work.

Thanks.

I missed the sushi?

We can hit some on the way.

So the Department of Corrections finally sent us those pictures we asked for.

Lucas has been cannibalizing parts from all over the prison.

But this is a newly-minted microcircuit.

Prison hasn't had an upgrade in 20 years.

Somebody smuggled it in to him.

I got Betty doing a background check on anyone who's had contact with Lucas.

Check this out.

Lucas is messed up.

Yeah everything's messed up around here apparently.

I am the person you know.

I am.

Yeah I'll be sure to remember that.

Down!

Everybody down!

[screams]

Don't do that!

[g*n sh*ts]

[Screams]

Everyone get down!

Get over there!

Move!

I want the manager.

Everybody down!

I'm the Manager.

Don't hurt anyone please!

I want in the vault!

Get down!

I said get down Ah!

[g*nf*re]

I said let me into the vault!

Okay it's this way.

Please don't hurt anybody.

[g*nf*re]

Everyone, move over there!

Let's go!

Down!

Quiet!

Move over here where I can see you!

Line up!

Don't move.

[sobbing] He's gonna k*ll us.

Shut up!

[sobbing]

We're all gonna die!

[sobbing]

We're all gonna die.

We're gonna die.

It's gonna be okay.

It's gonna be okay.

[sobbing]

[screams]

Anyone else?

Anyone else?!

Anyone else?!

Hello.

I'm Jacqueline.

I was Mr. Escher's chief counsel.

Please, do have a seat.

We have a lot to talk about.

Mr. Escher, your father, wanted things done in a particular way so...

My father?

There's a personal letter in your carrier.

I believe it explains many of his choices.

What?

This isn't true...

Mom?

The will is very clear.

The document you hold in your hands will explain things more completely.

Alec, your inheritance.

Mom?

Escher is Mark.

The Mark that left us 15 years ago, but he is your father.

Alec's inheritance is what?

A controlling interest in the company.

And will anyone contest that?

Mom.

I'm just looking out for you, that's all I'm doing.

There will be hoops to jump through, of course.

Particularly with the Board of Directors who will undoubtedly seek to put you in an advise-only position.

And the plan is that you will navigate him through this?

That is what his father wanted.

Let's go!

What did you say?

What?

What?

Nothing!

You're safe!

Go!

I can do it.

Right.

Now.

No. Please.

Please.

Please.

No!

[Screaming]

Déjà vu all over again.

You were at transnational two days ago?

Exact same playbook.

Respectable looking thieves.

su1c1de vests.

Vault entry.

And then mayhem.

Transnational thieves were felons, right?

White-collar variety.

Fines, not time.

Ha.

Ain't that always the way.

Wow.

Looks like this was one crime they couldn't wiggle out of.

But if you stop the crime before you get away with anything...

Somebody got away with something.

Half of the transnational safe-deposit box holders made insurance claims.

It's hard to prove what was stolen when the contents are unknown.

It's hard to prove anything was stolen if the thieves blew up.

Yeah, I don't get it.

They had this.

They're 10 feet from the door, loaded for bear, and then suddenly lose their sh*t.

Ballistics matched the g*n that was recovered with the transnational robbery to a shipment of g*ns stolen by Liber8.

Liber8 always plays the long game.

We'll ID the robbers, see what the connection is from that end.

In the meantime, you figure out what game Liber8's playing.

These robberies started after Lucas escaped.

What does he bring to the party that nobody else does?

The crazy.

I'm in control of my emotions this way.

I can see what you're in control of.

Look what I found.

Can someone tell me why a legitimate business needs to hide some of its prettiest things?

And some of its dirtiest.

Patents. MOUs.

Environmental assessments.

No corporation is going to file an insurance claim for losses like these.

Dirty little secrets.

And we're in control of them now.

Those men weren't collateral damage.

And they weren't innocent.

You know it's not that.

We done here?

Not yet.

What's the next bank?

I need a list of all the clients whose boxes were rifled.

Clients pay for their anonymity.

And empty doesn't mean stolen.

Alright. Fair enough.

But only some of these boxes were opened.

How would the thieves know which ones to target?

I don't know. Lucky guess?

Well they didn't care if they were seen in the lobby.

But in here, they wanted to hide what they were doing.

We're gonna need that list.

Sonmanto holds a number of safe deposit boxes and uses them primarily as back-up for pending patents, contracts, etc.

Well it will be very helpful to our investigation to know exactly what's been removed.

I checked the records as soon as we knew about the robbery.

That particular box was empty.

As I mentioned, we have more than a few.

You do know that impeding a police investigation is a very serious offense.

And you know that as a Fortune500 company, we have a full complement of lawyers that can back-up my truthful and helpful statement.

But why go there.

Liber8 is behind this robbery Mr. Richardson.

You don't want them having anything of yours.

And they don't.

You went at him pretty hard.

Yeah well I don't need a future chip to know that he's lying his ass off.

We've got half the companies filing for losses they can't prove and the other half denying anything was stolen at all.

Yeah.

Well that just means whatever they have, they weren't supposed to have.

You don't sound surprised.

Yeah well I had that knocked out of me.

Carlos.

I want to help you get through this.

What can I do?

Well you remember your dead body in the trunk?

How about you erase that.

Yeah so it's unusual.

Thermite charges with an accelerant?

The expl*sive load designed to implode towards the body.

That's why there were no casualties.

Except for these three, of course.

Pop rocks?

You ever heard of anything like this?

Ugh.

No I haven't.

FIU retrieved wiring and components that suggest a radio transmitter.

Let me see that.

Radio transmitter.

But the bank cameras caught them pressing the trigger?

If you say so, yeah.

It's just a weird set-up.

You know, imploding.

How close would someone have to be to trigger the detonation?

I'm a blood and guts guy.

That's a little bit out of my depth.

I'm not sure.

I've got a guy that swims in these waters.

May I?

Um yeah, okay.

Sure.

Need it back.

Is there anything else that's not in the playbook?

Well, with an expl*si*n there's a little bit of everything, but I did notice these components had more cerebral spinal fluid than I expected.

So this is soaked in brain juice?

Apparently.

Is it the kind of thing that could be remotely triggered?

I don't know.

I can't just look at a thing and automatically know what it means.

But from what you say, it could be like an on-board computer.

A chip that receives signals.

A primitive CMR.

In a way.

Some labs are working on brain-to-brain interface.

They use it on insects, monkeys, rats.

It's like an actual mind meld.

No?

Uh, it's like the internet, but for brains.

Well Sonya's got the surgical chops.

Lucas can program pretty much anything.

Did they have human drones in the future?

Not exactly.

Cyborgs.

Robots.

Cool.

Not cool.

Liber8 infiltrated the systems and hacked the robots to use as weapons.

They became a liability.

In the end, all non-human workers were destroyed.

Less cool.

Did you know Escher was my father?

No.

I figured.

I just wondered if...

I never had a father.

Not that I could remember.

And when I met him, I didn't like him much.

I think he was reaching out to you.

In his own way.

Oh yeah, he reached out.

I inherited Piron.

I know, I'm Alec SadTech Sadler, and Piron exists as a separate entity in your future.

Yeah.

Well maybe I'll sell it.

Maybe I'll sell it right now.

Alec.

You don't have to do anything today.

This news has to be devastating.

Even if you don't feel it yet.

I don't know what I'm feeling.

Escher was trying to run my life.

Invading it.

I mean a normal person might think of a different way.

Hey Alec, want to go out for coffee?

Oh by the way I am your father.

Maybe he didn't know how to tell you.

Yeah.

You say mission, I say lie.

Well maybe we can use this tech to patch your CMR problem.

Hmm.

Little incision here.

Couple of wires there.

And my phantom limb is back.

Perfect.

Think you can hurry up?

Look who's talking.

[chuckles]

Your golf bags? Really?

We'll have time before breakfast tomorrow.

You can shag a few balls can't ya?

Yeah...

[screams] Ah!

[Groaning and screaming in pain]

[Groaning and screaming in pain]

Carlos, I went over it again last night and the only thing that makes sense is that Liber8 is fishing for something specific in those safety deposit boxes.

You have any idea what that could be?

A lot of these corporations are using high-security encrypted drives with long-life back-up battery systems.

Now these units emit very low electromagnetic radiation which can be picked up using the right gear.

Well that's great.

But it means nothing unless we know which bank they're going to hit next.

True enough, but if it was me, I'd want to clear all my stuff before that happens.

I've been monitoring all the lower mainland branches and the Bregenzer Bank has a lot of high-end visitors today.

The kind of visitors that usually have lackeys do their work?

VP. VP. VP.

Alec's right.

They're clearing out their boxes in case there's another robbery.

If we can confront them about what they're hiding, maybe we can figure out the Liber8 connection.

Alright let's go chat them up.

I'll meet you there.

Alec.

Don't make any rash decisions, okay?

Sure.

You're investigating Escher's m*rder, right?

Not me personally.

Alright.

Well if you hear anything, can you let me know, now that...

Of course.

Thanks.

Emily.

It is really good to see you.

Yeah!

That was weird.

Kiera was sentimental.

Don't.

What?

Look I know what you did.

He sent you to spy on me?

Alec if you can hear me for just a minute.

Escher is not just some businessman.

He's my father.

If you knew that, you're worse than I thought.

I... I didn't know.

Alec.

Don't.

I'm sorry.

Carlos.

So did you find a mattress that you think is safer?

Strange that you're coming after the victims of crime instead of the criminals.

Mr. Richardson.

My apologies for the delay but we're ready for you now.

You can keep your secrets.

Just point us in the right direction.

What do you think Liber8's after?

Think of all the things you'd rather keep to yourself, Ms. Cameron.

They're special and significant to you for any number of reasons.

Now multiply that by millions and you're approaching the patents, agreements and research that my company would rather keep to itself.

If Liber8 is after one particular thing, I honestly couldn't tell you what that might be.

That guy is...

Is good at his job.

Not quite what I was going to say but fair enough.

I knew what you were going to say.

[sobbing]

Emily.

Alec.

I can explain everything but first I want to say I'm so sorry.

I'm so sorry.

I know everything, Emily.

And it's okay.

But I have something to tell you and it's very important.

And you know I love you and my whole situation with Kiera's just complicated.

Okay, I'm doing this all wrong.

Hey, do you remember our first date?

We talked about the Novikov self-consistency principle?

Time travel paradoxes.

Well he got it wrong.

You know the device... the ball that was in the lab?

And Escher had a power source?

Something horrible happened.

I had to change things.

Emily, I traveled through time for you.

Okay look I know how that sounds.

But if you just listen to me.

So this is how you're punishing me?

No, Emily.

I know I did wrong but all I want to do is make up for it.

And this is your idea of fun?

Jerking me around?

Emily listen okay.

I know you want to go to Thailand.

I know you want to escape your problems things you did in the past things that I don't care about because I love you.

I might be a lying bitch but you're an assh*le.

You...

He loves you too.

But I'm the one that knows everything.

I'm the one that risked everything to come back for you.

Now he doesn't know but I'm leaving that decision up to you, okay.

You're in control.

Who was that?

Some lost guy.

Look I feel completely betrayed by you okay.

You're spying on me, reporting to Escher, telling me that you love me?

But I know that my Father was a controlling jerk so I can believe that he used you.

Okay.

But I don't know if I can trust you anymore.

None of this feels right.

Once I have a clearer head then maybe we should talk.

Okay.

You are hiding something.

This is a robbery!

Come on move!

I said move! Down!

Move this way!

Move it!

Jesus.

That's Frank Ryan.

He used to run our financial products division.

The vault.

Open or we blow it up!

Move!

Everyone on your knees!

On your knees!

Stay down.

Everyone on the floor!

Get down!

Shut up!

This is a welcome surprise.

Yeah, sorry to just drop in like this.

I had to sort some things out in my head.

Thought this might be a good place to clear away the other distractions.

Have a seat.

Really?

How's it feel?

It's a lot to take in.

It doesn't seem right.

It's not me.

I suppose there's some precedence in refusing an inheritance Mr. Sadler.

But I'm not the person to assist you with that.

However, if you'll permit me to show you something I believe your father would have wanted you to see, it may, as you say, help clear away the distractions.

If you'll follow me.

This is... you're working on...?

Genetics.

And this lab will move to our defense technologies division, obviously.

Your father always imagined you here, in the calm center of it all.

You're working with silicone transistors?

Mhm.

That's kind of old news.

In the health field, yes.

But we're hoping to create something for the commercial market.

Something that could combine with optogenetics.

Self activating neurotransmitters?

I've read about early research.

There's so many uses.

Life-changing implications.

Or life-enhancing.

Without the use of implants.

You wear it?

We hope.

We have an advantage if they don't know we're cops.

Agreed.

What do you see?

Clayton said the vests were designed to implode.

These have a lot of wires coming out of them.

I don't know if they're the same.

They're being controlled.

Wires run from the vests into the cerebral cortex.

So if we pull the wires it stops them?

Or it kills them.

I have to get into that vault.

How do you plan on doing that?

Guess.

Oh. Of course.

Create a diversion?

Did you see that?

What?

One of the hostages, to the left.

You mean the guard?

No.

Why is that chair moving?

Keep an eye on that group.

What happened to the video?

It's some kind of, uh, interference.

There's a frequency coming through that's just unusual.

Unusual how?

Well it's a frequency that won't be used for decades.

Can you isolate it?

Um. I'll try something.

Open that one.

What is that?

Play that back.

It's not responding.

Come on! Play it back!

Get it to respond.

He's offline.

I want whatever was in that box.

I'm not going to hurt you.

Hey! Hey What happens if I unplug these wires?

What wires?

Great.

There.

The Protector.

Control the situation.

I got this.

[g*nf*re]

[distant screams]

Please.

Stay here.

Are you kidding? I can't move!

The cop.

He's right there.

Get him.

[g*nf*re]

Ah!

[g*nf*re]

Forget the cop.

Get the protector.

[g*nf*re]

Where's 2?

Still rebooting.

[g*nf*re]

Ahh [g*nf*re]

Blow number 3.

No, please no [expl*si*n]

[screams]

Number 2 is back online.

Alright I'll take care of it.

Back off.

I got this.

Focus on the cop.

I'll take care of the Protector.

Liber8's gonna k*ll them all.

We can save them.

They don't have to die.

Yeah? How do we do that?

[g*nf*re]

Got her.

[g*nf*re]

Ah sh*t We've lost number 2.

Blow number 1.

I'm standing.

I have to unhook these wires.

Don't!

Please, I'm walking.

I haven't done that in years.

Where's number 1?

It's offline.

Please don't do it.

They'll k*ll you if I don't.

I'm sorry.

No, we're not finished yet.

Check on number 4.

What happened to him?

The future.

You okay?

Yeah. You?

Yeah.

Except there's nothing to stop Liber8 from doing this again.

There's something going on with those two?

Was she in the vault with you?

I left her in there with Frank.

She's hacked.

Yeah and Noll was at all the robberies.

Helping out.

Yeah, some help.

Up against the wall!

Hey Get off me!

We got another one.

I didn't do anything I doubt that.

What are you doing?

Get her a medic.

Kiera! Let's go!

[siren wailing]

Noll!

Hold on, Carlos.

Back up to the bar.

Back up.

I'm disappointed in you.

You help a girl out.

You don't own her.

Turn around.

Any wires hooked in you?

assh*le.

Making all your own decisions.

[fighting grunts]

Pick up that sh*t.

Now we're even.

Oh!

Are you a cop?

Or are you a t*rror1st, huh?

Which one are you?

Which one are you!

Carlos! Stop!

[grunts]

Carlos! Get off him!

Get off!

This isn't you, Carlos.

This is probably what Liber8 was after.

Do you know what it is?

No.

But we'll figure it out.

I don't recognize it from 2077.

It did a real number on my gear, and my CMR is still glitching.

This technology could be from a different time line.

Different future.

We'll keep it safe.

Who had it?

There hasn't been an insurance claim for 'mysterious object from unspecified future', so no idea.

I knew I was right about you.

Vickerdale. Gautuma. Sonmanto.

Three horsemen of the apocalypse right there.

We take them out now; we destroy the corporate congress of the future.

And take a look at this from their secure drive.

Oh Sonmanto.

You're a naughty company.

Whatever the play, it has to do double-duty.

You lost ground with the human bombs.

When did you get so squeamish?

When you turned men into things.

Some men deserve it.

Thank you.

I thought you'd still be in the hospital.

I'm supposed to go back.

See a specialist.

I still got wires in there and they don't want to mess around.

Me neither.

How would you like to change the world?

How'd you get that?

We're Sonmanto.

We have friends everywhere.

And between this little box and the wires left in you, Mr. Ryan, you can throw those away for good.

Miracle cure, is that it?

You tell me.

You were the one walking around six hours ago.

♪

[cell phone buzzing]

Hey.

Hi, it's me.

How you doing?

You should see the lab here.

Anything I can think of I can find.

You sound like someone who's changing his mind about an inheritance.

Piron's got fingers in hundreds of pies which should sound menacing or at least greedy but I don't know, some of these projects?

There's so much potential.

So your father wasn't that bad after all.

Maybe not.

Maybe you'll find a way to reconnect my CMR.

I knew you missed us.

Of course I did.

Let's get things back to normal.

Whatever normal is.

Sorry Kiera, I have to go.

♪

It's better if he doesn't know.

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