01x11 - Telegraph

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announcer: Previously on "Hunters"...

I've got a DOD bird that'll fly you to Alabama.

From there you take a car to Brecke's home.

See if his recollection of the att*ck on your unit is any better than yours.

Flynn: Something happened to me.

To us.

(screaming)

I need to get past it.

(roars)

Boys, stay inside!

(clicking)

Confirming Brecke's Hunter, running a hidden comms center.

No sign of Flynn.

You son of a bitch!

You took Regan's father into custody at Finnerman's behest.

(grunts)

Briggs: Finnerman's taking point on interagency cooperation.

I guess you're out of the loop.

I need to see you.

You okay?

Emme: I have papers and photos from those boxes in our house.

I know Abby isn't who we thought she was.

So you are to find out what she knows and respond accordingly.

Regan: You want me to contain her?

Can I please just call my dad?

Flynn is not your dad.

He's all I've got.

Protect... protect the innocent ones.

Help us, someone please help us!

(cell phone vibrating)

Carroll.

It's Regan.

Jackson needs us at HQ right away.

Look, it's 4:00 in the morning. I just got home.

We caught a break off the Hunter you took out, Bob Brecke.

Apparently, it's time sensitive.

Okay, I'm on my way.

(fingers snapping)

Morning, sunshine. Miss your beauty sleep?

Well, some of us were up all night cleaning Guano sh*t in Alabama while you were getting your pedicure.

This is Bob Brecke's setup from home.

Brecke was using Spotify just like McCarthy, embedding clicks into a music track.

He shared the song publicly on the Cymatics' Society playlist.

We've been monitoring the site, but this just went out.

(new wave music plays)

Hunters do love their new wave.

No, it isn't random.

The frequency makes it easy to embed their clicks into electronic tracks, but when you strip it all back...

(creature clicking)

Stop there.

Rewind it.

Any idea what they're saying?

(creature clicking)

It's the shape of Musa's name over and over again.

That's all I can make out.

Oh, that's bloody useful.

Uh, actually it is.

Turing didn't have much more when he cracked the enigma code.

We'd be further along if Jules Calloway hadn't been a traitor.

And if Regan's father wasn't blowing smoke up everyone's asses, pretending to help us.

Jackson: All right, Briggs, enough.

Steph's team is making good progress, but we have to move quickly.

When the Hunters find out we've compromised their communications, they'll go dark.

And shut the whole system down.

And we'll be left holding each other's... hands.

Rough night?

Slumber party.

You?

I went to see Emme.

I've been trying to reach her.

What's up?

Emme knows about Abby.

She found some paperwork in your garage, from McCarthy storage unit.

Why the hell did you keep them?

I wasn't about to turn that sh*t in, not with a mole around.

How much did she see?

Enough to know Abby isn't human.

Great.

She must be totally freaked out.

Who else knows?

ETU intercepted a call from her to you.

Finnerman sent me to find out just how much she knew.

Finnerman?

Finnerman tried to bribe me into containing Emme.

Said she'd give me my father's body if I gave her Emme's.

She wanted you to k*ll my kid?

It's okay.

She's safe. I made sure of that.

So you lied to Finnerman and Jackson.

I don't know what you're talking about.

Thank you.

She's innocent.

You're her dad. You two need each other.

Ted: Protect the innocent ones.

Finnerman: Those were Ted's last words.

There's also this.

(recording of clicking)

Ted saying the exact same thing to Regan seconds earlier.

Ted: Protect the innocent ones.

But this time, just to make sure the message gets through, he hammers it home in Hunter clicks.

(recording of clicking)

That's a direct translation.

As in, direct direct.

He gave us the alphabet, in plain English.

These two messages combined with Brecke's transmissions are the cipher to Hunter communications.

You've broken their language?

Smashed their enigma wide open.

My team are already writing code to translate hunter clicks into English.

By tomorrow, you can expect a dictionary.

So Ted helped us after all.

That's a substantial breakthrough, Steph, well done.

Can this translation work the other way around?

English to Hunter clicks, absolutely.

You want to send out a message?

Not a message.

An order.

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

(knocking at door)

I need to go see Emme.

Agent Regan reported Emme's phone call was a false alarm.

She doesn't suspect a thing.

You don't look so good.

You been to see medical yet?

Haven't seen Emme in a week.

I just need a little face time with her.

You have kids, you get it.

Sure.

You go on, I'll keep you posted.

Sir.

Cracking the code really is a game-changer.

I'm thrilled for you.

I know it's come at a great cost, but your father wanted to protect all the innocent, that means humans, too.

His translation will help us do that.

It's not the translating that k*lled him.

She did.

Don't quit the ETU because of Finnerman.

I wouldn't give her the satisfaction.

This message succeeds, it will be because of your father.

And you.

(new wave music plays)

Musa?

(clicking)

It has been so long since I have worn my own skin.

But we are close.

Soon, we will all be as one again.

Our battles will be over.

We just received an urgent message from Bob Brecke, except it's not from Bob.

Who's it from?

It's in our language and it says it's from you.

"This is Musa, the Purge is upon us, we gather today."

And then there's an address.

Where?

A hotel in rural Ohio.

They're setting a trap.

Everyone's been waiting years for a message like this.

Now they're walking into a trap.

We have to warn them.

We can't.

The ETUs shut down our system after they sent out the bogus message.

Then we set up another one.

We're less than a week out from the Purge.

There's no time.

What do you propose, then?

We do nothing.

We could contact the ETU.

(recording of clicking)

Flynn, negotiate.

We don't negotiate with animals.

That's probably what they say about us.

You would know.

Our people are gonna die.

They won't be the first.

Enough.

We use the number station as a contingency, stop who we can.

Number station?

Radio broadcasts.

It's what we used before the Internet.

We haven't used the number station in over a decade.

Nobody will be listening.

Some will.

As soon as they realize the network is down.

It won't save them all.

And the Hunters who show up at the hotel?

They're already dead.

(bell ringing)

Hey.

Are you okay?

No. You lied to me about Abby.

I did it to protect you.

I was trying to keep you safe.

So everything Regan told me is really true.

(sighs)

What kind is she?

What do you mean?

Is she a gray one or something reptilian?

What planet is she from?

I don't know.

There's lots I don't know and that's the truth.

Emme, you have to listen to me.

The people I work for are very, very serious about keeping this a secret.

Do you understand what I'm saying?

Yeah.

Your friend pulled a g*n on me.

That was pretty serious.

Emme, just... don't tell anyone about Abby.

Promise?

Not a soul.

I won't.

But will you promise not to lie to me again?

I promise I won't lie to you again.

(cell phone vibrating)

Sorry.

You work for some pretty scary people.

The bad guys are worse.

Is Abby bad?

I don't know.

Jackson: We have a clear visual of the hotel from our temp command center via CCTV.

We will clear out all hotel guests and staff and move in our own people.

Sever phone lines, shut down WiFi.

Secure exits here, here, and here.

When the Hunters have all arrived, the perimeter fence goes up.

Nobody gets out.

Like Noriega and the Panamanian church.

Except we won't be blasting heavy metal music.

We'll give the Hunters an eight-hour window to arrive and then move in and detain.

How many can we expect?

We know that hundreds listen to the track with our message.

We have no way of predicting how many will show up, if any.

For all we know, Musa has a backup system and he's told his followers that our message is fake.

If any do show up, we can always use them as bait.

Or collateral.

Even better.

Their lives in exchange for stopping the Purge.

We have a psy-ops battalion on standby at White Hall.

The mission is to detain.

Any more questions?

Just one.

Where's our fearless Hunter k*ller when we need him?

Flynn is on his way.

I should be inside.

I need you guarding the perimeter.

I can tell who's Hunter right away, and I can find out what they know about Musa and the Purge.

All right, get changed.

Hunters have proved a formidable enemy.

Is detention really an option?

We have the element of surprise.

We've chosen our location, we can surround it and control.

This is the best opportunity we've had yet to capture Hunters in large numbers.

Capture?

The value of the information we stand to gain is immeasurable.

We don't have the facilities to house large numbers of these types of detainees.

As you know.

Security will need to be tightened before we try that again.

Detaining them will require substantial infrastructure, yes.

We may need to beg a favor or two.

I never beg Truss. You know that.

I'll start making arrangements.

No one showed.

Maybe we should pack it up.

We wait.

Keep the line clear.

Car.

And clicks.

Trap's working.

Or they're using our own trap against us.

We could be sitting ducks.

Or should I say rabbits.

Coming to you, Regan.

Hi.

Hi.

We'd like a room, please.

Sure, let me see what we have.

woman: Non-smoking.

Regan: We've got our first arrivals.

You can't say anything about Abby over phone calls, e-mail, text.

Everything can be traced.

Snapchat disappears.

Not from us.

Emme, if you need to talk.

You're scared, anything, just text or call me.

Flynn.

Just don't mention the "A" word.

Flynn.

What are you doing here?

I thought you were dead.

It's okay. Don't be scared.

Get back into the school.

I know what you are.

You told her?

I figured it out!

Inside, now!

Emme, I'm still the same person.

You're not a person.

I'm the same Abby who loves you.

What are you doing, Flynn?

You don't know if she's bad or not!

That's what you said.

Listen to Flynn, Emme.

Emme, we're just gonna talk.

That's right. Please, go inside.

This is not proper conflict resolution!

You are no longer part of this family.

You leave Emme alone.

I'm sorry, I know I shouldn't be here, but it's urgent.

No freaky backup this time?

Just me, I swear. We need to talk.

About our feelings?

Sorry. That ship sailed.

Not about us, about what's happening right now.

With the ETU and the message from Bob Brecke.

Down there.

Move.

Move!

Jackson: Steph has the numbers at 15.

Please confirm.

I count 17 so far.

Briggs: Two more.

Like fish in a barrel.

You sure they're all Hunters?

I'm sure.

(chattering)

Weird.

It's like they're a bunch of Docker dads and soccer moms.

Don't let your guard down.

Someone there must know about the Purge.

(faint clicking)

Hang on.

(clicking continues)

I might have something.

What have you got?

(creature clicking)

Hi.

I overheard your conversation about Musa.

I'm sorry, I don't know why we're here.

Do you?

That's what I keep asking.

woman: We don't know, either.

We just heard the message to come here.

Me too.

I'm Allison.

I'm Bai.

And this is my husband, Jeff.

That's Lily.

I like your boots.

Thanks. I like your shoes, too.

You a teacher?

History and sociology, Des Moines junior high.

I'm a pediatrician.

And I'm in fourth grade.

Really?

I go to Seattle University.

Guess we're both students.

You're kind of old to be a student.

Lily.

So Musa called us here for the Purge?

Yes.

Do you know what that is?

What do you mean Abby's gone?

Where?

She left just after we got the message.

I bet she's gone to warn the Hunters at the hotel.

Risking her life to save others.

She's a brave soldier.

She's an idiot.

We'll lose her along with the rest of them, or worse.

They'll capture Abby and t*rture her for our location.

How many of your people have d*ed for you, hmm?

This isn't a sacrifice she's making.

It's a mistake.

Since we came here, I have had to ask countless Hunters to give their lives.

I remember all their faces and all their names.

They also d*ed for you, Liana.

For all of us.

I'm not prepared to lose any more.

I'll bring them back.

The hotel will be surrounded.

No way in or out. Don't be foolish.

(chokes)

There is always a way.

(gasps)

Abby: You need to call off the roundup.

You first.

Call Musa, tell him to stop the Purge.

Flynn, listen to me.

The Purge isn't what you think.

You're launching a nuclear att*ck on us.

We're calling off nothing.

No, that's what I came here to tell you.

We're not planning an att*ck.

We're trying to leave Earth.

Leave?

We're not purging the Earth of humans.

We're purging the Earth of us.

We're going home, Flynn.

Everything we've done has all been for this.

To go back where we came from, where we belong.

So everything.

The bombings. The dr*gs.

The killings.

Were a means to an end.

And not the one you think.

If we wanted to att*ck humans, we would have already, but we don't.

It's not what we want and it never has been.

Please tell me you believe me.

I believe you.

Thank you.

If you lie to me again, you're dead.

You believe her?

Definitely not. But then I'm biased.

Flynn: This is Abby.

Thank you for coming to see us.

I'm Commander Truss Jackson.

If you're going home, as you say you are, why do you need lithium or WMDs?

They're not weapons.

They're to be used in the launch.

Really?

Why did Musa send you?

He doesn't know I'm here.

I came because you need to know the truth.

The Hunters who are inside, they're innocents.

Not according to what we know about Hunters so far.

You are drug dealers, murderers, and t*rrorists.

You're wrong.

They're not sleeper agents and they're not criminals.

Uh-uh.

Every Hunter in there had to take a human life to look human, just like you did.

We all had to, but it was the only way we could survive.

It's still m*rder.

Much as I'd like to believe you, I have only your word to go on.

Do you have any hard evidence?

No.

But why would I risk coming here if it isn't the truth?

To create a diversion and aide your colleague's escape.

(radio chirps)

Go for Jackson.

Jackson, we need to talk in person.

Not now.

No, this can't wait.

I might have intel about the Purge.

Meet me in the service tunnel.

I'm on my way.

Secure her.

Armed guard at all times.

Ma'am.

What do you have for me?

This way.

Flynn.

Don't.

You don't get to speak.

Everything you ever said is a lie.

I was just trying to look after my own.

It's all I've ever done.

You keep telling yourself that.

You were a soldier.

You k*lled for your country.

How is what I've done so different?

w*r is w*r.

Family is family. We had a family.

You broke Emme's heart.

I never meant to hurt her.

Yeah, well, it didn't work out like that, did it?

Flynn.

When you see Emme, tell her I love her and that I'll miss her.

(gate bangs)

Please.

Regan: Everyone's talking about swimming lessons and timeshares, not blowing anything up.

They are part of Musa's terror network.

Otherwise, they wouldn't even be here.

Being a Hunter doesn't automatically make you a t*rror1st.

By that logic, I'm a t*rror1st, too.

You're different.

So are the Hunters inside.

None of them have speeding tickets, let alone criminal records.

I'm sure their orders were to lay low, but even if some of them aren't t*rrorists, we can't just let them go.

We can't just lock them up because they're Hunters.

We are detaining them.

Where?

Another black site?

t*rture them like my dad?

They didn't do anything wrong.

Protect the innocent ones.

There are families in there.

Children just like I was.

I'll talk to Finnerman.

How many do we have?

47.

Lock it down.

No one else goes in or out.

We are go for lockdown.

Lockdown in effect, repeat, lockdown in effect.

Any agent still inside, get out immediately.

Falcon four, counter response, get into position.

(helicopter approaching)

man: We're in position.

Ready to move in.

You have to go.

Why?

Come on.

It's a trap. Let's go.

What? No.

I know a way out, follow me, now!

It's the last open exit.

Run!

Stay together. Don't look back.

Be brave, okay?

Go.

Lockdown is my call.

We've lost the element of surprise.

It's time to strike.

This is my operation, Ruth.

Suspicious vehicle, south perimeter.

Jackson: Everybody on full alert.

Out of the vehicle!

I want to see Truss Jackson.

Get down.

On your knees!

Flynn: Watch his hands!

Briggs: Get on your knees or I'll sh**t!

Musa.

To surrender.

With a su1c1de vest?

It's to stop you from k*lling me.

If you're here to surrender, then surrender.

We won't sh**t.

You have my word.

My people will fight to the death.

Unless I tell them to surrender.

If you let me inside, I will calm them, then we will all surrender, peacefully.

Don't trust him.

No one gets hurt this way, on either side.

Tell me where your weapons are.

Please, Jackson.

Let's bring this to a peaceful end, eh?

No WMDs, no deal.

You take off your vest and I'll let you in.

No!

Yes.

Thank you.

Now the vest.

That's right, all the way off.

Jackson: Slowly.

Check 'em for weapons.

Finnerman: And then let 'em in.

Clear.

Wait.

Check his back.

You've just given him exactly what he wanted.

The operation has changed.

(all clicking)

They led you here like lambs to the slaughter.

I have come to set you free!

We're gonna have another Waco on our hands.

No. We have the t*rrorists exactly where we want them.

Regan is inside.

Her intel has these Hunters as part of a network, but not engaging in any criminal activities!

Agent Regan can't be trusted.

Agent Regan has repeatedly proven her loyalty!

She helped these Hunters escape.

Let them out a secure door.

Well, there must be some explanation.

There is. Treason.

Take those Hunters and Carroll's wife inside the hotel.

My pleasure.

What are you doing?

Echo Protocol.

You're going to k*ll them all?

That's genocide.

Genocide? Oh, please, Jackson.

There's what? 47 of them?

There's plenty more where they came from, and we need to strike at their numbers while we still can.

If you k*ll everyone, we'll have no way of finding out where their nukes are.

They are a useless asset.

It'll take years to cr*ck a Hunter, time that we don't have.

What about Regan?

She stays with her kind.

She's my agent, not yours.

I've made my decision.

You are no longer in command here.

I'm pulling her out.

Get him out of here.

Take your hands off me.

You told me this was a detainment mission!

This is wrong.

Initiate Echo Protocol.

No Hunter leaves alive.

Our Intel is clear.

The Hunter combatants are not willing to surrender, therefore they leave us no choice.

Biochemical weapons are, unfortunately, not yet an option.

This is a k*ll mission.

All Hunters are to be sh*t on site.

Every last one of them.

Commence.

Regan's in there.

Are you using her as an excuse to go in and rescue your wife?

I delivered her to you, cuffed.

I didn't expect her to walk out of here.

We will not forget your sacrifice, all that you have lost.

You are a true patriot.

(scoffs)

Easy for the generals to say when they're nowhere near the battle lines.

If I could go in there and lay down my life here today, I would do that.

We are what those monsters fear, and they will fear us.

Jackson, Flynn, what's happening?

Briggs?

Come on, it's me, your favorite Guano.

♪ Here come a woman ♪
♪ The look in here eye ♪
♪ Raised on leather ♪
♪ With flesh on her mind ♪
♪ Words as weapons ♪
♪ Sharper than knives ♪
♪ Makes you wonder ♪
♪ How the other half dies ♪
♪ How the other half dies ♪
♪ Devil inside ♪
♪ The devil inside ♪
♪ Every single one of us ♪
♪ The devil inside ♪
♪ Devil inside ♪
♪ The devil inside ♪
♪ Every single one of us the devil inside ♪

(sonic blast)

(sonic blast)

(shrieks)

♪ Here come the man ♪
♪ With a look in his eyes ♪
♪ Fed on nothing ♪
♪ But full of pride ♪
♪ Look at them go ♪
♪ Look at them kick ♪

Get everyone upstairs.

This way!

♪ Makes you wonder ♪
♪ How the other half live ♪

Wait!

We have defeated the Exalted and we will defeat this enemy, too.

We all must give a piece of ourselves.

(clicking)

♪ The devil inside, devil inside ♪
♪ Every single one of us the devil inside ♪
♪ The devil inside, devil inside ♪
♪ Every single one of us the devil inside ♪
♪ The devil inside, devil inside ♪
♪ Every single one of us the devil inside ♪
♪ Devil inside, the devil inside ♪
♪ Every single one of us the devil inside ♪

Briggs: Something's happening!

The Hunters have released some kind of tear gas.

They're contained to the top floors.

It's a trap!

Finnerman: Do not pull back.

Repeat, do not abandon the mission.

(coughing)

(roars and clicks)

It looks like the gas is only affecting the humans!

(sonic blast)

Finnerman: Agent Briggs, what is the status of...

(grunting)

Repeat, what is your status?

We have lost communication.

(high pitch ringing)

I can't hear anything. I can't hear anything!

(straining)

(clicking)

Fall back. Fall back!

It's a counter att*ck!

(roars)

Finnerman: Get out of there!

Join Carroll, he's on the first floor!

(groaning)

(clicking)

(creatures clicking)

(sonic blast)

Briggs: Carroll, Regan is trying to escape. Stop her.

We k*lled a child.

They'll k*ll me, too.

(g*nsh*t)

Come on.

Let's get you out of here.