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01x07 - Independent Dependents

Episode transcripts for the TV show, "True Lies". Aired: March 1 – May 17, 2023.*
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Series revolves around a suburban housewife who discovers her computer consultant husband is a skilled international spy, which leads them to saving the world and their marriage.

01x07 - Independent Dependents

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I'm Harry Tasker, husband,
dad, computer salesma,

and for 17 years the most
important person in my life

didn't know I was
also something else.

Omega Sector's top spy.

I'm Helen Tasker,

wife, mom and professor.

After an unfortunate incident

where I found out our
whole life was a lie,

now I'm also a spy.

Honey, all those
things are true.

They're just, you
know... HELEN: What?

True lies.

Mr. Madsen, welcome.

I hope the flight was okay.

- It was fine.
- Wonderful.

You know, I have to tell you,

we are all very excited to
discuss the deal proposal.

There's no proposal yet.

I'm here to see the
facility for myself.

This is my legal team.

Oh, of course.

We can't do anything
without lawyers.

Am I right?

All right, let's get to it.

This way, please.

I think you'll be pleased

with the meeting arrangements.

We had lobsters
flown in from Maine.

We ate on the plane.

We're here to do business.

Well,

Axe has been at the cutting edge

of the defense
industry since 1982.

But that takes investors
like yourselves.

New tech isn't cheap.

Hmm. We're more concerned

with whether it's secure.

Your designs aren't worth much

if they can be knocked off

in some foreign factory.

Uh, not a concern.

I'd be happy to show
you our security setup.

Yes.

I think that'd be a good idea.

This is the nerve center
of our security setup.

In an emergency,
the entire system

can be locked down.

The locks can only be opened

by myself

or by senior security personnel.

The system is
effectively impenetrable.

Is it, though?

You're awfully squeamish

for a guy that runs
a weapons company.

Lock the building down.

You have five seconds.

Please...

One.

Two.

Three.

One, two, three.

And one, two, three.

And one, two, three.

A-A-And one, two...

Okay, I don't get the
whole "and" thing.

Is that on the beat or not?

It's... Just-just
follow me. It's good.

Okay. But aren't I
supposed to be leading?

You are leading.
I'm just helping.

Well, how can I lead
if you're helping?

Let's just keep going.

Okay. Okay, okay, okay.

And one,

two, three.

And one,

two, three.

And one, two, three.

And... And then spin this way.

Whoa.

Okay. Okay.

Why don't you... Okay.

Why don't you lead after
you know all the steps?

I know the steps, it's
just the whole "and" thing

- that messes me up.
- Okay. All right.

And...

And one, two, three.

And one, two, three... ow!

Oh.

- Oh, I'm sorry.
- It's okay.

Honey, maybe I'm just

not a salsa dancer.

Okay, you're obviously

not a salsa dancer yet.

That's why we're learning.

Why don't I take a
lesson by myself first?

Oh, yeah. Yeah, that's how you

learn couples dancing.
Alone. Mm-hmm.

I stepped on your foot. Maybe
I just don't want to hurt you.

Or maybe you just don't like
people helping you, Harry.

What are you talking about?

I have people help
me all the time.

Gib at work. He mans the radio.

That's not helping,
that's division of labor.

I know you don't like
people helping you,

I know it makes you
think you're weak, Harry,

but sometimes it can
make new things possible.

Wow, that is really
inspirational.

Did you get that off
a bumper sticker?

Mm-hmm. That's nice.

- Thank you.
- I just don't see

how salsa dancing is...

Ooh. That's Omega.

Looks urgent.

Can you try not
looking so excited

that there's a national
emergency, Harry?

That's Omega. Looks urgent.

Okay, I bought that one.

So, what's up with
this briefing?

We get an urgent message,
and there's nobody here.

Yeah, where's Gib?

Guess we have extra time to
practice our salsa moves.

Oh, honey, I don't
want to dance.

Oh, I'm aware.

Um... hello.

I'm Quinn.

From engineering. You never...

Engineering? Why is someone

from engineering here? Okay.

So, Gib is a little busy
with Director Trilby,

and there is an
unfolding situation.

We should start with
the briefing video.

Aha.

She gets the remote?

At approximately 0940 hours
Eastern Standard Time,

Washington defense contractor
Axe Industries was attacked,

with all 130 employees

taken hostage
within the building.

It's time the merchants
of death at Axe Industries

paid for the pain
their weapons create.

We demand reparations
for their victims

and the victims' families.

$100 million.

The leader has been ID'd

as Lieutenant Victor Madsen,

former Delta Force.

Dishonorable discharge, 2016.

He has indicated he
will k*ll all hostages

if his demands are
not met in six hours.

Infiltrate.

Neutralize threat.

Rescue hostages.

So... that's happening, and...

I still don't understand
why Gib isn't here

and someone from engineering

is doing the briefing.

Right. Well, it's kind of

a funny story, actually.

Nope, it's not a funny
story. Sorry I lied.

Axe Industries builds
some of Omega's tech.

Oh, uh, like the,
um, the laser cutter.

That thing's great.

No. Uh, I mean,
yes, it is great.

But, no, I built that.

- You did?
- Yeah.

Axe does more weapony stuff.

- Right.
- Yeah, um...

Anyhoo,

since Axe Industries was
founded by Gib's father,

and he designed the
buildings himself...

I'm sorry, time-out. Did
you say Gib's father?

Gib has a father?

Does he know about Omega?

Does he know that Gib
is a part of Omega?

Yes?

I'm sorry, I just assumed
that everyone knew.

'Cause y'all are
on the same team.

But I guess I can see clearly

that you didn't know.

So, Gib does not like the idea

of his father coming to help.

And he and Director Trilby

were having a loud discussion.

All right, maybe I
should go talk to him.

Yeah, yeah.

Yeah, how long

have you worked here?

About seven years. Oh. Wow.

- Yeah.
- I feel bad.

Not a chance. I won't do it.

No, no. This is
gonna be a disaster,

okay? You understand?

There-there has to be
another way, Harry.

Okay, can we just...

take a breath,

slow down for a second?

How did I not know
about your dad?

Because we don't speak, okay?

You understand? And then,

when we do speak, whoo, no,

it doesn't go well.

You talked like he was dead.

And then I find out that
he used to work with Omega?

Yeah, he had Omega
level clearance

because he built stuff for
us through his company. Okay?

So, yeah, Harry,
I'm the one guy here

who has a family member
that knows that he's here.

Does that make you happy?

Yes, it makes me happy,

and I think it would
make him happy.

You would think! But
all he wanted was for me

to take over his company
after he retired.

And then, when I joined
Omega, ooh-hoo-hoo, whoa,

Al went ballistic.

Okay, Gib...

Wait a minute, you
call your dad Al?

Well, that's his name.

Look,

the point is, he just wants

a miniature version
of himself, okay?

And I was not about
to be Mini-Me'd.

Gib, I hear you,

but there are a lot of
hostages in that building

that the FBI can't
find a way in.

You just don't get
how he is, Harry.

You got to see it for yourself.

You just don't get it.

Gib, I think I can help.

I was eavesdropping.

This is about communication.

I'm a linguistics professor.

I speak a lot of languages.

If I can speak pidgin Russian,

I'm pretty sure I
can speak father-son.

Hey, I think it's
worth giving it a shot.

Plus, this is a direct
order from the chief.

Gib?

It's gonna be
fine. Dads love me.

I don't think this
is a good idea.

Maybe if you just let us tell you a
little more about the situation...

Young lady, I don't believe
I was speaking to you.

All I know is, my son,
who couldn't be bothered

to so much as call in a decade,

shows up at my doorstep
wanting my help.

Wasn't my idea, Al.

I believe that.

Mr. Gibson, if I may,

we have nowhere else to turn.

There are 130 hostages
trapped inside Axe Industries.

Axe Industries?

Are you serious?

$100 million.

This shouldn't even be possible.

That idiot who
runs the place now,

he do something stupid?

We don't know how it happened,

but what we do know is
we need to get in there.

The only people besides
you who know the building

well enough to help
are inside as hostages.

Wouldn't be in this situation
if Junior here had taken over.

Instead of becoming
a government worker.

Okay, here we go.

Omega isn't exactly
the post office, Al.

And the post office isn't here

asking me for help
with the mail.

Okay, setting that
aside for just a moment,

can you get us in?

Omega logistics
looked at the designs

and didn't see a
way to penetrate.

I can get us in.

Oh. I mean, I designed the
damn building, didn't I?

Yes. It's that easy?

Easy? No.

A maze of utility tunnels
leads to the basement level,

which gives us access to
the rest of the building,

which they probably don't know.

Now, I've spent a lot
of time down there.

Do you think we can
make it through?

Not without me.

All right, so I guess
that, over my objection,

we're going to do this, which
I still think is a bad idea.

But apparently this
is the mission.

Okay, let's go over the
basics of the situation.

Because Axe works on
top secret projects,

and it's in the
middle of nowhere,

we've got the press locked down,

but it won't stay that way long.

Top-level FBI knows
that we're here.

I asked them to settle
this thing peacefully

while we infiltrate.

The utility tunnels

lead to the basement.

The central workspace

is one level up.

That's where the
hostages will be.

Now, if you can get there,

then you can neutralize

any guards that...

Not your part of
the mission, Al.

Once we infiltrate...

So you really don't
want me to help, do you?

As I thought... I need
help on the tunnels.

Okay? I can run the team.

Okay, let's just take a breath.

Everybody has
something to offer.

You have tactics and
you have tunnels.

Very exciting. Kind of like
the chocolate and peanut butter

of hostage rescue.

The team will neutralize any
guards and free the hostages.

That's exactly what
I was going to say.

Are you seriously in portrait?

Landscape, please.

I just got word.

Madsen's team has
been setting up

Axe weapons systems on the roof.

They're sending over
another video message here.

We have received the
FBI's generous offer

of pizza for the hostages

and the opportunity
to surrender.

This is our counteroffer.

Gib, we need to get in there.

Now.

♪ Oh, look around

♪ Something's goin' down

♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom

♪ Boom, boom, boom, boom.

Okay, before we go down there,

we need to do an
engineering review.

Engineering review? What?

So everyone knows
what's down there.

I can do a quick diagram.

Do you understand what
we're doing here, Al?

There is a hostage situation.

Nobody has time...

Doing things right
is always quicker

than doing them twice.

You think you can keep them
from k*lling each other?

I'll do my best.
Also, just curious,

is sneaking into a
hostage situation

through a maze of
deadly utility tunnels

really better than
letting me help you

learn salsa?

Honestly?

About a 60-40 in favor
of the hostage crisis.

Okay, even so, be careful.

This is not you lecturing me

on doing my calculus homework
when I was nine years old.

Why did you bring me here if
you're not going to listen

to a damn word I say?

I-I don't... I
don't understand it.

Okay, everybody calm down.

Let's just discuss this.

Hey, you okay?

I'm fine.

So, that's your
"I'm fine" shudder?

I just know you can get
claustrophobic sometimes.

What are you talking about?

You told me in the
hotel in Perth,

when we were dating.

And you're using it against me?

How is that against you?

I told you that
in a moment of...

a private moment.

When things were different.

I'm just saying,
if you're afraid

of small, dark spaces...

I am not afraid of
small, dark spaces.

I love small, dark spaces.

I'm very happy right now.

Hey, Gib, we got

a tunnel going left and right.

Which way do we go?

I'm just saying, if we'd
done an engineering review...

Al, I'm trying to
direct the team, okay?

Guys, please. What?

All right, let's just
get through this, okay?

Where are they going, and
what are they watching for?

Sorry, Harry. Uh, you're gonna

make a right, then a quick left.

There's a power line

right next to a gas line.

Don't touch the wire.

Thank you.

Guys? Gib? Al?

Just remember we have a
building full of hostages

that are depending on us, so...

Yeah, let's get along, okay?

That's what I've been
telling them, Harry.

We don't have that kind of time.

You're not listening
to me. Please,

just talk to the
board of directors.

What do we got?

Um, the FBI negotiator
says it's impossible.

$100 million is too much.

Aah!

I suggest you try harder.

Hello? Yes, it's me!

We need to figure
something out here.

Keep him talking.

And if he gives up?

k*ll him, put one of
the others suits on it.

We need to keep the
Feds talking long enough

for us to finish our
real business here.

I'm going downstairs.

Okay.

Now, in about 50 feet,

you're gonna take the
passage on your right.

Ah.

Look, if they travel south,
along this east wall,

they'll get there.

All right. All right, you're
gonna want to continue

till you see a fire
ladder leading to

an overhead grate.

Should be across from a door.

Yeah, found it. Great.

Okay, good. Now,
you're gonna want to go

up that ladder and
through the grate.

The two pipes leading
up are just...

Two pipes? I see three.

I thought you said you know

everything there is to
know about these tunnels.

I do. There
shouldn't be a third.

We need to follow it back
to see where it came from.

Follow it back? We don't
have time for that.

Okay, what if we slow
down and work together...

Talk to Junior here.

Why did he bring me here

if he's not gonna listen?

All right, that's
it. I'm not listening

because we got a job to do,

and you want to follow pipes.

Hey, are you sure you're okay?

Yeah, I'm fine.

Come on. Seriously?

I can't even offer

comfort to a colleague?

Your colleague is fine.

I don't see you patting
Harry on the shoulder.

That's different.
Harry's... Harry.

It's important.
As an engineer,

- you got to find the source.
- Okay, the engineer talk.

You had a full
scholarship to MIT.

Perhaps, if you had accepted it,

you'd understand...
Oh, I understand.

I understand. I understand

that you were not
gonna be satisfied

unless I did every little thing

you wanted me to, Al.

Helen, what's going
on? Should we go up?

I'm trying to find out.

Is that the passageway
or is it not?

Yes, it is, but
something's changed.

What choice do we have?

They didn't build
another tunnel.

Obviously not, but if they
put something new here,

they did it for a reason.

And they did it secretly

because there's nothing
here in the building codes.

We're not talking about
the building codes, okay?

And we're not
turning them around.

All right, we need to move here.

Let me see that laser cutter.

Harry, the whole
thing's coming down.

Harry, hurry!

- Go, go, go, go, go!
- What's happening? It's Harry.

Some kind of gas pipe
broke. It got in his eyes.

What was that? Was
that an expl*si*n?

Yes, that was an expl*si*n.

What's exploding?

Is Harry okay?

I'm checking. Hang on.

Luther, talk to me, buddy.

Is he burned? How's
his breathing?

I-I don't see any burns.

Harry, sweetheart, talk to me.

Are you all right?
Are you okay?

Helen...

I can't see.

Harry, what do you
mean, you can't see?

You see? You see what happens?

I was trying to tell you.

Okay, just let me talk to him.

Stop, let me talk to him. Harry.

Helen, it's gonna be okay.

It's not gonna be okay
unless you're okay.

What was that?
Are you guys okay?

Luther, Maria, report
back, please. Status.

We're okay. The door's holding.

For now.

How's that?

Feels like you're trying to put
a fire out with molten lava.

Okay, stop, stop, stop, stop.

- It's better.
- Yeah?

- Yeah, yeah, yeah.
- Harry, wait.

It's getting better.
It's clearing up.

Harry?

Just... no.

Let's sit down
for a sec, please.

Right there. Right there.

Hi, guys? Any word on
what was in that pipe?

'Cause it does not seem good.

Patching you through
to engineering.

Hold on.

Go for engineering.

Hello? Can you hear me?

We're here. Talk to us.

We're analyzing some
possibilities now.

Can you give me a
color or a smell?

It was white.

Harry, what did it smell like?

Limes, sort of?

Okay, sounds like
an alkali precursor

for some sort of
industrial process.

Good news is, the blindness
is probably temporary.

Bad news is, the smoke, it...

What about the smoke?

It's toxic. Just,
like, bad toxic.

Is there a good "toxic"?

Uh, Gib, where do we go now?

I'm working on that right now.

Luther, Maria,

go down the hall 200 feet.

All right, big guy.

Oh, you're patting me now?

What? It's just
a shoulder pat.

It's a comforting gesture.

Are you guys mouthing about me?

- No. What? No.
- What? No. What are you talking about?

Can they continue
down that hall,

or are we gonna lead them
into another toxic expl*si*n?

That was not my fault. I'm
the one who was trying to

figure out what
the damn pipe was.

Maybe if you hadn't
been in such a hurry,

then we might have
figured this out by now.

I'm in a hurry because
there's a hostage situation

going on, Al. Keep up.

Okay, stop it! Stop it.

Stop it. Both of you, stop it.

Al, you were right.
We needed to know

what was in the pipes.
Gib, you were also right.

We're in a hurry.

But the fact is, you guys
are spending so much time

trying to be right that you're
not listening to each other,

and now Harry can't see.

I'll get into the
security system at Axe,

make sure the bad guys don't
find out about this tunnel fire.

Thank you.

What do you think
they put down there?

I don't know.

But with that much
toxic chemical

being piped into the basement?

It's nothing good.

What's the status up there?

Had a fire alarm go off,
but it shut down now.

Keep an eye on
that. Anything else?

Well, the FBI
stopped negotiating.

Said our demands
weren't serious.

We can't let them send in a team

while we're breaking
into the lab.

Fire a m*ssile.

That doesn't get
'em talking again,

k*ll a hostage.

Gib, what is going on up there?

They're lobbing
missiles at the FBI.

We got lucky that
time. No one was hurt.

Look, guys, we got
to get a move on

if we want to keep
this thing under wraps.

Things are getting
hairy out there.

Yeah, well, they're getting
pretty hairy down here, too.

How we coming on a way out?

Not great. Gib, I
got some kind of

a fire door down here,
but we can't get through.

I see it. You can't open it?

No, not from this side.

I got a couple of shape charges,

but the only cover in
here is in the fire.

There's no way out.

Not on the blueprints, Junior.

The tunnels down
there run in parallel,

connected by ducts.

If we can get someone to
crawl through this tunnel,

they can crawl through the duct,

double back, and open that door.

All right. How big
is this crawl space?

Two and a half
foot square, maybe,

and can hold only
150 pounds at most.

Great. Well, that leaves me.

You're more than 150 pounds

and so are you. We don't
have another choice.

Okay. Okay, Helen. Okay.

Now, we don't know what
other hazards and dangers

might be down there,
okay? Be careful.

- Uh, there's toxic smoke.
- Exactly.

Which means they could all die.

And I'm not gonna
let that happen.

All right, Helen, you in?

Yeah, I'm in.

Okay, you're gonna
go down that tunnel

another 100 feet.

Ugh! Okay, all right.

Oh! It's spooky in here.

Okay, I need you
guys to talk to me.

Talk to you?

Yeah, talk to me.
Keep me company.

Tell me about the two of you.

Uh, I don't think
that's a good idea.

Oh, I think it is.
Just consider me your

not-taking-no-for-an-answer

personal mediator. And go.

Helen, we can't
do family therapy

in the middle of
a mission, okay?

Gib, just talk, okay?

It can't have always
been like this.

Just, when's the last time
the two of you got along?

When I was a kid.

Uh, after my mom died.

You know, making
Legos, stuff like that.

Okay, Al, do you remember that?

Yeah.

And how did that make you feel?

How do you think
it made me feel?

Things were rough
after Rhonda passed.

But... we were making it.

Though, uh... things changed
after middle school, though.

He wouldn't call me Dad anymore.

Started calling me Al.

That's just because you
only called me Junior.

You did not want a son,

you wanted a younger
version of you.

Okay, this is just a
conversation, you guys.

Everyone's gonna be seen
and heard, all right?

And which way do I
turn at the fork?

Left. Watch the power lines.

Yes.

Don't die, don't die, don't die.

Okay, Helen, coming
up on your right

is another hallway.

As soon as you make
that right-hand turn,

you're gonna have to
cross over a set of pipes.

Okay, I'm going over the pipes.

All right, the utility duct
that connects the tunnels

is gonna be up
ahead on your right.

All right, let's go deeper.

Wait, it goes
down? It shouldn't.

Oh, I'm so sorry,
I don't mean deeper

in the tunnels, I mean
deeper in the conversation.

Let's talk about your mom.

You recognize that you're not
actually a therapist, right?

Oh, believe me, if there was

a therapist in the van, I
would gladly let him take over.

All I know is, after she
passed, all I wanted was

to be a father to the boy.

Be a father. Yeah,
okay, all right.

You were gone.

Work's the only thing you
ever really cared about.

Is that what you thought?

Who do you think I built
Axe Industries for?

I built Axe, every weapon,
every gizmo to protect you.

To hand something off to you
that no one could take away.

And then you ran
off to join Omega.

Axe and Omega work together.

I joined because I thought
you'd be proud of me for once.

I was always proud of you.

The proudest moment
of my life...

was when your mama said to me

that she trusted
me to raise you.

And then you sign up
to get yourself shot at

or blown up,

when all I did was promise her

that I would keep you safe.

Okay, and that sounds like
progress, but to be continued.

I'm at the duct. Right. Right.

Uh, pull off the grate.

You should see a power
cable running above you.

Yeah, I see two.

There's a big one... It's
buzzing and it's hot.

Oh, goody. Another surprise.

Helen, hey, just try
not to touch it, okay?

Last time we found
something new, it exploded.

Okay, too late for that.

That duct's gonna
lead over to a tunnel

where the team's at.

Okay.

Extra pipe, extra cable.

Look, I... I don't like this.

It sounds like Axe has
built something new

in the basement,

something they didn't
want anyone to know about.

What's the ETA on Helen?

It's getting pretty
uncomfortable in here.

I hear you, buddy, just
hang on. Any minute now.

Guys, I'm here. Let's go.

Luther, what was that?

This way.

- Guys.
- Helen's here, Gib, we're good.

Helen!

Yeah, I'm fine. It's okay.

Yeah, but you can't see.

Well, yeah, I can't,
but other than that...

Okay, guys, you
got to keep moving.

Where to? A hundred
feet up. Take a right.

Then, on the left
will be a staircase

leading down to the
lower level of Axe.

Okay, let's go.

Okay, okay.

Hey, this way.

Helen, I can do this myself.

Harry, you have to
let me help you.

This is about keeping
you alive, okay?

I would very much
like a live husband.

Okay. Okay.

I need to talk to you.

Listen, I-I know we both
got a lot to process,

but the mission is...
It's about the mission.

Once we get into the basement,

we got to find out what's
going on down there.

We're here for the hostages.

You really think those
maniacs took hostages

because they believe
in helping people?

No. No, I don't.

Axe built something
bad in that basement,

and now this happens?

I don't believe in coincidences.

Now, I know, I-I know
we've had our issues.

But I'm asking you, please.

All right, y'all, listen up.

Looks like there may
be something going on

in the basement that
we don't know about.

We need to check it out
before you head upstairs.

You sure?

I-I have an engineer
here that's telling me

we need to check out
the basement, okay?

And I am inclined to trust him.

So make it quick and
keep your eyes open.

Keep my eyes open?
Thanks a lot, Gib.

My bad, Harry, that's
just a figure of speech.

I didn't mean... you know.

You can usually see.

Maria, Luther, what
are you guys seeing?

They're bringing a hostage down.

Gib, all the bad guys are here.

- All of 'em?
- Yeah.

And there's no way we
can take out that many

with just the three of us
and Harry out of commission.

Luther, what are they doing?

There's some sort of
secret lab down here.

It looks like they broke in.

It looks like the
engineer was right.

They're doing something
with the hostage.

Please, I'll get the
money. All right?

- Let's just go back upstairs.
- No need.

You already did your job.

Kept the FBI
spinning its wheels.

I just need one
more thing from you.

Open those pretty eyes of yours.

Helen, what's happening?

There's bad guys, and they have

vials and canisters of
some sort of yellow liquid.

Nerve gas.

The hidden lab, the-the
gas in the pipe,

the extra power.

It's the only thing
that makes sense.

But why would they
be making nerve gas?

Profit.

After I left,

Axe became all about the money.

They started making
anything they could sell,

and they would sell to anyone.

Cheers.

You're making a big mistake.

This-this is just a
failed experiment.

- Failed? Really?
- Mm.

No! No! Help.

Please, no.

Please, please let me out.

I'll get you your money.

I'd call it quite a success.

Let's load it up.

Once we get upstairs,
we gas the hostages,

we gas the Feds.

We k*ll 'em all.

Buyer's chopper pulls us
out, and we get paid, boys.

Guys, we got to
get in there now.

Even if we save the hostages,

we'll all be dead
as soon as they get

that nerve gas upstairs.

Okay, well, what are
we supposed to do?

We can't start
sh**ting in there,

or we'll nerve gas
the whole building.

Well, we can't just stay here.

Trying to figure
something out, guys.

Junior, you have to know
this is not the same

Axe Industries that I built.

I know we've got our
issues, Al, but you're not

a nerve gas kind of guy.

I mean, but my life's
work, all crumbling.

It's not gonna crumble.

Not if I got anything
to say about it.

Guys, looks like
they're on the move.

What's wrong?

These people might die, and
I can't do anything about it

because I can't see.

Just wait, what if...
what if no one can see?

What? What are
you talking about?

- Yeah, that doesn't sound great.
- Just, wait, listen.

What... we can't
sh**t in there, right?

But neither can they.

So what if we cut the power

and then fight
them hand to hand?

How many guys are in there?

I think six or something,
plus the main guy.

And I have my
night-vision goggles,

- so I can help you.
- Helen...

Remember when I said that
letting people help you

makes new things possible?

Yeah, that was
about salsa dancing.

It's about fighting
people in the dark

with nerve gas, too, Harry.

All right. All right, Gib,

looks like Helen's
gonna help me out.

Okay. Okay, I like
it. I like it.

How do we k*ll power in there?

The same crawl space
that Helen went through.

- That's the power main.
- Got it.

Luther, you still have those
expl*sive charges, correct?

- Right here.
- Great.

Okay, take Maria. Head
back down that hall. Go.

Okay, the panel's gonna
be up on your left.

On your left, Luther.

You're gonna need
to boost Maria up.

Wait, wait, wait. Me?

The space is only two
and a half feet wide

and has 150-pound capacity.

Luther's too heavy.
That's our only move.

Wait, right, because it's only
a couple of feet wide. That's...

[quietly]: Turn it off.

Listen, you saw Harry
and Helen back there

helping each other?

You got to let me help you

through this
claustrophobia thing.

It's different.
They're married. Yes.

But they're also
operatives on a team,

just like you and me.

Let me help you through this,

and I will never
bring it up again.

You promise?

I promise.

All right.

You got this.

Okay, okay, okay.

You got this. You got this.
I'm not going anywhere.

- I'm right here.
- I can't breathe.

So, what you want to
do is you want to...

It's adhesive,

so you're just gonna
stick it to the wires.

I'm sorry, are you
mansplaining to me

how to set this?

Are you thinking about
your claustrophobia?

I'm thinking about the fact
that you're mansplaining

and my claustrophobia,

and I hate both of
those things, okay?

Maybe that'll make
you do it faster,

and then we can get out of here.

Okay, very funny.

Love your jokes, Luther.

You're doing great.

How to set a
detonator. Watch out.

- That was great.
- Okay.

Ready? Yeah.

Go!

Power's down. Go now.

Hey, what happened
to the lights?

The guy in front of you...
Choke him, choke him.

♪ Get ready for a new ride

♪ It's about to get wild

♪ Banging on the drum

♪ Go bananas like
I'm O Prime... ♪

Punch to your left.

I meant my left, your
right. I'm so sorry.

Two steps, swerve and kick.

In front of you.

♪ Gonna get it started

♪ Gonna make 'em say hey

♪ Gonna get it started

♪ Gonna make 'em say oh

♪ Gonna get it started

Harry!

♪ Gonna make 'em say

♪ Ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay, ay.

Is that all of 'em?

The main guy, he
went out the door.

Gib, we can't get any
more with Harry like this.

Yeah, Gib, we took out his guys.

He won't make it
back to the hostages,

but he will try to escape.

The closest emergency
exits are east and south,

if you're still in
the security system.

Then I can see where
he's heading. On it.

He's heading toward
the east side door.

Head back up the way we came.

Okay, Dad. Just tell
me where I'm going.

Did you just call me Dad?

Yeah.

Yeah, I guess I did.

Buckle up.

Freeze! Freeze!
Drop your weapon.

Drop your weapon.

That's my son.

You best listen.

What? Come on.

Look to the right.

Now to the left.

What can you see?

The light. And
your face a little.

Okay, progress already.

- Look at that.
- Now, you'll want to rest your eyes for a few days.

Eye drops will help if
you feel any discomfort.

So he's fine? No
hospitalization?

- He can go home?
- He'll be fine in a day or two.

Ugh. Hey, your
official cover story

is that you sprayed yourself

with computer screen
cleaner on a sales visit.

Oh, come on, Gib.

Can I get a more
humiliating cover story?

Sorry, buddy.

We all have to sacrifice
for this cause.

Helen, you good to get him home?

Yeah, I'm gonna give
him a piggyback ride.

Oh.

I'll give you a hand.

Okay. All right.
One more person.

Hey, Junior. Quinn here's been

showing me the
engineering department.

And he has a lot of good ideas.

Wow. Also, you know,

you guys have been doing a lot
of stuff kind of a*s-backwards.

Well, that might have to wait

'cause, uh, operations
wants to talk to you

about cleaning up
the mess at Axe.

Oh, sounds good.
Uh, but, also, uh...

word is, you've got a
girlfriend in the building?

Well... I mean...

I don't know about
that, but... Well...

all these years, and I've never
yet met a girlfriend of yours.

But that's on me.

If you don't want me to
meet her, I understand.

Come on.

Her name's Eva.

Yeah.

Yeah, I mean, we-we
could go say hey to her.

I guess that's not
gonna hurt anybody.

- Hmm.
- Just right over here.

I'd like that, Gib.

You just call me Gib?

Well, yeah.

- I guess I did.
- Oh.

Oh. Hey.

Hi.

Glad I'm running into you.

You said you liked
the laser cutters?

Yeah, yeah.

I have the new version,

if you'd want to see it.

Yeah, you can show me
that kind of stuff?

Sorry.

Show me. Yes.

- How was your day?
- Uh, more fire than I would have liked.

Come on.

Here you go. All
right. Living room.

Mm-hmm. Mm-hmm. Kitchen.

Slowly.

- No, I got it.
- Okay.

Yeah.

You see? I'm already
getting better.

Okay, good.

Oh, no, no, no, before
you sit down, hold on.

I just want to try one
thing while I have you.

What? Oh, come on.

Helen, please. You're gonna
do this to a blind man?

I'm absolutely doing
this to a blind man.

Are we...

Come on, just follow my lead.

Okay. Okay.

All right. Let me help
you. Hold on. Ready?

And... one. Mm-hmm. Yeah.

Hey.

I'm getting it.
Am I getting it?

You are. I think blind Harry

has more rhythm
than regular Harry.

- Yeah.
- I'm gonna have to get more of that gas.

- No.
- Mm-hmm.