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TEASER
FADE IN.
INT. LAPD PRECINCT - INTERROGATION ROOM - DAY
A video plays back the climatic scene from episode 1x04 from
a low angle. The picture is turn ninety degrees.
Demon gangster KAAR is holding MATTHEW WALLACE by his neck.
JASON LAHEY runs into the shot.
JASON
Noooo!!
ON Connor stoically watching. The sound of the NECK SNAP gets
the corner of his mouth to twitch. Both of his wrists are
handcuffed to rails on the end of the table he's sitting at.
JASON (O.S.)
Matt...?
BACK TO the video just as Pike guns Kaar down, walking into
frame as he does so.
PULL AWAY as a detective pauses the video. He's cut right out
of a 1930s gumshoe novel: a trench coat covers his cheap suit
and a puffy moustache hides most of his lips.
A uniformed OFFICER pops his head in the door.
OFFICER
Detective Shue?
The Officer hands DETECTIVE SHUE a file and leaves.
SHUE
(clears throat)
Pretty ballsy of ya to publish your
little snuff flick on the web, kid.
Connor says nothing, his eyes locked on the paused video.
SHUE
Nothing to say?
Connor's eyes float up to Detective Shue, who takes a seat
opposite him and opens the file.
SHUE
(scanning the file)
City workers fixing a water main
dug up Wallace this morning. We
wanted to talk to the other kid...
(turns the page)
Jason Lahey. Can't talk to a dead
man though.
Connor's mouth twitches again.
SHUE
Hung himself in a hotel. Note just
said 'I can't live with the secret.
It's not fun anymore. Sorry.'
Shue turns the file and slides it across for Connor to see.
The file shows a police report and several photos of Jason's
body hanging from a rope tied to the ceiling.
Connor's eyes dart in several directions, looking at all of
the crime scene photos.
CONNOR
(icily)
I didn't kill him.
SHUE
Wallace? No, the guy dressed like a
gangster Klingon did, right before
your buddy, uh... Oliver Pike shot
him dead. Never did find the man
behind the mask, but Mr. Pike's on
the way back here to answer a few
questions. Ironic he was already in
county lockup for murder.
Connor looks up from the file, managing to keep his cold
expression in place.
SHUE
Just been a lucky kind of day, I
guess. Not two hours after we
release the discovery of the body,
anonymous tip sends us those videos
and points us in your direction.
CONNOR
I didn't... kill him.
Shue leans forward, staring a hole through Connor.
SHUE
Don't matter. At best, you're an
accessory to murder after the fact.
Worse?
(counts them off)
Conspiracy. Failure to report.
Accessory to two counts of first
degree murder. You gonna tell me it
was all an accident?
Shue gets up from the table and straightens his coat.
SHUE
We're gonna hang awhile until Mr.
Pike arrives. 'Bout an hour. Then
we're all gonna sit down and chat.
CONNOR
(looking up)
I get a phone call, don't I?
SHUE
Sure. Ain't gonna do any good
unless whoever you call can work
some magic and make this all go
away.
Shue leaves. Connor resumes staring at the paused video.
INT. LAPD TRANSPORT WAGON - NEXT
PIKE, wrists and ankles shackled, is seated on a metal bench
opposite three armed guards, riding in silence. His head
hangs long.
INT. PROFESSOR MARRUS'S HOME - BEDROOM - NEXT
A blinding white light fades away, revealing PROFESSOR MARRUS
standing over REBEKAH GRANT, asleep on the bed.
Professor Marrus exhales and wipes a heavy load of sweat from
her forehead. She starts breathing hard, out of breath and
takes a step away from the bed, grabbing a bottle of water
from the nightstand.
She sits in a wicker chair in a corner, half her face veiled
in the shadows of the drawn curtains, and sips her water.
PROF. MARRUS
(panting)
You... have been way more trouble
than you're worth. Thankfully,
it'll be all over soon.
(beat)
And I hope it's quick.
CLOSE UP of Rebekah's face. The corner of her mouth twitches.
PROF. MARRUS
Quick means Connor's our guy. Slow
means we move to the next one in
line and I can't be bothered to go
through this whole process again.
Rebekah stirs and wakes up. She sits up in bed and looks over
to Professor Marrus, squinting to make out her visage.
PROF. MARRUS
Good morning, Bridget.
BRIDGET yawns and rubs her bleary eyes.
BRIDGET
(stretches)
Mmm... did I fall asleep?
PROF. MARRUS
For a little while, but you needed
it. You weren't yourself earlier.
(beat)
Hungry?
BLACK OUT.
END OF TEASER
ACT ONE
FADE IN.
INT. CEDAR SINAI HOSPITAL - HALLWAY - DAY
GABRIELLA and KAIA are sitting in a crowded hallway. Doctors
and nurses walk past in all direction, going about their
business.
Kaia's leaning back with her legs and arms crossed.
Gabriella's bent over with her hands buried in her face.
Two LAPD DETECTIVES, both of them in street clothes with
their badges hanging on their necks via chains, exit the
patient recovery room across from them. The girls stand up.
DETECTIVE 1
He's too weak right now. Doctors
say he should be fine to speak in a
few hours.
DETECTIVE 2
Ms. Heron, Ms...
The second detective looks to Kaia, trying to remember.
KAIA
Caine.
DETECTIVE 2
(nods)
We need you two to come down to the
station when you can. Get your
statements on record. We'll be back
to talk to your friend when he's
more capable.
The girls nod. The detectives nod back and they depart.
GABRIELLA
(turning to Kaia)
So.. why the fake name?
KAIA
Soon as I remembered who Wallace
was, I figured they might've ID'd
me in the video. Lucky the same
station didn't handle the whole
thing with Oli or they'd have known
my name already.
GABRIELLA
(walking across the hall)
Smart thinking.
KAIA
Grow up like I did and you learn to
think on your feet. All four of 'em
sometimes.
They walk into:
INT. CEDAR SINAI HOSPITAL - FAAS'S ROOM - CONTINUOUS
Kaia gently closes the door behind them. Faas is resting
comfortably, with machines monitoring his vitals and an IV
running into his arm.
A Hispanic doctor looks up at them and freezes.
GABRIELLA
Hello, Doctor Mendez.
DOCTOR MENDEZ offers a weak smile to her before picking up a
clipboard.
DOCTOR MENDEZ
He, uh, should be okay. Pretty
banged up, but his vitals are good.
I gave him a sedative, so he should
be out for a few hours.
KAIA
Thanks, Doctor.
Doctor Mendez nods and excuses himself. Before he shuts the
door:
DOCTOR MENDEZ
Will... you be needing any kind of
special aid, Ms. Heron?
GABRIELLA
I don't... know yet. Thanks though.
Doctor Mendez nods and lets the door close. Gabriella and
Kaia walk around to opposite sides of Faas's bed.
KAIA
(frowns)
What was that about?
GABRIELLA
I'll explain later. I need you to
stay with Faas for now. See what he
has to say when he wakes up.
KAIA
Where are you going?
GABRIELLA
To see Connor.
(off her look)
Don't, okay? I just... I need to
look him in the eye.
Gabriella heads back for the door. Kaia walks back around the
bed to meet her at the foot of it.
KAIA
(frowning)
Why? You gonna hypnotize him into
not being evil?
Gabriella laughs in a "this isn't the slightest bit funny"
way.
GABRIELLA
You'd think someone who reads
people as well as you do would
understand. We don't even know why
he and Faas were fighting in the
first place.
KAIA
So hang around and get it from the
horse's mouth, not the guy that's
been lying to you all this time.
GABRIELLA
(blurting out)
He hasn't been-
(beat; calmer)
He never has. I just... wasn't
ready to listen.
Gabriella opens the door to leave.
KAIA
The eternal optimist.
GABRIELLA
One of us has to be.
Gabriella shuts the door behind her. Kaia stares at the door,
arms crossed and head shaking in disbelief.
Faas GROANS, getting her attention.
KAIA
(softly)
Hey, you're awake. Docs said you'd
be out awhile.
He tries to sit up and grimaces when he puts weight on his
arms. Kaia walks over and pushes him back down by his
shoulder.
FAAS
(bleary)
I trust Connor was arrested?
Kaia steps back and frowns.
KAIA
How'd you know about that?
FAAS
I was the one who turned him in.
Kaia's frown drops. She takes a seat next to his bed.
KAIA
Short version, please.
EXT. CEDAR SINAI HOSPITAL - PARKING LOT - DAY
Gabriella briskly walks across the lot when her PDA rings.
She glances at the number before answering.
GABRIELLA
(stops walking)
Hello?
(beat; surprised)
Uh... yes, I'll accept the charges.
(beat; wary)
Hey.
INTERCUT WITH:
INT. LAPD PRECINCT - HALLWAY - DAY
Connor's standing at a pay phone holding the receiver to his
ear, his back to a nearby GUARD watching him.
CONNOR
(in a low voice)
Hey. I, uh... I need help.
GABRIELLA
And you called me?
CONNOR
(unsure)
Well, Michelle's not answering her
phone.
GABRIELLA
(blinks)
Michelle... Marrus? You've been
with her all this time?
Gabriella resumes walking towards her bike.
GABRIELLA
You murder her son and she offers
you a place to stay? That's a
little shady, don't you think?
CONNOR
(defensive)
She actually understands what
happened. When I did... what I did
to Eric, I thought he'd killed
Bridget. She was bleeding out right
in front of me and... I snapped.
GABRIELLA
(blinks; stops walking)
You never told me-
CONNOR
(bitter)
You never gave me a chance. Too
busy blasting me out the window.
GABRIELLA
(sneers; resumes walking)
Mistaking her for dead doesn't
excuse what you did.
CONNOR
I'm explaining, not excusing. Look,
I don't have time for argue. I need
your help to fix this. Do you still
have Illyria's crystal?
ZOOM IN on Gabriella's face. Her lips stammer, flabbergasted.
GABRIELLA
I... yes, but-
CONNOR
I need you to use it again. Go back
in time and-
GABRIELLA
(stern)
No. I can't.
CONNOR
(beat; exclaiming)
What do you mean-
His voice rises. A quick glance at the guard calms him back
down.
CONNOR
(in a harsh whisper)
That's the only way to fix this.
GABRIELLA
No, it's not. It can't be. It won't
work.
CONNOR
How do you know it won't?
GABRIELLA
It just... I just know. Connor,
I'll find another way. You have to
trust me. I'll-
Connor scoffs, not bothering to keep his voice down now.
CONNOR
(frustrated)
Trust you!? Why? Ever since you got
your powers back, you've been all
weird around me, like I did
something wrong.
GABRIELLA
Like you did something wrong? You
murdered someone!
CONNOR
Before that!
Connor's guard starts towards him. Connor holds up his
finger, asking for one more minute.
CONNOR
(lower voice)
When I was gonna kill the Reillys,
you went out of your way to talk me
down. What changed since then? It's
because of my soul, isn't it?
GABRIELLA
(defensive; stern)
You're so off it's not even funny.
CONNOR
Then what is it? What aren't you
telling me?
Gabriella tries to answer. Opens her mouth and everything.
She's got nothing.
CONNOR
Forget it. I'll deal with this my
way. Thanks for nothing.
Connor hangs up with a slam of the receiver.
END INTERCUT
Connor punches both hands into the wall behind the phone and
bows his head. The Guard comes over and roughly grabs his
arm. Connor doesn't resist as the Guard drags him away.
INT. CEDAR SINAI HOSPITAL - FAAS'S ROOM - DAY
Gabriella bursts into the room.
GABRIELLA
Hey, I think-
Kaia yanks her away from the door and slams it. She wedges a
chair under the handle to keep it shut.
GABRIELLA
(dumbfounded)
What?
Faas is sitting on the edge of the bed, removing the IV
needle from his arm.
KAIA
It's Marrus, Connor's teacher.
Gabriella watches Kaia and Faas mill around, trying to catch
up.
GABRIELLA
Yeah, Connor called me before I got
out of the lot. He's been staying
with her.
FAAS
You don't understand. Michelle
Marrus is a dangerous woman.
I am confident she still works for
the Senior Partners.
GABRIELLA
How do you know that?
Kaia brushes past Gabriella and slides the window open.
KAIA
For starters, she's the one that
tried to blow you and him up at
Connor's old warehouse.
Kaia looks out the window.
KAIA
It's about a two story drop.
Faas removes the diodes from his chest. The heart monitor
next to his bed flatlines.
FAAS
(smirks)
Is that all?
GABRIELLA
Wait a minute. I don't-
Kaia swings her legs out the window.
KAIA
(sharp)
Gab! In about ten seconds, the
staff here is gonna kick the door
down. Let's go!
Kaia drops out of the window. Faas positions himself to drop
down.
FAAS
I'll catch you.
And now he's gone. Gabriella huffs and walks over to the
window.
INT. LAPD PRECINCT - HOLDING CELLS - DAY
Connor is shoved into an open cell. PAN RIGHT as he looks to
his right...
... to see Pike in the adjoining cell, staring a hole through
him.
The Guard slams the door to Connor's cell. Connor and Pike
keep their eyes locked while Connor walks up to the cell door
and extends his wrists to the Guard.
As the Guard removes his cuffs, Connor's eye flick to him
before back to Pike. Then back to the Guard.
CONNOR
(squinting)
Do I know you?
GUARD
(rushed)
No.
The Guard gets the cuffs off and quickly leaves. Connor rubs
his sore wrist as he walks to the shared bars between his and
Pike's cells.
CONNOR
He look familiar to you?
Pike shoots his hand between the bars, grabs Connor by his
neck, and yanks him face first into the bars.
PIKE
(irate)
What the HELL did you do?
CONNOR
Owww. Dude, what the hell?
Pike slams his face into the bars again before releasing him.
Connor staggers back and rubs his nose.
PIKE
You... buried that kid? You tried
to cover up what happened?
Connor curls his lip in response. Really? He throws his hands
up.
CONNOR
Really?
(mimes holding a phone)
(mocking)
Hello, 911? Yeah, there's a kid
here who got his neck snapped by a
demon.
(normal voice)
What'd you expect me to do? And
don't say "the right thing" 'cause
there wasn't one. Not in that case.
Pike silently fumes, his eyes locked with Connor. He scoffs
and turns away, running his hands through his hair.
Connor silently watches as Pike curls his hands into fists
and shakes them up and down. He bites his bottom lip.
The dam breaks. Pike starts CRYING in ragged, heaving gasps
as he slumps to the ground.
ON Connor's feet, with Pike's sobs in the background. One
foot steps towards Pike.
Then steps back.
EXT. GAS STATION - DAY
Gabriella slides a gas pump into her motorcycle's tank.
Kaia's at the pump behind her. She pulls a pump from her car
and replaces it on the nozzle.
Gabriella walks over as Kaia gets back in her car. CUT TO a
shot looking through the passenger side window into the car.
Faas is in the passenger seat. He pops some pills into his
mouth and chases them with a bottle of water.
Gabriella leans down in the driver's side window and rests
her arms on the door. Faas swallows and lightly coughs.
FAAS
My people have maintained
surveillance on Connor for quite
some time, ever since his father
cut that deal with Wolfram and Hart
and unknowingly admitted him into
Project Prodigy.
GABRIELLA
("go on")
Okay...?
FAAS
We traced the purchase of Eric's
bomb back to his mother.
(pauses; low)
We also... were following Connor
when he murdered Eric.
Faas shifts in his seat, trying to get comfortable. Gabriella
and Kaia share a surprised look.
KAIA
So at that point, you figured
Bridget wasn't safe with him
anymore.
FAAS
(nods)
After getting a green light from my
superiors and a contingency plan,
we moved to extract the girl. We
failed. Connor intervened.
GABRIELLA
So... you got him arrested?
FAAS
We made copies of the videos
Wallace, Lahey, and Connor released
before they were deleted from the
web and turned them over to the
police. The plan was to have Connor
out of play while we mounted a
second extraction effort.
Gabriella looks off to the side and mouths "out of play" to
herself.
KAIA
Why go to Gab for help? You guys
don't have a factory or something
for those robo-ninjas?
FAAS
Yes... in Japan. Connor has
destroyed all that I had here and I
couldn't wait for another batch.
Faas moans and pops his neck.
GABRIELLA
You're in no shape to be laying
siege to Marrus's place. And we
need more information.
KAIA
(to Gabriella)
So what do you want to do?
GABRIELLA
Investigate. If she's still on the
Senior Partners payroll, this all
has to be going somewhere and I'm
pretty sure I know what.
(to Faas)
Do you still have the surveillance
on Marrus?
FAAS
No. Shortly after the murder, all
of our bugs and cameras were
destroyed. She must've found them.
Gabriella rolls her eyes and shakes her head.
GABRIELLA
Guess that would've been too easy.
Okay, I'm going to check out her
lab. See if she kept any of notes
there. You two check her place and
be careful. If you see Marrus,
don't do anything stupid, like
stay.
KAIA
What about Connor? I thought we
were helping him.
Gabriella looks away again.
GABRIELLA
He's out of play for the time
being. Unless he's stupid enough to
break out of jail.
Gabriella pats the door and leaves.
INT. LAPD PRECINCT - HOLDING CELLS - DAY
Connor and Pike are sitting with their backs against the non
common walls of their cells. Pike sniffles and wipes his nose
against his sleeve.
CONNOR
So I've been trying to come up with
ways to get out of here.
PIKE
(dejected)
Dude...
CONNOR
Not break out.
(beat)
Well, it's not plan A anyway.
PIKE
And what's plan A?
A beat.
CONNOR
I'll get back to you on that.
MALE VOICE (O.S.)
Pike!
Connor and Pike both look in the direction of the voice. A
familiar uniformed officer rushes into frame, stopping in
front of Pike's cell.
PIKE
(squints)
Billy?
It's BILLY MCKINNEY, Pike's former tenant that arrested him
in episode 2x10. Pike gets up and walks over.
BILLY
(out of breath)
Came when I heard. I'm on duty, so
I can't be here long. The state
handed down a gag order right after-
(points to Connor)
- he got brought in.
PIKE
Gag order for what?
BILLY
Every cop and lawyer worth a damn
in this city knows that was a legit
demon that killed that kid. They
wants to hang your friend for it.
Connor gets to his feet and walks over, suddenly interested.
CONNOR
What do you mean?
BILLY
We were told in no uncertain terms
that if any of us are called to be
an expert witness or testify for
you in any way, we'd be run out of
town and kiss our pension goodbye.
PIKE
(realizing)
They're going to cover it up. Use
Connor as a scapegoat.
(beat; dejected)
And... this isn't the first time
this has happened.
BILLY
Why do you think Cali's had the
biggest arrest and conviction rate
in the country? Someone had to go
down for all those vamp killings.
Connor backs away and shakes his head.
BILLY
(to Pike)
I... I felt like I owed it to you
to tell you.
(lowers voice)
If there's any mystical ways to
make this go away, you may wanna
consider 'em.
CONNOR
Guard!
(beat; screams)
GUARD!
PIKE
(wary)
What are you doing?
CONNOR
Plan A.
The Guard at the phone with Connor earlier comes in.
GUARD
What do you want?
CONNOR
I remember you now. The night I met-
(points a thumb at Pike)
- him, you were one of the cops on
the clean up crew.
The Guard's eyes widen for just a second before he tries to
cover.
PIKE
(points at the Guard)
Yeah... yeah, I remember you.
GUARD
(changing the subject)
What do you want, kid?
CONNOR
Get Detective Shue for me.
PUSH IN on Connor.
CONNOR
I'm ready to confess.
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