Shooter (2016) s03e12 Episode Script

1 ISAAC: Previously, on "Shooter" Don't be the man that ruins not only his life, but the lives of those around him.
What do you think I'd be willing to do to your family? Do anything to them, your body will hit the ground before you even hear a gunshot.
You know I'm willing to take that chance.
Are you? Does Bob Lee know how to stop these people? JULIE: Bob Lee's on the other side of the country.
We have to take care of ourselves.
I have to relocate us, now.
Drop your weapons! Everyone step away from Judge Brooks or we will open fire! You're going to prison, not the Supreme Court.
Swagger! This is how a patriot dies.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[PHONE RINGING.]
RED: Brooks is dead.
There are no protocols if there is no Atlas.
You and I are not finished.
I never said I was.
Bob Lee Swagger? We need to take you in.
What? I need to get to my family, Nadine.
Tell 'em I'm coming.
Don't say anything but "lawyer.
" [DOOR BUZZES.]
Have a seat, gentlemen.
What were you doing in those woods? Lawyer.
I'm sorry, are we under arrest? Not yet.
So, then, we don't have to answer your questions.
Then I'll detain you for obstructing a federal investigation.
Is that a a drainage ditch, right? - What is that? - It's a grave.
So you used to work for Senator Hayes.
Uh, I did.
I got a Supreme Court Justice nominee with a hole in his head and five dead mercenaries.
And I got you two pricks sitting here acting like it's just another day.
- We were out for a walk - Shut up.
Swagger.
You know what it's like to have the entire U.
S.
government on your ass.
So tell me, what were you doing in those woods with Justice Brooks? Lawyer.
Brooks begged us to take him into those woods.
He feared for his life.
He trusted no one, least of all his own security detail.
He knew there were people out to get him for what he did in Vietnam, and he was right.
Doesn't explain the grave.
Those, uh, mercenaries, as you called them, they dug that.
Soon as Brooks saw it, he knew there was no way he was making it out of those woods alive, so he chose to go out on his own terms.
Brave man.
Honorable.
So are we free to go? Is he in? Thank you.
[DOOR CLOSES.]
What can I do for you, Red? You asked for a draw-down in Afghanistan, one where you could save face, and we handled it.
Saved the country billions.
Not to mention the human cost.
You told me you guys work in the shadows.
You want the Medal of Freedom? No, sir, but with Brooks' death, we are left in a tough spot.
Well, you asked me to nominate him, and I did.
Frankly, his suicide saved him the embarrassment of not being confirmed.
I can think of at least three Senators who would have opposed him.
He would have been sitting in the middle of that bench, sir, trust me.
When you were doing sit-ups on Parris Island.
I was here, sir.
Learning the ebb and flow of life and death in D.
C.
Life and death.
The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots.
You don't get to quote Jefferson to me, and you sure as shit don't get to come into this office, a place of dignity and democracy, and blithely condescend to me about your plans for murder.
I'm picking the next Supreme Court nominee.
Me.
Not you and your god damn cabal.
That is your prerogative, sir BUT BE ADVISED: For decades, Presidents have stood on this seal, and told me the very same thing.
Usually early in their first term, when they still thought they had the power to get things done.
But somewhere toward the end of that first term, when you realize just how impotent you really are, and how the things that we do quietly, anonymously, change this nation for the good.
And when you want that elusive second term, that's when you will invite me back in here and thank me.
But don't worry by that time, I will have forgotten this conversation.
[CHUCKLES.]
You don't run this country.
I do.
At the will of the greatest source of power: the American people.
They're fickle.
We're loyal.
That's the reason that you and I are on the same evacuation plan, sir.
You need me much more than them.
But forget who your friends are, and all those things that we do for you in the darkness will suddenly see the light of day.
You won't survive it.
Get out.
Mr.
President.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
[KNOCKING.]
- Hey.
- Hey.
Did you sleep okay? Yeah, if you wanna call it that.
Look, I need you to take Mary to Edie Poole's, okay? You guys are gonna be safe there.
Where are you going? I'm gonna go see Bob Lee.
I can't keep living like this.
[SOMBER MUSIC.]
Here - Here's the address, okay? - Okay.
She knows you're coming.
No one will think to look for you guys there.
No credit cards.
Don't take the same route home, do a lap around I know.
I know.
- Okay.
- Okay.
Come here.
- You be strong - Yeah.
And you tell him how you feel.
He'll hear you.
Promise me you're gonna be safe, okay? I'm gonna take great care of your girl, I promise you.
- I love you.
- I love you, too.
- Anything from Julie? - Nothing.
- Where's Isaac? - He's gone dark.
I figured with Brooks dead, this thing would be over, but it's not, is it? Yeah, I don't see any confetti or streamers.
[PHONE VIBRATING.]
Hold up.
- Hello? - It's me.
Jules.
I've been trying to call you.
Are you okay? How's Mary? Yeah, we're fine.
We're with Anne.
We had to get off the grid.
Good, you did good.
Coming to see you.
You are? When? Tonight.
Meet me at your hotel.
I can't wait.
I'll see you then.
That was Julie, she's on her way here.
- I'm glad she's okay.
- Yeah, well, no offense, uh I need a break from you two.
I'm gonna go see my buddy, Van Tassell.
You know, with Brooks gone, maybe he knows who the next nominee is.
See how far down Atlas goes on this.
Well, don't use your credit card.
And don't go home.
Yeah, no, I'm good.
I'll be fine.
I'll get some more of that pink pepper spray, right? - It's powerful shit.
- Yep.
NADINE: Harris, wait.
Take it.
Pretty sure I should have a permit for that, but, uh, okay.
Hey, Buddy, you might wanna slide that around closer to your hip, unless you want a loaded gun - pointing at your - Say no more.
Thank you.
All right.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
Excuse me? Do either of you have a phone I could use right quick to make a call? It's a local call.
I can give you the number, you can dial it.
Here, just use my phone.
- Thank you.
- That's okay.
[PHONE VIBRATING.]
- Hello? - ISAAC: Nadine, it's me.
I'm on Main and Frazier, get here.
What's going on? Where's your car? Just get here.
[LINE DISCONNECTS.]
[GRUNTS.]
Are you okay? [GRUNTS.]
[BREATHING HEAVILY.]
The guy who killed Katherine Mayfield just tired to kill me.
What? You sure it was the same guy? Bob Lee and I saw him take the shot.
ISAAC: I trailed him to a warehouse, but he must have seen me coming.
He got my keys, he got my phone, set the place on fire.
But I got this off him before I blacked out.
You should call your friend at the DOJ.
We gotta get to a crime lab.
Yeah, okay, but oh, my God.
You need to get that stitched up.
Here, you do it.
What? [SCOFFS.]
No, I'm not a doctor.
[LAUGHING.]
You can sew, can't you? [SIGHS.]
[GROANING.]
You almost done? Complain this much when your wife stitched you up? No.
[HISSING, GASPING.]
She was innocent.
She's gone.
[BRAKES HISSING.]
[DRILL BUZZING.]
You and me, we're as guilty as sin, but we're still alive.
For now.
[STAPLE CLICKS.]
[DRILL HUMS.]
[KEYPAD BEEPING.]
[MACHINE BEEPING.]
How long is this gonna take? I'll call Margo, see if she can get more people on it.
Hey, Margo, it's me again.
Call me back.
[PHONE BEEPS.]
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
[VENDING MACHINE CLUNKS.]
- MAN: Nadine Memphis? - Yep.
[DRAMATIC STING.]
[POP MUSIC PLAYING OVER SPEAKERS.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[DRAMATIC MUSICAL STING.]
[DOOR RATTLING.]
[DRAMATIC, THRILLING MUSIC.]
Through that door.
[PANTING.]
Jesus Okay, okay.
Okay, okay, yeah.
Take it just take it, it's fine.
REPORTER: The recent death of Supreme Court Justice nominee Raymond Brooks, the final seat on the Supreme Court sits vacant.
The President's choice is expected later this week, despite many on the Senate demanding that the nomination be postponed.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
- Hey, baby.
- Hi.
- Oh, I missed you.
- Yeah.
Got us some wine room service on the way.
Bob Lee? I'm done.
I'm done with you being an absent father.
I'm done with living in danger.
I'm done with Mary living in danger.
I'm just done.
[TENSE MUSIC.]
Shit When you said you wanted to meet, I never thought it was about this.
I know but that's the problem.
We're not connected anymore.
You're always away.
And even when you are home, it's like you're not there.
You're not really with us.
I don't want to be away from you and Mary.
I try to keep things separate.
But even but even when I look at you, it's like there's somewhere else that you would rather be.
Hold on, wait a second.
[STAMMERING.]
You're always waiting, you're always waiting for something else to happen.
Hoping for it to happen so that you can go off and and be a hero again.
[PHONE VIBRATING.]
- [SCOFFS.]
- I'm not gonna pick up.
Yes, but that's the problem you want to.
No, I don't.
I'm here with you.
I'm present.
All right now's my turn.
I know this has been hard on you but trying to find out the truth about my father was important.
But it's gone beyond that now, Bob Lee.
That's why all this shit started.
I couldn't control where it led me.
Baby, it's not like you loved it when I was just home fixing fences, and When Isaac came looking for me, you were the one who told me to get back in the fight.
- No, you do not - It's true.
You don't get to put that on me.
You don't get to to play victim? No one tells you what to do.
If you're in any sort of shit, it's because you want to be there.
You know that.
Yeah.
You're right.
I like the thrill.
Too much.
Serving my country, doing right by other people, I get carried away.
[DRAMATIC STING.]
ALVAREZ: Harris.
- Thank you for coming by.
- Uh, yeah.
I wasn't busy, Mr.
President.
So, um, are you a bourbon man? Twenty minutes ago, I thought I was a dead man.
Well who's to say that's changed? [LAUGHING.]
[LAUGHS WEAKLY.]
Please, have a seat.
The first day on the job, here, they tell you five secrets.
I thought it was gonna be about aliens, and [DOOR CLOSES.]
Area 51.
The desert island where Elvis and Marilyn Monroe still live.
Well, no such luck.
It's all about the terrorists overseas who want to destroy our way of life.
And the people here in this country who live in the shadows who have the same objective.
The former groups are dangerous, but the latter are even worse.
You know what I'm talking about.
Yes, sir.
I may control the military and all the three-letter agencies, but the truth is, I don't know who among them I can trust.
Neither do we.
What I do know is an event is imminent right here in D.
C.
I need you to find out what it is and stop it.
Why are you asking us? Because I knew the Secret Service could pick you two up quietly.
But Bob Lee Swagger? They'd be dead.
[CHUCKLES.]
I never brought danger to our family.
Someone else always brought it to me.
I know.
You're a damn clusterfu magnet.
But still, I mean, there's there's a point when you could take a step back and let legitimate authorities take over, and you never do it.
Because I can't trust them.
Besides, baby, they can't do what I do.
How do you know? If there's a chance that I can save people's lives, I don't know how to walk away and just let them die.
I know that about you.
I'm I'm not asking you to not save lives, I We have Mary.
It's reckless and selfish.
If anything ever happened to you guys, I don't know what I'd do.
[HOPEFUL MUSIC.]
Hey.
We're okay.
The war in Afghanistan, it's over for you.
You've had to bury friends and family, and you've now solved your father's murder.
It's time to come home.
Stop trying to save the world.
Save your family instead.
Okay.
You expect us to believe you don't have three other people in the whole government who are capable and loyal? You expect me to believe that my Chief of Staff died in a drunk driving accident? I need an outsider who still knows the ins and outs of law enforcement.
And a belt-weight insider who knows how to maneuver discreetly.
In an ideal world, my gratitude would be all you'd earn, but those days are long gone, so Name your price.
Mm.
Uh, well [CLEARS THROAT.]
Speaking of your Chief of Staff, have you replaced him? [LAUGHING.]
What are you, 14? Get real.
Uh, how about this, uh if I help put a stop to this, you'll know I'm a man who can get things done.
You'll also know you can trust me.
That's more than you ever could have said about Andrew Gold.
I'll think about it.
If we fail, we're the bad guys.
That becomes the narrative, not this.
Well, that's a chance you'll have to take.
Even if we're successful, you'll still have the problem of these evil forces in the shadows here.
Unless you agree to shoulder the burden, shall we say? And stop the sky from falling.
Okay.
You can help us.
Take all Federal government emergency evacuation plans offline.
Go old school.
Directions printed up every day That might look suspicious.
That's a chance you'll have to take, sir.
[PHONE BUZZING.]
- Nadine.
- NADINE: Hey.
- You get the results? - ISAAC: Yeah.
Where the hell did you go? [SCOFFS.]
You're not gonna believe it.
Meet us at Bob Lee's hotel room.
Maybe after a little family time at home with Mary you and I can go someplace nice.
- Yeah? - Yeah.
Like a real honeymoon? [LAUGHS.]
Maybe Hawaii.
- Be perfect.
- Yeah.
A bunch of guys from basic are serving at Kaneohe Bay, I haven't seen them in forever [LAUGHING.]
[SIGHS.]
Bob Lee, I'm gonna kill you.
[BOTH LAUGHING.]
I'm sorry, that was mean.
That was mean.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
- Leave it.
- Okay.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
[SIGHS.]
- No - Just [KNOCKING ON DOOR.]
I'm gonna shoot somebody.
[KNOCKING ON DOOR CONTINUES.]
All right! - What? - We have a lead.
Good, go chase it.
ISAAC: It's the Semtex you got from the Alpha Boys' house.
NADINE: We went to Margo.
We tested the trace residue from the tiki torches we got a match.
To what? I got this off the guy who killed Mayfield.
Remember him? Probably killed Gregson, too, and he tried to kill me.
HARRIS: Know where we just were, Bob Lee? - The Oval Office.
- What? - Yeah.
- NADINE: It's true.
The President wants us to finish this.
Last time somebody appealed to my patriotism, we all know what happened.
Well, the President took the Titan Card out of play.
That's a risk to him.
ISAAC: Means this time, you wouldn't be the only one getting framed.
BOB LEE: "M-C-M-X" is what in Roman numerals for 1910.
Yeah, schools often put the year that they were founded on their seal.
[KEYS TAPPING.]
"Saint Agatha.
" West Oakland, Arlington.
Look.
Pendant matches the logo.
Let's move.
Guys, I need a minute, so [TENSE MUSIC.]
Sweetheart, this is the last thing I need to do.
I'm gonna head home.
Mary needs at least one parent.
Don't give up on us.
I'm not mad.
I'm not, honestly.
This is just who you are.
You're the man that runs towards the bomb and not away from one.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Is there a problem? Is the computer running slow? That's what I'm here to fix.
[METAL DETECTOR WAND BEEPS.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
[DEVICE BEEPS.]
[COMPUTER BEEPING.]
Come on, kids, get in to class! [LAUGHING.]
[CHURCH BELL TOLLING.]
Morning, sister.
Good morning.
Special Agent Johnson, Secret Service.
Do you have a moment? - Is something wrong? - Nothing to be alarmed about.
We're looking for someone.
We think they may be a member of your parish.
Oh, well Please come in.
ISAAC: Yeah, so this guy's around 5'10", 165 pounds, brown hair, brown eyes.
I'm sorry, but we have over 800 families and parishioners.
Can you be more specific? ISAAC: He's a little strange.
Probably keeps to himself.
- BOB LEE: Maybe he works here? - Oh.
Well, I suppose there's Mr.
Martin, our handyman.
Follow me.
BEATRICE: I probably wouldn't use the word "strang" but Eli definitely has his own way about things.
- How long has he worked here? - He's been with us for years.
He can fix anything.
Comes and goes on his own many days I barely even see him but he always pops up when we need him.
- Is he here now? - Well, I don't know.
Do you know where he might be? If I know Eli, either in the garage, or the basement.
I hope he's not in some sort of trouble.
We just need to talk to him.
BOB LEE: So when was the last time you saw him? Um, let's see Oh, yesterday! He told me he had to take one of our buses to the mechanic Oh, look, he must be in.
He always turns his light off when he leaves.
[DRAMATIC MUSIC.]
Hold up, hold up wait! He's getting away! I think he rigged the door, man.
Shit.
BOB LEE: Take cover.
[SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
- You good? - Yeah, you? - Yeah.
- BOB LEE: Careful.
ISAAC: He's long gone.
Comes back to change? She said he could fix anything, then she said he takes the bus to the mechanic.
Don't you think that's weird? [APPROACHING SIRENS.]
Got you.
- BOB LEE: Got a open door left.
- ISAAC: All right.
Short room.
Clear.
He's been building a bomb in here.
And didn't clean up.
Man, you saw the basement.
This guy's prepared, he's meticulous.
But he runs back here to get changed after his run-in with you? Doesn't make sense.
It's like he's scrambling.
- Bus is gone - ISAAC: Shit.
The attack is today.
What's the target? TEACHER: Okay, come on! Let's do it! Single file, quick, quick, quick! Very exciting, big day.
Watch your step, one at a time.
One at a time.
[CHILDREN GIGGLING, CHATTERING.]
Very exciting day.
No pushing.
But quickly.
[SINISTER MUSIC.]
Okay.
So who's excited to go visit the Supreme Court today? [ALL CHEERING.]
Very good! And away we go! Eli Aaron Martin.
Born Kansas City, Missouri, 18th of May, 1978.
Died 21st of May, 1978, Kansas City, Kansas.
I don't get it.
You apply for a birth certificate for someone who was born around your birthday, but died as an infant.
State records, Social Security rarely cross-check, especially across state lines.
You get yourself a whole new identity.
Martin's not Martin.
- HARRIS: It's a dead end.
- BOB LEE: Figures.
How do we find him? Well, he's Atlas' fixer, right? - Yeah.
- So what did he have to fix? [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
It's always been about Brooks and the Supreme Court.
What's the final check on absolute power in government? The Supreme Court.
Control that, control everything.
Atlas knew there'd be opposition to Brooks and Hayes was their political muscle, right? Uh, there was nobody better at whipping Senators into line, yeah.
Yeah, then Hayes dies.
You're having a heart attack, Senator.
[GASPING.]
Atlas needs a new way to switch those votes.
And instead of swinging them They went all in.
Brooks dies But Atlas is still coming.
Because the problem doesn't go away.
Anhur Dynamics is a case that could expose Atlas.
All their secrets.
There's a 4-4 split on the court.
Brooks would have made it 5-4.
Also just found out there is no backup nominee.
So Atlas can't sub in for Brooks but 4-3 would still win it for him.
Holy shit.
They're gonna kill a Supreme Court Justice.
[SIRENS WHOOPING.]
[INDISTINCT RADIO CHATTER.]
[SINISTER MUSIC.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
[RADIO CHATTER.]
[KIDS CHATTERING.]
[GROANING.]
Hey, man, you okay? TEACHER: Okay, now, this dog is working.
He's not a pet, so no petting.
Everybody get your knees and your hands inside.
We're just gonna let him do his job.
No moving, no petting.
[RADIO CHATTER.]
We wouldn't pet a cop on his head, so we don't pet a working dog on his head.
He's a police officer, but he's just a dog.
And what do we say? ALL: Thank you.
ISAAC: I don't see a St.
Agatha bus.
He wouldn't have shown up in the morning on an empty bus.
We have his face now.
No way he'd have risked driving, either.
Okay.
That nun said he took the bus to a mechanic maybe he had it repainted to match a Maryland Unified bus.
We gotta go bus to bus, scratch off some paint see if we can find the St.
Agatha logo underneath.
[CHILDREN CHATTERING.]
[POLICE RADIO CHATTER.]
Guys, I got it! HARRIS: Yeah.
What's going on, here? FBI.
See some ID? - Uh, we got - Yeah, I got Nadine, what's the code for a bomb? - Uh, 98.
- Uh, this is Officer Murphy.
I got a Code 98 at the Supreme Court! I repeat, a Code 98! Evacuate the area immediately! Harris, get everyone out of here, now.
[SINISTER MUSIC.]
Shit.
Found the remote detonator.
It's gotta be connected wirelessly to the master.
All right, look for fresh staples under the seats.
Please, get out of here.
It's not safe here.
[STAMMERING.]
Keep moving please keep moving.
I found the master detonator.
What the hell are you gonna do? Diffuse it.
There could be over 20 pounds of Semtex in here.
Probably Semtex all over the place.
The explosion is a diversion to get the Justices evacuated.
Yeah, but the Titan card doesn't work, so maybe he's going to Oklahoma City.
I'll evacuate the area.
Hey, are you okay? Come on, I need your help.
- Let's go.
- Please, uh, keep keep moving, please keep moving.
- It's it's not - NADINE: FBI! Evacuate the area! - Move out of the - Evacuate the area, now! [PEOPLE SCREAMING.]
FBI! Evacuate the area! [SUSPENSEFUL MUSIC.]
All right.
Explosives, power timer, detonator.
Just like you told me in those IED briefings.
This thing is way more complicated than any IED we ever found.
What are you doing? We gotta stop it from powering up.
Red or black? Fu it.
[PHONE WHINES.]
Oh, shit.
It's too late, we can't stop it.
We gotta move.
Oh, shit.
Let's go! Go, go, go, go! FBI! Evacuate, evacuate! Everybody down! Mom? Mom! - Mom - [GASPS.]
[PHONE BEEPS.]
[HIGH-PITCHED RINGING.]
[TENSE MUSIC.]
[SCREAMING FADES IN.]
Get out of here, get out of here.
Go, go, go! Mommy! [PEOPLE SCREAMING.]
- Where you going? - Supreme Court! Titan card doesn't work, he's gotta pick up his target there! [PANTING.]
[GROANS.]
Nadine! [GASPING.]
- You okay? - Yeah.
Just go help Bob Lee.
Nope, it's my turn to stitch you up.
[GROANING.]
[INDISTINCT CHATTER.]
Shelter in place, sir.
Uh, no, I get evacuated with POTUS.
He took you off that list, sir.
Everybody, let's go! Go, go! MAN: Thank you, calmly, quietly Thank you.
Thank you calmly, quietly.
Thank you.
Ladies and gentlemen, calmly [APPROACHING SIRENS.]
Quietly, thank you.
[SIRENS WAILING.]
Justice, uh, you've been ordered to evacuate.
Well, I'm busy.
[SIRENS WAILING.]
Do not.
Seems contained.
Why don't you just guard me here? Justice, you either walk out of here, or we will drag you kicking and screaming.
Nobody wants to see that.
Let's go.