Previously on V...
Today we welcome the very first group of humans
selected to participate in our "Live Aboard" program.
I'm moving up on that ship, Mom,
and there's nothing you can do about it.
Members of our race are falling prey to human emotions.
- Everyone will be tested. - You failed.
The test has to be wrong.
I want you to investigate the Fifth Column.
My Intel says they were planning a terrorist attack against the Visitors.
Anna's worried about a group of resistance fighters.
If I hear anything, I'll let you know.
I've started looking into the group you told me about.
I might have something for you.
There it is! Hurry up!
(Engine roaring)
We've got 45 seconds to acquire target or the battery's spent.
(Beeps)
Do it!
(Kyle) Say good night, geckos.
(Jack) Come on. Let's check it out.
(Pants)
Something's not right.
(Ryan) Jack! No.
Jack, get back here!
We gotta split now. We don't have time for this.
(Groans)
God in heaven...
- Got someplace to be, Evans? - No.
(Cell phone ringing) Just trying to figure out how to schedule the...
(Multiple cell phones and telephones ringing)
(Indistinct conversations)
- (Ryan) Hello? - Ryan?
Yeah, hold on.
Ryan? What's happening?
Jack, the cops are almost here.
We gotta get out of here before someone sees us.
No, there might be survivors.
You need to tell me what you're seeing out there..
- Ryan? - There are no survivors
(grunts) Jack, they're gone, mate. We can't do nothing for them.
What's going on?
Ryan, talk to me.
It wasn't a V tracker team on that shuttle.
They were humans.
What?
(Sirens wailing in distance)
Listen, Jack, come on! We're going!
(Children laughing)
Our shuttle was successfully shot down,
as you expected it would.
The human remains have been found.
There will be a strong public outcry.
Human law enforcement will take swift and immediate action
against those responsible for this atrocity.
Fifth Column.
(High-pitched humming)
Ryan, it's Joshua.
What's going on, Joshua?
Since you stopped the soldier that was sent after Val,
Anna knows that the Fifth Column's growing stronger.
I've received word from other Fifth Column on the ship
she's sending a shuttle down filled with trackers
- to locate those responsible. - Trackers? When?
Today.
Ryan...
If those trackers hit the ground and disperse,
it'll be impossible to locate them all.
I can't let 'em hit the ground.
We just have to blow that shuttle up before it lands.
No human technology can knock one down.
But V technology could.
If I could acquire a missile,
could we alter it so it could breach a V shuttle's defenses?
Only if V code was uploaded to the secret electronics in the missile's computer chip.
Then get me that code.
You don't have much time. You have to move fast.
(Grunting)
You're dropping your right.
(Pants)
Yeah?
I suppose you could do better.
I wouldn't want to embarrass you...
More.
Oh, are you backing down from a challenge?
I must be mistaken.
I thought you were Special Agent Erica Evans.
Really?
Yeah. Okay.
- Uh-oh. - Mm-hmm.
Need help with those gloves?
I got it. Thanks.
- Step aside, priest. - Oh.
(Clears throat)
It's like Thorn Birds in here.
They let girls box here, eh? (Velcro rips)
Yeah. Women, too, I've heard.
- You know the sport? - I have four brothers.
I learned a thing or two about fighting.
Who's your favorite boxer?
Sugar Ray Leonard... lightning hands,
fast on his feet, good balance, never off his form.
You're bursting with opinions this morning, Hobbes.
Who's yours? (Door opens)
(Ryan) Jack!
Hey.
We need to get our hands on a stinger missile.
Finally some fun around here.
What are you talking about, Ryan?
Anna's sending down a shuttle filled with V trackers
to hunt down those responsible for stopping her soldier...
- that would be us. - Trackers?
Yeah, they have heightened senses.
They're like soldiers, but they blend in.
They could... they could follow a scent, work a crime scene,
evaluate evidence.
Why not just send another soldier after us?
Oh, she will, but first, she'll send the trackers
to identify us, paint targets on our foreheads.
(Kyle) Then she'll send the soldiers to finish us off.
When's the shuttle coming?
6:00. But it's never gonna get here.
Because we're gonna blow it out the sky.
What? You can't be serious.
Hold on. We're talking about blowing up a shuttle?
No, we're talking about blowing up a V shuttle.
But you're right to be worried on one count.
Strategically, we can't have Fifth Column coming off like terrorists.
We'll need to control the public blowback if we do this thing.
There won't be any. The last thing Anna wants is
a big media mess... FBI crawling all over the wreckage...
not with the V remains on the site.
All she's gonna do is just say there was a shuttle malfunction
so they can clean it up with no interference.
Are we really considering this? My son flies on those shuttles.
People fly on those shuttles.
Exactly. How do we know that no one innocent will be hurt?
Joshua's already confirmed that there's only gonna be V trackers
on those shuttles. No humans.
What if it lands on a house or a school?
I know the flight plan.
Okay, it's landing in a remote location.
And make no mistake, if that shuttle touches the ground,
we don't stand a chance. Those trackers... they will find us.
You want to risk your own life over a fit of conscience,
that's fine.
How about Tyler's?
Ryan, is your intel good?
Perfect.
Do it.
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Finding peace, Father?
Some days easier than others.
Even for a priest?
For everyone, Chad.
I've been on the ship a lot since the last time we talked.
Anna has the live aboards eating out of the palm of her hand.
And I know in my gut,
it's not safe for them to be so trusting.
I want to join the fight.
I was hoping you could point me to the Fifth Column,
like we talked about.
It's been quiet, I'm afraid, among my parishioners.
Well, that's too bad.
I could be very useful.
I'm behind the scenes with Anna.
I travel with her and Marcus.
I have unrestricted access to and from the mother ship.
I even travel in the V-only shuttles.
I overhear things.
You ride the V-only shuttles?
I'm back and forth in them all the time.
I could be a big asset to the Fifth Column, Father.
You riding the shuttles today?
Yes. Most days I do.
Maybe you should stay away
from the V-only shuttles today, Chad.
What do you mean by that?
Just some whisper among the parishioners.
It might not be safe.
I understand.
Thank you, Father.
(Indistinct conversations)
(Woman sobbing)
Are you all right?
She had a nightmare last night.
About what? (Baby fusses)
Here. I... I'll put her down for a nap.
(Footsteps retreat)
It's no trouble.
You can tell me.
Um, in my dream,
I was being taken by doctors
down a dark corridor here on the ship. (Sniffles)
And there were glowing arrows on the ceiling.
I'm new to "Live Aboard," and I was scared.
I couldn't tell them to stop.
And then there were needles,
hundreds of them,
being poked into me,
all over.
I know it was just a dream, but I can't shake it.
Can't shake what?
How real it felt.
You're all right.
It was just a nightmare.
You're safe up here. (Electronic whoosh)
Good morning.
Good morning, Chad.
I really enjoyed your report on the "Live Aboard" program.
I just wanted to thank you.
My pleasure. I'm glad you liked it.
I've been keeping my ear to the ground,
looking for any information on the Fifth Column
what have you heard?
There are whispers of a threat
to the shuttles transporting V's only today.
You've come a long way since we've arrived, Chad,
professionally, personally.
I think you'd understand that any threat to my people is
- a threat to all of us. - It might be nothing.
I thought I should bring it up just in case.
Where did you learn this?
You have to understand how this works.
I can get you this information because my sources trust me.
I start naming names,
that'll choke off the flow of information.
I understand.
But there's no need, Chad.
We don't have any V-only shuttles running today.
Mr. Decker.
Will you please excuse us for a moment?
Actually, I was on my way out.
We haven't eliminated all Fifth Column from the ship.
Someone leaked news of the trackers
we were to send down on that shuttle today.
I will look into this.
In the meantime, I will tighten the flow of information, again.
In light of this threat,
do you still want to send down the trackers?
I have a better idea.
If the Fifth Column wants to take down a shuttle,
we'll let them.
(Footsteps approach)
I've got the V code uploaded into the missile electronics,
so assuming it does what it's supposed to,
we're all systems go.
Wait, guys, Ryan, are we sure we really wanna do this?
You double-checked your intel with Joshua?
Yeah.
- You're sure? - I'm positive.
If we don't do this now, it's gonna be too late.
(Beeps)
Do it!
Ryan, what's going on?
It wasn't a V tracker team on the shuttle.
They were humans.
(Snaps cell phone shut)
Oh, my God. Oh, my God.
(Beep)
Pick up, baby. Pick up, baby. Come on.
Please, God. Please, God. Please pick up.
(Cell phone rings)
(Ring)
(Beep) Hello?
- (Voice breaks) You're okay? - Mom. Mom, what's... what's wrong?
A V shuttle went down.
What? When? J... just now?
... The area just north of Taconic State Parkway.
This possible terrorist attack comes a mere three days
after the commencement of the "Live Aboard" program.
Stunned and shocked people from...
Mom, Lisa could have been on that shuttle.
- I'm sure she's okay. - How do you know, mom?
I don't. It... it, uh, it... it went down in a secluded area,
so why would they send peace ambassadors there?
What if you're wrong, mom?
What if you're wrong about who was on that shuttle?
(Man singing in foreign language)
How did this happen?
Ryan, we need answers.
I don't have any.
Joshua doesn't either.
He's doing everything he can to figure it out.
Figure it out?
Maybe he set us up.
You didn't hear his voice when I told him.
He didn't set us up.
So what... what, it was a mistake? It was the wrong shuttle?
I asked you, Ryan. I asked all of you.
We did everything that we could have done, all right?
- The odds are slim to none... - No, no, no, no.
I... I lived this in Iraq.
We won't use those excuses.
If we strike preemptively,
there is zero margin of error for us. Zero.
Either we value life or we are the V's.
No, it's not that simple.
It is precisely that simple!
Where are you with this?
With you.
Well,
you can't afford to be, 'cause we've got other problems now.
We were all over that crime scene. We were late getting out.
The cops were on top of us.
It wasn't a clean getaway. We might have left evidence.
I won't do this anymore.
I'm out.
(Door slams)
Floyd Patterson.
What?
My favorite boxer...
is Floyd Patterson.
He got knocked down seven times in one round against Johansson.
Seven times.
You know what he said?
"They said I was the fighter who got knocked down the most.
But I also got up the most."
So my question to you two is this...
which do you want to be...
the guy who gets knocked down...
Or the guy who gets back up?
Lisa. Is Lisa okay?
I mean, I... I s... I saw the footage of the shuttle crash,
and I... and I thought if she was on it, I...
Lisa's fine.
Nothing was gonna keep you from her.
If she was gone, I... I...
I don't know what I'd do.
I'm doing "Live Aboard."
Lisa will be very pleased.
I'll let her know.
Don't worry.
Go home and pack.
Soon enough, you'll be with her all the time.
(Paul) Evans.
Where the hell have you been?
My son spends time on that ship. I had to track him down,
make sure he wasn't on the shuttle. He's fine.
- Good. - Yeah.
Good. 'Cause I need every able body on this thing.
Given our stance on terrorism, this is a global embarrassment.
The evidence indicates domestic,
and everything's pointing to Fifth Column.
What do we got?
Malik's working up a list of known terrorists
who could pull something like this off,
people with a grudge against the Visitors.
We picked up good tread marks at the edge of the trees,
where we have reason to believe the terrorists parked.
Yeah, but not much else. The shuttle's engines
run on blue energy, highly explosive stuff.
So when they blew up, they left very little forensic evidence.
Now the V on the boarding dock puts the number
between 15 and 20 people.
You've seen the remains.
From the looks of it,
we're gonna have to pull in a forensic anthropologist to do the DNA work.
- It could take weeks. - We shut down the highway
immediately after the crash,
here and here,
so they would have had to pass through this tollbooth
leaving the scene. The good news?
Tollbooth has security cameras.
Nice.
We matched the tread to seven vehicle makes.
So once we pull footage, we can cross-reference.
Let's get to work.
(Typing on keyboard)
(Beeps)
(Speed-dials)
(Phone rings) (Ryan) Erica.
I can't reach Jack.
- He wouldn't pick up. - Listen, we've got problems.
What did you drive on the scouting mission?
Jack's van, but we covered up the lettering.
Tell me you didn't drive through a tollbooth.
Yeah, we had to. We stayed to check for survivors.
Our escape route was compromised.
You went through a tollbooth with hidden security cameras.
The footage is on a live feed to an off-site location.
I'll text you the address.
You and Hobbes better get there and wipe the footage.
Just make sure you get us the address, all right?
Erica?
Um, smooth.
One of the bones is smooth.
You all right? What's going on?
Bones crack when they're burned in the flesh, Ryan,
but bones from a skeleton stay smooth in a fire.
Why would there be a skeleton on a shuttle full of tourists?
There wouldn't.
They wouldn't put a skeleton with humans.
The other people...
(Sniffles)
Ryan, we didn't do this. We didn't kill anyone.
The people on that shuttle... they were already dead.
Anna set us up?
You got photos of this, hard evidence?
Yeah. I'm... I'm staring at my monitor right now.
It's...
(Typing) No, no, no. No.
(Beeps)
It disappeared. Someone deleted it.
(Beep) Disappeared?
Who would cover up something like that?
Malik, cover the office.
I'm rolling out to grab that tollbooth footage.
On it.
Ryan, the FBI just launched. You need to get there
and wipe that footage before they do,
or this is gonna get pinned on us. Get moving now.
(Beep)
(Snaps cell phone shut)
(Beep, lock clicks)
Get in there and short the server, exactly like I showed you.
In 20 paces, make a left.
Keep going straight down the hallway.
(Vehicle approaches)
Bloody hell.
- Bloody hell what? - FBI.
I got it. I'm here. I'm here.
You're about to get caught.
(Beep, lock clicks)
(Kyle) Ryan. Ryan. (Humming)
(Electricity crackles)
Get the hell out of there!
Damn it.
(Sighs)
You were protecting me
by warning me about the shuttles,
trying to save my life.
I was just passing on a rumor I heard.
I didn't know that would happen.
What exactly was the Fifth Column's plan?
Why would they kill humans?
I don't know any circumstances
under which they could condone that.
I'm sure the Fifth Column knows what they're doing.
I'm sure...
They know what's necessary.
And for me to be useful,
I have to do what's necessary, too.
Meaning?
I have to report on this attack.
To keep my position with Anna intact,
I can't seem like I'm sympathetic to the cause.
I have to come down hard.
What I'm saying is,
if you're Fifth Column,
things are about to get very bad for you.
Good thing I'm not Fifth Column.
Anna never saw it coming, you know.
She'd heard nothing about any threats...
What, you asked her?
Oh, indirectly, of course.
The Fifth Column caught her off guard,
which, believe me,
is hard to do.
We value life above all else,
every single life.
(Beep)
The Fifth Column reacted exactly as I suspected.
Shooting down that shuttle backfired.
Tonight they will be introduced to the world
just as I planned it,
as terrorists.
Mother, you wanted to see me?
We value life above all else,
every single life. (Beep)
(Emotional voice) We value life above all else,
every single life.
(Beep)
Which is more effective, Marcus?
I... think they're all sufficient.
Lisa?
The second one.
It seems more sincere.
Your grasp of human emotion is...
impressive.
Thank you, Mother.
(Bell tolling)
Jack?
Are you all right?
My faith is shaken, Father.
Your faith in God?
No, my faith in myself.
Ah.
Well, in times like this,
it's best to get back to basics,
your core values.
I've made choices, Father,
terrible choices, with people's lives on the line.
You mean when you were at war?
I'm not talking about the past.
If this is an issue of law, Jack,
then perhaps you need to make
a confession of a different type?
(Cell phone rings)
(Ring) Yeah?
Erica, it's Ryan. We're good. We wiped the footage.
Good.
- Any luck? - Yes, actually.
They got to the security facility and wiped the footage from after the attack.
Damn it.
Since they seem like pros,
I figured they'd scouted the route and done a dry run earlier.
So I grabbed the footage from this morning.
It archives to a different server. We reviewed it there.
Nice. Any suspects?
One name rang the cherries.
Not exactly your typical terrorist.
These were taken this morning near the site of the attack.
Your tire tracks were there, too. You want to explain that?
Come on, Father. At least give me your cover story.
I'm sure you thought that through.
I thought nothing through.
I've sat across from a lot of suspects in that chair.
Some of them were remorseless, sure,
but not you.
I can read the guilt in your eyes, Father.
I'm giving you a chance to unburden yourself.
Answer him! (Slams table)
Do you think this is a game?
(Lowered voice) Would you mind bringing Malik in here
with those crime scene photos? Please.
(Lowered voice) The V's loaded that shuttle with dead bodies.
They set us up.
We didn't kill anyone. Look really scared.
(Loudly) We can hold you for 48 hours without charging you.
Do you think your collar will protect you in there?
(Door closes)
Explain this.
Those tires aren't unique to my van.
The church bought a whole fleet.
There must be, I don't know,
thousands of vehicles with that tread.
Why were you at the tollbooth?
It's a state parkway. I was going to see a parishioner.
I'm sure he'll be happy to confirm your story.
I was consulting her on matters of adultery.
Her name's confidential.
How convenient.
Not to her husband.
Please tell me you didn't drag me away from my parish
because of a common tire impression
and a picture of me traveling on a public parkway.
Because I can't imagine
you'd be wasting your time harassing a priest
during an investigation this high-profile.
So you better charge me
or let me go.
(Whispers) Cut him loose.
(Woman, voice echoing) And there were
glowing arrows on the ceiling.
I was being taken by doctors,
down a dark corridor,
here on the ship.
I was scared,
but I couldn't tell them to stop.
(Panting)
(Beep)
And then there were needles...
(Screaming)
Hundreds of them...
being poked into me...
all over.
(Continues screaming)
I know it was just a dream,
but I can't shake it.
I'm really glad you came by to bring me to the ship.
That's not why I stopped by, Tyler.
I don't want you to move onto the ship with me.
What?
Why?
You're a nice guy, Tyler,
but I don't have the same feelings for you as you do for me.
What are you talking about?
You've been just as into this as I have.
My mother really likes you, Tyler.
I didn't want to disappoint her.
So what about us on the shuttle?
(Voice breaks) I mean, what was that?
I, uh, just wanted to see what it felt like.
That's all.
You can go.
We value life above all else,
every single life.
I just wish we could have done something
to save the lives that were tragically taken today
by this unprovoked attack. (Camera shutters clicking)
Perhaps our greatest flaw is that we are too trusting.
There are those that don't share our regard for life.
The Fifth Column seeks to destroy us
because we're from another place,
because they think we don't belong here,
because we're different.
(Lowered voice) Get up to the ship.
Make sure it gets conveyed to Anna
that the FBI is doing everything we can.
Since our presence here is causing such strife
that humans have been caught in the crossfire,
we've been forced to reconsider being here at all.
(Reporters talking at once)
I don't think I could bear another tragedy like this.
We are of peace.
We are always of peace.
(Clicks mouse, types on keyboard)
(Knock on window)
Kendrick needs to talk to you
about your involvement with Fifth Column.
He wants you in the war room... now.
I'm not going to let anything or anyone else
harm the Visitors, period.
I have orders from the highest level
to form a task force to zero in on Fifth Column.
Evans...
I'm assigning you to head it up.
You'll have every means at your disposal,
the full resources of this office,
and you'll be partnered with Agent Malik.
Agent Malik from the FBI.
I'm here to see Marcus about the shuttle crash.
It is an honor to see you again, my queen.
Only two of the crime scene photos were damning.
I deleted them,
and destroyed the evidence before anything
could be forwarded to the forensic anthropologist.
(Typing on keyboard)
(Beep)
(beeping)
(Typing)
Malik, cover the office.
I'm rolling out to grab that tollbooth footage.
On it.
You've done superb work,
under great pressure.
Permitting that missile to strike the shuttle
accomplished precisely what you had hoped.
The task force has been formed.
I am now free to serve our people
and hunt down Fifth Column with the full weight
of the United States government behind me.
We have seen a massive amount
of unprecedented sympathy for the V's
and an international outcry against the Fifth Column
and this atrocity carried out at their hands.
At this time, there is very little... (Mutes TV)
Now that you're a prime suspect in the bombing,
it's gonna be even more dangerous
for us to be seen with you.
Uh, we did this.
So you'd better have my back.
We're in this together, like it or not.
Jack.
He rides the private V shuttles, so I warned him.
Chad Decker?
He asked Anna about it, and that's how she found out.
He's a potential ally.
He doesn't know anything. I've been careful.
I told you, you can't trust anyone.
He could have died on that shuttle.
So all this... you brought all this down on our heads
'cause you didn't want to risk that guy's life? One life?
I won't ever forget what one life is worth.
If we're gonna win this war, we can't go off the rails.
We can't lose sight of who we are.
Jack's right. We can never be like them.
See, that's what Anna does.
She takes our emotions,
uses it against us,
can't let her do that.
You know, you can call yourselves freedom fighters,
you can call yourself rebels,
you know, you can call but no make no mistake, kids...
we're terrorists now.
Are you willing to bear that cross
so that people can sleep well at night?
Yeah.
Why?
Because we're the only ones willing to.
Hey, padre.
Welcome back.
(Door closes)
I'm sorry.
I'm... I'm sorry about going behind your back, mom.
What's the matter?
You were... you were right.
You were right about everything.
(Sniffles)
Lisa?
She didn't... she didn't care about me, mom.
(Sniffles) She just... she just was using me.
Did she say that?
Okay. Okay.
(Sniffles) How could I have been this stupid?
Why... why am I that much of an idiot?
Oh, no. No. Oh, sweetie, of course not.
You just cared about someone.
Somebody that...
wasn't worth it.
You never know why anyone does what they do.
Okay?
(Reporters talking at once) The world leaders have been calling,
offering their condolences,
vowing to help in our fight against Fifth Column.
They're concerned we might leave.
Good.
We'll use their fear to our advantage,
just as we did the Americans' today.
... An all-time high in support of the V's
and a sense of rage is directed at the... (Electronic whoosh)
I'm sorry, Mother.
I failed.
Tyler won't be coming to "Live Aboard."
I pushed too hard, and he doesn't want to see me anymore.
I did everything I could,
but I believe the pull of his mother was too strong for him.
I understand.
We'll have to find a greater incentive for him.
You were injured in a Fifth Column attack.
Don't worry, daughter.
We'll get him back.
There is no greater incentive for a human male than a damsel in distress.
Break her legs.
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