Bank Job/Transcript

Teaser Sequence
'''EXT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

KATE: Small towns make me nervous.

[Will stops reading newspaper to look at her.]

WILL: Why?

KATE: Do I look small town to you?

WILL: [Laughs] Right.

[Bridget arrives to open the bank for business.]

MAGNUS: Here we go. I'll take point.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

[Bridget opens door]

BRIDGET: Come on in.

MAGNUS: Thank you.

BRIDGET: Welcome.

WILL: Morning.

BRIDGET: Morning.

[Magnus arrives at teller booth.]

GEORGE: Good morning. How can I help you?

MAGNUS: Safety deposit box #350, please.

GEORGE: Certainly. [George searches computer] Abigail Fearnley. I'm going to need to see some... [Magnus provides paperwork and ID] Ah, well, you're certainly organized. [George glances over items] Everything seems to be in order. Um, Bridget will show you to the vault.

MAGNUS: Thank you.

GEORGE: You're welcome.

[Magnus leaves teller booth, Grace replaces her.]

GRACE: I want to see Thomas.

GEORGE: Sure, Grace, come on in.

[Will watches Magnus and Bridget enter the elevator; looks at Kate.]

WILL: We should be out of here in no time.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - BASEMENT'''

[Magnus and Bridget exit elevator into the sub-floor.]

BRIDGET: Oh. It's a bit warm down here.

MAGNUS: It certainly is.

BRIDGET: Sorry.

MAGNUS: It's all right. I won't be long.

BRIDGET: Okay, come with me. [Enters vault] Our basement air conditioning is broken.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - VAULT'''

[Bridget unlocks the safety deposit box.]

MAGNUS: Thank you.

BRIDGET: If you need me, I'll be upstairs.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - BASEMENT'''

[Bridget leaves and enters elevator.]

'''INT. - BMM BANK - VAULT'''

[Magnus calls Henry who's outside in an RV.]

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

[Henry activates cryochamber, answers call.]

HENRY: Yo.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - VAULT'''

MAGNUS: I'm in. Are you ready?

[Magnus takes a tool from her bag.]

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: If you've got the egg, I've got the ice.

'''INT. - RV - DAY | INT. - BMM BANK - VAULT'''

MAGNUS: I'll take that as a "yes."

[Magnus starts to drill the keyhole to open safety deposit box #465.]

HENRY: Glad we got to this one in time. I feel sorry for those guys in Monaco.

MAGNUS: That won't happen here. Stand by.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

GRACE: What do you mean, collateral? Look, I've been a customer of this bank since your father was manager.

THOMAS: Yes, and we sure appreciate your business, Grace.

GRACE: Bull crap. I'm outta here, Thomas.

[Kate taps a pen; Will stops her.]

KATE: What?

WILL: It's annoying. Little bit.

[Kate puts pen back on table.]

KATE: Not even chained down. Welcome to Mayberry.

WILL: You know, we might want to focus here.

[Kate looks at security camera in corner.]

KATE: Whoa... there's a blast from the past. Norcam fixed position. Black and white,

SECURITY CAMERA FEED

KATE: no thermal tracking, and if they haven't calibrated

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

Kate: the focus lately?

WILL: Wow, you sure know a lot about those cameras.

KATE: Look at the dust on those motion sensors, and there's no lasers at floor level. This place is a ripe peach just waiting to be plucked.

WILL: Look, I don't want to interrupt your trip down memory lane, but, uh, we're not here for the cash.

KATE: [whispers] I know.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - VAULT'''

Magnus opens door to safety deposit box #465, removes box, puts on table, opens lid, sees contents of broken egg shell.]

MAGNUS: Oh, bloody hell.

[Magnus picks up a packaged silver coin to use to examine egg fluid in the shell, then suddenly puts coin down in the box and bends over to look into the back of the box, sees a chewed hole, and immediately turns to look over into the vault wall where the box was removed and sees fluid dripping down from above, she then looks up the wall and over to the corner spotting another chewed hole, and follows the fluid trail around the room and out the door.]

MAGNUS: Bloody, bloody hell! [Magnus comms Will] We've got a problem. [Magnus closes box lid]

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

WILL: What do you mean?

'''INT. - BMM BANK - VAULT'''

MAGNUS: [Magnus places box back in vault wall, shuts door] Not only has the creature prematurely hatched, but it's escaped as well.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

WILL: What do you mean, it's in the bank?

'''INT. - BMM BANK - VAULT'''

MAGNUS: [Magnus runs out of vault] Worse!

'''INT. - BMM BANK - BASEMENT'''

MAGNUS: [Magnus hits elevator button] It's inside someone in the bank.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

MAGNUS: [over comms] Guaranteed it's found a host by now. No one leaves until the abnormal is contained.

WILL: Uh, how do we quarantine a bank?

[As patrons start to leave, Kate springs into action.]

KATE: Everyone down! This is a hold-up! [Kate draws her gun and holds it above her head; she fires 7 bullets into the ceiling, causing plaster to fall.]

'''INT. - BMM BANK - ELEVATOR'''

[Magnus hears gunshots and draws her gun.]

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

Kate: Kiss the floor now!

Act I
'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

WILL: [To Kate As elevator opens and Magnus steps out] What the hell are you doing?

KATE: Improvising. Get with the program, wingman.

WILL: [Will draws his own guns] I am not your wingman.

MAGNUS: [to Kate] We'll talk about this later.

MAGNUS: [American accent] ''All right, boys and girls, we're in charge now. Cell phones and pagers front and center. Everyone!''

WILL: All right, everyone, uh, just cooperate, and no one's going to get hurt. Come on, into the corner here.

KATE: Hurry up.

WILL: Let's go, let's go. Come on, over here.

MAGNUS: [American accent] In the corner.

KATE: Hurry up.

[George hits button under desk.]

WILL: [mumbles to himself] Oh, man...

KATE: Hey, hey, hey, show your hands.

MAGNUS: [Magnus points at George] [American accent] ''Rule number one. No heroes.''

KATE: [sighs] He probably tripped the alarm.

[Magnus shoots the security camera Kate was looking at earlier, breaking it off the wall to hang by its cord.]

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

POLICE SCANNER: 211 in progress. Suspects are armed. All available units proceed immediately to BMM Bank, 47 Main Street...

HENRY: For real?

'''EXT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

[Magnus changes the 'OPEN' sign on the door to 'CLOSED' and shuts the blinds.]

THOMAS: [in the building] We just had a Fed Reserve

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

THOMAS: [locks door] pickup yesterday. You won't find much in the vault.

[Magnus puts out her hand, Thomas gives her the keys.]

MAGNUS: [ushers Thomas over with her gun] [American accent] Get over with them.

MAGNUS: [to Kate] Crank up the air conditioning. The cooler the host, the slower the gestation.

KATE: Okay.

WILL: [moves queue polls] All right, everyone, please just stay calm. [points to George] You, uh, can you get those blinds?

[George closes window blinds.]

BRIDGET: Oh, my God, what are you guys going to do with us?

WILL: Nothing, nothing. If everyone stays calm, everything is going to be fine.

DAVE: Yeah, right. We've seen your faces.

CHERYL: Just shut up!

SEAN: I'm sure the gentleman is a man of his word. If we remain calm, we'll all get to go home soon.

WILL: He's exactly right. Remaining calm equals going home. So, please, remain calm, and, uh... Why don't you take a seat? Go ahead, it's okay to take a seat.

GRACE: Hey, Junior, I gotta pee.

HENRY: [over comms] Hey, Bonnie, Bonnie, and Clyde, cops are en route.

MAGNUS: Yes, we know, Henry.

'''INT. - RV - DAY | INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

HENRY: So, what the hell's going on in there?

MAGNUS: The ferropodous has hatched.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Two days ahead of schedule?

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

MAGNUS: Judging by the placental viscosity, I just missed it by minutes.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: But how?

MAGNUS: [over comms] Faulty air conditioning, I think.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

MAGNUS: The vault was like a hot house. It would have sped up the natural incubation.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Which is why the egg in Monte Carlo popped early, too.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

MAGNUS: Exactly. We need to keep it cool.

HENRY: [over comms] And you've got a bank full of people?

MAGNUS: Afraid so.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Oh, man. Once that thing finishes gestating...

MAGNUS: [over comms] It will

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY''' MAGNUS: explode out of the host, killing him or her, and then go on a feeding rampage, killing anyone in its path.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

[Will and Thomas enter room.]

THOMAS: Oh, this is dreadful.

[Will sits at desk, accesses computer.]

WILL: Okay, so the video surveillance recording is accessible from your computer, right?

THOMAS: In our 70-year history, we've never had a robbery.

WILL: Password?

THOMAS: Father must be rolling in his grave.

WILL: Thomas, you've got to focus with me here, okay? What's the password?

THOMAS: Our customers, my friends, have entrusted me with their life savings. I'd rather die than betray that sacred pact.

WILL: Really?

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Okay, ETA?

MAGNUS: [over comms] Conservative estimate?

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

MAGNUS: 45 minutes. Any longer than that, and the embryo will grow to a size where extraction is impossible.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

MAGNUS: [over comms] We need to find a way to pinpoint the host.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

MAGNUS: Call up some of the Sanctuary

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

MAGNUS: [over comms] ''files on the ferropodous. I want to double-check a theory of mine.''

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

[Will searches the room for the password, Inputting 'Kingpins' from a small trophy is incorrect.]

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

[Kate examines security system panel.]

MAGNUS: Status?

KATE: I was right, we're busted.

MAGNUS: Damn.

KATE: I'm guessing local response time for a town this size is five minutes max.

MAGNUS: We'll never be able to isolate the host in that time.

KATE: Well, then, we'd better hunker down, 'cause the Feds won't be far behind. We're only 20 miles from the Seattle field office.

MAGNUS: This day just keeps getting better and better.

KATE: You want to call in some markers with your bros in Homeland Security?

MAGNUS: Not this time. We're dealing with an incredibly deadly red-list abnormal. I'm not prepared to share it with anyone, let alone the government.

KATE: Just us chickens.

MAGNUS: And I'm going to be counting on your expertise today.

KATE: All right. I'll make sure this place is air-tight.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - MANAGER OFFICE - DAY'''

[Will sees photo of a pug, the dog tag says 'Taco'; Will inputs it as a password and the computer grants him access.]

THOMAS: Oh...

WILL: Wow.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

[Kate is searching Dave, Will returns with Thomas.]

WILL: [to Kate] I'm done with him. [to Thomas] Go sit down. [to Kate] I'll be, uh... [Will waves off and leaves to go back to office]

KATE: [to Cheryl] Get up. Arms up.

CHERYL: You already have my cell phone.

KATE: Just making sure there's no surprises. [Kate pats her down] All right, you're clear.

CHERYL: Are you and he...

KATE: Who?

CHERYL: That guy you came in with.

KATE: Him? No.

CHERYL: Oh.

KATE: He killed his last girlfriend. They still haven't found all the pieces.

CHERYL: Really?

KATE: Yeah. Sit down.

KATE: [to Sean] Up.

SEAN: You know, it's freezing in here. Is it possible to...

KATE: No. Arms up. Legs open.

SEAN: Usually I get dinner first.

KATE: Oh, that's original.

SEAN: Look, why are you taking hostages?

KATE: We're lonely.

SEAN: There aren't any police yet. You could just let us go. You and your guys can rob the bank.

KATE: Did I ask your permission?

SEAN: Clearly you're a smart woman. You've got to know... these situations rarely end well.

KATE: [Kate puts her gun to Sean's chest] Hostage psychology 101, huh? Create an emotional bond with your captor. Compliment them. Connect to them on a personal level, and then maybe... they won't kill you.

SEAN: You can't blame a guy for trying, right?

KATE: No, [Kate removes gun and waves it around] but if you don't sit down and stay quiet, I will blow your head off.

SEAN: Sitting down. Thank you.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: How could something so beautiful contain something so butt ugly?

MAGNUS: [over comms] ''This isn't a beauty contest, Henry. Did you find it?''

HENRY: Yeah, uh... Acetylcho...

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

MAGNUS: Acetylcholinesterase.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Yeah, took the word right outta my mouth.

MAGNUS: [over comms] It's an enzyme inhibitor,

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

MAGNUS: like a natural valium.

'''INT. - RV - DAY | INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

HENRY: Oh, good, so it's ugly and relaxed.

MAGNUS: [over comms] In the wild, the ferropodous secretes the inhibitor to sedate its host.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: So our human time bomb should be asleep by now then, right?

MAGNUS: [over comms] No, the, human metabolism is significantly stronger.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

MAGNUS: The average person wouldn't feel any effect, except perhaps in the peripheral synaptic mechanisms.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Such as?

MAGNUS: [over comms] It would slow down

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

MAGNUS: the photoreceptors in the eyes. There should be a perceptible lag in reaction time in the rods and cones.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: I already know your next question.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

MAGNUS: And I think I already know your answer.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Why would I bring a retinal scanner

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

HENRY: [over comms] to a simple bug pick-up?

[Magnus hangs her head.]

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

WILL: You were right. This video footage is just about useless. I can barely recognize us, let alone spot a tiny ferropodous slithering across the floor.

KATE: Well, it was a shot.

[Magnus enters office.]

MAGNUS: I need to send you two on a scavenger hunt.

WILL: I love a good scavenger hunt. By the way, this surveillance video is... pfft.

KATE: Look, I don't get it. Wouldn't somebody have felt this thing?

MAGNUS: The temperature of a newly hatched embryo is 98.2 degrees. So close to human body temperature, you'd never even feel it on your skin.

WILL: Allowing it to slip easily into its... orifice of choice. [Magnus cringes]

MAGNUS: Until its gestation is fully complete, there are virtually no outward symptoms.

KATE: Okay, so, what are we scavenging for?

[Bridget gets up, Kate waves her over to the teller station.]

BRIDGET: I'm not feeling so good.

KATE: Have a seat.

MAGNUS: Dear God, it can't be happening already.

KATE: [Kate feels Bridget's forehead] She's burning up.

WILL: You think?

MAGNUS: If we can get her out before...

[Police sirens are heard outside, Magnus walks over to the door and looks out the window through the blinds, they are surrounded.]

Act II
'''EXT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

BRONSON: And give me blockades from Elm to Fourth. Dial 'em up.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

[Bank phone rings.]

KATE: Right on schedule.

[Magnus walks from the door over to the phone on the desk, picks it up and looks at it.]

KATE: Hey, I know the playbook. They wrote it for people like me.

WILL: Cop?

KATE: Robber?

MAGNUS: [Magnus hands the phone to Kate] It's your show. Stall for time. If Bridget is indeed the host, the last thing we need are more innocent people storming in here.

KATE: [Kate walks over towards the door] Five and a half minutes. Long lineup at the donut shop? [Kate stops at the door and glances through the blinds briefly.]

BRONSON: [over phone] Good morning. This is Detective Michael Bronson. I understand we got a bit of a situation here.

KATE: Yeah, I'd say so. Seven hostages. No injuries. If you'd like to keep it that way, I want a chopper,

'''EXT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

KATE: [over phone] and a 30-minute head start with radio silence, oh, and, uh,

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

KATE: two tickets to the next Eddie Izzard show. [Kate ends call] That ought to keep 'em busy for a while.

'''EXT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

BRONSON: Is she kidding me?

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

MAGNUS: She may be running a fever.

WILL: I thought there weren't supposed to be any symptoms.

MAGNUS: Well, not until it's ready to emerge.

WILL: But this is too soon.

MAGNUS: I would've thought so, but given her condition at present...

WILL: So basically, we're screwed. She's going to explode, and the ferropodous is going to take out everybody in the bank?

MAGNUS: Not unless we get it out of her before that happens.

WILL: Surgery? Here?

MAGNUS: I've operated in the trenches at Verdun. At least here I don't have to deal with the mud and the rats.

HILL: Well, when you put it like that...

MAGNUS: Before we risk her life, I need to be absolutely certain.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

[Kate is at the Lobby table taking photos of blueprints with her cellphone while Will walks into Lobby from the Manager's Office and gets stopped by Cheryl.]

CHERYL: [to Will] Excuse me?

WILL: Yes?

CHERYL: Have you ever shot anyone?

WILL: Uh... yes. [Will tries to leave.]

CHERYL: Wait. What was it like?

WILL: It was awesome. Sit down. [Will pushes her back towards her seat and walks off.]

DAVE: [to Cheryl] Ooh, he's dreamy.

[Cheryl and Thomas look at him]

[At Lobby table, Will joins Kate flipping through and photographing blueprints.]

KATE: So, how's your new girlfriend?

WILL: She's obviously crazy, just my type. Uh, Magnus needs us to find a retinal scanner.

KATE: With the backwards security in this joint?

WILL: Well, all we need to do is find something that captures and transmits reflected light. Henry will walk us through the rest.

KATE: All right.

[Bank phone rings again.]

WILL: [Will points to phone] It's for you.

KATE: [Kate answers phone] Yeah.

'''EXT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

BRONSON: Just wanted to let you know the helicopter you requested, it's on its way.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

KATE: Really? So, you called your captain, he relayed the request to the FBI, who then contacted Homeland Security, who in turn cleared a flight path with the FAA,

'''EXT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

KATE: [over phone] and they commandeered a chopper that is supposedly already in the air all in three minutes?

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

KATE: Jerk me around again, and you'll regret it. [Kate ends call.]

'''EXT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

[Bronson puts cellphone down.]

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

WILL: It frightens me that we're co-workers.

KATE: [Kate smiles] Good. So, I emailed a copy of these blueprints to Hank.

WILL: Why?

KATE: [Kate flips through blueprints] Because in 1984, the bank added a new restroom, and in 2002, the Municipal Sewer System laid a new pipe right along the east side of the building.

WILL: Brilliant. So we're going to escape through the toilets?

KATE: Possibly. [Kate rolls up blueprints.]

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

HENRY: [over comms] How's the patient?

MAGNUS: Sweating, nausea, dizziness, but that could mean several different things.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Well, here's hoping.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

MAGNUS: I can't help but feeling that there's something off. I need to recheck her vital signs.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: All right, I've got Will and Kate on the other line.

MAGNUS: [over comms] Take them.

HENRY: [to Will and Kate] Go.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

WILL: [Will and Kate fiddle with objects] Yeah, we got a whole lot of nothing here, except for, uh, a stapler, a laser printer, an adding machine...

KATE: Oh, and stacks and stacks of cash. [Kate pulls out a stack to flip through the bills] There was a time when that would've been enough. [Kate returns money.]

WILL: Hey, this is a counterfeit bill scanner,

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

Will: [over comms] which uses reflected UV light.

HENRY: Yeah, that might work, with a little tweaking,

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

Henry: [over comms] and a smartphone with an unlimited data plan.

WILL: You know, if this doesn't work...

KATE: [Kate searches through cell phones] Well, I can only stall the local cops for so long. The Feds have even less patience. Hey, I think I found one that'll work. Talk to us, Henry.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Pry the back off, get to the circuit board.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

[Will hands Kate a suction cup, Kate uses it to pop the back panel of a cell phone off.]

KATE: Done. So now what?

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Say a prayer.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

[Will scans Bridget's eyes with the device]

BRIDGET: What is that thing? What are you doing to me?

MAGNUS: [American accent] Relax, it's okay.

WILL: [to Henry] Transmitting now.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: I see it.

MAGNUS: [over comms] ''Good. If it works, we can scan the''

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

MAGNUS: [American accent] rest.

KATE: It's been a while since their last call. They're gonna be getting antsy.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Yeah, give me a few minutes. This baby doesn't have the juice of my mainframe back home.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

MAGNUS: [American accent] Sooner is better.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Ooh, come on, sweetpea. [Henry realizes his comm is on] Uh, did you guys just...

WILL: [over comms] Yeah,

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

Will: Yeah, we all heard that.

HENRY: [over comms] Awkward.

[Bank phone rings outside the Manager's Office.]

KATE: Like clockwork. [Leaves Manager's Office to answer phone.]

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

KATE: So... have we learned our lesson?

'''EXT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

BRONSON: We're working hard to meet your demands.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

KATE: That's better.

'''EXT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

BRONSON: But you've got to help me out. Let a hostage go.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

KATE: I'll think about it.

'''EXT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

BRONSON: I need to know everyone in there is safe.

KATE: [over phone] ''Or else your guys will come in through the ceiling. I know the drill.''

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

KATE: Just make sure you keep up your end of the bargain. [Kate ends call]

'''EXT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

TANNER: Detective Bronson? FBI. We're on point now.

BRONSON: They're stalling for time. It's a classic move.

TANNER: Time is something they just ran out of.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

[Henry is starring at the computer screen when Kate contacts him]

KATE: [on comms] Hey, Hank, what are the chances of

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

Kate: rounding up a monster truck with a bad-ass winch?

HENRY: [over comms] Uh,

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: it's possible. I passed a salvage yard on the way into town.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - TELLER STATION - DAY'''

KATE: Good.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Oh, hey, good news. She's clear. [to Magnus] Doc, are you there?

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

[Bridget just finished throwing up in a trash can.]

MAGNUS: [to Henry] [American accent] I'm here.

BRIDGET: Oh, God...

MAGNUS: [American accent] You didn't know you were pregnant?

BRIDGET: It's not the first time I've missed. A baby?

MAGNUS: [American accent] It's just morning sickness.

BRIDGET: Please don't hurt my baby.

WILL: We don't want to hurt anybody.

MAGNUS: [American accent] Just go back and sit with the others.

WILL: Even if we scan everybody in the bank and we find the host, what are we going to do with him, or her?

MAGNUS: Not enough time to operate anymore.

WILL: We'll never get it back to the Sanctuary before...

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Yeah, and we got, like, what, 20 minutes before someone goes boom?

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

MAGNUS: There may be a way. Henry?

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Yeah, all ears.

MAGNUS: [over comms] We know the ferropodous needs a calm chemical environment

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

MAGNUS: in which to fully gestate.

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

MAGNUS: [over comms] Perhaps there's a way we can counteract that.

HENRY: How?

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

MAGNUS: A toxin, not potent enough to harm a human, but strong enough to force the ferropodous to vacate its host.

WILL: Is that wise?

MAGNUS: Well, if we can get it out before it hatches on its own, the host could survive.

HENRY: [over comms] Yeah, that sounds reasonable, but...

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Oh, wait. Me?

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

MAGNUS: You can do this.

HENRY: [over comms] No. No, no, no,

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: I'm the geek. You're the doc. I do tech, you do drugs. You know what I mean.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

MAGNUS: No time to argue. I'll talk you through the

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

MAGNUS: [over comms] procedure.

WILL: [over comms] Supposing he can whip something up,

'''INT. - BMM BANK - DAY'''

WILL: how is he going to get it to you?

MAGNUS: First things first. Go to my medical cabinet,

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

MAGNUS: [over comms] follow my instructions precisely.

HENRY: Uh-huh.

MAGNUS: [comms] Start with the triptophase.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - MANAGER OFFICE | INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Triptophase, okay. Got it.

MAGNUS: Right, using the pipette, extract exactly two milliliters.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

KATE: That's close enough.

SEAN: The old lady, Grace. She's really cold. Said something about her heart. Can't you at least let her go?

KATE: Can't do that.

SEAN: It's funny, you know, the first time I saw you, I thought you were beautiful.

KATE: Sit back down.

HENRY: Okay, done. Now what?

MAGNUS: You don't have a microfilter, but a centrifuge should be able to separate the particles.

HENRY: Three minutes. Okay.

Now that Bridget's clear, I think she'd be safer on the outside.

She may be, but right now, they're blind.

We release a hostage, we lose that advantage.

They'll know our numbers, and our less-than-bloodthirsty attitude.

MAGNUS: I know, but if I can save another life today, I will.

Make the call.

You, come with me.

This is Special Agent Bruce Tanner, FBI.

You made good time from Seattle.

Who am I speaking with?

Someone about to release a hostage.

She's coming out now. Let's make this smooth.

Two, three...

- No, no, no, no! - Let me go!

Hey, hey, hey, hey!

Go! Take it!

Cease fire! Hold your fire!

Steady. Steady.

Are you hit?

MAGNUS: [American accent] Is everyone all right?

- I'm good. - I'm okay.

SEAN: No.

Act III
MAGNUS: [American accent] ''Take it easy. No sudden moves. There. That should slow down the bleeding. Hold it tight. Relax, you're going to be all right. I'll be right back, okay? Just hang in there, you're going to be fine.''

WILL: Okay, look right here.

SEAN: What's that for?

WILL: Well, you wouldn't believe it if I told you.

KATE: So Bridget's release, it probably bought us a few minutes, but you know we're going to lose Hank. They're going to find out we're on our cell phones. They'll either jam us or trace Hank, and once they cut off the power, which they will, we're going to be cut off from all communication.

MAGNUS: Then we need to scan the other hostages right away, get the data to Henry.

KATE: All right, and what about..?

MAGNUS: I can't release him until his scan results are back.

KATE: Yeah, but we can't just let him bleed to death.

MAGNUS: I don't intend to. Find me a first aid kit and some instant glue.

KATE: Okay.

HENRY: All right, it's coming through now.

MAGNUS: How long?

HENRY: ASAP.

MAGNUS: Sooner's better.

HENRY: You guys are a real broken record today, you know that?

How many weapons do they have?

Um, three guns, I think.

Semi-automatics?

Did they look like that?

Yes, I think so.

Is there anything else that you can think of?

They seemed to be talking to someone.

On the phone, in their earpieces.

Get a cell tracker going. They're talking to somebody outside the bank. I want to know who. Let's start a triangulation.

KATE: Found it, but really?

MAGNUS: It was originally used to seal battle wounds in the field. Alcohol swab and bandage tightly. I'll be right back.

SEAN: What's really going on here?

KATE: Sorry.

SEAN: You guys are supposed to be bank robbers, but you haven't even stolen any money yet. Your buddy's taking pictures of everyone's eyes with that scanner thing, and your ringleader just plugged my arm with glue. Who the hell are you people anyway...

WILL: I scanned the rest of the hostages. Henry's going to call with the results as he gets them.

MAGNUS: Any word from our friends outside?

WILL: No, they've gone quiet. They, however, may be the least of our worries. I found this amongst the hostages' cells.

MAGNUS: A tracker?

WILL: Yeah.

MAGNUS: Interesting. What's the target?

WILL: I followed the signal. It led me to this. I found it underneath one of the chairs.

MAGNUS: A transport container with a homing beacon.

WILL: Which means someone else in the bank is after the ferropodous. How could anyone have known?

MAGNUS: It's not inconceivable. Thieves stole the two ferropodous eggs last month, believing they were rare works of art. They ended up for sale at a private auction.

WILL: Right, one went to Monaco, the other one was bought by somebody we traced here.

MAGNUS: After the European disaster, it's possible that word leaked out on the abnormal black market.

WILL: So one of the hostages is actually our competition.

MAGNUS: Do we know whose cell phone it is?

WILL: No.

MAGNUS: All right, let's keep our cards face down for the moment.

WILL: Yeah.

[Dave gets up and walks over to Magnus and Will]

DAVE: You tryin' to kill us by freezing us to death?

KATE: Hey!

MAGNUS: [American accent] [to Kate] It's all right. [to Dave] ''I apologize for the temperature. Please return to your seat.''

DAVE: If you're gonna rob the bank, get on with it.

WILL: Sir, just calm down and take a seat with the others.

DAVE: I've been sitting on my butt waiting for something to happen, but you guys just keep dinking around. [Dave steps closer, eyes Magnus' gun and smirks.] I'll bet you don't have the guts to shoot me. What's to stop me from walking out the front... [Magnus KO's Dave with a single punch.]

'''INT. - RV - DAY'''

HENRY: Hey, Doc, the last scan came back clear. Others are still processing.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - LOBBY - DAY'''

MAGNUS: Thanks, Henry. How's the chemical cocktail coming?

HENRY: Yeah, it's almost done. Should have enough for one dose, but that's about it.

MAGNUS: No margin for error, noted.

HENRY: You know, it's not like I can just waltz through a police cordon carrying a syringe of ferropodous toxin.

MAGNUS: And the truck and the winch?

HENRY: What, the monster truck gag? Kate was serious?

MAGNUS: Time, Henry.

HENRY: I'm on it.

MAGNUS: Thank you.

KATE: Temp normal.

MAGNUS: Good. I'll take over. There's been an interesting development. You'll be happy to hear you're free to go.

SEAN: Well, I'm not leaving without Grace.

MAGNUS: I'm sorry?

SEAN: She's looking really pale. I'm worried she's going to stroke out or something.

MAGNUS: I'm offering you your freedom.

SEAN: What difference does it make which hostage gets to leave? Just send Grace out. I'm not going anywhere.

MAGNUS: You do seem quite determined to stay.

SEAN: Yeah, what are you going to do, you going to shoot me? You just saved my life.

MAGNUS: Show me your wallet. Out of state driver's license.

SEAN: I just moved to town.

MAGNUS: What do you do for a living?

SEAN: I guess you could call me an entrepreneur.

MAGNUS: With one, two, three platinum cards. Wow, business must be good.

SEAN: Dad owns a lot of real estate. Why do I suddenly feel like a criminal here?

HENRY: Smells like root beer. I hope that's a good thing. Aw, man! Bedtime, baby.

This is the police. We're entering the vehicle.

Let's go!

Check it!

It's clear!

Dammit!

KATE: What kind of time we got?

WILL: Figuring Magnus' original calculations, 10 minutes and counting. Oh, great. Henry's busted.

KATE: Perfect. So we're on our own, and if my sense of timing's right... There goes the power. Things are about to get ugly.

Act IV
It's already getting warmer in here with the A/C off.

Not good for our potential host.

Once they cut off the power and the water, they'll make one more attempt at negotiation before they break off all contact.

Do you think they'll take the offensive?

Well, it's standard protocol.

They're not going to wait around and starve us out.

If we don't make a move soon, they will.

Without Henry's scan results, we've no idea who the ticking time-bomb is.

Their computers are still running.

Copy that. Give me a tech team now.

HENRY: Aw, come on! God, I hate roaming.

MAGNUS: [American accent] ''Hey! What are you writing?''

GEORGE: Uh, nothing.

MAGNUS: [American accent] Hand it over. Your will?

GEORGE: It was just in case.

MAGNUS: [American accent] ''Just sit still, don't make any trouble. You'll live, okay, buddy?''

GEORGE: [to Dave] I knew that British accent was fake.

Gotcha!

No, no, no, what...

"Goodbye?"

Okay... Try not to worry.

Everything's going to be okay here.

GRACE: You know, you remind me of my nephew.

SEAN: Really?

GRACE: Yeah, he's full of crap too.

KATE: What the hell are they teaching you at Quantico these days? Your guys shot one of the hostages.

That was an accident.

Your people had your gun pointed at a civilian who was clearly in distress. How did I know you weren't going to shoot?

KATE: Any more tricks like that, and we will.

You know, we've got your guy out here. He's got a lot to say.

KATE: Then you must have the wrong guy.

Plan B, blueprints.

They're getting more nervous with each passing minute.

GRACE: I gotta pee!

See what I mean?

Your turn.

All right, let's go.

It might work. It's got to work.

HENRY: Candy from a baby.

WILL: You know, Kate's right. The hostages are getting more restless, except for one.

MAGNUS: Sean.

WILL: Either he's very good under pressure...

MAGNUS: Or he knows who we are and why we're really here. From Henry. Grace is clean, as are Thomas and Cheryl.

WILL: And...?

MAGNUS: The Feds shut him down after that.

WILL: Of course.

MAGNUS: One more thing. Salvage operations are a go.

HENRY: Love those out-sourced kill switches.

Good news, now four hostages have been cleared.

Bad news, two possible hosts remain.

How many minutes left?

Not enough.

We should free the cleared hostages.

Safer all 'round.

It might flush out the mole.

I'll let the Feds know they're coming.

MAGNUS: [American accent] All right, you four, move to the front door.

CHERYL: You're not going to kill us, are you?

MAGNUS: [American accent] You're free to go.

GRACE: I don't care how much you take from these bloodsuckers, just leave my Christmas fund alone.

MAGNUS: [American accent] You have my word. [to Sean] You still want to stay?

SEAN: Not now.

Wait, wait.

Movement inside.

Hostages front and center. Nobody fire unless I say so.

All right, go, go.

It might buy us a few extra minutes.

DAVE: Just enough time for me to escape with George here... before he explodes.

MAGNUS: Well, well, we meet our competition.

Act V
GEORGE: What are you doing? I thought you were the bad guys!

DAVE: The famous Helen Magnus. It's a privilege. Now, drop your weapons.

MAGNUS: You leave us no choice. Let me guess, bounty hunter?

DAVE: Any idea how much a ferropodous egg fetches on the black market?

WILL: Too bad for you it's not an egg anymore.

DAVE: So? I'll grab the baby when it pops out of buddy here. Some payday's better than none.

GEORGE: What? What's popping out of me? Ow!

MAGNUS: And what if you're the host?

DAVE: I was the last one in the bank. George has been here since it opened. I know it's not me.

KATE: Okay, so you got my gun. You still got no way out of here.

DAVE: I saw you looking at the blueprints.

KATE: Yeah, but there's nothing...

DAVE: Don't test me.

KATE: There's a panel in the elevator shaft. Leads to an old heating vent from back in the day when they used a coal furnace.

DAVE: And where does it go?

WILL: Into the basement of the neighboring building. From there, there's a grate in the floor, leads to the sewers.

MAGNUS: We would have surfaced a few blocks away, no one the wiser.

DAVE: Show me.

[Will and Kate open elevator doors.]

WILL: There it is.

DAVE: Open it. [Will opens vent.] Okay.

[Magnus' cell phone vibrates with a text message.]

Dave: Show it to me. [Magnus shows Dave her cell phone screen.] "East wall, five minutes." What does that mean?

MAGNUS: Our driver's waiting for us.

DAVE: He's going to have a long wait. The rest of your stuff, on the floor now.

GEORGE: [George burps gas] Ow. What...

MAGNUS: Gestation vapors.

WILL: That's not good.

MAGNUS: It's growing. If we don't get it out of him soon, we'll miss our window.

KATE: So, what are you gonna do now, Dave?

WILL: He could kill the host, save us all.

DAVE: Then the creature dies, no payday.

MAGNUS: He could shoot us and try and escape with George here before he explodes.

DAVE: Too noisy. The Feds would storm in immediately.

WILL: Looks like you've got a real problem, Dave.

DAVE: Okay... the vault.

MAGNUS: You wouldn't.

DAVE: Yeah, that'll work. George here explodes...

GEORGE: Would you people stop saying that?

DAVE: The ferropodous gets rid of you guys.

WILL: And after having fed, the creature goes into hibernation until its next cycle.

DAVE: Which is when I scoop it up and escape through the sewers.

MAGNUS: It appears we underestimated our competition.

DAVE: Get moving. Down the stairs.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - BASEMENT'''

DAVE: Don't worry. It'll all be over in a few minutes. [Dave shuts and locks vault door]

'''INT. - BMM BANK - VAULT'''

WILL: Okay, so I'm assuming this is all part of the plan.

MAGNUS: Of course it is.

KATE: You'll love it. Trust me, William.

WILL: Who says I don't love it now?

[George burps more gas and collapses]

MAGNUS: George? George!

WILL: Okay, we've got to be in the final stages with this guy.

MAGNUS: We've only a few minutes before the creature hatches. Help me get him into the fetal position.

WILL: Why?

MAGNUS: Less room for the gestation to complete.

WILL: What, so folding him in half buys us time?

MAGNUS: You have a better idea?

WILL: No, no, yoga it is.

MAGNUS: Kate?

[Kate starts to move a metal shelf.]

KATE: We should be out of here any minute.

WILL: Really?

MAGNUS: Hang in there, George.

WILL: Okay, it's time to tell me the plan.

KATE: [still pushing shelf] Remember when I told you about the new sewer system? Well, this vault is an original model #35C. Reinforced steel door, but the other three walls are concrete.

MAGNUS: And that is the east wall, behind which is...

WILL: The sewer. [Will runs over to move other shelf] So Henry's text message...

KATE: Best stand back.

[Kate and Will go back over to Magnus and George.]

'''INT. - BMM BANK - BASEMENT'''

[Dave waits patiently.]

'''INT. - BMM BANK - VAULT'''

MAGNUS: Where is he?

KATE: I know, I know! Come on, Hank, please...

[George burps more gas.]

WILL: Oh, out of time, kids. We are out of time here.

[Wall breaks away and Henry appears holding the toxin.]

HENRY: Who's your daddy?

MAGNUS: Henry!

WILL: Is this going to work?

MAGNUS: Yes.

[Magnus inject George, he starts to convulse and the ferropodous vacates his body.]

MAGNUS: It's working. It's leaving the host.

[The ferropodous jumps towards Kate and Will shoots it with a stunner.]

MAGNUS: Well done, everyone. Kate... [Kate bring over her bag.]

WILL: It's all part of the plan.

MAGNUS: All right, let's get out of here. [to George as she helps him up] Come on, George. Up you get. It's all right.

WILL: Come on.

'''INT. - BMM BANK - BASEMENT'''

DAVE: No... No, no, no, no! Dammit!

'''EXT. - BMM BANK - ALLEY - DAY'''

TANNER: Freeze! Right there. Yeah, we've been watching the alley since we got here. Bad move.

INT - OLD CITY SANCTUARY - UPPER LEVEL - MAGNUS'S STUDY - DAY

KATE: I think maybe it's hungry.

WILL: Probably. I'm just glad we're off the menu.

MAGNUS: Take it to its new home and feed it a proper lunch.

HENRY: Cheetos it is. Come on, little guy.

WILL: Taco. Her name's Taco.

HENRY: What the hell kind of name is Taco?

WILL: Well, you see, there was this dog, and it looked like a cross between a chihuahua and Satan, who was responsible for...

MAGNUS: You handled yourself really well.

KATE: Holding up the bank? It's nothing I haven't done before.

MAGNUS: Nevertheless, you did a good job.

KATE: You could've taken over anytime, but you let me run with it.

MAGNUS: You had it covered, right down to the empty gun in your waistband. Very clever.

KATE: Thanks.

MAGNUS: There's just one thing that bothers me.

KATE: What's that?

MAGNUS: All that money, and you didn't even take any.

KATE: I...

MAGNUS: Isn't that depressing?

KATE: Terribly.

End Credits
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