The Survivors 2.3 - Ticking Clock

The Survivors : Ticking Clock
Genre : Sci-Fi / Mystery / Drama
Showrunner: Tomas Alfredson
Writer : Mo Buck

Based on the French Canadian series

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Cara Buono, Logan Lerman, Owen Vaccaro, Michael Mando, Clancy Brown, Graham Phillips, John De Lancie, Peter Stormare, Zeljko Ivanek and Yaya DaCosta

Plot: Gerald (Brendan Fraser), Charles (Logan Lerman) and The League members John (Peter Stormare), Arthur (Zeljko Ivanek) and Steven (Graham Phillps) are sitting around the table in their underground hideout. Gerald is all confused, how is Steven involved in this? Steven basically says that everything he’s told them so far is a lie. He has travelled through time before and John here, is his father. They are looking for Chartwell and Victor because they too, know how to travel through time and together, they are planning the Apocalypse, or so they say. Gerald asks them how do they know if they aren’t just fooling everyone and will actually do the Apocalypse and Arthur says that he has been in the future and he has seen what they can do and they must be stopped. Gerald and Charles ask them to repeat everything one more time, because they are confused. 

John says that all of them live in the 2010’s, when Gerald and his family was sent. They don’t know when Chartwell and Victor actually lived, but it doesn’t really matter. He says they have learned about them when they were experiencing with time travel and they started interfering with their work. The way they acted and the secrecy around them caught their attention and they decided to follow them in time to see what they were planning to do. Charles interrupts John and he asks them why don’t they just reveal to everyone how to time travel and Steven says it’s too dangerous, people could change the past and it would have devastating effects on the future. Gerald asks how is he involved in this and they say he was close to arresting them in the sixties in his serial arson case and they had to put him away. They initially wanted to send his family in the past, but Steven interfered to send them in the present day so they can use his help to find them again. What they didn’t know was that in the meantime, Victor and Chartwell went back in time around the time they are now, and they killed John and Arthur, meaning they couldn’t be with Steven in the 2010’s. Gerald and Charles look at each other and sighs. They both think Steven, John and Arthur are crazy, but there are too many details in the story for it to be made up and with everything that happened to them in the last few months, well, everything is possible. They now know Chartwell and Victor got Father Logan, which means they got what they wanted. The clock is winding down and they need to make a move now. 

Chartwell (Clancy Brown) breathes on his metal stick as Victor (Michael Mando) gags at the odor of burnt skin. Father Logan (John De Lancie) is tied to a chair, his head down. Chartwell says that now that he’s marked with the seal, he can’t escape them. He has no choice but to help them now. Logan says in a low voice that even if he tried, he doesn’t know what they want him to do and Chartwell says he’s planning the apocalypse and Logan will help him kickstart it. The camera zooms out as Chartwell laughs and we see the abandoned warehouse where they hold him hostage.

Back in the modern day, Mary (Cara Buono) looks at the same abandoned warehouse from a window. It barely changed. Rita (Yaya DaCosta) asks her if she likes it so far. Mary is reserved in her answer and she says she thought it was going to be different, but you can say she likes it so far. Rita says it’s good news and it’s time for them to go back to work. She reminds her that the more she sells, the more she gets paid, there’s no time to lose. Mary turns around to reveal that she works at a telemarketing company specialized in selling male enhancement pills. She goes back in her cubicle and remembers Marco (Owen Vaccaro) teaching her how to use a computer. She remembers the steps and calls a random number. Rita’s head appears, looking on from the next cubicle and Mary gives her a thumbs up and Rita smiles back. 

The League, with latest additions Gerald and Charles are all standing in the streets and nobody moves. Gerald asks them what the plan is and they say they have no idea. Gerald says they must know more about them than he does and they answer that they choose a different hideout every time and they were counting on his detective skills to find out where they are. Gerald then suggest they search for them at the old church they used in the modern days and Arthur says they’ve used it once, so they aren’t going to use it twice. Gerald says it’s worth a shot.

They all begin searching the old church and find nothing of note. It’s located on top of a hill, with a nice view of the city and as Gerald looks at the rioting streets, he asks John what is going on out there. John says there was a referendum for independence during the day and the “no” has won, so the “Yes” camp is rioting. Gerald has an idea. He asks John if they can go in a certain neighborhood and John says they can. They get everyone back in the van and leave. 

They park the van in a busy street and Gerald asks them to trust him and to follow him, no matter where he goes. Arthur has some reservations about that plan, because Gerald won’t give them anymore details, but John says he trusts Gerald. Gerald takes his pistol out and goes in the riots in the streets. He starts shooting at windows and store displays. The crowd disperses, leaving Gerald isolated. The police were called as they arrest Gerald, who refuses to give them his identity. They throw him in the back of a police car and drive away. The League follows him, unsure about what to do next.