The Survivors 2.4 - The Great Escape

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

Based on the French Canadian series

Cast: Brendan Fraser, Logan Lerman, Michael Mando, Clancy Brown, Graham Phillips, John De Lancie, Peter Stormare, Zeljko Ivanek and Jesse Bradford

Plot: Gerald (Brendan Fraser) sits in the back of the police car, his nose bleeding from resisting his arrest. The policemen in front tell dispatch that they got someone from the riots and it’s more than the usual misdemeanors, so they need to speak to the Captain. She transfers them to the Captain and Gerald recognizes the voice. He smiles and they ask him what he’s smiling for. He says it’s for nothing and he keeps smiling. It evolves into a laugh and both policemen think he’s crazy. 

Not far away, John (Peter Stormare) is follows the police car slowly as Steven (Graham Phillips) tells him to keep his distance. Arthur (Zeljko Ivanek) is already thinking the worst and Charles (Logan Lerman) urges him to keep his cool. If he has learned one thing from all of this, it’s that he can trust his father no matter what, even if his methods are questionable. Arthur say they have a lot riding on this and they can’t afford to lose Gerald if he gets arrested. He’s too important to lose. They all agree and hope for the best. 

When Gerald gets to the precinct, they try to get his identity, but he refuses to give them anything and that’s true in a sense, he doesn’t have his id on him. They try to run his prints to see if they have him in the system and he resists, so much that they put him in a separate room. The arresting officers go into their captain’s office to explain what happened. It’s obviously a busy night at the precinct with the ongoing riots and it allows Charles, John, Steven and Arthur to enter without much difficulty. Charles sneaks around the precinct, trying to find his father, while the others lay low. He walks around and he sees his father locked up in an interrogation room, his nose still bleeding and him trying to wipe it off his face. He sees Charles in the doorframe and he tries to tell that they should try and find something in the computers while everyone is distracted. Charles doesn’t understand a thing and he has to leave, as officers are coming. The arresting officers get out of their captain’s desk and the captain is revealed to be Gerald’s old boss, Ben McRae (Jesse Bradford). He walks in Gerald’s direction and Charles passes them in the opposite direction. He tells The League they need to cause a distraction and Arthur, still dressed like he’s homeless distracts a police officer while John presses on the emergency button, unlocking all the cells and turning on the sprinklers. Gerald seizes the opportunity to get out. Ben McRae catches a quick glimpse at him and he recognizes his former employee who disappeared. He tries to get to him, but the chaos prevents him to. Gerald talks to John and he tells him that the police used to keep a record of all the abandoned buildings in the city as a potential hotspot for arson or other felonies and they should look for that. He gives the message to Steven and Charles who enter the file room, while John helps Gerald to get out of the building. Arthur stays inside, guarding the door in case someone tries to enter. 

Chartwell (Clancy Brown) and Victor (Michael Mando) answer Father Logan’s (John de Lancie) question. They will do everything in their power to launch the Apocalypse and it’s impossible for them to do it without him. He says their quest starts in the 1920’s and they need to get a book that will teach them how. The only problem is, the book is heavily guarded and only accessible by secular members and that’s when Father Logan comes into play. Outside, the rioters throw rocks at the building, breaking windows. Father Logan tries to scream for help, but Chartwell gags him. Victor grabs his shotgun and heads outside. He shoots them in the stomach and he drags them inside one by one. He tells Chartwell it was just an isolated group, no need to worry. Father Logan laughs at the possibility of travelling back in time, saying it’s impossible and against God’s will, but Chartwell says he’s above that and he’ll prove it to him. They get back into the car and Victor sets the buttons on the radio. He presses a button and in an instant, they’re gone, leaving no trace behind, other than the dead bodies in the warehouse and their stuff.

Charles feels like he’s close to find the file they’re looking for. On the other side of the door, Arthur, soaking wet, stalls Ben McRae who wants to get inside the room. Arthur makes up something on the spot to distract him. Charles finds the file and tries to leave, but Arthur blocks the door. John looks from the window and sees Arthur struggling. Against Gerald’s advice, he enters the precinct again and asks to speak directly to the Captain, causing a fuss. Ben is forced to leave Arthur and while he tries to find an officer to keep an eye on Arthur, Arthur allows Charles and Steven to leave the room. Arthur sneaks out behind officers and leaves the precinct. John makes up an excuse that he isn’t in the right precinct and gets back in the car. Everyone is soaking wet, but at least they got what they wanted. They ask Gerald why they just did all that and he says they now have a list of all the abandoned buildings in the city and they can start looking for them now. 

Chartwell and Victor appear in Italy in the 1920’s with Father Logan. The Vatican is not far away and Chartwell ask Victor to hide the car, it’s not supposed to be here. They ask Father Logan if he speaks Latin and he says he learned it a long time ago and he’s not sure if he remembers it right. Chartwell asks him to stop lying to him and Victor hits him in the face. Victor opens the trunk and they put on priests outfits to blend in, before walking in the Vatican’s direction.