The Survivors 2.6 - The Pact

The Survivors : The Pact
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, Odeya Rush, Jodelle Ferland, John De Lancie and Peter Stormare

Plot: Victor (Michael Mando) is carrying Father Logan (John De Lancie) in his arms and Chartwell (Clancy Brown) is following him when they enter in the warehouse where Gerald (Brendan Fraser), Charles (Logan Lerman) and John (Peter Stormare) were looking at traces of their passage. Gerald is looking at a book with John while Charles is looking at the dead bodies. Chartwell and Victor don’t move, but when Father Logan recognizes Gerald, he asks out for help. Gerald takes his gun out and he tells them to surrender. Victor and Chartwell comply. They throw their hands up in the air and let Logan go. Gerald asks them to surrender and to give themselves up. He sends John and Charles to search them and while Charles pats down Victor, he grabs his and takes hi hostage, taking out a gun of his own. Chartwell says it just got interesting. Gerald looks at John and he gestures him to grab the book, but before he has the chance to do it, Chartwell understood what was happening and he knocks down John. He grabs a stool and tells Gerald that they should sit down and talk their way through this. Gerald refuses to and he keeps Victor at gunpoint.

Chartwell is finally able to reason him not to try anything heroic and Gerald sits down with them, as Victor releases Charles. Gerald doesn’t waste any time and he asks Chartwell what he has done to him to deserve any of this. Chartwell laughs and he says that’s a long story. Charles prefers to ask who they are and Chartwell says this is also an interesting questions. They should start by the beginning. He says that by now he has been in touch with The League, referring to John, so he must know that they are planning the apocalypse. Gerald asks if this is really necessary and Chartwell says it is, because humanity must answer for their sins. He travelled a lot to achieve that and he did some evil things, but he all thinks it was worth it, because he’s closer to his goal than he ever was. But then, just when everything was going great, Gerald had to come along and start investigating him. He was good he must admit and they had to get rid of him. Gerald asks if his family had to go with him and Chartwell says he had to get rid of everyone, or it wouldn’t have worked. It’s more believable if a policeman who people think has gone rogue disappears with his entire family than if he just disappears alone. Plus, he couldn’t separate a loving family like Gerald’s, they all seemed happy together. Gerald asks him to cut the bullshit, they have backup coming, so better end this quick. Gerald looks around and he finds out that he was so captivated by Chartwell’s monologue that he didn’t realise Victor snuck in behind them and muffled Charles and tied Gerald up. Since Gerald wants to know what they’re doing, he should witness it with his own eyes. As for the backup, they’ll take care of him when they come back. He drags Charles and Gerald to the car and he shoves them in the backseat. Chartwell makes sure to bring their newly acquired book with him and their time travelling car disappears.

When they reappear, they find themselves in the Middle Ages, somewhere in what id today’s Germany. Still tied together, Chartwell brings them, along with Victor, inside an old barn in a village. They make sure they hide the car somewhere safe before. He says he loves to set fire to things. Watching a building burn away brings him so much joy, even more so when he knows that it gets him closer to his goal. Gerald asks what’s the point in setting buildings on fire and he says that the spirits that can help him in his quest to launch the Apocalypse must be fed and they feed with fires. He grabs chalk from his pockets and he draws his symbol in the barn.He gets down on his knees and says a prayer to himself, before signaling Victor to set it on fire. He sets it on fire with gasoline and they all leave and watch it burn. Chartwell looks on and starts praying. For the average people, it may just be nonsense and you can think Chartwell is just a crazy old lunatic, but Gerald and Charles are religious people and they really think Chartwell is talking to the devil himself. Gerald makes a move and he tackles Chartwell, breaking his trance. He gets angry and they hurry back to the car, he says he ruined the moment. As Chartwell curses in front, Gerald whispers that they he has a plan when they come back and to follow him closely in the believe in him.
When they get back in the warehouse, Victor takes the time to unload the car and Chartwell is still furious and he starts praying to his God so he can forgive him, basically leaving Charles and Gerald without surveillance. Gerald discretely walks over to where Chartwell placed the book he recently stole and seems to be really important. He grabs it and hides it in his clothes. He goes over by the fire, Charles still tied to him. He asks Chartwell if he still wants his book and dangles it over the fire, ready to drop it at any moment. Victor sneaks behind them and he grabs Charles and grabs his hand and pins it down on the table. Gerald says if they touch him, he drops the book in the fire. Chartwell keeps his calm and offers Gerald something in return of the book. He says he could bring him back to his family in the 2010’s. Gerald says that’s not really what he wants, he wants to go back to the sixties. Chartwell says that can’t happen, he knows too much. Chartwell says that if he gives him his book back, he will bring him back, he promises. Gerald asks him why he should believe him and he says he never wanted to hurt him, he just wanted him to get away. Gerald agrees. He gives the book back and Chartwell asks Victor to bring them back in the car and to drop them off in the 2010’s. Before Victor releases Charles, Chartwell says he has something to do first and he chops Charles’ finger off. Gerald asks him why he did that and Chartwell says it will be a way for him to remember that he’ll always be watched by them and stop chasing them and also to remind him that he chose his family and a son that isn’t even his, over saving the entire world. Gerald grabs something to stop Charles bleeding as they get in the back of the car and disappear.

In their bedroom, Sarah (Odeya Rush) and Judy (Jodelle Ferland) tell each other that they miss Charles and they should watch the video again. They watch it again and notice in horror that Charles is missing a finger now.