01x04 - Sanctuary

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Case number 0386--

St. Benedictine Monastery,
Quebec.

Now, me, personally,
when I think

of vows of obedience
and silence,

I don't exactly think
of Christopher Chance.

In fact, the two are
sort of like oil and water...

so I wasn't real keen on taking
the case in the first place.

But then again,
I couldn't help thinking

it might do Chance
some good.

You know, "redemption is thine.
Seek and ye shall find."

I mean, traveling 1,000 miles
on a case is a roundabout way

of hoping to find something
like that, but then again...

Brother Mitchell?

Fate's a funny thing.

You know what?
Hold on. Wait, wait, wait.

I'm--I'm getting
ahead of myself.

Let me start at the beginning.

This case, as they so often do,
began with a crime--

A crime centered around a kid
named John Gray.

Nice guy.

Never would have guessed
he was the inside man

for one of the most
vicious crews around--

a crew led
by one Sam Fisher,

The mastermind of some
of the biggest heists

in the last ten years
and a monster, plain and simple.

Now, Fisher would set his sights
on high-dollar targets,

then send John Gray in
to case the place,

which is how he met Emily.

And the more
he got to know her,

the more he realized
he wanted out of his old life

so he could have a shot
at a new one with her.

So John called the cops...

And managed to escape.

But it didn't take long
for Sam Fisher to escape too.

He paid somebody off...

had them hide
a little something

to help his getaway.

With Fisher out,

John Gray was suddenly
in danger,

which is why Emily came to us
for help.

John never hurt anyone.

Look, he grew up
on the streets,

and he hustled
to survive.

He's smart.

And Fisher
took advantage.

Look...

I understand.

I know you think
this John Gray is different.

I know
how this sounds.

But you have to believe me
that John is a good man.

Please...

You're my chance
to save him.

So where exactly
is John now?

A monastery?

A remote monastery.

200 miles north
of the border of Quebec.

He's there,
he's unarmed, probably.

And as we speak,
six of his heavily-armed buddies

are on their way up there
looking for retribution.

So why hide out
in a monastery?
Don't know.

Well, there's got to be
thousands of them--why that one?

Don't know.

What, you don't like
"don't know" now?

I thought "don't know" was
your favorite part of this job.

No, you had me
with heavily-armed crew

invading a remote monastery,
but that's just me.

"I don't know"--

That usually scares the crap
out of you.

Ah...

Okay, now you're really
creeping me out.

Long odds to protect
an unrepentant fugitive

from justice,
not a peep out of you?

What am I missing?

This is a guy
who made some mistakes.

This is a guy who's trying to
put those mistakes behind him.

If we can't help
a guy like that...

what the hell
are we doing here?

So where exactly
is this place?

It's up in the mountains,

kust above a village
called Port Cartier,

and accessible only
by cable car.

So we go up there,

quietly find Gray
and get him to safety,

tip the cops in Fisher's
direction, problem solved.

Yeah, assuming we're not
too late already.

Fisher and his men have been
on the loose for days.

There's no way of knowing

when they'll reach
the monastery.

So let's do this
and do it quickly.

Are you in position?

Brother Mitchell?

Yes.

Yes, I am.

♪ Human Target 1x04 ♪
Sanctuary
Original Air Date on February 3, 2010

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Now, I have to admit,
I was a little bit nervous

about Chance on his own
in a place of worship.

As long as I've known him,
I've never seen him

set foot in a church either.

I guess he's not much
of a religious man.

At least,
that's what he tells me.

Truth be told, I'm not sure
what the guy believes in.

Funny story.

I'm headed up here,

friend of mine says
he knows a guy here.

His name's John Gray.

Any idea how
I could find him?

Oh.

I get it.

You're kind of in the middle
of something here.

I won't bother you.

shh.

Say, if I wanted to get
everybody together here

just in one room,
how would I do that?

Are all the monks there?

Mm-hmm.

Do you see Gray?

Mm-mm.

Man, you are tanking up there.
Hold on a second.

Let me check my taskbar.

Okay.

Uh, I got old testament.
I got new testament.

I got hymns.

I got the lyrics to
this little light of mine,

If that does anything
for you.

It's okay, I got it.

Got it? What do you mean,
you got it?

I sought the lord,
and he answered me...

delivered me from my fears.

Look to him,
and be radiant.

Your faces
shall not be ashamed.

His poor soul cried

and was heard by the lord.

And was saved
from every trouble.

Psalms 34, 4 through 6.

Amen.

That wasn't half bad.

Now...

Could we just get on with it
and find our man, please?

I thought you said
we'd be in the clear

After we crossed
the border.

Don't worry about it.

Good morning, officer.

Is there a problem?

No, no problem.

Standard roadside checks
within 50 miles of the border.

If you gentlemen could please
step outside the vehicle--

Noah, grab his gear.

After you hide the body,
head to the gondola station.

Once we get to the top
of the mountain,

no one goes to
or comes from that monastery.

Um, excuse me.

There's a brother here that
I'm looking to connect with.

His name is John Gray.

I've got a message for him,
but I can't seem to find him.

Of course not.
It's 11:00.

What's at 11:00?

He leads
the alternative services...

in the library.

So he has to
sacrifice himself

to save
the one true earth.

I don't get it.

What--what don't you get?

Well, in this one,
he dies.

Right.

And then suddenly,
in this one,

he's alive again.
Exactly.

See the anti-monitor,
wants to destroy

all the earths
in the multi-verse, right?

But in order to prevent him

from using
the antimatter cannon,

the flash has
to give up his own life.

And--and then he--
he comes back.

Like jesus.

I think I've got him.

All right, let me know
when you're bringing him down.

Can we help you?
John Gray?

I'm assuming
you're still interested

in the materials
we spoke about?

I am.

I can get those for you...

by tonight.

I know how risky
this job is for you,

But I think you'll be
more than happy

with your reimbursements.

They'll be ready
for the exchange.

See, that's the thing
that bothers me.

Whenever a client
doesn't blink at my fee,

I start asking questions
about who I'm working for.

So what's your point?

I just figure there's someone
bigger than you

in the food chain involved,
and I want to know who.

I make the delivery,
you spill the beans.

We got a deal?

I get the item
in my hands, we'll talk.

I'm curious.

You used to say
you couldn't pull this job off.

What changed?

It was never about
how I could do it.

It was always about when.

With Chance and his partner
out of the country,

I finally got the opportunity
I've been waiting for.

When I got it,
I'll call you.

You need to listen to me.

You're in danger
right now,

and I've been hired to come
up here and protect you.

Pr--protect me
from what?

Sam Fisher.

He's free, so is
the rest of his crew,

and they know where you are.

H-how do they
know where I am?

Emily.
Emily?

Is she all right?
She's fine.

But they took the letters
you sent her.

This is--this is bad.
This is really bad.

Yeah, well it's gonna get
a whole lot worse,

but that's where I come in.

I've got a car waiting for you
at the bottom of the hill.

Now, we get you out of here,
we get Fisher back on his heels.

No, I can't leave.

I mean, if Fisher
really is on his way here,

I can't leave.

It's--it's complicated.

Complicated how exactly?

Um...

Hey.

Hey, I just spotted the gondola
going up the mountain.

I thought you said
you were gonna signal me

when you were ready
to come down.

What the hell's going on?

Chance.

Chance, are you reading me?

Did you call
for the gondola?

Once the grounds
are secure,

the priority
is finding the object.

Everything else
comes second.

You're saying Gray gets
to walk away from what he did?

I'm saying once
we get the object,

Gray is fair game.

Until then,
we stick to the plan.

Are we clear?

Are we clear?

Yeah.

High-value antiquities,
relics--

It was my job to nominate
the targets.

And you singled
out this abbey.

What could anyone possibly
want to steal here?

The Nicene Annals.

They're a myth.

Okay, just for fun, somebody
want to fill me in here?

Yeah. Yeah.

Uh, so the council of Nicea...

gathered in 397
to settle the nature

of christianity itself.

A bishop from jerusalem
wrote an account

of this meeting
that was held in secret.

It was passed
down through the papal lines

until it was lost
in the 16th century

during the sack of Rome.

Then 400 years later,
a sister in Austria

reported seeing a book
matching its description

in the possession of
an allied chaplain in Belgium--

Father Robert Regan.

My predecessor
at this monastery.

Yeah.
To the right buyer,

that book
is worth millions.

And I figured I'd get in,

I'd find the book,
and I'd get out.

I'd sell it, and I'd take off
for parts unknown.

I'm sorry.

I suppose we always knew
you'd have to confront

your past
sooner or later.

Wait a minute.
You knew?

I sensed he had
a past

He regretted.

But I also
sensed a good man,

seeking a better path.

If I can't help
a man like that...

what am I doing here?

All right, this book...

Are we sure Fisher
knows about it?

This monastery
was supposed to be our next job

After the museum.

We had it
all planned out.

Listen,
when Fisher gets here,

he's gonna tear this place apart
looking for it.

People are gonna get hurt.

Why don't we just
give it to him?

I would.
Only I don't have it.

Chance, are you there?

Yeah, yeah,
I'm still here.

Oh, good.

Lost you for a second there.

Listen, we got
a major problem.

I just made
one of Fisher's guys

down here
at the gondola station,

And that gondola's been
up there

About ten minutes now,

which means...
Wait a minute.

The gondola's up here?

Yeah, which means
we're gonna have to come up

with a new plan to get you down
off that mountain.

Chance. Chance!

No, no! Aah!

Oh, I'm sorry.

I--

Oh, my.

This is Guerrero.

It's Winston!
Where the hell have you been?

I called you, like, 30 times
in the last 10 minutes!

All right, listen.

I thought this job
was straightforward,

but it's gotten
kind of complicated,

and I'm gonna need your help.
Busy today, dude. Sorry.

You're busy?

Chance and the principal
are in danger.

What the hell could you be
so busy with it can't wait?

Dude, my life does not revolve
around you,

as hard as that may be
for you to believe.

I'm on another job.

Another--

Look, Fisher and his crew
are here.

Now Chance is stuck up
on that mountain

with those psychopaths.

Now, he told me
you know a chopper pilot

out of Montreal--
I need him here, fast.

Well, I know who he means.

That guy's not
really an option.

We kind of had
a falling out.

Well, can't you apologize?

Yeah, if I had,
like, a time machine

or a hell of a ouija board.

Listen, you're gonna
be fine, man.

You're, uh...

capable.
Capable?

Hey, who the hell do
you think you're talking--

Got to go.

C-4.

It's enough to level
this place.

When Fisher does a job,

he never leaves
any witnesses.

We're gonna have to do
something to save those monks.

How can I help?
You want to help?

We got to find this book
before they do,

before they blow this monastery
right off the map.

So what
happens next?

Fisher and his crew
came for the annals.

So if we can get our hands
on that book first,

we'll be able to lure
them away from the monks.

It's our only shot
at saving them.

So what's the deal,
you never found this thing?

No, it's not that. I just never
got around to taking it.

I mean, it's underneath
the monastery.

It's in the old
church foundation.

Underneath where?
The crypt.

Abbot Regan used it
to store everything

He brought
back from the w*r.

He always talked
about the pieces he got

in all those churches
in France and Belgium.

I just assumed
they were souvenirs--junk.

Well, apparently not.
How do we get down there?

The crypt is connected
to the abbey

through a network
of tunnels,

built during prohibition.

I thought I was the only one
here who knew about it.

There's several entrances
off the grounds,

But only one
inside the abbey.

Where is it?

unfortunately,
it's right behind

where Fisher is holding
the monks hostage.

The entrance is below a slab,
just behind the altar.

Let me get this straight--

There's only one way
to get to the book,

and we have to walk right past
Fisher to get to it.

How are we supposed
to do that?

I mean, even if we could
get past him,

this place
is an echo chamber.

As soon as we move the slab,
he's gonna hear us.

If you get your hands
on the book,

this all ends, yes?

It's a good start.

Go.

I'll make sure
they can't hear you.
No, no!

It's too dangerous.
Let me--let me do it.

Go.

We went through
the wine cellar,

the basement, nothing.

Not to mention, there's
still no sign of Gray.

It could take hours to search
every inch of this place.

Do you realize this?

Maybe we've just been taking
the wrong approach.

Go find who's doing that.

You think the Abbot's safe?

Right now the only way
any of us are gonna be safe

is if we get that book.

Son of a b*tch.

damn it, Winston,
can't you take a hint?

I'm pretty sure I said
I'd call you.

I'm aware, but I thought
it wouldn't hurt to check in

to see how you were
progressing.

Isn't that sweet.

I'm still kind of
in the thick of it here,

and I think you and I both know
this isn't something

that would just be
lying out in the open.

Well aware.

After all, if this material
wasn't so personal

to its owner,
we wouldn't be so eager

to get our hands on it.

Right.
I'll be in touch.

So, you've been here
about a year.

You've got a pretty good idea
where this thing was.

Tell me the part again why you
didn't just take off with it?

Well, that was the plan
when I first got here.

I looked for the book.

I tried to put
the museum job behind me,

but there was just one thing
about it I couldn't shake.

Emily.

Yeah.

I started writing to her,
and, you know,

she had no good reason
to respond,

and then she wrote back.

She thanked me
for saving her.

She made you feel like
one of the good guys.

Don't worry,
happens to the best of us.

Hey, are you sure we went
the right way back there?

Pretty sure.

Oh!

Oh, man.

Thank God.
I've been walking for miles.

The gondola's closed
for the day.

Gondola?

Man, I don't need a gondola.
I need some gas.

You got a town back there
with no gas station.

You guys don't have any gas
stashed up here, do you?

Sorry.

Aw...

Well, you got a landline
in the office?

I just have to make
a phone call. I got no bars.

Phone's just
for the rangers, okay?

Come on, man.
I just need to call a tow truck.

It's a local call.
I got the number right here.

You mind holding
this for me?

Look, pops.
You got to go.

Come on, man.
It'll only take a second!

Capable.

This place is way bigger
than I thought.

What was her name?

Who?

Made you feel
like one of the good guys.

Oh, that bad, huh?
What happened?

It just didn't work out.

So what exactly
are we looking for, anyway?

It's a small box.

It's probably
some kind of treated wood

with a bronze lock
on the lid.

I thought
it was a book.

Well, it's a scroll,
actually.

Pope Clement had it sealed
in the box when he fled Rome

to protect it.

It can only be opened
with his papal ring.

Papal rings are destroyed
after their pope dies.

You're saying this thing's
locked in a box we can't open?

More or less.

From what I've read,
it's tamperproof.

So if you try and open it
without the ring,

its contents are destroyed.

Acid?

Maybe.

Maybe a flint.

What would somebody want
with a book you can't read?

Well...

I had a buyer lined up in Spain
who was willing to pay

$4.5 million
for it as is.

Tell you what,
when we get out of here,

I'll give you his number,
you can ask him yourself.

Years I worked with Gray--

Not even once was he wrong
about a score.

I know the book is here.

Do yourself a favor

and tell me where it is,

and this can all be over.

Go to hell.

Stop!

Yes?

I know where Gray went.

Hey, everything
is very fragile, okay?

So be careful
with that stuff.

Hey, what's this?

You said
a bronze lock, right?

That's it.

That's it!

Winston, you there?

Yeah, go ahead.

We got the book.

It's in a tunnel
underneath the monastery.

Now, look, there's an exit
in a pine grove

about a klick north
of the compound.

You'll take Gray
and the book.

I'm gonna stay here

and see if I can get these
monks out in one piece.

Where are you now?

I'm in the gondola
heading up the mountain.

What about the chopper?

There is no chopper.

You didn't get the chopper?

At the moment,
I'm all you've got.

Guerrero said the pilot
was unavailable,

Not that he was in any hurry
to get us another one.

By the way, he said
he was on another job.

Any idea what that's about?

No idea.

Call him back.
Yeah.

I'm not exactly sure
what I'm doing here

or where any of this
is going,

But I figure I should start
keeping track of all this.

So, just completed
case number 001

With my new colleague,
Christopher Chance.

And for what it's worth,

I hope he can get past
this one,

Because this case
was damn ugly.

Her name was Katherine.

I need you to take this,

go up to the exit,
and meet my partner.

Where are you gonna go?

I'm gonna go up to the chapel,
see if I can sort out that mess.

I'm going with you.

Forget it.
Forget it?
No.

I can't just run and let
everyone else go through this.

I mean,
I have to go up there.

I have to face Fisher.

All right, let me spoil
the ending for you.

This feeling you have right now
frequently precedes death.

Now, a few months ago,

Fisher was in prison
and not your problem,

but now things
are different.

I have to try.

There's a woman that cares
enough about your life

to hire me.

I made her a promise,
and I intend to keep it.

Let's get moving.

John, it's good
to see you again.

Wait, it doesn't have
to be like this.

Well, unfortunately,

you don't have a lot
to bargain with right now.

I assume that's the book.

So I have it,

and I have you.

But you don't have the ring.

Excuse me?

Pope Clement's ring.

You use it to unlock
the scroll's container.

Before I came here,
I found it

at an auction in Chicago.

Seller didn't know
what it was.

No one's laid eyes on that
scroll in five centuries.

It's worth $4 million
locked up.

Can you imagine
what it's worth unlocked?

Where?

In a safety deposit box

in a bank at the bottom
of the mountain.

You let everybody go,
I'll take you to it.

He's bluffing.

He better not be.

You all right?

Never better.

What's happening?

Gray made a deal.

He sacrificed himself.

If Gray tries anything,
I'll radio back.

Blow the building

and everybody in it.

I don't get the sense

that they intend to honor
that deal.

Neither do I.

I don't understand.
Why did Gray trust them?

He didn't,

but he just got five
of their guys out of the room.

Now we just got to get
past this one.

One still seems like a lot
given our current situation.

We're working on that.

Hey, buddy.

Probably be
a really good time

to stop doing
what you're doing.

You hold your g*n
like a cop.

From what I understand,

cops don't go around
sh**ting people.

I'm retired.

Oh, no, no, no, no!

Damn!
He just started the timer.

We got three minutes
and counting.

I got to go catch
that gondola.

Wait, wait a minute.

What about
everybody else here?

Even if I could cut
all their restraints,

we'd never clear the blast.

Diffuse the detonator!

How?

You've done it before,
like in Miami.

Remember that thing?
The cruise ship.

That wasn't me!

Are you sure?

What do you mean, am I sure?

It wasn't me!

I wasn't there!

It was probably Guerrero.

What about the thing
in Detroit?

Oh, yeah, that was close.

Also Guerrero!

I don't know
what to tell you.

Call Guerrero.

Used to be when you told
a guy you were busy,

that was respected.

I don't give a rat's a*s
about any of that.

I'm talking about looking
at ten blocks of C-4

that are wired to blow
in two minutes.

So if the next words out
of your mouth

aren't which wire to cut,
I swear to--

Dude, you're unspooling.

Calm down.
Describe the setup.

Hold on.

All right, I got two wires,
both going to the switch--

One red, one blue.

Red, definitely red.

Wait.

What was the other one?

I got 25 seconds here!

If I can't see the thing, how
can I make an informed decision?

20 seconds!

What was that?

Did you just flip a coin?

No.
I heard a slapping sound!

Look, dude.

I know this isn't what
you want to hear right now,

but sometimes you just got to go
with your gut.

Winston?

Winston?

Winston!

In case you're wondering,

It was the blue wire!

Good to know.

Tom.

Tom, what's your status?

Oh, my God!

Bring him up...

Slowly.

I'm gonna need
your other hand.

What?

Grab the g*n.

I got you.
You can do this.

One, two, three.

You all right?

Yeah, I'm fine.

I'm fine.

Well played.

Thank you.

you sure about this?

Yeah, I-I-I've been
treading water for too long.

It's time for me
to move forward.

Just remember, our door
is always open for you.

Good luck
with everything.

You make it sound like our paths
will never cross again.

Well, short of another
reformed fugitive

with a violent g*ng
on his tail seeking refuge

or you getting into the security
business in San Francisco,

I'd say it's
a pretty slim Chance.

Funny.
I'm not so convinced.

Oh, God.
It's so good to see you.

Got to hand it to him,
turning himself in like that.

How much time do you think
he's gonna get?

Well, between Emily corroborating

That he was the one

that called the cops
at the museum,

the fact that the rest
of Fisher's crew

is back in prison,
uh, more or less a year,

give or take,

less with good behavior.

What's that?

Oh, this?

It's, uh,
Pope Clement's ring.

He used it to unlock

the Nicene Annals.

The Abbot sent the book
to the museum,

but Gray gave the ring to me.

As a gift?

Payment.

Let me get this straight.

You got a ring

that opens a very expensive
book that we don't have.

So in other words,
it's just gonna be

another piece of junk
gathering dust on your shelf?

Maybe.

Maybe there's something else
out there that it opens.

Oh, that's a hell of a plan.

Hold on a second.

Yeah, maybe it unlocks
next month's electric bill.

You know,
maybe a car note,

or maybe the mortgage
to this damn place, you know?

Oh, yeah--
oh, that's good.

Good, good.
Just walk away.

Walk away.
This ain't important.

Hey.

Minimum security's
not that bad.

You're gonna play squash
with some I-bankers,

eat some overcooked
macaroni and cheese.

You'll be out of there
before you know it.

Yeah, right.

Hey, let me ask you
something.

You think when I get out, this
will still make as much sense

to me as it does right now?

Girl gets you turned around
like that,

that doesn't go away.

Thanks for everything.

I saw the look on his face
as he watched

Emily and Gray together,
and I knew exactly

what he was thinking.

Of course
he'd never admit it, but...

but I know now that
he still hasn't gotten over her.

He's never gotten over
Katherine.

It's what you asked for.

We've been anxious
to get a hold of this.

But it's more
than that, though.

I know he still hasn't forgiven
himself for what happened.

Well, I kept up
my end of the deal.

Now I'd like to know
who you're working for.

You're in no position
to make demands.

When we need something more,
we'll contact you.

I just hope that one day

the man will just stop looking
for salvation.

I hope that one day
he understands

that salvation isn't
something you can find.

He doesn't get
to just walk away,

not after everything
he did.

And it's not something

someone can find for you
either.

It's something
you have to give yourself.

You think
you can protect him?

You can't.

We'll see.