All language subtitles for Catalyst 2025

[waves crashing]

[mysterious music]

[Narrator] In the not
too distant future,

conflict and
violence run rampant.

- [glass shatters]
- [explosion rumbles]

Corruption and hypocrisy
have been repeatedly exposed

in governments and
religious systems.

Terrorists and anarchist cells

took advantage of society's
crumbling moral code,

stoking already tense fears,

growing stronger in the divide

and desperation and unrest
reached a boiling point

within an evermore
divided nation,

once called the United
States of America.

What was once a nation by
the people and for the people

devolved into chaos,

violence,

and civil war.

Countless civilian
lives were lost.

As America struggled to rebuild,

rumors began spreading

of a secret society known
only as the Collective.

To this day, their true
motive remains unknown

because no one who the
Collective has chosen,

has ever been heard from again.

[Masked Captor] Let's begin.

[static buzzes]

[mysterious music]

[distant siren wailing]

[bar patrons chattering]

[static buzzing]

[Alek sighs]

[static buzzing]

[Stranger] You all right?

[suspenseful music]

[gun cocks]

[siren wailing]

[suspenseful music]

[static buzzing]

[mysterious music]

[Priest] I want you to keep this
a little longer, okay?

How can I help you, my son?

You don't remember me, do you?

Well, how can I help you?

I was just a toy for
you, you sick fuck!

Alek?

[dramatic music]

What's good for the shepherd
is great for the flock.

[priest hyperventilating]

[Alek] You sure that's what
you want to say to me right now?

Hey think, think about this.

Think about it.

I have thought about it.

[gunshot blasts]

[dramatic haunting music]

[Alek breathing heavily]

[tires screeching]

[electricity buzzing]

- [rods zapping]
- [dramatic music]

[tires screeching]

[static crackling]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music builds]

[intense music]

[Alek breathing heavily]

[bird calling]

What the?

[Alek coughs]

[window and door rattling]

[Alek grunting]

[car beeps]

Oh!

[cellphone buzzing]

Hello? I'm, I'm stuck out here.

[Mysterious Voice 1] This
is your first test.

[Messenger]
How will you respond,

- Mr. O'Connor?
- Who is this?

Are you here? Where are you?

[Reporter] In
other news tonight,

police officials in Los Angeles

are reporting a brutal murder
of Father Spencer Albright,

a cherished local priest.

[Messenger] You thought
you could run from this?

[Alek]
Wait, you want money?

Is that what you want?

I've got nothing, okay?

I've got nothing left.

What could you
possibly want from me?

- [Voice 1] Your life.
- [Messenger] Is in your hands.

Listen to me.

- [electricity zaps]
- Ah!

Goddamn it.

[Voice 1] Are you listening
closely?

Yeah.

What do you want from me?

[Voice 1] What
happens next is up to you.

What?

[Both Voices] Run,
and you will suffer.

Wait, wait. What does that mean?

[Voice 1]
Surrender, Mr. O'Connor.

[Both] This is your first test.

Goddamn you.

[cellphone beeping]

- [electricity zaps]
- [Alek screams]

[car beeps]

[paper crunching]

[engine roaring distantly]

[suspenseful music]

Whoa.

[engine sputtering]

[Alek] Come on! [grunts]

[car sputters]

[dramatic music]

[masked captor
breathing heavily]

[weapon buzzes]

[electricity zaps]

[body thuds]

[Messenger] I told you
not to run.

[Alek]
What do you want from me?

[Messenger] Now your life
will be in their hands.

Mr. O'Connor, why do
you deserve to live?

What the fuck is this?

[radio presenter chattering]

[Alek groans]

[body crumples]

[dramatic music]

[suspenseful music]

- [Woman] Show him.
- [Messenger] Alek O'Connor,

you have been chosen.

[Alek shouts]

[static crackles]

[Woman] What are you willing
to give up to be free?

[ominous music]

[gas hissing]

[ominous music]

[static buzzing]

[Alek gasps]

[gas hisses]

[static crackling]

[gas discharging]

[Messenger]
There are three rules.

- [static crackling]
- [gas escaping]

[heavy breathing]

Do not attempt to leave.

[gas hissing]

Do not disturb the collar.

Do not kill another participant

until you are ready.

[man gasping]

[ominous music]

The parasite is among you.

[computer voice] Will you
do whatever it takes to live?

[helicopter thrumming]

Your next trial begins now.

[Messenger] Choose or die.

[rumbling]

[Captive] What the hell is this?

[prisoners murmuring]

[computer voice] Do not
attempt to cross the threshold.

You have been warned.

[Prisoner] What's going on?

- Wait.
- [Darren] Shake out your legs.

[Alek] Maybe it's all
just a sick game?

[Pierce]
Yeah, but what do they want?

Why play us?

[Patrick] My memory is still
rotten.

[Prisoner] What is this?

[Alek]
So what is the goddamn answer?

We have to come
up with an answer.

[Mysterious Voice 1] Choose.

Or die.

[Alek] Come on. We need
more information!

What is it you want from us?

[Messenger] The parasite
is among you.

[electricity humming]

Why do you deserve to live?

- That's the answer you want.
- Here we go.

[Darren] Shit!
We only got 60 minutes.

[Ramirez]
To hell with this, man.

I'm gonna be over here.
Fucking obvious, man.

They want us to kill someone.

[Pierce] Okay, at the
beginning, when we were waking

up, when the guy was
ripping the mask off.

What? What was the voice saying?

They said something
about some rules.

- Who are you?
- [Alek] Something about this

- collar.
- I don't know who you are either

but they said something
about these collars.

They said something
about a solution.

[Darren]
Don't touch the collars.

[Alek]
Don't touch each other.

[Ramirez]
What's with the fucking leash?

I would back up.

It's like a goddamn
electric cage or something.

[Darren]
Hold on. What parasite?

I don't know.

He said something about it.

Something about a parasite.
What was it?

Some kind of disease?
Some kind of virus?

[Alek] Hold on, just
everyone cool down.

[Lozano laughing]

[Darren]
What's funny, man? What's funny?

[O'Connor]
And there's an answer.

What do you say about an answer?

[Darren]
What is he laughing at?

Do you know something
we don't know?

What are you laughing at?

I tell you. I've learned
more sitting here,

being silent
watching all of you.

Okay, so what's
the solution, man?

I'm ready to hear it.

Anyone know what that means?

Huh? You wanna play me?

Shut your fucking mouth!

You grab me, you grab me
and it's gonna go down.

You shut your mouth!

You grab me! You don't
hear a damn thing!

- [Ramirez] Shut your mouth!
- You don't hear nothing!

[Darren] Come on, this
is a waste of time.

No, no, no, no!

[electricity zapping]

Whoa!

[Prisoner] Get him
up. Let go, man.

[electricity zapping]

[prisoners screaming]

[Bartender]
What will it be?

[Alek] It doesn't matter, man.

Just gimme something, please.

[Stranger] I'll join him.

Put him on my tab.

[Bartender] You got it.

What's this?

[Woman] What are you willing
to give up to be free?

[child screaming]

[captives coughing]

[Alek] Okay, just breathe.
You've gotta breathe. Breathe.

[captives groaning]

[Captive] You tried to run
and we all got messed up,

but I'm the bad guy?

[Ramirez]
That guy's got a point.

Don't you ever do that
again, or I'll beat your ass.

You hear me?

[Prisoner] Hey, listen!

Do any of us have
anything in common?

I don't know you guys.

We're all being judged by God.

[Lozano]
Hey, look, look, look, look.

Can we just calm down?

Let me just start with
something real quick, alright?

Can we just calmly, calmly,

but calmly can we just
introduce ourselves real quick?

Maybe we can figure
something out that way.

And what's your name?

My name is Father Patrick Briar.

Now, hold on, hold on.

[electricity hums]

[Alek]
Just tell me what you want.

[Lozano]
Kevin Lozano.

I'm in the automotive industry.

What about you?

See, we can figure
out something that connects us.

[Prisoner] Maybe.

[Prisoner] This, this can't all
just be a coincidence.

[Lozano] Hey, we're going
somewhere. Just relax.

If you don't mind,
brother. What's your name?

[Alek] My name's Alek.

And what do you do?

[Alek] I'm a nobody.

[Ramirez] They said, "the
parasite's among you".

Maybe it's you.

[Alek] I got a desk job.
That's the truth.

[Ramirez] So why don't you
tell us what you did?

Hold on. Hold on, man. Just--

Just, I'm just trying to
make sense of all this, man.

What's your name?

[Darren]
Darren Cartwright.

- [Lozano] And what do you do?
- [Darren] Look. Look.

Okay, look, I'm a junior
professor in my department.

- [Ramirez] Professor of what?
- Human studies.

[Alek]
Human studies, human studies.

[Ramirez] What's your deal?
Why are you here?

I don't know why I'm here.

[ominous music]

[Darren]
And what about you, man?

What's your name?

[Alek]
Guys, we gotta speed this up.

Look, all I know
is we're gonna die.

[Messenger] Then let's see
if you deserve to live.

[ominous music]

[Darren]
We just wasted five minutes.

[Prisoner]
Shit! What the hell?

We have to discover
the parasite.

[Prisoner] What do we do?

[Prisoner] The parasite!
The parasite was among us.

[Darren]
I gotta get outta here, man.

- [Ramirez] How did you get here?
- I don't remember.

We're running outta time.

[Alek]
Look, I woke up in the desert.

I don't know how I got there.

- [Lozano] I don't know either.
- [Darren] I woke up in the

desert too!

- [Alek] Me too.
- [Prisoner] What?

Did you guys have something
written on the car?

Wait, wait, wait.

It's coming back to me.
Now it's coming back to me.

There was something
written on the car.

There was a word on the car.

- [Darren] I had a word on the
car too!

[Lozano]
No, I remember the word, man.

- I remember that too.
- What was your word?

- It was, uh.
- [Ramirez] What?

- I had the word "victim".
- Doesn't make any sense.

[mysterious music]

[Alek] Surrender.

Atone.

Fear.

Guilty.

Selfish.

Matter.

[Alek]
Yeah, but what got you here?

I was attacked by men in a van.

They were testing me.

They knew I'd run.

Why else would they
leave me in the desert

just to put me in here?

[Messenger]
How will you respond?

[Alek] They threw me in
this van and they said--

[Messenger] Now your life
will be in their hands.

[Alek] No. No. That's
not all they said.

They said, uh,

"Fate guides those who will

"to those that don't it drags."

That's right. You're right.

- Yes.
- I remember that now.

[Messenger] Fate guides the
willing but drags the unwilling.

What the fuck does that mean?

Yeah.

If we try to run, they will win.

There has to be something else.

[Darren] There's gotta
be, there's gotta.

[Alek] You didn't wake up
in here, did you?

I, I don't remember.

Look, when they first
brought me here,

I, I woke up in this room.

They pulled this hood off of me.

I was surrounded by
more of those soldiers.

- [Darren] Yeah, me too.
- [Ramirez] Me too.

[Khalid] Yeah, that's the
only thing I can remember.

[Ramirez]
Did, did you get in a van?

What did you see?
What did you remember?

I'm a-- I'm a mechanic.

They must have tapped my
security feed at my body shop.

They've been watching me.

They knew everything.

It was like they were
testing, almost tempting me.

Why am I here?

You've been spying on me?

Tell me, who are you?

What does that mean?

[electricity humming]

[Lozano]
Try to find the key.

Climb on this rope.

Let, let's attack
these motherfuckers.

Listen, I could take a--

[Messenger] You thought
you could run from this.

[Lozano] Come on. They're
playing with our minds, man.

They play with your mind.

They control your heart,
your mind, everything.

Listen man, there's seven of us.

We rush them fast enough.

We could get all three of 'em.

We're not going through there.

We can't get through there.

[Alek] Consider for a second
that we are right.

[Ramirez] He said the
parasite was among us.

[Alek] Determine the parasite.
Isn't that what he said?

- One answer.
- [Alek] There's one answer,

right? So what is that
one answer for us?

- [Briar] Come on. Huh?
- Come on?

Why are we here?
Why are you here?

- Shit!
- [Briar] Come on!

[Ramirez]
Is it one of us?

[Briar] Ah!

- [Ramirez] Heads up, heads up.
- [Pierce] What the fuck?

[Ramirez]
No you better, fuck.

[Pierce] No, oh my God!

You better not touch
my fucking son!

[Alek]
What is this? Who is that?

You better not touch my son.
Get out of there right now!

- [Alek] Who is that?
- What are you guys doing?

What is this?

What the fuck are they
doing with my fiancee?

[Pierce] You're not gonna
get away with this!

I swear to God, if you touch
my son, I will kill you!

[Darren] If you touch her,

I will destroy every
last one of you!

They got all our families.

They got all our families!

They've been following us.

They've been watching us.

[Pierce] If they got my
kid, I gotta kill 'em.

You'd do the same.

- Hey, what are you gonna do?
- [Ramirez] Relax.

We gotta figure this
out. We know that.

We know they got
something on us.

Hey, calm down.
We gotta turn it around.

We gotta, we gotta
wait 'til we're ready.

[Prisoner] How the hell do
we know when we're ready?

[Darren]
This isn't right.

How do we know
what we're hiding?

We got no choice.

We have to focus in and
figure this shit out.

[Ramirez] What?
What do you suggest?

- What are you thinking?
- [Alek] Okay.

There has to be something else.

Some reason we're all here.

[clock whirring]

[computer voice]
50 minutes remaining.

[Reporter] Yet another Riverside
priest has been relieved

of his duties amid surfacing
allegations of sexual abuse.

Reports allege that
Father Patrick Briar,

a once respected member of
the Archdiocese of Chicago,

abused several boys
in his position--

[Ramirez] You're raping
children?

[Darren] Jack his ass up!

- [Ramirez] You make me sick!
- [Alek] What? What?

What do you want from us?

[voices echoing]

[Darren]
Wait. Don't touch him.

We still don't know
what we're dealing with.

Hey, people put their
children in your hands

because they trust you!

- Look.
- [Darren] You're a hypocrite!

- [Briar] I know!
- [Echoing Voice] You don't know!

[voices echoing]

[Darren]
That's how we get outta here.

He's gotta die.

[Briar]
I always try to be gentle.

[Alek]
You think this is a joke?

You motherfucker!

[all arguing]

[Pierce]
Whoa, whoa, whoa.

Out, back up.

[Alek] Son? Why don't you rape
me now, motherfucker?

- I've already been warned.
- [Alek] Get us outta here!

Rule two, I don't
know why we're here.

[Alek]
What do you want?

[Messenger] The parasite.

[computer voice]
Kill the parasite.

[ominous music]

[Alek] You ever feel like you
could kill someone?

Sure have.

You do whatever it takes.

The real question is
what if there were a way?

It'll continue to haunt you
until you really deal with it.

[card plops down]

[card slides]

What's this?

[Stranger]
Your chance.

[ominous music]

Your chance.

[voice echoing]

[Prisoner] That sick fuck should
be the one to die.

What the fuck does it mean?

[Prisoner] We gotta vote. Let's
vote and finish this.

[Alek] What do I know?

I know I don't trust
any of you guys.

That's what I know.

[Briar] We're all sinners.

- We all need redemption.
- Oh shit.

What if they want a confession?

I had a man like him
steal my life from me

and I spent the rest of
my life suffering for it.

[Lozano] You know, I thought
this shit was real

until you got these guys

trying to get a
confession out of me, huh?

He knows what I'm talking about.

Why does he know what
you're talking about?

You know him?

- [Darren] What is he talking
about?

You know him?
Look at them, man.

They're all sitting right here.

It's obvious they want
us to kill someone.

[Pierce] Yeah, well
if they have my son

- and I gotta kill someone.
- [Darren] Pig man.

Someone's making money
off of this shit.

I'm telling you, man.

They, the-- Someone's
making money

off of watching us suffer!

- [Alek] It's not my place to--
- [Darren] You just think,

you think everybody
is listening.

[Briar] Why don't
we just wait until--

- [Ramirez] Quiet now.
- [Lozano] Ah, forget this shit.

I'm gonna be in my office.

Come on, man. Huh?

Why don't you come with me?

[all chattering]

- [Ramirez] What's this laughing
for? Shut up!

- What's happening?
- [laughs] I know this guy.

- Wait.
- Shut your mouth!

- [Alek] You know him?
- [Lozano laughing]

[Lozano]
Oh yeah, yeah.

Let me tell you guys about
Castor fucking Ramirez, huh?

Yeah, he's so smart.

He knows all you guys, huh?

He has no soul.

[Lozano] You really
had me going, huh?

That's my daughter!

[Lozano] News report, now all
these guys in masks.

Right, huh?

Where you dig this shit up, huh?

We've all been kidnapped.

In case you haven't
figured that out.

What is that for?

[Lozano]
Why don't you come clean, Doc?

Only you can get to my
wife and my kid, man.

[dramatic music]

[display buzzing]

[metal clanging]

[Lozano] Why don't you just
admit the game, man?

And stop playing, huh?

You don't got me
fooled, brother.

[Prisoner] This is a fucking
game, it's a fucking game.

[Darren] Angelica Warren.

A child's blood
is on your hands.

[Ramirez] One of us is a dead
man and it ain't gonna be me.

We're all fucking
criminals in this room.

Oh, I see how it is, man.

What, you gonna rat me
out to everyone here, huh?

[Darren] What does that have to
do with you and you?

'Cause we don't know what the
fuck you're talking about.

- [TV Woman] He has no soul.
- What is that?

- [TV] That's my daughter.
- He stole the car

and there was a girl in the
back seat of that car!

[Lozano] I don't know nothing
about that, man.

- [TV] He has no soul!
- And now she's dead.

- [TV] That's my daughter!
- 3-year-old child.

[Ramirez] Dead, because of the
choice that you made!

- Motherfucker! Huh?
- [static buzzing]

[Priest] Oh.

I'm sorry. Castor, one second.

You have to wait a second.

I'm in the middle of a meeting.

[Ramirez]
I'm sorry to bother you.

This really can't wait.

I don't believe you.

[Prisoner] They're watching the
one man that I call my father.

You got me. Take me, huh?

Take me!

- Castor, what is it?
- [Ramirez] I'm in trouble.

- [Voice] What does that mean?
- Okay, have a seat.

I got myself into something
I can't back out of.

You know you can
trust me, Miho.

I'm here.

[Castor] I'm being
investigated for murder.

The blood's on your hands,
it says.

[Ramirez] You're in a lot of
trouble, Lozano.

He left an infant in the street
and she burned in the sun!

You're a piece of shit!

[both arguing]

Enough! Enough!

They say wake up again.

[Ramirez] You wanna
know what happened?

You wanna know what happened?

I'll tell you what happened.

[metal clanging]

[Alek] What does it say?

[Briar] Vanessa Torres.

[Lozano]
That's-- That's a detective.

Vanessa Torres,

the agent's blood
is on your hands.

We got a cop killer in here?

- Yeah.
- We got a cop killer. Huh?

She's been
investigating me, man.

I know that name.

- So you killed her?
- I know her face.

No, no, no. I
didn't kill nobody.

[Ramirez]
Fuck it. It's out in the open!

I import and I
export stolen cars.

Now because of what
happened with the child,

she made it her personal
vendetta to make sure

that we went down
because we went

from car thieves to killers

and I needed to find
something to incriminate--

[Pierce] So you broke into
her house and you killed her?

[Ramirez] I broke into her house
and I went in there to find--

[Pierce]
So you killed the neighbor?

[Ramirez] To find something
to incriminate her.

She was there.

She fired her weapon.

She got me in the leg.

I bludgeoned her. I
pistol whipped her.

And the gun went off.

I didn't mean to kill her.

[Alek] Probably could
have guessed that.

- No, this is a--
- Probably could have guessed?

This is a trap, guys.

Every time they roll
some bullshit in here,

we start fighting each other.

[Ramirez]
I did it to protect you, Lozano!

You're family,
believe it or not!

[Lozano]
Nah, nah, nah, nah.

You did it to protect
your business!

You get paid and I get shit.

Last I knew, the government
runs the streets.

You're just a pawn in it.

Why? 'Cause I'm your government?

- This ain't chess.
- This is chess!

Don't you see the
game we're living in?

[Khalid] So you killed an
innocent to protect those

closer to you?

[Briar]
We all have our sin!

- [voices echoing]
- [dramatic music]

[Darren]
I think I know the answer here.

You just said we all
have our sins, right?

Well, follow my lead.

[Lozano] I stole the car.

There was a baby in the back.

I left her there because
I didn't know what to do.

- Cops were on my tail.
- Wow.

[Lozano] The girl in this
letter, she died 'cause of me.

Son, I can spot a false
confession a mile away.

The words may be there,
but the spirit is not.

[laughs] Yeah, good one.

[Messenger] Your lies
will haunt you.

[computer voice]
Attention, Kevin Lozano,

your son Hector is dead.

No, no, no, no.

[Pierce] Keep it together, bro.

[Alek] Lozano, you
don't know he's dead.

[Briar] It's a game.

They're playing with us.

Maybe that is it.

If my son is dead, show
him on that screen.

Lemme see the proof!

He's still alive!

Put him on the fucking screen!

They got us here.

They lock us up, man.

And they think all of a
sudden they could play

with our minds, our heart.

You think you could
play with my flesh?

You ain't shit!

You stand there, you look bad!

You got your mask on!

Show your face!

[Mysterious Voice] To
truly earn your freedom--

Show it!

[computer voice]
You must go further.

[Lozano]
You guys are nothing!

I swear to God!

[Lozano shouting]

Try me!

[Lozano shouting]

- I'm so sorry.
- Freaking hand off, dude.

You know it's your fault, man.

You killed a cop.

- [Briar] It's not his fault.
- And they take your family.

[Ramirez] Man, I'm just trying
to help you, stop fighting--

[Father Paul] Castor, my boy.

I'm glad you're still alive.

If they ask you to sacrifice
me, please trust me.

Save yourself.

I know what they've done to you

and I know what
they're going to do.

This organization is a power
far greater than you realize.

- [Priest] No.
- [Ramirez] He's a good man.

You let him go!

[Father Paul] They have chosen
all of you for a reason.

[Ramirez Voice] I didn't do
it to kill children!

- [Paul] That's why I'm here.
- [Ramirez] I'm sorry!

[Father Paul] If
they are testing you,

your strength will
come from your faith.

[Alek] How do you know that?

Man, if we're gonna
get outta here,

we gotta work together.

- [Paul] I never lied to you.
- [Alek] How do you know?

Do you think I think
you're on our side?

[Father Paul] You
know what to do.

I pray I see you still.

[clock ticking]

When they first brought
me here they did say,

"To truly earn your freedom
you must go further."

- So how do we go further?
- [Alek] Maybe there's

another way?

[Briar] I know I was beaten

with vacuum cleaner
cords and mop handles.

And I was never kissed
or hugged as a child.

And I don't, wait.

[Lozano]
I heard enough from this guy.

- I think--
- [Lozano] I've heard enough man.

The reason, at least partially

why I might have had the will
to stop it, but I didn't.

I wanted my own childhood.

I know that's impossible.

You know, when they
first brought me here,

they showed me
evidence of my sins.

People from my past
taking revenge.

And that's simple.

This has to be a sort
of atonement,

a way
to free ourselves.

But I-- I can't control
these thoughts.

[Alek] Do you have any idea
what it does to a kid

for your few moments
of gratification?

Do you have any idea
the pain you caused?

Some.

[Alek] You have no remorse.

- The church--
- Goddamn it.

Would relocate me.

So I was always absolved
of the culpability of that.

[Khaled]
By him continuing to move,

he was able to continue to
get away with the choice.

[Briar] I understand.

That's why I'm
revealing what happened.

[Alek]
Is this the answer?

Is this-- Is that what
we're looking for?

You stayed on the pattern.

You see, do you guys see this?

Yes.

That was the answer.

You didn't break the pattern.

You didn't break the cycle.

And I think we're all
doing the same thing.

He's right.

I know you don't believe
what he's saying,

but trust me, I know this.

[Ramirez] This is what you
want?

Come on!

- Is this what you asked for?
- [Darren] He's a child rapist.

He's a sick man.

[Khaled] I don't
think he's one of us.

[Lozano]
He should be dealt with.

You should be in pri--
You should be dead.

Guys, our lives are
on the line here.

We gotta pull this together.

- [Lozano] Kill him, and save us.
- [Darren] Enough!

How is that gonna fix this?

We don't even know that

that clock is the death
sentence we made it out to be.

[Alek] We woke up with
a different word.

This word means something
different to each of us.

Each of us have a pattern,

have a pattern.

We can break this pattern.

[Briar]
We are all sinners.

Killed by the body,
killed by the spirit.

What's the difference?

We all need redemption.

I didn't do my shit on purpose.

[Messenger] Silence.

[Ramirez laughs]
They're laughing at us.

- I'm not here to judge you.
- Okay?

- I didn't do anything.
- I'm not here to judge you.

I'm just trying to
figure this out.

[Briar] I'm sorry for the
pain you went through.

Don't you dare.

There's a time for that.

- Okay?
- [Briar] I'm sorry for that.

[Mysterious Voice]
40 minutes remaining.

[Lozano] If you weren't as
old as you were, man,

I'd knock your fucking
head right off your neck.

[Pierce] Does anyone--

[Ramirez] I'm trying to work
with you so we can get--

Everything you know
has to be challenged.

Let's start with that.

- [Alek] So let's flip it.
- Everything.

[Alek] Oh, what? Why?

Why are you guilty? Why?

What is that? Why do you
think that said guilty?

Let's get it all out.

Let's, let's level
the playing field.

Alright, alright. Look, look.

- What are you guilty of?
- [Ramirez] When we first

got here,

I was in some sort of trance.

There was this woman,

she said something
that stuck with me.

[Woman] There is a war coming
unlike you'd ever imagine,

and on a battlefield
unlike ever before.

Your mind. [echoes]

[Darren]
I don't think it's one of us.

If the war is in our mind,
that has to mean something.

Look at what we're doing here.

Look at what we're
doing to each other.

- [Ramirez] That's the game.
- [TV Voice] How do you feel

about it?

- [Ramirez] It's a sick game.
- I'm not talking--

- No, no, no.
- What's that?

- [Darren] That's not about me.
- Leave me alone.

[Darren]
I don't know what that is.

That's gotta be
about someone else.

Hold on.

[Reporter Isaiah]
Two days, a mother,

Randall was shot and
killed by officer--

[static buzzes]

- [Voice] Stop.
- [Darren] The clock is ticking.

- What?
- [Darren] How do you know him?

I don't know who you think
you know, but you don't!

Hey, I didn't do anything!

[Officer] Do you know why I
pulled you over today?

[Driver] No, sir.

[Officer] Missing your rear
license plate back there.

[Driver] Must have fell off.

[Pierce] You're not
gonna get away with this!

[Woman] Sir, he's
done nothing wrong.

- [Pierce] Do you know who I am?
- [Officer] Ma'am, stay quiet.

- [Woman] I'm recording
everything sir!

- [Pierce] You can't touch me!
- [Officer] Stay quiet.

[Driver] You ain't gonna
talk to her like that.

License and registration, sir.

[Driver] I need to warn you
I have a licensed

and legal gun in the car.

[Officer]
Okay, where's the weapon?

Let me see your hands.

Let me see your hands!

I didn't do anything!

- [Woman] He's done nothing.
- [Driver] We haven't done--

[Woman] He's done
nothing wrong!

[Officer]
Do it now! Do it now!

[gunshot blasts]

I didn't do anything!

You're not gonna
get away with this!

[ominous music]

- [Briar] You're that policeman.
- [Pierce] Shut

your fucking mouth!

- [Alek] Wanna get outta here?
- [Pierce] Stop!

[Alek] We gotta figure out what
the goddamn parasite is.

- [Ramirez] You got off!
- [Alek] Would you shut

fuck up?

Fucking kid was in the backseat!

He went for his gun!

He went for his registration.

- You fucking pig!
- Look, look, look.

[Briar] They've got
something on all of us.

Shut the fuck up for
a second and listen.

- [Pierce] I didn't do anything.
- [Alek] Hold on. Just listen.

You want your kid to live?

Admit it. You're
afraid of Black people.

I'm not afraid of Black people.

I grew up in the same
neighborhood! Okay?

I just made different
choices than some of us.

[Darren]
Okay. Listen, listen, listen.

[Lozano]
I know what the answer is.

I know!

There's six criminals
in here and one cop!

That's the fucking
parasite right there!

- [captives shouting]
- [ominous music]

- [Ramierz] I don't give a fuck.
- [Darren] Dude, listen, man!

We are all gonna die if you
guys stop pissing around!

[captives arguing]

Shut up!

[voices echoing]

[haunting choral music]

[electricity zaps]

[haunting choral music]

[Messenger] Did you
leave Angelica Warren

on the ground in an
alleyway on August 10th?

Maybe.

[Messenger] And did that
choice result in her death?

[Lozano] Goddamn, huh?

That's how you guys
do it over here, huh?

What's this? A gift?

Answer the question, Mr. Lozano.

I'll tell you what,

you work with me first, alright?

Give daddy a kiss.

- [electrical whooshing]
- [dramatic music]

What the hell is this, huh?

What the fuck is going on here?

Did that choice
result in her death?

[Lozano laughing]

[Carmen] He has no soul.

That's my daughter!

[dramatic music]

He has no soul.

That's my daughter!

[Ramirez]
Yeah, I sold him the shit, man.

What's that gotta do with this?

What is this?

[footsteps tapping]

[ominous music]

- [Pierce] Do it now!
- [Driver] No!

[gunshot blasts]

I told him to
show me his hands!

[screeching]

[gunshot blasts]

Oh.

[voices echoing]

Back away, okay?

Oh my God. No, no, no.

- What the, what the hell?
- [trigger pulls]

Oh! What?

Oh. No, no, no.

[Pierce panting]

No. No. No!

- Ugh!
- [gun clicks]

Oh God, fuck!

Oh! What the the--
What the hell?

Who are you?

[Woman] Why are you here?

Why are you here?

[Pierce] I thought he
would show me his hands!

[indistinct shouting]

Why are you here?

[ominous music]

- [Woman] Officer!
- [Pierce] I didn't do anything.

Leave me alone!

[Reporter] Randall.

I didn't do anything!

[Reporter] Was shot
and killed by Officer--

- You know what? No joke.
- Just stay calm.

Let's get home safe.

I need to warn you I have a
licensed legal gun in the car.

Good afternoon, officer.

- [Officer] Show me your hands!
- [Driver] What the fuck?

Why are you pointing
a gun at us?

[all shouting]

I didn't do anything!

[gunshots blasting]

Put the phone away!

Put your hands on the dash!

[solemn music]

[Pierce breathing heavily]

[Pierce] God, forgive me.

Why are you here?

[mysterious music]

[display beeping]

- [Computer] Kill the parasite.
- [Man] Must answer the question.

[Messenger] Have you
finally seen the truth?

[voices echoing]

[suspenseful music]

[voices whispering]

Your skill will bring great
value to the cause, Mohammed.

[Khaled] I don't
want any of this.

[Cleric] Thousands
of our brothers

have been killed, Mohammed.

They've humiliated you.

They've betrayed you.

[Messenger] You must go further

to earn your freedom, Mohammed.

I want the bastards!

It is time for you to
step into your destiny

where even death
may be an option.

We must all play our part.

[Prisoner on TV] Fuck you!

[Cleric] Usher in a new era
where Islam is respected

and without question.

[gunshot blasts]

[Messenger] Have you ever though
you could kill someone?

[Khaled shouting]

- [Woman] It is your destiny .
- [voices whispering]

[Messenger] Have you ever
thought you could kill someone?

[Alek] I feel like I
could kill someone.

[child screaming]

[voices whispering]

Enough!

[Messenger] Have you ever
thought you could kill someone?

- Yes.
- [Woman] Kill them all.

There hasn't been a
day that's gone by

since she was dead.

[static buzzing]

- [Prisoner on TV] Don't listen.
- [Messenger] Have you?

Yeah.

[Whispering Voice]
They're lying to you.

They're testing you.

Do whatever it takes.

[Messenger] Will you do
whatever it takes?

[Lozano] There's only
one person to blame

for me being here, man.

So yeah, I'm ready.

[Distorted Voice] Will you?

[dramatic music]

Answer the question,
Mr. Ramirez.

Yeah.

[suspenseful music]

[Messenger] Remember your rage.

Remember your hatred, Mohammed.

- No.
- You know what to do.

[Khaled shouting]

Tell me who are you!

What the hell is this?

You motherfucker!

- [kick impacts]
- [Khaled shouting]

[dramatic music]

[Khaled grunting]

[Khaled groaning]

Oh, fuck!

[Messenger] You know what to do.

[whacks]

[Khaled shouting]

[punches thudding]

[dramatic music]

[fists thudding]

[Messenger]
Remember your rage.

Remember your hatred, Mohammed.

[dramatic music]

[Khaled shouting]

- [electrical charging]
- [electricity zapping]

I just want my life
to mean something.

[Messenger] Maybe you've
finally seen the truth.

We'll see.

[mask rips off]

[computer voice]
35 minutes remaining.

[Prisoner] Wake up, you fucker.

Wake up!

- Wake up.
- What just happened here?

[Ramirez]
Where the hell are we?

[Lozano] They fucking knew
everything I was thinking.

[Cleric] Thousands
of our brothers

have been killed, Mohammed.

They've humiliated you.

They've betrayed you.

How are you okay with this?

It is time for you to
step into your destiny.

[Alek]
You don't-- You know this guy?

[Cleric] But even
death may be an option.

[Alek]
Do you know that voice?

[Cleric] We must
all play our part

ushering in a new era of man.

Why are you afraid, bro?

[Cleric] Where Islam is
respected without questioning--

- Don't come any closer.
- [Cleric] Allahu Akbar.

- [Alek] Do you know that voice?
- Allahu Akbar?

That means God is great.

[Albright] Killing
innocent people.

[Khaled] What do you know about
killing innocent?

Release me!

You tell these sand niggers
infesting my country,

I'm gonna put the
fear of God in them

the way they put fear
into innocent people

every goddamn day.

- Right here.
- [Khaled] No!

How great is this fucking bitch?

They came after me.

[Woman] You're not allowed to
come back here again! [shouting]

We're not here for you.
We're here for him.

- Get the fuck out!
- [Man] And my wife!

Leave!

- [Khaled] Turn it off!
- Get off!

- [Khaled] Turn it off!
- [man shouting]

- [woman] No!
- [gunshot blasts]

[Khaled screaming]

Somayeh!

- [Attacker] Get off me!
- [Khaled] No!

- [Attacker] Fuck you!
- [Friend] Go now!

[Attacker]
Fuck you for making me do this!

[solemn music]

- [Khaled] I could have
stopped them.

[Ramirez]
You know that voice?

- [Darren] No, don't get too
close!

[Briar] Do it.
[Pierce] Do it!

- Tell me you know that voice!
- Stay away from me!

[Alek] Hey, hey, hey.

Back up. Back up. Back up.

- Whoa, whoa, whoa.
- [Darren] Calm down.

[Khaled] I was pushed down by
the Western society

since the day I was born.

I was looked at like I was
some kind of a monster.

[static crackles]

After they killed her,
they just kept taunting me.

I knew it would never end

unless I made them pay,

all of them.

My only way out was--

I told you they were testing me.

[Cleric] You must go further

to earn your freedom, Mohammed.

No.

[solemn music]

[Ramirez] Oh, I get it.

You want to be the poster boy.

You want to matter.

- What are you; a terrorist?
- [Alek] Don't touch him.

[Pierce]
He needs to be the one to die.

[Ramirez laughing]

- [Lozano] Yeah, exactly.
- [Pierce] Are you a terrorist?

- [Alek] Guys.
- [Khaled] I'm not a terrorist.

[captives arguing]

[Ramirez] Fuck you!

[Khaled]
Where was your righteousness

when my people were
slaughtered in Syria?

And you wonder why
I wear the vest?

Why I seek vengeance?

[Pierce] Make him the martyr.

[Alek] You wanted that
shit anyways, man.

Do you know who that voice is?

- Do you want me to fight?
- [Computer voice] Wake up.

[Alek] Every time we fight,
we're told to wake up.

So what is the pattern?

The pattern is something else.

[Ramirez] Okay.

The pattern is choice.

- Look.
- Like he said.

- [Darren] Look, look, look.
- The pattern is choice.

[computer voice] You
must choose or die.

[Alek] What if the parasite
is not one of us?

What if none of this, even
these motherfuckers in the mask,

none of this is
what we think it is?

He said we have to
change the way we think.

Right? That's the goddamn game.

And that's the answer
they're looking for.

That's our ticket outta here.

[Pierce] He's right.
Listen to this shit, man.

[Alek] What if the
parasite isn't one of us?

- [Pierce] That's a start.
- [Alek] Alright, man.

You don't wanna listen to me,

then we're all
gonna die, alright?

[Pierce] Maybe that's a start.
What about you?

[Alek] It has to be something
more going on.

[Lozano] This guy has some kind
of ulterior motive.

Look, I don't want any of this.

[Lozano] I'll tell you guys
what I do know, man.

Conversation's not gonna
get us out of here.

Man, there's no fucking way

we're all getting
outta here alive, man.

My point is, if you
look at us in this room,

what are we doing?

One answer, one person.

Not you. Tell me one person.

What are we all doing?

- Arguing.
- Okay, what does the rest

of the world do all the time?

Man, as a race, what do we do?

Do you not see how
it relates? Fear.

[Ramirez]
And why did you kill that man?

You were afraid.

[Darren] Why us?

[Ramirez] The decision that
you made, you made out of fear.

[Darren]
The pattern is rooted in fear.

But we thought we
knew who he was.

Everybody expressed
their fear towards him.

Then the same thing with him.

Now you two with each other.

So if the parasite
is not one of us.

He just wanted us
to think it was.

We just assumed that it was.

[dramatic music]

[Messenger] You must
kill the parasite.

[Alek] What if none of this
is what we think it is?

What if we're not
really trapped in here?

We're trapped in here

the same way we're
trapped by our minds.

[computer voice]
To truly earn your freedom.

[Messenger]
You must go further.

Cartwright said the woman
told him about the war coming.

The war of the mind. Right?

What if the parasite
is actually the mind?

[Darren] Exactly.

So those words from the desert,

what do they mean to each soul?

- [Alek] Parasite means mind.
- What does that mean?

The patterns of thoughts.

It's gotta be the
cycle we gotta break.

That's the goddamn
game. That's it.

It keeps going back to
the same thing, right?

Best idea. What else is it?

Just stay with me.

We are changing

'cause we're actually
listening to each other.

Is anyone with me?

- I'm with you.
- I'm with you. He's right.

- [Pierce] I'm with you.
- [Ramirez] They're playing us.

- Okay.
- Okay.

[Pierce] But they have people
that we care about, okay?

They have, they
can get to my son.

[Ramirez] Well, what would
you say to that?

[Pierce] So we need to figure
this out. We don't have time.

We have to figure
out the answer, okay?

Hey, thank you.

What are you? What
are you gonna do?

[Messenger]
You must choose or die.

[Darren] We're going
in circles, man. Circles!

You don't want to listen to me.

Then we're all gonna die!

Son, you're gonna lead
us to the grave, man.

[Prisoner]
I think he's onto to something.

- Yeah?
- Come on, guys.

- He's a freak, man.
- We are going to die in here.

- Let's get rid of him.
- If we keep doing this.

- This is fucking ridiculous!
- [all arguing]

[weapon hums]

[Messenger] Silence.

[electricity zaps]

[captives screaming]

[electricity hums]

[dramatic music]

[captives groaning]

- [Alek] Ah!
- [Pierce] Oh, okay.

You guys are gonna have
to stop doing that.

- [Brian] You know?
- [Prisoner] Oh.

[Alek]
I'm getting awful sick of you!

Shocking me when I'm
not doing anything.

[Ramirez] This is getting real
fucking fun, fellas!

We're rats in a cage.

[Alek] Guys, don't you see
what's happening here?

Not a damn thing.

[Alek] You guys just want
to jump on the bad.

What about the good?

You've got a kid you love.

Isn't that good?

You got a fiancee you care about

that you wanna get
outta here for.

There's something
you believe in enough

that you're willing
to die for it.

He put his life on
the line for you, man.

Don't you guys see that?

We're just feeding the hate.

We're not changing anything.

You said it's a game, right?

They're watching how we play it.

Maybe that's it.

How many men would've come
here and tore each other apart?

Flip that!

They wanna see us
break that pattern.

[Darren] I think he's onto
something.

But why?

They're trying to
change the game here.

He said that this organization
is bigger than us.

So if we accept that,

then maybe we are on the
path to righteousness.

Maybe this is what
we're supposed to do.

[Darren] It's because there
are a million of us.

We just represent
what's up there.

If we can make a
change, so can they.

[Alek] Maybe that's it.

They said they were testing
to see if we deserve to live.

[Darren] Not who deserves to die
but why do we deserve to live?

[Alek] And what they want
is a confession.

[Darren] They're testing
us to see what we do!

They didn't actually tell
us to kill each other.

We brought that up.

- [Darren] They just set us free.
- [Alek] Think about it.

Every time we try to kill
each other, we get shocked.

They're trying to stop us.

They're trying to show us.

[Ramirez] If you're wrong,
we're doing it my way.

We're going back to a vote.

- One of us dies--
- You can't think like that.

- [Ramirez] To save us all.
- [Darren] We need to be all-in.

- [Ramirez] Why us?
- [Alek] Wake up.

That means we're changing
the game right now, boys.

We're changing it.

Maybe it's not that
there's one answer.

Maybe it's that
this is the answer.

He gave us the answer
in the beginning.

[Darren] He gave us the
answer in the beginning.

[Alek]
We're just fighting each other.

[Lozano] You know, for once, I
gotta agree with the white boy.

- [Ramirez] Yeah.
- [Alek] We got a choice, right?

We're done hating each other.

That's the answer.

[suspenseful music]

[Messenger] Impressive.

[captives laughing]

Did y'all see that?

- [Messenger] Impressive.
- Huh? Can I get some love?

- [Darren] Oh my God, that's it.
- What's up?

- I'm happy to be here now.
- [Prisoner] Oh yeah!

Happy!

Did y'all see that?

Did y'all see that?

[Messenger] Yet futile.

Huh?

[Messenger] You have not
earned your freedom.

[Darren]
That had to be the right answer.

[Messenger] You will not
survive this night.

Show me what are you willing
to give up to be free?

[Darren] What is this?

[Messenger]
You have been warned.

[Briar] Our father
who art in heaven,

hallowed be thy name.

- [Darren] He's a dead man.
- [Briar] Thy kingdom come.

- [Darren] This doesn't make
any sense.

[Briar] On earth.

[Ramirez] Which one of us is
the worst of us all?

Show me the one answer or we
will not survive this night.

[Darren]
So you think all of us are dead

if we don't pick
one of us to die?

Precisely, we have to.

- [Briar] Dear heavenly Father, I
ask-- Whatever. God.

[Ramirez] You know what?

- You know what? I'll take him.
- Let it matter--

[Alek] We can't just--

- [captives chattering]
- [Ramirez] I'm gonna go out--

Guys, we can't
just talk about it.

We gotta live it.

We gotta show it.

[Darren] How are we gonna show
it from inside here, huh?

What if this is
our second chance?

We gotta show it.

I don't know if
I'm right or wrong,

but I'd rather not die
with hate in my heart.

[solemn music]

Don't you see how the
game's changing now?

Don't you see?

There's no more
spheres coming in here

throwing shit at us because
we're starting to defeat that.

We're not at each
other's throats anymore.

We're listening.
We're changing our thoughts.

Thank you.

I'll try to be worthy of that.

What are we willing
to give up to be free?

So fuck it.

I was gonna kill you.

And you would've been justified.

[Alek] I know my past.

I know what haunts me.

[Reporter] Reporting the brutal
murder of Father Spencer.

[Alek]
I'm asking myself, why you?

Second chance to take
out all this rage

on the life I lost
and be justified?

I can't help but think that's
what they want me to feel.

That's not the end of the story.

That's probably why I'm here.

I got the gun and I found him.

I found the man that abused me.

[Priest]
If anything, think about this.

[Alek] You don't think I had?

I loved you.

[Child] Father?

[solemn music]

Father?

Damn you.

[gunshot blasts]

But I couldn't do it.

So now I was gonna go home
and I was gonna kill myself

because he took everything
from me and I trusted him.

He destroyed my entire life,

my health and my faith.

If not for this,
whatever this is,

I'd be dead.

I was such a happy kid and
he took that all from me.

But killing you won't
give me my life back

and I forgive you.

Not for you, but for me.

[Briar] I beg God sometimes to
remove all of this from me.

I want so much to bring peace

and instead I leave destruction.

You know what I--
I'm capable of?

[Alek] We're all capable
of something, okay?

You just stop hurting kids

and I'll stop hurting myself!

Guys, I don't want to
die feeling like this.

Do you?

I'm so goddamn tired of
being angry all the time.

I've been angry my
whole fucking life.

[solemn music]

[Khaled] And she said, "Don't
play with this boy.

"He is not like us."

[computer voice]
10 minutes remaining.

[Khaled] Since that day,

I've been hating myself
for being different.

Growing up I was made fun of
because I looked different

because my, my
name was different.

I was pulled over by the
police, yelled at, beaten!

Even though I didn't
do anything wrong,

but I was a monster in society.

I wanted to get revenge.

[Khaled screaming]

I found these people that
told me salvation is close.

I thought it was the truth.

I believed them.

I'd lost faith in the people,

in the good that I once knew.

- [Attacker] Fuck you!
- [Khaled] I learned how to fight

so I could protect
the ones that I love.

Not for this. Not for
them to use me as a pawn.

I didn't want any of this,

this hatred, none of this!

Can I tell you something?

You'd be surprised
at how many people

sympathize with where
you're coming from

and let me explain
something to you.

On 9/11, I was in
Manhattan, okay?

And I'm one of those
people who would sympathize

with where you're coming
from in your story.

But when 3000 innocent
people were killed

in the name of whatever
spiritual nonsense,

you lose me, the sympathizer.

You lose me when
you do that shit!

Do you hear what
I'm saying to you?

That is not love.

[Alek] What do you
have to say, professor?

I had,

so this mentor of
mine a few weeks back,

he kept calling me and
I knew something was up,

but I was so busy I, I
didn't take it seriously

and he could tell I
was blowing him off.

He figured that I didn't care.

So one after another,
his spirit failed him.

Society failed him.

Then I failed him.

And by the end of the week,
he fucking hung himself.

He left a wife and two
children and that's on me.

The guilt is the
reason I'm here.

I could have tried harder to,

to change his mind.

I didn't have to--

[Alek]
So when we get outta here,

it's about breaking
the pattern, right?

Maybe that's what it is.

We gotta bring this out there

to break the cycle
for other people.

Thank you for that.

Alright, maybe I wasn't as
good of a police officer

as I could have been,

but I was never supposed
to be the bad guy, alright?

When, when I decided to
become a police officer,

it was when I saw my
father beating my mother

and I could not do
anything about it.

I was powerless, helpless.

And so I didn't want
to be that anymore.

I wanted to help people, okay?

I wanted to protect people.

So I took the oath.

Maybe after hearing
these other officers

make comments
about "these" people,

all these people
day in and day out,

killing each other,
murdering each other.

I let that sink in.

So yeah, when I shot that man,

when I took his
life, I was afraid.

I was afraid because I
didn't even see a human being

until I looked into his
eyes after I shot him.

Before then, I just
saw what I feared.

I failed the oath I took

pretending I hadn't
become a racist.

And at the end of the day,

a man paid for
that with his life.

I was never supposed
to be the bad guy.

But yeah, that's
exactly what I became.

[Alek] Ramirez, who was that?

You know that voice.

[Ramirez]
Father, I wanted to ask you--

That was Father Paul.

He's the only man that
was ever a father to me

when I needed one.

He's the only man that I trust.

The only man that taught
me how to be a man.

And when I heard the
pain in his voice,

I knew he was in trouble.

And he's a good man.

He's a man that I look up to.

If I could have half the
principles that he had,

I would be okay.

And he's a man
that always watched

everything I did on the
periphery, but never judged me.

He's exactly what they're
trying to make me here.

He would always look at
me as a human being first.

Do you regret killing
Agent Vanessa Torres?

[Ramierz] And knowing that his
life could be in danger

because of what I did, because
of the life that I chose.

Yeah.

All I do is destroy people
and if I don't stop,

I'll never stop
destroying myself.

And I give up.

[Briar] I will hear your
confession.

[Alek] Hey, Lozano.

- Are you talking to me?
- [Alek] Lozano.

- [Lozano laughs] Come on, man.
- [Alek] Hey.

What if your son is dead?

- [Lozano] Huh?
- What if he is, man?

Do you think any of
that could be on you?

Hey, look man, I'm--

[Ramirez] We're running
out of time, brother!

I'll tell you what, let's all
just sit here and die then.

- Yeah. All of us.
- [Alek] Is that your answer?

Let's all sit here and die

because you don't
want to be a man.

- You guys are weak.
- That's what a real man is.

- When it comes down to it.
- [Ramirez] See?

I don't want my son to die

and I know you don't
want your son to die.

You just have to confess.

[computer voice] You
have one minute remaining.

Alright, I've been working under
this guy for what, 14 years?

He sits in the house,

but I'm still in a one
bedroom apartment, man.

A shack, a wife who hates me,

a son who might be dead.

Maybe this was
the turning point,

man, I'm willing to change.

I was never good
enough to get a job.

I put on the suit and
tie. Nothing works.

I'll tell you what
my confession is.

I don't believe in myself,

so I gotta resort
to the street life.

[computer voice]
30 seconds remaining.

But now, I'm believing.

I believe there's
a change coming.

So my confession, is
I believe in myself,

I believe in my heart.

You'll see.

They said we were chosen here.

We were chosen to be here,
boys, to be a catalyst.

So I'll tell you what,

if they end up
killing us anyway,

at least we're not
gonna die angry men.

[computer voice] Ten, nine,

eight, seven, six,

five, four, three,

two, one.

We're ready to break the cycle.

[Messenger] It's time.

They know what we know.

[dramatic music]

Gentlemen.

You were afraid to choose.

Send them to phase three.

[electricity buzzes]

[captors groaning]

[Alek] You ever feel like you
could kill someone?

What if the were a way, would
you do whatever it takes?

You were afraid to choose.

[gunshot blasts]

[whispering]

[Priest]
Think about, Alek. I loved you.

- [voices whispering]
- [dramatic music]

[Cleric] It is time for you to
step into your destiny

where even death
may be an option.

We must all play our part

ushering in a new era

of war.

[voices echoing]

[dramatic music]

[Woman] Leave me alone!

[Captor] Wake up. Wake up!

[ominous music]

[computer voice] Alek
O'Connor, you have been chosen.

[suspenseful music]

[dramatic music]

[Alek breathing heavily]

[electricity zaps]

[mysterious music]

[echoing whispers]

[mysterious music continues]

[voices echoing]

[voices echoing]

[Father Albright] Became a child

and now you have put
away childish things.

[child screams]

[suspenseful music]

[Prisoner]
Where the fuck am I?

You fucking sand nigger.

I will fucking--
Shithole. Get off me.

What the fuck are
you doing, man?

I'll kill you too.

Man, no, don't do it.

[Khaled screaming]

I just wanted to scare you!

I just wanted to scare you!

What the fuck are
you doing, man?

Don't do it.

Don't you do it!

Goddamn it, man.

[mysterious music]

- [Priest] Mea culpa, mea culpa.
- Shut up!

Mea maxima culpa! [sobs]

[suspenseful music]

- [Ramirez] I'm in trouble.
- [Priest] Okay, have a seat.

[Ramirez] I got myself into
something I can't back out of.

[punch thuds]

[electricity hums]

No!

- [Ramirez] You did this?
- [Man] You're worth it.

How dare you put me
through this shit!

I trusted you.

I trusted you!

And you still can.

[light music]

[Pierce] Oh.

You?

[woman sobs]

[Briar]
I bet you like to play games.

Will you play with me?

Huh?

No, I'm not gonna hurt you.

[exhales] Oh!

I'd love to find
somebody to play with.

[suspenseful music]

[electricity hums]

[sparks crackle]

[Captive] You don't
have to do this.

You don't have to do this.

You don't have to do this.

No, no.

You killed my baby.

You killed-- you killed my son!

You took my baby away from me!

You took my baby! [sobbing]

- [electrical piercing]
- Oh.

[sobbing]

[Pierce] I wish-- I wish
I could bring him back.

No, no. [sobs]

You took my baby.

- I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
- [Woman] Oh, how could you?

- I'm so sorry.
- [Woman] My baby.

How could you?

Oh, miho.

This isn't who you are.

- [mysterious music]
- [electricity buzzing]

[Khaled sobbing]

[mysterious music]

[metal snapping]

[solemn music]

[electricity zapping]

[Father Briar screaming]

It's my fault.

It's my most grievous fault.

[solemn music]

[electricity zapping]

[metal clangs]

[Man] Miho.

I am here, my boy.

My boy.

Only you know what to do.

Si, papa.

[Ramirez speaks in Spanish]

[solemn piano music]

[Alek breathing heavily]

[rumbling]

[computer voice] The
transports are here.

Kill the parasite.

[Ramirez]
You don't want to do this.

[laughs] How funny when
the tables are turned.

I failed you.

[voices echoing]

[suspenseful music]

[Lozano] You know the good
thing about failure?

You learn from it.

[Messenger] You were
right about him.

[Lozano]
And you know not to make

the same mistake over
and over again, right?

[Ramirez]
You don't want to do this, bro.

[Lozano] You know they talked to
me about forgiveness,

but I got a problem with it.

Don't do it. Don't do it.

Don't do it, dog.

We've been through
way too much, man.

Just think about. No, no!

You don't want to do this.
No! No!

- I run shit now.
- No!

- [electrical whooshing]
- [Lozano screaming]

Lozano!

What the fuck is going on?

[Lozano screaming]

[headset beeps]

[Woman] What are you willing
to give up to be free?

I'm willing to let go.

I'm willing to surrender.

[Messenger] Wake up, wake up.

Wake up!

[mysterious music]

[headset clicks]

[dramatic music]

[Alek groaning]

What the fuck?

[mysterious music]

What the hell is this?

There's someone
you need to meet.

Come with me.

You were never in the desert.

There's so much
for you to learn.

[Alek] Where the
hell are we going?

[Darren] To see
some old friends.

You didn't answer me before.

What is this?

Rebirth.

This wasn't your first time.

Your fiancee?

Part of the grand illusion.

They're waiting for you.

[mysterious music]

[door creaks]

[Alek] It was you all along.

I was just the Messenger, Alek.

You're here to meet the true
Architect of the Collective.

Join us.

[Architect]
Welcome, Mr. O'Connor.

[dramatic music]

There is so much
for you to learn

and then you must choose.

Choose what?

Your fate.

[dramatic music]

An old Cherokee wise
man told his grandson

of a battle going on
inside all of mankind.

The battle of two wolves.

One wolf was evil.

It was anger, sloth, pride.

The other wolf is good.

It's joy, peace, love.

The grandson pondered
the old man's message

asking which wolf wins.

And the old man responds,
"The one you feed."

But you abducted
us, tortured us.

[Architect] We perpetuate this
hell on earth.

We feed the lie.

Whatever needs healing
is forced to the surface,

sometimes painfully so
in order to be released,

remember, fate
guides the willing.

But drags the unwilling.

Does that make it all justified?

The answers are all around you,

if you're willing to listen.

[Messenger] It'll continue to
haunt you until you really

deal with it.

What if there were a way

to truly move on, to be free?

Would you do whatever it takes?

Yeah.

[Messenger] Even if it means it
would cause you pain,

you'd do anything
to be free of this?

Mm-hmm.

Don't you think I wish
there was another way?

How have we, the
people, got to the point

where our government, our
humanity is crumbling before us

and we're too blind to see it?

Us versus them rules the world

and we dehumanize
them in a heartbeat

without really contemplating
the true cost, Alek.

The question isn't
which wolf wins.

The question is, which
wolf do you see in them?

Telling you is one thing,

believing is another
matter entirely.

We can't be the first.

So how many people actually

changed their lives
from all this?

[Architect]
Alek, let me assure you,

I know my methods
are unorthodox.

You mean illegal?

[Architect] When you woke up
outside that room this morning,

there was something
alive in you.

Something like never before.

Am I wrong?

What was it like to
look a man in the eye

who represented
everything you hate

and instead choose forgiveness?

You saw through the darkness,
you saw the real truth.

The one answer could never
just be talked about.

You had to feel it,
experience it, live it.

Every tragedy brings hope

when humanity can rise
from the darkness.

You will be a
witness to that hope.

What you started in that
room was just the beginning.

[mysterious music]

How much of that was real?

[Darren]
It's better you don't know.

What your mind
believes, reality shows.

[The Architect] As you
regain your innocence,

you unconsciously light the
path for others to do the same.

[Khaled] I will
honor my wife's memory.

Thank you for stopping
me from tarnishing it.

[Imam] We are ushering in
a new era, Mohammed,

the era of peace, inshallah.

- [Khaled] Inshallah.
- What do you choose?

I choose life.

Then you can follow
in our footsteps

and bring more men into peace.

[The Architect] As you
regain your integrity.

- [Pierce] Hi everyone.
- [Architect] You rebuild

your self-worth.

[12-step member]
And I'm an anger addict.

[group leader]
Oh, welcome bro. Come on in.

[The Architect]
The walls we build,

the personas we create.

all these things we
think keep us safer.

Tear us apart.

- So, I'm Tommy.
- Hi, Tommy.

I'm a rageaholic.

[The Architect] The actions
of one affect us all.

What's your name, bro?

[The Architect]
We are the reminder.

I'm Matt Pierce.

[Group] Hi, Matt.

Um, I'm tired of being angry
and afraid, and I need help.

My life and my lives
of others depend on it.

[The Architect] Every
moment is a choice

when men realize their true
power is in compassion,

the world will begin to heal.

[News Reporter]
In a stunning turn of events,

former officer Matthew
Pierce, just moments ago,

has pled guilty as
prosecutors opted

to retry the former
officer's case

after the original trial
ended in a deadlock

due to a hung jury.

Pierce's decision comes
as a shock to a community

that has long been fearful
of those in uniform

who are sworn to
protect and serve,

but whom in their
eyes have continued

to protect each other in a
sort of blue wall of silence.

[Ramirez] There was no turning
back once I pulled that trigger,

what happened in that
room was pretty clear.

As long as I keep
running from what I did,

I'll continue to suffer.

I needed a reason to stay alive.

I'm gonna take the deal.

There's a lot of
work left to do.

This fight has nothing
to do with violence.

It is the antidote.

Remember Alek, this war
is a war of the mind.

[Lozano shouting]

Where the hell am I?

- [Woman] My daughter.
- [Lozano] Do you hear me?

He was just lying
through his teeth.

[Darren]
We've gotten exceedingly good

at spotting the
sociopaths among us.

What's gonna happen to him?

He'll repent

or not.

Whatever he chooses is on him.

We just provide the container.

[The Architect] As you face
what you've been running from

you choose freedom.

[Woman] Can I help you?

Kevin Lozano will never
hurt you or Hector again.

[Woman] What?

It's gonna be okay.

[Darren] And those
who continuously fail,

the choice is theirs.

[Messenger] Your request has
been granted by the Architect.

[Medic] Sir, after the
injection, your heart will stop.

Any final words?

Do it.

[dramatic music]

[Darren] Ask yourself,

are you willing to give
up what you've become

to be who you truly are?

Why didn't you kill me?

[solemn music]

[Alek] That doesn't make the
pain any less real.

So I'm gonna use it to protect
others from people like you.

I promise you,

we are always watching.

[dramatic music]

[electricity zaps]

[Father Albright shouts]

[Architect] So there really is
only one question.

Is that a world you are
willing to fight for?

[mysterious music]

[child screaming]

[Messenger] Wake up.

This is the Messenger speaking.

Welcome to the Collective.

You have been chosen.

[dramatic music]

[Alek] Let's begin.

[intense music]

[intense music continues]

[mysterious music]

[mysterious music continues]

[dramatic music]

[dramatic music continues]