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David Pilcher foresaw a great flood, - and he built an ark, - and he filled this ark with people like you and me. People he deemed necessary for the survival of mankind. We are the lucky ones, the chosen few. But this ark will only survive if we all follow the rules. If there is one hole, one crack, then the water will get in, and we will all drown. It's up to you to make sure that doesn't happen.
I know what you're feeling, Ethan. I know what you're thinking. At first, it's, it's the personal things. The family you'll never see again, your friends. The boss you thought you hated. And then your mind starts thinking bigger. About all the lost culture languages, art, knowledge. Thousands of years of culture all gone in an instant. And you start to think, "Is this really it? "The last of mankind? Do I even want to be here?" But slowly, slowly, you realize everything you still have, a new community, a family a future. You still have Wayward Pines.
Looks like you could use a nurse.
I can understand if you're angry with me. I'm quite sure everything has been confusing. But I assure you there is a purpose to everything you find so strange.
I guess it's all been one big misunderstanding, huh?
Hmm. I suppose that's hard for you to accept, but yes.
I'm glad we got that cleared up.
Ever since you came here you've been trying to save yourself, save your wife, save your beautiful son, and that's quite commendable. Wayward Pines is bigger than you. It's bigger than them. It's bigger than any one of us.
It's taken me a long time, but I realized I'm here, in this moment, in this town because of choices that've been made. Some of those were made by others but a lot of those choices, they were my own. And looking back, there are so many better choices I could've made. But then I realized that I'm here, now and all I can do now, is make new choices. So I've decided I don't wanna keep pretending that everything is okay. I wanna make things better.
You chose them. You abducted them.
Yes.
What gave you that right?
It wasn't a right. It was a burden. When your neighbors' house is in flames, do you rush in and try and save them? Or do you wait outside for fear of trespass?
This girl, her life didn't need saving.
No, and neither did her children. Or her children's children. But someone in that family would need saving down the line.
What about her parents? Are they here?
Everyone had to make sacrifices. I left people behind people I loved dearly. I didn't choose to do this. I did it because I had to.
You really expect people to grow and thrive in a world ruled by fear? They didn't choose to be here.
Has anyone ever lived a life entirely defined by their own choices? No. Socioeconomic status, race, gender the day on which we were born, beauty, height. We are defined by millions of variables, way beyond our own choosing.
But that's different. That's fate. Those aren't choices made by others.
Others have always made choices for us. Think of the millions drafted into wars decided by their leaders. The causes of which, in retrospect, seem utterly meaningless. A patch of land, someone's religious tenets, the price of a tank of gasoline. My actions were motivated by something far purer. We'd left the old world in the year 2014, and went to sleep for 2000 years. According to my algorithms, that would be enough time for the environment to reset. For the planet to thrive after all the humans had died out and stopped destroying it. We would have a second chance. All your questions today, I've asked myself thousands of times. In that moment, everything became clear. All my work, the sacrifice, was vindicated because I'd been proven right. It was 2000 years later, and we were the only humans left. When humans are united by a cause, they can achieve almost anything.
As soon as I woke them I told them everything. The truth. The effect wasn't immediate. It spread like cancer. Slowly ate away at the town. Some simply didn't believe me. They ran away. They didn't get very far. Those that did believe caved in to despair. These were ordinary people in an extraordinary situation. Their minds couldn't handle the shock of this new reality. It was too jarring. They'd emerged from Plato's cave into the light. It had blinded them. People are fragile. They need time to adapt. They accept change gradually. But I had been too distant, too remote blind. I'd failed them. I can't change what has happened, but I can strive for a better future. These are the dark ages, but enlightenment is coming and I need you to keep Wayward safe until it does.
[the resistance are meeting to discuss their lives]
Uh, Kate Hewson, um, Seattle. I miss the ferry boats, oysters, hiking Burroughs Trail. My friends.
I'm, uh, I'm, I'm Franklin. [clears throat] Uh, it's all you, man.
Harold Ballinger, St. Paul. Um, I have a fiance.
I just need to know, did you put that pipe bomb in the Sheriff's truck this morning? [Ted looks guilty] Damn it, Ted.
The last thing we need is him breathing down our necks.
We're not murderers.
Why not? They murder. You've been to your share of reckonings. Do you want me to do this or not?
They did something to you, Ethan. You just don't know it. You'll see very soon. We will be back in Seattle, overlooking that bay.
Seattle? No, forget it, Kate. That's not gonna happen. You've got to convince these people to stop this insanity!
It's not gonna stop. It's just begun.
Why didn't you tell me about this?
I didn't want to interrupt your investigation. Nothing matters more than keeping the populace calm a-a-and quiet.
I'm afraid the ship's already sailed.
I was part of a joint terrorism task force. And we got word that Narwaz was down in Mexico. So we went down, we grabbed him, secured him, put him on a plane to transport him back to D.C. Then I got a call from headquarters. They told me to let him go. The guy's dirty. I knew he was dirty. "Let him go." Well, that's exactly what I did. It was an order. And then three weeks later, 621 people are murdered by Narwaz Al-Salaam. And I had the guy and I let him go. And it was classified. [sighs] You know how bad I wanted to tell you?
That's why you went to Kate.
It was the toughest period of my life. She was there. She was my partner. There's no excuse for what happened after that. [sighs] I've been sorry about it ever since. I'm not blindly following orders anymore.
You don't have any children of your own, do you?
Brad and I have not been so blessed.
You do realize that Ben is our son and not yours.
Theresa, we are on the same team.
Are we? Because I'm starting to feel like every single thought that you put into Ben's head is somehow meant to undermine us. Let's just be honest here. You've got an agenda and I want to know what it is.
You're starting to sound a little paranoid, Theresa. I simply believe that the children of Wayward Pines are the future of Wayward Pines. And to that end, I try to be as helpful as possible.
Helpful right now would be for you to stay very far away from my family.
Why didn't you come and talk to me before all this?
You know I couldn't do that. Besides, what would you have said? "Forget the truth"?
Your friend Ted has died. Two of our youngest seriously injured in the hospital. Others are missing. That's the price of your truth.
You know it's not like that.
You didn't mean for anyone to die. How many more need to be sacrificed? I thought you were happy. I thought we made progress.
I know you did.
How can you be so cheerful with neighbors you're putting into lethal danger? Only a fanatic could be so callous.
Are you sure you're talking about me? Because it sounds like you're talking about yourself, David Pilcher.
How long have you known?
Doesn't matter. Just please tell me what this place is.
You were its model citizen. I thought that if I I could make Kate Hewson conform, then I could make anyone conform. There'd be no more need for reckonings.
Whatever you're trying to do here, it will never work if you keep people in the dark.
It's not a question of keeping people in the dark. It's a question of keeping people alive. Freedom or safety. Not both.
And who anointed you to make that choice?
I did.
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