Tell me, your dreams, am I in them?
- So how do we do this? - I have so much to teach you.
I'm the most important relationship in your life.
You're a disease.
Tomorrow when they kill you, I'll be cured.
Ryan Hardy declined your invitation to attend your execution.
- Must be some mistake. - I'm afraid not.
I don't wanna lose you. I'm gonna do better.
I'll be out in a minute.
- Where's Penny? - She's been gone several days.
Why hit the office of Strauss' paralegal?
There's something hidden there we missed.
- I'm in. - Strauss used a code to protect his secrets...
...that can only be deciphered using a key phrase chosen by the creator.
I think Strauss entrusted you.
You give me what I want, I will punish Ryan Hardy for both of us.
Ryan Hardy...
...belongs to me.
I'm sorry, Theo.
I'm not ready to pass on the torch while I still have a card left to play.
Welcome to the last day of your life.
This is a day many thought would never come.
Joe Carroll, the murderous cult leader responsible for killing dozens...
...while terrorizing the country is due to be executed tonight at midnight.
It was over a year ago that Carroll's reign...
...of terror was finally brought to an end by FBI agent Ryan Hardy.
Since his recapture, Carroll's been kept in an undisclosed....
You're pretty popular.
Every reporter in the universe is calling asking for a comment.
I'm actually hoping Theo's cyber-attack shuts my phone down.
I couldn't sleep so-- Breakfast.
Might be a little cold.
under constant surveillance.
Our source inside the prison confirms Carroll has no visitors scheduled.
Even Ryan Hardy has declined...
...to attend his execution.
Hey.
Why are you doing this to yourself? You should try and forget about it.
I know, easier said than done.
But seriously....
Skip work.
- Let's go see a movie. - That's a really nice idea.
I think I would be climbing the walls inside of five minutes.
I gotta keep busy.
I'll call you later.
Ah. Ms. Thompson, are you the cruise director for today's execution?
The court asked me to make sure your rights...
...are protected during the execution process.
Otherwise, I'd be watching from home with a bowl of popcorn.
Tell me, is this the first time you're witnessing...
- ...a death up close? - Yes.
Don't be surprised if you get a little, uh...
...turned on.
Good morning, gentlemen.
D-day, Joe.
Got my eye on your cell.
Sadly for you, it is reserved for celebrities...
...not plebeian killers with mommy issues.
You're the one who's gonna be crying for his mama when those chemicals go in.
- Hey, what's the pool up to? - Fifteen hundred.
What pool?
How long it'll take Joe to die.
Over-under four minutes. You want in on it?
I'll pass. So where are we at with Theo?
He's the one who got Gary posted on death row.
Cyber found the door he used to hack into the prison server. They closed it.
Why do you think Theo reached out to Joe?
Ruining my credit isn't gonna satisfy him for long.
He's ready to come after me, and smart enough to know he'll need help to survive.
What the hell are you doing with her?
I asked you a question.
You need to think hard about this moment, son.
Your whole life has led up to it.
Two roads face you.
One stretches into the distance, call that enlightenment.
Rehab, career, family.
The other one ends in about 10 seconds.
That one's simply called death.
Good morning, Joe.
- Who's your friend? - Jim Vail, the governor's chief of staff.
And I'm here to make sure your execution goes off without a hitch.
Oh, I'm sure it'll play big in the governor's upcoming campaign.
Oh, how about I endorse him with my final words?
- For God sakes, don't do that. - Let's get started.
I'm gonna let you out of the chair.
Try anything, and Officer Price is gonna light you up with his stun baton.
Come on, guys.
Don't make me file a petition with the court for cruel and unusual punishment.
No wait, stop!
Now, hold on, hold on. Aah!
On the floor.
Now!
You didn't think killing me was gonna be easy, did you?
- How bad? - It's a nightmare.
He killed two guards, locked himself in. He's got three hostages...
...including the governor's chief of staff. We're gearing our SORT team to go in.
You do that and Joe starts killing people, the VIP will be first.
The longer we wait, the more time he has to barricade himself in.
Good morning, warden. As you can see...
...I have rescheduled today's activities.
And I would hate to be interrupted by the riot squad who I can see...
...quite clearly on the security monitor.
So all prison personnel must therefore pull back...
...from this cell block immediately.
And if they don't, a hostage will die.
If you cut the feed to my security camera...
...a hostage will die.
In fact the only way a hostage won't die...
...is if you acquiesce to my final demand.
Ryan Hardy.
And if he's not here within the next two hours...
...everybody dies.
Hey.
He scared the crap out of me.
Sorry.
I didn't think you'd be awake yet.
I'm assuming you gave Rehema the day off.
The whole week.
- Did you get-- Ah. - Of course.
Thank God. Spoon?
Wait. Where's Josh?
Who?
He was with me at the house.
Did you kill him?
No.
Damn it.
I liked him.
- Heh. - T, you can't keep doing this.
- I can take care of myself. - You're my little sister.
I've been protecting you since I was 10. I'm not gonna stop now.
You need to stop partying.
Yeah, says the guy with an Asian man tied up in his study.
Who the hell is he anyway?
His name is Frank Sakamoto, and he's the nation's top academic cryptologist.
- And he's been completely useless. - What's going on with you?
It's not like you to bring a kill into the house.
You really don't know, do you?
You haven't been watching the news?
You killed Strauss?
And now Ryan Hardy's after you?
This is the end, T.
Our cover lives are blown.
They get to you, they get to me.
Why do you think I pulled you in? We need to move quickly.
- What the hell are we gonna do? - I have a plan.
If it works, we can disappear.
You gotta be kidding me.
What?
It's been almost two hours since Joe Carroll...
...took hostages inside death row.
Ryan Hardy and his team have arrived...
...at the Virginia State Penitentiary.
Hardy, of course, is one of the most high-profile FBI agents.
He apprehended Carroll and helped put him on death row.
- Where do we stand? - Joe's made no further contact.
We're ready to go. But given how he's set up, I don't like our chances.
The governor declared armed intervention to be a last resort.
He's pinning his hopes on you defusing the situation.
No way he lets me in without a search. We don't want to increase his firepower.
You can't go in unarmed.
That's the only way. I'll just need a minute.
Joe Carroll has taken hostages...
...inside death row. They just went into...
...the FBI global command center....
Ryan.
- Hey. - Please tell me you're not going in there.
I have to.
What if he's planning to kill you again? When I die, you die, remember?
No, Joe doesn't want me dead.
He just wants a witness.
I'm scared.
- I gotta go. - Wait.
- I need to tell you something. - Tell me after.
- Ryan. Ryan! - I love you.
- Kill the killer! - Down with Joe Carroll!
Just moments ago, we saw FBI agent Ryan Hardy...
...exit the mobile command center and enter the main entrance...
- ...of the prison. - ...several hostages inside the prison.
We cannot confirm who those hostages--
Ryan.
You get the chance, you put him down.
Mike's right, kill him if you can.
This has to end.
If something happens...
...take care of each other.
Where did everybody go?
Hey. You're the guy who caught Joe.
What the hell is going on?
Ryan.
My old friend.
You came.
- Take off your jacket and shirt. - What, you don't trust me?
Remove your jacket and shirt, please...
...or a hostage loses an appendage.
Lift it up and turn around.
Good, now, there are some handcuffs...
...on the floor. Can you pick them up and cuff your hands...
...behind your back?
- Not until you release the hostages. - Sorry.
- No can do. - I mean it, Joe.
- They come out or I don't go in. - May I remind you...
...that you have absolutely no leverage.
Sure I do.
Good luck with the riot squad.
Fine. Fine, fine, fine.
I'll release one.
No sudden movements.
Well done.
There's a team waiting by the entrance, they'll take you out. Go.
Now, if you'd only RSVP'd yes to my execution...
...none of this would've been necessary.
This was Strauss' journal. It's a new cypher.
One I've never seen before. Some kind of polyalphabetic substitution.
- Saka-what's-his-name can't figure it out? - Sakamoto.
No. The key is a phrase, but it's long.
Without knowing the source, it's impossible to crack.
- Why do you need this? What's in it? - A name.
Someone with the power to give me my anonymity back.
After I take out Ryan Hardy.
Are you kidding? He caught Strauss and Joe Carroll.
- You need to leave him alone. - Not an option.
That's your problem, T. You always have to win.
And we're alive because of it.
Because I do whatever it takes to give us what we never had as kids.
Control.
And I love you for it.
But taking on Ryan Hardy and the FBI is crazy.
I will make him suffer for what he's done.
I think Joe Carroll might be taking care of that.
Hey.
- You're awake. - What am I doing here, Joe?
Up.
Up, up, up.
What does it always come down to with us, huh? The truth.
You can fool everyone else, but you can't fool me.
I can quite clearly see that....
That you are a man in crisis. I mean, you could...
...hide behind that macho facade of yours...
...but you're suffering.
- And I know why. - So do I.
You.
You so desperately want that to be true.
That way, you don't have to face the reality of what you...
...fight so slavishly every day to deny.
- And what reality is that? - That I am your soul mate.
- Check, please. - Oh, you can mock, yes.
Mock all you like. But if that's not true...
...then why didn't you kill me when you had the chance?
Oh, please, don't give me any of that kumbaya...
... "I did it to save my soul" nonsense.
You didn't kill me because you need me.
And I would be a terrible friend if I didn't use...
...what precious little time I have left to help you see that.
So you ask why you're here?
Well, today...
...I'm gonna stage an intervention.
And when I'm done, all you have hidden...
...will be exposed. Because today...
...you will admit that I am the most important relationship in your life.
Not because you think that's what I wanna hear...
...but because you know...
...deep in your heart...
...that it's true.
And if you don't...
...we're all gonna die.
You okay?
Not really.
- If I lose Ryan... - He's gonna be okay.
And I'll always be there for you.
Whether you like it or not.
Hey. The warden just got off the phone with the governor.
He's changed his mind about waiting. We're getting ready.
Joe will kill them. We need to give Ryan time.
He's got 10 minutes. After that, it's out of my hands.
Come on, Joe. This is between us. Let them go.
No. They form a vital part of your intervention.
Now....
Jump down.
There we are. Just jump down there, darling.
Now, Mr. Vail, would you be so kind as to strap Dana...
...to the examination table?
- Why? - Because I said so.
Joe, what are you doing?
I thought this was about me.
It is, but that's no reason why I can't enjoy myself too.
Now, Mr. Vail, would you mind standing by the desk?
Okay, okay.
So help me see the truth.
- What am I denying? - You have always been...
...my most devoted follower.
No one else has ever felt as passionately about me as you.
- I was trying to stop you. - And in trying to stop me...
...you became me.
No, I'm not like you, Joe.
I don't have a need to kill.
I think your body count might say otherwise.
If I didn't pull that trigger...
...innocent people would die. I saved lives.
Oh, boy. No, this is just going nowhere.
I'm gonna have to take it up a notch.
Dana, darling, I'm gonna take out your eyes now.
- Wait! Wait, wait, no! No, wait! - Please! No, please!
- Make me. - When I first came to see you...
...you asked me if you were in my dreams.
You are.
In what capacity?
In....
In my dreams...
...we're friends.
We drink together.
And?
And you're teaching me to kill.
Oh.
I'm proud of you, Ryan.
That couldn't have been easy to admit.
What do you think your dreams are telling you?
- That you screwed up my head. - No, no.
I think they're telling you that we are friends.
Best of friends.
You-- You see me for who I really am...
...as I see you for who you really are.
- You don't know me. - Oh, come on, Ryan.
You know that's a lie.
I am the only one...
...who knows the real you.
Now, come on.
Tell me...
...what are you so afraid of?
That you're right.
Well, of course I am.
Don't tell me that you didn't enjoy killing the man...
...who murdered your father.
Or Debra Parker's killer.
- No. - Well, then what?
Come on, Ryan.
Confess what you know to be true.
What did you get...
...out of pulling that trigger?
Satisfaction.
Power.
And that's what felt good.
Thank you, Ryan.
That's all I was looking for.
Just a little bit of honesty.
I can accept my fate...
...because you have finally admitted...
...that I'm right.
Whew.
Ah.
You win, Joe.
What are you doing?
Trying to get a look inside the prison. I hid a back door in their server.
I gotta hand it to Joe.
The guy knows how to make an exit.
What are those?
Controls for the prison.
From here I can do anything I want...
...turn off the cameras, open the doors.
If I wanted to, I could lock the whole place down.
--whether or not this was all part of Joe Carroll's plan.
Hey, wait a minute. Something's happening.
It's Ryan, he did it.
- What are you doing? - Protecting you from yourself.
- Wait, who the hell opened those doors? - It wasn't us.
Hey, we need to get in there now.
Open the damn doors.
Can't, the whole system just went down.
Damn. I guess karma really does exist.
Back up. Back the hell up!
We should do a little hostage-taking of our own.
Knock yourselves out. Joe's gonna show me his cell.
The one he doesn't think I'm good enough for. I wanna redecorate it with his brains.
That's not actually what brains are for, but....
Get behind me.
Hey, baby, come here, let me get a look at you.
- Hey. - No.
- Hey! - Aah!
It's cool, do what you gotta do.
- Think we need your permission? - What? No.
What are you doing? Don't kill him.
Just keep pressure on it.
Wait, where are you going?
Wait, you can't leave me.
Stop. No, please stop.
No!
Help!
It's okay. You're safe now.
Get.
Fancy.
- Yeah. - You're an eye guy, right?
No, calling me an eye guy...
...is like calling Rembrandt a decorator.
Who the hell's Rembrandt?
Come on, come on.
Okay. Move, come on.
Move in.
Thank God. Are you okay?
Yeah, I'm good.
We can report the hostage crisis inside the Virginia State Penitentiary is over.
The number of casualties still unknown.
The FBI has yet to confirm the names of those killed inside the prison....
Hostage crisis is over.
Looks like Joe and Ryan both survived.
You have no idea what you almost did. You almost blew this thing.
You can big-brother me...
...kill my boyfriends, criticize my life choices. And if I try to look after you, I'm out of line?
- Penny-- - You need to drop this Ryan Hardy nonsense.
If this contact can help us...
...let's crack the code, go to him. You and me, we disappear together.
You don't get it, he won't do it voluntarily.
I need leverage to make it happen.
What kind of leverage?
Him.
His death is the key to our future.
- Are you okay? - Yeah.
It's over.
- Is Joe dead? - No.
I don't know what's gonna happen with his execution, but I need to stick around to see.
What? Are you kidding?
I need to get closure on this, Gwen.
I don't expect you to understand.
Good. I don't, it seems like you're giving him what he wants.
You told me you could handle anything.
I need you to handle this.
You're a genius hacker. A code is like the ultimate password.
How do you hack someone's password?
- Study them, understand what's important. - Same thing here.
He wouldn't pick a random phrase, he would've picked...
- ...from a source that meant something. - Gotta be a book.
I looked through the books the FBI took from his house. None work.
He wouldn't have kept it in his house. You said you went to Joe, why?
Because Joe knew Strauss better than anyone.
- And you checked Joe's books? - Yes.
All the books that they had in common.
But I should've checked the books in Joe's library that Strauss should've had in his.
Lovecraft. Strauss quoted him a few times. Let's see.
"That is not dead which can eternal lie
And with strange aeons even death may die."
It's working.
Come on.
T, that's not a name.
No.
- It's a location. - The nation holds its breath...
...as we wait for word on the governor's decision.
Our legal experts predict he'll have no choice but to postpone Carroll's execution.
Why?
Why did today have to happen?
Because you are my real legacy, Ryan.
And I needed you to know it.
And now that you admitted...
...we are brothers...
...I can die...
...knowing that I will live on through you.
The governor's ordered your execution to proceed as scheduled.
They're coming to take you in a few minutes.
Uh, Ryan.
A parting gift:
Your man, Theo...
...he was born of violence...
...in the city of brotherly love.
Goodbye, Joe.
Goodbye, Ryan.
Joe Carroll.
The state of Virginia has sentenced you to die for your many crimes.
You have any final words?
Quoth the Raven
"Nevermore."
Time of death is 12:11 a.m.
- Hi. - Hi.
Bad day?
Two shots of whiskey, please.
Hope it helps.
Here's to you.
No. Here's to us.
Again.