The Messengers | |
Episode 4 | |
Air date | May 8, 2015 |
Written by | Carl Binder |
Directed by | Guy Bee |
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"Drums of War" is the fourth episode of The Messengers.
The episode aired on May 8, 2015.
Summary[]
WAR IS UPON US β The Horseman of War will be speaking at an international energy summit and it is up to our heroes to figure out which attendee is the victim and which is the Horseman before someone dies. Meanwhile, one of the Messengers is in jail and The Man is determined to keep him there.
Plot[]
With the group at the house, Raul tells Rose he tried to check on Peter and says heβs at Harris County jail but he canβt walk in. Rose says sheβll go try to found out more. Rose says Peter is one of them and they need him to try and stop whatβs happening at the energy summit tonight. Joshua is reading the book of Revelations and says a third of all people will be killed β two billion β after the horsemen unite. Rose asks if he slept last night and he says he couldnβt.
Rose says the future isnβt chiseled in stone and says their fate lies in the choices they make and says God is testing them. He says he needs more coffee. Nadia and Amy watch cartoons and Amy tells Nadia sheβs sorry about her dad. Erin watches them then goes to check on a noise she hears. Vera is testing her gift β spirit walking β and tells Erin itβs not working. She tells Erin to come with her and cuts her finger. She tells Erin to heal her. Joshua says to try a band aid. She canβt.
They wonder why their gifts donβt work all the time. Joshua has a vision of a bird, an auditorium, his father and a field of dead soldiers. He sees his wife crying and blood on his own chest from a wound. Erin tells Rose he had a vision. He says he saw himself dying. He says there was a lot of blood and his dad was yelling at him. He also saw a falcon and someone breaking loose of shackles. They wonder if thatβs Peter. Rose tells the others to try and stop the horseman while she works on getting Peter out.
She says itβs not his destiny to be there. Rose recommends Vera look first at the Prime Minister over the Senator. Joshua says he knows Veraβs reluctance and she says his latest vision seems to be more about his personal life. Joshua thinks and says heβs not sure what else it means. Rose says to think. Vera says Joshuaβs dad said he had mental issues in the past and asks Rose how she can believe in his visions. Rose says Vera is a scientist and to prove they are legitimate.
Peter sits in jail and thinks about his foster parents talking about how because his foster dad lost his job, the adoption will be off. He thinks about him tying a barbell to himself and jumping into the swimming pool to kill himself. His foster day jumped into the water and pulled him out. Now, he wakes in his call and accidentally trips another guy. He tells him heβs sorry. The Asian guy he tripped freaks out and chokes him. He says if he messes with him, heβll mess with him back.
The guard tells him to stop it. Nadia is on her website and types β what the hell are these people up to. Raul comes in and asks how she is. She says sheβs fine and sheβs watching Amy while they go to Austin. She says her dad is gone, no funeral, no chance to say goodbye. She goes back to her laptop. Raul walks out. Vera finds Alan waiting outside the house and wants to know how he found her. He says she died twice in the last week and is at Walter Whiteβs house with strangers.
He asks what the hell. She says she canβt tell him and he says he can guess and asks if she has a secret life with a secret family. She says close and tells him to track down the van of the guy who stole their rock. The Man comes to see Peter in jail and says heβs his court appointed attorney and itβs his lucky day. Erin and Raul head out and she tells him no speeding so they donβt get pulled over. He says the care wonβt go over 35 and she tells him to stay out of her head.
He says his gift isnβt working right now then asks what happened between her and her husband then says he heard the thing about her being wanted for kidnapping. He says he didnβt mean to hear it and says he wishes he could fly as a super power instead of hearing thoughts. They head out. Joshua goes to see his sister and she reminds him he was quiet when their dad kicked him to the curb. She shows him a photo of her son Caleb whoβs in first grade.
He says she has a beautiful family and she says for a deviant. He says their dad called her that, not him. She says he didnβt defend her. His sister Hope is gay. He says heβs been having dreams about their dad and sheβs in them and sheβs crying. She asks if heβs there because sheβs a shrink. He says heβs there because sheβs his sister and he needs her help. The Man tells Peter heβs going to be extradited and tells him he should plead guilty. Peter says it was self-defense and has a friend who can testify.
The Man says Alice was the person that lead the cops to him. He talks to Peter about his troubled history and says thereβs no getting around the fact he killed someone. He says heβll get at least 30 years. He says he couldnβt live with himself if he had killed someone. Heβs basically prodding Peter towards another suicide attempt. At the energy summit, Vera shows up. The Prime Minister is nearby with his wife and a security guard. She follows them then heads into an employees only door.
She closes herself into a storage room. She then does her spirit walking thing and leaves her body in the supply room. The PMβs wife fixes him some tea. Vera watches them as he says heβs nervous. He asks if he did the right thing coming there and tells Helen theyβre up against so much. He says the war lords back home are ready to start a civil war and he just wants peace. Helen says it will be fine. An employee tries to get into the storage room. Helen says she believes in him.
A guy speaks to Vera and she snaps back into her body. She asks the guy canβt she power nap in peace. Vera calls Rose and says she doesnβt think the PM is her guy. She spots the Senatorβs Chief of Staff and ends the call to intercept him. She approaches Beckett and asks to meet with Senator Richards. She says she just needs two minutes and says itβs about the new spending bill. He brushes her off rudely. The Man is in the elevator with Beckett and he asks The Man how many more favors he has to do.
He tells The Man heβs dealt with many evil bastards in DC and The Man says all those work for him. He tells Beckett to try harder. Vera finds Alan outside and calls him a stalker. She says she canβt tell him whatβs going on and he says then he canβt tell her about the license plate. She asks him to tell her but he says she canβt shut him out. She says to tell her or sheβs going. She walks off as he yells out that she never used to keep secrets from him.
Erin and Raul are at the hotel and he hands them lanyards he scored. He says heβs an undercover agent and this is what they do. She reminds him they are both wanted by the law. But they get inside with no problems. They point out the podium and glasses from Joshuaβs vision. He says heβs going to go try and get inside peopleβs heads. Joshua tells Hope that in his dreams, their dad screamed at him that even God couldnβt forgive him. She tells him it took her years to get past their dadβs anger.
Then he says dad may be right because theyβre not dreams, their visions that happen all day. She asks if heβs using again but he says heβs clean. She says itβs good and he says heβs sorry for what he did and for turning his back on her. He says he hopes to earn her forgiveness and she says to push their dad out of his mind and donβt let his cruel words distract him. She says to focus on himself. He thinks about the vision and sees a bullet in his bloody hand. He says he has to go but asks to come to her sonβs next baseball game.
Peter thinks about what The Man said about not being able to live with himself if he killed someone. He starts to tear up his sheets to make a noose. He thinks about his foster mom asking why he would try and kill himself. He says he heard them talking about them taking him away because he lost his job. His foster parents tell him they love him but they had to report the suicide attempt. They tell him they know one day heβll find the light and will do all kinds of good.
He braids and makes a rope of the sheets and ties it into a noose. He makes it nice and tight then ties it to the light fixture in his cell but stops when a guard comes to tell him he has a visitor. Itβs Rose. Raul and Erin arenβt making progress then she spots a guy without a wedding ring and she goes to flirt with the security guy. He says heβs part of the Senatorβs private security team. She asks how he got such an important job and he says theyβre all vets and says Richards is a saint and he doesnβt know where sheβll be.
Rose tells Peter that he has to get out of there but he says heβs in there for 30 years. She asks who told him that and he says his attorney told him to plead guilty and told him itβs part of him and he shouldnβt be able to live with himself. Rose tells him that was the devil and says heβs the strongest of them physically but the devil thinks heβs weak emotionally and is trying to take him out. She says Joshua had a vision of him breaking out of shackles. She says they are his family and wonβt leave him.
The guard tells him they have to go and heβs being sent back to Arkansas. Erin tells Vera that the Senator also seems like a good guy. Vera says they have no evidence. Raul says maybe itβs a bomb or something. Erin says security would have caught it but Joshua says he thinks itβs an assassination attempt. They wonder who is the horseman if the PM and Senator neither one are. Peter is on the prison bus with the angry Asian guy.
The guy is next to him and says β long time, no see β in a language he canβt understand. A car honks and flashes lights. Itβs Rose. Peter tells the guy to leave him alone then he breaks his shackles, kicks the gate between he and the driver which causes the van to spin out of control and run off the road. It careens down a hill and onto its side. The Asian guy is terrified. Rose runs up and tells him, in his language, God was kind to you today.
Vera spirit walks and watches Senator Richards and Beckett. The Senator admits to second thoughts but Beckett says she canβt because theyβve been working on this too long and it was her idea in the first place. She says she wants to consider every option. Beckett says they have and says they take out the PM right now and his country will collapse into civil war which will fast track a US invasion. He reminds her that she said they should have finished the war before and says she canβt let Jimmyβs death be in vain.
He tells her when she picks up her glass, the guy will shoot. Vera finds Erin and tells her the plot and says that will turn the Senator into the Horseman. She says they have to stop her from raising her glass because thatβs the cue to shoot. They wonder who the assassin is. The Senator takes to the podium. Raul walks and tries to hear the shooterβs thoughts. The security guy grabs Erinβs arm and says he knows she has a fake name badge. He calls another security guy named Falcon.
She calls out with her mind to tell Raul that Falcon is the shooter and is on the security team. The PM is at the podium. Peter shows up finally. The Senator reaches for the glass. When she does, she sprouts red wings and eyes and turns into the horseman. Peter sees the signal and uses all his strength to crash into a wall. The shot rings out but is thrown off course and the Senator goes down. The PM is safe. Rose tells the others the first seal is broken.
The gang heads back to The Last Supper for a drink and Rose explains that the Senatorβs sin was deciding to trigger the shooting. Sheβs a horseman even though he didnβt die. Rose says they canβt stop her now and need to move on to the next one. She tells the group they worked together and did well. Alan shows up and Vera goes to him. She says heβs lucky that she loves him because heβs getting on her nerves. He says he knows about the assassination and says she could have died again.
He tells her enough with the secrets and says he deserves better. She sits and says Michael is her son. She says he was taken from her seven years ago β kidnapped. She says these people can help her find him but says she needs him too and says they need the missing meteor because itβs connected to all this. He says the plates were US government and his cousin is trying to narrow the list. He says he doesnβt want her hurt because he cares a lot about her.
She hugs him close and says sheβll buy him a beer. Rose looks at Alan as he walks by. Peter calls Mr Cooper, his foster dad, and says he called to thank him. He says he found the light and he was right. His foster dad smiles. Raul takes Erin to see something. He shows her a shrine to her dad. He shows her a photo of he, her dad and her when she was just two. He sets the photo down at the shrine. He tells Nadia heβs sorry for everything. He says she lost her dad and he lost his brother.
He tells her they still have each other. She holds him tight and cries. Beckett tells the Senator they βcleaned upβ the security team and says the President wants to see her. He says sheβs on the short list for Secretary of Defense since it looks like she took a bullet to save the Prime Minister. She says thereβs just one more loose end. She shoots him. She asks the driver if heβll clean up the mess. Itβs The Man and he tells her absolutely. She goes to get in another car and drives away.
The old woman who was nearby when Peter was arrested is there and she slides a red bead on her abacus to the left. She looks through a book of photos of people and makes some notes. She listens to a news story about the PM and his appearance at the summit and how a new peace was made possible. The old woman smiles broadly and slides a blue bead on the abacus to the left. My theory? The old lady is God and sheβs keeping track of the good and bad events but canβt interfere.
Cast & Characters[]
- Shantel VanSanten as Vera Buckley
- Diogo Morgado as The Man
- Jon Fletcher as Joshua Silburn Jr.
- Sofia Black-D'Elia as Erin Calder
- Joel Courtney as Peter Moore
- JD Pardo as Raul Garcia
- Anna Diop as Rose Arvale
Guest Starring
- Brittany O'Grady as Nadia Garcia
- Madison Dellamea as Amy Calder
- Lauren Bowles as Cindy Richards
- Navid Negahban as the Abdul Nazari
- J.B. Tuttle as Dave Cooper
- Fawnda McMahan as Melissa Cooper
- Jennifer Griffin as Eliza Shepard
- Victor Slezak as Joshua Silburn, Snr.